These are two fathers and sons, the old man's name is Gu Dengming, the middle-aged man is Gu Panfeng, he lives in a small village in a nearby valley, and the village usually has little contact with the outside world, but this time he came out because he went into the city to trade some supplies.

When Lin Jing heard the valley, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he exchanged a look with Zun Wuyi.

In a blink of an eye, seeing the two of them take out two glutinous rice cakes, Lin Jing tore off half of the hare and handed it to the two fathers and sons, saying, "It's better to taste this rabbit." ”

The father and son hurriedly waved their hands, and the old man said, "Today, the little brother let us settle here, how can I ask for your food again." ”

The two looked firm, Zun Wuyi stabbed Lin Jing in the waist, and pointed to the glutinous rice cakes in the hands of the two fathers and sons, Lin Jing immediately understood, and said with a smile: "This hare is very fat, I'm afraid I can't eat it alone, to be honest, I want to exchange some glutinous rice cakes with the two." ”

"Glutinous rice cakes?" the two fathers and sons glanced down at the dry bread in their hands.

"That's right, it's a bit monotonous to eat this rabbit meat like this, and it's not better to eat rabbit meat with glutinous rice cakes. Lin Jing smiled.

The two fathers and sons also smelled the fragrance of rabbit meat, hesitated for a moment, and took out a few pieces of glutinous rice cakes, originally planned to exchange them for half a rabbit meat, but the two didn't want to live or die, only half a rabbit leg.

"The people of the Junzi country are indisputable, and ninety percent of these two people are likely to be the remnants of the Junzi country. Seeing this, Zun Wuyi exhaled in Lin Jing's ear and said.

Lin Jing bowed his head slightly, and then asked the old man: "Actually, the kid went out this time to find a herb, since the two of you are locals, have you heard of lavender?"

The two were a little surprised when they heard this, and the old man nodded: "Lavender grass is everywhere in our valley, and it grows every day during the day, just like laying a layer of purple mats, so we call it Purple Felt Valley there." Lavender does have the effect of curing diseases and living bones, and the outside world has never known about it, and I can't imagine that the little brother has also heard of it. ”

Lavender Lin Jing also learned from the mouth of Zun Wuyi that lavender is a symbol of the Junzi country's herbs, dying at dawn and night, unable to grow elsewhere, and every night after the death of lavender, the grass stem will grow a companion plant, that is, drunk evening flower, if this flower is not picked, when the morning sun rises, it will be absorbed by the dead grass stem of lavender, and grow into lavender again.

The reason why Lin Jing mentions lavender and does not say drunk late flowers, it is because lavender is an elixir, and drunk late flowers are psychedelic evil flowers.

"Even if they are not from the Gentleman's Kingdom, you can achieve your goal this time. Zun Wuyi said beside him.

Lin Jing's face was uncontrollable with joy, what he came to find was not the country of gentlemen, but the drunken late flower, and the people who had used the drunken late flower. Since there is lavender in the village of the old man and the two, can there be no drunken late flowers?

Seeing that he was happy, the old man couldn't help but remind: "Although lavender is an elixir, it dies at dawn and night, and it has not been brought out far, and it will die when it gets dark, and I am afraid that it will not be of much help to the little brother." ”

Lin Jing said happily: "Thank you uncle for reminding me, as long as the kid finds it, the kid is presumptuous, I wonder if the two of you can take the kid to find this lavender?"

The old man said heartily: "Why not, the little brother likes it, you can stay at the old man's house for a few days." ”

"Thank you so much. ”

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At dawn, Lin Jing followed Gu Dengming and his son to a valley on the outskirts of the mountain range.

The valley is surrounded by dense trees, and the entrance is a cave covered by branches and green leaves, which is quite secret, but it is only the living environment, but the people in the village do not exclude outsiders, and Lin Jing is warmly welcomed when he arrives.

The people here are not wealthy, because they are too polite, when doing business, the seller desperately lowers the price, and the buyer desperately raises the price, so although there are many elixirs nearby for them to collect, they are often extorted by the people in the city, and it is not bad to lose money every time.

However, it has gotten better over the years, every time he goes out to trade, Gu Dengming is in charge, he is different from other villagers, although he is also polite, but he knows how to distinguish the value of goods, he is shrewd, and there are few cases of being blackmailed.

And Lin Jing finally saw the lavender that was dying day and night, and sure enough, as Gu Dengming said, the valley was blooming everywhere, and the place where the eyes looked was like a purple mat laid down, and the villagers of the houses were all in the purple sea.

"It's so beautiful!" Lin Jing exclaimed, Zun Wuyi's eyes were also colorful, purple was her favorite color, at this time, when she saw this purple ocean, her face was also intoxicated, and her eyes were full of reminiscence.

Gu Dengming's home is not small, it should be said that there is not a single room in the entire village that is small, and every brick and tile is buried with the vicissitudes of time.

The white stone wall was full of gorgeous lines, and Lin Jing sat in the courtyard of the Gu family to identify it carefully, but it was a description of a peaceful and peaceful country in ancient times.

"These houses were built in the beginning. Zun Wuyi picked up the ground lavender grass and put it on the wound on Lin Jing's arm, looked up and saw that Lin Jing kept looking at the architectural pattern, and suddenly said.

"Taichu?" Lin Jing was slightly surprised, he had already affirmed that the villagers of this village were the relics of the Junzi Kingdom, but he didn't expect that these ancient buildings that had survived thousands of years had something to do with Taichu.

"Destroying people's countries, destroying people's homes, and harming people's gods, but also finding land and building houses for people, is really the most hypocritical god in the world. Zun Wuyi sneered, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"What? Isn't it the Wuzun God who destroys the clans?" Lin Jing was even more puzzled, and didn't believe what Zun Wuyi said, the Demon Sect took Wuzun as the only god, and Taichu was the god who defeated Wuzun, as a witch, it was normal for Zun Wuyi to slander Taichu.

Zun Wuyi didn't say anything more, after applying the medicine, he pulled down Lin Jing's sleeve, and sat beside Lin Jing in a rare quiet, his eyes revealing vicissitudes and haggardness.

Seeing Lin Jing's heartache for no reason, he immediately calmed down in surprise, and didn't dare to look at her again, but said secretly: What a powerful witchcraft.

"Grandpa, grandpa, have you come back. At this time, there was a child's voice of milky milk outside, and a little girl of four or five years old was struggling to climb through the high doorway for her, her little face was red and fluttering, and she was very pink and cute.

Behind her was a woman, who lovingly followed the little girl, but did not come to her aid, and let the little girl enter the door alone.

It's just that as soon as the little girl entered the door, she saw Lin Jing sitting in the courtyard, and her excited little face immediately showed a timid expression, and she quickly turned around and hid behind her mother, only revealing half of her head and secretly looking at the strangers in the courtyard.

The woman was also stunned when she saw Lin Jing, but immediately bowed and said, "Presumably this is Lin Xiaogongzi, the slave family is so polite." ”

Lin Jing hurriedly got up and hugged his fists and said, "I've seen Sister-in-law Gu, and I took the liberty to disturb me today." ”

"Xiaoyue, look who's back. Gu Panfeng walked out of the house at this time and happily opened his arms to the little girl.

"Daddy. Xiao Yue'er cheered and ran to her father with small steps.

It's just that someone walked out of the house again, and Xiao Yue'er immediately changed direction when she saw it, walked in front of Gu Dengming, and shouted happily: "Grandpa." ”

Gu Dengming picked up Xiao Yue'er with a smile, and Gu Panfeng, who was instantly defeated by the old man, immediately collapsed his face, and looked at his daughter who was coquettish in his grandfather's arms with resentment.

There was a knock on the door, and I saw an anxious middle-aged Confucian standing outside the door of the cave, seeing him, Gu Dengming's face was also upright, put down his granddaughter and welcomed him out, and after talking with the middle-aged Confucian for a few words, he turned to Gu Panfeng and said, "Go out for your father, you can entertain Lin Xiaogongzi." Lin Gongzi forgave his sins, the old man had something to do, and he neglected the son. ”

"Old gentleman, please. Lin Jing smiled and hugged his fists.

Gu Panfeng adheres to filial piety in front of his father, there are outsiders, and he has always been not very talkative, at this time, when his father left, he also relaxed, and asked Lin Jing: "The meal has been prepared, Lin Gongzi, please come in." ”

Traces of the outside world can be seen in the interior of the Gu family's house, and it should be that Gu Dengming's father and son often go out to trade with others, and they have been affected.

The family prepared a roast chicken and put it on Lin Jing's case, as for Gu Panfeng's family of three, they are all ordinary rice and vegetables, the people in the village have always been poor, and this time some guests were also ruthless and slaughtered a hen, so as not to snub the guests.

Lin Jing was slightly stunned when she saw this, and turned her head to find that Xiao Yue'er was looking at the roast chicken on her table, with crystal water flashing at the corners of her mouth, and she was cute. Finding that Lin Jing was looking at her, Xiao Yue'er hurriedly looked away, but her black grape-like eyes couldn't help but peek from time to time.

Lin Jing smiled slightly, and apologized: "Thanks to Brother Gu's kindness, it's just that today is the first day of the new year, and I have to fast on the fifteenth day of the new year, wasting the mind of the eldest brother and sister-in-law." ”

Gu Panfeng and his wife were a little surprised, thinking that Lin Jing was embarrassed, but they just listened to his reason, but suddenly, many good people who believe in gods have the habit of fasting on the fifteenth day of the first month, and they think that Lin Jing is such a believer.

"It turns out that Lin Gongzi is also a Taichu believer, but this is a certain negligence, and the lady put away this meat. ”

When Sister-in-law Gu put away the roast chicken and walked towards the kitchen, Xiao Yue'er's eyes followed the fat chicken in her mother's hand with a sparkle of light.

When Lin Jing heard Gu Panfeng's words, he said unexpectedly: "Brother Gu is also a Taichu believer?"

Gu Panfeng said with reverence: "The ancestors were wiped out back then, but fortunately, they were rescued by the primordial gods, so that they can leave descendants and pass them on to this day. Our people are the first believers. ”

When Lin Jing heard this, he looked outside the house, and Zun Wuyi was still looking at the lines of the wall in a daze.

Sure enough, the witch's words are not credible!

Lin Jing asked seemingly casually, "The Purple Felt Valley is isolated from the world, but it is really difficult to buy daily necessities, and the people in the valley have never thought of going out for a walk?"

Gu Panfeng said with a solemn expression: "This is our hometown, and the ancestors said that unless Taiping returns to the world, children and grandchildren cannot move out of the valley." ”

Then, the words relaxed: "However, it is okay to go out to practice, every few years, there are people who want to see the outside world, but eight out of ten people do not come back." Outside...... It's too dangerous. ”

"Sure enough, someone went out. Lin Jing said secretly in his heart, and then asked: "So I don't know if anyone has been a guest in the valley over the years?" The villagers were very enthusiastic when they saw me, and they seemed to be full of curiosity. ”

Gu Panfeng said with a smile: "There were people who came in many years ago, but not in these years, after all, we don't have anything attractive here." ”

And with no one to lead the way, it's hard to spot a village here. Lin Jing added secretly, but he knew that the people in the village did not deliberately hide it, but few people went out, and few people were interested in asking.

This narrows the scope slightly, and the person who brings out the drunken evening flowers is very likely to be the remnants of the Junzi Kingdom.

After that, Lin Jing knocked on the side and learned about a few clansmen who went out and came back, and the only one who was closest to that year was a middle-aged man named Sha Ying, who was said to have two fingers of his right hand cut off by the bandits outside.

This undoubtedly aroused Lin Jing's suspicions even more.