Rumor Has It That I’m Pregnant with His Highness’ Child

They drove for another two hours, and finally saw the village that Lu Yao mentioned.

But when their carriage entered the village, they found that the village was too quiet.

Not only were there no human voices in the village, but there were also no sounds of chickens, ducks, pigs, and geese.

It was as if the whole village was uninhabited.

This is so weird!

Yu Weiwei and his group all got off the carriage.

They picked a random house and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

Angelica pushed the courtyard door open with a little force.

She turned her head and said to Yu curling.

"Sister, this door is not locked."

Yu curling: "Go in and have a look."

They pushed open the courtyard door, walked in and took a look, and found that the courtyard was already overgrown with weeds, the doors and windows of the house were broken, the ground was covered with dust, and the furniture was dilapidated.

At a glance, I knew that no one had lived here for a long time.

Afterwards, they went to other people's houses in the village, and found that the whole village was empty, and no one went anywhere.

Lu Yao frowned: "How could this happen? I passed by this village when I left home. At that time, there were many people living in the village, so how could they all disappear? What happened?"

Angelica remembered what the shopkeeper of the guest house said and guessed.

"Will robbers enter the village and take everyone away?"

Yu Weiwei shook his head: "It shouldn't be. Although the things in the house are dilapidated, there is no trace of man-made damage, indicating that the villagers left by themselves."

Angelica does not understand.

"Okay, why are the villagers leaving here?"

No one present could give an answer.

Although there is nothing in this village, at least there are houses that can shelter from the wind and rain. They chose a relatively intact house, and plan to make do with it for the night, and then continue their journey tomorrow morning.

The expected local specialties are gone, and they have to continue to eat dry food tonight.

Seeing Angelica's unhappy look, Lu Yao suddenly said.

"I still have some beef jerky in my car, would you like to try it?"

Angelica responded quickly, and hurriedly replied: "Okay, okay!"

Looking at her eager look, it seemed that she was afraid that the other party would go back on it.

Lu Yao smiled and instructed the little book boy to fetch the beef jerky.

With the blessing of beef jerky, the steamed buns that were originally dry suddenly became much more delicious.

Angelica eats with relish, with a happy smile on her little face.

Seeing this, the smile on Lu Yao's face also deepened.

After eating, everyone found a place to sleep and rest.

Only Luo Pingsha didn't sleep.

He always felt that this place was weird, and to avoid accidents, someone had to keep watch.

The night passed peacefully.

The next morning, they continued on their way.

When the carriage passed near the farmland, Yu Weiwei saw that the fields were all empty, not even a single crop.

There was no one to serve for a long time, and the fields were overgrown with weeds and looked barren.

Lu Yao also saw this scene.

He couldn't help frowning. He had only gone on a study tour for five years, so why has Liaodong County changed?

What happened in Liaodong County in the past five years?

He secretly made a decision, and when he entered the county seat, he would definitely ask the local magistrate to clarify.

The surrounding scenery gradually changed, and the mountains and forests became more and more.

After watching Angelica for a long time, I felt that there was nothing new, so I leaned against Yu Curly and closed my eyes and dozed off.

When the two of them were sleeping in a daze, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Then I remembered Luo Pingsha's scolding.

"What are you doing?"

Yu Curly and Angelica woke up all of a sudden.

They were busy asking what happened?

Luo Pingsha's voice entered the car: "Someone robbed the road ahead."

Yu curling and Angelica were both shocked.

It really made them encounter rogues!

They didn't have time to think about it, they hurriedly took out their self-defense weapons and prepared to fight to the death with the group of rogues.

However, when they jumped out of the carriage and saw the rogues with their own eyes, they couldn't help being stunned.

The road ahead was blocked by a stout tree lying across.

Behind the trees stood more than a dozen people, men and women, young and old.

They were all ragged and scrawny, with empty eyes, and the only weapon in their hands was a stick.

At this time, Lu Yao and Xiaoshutong also got out of the car.

They also had weapons in their hands, and they had already prepared for the worst in their hearts, but they didn't expect to see such a scene in front of them.

Yu curling couldn't believe it: "These people are rogues?"

Obviously more like refugees, okay? !

Luo Pingsha was also a little hesitant: "It should be, otherwise what would they do to block our way?"

Lu Yao stepped forward and asked with a local accent.

"Excuse me, what are you doing?"

A tall, thin young man walked out of the group.

He is different from everyone else.

The others could only hold wooden sticks, but he had an axe in his hand.

He stared at the axe hard against the trees, with a deliberately ferocious expression on his face.

"This area is our territory. If you want to pass from here, you have to leave a toll!"

Lu Yao asked how much money they wanted?

The young man's eyes circled around them.

Even if the young people have no knowledge, they can see that these people are very finely dressed, and they are very clean, and they are rich at a glance.

So the young man said without thinking.

"I want all your money and food!"

Lu Yao originally thought that it would be better to do one less thing than to do one more thing. If you give some money, it will be regarded as breaking the wealth and eliminating the disaster.

If the money and food are handed over, how will they survive along the way?

Lu Yao said solemnly, "I'll give you one hundred taels. As long as you take the money and leave, I can pretend that what happened today never happened."

Those rogues heard that there were a hundred taels, and their eyes suddenly lit up.

They whispered, they had never seen so much money in their lives!

The young man raised his hand to signal everyone not to speak.

He stared at Lu Yao and said.

"Don't bargain with me, I want all the money and food on your body. If you don't agree, you won't even think about going from here today!"

One hundred taels of silver sounds like a lot, but with so many of them, they have to eat and see a doctor to get medicine, so it won't take long at all.

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to compromise, Lu Yao sighed lightly.

"If that's the case, don't blame me for being rude."

After he finished speaking, he took out the sword from his waist.

Although he is a scholar, he has also learned the six arts of a gentleman, and he has also learned swordsmanship from a famous teacher for a period of time, and no matter what his strength is, at least his posture looks very bluffing.

Those rogues were all startled by the sharp sword in his hand, and their faces showed fear.

Only the young man with the axe had no fear.

He gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that you are planning to fight with us."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp arrow came out of nowhere and shot right on the tree in front of him.

The arrow plunged deep into the wood, and the tail of the arrow was still shaking slightly.

The young man was really intimidated right now.

He looked up and saw Yu curling up with a bow and arrow.

Yu Weiwei asked word by word.

"Are you sure you want to fight with us?"

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