A moment later, the southwest of Miao Village...

The Xiang family's stilt house is on the north side of the Miao village. The three of them searched one by one from north to south. When they arrived at the Along family, they had already reached the southern end of the Miao village. Under the leadership of Xiang Yiling, the two came to the Baishui River.

Baishui River is the river surrounding the entire Miao Village. The five extremely grand wind and rain bridges on it left a deep impression on Jiang Xiaoshu who had just arrived in Miao Village.

At this moment, the two were sitting on a certain wind and rain bridge.

Xiang Yiling was silent for a moment, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he spoke in astonishing words:

"Brother Zhu is an orphan."

"What?" Jiang Xiaoshu thought he had heard it wrong.

Nodded to Yiling:

"Brother Zhu's parents died very early. He grew up eating a hundred families..."

Children who have both died since childhood will naturally have a hard time.

"Brother Zhu was less than ten years old that year. Although there were no bad people in the village, I heard from the old people in the village that other children would always insult him. However, Brother Zhu has a arrogant temper since he was a child. When others scold him, he naturally went up to fight without saying anything. Naturally, he could not beat others. In those years, I don't know how much bullying and insult he suffered..."

Jiang Xiaoshu's face turned cold because he knew that the evil of half-aged children was often beyond people's imagination.

Xiang Yiling continued to do:

"I heard that Brother Zhu was listening at the private school in the village at that time..."

The private school teacher's words "I'm off from school" are in the ears of other children, but for those who are bullied, this is the prelude to the nightmare.

This sound means that at some point, someone in the corner would grab his hair and slap him twice; or force him to climb into the pit and get a foul smell; sometimes, there would be a few older children who would forcefully take off his trousers and then take out something inexplicably to smear it on...

The other children watching will not only not feel pity, but will instead enjoy it and clap and laugh.

Because they did not have the concept of right and wrong, good and evil at that time, the naive and unreasonable violence of the bullies meant the right to speak and the spirit of rebellion, which became a symbol of heroes.

If Zhu Yujin still holds his neck straight, they will often be very disappointed. Next time, Zhu Yujin will face more cruel bullying and more serious isolation.

In their eyes, the bullies should be cooperating with servitude, and the pleading and sobs were as ecstatic as the horn of victory.

The world of these half-grown children is simple and cruel - power should have become the only criterion for measuring right and wrong.

As an orphan and arrogant Zhu Yujin committed a tremendous crime under this standard.

"...So, Brother Zhu is the least willing to mention his family, life experience, etc.... Brother Jiang, you just asked that, no wonder he was unhappy."

After listening to Xiang Yiling's words, Jiang Xiaoshu was silent for a long time and sighed:

"I didn't expect that Brother Zhu would be like this in his early years... Alas, I said the wrong thing before, so I must find an opportunity to apologize."

"You can correct your mistakes, Brother Jiang is a good example." Xiang Yiling was not stingy with his praise.

"It's just a matter of repairing the sheep, I hope it's not too late." Jiang Xiaoshu said with a wry smile.

Then he remembered something and asked curiously:

"Miss Xiang, as you said, since Brother Zhu was in such a situation when he was a child, how could he practice this outstanding martial arts and gain a great reputation later?"

Xiang Yiling is a little proud:

"Because of my dad."

"To the old man?"

"That was seventeen years ago. My father returned to Miao Village. Seeing that Brother Zhu was so pitiful, he took him in. My father had good martial arts skills, and no one dared to bully Brother Zhu again. My father also taught him a lot of skills. Later, after the Qin Dynasty cultivated the official road and entered Miao Village, Brother Zhu went out and went out and didn't come back last year."

"So that's it," said Jiang Xiaoshu:

"I didn't expect that Brother Zhu has a lot of connection with your family. However, when I heard Brother Zhu's name to your father, wasn't he adopted son or apprentice to the old man?"

"I have been Brother Zhu since I was a child and I also asked my father why Brother Zhu is not my loyal brother or senior brother. But guess what Dad said..."

Xiang Yiling cleared her throat and imitated the man's rough voice:

"You said Xiao Zhu? Humph, my standard for accepting disciples in Yufeng is very strict, he is a lot worse. As for accepting sons, he is the only one left in his Zhu family. If my surname is Xiang, I will be sorry to his Zhu family..."

Then she smiled sweetly:

"Brother Jiang, are you wondering if my dad is wrong?"

Jiang Xiaoshu nodded instead:

"I have no name but are taken care of by many people, and I am very proud of my respect for the old man."

Xiang Yiling was very happy to hear him praise his father:

"Everyone says that my father has a bad temper, but in my heart, he is the most amazing person in the world."

Jiang Xiaoshu nodded with a smile, then asked:

"Where does Brother Zhu's family live?"

Xiang Yiling pointed to the north:

"The first company upstream of Baishui River is Brother Zhu's house, but Brother Jiang, you go to find him now, I'm afraid you will return in vain."

"oh?"

"Brother Zhu's family has no one all year round. His house is often closed, and Brother Zhu will only go back at mealtime."

Jiang Xiaoshu suddenly remembered a sentence Wang Tie said - if you feel uneasy, the place where you sleep can only be called a "house"; if your relatives are not here, it is difficult to make your home anywhere.

Regarding Zhu Yujin's life experience, he nodded with great understanding:

"That's it, I have to disturb him again during meal time and have a thick face to get a meal. I hope he doesn't mind too much."

Xiang Yiling nodded and said yes, then asked:

"Brother Jiang, where are we going now?"

There is still half an hour before the meal. If you return to Xiang’s house and arrive later, it will be a bit hasty.

So Jiang Xiaoshu said:

"Miss Xiang, if you can, please take me around and tell me the story of your Miao village, and then tell me other rules and customs, so that I will not offend others by accident."

"Okay, but Brother Jiang wants to hear this, so we don't have to leave," Xiang Yiling agreed readily, and then she pointed at the Fengyu Bridge under her feet:

"There are what Brother Jiang wants on these five wind and rain bridges."

"I hope to hear the details."

Xiang Yiling pointed at the opposite Fengyu Bridge:

"Did you see that the exits of each Fengyu Bridge across the shore are sealed tightly by iron gates and thorns, because the southwest mountain on the other side is the forbidden area of ​​our Miao village and even the entire Miaojiang."

Only then did Jiang Xiaoshu notice that the exit from Fengyu Bridge to the other side was indeed firmly sealed. The "treating in forbidden area" mentioned to Yu Feng before turned out to be here.

Jiang Xiaoshu glanced at the other side of the river. The peaks of the southwest mountain were indeed much higher than others, but apart from that, there was nothing special.

He had always thought that the so-called forbidden area should be places such as ancestral tombs, ancestral halls, etc.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Yiling nodded when he heard this:

"Brother Jiang guessed it right. This southwest mountain is actually a big tomb."

"grave?"
Chapter completed!