When the old man arrived, the villagers got out of the way, and he was hunched on his back, holding a polished wooden cane in his hand, with a staggering gait and unpretentious clothes.

As the village head, the old man has the absolute right to speak, just a sentence, and the strong man honestly retreats aside.

"Thank you Uncle for helping us out. Zhou Geng thanked the old man in front of him.

"Tie Zhu is reckless, coupled with the rampant mountain bandits in recent days, there are some dead and injured young people in the village, and it is late at night, it is inevitable that you will be regarded as mountain bandits, please three of them are not strange!"

The elderly village chief is very kind in his words and deeds, in Zhou Geng's opinion, although the other party is in this down-and-out remote mountain village, it can be seen from his speech that he should have read some poetry and books, no wonder he can be elected as the village chief by everyone.

"I passed by your village late at night and wanted to spend the night here, but I don't know if it is convenient. ”

"If you don't dislike the humble house, then please come with me. ”

"Thank you!"

The old village chief turned slowly and led the three of them to an empty uninhabited courtyard with two simple thatched huts and an old well.

Creak!

The old village chief pushed open the dilapidated door, and there was nothing but a wooden bed and an old table, and nothing else.

"I can only grieve three distinguished guests tonight, living in this simple and dilapidated little house. The old village chief said apologetically with a look on his face.

"Uncle, you are too polite, not only to help us out of the siege, but also to arrange a place for us to live, it is better than sleeping in that groundbreaking wilderness. "This is a piece of people's mind, how could Zhou even dislike it.

Tu Rongrong saw that the old man was gentle-hearted and amiable, so he asked, "Then why do you think that we are not mountain bandits?"

"Hehe......"

Lao Cun said with a smile: "Although I am old, I can not be blind, the clothes and clothes you wear, even if you are within a radius of hundreds of miles, you can't find a second person who can wear such luxurious clothes, besides, your temperament and appearance, at first glance, are not ordinary, you must be the legendary immortal." ”

Tu Rongfu gave a thumbs up, indicating that the other party's eyesight was really powerful, "We don't dare to call ourselves immortals, at most, we have cultivated for a few more years, and we are just a little bit more powerful than ordinary people." ”

Zhou was even more rare to see her so modest, looked at the old village chief and asked: "We came out of the mountains, passed by several villages, all of them were ruins and dilapidated, and we didn't find a single villager, what is going on?"

"Hey! that's a long story. ”

The old village chief's cloudy eyes showed helplessness, anger, grief and other emotions, and said: "We are far away from the town, and those criminals who have made mistakes and are wanted will run to our remote place to avoid being wanted. ”

"The mountain bandits are all armed with martial arts, we are just ordinary villagers, how can we resist the attack of the mountain bandits, and no one comes here to suppress the bandits, the mountain bandits are becoming more and more rampant, and several villages have been destroyed. ”

"Speaking of which, there was a fairy here many years ago, she fell from the sky in red clothes, wrapped in thunder and lightning, just one look, she killed the leader of the mountain bandits, and all the main personnel under his command, and took away the two female babies, but that was many years ago. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Geng's brows furrowed, how did the woman in red and the two girls mentioned by the old village chief look a bit like Sisi and Jingjing?

He remembered that the three of them were punished by Tu Wanling to the Demon Sect Refining Weapon Mountain Refining Weapon, and Zhou Geng had asked the two of them why they were so desperate for Shay Yiyi.

At that time, Sisi and Jingjing told him a story, which was almost the same as what the old village chief said, but the storyteller was different from the angle of the storyteller, and the others were completely consistent.

Zhou Geng felt a little incredulous in his heart, could he have come to Sisi and Jingjing, the hometown where he had wandered and been adopted and lived in peace?

But he was only slightly surprised and didn't interrupt the old village chief's words, and continued to listen to the old village chief.

"After so many years, those mountain bandits who were so frightened that they fled in all directions and did not clean up have gathered together again to do evil again. ”

"Recently, several young adults have died in the village, and some serious injuries have not yet healed, which is why the villagers have caused such a big reaction and mistaken you for mountain bandits. ”

When the old village chief said this, his eyes flickered, and he couldn't speak.

"Does the old man have something to ask for?" Zhou Geng saw the old village chief's unspeakable secrets at a glance, and took the initiative to ask.

"Hmm......" the old village chief nodded.

"If the old man is in trouble, he might as well say it directly, if I can help, I will do my best. Even if the old village chief didn't know what to say, Zhou Geng could guess a rough idea, just to ask them to help clear up the bandits.

"Then I'll make it clear, in fact, I am also selfish to keep you down, as the village head, I have to think about the villagers, I want to ask all the immortal masters to get rid of the mountain bandits, and return everyone to a peace, I am here to the village within a radius of 100 miles, implore the immortal master to help. ”

After speaking, the old village chief was about to kneel down for them, but fortunately, Zhou Geng and the others were quick and immediately supported the old village chief who was about to kneel.

"Uncle, what are you doing here?"

"If the immortal master doesn't agree, I often can't kneel. ”

The three of them could see the helplessness of the old village chief, if it weren't for the safety of the villagers, the old village chief's loess was buried to his neck, why did he need to kneel for others? All this is for the sake of the villagers.

"We didn't say no, you knelt too suddenly, we just want to agree, you have to give this time and opportunity. Tu Rongfu said while holding the old man's arm.

"Then did you agree?" the old village chief was afraid that he had misheard, so he asked again confirmatively.

"Well, I agreed!" Tu Shanshan and her sister Tu Rongrong, including Zhou Gong, nodded in agreement.

The old village chief was so excited that he didn't know what to say, and shouted loudly outside the door: "Tiezhu, hurry up and kill the only old cow in the village, and entertain all the immortal masters!"

Tie Zhu stood at the door and hesitated: "Village chief, that's the only cow in our village, how can you cultivate the land after killing the old cow?"

"You idiot! I'll kill you if you want to, why is there so much nonsense!" The old village chief was afraid that Zhou Geng and the three would regret it, so he was so angry that he stepped forward and hit Tiezhu's head with a stick, urging him to hurry up.

When the three of them saw the scene in front of them, they couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in their hearts, and said to the iron pillar who was about to leave: "You don't have to break the bank, we don't eat beef." ”

When Tie Zhu heard this, he turned around and said happily: "Village chief, do you hear me! They don't eat beef." ”

The old village chief had nothing on the surface, but in fact his heart ached, and now when he heard this result, he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Since the immortal master doesn't eat beef, then let's take some food from weekdays and give it to all the immortal masters to taste, I hope you don't dislike it first. The old village chief motioned for the iron pillar to go and get it.

"Yes, yes, I happen to be hungry. Tu Rongfu looked like a glutton, and Zhou couldn't stop it.

He knew that the villagers were living a hard life, and that the crops outside the village had long been ruined, so how could there be any surplus food in the village? It would be good to be able to eat it himself, and now he had to take it out and distribute it to the three of them, which showed how much the old village chief hoped that they would help to suppress the bandits.

Because only by eliminating the bandits, everyone can live a good life, even if the hungry stomach is okay now, tighten the belt and endure it.

Tie Zhu didn't hesitate this time, as long as he didn't kill the only old cow in the village, Tie Zhu didn't care about anything else.

In a moment, Tiezhu returned with a basket full of yellow nests, about a dozen of them.

Tie Zhu scratched his hair, and said Hanhan: "Village Chief, most of the grain in our village is here, you see ......"

"It's none of your business here, let's go down first!" the old village chief spoke, and Tie Zhu obediently exited the room.

"The immortal masters are really sorry, the mountain bandits are rampant, they can't grab the village, they will destroy the crops outside the village, and in the long run, there will be a shortage of food in the village, so they can only take some coarse food to entertain the three immortal masters. ”

Although it was coarse food in front of them, in the eyes of the old village chief and others, it was comparable to a life-saving straw, which could fill their stomachs and prevent them from gnawing on tree bark and leaves.

Zhou Geng didn't expect the situation in the village to be so serious, according to this situation, even if the villagers were not killed by the mountain bandits, they would be starved to death sooner or later.

"Uncle, you also said, we are immortals, and immortals don't need to eat, but if I don't accept it, I'm afraid you will have doubts in your hearts, whether we dislike wowotou, so I'll take three, and you take the rest back, and I'll help you solve the problem tomorrow." So far, Zhou has spoken more bluntly.

First, it is to eliminate the worries of the old village chief and others, and they are always worried about whether they are not well entertained, which shows that the three of them do not dislike it.

Second, taking three nests is equivalent to receiving the other party's kindness, and accepting the other party's plea, and the matter must be done with all its might.

"This ......" The old village chief hesitated for a while, he didn't expect the three young people in front of him to be so easy to speak, without a little bit of the frame that a superior should have, and he was approachable, thinking about them everywhere, a lot of age, and almost moved to tears.

"Uncle, don't shirk it, you quickly take these nests back and distribute them to everyone, I saw a few children just now, they are growing their bodies, if they are hungry, it will be terrible. ”

Zhou Geng took out three nests from the basket, returned the rest to the old village chief, and in front of the villagers, gnawed the nest heads in his hands, expressing his inner thoughts with actions.

"Okay, then I'll take these nests back and distribute them to everyone, and it's getting late tonight, the immortals will rest early, and we'll come back tomorrow." The old village chief walked out of the room, closed the door gently, and ordered the iron pillar not to be disturbed.

When there were only three of them left in the house, the Tu Shanshan sisters walked up to Zhou Geng and each took a nest head.

Especially Tu Fufu, looking at the yellow wowotou drooling, just seeing that Zhou Geng ate so deliciously, he had long wanted to taste it, but now he took it in his hand, took a big bite, chewed it a few times, and frowned and commented.

"It's a little hard, not fragrant or sweet, and it feels astringent, like mud. ”

Zhou Geng glanced at the half-eaten nest head in his hand: "It is indeed mixed with some mud." ”

When Tu Rongfu heard him say this, he quickly spit it out, glared at his eyes and said, "You still eat so fragrant with mud, you are deliberately trying to deceive me, so that I can also taste the taste of mud, right?"

"I'm not that bored. ”

Zhou Geng shook his head, and said with a smile on his face: "What you dislike is regarded as a treasure in the eyes of the villagers. ”

Tu Fufu lowered his head and stared at the nest head in his hand for a long time, as if thinking about something, and then took a bite and slowly tasted the taste.

Her sister Tu Shanshan also took a bite, and this trip made her feel a lot, such as the food in her hands, and she never thought that someone would take mud ginseng and eat it in flour.