Lan Ke Qi Yuan Chapter 286: Desolate Village

Ji Yuan didn’t specifically want to know anyone’s intention. Firstly, when chatting with Wei Wuwei and others, he had already revealed that Dazhen might be interested, but the time was not determined; secondly, his whereabouts were uncertain. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Besides, it seems quite pretentious to go to a few places and tell people that I plan to go on a long trip.

But a trip home is also necessary.

On the afternoon of the second day of the first lunar month, Ji Yuan had already arrived at home and was writing on the desk in his room.

Although I didn’t mean to know anyone, I still left a message in Ju’an Pavilion.

After finishing writing, Ji Yuan lowered his pen, picked up the paper and shook it. The ink dried at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Yes, that's good!"

What is left in this book is a decree, with dozens of words in it. If a relevant person really comes to find him, the decree will be activated. It is estimated that it will not be easy to find the person after seeing the letter, but generally speaking It's heading north, so I might as well have an idea in mind.

After Ji Yuan looked at it, he didn’t leave any expressive meaning. He just put the decree on the table and suppressed it with a paperweight.

After doing this, Ji Yuan took a few old copper locks in the house, walked out of the door, and then locked the main house with a "click".

"Swish, swish... swish, swish..."

The leaves of the jujube branches in the courtyard moved automatically in the absence of wind. Ji Yuan looked at the state of the jujube tree and smiled.

"You can't move. It's very difficult for the plant and tree spirits to escape from their true form. I'd like to ask you to look after your house."

After saying this, Ji Yuan walked outside the courtyard again and locked the door. Then he deliberately took his umbrella and bag and walked out along the alley of Tianniufang.

Although Ji Yuan's presence in Ning'an County has not been high in recent years, Mr. Ji Da's status is still high in the hearts of many people who know him. Therefore, if it is not too urgent, Ji Yuan will basically visit him every time he travels. Such a trip would let the villagers who met him along the way know that Mr. Ji was traveling far away.

Some neighbors in Tianniufang will say hello to Ji Yuan when they meet him. When they see Ji Yuan carrying an umbrella and baggage, they will ask more questions, and will naturally get a reply that he will travel far away again.

After leaving Tianniufang, Sun Ji’s noodle stall on the opposite street is still open. The Sun family are all hard-working and they don’t really have a full day off even on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

However, when Ji Yuan passed by, Sun Shusheng was packing up the things in the stall, arranging the tables and chairs and hanging them in front of the cart. It seemed that he was about to close the stall.

Sun Shusheng is the youngest son of Old Man Sun. Old Man Sun handed the noodle stall to him when he couldn’t do it anymore. Although he was not as familiar with Ji Yuan as his father, he still knew him at least, and when he caught a glimpse of Ji Yuan Come over and say hello warmly.

"Mr. Ji, happy Chinese New Year, are you here to eat noodles?"

Everyone in the Sun family knows that Mr. Ji lives alone and often doesn't have a fire at home, so he chooses to eat noodles at a noodle stall.

Although the number has decreased a lot in recent years, what Mr. Sun left behind is that if Mr. Ji had never been here, Sun Ji Noodle Stall would always leave a portion of offal and braised noodles.

"Happy New Year. Happy New Year. You have to close your stall early. Do you still have some noodles?"

After Ji Yuan handed over the gifts, he asked casually.

Sun Shusheng put down the small table he was preparing to move, wiped his hands with a cloth on his shoulder, and said with a naive smile.

"Yes! There is still a portion of haggis and noodles, and the charcoal stove has not been turned off. If Mr. Ji wants to eat, I will cook it for you now!"

Sun Shusheng seemed to have just seen the umbrella Ji Yuan was holding and the baggage behind his back, so he asked.

"Sir, are you going on a long trip again?"

"Yes, we may go further this time. I won't eat any noodles. Say hello to Lao Suntou for me."

"Okay, I'll definitely bring it to you, then walk slowly."

"Yeah."

After Ji Yuan responded, he walked towards the city gate. This time he did not use the flying technique, but walked all the way to the outside of the city. His steps were as fast as the ground. Although he was faster, he did not soar like clouds and fog. We plan to go straight north along the ground, pass through Qizhou on top of Jizhou, and then exit the Dazhen Kingdom.

It took me a long time to leave.

About three months later, Ji Yuan, wearing a gray shirt, was walking alone in the wilderness of a forest road.

Since leaving the Dazhen border from Qizhou more than a month ago, the speed of calculating fate has been relatively slow.

Dazhen is mainly bordered by two countries to the north. One is Tingliang Kingdom, which occupies half of Tingqiu Mountain. The country it is in now should be called Zuyue Kingdom. Many places directly border Dazhen. There is also occasional friction.

But Ji Yuan discovered that after passing some important towns at the border, a long section behind the Zuyue Kingdom looked very deserted. After leaving the previous town, it had been a long time since he saw any human habitation.

Ji Yuan kept walking along the wilderness forest road. Although this road was almost covered with weeds in many places, it could be seen from the width that it should be regarded as a main road, but there were too few people walking on it.

When he reached a certain place, Ji Yuan suddenly stopped and turned to look at a place with particularly lush weeds on the side of the road. He thought for a moment and took two steps closer.

Ji Yuan reached out and swept away the grass, revealing two white bones with some pieces of cloth stuck to them behind.

"Fortunately, I don't need too much food and water. Otherwise, if ordinary people take this road without bringing enough supplies, it will be difficult to pass."

Whether it was the Yins who took away the ghosts, or they became lonely ghosts, in short, there was no soul left on these two bones, and it was unclear how they passed away. Ji Yuan could only sigh and left.

Another half day passed, and something that might be a building complex finally appeared in Ji Yuan's blurred vision, and he couldn't help but speed up his steps. However, as he got closer, Ji Yuan's brows gradually wrinkled.

In front of you is a fairly small village, but you can't see much anger among the people. I thought it was because of the distance, but when you get closer, you can't smell much popularity even if you smell it with your nose.

‘It seems to be abandoned. ’

Ji Yuan entered the village and looked around. Many of the houses looked dilapidated. There were weeds in front of and behind the village. There were no chickens or dogs in the streets and streets, let alone people.

I walked into the village for a while but saw no one, so I stopped going deeper and turned back to a large house with no yard at the head of the village.

There is a well in front of the house. Ji Yuan has seen it and there is well water in it. The well rope and wooden barrel are also there. The house is also complete and can be protected from wind and rain.

"Guchi...Guchi...Guchi..."

As the rocking handle was turned, Ji Yuan picked up a bucket of well water. He took it out to take a look and smell it. The well water was very clear and did not have any unclean smell.

Ji Yuan reached out and picked up some well water and drank it, feeling that it was refreshing and quenched his thirst.

"Huh...this place..."

Exhaling a breath, Ji Yuan looked at a low, dilapidated temple about a few dozen meters away from the beginning of the village. It was the earth temple in the village. There was no divine light left, and he did not try to restrain the gods. The meaning of coming to land.

In a desolate place, it seemed that the sky was getting dark very quickly. Ji Yuan just rested for a while, and the surroundings had already become gray.

After getting some firewood from a dilapidated house nearby, Ji Yuan planned to rest here tonight. At least there was a roof. Tomorrow would be the awakening of insects. Judging from the weather, it was likely to rain at night.

Many easily taken away furniture in the front and back of this large house are gone. Even the pots on the kitchen stove are not left behind. There are traces of burning fires in the living room, presumably left by other passers-by.

There was a big hole in the roof over the kitchen, so Ji Yuan simply went to the hall of the house to pile up firewood and light it. The door here was able to be closed even though the window paper was through.

Ji Yuan found another remaining stool and sat down by the fire. He stuck a piece of dry biscuit with a firewood branch, stuck one end in the hole of the stool leg, and put the other end next to the fire to bake.

While waiting for the pancakes to be heated and soft, Ji Yuanze took out a book to relieve his boredom. It was the "Heidi Zhuan" that he had not read for a long time, although he had already read every article in it. , but I have been practicing during this period of rest. When I read this book today, I just want to relax.

"Rumble..."

The spring thunder sounded. Ji Yuan held the book and looked up outside the door, looking for the book garden www.zhaoshuyuan.com. Lightning twisted and cut through the night sky.

"Is this the first thunder of the year?"

"Rumble..."

The thunder outside seemed to echo Ji Yuan's own words.

However, Ji Yuan was immediately attracted by other things. In addition to the sound of thunder and wind, he could vaguely hear the sound of footsteps and horse hooves, accompanied by some approaching conversations in Chinese.

Ji Yuan suddenly felt a little funny. It seemed that he had stayed in a desolate place several times, and it was a rainy night. He always met some people, but it was not bad, and there were finally people. no.

"Huh?"

Just as he was thinking this, Ji Yuan suddenly smelled something strange and looked at the pancake in front of the fire. It was indeed not burnt.

Outside the abandoned village, seven or eight people leading two horses were slowly approaching. Everyone's faces were full of exhaustion.

One of the two horses was carrying a person and the other had a back full of things. On the horse in front was a little girl of eight or nine years old. Before they reached the intersection in front of the village, the little girl screamed.

"Second Master, Second Master, there is someone in the village, there is someone in the village, I saw the fire, there is someone in this village!"

The others perked up after hearing the words. They looked around and could indeed vaguely see the light of the fire. It was not completely dark now, and there were some broken houses in front of them. They didn't see much just now, but now they saw the light under their feet. I couldn't help but move a little faster.

"Finally it's not a deserted village anymore!" "It would be nice if there were people, let's eat something thin instead."

"It's better to have wine!" "Hey hey hey..."

"Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly."

However, when everyone entered the village and saw many dilapidated houses, their expectations gradually decreased, but they still moved forward in the direction of the fire.

When I walked outside a relatively complete large house, I saw a fire in the hall over there, and a man sitting on a stool, looking outside.