The rose scepter emitted a soft white glow, although it was not as good as a flashlight, but it was similar to the light of a glow stick, so that Yang Yi could clearly see what was approaching, it was a scarecrow, his head was a small cloth bag, stuffed with straw, with eyes, nose and mouth painted on it, pretending to be a face. On his head was a blue peaked hat in the style of a Munchkin, and he was wearing a blue garment, which had faded and his body was stuffed with straw. Draped over his feet were a pair of old shoes covered in blue cloth.

Although Yang Yi had already been prepared in his heart, he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw such a scarecrow just a few steps away from him, because the real scarecrow was not as cute and cartoonish as in the movie and imagined, but more like those strange dolls in horror movies, and this scarecrow was still blinking.

Yang Yi didn't speak, but the scarecrow spoke: "Hello, are you Dorothy? It doesn't seem to be, because everyone says Dorothy is a girl, and you are a man, may I ask, have you seen Dorothy?"

"Who is looking for me?" Dorothy got out of the thatched hut, then saw the scarecrow, exclaimed, and was about to turn around and get into the thatched hut, Yang Yi hurriedly grabbed Dorothy and said: "Don't be afraid, he is just a scarecrow, if my guess is right, it wants you to take it with Archmage Oz, because it is a brainless guy, and it wants a brain very much." ”

Speaking of brains, the scarecrow looked very sad and said listlessly: "This gentleman with black hair and black eyes is right, I do want a brain, I am hung here all day and all night, scaring away the crows, although I am not useless, but I am filled with straw, so I have no brains." ”

Dorothy felt very sorry for the scarecrow, but she didn't take the initiative to make up her mind, but turned her head to look at Yang Yi and asked, "Can we bring it......?"

The scarecrow said sadly to Dorothy, "Please take me with you, for I don't care about a pair of legs, a pair of hands, and arms and a body, they are all filled with straw, so I won't get hurt." If someone tramples on my toes or my body with a needle, it doesn't matter, because I won't feel pain. But I don't want people to think I'm an idiot, if I put my brain in my skull instead of stuffing straw, I'll be as normal as you are. ”

In the story of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy not only brought a scarecrow, but also a tin man and a lion, so it is necessary to follow the original trajectory of the story, so that Dorothy will return home smoothly, and Yang Yi can also return to the Dragon Kingdom smoothly, if you don't let the scarecrow follow, it is equivalent to a mistake, Yang Yi doesn't want to see anything wrong now, he doesn't know that in this fucking story, he can still maintain the original trajectory, if it is changed beyond recognition, it will be very unfavorable to him.

Yang Yi nodded to the scarecrow: "We can take you, but you have to promise to be obedient." ”

"Yes, I will be obedient, in fact, when you sleep, I can also drive away pesky crows and mosquitoes for you, so I'm not a useless scarecrow, I just don't have a brain, but I'm useful......"

Yang Yi nodded, and asked the scarecrow to let the scarecrow run ten steps away from the thatched house for him and Dorothy, the scarecrow agreed, and stood as a puppet, Yang Yi and Dorothy continued to sleep, Dorothy was nothing, but Yang Yi was a careful person, and he didn't sleep well all night, but nothing happened until dawn.

At dawn, Yang Yi was completely relieved of the scarecrow, he got up and patted the dust on his body, and saw that the scarecrow was looking at him with his eyes not far away, although its eyes were painted, but they were very vivid and could blink, and when he saw Yang Yi get up, the scarecrow also greeted him affectionately: "Good morning, Mr. with black hair and black eyes, can we go?"

Yang Yi stretched out his head to look in the thatched hut, Dorothy was sleeping soundly, Yang Yi did not wake Dorothy, but asked the scarecrow: "Is there any drinking water or stream water around here?" I want to wash my face, and I want to go to make it easier." ”

"Dear sir, you walk through this rice field, there is a small river over there, and the water in it is very clear......"

Yang Yi's most unbearable thing is the day when there is no water, he heard that there was a small river, hurriedly passed through the rice field, and sure enough, there was a clear river, and the opposite side of the river was a forest, seeing the river Yang Yi couldn't help cheering, washed his face, rinsed his mouth, drank a few sips of cool river water, and felt more energetic.

As soon as Yang Yi, who was more energetic, raised his head, he heard a creaking sound in the forest opposite, which was harsh and unpleasant, but mixed with the sound that can only be seen when metals collide with each other, which was very strange and very ugly, Yang Yi was startled, looked up, and shouted loudly: "Who is it?"

"It's me, it's me, I'm sir, I want to ask for your help, please help me......"

Yang Yi didn't feel the danger in the woods opposite, in fact, he wasn't too afraid, if there was really danger, the sterilization god would appear, Yang Yi was looking forward to the appearance of the sterilization god, so that he could discuss with him, if he could borrow his magic carpet and use it, after all, in addition to traveling and relaxing, Yang Yi really couldn't think of anything that could be beneficial to him, but the situation outside was so dangerous, it was better to go back early, it was better to go back earlier.

So Yang Yi was very willing to take risks, but he was just about to cross the river, and Dorothy's voice came from behind him: "Your Majesty the King, please don't take risks, the scarecrow said that it is not afraid of pain, and it will not die, I think it is better to let him go and see it first......"

"Yes, honorable king, it turned out to be your king, please forgive me for my rudeness, I will do this kind of thing......"

Dorothy and the scarecrow ran over, seeing Dorothy's anxious little face, Yang Yi smiled very relieved, after all, Dorothy really cared about her, Yang Yi couldn't resist the little girl's kindness, nodded and agreed, so the scarecrow volunteered to cross the river and go to the opposite woods to have a look.

But during this period, something went wrong, the scarecrow was too light, and was almost washed away by the river, but fortunately, the scarecrow stabilized, went ashore and ran into the woods, and after a while, the scarecrow ran back to the other side of the river and shouted to Yang Yi and Dorothy: "There is a tin man in the woods!"

Hearing that it was a tin man in the woods, Yang Yi couldn't help but be stunned, in his impression that after Dorothy met the scarecrow, it took a while to meet the tin man, and it was on the road, but in his version, he met the scarecrow last night, and he met the tin man this morning, does that mean that the progress of the story has become faster because of his existence?

Yang Yi turned his head to Dorothy and said, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you, let's go over and have a look." ”

The little girl smiled sweetly at Yang Yi: "I won't be afraid of you anymore, I think you are braver than all the princes in the story, because except for you, no prince dares to declare war with the dark witches, I believe you ......"

Yang Yi felt very relieved, what he did was recognized, although it was just a little girl, but the more innocent the child's admission, the more it proved that what he did was meaningful, Yang Yi nodded, grabbed Dorothy's hand, and waded through the small river with her, the river was very shallow, only up to the knees of two people.

After crossing the river, the scarecrow ran towards the forest, Yang Yi asked Dorothy to follow behind, he carefully blocked the front, and even took out the rose scepter, and after running for a while, after bypassing a few trees, the scarecrow in front stopped, and then pointed to a big tree with his straw arm.

Yang Yi and Dorothy looked in the direction pointed by the scarecrow, and saw a man made entirely of iron standing next to the big tree, holding a sharp axe in his hand. His head, arms, legs, and feet were all attached to his body, but he stood motionless, as if unable to move.

In the fairy tale world, no one knows more about humanoid things made of metal than Yang Yi, after all, in the real world, robots are not a new concept, and there are even robots like Transformers, which is really nothing unusual, but the tin man Yang Yi saw can only be called an iron man, not a robot.

Because this tin man is so rudimentary, how to describe it? It is like a humanoid armor standing on the ground, except for the iron sheet, there is no technical content, and it is rough and simple and miserable.

Coarse to rough, humble to simple, but the tin man can speak, Dorothy saw the tin man surprised and asked, "You guy made of steel, who are you?"

"I, I'm a tin man. ”

"I can see that you are a tin man, and now I ask you, who created you, and why do you speak?"

Dorothy's question was exactly what Yang Yi wanted to ask, but it was such a simple question, but the tin man was confused, and said blankly: "I don't know who created me, since I can remember, I will be in this wood." ”

"When did you start remembering?" was asked by Yang Yi.

The tin man thought for a while and said, "It should have been yesterday, yes, it was yesterday, I woke up yesterday, it seemed to have been in the dark before, but I couldn't move, I have been helping, but no one has come to help me, are you here to help me?"

Yesterday, Yang Yi couldn't help but feel a move in his heart, scarecrow, tin man, this kind of thing should not be alive, although it is in the fairy tale world, but the fairy tale world is also logical and regular, which obviously violates the normal logic and law, and yesterday happened to be when Yang Yi and Dorothy fell here, could it be that their arrival opened a copy of this place?