I don't want to be a concubine when I was reincarnated in the ancient neon

……

It's evening.

The sky was gloomy, and the drizzle was scattered, like silver threads spit out by countless silkworm mothers, rippling in the air, covering the earth with a long and veiled veil.

The person Takumi Asaba sent out to find Asaka has returned.

They also brought back a bad news: Chaoxiang died, bitten to death by wild beasts.

They only brought back half of the body, which looked miserable, with gnawed tendons on the white bones, which looked oozing.

With the support of Xingli, Tachibana Chiyo came outside the tent and saw such a scene.

On her cold and expressionless face, there was a rare touch of sadness, and she turned to Taku Asaba and said, "Bury it, the fallen leaves return to their roots."

After finishing speaking, he turned and went back to the tent, Anri followed behind in a dignified manner.

Anyone could see that she was very sad at this time, but Asaha Takumi did not seize this opportunity and stepped forward to comfort her.

Because his mother told him that for a woman like Chiyo Tachibana with a strong bone, doing so would be counterproductive.

You need to give her a period of time alone, and when she is sad and lonely, go to comfort her, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort.

After Tachibana Chiyo returned to the tent, Anri also retreated, and was alone.

"Miss, don't be sad, Chaoxiang's spirit in the sky doesn't want you to be like this." A vague black shadow appeared beside her.

Volume 239: [-] Missing

"Mr. Su, I want to be alone." After Tachibana Chiyo finished speaking, he withdrew the spirit element that maintained Mr. Su.

Su Lao sighed and then disappeared.

He is also a shikigami, but he is just the lowest level of ghosts, and he can't even maintain a specific shape, so he can only be summoned in the current state of Chiyo Tachibana.

……

It's night time soon.

The dredging of the road has been completed.

People go to bed early after supper, waiting for departure early tomorrow morning.

Xiwu was very relaxed in the bullock cart, but the convoy encountered an accident, and no one in Qianyu's family paid attention to such an unfavored young master.

She didn't think it was enough after dinner, so she took advantage of the night to kill a big cat that looked like a tiger, and roasted it on the spot with an animal fire before eating it.

Although there is no spice and the taste is very strange, it is still full.

However, when she returned to camp.

But inadvertently caught a glimpse of a white phantom in the camp, and when she was about to take a closer look, she lost the trace of the phantom, thinking that she had hallucinations.

She didn't think much about it, and went back to sleep in the ox cart.

The next day.

The sky was still cloudy and rainy.

Asahi Cang (Xiwu) got out of the bullock cart to get some air.

The camp has already begun to pull out the stronghold, ready to go.

Just behind the line, there were a few people arguing about something.

Xi Wu listened intently, and vaguely heard them saying: "... missing... hidden...impossible... to explain..."

Confused, she asked Wu Dou who was feeding the cows: "What are the people over there arguing about?"

Wu Dou explained: "Master, there were four or five people who went missing last night. Those people were relatives and friends of the missing person."

"Missing?!" Xiwu was moved.

"Yeah." Wu Dou added: "The missing people are all wounded. They didn't know anyone, and no one noticed. People only found out early this morning."

"Have you found out the reason?" Xiwu continued to ask.

"No." Wu Dou shook his head, "Everyone said that those people were hidden from the gods, because the convoy broke ground on the head of the mountain god, and the mountain god took them away in anger."

Xiwu didn't speak, but in his little mind, he remembered the white phantom he saw when he came back from supper last night.

Seeing the young master's serious face, Wu Dou groaned again and again, and said bluntly, "Does the young master think this is strange?"

"Isn't this weird?" Xiwu asked back.

Wu Dou shook his head, looked around, saw that no one was paying attention, and then explained in a low voice: "Master, in fact, everyone knows why those people disappeared."

"Huh?" Xi Wu's eyes were even more puzzled, and she motioned for him to continue.

Wu Dou sighed, and said: "Those missing people were all seriously injured without exception, and they couldn't swallow that breath, which is a drag on the entire convoy."

He stopped here and didn't continue.

Xiwu understood what he meant, her heart shivered, and she suddenly realized.

Yes, this is the old traditional art of neon.

In the ancient cruel world, people are still struggling to survive.

When the harvest is not good, some elderly people in the village and those who have lost their labor will voluntarily go to the mountains to worship the "mountain god", in fact, they are abandoned and wait to die.

This custom did not become civilized until modern times.

When you are in your thirties and you can’t roll anymore, you will be allowed to “graduate”, and you will be given enough time to find another way of life. It will not be like the ancient times, when you wait until you are old, you can only do it, and you can only wait for death.

And Xiwu also heard the hidden meaning in Wudou's words.

Those wounded had to be helped even to eat, and it was impossible for them to voluntarily worship the mountain god, so they had to be voluntary.

And there is only one person who can make those people voluntary without knowing it, and that is Asahi Cang's father, the leader of this convoy - Asahano He.

After knowing the reason, she stopped paying attention to this matter.

Simply wash up, eat some dry food, return to the ox cart and wait for the convoy to set off.

at the same time.

In a tent at the front of the line.

Asahananohe frowned, and asked his subordinates: "Have you found out what happened to those who disappeared last night?"

He did not order the wounded to be abandoned.

Although doing so can indeed reduce the burden on the team, it is also very costly: the team will lose their hearts.

As a fairly qualified patriarch, how could he overdraw the cohesion of the family for the sake of small interests in front of him?

Even if you really want to do this, it must be when the team really has to.

And now, it's far from that.

Therefore, he didn't know what happened to those people's disappearance last night.

The subordinate reported: "Master Patriarch, according to the investigation and investigation of the subordinates..."

He hesitated to speak, as if he had something to hide.

Asa Hanohe's tone was low: "Say it directly."

The man said bluntly: "According to the investigation of my subordinates, those who disappeared disappeared without anyone noticing. Their relatives and friends are nearby, but there is no witness. My subordinates suspect that they may be mountain gods..."

"Shut up!" Qian Hanohe shouted angrily, then looked at the terrified eyes of his subordinates, a trace of fatigue flashed in his eyes, waved his hand, and said, "Go down."

The man knew that what he said just now displeased the patriarch, so he didn't mention the mountain god anymore, but asked pragmatically, "Master Patriarch, if those people's relatives and friends continue to make trouble, how should we deal with it?"

Qian Hanyehe's face turned cold, and he said coldly: "Hit them back and warn them, if you dare to make trouble, you will be punished without mercy."

"Yes!" The man shuddered and bowed to leave.

After he left, Asahananohe scolded: "A bunch of wolves with heart and dog's lungs. There is no witness? That means they are all witnesses. They buried their burdens, and they backhandedly put this bad name on my head... …hateful."

Although angry, he didn't want to expose those people's thoughts.

Expose them at this time, the gain outweighs the loss.

Because outsiders will not believe it, they will only think that he is standing up and down, deliberately using those people as scapegoats.

That being the case, he might as well take over the pot and stop the loss in time.

After a while, the convoy set off.

It took a morning to cross this canyon, and in the afternoon, I turned over three hills.

Yasunaga Kyohei said to Asahano Kawa: "Chief Asahane, after climbing over the mountain in front, you will reach the Tokari Plain, and the road there will be much easier."

Asa Hanohe nodded, causing the team to pick up the pace.

Before dark, the team turned over the top of the mountain, and the field of vision suddenly widened.

Looking up, you can see an endless plain, covered with lush vegetation, stretching to the sky.

The plain is not completely flat, but there are continuous low hills, and an earth-colored road winds through it, extending outward, narrowing and narrowing, until it disappears at the intersection of the vast sky and the earth.

Come to the foot of the mountain.

It was already dark, and the team spent the night here.

The next day, it was still overcast and rainy, with thick dark clouds and a dark oppressive piece, and the air was a little more depressing.

People wake up and get ready to go.

At this moment, there was another riot in the convoy, because several people went missing last night.

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Volume Three: 240 Landmarks

Still missing without a sound, still seriously injured and dying, still without any witnesses.

After hearing Wudou's words yesterday, Xigiri thought it was Asahane He who was abandoning the burden of the convoy again, so he didn't care anymore.

When she got out of the bullock cart, she was greeted by a cloud of moist air with a refreshing coolness.

After a brief wash and some dry food, he walked around outside to exercise his body.

While walking, Xi Wu found that people in the convoy were panicked, and could hear some words such as "mountain god...worship..." from time to time.

In the tent in front of the convoy.

After hearing the news that another person was missing, Asahananohe scolded angrily: "These untouchables are really imitating the example."

He thinks that the person who disappeared again today was also buried somewhere by relatives and friends following the practice of those people yesterday.

The "slut" in his mouth does not refer to the members of Asaha's family, but someone else.

The people in the convoy are mainly divided into three types, one is the clan members of the Asaba family, the other is the servants, and the last is the outsider who paid to join the convoy.

And from yesterday to today, the missing people are all servants and outsiders, these two kinds of people are pariahs in his eyes.

In his mind, those untouchables could indeed do such a thing.

After all, according to his servant's experience, as long as he promises some petty profits in front of those untouchables, they can fight each other to the death.

It's just that what makes him upset this time is that the pot has to be held on his head.

At this time, an old man in his fifties with gray temples walked into the tent.

Asahananohe saw that it was a respected elder of the family, named Asaba Motochu.

"Is there anything wrong with the old Yuanzhong clan?" He cut to the chase.

Qianyu Yuanzhong looked at him solemnly: "The old man came here just to remind the patriarch that sometimes people's hearts are more important than the convenience in front of them..."

Asahananohe interrupted him, "Clan elder, you don't think I sent people to do those missing people, do you?"

Qian Yu Yuanzhong narrowed his small eyes, and did not answer directly, but said: "I know that there are many wounded in the team, and the team is very difficult now."

"Hey." Asahananohe sighed and explained helplessly.

After hearing this, Qian Yu Yuanzhong was suspicious: "Is that so?"

"Naturally. If I really did it, what's wrong with admitting it?" Asahi Hanohe asked back.

Qian Yu Yuanzhong nodded, believed his words, and added: "It's not a way to let them go on like this."