However, it was said that Zhao Xuan and the others went against the stream and came to the end of the peach forest and the source of the stream, only to see a hill in front of them. At the foot of the green mountain, there is a cave entrance, and there seems to be a faint light coming from the cave. Zhao Xuan smiled when he saw this: "It seems that the host here is really hospitable, and it really led us here." ”

Catherine glanced at him expressionlessly, abandoned the ship, and walked into the cave. The entrance to the cave was very narrow and could only allow one person to pass through, so Zhao Xuan simply followed behind Catherine. After walking dozens of steps, suddenly the front became open and bright, and a flat and wide land appeared in front of the two of them.

But there are rows of neat houses, fertile fields, beautiful ponds, and similar plants such as mulberry trees and bamboo forests. The field roads are intertwined, and the sound of chickens and dogs barking comes and goes. In the fields, there are people who come and go to cultivate and work, and the men and women are dressed in similar clothes to the people seen in the town, and they are all blonde and blue-eyed, and they are happy to get along with each other. But looking at these people, Zhao Xuan suddenly had a strange feeling.

Could it be that because there have never been peasants in Western fantasy novels, it would be strange for him to see peasants in this world?

But then again, without the peasants, what they eat and wear, they can't all cultivate and fight demonic beasts, right?

It's just that he doesn't know why, even if he excludes this, he still has a very strange feeling in the face of these otherworldly farmers.

However, those peasant friends were very welcoming to their arrival, and when they saw the two figures, they all showed surprised expressions, gathered around, and asked questions about what you and I said. But it's basically the same question: "Two distinguished guests." Where are you from?"

Catherine began to feel slightly cramped. But he quickly adjusted, thinking that he had changed to a sociable personality: "Hello everyone, we broke into here by mistake, where is this?"

Someone in the crowd replied: "You two must have come from outside, please come with me, and I will take you to meet the village chief." ”

Catherine turned her head and glanced at Zhao Xuan, and speculation rose in their hearts: Could it be that the so-called village chief is the one who came because of them?

Follow the villagers into the village. But I saw that the layout of the village was similar to that of the town outside, except that there were some tall buildings missing. Ordinary alleys, small bridges and flowing water, highlight the quiet and peaceful fields and villages. The blue sky, white clouds, grass, wild flowers, old people, children, serene, like a wonderful landscape painting.

Especially in the village, the old people who teased the children in front of each house, all of them seemed to be Taoist monks who had returned to the countryside, their faces were quiet and peaceful, without any trace of other color, which made Zhao Xuan feel that this was not a different world. On the contrary, it is closer to ancient China than the main world.

After all, in the Overworld, shemales fight. He'd seen too much of it, and even before, the Overworld was a world of great contention. He hadn't seen such a secluded, remote, secluded mountain forest scene like this for a long time.

Unconsciously, his heart slowly became quiet, allowing Catherine to talk to the villagers in front of him, while he was left behind, looking left and right, enjoying this rare idyllic scenery.

Soon, the two stopped in front of a small courtyard, and a villager shouted, and an old man walked out of it. I learned about the situation of Zhao Xuan and Catherine from the villagers, and knew that the two of them walked in by mistake, so I hurriedly invited the two into the house, and said: "Two distinguished guests, wild people in the deserted village, I don't know the etiquette, if there is anything missing, please also invite the two Haihan." ”

Catherine glanced at Zhao Xuan again, guessing in her heart that what the old man said was true or false. Zhao Xuan reversed his previous attitude at this time, hugged his fists and smiled: "There is an elder Lao to entertain, and I will see you below!" Saying that, she walked into the courtyard with the old man's arms, Catherine thought about it and followed in.

In the courtyard, there are two vegetable gardens, an ancient tree, and six thatched huts. They walked into the courtyard, and two men and two women came out of the hut. Two of them, one middle-aged and one young, presumably the children and grandchildren of the old man. Two women, an old Longzhong and a plump village woman, should be the wife and daughter-in-law of the old man.

A very ordinary family of five came out and was introduced by the old man, and greeted Zhao Xuan and Catherine one by one.

At this time, the villagers who had been waiting for them to come confessed and said, "I am afraid that the guests will not be well entertained, so let us each go and prepare some wine and food for hospitality." No matter how Zhao Xuan and Catherine stopped them, those villagers should not be, and they seemed extremely hospitable.

After the villagers left, the small courtyard was a little quieter, and the old man's family and his wife also went to prepare meals, only the old man and children stayed, pulling Zhao Xuan and Catherine to ask about some outside things.

In the end, Catherine couldn't help it first, and said, "Old man, please tell us the truth, did you bring us in?"

The old man said with a surprised face: "What do you mean by this, girl? Since the time of the Sunset Empire, we have fled from the war here, and our ancestors have fled here, and no one has ever come, and no one has ever gone out. I don't know how the distinguished guests came here, so how can I talk about bringing you here?"

"Yes......" Catherine said and turned her head to look at Zhao Xuan, and said in her heart that she was not very capable before, why don't you speak now.

But at this time, Zhao Xuan ignored her completely, let alone noticed her eyes, just looked around thoughtfully.

Helpless, Catherine had no choice but to rely on her own judgment, and after discussing more than a dozen personalities for a while, her brows furrowed slightly: "Elder is saying that your ancestors have been hiding here since the defeat of the Sunset Empire......?" That's right, the town of Daouae!

That's what Arnold seems to say in their conversation with Locke Jr., is there any connection between the two?

For a moment, Catherine's heart suddenly became vigilant.

But the old man didn't seem to notice it at all, and said with a puzzled face: "What? Has the Sunset Empire been defeated?" as if he had never heard the news.

After a long time, Yu Yu sighed: "Yes, yes, since the ancestors, I don't know how many years have passed, and even the legend is a long time ago, and it is natural for an empire to fall." Then he asked again about the outside world.

Catherine was suspicious, but she didn't rush to pierce it, and simply talked about the history of the outside world since the Sunset Empire, which was roughly the same as what Arnold said, and the most important thing was to talk about the distribution of empires on the continent now. It's nothing more than Saint-Valle, Gran, Fleet, and the like.

The old man nodded and sighed again and again, as if he regretted the changes outside.

During this period of time, the villagers came back one after another, holding small monsters similar to chickens and fish, this family and that, piecing together a table of food, and some people brought wine, and listened to Catherine talk about the outside world.

Zhao Xuan sat on the side and watched, feeling more and more weird.

During this period, some people also talked to him, but his understanding of the outside world was equal to zero, and he talked about it casually. After a meal, the sun was already setting in the west, and the rest of the villagers invited Zhao Xuan and Catherine to their homes to stay.

Catherine hesitated for a moment, then declined. Although she still had doubts in her heart, the enthusiasm of this villager made it impossible for her to do anything excessive, and she was about to leave Zhao Xuan.

When the villagers heard this, they kept it one after another, but to no avail, before they said: "Two distinguished guests, I have been living in seclusion for a long time and don't want to be disturbed by outsiders." Please don't mention this place to anyone else after you go out. ”

Catherine nodded, and was about to agree. But at this moment, Zhao Xuan had a flash of inspiration in his mind and grabbed Catherine.

He was originally being pulled by Catherine, but at this time he grabbed Catherine with his backhand, avoided the eyes and ears of the villagers, lowered his voice, leaned into Catherine's ear, and said, "Girl, do you really believe that there is no problem with the villagers here?"

Catherine thought he was going to do something, but when she heard this, she said angrily: "What did you do earlier, and now you just say, did you find something?" The voice became smaller and smaller as she went to the back, and her eyes scanned the villagers present, obviously afraid of being discovered by them.

At this time, although the meal was finished, the people had not left, and everyone gathered in the old man's courtyard. After all, she had just been entertained, and when she turned her face to talk about them, Catherine's face was a little hot.

Zhao Xuan smiled silently, and found that there was indeed a discovery! If he only felt weird at first, he couldn't think of the source of that weird feeling. But with the last words of the villagers, he finally thought about how the strange feeling came about.

It's just because everything in front of him is too familiar to him.

Although there are still differences from what he remembers, such as the appearance of people, the types of crops, and the forest outside that looks like a peach forest and is not a peach forest, although this kind of thing is plausible, but together, it is no longer a simple déjà vu.

Just as the two were talking, the villager on the other side spoke again: "Two distinguished guests, have you changed your mind?" No problem, we haven't seen outsiders here for a long time, and we are very happy that you can come in by chance." Since I don't want to leave yet, I will stay and stay for a few more days. Enough to wait, it's not too late to leave. ”

"Happened to come in?" Zhao Xuan looked playfully at the person who spoke, it was the man in the old man's family, and chuckled: "Not necessarily, in my opinion, it is not a coincidence that I came here." ”

Before the words fell, Catherine suddenly became vigilant.

She actually wanted to say this sentence a long time ago, but with Zhao Xuan's presence, she wanted to wait for Zhao Xuan to speak first. Fortunately, he waited and waited, and did not let him wait in vain.

The old man's family and the villagers looked at each other at a loss, and the old man said, "What is the meaning of what the distinguished guest said? Is it because I don't wait for the guest well?"

But he heard Zhao Xuan chuckle, answered the question, and read out a long passage in a language that Catherine had never heard:

"In the Jin Taiyuan Dynasty, the Wuling people fished for their business. Walk around the river, forget the distance of the road. Suddenly, the peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps between the shore, there are no miscellaneous trees in it, the fragrant grass is delicious, the fallen flowers are colorful, and the fishermen are very different. Moving forward again, I want to exhaust the forest.

When the forest runs out of water, there will be a mountain, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light. Drop off the boat and enter from the mouth. At the beginning, it is extremely narrow, and only then can it be passed. After dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear. The land is flat, the houses are like that, and there are good fields and beautiful ponds and mulberry bamboos. Qianmo traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other. Among them, the men and women are dressed like outsiders. Yellow hair hangs down, and he is happy ......" (to be continued.) )