In Shixiu County, there is a tradition of opening morning markets outside the four city gates.

In the morning market, there are farmers and mountain people who come from all over the world to sell local products and mountain game before dawn, and there are also small traders who carry boxes on their backs and buy needles, threads, brains, and scraps of fabric.

People in the city, if they want to buy fresh and cheap local products, often leave the city early in the morning to catch the morning market.

Early the next morning, Shen Yun withdrew from the room, went out of the city gate, and also went to catch the morning market outside the city.

However, he did not buy game, but went to inquire about Xiaoxi Village, which is probably a small mountain village like Niutouao Village. He could not find this name on the map of Shixiu County. Yesterday, he also inquired in Dong'an Jili, and no one had heard of it.

Thinking that the hunters who took them out of Pheasant Ridge had said that they often came out to catch the morning market, he decided to come out to try his luck - he didn't dare to hope that he could do it in one step, and he would be thankful that he could find out the location of Xiaoxi Village when he met Uncle Hong and himself.

However, his luck was not good. After walking around the morning market for nearly an hour, he came across people dressed by mountain people and peasant households, so he went forward to inquire. As a result, the people questioned all shook their heads blankly.

"I don't know. ”

"Haven't heard of it. ”

Seeing that the people in the open space were becoming scarcer and scarcer, and the morning market was about to end, Shen Yun couldn't help but feel a little disheartened - in troubled times, catastrophes often fell in an instant without warning. Could it be that Xiaoxi Village, like Niutouao Village, was also robbed?

As soon as this thought came to him, he hurriedly snorted and pouted, and said in his heart: Good luck! Not all mountain people are as unlucky as our people in Niutouao Village.

At this moment, several people in the distance, shoulder-to-shoulder, rushed to this side. At the head was a strong man, who walked quickly with his burden, and at the same time turned back and urged his companions: "Hurry, hurry up." The morning market is going to disperse......"

This may be the last call of the morning market today. If you can't ask them, you'll have to come back tomorrow. Shen Yun cheered up, greeted him, and stopped the strong man at the head: "This big brother, bother you, have you heard of Xiaoxi Village?"

"No. The strong man was in a hurry and hurriedly responded.

"This little brother, we really don't know about this place you are talking about. An uncle who followed hurriedly added, "My brother is anxious, don't be surprised." ”

"I'm tired. Shen Yun shook his head with a smile and stepped aside.

It seems that Creek Village is not easy to find.

When the morning market was over, he returned to the county seat, found an inn near the city gate, and was ready to inquire for a few more days.

He had to find Xiaoxi Village, find Uncle Hong and a few of them - he was very ashamed, he wanted to take revenge, however, he couldn't even remember the way back to Niutouao Village, so he could only rely on Uncle Hong and them to show the way.

In an inn in Dong'anji.

Ancient Two and Ancient Three are almost front and back feet back in the room.

The two brothers found nothing again:

"I heard that alley burned down like that before the war. The innermost is an old boxing gym called 'Liujia Boxing Gym'. The 'Grandpa Liu' that Shen Yunli worshiped at the grave should be the old servant of the boxing gym, Lao Liu. It is said that the fire that year was first burned from the Liujia Boxing Gym. That night was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. There is a custom of making lanterns here. Most people went out to see the lanterns. Therefore, when a fire broke out, it was too late to call in people to put out the fire. After the fire, no one in the gym, including Lao Liu Tou, appeared again. As for Shen Yun, the people I inquired about said that the Liu Family Boxing Gym fell after the death of the old owner. The new owner only recruited an apprentice more than ten years ago. They remembered that the apprentice seemed to be surnamed Fu. They hadn't heard of the name Shen Yun. A few months before the gym was burned, Lao Liu Tou brought a little boy to help run errands. I heard that it was his distant nephew. I told them about Shen Yun's appearance, and they all said that they didn't look alike. ”

"I ran all over the villages at the foot of the mountain. There is not a single family surnamed Shen, and there is no girl named 'Ninth Sister'. With 'nine' in the name, or homonyms, find two. One is only three years old and the other is five. I went to their house to see it myself. ”

In other words, the two clues that were just discovered were broken again.

The old man scratched his head: "I've found a new clue here. Shen Yun went to the market outside the city early in the morning. One by one, he searched the market for the name of a place called Xiaoxi Village. However, he asked about the dispersal of the bazaar, and he didn't ask. ”

"Xiaoxi Village?" Gu San was stunned for a moment, "Is it the 'small' of the size and the 'stream' of the stream?"

"Yes, yes, exactly. Gu Dalian nodded.

"When I asked about the bazaar, I didn't ask!" said Gu Sanxi, "He should have come to ask me!

Gu Erhu asked suspiciously, "Where did you know that?"

Gu San said truthfully: "Didn't we come here the year before last? That time, I went out of the city to find out the news. I happened to see the dog soldiers guarding the city embarrassing the two mountain people. I couldn't look past it, so I helped the two mountain people out of trouble. They are the people of Xiaoxi Village. That place is in the old mountains, and the place is quite remote. The people in the village don't interact much with the outside world. So, few people know. ”

The old man let out a long breath: "The luck of the stinky boy is really good. ”

"We're not out of luck. The ancient two chuckled.

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Yun went to the morning market again and inquired about Xiaoxi Village.

As the day before, when the morning market was over, I still didn't find out.

I'll come back tomorrow. He sighed and headed for the city.

"Hey, boy, is that kid who asks about 'Xiaoxi Village' everywhere?" No, when he passed through the city gate, the immortal rune soldier guarding the gate pulled out his ears and stopped him.

Hearing him mention the three words "Xiaoxi Village", Shen Yun's heart suddenly rose to his throat. However, when he saw the immortal rune soldier wearing a helmet crookedly, looking like a hanger, he was a soldier with ten dozen or ten soldiers, and the alarm bell sounded in his heart - didn't this guy hear that I was inquiring about Xiaoxi Village and wanted to blackmail me?

It's not that he judges people by their appearance, but that he has encountered too many immortal rune soldiers who do evil.

"Yes, that's me. "He is a good citizen, and he doesn't need to be humble in front of the immortal rune soldiers.

The immortal rune soldier was half a head shorter than him, and when he heard this, he rolled his eyelids and looked at him: "What are you looking for Xiaoxi Village?"

"A little bit of a personal matter. Shen Yunqiang suppressed the impatience in his heart and replied.

"Oh, it's a private matter. I happen to know. After a pause, the Immortal Rune Soldier grinned and stretched out two fingers and rubbed them under Shen Yun's nose, "Little brother, there are not many people in that small broken village. ”

"Really?" Shen Yun had a hard time believing him.

A few years ago, there were often hunters in Xiaoxi Village who came to catch the morning market. Later, Xianfu had increased the tax for more than a year. After that, they never came again. The fairy rune soldier made a turtle crawling motion with two fingers, "Lie to you, it's this!"