The forest was already completely invisible, and if it weren't for the martial arts he had practiced since he was a child, Zhao Bingyu would have been half blind at this time. The woman held the lantern behind her so that it could light their way.

The road was bumpy, but the blind woman remained unhurried, apparently aware of everything in the woods. Her skirt was long, and she looked like a wandering ghost.

Zhao Bingyu pressed Jin Jiaojiao's head on his side shoulder, and said softly: "If you're tired, squint for a while, and I'll call you later." ”

"Well, it's okay, it's okay." Jin Jiaojiao yawned, hugged Zhao Bingyu's neck, and wondered in her heart, how did she manage to be sleepy in such a nervous state?

It's weird.

The blind woman led them back to the cemetery before, picked up the handbag left in the place, Jin Jiaojiao glanced at it, and it was paper money and some silver dollars that had not been burned, and the special smell she had smelled before really came from this.

It seems that this woman has come here to pay respects.

They followed the woman all the way forward, and within the limited field of vision, Jin Jiaojiao also noticed that there were obviously more new tombs than old ones, and there must have been a lot of deaths recently.

Half a pillar of incense before they walked out of the cemetery. Beyond the cemetery, there was a mulberry forest, the fog was getting lighter, and the air was fresher.

The sun had long since set, dark clouds hung in the sky, and there was no moon tonight.

Further on there was a babbling stream, and the woman stopped, handed them the lantern, and said, "Go down the stream, and you will come out of the valley." ”

In the distance, there are flickering lights, like a village.

Zhao Bingyu took the lantern and hesitated: "Eldest sister, you see that it is getting late, can you allow us to spend the night?" ”

"I am blind and cannot see." The woman's personality was uncertain, and she made it clear that she wanted them to leave quickly, "We don't welcome outsiders here, so you better leave quickly." ”

"It's not that we mean to bother, it's just that the insider accidentally sprained his ankle, and it's really inconvenient to go on the road." Zhao Bingyu pleaded: "How about the eldest sister who is a good person and stays with us overnight?" Just one night, I promise to take my people away as soon as dawn and never stay longer. ”

"Good guys? How do you tell I'm good? The woman sneered.

Zhao Bingyu continued to lower his posture and said: "The eldest sister is kind-hearted and takes us out of the miasma forest, she is naturally a good person." ”

Jin Jiaojiao has a high heart, and will never bend down to beg for help unless necessary, and naturally she doesn't want to see her own people whispering to others, so she dragged Zhao Bingyu and shook her head at him, suggesting that he didn't have to beg the blind woman so much, the big deal is that they are leaving, and they are all worried that they can't find a place to stay?

Fortunately, Zhao Bingyu is still sensible, and he didn't listen to the wind or the rain with Jin Jiaojiao's willfulness.

No matter how rich Miss Jin is, he knows in his heart that he can only take refuge in the blind woman who is uncertain for a while, at least he must first find a place to cover the stars and avoid the rain and dew to deal with Jin Jiaojiao's wounds, which is so that the eldest husband can bend and stretch.

The woman hesitated for a while, neither agreed nor refused, turned around and left expressionlessly, and Zhao Bingyu took her as a default, leading the horse to follow.

With the sparkling lights, they at first thought that the village was just a few houses built by villagers in the canyon who lived by hunting, but when they got closer, they realized that it was actually a large village, but few people lit it, and they couldn't see the whole picture from a distance.

The village is built in the heart of the canyon, surrounded by mountains, and the outer courtyard wall is not high, but it is covered with a spiky vine plant, blooming one after another, delicate flowers, white, yellow, pink...... The shape is like a thorn rose, but the fragrance is more fragrant than the thorn rose, and the spikes are more than five or six times longer than the thorns of ordinary thorn rose branches, forming a pure natural protective fence for the whole village, which can not only block the raid of wild beasts, but also prevent the invasion of thieves.

It seems that what the woman said is true, and the people here are very defensive and do not like outsiders.

Not far from the right side of the village is a towering elm tree, which must be more than a hundred years old, and under the elm tree lies a few lonely thatched huts, which are lit up with warm yellow lights, showing that the owner of the house has not yet slept.

The woman knocked on the wooden door three times and then stepped aside to stand still, and after a few seconds there was the sound of running with cloth shoes stepping on the stone slab, and the door was ajar from within, and a boy with a ball head stuck out of it and looked curiously.

Xiao Tong looked like he was about six or seven years old, he was born with a lot of aura, a pair of big black eyes like amber turned around in his eye sockets, and he took the lead in stopping his eyes on Zhao Bingyu, who was holding Jin Jiaojiao in one hand and holding a tall horse in the other.

"Who are you? Who to look for? ”

His voice was immature, there was a vigilant light in his eyes, and a hint of envy for a sturdy adult man, and he admired Zhao Bingyu's strong arm strength.

"Yaoyao, can your master rest?" The woman asked.

The little boy opened the door and stepped out of the threshold to see the blind woman standing in the dark, and immediately relaxed his guard, and said, "No, the master is preparing herbs, and the blind aunt is looking for the master?" ”

The woman shook her head and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that these two people got lost and were injured in the Nanmu forest, and they want to spend the night." ”

Xiao Tong glanced at the embarrassed Jin Jiaojiao and probably understood what was going on.

"Then let them settle down here, there is still an empty house in the east, and it just so happens that the master can still treat this sister's injury."

"Then I'll hand them over to you." After the woman finished speaking, she said to Jin Jiaojiao and Zhao Bingyu: "You guys will stay here tonight." ”

Zhao Bingyu nodded at her and said, "Thank you." ”

The woman still didn't have any good colors, and said indifferently: "No thanks, just leave as soon as the morning dawns, don't make trouble for us!" ”

The blind woman was about to leave after speaking, and Xiao Tong hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her sleeve, "Blind aunt, wait for me for a while, the master will prepare a few pairs of medicines for Brother Sheng in the afternoon, and I will go in and get it for you." ”

The little boy hurriedly ran into the house, and after a while, he ran out with a few medicinal materials wrapped in straw paper, "Here, the master said twice a day, it should be effective for Brother Sheng'er's illness." ”

The woman took the medicine bag, her rough fingers groped for a while, her blind eyes looked vacantly ahead, Jin Jiaojiao felt as if she wanted to see through the thatched house, but she couldn't see anything.

"Then thank your master for me."

After the blind woman left, the little boy took the reins in Zhao Bingyu's hand and tied the horse to the big elm tree. Then walk them through the door. Stepping into the courtyard, the face is full of the fragrance of medicinal herbs, and the rattan trellis in the courtyard is full of all kinds of Chinese herbs.

Xiao Tong was at the age of curiosity and novelty, and when he saw two strangers with extraordinary appearances, he chatted with them very much, and chatted with them excitedly.

He said that his name is Li Yiyao, an orphan, who was adopted and raised by the pharmacist Li Qi since he was a child, and they came to Qingcheng Mountain in Yuzhou from Jiaxing three years ago to travel, and gradually lived in this place.

According to Yaoyao said, this village is called Jufang Village, the village has a history of hundreds of years, and there have been many outstanding masters and national teachers in the era of the first dynasty, it is a blessed land of local spirits, but in recent generations people have fallen lonely and silent.

Three years ago, pharmacist Li Qian took Li Yiyao into Qingcheng Mountain to collect medicine, and by chance saved an uncle in the village who was bitten by a poisonous snake while collecting firewood in the mountains. For so many years, people in the village can endure a headache and brain fever, and if they can't bear it, they can only travel long distances out of the mountains to see a doctor in the town.

Pharmacist Li Qi is keen to study all kinds of medicinal materials, and his arrival was undoubtedly welcomed by the villagers, who worked together to build these thatched huts on the periphery of the village to facilitate his daily life.

In this way, the two lived in Jufang Village for three years.