Black Myth: Tang Dynasty

Chapter 120
Li Daoxuan didn't want to involve Xue Rengui at first, but seeing him so determined, he also knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he could only agree to go to Yaowang Village with him.

The three entered Yaowang Village in the afternoon.

Yaowang Village looks very normal, not much different from ordinary villages, except that there are some herbs drying outside the doors of every household.

"Sir, it is said that Medicine King Sun Simiao once lived in this village for a while, so this place is called Medicine King Village. Many people know how to collect medicine, and medicine merchants will come to buy it from time to time."

Xue Rengui stood holding his halberd, his tiger eyes scanned his surroundings vigilantly, and explained to Li Daoxuan.

From the moment I stepped here, the feeling of depression returned.

The people of Yaowang Village sat on both sides and looked at them with almost numb eyes. Almost all of them were so hungry that they were as skinny as bones.

What's more, lying directly on the ground, if the chest is not still rising and falling, I am afraid that it is no different from a corpse.

Li Daoxuan frowned slightly.

He noticed that the herbs hanging outside some people's houses were moldy, which meant that the medicine dealers who bought them hadn't come for a long time.

In addition, these villagers looked sluggish, pale and emaciated, and listless. It seemed that they were often under high pressure and their minds were tired.

The three continued to walk forward.

Xue Rengui has a hulking back, Li Daoxuan is handsome and unrestrained, and Chen Ziyu is exquisitely beautiful. The combination of these three people has attracted a lot of attention.

Li Daoxuan suddenly noticed that in a corner, there was a little girl lying there watching them.

The little girl has a delicate and lovely appearance, she wears braids, her face is a bit rosy, and she is not that thin.

Li Daoxuan smiled at her, and just about to go up to talk to her, the little girl showed a hint of timidity in her eyes, and ran away in a hurry.

A short figure blocked Li Daoxuan's eyes.

He is less than four feet tall, about one meter tall, but he looks about four to fifty years old, with thin eyebrows, red eyes, slightly dark complexion, and a hunchback.

A very ugly dwarf.

But the strange thing is that this dwarf is not so thin, but slightly fatter, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding people.

The dwarf stared at the three of them, and said in a deep voice: "Three, Yaowang Village has been closed and no outsiders are accepted, please go back."

Li Daoxuan asked: "Who are you?"

The dwarf's gaze finally rested on Chen Ziyu. Like the men in the village, he had never seen such a beautiful woman.

Those cloudy eyes suddenly burst into a gleam of light, looking up and down at Chen Ziyu, with a slightly excited expression.

Li Daoxuan stood up in front of Chen Ziyu, and said in a concentrated voice: "You are so rude, why don't you answer my question, but stare at my wife instead?"

Xue Rengui shook the halberd in his hand and nailed it into the soil. His eyes were like torches, and he stared at the dwarf.

The dwarf withdrew his gaze, and said: "The mountain villager, I have never seen the market, please forgive me."

After a pause, he said: "My name is Yang Er, and I am the priest of the mountain temple in Yaowang Village. This place has not been peaceful recently. The three of you should come back quickly."

Li Daoxuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty and my wife came here to visit a relative. Her name is Zhao Chenjie, and she married Zhao Shisan in Yi Village. Excuse me, where does she live?"

Hearing the words Zhao Chenjie, the dwarf's eyes moved and he remembered something.

After a long time, he sighed: "Mr. Zhao is dead, I'm afraid your trip was in vain."

Li Daoxuan made a surprised look.

After a pause, he sighed: "Ms. Zhao is my wife's elder sister. If she encounters misfortune, I will go to mourn her."

As he spoke, he played tricks on Chen Ziyu.

Hearing that my sister died, I must show some sadness.

Chen Ziyu blinked, tilted her head slightly, and looked at him strangely.

Yes, winking.

The dwarf finally told them where Mrs. Zhao lived, and left a meaningful sentence.

"Since you insist on entering the village, it's all about the number of days."

He sighed, took one last deep look at Chen Ziyu, and staggered away.

Li Daoxuan and Xue Rengui looked at each other, and they both noticed the strangeness of the dwarf.

But the people in this village seem to be very strange...

The three of them followed the direction the dwarf said, and soon found a house covered with white cloth, and knocked on the wooden door.

It was a young man who opened the door, but he was sallow and thin from hunger, listless, and his eyes were swollen, as if he had just cried.

Li Daoxuan explained his intention.

The young man was a little surprised, and said: "My wife does have a younger sister, but I haven't contacted her for a long time. I heard that she married a rich family."

He glanced at Chen Ziyu, almost not daring to look directly at her beautiful face.

I thought my wife was already one of the most beauties in the village, but I didn't expect her younger sister to be even more beautiful.

When Li Daoxuan proposed to stay for a few days to pay tribute to the Zhao family, the young man's eyes flashed, he hesitated to speak, but finally let them in.

Just a word of advice.

"The three of you can live here, but remember one thing, no matter what you hear, don't go out at night!"

Before Li Daoxuan asked, he turned and left.

Night falls.

The three of Li Daoxuan sat down in the room that had just been cleaned up. It was a bit damp and exuded a faint musty smell.

Fortunately, the bed was relatively clean, and it was a new bedding.

Xue Rengui frowned and said: "Sir, this place is really strange. Since the relative you want to visit is no longer there, why not leave at night, and I will escort you down the mountain safely!"

Li Daoxuan shook his head and suddenly asked him a question.

"Brother Xue, he said that his wife just died, but he refused to say the cause of death. Besides, have you seen the coffin here?"

Xue Rengui was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Yes, according to the custom, after death, the coffin should be parked at home, and the burial can only be done after the first seven days, but there is no coffin here..."

Li Daoxuan nodded, and was about to speak, but suddenly his eyes moved, and he found someone eavesdropping outside the door.

Xue Rengui was a step slower than him, but he also found out.

"Who?"

Xue Rengui shouted angrily, then descended like a tiger, and rushed out of the house quickly, but as soon as he opened the door, a trace of astonishment appeared in his eyes, and the murderous aura disappeared immediately.

The one eavesdropping outside the door was a little girl with shofar braids, delicate and cute, looking at him timidly.

"Brother Xue, let her in."

Xue Rengui nodded, tried his best to show a kind smile, and said, "Little sister, you—"

Before she finished speaking, the little girl cried out in fright.

Xue Rengui is very heroic, but the murderous look just now really scared the little girl.

Xue Rengui was only sixteen or seventeen years old at the moment. He had never seen this scene before, and he stood there awkwardly.

Li Daoxuan laughed, stepped forward and took out some candied fruit.

As soon as the little girl moved her nose, she stopped crying immediately. Looking at Li Daoxuan's handsome appearance, she didn't feel afraid anymore, and picked up a piece of candied fruit and stuffed it into her mouth.

Li Daoxuan found out that she was the little girl who was peeping at them in the village this afternoon.

"Is Mrs. Zhao your mother?"

The little girl nodded while eating.

"Then where is your mother?"

"It's in the water."

The little girl answered without thinking in a childlike manner.

Li Daoxuan and Xue Rengui looked at each other, and then looked at the corner of the yard in unison, the big water tank whose lid was pressed by stones...

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