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It turns out that this Xiaohe Village used to have many people living in it. In addition, there was a main road at the entrance of the village, so caravans would pass by from time to time and hold markets here once or twice a month. The villagers would sell the good things they got from the mountains and rivers.

Or simply barter things for other things. Although life will be a little harder, it's still bearable.

Or they hope that their children or grandchildren are talented and can produce one or two Gu Masters, even if they are low-level Gu Masters. This is a huge hope for a family like theirs.

As long as there is hope, life will not seem bitter.

However, there are fewer and fewer people in the village now, and the supplies that can be obtained are getting less and less. There are fewer caravans stopping on the main road at the entrance of the village. The caravans that specialize in coming here feel that they can't make much money from a trip and are not willing to come often.

In this way, the things the villagers get cannot be exchanged for money or other things.

Life became increasingly difficult, and in addition, in the past ten years, there had not been a single talented Gu Master in the village. As a result, the villagers had lost all hope and light in their eyes.

In addition, ferocious beasts would occasionally roam around and attack the village, directly treating these ordinary mortals as food, making life even more difficult for these ordinary people.

So this time, Zhou Tong placed all his hopes on Li Changsheng and others.

"Can you take me to the family we met the first time? I also want to see all the people who died in the past three years..."

Li Changsheng saw that even though Zhou Tong was coughing, he still insisted on telling him the situation in the village bit by bit. However, no matter how much he said, it would be better to go and see it on the spot.

Zhou Tong saw that this group of people were surrounding Li Changsheng, and it was obvious that he was the backbone of this Gu Master.

"Everyone please follow me!"

Zhou Tong actively led everyone into the depths of the village.

As the name suggests, Xiaohe Village has a stream flowing down from the mountain that converges into a river, and the villagers have built many wooden houses on both sides of the river.

Originally, there seemed to be thousands of wooden houses densely packed on both sides of the river, but now most of them are dilapidated, and the houses are empty without any sense of life. It feels like nine out of ten houses are empty, and the desolation can be seen from this.

"People in this village are either dying or fleeing, ah..."

Zhou Tong sighed and quickly led them to a wooden house by the river. However, when they pushed open the door of the wooden house, they heard a clang and the door fell down.

"This is the family that got into trouble at the beginning. After their old man died three years ago, their child went into the mountains and was attacked by a ferocious beast. He didn't come back alive. The orphan and his widow moved away. I guess they are probably now slaves..."

When Zhou Tong said this, he couldn't help sighing, but seemed helpless.

All the men in this family died, and the orphans and widows could not survive. They might be able to survive by selling themselves into slavery, but if they stayed in this village, they would die. Although he sympathized with them, there were too many such cases in the village, and he was powerless to do anything about it.

All he could do was report the matter to his higher-ups and ask the guards to help investigate.

This is their only hope.

Li Changsheng didn't say anything. The light in the room was poor. As no one had lived in the house for a long time, there was a damp and moldy smell in the house. From the window of the house, you could see the small river in the village.

Chang Xiao, Monkey, Xu Da and others also followed Li Changsheng in examining it carefully.

Although Xiong Zhuang was also looking down, he had a confused look on his face. This was fine for him to fight and kill, but it was obviously difficult for him to think about the problem, so he simply squatted outside the house. He looked up and saw a chestnut tree with many fruits hanging on it.

It was a pity that no one cleaned it up. He felt it was a pity, so he picked up a few stones and threw them directly at the tree, knocking down a few fruits.

"My Lord, you can't eat this. This is not a chestnut, it's a poisonous horse chestnut..."

A villager who was watching the fun saw Xiong Zhuang knocking down the horse chestnuts and started shouting.

"I know this thing, hehe!"

Xiong Zhuang chuckled and said nothing more. He just lowered his head to look at the horse chestnuts in his hand.

Li Changsheng looked around and asked a few people. One of them was the villager who cremated the old man. The situation he described was exactly the same as Zhou Tong's.

The old man's belly was a little big, like a pregnant woman in six or seven months. They also felt something was wrong at the time, but the weather was too hot to keep him alive. Zhou Tong wanted to perform a caesarean section, but the old man's son kept kowtowing in front of Zhou Tong, begging him to leave the body intact. Only then did Zhou Tong cremate the body instead of performing an autopsy.

"There are still many families here, let's hurry up!"

Zhou Tong sighed and urged, and Li Changsheng and the others quickly followed Zhou Tong around the village, and soon made some additional discoveries.

However, it was already late at night, and when everyone returned to their residence, the servants had already prepared dinner.

The villagers sent a lot of fish, grain and meat. It was obvious that this was the best food they could offer.

Zhou Tong also accompanied them for dinner, but he could not drink alcohol and could only drink tea instead. During the meal, Li Changsheng also learned that Zhou Tong used to be in the Guard Army, but because he had some merits and was injured, he simply became the guardian of Xiaohe Village.

This is also the choice of most guard army Gu Masters.

Because if you are lucky, a village with thousands of households can still support a second-level Gu Master, or even a Gu Master with higher strength. The village can then gradually prosper and eventually become a town or even a city!

However, although Zhou Tong was a good man, he had been injured and his strength was getting weaker and weaker. In addition, with such things happening in the village, the village he was protecting was about to be completely destroyed.

However, his cultivation level has not only not improved over the years, but has even regressed a lot. Once this village disappears, it will be much more difficult for him to obtain cultivation resources and advance on his own. This is basically the end of his life.

After seeing Zhou Tong off, Li Changsheng called all the brothers together. It was cold and dewy in the mountains, but there was a bonfire burning in the house where they lived, making it very warm.

"You are all well-informed and have followed Zhou Tong to visit many households. You must have some ideas in your mind. Why not speak freely now..."

Li Changsheng's eyes swept across everyone's faces. All the members of their team were present today.

Many people may not be very capable, but they have been to many places. If they discuss and analyze with each other, they may gain unexpected results!

"The families who died were all near the river, very close to the river. Oh, and there were horse chestnut trees planted in front of their houses. Could it be that they were poisonous?"

Chang Xiao's words immediately attracted Li Changsheng's attention.