The hero is so charming

Chapter 183

Chapter 183:
This old man actually lives here? !Isn't this in the mountains?Shu Cuicuo raised her head and glanced at the top of her head, and found that the surrounding area was tightly surrounded by mountains, and above her head was a patch of sky that was only as big as this piece of grass.

The soldiers who died in the grass, excluding the possibility of suicide, were most likely tempted to death and fell to death in the canyon.

This kind of terrain is really rare, and people who live in this kind of mountain valley are unheard of.

Although his heart was full of vigilance, Shu Cuicuo chose to follow the old man to have a look before he knew the strength of the old man.

"Young man, what do you want to come to this valley?" The old man walked in front with his hands behind his back. Shu Cuicuo looked around while walking, and the further he walked, he found the white flowers blooming all around. There are more and more flowers, and in the end it is as tall as half a person.

"I'm here looking for something."

"Oh?"

The old man's house was a dilapidated thatched hut, barely fit for people to live in. Shu Cui felt a little scared when he saw it wrongly, fearing that the house might collapse if the wind blows.

"The house hasn't been rested for a long time, so let's just sit down." The old man found a chair, reached out and patted the ashes on it, and put it in front of Shu Cuicuo. Shu Cuicuo looked at the rough chair. After a moment of hesitation, he sat up.

"Are you the forest guard here?" Shu Cui mistakenly heard that there is such a kind of people in the rivers and lakes. They guard a piece of mountains and fields all their lives. The place they guard may be the territory of the previous master, or it may be The burial place of their family.

But Hanahara in this canyon doesn't look like one of them.

"Forest guard... no... I'm not a forest guard, I can only be regarded as a grave guard." The old man scratched his messy hair, and then grabbed a handful of tea leaves from a bag with the hand that had scratched his hair. , Scooped a ladle of water from the pot on the stove and rushed into the quilt.

It was really like what he said, asking Shu Cui to drink tea, but Shu Cui looked at the steaming cup of tea in front of him and didn't want to drink it very much, so he could only talk about him: "Aren't you Said that you have been living in this deep mountain, where did you get the tea?"

"This is no ordinary tea, it's fried from the buds of the bone flower outside."

"...is that what grew out of the bones?"

"Yes."

Shu Cuicuo really didn't have any desire to drink tea, he didn't even want to touch this cup.

"Oh, the humble house is simple, and I also accidentally discovered that the flowers and leaves taste good, so I picked them to make tea." The old man also made a cup for himself, and sat across from Shu Cui, holding the teacup Take a sip.

Shu Cuicou's face was a little ugly. He couldn't understand the old man's intention and could only look at him with a speechless expression.The old man quenched his thirst after drinking tea: "The old man has been living here for many years. Maybe the outside world has changed a few times."

"Are you from the previous dynasty?"

"What dynasty is it now?"

"Great prosperity."

"Then I haven't heard of it."

The old man smacked his lips and then smoothed his beard with his hand. His eyes seemed to see far away, and then he said to Shu Cuicao: "As you can see, many people died in this valley. The white bones and flesh turned into soil, which nourished the flowers in this valley."

"Are they soldiers from the previous dynasty?"

"You have always been in the previous dynasty, and I was also confused by you. I only remember that my dynasty was still the Tianhong dynasty... but there were wars at that time, and it was not surprising to change dynasties." The old man paused, his eyes darkening: "I don't remember how many years it was. That year our general took us over the mountains and ridges, trying to cross the mountains and directly destroy the enemy camp of the rebels, but who knew that the rebels had ambush near here in advance? .”

"In the end, I ended up with the whole army wiped out. I'm good. When I fell into the canyon without being shot, I was hooked by a tree branch and barely used it as a buffer... After I fell to the ground, there were corpses of comrades-in-arms at the bottom..."

"At that time, there were only a few people alive besides me, but they were too injured and couldn't find a way to escape from the canyon. They all died." The old man said with a very sad expression on his face: "This includes our general, Great General Ximen Hongyi..."

"He was victorious in all battles in his life, but he didn't expect to die in such a barren place in the end. After his death, the few of us who were still alive buried him for you... the place where you were standing just now It's the general's tomb."

"... After all these years, you really haven't found a way to get out?" Shu Cuicuo couldn't help asking.

The old man shook his head: "I had a comrade-in-arms before, he was younger than me, only injured an arm, he proposed to go out of the valley to find the way, but he never returned, I think he must have died in this valley too. "

While talking, the old man dipped his hands in the remaining tea and drew some strange patterns on the table: "There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in this valley. Don't think I'm joking. I once saw a bird that was bigger than a human. Big, even taller boa constrictor, opened its mouth and directly swallowed a wild goat, and a tiger... That tiger is fat and strong... It's not easy to mess with."

"I don't think you're joking, I've seen all of your paintings."

"Hey, it's true. It's not easy for you to get here." The old man looked surprised and reached out to pat his chest: "You must have some ability to get here. Let me see. He must be a master of martial arts. Can you tell me about the big snake and tiger you encountered? I haven't really stepped out of this valley yet."

As the saying goes, old children, this old man likes to pester people and chatter when he gets old, especially when he hasn't talked to outsiders for so long.

Shu Cui mistakenly thought that if it was him, he would not be able to bear it, let alone chattering, he probably wouldn't even be able to speak.

But although this old man's mind is sometimes confused, his body is quite tough.

He sighed, thinking that if he couldn't deal with this old man, he would have to fall short, so he patiently told the story of how he came here.The old man made himself another cup of tea and listened to it while drinking it. Shu Cui mistakenly thought that if there were a handful of melon seeds, he would be able to eat them.

Shu Cui Cuo was telling the old man vividly when he suddenly heard a knock on the door.His back went numb, thinking that there was no outsider knocking on the door in this valley, could it be that his hidden guards came here?
But when the mountain gate opened, what was outside was not a person, but a little monkey. This little monkey was wearing a tattered little dress and had a bag in its mouth. Seeing Shu Cuicuo, he was startled. , if the old man hadn't yelled to stop it in time, it probably wanted to run away after a while.

"To surprise you, it's called Datao, and it usually gives me something to eat, so it's my little friend." The old man spread his hand, and the little monkey jumped onto the old man's arm, and its movements were very sensitive , it can be seen that there is a tacit understanding with the old man for many years.

(End of this chapter)