Chapter 635: Qiu Niang (Happy Laba Festival)
Ning Xiaoxian didn't look up, only tightened his hands around his neck, and snorted softly, his voice soft and coquettish.
He listened to it, and the momentum around him suddenly receded.
He stretched out his hand and stroked one of the beautiful women's green silk before hesitating: "Little girl, what do you think?"
She pursed her lips and said sullenly, "Do you really care what I think?"
The fox's words worked. He reached out and lifted her jaw so that she could face him and said, "Say!"
Ning Xiaoxian's eyes rolled, and he suddenly smiled: "If you want to know, you can do it, but you have to promise me one condition." ”
Beginning to know how to bargain with him? This is not a good sign, Changtian sighed, "What?"
She blushed and whispered something in his ear.
The beautiful woman in his arms exhaled like an orchid, and the hot breath exhaled made his ears itch. But after listening to her request, he was slightly stunned, but said, "No!"
"Why can't it be?" she changed her face in the next second, "Then you don't want to know." With his hands in his arms, he was about to leave.
Changtian grabbed her and brought her back, caressed her thin waist and persuaded softly: "How about changing conditions?"
As soon as he softened his tone, she was often about to surrender, but this time she gritted her teeth and still insisted: "No! I want this!" Seeing that there was still uncertainty on his face, he puffed up angrily, "You have no loss!" This man is so hypocritical, and he doesn't suffer!
In extraordinary times, she needs to be appeased. He coughed lightly, a little depressed. But he could only say, "Okay, say it quickly." ”
She smiled and kissed him on the cheek. Only then did he whisper: "If you are domineering and rude to me in the future, I will go far away so that you can no longer find it." ”
Changtian's face sank suddenly: "Do you really think like this?"
She snorted softly, "Naturally...... Since you treat me like a subordinate, I will naturally run!"
He laughed: "When did I treat you like a subordinate?"
She straightened her face suddenly: "If you want to beat, you will scold, if you want to scold, you will scold, is that not to treat people?"
She really still holds a grudge, how many days have passed?, he sighed helplessly.
Ning Xiaoxian pouted slightly: "You are busy with sect affairs, can you take care of me, unless you throw me into the god and demon prison......" The words were not finished. He bit his tongue.
Is she building on him and imprisoning herself? Ning Xiaoxian, you are good.
The Hell of Gods and Demons is indeed in his hands now. And according to the urine nature of this prison spirit, whoever opens the door ring will listen to whomever it wants, except for Changtian. She is just the "former" owner. The machine spirit didn't know if he recognized her.
Sure enough, Changtian raised his eyebrows. There was a playful look in his golden eyes: "Yes, why did you forget it?" Seeing her looking at him with a wary face, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll restrain myself in the future." "His purpose was not to scare her away.
"Just restrain yourself?" her eyes widened, "Eh, what are you doing?" the man picked her up and strode into the room:
"You're going to have me to restrain myself, I should always get some rewards, right?"
The crisis is at the head. Her eyes kept rolling: "You're not going to leave for Red Ghost Mountain?"
How could he be so good, he grabbed her and cut her hands behind his back. He bowed his head and bit her ear: "No hurry." The mountain won't run away on long legs, so we'll be busy with ours first. Well, don't clamp your legs so tightly......"
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The moon is dark and the wind is high.
The night owl purred from the treetops, its voice elongated like a terrible cat meow.
This call also woke Qiu Niang up from her coma. As soon as she opened her eyes, she felt water droplets dripping into her eyes, bringing a slight tingling sensation that made her eyes close.
Where's the water? She reached out and touched it in a daze, and subconsciously put it in front of her eyes to take a look—
Although the moonlight is faint, it can barely be seen, where is this water?
She was agitated, and finally came to her senses, and tried to stand up on her elbows, only to collapse back to the ground with a sigh - and then she felt a pain in her body that was torn apart, as if she had just been run over by a carriage.
By the way, the horse-drawn carriage! The mountain road near here is called the Ghost Tooth Road, which is particularly rugged, and she remembers that she and her husband were traveling in an ox cart, but the car overturned, and she was thrown a long way away, and then she was gone.
What about the officials, where are the officials? She looked up with difficulty, and found herself lying in a shallow ditch. In the early spring, the water in the ditch had already frozen, and she fell down, piercing the ice cube, but she did not fall to her death.
"Official, official!" she called out, her anxious, shrill voice far away in the night sky.
The night stalker doesn't seem to be barking anymore. The neighborhood was frighteningly quiet.
The official did not reply.
She had to go to him. Qiu Niang took a few breaths before slowly turning over and sitting up, enduring the pain and moving her hands and feet.
Fortunately, except for the abrasions on his arms, neck, and face, there seems to be no broken bones, and there are no obvious internal injuries. She looked up, and the bottom of the ditch was almost a foot above the ground. Did she fall from a speeding car into the bottom of a ditch without breaking her neck? God forbid, but would the officials be as lucky as themselves?
As soon as she thought of this, she was anxious, and she seemed to have strength in her body, so she staggered to the edge of the ditch, and used her hands and feet to climb up.
The ditch was in dry season in the winter, but the walls of the ditch were frozen and slippery, and she couldn't climb it after several attempts. Qiu Niang was so anxious that she looked left and right, and found a hardwood stick at the bottom of the ditch, so she used it to poke the ice - not to mention, this trick is really useful, probably because her strength has also increased greatly in a hurry, and after a few hard blows, the ice breaks, revealing the old roots that are intertwined underneath.
After a quarter of an hour, she finally managed to climb up, and when she looked around, she was stunned.
It was a vast field of ice, and the snow on the ground reflected the faint light of the moon, so she could see far away, and she could see that it was empty, at least as far as the eye could see. There were only a few dwarf bushes, no people, no living things, nothing that could move. Naturally, there was no trace of officials.
She's alone here!
Qiu Niang was dazed: "This, what's going on?" The empty field made her feel even colder, she shrunk and stood up, and the breath she exhaled condensed into a white air mass. In fact, she was dressed very warmly, and her cotton clothes were wrapped in thick three layers, and the cold wind kept drilling into her collar, but she was tightly blocked outside.
Probably this thick, stretchy garment. Saved her life?" she thought, unsure, and then took a step and began to search.
Not here.
Neither here.
Behind this bush of low wood is also flat snow. If there is no ravine, where did the officials fall, why can't they be found?!
……
An hour later, the numb Qiu Niang finally gave up. Slumped on soft snow. Burst into tears. In such a cold and freezing field, if an official falls and is seriously injured, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky!
When she cried, she really cried so darkly.
I don't know how long I cried bitterly, but suddenly there was the sound of a busy car in the distance, as if someone was approaching.
She had never imagined that the sound of the hooves of livestock and the wheels of vehicles running over the ice and snow was so vivid and pleasant! Wiped the tears from his face and ran away in the direction where the voice came!
On the horizon. Sure enough, there was a convoy in sight.
Qiu Niang was overjoyed, lifted her skirt and rushed forward, blocking the road and shouting: "Help!"
The current horses are getting closer, getting closer......
She could see that most of the convoy was ox carts, and only the first few were horse-drawn carts, which seemed to be caravans walking between the counties. It was moving very fast, and although the knights of the first few carriages had a thick layer of grease on their faces to keep out the cold, they were cut by the whistling ice wind. Their eyes were full of anxiety, and if it weren't for the slow speed of the ox cart behind them, they would have wanted to urge the horses under their crotches to gallop.
Qiu Niang's face changed, because this convoy did not mean to stop at all, but ran faster and faster.
She could see the white gas coming out of the horse's nose, and if she didn't stop it, it would run over her!
The fear of death still prevailed over a qiē. She screamed, but turned sideways. The strong wind brought up by the speeding car blew in her face, blowing her hairpin skirt messy.
How can the people in this convoy be so cruel!
Before she could scold, there was already a child in the back carriage who shouted in a milky voice: "Mother, look, there are a lot of small lanterns behind!"
Another female voice in the car cried and said hurriedly: "Hui'er, don't look, don't turn your head!"
Small lanterns?
Qiu Niang turned her head in amazement and looked at the back of the convoy.
Thousands of feet away, there were hundreds of small turquoise lanterns floating on the low ground, following the convoy, and the appearance was indescribably weird.
Qiu Niang has lived in a mountain village for a long time, and she clearly knows what this is, so her face changed for the first time.
Wolves!
This convoy was so unlucky that it encountered wolves on the snowfield, or hundreds or thousands of swarms!
After the winter, the wolves on the snowfield have nothing to eat, and before the beginning of spring, their bellies are deflated with hunger, their bodies have shrunk twice, and their coats are dry. But at this time, the wolf was the most ferocious and cunning, and he really dared to round up anything that could move. This convoy seems to have dozens of large carts alone, where do wolves dare to come up and provoke them in normal times? But in this early spring, in order to maintain their lives for a bite of food, the wolves are really willing to die to bite off a bite of fat from their prey!
A wolf pack usually has only a dozen members, and this convoy doesn't know how many miles it has traveled to attract such a large number of wolves to gather and follow up!
Qiu Niang took a firm breath of cold air. With her small body, as long as she is single, she will be gnawed into a white bone within fifty breaths, and maybe the hungry wolf will chew the bone and chew it together. She hasn't found the official yet, and she can't die yet!
So she didn't hesitate any longer, seeing that the last few big cars of the convoy were about to pass in front of her, she gritted her teeth, risked pounce, and actually managed to jump onto the car.
The cart was full of goods, and the hard boxes were so flustered to the touch that she didn't care about it, so she quickly hid in a dark corner and curled herself up into a ball. Because the voice of the driver has come from the front.
The people in this convoy don't seem to be very friendly, in case she is caught stealing a ride. Maybe she will be accused of hindering the speed of the car and driving her down?
"A bunch of dog mongrels have followed them out of sixty miles. Why don't you disperse yet!"
Another old voice said: "Before the beginning of spring, these beasts are hungry and green, and they will never let go of the delicious food they have in hand." Now it is hanging behind the head and slowly consuming the body of our cattle and horses. Alas, the nearest stockades are forty miles away, and I don't think we can hide from them this time. ”
She smelled a little burnt smoke in her nose, and it seemed that the old man in front of her was smoking dry cigarettes.
The former person suddenly said in despair: "You always say the same! Could it be that I have to feed the wolf for nothing today with these 100 catties? I haven't married a wife yet, and I haven't opened meat yet!"
The old man said, "Wild wolves love to gnaw on chickens like you!" Twenty years ago, I went up the mountain with Liu'er from the east end of the village. I also met a wolf. The wolf chased him desperately because he was a chicken!"
The former wailed, "Don't scare me......"
Suddenly there were three whistles of different lengths ahead, sharp and short. Interrupted him all at once.
Each team has its own code for long-distance communication. Sure enough, when the old man heard the whistle, he hurriedly shouted: "Turn east, turn east!"
Qiu Niang shrank in the car, and sure enough, she felt her body leaning to the right suddenly. Sure enough, the ox cart was making a sharp turn.
After the body has stabilized. The former person was shocked: "Turn east, but isn't it ...... to the east?"
The old man "shh
"What does this mean, leader? None of the people who went there could come back. ”
The old man sneered: "If you don't go there, you and I will die in another half an hour, go there, maybe there will be some chances!"
He took a few puffs of his cigarette, and it was obvious that his heart was far from calm: "Haven't you heard a word? It is estimated that even if there is, so many beasts will be able to eat it in turn. Horizontal and vertical is not a big death. So the leader is probably going to take them there, and maybe we'll get away with it. ”
She just wanted to hurry to a populated place and find someone to go back to save the officials. Qiu Niang was shocked, but she secretly remembered the route in her heart.
It seemed that after running for almost half an hour, she could sense that the speed of the convoy had slowed down.
The animals pulling the carts were frightened and tired, and they were already tired. The wolves behind saw hope, and they were in high spirits and getting closer and closer. Wolves are creatures that have patience and are best at consuming their prey to death.
At this moment, the old man in front of him shouted softly: "It's here!" In his voice, there was fear and hope.
She secretly lifted the cotton curtain on the car window. In the dim moonlight, the outlines of the mountains in front of her were dark, and a small village seemed to be slowly emerging in her sight. Just after the New Year's pass, there are still red lanterns hanging at the door of every house. On the big stone at the entrance of the village, there are three square characters:
Wu Jiaho.
Qiu Niang almost cried with joy: where there is a village, there are naturally people, and the officials are saved!
Seeing this village, the whole convoy was also in good spirits and rushed over at a faster speed. At the same time, the wolves behind him slowed down and seemed to hesitate.
The old man said happily: "It really works, this group of beasts is very bright, and I am afraid that this place is also jealous." ”
The convoy continued to rush forward, and the leader probably kept an eye on it, and instead of galloping into the village, he turned a corner, intending to go around the side of the village.
Behind the village is a rugged mountain road that can only accommodate five people in parallel, but in the eyes of the convoy, it is a smooth road to the sky. A few whistles came down again, but the voice was very low, as if it was afraid of scaring something.
The old man's voice became smaller: "Slow down, don't run, just walk slowly." ”
The wolves that were trailing all the way finally stopped. The back pushed forward, but the front stopped, restless, as if afraid of some invisible force.
They stopped 300 meters in front of Wu Jiaho, and an invisible line seemed to be drawn on the ground to prevent them from crossing the line.
What Qiu Niang thinks now is that this convoy is still going forward and does not plan to stop. In this case, she has to go into the village to ask for help.
She is not stupid, she can see all kinds of visions here, whether it is a human or a wolf, she is very afraid of this place. But the person she was thinking about had not yet been saved, so she took this risk. I'm going to rush into the village, too.
Qiu Niang quietly rolled to the back of the car and jumped down.
She was very light, although she was bloated. But the car was going around, and the two drivers didn't hear her voice.
Under the gaze of hundreds of green "lanterns", she quickly fled into the boundary of the Wu family's hoarding and crossed the big rock at the entrance of the village.
Behind her, the silent convoy quickly climbed the mountain road and quickly walked away.
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If she remembers correctly, it's the third day of the Lunar New Year.
This kind of small mountain village. There was probably nothing to do at night, so most of the people hid inside their houses. She could see that the lights in the houses of hundreds of houses were still on, and there were many people coming and going.
This village looks. It's the same as the mountain village she walked. Most of the open space in front of the house is a threshing field, and most of the farmyards are still planted with trees, and she can hear the soft voices of people coming from the house.
It's good to have someone. Qiu Niang let out a long sigh of relief. I'm thinking about how to find someone for help. In a blink of an eye, I saw two children playing at the entrance of the village, wearing red and green, and wearing new clothes.
The villagers here are too big, right? There are wild wolves outside, and they dare to let the dolls run out to play by themselves?
She was feeling strange when the boy kicked him in the cannonball. The little thing flew up and landed right on Qiu Niang, and it exploded with a "pop". Burned a hole in her cotton clothes.
In normal times, she has to shout two sentences of "bear children, don't make trouble". But time is running out, how can she have time to worry about this, leaned over, and said urgently to another little girl: "Nan, your father and mother are at home?"
This little girl's eyes were big, but her face was white, she first looked at her carefully, nodded after listening to her words, turned around and shouted: "Daddy, Auntie!"
Qiu Niang was unaware that this little ghost suddenly shouted, startled, only to feel that the sharp children's voice echoed in the open field, and it was unspeakably terrifying.
With a "squeak", the wooden door opposite her opened, and out came a man, tall and strong, with thick knuckles, obviously accustomed to physical work. Behind him, there was also a young woman dressed as a farmer, who looked about thirty miles away.
I finally saw a normal person. Qiu Niang breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward and said, "This big brother, please help me!"
When the man saw her, he was slightly stunned, and looked up and down. The woman behind him was also looking at her, as if she remembered something at the moment, her eyebrows suddenly rose, and she exclaimed, "Brother, it's him!
Her voice was not small, and it spread far away.
"She's coming!"
These three words floated in the night sky of the small mountain village, endlessly, as if they lingered three times before dispersing. At the same time, all the whispers in the farmer's homes disappeared.
Wu Jiachu suddenly fell into a cemetery-like silence, only gusts of cold wind howled by.
Is there anything to make a fuss about when she comes? Why are the people in this hoard screaming? Qiu Niang frowned before continuing: "I fell down from the carriage with the official, I can't find him, I want to ask you for help and get him back." ”
The man in front of him suddenly laughed: "I should save you, I should save you!" took two steps forward, opened his five fingers, and actually reached out to pull her.
His features suddenly became distorted, and he seemed to be full of indescribable malice. Qiu Niang sneered, took two steps back, involuntarily avoided this grasp, and said in shock: "You, what are you doing?"
"Didn't you already know?" he exhaled a white breath from his nose and strode after him.
Qiu Niang didn't hesitate anymore, turned around and ran. But she only ran two steps before she found desperately, and at some point, villagers were slowly gathering in all directions. They stared at her like a wolfdog in her own backyard seeing a piece of meat.
This kind of look is definitely not much friendlier than the big man behind him!
What is wrong with the people in this village? Ke Niang was shocked and frightened, seeing that the crowd had not completely surrounded her, she turned around and was about to run out, but she was suddenly grabbed by the arm of the big man behind her.
He used a lot of force, Qiu Niang suddenly felt pain in her heart, and couldn't help but bite his hand.
"Ahh Although Qiu Niang was panicked in her heart, her movements were really not slow, and with her slender figure, she immediately got out of the cracks of people who had not yet been surrounded.
"That's her! Catch her!" a man's shouting rang out behind him, and footsteps began to stumble, and apparently her pursuers began to run.
Run, run! She instinctively knew that after being caught up by this group of people, she was afraid that the end would be extremely terrible. Qiu Niang exerted her strength under her feet and rushed forward panting. (To be continued......)
PS: Today is the eighth day of the lunar month!Sisters remember to eat Laba porridge, beauty and blood nourishment~~ Boys eat it and it is also very kidney-nourishing!
My house is glutinous rice, purple rice, longan, red dates, barley, raisins, peanuts, and cored lotus seeds
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