The moonlit stream meanders down like a silver chain, the sparkling starlight flickers and jumps, and a few naughty little fish sprang up on the surface of the water from time to time.

You Xue picked up a handful of stream water in the palm of her hand, sniffed it carefully, and then poked her tongue to test the taste, and made sure that there was no problem, so she rolled up the picked star anise leaves into a cylinder, rolled two handfuls of stream water, and got up and walked towards the two couples.

There is a firewood pile by the stream, and there is a grilled fish rack on the top, and the skin of the two fish has been baked out of oil and water, and the 'swoop' is burnt and fragrant, after You Xue handed the water to the old couple, he turned the firewood and pulled the fish rack slightly to the side to continue baking.

"Girl, why are you here late at night?" The old couple looked at this girl who was covered in dust and full of aura, although she had explained several times that she was just a traveler passing through the mountain road, but the two elders were still shocked, if it was said that this woman was a spirit in the mountains, it seemed to convince them even more.

You Xue took a side of the herb and washed it in the stream, and she didn't get tired of the old woman's tireless repetitive questions, and smiled faintly: "Old man, I just went out of the city to collect medicine and got lost in the mountains. ”

The old woman looked at this flower-like girl and was grateful, and the faces of several sons flashed in her mind, and she mourned in her heart, and choked up: "Fortunately, I met the girl, otherwise the old man of my family is afraid that it will be difficult to escape, but the girl has really never seen a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in the mountains and forests?"

You Xue used clean pebbles to pound the freshly picked herbs, and when she heard the movements of her subordinates, she shook her head: "Don't worry too much about the old man, he knows how to take care of the family's livelihood at a young age, he should be a responsible child, he must have been delayed by something." ”

The old woman knew that these were words of comfort, but she preferred to believe that it was so, but the anxiety in her heart could not be calmed.

The old man on the side didn't seem to have recovered from the corpse pit, and looked at the stream in a trance, of course, he didn't tell his wife what had happened just now, and he was surprised that his wife didn't see the scene of the wind.

After all, when You Xue pulled him out of the pit, the old wife was about to approach the vicinity of the corpse pit.

"Uncle, if you have rested, I will send you home. "You Xue is not a nosy person, but I just feel that it is really unreasonable to leave the two old men to continue wandering in the mountains like this.

"No, no, no, we haven't found San'er yet!" the old woman suddenly became confused again, "Our San'er is still waiting for us to take him home!" she insisted on shaking her head.

You Xue was stunned for a moment, she could be sure that there were no living people in this radius, and there was no living qi in the corpse pit just now, she thought about it and said, "Mother-in-law, there will be wild beasts here at night, you two elders have to leave as soon as possible, and come back tomorrow during the day." As she spoke, her eyes motioned to the old man to persuade her wife.

After experiencing that terrifying scene just now, if you have a little brain, you shouldn't dare to stay too long.

There was nothing but phosphorus fire in this wood, and there was not a trace of the breath of the living in this wood, and if the person they were looking for was on this mountain, then it would also be one of the corpses in that corpse pit.

"Old woman, this girl is right, let's go back first, and then look for it tomorrow morning. ”

"No, no, those northern mules will break our legs!" the old woman suddenly cried out like madness, "have you forgotten, old man?"

You Xue frowned, "What's going on? What is the Northern Mule?"

While comforting the old wife, the old man vaguely recounted how he wanted to go up the mountain to look for his third son that day, but was insulted and beaten by the Jia Luo soldiers.

You Xue was furious in her heart, thinking that since the mountains and forests had been surrounded, why could this third child still run up the mountain to collect firewood, but it was impossible to find the answer to this doubt from these two old men.

"Uncle, my mother-in-law's leg can still be cured, I have prepared herbs, I will carry her later, you lead the way, to your house, I can heal her bones, you can't stay here for a long time." ”

"Is this true?" He didn't believe it, if it weren't for one of the girl's pills just now, he would have died long ago, but he just thought of the money: "It's just that my wife and I have scattered all our money to find our children, and now..."

"The little girl is just a gesture, and the herbs are also picked on this mountain, uncle, you think too much, can we go now?" You Xue was helpless.

The old man was grateful, and he wanted to kneel down again, "The girl is really an immortal, and the doctor is benevolent......"

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After the south of Langwei Slope is the official road, the north is Jiagu Pass, the west is Langwei Town, and after Langwei Town is Luoluo City.

When You Xue first entered Luoluo City, he walked the canyon mountain road, so he was not familiar with this area, and he didn't know that there were small villages scattered here.

Although the city was not slaughtered when it was invaded at the beginning, the villages and towns along the way were merciless, burning, killing, and plundering, and most of the villages that did not resist by force were in ruins, even after more than two years of repairs, they did not regain their vitality, and as the boatman said at the beginning, the young people in the village were captured by the Jialuo soldiers to be strong men, and the girls over ten years old were also taken away.

You Xue stood in the dilapidated stone house of the old couple, except for a simple wooden kang built with a few stones and a wooden plank, there was not even a small bench......

The old woman took a soothing medicine because of the bone just now, and fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

"Girl, we can't settle you to rest here, if you don't dislike it, the old man will take you to the village chief's house, and ask the village chief to vacate a spare room for the girl to stay overnight. The old man was a little confused, and he was at a loss to think for a long time before he spoke dryly.

It's just that he said that he was a little annoyed, the village chief had strictly ordered that no outsiders should be brought into the village, and he was ...... now

You Xue had something on her mind, she didn't pay attention to his expression, and only shook her head: "Uncle, you should rest early, you don't need to worry." ”

The old man hurriedly said: "In the middle of the night, don't mess around, girl, when it passes, not only is Langwei Slope haunted, but even strange things happen in nearby villages." His face was full of confusion, thinking about begging the village chief with his old face, maybe the village chief couldn't bear to let her wander in the wild at night when he saw such a girl?

You Xue comforted him a few words, so that he didn't need to worry, and suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Uncle, there is something I want to ask, the Jialuo army took away the young people in your village and used them as strong men, and they were able to take those little girls away, do you know where they took them to?"

The old man was stunned and said, "Girl, the girl in our village was not taken away by the Jia Luo army... Well, in fact, I don't know, I only know that the door with a girl suddenly disappeared overnight, even if you live in a room with your parents, and when you wake up, the bed is empty. The old man shook his head and sighed, "If it is the Garo Army, with their arrogant and domineering methods, they will not act so sneakily. ”

You Xue Qingling's eyes flashed slightly, nodded solemnly, turned around and walked out of the door.

"Alas, girl, where are you going in the middle of the night?" the old man called out with concern.

You Xue turned around, "Uncle, rest early, I'll bring medicine to my mother-in-law tomorrow morning." With that, he jumped on his tiptoes and flew out of the yard and disappeared into the night.

The old man patted his white head and shook his head incredulously, realizing that he must have met the spirit of the mountains tonight, otherwise it would not make sense to have such magical powers at such a young age!

Thinking about it, the sorrow came to his heart again, regretting that he had been dizzy for a moment just now, and he should kneel down and beg this spirit to help him find his missing sons, even if he paid his old life to sacrifice, he would have no complaints!

He stood in the doorway and sighed for a long time, then glanced at the boundless darkness of the night in the distance, and then turned back and slowly closed the door.