Chapter 61

Three-way intersection.

Xiaodie, in a green dress, stood anxiously under a big tree, looking forward to the foot of the mountain.

After a while.

Her eyes lit up, and a happy smile finally appeared on her face.

"Sir..."

She ran up with tears in her eyes.

Luo Qingzhou gently hugged her still trembling body and comforted her softly: "It's okay, don't be afraid."

The little girl saw that bloody scene for the first time, and it was the first time she saw him kill someone, so she was naturally afraid.

Xiaodie cried and said: "Sir, you have a lot of blood on your body, let's go home quickly..."

Luo Qingzhou held her little hand and looked at the road they came from.

After a pause, he bent down and whispered into the little girl's ear: "Xiaodie, we won't go home today. The young master will take you to a fun place."

"Ah?"

The little girl was stunned when she heard it: "Where...where?"

Luo Qingzhou looked at another path with a complicated look: "Where I was born."

Xiaodie opened her eyes wide.

"Let's go."

Luo Qingzhou didn't dare to stay here for too long. He pulled her and walked to another unfamiliar path covered by weeds.

It's not possible to go home directly now.

If there is an ambush on the road, he and the little girl are probably in danger in his current state.

We can only stay in that small mountain village for one night.

Wait until tomorrow morning, and then take a carriage back to the city unexpectedly.

"Oh."

Xiaodie didn't say anything more. She was led by him obediently and walked to another path, her eyes full of dependence.

No matter where the young master goes, she will follow.

Even if the young master sold her, she would be willing.

If the young master really sold her, at most she would sneak out and find him again after he got the money and left.

Anyway, she would belong to the young master forever in this life and the next life.

Never separate from the young master!

The master and servant walked on the deserted path without speaking.

Luo Qingzhou pricked up his ears and remained alert, looking back from time to time to confirm whether anyone was following.

The small mountain village in his memory was only four or five kilometers away from here.

However, this path had been unattended for many years, and it was overgrown with weeds, and the road could no longer be seen in many places.

At noon.

The two finally saw the small mountain village in front of them.

The small mountain village today is desolate and dilapidated.

After several attacks by monsters, most of the young people in the village died. Except for some lonely old people who lost their relatives and stubbornly stayed there, there were no young people in the village, and there were no children.

The bustle of the village seemed like yesterday.

But even if it was in the past, what remained in Luo Qingzhou's memory was almost all shadows.

His mother got pregnant before marriage, and after giving birth to him, she didn't even know who his father was. The villagers talked about it and nailed them to the pillar of shame.

Almost every day, there were sarcastic and abusive words.

Even the children didn't play with him.

In order to raise him and let him study, his mother suffered all kinds of contempt and humiliation in the village, but she still persisted.

After his grandparents died and his uncles left the village and never returned, his mother was alone and helpless without protection. She was afraid that he would be hurt and wanted him to live a better life, so she shamelessly took him into the city and into Chengguo Mansion.

Since then, the mother and son have never returned to this sad village.

Luo Qingzhou thought about these things in his heart, took Xiaodie to the river in front of the village to wash a simple wash, and then entered the village.

The village, which was once full of children playing, dogs barking, and adults scolding, has now become silent.

Wild grass grew all over the front and back of the house.

The iron lock on the gate was rusty, and the walls of some houses had collapsed.

Luo Qingzhou took Xiaodie and walked along the way, looking all the way. Through the gate, he only saw two old people sitting alone in the small yard, closing their eyes, basking in the sun, as if waiting for that day to come.

Luo Qingzhou did not stop and came to the small yard where he used to live with his mother.

The gate had decayed and fallen, and half of the wall had collapsed. I don’t know if it was caused by wind and rain over a long time, or it was pushed down by the villagers after they left.

The small yard was full of lush wild grass, broken bricks, and some tattered cloth buried in the soil.

There was nothing in the house.

Even the table, stool, and bed were moved away.

Fortunately, the four walls and the roof are still there, and they can still shelter from the wind and rain.

"Sir, is this where you and your wife used to live?"

Xiaodie looked at the scene here with a sad expression on her face.

"Clean up the room, we'll stay here tonight."

Luo Qingzhou didn't say much, walked out of the house and said, "I'll go see if there's anything to eat. You must be hungry, right? Don't run around, just stay in the house."

"Oh oh."

Xiaodie agreed and went to find a broom.

There was a broom in the yard, but it was rotten.

But it doesn't matter, you can wrap it with a clean cloth and continue to use it to sweep the floor.

There should still be water in the well.

Luo Qingzhou left the yard and walked to the end of the village, looking at each house.

When he was almost at the end of the village, he saw an old woman.

The old woman wearing a shabby cotton-padded jacket sat on a chair in front of the door, looking at the mountains in the distance with muddy and confused eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.

The old woman has white hair, her face is wrinkled and weathered, her back is bent and she is in her twilight years.

But Luo Qingzhou recognized her the first time he saw her.

The person in front of him was the most vicious and evil person in this village back then.

He still clearly remembered that one summer, his mother picked up a wild watermelon from the mountains.

When the mother and son were about to share happily, the person his mother called Aunt Nine suddenly broke into the house with someone, falsely accused his mother of stealing her watermelon, and then yelled all kinds of vicious and dirty words in her mouth. He even grabbed his mother's hair with his hands and scratched his mother's face with his nails...

Finally, the watermelon was taken away.

His mother hugged him and cried silently in the corner.

At that time, he secretly swore that when he grew up and became capable, he would make this vicious woman suffer.

But at this moment, looking at the old man in front of him, looking at her white hair, wrinkled face, and quiet aging appearance, he could no longer hate her.

"You...are you Qingzhou? The Qingzhou of Yu'er's family?"

The old man looked at him with a surprised expression on his face.

Luo Qingzhou came back to his senses and walked forward with a smile on his face: "Grandma Jiu, it's me, Qingzhou."

The old man opened his eyes wide, stood up, and looked him up and down. Seeing that the robe he was wearing was in tatters, he couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you go to the city with your mother? Why are you back? Are you like this?" ...Kicked out?"

Luo Qingzhou did not explain, but nodded: "Well, he was kicked out."

He was used as a tool by the Chengguo government to regret his marriage, so he was kicked out.

The old man sighed and said, "It's pitiful. Your mother is also pitiful. She didn't enjoy a few days of happiness after entering the city. She died so young. I heard them say she was buried on the Zixia Mountain in front of our village. Right? Hey..."

Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment and said, "Grandma Jiu, the people in your family..."

The old man was already calm: "They are all dead, except for me, an old woman, there is no one left."

Luo Qingzhou didn't dare to ask any more questions. He glanced at her yard, hesitated, and asked, "Grandma Jiu, do you have anything to eat at home?"

The old man glanced at him, turned around and staggered into the house, sighing: "There are two more pancakes. They are too hard. I can't chew them. If you are hungry, just take them and eat them."

"Hey, you're so pitiful. Look at you. Your mother is dead and you can't even eat a meal now. I told you earlier, what's the use of studying? You might as well learn to farm..."

The old man babbled, went into the kitchen, and took out two pieces of dry and hard pancakes.

After thinking about it, he went into the house again, took two eggs, and handed them both to his hand.

"Hey, the last hen was taken away by a weasel. Except for us old immortals, there is nothing alive in this village anymore. In the past few years, even those man-eating beasts have stopped coming. ..."

The old man sighed.

Luo Qingzhou took the pancakes and eggs, took out a piece of silver from his pocket, and handed it to her: "Grandma Jiu, take the silver. If a vendor comes to the village, you can buy something to eat."

The old man looked at the silver in his hand, but did not take it. He shook his head and said, "You can take it yourself. It's useless for me to ask for this. There are no vendors here now. I'm in good health, and I can still grow a few grains to eat." You are young and you still have a long way to go, so keep it to yourself."

Luo Qingzhou glanced at her, said nothing, and prepared to leave.

When he walked to the door, the old man suddenly said: "Qingzhou, it turns out that Grandma Jiu did that to you mother and son. Now that I think about it, Grandma Jiu actually feels very regretful and guilty. Only when you get older do you realize that those rules and customs are not important. , living happily is the most important thing. It wasn't your mother's fault that she got pregnant out of wedlock, we shouldn't have treated her like that..."

Luo Qingzhou suddenly turned around and asked, "Grandma Jiu, do you know how my mother got pregnant with me? Do you know that person?"

The old man shook his head: "I don't know. No one in the village knew who that person was, so they treated your mother like that. But last I heard, your mother was forced... Hey, at that time, even if it was forced , the woman’s reputation has been completely ruined, no one can respect her, not to mention your mother is too stubborn and has never told who that person is..."

Luo Qingzhou said nothing more, nodded and walked out of the door.

The old man also followed out, talking to himself and talking, not knowing what he was talking about.

Just as he was about to sit down on the stool at the door, he suddenly found an extra piece of silver on the stool.

When she looked up, the boy had already walked away.

"Why……"

The old man sighed, picked up the silver, sat down, and recalled the things about the mother and son in his mind.

Luo Qingzhou returned to the dilapidated courtyard, and after sharing pancakes and eggs with Xiaodie, he sat down in the room and started practicing his internal skills.

Xiaodie didn't dare to disturb, so she went out of the house and looked everywhere in other rooms, courtyards, and at the door.

After a while.

She couldn't bear it anymore, so she went out of the gate and wandered around the village curiously.

The sun sets quickly.

Luo Qingzhou felt that the pain on his body had been relieved a lot.

When Xiaodie came back, she even brought needles and thread. She said happily, "Sir, I met an old woman in the village. I spent the whole afternoon chatting with her. I borrowed these needles and thread from her. Take off your clothes and I will help you mend them."

Luo Qingzhou's heart moved, and he took off his clothes and said, "What did she talk to you about?"

Xiaodie took the clothes and said, "Nothing. The old woman kept talking about the past. I didn't dare to ask about the young master and the lady, and the old woman didn't mention it. By the way, the old woman also told us not to go out at night because there are ghosts here."

Speaking of this, the little girl's face was full of fear.

"Haunted?"

Luo Qingzhou's eyes flashed.

Xiaodie nodded and said, "Well, the old woman said that at night, there were sobbing sounds everywhere in the village. She said she also saw many black shadows floating around. It was so scary."

Luo Qingzhou looked outside.

Is it scary?

Why is he still looking forward to it?

Outside the house, night falls.

A crescent moon rose in the sky.

The whole village was shrouded in darkness and dead silence.

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