"You said that Su Liu and Zhang Yuan stayed at the entrance of the village to watch the horses?"

Zhu Xianling questioned.

"Yes. ”

Li Xingyun replied, "We have to go back from the ghost village to find them." ”

"Li Zhutou, are you crazy?"

Zhu Xian Ling shouted: "Now Mo Daochang and they have already left." ”

Li Xingyun said: "Daoist Mo said that the evil on the mountain has been cut off. ”

"Hmph, if it is cleaned up, then why did Su Liu and the others disappear for no reason? I don't care, Lord Ben will go from the other end and return to the county office. ”

Zhu Xianling was reluctant to take the path of the ghost village: "If you want to find someone, bring two of your subordinates to find it." The others, etc., all protect me and go back. ”

He gave the order.

Li Xingyun couldn't disobey, so he had to take two of his men into the village.

There was still a dead silence in the village, and there was no sound. The three of them hurried to walk through.

"Huh!"

Suddenly, there was a sheep crying.

Li Xingyun was stunned, and when he followed the prestige, he saw a sheepherd wearing a thick cotton jacket driving two sheep from outside.

One of his subordinates said, "Catcher, this shepherd is strange. ”

Li Xingyun's face tightened: "Go up and interrogate him." ”

The three men stepped forward, armed with blades, to block the way of the shepherd. Li Xingyun shouted, "Who are you?"

The shepherd was old, gray-haired, grinning, and sparse: "Three officials, I am a sheep herder." ”

Li Xingyun glanced at him, then went to look at the two sheep, and saw that they were not small, their fur was black, and they said coldly: "This place is a ghost village, and there are no people for a long time, so you actually come here to herd sheep? ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the two subordinates immediately moved to get people.

The old shepherd sighed: "If you don't believe that the little old man is herding sheep, I have my own way to prove it." ”

Raised his hand and shook the whip in his hand, whoosh, the whip rope seemed to have eyes, and it wrapped around the neck of a catcher, and with a gentle strangle, the catcher rolled his eyes and couldn't speak.

"What!"

Li Xingyun was taken aback, and shouted in a deep voice: "You are so bold, you dare to kill the official." ”

The old shepherd's face remained unchanged, and with another whip of his backhand, he strangled the other catcher to the ground, and said lightly: "I said, I am a shepherd." ”

Li Xingyun was horrified in his heart, knowing that he had provoked a strongman, he would turn over and run away.

Sou!

A sharp sound of breaking wind sounded behind him.

Li Xingyun didn't think twice, and slashed out with his backhand. However, the soft rope of the whip was like a nimble viper, and as soon as the tip of the whip was wound, even the man with the knife, and it was tied up at once.

Li Xingyun still wanted to open his mouth to speak, but suddenly his head hurt, and the world was shrouded in darkness and lost all consciousness.

"Baaa

The sheep cried incessantly, and an old shepherd drove the sheep out of the village and towards the front, and there were five big black sheep in all......

......

Towards dusk, scattered snowflakes fell, adding to the cold.

The two horses walked on the official road, and the speed was not too fast.

From Ning Yi's mouth, I learned that from Fenglin County to Gaocheng, normally, it would take seven or eight days to walk. On the way, they will pass through several towns and villages, but most of them have been defeated and their popularity has withered.

"Let's go to the inn tonight to rest. ”

Chen Tang pointed to a post pavilion at the head of the road and said.

Ning Yi has no opinion, I wish I could get off the horse early and rest for a while.

The pavilion was so dilapidated that one pillar was even broken, and the remaining two pillars barely held up.

Tie up the horses, Ning Yi volunteered, saying that he was going to chop wood and come back to light the fire. He knew that his role was not of great help, so he had to show it from trivial things.

Chen Tang asked him to go, sat down by himself, and took a breath. The wound on the chest and shoulder, although it was bandaged with gold sore medicine, was still quite painful. Especially in the shoulders, I don't need to use force. In the past few days, this hand is basically in a state of semi-waste.

"I didn't expect the people of the Huang family to chase so closely, all the way from Ningzhou to Qinzhou......"

Chen Tang said secretly in his heart.

Captain Huang's appearance was a situation he didn't expect at all, but fortunately, a sword qi had just been brewed, otherwise, he would really have to admit it. However, in these times, many things are unpredictable, full of accidents and dangers. All you can do is improve your personal strength and be more careful.

Just thinking about something, Ning Yi came back with a large bundle of firewood, set it up, lit it with flint, hunted and burned, and dispelled the chill.

When he came out of Fenglin County, Chen Tang was ready not to return to the city, and supplies and other things were all in order, including drinking water and dry food.

After thinking about it, he went over, lifted down the tiger corpse in its original form, held the broken jade sword, and began to slaughter it.

After several hunting experiences, Chen Tang was skilled, and it only took more than a quarter of an hour to cut off all the good meat. As for all other bits and pieces, throw them away.

Ning Yi saw it on the side, his eyes wide open.

"This is the meat of demons, I have heard people say, it is very nourishing. ”

Chen Tang said indifferently: "You wash it with water, and then it's all baked, and if you can't finish it, you can use it as dried meat." ”

Ning Yi got it up as instructed, and then asked, "Dao Chief, you take me to Gaocheng, do you have something to do?"

Chen Tang said: "Do you want to do things?"

Ning Yi sighed: "Now that the army is in chaos, there is no way to study and test your fame." But in order to live, one has to do things. ”

Chen Tang said casually: "There will be something to do." ”

In fact, he was also a little dazed in his heart.

If there is really such an isolated place, like the legendary Peach Blossom Spring, then I really have to be willing to live in seclusion, male farmer and female weaving, happy and free?

That kind of life is indeed peaceful, but it is also too ordinary and uneventful.

It's just that life is wasted, how can life be like stagnant water, and pass without a sound?

As the pieces of meat are gradually cooked, a refreshing aroma begins to diffuse.

Ning Yi, who was in charge of the fire, swallowed his saliva, his index finger moved, and he couldn't help blurting out: "It's so fragrant!"

"Yu!"

The rouge horse called out as if to say, "This meat must be eaten."

Chen Tang smiled: "For your share, don't worry." "I was thinking in my heart, Rouge Horse ate the meat of the tiger demon, I don't know how much benefit it will have, it must be much better than ordinary beast meat.

The sky was getting darker and the snow was getting heavier. Such bad weather has a considerable impact on the journey, and the journey of seven or eight days will be delayed by at least two days.

"Huh!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of sheep crowing.

Whether it was Chen Tang or Ning Yi, they all felt strange. When the two looked up, they saw a shepherd, waving a long whip, driving five black goats, walking unhurriedly.

"It's a fragrant barbecue, it seems that the little old man came at the right time!"

The old shepherd spoke, and the man stood still outside the post house, and a pair of cloudy eyes looked in.