A very strange family. From the moment they met, an indescribable feeling of weirdness filled Chu Mu's heart. The father is not like father and mother, and the children are not like children. There must be secrets hidden among these five people.
"That's Yinzhou over there." He looked firmly at the red sky in the distance.
"Well, we'll be there in five or six days." Qingyu said slowly.
Chu Mu sat down next to her, "Why are you going to Yinzhou?" Being able to eat such good rice and meat, he didn't believe that he was fleeing the famine.
"Why are you going to Yinzhou?" Qingyu blinked her big round eyes, very curious, "Are you alone? Where is your family? Where did you escape from? How old are you? Are you married?"
Chu Mu wanted to laugh or not, "Have you finished asking? Okay. I went to Yinzhou to go home. I fled here alone, but my parents are still here, but they have been separated for many years. I came from the southwest; this is the year of the dancing elephant. , not yet married."
Qingyu gave an emotionless smile and stood up, "But I don't want to know."
Chu Mu's words didn't work, but he was dismissed. His face was a little confused, and he touched his nose uncomfortably.
He watched Qingyu walk into the woods, then turned around and looked into the distance again. He didn't know how long he sat there until he heard the sound of "Let's go", and then he stood up, with determination in his eyes.
...
Going down the hillside and walking along the path, towards evening, the group finally saw a village, which looked very peaceful in the mountain col.
Since they had the opportunity not to sleep in the open, Qingyu and his party would not let it go. They all planned to go to the village to have a rest.
But before they reached the village entrance, a group of farmers holding hoes, rakes and other farm tools blocked their way.
The farmers were all covered with face coverings, and they looked at Qing Yu as if they were looking at the plague.
"Go away, you are not welcome here."
"Yes, leave quickly. If you don't leave, we won't be polite."
The farmers all looked like they shared the same hatred. One by one, they held farm tools and gathered in front of the six people.
Zhufeng brought daily copper coins with him. He took out a bunch of copper coins and said kindly: "You guys misunderstood. We just want to stay for one night. We don't want to stay in vain. We will give you the money."
When the farmers across the street heard this, they first looked at each other in confusion, and then whispered to each other. Finally, they probably came to a conclusion through discussion, and someone said: "We don't want money, and we don't have any extra place to live, so you should leave quickly."
Someone else added, "We have nothing here, and you can't get anything. You'd better leave quickly."
Qingyu and the others were confused now, but they didn't have to sleep under the eaves. Since they didn't want to, they didn't have to live there. Finally, Zhufeng said: "That's okay, we don't want to stay overnight, so let's borrow one." Tao." As he spoke, he walked forward.
When the farmers saw him approaching, they were frightened and panicked. A group of them gestured like they were herding sheep, "No, you can't walk here, the road here is blocked."
"Yes, if we go any further, we won't be polite."
"Why are you talking so much nonsense to them? Fight them out, quickly, we can't let them enter the village."
The farmers became restless as they spoke, and excitedly rushed in front of Qingyu and his party. The hoes, nails and rakes in their hands were flying around. If they came close, they would be seriously injured.
Wen Ya lost her patience and pulled out her iron sword and scolded, "Don't toast me and you will be punished with wine."
Zhufeng was also a little unhappy, "We want to go forward, but you are blocking us. What's the point? We're not going into the village, and this road doesn't belong to your family, so why can't we go."
"You go back, there is the main road behind you. You can go any way you like, but you can't go forward." Someone said.
Zhufeng chuckled, if they could walk on the main road, why would they take a detour, "Brother, what you said..."
"You have a plague and you can't survive it, so you come to harm us. You will be punished by God for doing this."
Plague? Qingyu and others realized that the cavalry on the road were killing people because of the plague. They thought it was just an excuse, but it seemed that the plague was really spreading somewhere.
If that's the case, it's easy to handle. Zhufeng spread his hands and touched his face again, "Everyone, look at it, do we seem to have a plague here?
We fled from Fu County, Guanyang County, and were going to Yinzhou. There were many robbers on the road, so we took a small road instead."
Qingyu quietly took out the road guide from Xuannv Palace and handed it to Zhufeng. Zhufeng understood and unfolded the road guide again, "If you don't believe me, look, we have a road guide. We settled in Chengyang County before."
The farmers looked at each other, and then looked back. There, an old man in his fifties or sixties walked out of the crowd.
Someone stopped him and said, "Village chief, be careful of fraud."
The village chief waved his hand, walked a few steps forward, squinted for a while, and then nodded and said: "It is indeed from Chengyang County."
"Dad, we can't let them in, it's too dangerous." The village chief's son, knowing his father's temper, advised him.
The village chief rolled his eyes at his son, cursed in a low voice, "There is no future," and whispered to the villagers: "That woman holds an iron sword in her hand, and she is steady and fierce. She must have practiced. If their family is here tonight, our village will
Another peaceful night.
And seeing that they all have nice faces and clean clothes, they shouldn’t be bad people.”
When the farmers heard what the village chief said, they felt that it made sense. After a few hesitations, they finally agreed with the village chief. Then the old village chief turned back with a smile on his face.
"It's not peaceful recently. We're a little too nervous. Don't be surprised. Come on, come on. Please follow me into the village."
This attitude became serious very quickly. If Qingyu and his family were not afraid, they might have suspected whether it was a scam.
...
Following the village chief into the village, I saw many peasant women, old men and children along the road, all looking at these outsiders with some panic.
The old village chief explained with a smile: "We haven't had many outsiders come to our village, so we are a little nervous."
Zhufeng also chuckled, "Maybe we are afraid that we will catch the plague."
"It's not like you are the one who got the plague. You look noble at first sight, especially this young master. He has an extraordinary appearance and will surely be successful in the future. I will stop here to say congratulations." He looked at Chu.
twilight.
Chu Mu's face tightened and he touched his face. The mud on his face disappeared somehow. He glanced at Qingyu and the others displeased. Hongtao leaned towards Qingyu with a guilty conscience.
Zhufeng took over the words: "In this world now, this face is a bad thing. I will need to borrow some ashes from your stove later."
"I understand." The old village chief smiled and nodded.
As they spoke, they arrived at the village chief's house. Before they even entered the threshold, a child about the same age as Qingyu threw himself into the old village chief's arms, calling "Grandpa" and looking curiously at the group of strangers in front of him.
However, when he saw Qingyu, his familiarity with peers was evident. The little baby bit his fingers and smiled at Qingyu, then shyly ran to hide behind his father.
The old village chief invited Qingyu and his party into the house, asked the old woman to cook dinner, and asked his daughter-in-law to make the bed. Then he chatted with Zhufeng and asked about things on the road.
Qingyu looked at Chu Mu and asked his daughter-in-law where the kitchen was. The daughter-in-law turned red with shame, pointed in the direction and ran away in a hurry.
The village chief's grandson came to Qingyu with a short stool and said, "Sit down."
Qingyu was not polite. After sitting down, she secretly took some candy for the little baby. She was so happy that the little baby chirped and told Qingyu all her limited knowledge.
"I'm telling you secretly, but don't be afraid. Bad guys will come at night. We will all hide then. You can't make a sound. Do you like peek-a-boo? I like it..."