When I am connected with the prince of the same life

Chapter 114 Strange Village
The wind passed through the extremely silent mountain village, making a whistling sound.

The willows are drooping, and the willow branches are fluttering in the wind.

Green buds emerge from the branches, forming a string of tender green.

The two sat quietly under the willow, relatively speechless.

"Ah Qing, you Qi Guo speaks well." Lin Heng began to find something to say.

"Ah... After all, I stayed there before." Cheng Muqing explained.

What Cheng Muqing just said was the Qiguo dialect.

Acting is all about doing everything.

In the world, are men red?Bare upper body, planting seedlings and hoeing the ground, all in an orderly manner.

The sun was not too hot at this time, but they were sweating from doing it.

"My lord, don't you think it's strange?" Cheng Muqing lowered his voice, "Why are there no women in this village?"

"Maybe it's because their husbands won't let them go out." Lin Heng's tone was flat.

"Then it's impossible for everyone not to come out..." Cheng Muqing explained his doubts, "At this time, it's time to have a meal. Don't their families bring meals over?"

Lin Heng didn't answer her words, he looked around in a daze, and there wasn't even a sign of delivering food.

"Perhaps... they ate late? Besides, we came early?"

"No..." Cheng Muqing shook his head, but didn't say why "no".

When this group of men worked together, they worked together.

Moreover, when they were working, they couldn't speak, they just kept their heads down.

I don't know, is this an unwritten custom, or... because of her and the prince's arrival, they don't talk?

The two waited for the group of men in the shade.

Unexpectedly, after waiting, they waited until night.

The sky darkened, and the original blue sky seemed to be suddenly covered with a layer of dust.Let the sky no longer clear, with a bit of haze.

"They are delaying time on purpose." Lin Heng said suddenly.

At this time, the two had already dismounted and leaned against the poplar tree to snuggle up.

"Procrastinate." Cheng Muqing said indifferently, she took out a dagger from her waist and handed it to Lin Heng, "If there is danger, you must protect yourself."

"En." Lin Heng slowly clenched the dagger.

During this time, he and Yan Yinian learned a lot.Now that I think about it, I still have all kinds of punches in my head.

If one day, I can stand in front of her and block everything for her...

Looking at the dagger, he thought silently in his heart.

"Heng, why are you in a daze?" Cheng Muqing touched him with his arm, with a smile on his face, "Are you scared? Don't worry, I will definitely protect you."

"No..." Lin Heng muttered, "No need."

"Heh~" Cheng Muqing smiled, "Then~ I'll wait for you to protect me."

Lin Heng could hear the joke in her words, but still nodded silently.

Time passed by little by little, and the two waited until dark.

As night fell, the bronze-skinned man came.

"It's too much work, and it's not finished yet." The man yelled, "Why don't you two come to my house for a night?"

"Okay." Cheng Muqing nodded and agreed without hesitation.

"Ah Qing..." Lin Heng frowned, and subconsciously grabbed her sleeve.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Muqing looked at him and smiled.

Her smile carried confidence from the inside out, which made Lin Heng want to believe her from the bottom of his heart.

She has always been so bold, but every time she has bold confidence.

Lin Heng suddenly remembered that she asked Jinxi to go to the nursing home of Prince Qi's Mansion, and hesitated in her heart, did she already make the arrangements?That's why you dare to bring him here alone?
"No." Lin Heng shook his head.

Cheng Muqing stood up, her smile unchanged, "Then I'll bother this big brother, how dare I ask your name?"

The man savored it carefully, and then realized that she was asking what his name was. He smiled, "My surname is Li, you can call me Big Brother Li."

"Brother Li!" Cheng Mu called him loudly.

The man scratched his head in embarrassment, and turned to lead the way.

Cheng Muqing took two steps, and found that Lin Heng hadn't followed, she turned around with some doubts.

Seeing the young man's sad face, looking at her with melancholy eyes, "Brother Li..."

"..."

"Let's go." Cheng Muqing waved his hand, "Don't care about these details!"

She spoke the Qiguo dialect, which Lin Heng could understand, but he still felt uncomfortable.But he still understands that the current situation is not the time to play petty temper.

He pursed his lips, walked over sullenly, and stood sideways between Cheng Muqing and Brother Li.

He seemed to be a wall, as long as Brother Li wanted to talk to Cheng Muqing, he blocked his view.

In the end, Brother Li simply stopped asking.

The few people were silent and walked all the way to a hut.

The hut was pitch black, and Lin Heng involuntarily moved closer to Cheng Muqing.He took her hand, his eyes became very cautious.

"Is there no candle?" Lin Heng asked.

"How can there be such a new thing as candles in our village?" Brother Li laughed, and he walked ahead, pushing open the courtyard door.

It was too dark, and Cheng Muqing couldn't see the layout of the courtyard clearly, so he paused subconsciously.

"Please come in quickly, both of you." Brother Li said, and then shouted into the courtyard, "Cuilan!"

There was a knock at the door.

Then, a black shadow appeared.

Hei Ying held a long stick in his hand, with a cloth bag tied to the end of the stick, and the cloth bag exuded a faint light.The halo was rendered on her face, with a bit of softness.

The woman looked about 40 to [-] years old, with a haggard face, tired eyes, and a few wrinkles on her face.

"Hello, auntie." Cheng Muqing greeted.

The woman froze for a moment, cast her a glance, and said nothing.

This glance was full of complicated emotions.Cheng Muqing even saw a trace of sympathy in this complicated emotion?
The yard is located in a remote location, the man repeatedly invited the two into the house, but the woman stood at the door with her head down without saying a word.

The night was deep and pitch black, as if it had been covered with a layer of black cloth by the gods.

The night wind floated, blowing the branches of the trees to fight with each other and making rustling noises.

"Let's go." Lin Heng felt a little uneasy, and wanted to pull Cheng Muqing away.

But faced with such a weird situation, he didn't want to stay any longer.

"Wait." Cheng Muqing took his hand and suppressed his voice, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch a tiger's cub."

"It's too dangerous for you to do this..." Lin Heng pursed his lips, feeling as if a stone was pressing on his chest, very depressed.

"Perhaps, you should try to get out of your comfort zone." Cheng Muqing said, and walked forward first, "Do you want to stay here tonight? But there seems to be no room..." She narrowed her eyes slightly, stretched her neck, and looked towards The room looked.

"Of course there are..." Brother Li suddenly showed a smile, he stepped back step by step, and groped for a wooden stick.

"Please come in." Cuilan said suddenly, "Have you eaten yet? I'll get you some..."

"No, we have brought dry food." Cheng Muqing smiled and shook the grain bag on his waist.

"The room is too small to accommodate you." Cuilan's voice trembled, "Since you have brought food, go out!" As she spoke, she symbolically sent the two of them away.

Cheng Muqing glanced at her with no expression on her face, and stepped back a little bit.

"Cuilan." Brother Li said suddenly, his voice was heavy and piercingly indifferent.

Cuilan's Adam's apple slid up and down, and a trace of cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

"What's wrong, auntie?" Cheng Muqing asked, blinking his eyes curiously.Her ears moved slightly, and the ground shook slightly, as if someone had suddenly come running in this direction.

The dark environment actually made her ears more sensitive.

"Go!" The woman screamed suddenly, "He's going to eat you!"

Cheng Muqing subconsciously grabbed Lin Heng's wrist, but she still suppressed her urge to run.

Although this courtyard is remote, there is no trace of bloody smell.Although there was fear in the woman's eyes, she only looked at the man with deep hatred and resignation.If a man is a murderer, then there should be some fear.

She thought quickly, and smiled easily, "Auntie, it's so late, don't scare people."

"I'm laughing at you two." Brother Li cupped his hands and made a gesture of invitation to let the two of them enter the room.

Cheng Muqing nodded slightly, walked towards the house without saying anything.

The wooden door was open, and because there were no candle lights, it looked extremely deep and dark.It's like a bottomless cave that swallows people up.

Cheng Muqing gently put his hands on his waist, and walked forward calmly.

"No!" The woman behind him suddenly shouted.

Cheng Muqing looked back, just in time to see Brother Li covering the woman's mouth.

The woman struggled, but the man squeezed tighter.

"Brother Li! You'll choke people to death!" Cheng Muqing yelled.

But Brother Li did not stop because of this.

"Let go!" Cheng Muqing couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward in two or three steps, and pulled his forearm away.

The woman staggered two steps, panting heavily.But she didn't stop to rest, but grabbed Cheng Muqing's hand, her pupils trembling, "Hurry up... go away..."

"I'm not leaving." Cheng Muqing's lips curled slightly, and he patted her on the shoulder.

The woman looked at her like a fool.

"Oh, sister, don't take care of her, she's not good at it." Brother Li pointed to his head, "Her child died two years ago, and she was stimulated."

Cheng Muqing let out an "um", lowered his eyes, and the long eyelashes covered the thousands of thoughts in his eyes.

The woman gripped her arm tighter and tighter, panting heavily.

"Come in." Cheng Muqing smiled softly.

The woman's eyes were full of despair, and she followed her into the room.

The room was pitch black except for the faint light of fireflies.

The moonlight was cunning outside the window, Cheng Muqing took out a fire pocket and blew out a glimmer of light.

"I'm really sorry, there are no candles in the room." Brother Li said, and lifted the curtain of the back room, "Come, let's live in this room."

Cheng Muqing just took two steps forward when he felt someone grab his sleeve.

She looked back and found that it was Cuilan and Lin Heng who grabbed her at the same time.

She smiled at the two, looking confident.

The moment he stepped into the back room, Brother Li suddenly lowered the curtain and hugged Cheng Muqing from behind.

Not only was Cheng Muqing not busy, but he stepped hard on the opponent's toes.

"Hiss—" Brother Li gasped.

Before he could open his mouth, the other party forcefully opened his hand, and hit his crotch with one knee!
Light broken!

With quick eyes and quick hands, Cheng Muqing quickly stuffed a rag into his mouth, preventing him from shouting.Then he found a thick rope from the room and quickly tied him into a crab.

The curtain was lifted, and Lin Heng and Cuilan stood at the door, staring blankly at her.

"Come in and sit down." Cheng Muqing entertained, as if treating this place as his own home.

"You..." Cuilan's face turned slightly pale, and she looked a little dazed.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Muqing asked her with a smile.

Cuilan shook her head.

Cheng Muqing got up and was about to go out.Cuilan suddenly stood in front of her, shaking her head.

"There are still people guarding outside, you can't go out..."

"Yeah." Cheng Muqing nodded, "I don't want to go out either."

"you?"

"Auntie, I have a question." Cheng Muqing said, "Do you know Xun Jia?"

Hearing this name, Cuilan visibly froze.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Muqing saw the trance in her eyes, and knew that she must know her.

"She...isn't she dead?" Cuilan murmured, "You are her family? It would be nice if you came earlier..."

"Dead?" Cheng Muqing's voice was full of doubts, "When? Why? Where?"

She asked three consecutive questions all at once, which made Cuilan a little bit at a loss.

She thought for a while and said, "It happened a few days ago, it was premature."

"Premature?" Cheng Muqing's mind went blank for a moment.

Didn't Xun Er say that his daughter just reached Ji?

"Well...she ran away, her in-laws chased her, and she rolled down the mountain." Cuilan showed a little sympathy in her eyes, "The child is gone, so she..."

Pregnant women are very fragile, let alone Xun Jia who is still young.

Cheng Muqing's eyes showed a trace of disgust, "She was kidnapped here, doesn't that family know that there is a rule in the Dajin law that buying and selling is the same crime?"

"The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, so what if you know?" Cuilan opened her mouth, "There are few women in this village, so they came up with a way to buy wives. But why are there so few? Don't they know?" When she said this, her gaze changed It was extremely cold, and even the body was shaking, "Isn't it because they think girls are useless, and the rest of the girls are buried..."

"No one cares about these at all, right?" Cheng Muqing pursed his lips.

"In this remote place, don't count on the government." Cuilan said, "A few days ago, the officers and soldiers came, but they were still blocked?"

Cheng Muqing raised his eyes to look at her, and knew in his heart that it should be the group of people from Jingzhao Mansion.

"The girl was not there that day, so I didn't see the chaotic scene." Cuilan said, "All the men in the village stood at the entrance of the village, insisting that there was no such person as Xun Jia. The officers and soldiers wanted to enter the village to find out, but they were blocked by these smelly men. Those people said that if you want to get there, you have to walk over their dead bodies."

"The people are too bold if they don't fight with the government." Cheng Muqing said, "Aren't you afraid that the government will really do something?"

"Then it's impossible for them to kill the whole village."

Killing one of them may be impeached, let alone more than half of the villagers.Cheng Muqing sighed, and his mind gradually calmed down.

"Did Xun Jia say anything before his death?"

"I'm not familiar with her, I can only speak a few words." The woman shook her head, "Actually, no woman in this village is familiar with any woman. We were bought and kept locked in this house , Even the laundry has to be watched by my mother-in-law. I’m okay, I don’t have a mother-in-law... But everyone in the village is on a grasshopper, even if there is no mother-in-law to watch, there are other people. I can’t escape, But it is also freer than ordinary people."

(End of this chapter)