When he went out, Zhou Shixiang saw his blood-stained rat-tailed braid on the ground, so he picked it up and put it in his arms. Duke Xiang and the others didn't care about this.

The hair and skin of the body were caused by the parents. Although the hair was forced to be removed by the Qing Dynasty, the rat-tail braid was really ugly, but after all, the hair and skin on the body were just thrown on the ground. Zhou Shixiang always felt that it was inappropriate. Afterwards, it might be that the ancients who were the previous master of the body were worshipping the mind.

Along the way, several more men appeared from the forest and then followed the team silently. By the time they were about to reach Boss Hu and his team, the number of people in the team had reached more than a dozen. Judging from the agile movements of these men and their familiarity with the mountain roads, they were obviously used to hiking the mountain valleys.

The mountain road was circling around, and it was pitch black all around. Although it was illuminated by torches, Zhou Shixiang almost fell down several times. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, and the two Ge brothers behind him rescued him in time, so he was shocked and safe.

After walking around the mountains for more than half an hour, Boss Hu and his friends took Zhou Shixiang to a valley, and the village was in the valley. Zhou Shixiang looked around and found that he could not judge the specific location of the place at all.

After entering the village, someone came to greet him. Boss Hu ordered someone to lead the big green horse over, and then asked Zhou Shixiang to rest first. He did not say that he would hold a banquet or mention anything else.

Zhou Shixiang was naturally happy to make such arrangements. He was awakened from his dream, but he was still very sleepy at the moment. If he didn't rest, he might lose his energy tomorrow.

However, Zhao Sihai was a little complaining about Boss Hu's arrangement, but he didn't dare to say anything to Boss Hu, so he could only pull Zhou Shixiang aside and whispered apologetically that today was too late and he would invite him to drink tomorrow. Zhou Shixiang was busy and polite, and then someone took him to the guest room to rest.

It is called a guest room, but it is actually just a simple house with no furniture inside, only one bed and two stools. In addition, there is a square table with a corner missing. It is a bit simple, but it is hygienic. The bed is so quilted on it that it looks very clean, and the room is spotless. It is obvious that people often clean the house.

The guest is as he pleases, and he is at ease with the situation. Zhou Shixiang naturally would not care about the humbleness of the house. Compared with the shack built with bamboo, the conditions are already very good. At least he can sleep in a bed and cover it.

After lying down, his eyelids were just on the door, but someone knocked on the door. Zhou Shixiang was alert and turned over and took out the fire slip and lit the oil lamp. He took Yu Yunlong's waist knife before he stepped forward to open the door.

When I opened the door, I saw a little girl standing outside the door with a basket. There was a bowl of rice, a plate of fried meat, and a bowl of soup that I don’t know what to use for.

The little girl was wearing a paddy dress that Han women often wore in this era. She was not tall and only looked like Zhou Shixiang’s chest. Her body looked very thin and she developed much later than girls of the same age in later generations. Because the light at the door was dim and the little girl lowered her head, Zhou Shixiang couldn’t see her appearance clearly for a while, so she could only guess that the little girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Since she was delivering food, Zhou Shixiang was not polite. He turned around and asked the little girl to go into the house to put the food down. Then when she picked up the basket and was about to leave, she asked casually: "What is this place?"

Unexpectedly, the little girl didn't say anything. Zhou Shixiang thought she didn't hear it clearly, so he asked again, but the little girl still didn't speak.

Dumb?

Zhou Shixiang was a little stunned. With the light of the oil lamp in the house, he noticed the little girl's appearance. Judging from her face, she looked a bit cute, very much like the girl next door in later generations. Unfortunately, her face was not red, but it turned yellow, which was caused by long-term malnutrition.

When the little girl saw Zhou Shixiang staring at her, she was a little scared and drooped her head slightly, not daring to look at Zhou Shixiang's gaze.

Seeing this, Zhou Shixiang stopped staring at her, so as not to scare her. He was a human being in two lives and had just experienced the tragic death of his parents, wife and children. Naturally, he would not have any inappropriate thoughts about a girl who had not grown up, nor would he be angry with this girl.

"Can you speak?" Zhou Shixiang didn't dare to ask the little girl clearly if she was mute, and tried to make her voice lighter so as not to stimulate her.

The little girl reacted this time, but she didn't look up, but just shook her head.

Really mute?

Zhou Shixiang was stunned. When he wanted to speak again, the little girl had already picked up the basket and turned around and walked out.

well.

Zhou Shixiang sighed and closed the door casually. He felt pitiful for the little girl. He was really a mute at such a young age. God was really trying to make people. Unfortunately, after that, with the idea of ​​not being wasted, he swallowed up all the food sent by the little girl. Before he could wiped the oil on his mouth, he went to bed again with satisfaction. No one came to disturb this sleep, and he didn't wake up until dawn the next day.

When he sat up from the bed, Zhou Shixiang saw the bowls and plates on the table still there and didn't go to clean it. He thought to himself that since the little girl had delivered the food, she would definitely come to clean it later.

After doing a few simple movements to relax the muscles and bones in the house, Zhou Shixiang pushed open the door and wanted to find Boss Hu and Duke Xiang of Song. He first thanked them for their entertainment, and secondly, he wanted to borrow a guide from them to go out to Guangxi to join the army.

After coming out of the house, Zhou Shixiang really saw everything in the valley. The village was indeed not large in size, with only a dozen rooms sparsely, and there were several shacks like a large shed. Not far away, there were streams at the foot of the mountain, and someone was vaguely washing clothes. Judging from the posture of the ladies, it seemed that they were all women.

The women in the bandit's den are naturally all good women who have been captured. Thinking of the mute girl last night, Zhou Shixiang shook his head and knew that the little girl must have been kidnapped, so he couldn't help but worry about their fate. But then he thought, he was unable to protect himself now, so how could he worry about these women? The sense of justice in the future is not worth a fortune now. Besides, he is in chaos now, and it seems that these women are not a bad thing to stay in the bandit's den. At least, they can save their lives. Compared with their lives, what is chastity?

He looked up and searched around, but did not find any figures of Boss Hu and the others, and even the other men in the village were not seen.

Zhou Shixiang was surprised, where did this person go?

Just as I was about to look for it, the little girl came with a basket. When she saw Zhou Shixiang, she didn't stop and went straight into the house to put away the bowls and chopsticks on the table. Then she lowered her head and wanted to leave like last night.

"Wait." Zhou Shixiang grabbed the girl's hand and asked her: "Do you know where Boss Hu and the others are?"

The little girl's hand was grabbed by a strange man, and she suddenly became anxious and didn't dare to cry. She had to hurriedly point to a slightly larger room in the distance. When Zhou Shixiang turned around and looked, she suddenly broke free from Zhou Shixiang with force, and then quickly left with a blushing face.

Zhou Shixiang was taking care of his own affairs and did not pay attention to the little girl's shame. After receiving guidance, he hurried to the room to find someone, but he didn't even look at where the girl ran.

When he arrived outside the room, Zhou Shixiang heard someone talking inside, making a noise, as if he was arguing.

Zhou Shixiang didn't know what happened, and hesitated whether he should go in. While he was hesitating, Duke Xiang of Song saw him and hurriedly waved to him to come in. Zhou Shixiang had no choice but to lift his legs into the room.
Chapter completed!