Chapter 5: Finding the Bell

A restaurant piled up of blue bricks stands on the main street of Qiman Town, the door is wide open, and the guests are full.

He Xiu worked diligently in the Huipeng Building, and the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper were very satisfied with He Xiu's performance, and for the first time in fifteen years, he had his own treasury.

After He Xiu came back from Hiding Mountain, he didn't say anything to Anu, mainly because Anu had left a psychological shadow since he escaped last time, and he didn't want to ask too much, so He Xiu also omitted to explain.

At night, He Xiu stood under the stone of the Hidden Mountain again, and after wandering for a long time, he prepared for the worst, and decided to look for the bell that had been lost by the bearded man.

The last time I came, the route had been memorized, He Xiu walked for about half an hour, and when he heard the sound of paper blowing, He Xiu took out the fire fold prepared in advance from his arms, blew it, and a glimmer appeared.

He Xiu saw a drawing talisman in a mass grave, pasted on the tombstone, the breeze blew, and the talisman swayed from side to side.

After He Xiu looked at it, he saw that the drawing talisman was outlined with cinnabar outlining a figure that he had never seen, He Xiu didn't dare to be reckless, and he didn't know what the drawing talisman was for, so he didn't dare to pick it up, put away the fire fold, and continued to walk forward.

When He Xiu came this time, he put the immortal's shoes on his body again, and he was sure that the immortal's things could bless him with peace.

Soon the woods came into view, He Xiu half-squatted and began to sneak quietly, and suddenly, he tripped over something and fell hard.

When he came back to his senses and carefully identified it, he found that it was an unrecognizable corpse, with wounds on its body that had been pecked by birds and beasts, which made the body decompose all over the body, and the smell was disgusting.

He Xiu confirmed from his head that this person was a bald man, but why didn't the beast eat him?

He Xiu thought that with the ferocity of the Double Spirit Leopard, it was impossible to keep his whole corpse, and they might have another purpose in doing so.

Finding the bell for now is the main thing, leaving the others behind for the time being. He Xiu used the direction of the bearded man's death as a reference, and continued to grope and stealth.

Unfortunately, at night, the vision was cloudy, and I couldn't see clearly, and the weeds and foreign objects under my feet nearly submerged half of my legs, and the thought of finding a bell the size of a walnut was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Last time, it was the three big men who lit a bonfire here to attract the double spirit leopard, for the sake of safety, He Xiu didn't dare to light an open fire, so he could only use his two hands to grope around to find it.

Suddenly, He Xiu was secretly happy in his heart, and he touched something the size of a walnut in his hand, and He Xiu held it in his hand and shook it back and forth in the manner of a bearded man, but he didn't make a sound.

He Xiu tried to identify it with the naked eye in the dark night environment, but he could only see a black shadow, and he sniffed it with his nose, and a peculiar smell penetrated into his nostrils, and He Xiu couldn't help but sneeze.

He Xiu determined from the smell that the thing in his hand was the feces left by some kind of beast.

He Xiu was overjoyed, he had an idea in his heart, it seemed that all the Double Horn Spirit Leopards had been dispatched that night, and they were in a circle formation, as long as they touched the feces of the Twin Horn Spirit Leopards, they could find the bell.

He Xiu had the right method, so he took a step and groped, and when he walked to about ten meters, he felt a large amount of feces, so he groped in a circle, and each time he took less than ten steps before he harvested, he concluded that this must be the feces left by the double spirit leopard.

He Xiu calmed down and touched the center of the feces, he didn't know how many steps he had taken, and there was a dull pain on his fingertips, and blood suddenly flowed out, obviously cut by a sharp weapon.

Sure enough, He Xiu grabbed the handle of the sharp weapon, and he found the dagger of the bearded man to defend himself.

He Xiu was so excited that he didn't have time to bandage his wounds, so he groped.

After a long time, He Xiu felt a little lost in his heart, he didn't believe that the dagger capital could let him touch it, and the bell would disappear, unless someone had already taken it before he came.

He Xiuxin said, impossible, there are dead people buried everywhere in the hiding mountain, and only on the festival of the ancestors will people come, and it is not yet time, and it is impossible for anyone to find out in advance.

He Xiu simply sat on the ground, holding a double spirit leopard feces in his left hand and a dagger in his right hand, sinking his heart and figuring out how to find it.

After thinking about it, I still haven't come up with a feasible solution. He Xiu thought about it, and the dagger and feces in his hand fell to the ground at the same time.

He Xiu suddenly realized that the weight of feces and daggers was different, and of course the weight of the bell was also different, and concluded that the bell fell in the depths. So he cheered up and groped halfway deep, and sure enough, the index finger of his right hand touched a trace of coldness, He Xiu grabbed it in the palm of his hand suddenly, and in an instant, the coldness swept through his body.

He Xiuxin said, that's right, that's it.

"Suzu... Bell... Bell..."

He Xiuna tried to shake it, and then a bell sounded.

Almost as soon as the bell fell, He Xiu heard a muffled sound of hooves from the earth, He Xiu was very familiar with such a sound, and immediately turned around and ran away.

Distinguishing from the sound of hooves and stepping on He Xiu, there were only three double-pinch spirit leopards chasing this time, but whenever they were about to catch up with He Xiu, they automatically slowed down.

The only thing that could explain to He Xiu was the shoes in his arms, and the bells he had just harvested, so that they did not dare to approach.

Since it was a downhill road, He Xiu didn't have much effort to run, and soon came to the place where he saw the talisman, and he heard the sound of the double spirit leopard's hooves disappearing.

He Xiu didn't dare to slack off, and ran straight back to the Huipeng Building.

It was late at night when he went back, and Anu had left the door for He Xiu, and he was already asleep at this time.

He Xiu tiptoed to his bed, he was the opposite of Anu, he didn't feel sleepy at all. He put his shoes under the pillow, took out the bell, and played with it in his hand.

He Xiu now had two treasures, and his heart was so excited that he didn't enter his dream until dawn.

Early the next morning, Anu was woken up by He Xiu's hearty laughter, and during this time, he muttered to himself and said that he was in a dream.

Anu couldn't help but want to know what was going on, so he woke up He Xiu and said deliberately, "Say, what treasure did you pick up last night?"

He Xiu said in surprise with sleepy eyes, "Brother Anu, how do you know?"

Anu pretended to be mysterious and said, "What can you kid do to hide from my big brother!"

He Xiu had already put on his servant clothes and said while washing, "Yes, yes, brother, I can't hide anything from you, eldest brother, since you know everything, why ask me." ”

Anu realized that he had been tricked, and pretended to be angry and said, "Yo, you kid, invite you truthfully, otherwise I won't leave you the door next time and let you sleep in the stable." ”

"A stable is better than a vat of leftovers, you say, Anuko. Hehe..."He Xiu said mischievously.

"Okay, you kid wait for me, I'll call the shopkeeper now, explain everything to her, and let your kid be crazy with me. ”

"Hey, Brother Anu, little brother, I'm joking with you, there is something to discuss, brother, can I not share something good with you?"

Anu frowned, looked at it, and said disappointedly, "Isn't this just an ordinary bell, but after a long time, this can also be called a treasure?"

"Brother Anu, this world is full of wonders, have you forgotten that shoe?" He Xiu moved out of the immortal's shoes in order to make him believe.

Anu thought about it carefully, and it was indeed the case, so he put the bell in front of his eyes and looked at it again, but found nothing but the sound of it.

The appearance of the bell rekindles Anu's curiosity, and he asks him what happened to his last trip to the Hidden Mountain, and where the bell came from.

He Xiu didn't want Anu to know all this, he had already paid a lot for himself and didn't want to break his current life. So he postponed and said, "Another day, I will tell you in detail." ”

Anu wanted to know more about what had happened than the origin of the bell, and said reluctantly, "You kid, play this with me, right?

"Two little bastards, do you have to let me lift your futon?" the shopkeeper stood in the middle of the courtyard and let out a lion's roar.

He Xiu and Anu instantly tidied up their clothes, strode out of the bedroom, squeezed out a smile, and made reparations again and again, patting their chests and promising never to do it again in the future.

Then there was a deafening scolding in the ears of He Xiu and Anu, and the two of them didn't say a word, and they both secretly complained.

Afterwards, He Xiu followed Anu to the stable, and He Xiu asked puzzledly, "Why did you prepare the car this morning?"

Anu explained carefully, "Our restaurant goes out to buy ingredients once every two months, and it expires today. “

He Xiu almost jumped up with joy; "Wouldn't that be a good time on the street?"

Anuk didn't have the same mood as He Xiu, but said lightly, "What is there to visit, isn't Huipeng Building on the main street?" ”

He Xiu shook his head again and again and said, "Although I used to walk on the street when I was begging for food, I was only in the mood to enjoy the street scenery at that time, and then I came to Huipeng Building for several months, but I haven't really seen the people on the street, isn't this just an opportunity?"

When Anu heard He Xiu talk about the days of begging again, his heart was filled with sympathy, and he promised him that he would take him to more interesting places when he had free time in the future.

"Okay, I'll catch the car today, you just have to feast your eyes. Anu whipped his horse, and the carriage headed down the street.

He Xiu learned from a conversation with the shopkeeper that every household in Qiman Town has a well, and the water in the well is always inexhaustible. This town is the smallest of the eight towns in Sioux City, with a total of more than 100,000 households, and most of the land has not been developed. There are hundreds of species of reptiles such as wild beasts, birds, and birds.

In that conversation, He Xiu also learned the idea that it is possible to make a living by relying on the mind.

Although Qiman Town is small, it has all kinds of organs. The street is more than 1,000 meters from east to west. There are not only local merchants on the street, but also foreign business travelers, which are crowded during the day and brightly lit at night.

Each shop made its own signboard in the shape of a strip of cloth and hung it in the most conspicuous place to attract customers.

The branches and leaves of the different trees buried on the roadside are towering, and the strange flowers are beautiful and colorful. Carriages, sedan chairs and other means of transportation are parallel to and fro in accordance with the discipline guide rails, all of which are embellished with the prosperity of Qiman Town.

In order to establish a relationship with the official family, the Huipeng Building is built in the easternmost part of Qiman Town, intersecting with the official road.

The shops that sell ingredients are concentrated in the westernmost area, so you can have a good look.