Today's Qinghe Village is destined to be lively. The emotions that the villagers accumulated for a month seem to have burst out today. The noise surrounds the village like uncontrollable steam.

When Nan Ke returns home at dusk and sunset, he can still feel the joy in the village, and even the bowl of rice in his hand is more abundant than the previous few days.

The old man still sat at the door of his yard without any movement. When he saw Nan Ke coming back, he immediately laughed and said, "Did you go back so early today?"

"Will you come back early to chat with your old man?"

"You are filial." The old man's smile became even brighter. "It would be nice if he could have a son like you."

Nan Ke casually put the empty bowl in his hand aside, walked to the old man and squatted down. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly pointed to the bronze mirror that appeared on the door of his house and asked:

"What is this for?"

"you guess."

"..." Nan Ke glanced at the old man and suddenly felt that as the two of them became more and more familiar, the old man became more and more "young", like an old tree, suddenly with new buds;

Or maybe it was this old tree that finally tore open the old bark outside it and reveals its original appearance.

"Today the villagers have all the goods together. By morning tomorrow, the Li family will have to transport the goods to the city for sale and transaction. It doesn't matter if the Li family leaves, but the treasures of the old gods have to leave the village with them;

Although nothing strange happened before, but born in the mountains, the villagers are somewhat superstitious. This bronze mirror is placed at the door of the house, which is said to be able to ward off evil spirits. If there is any lonely ghost who goes the wrong way,

I looked up before entering the door and saw that I knew what I looked like and where I should go. If there was really something dirty, this bronze mirror could also serve as a demon mirror."

"Is this method really useful?"

Nan Ke thought in his previous life that these were all excuses made up by his ancestors to deceive his younger generations.

"Who knows, in my opinion, I just want to deceive myself. What can these mountain barbarians understand?"

"That's right." Nan Ke nodded, then looked at the old man inadvertently and asked, "Then, how much do you know? Or where is your home?"

The smile on the old man's face stiffened, "What do you mean?"

"I mean..." Nan Ke pointed to the old man and pointed to the ground again, "Your family, do they know you're here?"

The smile on the old man's face completely disappeared, and his whole face seemed to be integrated into the darkness. It was obvious that the "family" touched his heart.

"So what if you know, so what if you don't know. Now, let's go with the wind."

After saying that,

The old man looked up at Nan Ke, his eyes flashed with a look that he didn't usually have, "How did you know?"

The old man is a experienced person and an indigenous person in this world. He naturally understands the status of the "son-in-law" and has truly experienced the attitude and method of the village towards the "son-in-law", especially the "son-in-law" who has not yet truly created blood for the village.

It is impossible for the villagers to tell Nan Ke something like that, even if it is related information, it is impossible.

"Do you want to leave?" Nan Ke asked.

"What?"

"Do you want to go home?"

The old man stammered his lips and whispered: "Don't give me eye drops, you kid, do you want to escape by yourself and want to pull me? Hey, don't escape by half and be caught by the fairy.

Do you really think that every fairy is a vegetarian? Besides, even if there are no fairies, those mountain insects and beasts are not something you, a little girl, can deal with."

"I'm sure to escape." Nan Ke stared at the old man's eyes, "And I'm sure to take you out. Didn't you say before that even if you were captured, you would have the chance to go home again and find your lost family.

Now, the opportunity has come, do you want to go home?"

"Go home?" The old man licked his lips, "Do you still have home?"

While chatting, Nan Ke adapted his experience and told the old man. According to the convention of time travelers, Nan Ke claimed to be an orphan.

"Whether there is or not, it's better than in this wilderness." Nan Ke glanced at the window paper that appeared in the dim flame and continued: "And in this village, people live not people, but animals."

"Ha." The old man sneered, "There is indeed no good person here, but do you think there are fewer animals in the city tower outside, or even at the foot of the emperor of the imperial city?"

"You seem to be, don't want to go back?" Nan Ke frowned, "Or, are you afraid?"

In fact, for two people, chatting is a test of each other. The old man got to know Nan Ke through chatting, and Nan Ke naturally got to know the old man through chatting.

The old man was sincere to Nan Ke. Although this may be related to Nan Ke’s own ability to speak, no matter what, the old man would deliberately reveal the information Nan Ke wanted to know when chatting, whether it was what should be said or not.

This is also why Nan Ke was willing to take the initiative to take the initiative to take the old man away. He knew that the old man was tired of the village in his heart, and even had a disgust towards the village in his bones.

The old man's breathing became more rapid. The hands that were originally placed leisurely on both sides had already clenched into fists at some point. Nan Ke's words were like a thorn, piercing into his heart.

"Do you know how long I have been in this village? Do you know what is outside after leaving the village?"

"What is outside?" Nan Ke smiled, "There is a mountain outside, and the outside of the mountain is a city. Inside the city is your home. Are you afraid that the Yiren will not be there?"

The old man shook his head, then laughed in a low voice, mixed with many emotions that Nan Ke couldn't understand.

"I have been out for more than 40 years, tortured by them for more than 40 years, and tortured by myself for more than 40 years. For you, leaving the village is a familiar city and a warm home, but for me..."

The old man pointed at himself, pointed at the gully on his face, and pointed at the white hair on his forehead.

"For me, after leaving the village, I am no longer me, and the city outside the mountain is no longer the city I am familiar with, and even my home is no longer the home I am familiar with. I, the former me, the real me, died as early as the first time I entered the village!"

After saying that, the old man stood up, and the slightly thin figure showed an unusual aura at this moment. He kicked over the rattan bench under his butt with force and cursed:

"Do you think I really can't get out for so many years? Do you think a small village or a small mountain can lock me here for the rest of my life? Haha, I'm just too lazy to leave.

I am a captured villager now, no, I am just a ghost, a ghost imprisoned in this village!”

"I'm just a ghost!"

"I'm just a ghost!"

"Bang!"

With a dull sound, the old man who was like a soul-lost old man hid in his yard, leaving only Nan Ke squatting beside the mud road.

After a while, Nan Ke sighed and stood up, reached out and knocked on the wooden door in front of the yard, "Tonight, at the entrance of the village."

There was no response inside the door, and Nan Ke did not stay at the door to wait. He now needs to go back to the house and rest. Regardless of whether the old man leaves or not, he has to leave himself, and the next is the time to test his skills.

Before entering the door, Nan Ke subconsciously raised his head and looked at the bronze mirror hanging at his door. A blurry face appeared in the bronze mirror.

"Just like this bronze mirror still wants to see a ghost? Haha, I'm afraid I can only see a ghost."

Shaking his head, Nan Ke quickly walked into his room.

As the door closed, the blurry light and shadow in the bronze mirror did not dissipate, but gradually became clear as if it would squirm. Finally, Nan Ke's face appeared in the bronze mirror.

But the expression on this face looked a little ferocious.

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Chapter completed!