Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty

The saber was not in a hurry, it seemed that it didn't want to hurt anyone, but just forced the woman to get out of the way. But the woman was mistaken, thinking that he was going to kill the cow, instead she stood up and stood in front of him. Li Qichen rushed forward, pulled the woman away, pinched the man's wrist with his backhand, and snatched the knife lightly and deftly.It's just that he exerted too much force, his leg hurt, and he knelt down on one knee, as if apologizing, which frightened everyone. Yan Wei hurried over and helped Li Qichen up. Seeing that everyone is fine, Gongzi Cong said with a smile: "If you kill this cow today, even if you have a full meal, will it last three days? After three days, there will be no more cows to kill. Do you want to kill people?" As soon as the crowd came out, there was unavoidably a buzzing discussion among the crowd, even if they had never seen the stories of people fleeing from famine and eating cannibalism, they had heard a lot, but no one wanted to expose it until that point, and no one Thinking of what Gongzi Cong said so bluntly at this time.

The strong man couldn't help being anxious, and shouted: "Even if I starve to death in three days, it's better than dying now!" Gongzi Cong laughed and said, "Why don't you ask us why we didn't starve to death?" After saying this, everyone looked at Gongzi Cong, Li Qichen and Yan Wei again.Dozens of gazes were like dozens of brushes, sweeping back and forth on the faces of the three of them, making people feel extremely uncomfortable. Although the three of them slept in the open for many days, their clothes were neat and tidy, their hair was not messed up, and they were in good spirits. They did not appear to be hungry at all.

The old man who was in charge hadn't opened his mouth. At this time, Fang said slowly: "Because of the severe drought, our whole family came here from famine. We endured hunger and hunger all the way. It is hard to persevere. I beg you to show me the way." Prince Cong turned back and pointed to the mountain, and said, "We came from the mountain. There is a big lake with verdant trees and rich products. There are two tall buildings beside the lake for living, enough to house your entire clan." The middle-aged man said: "Don't lie to me! I heard from people nearby that this mountain is called the Ghost Mountain, and there is miasma, and there are ghosts hitting the wall. People can't get out after entering!"

Li Qichen interjected: "The miasma is only present during the day, so it's okay to go into the mountains at night. As for finding the way, it's because they don't know the way and don't have a map." Gongzi Cong took out the two maps from his pocket, and said: "Follow the road marked on the map, and you will be safe." He said that he was going to hand the silk map to the woman, but it was wrong to think about it, "Here is There are a few mistakes, I want to correct them." After speaking, he looked around, as if he wanted to find some grass juice to use as ink to stipple on the picture.But here is the barren beach and waterside, full of sand and stones, not even a single grass.

The woman took out a needle from her bosom with her left hand and stabbed it at the middle finger of her right hand, a drop of dark red blood came out, she said lightly: "Please tell me, my lord, I will write it down." The voice was not loud, but the voice Soft and charming.The girl had a long face, light brows, thin lips, but they were very angular. She was not a natural beauty, but she was slender, with a soft voice, and she was quite a beauty. The strong man pointed at the Gebu map and shouted: "Don't be fooled by him, since that map is wrong, why didn't you give us this map?!"

Gongzi Cong stared into his eyes, and said with a pause: "This picture is a friend of mine, who risked his life to leave it to me, no one can take it away from me!" The strong man was stagnated by Gongzi Cong's momentum, he opened his mouth, and said nothing more. Following the guidance of Gongzi Cong, the woman marked several wrong places on the map. The middle-aged man pondered: "Since the drought can be avoided inside, why did you three come out again?" Li Qichen said: "Firstly, we didn't know that the drought outside was so serious; secondly...some strong men came inside, and the three of us couldn't beat them."

The old man asked: "What kind of strongman? How many people are there? What are they going there for?" Li Qichen said: "They killed each other, and there are only six people left..." At this point, a thought occurred to him, thinking that it would be better not to mention the treasure. It caused a tragedy of cannibalism, so he went on to say, "There are so many of you, there is no need to be afraid of them." Gongzi Cong interrupted and said: "It has been so many days, I guess they have died under the trap." He said to the woman, "There are many traps in the valley, you'd better not approach them, if you're hunting, it's better to go together in two or three , there is a response." Then he pointed out the location of the agency on the map.His silk map is very large, not only including the road out of the valley, but also the whole picture of the mountains and rivers in the valley.

Yan Wei also added: "The well water in the valley has been poisoned by those people. It needs to be washed several times before it can be drunk, and it must be boiled before drinking." After Gongzi Cong finished pointing, the woman put away the silk and put it into her arms, and bowed deeply to Gongzi Cong: "Thank you, sir..." The voice was still so soft and pleasant. The old man also cupped his hands and said: "Thank you three! May I ask where are you going?" The three of them looked at each other, not knowing how to answer. The three of them had never discussed this question before...

In the end, it was Gongzi Cong who said, "We planned to go back to Huaidu first, but just now we heard that there is a severe drought along the line from here to Huaidu, and we are thinking whether to hang around for a few days, and it will not be too late to leave when the drought eases." The old man said: "We came from the direction of Huaidu. There are thousands of miles of barren land, no grass grows, and the road is not peaceful. The drought around here is also very serious. There are ten houses and nine empty houses in the village. Most of the people have already gone out to flee famine. Listen It is said that there is no drought in the direction of Changyanguan in the southeast, near Jiangguo, and we originally said that we would continue to go there."

Li Qichen said: "In that case, why don't we go to Changyan Pass too? I have relatives there..." When he spoke, he looked at Gongzi Cong, and his tone was also asking.Gongzi Cong naturally understood in his heart that the relative Li Qichen mentioned was his elder brother, Li Tengchen who was guarding Changyan Pass. Gongzi Cong nodded, and said, "Forget it, you can go there and take refuge for a while." The woman walked to the side of the car and helped the old man out of the car.Only then did Li Qichen and the three of them realize that it was a blind old man, his eyes were rolled up, without pupils, and they were all gray and white.I saw him stretching his hands, groping for the woman's arm, making hoo hoo noises, he seemed blind and dumb.

The woman turned to Prince Cong and said, "I will give this car to you for transportation! There is a drought and you have injured people, so you can't go to Changyan Pass on foot..." After finishing speaking, he paused, seeing that Prince Cong wanted to speak , shook his head lightly and said: "In a catastrophe year, rice is as expensive as pearls, and water is as expensive as oil. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy chariots and horses." Young Master Cong said: "You gave us the car, what will the old man do?" The woman said: "Young Master, don't worry, I will take good care of them. They... are also of the same clan, so they won't let them go." Gong Zi Cong said in a low voice, "Will they not make things difficult for you?" The woman put her hands on her chest and said, "Don't worry! They won't make things difficult for me." Li Qichen watched coldly, and thought: This woman is really smart, she has the map in hand, even if she settles in the valley in the future, the location of the agency will be very useful, and others will not dare to embarrass her. Gongzi Cong smiled, leaned close to the woman's ear and whispered something softly, the woman blushed, nodded, and gave another deep salute, but said nothing more. The bullock cart was slowly moving on a piece of wilderness, steady, serene, neither slow nor fast. In the car, Li Qichen was in front, while Gongzi Cong and Yan Wei were behind.The ox walks slowly, and the ox cart is also very stable, so unlike a horse-drawn cart, one needs to concentrate on driving it, so Li Qichen is also very leisurely. Yan Wei asked Prince Cong, "What did you say to that girl in the end?" Li Qichen laughed secretly in his heart, this Yan Wei's temperament was similar to Tong Shui's, he had to ask the truth about everything. Only to hear Gongzi Cong said plainly: "I just told her that there is a complete picture of all the organs and the method of cracking them in a certain organ, and how to get this map from that organ." Yan Wei said: "I didn't expect you to keep this trick..." Gongzi Cong said: "Of course the full map of this mechanism must be kept. If I die one day, no one will know the details of these institutions, and they will kill people..." Gongzi Cong seems to take life and death very lightly. They are very taboo to talk about it, but in his mouth, life and death are like ordinary things like eating and sleeping. The car was heading southeast, and along the way, it was indeed empty and starving.Even in larger towns and villages, it is difficult to buy drinking water and food, and the price is staggeringly high.Fortunately, when Gongzi Cong came out, he brought some gold and silver from the tree house, so it was not too difficult to deal with along the way. It's just that there is still no rain for a few days, and the drought has not eased, but has become more serious.The cracks on the ground are so big that you can stuff your fingers into them. When the wind blows, the sky and the earth are covered with a layer of grayish-yellow dust, like the end of the world. Young Master Cong frowned, as if he had something on his mind, and kept silent all the time. Yan Wei was a little worried, so she pushed him lightly, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" After the twenty-seven days of treatment, it is hard to say whether Gongzi Cong is cured or not. In Yan Wei's words, no bad thing is a good thing. If the cold syndrome does not recur in the future, it will be good. Will commit, as long as the interval is longer and the symptoms are lighter, it means that the therapy is effective. Gongzi Cong didn't answer Yan Wei, but frowned even tighter. Yan Wei was a little anxious and asked, "What's the matter? Why didn't you speak?" Gongzi Cong seemed to be pulled back from his thoughts, and then he replied in a daze: "Oh...it's nothing..." Yan Wei was anxious, and shouted: "You don't look like 'nothing'! What's wrong!" Li Qichen guessed about half of it, and said: "This drought is a natural disaster. It started when we first entered the valley..." He didn't say the following words, but the meaning was obvious - all this has nothing to do with you leaving the valley . Gongzi Cong shook his head lightly, and sighed: "But... Ever since Yan Wei was in prison, I planned to take her to Guzhong..." Yan Wei was very surprised: "Ah?! Since then, have you planned to let me treat your illness?" Gongzi Cong nodded: "I said I was looking for your father, but I sent people to search for it for a long time, but they couldn't find it. I also heard that you were imprisoned, so I wanted to sell you a favor so that you could agree to cure your illness..." He didn't shy away from the words "the market is well sold", he said it bluntly, and Yan Wei couldn't blame him anymore. I only heard Gongzi Cong continue: "...I didn't expect that by mistake, the three of you came to the valley together...So, from then on, the sky began to dry..." Yan Wei said: "These two things have nothing to do with each other! You have been preparing for the valley more than ten years ago. If the drought and flood are really related to you, then our country of Yang should have been drought for more than ten years, and it would have turned into a piece of scorched earth gone." Gongzi Cong didn't say anything, but still frowned, obviously still unable to let go. Li Qichen said: "If the drought is related to the young master, then if the young master does not return to the valley, it will not rain for a day. We just wait and see if this is the case." Yan Wei clapped her hands and said, "That's right! What if it rains? Otherwise, let's make a bet! If you lose the bet, you will be rewarded!" Gongzi Cong finally smiled slightly: "Okay! If it rains, you can ask me to do something for you. No matter how difficult it is, I will do my best to do it, okay?" How can it never rain if you are fooled..." Yan Wei said with a smile: "Once a man says something, don't play tricks, you got yourself in, how can you say you were fooled by me!" Young Master Cong said with a smile, "Perhaps...it is those who have four pillars of pure yin, I don't know..." Yan Wei just refused: "You are not allowed to change the topic..." Before she finished speaking, it actually rained from the sky.