The remnant sun printed the sky in fiery red, and the afterglow sprinkled willow red everywhere.

Shen Kuang and Su Yao led their horses and walked slowly through the mountains and forests, and soon after, the trees gradually fewer, and the scenery on the road ahead became more and more open. As far as the two of them could see, there were patches of lotus ponds, stretching far away, and at a glance, they were all green and pink.

This sudden beautiful scenery made both Shen Jing and Su Yao feel a little unreal, and the two of them looked at each other, obviously puzzled.

How did the originally good mountain and forest path suddenly become a lotus flower?

Shen was puzzled: "What kind of place is this?" How did we get here? ”

"How do I know, didn't you lead the way?" Su Yao glanced at him and said.

Shen Kuang was a little lacking in confidence when he heard this: "This... I'm not familiar with this area. ”

After speaking, he followed behind Su Yao stupidly.

Although Su Yao was also very strange, the lotus flowers that bloomed everywhere she could see were obviously more appealing to her heart. She closed her eyes slightly, and sniffed the air contentedly, refreshing her heart.

"It's beautiful here." Su Yao blurted out.

Su Yao smiled and let go of the hand holding the horse, she put the Qingwan sword on the horse's back, and walked slowly along the lotus pond alone. The horse seemed to feel the interest of his master, so he followed obediently and whispered happily.

Shen Kuang turned around and looked at his big black, Da Hei seemed to feel something, turned his head and met Shen Kuang's eyes.

Before Shen Guo could speak, Da Hei was the first to hiss, and a warm air flow erupted from his nasal cavity, heading straight for Shen Qian's front door, as if accusing Shen Guan of not being able to ignore it like Su Yao.

Shen Jing covered his nose and had no choice but to continue to hold Da Hei, but he tied the burden on his back around Da Hei's neck in protest.

Not to mention Su Yao, even Shen Guan couldn't help but be intoxicated when he saw such a beautiful scenery.

It was a relaxation of mind and God, and both of them enjoyed themselves.

The two walked slowly along the lotus pond for a long time, and the farther they went, the more lotus leaves and lotus flowers on both sides of the coast, densely packed, as if they were mixed with the whole summer.

Walking and walking, when the sun was about to set, Shen Jing and Su Yao walked through the lotus pond.

In the distance, a few wisps of cooking smoke can be seen, and in the depths of the lotus pond is a quiet village, like a family in the countryside, elegant and natural.

Shen Kuang and Su Yao originally planned to bypass the village, but when they went to the fork in the road and wanted to detour, they happened to meet several middle-aged men who were about to go home after finishing their field work.

When several people saw Shen Jing and Su Yao at first glance, they were all a little surprised. It's not because the two of them are holding horses and wearing masks, it's because the village hasn't seen outsiders in years.

They have lived here for generations and have little contact with outsiders.

Therefore, several people were extremely enthusiastic about Shen Jing and Su Yao, they stopped the two who were about to take a detour, and asked the two to go back to the village with them as guests, and by the way, they also told them about the outside world.

Shen Guo actually kept an eye on it at first. Of course, you can first imagine their good intentions as bad intentions, as long as you don't say it, you can protect yourself and not hurt others.

Regarding the statement that several people have lived here for generations, Shen Guo didn't pay much attention to it. After all, he has traveled far and far from the outside world, and this village is obviously seriously disconnected from the outside world, even from the nearest town is at least a hundred miles away, so it is not surprising that the villagers here do not know what is going on outside.

These men were extremely enthusiastic, and Shen Jing and Su Yao didn't want to arouse suspicion, so they agreed under their earnest invitation.

Hearing that the two agreed, several farmers rushed to their homes as if they were more happy than they had received something good. A few middle-aged people, because of such a trivial matter, still look funny, especially a few people are still carrying farm tools behind them.

A few people scrambled as they walked, and occasionally remembered that there were two guests behind them.

Shen Kuang and Su Yao followed closely behind a few people, and before long, the outline of the village became clearer and clearer.

When approaching the entrance of the village, the children who were playing by the river at the entrance of the village saw their father returning from farming from a distance, so they hurriedly ran over in groups of threes and twos, and shouted Daddy, Daddy in a milky voice.

After the children saw Shen Jing and Su Yao, who were leading the horses and wearing masks, they surrounded them one by one, looking around in circles, and the children were very curious about people and horses.

After a while, the children's playfulness was scolded by their father: "Have you forgotten what the village chief and grandfather taught you?" ”

Hearing this, the children hurriedly stood still and said in unison: "Be polite when dealing with people." ”

When the farmers saw their children's well-behaved appearance, they gave up the urge to beat them, and just laughed and scolded them to make them polite. When the children saw the smile on their father's face again, they laughed happily.

After that, they would still look left and right around Shen Jing and Su Yao, but they were much more polite.

There are also those who are bold, and they take a few steps closer and touch the big black fur of the horse with their hands.

Da Hei's attitude towards these children was much better than that of Shen Jing, and when the child stretched out his little hand to touch it, it still looked like he was enjoying it. From time to time, they hummed twice to tease the children, and the children became more and more bold, and they all reached out to stroke them, and their faces were excited after touching, as if they had done something powerful.

The few men who walked in front looked back and saw this scene, and they all grinned happily.

They are all ordinary people in some mountain villages, and they have no heart.

When several men entered the village, they shouted that there were guests, and soon the villagers who heard the sound ran out one by one. Walking in the back of them was an old man with a cane, who was very old but still looked very strong.

When the old man saw Shen Jing and Su Yao who were surrounded by several children from a distance, he sighed with emotion, the village really hasn't been an outsider for many years, and these two people from afar seem to be still the people who practice martial arts as the outside world says.

The old man slowly walked to the entrance of the village with the support of a man, the village is not big, and the people in the village basically ran out at this time, and all of them surrounded Shen Kuang, Su Yao and the old man in the middle, and they looked at Shen Kuang and Su Yao with extremely strange eyes, and laughed.

"Old Fan Cen is the village chief of this Liushui Village, welcoming two guests from afar." The old man looked at Shen Jing and Su Yao and said with a smile.

The old man's voice was deep and full of the vicissitudes of time, but when he saw Shen Jing and Su Yao, he was obviously a little excited.

Shen Kuang and Su Yao felt a little strange about the reaction of the people in the village, although they were outsiders, they didn't have to rush to the village like looking at treasures.

Although Shen was a little awkward, after the village chief Fan Cen finished speaking, he also took the initiative to respect: "The village chief is polite, my sister and I happened to pass by Liushui Village to disturb everyone." ”

Saying that, Su Yao also gave a salute.

Hearing this, the village chief Fan Cen smiled and waved his hand: "Don't bother, don't bother." We haven't been to Flowing Water Village for many years, and we still want to hear Shaoxia talk about things outside. ”

After saying that, the village chief Fan Cen smiled again: "The old man dares to ask the name of the young man? ”

"Under Jiang Su, this is my sister's name Jiang Wen."

"It turned out to be Jiang Shaoxia!"

From the village chief to the villagers of Liushui Village, they were extremely enthusiastic about Shen Jing and Su Yao, although the two of them could feel that the villagers had no malicious intentions, but Shen Jing still kept an eye on it, there was no way, he didn't dare to be careless wherever the escape road went.

Not long after the village chief and Shen Guo exchanged pleasantries at the head of the village, he ordered each family to prepare a sumptuous meal to entertain the two guests tonight.

Although Shen Kuang tried his best to dissuade him from being so troublesome, Fan Cen smiled and bluntly said that this was their hospitality in Liushui Village, and Shen Kuang couldn't shirk it, so he had to respond.

The sun sets, and the moon rises. The time is almost to reach the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the brightness in the sky is round and bright.

Liushui Village is extremely lively tonight, under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, at the request of the village chief, four long tables have been erected, and one long table can sit twenty or thirty people.

All the housewives treated tonight as a holiday, and they all brought out the good dishes of the housekeepers, so the meals prepared by the families were extremely rich.

When the bright moon hangs high, the lights under the big locust tree are bright.

Shen Kuang and Su Yao were still wearing masks, and the village chief Fan Cen only asked, and there was no strong man who asked the two of them to take it off. Fan Cen still knows some of the preferences of the people in the rivers and lakes.

Shen Kuang, Su Yao and the village chief Fan Cen sat at the same table, and the two of them sat next to Fan Cen, extremely forward.

"Two guests, on behalf of Liushui Village, I would like to give you a glass first, I hope you will like our Liushui Village." The old man Fan Cen laughed heartily as he raised his wine glass.

Seeing this, Shen Kuang also hurriedly got up and replied: "Village Chief, you are polite, Liushui Village is like a paradise, making people forget to return, my sister and I like it very much." ”

Fan Cen laughed when he heard this, and then drank a full glass.

Shen Jing also drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

Because Su Yao was a woman, the village chief did not ask her to drink too.

However, Su Yao was obviously happy, the villagers of Liushui Village were warm and straightforward, and they also had great respect for the etiquette of the two strangers.

Here, Su Yao felt that she could temporarily put aside the bad things in her mind. She doesn't want to die, she doesn't want to pass, she's just a woman under the big locust tree, simple and ordinary.

Su Yao smiled, and took a sip of wine between Shen Qian's conversation with the village chief, although the wine was a little spicy, Su Yao's happy eyes were still bent into a crescent moon, very beautiful.

After a few glasses of wine, the village chief Fan Cen became more interested, and he asked Shen Guan with a smile: "Jiang Shaoxia, can you tell the old man about the outside world?" Our Liushui Village has been isolated from the world for many years, I don't know if it's still chaotic outside? ”

Shen Guo replied when he heard this: "Now the world outside is peaceful, and there is no fight between the north and the south, which is a good situation." ”

When the village chief Fan Cen heard this, he nodded, and said to himself: "Yes, it's been so many years, and if you continue to fight, there will be no one left." ”

After that, the village chief asked again: "What about the Hu people?" Do you still plague us? I still heard my father tell me that they fled here to avoid the fierce Hu people, who drank human blood and ate raw meat, and were as fierce as animals. ”

It's been many years, and when he talks about it again, the old man's eyes are still worried, but there is still a trace of emotion.

When Shen Kuang heard this, he was relieved: "Village chief, don't worry, now that our Great Wei is very powerful, the Hu people don't dare to come again." ”

When the old man heard this, he smiled and said, "It should be so, it should be so!" How powerful our Han people are, there is no reason why we can't beat those people in the barbarian land. ”

When they said this, Shen Jing and Su Yao were a little puzzled, so Shen Jing asked again.

"Village Chief, do you remember what year you first moved here?"

The old man raised his head slightly and thought about it, and after a while, he said slowly: "It seems that it is three years or four years, it is too far away to remember." By the way, Jiang Shaoxia, what year is it outside now? ”

"It's the second year of Taihe." Shen Guo replied.

The old man shook his head when he heard this: "I'm confused, I don't know who our emperor is!" ”