69.The Demon Chapter 7
Calling out the name Lu Ning, He Qianjue hugged the lone wolf for a long time, but the lone wolf did not want to respond to He Qianjue's meaning, it continued to stare at He Qianjue with blood-red eyes for a long time, and finally pulled He Qianjue's body with its paws, opened its mouth and bit He Qianjue's back collar, as if it was holding a little wolf cub, and picked He Qianjue whole.
This wolf is really huge, He Qianjue is as small as a ball in front of it, He Qianjue also instinctively shrunk himself into a ball, and was led by a lone wolf to the depths of the woods.
After walking a few steps, the lone wolf seemed to find it inconvenient to carry He Qianjue in his mouth, so he put him down again and let him climb on his back, so that he could carry He Qianjue forward.
The lone wolf's fur is very soft and thick, fluffy and unusually warm, He Qianjue likes it quite much, lying on its back and burying his face in its fur. He could faintly hear the heartbeat of a lone wolf, just as he could hear the heartbeat of a young deer every time he held it.
"Are you really Lu Ning?" Although He Qianjue asked, he could actually be sure in his heart, he could be sure that this lone wolf was Lu Ning.
Although He Qianjue is just a child now, he is convinced of his intuition at this moment, he is convinced that this lone wolf is the Lu Ning he misses, although he doesn't understand why Lu Ning can change from a young deer to a big hungry wolf, but the other party's familiar blood-red eyes make He Qianjue can't help but trust it.
However, even with trust, He Qianjue still wants a definite answer.
The lone wolf seemed to hesitate for a moment before speaking slowly, its voice was full of waves, even a little indifferent, but at the same time it seemed extremely gentle, and it said softly: "I am Lu Ning." ”
Hearing the confirmation, He Qianjue became happy again, opened her arms and hugged the lone wolf's body tightly, rubbed it twice on its back, and shouted excitedly: "Lu Ning can talk! Great! Lu Ning can talk to me!"
He Qianjue once had this kind of hope, he hoped that Lu Ning could communicate with him like a human being, although many of Lu Ning's meanings can be expressed through guò body language, but verbal direct communication is the best way to communicate, perhaps every child will have such a hope in childhood, to have a closest friend who can say everything, to be able to never separate and go anywhere hand in hand.
So when he heard that Lu Ning could really talk to him, He Qianjue was really happy, his happiness came so easily, as if he had never had any troubles. He didn't even wonder how terrifying or terrifying it was for a wolf to speak, and he held the lone wolf's muscular body and indulged in pure pleasure.
When Lu Ning carried him into a cave where he lived, Lu Ning found that He Qianjue on his back had fallen asleep, he was frozen in the snow, and now holding the warm Lu Ning, he couldn't help but relax, and the double relaxation of spirit and body made the child fall asleep immediately.
Lu Ning carried He Qianjue to find a warm and dry place in the depths of the cave, where it was spread with specially arranged hay, and then it lay on the hay, so that He Qianjue on his back naturally slid down, and then Lu Ning surrounded He Qianjue with his body, stretched out his tongue and licked He Qianjue's forehead and face.
The body temperature is normal and there is no fever.
Lu Ning breathed a sigh of relief, picked up some hay and covered He Qianjue, it knew that it had to find a way to make a fire, although this cave could hide from the wind and snow, it was still too cold inside. A child like He Qianjue has no way to resist this cold.
But using the wolf's body is not easy to make fire, after all, there are no hands as flexible as humans, so Lu Ning stared at He Qianjue for a while, and vaguely had an idea in his heart.
Lu Ning nested beside He Qianjue for a while, and made sure that He Qianjue was asleep, his body was stained with his own smell, and his body was also warmed by Lu Ning, so Lu Ning added some hay to He Qianjue to cover him, and then got up and temporarily went to He Qianjue's side.
Lunning walked out of the cave entrance and began to run towards the snow, searching for the dry branches and some stones that could be used to make fire, namely flint, as well as some ordinary stones. It took it in its mouth and brought it back one by one, and with its claws it cleared a clean place in the cave without excess weeds, and piled up all the firewood and stones it had brought back.
When the things were ready, Lu Ning took out a torn, dirty brown fur cloak from the cave, which Lu Ning had obtained in some hunter's abandoned hut, but the cloak was a long time old, and there were many holes and blood stains on it, and it smelled of stench.
Lu Ning didn't dislike it, he put a cloak on himself, and then muttered a few words to He Qianjue, and something magical happened, only to see that the sturdy big bad wolf in the cave was gone, and what appeared in place was a boy who was naked/naked except for the shabby windbreaker he was wearing, and he looked exactly like He Qianjue.
This boy does look exactly the same as He Qianjue, with the same height, body shape, and appearance. Except for the indifferent look on his face, which made him look a little less like an eight-year-old child, no matter how you look at the rest, this is the real He Qianjue.
But he is not He Qianjue, he is Lu Ning, he just borrowed He Qianjue's appearance and body, so that Lu Ning can have a pair of flexible hands like a human being.
However, after becoming a human, there is no thick fur and strong body that can protect against the cold like a gray wolf, and the cold suddenly penetrates from all directions, Lu Ning feels this strange cold, and can't help but wrap the dirty cloak on his body, and then squats next to the stone pile, piles firewood inside, and then uses flint to make fire.
This was the first time that Lu Ning learned to light a fire to keep warm like a human, although it was the first time, but he did a good job, the flames soon burned in the stone pile, the warm light of the fire suddenly lit up the dim cave, Lu Ning felt the mesmerizing temperature up close, he stared at the flames, and even his blood-red eyes seemed to glow with fire.
"Lu Ning?" At this time, He Qianjue, who was sleeping in the haystack, woke up, probably woken up by the knocking sound when Lu Ning knocked on the flint before, He Qianjue got up in a daze, he also saw the firelight, and subconsciously crawled towards the place of the firelight, and saw Lu Ning who was covered with a wool cloak, and subconsciously shouted.
When Lu Ning turned his head, He Qianjue saw the other party's face that was exactly the same as his own.
The image of the young deer He Qianjue accepted it quickly, because the young deer is really cute, a little big and very lively, like a little elf, and the main thing is that the other party can also penetrate his own thoughts, so that He Qianjue has no resistance at all.
Although the image of the gray wolf is a little scary, the strong body and warm fur bring He Qianjue an extraordinary sense of security, which makes He Qianjue forget his fear in an instant and accept the gray wolf without any guilt.
On the contrary, Lu Ning is now holding He Qianjue's body, but He Qianjue is startled.
Seeing "another self" appear in front of him without warning, this is undoubtedly a terrifying scene, He Qianjue is no exception, he was so frightened that the whole person shrank back, looking at Lu Ning in fear, until he found Lu Ning's blood-red eyes, he relaxed a little.
"Are you ......" He Qianjue asked cautiously, "Are you also Lu Ning?"
This sentence inexplicably made Lu Ning laugh, his smile was very shallow, and with his blood-red eyes, it unexpectedly gave people a kind of amazing illusion.
He didn't answer He Qianjue's question immediately, but stretched out his hand to He Qianjue, looking like he Qianjue was invited over. His invitation made little Qianjue hesitate slightly, but he quickly let down his guard and obediently crawled over.
He Qianjue, who crawled over, subconsciously put his paws on Lu Ning's palm, and was held by Lu Ning and then pulled hard, He Qianjue was pulled over like this and was hugged into Lu Ning's arms. He Qianjue was still a little stunned when she was hugged, she was stunned for a moment, and then obediently hugged Lu Ning with her backhand.
Lu Ning whispered in his ear, "It's so cold, let me hug you." "The human body has almost no ability to protect against the cold, and it is too cold.
His voice was still cold and cold, but it was still gentle.
He Qianjue was a little happy, hugged Lu Ning tighter, and rubbed Lu Ning, trying to transfer his temperature to Lu Ning to the maximum.
The two of them rubbed and hugged each other for a while, He Qianjue slowly got used to Lu Ning's face that was exactly the same as himself, he was very curious, reached out and touched Lu Ning's face, and asked childishly: "Lu Ning, are you going to transform?!"
Lu Ning tilted her head to look at him: "Transformation?"
"It's like the kind of monster that Mr. Storyteller said!" He Qianjue smiled at Lu Ning stupidly, "Mr. said that some monsters will change seventy-two! They will become birds, fish, snakes, tigers, anything!"
Saying that, He Qianjue also leaned his face closer to look at Lu Ning: "Lu Ning, will you also change seventy-two?"
Lu Ning smiled again and looked at He Qianjue gently: "Yes, I will also change seventy-two." ”
"It's great! it's amazing!" He Qianjue cheered, hugged Lu Ning and said, "So you can also become my appearance, right!?"
"Isn't I what you look like now?" Lu Ning pulled the windbreaker on his body and wrapped himself and He Qianjue.
He Qianjue rubbed his face into Lu Ning's neck, his voice suddenly became depressed again, and said, "I want to be with Lu Ning all the time." ”
"Yes. Lu Ning said, "You can be with me all the time." ”
He Qianjue shook her head sadly: "But my father wants to take me away." ”
"Take you away?" Lu Ning didn't know what to do, and looked down at He Qianjue in his arms: "Where are you going?"
"Well......" He Qianjue thought for a while, "Daddy said he was going to take me to the south." ”
"Doesn't Qianjue want to go?" Lu Ning asked him.
He Qianjue shook his head and hugged Lu Ning tightly: "I want to be with Lu Ning, let's not separate, okay?"
He Qianjue rolled in Lu Ning's arms with a soft voice, and he said, "Let's not separate, so Lu Ning will come with me!"
This child is very good at being coquettish, which may be the best ability of all children, and Lu Ning is so doting on him, he touched He Qianjue's head, looked at him gently, and almost agreed.
But just as Lu Ning was about to open his mouth to agree to He Qianjue's request, a noisy shout sounded outside the cave.
He Qianjue ran out of the He family compound in the middle of the night, he forgot to close the door of the backyard when he secretly ran out, and was discovered by Uncle Zhang, who was guarding the door, Uncle Zhang saw that the back door was open, and thought that there were thieves in the house, but the He family compound has almost been emptied, and there is nothing valuable, what can a thief steal?
Although he was puzzled, Uncle Zhang dutifully patrolled the yard and found that the door of the young master's house was not closed, he immediately entered the door to check, and found that He Qianjue was not in his house at all, and the bed in the house was also cold, and there was no trace of anyone sleeping at all.
Uncle Zhang was anxious, thinking that someone had sneaked into the courtyard and kidnapped the young master, so he immediately ran to the door of He Jiuming's house, the head of the He family, and knocked on the door, and informed He Jiuming of what he saw and thought.
He Jiuming later went directly to the nearby government to report the case, and the Yamen officials in Mohe City also had a little friendship with He Jiuming, and when they heard that He Jiuming's son had an accident, they immediately dispatched all the people from the Yamen to help He Jiuming find his young master.
They knocked on the door to look for it, and it took most of the night for most of the night, and finally the emperor lived up to his wishes, and soon got the news from the night watchman in Mohe City, saying that he saw a child wearing a coat and braving the heavy snow, coming out of the backyard of the He family, and running towards the west city gate.
A group of people immediately searched for He Qianjue's traces at the West City Gate, and searched for them, but in the corner of the city wall of the West City Gate, they found a dog hole covered with footprints and snow that had been cut open, looking at the size of this hole, an eight-year-old child should be able to drill through, so they speculated that the young master of the He family probably drilled this hole and ran out of the city.
Realizing that his son might be out of the city, thinking of the icy, snowy, frosty and bad weather outside the city, He Jiuming's face turned pale with worry, and the prefect of the yamen who had a relationship with He Jiuming stretched out his hand and patted He Jiuming's shoulder, and said to him: "Don't worry, with such a heavy snow, the child can't run far, we can find him soon." ”
A group of people opened the West City Gate again and then went out to look for He Qianjue's shadow, they followed the footprints and traces that He Qianjue left on the ground, because the snow was too heavy, the footprints would soon be slowly covered by snowflakes, and halfway through the pursuit, the footprints almost disappeared, but looking at the direction of the footprints, they roughly guessed that He Qianjue was going to Qingzhu Mountain.
So making persistent efforts, a group of people climbed Qingzhu Mountain to continue looking for He Qianjue.
They were looking for He Qianjue's name at the same time, and He Qianjue, who was nesting in the cave with Lu Ning at the moment, heard the shouting outside, and seemed to distinguish that his father was calling for himself in these voices, so he knew that his father had come to look for him.
He Qianjue was excited at first, but not long after he was excited, he was a little nervous, grabbed Lu Ning's arm, and said, "Lu Ning! Daddy is coming to me, he will take me away tomorrow...... I don't want to go, Lu Ning...... Lu Ning, will you come with me?"
Lu Ning listened to the noisy shouts outside, and then looked at the little Qianjue in front of him, Qianjue showed him a pitiful and begging little look, Lu Ning had no resistance to his gaze, so after thinking about it for a few seconds, Lu Ning reached out and pressed He Qianjue's head, and smiled at He Qianjue: "Don't worry, I will always be with you, no matter where you go, I will follow you." ”
"Really!?" He Qianjue was very happy, and he smiled widely when he was happy. At this stage, He Qianjue had nothing else to think about, just wanted to be with his best friend, maybe at this moment he not only regarded Lu Ning as a friend, maybe he also had other feelings, he held Lu Ning's hand tightly, looked at Lu Ning's blood-red eyes with fascination, and said, "Lu Ning is so good, Qianjue likes you the most." ”
"Like?" Lu Ning couldn't understand this feeling, but it didn't prevent him from experiencing it, so he also showed a gentle smile to He Qianjue and said, "Lu Ning also likes Qianjue." ”
He Qianjue was even happier, jumped up and hugged Lu Ning, and kissed Lu Ning heavily on the cheek.
Lu Ning, who was taken advantage of, touched his face in hindsight.
At this time, the noisy voices outside were getting closer and closer, they may have found the fire and smoke faintly leaking out of the cave, He Qianjue was also getting more and more nervous, and said to Lu Ning: "I don't know if Daddy will agree to let me take you away, I should make up a reason." ”
"No need for a reason. Lu Ning touched his face and said softly: "I changed back to the image of a deer, and you just need to hold me tightly, and when others ask, they say that you picked it up and want to raise it." ”
As soon as Lu Ning said this, He Qianjue also suddenly realized, clapped his hands and said: "Yes, this is good!
The two hit it off, so before He Jiuming led a group of people into the cave, Lu Ning turned into the image of a young deer again, got into He Qianjue's arms, and let He Qianjue hold him tightly. He Qianjue likes the image of Lu Ning, a young deer, and touches the head of the young deer while holding it, and kisses him on the head by the way.
When He Jiuming entered the cave, what he saw was his son huddled next to a fire, holding a fawn in his arms.
Finding the young master of the He family made a group of people breathe a sigh of relief, He Jiuming immediately rushed up and picked up his son and held him in his arms, he opened his mouth to reprimand while hugging his son, saying that Qianjue was ignorant and disobedient, running around and causing trouble, etc., but the reprimand was reprimanded, and he still held his son and did not let go.
He Qianjue also buried his head in his father's chest, and didn't say anything else, just shouted "Daddy" in a milky voice.
Finally calming down, He Jiuming finally let go of the arm holding his son, and carefully looked his son up and down to see if he was injured, but at a glance he saw the young deer in his son's arms.
"What is this?" He Jiuming asked his son with a frown.
He Qianjue hugged the young deer in his arms tightly, and replied timidly: "I picked it up in the forest, it is mine...... Daddy, don't throw it away!"
The prefect of Yamen, who was following He Jiuming, also stepped forward to take a look, and said: "This seems to be a cub of a sika deer, it seems to be two months old, and there is a small grassland opposite the green bamboo forest here...... However, it is really strange that the stage of sika deer calving should be the summer of May and June, which is ...... How can there be a young deer?"
If it were normal, He Jiuming might allow his son to raise some pets such as cats and dogs, and it would not be a big deal to raise a deer, but not now, their He family is almost at the end of their rope, and they can't even afford to raise such a deer.
So He Jiuming squatted down and said to his son: "Qianjue, let it go, it must have its own father and mother." ”
"Don't!" When He Qianjue heard this, he immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "This is mine!
He Jiuming grimaced and took a stern attitude: "Qianjue, don't mess around! I won't take care of this deer for you, if you want to raise it, you have to feed it yourself, bathe it yourself, and take it out for a walk, will you do this? You can't even take care of yourself!"
He Qianjue was disobedient and stubborn: "I will definitely be able to take care of him, I haven't even tried how to know if it doesn't work, I don't care, I have to raise him!"
He Qianjue began to make a fuss, and the more his father disagreed, the more he made a fuss, and the young deer in his arms almost rolled around on the ground.
Seeing that the wind and snow outside were getting bigger and bigger, the prefect next to him knew that time was waiting for no one, and if he continued to spend time in this cave, when the snow fell heavily and the snow closed the mountain, it would be difficult for them to go down the mountain, so he also persuaded him: "Mr. He, you just let him take it, this child, don't you like it now, and you will get tired of it in the future, maybe you won't want it one day." ”
"I won't want Lu Ning!" He Qianjue heard the prefect's words and yelled at the prefect angrily.
Tong Yan was unscrupulous, and the prefect didn't take He Qianjue seriously at all, and said with a smile: "Yo, look! Just like that, even the name is given!"
After tossing and turning like this for a while, the time passed minute by minute, the snowflakes fluttered outside the cave, and the cold wind blew everyone in the cave couldn't help but tremble. In less than half a pillar of incense, the snow was piled up nearly half a foot high, almost drowning a child like He Qianjue.
Therefore, He Jiuming is too lazy to care about whether his son can raise deer or not, and now their top priority is to find a way to go down the mountain.
The prefect of the yamen brought thirteen people to follow He Jiuming up the mountain to find his son, and now there are only eight people in the cave plus He Qianjue, and the rest of the people were scattered when they were looking for people in the mountains and forests before, but looking at the fierce strength of the snow, the prefect believed that the other eight people outside might have felt bad and went down the mountain in advance.
"My lord, it looks like we won't be able to leave tonight. The prefect's subordinates poked the snow outside with the wooden sticks they had picked up, and the snow was thick enough to reach the waist of an adult man. Even though the snow is already so heavy, it seems that the sky does not know how to stop, and the goose feathers and snow keep fluttering, and I don't know when it will stop.
"What to do, it looks like we're going to have to spend the night in this cave tonight, I don't know if we can stop tomorrow morning, if it keeps snowing, we'll be stuck here. ”
He Jiuming and the prefect and the prefect's subordinates started a discussion, and as they spoke, they couldn't help but start observing the cave where their group was temporarily hiding from the wind and snow.
"This looks like some kind of beast's lair. The prefect walked around the cave and found the white bones of small animals, piles of hay and dead leaves in the cave, and immediately made a judgment, saying, "I used to hunt around here, and there is no danger at the edge of this forest, but there are wolves living in the depths of the forest, and brown bears are infested." ”
He Jiuming was also a little panicked, and said, "Wouldn't it be dangerous for us to stay here?"