It takes half a month to walk from Yangping Town to Zhijin Mountain.

Since half a month,

The Yinximai Zao team stopped several times on the way to imprison Li Gui there, and accumulated more and more soul harvesting rice.

But even so,

Their trip was not delayed much.

Because horses and mules are increasingly able to share the weight of the kitchen team,

The traveling speed of the entire team will naturally increase,

and,

The Zao Banzi once imprisoned a Sneaky in the mansion of a wealthy family. The rich man was also very generous and gave the Stove Banner a donkey and mule. The Zao Banzi, who had four animals, kept walking like this. More than ten days,

There was no delay at all,

It’s almost half a month,

The master's face became serious. He looked at the scene outside the carriage and reminded the Zao Class disciples: "The border of Brocade Mountain is coming soon."

On this day,

When the convoy reached dusk,

Went into a village.

On the stone archway in front of the village, a plaque with the name "Xiushuihe Village" hangs, and bright red silk is hung on it.

However, the pillars of the archway have been blackened by wildfire.

In Xiushuihe Village,

Wildfires rage,

Occasionally you can even see burnt corpses on the road.

Many houses were burned down,

In front of some relatively intact shabby houses, an elderly man was sitting at the door with a cane, looking lifelessly at the motorcade entering the village.

The Zao team's motorcade stopped in front of an old man who looked a little 'younger'.

Su Wu, who was driving the carriage, helped Li Yueshan out of the carriage.

"Uncle,

I'm from the Yinxi Maizao team. What happened to our Xiushui River?

Why did it become like this?" Li Yueshan bowed to the old man with cloudy eyes and asked.

The old man looked at Li Yueshan blankly,

Put your palms behind your ears: "What did you say?"

——He is older,

I couldn't quite hear what Li Yueshan said across the street.

"I said - I am a disciple of the Yinximai Zao team. Do you have any impression of this Zao team?" Li Yueshan raised his voice,

The old man finally heard what Li Yueshan said clearly.

He stood up tremblingly and took Li Yueshan's hand: "You, why did you come back?

The temple collapsed,

People must die,

Run, run,

We are the only ones left who can’t run away..."

When the old man heard about Li Yueshan's identity, he immediately expressed his utmost trust in Li Yueshan.

Li Yueshan held his hand,

The depression that had been pent up in my heart for a long time suddenly felt much better.

As long as the local people don't think that the Yinximai Zao team is an improper stove team, then the things they have done in the past will finally be worth it.

"Uncle,

I went out to save money and food,

I want to set up a kitchen village when I come back.

It was also on the way that I heard that something happened in Zhijin Mountain - were those temples destroyed by a group of rebels?" Li Yueshan asked again.

The old man nodded repeatedly: "After more than a thousand rebel soldiers poured in,

A lot of food was stolen,

The eldest girls in the village were ruined a lot by them.

my granddaughter,

Ah, my granddaughter..."

As the old man spoke, he suddenly burst into tears.

He sat back on the stone pillar in front of the door again, feeling unbearably sad.

behind him,

In the dark hallway of the gatehouse,

A shriveled female corpse was hanging on a rope from the crossbar in the aisle, dangling slightly.

Waves of corpse odor wafted from the corpse.

The weather is still cold at this time,

The body was already putrid,

This female corpse must have been hanging in the corridor for at least half a month!

Everyone in the Zao team was silent for a while when they saw the corpse.

They helped the old man put the body down,

A grave pit was dug behind the dilapidated house, the body was wrapped in a straw mat, buried in it, and a tombstone was erected.

In the current village,

Young people are dying and running,

There are only a few frail old people left,

The abandonment of the village is a foregone conclusion.

In this way, there is no difference between the city and the countryside.

Buried behind the old man's house, he can still have something to think about and can visit his beloved granddaughter from time to time.

After doing these things,

The old man's mood has calmed down a lot.

Welcoming everyone into the house,

The rice supply in his family has run out, so he eats some leaves every day to satisfy his hunger. The only thing he can feed everyone in the kitchen team is a bowl of cold water.

Seeing this, Li Yueshan greeted Su Wu: "Ah Wu, you and Gou Sheng go and invite all the old people in the village to come over and gather them here.

I saw there was a big pot in the stove room,

Qingmiao,Xiuxiu,

You two go and cook some porridge and rice.

Pearl, go to the yard and light the life-saving fire,

Hang the life-protecting lanterns at the four corners of the courtyard."

The disciples took the order and went,

The old man held Li Yueshan's hand and babbled: "That group of rebel soldiers collapsed the temple and released Li Gui. They also died in the mountain. Don't go inside either.

That Li Jui is so fierce,

More than a thousand rebel soldiers died on the spot.

There are seven or eight villages around,

It was gone on the spot,

Everyone turned into corpses...

The two cooking teams who came here before were all trapped inside. I don’t want anything to happen to you Yinximai. You should leave as soon as possible tomorrow - that Li Que will be here in a few days.

We are old and have had enough,
To be continued...