Unfortunately, they failed to see the king, and the things were in the hands of the prince. Before they could seek benefits for themselves, the village began to suffer misfortune, and then the entire kingdom suffered misfortune, and was directly destroyed by the Jin Dynasty.
But now, it seems their misfortune is not over yet.
The prince had no intention of continuing to argue with them. After all, they were just stupid people who happened to be in possession of poisonous stones. Before he found them, they even hid the remaining rubble as if they were precious stones.
Therefore, the prince only wanted to accuse the prince of Gaochang, not even some Gaochang dignitaries.
But the entire village is suspected of being involved in the murder of the prince. In Xizhou, neither the new government nor the old nobles are willing to let it go lightly, so the people in the village, let alone moving away, are now even doing nothing to communicate with the outside world.
Not here anymore.
When Manbao arrived, the road out of the village was covered with grass.
She looked around curiously, but found no one, so she couldn't help but ask Daji, "Is the person guarding the village hiding?"
Daji said: "Is there no one around here?"
Manbao asked Keke.
Keke said: "There is no one here, but there are people about two hundred meters along the intersection."
So everyone went in along the road and saw people working in the fields.
When the man who was weeding looked up and saw the convoy coming in, he was so shocked that he dropped the hoe in his hand.
He rubbed his eyes and made sure that someone had really entered the village. Then he turned around and ran towards the house. Because he ran too fast, he fell to the ground with a loud thud. The sound was so loud that he raised his hand to talk to him.
Bai Shan, who was saying hello, froze in place.
Before he could ask anyone to help him, he got up and continued running. After a while, he disappeared.
Bai Shan and Man Bao:......
The two couldn't help but look at each other. They hesitated for a moment between going in and staying here to wait. Then they signaled the team to stop. It was better to wait. It seemed that someone would come to see the situation soon.
The villager who discovered them stumbled all the way back and started shouting as soon as he entered the village. Soon a group of people gathered. He pointed at the road at the entrance of the village in fear and excitement and shouted, "People, people, there are people--"
It took a while for everyone to understand what he said and asked: "Did you come in by mistake?"
So everyone ran to take a look. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw that it was indeed a human being. Not only a human, but also a Han. Everyone did not move for a while.
They saw the handsome young man smiling at them, and then asked them in the gibberish they were familiar with, "Is this Xia Hafu's hometown?"
The village chief Quinn's eyes lit up, he took two steps forward and asked excitedly: "Yes, are you Xia Hafu's friends?"
Xia Hafu was the one who brought back the antidote and sent the remaining poisonous stones from the village to the capital. After he sent the poisonous stones to the capital, he did not leave and has been living in the capital.
Occasionally, I would send some things back to my hometown, but nothing was delivered because no merchants came here.
Because they knew there were poisonous stones here, the caravans all changed their routes and subconsciously avoided this place.
When Man Bao and others decided to come to Gaochang, they met Xia Hafu and others and learned their Hu language from them for a long time, so communication here was not a problem.
Originally, Xia Hafu wanted to be their guide, but Man Bao and Bai Shan had other plans, so they declined him.
Bai Shan smiled and nodded, "We are Xia Hafu's friends."
Queenie was suspicious and a little uneasy, but they hadn't seen outsiders in this village for a long time. Even if they doubted Bai Shan's identity, they didn't show it, but warmly invited them to sit in the village.
While inviting them, he whispered to the villagers: "Go back quickly and hide the children."
The villagers ran back quickly. When Bai Shan and the others saw it, they just pretended not to know. They brought the tokens given by Xia Hafu and a lot of guards. Even if there were any, they were confident that they could escape unscathed.
Everyone went to the village together with the enthusiastic village chief.
The houses in the village were a little dilapidated, but they were still clean. Some teenagers led a group of older children and looked at them from a distance, but did not come forward.
The village chief invited them into the house to talk.
Manbao lowered his head and went in. He felt that the room was a little dark, so he accepted the highland barley tea from the village chief and said with a smile: "Why don't we talk in the yard?"
Man Bao said: "We also brought some gifts for everyone."
The village chief was slightly startled, "A gift?"
Man Bao nodded, put down the tea bowl, turned around and went out. He took out a bone chain and showed it to the village chief, "This is Xia Hafu's token. He said that people in the village will know it when they see this bone chain."
When the village chief saw the bone chain, he couldn't help but look at Zhou Man, "Are you really Xia Hafu's friends?"
Man Bao nodded, "Of course, we don't mean any harm."
The village chief touched the bone chain and said, "No one has come to our village for many years."
Man Bao looked around and saw that there were only older children but no younger children. He couldn't help but feel worried, "Have there been no newborns in the village in the past few years?"
The village chief was shocked and subconsciously became on guard, "I don't know what you are talking about."
The surrounding villagers also stared at them nervously.
Man Bao smiled reassuringly at them and said, "I made the antidote that Xia Hafu brought back that year."
When the village chief heard this, his eyes widened and he couldn't help but look at Zhou Manlai carefully.
When Xia Hafu and the others came back that year, they said that there was a very powerful little miracle doctor in the capital, and the medicine they took was made by her. Although the children were still growing worse, at least they would not get any worse.
After confirming that Zhou Man was indeed a miraculous doctor, the village chief immediately knelt down and begged her, "Miracle doctor, please save our village."
The villagers also knelt on the ground with cheers.
Man Bao was startled and quickly stretched out his hand to help the person up, "Get up and say something if you have anything to say."
Manbao paused and asked, "What's wrong with the village?" She thought it was a matter of migration, but she could help.
The village chief said: "Children born in the past two years will still have defects. Please ask the miracle doctor to save us."
Man Bao was stunned for a moment and then sighed and said: "I remember that Xia Hafu and the others said that the damage has been done, and the antidote can only prevent you from being affected by the poisonous stones, alleviate the related symptoms, and maybe it can cure it."
It's good for people who are less affected, but it's impossible to cure the damage that has been done, so I don't recommend that people in the village have more children."
Xia Hafu and the others said these words when they came back, but the village chief didn't listen. He couldn't help but become anxious, "How can we not have children?"
He cried loudly and wiped his tears and said: "Three years ago, there were eighty-six people in our village, but now there are only seventy-eight. This is because three more children have been added. If we don't have children, how many years will it take for us to live there?"
There will be no one left in the village."
Manbao didn't speak for a long time, and finally said: "I want to see the people in the village."
The village chief immediately called everyone over.