Beloved Concubine

Chapter 69
Nanzhong County.It is more than 100 kilometers away from An County.

Fang Yu drove slowly on the road for two days before arriving here.

He could get there in a day if he drove fast, but Fang Yu said that the horses and carts were rented, and if the horses were exhausted, they would have to pay for the horses.

Chen Xiao was speechless, but what he said made sense.After the death of pigs, chickens, cattle and horses in the county town last time, there were no good horses in the county town.For example, the horses in the "Da Madian" used to be good horses capable of long-distance running.But the horses that can be found now look thin and long-haired, and they look overwhelmed—good horses are bought by merchants in the city, and the horses in their families die, and everyone is buying horses.

It was noon when we arrived at Nanzhong County.Compared with An County, Nanzhong County is much behind.When approaching the county seat, Chen Xiao saw a lot of trees piled up on both sides of the road, and there were many shops that made and sold lumber in the city.

Several people found an inn to settle down and had lunch at the inn.Chen Xiao took the opportunity to ask the shopkeeper about "beating wolves".

"Are you here to hunt wolves?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Yes." Chen Xiao nodded.

"Wolf trouble is mainly caused by Mutang Village, as well as nearby Lijia Village and Luoshui Village. In the past, there were no wolves on the nearby mountains, and the wolves were all in the deep mountains. But then, for some reason, the wolves went to the village to hunt for food and killed them. Not to mention the domestic animals, they even took away the children. Later, people from Mutang Village went into the mountains to hunt wolves, but unexpectedly, more wolves were attracted. Now Mutang Village has been occupied by wolves, and all the people in the village went outside."

"The village was taken over by a pack of wolves?" Chen Xiao felt incredible, and asked, "How many families are there in that village?"

"About twenty or thirty households."

The village is not big, no wonder.Chen Xiao asked: "Didn't the government offer a reward to beat wolves? That village has been occupied by wolves?"

"It is said that it is now the second batch of wolves. Some were shot and killed earlier, and some came later. Many people who went to Mutang Village to hunt wolves died there, and they couldn't even bring back their bodies. They say it's terrible!"

For wolves, dead people are food.They will not allow others to steal their food.

Chen Xiao imagined it: the village was full of wolves and human corpses, and it was terrifying just thinking about it.

"Why not set fire to the village?"

The shopkeeper looked at her like an idiot: "That's the home of people from Mutang Village!"

"Without habitat, wolves will naturally leave there."

"Leaving Mutang Village, they will go to Lijia Village and Luoshui Village. These are not ordinary wolves, they are evil wolves! At least those two villages have not been taken over by wolves, they just often come to the village to grab some livestock. If Wood When the Tang village is burned, other villages will suffer.”

Chen Xiao was a little surprised.The wolf in her impression was not so bold.But the wolves here are beyond her imagination.

There are other customers in the store, so the shopkeeper goes to greet them.

Chen Xiao said to Fang Yu: "Forget it, stop fighting, let's go back."

Such a pack of wolves could really be life-threatening.They are not afraid of people at all, and dare to occupy human villages. Are they going to "rise the planet of the apes"?

Fang Yu held her hand and said with a smile, "Why, are you worried about my safety?"

"En." Chen Xiao nodded: "These wolves are beyond my imagination. They are really a pack of vicious wolves."

Fang Yu smiled and said, "I told you earlier, it's very dangerous."

Chen Xiao looked at him with pitiful eyes: "I didn't expect that."

Fang Yu said: "It's all here, let's go and have a look tomorrow."

Chen Xiao wanted to say "don't go".But he also felt that Fang Yu should be able to escape unscathed, otherwise he wouldn't have said so.

After dinner, they strolled around the county town.On the notice board at the gate of the county government office, there was a notice offering rewards for hunting wolves, and the handwriting was blurred due to the wind and rain.

Xiao Shitou went to the county government to find someone to ask, and said that the announcement was still valid, but no one came to claim the reward recently.There was a group of outsiders, like them, who heard that there was a reward for hunting wolves. Four of them came, but one died and three were injured, and they only brought back the corpse of a wolf.

It's not worth exchanging a human life for a wolf's life.

The wolf problem has been raging for almost a month, and the Yamen is ready to invite the army to exterminate the wolves.

Chen Xiao sighed.It really is a very dangerous thing.

On the second day, Chen Xiao and Fang Yu went to Mutang Village.

Mutang Village is twenty miles away from the county seat.They asked the innkeeper to help find someone to lead the way, and agreed that they didn't need to go close to the village, but just take them to a place where they could see the village, and they gave a tael of silver, and finally someone was willing to go.

After traveling for more than an hour, the carriage turned around a mountain pass.

"It's there." The guide pointed to the hillside in the distance: "There is a big red bean tree at the entrance of Mutang Village. If you see the red bean tree, that is Mutang Village."

Chen Xiao and the others looked in the direction he pointed, and saw houses in the woods on the hillside in the distance.

Chen Xiao visually estimated that there were still three or four miles away, and said, "Go further."

The guide said: "We can't go any further, if the wolves chase down the mountain, we won't be able to win!"

"What are you afraid of? We are with you." Xiao Shitou said.

"We can't go any further. Just say we can see the village."

"One mile ahead, just one mile. I'm not afraid of a single woman. What are you afraid of?"

Chen Xiao insisted on going further with the carriage.He had no choice but to follow the guide sitting in the car.

It was a little closer to the foot of the mountain in Mutang Village, and the guide hurriedly said: "I beg you, just stop here!"

Seeing how scared he was, Fang Yu stopped the car.

He said to Chen Xiao: "You guys just wait here. I will go up alone." He said and picked up the dagger and medicine powder that he had prepared in advance.

Chen Xiaodao: "I'll go with you."

"No. Your feet are too weak to run fast. If you really want to run for your life, you will kill me."

Fang Yu didn't want to speak too harshly to her, but if he didn't, she would follow along.

Of course, Fang Yu also knew that if she couldn't escape, she would hide in the Blackstone space.Eh!Thinking about it this way, should I take her with me?
"Okay." Chen Xiao agreed with Fang Yu's suggestion.

She took out an outdoor lifesaving whistle from her arms and said:
"If it's an emergency, you blow the short whistle. If it's nothing, you blow the long whistle."

After she finished speaking, she blew a few times and demonstrated it to him.

Now there are still two miles away from Mutang Village on the hillside, but the air distance is not far away. I don't know if the whistle can travel so far.Because there are too many trees on the mountain, it will hinder the sound transmission.

Fang Yu took the whistle and kissed her on the lips.

Then turn around and walk up the hill.

Several people in the carriage were a little embarrassed by his actions, and turned their heads away.

Seeing him walking vigorously and striding up the mountain, Chen Xiao was a little worried, but not so worried.

She walked out slowly, communicating with the white boa in the black stone.

"White Anaconda, come out and follow him, and go to the village together."

"Sister, please let me go! I'm still young."

"Hmph! Lazy and cowardly."

The little stone who got off the carriage saw that she seemed to be going up the mountain, and shouted:

"Sister, don't go up! We'll just wait here!"

To be honest, Xiao Shitou and Cao Yong were also a little worried.It's just that they don't talk.

(End of this chapter)