The fat man staggered and dismounted, and walked in front of the old man, "You are the village chief?"

The village chief looked at the middle-aged fat man in front of him quietly, although he was wearing armor and crossing the knife, his face was pale, just standing there with beads of sweat on his forehead from time to time, it seemed that he was hollowed out by wine, but behind the fat man, there were nearly 100 soldiers standing in the back, I didn't see that this fat man was still a captain, the village chief nodded lightly, and the fat man scolded and scolded:" Damn, what the hell is this weather, it's hot to death, since you are the head of this village, the captain of this school will make a long story short, my surname is Chen, I was ordered by the general to come to do things, someone saw this person in the painting appear in your Dayu Village, do you have any impression?"

The village chief raised his eyebrows, he took the portrait and looked at it carefully, and said with some hesitation: "The young man on this painting is very similar to that person, is there a knife wound on his body?" The fat man's eyes lit up, there is a door, hey, this is called stepping on the iron and finding nowhere to get it without effort, if you can catch this young man back to the palace, it will be a great merit, not to mention that when the time comes, not to mention the promotion and fortune, the Oiran of Qingzhou City is not waiting in line for him to be pampered, see who else dares to look down on him.

The village chief naturally didn't know what the fat man was thinking, and said in a deep voice: "Captain Chen, half a month ago, some villagers did rescue a young man, but a few days ago, several groups of officers and soldiers came to the village to interrogate and search, and the grass people also told the truth about the situation. ”

The village chief glanced at the group of soldiers behind the fat man, all black and light armor, each with an unsheathed combat knife, the leader of the person carried a large flag on his shoulder, with two big black characters "Dashun" on it, when nearly 100 soldiers stood in a neat queue, the line did not move, like an extremely sharp spear, not like ordinary soldiers, it seems that this is the infantry under the king of Zhennan known as "the first in foot combat", and it really deserves its name.

The fat man waved his hand impatiently: "This is confidential, I am just acting on orders, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, you just need to hand over the person now." ”

The village chief smacked his lips and said helplessly: "I've asked this several times, and I came to ask for someone again, and the person has been thrown into the river by me." The fat man wondered, "What do you mean?"

The village chief spread out his hands and said in a deep voice: "Half a month ago, we rescued a young man, but we saw that the young man was seriously injured and dying, our village was afraid that he was a bandit and would get into trouble, so he was thrown back into the river. ”

The fat man's voice suddenly rose, and his face changed: "What, what did you say?, and threw it back again?" The village chief nodded and said sincerely: "Yes." “

The fat man looked at the old man with some suspicion, and pouted: "I said old man, you'd better not lie to me and shield the imperial court, this crime is not a joke, and if you don't get it right, you will lose your head." ”

The village chief smiled and said calmly: "Although our village is not from Dongxia, but when the Dongxia horse stepped on the world, King Xia You just arrived in Qingzhou, I sent half of the wordless book treasured in the village to the prince's mansion, but I was rewarded with the four-character plaque of the prince's "quite knowledgeable about current affairs", and now the Dashun Dynasty is prosperous, and I am half a person who has been buried in the ground, how can I be old and foolish to do that kind of thing to beg for death?"

When the fat man heard the name of King Xia You, his expression became respectful, and he pondered: "You don't dare, I can trust you, although someone has already come to search the village, but since I have come here, I still have to go through the pomp and circumstance, and I can't let outsiders say that I am lax in military affairs, village chief, are you right?" The village chief nodded and said, "That's natural." The fat man shouted violently: "Come on, search for me." Then he added: "Keep my eyes open and be careful." ”

The black-armored soldiers agreed in unison, "Yes", and their voices shook the sky and were quite imposing. The black-armored soldiers quickly dispersed, and then divided into groups of ten people to search from house to house, and from time to time the village heard the cries of children, the shouts of soldiers, the quarrels of villagers, chickens and dogs, and chaos.

The village chief's face was as usual, and he invited: "Captain Chen, go to the old man's house to drink some herbal tea and rest for a while, how about it?" The fat man smiled: "Hey, it's too poisonous this day, or the old village chief knows some etiquette, and I don't hide that I'm the most afraid of heat, hehe." Xuan Qing made a gesture of please, and the two walked straight to Xuan Qing's house.

At the village chief's house, the village chief poured a cup of tea for the fat man, and said calmly: "Captain Chen, can you let your soldiers move lightly during the search, you also know that most of the villagers in Dayu Village have never seen the world, what do you think?" The fat man drank all the tea in the cup in one gulp, nodded and said, "It's easy to say." Then he turned his head and said, "Pass my order, let them be careful when searching, don't smash anything and disturb the people in the village." A waiting soldier took the order. The village chief smiled heartily, "Captain Chen, you are really sympathetic to the people, drink tea and drink tea." The fat man also smiled heartily and did not make a sound.

After drinking four or five cups of tea in a row, the fat man felt refreshed, he glanced at the old man in front of him, and suddenly asked casually: "Village chief, you said that half a month ago, you threw that young man back into the river again? The fat man stopped talking, and sat there, not knowing what he was thinking.

An hour later, a soldier walked into the room and whispered something in the fat man's ear, and the fat man nodded and waved his hand, and the soldier bowed and left.

The fat man looked directly at the village chief and said solemnly: "Village chief, this is a major matter of human life, I hope you had better not hide anything." The village chief bowed his head and said, "The grass people don't dare." The fat man nodded: "Today, the captain of this school will believe you once, where did you throw him into the river that day, take me to see." ”

The two came to a place by the river, and the fat man really found some vague messy footprints in that place, and he cursed in his heart, why is it in this water, this river is not very peaceful, the fat man rubbed his eyebrows, and said with annoyance: "Village chief, I think the man has died a long time ago, I heard that there are monsters in the river in your village, but it is terrifying." ”

The village chief sighed and said: "Yes, the village can't go into the water to fish because of that beast, as for the man, I don't dare to assert it, when he was rescued, there was only one breath left, and most of them didn't live long." The fat man, who was a little sluggish for a while, suddenly remembered the rare solemn expression on his face when the general gave the order before the departure, he was shocked, pointed to the lower reaches of the river, and shouted: "Follow me to the villages downstream of the river to continue the search, and I will see people alive and corpses when I die." ”

In the lower reaches of Dayu Village, the fat man surnamed Chen looked at the river gloomily, and a young man behind him came over and said hesitantly: "Brother Chen, can you believe what the old man said?" The fat man was a little helpless: "What else can you do if you don't believe it, although the old man said that he was not the people of our Dashun, but he dedicated the book of heaven to the prince, and I think it is also to see that our Dashun Tianwei is difficult to refuse, and the village has been searched back and forth several times, and I haven't even seen a figure." The young soldier complained: "You said that those spies are true, there is a person whose whereabouts did not come out earlier, and it was delayed for so many days, it is really fucking nonsense." ”

The fat man smiled: "I won't say anything about this matter on me, and I will make a lot of money in a muffled voice, do you understand?" The young soldier said with a bitter face: "How can I understand this, that is all Brother Chen, you big people bother to think about, I don't have energy when I think about things with my brain, if what the old guy said is true, that person would have disappeared a long time ago, and it is possible to sink into the river to feed the fish, where can we find it?"

The fat man was very useful to the young soldier's sycophants, and he pointed to the river in the distance and said in a deep voice: "In this way, the villages within a radius of 100 miles on both sides of the Guangling River have been swept over, and only on the river we haven't been there yet." The young soldier was puzzled: "Then let's go, what are we still doing in a daze." The fat man was a little angry with the idiocy of the soldier, and snorted, "Are you stupid? If it weren't for the fact that there was a man-eating monster in the river, I would be so jealous? I don't need to say that I would have gone into the water a long time ago, don't forget, that monster can't be worshiped in Sword Mountain, and we won't go down to die? Finding that person is certainly a credit, but first there must be a life." ”

The young man didn't care about the fat man's scolding, and said with some worry: "Seeing that the twenty-day deadline set by the general is coming soon, Brother Chen, you and Wang Shun and Liu Yuan have made a military order, what should we do now?" The fat man thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long run, send a message to Wang Shun and Liu Yuan, and meet in the next village, and think about it carefully." ”

The village chief watched the fat man and the black armor soldier gradually move away, and then walked to an inconspicuous hut at the end of the village, where there was an old man with white hair lying on the bed and closing his eyes to recuperate. The old man said calmly: "You still have to be careful, if you can't keep it right, there are already people in the village watching now." ”

The village chief sighed and said helplessly: "There are many people, but fortunately, my uncle was prescient." The old man shook his head, "This time it's just a fluke, they didn't go to the back mountain to search for people, and next time they can't say for sure, they still have to find a safe place again." The village chief whispered: "Uncle, is it worth taking such a big risk?" The old man opened his eyes, his eyes were cloudy, and he smiled, "The more they want to find that young man, the more it shows that the young man's identity is not ordinary, we have never been entangled with all forces, and now I didn't expect this situation, try my best to save the young man first, after all, it is a character who can invite out the divine beast, if the situation really reaches the last step, it is still necessary to take the lives of hundreds of people in Dayu Village." ”

The village chief breathed a sigh of relief and said respectfully: "As soon as my uncle said this, my nephew was relieved. The village chief pondered for a moment and said softly: "My nephew also heard a news today, I heard that Western Chu has destroyed the country. The white-haired old man's face changed, and then he sighed again, and said a little tiredly: "It's a pity, I originally felt that no matter how bad Xichu was, I could block it, but I didn't expect it to be defeated so quickly, Dongxia is such a big deal, no wonder I dare to establish the country as Dashun, it is really smooth sailing, it's just that, what qualifications do we, the bereaved dogs of Dongwu, have to go to the poor people's house." ”

The white-haired old man waved his hand: "Tonight, you ask Shanglangzhong to go to the mountain again to have a look, I guess that the young man has woken up, you know what to say." "Nephew understands. The old man waved his hand, and the village chief slowly withdrew from the house.

The night is getting deeper, Narcissus sits on the edge of the bed, telling some interesting folk tales to Ping'an, Narcissus has a soft voice, telling the stories he sees in the book on weekdays, which is more immersive and extraordinarily good, Ping'an also listens quietly, it feels very interesting, the two are talking, there are suddenly footsteps outside the door, Narcissus's voice suddenly stopped, Ping'an was a little puzzled and just about to speak, Narcissus made a silent gesture, out of nowhere to find a rolling pin, two hands held hard and walked gently to the door, the resolute face was still a little nervous and dazed, obviously a little scared, Ping An looked at the weak woman silently, His heart felt like he was stabbed by something, his breathing became short, he could only lie on the bed and watch the woman walk over step by step but could not do anything, a man needs a woman who is powerless to protect, he doesn't like this feeling very much, the frustration of not being able to do anything, a strong thought rose in his heart, become stronger, become stronger, I want to become stronger, only by becoming stronger can I protect the person I want to protect.

Narcissus shook the non-threatening rolling stick hard, plucked up the courage and asked softly, "Who?" A neutral old man's voice came in, "Narcissus, it's me." Narcissus breathed a sigh of relief, the rolling pin was also put down, Narcissus slowly opened the door, the village chief and Lang Zhong walked in quickly, the village chief looked at the rolling pin in Narcissus's hand, and smiled strangely: "It is really the strongest woman in my Dayu Village, yes, very good." Narcissus whispered: "Holding a wooden stick is just to strengthen your courage, if you are really a bad person, I am afraid that it is useless." ”

The village chief waved his hand, "There are no bad people for the time being, the last group of officers and soldiers have searched the village today, there will be no danger for the time being, and if there are any bad people, you have to pass the pass of hundreds of villagers in my Dayu Village before you can get here, you don't have to be so scared, just take care of the young man with peace of mind." Narcissus nodded, and then said, "Ping An has woken up." The village chief sighed, and he was very happy to come to the bedside with Langzhong, Ping An struggled to get up, and was pressed down by the village chief, Ping An said sincerely: "Village chief, I heard Sister Narcissus mention you, thank you for saving your life." The village chief nodded, very relieved: "Good complexion, it seems that Narcissus takes good care of you, don't thank me, thank Narcissus if you want to thank you, she saved you." Ping An said softly: "Thank you." The village chief asked, "I just heard Narcissus say that your name is Ping'an, so what is your surname?" Narcissus took two glasses of water and put them on the table, and she said, "He doesn't remember anything since he woke up, Ping'an is my name." The village chief's face changed, and without him speaking, Lang Zhong had already leaned down.

Lang Zhong first looked carefully at Ping'an's pupils, and then silently gave Ping'an a pulse, and the other three people looked at Lang Zhong expectantly, after a while, Lang Zhong got up and drank a sip of water, and said with some surprise: "Woke up is already beyond my expectations, it seems that this kid desperately wants to wake up, but his brain seems to have been hit badly, resulting in his memory loss, you must know that some amnesiac people will also become children, but fortunately, he is conscious, but it is better than those people." The village chief was a little surprised, and asked anxiously: "Then how to heal it?" Lang Zhong shook his head, and said helplessly: "There are two situations of amnesia, one is temporary, the other is permanent, looking at his situation, it seems that the latter is more likely, after all, his memory is completely lost, the best way is to know people often talk about things related to him, but now this method does not work, I will prescribe some soothing Chinese medicine tomorrow for people to bring up, or to observe for a period of time." Several people had complicated eyes and looked at each other speechlessly.

The village chief's mind is the most complicated, and the words he prepared when he came can't be said at this time, people are not as good as heaven, and this young man has lost his memory, and he doesn't know if he can summon the big turtle.

After a long time, Narcissus took the lead in breaking the silence and comforted: "It's good that people are still alive, and the others take their time." The village chief also smiled reluctantly, nodded and said: "Narcissus is right, but I think it is complicated, so let's do it, you cultivate for a while, and I will come to see you after a while." Ping An nodded, "Thank you for your concern, the two old men are old and frail, and it is not easy to come over, so I still wait for me to heal and go down the mountain to see you." ”

Narcissus sent the two out of the door, and the village chief turned around and waved his hand: "Narcissus, go back, don't send it." Narcissus handed the lantern to the old man and said softly, "Then you two people slow down." "Don't worry. “

Narcissus closed the door and stretched his waist a little tiredly, and Ping'an was a little puzzled: "Why is the village chief a little unhappy to hear that I have amnesia?" Ping An pursed his lips and said in disbelief: "Don't lie to me, sister, I'm not a fool, why can't I see it?"

Narcissus sighed and thought for a while before speaking: "Ping'an, do you know who saved you?" Ping'an said softly: "It was you and the villagers of Dayu Village who saved you." Narcissus shook his head, "If it weren't for the big turtle carrying you to the shore of Dayu Village, you would probably be drowned, so it was actually the big turtle that saved you." Ping An didn't speak, waiting for Narcissus's next words.

"That big turtle, is the mythical beast of Dayu Village, has not appeared for a long time, even I told you that half a year ago there were monsters on the river, the big turtle has never been out of the water, now it is in order to save you out of the water shows that you and the big turtle is destined to people, now see your amnesia, is worried that you can't invite the big turtle, so there will be that disappointed expression, the village in order to save you is also a big risk, you have to understand the old man, he has no malice. Ping'an nodded, "Then the village chief saved me thinking that I could help him get rid of the monster in the river?" Narcissus hummed softly, Ping'an closed his eyes, and said: "Then I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint him, I don't know what the big turtle is, let alone command the big turtle to fight with any monster." ”

Ping'an's face was a little gloomy, and he said softly: "Sister Narcissus, if I don't have the ability to arouse the big turtle at all, will you still save me?" Narcissus nodded and said: "Of course, I am a woman, saving people is saving people, and I don't have such complicated thoughts as theirs." Ping An smiled reluctantly, "I'm a little sleepy." Narcissus straightened out Ping'an's quilt and said softly: "If you are sleepy, go to sleep." “

Narcissus sat on the edge of the bed, with a hint of melancholy on his face, and sat quietly for a long time before saying to himself: "I hope you don't remember the past for the rest of your life, how good it is to be safe and sound." ”