The Folk Song of the Qingquan Case in the Northern Song Dynasty

After the board bumped several times in the water, everyone finally reached the other side.

Ganqing turned over from the board, rubbed his shoulders, and stepped on solid ground with both feet.The rest of the people supported each other and walked slowly into the depths of the forest.

The sun shines through the dense branches and leaves of pines and cypresses, making it warm and quiet.The snow was clear, the forest was extremely quiet, there was still a little white snow on the branches, and when the wind blew, it would gently scatter and scatter in everyone's hearts.After being sleepy for so long, Qianqing fantasized about countless ways to leave the village, but in the end, he actually left Wu Village—in such a short time, in such an incredible way.

This sudden joy was unacceptable for a while.

Xiangquan stomped on the snow until it creaked.After walking for a while, we came to a fork in the road.The mottled tree shadows cast on his white clothes, making his clothes no longer plain, as if finely embroidered light patterns with silk threads.He seemed to have thought for a long time, then turned around and said to everyone: "The village, I'm afraid it really doesn't exist anymore."

Hei Hei supported the mute, and smiled slightly: "We have already decided to move to the village. You don't have to feel sorry, Mr. Yi, this is our own choice."

Hearing this, Qianqing patted Xiangquan: "How on earth did you draw the river water?"

"I dug a short and shallow channel overnight, leading to the vertical hole where Feng Jiuniang threw you into."

Gan Qing clicked his tongue and glanced at Shui Yun proudly.Shui Yun was surprised: "Didn't you say that the hole collapsed?"

Xiangquan nodded: "After the collapse, the ground did not subside seriously, and the hole was not completely sealed. The earth and rocks fell and temporarily blocked the side tunnel passage, but the soil is extremely soft, and water is pervasive."

Heihei glanced at Xiangquan, and said in surprise, "The water flows in, and it actually connects to the gully instead of flooding the village directly from the hole."

Xiangquan chuckled: "The place where the village is located is like an irregular wooden plank. A vertical hole was drilled in one corner of the plank, and then sawdust was sprinkled on it. I use this as a metaphor for the collapsed vertical hole. And I dug the water channel, It's like sawing a deep mark on a 'wooden board', in this way, once the water flows through, it is an invisible force that ruthlessly presses the saw mark."

Gan Qing continued: "In this way, before the water overflows from the hole, due to the excessive force... Well, using a wooden board as a metaphor, the excessive force will cause a corner of the wooden board to fall."

Xiangquan laughed and interrupted: "It's almost what Qianqing said. So, taking that hole as the boundary, the side adjacent to the water flow and the gully completely collapsed, mixing with the river water and turning into mud. This is what happened when we just crossed the river. , the reason why the river water is mixed with mud and stones."

"Collapsed!" Hei Hei said in surprise: "That place has collapsed?"

Xiangquan nodded: "It's collapsed. Besides, I guess your village...will completely collapse in the near future."

Hei Hei said in shock: "But, why did our village collapse? I thought it was because the water overflowed."

"It's okay for the water to overflow, I'm afraid it won't completely swallow the village like a flood. The water enters from the entrance of the cave, and the lower part is connected. The gully swells, and the water level should be equal to the terrain. However, your village is very special, not only the terrain Especially... In short, the possibility of the village collapsing is extremely high." Xiang Quan exchanged a glance with Wu Bai after talking about this.Wu Bai didn't say anything, just nodded to Xiangquan.

Hei Hei lowered her head, and she could see that she was still very sad.The mute just looked sadly into the depths of the forest, without saying a word.

"Then, the corpse of Sister Tongyun, Feng Jiuniang's corpse, Granny Meng's corpse..." Shui Yun whispered.

No one spoke.

Qianqing looked at Xiangquan and Wu Bai suspiciously, he felt that the two were always discussing something without telling himself.Looking back on all the things he experienced in Wu Village, there are still doubts, and Qianqing has not fully understood the secrets of Wu Village.But when you think back to the scene of crossing the river just now, and look at the land under your feet now, what else do you want it to do?People are gone, and the village is gone.

Qian Qing was still in a daze, Xiang Quan patted him and saluted everyone: "The road to the east is the way down the mountain. There is a good doctor in the town. You can take the mute to see a doctor. The road to the west is uphill. , then let’s leave it at that.”

"We still have to find... Shuiyun's elder brother," Ganqing said here, sneaking a glance at Shuiyun and Ya'er, "Shuiyun, where did your brother...disappear?"

Shui Yun said lightly: "Follow this uphill, at the edge of the village, next to the mass graves and temples."

The complexions of several people were not good, Wu Bai looked at Xiangquan, and asked in a low voice: "What do you plan to do after you find it?"

Xiang Quan nodded: "Send it to Mr. Shen's residence for a decision. Don't worry, I will never do anything like killing a living being."

With that in mind, he said some farewell words.Gan Qing looked at Wu Bai, Hei Hei, Shui Yun, and Duan'er, recalling this strange experience in Wu Village, but couldn't say a word.He bowed earnestly and sincerely, and smiled slightly: "The future will be long, and there will be a period later."

Shuiyun handed the box on her body to Qianqing, and smiled slyly: "You forgot your bow."

Qian Qing turned pale with shock.Indeed, when I came out of Wu Village, I didn't take anything!He hastily thanked Shuiyun, but he always felt that he had forgotten something.

When saying goodbye, Wu Bai spit out sour words.With a sick look on his face, the mute nodded and smiled at Xiangquan and Qianqing.Qianqing knew that her smile was not simple.Xiangquan and Qianqing were going to arrest her brother this time, and she smiled back, presumably after thinking deeply, she also let go.

Whether her persistence in the past was stupid, or a kind of obligation to her loved ones, she didn't know, but she knew that everything was over now.

Xiangquan saluted again and turned to leave, but Qianqing looked back at the remaining four people.He saw that Hei Hei was also looking at him.

Hei Hei didn't say a word of farewell, but just looked at Qian Qing with her black and bright eyes.

Qianqing was embarrassed by her look, so he said: "You and I meet with a song, why not sing farewell."

Heihei didn't smile: "What does Mr. Xia want to hear?"

"The song you sang by the river that day will do."

Hei Hei shook her head: "That song is halfway through, it's really too long, it's better to sing the second half." After finishing speaking, she really opened her mouth and sang softly:

The two brothers started from nothing

Rebuild the village and remember the brothers

Paper kites fly into the sky in April

Fifth younger brother Nian, fifth younger brother's wife

Hungry birds take food into tragedy

Never Forget the Lessons of the Ancients

Today will be a folk song

Don't think about money, only think about righteousness

After she finished singing, she didn't look at it again, but just waved her hand.Several people nodded and parted ways.

Xiangquan is in the front, and cleanliness is in the back.The two walked through the forest path, both silent.Ganqing touched the rough bark of the pines and cypresses.They are as old as time. The morning light shines, and after a night of sleep, they finally wake up in the sun, shaking off the night in the breeze.

Qian Qing took a closer look, and he knew the tree.There is a buckle on the tree, and a bundle of rope under the tree.This is the first day when he entered Wu Village, he tied the dragon buckle to a tree to keep the coachman.

He let out a long sigh, as if in a lifetime, as if in a lifetime.

Xiangquan stopped suddenly, turned to look at Qianqing, and said calmly: "I just didn't have the nerve to mention it in front of everyone, Qianqing, your hair is too messy."

Qianqing said disdainfully: "So what—"

He stopped suddenly.

"Xiangquan! Where's my tiara! Where's my tiara!" Gan Qing stroked his hair, his eyes widened, and his face turned livid.

Xiangquan sighed, "Maybe it was soaked in water. I just remembered this when I went ashore. Please be clear. You must know that money is something outside of you..."

Gan Qing was so angry that his voice trembled, he pointed at Xiangquan and said angrily, "It doesn't hurt your back to stand and talk, it's not because you lost money! Yi Xiangquan, 2000 taels! There are 2000 taels stuffed in the crown!"

Xiangquan didn't make a sound, just walked forward blindly, while Qianqing was so excited that he actually stopped and gave two "hehe" smirks.

Xiang Quan frowned and said, "Don't be stupid again, follow up quickly. We're going to look for werewolf footprints, and you haven't pulled out your bow and arrow yet."

Ganqing rolled his eyes: "Xiangquan, you still have something to say. I lost my money as soon as I lost it, but... where is the treasure of Wu Village?"

The author has something to say: there is still one final chapter, one epilogue, and the matter of Wu Village will be fully explained.

I remember 2000 taels of silver in the Northern Song Dynasty, which seems to be more than 100 million today...

Because of Qianqing's loss of money, a lot of things happened in the chain, and this is all about the third part.

☆, Final Chapter Treasure

Hearing the words, Xiang Quan turned his head and glanced at him: "You really don't care much, you only care about money, do you know why Hei Hei didn't say goodbye just now?"

Qianqing felt guilty when asked, and didn't say a word.

"When you see it, you will break your heart, so you can go and don't look back. You can be regarded as her favorite person, and you must be extremely sad when you part. It's just that you don't talk black and white, and you are not good at expressing your heart."

Gan Qing was not surprised when he heard the words, but just said "Oh": "Girls, it's normal to think wildly."

"Yes, yes," Xiangquan said sourly, only focusing on walking forward, "How could she think that Mr. Xia has been running in the fireworks alley since he was a child, and she has never seen any woman. It was a waste of her sincerity. Talk to Feng Jiu Mother is greedy for money, and when businessmen staying in Wu Village, they would be drunk and stunned by Feng Jiuniang. After that, Feng Jiuniang went into the house at night and burglarized. Hei Hei probably suspected her, and there was no evidence, so he had to remind her and put it on the bed Sprinkle some grains, the pain is very painful, the purpose is to prevent the guests from sleeping too soundly... Do you know this?"

"I don't know," Qianqing said with a nonchalant expression, "This topic ends here—"

Xiangquan said indifferently: "I just think that things about Quze and Heihei... In short, sometimes you should reflect on it. I really don't know who can control you."

Ganqing felt that it was never Xiangquan's turn to teach him such a thing.Looking at his appearance, Qianqing reminded him of his mother at home, who often nagged him to get married.Thinking of this, Qianqing shuddered even more, and quickly changed the subject: "You haven't talked about the treasure yet."

"No treasure at all."

Qianqing said angrily: "You lied!"

"No lie."

"there must be!"

Xiangquan said slowly: "The cause of the whole incident in Wu Village is exactly the same as the folk songs. That is, 'sick girl' and 'rich rich man'. 'Sick girl' corresponds to the werewolf, and treasure... corresponds to "Golden Words" A poem."

After finishing speaking, Xiangquan explained the matter between Wu Bai and "Golden Words" in a few words, and told him that the answer to the acronym riddle was a kite.The pattern on the paper kite is special, Feng Jiuniang followed the pattern as a mountain path to search.

Hearing the words, Qianqing folded his arms and said, "It's obvious that there is, you just said that there is no treasure—"

Xiang Quan nodded: "There was indeed a treasure back then, but it is gone now. I stayed in your room the day you disappeared. Hei Hei put grains on the bed, but in the middle of the night mice were attracted to steal food. , Who would have thought that the mouse hole was so huge that it stuck Fuxue's head."

Qian Qing shook his head when he heard the words: "There are no such big rat holes in the world."

"Yes. At that time I suspected that it was not a rat hole, but a passage dug by people. You woke up after falling into the shaft and told me that you heard a woman sigh while crawling. If I guessed correctly, the sigh The mute from the secret room. Rat holes, shafts, secret rooms, holes leading to ravines... After all, there are all passages underground in Wu Village, some of which are even connected, which allows you to crawl out of the holes and survive."

Gan Qing was taken aback, and stopped in his tracks.The woods became more and more quiet, and it seemed that the sound of melting snow on the branches could be heard.

"There are so many secret passages underground in Wu Village?"

Xiang Quan pushed aside the branches in front of him, and the midday sun shone on his face.He squinted his eyes and said slowly: "What is drawn on the paper kite is not a treasure route at all. The underground of Wu Village is not a secret road either."

"It's not a secret path? What is that?"

Xiangquan looked at Qianqing with a bit of resentment: "The ancestors of Wu Village changed the river course and dug tunnels. The rich man went into the mountain but never came out, and got rich immediately. You still don't know all this?"

Qianqing shook his head foolishly.Xiangquan grabbed him and climbed up the hill.Located on a high ground, Qianqing looked around, and not far away was a piece of earthy gray stone monument.There is also a connected earth bag, which has now been covered with snow and buried.Beyond this wasteland is a lush jungle.The ancient locust trees and pines and cypresses seem to have stood here quietly for a hundred years, guarding this desolate land all day long.Looking farther away, it is the mountain temple in Wu Village.The sun shone softly on the dilapidated gray roof tiles of the temple, melting the snow into crystal icicles, hanging down one by one, shining brightly.

"Mass grave," Xiang Quan pointed to this piece of soil, "You must know that digging a tunnel is a huge project. I have seen this mass grave when I came here. It has been around for a long time, it has existed for decades or even Hundreds of years. A lot of bones are exposed, and the number of people is staggering. Most of them are laborers. What kind of project consumes so much manpower? Building mausoleums, and—"

"Open the mine?" Gan Qing stared at Xiangquan with wide eyes.

Xiangquan nodded: "It should be a gold mine."

Ganqing slapped his thigh, with a look of sudden realization: "That makes sense! The poem is called "Golden Words", and it refers to the gold mines in Wu Village! When rich people enter the mountains, in turbulent times, coins are not as good as gold Silver is valuable. That’s why he went into the mountains and didn’t leave the mountains, because the wealth is in the mountains. He hired labor to dig tunnels for the purpose of mining gold mines! You said that the ancestors of Wu Village changed the river course, do you think the gold mines are in the river?”

Xiang Quan said: "Yes. At that time, the gold mining technology was not mature, and gold was easily deposited in the upper reaches of the river. Maybe they thought that the gold was in the river, so they diverted the river and dug deep along the river to form a gully. They dig indiscriminately, and the efficiency will not be too high until the mine is almost exhausted. If I only dig a waterway to lead to the ground, Wu Village will be washed away, just because the lower part of the village is almost hollowed out."

Ganqing nodded: "I understand. The rich man's daughter hid underground when she got sick. The underground secret room was transformed from a mine tunnel. Gold mine! How ironic! Feng Jiuniang, who is greedy for money, actually threw me into a vertical mine shaft! Xiangquan, the corpses here... are all laborers?"

Xiang Quan's voice was a little cold: "It is estimated that there are also the doctor who came to treat the girl and died, and the young man who was eager to get married. The exit of the underground secret room leads here, and it is also for the convenience of dumping the corpse. The rich man dug up gold , just in troubled times, if it gets out, it will be snatched by the chaos army. If someone leaks the news, then..."

Looking at the gray monuments in front of him, Qian Qing felt a chill running down his spine: "In order to cure his daughter, the rich man also silenced those doctors, firstly for the dignity of his daughter, and secondly for the sake of not revealing what happened here, right? He actually killed so many people!"

Xiang Quan said softly: "Don't take evil as a small thing. People have a conscience, and the first time to kill is the most difficult. But once the evil has started, it will be much smoother. The rich man kills With so many laborers, naturally he doesn’t care about the lives of other people. God is always fair. He has money, but has such a daughter, and in the end he still doesn’t die well.”

Gan Qing asked, "Did he spend all that gold?"

"I don't know, maybe it was spent. The rich man is still alive, and he has such a daughter, so he spent a lot. Afterwards, in the generation of Wu Ge, he should stop doing things like killing laborers. Maybe it will be used to distribute wages and rebuild the village... I don’t know any of this. But after so many years, how many are left?”

Ganqing sighed, stunned for a while, then slowly squatted down to sweep away the snow, and sat down on the thick tree root: "I'm exhausted, let's take a rest."

The ground was covered with snow, and Ganqing thought that Xiangquan would sullenly say something like "find the werewolf and go down the mountain early", urging him to act quickly.However, Xiang Quan didn't say anything, instead he swept away the snow just like Qian Qing, and sat down slowly.

The gray color of the sky has long since faded away, the fog slowly opened like a curtain, and the sun shone through the clouds.Ganqing and Xiangquan sat in the shadow of the trees in a daze, there was no wind, no birdsong, no one talking, only heard Chuuxue calling, stuck his head out of Xiangquan's arms, and looked around, Back again.

Xiangquan patted Fuxue's head through his clothes, and with a slight smile, he looked at the mountains in front of him.The snow-capped mountains are like paintings, the pines and cypresses and the ancient temples seem to be painted with good ink, and when you stretch out your hand, it seems to touch the thick ink flowing down.

The sight in front of me was unreal.Ganqing stretched out his hand in a daze, but before touching Mo, golden sunlight flowed down from his fingertips.He suddenly felt a burst of happiness and relief.

"The scenery is so good, what do those people want treasure? The treasure is this mountain."

Xiangquan smiled when he heard the words: "You have realized it. This is the final answer and the best answer. Now people go to the mountains and empty to see what happened in Wu Village back then, and then look at these things now... From folk songs to Meng The anagrams of "Golden Words" left by my mother-in-law are not treasures at all, but this somewhat bizarre story."

The author has something to say: the end is still short, and it is finally over! !

☆, end

The sun moved its footsteps lightly, and the shadow of the tree seemed to have deviated from its position.Qianqing sat for a while, then moved his gaze from the snow mountain to the mass grave in front of him.The white snow covered the gray steles and land, making it look more and more desolate.On top of the white snow, there seemed to be a black object lying on the ground, which was not covered tightly by the snow.

This object has just not been discovered.Qian Qing stood up all of a sudden, squinting his eyes.After watching for a while, he suddenly pulled up Xiangquan, his voice trembling slightly: "Xiangquan, it's dark over there...it seems to be a person!"

Xiang Quan was stunned, stood up to wait and see, then jumped forward and ran forward.

"Prepare the bow!" Xiang Quan said in a low voice.He was in the front and clean was behind. The two walked around some gray stone tablets and stopped in front of the black object.

It's not a black object, it's really a person.He is tall and mighty, with disheveled hair and heavy body hair, and scantily clad.Xiang Quan turned the man over with all his strength, only to see that he was shot by an arrow.There was a small pool of dark blood on the ground, which hadn't completely dried up.

Ganqing knew the arrow, it was in his quiver, so he murmured: "Could it be that he...is that werewolf? Dead? The little girl Shuiyun is really not to be underestimated. Tell me, is this werewolf injured? Frozen to death here?"

Speaking of this, Xiangquan's face suddenly changed.He carefully looked at the wound on the man's body, then looked at the messy footprints around him, and said in a heavy tone, "The arrow wound is not a fatal wound."

Qianqing was surprised and said, "What is it if it's not an arrow wound?"

"Sword wound." Xiang Quan parted the man's hair, and there was a clear bloodstain on the neck.

Nothing to say.He stood on the snow in a daze, and did not rush forward to destroy the footprints.Seeing Xiangquan's solemn expression, he knew that this matter was strange and serious.

"What a fast knife." Xiang Quan frowned, looking at the wound carefully, "I am not good at the autopsy, but I can still see that its neck is broken. This is the only scar on the werewolf's body, which shows that he was killed by a single knife. The knife marks are extremely deep, the head is almost completely cut off, the skill of the person using the knife is not shallow."

Gan Qing's face turned pale: "This monster is so strong, someone killed him with a single knife?"

Xiang Quan looked at the ground: "It's freezing cold, the monster's vitality has been hurt by an arrow, so it may not be very strong."

Ganqing looked at it for a moment, then smiled easily: "I guess some hero who passed by suddenly wanted to kill demons last night. But it is really powerful, killing him with a single knife, how powerful it is!"

Xiang Quan looked serious: "If you had that kind of martial arts, and you saw someone on the side of the road at night, would you kill them all?"

Gan Qing was taken aback: "According to your wishes?"

"Excellent martial arts skills, fierce shots, definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp," Xiang Quan said in a very soft voice, stepped forward a few steps, and squatted down in an open space, "That 'hero' should have met a werewolf here."

Qianqing also stepped forward and saw clear footprints.A group of footprints are very large, as if wandering here for a long time.The other set of footprints came from the jungle in the distance. The visitor walked a little chaotically and stopped not far from the mass grave.

Xiang Quan lowered his head and looked at it for a long time, then said in a low voice, "Interesting, this latecomer seems to be drunk."

Gan Qing frowned: "The footprints on this side are very clear, but the other side is messy. It seems...'Heroes' and the werewolf met here, and ended up fighting there."

Xiangquan nodded: "What I just said is wrong. This 'hero' is not someone who will kill everything. The werewolf was shot by an arrow, and he was like a bird frightened. He will definitely attack when he sees others again. The footprints are different in depth, and the center of gravity is in the back. , is a blocking posture. After the 'hero' blocked, he took a few steps back, probably negotiating with the werewolf."

"Negotiation?"

Xiang Quan nodded: "Look at the footprints, the 'Hero' stood back and stood still, either saluting or talking to the werewolf, but the monster didn't listen to people's words, and rushed over again, and the 'Hero' retreated again. Look at this smiling man The shape is round, formed by the weapon standing on the snow. This 'Hero' weapon is also unique. The head is like a knife and the tail is like a stick. , backed down again and again, until the tombstone over there was injured."

Qianqing heard the words and stepped forward, and saw that there was indeed blood on the tombstone.Xiang Quan leaned on the tombstone and gestured: "This 'hero' is shorter than me. Judging from the blood marks left on the tombstone, it should be a shoulder injury, probably caused by a werewolf tearing. There are still fragments of clothing on the ground, There are arc-shaped scratches on the snow on the right, deep in the front and shallow in the back. This is a knife cut. It is estimated that the monster rushed and scratched the right shoulder of the 'Hero', and the 'Hero' swung the knife back with his right arm. , a knife down, the werewolf fell to the ground."

Xiang Quan's description was very vivid. Standing here, Qian Qing seemed to have seen the scene of two people fighting.He couldn't help being a little surprised. According to Xiang Quan's description, the hero only swung his knife after his right shoulder was injured.

Injured and killed?

Dry and shudder.And Xiangquan looked at the blood splatter in the distance, then at the corpse, and added: "This knife was cut from the werewolf's left neck, which is really interesting."

"Swinged the knife with your right hand and chopped off the opponent's left side of the neck?" Gan Qing stared.

Xiang Quan took a deep breath.He danced a few times and finally came to a conclusion.

"Being attacked by a werewolf on his right shoulder, the 'Hero' swinging the saber back with his right hand was purely subconscious. After that, the 'Hero' jumped up, leaned back, and at the same time switched the long saber from his back to his left hand. Just cut it off."

The snow field was surrounded by silence, Qian Qing seemed to hear the sound of a knife piercing into a bone, seemed to be able to see the flying white snow, and seemed to hear the wailing of a werewolf.

"That 'Hero' actually shoots left and right?"

Xiangquan nodded: "Looking at the pace, he should be drunk."

Gan Qing was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "There really are such gods and men in the world..."

Xiang Quan raised his head and patted his clothes: "The footprints of the 'Heroes' lead to the official road, which is the road of Bianjing. I have seen many people with high martial arts skills, but... this person is definitely the best of the best."

"Then does this count as murder?"

Hearing this, Xiang Quan hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's hard to say for sure, after all, it was the 'hero' who was attacked first, and then counterattacked."

The two said a few words, and finally buried the werewolf here hastily.Qianqing sighed, and bowed at the werewolf's burial place, always feeling guilty.He slowly got up and looked towards the distant road.

Most of the trees in the jungle are pines and cypresses, which are evergreen in winter, and the leaves do not wither. At this time, they even block out the sky, making the road a little dark, and there is no snow on the ground.This is a road leading to Bianjing City, in other words, a few days later, it will be the proud capital of Song Dynasty.There are no werewolves or villagers there, but there are the most shrewd businessmen, the most beautiful singers, the most luxurious palaces, and the most prosperous streets.

It seems that there will be more stories.

Maybe the Tsing Yi Bandit is there, and so is the knight.

Thinking of this, Gan Qing smiled, clapped the earth music in his hands and ran away.Xiang Quan followed behind, looking back at the footprints on the snow with some worry.

He didn't say much just now.The footprints of those 'heroes' are really small for men.

What does this mean?

Xiangquan thought for a long time, but still had doubts in his mind.Great Song Dynasty has outstanding people, could this "hero" with high martial arts... be a woman?

In any case, everything in Wu Village is over.Xiang Quan glanced at the road ahead, and quickly caught up with Qian Qing.After all, they still have a long way to go.

The author has something to say: there is still one extra episode about Qu Ze, which will be updated tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. It is a foreshadowing of the future plot... If I don’t write this foreshadowing in the future, I can delete the extra episode in a cowardly manner ...

Only then will the folk song really be over.

"Northern Song Dynasty Qingquan Strange Case: Guessing Paintings" I just changed a little...

☆, Fanwai Quze Yimeng

The matter of Wu Village is over, but the crowd has not dispersed.

A few days ago, Qu Ze was discovered by Xiangquan under a tree next to the temple, and was sent to the town by the coachman for consultation due to cold and illness.Xiangquan just asked her to return to Xia's house in Yongcheng after recovering from her illness.Xiangquan didn't have much money on him, and most of it was left to Quze to make money.But Qu Ze was not willing to listen, so after a few days of rest, he went to the yamen to ask for help.But what happened in Wu Village was too bizarre, and what Qu Ze said was unclear.Wu Village is far away from the town, and it is inconvenient to travel in snowy weather. Despite Qu Ze's persuasion, the yamen refused to send someone to investigate.

She didn't know that the yamen was so stupid, she wandered around for a few days, she had nowhere to ask for help, and her money was almost exhausted.

She was so cruel that she took a rope, water and dry food, and went up the mountain on foot to find someone to clean up.At dawn in the morning, Quze walked all day and finally arrived at the mountain temple.At this time, the sky was already dark, and Quze's night blindness had not been cured. After a day of running, he was exhausted and could not move on.

After locking the door, Qu Ze hid in the corner of the temple alone, planning to spend the night and leave tomorrow.

The night wind hummed, as if someone was constantly beating and breaking the wooden door of the temple.She was exhausted but too scared to fall asleep, she just stared at the surroundings with her pitch-black eyes, but there was endless darkness in her eyes.Qu Ze cried, and sat crying like this all night until dawn, when the sky was slightly bright.

Perhaps it was the light that dispelled the fear, and Qu Ze gradually became sleepy.At this moment, there was a low growl not far away.

The roar was very close.

Is it a wolf?Qu Ze's drowsiness was gone.She quietly looked out through the broken window of the temple——

The east is white, but the sky has a hint of thick gray, which makes people feel uneasy.Behind the mountain temple is a mass grave. Under the morning light, two people were seen standing on the open space.Although the distance is close, the light is not very bright.Qu Ze could barely see that there were two people, but he couldn't see their faces clearly.

A person seemed to be quite tall and mighty, prostrate on the ground like a beast.The other stood on the side, like a passerby who had just walked through the forest.

"Your Excellency is injured? I don't know—"

The night wind had stopped, and these words clearly reached Quze's ears.This woman's voice is very special and nice, and the question is very sincere and polite.Qu Ze didn't think too much, but he heard a roar, and that "tall and mighty man" jumped up and rushed forward!

Qu Ze yelled "Yeah" and covered his eyes!

The sound of fighting and roaring continued.Qu Ze opened his eyes in horror, but saw that two people on the other side of the mass grave were really fighting, and one of them seemed to be carrying a long knife, shaking Qu Ze's eyes.The knife rises and falls as fast as a gust of wind, crosses the ground and rises again, causing white snow to fall one after another, like a thin layer of snow mist.Qu Ze couldn't see clearly at all. After several fights, blood was splashed everywhere, and one person fell to the ground.

Everything happened too fast.

Was that... a murder just now?

Qu Ze was a little scared.The passer-by bent down for a long time without saying a word. After a while, he slowly walked towards the mountain temple.Qu Ze immediately ran to curl up under the table, she could hear clear footsteps, and she could also hear her own heartbeat.

Not far from the mountain temple is a fork in the road, you have to pass through here to go to Wucun, Bianjing, and the town. Maybe that "passer-by" also wants to come and rest.

Martial arts are high-strength, and the murderer sees blood, so the comer must be unkind.

Qu Ze's mind went blank, and she cried again, covering her mouth desperately, without making a sound.She had already bolted the temple door, but the sound of footsteps outside the door gradually approached, and someone pushed the door hard a few times.The door was solid, and it didn't mean to open it at all.

After a long time, the sound of footsteps faded away.

Qu Ze didn't get up to look, she just curled up under the table because she was afraid that the visitor would not go far.This position gave her a sense of security.She walked for a day, kept watch all night, saw a horrifying scene, and even fell into a deep sleep after her heartbeat subsided.

In the dream, she seemed to hear voices speaking.Much like a clear voice.

She didn't wake up until the afternoon sun shone on Qu Ze.She got up and looked out of the window quietly. The golden sun was shining on the snow all over the ground, and the grass and trees were silent.

Qu Ze rubbed his eyes and realized that he had slept for too long, so he opened the temple gate with his luggage and hurried to Wu Village.I didn't see anyone along the way, but the footprints were messy, as if countless people had passed by.

This place is not deserted.Thinking of this, Qu Ze felt a little relieved.She walked quickly, and didn't stop to look until she reached the high ground in front of the village.

Seeing this, Qu Ze was stunned——

Wu Village disappeared.A big river flows down from the high mountain, mixed with sand, stone and mud.There was no village at all, just a body of water.Qu Ze looked at the front in disbelief, and then looked around.That's right, this should be Wu Village, it's Wu Village!

Qu Ze stared blankly at the river in front of him.She didn't know how long she was in a daze, then looked around again, and finally turned her head slowly and walked back.Qu Ze's whole body was stiff, and he walked back to the mountain temple unconsciously, and the sun set again.Qu Ze stayed in the temple for a whole night, and the next day when it was daylight, she picked up her luggage and walked down the mountain slowly.

She came back to town.

There were still few people in the town, and the sky began to snow again.Scattered snowflakes fell on the stone slabs on the street floor, as if covered with a layer of hoarfrost.Cangshan Mountain was shrouded in a layer of mist again, but Qu Ze looked back stupidly, as if he had walked out of a dream.

what happened?Where is the village?Where did Qing go?Is it a dream?Waking up from the dream, where should I go?

Qu Ze walked forward numbly.After thinking about it, tears flowed silently again.

The fortune teller Chen Tianyan was still sitting at the corner of the street.This bad fortune teller is seldom accurate, and there are very few guests, and now seeing Qu Ze coming, who just yelled a few words to attract customers, who would have thought that the little girl would cry like pears and rain.

"Good girl, why are you crying? Go home in the cold and find your parents! Give me a coin if you have money!" Chen Tianyan was also very bored, shrank his neck, and said a few words to Qu Ze who was passing by.

"I have no father or mother."

Qu Ze didn't want to talk to him, but just walked forward blindly.Chen Tianyan slapped himself in the mouth, and quickly added: "It's okay, it's okay! Wealth and glory will be yours, and you will be lucky if you are lucky. The girl is like a blessed person. Let me tell you a fortune, and I will give you good luck for the rest of your life." There is something to rely on, isn't it?"

Even though Chen Tianyan yelled behind him, Qu Ze really left this time.Her face was icy cold from the snowflakes, but she was a little awake.I don't know where Qianqing is going, but there is always nothing wrong with returning to Yongcheng.

What about winding up?

Qu Ze lightly stroked his heart.There is a small jade hanging around her neck, and a plum blossom is engraved on the jade.This is something she has carried with her since she was a child and has never left her body. Now I don't know how much silver it can be exchanged for.

The Xia family has a big business, but pawnshops are rarely operated, and even if there are, they are located in the Jiangnan area.Qu Ze wandered around the town for a few days, but he remembered that there was a big pawn shop on the south street corner.

She became cruel and walked towards South Street.

Chen Tianyan was still sitting on the corner of the street, yelling non-stop, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and his voice was slowly being swallowed up in the wind and snow.

The author has something to say: I will also write an introduction to the third part and a summary of the second part...