In order to protect Shen Ling, Jing Ci has now given up the National Teacher's Mansion, and he only cares about his position in Shen Ling's heart.

As long as Shen Ling can leave him a place, this will already make him extremely satisfied.

After more than a day's journey, they finally appeared in front of a small village in the afternoon.

"This is the place we chose to settle down this time, according to the map marking, this place is called Ping'an Village, and it is very close to the border."

Shen Ling took the map to confirm once again that they were not taking the wrong route.

Shen Ling and Jing Ci walked into the village, and they saw that the area of this village was not too large, only a few dozen households, after all, it was only a small village on the border.

As soon as the two strangers entered the village, they attracted the attention of the villagers.

A man took the initiative to come up and ask, "Two, I am the head of this village, I don't know what you have to do in this village."

Shen Ling heard that the person in front of her was the village chief, and she said to the village chief, "We want to find a house in this village to rest for a few days, but we don't know if it's convenient or not."

Shen Ling didn't say the specific reason for coming here, nor did he say where he wanted to go, but simply said that he wanted to find a place here.

"I see, then our village can be regarded as a little lively, our village has not had guests for a long time, I think you two can go to my house to live, I have extra room at home."

Shen Ling smiled slightly when he heard the village chief's special warm words.

"We only need one room, so we don't have to bother the village chief."

Shen Ling looked around as she spoke, and she found that although there were not many houses here, there were still spare rooms.

"You two should go to my house, these spare houses are very dilapidated and there is nothing to use in them."

The village chief was still very hospitable, and he had to invite Shen Ling and the others to live in his home, such an overly enthusiastic appearance made Shen Ling feel a little vigilant in his heart.

For Shen Ling, there may be such enthusiastic people, but they will definitely not want to invite themselves like the village chief all the time.

As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you will be a thief.

Although Shen Ling was able to conclude that the wanted warrant for himself and Jing Ci might not be able to reach such a small border village, the village chief still did so.

This proves that the other party wants to keep them at home for other purposes.

Shen Ling didn't know what the village chief thought, but for the sake of her own safety, she instinctively wanted to refuse.

The village chief still stubbornly wanted Shen Ling to agree to go to his house.

"It's getting late now, I think even if you two find an empty house and then clean it up, it may be midnight when you clean it up, and if you want to borrow things from other places, then you might as well go directly to my house."

"Our village is a little different from other villages."

The more the village chief was like this, the more vigilant Shen Ling's heart became, and she just wanted to refuse the village chief again, but at this time, she felt that there was indeed something wrong with this village.

Because it was the time of the afternoon and the night, the village was covered with a faint mist.

If it was a normal fog, there was nothing wrong with it, but Shen Ling could feel that this layer of fog in the village was mixed with other toxins.

Although Shen Ling didn't understand what the principle was, she knew that people living in this village were very likely to have toxins in their bodies.

"It seems that the guests have seen that there is indeed such a problem in our village, it has been many years, and we don't know why, only in our village's special houses can these poisons be separated, but every courtyard is also inhabited, and now they have no spare rooms at all."

The village chief said that even the spare houses now have no windows and cracks, so they can't withstand the fog at all.

Only those who are living

People's houses are closed and airtight, and these houses are all specially made to resist these poisonous gases.

And once this time comes, most of the villagers have already returned to their homes, and no one will go out at will, even if they want to borrow some tools or food and drink from the villagers, there is no way.

Jing Xi glanced at Shen Ling, and he whispered to Shen Ling: "I think the purpose of our coming here is to recuperate for a few days, if we live outside, we will probably waste more physical strength, and we will also need to use medicine to resist poison, which is not in line with our purpose, we still agree with the village chief's suggestion."

Shen Ling thought about it for a while when he heard this, and felt that it was indeed as Jing Xi said.

If they continue to waste medicine and energy here, they might as well choose to go further.

But if there was no other place to stay in front of them, they would not be able to join up with Gu Commander.

After the two discussed a few words in a low voice, a smile appeared on Shen Ling's face, and she bowed slightly to the village chief.

"Then it's a trouble for the village chief, and we're willing to pay for it if we need it."

The village chief laughed when he heard this, "How long will it take for a few guests to come?" How could I possibly ask for your fees? It's not a tradition in our village."

"Come with me, you two, it just so happens that I'm cooking at home."

Saying that, the village chief walked in front and enthusiastically led the way, took Shen Ling into the house, and when the two of them just fell, the village chief said that he was going to bring the food.

Shen Ling looked at the layout of the room and didn't feel that there was anything wrong here.

It was only to think that the house was indeed better sealed than the other houses she had seen outside, and that there was no toxic mist seeping into the room.

While the two were discussing why the village was so strange, the village chief had already enthusiastically walked in with white rice and soup.

"It's all hot, let's eat it while it's hot, and you can rest when you're done."

The village chief put the food on the table, he didn't leave, but sat next to him, chatting with Jing Xi without saying a word.

Jing Ci picked up the broth and frowned as he lowered his head, because a strange smell rushed to his nostrils.

Shen Ling's sense of smell is more sensitive than Jing Xi's, and Shen Ling doesn't know how to make such a disgusting broth, nor how long it has been stored.

Shen Ling didn't touch the bowl of broth, but first quietly checked the white rice brought by the village chief.