The ancestor is here, she is here with space

Following Lin Congyun's words, everyone started looking for mechanisms near the stone gate.

Lin Congyun looked around, his eyes flashing with a glimmer of inquiry, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, look carefully to see if there are any special protrusions or depressions nearby, and also pay attention to see if there are any differences."

Upon hearing this, everyone bent down and searched carefully around the stone wall.

The light of the torches flickered in the darkness, illuminating their focused and determined faces.

Suddenly, Bai Shiqiang exclaimed, pointing to an inconspicuous crack in the stone wall, and said with some excitement: "Here! There is a small groove here!"

Everyone gathered around and saw that there was indeed a tiny groove in an inconspicuous crevice on the stone wall. It was almost impossible to find it without careful observation.

After careful observation, Lin Congyun felt that this should be a mechanism, but the groove was too small and his fingers could not fit in.

Fang Deyong said at this time: "I'll go find a thin stick."

After saying that, he turned and left, found a thin wooden stick from a place, and returned to Lin Congyun.

Lin Congyun took the wooden stick, put it into the groove, pressed it gently, and suddenly heard a "click" sound, and the stone door opened.

Seeing this, everyone smiled with joy.

After walking out of the stone gate, the scene I saw with the help of the light of the torches was completely different.

Outside, there was an open space with a row of simple thatched houses standing there quietly.

These thatched houses are made of withered straw and rough wood. Although simple, they exude a rustic atmosphere.

Not far away, there were several carriages parked, and the largest carriage was the one that Zhang's father had modified.

Lin Congyun walked closer and saw that these carriages were all his, including the carriage that was lost outside the deep forest the day before.

Fang Deyong stepped forward and asked softly, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Lin Congyun was a little excited and pointed at the carriage roads: "These carriages are all ours, including the lost carriage."

Fang Deyong was stunned, then said excitedly: "Really? Are they here too?"

Just then, a voice came from the thatched hut closest to them: "Who's outside?"

The voice was very familiar. Lin Congyun and Fang Deyong were both stunned when they heard it.

Then they looked at each other, both of their eyes filled with anticipation and nervousness.

They slowly approached the thatched hut where the sound came from, and Lin Congyun's voice trembled a little, "Third wife, is that you?"

"Mom? Is it you?" Zeng Xiaoyu's voice became more excited. She quickly opened the door of the thatched hut, revealing that familiar and haggard face.

Seeing that Zeng Xiaoyu was safe and sound, Lin Congyun and Fang Deyong finally felt relieved.

When Zeng Xiaoyu saw Fang Deyong next to Lin Congyun, the tears that were still welling up in her eyes burst out instantly.

She sobbed and hugged Fang Deyong, "Third brother, I lost Xinyue..."

Fang Deyong patted her shoulder gently and comforted her, "It's okay, Xinyue is fine. She is in Censhui Town with her sister-in-law now."

Zeng Xiaoyu stopped crying a little after hearing this, "Really? Xinyue is really okay?"

At this time, a voice came from the thatched house next door, "Third sister-in-law, are you outside?"

Next to Zeng Xiaoyu's thatched hut, there was another slightly shabby hut. When the door opened, Li Hongsui's face appeared in front of everyone.

"Mother... Third brother... Why did you come here..."

Lin Congyun stepped forward and hugged Li Hongsui, tears in his eyes: "Second brother's wife, you are here too?"

Li Hongsui nodded, pointed to the thatched house behind him and said, "Xinlei is also inside."

Then he pointed to the thatched house behind Zeng Xiaoyu and said, "Xinxin and my third brother's wife live in there."

Finally, he pointed to a few thatched houses and said, "That's where Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang live, and those few over here are where the people from Huangjia Village and the guards live."

"Are you all okay? Why are you all living here?"

After Lin Congyun asked these questions, Li Hongsui gave a brief explanation.

Fang Xinlei and Li Hongsui met first. Due to Fang Xinlei's injury, their journey was slow. Later, they met Zhang Liucui and his group who had rushed to Bianyun Pass in advance.

Unexpectedly, when they were about to reach Bianyun Pass, they encountered a group of people who wanted to rob property and women.

Although they escaped, they were blown away by the strong wind that followed.

Coming to this small village was also an accident.

The rest of them walked into the deep forest and found a ragged child. Zeng Xiaoyu kindly went forward to give him food, but unexpectedly the child led them to this village.

The village is not big, but it is big enough for them to stay temporarily.

After discussing with the villagers, Li Hongsui agreed to let them stay here temporarily until the guards' injuries healed.

Hearing this, Lin Congyun asked in confusion: "How did you get into this village?"

Before Li Hongsui and Zeng Xiaoyu could answer, there was movement in the thatched hut not far away.

Soon, villagers holding wooden sticks surrounded Lin Congyun and his friends.

Zeng Xiaoyu hurried forward and said to an old woman, "Auntie, don't be nervous. This is my mother and my husband. They are here to look for us."

"Mother-in-law..." Zhang's father and mother also came over at this time, "Have you seen Cui'er and the others?"

"My dear relatives, we have found the eldest brother's wife and his family."

After hearing Lin Congyun's answer, Zhang's father and mother finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Zhang's mother also said to the old woman: "Sister, we are all family."

The guards of the general's mansion and the people from Huangjia Village also came over.

"Ancestor, Third Master, you are here."

Seeing that the guards were all supported here, it seemed that they were seriously injured, otherwise they would not have come out to look for other people in so many days.

At this time, the old woman also signaled the villagers to put down their sticks, "I have seen you!"

After hearing this, Lin Congyun was stunned for a moment, "Old sister, where did we meet before?"

A look of reminiscence appeared on the old woman's face, and she slowly said, "It was when you beat the tiger yesterday."

The other villagers in the village looked at Lin Congyun carefully in the light of torches, and then someone started talking.

"That's her. When she beat the tiger, she used a whip."

"Yes, yes, yes! I was hiding in a tree at the time and was stunned."

"It's the first time I've seen someone whip something so hard that it makes flowers appear."

"Mom, when you came back yesterday, was this the old lady you told me about?"

"Luckily, the old lady chased the tiger away. Otherwise, it would have been terrible if it had run into our village."