Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Chapter 169 Prayer for New Year Village (please subscribe for monthly ticket)

Qingyan imagined the scene described by Chou Chou, the village with stone houses is indeed a bit unusual

When they first came down from the mountain in the west, there was also a village ruins at the foot of the mountain, but the houses in that village were all made of adobe, and the remaining foundations also indicated that this side should not be very useful. A house is built of stone.

This village is also at the foot of the mountain, not inside the mountain. Even if you want to prevent wild animals running down the mountain, you only need to build a wall with stones, and there is no need to build a house.

Although there are many stones on this mountain, there are many trees on it, which means that there is a thick layer of soil on it. It is more difficult to mine the stones for building houses than to remove the adobe, not to mention that most of the people here live in In the cave, one can imagine how abrupt this village of stone houses is.

"I don't know what the name of this village is. By the way, have you seen stone monuments or archways standing at the entrance of the village before?"

Qing Yan looked at Chou Chou and asked.

In most villages, a stone monument will be erected at the entrance of the village to write the name of the village, or if conditions permit, an archway will be erected.

Chou Chou nodded, "Really, there was a stone archway here before, and it said Qi Nian Village."

"Qi Nian Village? Why such a strange name?" Qi Nian, Qi Nian, means praying for a good year. Under what circumstances should we pray for a good year?Of course it was a bad time.

Therefore, the synonym of praying for the new year and offering sacrifices is not a good word, and it is generally not used as the name of the village.

However, some clues were also extracted from the name of the village. Just now, Chou Chou said that there is an altar in the tomb at the bottom. Could it be related to this village?
Chou Chou obviously thought of this too, and hastily probed his consciousness towards the tomb again.

This time it was more cautious, and didn't immediately look under the cemetery. It first looked on the ground, but found no difference, and it was still the same as before.

Only then did he cautiously deepen his spiritual consciousness, little by little, for fear of touching any formation restrictions again.

I was also wondering if it was because it touched the formation just now, and that formation connected the village here, so the village disappeared.

The rumbling sound before was not necessarily from inside the tomb, but it might also be the sound of the village's activation of the formation.

That's not right, the previous sound was indeed coming from the ground over there, and it was impossible to hear it wrong with its ear strength.

It was also because I was scruples about that formation at the time and didn't dare to investigate it again, so it's really hard to say now.

When it reached the ground bit by bit, it suddenly discovered that the appearance of the altar in the previous tomb had changed, and it turned into the appearance of the previous village!
Not only are the stone houses still there, but the archway is also there, but there is no breath of life before, it is an empty village, and those villagers are gone.

Chou Chou quickly swept the whole village, and immediately withdrew his consciousness when he didn't find the breath of a living thing.

He said to Qingyan: "That village has gone underground!"

"Huh? What does that mean?"

Qingyan didn't understand the meaning of Chou Chou for a while, and even looked back at the location of the village.

Chou Chou saw that she had misunderstood, and explained: "It's not the underground here, but I ran to the tomb. When I was investigating before, it was clearly a tomb with many stone statues and a priest's stone platform inside. Now it has turned into a tomb." It became what the village looked like before, and many torches were lit for lighting.

However, no signs of living people were found, and those people seemed to evaporate overnight. "

Qingyan swallowed in fear, fortunately it was broad daylight, if it was night, she would probably cry from fright, just like that, her hairs stood on end.

This is okay, why has it turned into a supernatural event, "No, we can't stay here anymore, let's get out of here as soon as possible while the sky is still bright."

Chou Chou also means the same thing, its current ability is no problem against mortals, this kind of unknown is not necessarily the case.

And they are not in danger when they come here, they just don't want to cause trouble. Those bandits have already left, and at most they will be recognized by Deputy General Wang when they go out. The little leopard can be hidden in the satchel. Qingyan's clothes are different from before, and she has made a little disguise, so she should be able to get away with it.

She met the other party once, and there was no hatred, so there was no need to hide.

Turning the horse's head around again, she got into the car and asked Big Bear to speed up and go out. She was going to the town to inquire about this village. Some old people may know something else.

Before, she thought that she had walked to that position by accident, and at most she had some intuition, but now that she thinks about it, she is terrified, and she doesn't know what is tempting her to go there.

Thinking of the plots shown on TV, she shivered a bit, she might want to use herself to worship the heavens and unleash some kind of monster, right?
Thinking about what Xiangxiang told her before, her soul is different from ordinary people, much stronger than ordinary people, and she can communicate with Xiangxiang and Chouchou with thoughts from birth, there must be something different.

The more I thought about it, the more afraid I became, and I asked Big Bear to speed up again.

But the carriage is heavy and the road is not easy to walk. Now it is the fastest speed.

It took more than 30 minutes to go there before, and it only took more than ten minutes to walk back to the side of the main road.

Fortunately, nothing happened. After looking back, he drove the carriage onto the main road.

The corpses of those bandits have disappeared, and the blood on the ground has been cleaned up and buried with soil. If the person who killed himself did not remember the location, he would not be able to see it unless he looked carefully.

Looking at the fresh ruts on the ground, it should be the people who Chou Chou said pushed the cart and pulled the corpses away.

One of those corpses was taken back to verify that they were bandits, and the other was to find a place to bury them.

In ancient times, no matter whether it was a good person or a bad person, as long as they saw them, they would not be exposed to the wilderness. In ancient times, the theory of cause and effect of gods and ghosts was more important, and secondly, they were afraid of epidemics.

Thousands of people died every now and then on ancient battlefields, and those corpses could not just be thrown there, and they would usually find a place to bury them, which is what later generations call mass graves.

Although it is buried in a centralized manner, it is much stronger than being exposed to the air.

After walking on the main road, Qingyan's tense strings slowly relaxed, but just as she relaxed, she felt her stomach churning.

She has long been uncomfortable with the bumps and gallops along the way, but her nerves are tense and she doesn't react to it. Now when she relaxes, she feels her stomach churns, as if all the food she ate before will be thrown out.

He forced the carriage to go forward for a while, stopped the car two or three hundred meters away from the fork, squatted on the side of the road, and vomited, directly vomited all the food he had eaten before.

Chou Chou ran over and handed her a glass of water and a towel.

Qingyan took the cup and rinsed her mouth, then wiped away the physical tears shed when she just vomited with a towel, and took a long breath.

Chou Chou asked worriedly: "Are you feeling better? How about we stop by the side of the road and you lie down in the car for a while, and leave when you feel better."

Qingyan shook her head, "No, I'm already much better."

Chou Chou: "Then shall we still go to that town? The town is not far from here. If you are really scared, let's ignore the things here and go directly to the county seat."

"It's okay. I'm not afraid. I was just afraid of the unknown before. Now that I'm far away, I'm fine. It's just that I've been nervous, and I've been bumped for a long time, and my stomach has cramps. Just spit it out."

Chou Chou nodded, "Do you want to eat some fruit to suppress the taste in your mouth?"

Qingyan nodded, even after gargling her mouth was still a little sour, it would be better to eat something sweet.

Chouchou took out a big peach for her, it is not harmful to the stomach if eaten on an empty stomach, and it is milder than other fruits.

The peaches are all washed before, so they can be eaten directly. The ugly ones are not ripe, and the crunchy ones don’t need to be peeled.

Qingyan took it and gnawed it immediately, the crispy and sweet taste and the unique fragrance of peach immediately filled the mouth, alleviating the previous discomfort.

After eating the peaches, he got into the carriage again, this time let Daxiong walk slowly, so don't be so anxious.

Walking slower, the carriage was not so bumpy, and the main road was flatter than the small road, Qingyan felt a little drowsy.

Now this time is more than one o'clock in the afternoon, which is a good time for a nap.

She leaned against the shed and fell asleep in a daze. Chou Chou controlled the carriage and walked slowly, trying to make her sleep more comfortably.

But the town is not far away, even if you walk twenty minutes slower, you will still arrive.

She had no choice but to wake Qingyan up. Qingyan forced her eyes open, seeing that they were about to reach the entrance of the town, she immediately regained her spirits.

Because she realized that what she thought was a little naive before, and now the entrance of the town has been surrounded by officers and soldiers, and she is not allowed to enter at all.

Two soldiers even came to question and inspect her carriage.

Fortunately, the inside of the carriage is basically empty, so I am not afraid of inspection. When asked what I am here for, Qingyan learned the dialect here and replied: "I came from Xifeng Town, and I am going to Yunling County Visiting relatives, isn't it noon, seeing that there is a town here, I just want to eat something in the town and refresh myself."

Seeing that she was a little girl, the inspecting soldier didn't feel too much trouble, and kindly reminded: "This town has just been ransacked by bandits and there is nothing there. You can't buy anything if you go in. It's better to go directly to the county town. side to go.

Some of the bandits escaped, but they didn't go there. It's safer. You try to take the main road instead of the small road.

Qingyan quickly thanked her, and left obediently with the carriage.

She really didn't think well before, the people in the town had just been robbed by bandits, and she wanted to inquire about things when she went there, who has time to care about them, she is probably sad for her loss.

Thinking of this, Qingyan couldn't help but slap herself on the forehead, what a pig's head.

Drive the carriage back to the main road and continue walking east.

She wasn't afraid of running into bandits. If she did, as long as it wasn't a big wave, she might be able to get another black wave.

Chou Chou said that most of those people ran to the north, and there was a small group in the south, but not in the east, because the officers and soldiers came from the east.

I don’t think about it so much now, so I’ll go directly to the county seat. Although the county seat is a little farther away, if the village was famous before, maybe people in the county seat have heard of it.

She was just a little curious about what was going on in that village, especially the tomb. It's okay if she couldn't find out, anyway, since she doesn't live here often, it really doesn't have much to do with her.

After walking forward for three miles, Chou Chou said to her, "Now we can see Yunling County."

Qingyan sighed: "The area of ​​this county is really quite big. We walked for more than 20 miles from Xifeng Town to Qingfeng Town just now, and it was also more than 20 miles from Qingfeng Town to the county seat. It’s fifty miles away, and it’s only going in one direction.”

Chou Chou nodded, "Yes, this ancient time was originally sparsely populated, not to mention that the geographical location here is in the northwest, and it is similar to the northwest in later generations. Think about Xinjiang in later generations."

Qingyan immediately stopped talking, because the area of ​​a county in Xinjiang is almost as large as that of a small province, and the distance from one county to another can be across provinces.

When I walked five or six miles, I came across another town, which was smaller than the previous two towns. It should be a relatively large village, because it was on the only way to the county seat, or it was far away from the town. The county seat is relatively close, and gradually developed into a town.

This place is called Xiaoyuan Town. I don’t know how this name came from. Of course, the previous Xifeng Town and Qingfeng Town couldn’t figure it out. I feel that the names here are very random.

There is only one main street in Xiaoyuan Town, with a grocery store, a grain store, and a cloth store, and the rest is gone.

Maybe it's really too small, there is no Mi's Tavern here, as Chou Chou said, there is a Mi's Tavern in Qingfeng Town.

They didn't enter the town, and they were going to the county seat not far ahead, so there was no need to waste time here.

It's enough to get a general idea through ugly consciousness.

I also passed a few villages on the way, none of which were very big, there were more than twenty or thirty households, and there were even a few less.

Most of them are not on the side of the road, very similar to the layout of the previous villages.

When it was still a mile away from the county seat, Qingyan found an open space and let the little leopard out to feed it, let it go to the toilet in the grass, and then put it in the satchel.

By the way, let Chouchou take out the two baskets and put them in the carriage, so that there is a cover for taking things out.

Put the sheepskin quilt and burden in a basket, put the clay bowls and pots in a frame, and asked Chouchou to take out the previous gourd, which was full of water.

After seeing that the preparations were almost done, he drove the carriage forward again, and the city tower could be seen from a distance. As it got closer, he found that the county town was really big, almost as big as Hancheng.

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