Chu Huan and his party left Huzhou and entered Taiyuan. If Huzhou is mountains, then Taiyuan will be full of water. Taiyuan lakes are crisscrossing, fertile fields are hundreds of miles, and the fields are intertwined. Compared with the roads in Huzhou, the roads in Taiyuan are much smoother.

Taiyuan has always been the Chongfu in the northern part of the empire. Chen Yangcang, one of the four major granaries of the empire, is located in the territory of Anyi Road. As the capital of Anyi Road, the grain storage in Taiyuan City has been at the forefront of the northern part of the empire since its establishment. It has good weather and weather. In theory, the people here should have lived a good life, but in fact, the finances of Anyi Road have always been very difficult. It is precisely because the court knew that there was a famine in Anyi and the harvest was very good, so once the court wanted to collect grain and grass, the first thing that came to mind in the northern part was Taiyuan Prefecture.

Taiyuan Prefecture collected a lot of food and grass, but as the honorary family of the empire, the Huang clan of Duke Anguo has always enjoyed the treatment of exemption from taxes. However, at least one-third of the wealth of Anyi belongs to the Huang clan. In this way, the tax and food and grass collected can only be distributed to other places. Anyi looks good, but the taxes paid by the people are often much higher than those of other places.

However, one thing is undeniable that Taiyuan City is definitely one of the most prosperous cities in the north of the empire. Although it is adjacent to Xishan Road, Yunshan Prefecture, the capital of Xishan Road, is definitely not as prosperous as Taiyuan Prefecture.

Chu Huan had not yet appreciated the prosperity of Taiyuan Prefecture. He was less than two days away from Taiyuan City.

The prosperity of Taiyuan City does not mean that all the places in Taiyuan are bustling and prosperous. At least the road Chu Huan is walking now seems very secluded and depressed.

After parting with Yun Dali, Chu Huan found a place to live before dark as much as possible. It would be better if he passed by the town, otherwise he would also find a village to settle down.

He was not worried about what the black shop in the wilderness could do to him, he just didn't want to cause more trouble before arriving in Taiyuan Prefecture.

The road does not look deserted, but it is not crowded. It is getting dark, but there is no sign of a town. Chu Huan thought in her heart that she could only find a village to settle down.

A gust of wind passed, and Sun Zikong couldn't help but cover his nose and said, "Master, have you smelled it?"

Chu Huan nodded. When the gust of wind blew, a rotten smell immediately penetrated into his nostrils. Chu Huan looked in the direction of the wind. There seemed to be a forest in the distance. Chu Huan held the horse, and the front straight behind him was understanding, urging the horse forward and said, "Sir, I'll go over and see what's going on."

Chu Huan thought for a moment and nodded. The forest was not far away, but the sun set and the sky and the earth were dark, so it seemed a little blurry. Chu Huan could clearly see Ma Zheng's shadow. When Ma Zheng arrived at the edge of the woods, he soon returned and showed a little excited. "Sir, it seems that there is someone in the woods, so we can stay there."

"Oh?" Chu Huan's eyebrows spread, "How many families are there?"

"There are about twenty families." Ma Zheng reported: "But no one was seen."

Chu Huan whispered: "Let's go and take a look. If it's convenient, we will stay here for one night. There may be only this village nearby. If we don't accept it here, we can only spend one night in the wild."

If it were the normal season, Chu Huan didn't care about sleeping in the wild, but now it was winter and it was already very cold at night. It was a long journey. If you keep your body cold at night, it would take a lot of energy to consume, so you can find a place to drink a cup of hot water and rest, which will be of great help to recover your physical strength and energy.

When approaching the forest, Chu Huan felt that the smell of rottenness became more and more disgusting, and she felt a little strange. Sun Zikong had already pulled a cloth towel to cover his nose, and seemed to be unable to stop the smell. He even covered it with his hands. When he arrived at the edge of the forest, he saw a village next to the woods, with more than twenty rooms sparsely made of rammed earth. This is the most common common village.

The lives of ordinary people are all made from sunrise and resting at sunset, but it has already sunset at this time, but this village is extremely secluded and silent like death.

"It seems that no one is there." Ma Zheng said: "I didn't see anyone in the village. At this time, it's time to light the lights."

Chu Huan nodded slightly. In fact, he had already seen the weirdness here. There were more than 20 rooms, and there was no light in one of them. In theory, more than 20 families, this village is not small, and there is no such truth of being dead.

"Is it an abandoned village?" Sun Zi Kongqi said.

Ma Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't look like it. Look at the fence over there, it's just recently built. Look, this fence has been built, and it has not been completed yet..." Before he finished speaking, he heard Sun Zikong say in a lost voice: "My God..." The voice was a little scared. Chu Huan was looking at the village. He heard Sun Zikong's voice. He hurriedly turned to look, but saw Sun Zikong's expression was frightened, as if he had seen a ghost, and frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"Master, you... look over there..." Sun Zikong's eyes were full of horror. He raised his hand and pointed in the air. Everyone followed his hand and looked over. Soon, everyone showed surprise.

It is early winter now, and there are no leaves on the trees, and they are all bare branches. Chu Huan and the other two discovered that there was a tall tree in front of them, with many big branches. One of the branches that were poked out was actually a fur-like corpse hanging.

The trunk pierced through the corpse like a spear. The corpse was not a human body, it was furry all over and was in a very high position. If it weren't for Sun Zikong's reminder, if he didn't look closely, he might not have discovered it.

"It seems...it seems like a dog!" Ma Zheng said.

Chu Huan looked at it intently and nodded slightly, "It's a dog." He felt very puzzled. Who was the one who let the corpse of a dog penetrate the branch? Should the dog be hung up after death, or was it penetrated through the branch and died? It is not something that ordinary people can do to be able to climb such a tall tree and hang the dog on the branch.

"Be careful, it's strange here." Chu Huan said in a deep voice. He knew that ordinary villagers could not have the ability to hang dog corpses on the trunk. Although the trunk was not thin, it was not extremely thick. It stretched out from the trunk. If ordinary people wanted to hang dog corpses on it, they could only climb up the trunk and carry the corpse over. The trunk was not very strong. Chu Huan guessed that he could bear fifty or sixty kilograms of things. The weight of adults was far more than this weight. If they were not careful, the trunk would break. If they fell down from such a high place, they would be seriously injured. Ordinary villagers would never take such a risk.

"Sir, look at there, there is another one over there!" Liu Suifeng said suddenly: "That seems to be a dog too..."

Chu Huan looked over and saw that there was a dog corpse hanging on the branch of another big tree.

Chu Huan was surprised. He didn't say much, turned his horse's head and sped for a distance. Seeing this, Sun Zikong and others didn't understand, so they saw Chu Huan's speeding for more than 200 meters, and then grabbed the horse, turned his head, and looked into the woods from a distance. At this time, they could see clearly that there were far more than two dog corpses hanging on the treetops, and there were as many as six or seven, all hanging high on the branches of the big tree.

Chu Huan looked carefully and breathed a sigh of relief. Although the scene was very strange, no one was involved in it. What he feared most was that there were corpses of people hanging on it on the treetops.

He rode his horse to the other side of the village. Sun Zikong and his men knew that things were strange. They all rode behind Chu Huan. The group of four rode to the village. It was silent all over. Chu Huan held the horse, swept it, then approached a house, passed by the door, looked inside through the window, and saw that the house was empty, leaving a few old and dilapidated furniture piled in the corner, and the house was uninhabited.

The other people also scattered at this time, checked in the village, and then gathered around Chu Huan, all shaking their heads. Chu Huan understood the meaning, obviously no one lived in this village.

There was no one in the village, and the surrounding deserted environment made the atmosphere look extremely strange.

"Everyone dismounts, let's live here." Chu Huan turned over and got off the horse and led his horse to a house. Sun Zikong was surprised and said, "Master, can you live here?"

"Why can't you live?" Chu Huan smiled faintly: "These houses are empty, and it's very warm to create a fire inside. Are you still willing to be frozen outside?"

He handed the reins of the horse to Sun Zikong and asked Sun Zikong to tie it outside the door. Although Ma Zheng and Liu Suifeng were a little nervous, since Chu Huan made such a decision, he would naturally not violate it.

When a fire broke out in the house, there was no shortage of wood. There were wood for heating everywhere in the village. Several people sat down around the fire and married dry food. Sun Zikong finally couldn't help asking, "Master, what's going on here?" He couldn't help but look out through the window. It was dark outside. Sun Zikong always felt that there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at him in the darkness. Although Chu Huan and others were beside him, he still felt a little furry and whispered: "How did those dogs get hung on the treetops? Why is there no one in this village?"

Chu Huan said: "There were naturally people in the village before, but it just left not long ago."

Sun Zikong was stunned and said strangely: "How did the master know that they were leaving soon?"

"Didn't you go to the kitchen just now?" Chu Huan touched his chin and said, "You can still see the dust in the stove. They will only be away for about ten days at most."

"That means they left five or six days ago." Sun Tzu Kongqi said: "Why do they leave this good village?"

Chu Huan leaned against the wall, took off the water bag around her waist, and then said, "That's probably related to the dead dogs hanging on the treetops in the forest outside the village."
Chapter completed!