Chapter 33: The Journey of the Liao Kingdom (11)
What is the situation, could it be that the woman deliberately repaired the wheels of the carriage and murdered us? But it doesn't make sense, why did she let me go?
"And another?"
This is a voice that Jiang Xun is quite familiar with, Jiang Xun broke out in a cold sweat when he heard it, and held the Don't Yield in his hand tightly, isn't this Li Shunping's voice? Could it be that the senior is a mutiny?
"Don't worry, I've been knocked unconscious, and it's still hard to wake up for a while"
Hearing this, Jiang Xun subconsciously touched his neck, hmm...... It does hurt a little.
"Wait a minute, it seems a little weird. Li Shunping said again.
But now is not the time to think about this! Jiang Xun didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere, he pressed against the car door and opened the window as much as possible to observe the outside, and then held his breath to look outside.
Near the car door, in the dimness, Li Shunping pressed something on the ground, and the thing was struggling desperately, making a miserable scream.
Jiang Xun knew that he couldn't wait any longer, so he directly kicked the car door and rushed out, and then he saw the scene in front of him.
There was a fire burning nearby, Chu Enoch was holding a branch in his hand and holding a water bottle to bake the fire, Li Shunping was pressing a small deer on the snow, and the woman was holding the rabbit's ears, and they all looked at Jiang Xun who rushed out after hearing the movement of the carriage.
"Uh...... "Can anyone tell me what's going on?" Jiang Xun was stunned at the car door, looking at everything in front of him with a confused expression.
A few quarters of an hour later, Jiang Xun sat by the fire roasting meat, while Chu Enoch and Li Shunping laughed over and over again.
"Hahaha, it turns out that Senior Brother Jiang will still have this kind of persecution thoughts!hahahaha~"
"No, it's funny!"
"You're enough! Your meat is almost burned!" Jiang Xun finally couldn't help it.
"Hahahahaha~"
The woman sat on the other side, looked at the three people in front of her, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Then she saw Jiang Xun's eyes looking at her with a little grievance, which made her laugh even louder.
"You're enough......" Jiang Xun covered his face as red as a tomato.
"Okay, let's get down to business~ Senior Brother Jiang, that's enough, we won't laugh at you anymore. Li Shunping looked at Jiang Xun, who was covering his face, and said.
"Really?" Jiang Xun put down his hand, and then he saw Li Shunping's face that was smiling like a pig's liver.
"Enough, don't force yourself, just laugh if you want. ”
Li Shunping took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
"No, we have to get down to business now. ”
Jiang Xun suddenly became serious.
"That's how we're going to divide the barbecue next. ”
"Huh?"
Jiang Xun thought he had heard it wrong at first, and then he saw Li Shunping's face that was about to smile but not to smile.
Jiang Xun covered his face again and closed himself.
"Just kidding, kidding, don't take it so seriously. Chu Enoch hurriedly rounded the field.
"Hmm~ Next is what really matters. Li Shunping nodded.
After listening to Li Shunping's words, the woman immediately got up and said with interest: "I'll avoid it first." ”
Li Shunping looked at the woman who stood up and nodded: "It's okay." ”
The woman nodded, and then walked alone to the horse she had parked and stood with her back to her.
Jiang Xun glanced at it, and then looked at Li Shunping.
Li Shunping took out a map, then picked up a dead branch, pointed to it and said, "We're going to go in this direction next." ”
Chu Enoch frowned: "This is not the way we should go, shouldn't we go there? This is the shortest distance." ”
Jiang Xun nodded.
"Yes, so I'm going to ask for your opinion. ”
"Huh?"
"Our mission is to get to this city in the shortest possible time, Pingcheng, but I just got a piece of information from that girl," Li Shunping paused and pointed to a place on the map, "A section here and there has been involved in the war, and if we continue to follow the same path, I'm afraid we will be in danger." ”
Jiang Xun frowned, and Chu Enoch nodded: "Then you really have to find another way." ”
Jiang Xun: "Then in this case, we can only take the nearest detour, and we can only go to this town temporarily, and then turn around and go to Pingcheng." ”
"Yet. I can't imagine that although Senior Brother Jiang is not familiar with life, he can find the most suitable method through a map!" Li Shunping nodded and said approvingly.
“...... By the skin of one's teeth. ”
"Then, does Senior Brother Chu have any opinions?"
Chu Enoch shook his head: "No." ”
Li Shunping put away the map: "Then this matter is decided." ”
"Senior. Jiang Xun said.
"What's the matter?"
"That woman can't be trusted, what is the reason she is helping us? and we don't even know her name......
"Pingshui meets, what's the use of knowing the name?" Li Shunping leaned in and whispered to Jiang Xun, "We'd better be less involved with ordinary people, aren't we?"
"......" Jiang Xun lowered his head silently.
"The meat is grilled. Chu Enoch smiled.
"Hmm. Jiang Xun picked up a bunch and took a small bite, feeling tasteless.
At night, Jiang Xun and the others slept around the fire, and originally wanted the woman to sleep in the carriage, but the woman refused to sleep in anything, but took out a thick sleeping bag and slept next to the fire, so the three of them simply didn't sleep in the carriage, saying that they were going to keep vigil, but in fact, they let the girl sleep outside and sleep in the carriage and her conscience was disturbed.
Chu Enoch and Li Shunping had already fallen asleep, and Jiang Xun was the first to keep vigil, because he had slept for a while, and he really didn't feel sleepy, and he stirred the firewood in his hand from time to time, but he remembered what the girl said to him in the dream before.
"Be mindful of the people around you, but don't show suspicion. ”
"Each. ”
Jiang Xun pressed his temples, isn't this the same as not saying it, he always feels that he has been perfunctory again.
But after a long night, Jiang Xun could think about more than that, he began to carefully recall the things he had experienced and the books he had read in the past few months, all of which seemed to have become thin threads one after another in Jiang Xun's mind, and finally compiled into an incomplete clue network. And in the midst of these broken threads, what is it that has been affecting in the shadows?
Jiang Xun added firewood and turned it, he remembered what happened when he was a child.
"No, it's too slow, go faster!" a stern cry rang out.
Jiang Xun, who was still seven years old, was holding a wooden sword in his hand, but his feet were weak.
"General, the little boy has no strength, so let's take a rest?" The soldier standing in front of Jiang Xun with a wooden sword saluted Jiang Dinghai who was sitting on the side and said respectfully.
"Go on. The cold voice didn't hear a trace of emotion.
"......"
"On the battlefield!" Jiang Dinghai didn't know whether it was the soldier or Jiang Xun, and said in a low voice, "If you don't have the strong will to fight to the death, then that person is not far from death!"
"Hmm......" The soldier gripped the shuriken a little harder, and cold sweat flowed from his cheeks to the ground, "Obey!"
"Ahem......" Jiang Xun wiped the sweat from his forehead, and raised his wooden sword to face the soldier.
The end, of course, was to be knocked to the ground again.
"Hey, it's okay, don't stand up again. The soldier lowered his voice and said to Jiang Xun, who fell to the ground.
But Jiang Xun still gritted his teeth and stood up.
"Don't you understand, huh?" the soldier looked at Jiang Xun in surprise.
"If ......," Jiang Xun spoke.
"What if?"
"If that's what my father wants......," Jiang Xun raised his sword, "then I'll do it." ”
"Really...... Stupid ...... "The soldier knocked Jiang Xun to the ground again, this time Jiang Xun completely exhausted the strength in his body, his body seemed to belong to him at all, and his eyes became blurry and blurry, until the darkness filled all Jiang Xun could see.
Is...... It's something to look back on.
Jiang Xun looked at the constantly burning fire and thought to himself.
"Sleeping?"
Jiang Xun suddenly heard a cold voice.
Chu Enoch raised his head in the quilt and looked at Jiang Xun.
"You were motionless, I thought you were asleep. Chu Enoch said.
"I didn't ...... Why didn't you sleep?" Jiang Xun asked.
"I can't sleep, it's my old problem. ”
"Governed. ”
"Definitely. Chu Enoch said in agreement.
The firewood in the fire made a "crackling" sound, Chu Enoch looked at the silent Jiang Xun, and couldn't help but say, "What are you thinking?"
"Before. ”
"Oh?"
"Something that I can't look back on. ”
"Good thing. ”
"How do you see this as a good thing?"
"If a person can keep his composure when he thinks of something unbearable, then he has probably overcome it, right?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xun smiled.
"How does it sound like a lie to yourself?"
"Who's to say it isn't. ”
"If you really can't sleep, why don't you get up and keep vigil for me?"
"I don't. Chu Enoch wrapped the quilt tightly.
"Then you will lie down honestly for me, and don't scam the corpse to scare people. Jiang Xun said with some resentment.
"......" Chu Enoch really stopped talking, and became quiet for a while, only the monotonous sound of firewood.
But that's okay, it's okay to spend tonight quietly, and you should be able to get to the town at noon tomorrow, right? Thinking of this, Jiang Xun touched the letter that he had been putting in his pocket, and lowered his head to add firewood.