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Chapter 231 Strange Village 2

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    We continued to knock on the door for a while, but no matter how hard we knocked, there was no movement inside.  Later, there was really no other way and we had to give up.  Afterwards, we went to the other houses that were barely full of people. Without exception, the only ones left in these houses were some old people. We didn¡¯t see a single young person. They all had an inexplicable fear of our arrival and regarded us as  Like a scourge.  After asking everyone but no one knew the result, we were about to give up. Just as we were about to go back, an old voice came from a dilapidated room next to us: "Don't waste your efforts.  , no matter how much you ask them, they won't tell you, cough cough" The voice of the speaker seemed particularly weak, and he was also coughing. He sounded like an old man who was sick.  We looked for the sound, and on the window of the dilapidated room next to it, an old man's head was exposed, with a head like withered grass and a face full of wrinkles. He was coughing violently because of what he had just said.  "Go and have a look!" I said quickly. The old man's condition reminded me of the old man I saw in the Black Kiln Factory.  I walked to the door first and pushed it open gently. The "squeaking" sound of the door opening was particularly loud in this mountain village.  As soon as I opened the door, I was greeted by a musty smell, and I couldn't help but frown.  The whole room was very messy, with debris piled up everywhere.  The sun shines through the tiles on the roof above the head, forming pillars of light in the room. In the light pillars, dense dust can be seen flying in the middle.  There is a very broken table in the room covered with dust, and to our left is the old man who just talked to us.  The old man's current condition is very bad. He can only sleep where he lies. Through the big hole in the quilt covering it, I can clearly identify that the so-called bed is actually a door panel.  Seeing us coming, the old man tried hard to push himself up again with his hands, but he immediately started coughing violently again.  But I also clearly noticed that his two feet did not play any role, which meant that the old man's legs were broken.  Yun Yao's eyes turned red when she saw this scene, and she quickly went over to help the old man up. The six old men sitting against the wall smiled gratefully at her.  After the old man sat down, I asked, "Old man, can you please tell me why everyone is afraid of us? And where are the rest of the people in the village?" The old man looked me up and down.  Only then did she ask weakly and cautiously: "Who are you? How did you come to our village?" "We" Yun Yao was about to speak, but was interrupted by me: "We are businessmen passing by.  I saw a village, so I planned to come and stay for the night." "Are you businessmen?" the old man asked, "Then you are not a local?" "Yes!" I nodded and said, "We came from afar, it's lucky  I plan to go to Jiangzhou to sell some goods and earn a few small bucks." "Then you go quickly, things here have nothing to do with you." There was some panic on the old man's face.  Hearing the old man's tone, I suddenly became interested. This time I was ordered to come down to investigate the Jiangzhou prefect.  Now this is within the borders of Jiangzhou. If anything really happens, just mind your own business.  So I smiled and said, "Old man, you might as well tell me, maybe I can help a little bit. Besides, even if I can't help, it's okay to listen!" The old man looked me up and down and said, "Forget it.  Young man, you can't control these things. It turns out that we have one or two young people like you here, and they didn't end up well in the end." "Oh?" I responded lightly.  Asked: "What did the old man mean when he said there was no good ending?" The old man shook his head and said: "Don't ask. You can't control these things, so just go about your business with peace of mind!"  After saying that, he ignored us and slowly lay down, facing the wall, and stopped talking.  I saw that the old man didn't want to say anything, and he was a little helpless. Seeing his appearance, I originally planned to give him some money, but now there is not even a single young man in the whole village. These living old people are already living day by day.  Even if you give them money, what is the use of it?  There are mountains all around here. How many old people can get out?  After saying goodbye to the old man, we walked around other places in the village. Apart from the empty houses, there were weeds growing everywhere. The whole village was so quiet that it was eerie.  However, the old man's words made me very suspicious. It was clear from his look that he was hesitant to speak, and he must know the reason, but he just didn't want to tell us.  So what's the reason why he doesn't want to say it?  So I decided to ask again tomorrow morning. If I really can't find out anything, I'll set off again, and then I'll send someone over to investigate the cause of the matter.  The night in the mountain village seemed very quiet, and I felt as if I was lying in a cemetery. At the same time, I also began to think about where to start investigating the Yunyao family's case in Jiangzhou. The government decided to  The crime is colluding with bandits, which gang is very important.  So one night I fell asleep in a daze thinking about it.  The next day, I brought Jian RufengI went to the old man's house yesterday again.  Not long after walking, I heard someone talking loudly in front of me, and the tone sounded very unkind.  Jian Rufeng and I looked at each other, and we were both a little surprised. When did this mountain village with no one there have strangers?  "Let's go! Go take a look!" I whispered to Jian Rufeng.  Jian Rufeng nodded.  So the two of us leaned against the wall tightly and sneaked towards the old man's house. As we got closer, their voices became clearer and clearer. Their curses were also mixed with the old man's violent coughing.  .  My expression changed, and then I looked over quietly through the gaps between the weeds.  In front of the old man's house, the old man was lying on the ground, coughing non-stop. There was a circle of big men holding steel knives around him. One of them was closest to the old man. When he saw the old man coughing non-stop, his face  Putting on a proud smile, he said: "Is this so? Have you thought carefully about it? If you don't hand over your things, we will be rude to you." "Bah!" The old man barely lifted himself up from the ground, raised his head and said fiercely.  Thinking hard about the man, he spat and said angrily: "Even if I die, I will not give things to you, an ungrateful guy. If it weren't for you, our village would be like what it is now. If I had known better, I shouldn't have given it to you in the first place.  You rescue him and wait until you, the beast, are caught by the wild wolves on the mountain." "Shut up!" The man's face suddenly became filled with anger and he kicked the old man.  The old man was not in good health. After being kicked like this, he immediately covered his chest and started coughing.  "You old thing!" The man pointed at the old man and cursed, "If you hadn't saved my life, I would have killed you long ago!" "I would rather you kill me!" The old man reluctantly got up from the ground.  He raised his head and said: "And if you don't kill me, why don't you do it for that thing? Even if you kill me, you won't give it to you. You have given up on this." "You" The man was furious.  , Choking, Yiguang pulled out his saber, pointed to the old man's neck and said: "Believe it or not, I will kill you!" The old man smiled slightly and closed his eyes.  Seeing this, the man became even more furious. He raised the knife in his hand and was about to swing it down, but was immediately pulled by someone behind him.  He looked back and said angrily: "Lao Qi, you dare to come and take care of me?" The man called Lao Qi said calmly, "I don't want to take care of you, but don't forget the purpose of our coming. If  You kill him, and I'll see how you go back and explain to your master!" After saying this, the man known as Lao Qi slowly let go of his hand.  The man was neither holding up a knife nor killing. His face was turning blue and white, and his eyes were staring at the old man fiercely.  The old man looked calm, waiting for death with peace of mind. There was no trace of fear on his face, as if he was waiting for this moment.  "Choke!" The man returned the knife to the sheath fiercely, then leaned down, grabbed the old man's collar, and shouted: "You old and immortal thing, hand over the thing quickly!" The old man still closed his mouth tightly.  eyes.  "Bastard!" he said angrily, slamming the old man to the ground, and yelling at the people behind him: "Search for me, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find that thing for me!" Those people behind him  They all agreed in unison, and then they all rushed into the house and turned over.  Hiding in the grass, Jian Rufeng and I looked at the old man on the ground. We wanted to save him several times, but we endured it. The main reason was that we were afraid of disturbing the situation.  From their conversation, I now basically know three things. One is that the current appearance of this village has a lot to do with the person who took the lead.  2. They are looking for something, which is very important to them, and the old man is the owner of this thing.  Third, there must be a master behind these people.  And this master should have great power in Jiangzhou. Otherwise, if such a large village disappeared, it would be impossible not to attract the attention of the government, and the government would have to investigate.  I was thinking that the search people had come out, but judging from their faces and the expression of the leader, things were not going well.  After hearing the unified report from his subordinates, the man's face could no longer be described as angry. He glared fiercely at the old man curled up on the ground, still coughing with his eyes closed, and shouted: "Take this  Old thing, even if I peel off his skin, I still want to find out where that thing is. Let¡¯s see how long you, an old fool like you, can keep talking!¡±
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