Xiao Lanyu saw Shi Sheng's concern and comforted him: "Don't worry, your 'little ancestor' is absolutely dangerous. As you said, there is a barrier in the woods outside this valley. Only you can enter this valley. Others cannot enter. I guess Qingqing should have left by herself, not been captured by someone." Shi Sheng nodded and said: "It's probably as you said."
Then Shi Sheng came to Tie Dahai's grave and worshiped Tie Dahai. Xiao Lanyu naturally followed him all the way. Shi Sheng sat next to Tie Dahai's tombstone and chatted with Tie Dahai to himself. It was not until an hour later that he bid farewell to Xiao Lanyu.
The barrier in the dense forest outside the valley was extremely powerful. Even Xiao Lanyu could break it. Shi Sheng could get in and out of the barrier. Xiao Lanyu walked out of the barrier. Finally, Xiao Lanyu thought of a way and made physical contact with Shi Sheng. The two held their right hands tightly. Shi Sheng wrapped Xiao Lanyu with his true energy. In this way, he finally gained recognition from the barrier. He walked through the barrier.
After the two left the dense forest, they went straight to Fufeng Village. Since Shi Sheng knew that Shen Feng was not dead, his apology for Shen Dayou was greatly reduced, and he finally had the attitude to return to Fufeng Village.
The feeling of being close to the hometown is even more timid. Shi Sheng hasn't returned to Fufeng Village for many years, and he feels a little excited. I don't know how Uncle Shen is doing, as well as Uncle Liu, Uncle Xu, Xiaoxun, Xiaodie, Gou Dan'er... Those who make Shi Sheng care very much and care very much will soon see them. Shi Sheng is so happy that he can't say.
Shi Sheng and Xiao Lanyu walked very quickly and soon came outside Fufeng Village. The two were talking and laughing, but when Shi Sheng saw the appearance of Fufeng Village, his smile suddenly froze, as if a basin of cold water was poured down on his head, and his heart was cold!
The entire Fufeng Village has completely turned into a ruin, with broken walls and ruins everywhere, overgrown with weeds and people, and it is obviously deserted for a long time.
"How... why is this happening? How can this happen!" Shi Sheng was shocked and anxious, and rushed into the village quickly, but saw the devastated look. It was difficult to distinguish the old appearance. Shi Sheng searched for a long time before finding the house where Shen Dayou lived. However, what caught Shi Sheng's eyes were collapsed walls and broken bricks and tiles. There were obvious signs of fighting.
"Who... who destroyed Fufeng Village? Who is it?" Shi Sheng furiously broke out. For a moment, Xiao Lanyu reached out and pressed his hand on Shi Sheng's shoulder and said, "A Sheng. Be calm. There are no bodies in the village, which means that the villagers should have no casualties. Most of them have fled elsewhere."[
After listening to Xiao Lanyu's advice, Shi Sheng was much more awake, trying to calm down and calm himself down, saying, "Yes, it must be like this, the villagers must be fine! Lan Yu, you have a clue, please see if there are any clues, you can find out the reason for the destruction of the village, and where did the villagers go?"
Xiao Lanyu said: "Don't worry, I just observed it. Judging from the battle traces in the village, the entire village should have been destroyed in an instant. People with such strength must be suspected by the experts in the Yajing. There are no corpses of villagers in the village, and there are not many valuable items such as clothes, shoes, socks, gold, silver and jewelry in the ruins. This means that the villagers had evacuated before the village was destroyed, but pots, pans and other items were not taken away, which means that the villagers' evacuation should be relatively hasty. As for where they escaped, I guess, they should have escaped into the county town."
Shi Sheng felt a little nervous and said, "Yes! That's right! The county is the safest, and the villagers must have escaped to the county town! Let's go to Qingshi County immediately!" After that, he turned around and rushed towards Qingshi County town, and Xiao Lanyu hurriedly followed.
Shi Xiao and the others rushed to the road at full speed, as fast as the wind, and almost over the galloping horse. At dusk, they arrived at Qingshi County, but saw that the city gate was closed, and the surroundings were full of solemnity, which was extremely quiet.
Cities at or above the county level all open the city gates at the early morning of Chen and close the city gates at the evening of Xu. Qingshi County should be no exception. However, at this moment, the city gates are closed at the third hour of You, which is really contrary to common sense.
Shi Sheng was worried about the villagers and was very anxious, so he wanted to rush to the city to knock on the door. Xiao Lanyu hurriedly pulled Shi Sheng to hide behind a slope and hid his body.
Shi Sheng was very confused and was about to ask, Xiao Lanyu made a gesture of silence and whispered: "Cities above the county level open the door at Chen time and close the door at Xu time. Only some special circumstances will make exceptions. There are two most common situations. The first is that monsters or resentful spirits attack, and the city gate will be closed in advance until the monsters or resentful spirits are eliminated, and they will not be opened."
Shi Sheng glanced around, looked around with a sense of energy, and whispered: "But... there are no monsters or resentful spirits around here?"
Xiao Lanyu said, "That's very likely the second situation." Shi Sheng asked, "What's the situation?" Xiao Lanyu looked serious and whispered: "War."
Shi Sheng felt a chill and said, "War? What does it mean?" Xiao Lanyu said, "The Blue Mountain Kingdom is a mortal enemy with the neighboring Buddha Kingdom. It has been fighting for hundreds of years. In the Yanyu Island Battle more than ten years ago, the Buddha Kingdom won a great victory, but quietly retreated. After that, it was silent for several years and had not launched a major battle. In my guess, the Buddha Kingdom must be accumulating strength and preparing to launch a major decisive battle, and want to flatten the Blue Mountain Kingdom in one fell swoop." As he said that, he paused, looked at Shi Sheng, and said, "This Qingshi County... may have been occupied by the troops of the Buddha Kingdom."
Shi Sheng whispered, "But there is still a Youzhou between Qingzhou and the Buddha Kingdom. How could the Buddha Kingdom fight here..." When he said this, Shi Sheng couldn't help but feel a sudden stop, staring at Xiao Lanyu, and said for a while: "Youzhou has been captured by the Buddha Kingdom?" Xiao Lanyu nodded and said, "It's probably true."
Shi Sheng felt unbelievable, how big is a state? It spans thousands of miles! How could it be said that it would be occupied? The Kingdom of Buddha and the Kingdom of Blue Mountain have fought for hundreds of years, and each has their own victory or defeat, but they have never occupied a state of the other side, because a state is too big and too big!
For example, Qingzhou has 137 counties, of which Sanhe County has 369 counties. After a quick calculation, Qingzhou has at least 30,000 to 40,000 counties! Youzhou's territory is larger than Qingzhou, and there are more cities at or above the county level than Qingzhou. The army of the Buddha country needs one county town, and the capture of a county town will take place in what year and year to occupy it? Will the army of the Blue Kingdom not support this during this period? It is important to know that the strength of the Blue Kingdom is not weaker than that of the Buddha country, and defending the city is easier than siegeing the city. The Blue Kingdom's army has no reason to not be able to stop the attack of the Buddha country!
The Buddhist army captured Youzhou and invaded Qingzhou. Xiao Lanyu's guess was too bold. Shi Sheng couldn't believe it and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Are you sure?" Xiao Lanyu whispered: "I'm 70% sure, it should be right."
ps: (I have been sorting out the subsequent plot today, and I have only finished the first update until now. I'm really sorry, there will be a second update later.)[