Qian Yan imagined the scene described by the ugly ugly, the village of stone houses, which is indeed a little unusual

When they had just come down from the mountain to the west, there was also the ruins of a village at the foot of the mountain, but all the houses in that village were made of adobe, and the foundation that remained showed that it was not possible to build houses out of stone.

This village is also at the foot of the mountain, not in the mountain, even if you want to guard against wild beasts running down the mountain, you only need to build a wall with stones, and you don't have to build a house.

Although there are a lot of stones on this mountain, there are many trees on it, indicating that there is a thick layer of soil on it, and it is more difficult to mine the stones to build a house than to remove adobe, not to mention that most of the people here live in caves, and how abrupt this stone house village is, you can imagine.

"I don't know what the name of this village is, by the way, have you ever seen a stone monument or archway at the entrance of the village before?"

Qian Yan looked at the ugly ugly and asked.

Generally, most villages will set up a stone tablet at the entrance of the village to write the name of the village, or if conditions permit, they will also erect an archway.

Ugly nodded, "It's true, there was a stone archway here before, and it said Pray for the New Year." ”

"Prayer Village? Why such a strange name? "Praying for the year, praying for the year, is the meaning of praying for a good year, under what circumstances should we pray for a good year? Of course, it's a bad time.

Therefore, the synonym of praying for the New Year and sacrificial or something is not a good word, and it is generally not used as the name of the village.

However, some clues have also been extracted from the name of this village, just now the ugly ugly said that there is an altar in the tomb underneath, will it be related to this village?

Ugly Ugly obviously thought of this, and hurriedly probed his divine sense to the side of the tomb again.

This time it was more cautious, and did not immediately look under the cemetery, but first looked on the ground, and found no difference, and it was the same as before.

Only then did he carefully go deeper into his divine sense, little by little, for fear of touching some formation prohibition again.

I was also wondering in my heart if it was because it had just touched the formation, and that formation was connected to the village here, so the village would disappear.

The rumbling sound before was not necessarily from inside the tomb, but also the sound of the village activating the formation.

No, the previous voice was indeed coming from the ground over there, and it was impossible to hear it wrong with its ear power.

It was also because I was afraid of that formation at that time that I didn't dare to explore it again, so it's really hard to say now.

When it reached the ground little by little, it suddenly found that the appearance of the altar in the previous tomb had changed, and it had actually changed into the appearance of the previous village!

Not only are those stone houses there, but the archway is also there, but there is no breath of life before, it is an empty village, and those villagers are gone.

Ugly quickly swept the entire village, and without finding the breath of a living creature, he immediately withdrew his senses.

Said to Qianyan: "That village actually ran underground!" ”

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

Qian Yan didn't understand the meaning of ugliness for a while, and glanced back at the location of the village.

Seeing that she had misunderstood, the ugly ugly explained: "It's not the underground here, it's the side of the tomb, when I explored before, it was obviously a tomb, and there were many stone statues and a priest's stone platform inside, but now it has become the appearance of the previous village, and many torches have been lit for lighting."

However, there was no sign of human activity, and it was as if they had evaporated overnight. ”

Qian Yan swallowed her saliva a little scared, fortunately it was daylight, if it was night, it was estimated that she would be scared and cry, just like that, her hairs stood up.

"No, we can't stay here, let's get out of here while it's still dark." ”

Ugly is also the same meaning, its current ability to deal with mortals is no problem, this kind of unknown is not necessarily.

And it's not dangerous for them to come over, they just don't want to be troublesome, those bandits have already left, and they will be recognized by Vice General Wang at most when they go out, if that's the case, it's good to say that it's their own descendants, ugly and ugly can also hide in the space, the little leopard can hide in the satchel, the clothes on Tianyan's body are different from before, and she has done a little camouflage, so she should be able to fool the past.

She has a one-sided relationship with the other party, and there is no enmity, so there is no need to hide at all.

She turned the horse's head again, got into the car and asked the bear to hurry up and go out, she was going to go to the town to inquire about this village, this village is not far from the town, a distance of several miles, there must be people who know something about this side, especially some old people, maybe they can know some other things.

Before, she thought that she had inadvertently walked to that position, thinking that at most she had some intuition, but now that she thought about it, she was terrified, and she didn't know what was tempting her to pass.

Thinking of the plots on TV, she shuddered, wouldn't she want to use herself to sacrifice to the sky and release some kind of devil?

Thinking that Xiangxiang had told her before, her spirit was different from ordinary people, much stronger than ordinary people, and she could communicate with Xiangxiang and Ugly with her thoughts as soon as she was born, there must be something different.

The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and asked the big bear to speed up again.

But the carriage was heavy, and the road was not easy to walk, and it was now the fastest speed.

In this way, it took more than 30 minutes to walk all the way, and it only took more than ten minutes to walk back to the side of the road.

Fortunately, nothing happened, and after looking back, he drove the carriage onto the road.

The bodies of the bandits were gone, and the blood on the ground had been cleaned up and buried in the earth, and if it weren't for the fact that the person he killed remembered the location, he wouldn't have been able to see it if he didn't look closely.

Looking at the fresh rut marks on the ground, it should be the people who said that the ugly people pushed the cart and pulled the corpses away.

Those corpses were pulled back, one was identified as bandits, and the other was found to be buried somewhere to be buried.

In ancient times, whether it was a good person or a bad person, as long as they saw it, they would not be exposed to the wilderness.

For example, in ancient times, thousands of people died on the battlefield at every turn, and those corpses could not be thrown there, and they would generally find a place to bury them, which was what later generations called mass graves.

Even though it is buried intensively, it is much stronger than being exposed to the air.

After getting on the road, the tight string slowly relaxed, but this relaxation made me feel my stomach tumbling.

She was already uncomfortable with the bumpy ride, but her nerves were tense and she didn't react, and now as soon as she relaxed, she felt that her stomach was turning upside down, and the things she ate before were about to be turned upside down.

I forced the carriage to go forward for a while, and when it was two or three hundred meters away from the fork in the road, I stopped the carriage, squatted on the side of the road, and vomited, and directly vomited all the food I had eaten before.

Ugly ran over and handed her a glass of water and a towel.

Tilt Yan took the cup and rinsed her mouth, wiped the physiological tears that flowed out when she just vomited with a towel, and exhaled a long breath.

Ugly asked worriedly, "Are you feeling better?" Why don't we stop on the side of the road, you go and lie down in the car for a while, and then you can go when you are better. ”

Tilt Yan shook her head, "No, I'm much better." ”

Ugly: "Shall we go to that town then?" The town is not far from here, if you are really scared, we will ignore the affairs here, and go directly to the county seat. ”

"It's okay, I'm not afraid, I was just a little afraid of the unknown before, but now it's far away, it's okay, it's just that I've been nervous, and I've been upside down for a long time, my stomach has some cramps, and it's good to vomit."

Chou nodded, "Do you want to eat some fruit to suppress the taste in your mouth?" ”

Qian Yan nodded, even if she rinsed her mouth, her mouth was still a little sour, and it should be better to eat something sweet.

Chou Chou took out a big peach for her, this thing does not hurt her stomach when eaten on an empty stomach, and it is milder than other fruits.

The peaches are all washed before, so that they can be eaten directly, and the ugly ones are not ripe, and the crisp and sweet ones don't need to be peeled.

She took it and nibbled on it, and the crisp and sweet taste and unique fragrance of peaches immediately filled her mouth, relieving the previous discomfort.

After eating the peaches, he got into the carriage again, and this time let the bear walk slowly, not so anxious.

Walking slowly, the carriage was not so bumpy, and the road was flatter than the small road, so Qian Yan was a little drowsy.

It's just over one o'clock in the afternoon, which is a good time to take a nap.

She leaned against the carport and fell asleep in a daze, and the ugly controlled the carriage to walk slowly, trying to make her sleep as comfortable as possible.

But the town is not far away, even if it is about twenty minutes slower.

had to wake up Tilt Yan, Tilt Yan forced herself to open her eyes, and saw that they were about to arrive at the entrance of the town, and immediately became energetic.

Because she found that she was a little naïve before, and now the entrance to the town has been surrounded by officers and soldiers, and she is not allowed to enter at all.

There were even two soldiers who came over to inquire and inspect her carriage.

Fortunately, the inside of the carriage is basically empty, so I am not afraid of inspection, and when asked what I am here for, Qian Yan learned the dialect here and replied: "I came from Xifeng Town, and I am going to go to Yunling County to visit relatives, isn't it noon, seeing that there is a town here, I want to eat something in the town and repair it." ”

When the soldier who inspected her saw that she was a little girl, he didn't feel much embarrassed, but kindly reminded: "This town has just been looted by bandits, and there is nothing to buy when you go in, so it is better to go directly to the county seat."

Some of the bandits escaped but did not go to that side, it is safer, you try to take the big road, not the small road.

Qian Yan hurriedly thanked her and obediently set up the carriage and left.

She did have some ill-thought about it before, the people in the town had just been raided by bandits, and she ran to inquire about things, who had time to pay attention to them, and she was probably sad about her loss.

Thinking of this, Qian Yan couldn't help but slap her head, what a pig's head.

Drive the carriage back to the main road and continue east.

She is not afraid of encountering bandits, and if she does, as long as it is not a big wave, maybe she can eat black again.

Chou Chou said that most of those people ran to the north, and there was a small group in the south, but there was no in the east, because the officers and soldiers came from the east.

Now I don't want to think so much, it's better to go directly to the county seat, although the county seat is a little farther away from here, if the village was more famous before, maybe the people in the county town have heard of it.

She was just a little curious about what was going on in that village, especially the tomb, it was okay if she couldn't find out, anyway, she didn't live here permanently, so it really didn't have much to do with her.

After walking forward for three miles, Chouchou said to her, "Now I can see Yunling County." ”

Qian Yan sighed: "The area of this county is really large, we walked more than 20 miles from Xifeng Town to Qingfeng Town just now, and more than 20 miles from Qingfeng Town to the county seat, which is nearly 50 miles away, and this is only one direction." ”

Ugly nodded, "Yes, this ancient area was originally vast and sparsely populated, not to mention that the geographical location here is in the northwest, and even the northwest side in the future is similar, you think about Xinjiang in the future." ”

Qian Yan immediately stopped squeaking, but no, the area of a county in Xinjiang is about to catch up with a small province, and the distance from this county to that county can cross provinces.

When I walked five or six miles, I came across a town, which was smaller than the previous two towns, and it should have been a relatively large village before, because it was on the way to the county seat, or it was closer to the county seat, and it slowly developed into a town.

It's called Xiaoyuan Town, I don't know how this name came about, of course, the Xifeng Town and Qingfeng Town before didn't understand, and I feel that the name here is very random.

There was only one main street in Xiaoyuan Town, and there was a grocery store, a grain store, and a cloth shop, and the rest were gone.

It may be really too small, there is no Mi tavern here, Chou Chou said that there is a Mi tavern in Qingfeng Town.

They didn't enter the town, and they were not far away from the county seat, so there was no need to waste time here.

It's enough to understand through the ugly divine sense.

On the way, I also passed several villages, all of which were not very large, with more than twenty or thirty households, and even a few households.

Most of them are not on the side of the road, similar to the layout of the previous villages.

When there was still a mile away from the county seat, Tilt Yan found an open space to let the little leopard out and feed it some food, let it go to the toilet in the grass, and then put it in her satchel.

By the way, let the ugly chou take out the two baskets and put them in the carriage, and when the time comes, there will be a cover for taking things out.

He put the sheepskin quilt and the burden in a basket, and the clay bowl and clay pot in a frame, and asked the ugly chou to take out the gourd before, which was filled with water.

After seeing that the preparations were almost complete, he drove the carriage forward again, and the city tower could be seen from a distance, and as it got closer and closer, he found that the county seat was really big, almost the same as Handcheng.

(End of chapter)