Everyone in the Gyeonggi Guard looked at these mummies and felt horrified. Since their superiors had spoken and Cao Yan had been criticized for his persuasion, except for Chu Xinyuan, the highest ranking officer in the Gyeonggi Guard was a staff leader, so he immediately led the troops.
Leave.
Chu Xinyuan was surrounded by only him and his guard Yuexi Xingnan.
Xing Nan said: "Master, what should we do next?"
Chu Xinyuan glanced at the mountains in the distance, then at the nearby village, and said: "Enter the village!"
Yue Xi touched his neck and said, "Master, how do we enter the village?"
Chu Xinyuan glanced at him: "Let's go, do you want to crawl?"
Yuexi: "..."
He felt his neck getting even colder, and those mummies scared him to death. Now they didn't even know what kind of monster the murderer was, so they entered the village so hastily. What should they do if they really met the murderer?
Your Highness has a rich body, why are you working so hard?
Of course, even though they were complaining in their hearts, the two of them still closely followed Chu Xinyuan's steps and looked around cautiously.
Chu Xinyuan said disgustedly: "You two, don't look cross-eyed. When you enter the village, don't say what you do. The three of us are just merchants. We missed the dormitory and stayed in the village for one night."
Yue Xi was surprised: "I, we want to stay here for one night?"
Chu Xinyuan said: "Otherwise? Are you going to stay here instead of staying overnight and rush back overnight?"
Xing Nan said: "Master, do you think that the monster may come from the village?"
Chu Xinyuan kept walking and said: "According to the information provided by the county government and Jing Zhaoyin, the road section is basically within this radius. Xiaotun Village is only a mile away from here, but I have never heard of what happened in the village.
Don’t you think this kind of incident is strange?”
Yue Xi said: "Is it because rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests?"
Xing Nan said: "Isn't this square area beside the nest of Xiaotun Village?"
Yue Xi was tongue-tied, yes, this is also the edge of the nest.
While the three of them were talking, they had already arrived in the village. Although Chu Xinyuan was dressed in black, the material of the clothes was made of brocade and was of great value. The clothes of Yuexi and Xingnan were of inferior quality, but their gestures and gestures were restrained and demanding.
It’s not difficult to pretend to be a wealthy businessman.
After the three people entered the village, they asked the villagers for directions, and first went to the village chief.
The village chief's house is in the center of the village. Chu Xinyuan and the three of them attracted the attention of many villagers. They looked at them from a distance, with curiosity and envy in their eyes.
The village is like a circle, with the village house as the center, and dozens of households scattered around. Each household is neither far nor close to each other.
The village chief was twisting hemp rope in the yard. When Chu Xinyuan and the others approached, he stopped what he was doing, raised his head and asked, "Is there anything wrong with you guys?"
Yue Xi took a step forward and said: "We are passing merchants and want to stay in the village for one night! I wonder if the village chief can make it convenient?"
The village chief said enthusiastically: "I rely on my parents at home and my friends outside. What's the inconvenience? Just don't dislike the simplicity of our village!"
Yue Xi smiled and said: "No, no, we are traveling, and sometimes we miss the hotel, and it is common to sleep in the open air. It's good to have a place to cover yourself!" He said, stepped forward and handed over a piece of silver, saying:
"Please ask the village chief to make arrangements."
Seeing his generosity, the village chief was also very happy and said: "Why don't the three of you stay here, and I'll ask my wife to kill a chicken to entertain you! Please don't dislike the coarse food in the countryside!"
"That's great, I don't mind it, I don't mind it."
The village chief's house is made of wood and stone. Chu Xinyuan looked at it and said: "I just walked all the way and the houses in the village are quite solid."
The village chief pinched the silver nugget in his hand and said with a smile: "Our Xiaotun Village relies on the mountains. Carrying rocks and logging trees on the mountains, a few strong laborers can build a house in a few days. It doesn't cost much, just a picture.
Solid!"
Chu Xinyuan said: "The village is quite lively, there are fifty or sixty households, right?"
"No, no, not that many! There are just over twenty households. Although our village relies on the mountains, we do some hard work and can't make much money. There are no crops in the fields. If we are lucky, we can't make much money."
Well, if you are unlucky, you will not be able to support your wife and children all year round. So many people move out to look for work, leaving a lot of empty houses."
"I think the environment in this village is pretty good. It's just that people have moved away. Can't we help them come back?"
The village chief started talking: "The families who can move out are all looking for good jobs outside, and their lives are much more comfortable than inside the village. Why would they move back?"
"Are all those houses empty?"
"Then it will be empty." The village chief said with a smile: "There are also outsiders who have stayed here, but they don't stay long and leave after a few months."
Those who borrowed money would also give money or buy an empty house. But they were not as generous as the people in front of them.
The piece of silver in my hand is so heavy, it must be about ten taels.
Chu Xinyuan casually pointed to a place closer to the entrance of the village and said: "It's inconvenient to disturb the village chief. Is there an empty house over there? If so, let's go live there!"
The village chief looked at where he was pointing and said, "No more." He said with some pity, "There used to be one room, but a new one was moved there a year ago. There is one house somewhere else!"
The village chief talks a lot. Of course, the main reason is that money is easy to use. Under Chu Xinyuan's deliberate trick, he told all about the situation in the village. Of course, these are not secrets.
There is land in Xiaotun Village, but no food can be grown on the land. The people in the village can only go to the mountains to collect wild products to make a living. However, most of the mountains are owned, and it is very dangerous in the mountains without owners.
Although stones can be dug out to build houses and wood can also be used, they cannot withstand cutting down.
Over and over again, the hills are almost bald, and there is no way to make a living. Most of the people who cannot survive are working outside, or simply moving out.
In the past two years, because the village is located on the outskirts of Beijing, some people who like peace and quiet have moved in, but they have not been able to stay there for long.
Currently, there are three foreign households in the village. One family has been here for half a year. They are a husband and wife, saying they came here to escape famine. They go out to buy some rice, oil, grain and cloth every once in a while. They do not rely on the land here, nor do they rely on this place. of mountains.
However, when the couple went out to buy things, they died on the way back. The bodies were sucked into mummies by something unknown. When talking about this, the village chief still looked frightened.
One household is an old couple with a big family, three sons, two daughters-in-law, and one grandson. It has been a year since they moved here.
The old couple is at home with their grandson, and their three sons and two daughters-in-law are working in the town and do not come back once a month.
The other family is a single man who has moved here for a year. He often goes hunting in the mountains, but he lives in isolation and is not familiar with the people in the village.
Yue Xi was curious: "Aren't you afraid that the couple died on the way back?"
This chapter has been completed!