As the four of them walked along the rugged mountain road, they gradually saw a terraced rice field filled with water, looming in the mist.

Suddenly there was a shout from the terraces, "Who are you!"

Looking up, he saw a man in a short-bearded coat with high trouser legs, barefoot in a paddy field, a fish basket hanging from his waist, and a harpoon in his hand.

Jin Xiu said to him, "The new law of the imperial court, in order to prevent the enemy from being a spy lurking, everyone needs to follow the post and catalogue the household registration, it is not easy for you to go down the mountain here, we will personally go up the mountain to register for you." ”

The man listened, and did not doubt him, since the confrontation between Da Qianming Tang, Cangyan Mountain was sealed, and outsiders could not enter and exit at will, so he hurriedly trotted all the way down, "Labor, are you still fighting outside?"

"It's about to end," Jin Xiu saw that he still wanted to ask something, and said first, "Don't you let us go in and rest?"

"Look at me," he said, slapping his forehead and laughing loudly, "Distinguished guests, distinguished guests, come with me quickly." ”

On the road, the man called himself Ah Fu, and introduced the seven or eight families one by one, old and young.

From him alone, he could see the simplicity and purity of this ancient village in the mountains, Yi Changsheng asked, "Everyone else has moved away, why don't you leave?"

Ah Fu rubbed his hands, "Alas, born from here, grown from here, inseparable from here." ”

When he approached the house, he shouted loudly, "There is a guest coming!"

Those who were washing clothes and choosing vegetables in their own yards, cooking and embroidering in the house, and playing with clay figures on the side of the road, all looked up, and then enthusiastic laughter overflowed to them.

"Where did the guests come from, and the battle is over?"

"Come and sit down at my house, it just so happens to be dinner. ”

"Oh, that's a good thing, I've got to kill a chicken. ”

Ah Fu put aside the uncle and aunt who were joining in the fun, and led them to their house, "I haven't seen outsiders for a long time, and the villagers are a little rude, don't be surprised." ”

"Ah Fu," a beautiful young woman came out of the house, her hand on the door frame, and looked at Yi Changsheng and the others curiously, "They are..."

"A few of them are adults in the mansion, lady, hurry up and go to one of the good teas. Ah Fu said with a smile.

Fang Chisel looked at the twenty-eight-year-old young woman, and then at Ah Fu, who was already old, patted him on the shoulder and teased, "Your name is really good." ”

A smile was sewn into the corner of Ah Fu's eyes, and he showed shyness like a young man, "That's my lady, just call her Yun Niang." ”

He asked a few guests to let them into the house, "Rest at my house first, and when I'm done eating, I'll let them get something, something..."

Jin Xiu: "Follow the body." ”

"Yes, yes, but what the hell is that?"

"It is a bamboo board with brown paper pasted on it, with your head drawn, recording your place of origin and ministry, and stamped with the official seal, without this thing in the future, you will not be able to live in a hotel, you will not be able to leave the county where you are located, and you will not be able to enter other counties. ”

Ah Fu felt that it was none of his business, anyway, they had been nesting in this mountain all their lives, but he was curious, "The new law, I haven't heard of it before." ”

Jin Xiu's language was profound, "The six eastern states have been implemented for a long time, and now it's time for you Qingzhou." ”

Yi Changsheng stayed in Jin Xiu to deal with the villagers, and he went out to go out to visit the circle with the same fate, in fact, the place of seven or eight households can be seen at a glance, chicken cages, pigsties, vegetable gardens, small courtyards, every place is ordinary and comfortable, and this is precisely the place where they feel that something is most wrong.

Yuan Jue kindly asked the lady who fed the chickens, "Donor, what strange things have happened to you here?"

"Hey, strange thing?" the eldest lady shook her head, "I haven't heard of it." ”

Her son came out of the house, and when he heard Yuan Jue's question, his expression was stunned, and a trace of caution crossed his eyes, "Why are you asking this?"

Yuan Jue didn't miss his change, "The poor monk is just..."

"He's just in too much of a hurry, and the five of us went up the mountain, but one of them was lost in the main village, and we haven't found it yet. ”

Yi Changsheng suddenly took over his words, and Yuan Jue could only lower his eyes, chanting Amitabha Buddha, and listening to her nonsense.

The young man's eyes were relieved when he heard this, and he turned into sympathy, "There have been many deaths there, and everyone says that it is not clean, and we will not go, so don't go again, finish your errands, go down the mountain early, and I can lead you to another mountain road." ”

Yi Changsheng nodded, "I'm tired." ”

"Where, where. The young man touched the back of his head and said with a smile, "Then I'll go to work first, and call me then." ”

The villagers, regardless of men, women and children, were all interested in the portraits, and when Jin Xiu painted their avatars, they all looked at them in novelty, secretly commenting on the avatars, laughing and scolding.

"Look your eyebrows are raised here. ”

"Really?!Oh, you go first, I'll go back and repair. ”

"Ha, it's ugly, it's not as good-looking as me. ”

"It's so good to have a pockmarked face, oh, there is still a missing front tooth. ”

"Li Daniu, you go wash my face for me and come back, and lose my mother's face. ”

"Come on, come on, good boy, tie your braids. ”

When Yi Changsheng entered, he gave Jin Xiu a look, and Jin Xiu realized that the avatars of more than a dozen people had been painted for three hours, and it was dark in the morning, not to mention that the days in the mountains were short.

The last ray of light was about to fall, Ah Fu looked at Jin Xiu, who was about to tear up the repainting, and his face couldn't help but be anxious, "It's all scattered, the adults are tired for a day and want to rest." ”

After driving the villagers away, Ah Fu said to them, "I don't have many empty houses, only two rooms have been even, and the four adults will be settled, oh, by the way, I have prepared the food in the kitchen, why don't you eat now?"

"It's fine. Yi Changsheng responded.

Ah Fu also prepared a vegetarian dish for Yuanjue, and after eating, he chatted a few words casually, and repeatedly advised, "Ladies and gentlemen, there are many beasts in the mountains, and they like to come out at night to make trouble, and the doors and windows must be blocked, so rest early." ”

With everyone's consent, he packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went back to the house.

"What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think?" Yuan Jue fiddled with the Buddha beads, meaning a few things.

"Rest early. ”

Yuan Jue didn't look at her departing back, and recited the Buddha's name in a low voice, "Naturally, I will come by myself." ”

Fang Chi stood up and said, "Brother Yu, you have to squeeze a room with us." ”

The kitchen lights were turned off, and the group went back to the house.

Na Ah Fu reminded them to close the doors and windows, but Yi Changsheng saw that the windows in the house had been sealed with wooden strips, and looking at the new and old sections of the sections, it was estimated that they had been sealed within half a year.

"Is there a problem with these families?" Zhan Changfeng leaned at the window frame, holding an Italian sword in his hand.

"We'll find out later. Yi Changsheng broke off a piece of wood with his bare hands, the window pane behind it seemed to have been attacked by something, almost completely damaged, and he could directly see the scene outside, the sky was a little thick and sticky this night, dark and silent.

At a glance, the doors are closed, and there is no light.

"It's too early to rest. Yi Changsheng didn't care about the broken window, turned off the light, and sat cross-legged on the couch, Zhan Changfeng didn't move, just closed his eyes slightly, leaning against the window to recuperate.

After waiting for another two hours, seeing that the night was still quiet, Yi Changsheng quietly went out, sneaked into the courtyard of a certain house, and touched the door, his tentacles were cold, and there was an iron lock on the door.

Zhan Changfeng raised his eyebrows, "How could it be?" Didn't these people all enter the house, who locked them up.

I checked a few more houses, and the doors were locked from the outside, and the windows were even more airtight.

Yi Changsheng jumped on the roof lightly, opened the mud tiles and looked down, and vaguely saw a figure lying on the couch wrapped in a quilt in the dark.

At this moment, a miserable wind blew up from behind her, and she turned to look, only to see dozens of shadows staggering towards the rugged mountain road leading to the main village in the obscure moonlight.

Yuan Jue, who was meditating in the room, suddenly opened his eyes, and Jin Xiufang had no intention of sleeping, and when he saw him open his eyes, they all got up, and their hands were firmly pressed on their knives.

Jin Xiu, "Master Yuanjue, what's wrong?"

Yuan Jue nodded and took the lead out of the house.

Jin Xiufang chiseled closely behind. When Fang Chisel stepped out of the door, he couldn't help but look back, only to see a piece of paper with a portrait falling from the table, for a moment, he actually felt that the human head on the paper was white and empty, with a weird smile, and when he looked at it again, the human head was still the same human head, and there was nothing abnormal.

Xu was too nervous. Fang Chisel shook his head and hurriedly chased after Yuan Jue.