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Return to Wonju (1)

Although Liang Gang still wanted to say something, Li Pojun had already beaten his horse and went out, all the way to the east, and went back along the way he came, but the number of homeless people on the roadside seemed to have decreased, and although the villages on the side of the road were lonely, they had not all fled.

Four days later, looking at the small village in front of him, Li Pojun was also a little surprised, because this small village was completely deserted when he came, and when he came here again at this time, there were already some people.

When they came, they were all dressed as fast horses, so it only took three days to get from here to Guzang City, and this time they came back because they brought a heavy carriage, and there were Liuzi, a scumbag rider, and Zhang Yajiu, an old man who looked quite strong, and the speed slowed down a lot along the way, so it took an extra day.

At this time, the sun was setting, and the desolate land was shrouded in a layer of dusky sunset red, and this small village in the countryside was also rising with curling smoke, although it was only four or five places, but it was good to see the fireworks.

And when Li Pojun and the six of them, five horses, and a carriage rushed to the entrance of the village to stop for a while, the cooking smoke in the village was suddenly broken, and the whole village was silent and terrible, Li Pojun was just puzzled, but he saw a few heads faintly emerging from behind the stone wall, and they were hoes, and the forks were staggered, Li Pojun thought about it for a while, and he understood, it turned out that the people in the village regarded them as thieves and bandits.

Immediately hit the horse forward, at this time, but a few stones were thrown out, the big stone at the mouth of the bowl roared, Li Pojun was shocked, when the next one was lying on his side, dodged over, but saw two stones straight towards the horse's head, Li Pojun hurriedly pulled out his sword, pouted twice, and cut two stones.

After this lightning, Liang Gang and the others reacted and shouted: "Protect Your Highness." With that, he drew his sword and rushed forward.

Li Pojun hurriedly drank: "Stop."

"Your Highness, this is ......". Liang Gang was also busy holding the horse's head and standing upright.

"It's a misunderstanding, put the knife away". Li Pojun only spoke, and then the sword was put into the sheath, and he stepped forward and shouted: "The people in the village can rest assured, we are not bandits, but passing traders, don't worry."

When Li Pojun said this, Liang Gang and the others also understood, and Liuzi's tense body was also relaxed, and Zhang Yajiu smiled inexplicably, with a glint in his eyes.

When the people inside heard this, there was also a commotion, and then a white-haired old man came out, trembling with a wooden stick and a cane, walked up to Li Pojun, saluted and said, "This Ah Lang, are you really a merchant passerby?" As he spoke, his wrinkled face trembled, as if he was a little scared.

Li Pojun saw that his heart was entangled, he hurriedly dismounted and helped him up, bowed deeply, and saluted back: "Uncle, please get up quickly, how can there be an elder who salutes with the boy." The boy and the others are indeed passers-by, not villains, don't be afraid, dare to ask the father-in-law's surname? ”

Saying that, Li Pojun was also full of emotion in his heart, these people are too simple. I said that it was a passerby, not a bandit or a bad person, and they really believed it, and they all ran out one by one, and they didn't doubt whether it was a trick of the gangsters, it was really simple and cute.

The old man saw that Li Pojun was just a teenager, and he was a well-mannered man with fresh clothes, so he didn't doubt it, and said bluntly: "The old man's surname is Gong, and he is the leader of this village. I don't know what Ah Lang is doing in our village? ”

"Oh, Gong Lao, I came from Guzang, I wanted to go to Chang'an, and now that I missed the stay, I thought about finding an abandoned house in the village, so I could get together for one night, but it was a disturbance to your land." Li Pojun is another salute.

Seeing Li Pojun so polite, Old Man Gong also smiled and said: "Hehe, it's okay, when you go out, it should be like this, who doesn't have a problem outside, hey, there are many empty houses in the village, Ah Lang, you can live casually." The old man seemed to be a little depressed as he spoke.

Seeing this, Li Pojun said truthfully: "Don't hide it from Gong Lao, when I went to Guzang before, I passed by your village, but it was deserted and there were no people, how could it be that there were fireworks in less than half a month?"

"Hehe, Ah Lang doesn't know, this place is Gongjiapo, because of the drought locusts, they all fled the famine, but a few days ago, the imperial court sent disaster relief food, so we must go back to our hometown to farm, and we are exempted from taxes, and we are all back."

The old man smiled bitterly when he talked about the relief food.

Li Pojun was also careless, and did not notice the wry smile that contained deep meaning, but said happily: "That's good, it's good to have the relief food of the imperial court, I believe that with the relief of the imperial court, it should not be a problem to survive this disaster year."

As he spoke, he beckoned Liang Gang and the others into the village.

And those five or seven sturdy people still looked cautious and cautious with iron rakes and forks in their hands, and Li Pojun also understood their thoughts, and he was not surprised.

When I entered the village, I found that there were not many people in this small village, only a few dozen people, because many houses were abandoned and no one lived in them, and some women looked through the cracks in the doors and windows, and seemed to find that this time it was not the robbers, but Li Zheng was also talking and laughing with the young man.

"Ah Lang, these rooms are all vacant, so you can find a place to rest at will, right?" Gong Lao pointed to the neighboring houses, which still had walls and thatched roofs.

"Old Gong, is the master here still there?" Li Pojun asked with a slight hesitation.

Gong Lao was stunned when he heard this, and sighed for a while: "Hey, we all walked together when we fled the famine, and now we have all returned to our hometowns, and these families are still nowhere to be seen, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's ...... I can't come back." Saying that, the old man was very low, and his thin arm was trembling slightly.

Li Pojun frowned, and said bluntly: "Although there is no trace, it is also a land with a master, since it is a house with a master, the kid does not dare to break in at will, old man, I still have to go to the land temple in the east of the village for one night, bother."

Old Uncle Gong was stunned when he heard this, and said in amazement: "You, how do you know that there is a land temple in the east of the village?"

"Hehe, old man forgot, I just said that we passed by here half a month ago, and we stopped at the Land Temple at that time."

"Ah, oh, hehe, Ah Lang smiled, the old man has a bad memory." The old man was very enthusiastic, and he pulled Li Pojun and kept talking.

Li Pojun responded again and again, took out half of the money from Hanwa's arms, handed it to the old man, and hurriedly said: "The old man accepts this little money and has the right to use it as the capital for the boy's accommodation."

"Ah, how does this make it worthwhile to go out, if you can't collect it, you can't collect it, and the land god will blame the little old man." Old man Gong was stunned for a moment, and then waved his hand to excuse himself.

Li Pojun saw that it was dark, and he didn't want to entangle more, so he said bluntly: "Old man, take it, just take it as an incense to worship the god of the land, and bless your land with good weather and rain." I've got it here for you. It's not early, and the kid won't be in trouble. "After that, stuffing the silver money in Gong Lao's hand is to retire.