The carriage drove into the entrance of a village, Nan Yan also sat up, looked out the window, and happened to see the gate of the archway at the entrance of the village, with these four characters written on it—
Jufu Village.
趺 is the name for the stone seat under the stele since ancient times. This village is called Jufu Village, which is very real.
Moreover, although Gu Tingqiu said before that this place is almost a deserted village, the roads are well built and very spacious and flat.
It's right to think about it.
Since the people in this village are dedicated to carving stone tablets for people, a lot of stone materials must be transported into the village, and those who bought the stone tablets must also transport them out.
Therefore, their carriage passed the gate of the archway smoothly.
Nan Yan looked out and found that there were many stone monuments standing on both sides of the road.
Although it was daytime, seeing this scene still made people sweat a little. After a closer look, I found that most of them were broken steles, and some stone materials were also placed on the side of the road.
Probably it has been stored for a long time, and it has been exposed to the wind and sun, and it has been severely corroded.
Looking further ahead, it is this giant village
This village is built on the mountain, and a big mountain can be seen standing in front of you from a distance. At the foot of the mountain, there are some simple houses sparsely.
Very quiet.
The only sounds on the main road were the wheels of the carriage and the sound of the hooves of the horses, which could be heard far away, but the further you walked in, you could see some soldiers and workers guarding here on both sides of the main road.
As soon as they saw their team arriving, they all stepped forward to salute.
Then, the carriage stopped on the road leading into the village.
Zhu Feng asked, "What's going on?"
Ye Zheng rode his horse to the side of the carriage, bent down, and said softly to the window: "Your Majesty, those villagers in front have put up a fence, so people and horses can't get in."
"oh?"
"Besides, those villagers are guarding at the entrance of the village. They are worried that they will cause trouble, so the emperor's driver should not approach. Let Wei Chen go over and inquire about it."
Zhu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly.
So let someone open the door.
Nan Yan sat beside him, and at a glance, he saw the wide avenue extending to the front. It was the place where he entered the village. There were several rows of wooden fences, and the sharp wooden thorns were facing the outside.
It seems that these villagers are hostile.
Behind the wooden fence, some villagers could be seen, holding chisels and hammers in their hands, which were the tools they used to make a living. They didn't even have a decent big knife, and they just stared out sullenly.
Instead, the village was protected.
Zhu Feng only glanced at it and said, "Can't even solve this problem?"
Ye Zheng said softly: "Master Gu is not willing to fight hard with them. It is also because these villagers are too stubborn that he has no choice but to send troops to Yanwang's mansion to scare them."
"..."
"Unexpectedly, these villagers surrounded the village instead, and even those who talked were not allowed to enter."
Zhu Feng sneered.
At this moment, a tall middle-aged man came out of the village from a distance.
This man had a square face, a pair of piercing big eyes with deep eye sockets, and a bearded face, but it didn't look fierce, but revealed a kind of thickness.
Standing in the center of the crowd is like a leader.
Sure enough, as soon as they saw him coming out, those young villagers all walked over one after another: "Uncle Shi."
"Look, Uncle Shi, the officers and soldiers are here."
"They're definitely going to drive us all away, and they're going to do it."
"what to do?"
"What to do, fight with them! We have lived here for generations. Could it be that they have left us without a home?"
All of a sudden, those young people roared angrily.
At this time, the man named "Uncle Shi" raised his hand to signal everyone not to make noise.
He walked over slowly, took a look, and said, "They shouldn't be coming to fight us."
"how come?"
"Yes, those officers and soldiers have arrived."
"They also carry knives."
Uncle Shi shook his head, pointed to a place far away on the road from the entrance of the village, and said, "Look—"
Everyone hurried to the entrance of the village and looked into the distance. The road under their feet stretched into the distance. At the corner, a lush tree grew. Under the shade of the leaves, a carriage parked there faintly.
Uncle Shi said: "If you want to do something, you don't need a carriage."
"..."
"Soldiers ride horses, not chariots."
"..."
"The person in the car must be a nobleman."
"My lord?"
A young man named A Qiang next to him said, "Great man, why did you come to our village? Just say that those who come to engrave steles, even if they are nobles, let their followers and stewards come to our village and say Afraid of bad luck. Hmph!"
Hearing what he said, the people around also nodded in agreement.
"exactly."
"If you really think we are unlucky, don't come if you have the ability!"
Everyone probably had grievances in their hearts for a long time, and they complained one after another, and they didn't have a friendly attitude towards the people in front of them.
But this middle-aged man named Uncle Shi didn't speak.
A pair of piercing eyes just looked outside.
At this time, several soldiers ran up.
Because they had quarreled many times before, and almost raised their hands, when they saw someone approaching, those young people immediately picked up the things at hand and faced the outside.
"What are you going to do?"
Those soldiers said: "Hurry up and open the fence!"
"Why let us open it."
"Hmph, you people who don't know how to live or die, dare to speak hard when you are about to die. Let you all die without a place to die today!"
When the villagers heard this, they were all angry, and immediately rushed up: "How dare you talk nonsense!"
"We just won't move!"
"Kill us all if you have the ability!"
When the soldiers saw their aggressiveness, they became angry immediately, and immediately waved to their comrades behind them: "Come here quickly, these troublemakers are going to rebel, and immediately execute them on the spot!"
When the soldiers behind heard this, they immediately drew their swords and rushed forward.
As soon as the villagers saw them pulling out their swords, the women and children who had been hiding in the house screamed in fright, and the young and middle-aged people immediately picked up wooden sticks and iron tongs, and all crowded up.
"Fight with them!"
At this moment, a fierce battle is imminent!
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance.
Very heavy, but very steady, approaching step by step.
Those soldiers who were screaming loudly, when they heard the footsteps, looked back, and they all fell silent.
And that Uncle Shi also raised his hand to those villagers.
They also calmed down.
Zhu Feng led Ye Zheng to the entrance of the village slowly.
He was dressed in ordinary clothes, although he didn't reveal his identity, but that haughty and oppressive aura made people around him involuntarily look at him, not even daring to take a breath.