Tong Youlin caught a glimpse of Huang Qiang's look, as if he were an idiot, and his temper flared up. He slapped Huang Qiang on the back of the neck, yelling, "Stupid! What do you know!"

He glanced at Wang Sheng, who also looked doubtful, and lowered his voice, saying to the two of them, "Think carefully, why were we forced to become bandits on this mountain?"

Why?

Wang Sheng and Huang Qiang exchanged a glance, still completely baffled.

What else could it be? It's just government oppression! Raising taxes and embezzling relief funds was bad enough, but then they started kidnapping children from various families. First, they took them away on all sorts of charges, and later they simply condoned the human traffickers coming to kidnap them!

The people from several nearby villages were driven to desperation and fled into the mountains to build Deshan Village.

But what does this have to do with Niannian?

Seeing that the two of them still hadn't reacted, Tong Youlin had no choice but to continue, "If there really were such a cute little child in any of the villages within a few miles, those damned officials would have wiped him out long ago. Why would he be kidnapped up the mountain by some stinky Taoist priest or skinny monkey? Who would be so stupid as to kidnap a child up the mountain?"

Hearing what Tongyou Lin said, Wang Sheng and Huang Qiang immediately sensed that something was wrong. Their expressions tightened, and they became even more puzzled. "But, but when we went there, there was really only one Taoist priest and one skinny man. Nian Nian is such a small child, he wouldn't lie."

Seeing the two still clueless individuals, Tong Youlin angrily slapped each of them. "Idiots! Use your brains! Either she was abducted, or this little girl was originally from the mountains! How could there be a baby in this deep mountain forest? And what about that haunted Taoist temple? How did it suddenly become haunted?"

"!!" Wang Shengxian reacted first, his eyes widening in disbelief. He looked up at Tong Youlin and received confirmation in the other's eyes, indicating that he thought so too.

Huang Qiang was the only one who hadn't figured it out yet, and he looked up at Wang Sheng questioningly.

The latter, also angry, slapped him on the back of the neck and whispered a reminder, "Mountain God! The Mountain God has appeared! Don't the old folks say that the chief of the mountain spirits is called Xiao, with a face like a young girl, pure and innocent? Nian Nian must be the transformation of the mountain spirit Xiao."

If there is someone on the mountain slope, draped in ivy and adorned with maidenhair fern.

It's easy to smile at the same time, and I admire you for being so graceful and graceful.

Although the little bun is a bit young, if we put age aside, the general idea is pretty much the same!

Tong Youlin said with certainty, "It must be those damned officials in the government who are doing nothing, and the mountain god couldn't stand it anymore, so he transformed into human form to save us from our predicament!"

After he said that, Wang Sheng and Huang Qiang nodded in agreement and quickly led their men up into the woods.

Tong Youlin also led the others towards the woods.

In an instant, the once bustling village became deserted as Tong Youlin and his brothers left, and even the children who were playing outside disappeared.

At the mountaintop, the boy looking down frowned slightly.

Liang Sheng cautiously said from the side, "This is the stronghold built by those troublesome villages under the jurisdiction of Linghe County. The chieftain is a man named Tong Youlin, a native of Tongjiazhuang."

“Your Highness, this humble servant sees that the village is full of men, not even a single woman or child. Moreover, although these unruly people are rebellious, I have never heard of them having a history of kidnapping children. The little princess should not be here!”

Looking at the dark-faced young boy beside him, whose aura was fierce and cold, Liang Sheng suddenly felt a chill despite it being late summer and early autumn.