Chapter 41: A Mountain Village Under the Cracks

Yichen picked up his waist bag and put the book that Chen Jingjing gave him, he flipped through the book before, but found that he really didn't know any of the words on the book.

In any case, first find a place where there are people.

The flint was also lost in the deep cave, Yichen could only pick some wild fruits to satisfy his stomach, the mountains and rivers were farther away than he imagined, and he saw a lot of poisonous beasts after walking for two days, but he still didn't see half a figure, Yichen was now half naked, and his pants were also torn on half of his legs, he began to feel that he was not going wrong, whether he was getting farther and farther away from the place where people lived, but he was walking towards a beast abyss that no one had been to at all, Yichen knew very well, he absolutely couldn't hold on to the way back, the mountain and forest beasts were weak and slippery, and the huge Yichen was too late to hide, so he could only continue to walk forward hungry。

"The sun sets, the sun rises, life year after year...."

Yichen was awakened by the sound of singing in the distance, and he looked at the distance and found a figure in the distance, who was wearing a thin shirt and carrying dry firewood more than two people tall on his back.

"Hey!" Yichen looked happy and hurriedly waved at the man and shouted.

The man stopped singing, looked at Yichen in the distance, cleared his throat, and shouted, "Young man, is there something wrong?"

"Grandpa, where does anyone live here?" Yichen couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, and when he heard the voice, he realized that it was an old man.

The old man pointed behind him and shouted to Yichen: "If you go straight, you can see the green smoke, and there is it below." ”

"Thank you" Yichen thanked the old man and walked quickly towards the old man.

The old man looked at Yichen, who was getting closer and closer to him, and said, "Young man, where are you from? ”

Yichen smiled and said, "It seems to be the border of Chen Guo." ”

The old man suddenly realized and said, "Ang.. That's right, I heard that there is a war there, and it is not easy for you to escape, young man. ”

Yichen's expression was low when he heard this, a trace of bitterness flashed, and he said lightly: "May I ask where this is?"

The old man smiled and said: "This is Chen Guojie, now at this hour, you will see green smoke in front of you, below is the village, be careful when you go, so as not to fall off the cliff, I also live there, but I can't accompany you to transport firewood, there is a river after the village, and there is a moon city behind." ”

Yichen was stunned, he had heard Zhang Qi say that the place where they were located was just a frontier city, and what made Zhang Qi and the others yearn for it were the four cities in Chen Guozhong, namely Huanglin City, Moon-Chasing City, Cold Snow City and Cangtan City.

Yichen had a trace of curiosity in his heart, and hurriedly thanked the labor and management, and passed by.

"Wait a minute, lad. Yichen turned to look at the old man suspiciously, only to see the old man take out a cake from his belt, and took down the dry firewood on his back, there was a black coat above the firewood, the old man took off his coat, handed the cake and coat to Yichen, and said: "Look, you are so hungry that your chest is close to your back, take it to fill your hunger, put on your clothes, seven-foot man, don't let people look down on you." ”

Yichen's heart was sour, his eyes were a little moist, he took the old man's clothes and dry cakes, bent down and thanked him heavily.

The old man picked up the dry firewood and walked forward by himself, "Hey... Now in this ghost day, there are not many people who can run out of the battlefield and are still so cheerful. ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Yichen's mouth, he took a bite of the cake in his hand, put on the coat given to him by the old man, turned around and continued to walk forward.

Yichen walked for a long time, but still didn't see a figure, he firmly believed that the old man would not lie to him, and he saw a wisp of green smoke in the middle of the ring.

It's just that the wisp of green smoke floated out from under the moss, Yichen squatted down and looked at it for a long time, he reached out and peeled off a petal the size of an arm near the green smoke.

"Good fellow.." If Wing Dust took another step forward, he would fall into a cliff, and the place where he stood was between the two mountains. At the foot of Yichen was the gap between the two mountains, and the dense flowers and trees hid this crack tightly, and Yichen looked down at the crack, only to find that the village was at the bottom of the mountain, standing here to see the village below.

The flowers and trees concealed this natural trap perfectly, Yichen looked up for a long time and still couldn't see it, the trees of the half-cliff were extended, and he could only see a step more than one meter high in front of him, and then it was extended again, almost nearly a hundred meters, and the crack was revealed.

Yichen had never walked the mountain road, he was stunned and looked for a long time, especially the moment when he found that he almost fell into the cliff, he almost began to crawl, groping for the flowers and plants in front of him from time to time.

"Hey!" In desperation, Yichen had no choice but to ask for help from the village below, and a few children playing looked up at the top of the cliff, but they didn't find Yichen's figure when they looked left and right.

"How can you get down from the mountain?"

After several children heard the sound of Yichen on the mountain, they jumped and danced, until a middle-aged man appeared, shouting to Yichen above: "Go around the cliff and move forward, there is a mountain road, be careful, the mountain road is a little overhanging." ”

Yichen thanked him and walked towards the place that the man said, this time he didn't have much effort, Yichen found the mountain road, looking at the mountain road, Yichen had a plan to go home, where is there a little hanging, at a glance, the widest part of this crooked mountain road can only accommodate him for one foot.

Fortunately, Yichen didn't know anything, but he had the guts, and he tried to crawl down.

"Young man, it's still there. Yichen looked up and saw that the old man during the day was five meters above his head, and he arrived at Yichen's side in the blink of an eye.

"I forgot, you can't go these ways, come, I'll take you down the mountain, if it gets dark I won't dare to go. Yichen just wanted to refute that he could, but when he heard the old man's words, he suddenly thought of something, Yichen looked at the sunset, panicked, he didn't pay attention to the passage of time at all, he clearly remembered that the darkness in the demon cave that day made it difficult for him to move an inch, if it was dark and he hadn't gone down the mountain, then he could only stand in place and wait for the night, and he would fall off the cliff if he moved slightly, so he had to go down the mountain with the help of the old man.

The sky was getting darker, and the cries of crickets were heard all around, Yichen and Old Man Li walked down the mountain, and several children chased the animal to play and play, there was no fence around, but there was no need to see. The houses are built in a mess, but they add a bit of excitement.

Old man Li took Yichen's hand and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, it's just dinner time, you come to my house for one night, and then go on the road tomorrow, by the way, I forgot to ask where you plan to go in the future?"

Yichen was about to thank him, but when he heard the words after that, his face lowered again.

Old man Li saw Yichen's expression, laughed, and said: "Don't be afraid, I've seen a lot of people like you, I've seen a lot of old men, it's a big deal that you live here, the uncle here will help you build a house, this mountain is high and the emperor is far away, don't worry about eating, but also be at ease, if it's okay, you can also go to Zhuyue City to sell some herbs, chickens and ducks, and have the right to play." The money earned is all there together, and whoever needs it and then uses it, not so many people in the city pay attention to it. ”

Yichen's heart was a little shaken, but he always felt that there were some things in his heart that he couldn't let go, and he couldn't let go of Xiaodi and Lu You, whose life and death were unknown, and after hesitating for a moment, he declined Old Man Li's kindness.

Old man Li's house is not large, with a stove on the left side, a four-corner table, and a stone bed on the right side that is large enough to sleep six adults.