treacherous world

When Gongsun talked about a well, Zhan Zhao was confused.

Zhao Pu yawned, looked into the room, and asked, "What is Bai Yutang doing in there?"

Only then did Zhan Zhao remember that Bai Yutang was still talking to old man Wang inside, so he hurried to the window to listen to what was going on inside.

Just listening to this moment, old man Wang was sighing, "Why can't you kill them all? The monsters in this world go back and forth, causing great harm to people. Hey, repairing bridges and repairing roads without corpses, killing people and setting fires is a golden belt."

Zhan Zhao was puzzled, why did he suddenly change the subject?

Zhao Pu also didn't understand, isn't he a crazy old man?It's quite normal, and I'm still discussing life with Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also had a complicated expression at this time, so he asked, "Old man, do you know my five...my mother?"

Bai Yutang made crosses in his heart as he spoke, he must not let his mother hear these words, otherwise the world will be turned upside down.

Zhan Zhao was also making crosses outside - Lu Xueer couldn't hear it!

"Fifth Sister is my sworn brother and sister. There are five people in total, and Fifth Sister is the youngest."

"Oh..." Bai Yutang nodded, thought for a while, and said, "She has actually passed away."

The old man was taken aback for a moment, but then he didn't seem surprised, but felt a sense of loss, and shook his head, "Sure enough, no one can escape this fate... She herself knew that there would be such a day, and she really couldn't avoid it is a disaster."

Bai Yutang looked into the old man's eyes as if saying something false, so he said, "Don't you ask how she died?"

The old man was slightly stunned, then stretched out his hand to count his age, let out a soft "Huh", frowned and looked at Bai Yutang, "No, Fifth Younger Sister is not yet 60 years old!"

"If she was alive, she would certainly be younger than this age." Bai Yutang nodded, "But she was younger when she passed away."

At this moment, Old Man Wang's expression changed completely, "How could this be? How could this be? She should be able to live to be 60 years old safely, 61 Jiazi, how did she die?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Gongsun, "Is there any disease that must die at the age of 60?"

Gongsun pouted, "Of course not!"

Zhan Zhao frowned, what did that say?

Bai Yutang was even more surprised, and asked, "Why can I only live to be 60 years old?"

"How did you say she died?" The old man was excited, "Did she die of illness or was murdered?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "She was killed indirectly, and she could have been saved, but she concealed her injuries and passed away very early."

Lao Wang frowned and closed his eyes, and sighed, "Why is she so stupid..."

"Who indirectly killed her?" Old Wang pursued this question with relentless pursuit.

"Lu Tiao." Bai Yutang asked tentatively, "Do you know him?"

The old man opened his mouth, and after a long time, his eyes became sharper, "Of course I know, I said that these years have been calm, and I can live a peaceful life with my children. It turns out that it is because of Fifth Sister...how did it go?" She Lu Tiao was trapped in the formation for 20 years. He was injured at that time and has not been healed. Bai Yutang explained, "But Lu Tiao is still alive, and he escaped not long ago. "

Old Wang shook his head, "It's a pity, it's a pity, Fifth Sister doesn't seem like someone who will miss, why let Lu Tiao live?"

"Master." Bai Yutang sat closer, "Do you know Eldest Young Master?"

Both Zhan Zhao and Gongsun pricked up their ears—here comes the important point!

The old man froze for a moment, then frowned in thought, and nodded after a long time, "I know. If it weren't for him, our five brothers and sisters wouldn't go their separate ways, and there wouldn't be a catastrophe now. I just didn't expect it to happen back then. There are so many things... Hey, if it weren't for my madness, I might be able to share more."

Zhan Zhao nodded to Gongsun - he himself said he was insane!

Gongsun frowned and kept shaking his head - not crazy!

Zhao Pu rubbed his chin, "This old man seems to know a lot."

"But what he said now is not credible!" Gongsun said seriously, "He needs to be treated first, so that he can have a clear order and what he said can be trusted."

As soon as Gongsun finished speaking, Zhan Zhao and the fourth son pointed at him together - nah!You said just now that he was going to be treated, and you said he was not sick? !

Gongsun stomped anxiously - this disease is not that disease!

Gongsun said, and greeted Xiaomei Wang who came to wash the rice, "Has your family always lived here?"

Wang Xiaomei shook her head, "I didn't live here before, but it's far away. Later, my brother said he wanted to find a quiet place for grandpa to take care of him, so he moved here.

"Is there a well near your grandfather's original home?" Gongsun asked, "It's better to be his ancestral home when he was a child."

Wang Xiaomei was in a difficult situation, "Oh, I really don't know where grandpa lived when he was a child."

"I know."

At this time, Xiao Wang ran in after chopping firewood, heard the conversation, and said, "Grandpa lived in Heishi Village when he was a child."

"Heishi Village?" Zhao Pu stroked his chin, "That village is deserted."

"Really?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Do you know the geographical location?"

Zhao Pu nodded, "Well... how should I put it, there are some problems with this village. It was abandoned many years ago, and I have heard some legends."

Gongsun smiled slightly, "Is everyone in the village dead?"

Zhao Pu looked at Gongsun, "It is said that it is indeed..."

"That's right." Gongsun nodded and pulled Zhao Pu, "Prepare some troops to take the old man back to the barracks for protection. Let's go to Heishi Village first."

"Oh, Ziying!" Zhao Pu just wanted to call Ziying to send her back, but Gongsun waved his hand, "You are not allowed to go, send him back, and then obediently take him with you in the barracks!"

Zhao Pu looked at Zhan Zhao and then at Gongsun with a look of confusion on his face, "Bookworm, do you want to climb the wall recently?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhan Zhao sprayed out a sip of tea, and the fourth son raised his face and asked, "What do you mean by climbing a wall?"

Gongsun covered the ears of the fourth son, kicked Zhao Pu, "Talking nonsense!"

Zhao Pu rubbed his legs to the side and wanted to tease Gongsun, Zhe Ying reminded, "Your Majesty, what an image!"

Zhao Pu had no choice but to ask Zhan Zhao to take good care of Gongsun and the fourth son, leaving Ziying Zheying and a team of soldiers for everyone, and he took the old Wang to the barracks with his people.

The younger sister of the Wang family and Xiao Wang can also go with them. Xiao Wang didn't go and let the younger sister take care of their grandfather. The two brothers and sisters could completely cure their grandfather according to Gongsun's wishes, and they were very happy.

The old man was hiding in the box anyway, so Zhao Pu simply asked someone to carry the box to the military tent.

Bai Yutang came out, and asked Gongsun puzzled, "Aren't you going to ask now?"

"You will know in a while!" Gongsun asked Ziying to find a familiar guide from the army, and everyone rushed to the long-abandoned Heishi Village.

The guide is an old man who is nearly 70 years old. He has lived in Heifeng City for generations, and he seems to know Heishi Village very well.

Zhan Zhao asked him, "Why is this Heishi Village deserted?"

The guide told everyone, "Heishi Village is located in a basin. It used to be a pretty good place. There was little wind and sand, and there was a water source underground. At that time, there were probably more than a hundred households in the village. The villages in the Western Regions were originally distributed like this. Later, the Marshal Come on, find a good place to build a city, and gather everyone together so that a relatively large town will appear."

Zhan Zhao and the others nodded, and then listened to the guide's introduction.

"Heishi Village, about 50 years ago, something went wrong." The guide recalled, "I was about 20 or [-] years old at the time, and suddenly one day, I saw wolf smoke and loud horns. Everyone gathered in the direction of Heishi Village, and many people gathered around to watch the excitement. When I squeezed in, I saw many officers and soldiers recruiting coolies, and those who were strong would help carry things, and everyone would give one tael of silver."

Zhan Zhao frowned, and exchanged a glance with Bai Yutang, who also shook his head.

"At that time, our group was all queuing up to go to work, and it cost a tael of silver! Don't talk about moving things, just help dig another Heishi Village!" The old man said, shaking his head with a wry smile, "I have never seen a ghost before. Not afraid of the dark, young and vigorous, in order to get some money, dozens of us young men entered Heishi Village. Those officers and soldiers did not go in at the gate, and asked each of us to wear a black cloth to cover our faces and wear realgar in our arms. I don’t know why. Well, we didn't know until we entered the village...they asked us to carry the corpse."

"Ridiculous." Zhe Ying shook his head, "There are officers and soldiers here, why let the common people carry the corpse, what if there is a disease?!"

"Hey." The old man sighed, "Lord Zhe, it wasn't the Ninth Prince who led the soldiers at that time. Those soldiers would take money and break the law if they had nothing to do, and they would be greedy for life and fear death if they had something to do. Who cares about our lives!"

"Then what did you see when you entered the village?" Gongsun asked.

"What a pity!" The old man kept shaking his head, "The few of us who went in together back then were all terrified, and even now we still have nightmares!"

"Is the death situation terrible?" Zhan Zhao asked.

The guide laughed, "Lord Zhan, to tell you the truth, we are also soldiers. Back then, if I didn't understand anything, I was afraid to see dead bodies, but these years, fighting on the battlefield, I have seen many more dead people than back then. Much more. But that scene, it was..."

Gongsun saw that the old man seemed to have a feeling of nausea, so he understood that what happened back then made him very uncomfortable.

The fourth son took out a sour plum candy and handed it to the old man.The old man stuffed the candy into his mouth to make his stomach feel better, and then said, "It's not that the corpse is so scary, but, how should I put it, that feeling! A village, more than 100 households, more than 300 people, one night They are all dead!"

"How did he die?" Bai Yutang wondered.

The old man shook his head, "When we went in, some corpses were already decomposed, which is rare in itself!"

"Indeed." Gongsun also nodded, "The desert is dry, and the wind is strong. Usually, dead bodies are not easy to rot."

"It's the first time in my life that I smell the smell of rotting corpses." The guide grinned, "Those corpses seem to have died suddenly, some are still cooking, some are lying at the door, and some are For chopping wood, the ax is in hand."

"Sudden death..." Gongsun touched his chin, "Is there any disease on the corpse that has the same characteristics as alive?"

The guide thought for a while, "We really didn't pay much attention back then, because the corpse had already started to rot, it was too disgusting, so we carried it out after wrapping it in a black cloth, piled it into a pile, and then burned it with fire."

Gongsun frowned, "Think about it again, is there anything special?"

The guide raised his face and thought about it. At this time, not far ahead, he could already see some ruined walls and dilapidated stone houses, leaving only the roofs.Because it is located in the basin, the shape of the house becomes clearer as you go forward.

The guide suddenly said to Gongsun, "Speaking of it, there is something special about it!"

"What's so special?" Gongsun asked quickly.

"Hmm... the dead people I met in the war later, when I found out that people died, most of the corpses would be ashes." The guide scratched his head, "But those corpses gave me a feeling that they were too fresh!"

"Fresh?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked in unison, "What is fresh?"

"That is, although those corpses have begun to rot, their lips are red, and their skin seems to be alive... In short, if they don't start to rot, I think they just fell asleep or passed out."

Gongsun nodded, "As expected..."

"Gongsun." Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Do you know how those people died?"

Gongsun nodded, "A well!"

"Another well?" Zhan Zhao felt dizzy.

"That's right!" Zhan Zhao suddenly pointed to himself and asked the guide, "Have you seen me?"

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky.

The guide was also stunned for a long time, then nodded, "I know you, Mr. Zhan!"

"No." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "Many years ago, there was a person very similar to me, have you met him?"

The guide looked at Zhan Zhao with a look of dumbfounding, and shook his head, "In the past... how old are you, Mr. Zhan? In the past ten years, where will I meet you, old man?"

Zhan Zhao only looked at Bai Yutang—it seemed that he had never seen that big devil!

Bai Yutang shook his head, and seeing Gongsun rubbing his chin in a daze, he asked, "After arriving in the desert, only Lao Wang and Uncle Kuan from the barracks were the ones who mistook the cat. What kind of method was slaughtered? Anyway, everyone in the village is dead, and they are left alone. I am just curious. These two old men are not particularly old. If they are more than 100 years old like my master, there may be some big villains. They have seen it, but no one else has. But if there really was a heinous person with a similar face to Mao'er, why are they the only ones who admit their mistake so far in the entire Western Regions? There are so many veterans in the barracks."

Gongsun smiled faintly, "It's rare for you to talk so much in one breath."

Bai Yutang was embarrassed.

Zhan Zhao pursed his lips and suppressed a smile, indeed he could challenge the length of Bai Yutang's personal history.

"I know."

At this time, the fourth son suddenly raised his hand.

Everyone looked at him puzzled, "You know?"

"Hmm!" said the fourth son, "Because they both recognized the wrong person!"

Zhan Zhao smiled helplessly, and reached out to touch Xiao Si's head.

Gongsun nodded unexpectedly, "Little Si, what you said is not bad at all!"

Everyone was slightly taken aback.

"They just got the wrong person." Gongsun nodded firmly, "To be exact, it's not just Zhan Zhao they got wrong, but themselves!"

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