Chapter 155: Returning Home
Things are always changing.
Shen Yun found his way back to the town according to his memory. However, I never thought that the town was deserted. He stood under the big blue-gray cliff where he had rested, and looked at the town in the distance, but he only saw a broken wall hidden in the crazy wild grass.
What's going on?
Stunned, he hurried down the hill to find out what was going on in the ruins.
Soon, he felt he had found a reason: there must have been a battle here. In the grass, rusty iron arrows can be seen everywhere. On the broken wall, traces of swords and other weapons can also be faintly seen.
It is rumored that during the military disaster that year, the Xianfu of Shixiu County once joined forces with the Xianfu of the neighboring Yongan and Fengcheng counties to ambush the rebels who came from the division of troops. Because it was none of his business, Shen Yun didn't inquire more about the details. Now that I think about it, this area of the town happens to be located at the junction of the three counties, and it is near the official road to the provincial capital, and the terrain is low in the middle and high on all sides, so it is very likely that the ambush battle took place that year.
The people in the town, including my aunt and grandmother's family, should have fled early. Later, when he heard that his home had been reduced to a battlefield and had been completely destroyed, he never returned.
Raising his eyes and looking around, Shen Yun couldn't help but sigh again. Originally, he planned to rest in the town for one night, but now, it is not possible. Seeing that it was still early, he decided to continue on his journey - he had read a miscellaneous book on feng shui in the martial arts hall. Regarding the ruins of the battlefield, there are also comments in the book, saying that this kind of place has a lot of yin qi, and if there are mountains around it, the yin qi is easy to gather and not easy to disperse. Over time, it became a place of evil. And the gloomy place is not suitable for a long time, and staying overnight is even more taboo. Because it is detrimental to the righteousness of the body. I don't know if it's because of this passage, or if this place is really cloudy, in broad daylight, Shen Yun's back has been cold since he walked into the town. Therefore, he really didn't dare to stay here alone overnight.
Later, Shen Yun knew that that paragraph was not a lie. It was precisely because he listened to those words that he was lucky enough to escape death! And the feeling of cold swishing in his back was not caused by yin qi. Instead, he has been cultivating the mental method for many years, and now, his feelings are far more acute than ordinary people-since he entered the town, he was stared at by a pair of dark eyes hidden in the shadows.
And the lack of popularity in the town is all due to the owner of these eyes!
Of course, that's all for later.
After staying overnight on the road, at noon the next day, Shen Yun finally returned to Niutouao Village with his memory.
It's just that the small mountain village of the past is completely gone. He stood at the head of the village and saw a valley with dense jungle.
Shen Yun remembered that his home was at the foot of Dongshan. Now it is full of thorns. He slashed through the thorns with his Ruyi knife and searched for it, trying to find traces of his home's existence.
However, he was so tired that he was panting like a cow, and he cleared a huge clearing to come out, but still found nothing.
"Daddy, Grandma, Grandma!" Shen Yun brandished the Ruyi Knife and yelled at the sky, tears gushing out again.
He couldn't even erect a mound for his family.
In the end, Shen Yun was in the open space, and with his memory, he estimated the location of his house. There, he first lit the incense candles he brought from Xiaoxi Village, and then, knocking three times to his parents and grandmother, and burning a pile of money paper. It was an official sacrifice to them.
By the end of this day, the sun has set in the west. Shen Yun climbed up the East Mountain and found the small cave where he and the Ninth Sister avoided the disaster back then.
Apparently no one has been here for years. The entrance is completely covered with vines. He could barely find it.
Cutting off the vine with a Ruyi knife, he walked out, and instantly burst into tears - in his memory, in the corner of the inside, there was a pile of dead branches. After many years, it's still there.
Back in Niutouao Village, he searched for most of the day like a madman. It was the only old thing he found.
He made a fire out of this old twig, and spent the night in the cave.
Early the next morning, according to the custom of Niutouao Village, he returned to the open space at the foot of the mountain, kowtowed, burned paper money, and made another sacrifice.
At the end, he knelt on the ground and said to the jumping candle flame: "Daddy, Auntie, Grandma, Qiu Bao is gone, go and avenge you." After cutting off the heads of the dog officers and soldiers, Qiu Bao will come back to worship you. After that, he kowtowed three more heads, then picked up the bags and wishful power around him, got up, and walked out of the valley without looking back - at this moment, he hated the sky, and only hated that he could not find the enemy immediately, cut off their heads, and sacrifice his relatives with blood.
By the time he had gone away, about a quarter of an hour had passed. I saw a circle of white light flash in the clearing. Immediately after, the three Gu brothers appeared—these days, they had been keeping a distance of twenty miles from Qiu Bao, using magic weapons to keep an eye on them.
"It turned out that Shen Yun was a pseudonym. His real name is Qiu Bao. Gu San exhaled a breath of turbidity, "Did he also have the surname Shen?"
No one answered him. Because no one knows.
The old man rummaged through the map in his hand and muttered, "I can't find this mountain village...... It's hard to check. ”
"It seems that the Immortal Mansion dispatched the Immortal Fu soldiers to slaughter the village. Gu Er looked around, "The Immortal Mansion will definitely not mark it on the map." ”
The ancient shook the map in his hand: "This is an old map from five years ago!"
Gu Er shook his head: "Shen Yun is thirteen years old this year. Five years ago, he was seven years old and had already arrived in Zhengjiazhuang. Now it seems that he escaped with his sister. Before coming to Zhengjiazhuang, he had spent nearly half a year at the Liujia Boxing Gym next to Dong'anji in Shixiu County. Therefore, the time of slaughtering the village was earlier. ”
"yes. Gu Da casually folded the map and took it back into his arms, "I'll go to Fengcheng County to look for it again and see if I can find the old map from ten years ago in the stacks of old books in those martial arts halls." "As for the Xianfu Yamen in Fengcheng County, hehe, I must not be able to find the old map marked with this village. Because as far as he knew, in terms of tampering with information, the Immortal Court, and even the Immortal Mansions in various places, have always been very professional and meticulous.
"Let's go, let's go to Fengcheng County first. The ancient two retracted his gaze. Yesterday afternoon, in the magic weapon, the three brothers saw it very clearly. Shen Yun searched all over the valley, but found nothing. In the end, his despair and helplessness could be clearly felt by them even through the magic weapon. So, there's absolutely no need to waste any more time here.
Gu San couldn't wait to respond: "Yes, Brother Shen must have gone to the county seat to find the dog official for revenge." Let's go there and wait for him. ”
Seeing that he looked gearing up, Gu Er flew over and slapped an eye knife: "Remember what you said yourself." You can only 'wait' for him, and don't be nosy. ”
The implication is that the three brothers do not interfere in Shen Yun's revenge.
Gu San received the eye knife and pursed his lips: "I know! ”
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A certain peak thanks to the book friend Feixue Twilight Dust's peace charm, thank you!