Jiaohua

Chapter 84 The Strange Sense

The village is called Anti-Bandit Village.

As the name suggests.

As early as a few generations ago, people from several large nearby villages pieced together and built a village by the water.

The village is very large, with thousands of households. The men started training as children. Although many conscripts were taken away a few years ago, they have used the strength of the village to fight against the horse thieves. After so many years, they have never been defeated.

The gongs and drums rang loudly, and the well-trained men came out one after another with the hoes and machetes at home.

The women packed their things and, led by a few village women, went to hide in the deep mountains in the northwest.

Xia Zhaoyi looked at the situation outside and turned to look at the busy shopkeeper behind the counter: "Boss, do we have to leave too?"

"Run!" the shopkeeper shouted as he sorted out the ledger on the counter, "But maybe it won't start. These horse thieves have been shaming many times in the past two days."

The girl and the little maid over there looked stunned, and the girl said at a loss: "This, it's so unfortunate that we came here."

"Let's go!" The shopkeeper packed up his things and came out with the guys in charge, "Quickly follow the woman over there!"

"Miss, let's go." The little maid helped the girl up.

The girl looked annoyed, raised her hand to steady the bun on her head, and followed out.

"I'll go upstairs to get my baggage, you don't have to wait for me." Xia Zhaoyi said, walking towards the stairs.

"Hey, this little girl." The shopkeeper said while holding the wooden box outside the door, "Don't panic at all."

"Follow yourself!" the man shouted.

The inn is very simple, with a narrow passage upstairs, Xia Zhaoyi went back to the room and took a small bag.

In the bag was a change of clothes she bought, as well as a few odds and ends, as well as the dagger she brought from Wu Da.

Before leaving, she thought for a while, walked to the window, and pushed open the window.

From this angle of the inn, you can see the outside of the village. Across the river, there are hundreds of people sitting on horses, pulling the reins.

The clothes that look like, and the weapons dancing in their hands, are indeed horse thieves.

The fences in the first row of the village were stacked one layer up, and the men were holding spears and hoes in their hands, facing the outside through the fence, and their momentum was not weak at all.

Xia Zhaoyi raised her head and looked further afield.

The Panyun Road stretches as far as the eye can see, as if it can reach the horizon.

The sunset glow was scorching hot, and the sky was full of clouds and red waves, as if it was burning with blood.

"Little girl." An old woman's voice came from downstairs.

Xia Zhaoyi looked down, turned and went downstairs.

The old woman waited for her to come out of the door, and stretched out her hand to lead her. Seeing that she was holding a tree stick in her hand, the old woman took it back and said, "Why are you still standing there, let's go."

Xia Zhaoyi looked back at the head of the village, followed the old woman, and asked, "Old man, aren't the officers and soldiers taking care of it?"

"How can I control it," the old woman walked slowly behind her hands, "These days, there are wars everywhere, bandits everywhere, how can the officers and soldiers handle it."

"Are you still fighting?"

The old woman paused for a while and turned her head to look at her: "Little girl, you don't know?"

Xia Zhaoyi shook his head.

"We are better here, go up here." The old woman stretched her finger to the north, "Crossing one mountain after another, you will see that there are all dead people over there, all starving to death."

Xia Zhaoyi followed the old woman's withered fingers, and the wind was blowing from the mountain over there, brushing their hair back.

"People eat soil, people eat grass, and even people eat people." The old woman said again, "Little girl, so compared to them, we are very lucky."

Xia Zhaoyi nodded.

"Why do you starve to death? It was all caused by wars. It was finally subsided before. In the past two years, there have been waves of uprisings. There are uprising troops everywhere, and the people are struggling to survive."

"It will be fine," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "Old man, after a long separation, we will be together, and the world will be unified in the future."

At this time, there was shouting and shouting from outside the village.

Xia Zhaoyi looked back, and the old woman stretched out her hand to support her back: "Don't look, let's go."

Along with the shouts outside the village, the men in the village also let out a roar like a rainbow, not to be outdone.

The sound was so loud that all the women who hid in the mountains heard it. Many people hugged each other, trembling and fidgeting.

The shouting is still ringing, this wave, that wave, and the sound of weapons being handed over from time to time.

"Are you fighting?" a woman asked in a trembling voice.

"do not know."

The little girls next to them shook their heads, and a few cried with fright.

"My brother is outside..." A little girl choked.

Many people clasped their hands together, chanting to report safety, trembling uncontrollably.

"Miss, what should we do?" Si Zhu squatted in the corner and looked at the girl next to her in fear.

Zhao Yan sat on the ground, hugging her knees, her eyes were red: "I don't know."

"I heard that once you are caught by those bandits, it will not end well," Si Zhu whispered, "Miss, do you remember auntie?"

Zhao Yan's face turned pale, and she angrily pinched her: "Don't say anything."

Sizhu was in pain, stretched out her hand to cover her arm, and flattened her mouth with a look of grievance.

Xia Zhaoyi followed the old woman to the mountain stream here, because it was dusk and the light was even darker.

The old woman is quite famous in the village, and many people call her.

Xia Zhaoyi walked down the other downhill road, looking at the spring water rolling down the mountain.

The hillside here is full of high rocks, and the spring water rolled down wave after wave, and suffered a lot of resistance.

There is almost no sand in the water, all clear stones, polished smooth and round.

"Hey!" a woman shouted suddenly, "You little girl, what are you doing down there, come back, it's dangerous!"

Everyone looked down.

Xia Zhaoyi looked up and saw that it was calling at him, and smiled: "Okay, I'll be back."

She tightened the burden on her body, looked around again, and then looked at the way they came.

Some strange feelings arose in her heart, not because of this terrain or this village, she thought of Lin Youqing's face for no reason.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't dare to claim to be unforgettable, but her memory was definitely not bad.

In her impression, she must have never seen Lin Youqing's face before, but the real familiarity made her feel that she didn't want to come out, and she felt unhappy in her heart.

It was rare for her to block things in her mind like this. Master said that blocking her mind is worrying, and she has never been a person who does not know the taste of sorrow.

Xia Zhaoyi shook her head, not allowing herself to think.

No matter what, Lin Youqing is already dead.

The voice of the confrontation outside the mountain was still ringing, and the sky was gradually darkening.

Xia Zhaoyi came up from the downhill, found a corner and sat, looking up at the spring water flowing down the mountain.

The old woman said that after turning over one after another, and going northward, she could see that there were many people dying of hunger.

The world has become so chaotic.

However, that was also her way home.

　I don't know why you feel depressed, QAQ, the heroine will be strong all the way to the end, she will kill gods when she encounters gods, and kill Buddhas when she encounters Buddhas.And it's a pet text, pet text, pet text~ In the later stage, you will be sweet, give you a mouthful of dog food, ╭(╯^╰)╮

　　
　
(End of this chapter)