The handsome young man's white clothes flutter in the morning breeze, and the pretty girl beside him holds a long stick in one hand and a horse's reins in the other, such a beautiful picture forms a strong contrast with the dilapidated village in front of him.

The morning sun rises, and the golden light falls on the snow beside the road, like golden scales, bringing a touch of life to the bleak village.

"It's the first day of the Lunar New Year!"

Su Li took a deep breath of the air with the strong smell of fireworks.

He and Qing'er came overnight, Qing'er didn't know how to ride a horse, the two shared a ride, running around all night, Su Li practiced the Quanzhen Xuanmen Authentic Inner Breath, not the slightest tired, but energetic.

Qing'er is a child, the first time he went out, he immediately leaned on Su Li's arms and slept for an hour, and he was also in good spirits at this moment.

"Young Master! Master! You are here, on the afternoon of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Fubo sent a fast horse, saying that you will come to Sansheng Village early, I can keep watch here all night, I can see you! ”

A man came from the village, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, extremely tall, about 1.9 meters, talking fast, and his steps were also fast.

As soon as the words fell, thirty meters away, he was already hugging Su Li tightly and patting Su Li's shoulder hard, "The young master has grown up, he is so tall, okay!" Good! Hahaha, look, look, I'm a pig brain......"

The man patted his head vigorously and let go of Su Li, still with a smile on his face, "I should call the owner!" ”

"Uncle Qin!"

The person who came was Qin Ming, who used to protect Su Li with Wang Biao and Zheng Qiang, but then left Su's house for some reason and went to his uncle's house in Sansheng Village.

Now that I think about it, it should be because of his straightforward personality, because he is not compatible with Wang Biao and Zheng Qiang.

"Can't, can't! You can't call Uncle Qin, it's called Qin Ming, Old Qin can also be, Fu Bo has already commanded! ”

Su Li nodded, noncommittal, "During this time, is there anything abnormal in Sansheng Village?" ”

Qin Ming was slightly stunned, then showed a pleased smile, nodded and muttered, "Fu Bo is right, the young master has grown up." ”

"No, it's still business as usual." , Qin Ming's excited face flushed with sadness, and then "haha" smiled, "It was a month ago, a big family in Fengzhou sent ten villagers to ride over, saying that there was a plague in Luozhen, Fengzhou, and a lot of cattle and sheep died

After that, seven or eight beggars came, all carrying sacks, there were snakes in them, and I don't know what they could do, in the cold weather, the snakes were still jumping around, begging while performing, saying that they were refugees from Youzhou, they were all poor people, and they were begging to our ghost village...... Now I live in the wasteland temple behind the village, and I said that I would leave after the new year, hey, naturally I have to leave......"

"There is also the village chief Liu Feng's eldest brother......"

A trace of unbearability flashed on Qin Ming's face, and he was about to continue, when he saw the three people coming out of the village, he stopped and shouted loudly: "Brother Liu Feng, Chen Lao, Cai Bo, this is the owner of the Su family in the shadow side that I told you!" ”

The person who came was a middle-aged man, whose face was full of wind and frost, but it could also be seen that he was very handsome when he was young, and the other two, a man who looked like an old scholar in his seventies and eighties, and a short old man in his fifties and sixties.

It can be seen from a distance, the faces of the three people are full of smiles, before the person arrives, the voice has already come, and the tone is also with joy, "There are distinguished guests in the village, and the sky is auspicious!" ”

The three of them approached, looked at Su Li, and showed a look of surprise on their faces, and then, the middle-aged man suddenly realized: "Young Zhuang Master, the contemptible person is Liu Feng, the head of Sansheng Village, this old scholar is Chen Qing Chen Lao, he had a reputation when he was young, and the people in the village read and write, all of which he taught, this is Cai Tan, Cai Bo, who has a very high reputation in the village."

Hehe, our village, there are three surnames, all of whom are descendants of blacksmiths, and their ancestors moved here from the north to build a village fifty years ago, just because they coveted the good iron ore in Yunji Mountain, who knows ......"

Liu Feng shook his head, and immediately tolerated his face:

"Haha, our Sansheng Village is to put light on our faces, originally called Sansheng Village, your southerners have similar pronunciations to Sheng, let's talk about it, by the way, is the old farmer good? When is he coming? We are ready to prepare, and we heard Qin Ming say that the old owner has extraordinary insight and strong martial arts......""""

"Brother Liu!" , Qin Ming pulled Liu Feng's sleeve and said in a low voice: "The old owner has already traveled to the immortals, and the shadow village is only the current owner, and the matter of the sixteenth day of the first month is also ......."

Liu Feng's face froze, and he wanted to say a few words, but his throat was like choking on a rice ball, and he couldn't say anything, and the two people next to him also bowed their heads and sighed.

Su Li smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Su Li has seen three uncles. ”

Seeing the expression on Su Li's face, a glimmer of hope rose in Liu Feng's heart, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's okay to call me Liu Feng, owner, forgive Liu's bluntness, dare to ask if you have a good plan to break the thief?" ”

"Nope." , Su Li replied frankly, looked at Liu Feng with a look of disillusionment, and then said: "The war is changing rapidly, how can it be possible to have a plan in advance, all good strategies are adapted to local conditions and adapted to the spot." ”

"Owner, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, please go to the ancestral hall of the village, drink a sip of coarse tea first, eat some coarse food, and then ......"

Liu Feng sighed deeply, and then said, "Then the villain will take you around for a while." ”

"It's hard work!"

Su Li saw that he was opening the topic, and he also arched his hand, so he walked side by side with the three of them, Qin Ming took the reins of Qing'er's horse, and followed behind with Qing'er.

After walking about thirty meters, the scene inside was very different from that outside the village, although the houses were old, they were still elegant, and I thought that the outside was used to confuse the bandits.

The five of them walked all the way, and they didn't say anything, Liu Feng looked preoccupied, the two old men hung their heads, and Su Li kept smiling all the time, looking at the scenery of the village with interest.

"Qing'er, look, there are flowers!"

"Childe, it's morning glory, the nectar in it is sweet, I'll pick it for you to eat, I used to be a beggar, I often pick it to eat, strange, it's so cold weather, it can still bloom."

Qing'er ran over, squatted down, looked at the flowers carefully, and showed a sweet smile on her face.

"Qing'er, this is a little different from morning glory." Su Li gently took Qing'er's little hand to pick the flowers, and then turned his head, "Village chief, who planted these dozen flowers?" ”

"The village is full of rough people, unlike your son-in-law, how can he have the leisure to plant flowers." It was Cai Tan who spoke, and his voice was very sharp, "Foreign, there was no one before, that's all, it is estimated that it is a seed that a bird picked up from nowhere." ”

"Well, that's beautiful." , Su Li nodded, "Qing'er, do you want to pick one and put it on your head." ”

"I'm afraid that I won't look good with flowers, so I put it on, and I tell people that it's ugly."

"How, well, it's so pretty!"

Su Li picked a flower and stuck it obliquely on Qing'er's head, and Qing'er "giggled".

"Hey, Childe, there's a bird here, is it so cold that it can't fly?"

"Yes, look at it, if it's alive, catch it back and raise it, and when it's ready, it will sing to you every day."

……

"Village chief, there is still something at home, so I won't accompany the owner!" , Cai Tan turned around and shouted to Su Li, "Owner, I have left beforehand." Without waiting for Su Li to answer, he left directly.

"Qin Ming, this owner is here to enjoy the snow and flowers? Or do you want to go through the motions so you can go back and buy a fame? ”

After all, Chen Qing, an old scholar, has seen the world, and he is also an old qualification, and he is blunt with Qin Ming.

Qin Ming's face was embarrassed for a while, and he was stunned for a long time before he said: "The owner of the village is very kind, and there is no such thing as a rich child......

The old pedant didn't wait for Qin Ming to finish speaking, shook his head, bent over Su Li, and left.

Su Li also bent down to return the salute to the old pedant, and when he straightened up, he touched the flower on Qing'er's head, the flower fell to the ground, Qing'er screamed, squatted down to pick it up, Su Li held her hand, signaled that it was dirty, don't pick it up, and Qing'er reluctantly left with Su Li.

"Owner, let's go, the two of them do have something at home, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year......"

"Of course, village chief, if you have something at home, you can also leave first, and Uncle Qin will accompany me."

"Owner, don't mind, Liu does have something at home, really, it's true!"

Su Li patted Liu Feng on the shoulder, signaling that he didn't need to do this, and made a gesture of please.

"Owner's ......"

Su Li shook his head, still maintaining a faint smile, and let Qin Ming continue to lead the way.

"Uncle Qin, along the way, there are statues of gods on the side of the road and outside the house, and the incense is continuous, are the people in the village so religious?"

"Well, most of the worshippers are the Red Emperor, and last year everyone pooled money to build a temple for the Red Emperor......"

"Can you still scrape together money to build a temple?"

After more than a month of understanding, Su Li knew a lot about the history of Sansheng Village, which was the watershed between Yuncheng and Yunji Mountain, and was naturally the most harmed by bandits.

The Yunzhou Prefecture also has a psychological tacit understanding with the bandits, most of the bandits only rob the Sansheng Village, and rarely harass the rest of Yunzhou, and the state government turns a blind eye and maintains such a cruel balance.

So Su Li was indeed a little surprised that Sansheng Village could still have money to build temples.

"The poorer and desperate a person is, the more he believes in ghosts and gods! You can only count on ghosts and gods! ”

Regarding Qin Ming's explanation, Su Li can understand that in different generations, idols are all existential as spiritual forces, especially in troubled times, and the role of idols is greater.

Qing'er listened to the topic of the two, but she couldn't arouse her interest, and her eyes stared at the child with fireworks in the open space outside the ancestral hall, full of envy.

"Qing'er, you can play with the children."

"No, children only play with fireworks, and I'm not ......"

"Go ahead! Isn't there a merchant selling fireworks over there, but you have a big family of four hundred and ninety-nine taels of silver, bring me some by the way, and I'll put it later. ”

"Hey! All right! ”

Qing'er ran away happily, and soon held the fireworks in her arms and played noisily with the children.

Su Li smiled, took Qin Ming's hand and sat on the stone on the side of the road, "Uncle Qin, what's wrong with the village chief?" ”

"Huh? Oooh! It's like this......"

"Zhang Qian, one of the four great Kou, fell in love with the village chief's fourteen-year-old daughter Xin'er, and said that today is the first day of the new year, and he should fast, and wait for the second day of the second day of the new year to open Xin'er's ......."

Qin Ming made a mouth close pronunciation, and saw that the expression on Su Li's face did not change, before continuing.

"This Zhang Qian is cruel and lustful, the girl who spoiled him didn't survive for ten days, someone has seen the state of death, it's really ...... When I think about it, my heart trembles, there is such a beast in the world......"

Syllable!

Qin Ming slapped himself heavily, and Su Li patted him on the shoulder in understanding.

……

"Qing'er, who made you angry, come back so soon, and you're still angry?"

Su Li looked up and saw Qing'er brandishing a long stick, beating the dead grass on the side of the road all the way, pouting, and running back angrily.

"Childe, I won't play with them anymore, they're all badass!"

Su Li smiled, "How can a child be a villain." ”

"They're the sons of badass!" , Qing'er angrily knocked the long stick on the ground twice, "Just now, the short old man who left just now said bad things about you to the fathers of those children, saying that you are a useless scholar, and ......"

"That's it! Whether Childe is useful or not, I don't need others to evaluate it, Qing'er knows that Childe is useful, it's enough, you haven't bought me fireworks yet. ”

"Oh, I'm so angry that I forgot." Qing'er ran away quickly.

"Owner, Cai Tanren is very good, and his daughter-in-law also gave Zhang Qianji to death, I thought you could ......"

"Qin Ming!"

Before Qin Ming finished speaking, Liu Feng ran over panting, his eyes were red.

"Just now, a thief's little minion came, and the thief Zhang Qian said that he was going to come over tonight, and he would set up a cave room in my house!"