The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

"Look at what my cousin said. My husband listens to me and my children are filial. Why do I need my parents' support?

As for you, cousin, no matter how many relatives you have, they are not your real relatives. No matter how powerful you are, you are not qualified to argue with your uncle Li.

Oh, look at me, I have no control over my mouth. How could I just say it directly? I just say what I mean. Cousin, you won't hold it against me, right?"

Xiao Yun looked at Xiao Yulian with a "sincere" expression.

"You... really took my kindness for granted. You will regret it later!"

Xiao Yulian's face turned pale after hearing what she said. She held it in for a while before she uttered something. After that, she glared at her fiercely and turned away.

She didn't expect Xiao Yun to have no regard for family affection. Even if she was gloating in her heart, there was nothing wrong with what she said just now. It would be fine if the other party didn't appreciate it, but he actually used her status as a concubine to humiliate her. She remembered this humiliation and would wait for a chance in the future...

After Xiao Yun finished scolding his cheap cousin, he turned around and found Gu Huaili, grabbed his ears and dragged him in front of his father.

"Oh my, my lady, please be gentle, my ears are going to fall off..."

Gu Lanzhang looked at his angry wife, then at his third son who was grinning and screaming, "What did you do to make your mother angry again?"

Gu Huaili rubbed his feverish ears with his hands, looking innocent, "I didn't do anything. I was just roasting meat jerky when my mother suddenly pulled me over."

Xiao Yun snorted coldly and said, "Humph, you didn't do anything? You didn't tell me why we went on the road alone?"

Gu Huaili blinked blankly and said uncertainly: "Uh... I... I don't know why I can't tell you this. My cousin asked me, and I thought it wasn't a secret... I just... I told you."

Gu Lanzhang looked at his third son with an expression that said he was an incorrigible child. He had taught this son a lot to be careful with his words and actions. If he really didn't know what to say or what not to say, then he could just pretend to be dumb and not say anything.

But this son just can't be taught. Although these are indeed not secrets, it is not a good thing. Spreading them out will only make people think that they are narrow-minded, and those with bad intentions will attack them after knowing that they are isolated and helpless.

"Don't be angry, my lady. I will teach him a lesson right now and I guarantee he won't dare to do it again next time."

After saying that, he pulled his son away and scolded him. Gu Huaili could only lower his head and accept the scolding. It took him a full quarter of an hour to come back with a pair of mosquito-repellent eyes.

I promised my mother that I would never tell anyone about my family situation again, and I would pretend to be dumb in front of outsiders and only listen but not speak...

He looked at Xiao Yun with a serious face, almost swearing.

This matter is actually not that serious. It's mainly because Xiao Yun was unhappy with being scolded by his cheap cousin, so he took the opportunity to educate the child, otherwise he will suffer in the future.

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They set out again on the third day. They had processed all the meat and filled all the water containers, which had been cooked and cooled.

Because of the ox carts, we had to be more selective about the road and try to make it as wide and flat as possible, so our speed slowed down.

Fortunately, we had a few hundred kilograms of pork as a base, and we also found a water source later, so it didn't matter if we went slowly.

After walking for another three days, they finally came to a road that led down the mountain. They finally crossed the Yazui Mountain and reached the other side of the mountain.

There is actually not much water source on this side, and the drought has affected a wide area. In fact, the entire Yuzhou has been affected to varying degrees, but the worst hit area is Yanshui County, which has also suffered from a locust plague.

Having a road means they are out of the mountains and much safer, but they may find less food, so they simply don't rest on the mountain anymore and prepare to rush down the mountain overnight to see if they can get supplies in the village at the foot of the mountain.

They walked until dawn, enduring fatigue and walking with heavy steps. Now they could vaguely see the village at the foot of the mountain.

Similarly, when looking down from the mountain, it seems that the village below is not far away, but in fact it is quite a distance away.

They walked for another two hours before finally getting down the mountain. Xiao Yun and his friends, who drank some water from the body-building pills from time to time, were exhausted, not to mention the Li family. Even though they did not live a life of luxury, they had never traveled so fast and had to walk on mountain roads.

As the saying goes, it is easier to go up the mountain than to go down. They have to control the speed of the ox cart and the cart, and also pay attention to their feet. Now they feel that their arms and legs are not their own.

Just as they walked into the nearest village at the foot of the mountain with great anticipation, they found the village unusually quiet. At this time, the farmers should have returned from working in the fields, so it was impossible that there was no one there.

Are they also fleeing from famine?

That shouldn't be the case. The millet outside the village is growing well. Even if it's not a bumper harvest, there is still a harvest. At least we can survive until next spring.

They looked at the open wooden door of the first house. Li's servant went forward and called out twice, but there was no response from inside, so the servant went in.

"Master! There are dead people inside!"

The servant ran out in a panic, shouting as he ran.

"what!"

"what!"

"Dead people? Did bandits massacre the whole village?"

"Husband, let's run quickly. What if the bandits come back before they get far away..."

The Li family was in chaos in an instant. They didn't expect that in this seemingly peaceful little village, everyone was dead.

Yes, they thought that all the villagers should be dead, otherwise why did no one come out to check for such a long time after such a big commotion.

As soon as Xiao Yun saw the village on the mountain, she asked Xiao Lin to investigate. From a distance, she felt that something was wrong with the village. She could faintly see a sense of death floating above the village.

Although she did not see the conditions of the dead inside, according to Xiao Lin's retelling, these people obviously did not die in the robbery and killing of bandits. Not only was their property not looted, but the wounds on their bodies did not look like they were caused by swords, spears, or halberds. Instead, they looked like they were torn by wild beasts, and their necks were all bitten off!

This is a small village with only a dozen households, but there are dozens of people, men, women, old and young, all killed by beasts. Why did this beast, or this group of beasts, do this?

Normally wild animals would not hate humans so much unless humans did something to them, such as... touching their cubs...

Xiao Yun walked along the messy plum-shaped footprints on the ground to the door of the third house. He looked at the four small pieces of light gray fur on the clothesline in the yard and sighed.

You will suffer the consequences if you do evil...

You ate someone's child and hung the skin in the yard. Are you worried that they won't be able to find you and take revenge on you?

Wolves are the most vindictive and united. They can track you for thousands of miles even if you run away, let alone if you are right in the village.

Those people must have eaten the flesh of other people's cubs, otherwise the wolves would not have sneaked into their houses and bit them to death.

They didn't encounter any wolves in the mountains, and didn't even hear any wolf howling, so those wolves probably didn't come down from the mountains.