After driving all the way for a few more days, Ren Yili's goal is getting closer and closer.

The climate here is obviously different from the north, the winter is cold and wet, and the bamboo forest is still green. As far as the eye can see, there is a large area, and the brush is rattling.

The earliest tribes of the Zhang family were mostly in Badi, and after Zhang Lu attacked Liu Zhang's Ba County, he began to divide it in Hanzhong, and used five buckets of rice to educate the people and establish political power.

Therefore, if you want to look for traces of the Zhangling period, you should still go to the Sichuan-Chongqing location of the old world.

Before you know it, it's dinner time again.

There was a small river valley in front, Ren Yi gradually slowed down, and a row of convoys behind also stopped by the river. The displaced people got out of the car and began to quickly collect firewood to make a fire and fetch water and pots.

In less than half an hour, white smoke rose up.

Sister Liu and other women were cooking, and Yu Jun's body was almost recovered, and he was already able to follow everyone to the forest with hoes to dig up wild vegetables that sprouted early.

A group of Wu Sihai's men were pitching tents, white bags winding along the river valley, swaying in the cold wind.

Ren Yi found a leeward place to sit down and lit a cigarette. He didn't have to do anything, just waited for the meal to start.

The number of people increased suddenly, and it was as lively as a meeting, and the sound of chatting drifted with the cold wind.

"Hey, the life of this group of homeless people is starting to taste."

Ren Yi spit out a puff of cigarette, not knowing what happened to the people of Lingzhou.

It was too far away from the Eastern Alliance, and Lao Yu's broken radio couldn't hear the news.

They may have just finished their work and cooked by the fire next to the reinforced stone on the ground, and they were living such a life.

"Don't move."

"Mom, you're tied up too tightly, I have a headache."

Ren Yi sat with his back against the jeep, and suddenly the voices of Sister-in-law Yu and Yu Xi came from behind him.

A large group of people hit the road, and Yu Xi no longer had to disguise himself as a little boy.

She had washed her face, and Sister-in-law Yu sat on a stone, combed her hair with water, and then took out a roll of red wool and cut a section and tied two braids.

After tying her hair, she looked more and more beautiful.

Yu Xi was not used to such a hairstyle, and pouted dissatisfiedly.

Ren Yi straightened the bangs that blocked his eyes, and his hair had grown long since he left Lingzhou.

There's no way to cut his hair on the road, and he's recently noticed that his hair has started to get delayed while driving.

Or I'll tie it up too, after all, I'm too decent, a Taoist priest, and I might still have a bit of a fairy wind dao bone posture when I tie it up.

Ren Yi grabbed the back of his head with his hand for a long time, and suddenly remembered that he didn't even have a rope.

"Sister-in-law Yu, where did your yarn come from?" Ren Yimo went around to the back of the car and looked at it for a long time, pretending to be inadvertent.

Sister-in-law Yu looked at his messy hair and smiled, "You also want to comb your hair?" ”

"Ah, this ......" Ren Yi was embarrassed.

"Do you know how to comb? I'll comb it for you. ”

Sister-in-law Yu beckoned.

Ren Yi sat on the stone where Yu Xi had just sat down, and Sister-in-law Yu poured something from a small bottle and wiped it on the comb, combing Ren Yi's knotted hair one by one.

Ren Yi smelled the fragrance of flowers on the comb and gradually relaxed.

The hair was quickly combed, and Ren Yi's hair was still too short compared to Yu Xi, so he could only tie a rabbit tail at the back of his neck.

Sister-in-law Yu looked at it, "Make do with it, at least it's more convenient in the wilderness." ”

"Thank you." Ren Yi lowered his head and took a picture of the river.

"Today is the New Year." Suddenly, Lao Yu, who was lighting a fire, shouted.

"Really?" Everyone was amazed.

Li Chunsheng slapped his thigh, "I've been on the road for so long, I'm confused." Then you have to eat something good today! ”

The crowd immediately shouted, "Come on, you ate badly one day." ”

Ren Yi patted the soil and stood up, "I'm going to hunt rabbits." ”

"No, no, this kind of trivial matter doesn't need to bother you." The bandit leader Wu Sihai stopped Ren Yi, "Let's just go." ”

"I'll look at the rabbit footprints, I'll be with you." Lao Yu took a hoe and stood up with a basket, "You can still dig winter bamboo shoots here." It's fresh, diced and fried with rabbit meat. ”

Everyone shouted, "Oh, don't talk about it, I'm hungry!" ”

Wu Sihai picked up a gun on his back, followed by the five younger brothers who stood up behind him, plus Lao Yu, and the group walked down the hillside to the depths of the bamboo forest.

Everyone started to work again, and when they heard that today was Xiao Nian, they were even more excited, chatting and chatting.

Before he knew it, a year was about to pass, and Ren Yi sat back on the stone and sighed.

The dart game used to be very lively during the New Year, but this year I don't know if there are so many fewer people and whether it can be lively.

Ren Yi hesitated for a long time, and finally called up the "round sky" and secretly connected the word "Fujiang".

"How many tons of material are missing?" Bai Henglei's voice came quickly.

It was still very cold in the north, and Ren Yi could already feel the cold wind blowing on his face through Bai Henglei's empathy.

“…… It's been delaying for so long, why hasn't the cold equipment you supported arrive? ”

There was a clanging sound in the distance, and Ren Yi saw a group of middle-aged men hunched over their waists, stacked with heavy building materials on their backs, carrying them silently one by one. Covered in dust and sweating.

There are quite a few familiar faces in it.

Ren Yi was stunned, "This is Lao Ge of Ertang, this is Xiao Xu ......"

As Bai Henglei's gaze moved upward, the gray Lingzhou City appeared in front of Ren Yi's eyes.

The walls are still in ruins, and I don't know how long it will take to return to their original state. Countless steel shelves towered over it, like a dying beast.

Many tiny figures hung themselves on it, busy every millimeter.

Farther away, Ren's dart board was going back and forth, and Ren You's hair seemed to have begun to turn white.

Xu Tianwei took the intercom to command on the construction site, but her leg was not treated in time and had left traces of lameness.

There are also volunteers from Dragon Rune City, dressed in dark blue overalls, handing out blankets to the huddled crowd......

"What's the matter with you?" Bai Henglei also noticed Ren Yi's existence.

Ren Yi said: "If the people don't have enough clothes, you can let them connect to the 'round sky'." Life energy can also have the effect of keeping out the cold. ”

"What does the matter in Lingzhou have to do with you?" Bai Henglei said impatiently, "...... Well, thanks. ”

"Dao Chief."

Suddenly, Sister-in-law Yu gently smashed him with her elbow on the side, interrupting Ren Yi's train of thought.

He looked up, and for some reason, everyone stopped talking for a while, and looked at the path under the bamboo forest slope with a solemn expression. The few people left behind by Wu Sihai had even picked up their guns.

"It's the breath of a monster in this life."

The figure of the goddess Themis flashed, and suddenly jumped into Ren Yi's mind.

Ren Yi stood up step by step, there is a situation!

Following Sister-in-law Yu's gaze, I saw more than a dozen figures standing there, all of them thin and vigorous, wearing diagonal clothes made of blue fabric, wearing leather robes, armed belts, and strapping knives, quivers, daggers, bullets, homemade firearms and other things.

They were also staring at Ren Yi and the others, and the atmosphere of the two groups was delicate and on the verge of breaking out.

Ren Yi took a step forward, and the "Elephant King" was immediately unsheathed.

Whew—

The bamboo shadow swayed, and a figure immediately walked out on the opposite side, standing in the front.

The shadow was a little thinner than the man next to her, and Ren Yi saw her long braid hanging down to her waist, only to realize that it was a woman.

The setting sun fell on her face through the bamboo leaves. Apricot kernel face, red phoenix eyes, less than thirty years old with hands and feet tied with straps, back bows and arrows, at first glance also in the wilderness crawling and rolling, like a wild cat as smart and vigorous.

"Two days ago, there was a big fire in the town over there, and we can see it very clearly here."

The woman said aloud.

"There's a very powerful Advent that has been cleared. Did you do it? ”

What do you mean? Ren Yiyan took a step back, and the "sky is round and the place is round" mobilized.

This group of people is also a believer in the "swollen saints", who came to me for revenge?

Ren Yi slowly looked around at them and said coldly, "It's me." What's wrong? ”

The woman suddenly stepped forward and clasped her hands into fists: "We have encountered a very tricky matter, we have specially found here, please be sure to help!" ”

"Huh?" Ren Yi's eyes widened, is this actually the case?

Ren Yi was a little relaxed in his heart, thinking that the group of people in front of him was a secondary monster, and he almost misunderstood.

The group of heavily armed men behind her also stepped forward, and said with their hands: "This matter is very important to us, and there will be heavy thanks after the matter is completed!" ”

The group doesn't seem to be easy to mess with, either. Although Ren Yi is reluctant to make extraneous branches, if they really regard themselves as a life-saving straw and hold on tightly, I am afraid it will not be easy to get rid of.

At least listen to what they have to say and tell the truth from the fake.

And the goddess said that there are secondary monsters, and if you don't have precautions, it's also a hidden danger.

Ren Yi's face didn't change, "You talk about it first." But with the ugly things ahead, I don't necessarily have the help to help. ”

The crowd immediately beamed with joy.

"We are salt merchants in Wangyunzhai. We produce well salt there, and the whole village has been in the business of selling salt since ancient times, and the men of the village are responsible for forming caravans and transporting them around. ”

The leading woman said.

Oh? Mining and escorting by yourself, you can count yourself as half a dart master.

The woman continued: "My name is Xiao Yulian, and I am the owner of Wangyun Village. They are all my cousins. ”

"There are many forces here, and there is a big road dedicated to business, called the 'salt tea road'. The town you came to was the beginning of the salt tea ceremony. ”

"This is the last time we have come out to do business this year, and we were supposed to be with my husband. But he went up the mountain and was caught in the leg of the beast, and I led the team out this time. ”

"After selling the last load of salt, everyone was in a hurry to go back for the New Year, and I was also worried about my husband and one-year-old child, so I took them to take a shortcut."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yulian pointed behind her: "It's this bamboo forest." ”

"Inside, we met the robbers. Everyone took the guys with them, quickly killed them, and continued on their way. ”

"But it didn't take long for another group of bandits to catch up."

"We were in a hurry, and without hesitation, we killed them again."

"But at this moment, something strange happened...... Xiao Yulian's face turned pale, and she glanced at a strong man behind her, "My eldest brother suddenly pointed to a corpse that fell to the ground and said that this bandit had been killed by him before!" ”

"My first reaction was that the man was not dead at the time, and I turned over his body, but I didn't find any old injuries."

So I said to him, could it be that you are mistaken? After all, they are all masked, and it is possible that they are wrong in the panic during the fight. ”

"We didn't stop and kept going."

"Sure enough, I didn't go far before another group of bandits chased after me."

"This time I paid attention to it, and the bandits he killed last time and were checked by me have reappeared in it!"

"Agile movements, no injuries at all!"

"We started to panic, and after a series of indiscriminate killings, we carefully examined them and burned all these corpses."

"But it's useless......"

"Soon after, they reappeared!"

"There's definitely something wrong with this!"

"Although most of us are physical and technical ability, we can't stand the bandits who keep appearing no matter what, and we will run out of ammunition and food immediately......"

Xiao Yulian paused, and said excitedly: "At this moment, there was a sky-high fire in the town in front of me, and I knew that a master was coming!" There is hope! ”

"From this sword, you can see that you are extraordinary, please help, we just want to go home!"

"If it happens," Xiao Yulian gritted her teeth, "I'm willing to give away our Wangyun Village's containment!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the dart masters in Wangyunzhai looked at her in surprise.

It turns out that the goddess said that the secondary monster is in the bamboo forest!

Ren Yi thought for a long time and said, "There is one more condition, if you agree, I will help you." ”

"What?" Xiao Yulian asked.

Ren Yi pointed behind his back: "Take in this group of people." ”

The homeless people were surprised, and they raised their heads in unison, "Dao Chief......

Ren Yi continued: "Actually, I have taken over their business now. According to the first-come, first-served basis, in fact, they should do their business first. ”

"They are all down-to-earth and willing to work, stay in your village, and definitely add a handful of labor. I'm going to travel the world, and I've promised them a good place to stay until then. ”

Xiao Yulian nodded happily: "No problem." ”

"Now that the negotiation has been settled," Ren Yi turned his head and looked at the swaying bamboo sea not far away, "Time waits for no one, let's go and meet them in the bamboo forest." ”