Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Remnants of the Rivers and Lakes

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Nian Jiang had an extra medicine bag in his hand, and he was comparing something with the junior apprentice, and after thinking for a moment, he put on a casual expression and patted Nian Jiang's shoulder, and said, "I'll go out and take a look, and I'll come back later." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Oh, okay," Nian Jiang looked apologetic, "It's also that I didn't think about it, and I insisted on pulling you here." ”

"What a crooked thing, it's annoying. Waving his hand impatiently, Bai Jike turned around and walked outside with his legs raised, looking like a scoundrel with his hands behind his back.

“...... It's just five cents. The little apprentice held out his rootless fingers.

Bai Jike walked out casually all the way, but in fact, he followed the two people who were gossiping just now. I felt very strange just now in the pharmacy, these two people seemed to be here to talk deliberately, and there was always a strange sense of disobedience.

The two men were dressed like villagers, their faces were loyal and honest, and they were now walking quickly through the few people.

What made Bai Jike even more puzzled was that the people in the whole village who were farming were old people or women, and the number of children running around the village was very small, and it was rare to see young men wearing ordinary clothes, but more young people here were carrying weapons on their backs, and they were all children of the rivers and lakes.

Since the old man and the woman are working so hard, there is no reason for the two men to come out and gossip anymore.

The old men trembled and carried their hoes, some of them were even skinny and skinny, with deep wrinkles as if they had been chiseled, and there was no hope in their numb eyes; Looking closely, I found that most of the houses here are very broken, some doors are missing a corner, some doors swing with the wind and can't be closed, through the hole in the wall, you can clearly see that the inside is simply poor, just a dirt bed, and some don't even have a quilt.

Bai Jike was stunned for a moment, and it didn't take long for him to be puzzled, he quickly reacted, and in an instant, his heart was full of mixed feelings.

It is precisely because this is the only relatively large village and town near the river, so there are often people from the rivers and lakes who stay here, come and go, the middle-aged or young people in the village are infected with the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, obsessed with the swords and swords in the book, or are bewitched by someone, go out to the rivers and lakes; this is not very rich, but the place with the largest number of people living along the way, even if the people in the rivers and lakes often patronize themselves, they can not bring them much profit, and may also lose money.

After all, for the people in the rivers and lakes, the people here don't know martial arts anyway, and no one will come out specifically for this.

For a long time, a long breath accompanied by helplessness was sighed softly.

Seeing that the figures of the two were about to disappear, Bai Jike suddenly walked out of his sympathy and cautiously followed.

When the evening sunset and the birds flew in fright, Bai Jike ran to the entrance of the village out of breath. From a distance, he saw several figures sitting there, squinted his eyes and recognized Yang Che's figure after squinting for a long time, and then he walked over with confidence.

"Where have you been?" Xiao Jiang said that you said hello and went out. Yang Che came up and asked, Qian Xiannianjiang behind him stood and sat down, and when he saw him coming, he couldn't help but feel shocked, and he stood up and walked towards him.

"Oh my God," Bai Jike's face was full of helplessness and deep sadness, he glanced around his friends, and now he didn't feel awkward but glad to see Ah Rong again, "You don't know what I saw." ”

"What?" looked at him, and several people asked curiously.

"Talking while walking?" Bai Jike said, looking up at the dim sky, "Why don't you rest here for the night?"

"Brother Nian was the first to come here, and I thought you would come back together. Qian Xian said, Nian Jiang glanced at him and nodded.

"I came here after refining the medicine, but I haven't taken it yet, because I have to rest and breathe for a few hours after taking it. Nian Jiang said.

"After a day here this afternoon, there should be no pursuers. It's getting late today, and it's hard to find a place to rest when you're in a hurry, so let's spend the night here. Yang Che said, "If you stay here, can you take medicine tonight?"

"No problem. That sentence was asked by Nian Jiang, and he calculated the time and came up with a positive answer.

"Alright, let's go. Yang Che nodded and beckoned a few people in.

Several people walked around the village almost all afternoon, and what they saw along the way was just like what Bai Jike had seen, either villagers who had become numb in such a life, or a few ordinary knights, who were not at all threatened. According to Qian Xian's words, everyone here is poor, and those masters either stay well on their own territory, or go to those prosperous places or sects, why bother to come here.

Originally, they all thought too much, maybe because they didn't expect the young people here to leave, or because they overlooked the martial arts influence of Linjiang's generation.

“...... I originally wanted to go up to see what their situation was, but I didn't expect to see them nodding and bowing to a few people who were from the perspective of their clothes, I hid and listened, what did the two men call those people 'fairy' and 'hero' and so on, the dog's Lao Tzu didn't hide his breath They couldn't find Lao Tzu, and I dare to say Hero, I ...... Ahem, then I listened to a passage, that is, 'We have been spreading the news for several years in a row, when can we enter the sect' and so on. ”

Several people's hearts sank.

"I know that this is the case, and when I went out, I said that I would do chivalrous deeds, but now I see this look much sadder than it seems from the book. Bai Jike said solemnly.

"Yes," Yang Che agreed with a slight drop of his eyes, "This place is basically isolated from the world, and the villagers have never seen much of the world, and most of them are simple." The people of the rivers and lakes are sinister, and such a small village is simply too good to target, and it is easy to kidnap some young children to go out. ”

"That's it, and leave the old man and the woman behind. Bai Jike said softly, "So the young man went out to dream of his own rivers and lakes, leaving behind a village that was declining day by day, and those old people were so old, and the women were so haggard, and when they saw this, didn't they have a trace of compassion in their hearts? Although I went out to teach them a lesson today, I believe that there are more than a few such people in the village." ”

As soon as the words fell, the room was silent.

"It's sad indeed. "As long as I remember that when I returned to my hometown, I saw corpses and bones and Xiao Ran broken, it was a heart full of shock, and I wanted to apologize for my sins with death.

Everyone has a home and a homeland, and they can really empathize with such feelings, even if they are Nianjiang, they also have a home in their hearts.

He suddenly remembered his father and mother in this life, but unfortunately he couldn't find them now.

Although Bai Jike said this, even if he had the heart to rectify it, he was helpless. They have important things to do, sooner or later they have to leave, dealing with this wave of fingers may offend how many small groups, the people behind them will definitely come to find the villagers after they leave, besides, the most annoying thing in the rivers and lakes is that in addition to the sect standing on the commanding heights, it is this kind of small group, like lice and fleas, dense and difficult to disturb your heart from time to time; besides, the world is so big, there are countless such villages, one by one, it will be endless.

"Alright, let's get some rest tonight. I have to hurry early tomorrow morning, and I can't relax. Yang Che said.