The little Fubao in the deserted village made all the dignitaries in the court go crazy with envy

At the end of April, the weather gradually warmed up.

But camping outdoors in the mountains is still bitterly cold and foggy.

Even a strong and healthy man could hardly withstand such coldness, let alone the weak people who were already exhausted after traveling thousands of miles.

After spending a night in a small valley in Shennv Mountain, the thin clothes I was wearing were soaked by fog when I woke up in the morning, and they were so sticky to my skin that it was uncomfortable.

"Fifth brother, I'll make a good fire to warm you up. Crazy lady, come over here." The youngest person in the group tried hard to finish his words, and he sounded halting.

The silver-haired woman was lying on a pile of weeds with an outer coat on her body. She obediently moved an inch towards the fire when she was called, then closed her eyes and fell asleep again while holding a rattle.

Cao Wu endured the pain in his temples and sat up. He thought he had caught a cold. "Xiao Xiao, you and Lao Liu go collect firewood nearby and keep an eye on Auntie. I will go up the mountain with the other brothers to find something to eat and fill our stomachs first. After that, we will go over the col and head straight into the wilderness."

Bao Xiaoxiao nodded seriously, "Okay-Okay!"

It was just getting light in the sky and the roosters in the distant small village had just crowed twice.

Cao Wu endured the discomfort and called his brothers to go up the mountain. Before they took two steps, someone came towards them from the mouth of the valley.

The group's eyes immediately became sharp, but when they saw the familiar bald head among the visitors, they relaxed slightly.

"You guys were hiding here last night?" Jia Banxian was very familiar, shaking the sack in his hand, "Sit down, sit down, don't be nervous, I'm not here to arrest you, I'm just bringing you some food."

The seven men looked at each other, somewhat confused as to what the fat old Taoist's intention was.

Coming to see them so early, is it really just to give them some food?

Another question is, how did the Taoist know they were hiding here? How could he find them so accurately?

"This fat guy always likes to be mysterious when he talks. It's annoying. I don't like his way of speaking." Xu Hanzhang was more familiar. He took the sack from the bald man's hand and sat next to the fire. He opened the sack and took out the food inside one by one. "Come, eat first and talk while you eat. I heard about your story from the fat guy yesterday. You are a soldier who retired from the battlefield, killed people, and fled. After you have eaten and drunk well, follow me to the government office to surrender yourself."

The old man's words directly stirred up a hornet's nest.

The air was immediately filled with murderous intent.

Jia Banxian almost rolled his eyes to the sky. The old man disliked his roundabout way of speaking and being mysterious, and he also disliked his straightforwardness.

With this personality, he is lucky to be alive today.

"Why are you all glaring at me?" Old man Xu was braver than his life, and he glared back at them one by one with a sullen face. "Do you think what I say is not nice? Do you know that the truth hurts? Do you think I'm harming you by asking you to surrender? Come, sit down, and think carefully, is it easy to be on the run? Do you know what you are like now? You all look like dead! The oldest of you are in your thirties, and the youngest are at most twenty. You still have a long life ahead of you. Are you going to go to the wilderness behind the mountains, hide for the rest of your lives, and live the rest of your lives like sewer rats? You have been soldiers and killed enemies, and you have retired from the battlefield. I think you have some blood in your veins! Even Buddhas fight for a stick of incense!"

"What do you know? Why do you take it for granted that you are lecturing us?" The one-eyed man was full of anger, his eyes were red, and he roared angrily, "We have been soldiers! We have killed enemies! In return, we have become disabled! Who has ever cared about us? Don't use the rhetoric of a brave man shedding blood but not tears to provoke us! Men are also human beings! What has this world given us?"

He cast a vicious look at the bald Taoist priest, full of sarcasm, "I thought you were a good man, but here's your trick! You persuaded us to surrender and let us send our heads to the guillotine! You can get credit just by talking! Fifth brother, don't listen to him! In the eyes of these people, our lives are as lowly as ants! No one cares about our grievances and grievances!"

Even when he was pointed at and scolded, Old Man Xu was not annoyed at all. Instead, he smiled and said, "Go ahead and scold me. If you have any resentment in your heart, you should scold it out. You will feel relieved when you feel your heart is full of resentment."

As he said this, he looked at Cao Wu who had been silent the whole time. "I am a straightforward person. I can easily offend people with my words, but I never tell lies. If you believe me, go to the government office and turn yourself in. I promise that I will give you a fair judgment. Are you willing to listen to what I have to say in detail?"

Cao Wu pursed his lips, flared his nostrils, and stared at the old man.

The other party did not dodge or evade, but looked at him calmly.

The old man was thin and small, with ordinary unremarkable facial features, but his eyes were clear and upright, and his eyebrows were filled with the righteousness accumulated over the years.

"Okay, as long as you can convince me, I will go to the government office and turn myself in!"

"Five brothers!"

Cao Wu took the pancake from the old man and distributed it to his brothers one by one, leaving two for the sleepy old woman.

"eat!"

……

The bright morning sun jumped out from the horizon and rose, and the warm golden light spread all over the earth in an instant.

All kinds of movements came together in the small village, and it gradually became lively.

The smell of fireworks in the farmyard spread over the wall, dissipated silently in the air, and blended into the morning with a hint of warmth.

After breakfast, Baixiang put on his schoolbag and followed his brothers to school.

As soon as the kid left, Jia Banxian and Old Man Xu came back with a group of people.

The Lin family lived at the end of the village. When they heard the noise, they could stick their heads out and see what was happening over at the Yan family from their own yard.

Mrs. Lin was startled by the scene over there. "Hey, what happened? Why did Elder Xu and Taoist Jia bring a group of people back?"

"I saw them coming back from the foot of the Goddess Mountain? His aunt, you are more familiar with the Yan family, go and find out what happened? Those people were wearing dirty and ragged clothes, their hair was disheveled and you couldn't even see their faces. Why do they look like beggars?"

Mrs. Li popped her head out from under the fence. No one knew when she had come over. Mrs. Lin was so angry that she laughed, "Why are you everywhere?"

"What are you saying? Who in the village doesn't know that I'm a gossiper? How can I be absent from such a big event? Are you going or not? If not, I will go!"

"...Do I still need to show up when you're here? I'll wait at home!"

"Okay, I'll tell you when I find out!"

Ever since Yuxi Village started planting the herb, few people have been able to enter the village.

Although the villagers didn't say anything, they all noticed this subtle change.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the old Zhang family in Shangdong Village. After Zhang Shiming was thrown into the yamen prison, someone from the Zhang family came twice to plead for mercy, but they couldn’t even get close to the village entrance.

It was not until someone in the village accidentally came across the scene that they realized that their small village was guarded outside.

Now that the Yan family has brought several eye-catching outsiders at once, how can people not be curious?

Mrs. Li was capable and was particularly good at finding out gossip, and she did not disappoint Mrs. Lin at all.

She directly dragged Nanny Du over from the Yan family.

When meeting Madam Du's eyes in her own courtyard, Mrs. Lin said, "..."

Li Xiaoping, this hammer!