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By the time the wind and snow gradually stopped, it was already the rising sun in the west, and it was close to dusk.

One side of the canopy, as if disturbed by the cold wind, rolled up the clouds like catkins, wrapped in I don't know where to go.

After getting off the Yellow Mountain, rushing to the bank of the Yangtze River, just in the middle of the mountains and rivers of Huizhou, and the snow hugging the official road, Ye Qiudi's itinerary was inevitably delayed.

Fortunately, Sin'an County has a beautiful scenery under the cover of snow, with staggered valleys, hills, and lush bamboo forests dyed with a layer of frost on the snow, and the green of the bamboo forests blend with each other to show a green ink color, just like the ink outlined on rice paper.

In the distance, a cloud of mist rises in the setting sun, flickering and darkening, sinking into the night.

Riding around a ridge, a mountain village suddenly appeared in front of them.

The village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and one or two towering horse-head walls can be seen to be prosperous in the past, but the white walls and tiles between the broken walls and ruins in the village are rendered like ink after being washed away by the years, revealing a smell of decay. Occasionally, smoke rises from the nest, indicating that there are still people living there.

The white tiger was about to rush down in front of the horse's hooves, but was stopped by Ye Qiudi.

They descended slowly.

There is a pond in front of the village, the pond water is clear, a village woman is wearing the sunset, beating clothes on the edge of the pond, there is a yellow dog lying next to it, seeing Ye Qiudi and others driving down the mountain, immediately stood up and barked.

Huanyi Niang was alert and immediately picked up her clothes and stood up, and after seeing that there was only one young man and six girls, her tense body relaxed a lot, but she still looked at Ye Qiudi cautiously.

She wore a patched dress, washed and white, her face was wrinkled, her hair was gray, she was about half a hundred years old, and she was an old woman. Ye Qiudi looked at the village again, there were traces of burning and smashing everywhere, obviously the village had been repeatedly plagued by bandits, which made Grandma so cautious.

Approaching the pond, Ye Qiudi got off the horse, walked a few steps forward slowly, two feet away from Grandma, and was about to speak, when the white tiger suddenly ran to her feet.

"Ayer. ”

Grandma noticed that there was a white tiger, and she was startled, and when she slipped by the pond when her feet retreated, her body suddenly fell towards the pond.

Ye Qiudi hurriedly jumped forward to support her and said, "Grandma, are you okay?"

Grandma pointed to the white tiger, Ye Qiudi hurriedly asked the maid to lead it, and said: "The white tiger has been raised since childhood, and it is already close to people, and it doesn't hurt people, Grandma don't worry." ”

Grandma was relieved and asked, "What happened to the son's arrival in the village?"

Ye Qiudi replied: "It's not a secret, we came down from Huangshan and rushed to Dajiang, because we were greedy for some distances, we missed the lodging store, so we went to the village, stayed overnight, and left tomorrow morning." According to the usual payment, Wanwang Grandma is thoughtful and convenient. ”

Grandma glanced at the maid behind Ye Qiudi again, and saw that there was nothing to fear except for the white tiger, and said, "You come with me." ”

I led the horse and entered the village, and saw that the village was very crowded, and I only met one or two old people. Ye Qiudi asked, "Grandma, I see that there are a lot of houses in the village, but why are there not many people?"

"Alas. ”

Grandma said: "There is a cottage in the nearby mountains, and the strong people often come down to loot, and those who can run in the village have run away, and those who can't run have gone up the mountain and fallen into the grass, leaving only us, the old and weak, barely making ends meet in the village." ”

As he spoke, everyone had already turned to the door of Grandma's house. Because the people in the village ran and went up the mountain, the houses were vacated a lot, so the grandmother lived not shabby.

The maid tied the horses to a willow tree outside the courtyard and fed them salt and forage.

As the grandmother pushed away the covered firewood, the yellow dog, who had just seen the white tiger and didn't open his mouth, immediately fell into the nest with his tail between his legs and never came out again. The white tiger shook his body, and as soon as he was on his toes, he was driven aside by Ye Qiudi and nested up.

"Grandma lives alone?" Ye Qiudi asked.

"The old man was taken away by the strongman yesterday. Grandma put down her clothes, she couldn't hear the joy and sorrow, maybe she was numb, and said: "I heard the second boy in the village say that they were going to the river to rob the grain boat, let the old and weak in the village be porters, and let each family share some grain when the time comes." ”

"The grain ships on the river are going to Jiankang, and this group of strongmen is not afraid of causing death?" Ye Qiudi asked.

"Childe doesn't know, the county guard also sent someone to collect grain the day before yesterday, and the pigs ate all the food, I heard that the grain in the capital is selling crazy, and the pigs can be sold at the price of the fine grain in the past. Grandma said: "This person, do everything for money, I heard the second boy say, there is a grain ship passing by or the county guard to collect grain, said that as long as it is sold to the county guard, it has nothing to do with it." ”

"Hey. Drying up the clothes, Grandma continued: "I heard that selling is so crazy, there is a prince who wants to sell his house and collect food to help the refugees who have fled from the north. ”

"Do you say this prince is a melon?" The busy grandmother walked to the stove and turned back to Ye Qiudi and said.

"Poof. ”

The maid was immediately happy when she heard her grandmother scolding Su Ge'er for being "Han Gua", Han Gua is the local dialect of Xin'an County, which is synonymous with fool.

Miss Ye glanced at the maid, saw Grandma take out a grain bag to cook, and said, "Grandma is not busy, we brought our own dry food and let them do it at the moment." ”

The visitor was a guest, and the grandmother was about to excuse herself, but she was already helped out by the maid.

"Isn't it good to have such a prince?" Miss Ye argued for her junior brother and said to her grandmother: "At least he is willing to sell the house for the refugees." ”

"He's a good man, but it's the way of the world. ”

Grandma sighed: "The way in this world is that good people suffer." This is not in front of you, these philistine merchants, yes, and Taishou are ready to make money from him. ”

"These businessmen are really hateful. Miss Ye was also angry when she heard this.

Her eldest lady Ye was chased by the big and small stewards and old people in the valley all day long to ask for money, and she was about to embezzle the money of the Shuobei Royal Mansion and squeeze the money of Su Musha for expenses in the valley.

These philistine merchants are staring at her money, they should be killed!Oh no, they should be used by the old guys in the valley to test the medicine!

"He saved the refugees from the Yan Kingdom in the north, isn't this just a melon!"

After gritting her teeth and punishing these businessmen in her head, Miss Ye happened to hear Grandma say this, and hurriedly echoed: "It's indeed a fool." ”

Miss Ye has long forgotten the original intention of her argument.

Gossip aside. The next day, the rooster crowed, Ye Qiudi and the others got up early, had dinner, and promised Grandma that if she met her old man, she would definitely protect him and come back, so she said goodbye to Grandma.

The white tiger was happy in front, and the women rode out of the village and ran to the Yangtze River.

"Wang. "The yellow dog, who had been wronged all night, finally burst into vitality.

The horses traveled quickly, and at about noon, Ye Qiudi and his party arrived at the riverside.

first sent someone to ask the disciples of the beggar gang about the information of the gang of robbers, and then rented a big boat on the dock, Ye Qiudi then led people to find a lookout pole in front of the riverside wharf, hanging the wine flag, floating in the air of the wine shop.