"Judging by how many of them are dressed, they must have come from far away, right?"

Although these people did not enter the village, they came with silver taels to inquire about the news, which were all inconsequential things.

As soon as the people of the village summed up, they brought out the respected village chief of the village to talk to them.

In the conversation between these elders, Xiao Qi and Xue Yi naturally didn't have much to say, so they could only wait for them to finish their words.

It seems that this village chief also seems to be a believer in Buddhism, and when he heard that the nail palace was familiar with Buddhism, he took it upon himself to let these people into the village.

The villagers did not dare to disobey the will of the village chief, so they could only welcome a few people into their own doors.

After talking to the village chief, Xiao Qi and the others also knew the origin of this village.

The people of their village also fled back then, and they couldn't enter the eyes of the aborigines of the Yin Dynasty, and then they came here under the leadership of a general at that time.

As for who the general was, Xiao Qi didn't ask, after all, the village chief also said a few words.

It's just that the general seems to be a person who has been ostracized, and even his fiefdom is in the most remote place in the shadows.

Except for a few big families in Chengguo, and those who have fixed fiefs with Taizu's conquest of the Quartet, other people's fiefs are arranged very arbitrarily.

And this fief is mostly a symbol, and it is very rare to carry out the control of the land, and only a very small number of people will occupy the land for a long time.

Since these people are still living in this place, and they have not said anything about changing the master's family, it means that the general they said is still alive.

It's just that they don't want to mention it, and of course Mo Yan won't ask more.

While the village chief and the nail palace were discussing the Dharma, another middle-aged man was talking about these things with Xiao Qi.

"Actually, our old village chief didn't let you in because there were people who were familiar with Buddhism, we all fled here in the first place, and the village chief was moved by compassion."

From their hatred before entering the village to their current concern, it made Xiao Qi feel a little unreal.

"It's quite powerful for you to come out of that Lost Soul Mountain, even our own people don't dare to go to that mountain to find it uncomfortable."

The people in their village are all surnamed Hong, and this surname was changed in order to thank the general for saving his life.

Although their village is not large, every household has the general's immortal card.

The middle-aged man who talked to them was Hong Xiuquan, Hong Xiuquan asked the old village chief and the nail palace to be welcomed to the village chief's house, and Xiao Qi and his party were taken to Hong Xiuquan's house.

"You're welcome, there's nothing to entertain at home, only these preserved fruits and cold water,"

"Mr. Hong, is the Lost Soul Mountain you mentioned just now the mountain above your village?"

"Hey, brother, you can torture me, how can a person like me be a gentleman, you just call me Brother Hong."

"In that case, I'll call you Brother Hong."

"Brother Hong, what is the Lost Soul Mountain you mentioned just now?"

"Hey, the reason why the general was ostracized was because of this mountain, this mountain, if it weren't for the guidance of a master, ordinary people would get lost when they entered,"

"You don't know what kind of luck you go, but fortunately it's winter, and in summer, it's even more terrifying, overgrown with weeds and mountains and trees that don't see the light of day, and people always get lost when they enter."

"If it weren't for the fact that we climbed to a high place and saw the way out, we might have been lost in this mountain as Brother Hong said."

"Heights?"

Hong Xiuquan looked at Mo Yan with some surprise, then looked at Xiao Qi and Xue Yi, and shook his head with a smile.

"Brother Hong, is there something wrong?"

"No, no, I can only say that I am lucky."

"By the way, what do you want to inquire about?"

"A few of us want to return to Huaihuang Mansion, but this kind of timing is really unfortunate."

"Huaihuang Mansion? Listening to the accents of a few of you, I don't think you are from Huaihuang Mansion, but like people from the northern capital. ”

"Oh? Brother Hong, can you hear this? It can be seen that your insight is extraordinary, brother! ”

"Brother, you're joking, although we have popularized the official dialect in the country, but the official dialect in various places has local characteristics, didn't my brother find that what I said was similar to what you said now?"

"So Brother Hong is from Gyeonggi?"

"The ancestors used to be, hey, don't talk about this."

Hong Xiuquan also seems to be very melancholy, and he is reluctant to mention the past.

"If you want to go to Huaihuang Mansion, it may be a little difficult now."

"Oh? Brother Hong, tell me what's the difficulty? We are either old or young, and now we just want to go to Huaihuang Mansion to join a relative. ”

Hong Xiuquan said: "You also know what the situation is on the south bank of the Nanjiang River now, and no one knows whether Huaihuang Mansion is at war now. ”

"Didn't anyone go south to search for information?"

Hong Xiuquan smiled, and everyone could feel the powerlessness in his smile.

"Naturally, there is, but the news is not as fast as the situation changes, just like those people on the South Bank, they have an idea a day."

"Let's just say that in Wuchang County, opposite to Youzhou, the emperor on the other side has done feng shui in turn, and this year to the point of my family, who occupies the mountain today is the king, and the next day it becomes someone else."

When Hong Xiuquan said this, he was a little happy, full of disdain for the other side.

"Does this have anything to do with our going to Huaihuang Mansion?"

Hong Xiuquan patted his head and said, "You see I said too much, and I deviated from the topic." ”

"Hey, let's put it this way, because the situation over there is not stable now, so no one dares to run this waterway now."

Hong Xiuquan was afraid that they wouldn't understand, so he said slowly: "Do you know what we rely on to communicate between the north and the south? ”

"By boat."

Looking at Xiao Qi who answered the question, Hong Xiuquan nodded with satisfaction, "This little girl is right, we rely on boats on both sides of the strait, and now that the war is undecided, our side will not let the other side come over, and the people on our side will not dare to go over." ”

"It's the cold winter wax moon now, shouldn't it be frozen on the surface of this river?"

Hong Xiuquan smiled, "Little girl, as long as you go to a few places in the country, you will have a different feeling when you arrive at the banks of the Nanjiang River." ”

Hong Xiuquan didn't blame Xue Yi for what she said, after Xue Yi heard Hong Xiuquan's words, she suddenly blushed and got behind Xiao Qi, not daring to show her head to look at Hong Xiuquan.

Xiao Qi took Xue Yi's hand and said: "The book says that Youzhou has four distinct seasons, although there will be snow in winter here, but the daily temperature difference here is very low, it seems that there was no ice in previous years. ”

"Yes, this year's situation is the first time I've seen it here, and it is precisely because of this inexplicable snowstorm that so many difficult things will happen in the south."

After Hong Xiuquan finished speaking, he pondered for a moment and said: "But the current situation in Nanjiang, I really don't know, maybe it's really the same as what the little girl said just now." ”

This topic is also here, after all, Hong Xiuquan just told them what risks they expect to encounter in the future.

In the end, the topic was somehow led to Xiao Qi and Xue Yi.

"Hey, we are all like this, I saw that these two little girls were so pale, and I thought of the children who accompanied our group to suffer when we first came."

"Hey, they all slept in the wind and food along the way, and the two children were tired, both..."

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw their thoughts from each other's eyes.

After a long time, this Hong Xiuquan said: "Seeing that you are so similar to us at that time, I know that there is a place that should be able to help you. ”

But after finishing speaking, Hong Xiuquan coughed lightly as if he had said the wrong thing, and continued to bypass the topic and start talking about other things.

Xiao Qi and the others didn't explore this too much, after all, no one knew how the few people they had just met could be heart-to-heart with each other.

They didn't hear it, and Hong Xiuquan didn't say it.

A few people chatted about some of the customs and customs of Youzhou, anyway, Hong Xiuquan did everything he could ask.

"I guess the village chief should finish talking to that master."

"I'm a little embarrassed to disturb your village here."

Mo Yan stood up, took out a silver ticket from his arms, and handed it to Hong Xiuquan, "This silver ticket should be regarded as a thank you gift for us to inquire about the news." ”

"This..."

"Brother Hong, just accept it, since we said it at the time, we should do things according to the rules."

"Since you said so, brother, then I'll take it."

After some excuses between the two of them, Hong Xiuquan reluctantly accepted the silver ticket, and added some water for several of them in the middle.

That is, not long after the prevarication, a person walked in from outside the house, leaned over and said a few words in Hong Xiuquan's ear.

Hong Xiuquan asked the messenger to go out and reply with a heavy expression, and then said to Xiao Qi and the others with a smile: "Something happened just now, I'm afraid there is no way to leave now." ”

"I don't know what you mean, Brother Hong?"

Hong Xiuquan hurriedly got up and explained to the three people: "Hey, our village chief and the one who came with you are like-minded, and the old village chief has to let a few people live in the village. ”

After Hong Xiuquan finished explaining, he looked at Mo Yan, "I don't know what a few people think?" ”

"I'm afraid that's not right, right?"

Mo Yan was full of vigilance for the sudden kindness, and of course he still had to pretend to be a feeling of uselessness in his tone.

"I'm also afraid that a few people will be embarrassed, why don't I go to the village chief, and how many of you will discuss?"

"Well, let's discuss it and make a plan, you see how it goes."

"Don't worry, we have no intention of stopping you from staying, that is, our old village chief likes Buddhism too much, and no one accompanies him to discuss these things in this kind of world, and the troublemakers in our village don't know."

"Hey, really..."