Ye Zheng specially chose a loyal and honest coachman during this trip.

It turns out that his choice is not wrong.

They didn't even come forward in the carriage. After the coachman used the authentic Jiangnan accent to draw the distance closer, he let the vigilant woman dispel his suspicion in a few words, and by the way, he convinced the woman that they were visiting relatives in the mountains. The one who went through was not Jiujiang Village, but the nearby Bahe Village.

The woman believed in the coachman's explanation.

Jiujiang Village and Bahe Village are also located in this Huafang Mountain. When you come from Zhangzhou, the roads in the first half are the same, but there is a very complicated fork in the middle, and many unfamiliar paths will go wrong there. This is not the first time this group of people.

The coachman rubbed his hands embarrassedly: "Sister-in-law Zhang, look, it's so late, it's too late for us to temporarily switch to Bahe Village. Why not just stay in your village for one night?"

The woman hesitated.

The coachman showed the copper coins directly, and the woman quickly changed her attitude and happily invited the carriage into the village.

The coachman thanked him so much that he secretly stuffed more than a dozen copper coins to the woman. When the woman was so happy that she smiled, he turned around and went to the carriage and greeted the few people.

The three of them were all pretty good. After a few casual glances, the woman did not stop anymore, but instead invited the group to enter the village.

Ye Zheng acted very coldly, and Chu Ji and Jiang Xi were behind and didn't say anything.

The coachman explained to the woman that they were three brothers and came to Bahe Village to visit a uncle of his father. He originally did some small business in Zhangzhou City.

Ye Zheng nodded and showed a little arrogance at the right time.

The woman smiled in front of her face, turned her head and snorted disdainfully, not caring about these little businessmen who were dressed in shabby clothes and had to pretend.

After the woman naturally defined Ye Zheng, Chu, Ji, and Jiang Xi, she said as if nothing had happened that the three of them said they could stay at their house tonight.

"Thank you."

After Ye Zheng finished speaking, he followed the woman into the village. Jiang Xi was a few steps late and raised his heels.

But there was a sudden sound behind him-

Ji Xing's eyebrows and eyes were instantly sharp, and his skills were about to block... but he was stopped by the faster Atractylodes. His shoulders were pressed tightly and he could not move. He watched the small stone flying through the air hit Jiang Xi's back.

Ji Xing immediately glared at Atractylodes!

"Ah!" Jiang Xi exclaimed, but turned around and saw a dirty child appearing out of the grass.

The little face covered in mud, with no other sight than numbness, had no other things. At such a young age, his eyes seemed to be a pool of stagnant water. But such a little boy who was as quiet as a black shadow suddenly hit Jiang Xi with a small stone?!

Not to mention Jiang Xi, even the woman was a little confused.

"Little mute! This is a guest in our village! What are you doing!" The woman shouted angrily at the little boy in the grass.

The short boy didn't say anything, he was really a little mute.

Jiang Xi reached out and touched the back. Although the small stone was clearly angular and suddenly hit, it still hurt a little, but she was not made of tofu. After the pain instantly passed, it was fine.

She comforted Jixing with her eyes.

The woman was already apologizing to Jiang Xi:

"I'm really sorry. That little mute belongs to a cripple old man in our village. The old man had no son and daughter-in-law in his early years, so he left a young grandson to rely on him for his life. Who knew that he had a serious illness some time ago, but this child was left, and he was fed by us one by one. However, since Ahon went there, his temperament changed drastically. He ran around dirty all day and didn't say anything, and he refused to say anything..."

The woman sighed repeatedly, regretting that the little mute had a pitiful life experience, and was dissatisfied with the little mute being a ungrateful wolf and neglecting the guest.

Jiang Xi waved his hand and said nothing.

When she looked back at the little boy, there was no figure in the grass.

After a while, when I entered the woman's house and settled down, the sky was completely dark, and the stars spread across the sky, and the cold light was blooming on the distant sky.

The woman called her mother-in-law to come out to greet the guests. The two of them said secretly. They were so happy to point at the copper coins. Then they became more enthusiastic about Ye Zheng and others.

However, there was no one in this family except the woman, her mother-in-law, her youngest son, and the family of three.

After Ye Zheng's instructions, the coachman asked a few casual questions while tidying up and chatting with the woman in the yard.

The woman was stunned and sighed, "It's not that the livelihood is difficult. The family is so poor that it's almost impossible for him to lose the blame. He can't do anything. The village chief said he had a good job and followed him. Although he didn't come back for several months, he would ask someone to bring something back from time to time. It would be enough for the three of us to survive."

The coachman quickly reported the news to Ye Zheng.

"How?" Chu Ji asked.

Ye Zheng shook his head: "Nothing unusual. But isn't this woman's attitude very strange? She doesn't even have an adult male at home, so she dares to welcome strangers into the house, and isn't she afraid that we are evil people who are ill-gotten plots?"

Jiang Xi happened to step in from outside the house. When he heard Ye Zheng’s words, he continued:

"It's not strange, but I can't help myself. I just walked around the yard. This sister-in-law Zhang's family can be said to be a barren house. She probably is too poor to do anything. Even if she is worried that we are evil people, she has to take risks for money."

Ye Zheng was stunned when he heard this.

Although he was not favored in the palace, he was a prince after all. No matter how cold the palace people were, they would not dare to neglect him in terms of food.

Ye Zheng could not imagine that someone would compare his life with just a few copper coins together.

"Fortunately, we have no ill intentions. We cleaned up early today and went to bed. We have almost done an inquiry in the village tomorrow. So hurry back to Zhangzhou." Ye Zheng could only be so grateful.

None of them meant to visit Jiujiang Village at night.

Nothing else, just because of this poor mountain village, everyone can’t afford expensive oil lamps and candles. When night falls, the entire mountain village falls into a sleep.

So even if they visit Jiujiang Village at night, it doesn’t make sense.

So, the night in Jiujiang Village passed quietly.

Jiang Xi was sleeping in clothes and did not sleep all night.

So, just as it was dawn, she heard something moving in the yard and turned over.

"Young man got up so early?"

Jiang Xi was only thirteen after disguising himself. After some disguise, his face looked even more immature, like a young boy who had seen his brother out for a long time.

Therefore, when the grandmother of this family talks to Jiang Xi, they always bring a little intimacy between elders and younger generations.

"Grandma got up early too." Jiang Xi stepped forward to help her hold the basket.

The thin and hunched grandmother, with gray hair, was carrying a basket half a person tall on her back. This scene looked quite sad.

But the grandma was obviously used to it, so she asked Jiang Xi to go to the kitchen for dinner, and then she staggered out of the yard with a basket on her back.

The sister-in-law Zhang I met yesterday also got up and worked in the kitchen quickly. When she saw Jiang Xi coming, she cleanly asked her to sit down and cooked a bowl of batter for her.

The messy wild vegetables were cooked together with a handful of rice, and mixed into a thick color that I don’t know how to describe.

Jiang Xi felt no appetite and began to regret why she had to get up so early.

Sister Zhang continued to work hard, but her youngest son stood beside Jiang Xi with saliva, staring at her mugful bowl.

It is difficult for Jiang Xi to swallow, but for this child, it is a delicacy that can only be enjoyed during the New Year.

Jiang Xi frowned, how could this Jiujiang Village be so poor? How far is it from the bustling and lively Zhangzhou, but it is separated from the two worlds by the overlapping mountains!

Jiang Xi has been here for so long and has felt the cruel reality that many people can’t afford to eat in this backward era for the first time.

"Do you want to eat?"

The little boy nodded vigorously, his eyes glowing!

Jiang Xi pushed the sausage in front of him: "Then let's eat it."

The little boy was like a hungry tiger rushing to eat, and he sniffed hard as he snatched the pottery bowl that was missing.

Sister Zhang turned back to see this scene and came up in panic and snatched: "How come Hu Zi eats this?"

Her hands wandered around her son. Seeing that her son was eating happily, she couldn't bear to snatch the bowl she was holding in her arms.

For a moment, I felt distressed and embarrassed.

"It's okay, I'm not hungry yet, let the tiger eat it." Jiang Xi smiled and helped her to relieve the situation.

Sister Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and slapped Hu Zi on the head, but in fact she didn't use much strength at all.

"This child." He was doting and happy.

Jiang Xi held his chin and looked for a while, then walked back to the yard.

Ji Xing didn't know when he came out, but his eyes suddenly relaxed when he touched Jiang Xi's body.

He stayed by Jiang Xi's side last night and didn't sleep all night until he snarled for a while, but when he opened his eyes, he found that Jiang Xi was missing. He felt very nervous.

Fortunately, Jiang Xi didn't go anywhere, just in the yard-

Bang.

A stone hit Jiang Xi's feet.

Ji Xing immediately looked in a certain direction with murderous intent. A child was lying on the wall, still with his dirty little face and numb eyes.

Such a tender face and strange eyes are really impressive. Both Jiang Xi and Ji Xing recognize the little mute of yesterday.

Yesterday, Ji Xing was worried about the fact that he was stopped by Chu Ji’s guard Akashu when he failed to teach this child a lesson. Now this little mute came to him on his own initiative. How could Ji Xing be indifferent?

His figure flashed, thunder was like wind, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the little mute - he lifted him off the wall, easily holding the back collar, like a little chicken.

The little mute tried his best to slap under Ji Xing, but he didn't say anything, and he was so exhausted that he could not breathe.

Jiang Xi rushed up and snatched the little mute from Ji Xing.

"We are here to investigate, be low-key! How can you show your skills to the outside world?" Jiang Xi scolded Ji Xing angrily. This is the reason to stop him yesterday.

Fortunately, no fourth person in this yard saw this scene.

Ji Xing was stunned at first, and then he gradually understood the meaning of Jiang Xi's words.

So that's it...

The man stopped him yesterday because of this...
Chapter completed!