Seeing that he was surrounded and faintly about to be beaten, Gu Chen shook his head, with these people alone, he could all be shocked to death with a long roar, but he couldn't do this.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think you have misunderstood, I am just passing by you. ”

"Whoever is passing by, he must be afraid of being beaten, so he will be beaten first. ”

It was a woman who spoke, Gu Chen looked at her speechlessly, she really wanted to slap her in the mouth, she had just come out of the house, she didn't even know what was going on, why did she have to beat herself up first?

Sure enough, it's Diaomin!

Gu Chen was a little irritable in his heart, and he didn't want to entangle with these people, so he directly took out the Dragon and Tiger Order from his arms and said, "Shut up! I am the Dragon Tiger Guard, come to inspect!"

Gu Chen thought that his words would be able to calm the villagers, but who thought, no one cared.

"Long Huwei, where is there such a village?"

"If there is this village nearby, it is definitely not nearby. ”

"Then it should be even more beaten, not nearby, even dared to run to our village and break his legs. ”

“......。 ”

Gu Chen's face was black, he never expected that this place had been closed to such an extent that he didn't even know about Long Huwei's identity, and it was the first time that Long Huwei's identity was not good.

Suddenly, just as the shouting of the crowd intensified, an old voice rang out: "Don't make any noise. ”

The crowd fell silent for a moment, and then made a way, and Gu Chen saw that an old man with a white hair and beard walked in with the support of a young girl.

The old man's identity seemed to be very noble, and everyone's eyes were full of respect when they looked at him.

With the support of the girl, the old man came to Gu Chen tremblingly, and he stretched out his old palm to take the dragon and tiger order in Gu Chen's hand.

Seeing this, Gu Chen just thought about it for a moment, and gave it to the old man, after all, he was not worried that he would be robbed in this place, and he felt that the old man seemed to know about Long Huwei.

Sure enough, the old man fumbled with the token in his hand for a while, and with tears in his eyes, he whispered, "Erhua, quick, help me kneel." ”

Before the old man could kneel, Gu Chen hurriedly stopped him, "When you're old, you'll be spared." ”

It seems that the old man really knows about Long Huwei, and Gu Chen finally feels that he has a sense of existence.

The old man said excitedly, "Thank you, thank you, my lord." ”

"No thanks. Gu Chen said, "I'm just passing by this time, of course, by the way, I also want to know something." ”

"Then my lord, please go home with the old man and talk. After the old man said this, he said to everyone, "Let's all disperse, he is not a bad person, let's go home separately." ”

The villagers believed the old man's words, and when they saw this, they returned home one after another, as if what had just happened had not happened.

......

In the simple room, Gu Chen and the old man sat on both sides of an old wooden table, and Erhua brought two bowls of white water, which looked sluggish, but Gu Chen knew that in such a poor place, he couldn't get any tea, and he cared more about Erhua.

The source of everything is because of her, Gu Chen took a look, and he didn't see anything special, although the figure is good, but the appearance can only be regarded as average, but compared with those fierce women in the village, it is already very outstanding.

It seemed that he was embarrassed to be stared at by Gu Chen, and after Erhua sent two bowls of water, he turned around and left, and then Gu Chen said, "Old man, how many years has it been since I came to Longhuwei?"

"How long?" the old man shook his head with emotion, "It's been a long time, when I was young, I saw you once, and only once, and then, I never saw you here again, and I don't blame the people in the village who don't know about you, because the people who know you, in the nearby ten miles and eight villages, only my old man is still alive." ”

Abandoned!

The situation here made Gu Chen think of the original border city, but this place was even more completely abandoned than the border city.

"Your Excellency. ”

"Sir, if you have something to say, please speak directly. Seeing that the old man was a little hesitant between his eyebrows, Gu Chen broke his words.

The old man thought for a while and said, "My lord, the old man is young and young, and he has spent all his life in this mountain nest, but before I die, I want to ask, are we abandoned?"

The old man's blunt words made Gu Chen not know how to answer, he pondered for a while, and said, "Maybe." ”

"Then you won't care about us anymore?"

Xiheyuan is under the jurisdiction of the Tiger Head Battalion, and Gu Chen doesn't know if they will regain control of this place in the future, so he doesn't know how to answer for a while.

Seeing that Gu Chen didn't answer for a long time, the old man seemed to understand something, he nodded silently, and said, "My lord, can the old man entrust you with something?"

"The old gentleman said, as long as I can do it. ”

"Can you take my granddaughter Erhua away and take her to the outside world?"

Gu Chen looked surprised, "Old man, why are you doing this?"

"Give her a way to live. The old man sighed, "We are here, since you don't care, sooner or later you will die cleanly, and there are still any strong men in the village now, they are all orphans and widows, and they have long been messed up." ”

"But...... I look pretty normal. ”

"Normally, I don't even have the face to speak. The old man said angrily, "How many men are there in the village? Half of the women have become widows, and in order to fill their stomachs, they burrow into the houses where there are men, all, all, alas, I can't say!"

Gu Chen frowned tightly and was silent.

The old man continued, "My lord, you can do it, my old bones, I won't live for a few days, but I'm worried about Erhua, now in the village, I can't find a man for her, how can she live in this mountain nest alone, I don't want to watch her do such a thing like those widows, in order to fill her stomach, you can do it." ”

Gu Chen rubbed his fingers slowly, and didn't speak, if he took Erhua away, it would not be a difficult task, and it would not be a problem to give her a place to stay outside, but he was worried that this would not solve the problem.

The small mountain village has been closed for too long, almost isolated from the world, Erhua definitely doesn't know how to communicate with people, out of the mountain village, I'm afraid I can't get by, and the encounter may be worse than here.

"Poof!"

Suddenly, Gu Chen didn't notice anything, and the old man knelt directly on the ground and said, "My lord, I beg you, old man, even if you sell her to the outside as a slave and maid, so that she can live." ”

"What are you doing, sir, get up. Gu Chen hurriedly helped the old man up, and then said, "Old man, it's not that I don't agree to you, it's just that I'm worried about taking her away, and she doesn't adapt to life outside." ”

"That's better than here. The old man pleaded, "In any case, even if you sell her to outsiders as a concubine, it will be as good as those widows here." ”

Seeing that the old man was about to kneel, Gu Chen finally couldn't bear it, and hurriedly supported him, saying, "Okay, good old man, don't get excited, I promise you, I promise you." ”

Looking at Gu Chen fiercely, the old man's tears flowed out of his eyes, "Thank you, my lord, thank you, Erhua, don't come in and bow down yet!"

Erhua was just outside the door, came to the room in two steps, and knelt down with a pop, seeing this, Gu Chen hurriedly helped him up, he was silent for a while, and said, "Although your grandfather wants me to take you away, but I have to ask your opinion in the end, you know, if you leave here with me, you may never come back in this life, are you really willing?"

Erhua's eyes were a little sparkling, and she looked at the old man reluctantly.

The old man's eyes closed slightly, then nodded, and Erhua said, "I do." ”

"Good. In this case, Gu Chen had nothing to say, "You go outside and wait for me first, and I'll take you away later, besides, you don't need to prepare anything." ”

As soon as she heard that she was going to leave later, Erhua was obviously stunned, but she didn't say anything in the end, turned around and left the room.

Looking at the figure of Erhua leaving, Gu Chen sighed for a while, he didn't expect that he was here to investigate the matter of the Xuanyin Sect, but he didn't investigate it yet, but he still had to bring someone with him.

After Erhua left, Gu Chen looked at the old man and said, "Old man, I will naturally do what I promised you, and now it's time for me to ask you." ”

Knowing that Gu Chen was coming for something, the old man said, "Even if the adults ask, the little old man must know everything." ”

"In this place of Xiheyuan, are there any mysterious people who often haunt it?"

When Gu Chen asked this, the old man didn't understand: "My lord, who are you talking about the mysterious person?"

"People who don't belong to the region of your West River Source. ”

"Then, little old man doesn't know, if you ask about the matter of these ten miles and eight villages, I can still talk about it, but this source of the West River is too big, and what mysterious person will come to our mountain nest." ”

Gu Chen knew that wanting to find clues to the Xuanyin Sect in the source of the West River was no less than looking for a needle in a haystack, and the old man's answer, he was also mentally prepared and continued, "Then is there anything strange about this source of the West River?"

"Strange place?" the old man frowned again, then shook his head.

Seeing this, Gu Chen nodded silently, "Then, I won't bother, besides, I'm going to take Erhua away, do you have anything else you want to say to her?"

The old man glanced outside the room and shook his head, "After all, it is necessary to separate, what is the difference between seeing and not seeing, it's just that Erhua has been a hard-working child since he was a child, and I hope that adults will ......." ”

Although the old man's last words were not spoken, Gu Chen knew what he meant, and said, "Don't worry, since I promised you, I will definitely do it, but this may be the last time you will see each other, is there really no need?"

The old man shook his head.

Seeing this, Gu Chen finally said, "I hope the old gentleman can take care of his health." ”

After saying this, Gu Chen walked out of the room, and in the courtyard, Erhua was already waiting, seeing that the grandfather in the room had not come out for a long time, she couldn't help but wipe her red eyes, and finally followed Gu Chen out of the courtyard.

As the sun set, the rugged mountain road spread into the distance, stretching the figures of Gu Chen and the two for a long time, and finally drowning in the twilight.

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