Die Village 9
The group came upstairs. After Qin Yan sent Zhao Dahai away, he specifically told Zeng Xiaochun, whose mouth was still covered, "Don't make trouble."
Zeng Xiaochun looked at Qin Yan with tears in her eyes, and her unyielding and stubborn expression made Qin Yan helpless. He could only say to Cui Chihu: "Keep covering it."
Cui Chihu nodded, and Cui Chibao suggested, "Can't we tie him up?"
"That's fine."
Qin Yan took out a rope and a rag from the Chaos Stone Ring. Cui Chibao tied Zeng Xiaochun up tightly and blocked his mouth with a rag.
After finishing everything, Qin Yan looked down at Gu Qingqu who was half in his arms. Gu Qingqu quickly said, "I will definitely not make trouble."
Qin Yan didn't quite believe it, "You promise?"
"I can swear," Gu Qingqu said and raised his hand. While Qin Yan was still hesitating, Cui Chibao whispered beside him, "It hasn't made any noise yet, and it won't make any noise again."
"You said that." Qin Yan looked at Cui Chibao and then let Gu Qingqu go. Cui Chibao was a little stunned. "What. What. Did I make a sound?"
Cui Chihu patted him on the back of his head, and Cui Chibao stopped talking. Cui Chihu asked, "What should we do now?"
Qin Yan thought for a moment, "What Zhao Dahai said doesn't match what Hua Long said. Let's first find out why Zhao Dahai said that, and then we can investigate further."
After Qin Yan finished speaking, he glanced at Zeng Xiaochun and Hua Long, and said in a serious tone, "We are here to find out the truth about the death of Du Ziheng and his wife. No matter what happens, no one is allowed to make trouble. In addition... Zhao Shulan's matter." Qin Yan looked at Gu Qingqu at this point, and Gu Qingqu quickly said, "I have absolutely no thoughts about Miss Zhao."
Zeng Xiaochun was extremely excited. Qin Yan patted his shoulder and comforted him, "We can't stay here for long. We will leave after we understand this matter. Since you like Miss Zhao, you might as well take this opportunity to get along with her and make her like you."
Zeng Xiaochun stopped struggling. He looked at Qin Yan with some hesitation. Qin Yan didn't want to waste time with him now. "Think about it carefully. We are going out to investigate the case."
This matter concerns the lives of Cui Chihu and Cui Chibao, so Qin Yan didn't want to take them with him, but the two insisted on going, so Qin Yan had no choice but to take them with him. He looked at Gu Qingqu, who came to him in one step and held his arm tightly. The meaning was quite obvious, and Qin Yan didn't say anything.
"Let's go"
When he was about to leave, he heard the sound of 'bang bang' and the anxious "woooo". Qin Yan turned around and looked at Zeng Xiaochun. Zeng Xiaochun jumped to the door with difficulty, and nodded frantically after meeting Qin Yan's gaze.
Qin Yan was puzzled, "What does he mean?"
Gu Qingqu replied: "I think he agrees with what you just said."
Considering that Zeng Xiaochun looked so pitiful, Qin Yan finally let Cui Chihu untie him and said, "Go and pursue happiness."
At the stairs, they met Zhao Shulan who was carrying water. Zhao Shulan was a little surprised to see that they all came out. "Aren't you going to sleep?"
Qin Yan replied: "I just came to see if I was bitten by an insect. I was lucky that I wasn't bitten."
Zhao Shulan nodded, and they went downstairs. After drinking some water, Qin Yan mentioned that he wanted to go out for a walk. Zhao Shulan agreed, "I'll lead the way for you."
"Thank you"
Zhao Shulan smiled cheerfully, "Why should we be polite?"
"Then let's go now." Qin Yan put down the cup and stood up. As soon as he stood up, everyone stood up. Zhao Shulan was a little surprised, "Are they all going?"
Qin Yan nodded, Zhao Shulan rolled her eyes, then pulled Qin Yan away and asked in a low voice: "Did you know that they are bandits in the mountains?"
Qin Yan shook his head and said, "We got lost in the mountains and luckily they helped us out. We were unfamiliar with the place, so we gave them ten taels of silver to ask them to be our guide."
Zhao Shulan's eyes widened. "How much?"
Qin Yan pretended not to understand, "Huh?"
"Ten taels of silver?"
After being told so bluntly, Qin Yan finally nodded. Zhao Shulan couldn't believe it. "Ten taels of silver is enough to buy one. How long will he be a guide?"
“Let’s see how long we stay.”
Zhao Shulan said in a low voice: "Go and get the silver back, and I will be your guide."
"This is not good, such a small amount of money"
Zhao Shulan's eyes widened at these arrogant words. After a long while, she continued, "But they are bandits. What if they have bad intentions?"
Qin Yan did not answer but asked: "The money has been spent, is it for nothing?"
This successfully silenced Zhao Shulan, and Qin Yan took the opportunity to say, "I think they are quite honest. Is there a misunderstanding?"
"Absolutely not," Zhao Shulan replied firmly, "You don't know..."
Seeing that Zhao Shulan still had a lot to say, Qin Yan winked at Gu Qingqu, who then shouted politely, "Brother, how long will it take?"
Qin Yan was overjoyed to hear this word, "Brother", and he replied in a pretentious manner, "Right away"
This move successfully stopped Zhao Shulan from talking, "There's still plenty of time, you'll know."
"Let's go"
Before leaving, Qin Yan hadn't seen Zhao Dahai yet. He looked at Zhao Shulan belatedly and asked, "Will you take us there?"
Zhao Shulan didn't understand why he asked that. "What's the problem?"
Qin Yan looked at Gu Qingqu, a little confused. Isn't it said that men and women shouldn't touch each other? How are they different? Gu Qingqu leaned close to his ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Customs vary from place to place."
Qin Yan understood that it seemed that the human rules that Fu Ze had inquired about were not comprehensive enough.
After they left the house, Zhao Shulan asked, "What do you want to see?"
Qin Yan said: "Let's go and take a look at the cliff where someone fell off before. We don't know the way, so we should go and take a look in advance, so that we can be prepared in case we have to walk at night in the future."
"Okay," Zhao Shulan agreed without saying a word.
Led by Zhao Shulan, the group walked towards the cliff.
The country roads are not as big as the official roads. Most of them are the dividing lines of fields, so almost all the roads can only accommodate one person. Zhao Shulan walked in the front, Qin Yan was second, Gu Qingqu was third, followed by Zeng Xiaochun and the two brothers of the Cui family. But as they walked, Zeng Xiaochun left Gu Qingqu and Qin Yan and walked behind Zhao Shulan.
When they reached the paddy field, Zhao Shulan turned around and shouted to Qin Yan and the others to be careful, but saw Zeng Xiaochun behind him. She was startled and almost stepped on air and fell into the field. Zeng Xiaochun hurriedly tried to pull her, but Zhao Shulan dodged him with disgust.
"Why are you running behind me?"
Zeng Xiaochun quickly explained: "They were walking slowly, so I just walked forward."
Zhao Shulan stepped aside and said, "You go ahead."
"Ah" Zeng Xiaochun was a little surprised.
"What? Aren't you walking fast? Why don't you hurry up?" Zhao Shulan's tone was not very good. Zeng Xiaochun didn't know what he did wrong, but he followed her and walked to the front. When he was about to say something, Zhao Shulan had already spoken to Qin Yan, "The road in the paddy field is slippery, be careful."
As she spoke, she tilted her head and looked coquettishly at Gu Qingqu behind her. Gu Qingqu smiled at her politely, and Zhao Shulan turned her head away embarrassedly.
Zeng Xiaochun gritted his teeth in anger, then said loudly: "Let's go!"
Zeng Xiaochun walked in front aggressively. He walked very fast and soon he was halfway through. He stopped in the middle and looked back at Zhao Shulan who was lagging behind. "Shulan, let me pull you up."
Zhao Shulan's face suddenly changed, and she quickly rejected him, "No, I have walked this path since I was a child, and I can walk through it with my eyes closed."
The muddy road was wet and very slippery, but fortunately there were many grasses growing on the road, so people did not fall. However, with so many people walking on it, most of the grass was trampled to death, so it was still very slippery. Everyone else was used to it, but Qin Yan and Gu Qingqu were obviously not used to it. Fortunately, Qin Yan was flexible, but Gu Qingqu was miserable, and he had to be very careful with every step he took.
"elder brother"
When Qin Yan heard the voice, he knew what Gu Qingqu meant. He stretched out his hand to him without turning his head, and the next moment it was held. Zhao Shulan heard the voice and turned around to see the two of them like this, and couldn't help but say, "You two brothers have such a good relationship."
Qin Yan casually said: "After all, he is my brother."
Hearing him say this, Zhao Shulan couldn't help but think of her sister. She sighed. Qin Yan heard her sigh and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Shulan replied honestly: "I miss my sister."
"If we're from the same village, can't we meet anytime?" Qin Yan asked curiously.
Zhao Shulan replied: "I can meet him, but I rarely go."
"Why?"
Zhao Shulan said: "It will cause people to gossip."
This touched upon Qin Yan's blind spot in knowledge. How could he gossip about this? So he turned around and looked at Gu Qingqu. However, Gu Qingqu was so focused on walking that he didn't even notice his sight. Qin Yan thought this wouldn't work, so he looked at Cui Chibao and said, "He can't walk over. You carry him."
Cui Chibao’s eyes widened at that time. What a joke, two big men have to carry it on their backs? Before Cui Chibao could refuse, Gu Qingqu refused first, "I can walk over there."
"You can't get through it." Qin Yan wanted to get some advice from Zhao Shulan, but now he couldn't continue the conversation, so he wanted Gu Qingqu to talk to him, but Gu Qingqu didn't take his place, "I can really get through it."
Qin Yan said: "By the time you get there, it will be noon."
Gu Qingqu raised his eyes to look at him, "Then I can also go there"
Qin Yan didn't understand. Gu Qingqu was so decisive when he asked him to recite it before, why was he so hesitant today? Oh, it must be because he felt embarrassed because of the crowds. Okay, Qin Yan convinced himself.
"All right"
"You carry me"
"What?" Qin Yan looked at Gu Qingqu in disbelief. Gu Qingqu's expression did not change, and he repeated, "You carry me."
Well, go ahead and grab him alone. Qin Yan rejected him angrily, "I won't carry you, walk by yourself"
"oh"
The atmosphere was a bit strange, so Cui Chihu, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up to smooth things over, "How about I carry you on my back?"
Qin Yan nodded hurriedly, but unexpectedly Gu Qingqu refused without hesitation, "I can walk over there."
In the end, Gu Qingqu walked across by himself. Although he almost slipped into the field several times, he managed to make it across.
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