Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

The man's body stiffened slightly and he cursed in his heart: These people are simply ungrateful. They didn't even share any food with him. If they fall into his hands, he will torture them and let them know how powerful I am.

In this way, a group of people followed the man in green robe and walked for about a quarter of an hour, and then took a small path at a fork in the road.

Seeing everyone stop and hesitate, the man smiled amiably and explained, "Everyone, our village is just ahead, and we'll be there soon.

When I get home, I will definitely let you guys thank me for your help."

At this time, everyone had actually begun to give up and began to retreat.

After all, it was a dark and windy night for murder, and they just wanted to find out what the man was up to, but they didn't want to get themselves involved.

The man seemed to see everyone's vigilance, and he hurriedly bowed and laughed loudly, "Don't be afraid, everyone. You see, from here you can actually see a few houses at the head of our village. It's really not far. Besides, you have been very kind to me. I have read the books of saints since I was young, which inspired my wisdom and helped me distinguish between good and evil. I must not do anything that goes against the teachings of the saints. I hope you can follow me home to rest for a while, so that I can repay you for your kindness today."

Several people felt an inexplicable sense of weirdness when they heard that the man was too persistent in repaying his gratitude.

Especially now, the world is in chaos, and the lives of ordinary people are not easy for everyone? He insisted on inviting them to his house. Is his house big? There are eleven of them, including Ergou and his mother who caught up with them. Even if they squeeze together for one night, it will be very troublesome.

Besides, although it was just a drink of water, it was generally accepted that one should at least treat others to a meal to express gratitude. Of course, in today's world, they really didn't expect to meet a rich man who would treat them to a meal. Even if there was a rich man who could afford to treat them to a meal, it would definitely not be an ordinary villager living in the countryside.

Did the other party really thank them with water instead of wine?

Is there really water?

Since the heavy rainstorm half a month ago, the water level of rivers has dropped again and again due to the continuous exposure to the sun and high temperature. The streams and rivers have long been dry, revealing the dry and cracked riverbeds. With such a bad environment, is it possible that the wells in their village can still produce water? ? ?

How deep should the well be dug?

Although it was unbelievable, the other party spoke as a scholar and his words were full of sincerity, which made people feel a glimmer of hope.

Lin Xiaoyue was not sure whether others were shaken or not. But in her opinion, what the man said really made her... not even believe the punctuation marks.

Although she had been in this imaginary dynasty for some time, the only scholar she had come into contact with was the scholar from the Wei family, Wei Dazhi, who had broken off the engagement with her second sister. To be honest, that so-called cowardly scholar really left a deep impression on her. He was extremely cowardly and not like a man at all.

So, she really didn't have any good impression of scholars.

The man in front of her who claimed to be a scholar was, to put it nicely, androgynous, but in her opinion, a man without any masculinity was a "monster" who was neither masculine nor feminine.

Don't forget that in this dynasty, there was the profession of "Grand Chamberlain".

Although she had never seen it with her own eyes, wasn't it played like this in costume TV dramas? With a pinch of her orchid fingers and a shrill voice, the tune came up.

Anyway, no matter what, Lin Xiaoyue's vigilance towards the man has not diminished at all. She feels that the other party is persistent and insists on dragging them into the village, and he must be up to something bad.

But if we just leave like this, will the other party let it go?

In addition, even the few young ladies who had just concluded that the man was acting like her, were probably a little shaken now.

Forget it, instead of being on high alert all the time, it would be better to find an opportunity to completely tear off the other person's mask and figure out the man's intentions, so as to avoid being nervous all the time, which is too tiring.

The group eventually followed the man into the village.

……

It was a deep night, with everything silent except for a flickering silver light. The village was eerily quiet, without even the slightest sound from livestock.

The village is not big. Looking at it in the moonlight, the sparse village houses, some of which have collapsed completely or partially, are all shrouded in darkness, and not a single light can be seen from any of the houses.

The whole village can't be asleep, right?

Everyone was a little nervous, but the second half of the night was the sleepiest time. The group traveled along the dark village road, hearing nothing but their own heartbeats and their increasingly rapid breathing due to nervousness.

"That..." If Miao wanted to ask the man, is the village always so quiet? Even in the cold winter, in Linjia Village, there would be occasional sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking in the middle of the night.

Here, it is so quiet that it seems like a deserted village. There are no people or animals. It is so desolate and scary.

Just as she opened her mouth to ask, Miao was shocked to find that she didn't even know the other person's name from the beginning to the end...

The other party kept claiming to be a scholar. Don’t scholars pay attention to elegance and etiquette? But from beginning to end, the man never introduced himself. What kind of etiquette and upbringing is this? ? ?

Miao's body froze, and she finally realized something was wrong. She looked up at the man leading the way in front of her in disbelief, and then looked at her daughter following the cart in horror. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but immediately covered it with her hand, fearing that she would lose control of her mouth and say something, which would bring disaster upon herself.

[First, you must not be soft-hearted and release your kindness without any place to go...]

At this time, Miao, who had run away from home, finally found her mind and finally remembered her daughter's repeated warnings to the whole family to be vigilant and pay attention, but what was she doing... ?

Miao recalled that she had been soft-hearted when they were on the rocky road just now, and had completely forgotten what her daughter had told her. Thinking that she had caused trouble for her family again, she was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes.

Father Lin looked up and saw his wife beside him suddenly burst into tears. Father Lin thought that Miao had entered the village, and seeing the dilapidated scene that was somewhat similar to Linjia Village, he was moved by the scene and couldn't stop crying.

"Don't be sad. As long as our family is well and together, one day we will have the opportunity to rebuild our home."

Young couples come to accompany each other when they grow old.

Miao accompanied him through many difficult and sad days without ever complaining. Old Man Lin felt guilty towards his wife.

Therefore, seeing his wife crying, he felt even more distressed. Regardless of the presence of other people outside, he pulled his wife into his arms, patted her back and whispered to comfort her.

The man was originally worried that the group would notice something strange in the village, and he was nervous and frantically preparing a plan in his mind, thinking about how to explain it if the other party asked about it.