Qi Yun and Hong Jian hurriedly left Donglin Village and got on a long-distance bus to the place where the girl in the village called the "blind girl" married. It was indeed in a deep mountain col, and it was unusually closed. And with Hong Jian's common sense of life, he can naturally expect that the villagers of that kind of local village are uncivilized, and there is a barbaric spirit of huddle children, especially for the matter of buying a daughter-in-law in the city, the secret of a family can often become the secret of the whole village, and it is the secret of the whole village that swears to defend to the death.

Therefore, this journey is not only arduous, but also inevitably dangerous and abnormal. Originally, according to Hong Jian's opinion, he could go alone, so Qi Yun didn't need to take this risk. But Qi Yun asked him rhetorically: If she is not allowed to participate in everything, then what is she here for? Qi Yun also tricked and said to Hong Jian: Even if it is closed and backward, its degree is not necessarily worse than the small village where she once taught for a year, she could cope with it before, and her age and social experience have increased a lot in the past few years, and there is no reason why she can't cope with it. Hong Jian heard her say this, and had to reluctantly agree.

The distance between the impoverished village and the city is actually not far, only two or three hundred kilometers from the map, but due to the extremely inconvenient traffic conditions, the long-distance bus then transferred to the passing agricultural vehicle, and it took more than ten hours to walk more than 200 kilometers.

Winter in the col is very deep, and at this time there is already a thick layer of snow, and under the reflection of the blue night sky, the snow shimmers and flows like jewels all over the ground. Qi Yun jumped down from the empty agricultural vehicle, moved his muscles and bones, and stepped on the snow with one foot, but felt that someone had moved the canopy to the ground, and the whole person was like walking in the Milky Way. The driver of the farm truck carrying them collected the money from Hong Jian, smoked a bag of cigarettes with satisfaction, turned around and drove away, and the headlights of the car were fluttering with snowflakes like fireflies.

What a beautiful picture it was, making it almost impossible for Qi Yun to believe that there were all kinds of sins that could be hidden here, but this innocent fantasy only lasted for a short time, the sky was getting white, a certain door in the village creaked, and there was already a weak village girl who went out to work early in the morning, struggling to sweep the snow in front of the door with a broom that was bare.

Qi Yunzai carefully looked at the girl's small face wrapped in a heavy turban, and suddenly shuddered, and quickly turned his head to look at Hong Jian.

Hong Jian also looked at her, and the moment their eyes met, Qi Yun saw Hong Jian nodding slightly.

Yes, the girl who was struggling to clean the snow in the cold and wind of the early morning before the sky was fully bright, had a beautiful face, but her eyes were empty and dull, without a trace of aura, which made people look like hitting the copper wall head-on, painful and terrifying.

Who could this be a "blind girl"? It was such a coincidence that they met her as soon as they came. Qi Yun felt sad when he watched the joints of the blind girl's limbs and the movements of cleaning the snow stiffen. Qi Yun knew that the blind girl must be very cold, because what she was wrapped in could only be called layers of tattered cotton wool at best, and Qi Yun himself was wrapped in a thick long down jacket, wearing a thick hat and wind and snow goggles, and he couldn't stop shivering.

Hong Jian thought for a long time, but hesitated and didn't dare to step forward, of course Qi Yun guessed what he meant: the people in the mountains may have spent several lifetimes of savings to buy a daughter-in-law to start a family, if Hong Jian a strange man rashly rushed over to talk to her, what is it if it is not looking for death? Qi Yun silently patted the back of Hong Jian's hand, yes, she had to go out in person.

Qi Yun walked towards the girl. In order to make it easier for herself to speak, she pushed the hat of the down jacket off her head, and the cold wind and snow blew through her head at once, as if it was pouring endlessly into the depths of her soul, she was choked and coughed, but she still tried to make herself walk more steadily step by step.

Approaching the slender body that was sweeping the snow one by one, she thought about how to talk to her, but she turned dozens of opening statements in her mind, but each of them felt that it was not very suitable. So when she approached, and looked carefully at the girl's face, which was originally immature but dyed with vicissitudes, and at the same time still beautiful, and at her blind eyes as gray as burnt coke, she blurted out a sentence:

"Are you from Donglin Village?"

Her reckless words caused a great disaster, and the silent early morning of the entire small village in the mountain col was shattered by the death cry of a wild beast, and the girl known as the "blind girl" dragged Qi Yun in disregard, whining and pleading violently, while clenching Qi Yun's hands as if she were dying. Her fingers were cold, rough and sticky, and her thin, brittle nails dug into Qi Yun's flesh, making Qi Yun instinctively want to shake off in panic, but instinctively wanted to hold on.

Not to mention that Qi Yun was at a loss, even the Hong Arrow behind her, who was used to seeing thrilling scenes in her life, was panicked for a moment. In a flash of lightning, Hong Jian expected that such a howl from the blind girl would surely attract the villagers to chase after him, or rather, to be precise, to be beaten. However, at this moment, there is no other way but to take one step at a time.

He stepped forward, jumped to Qi Yun and the blind girl in a few big steps, grabbed the hands of the two of them tightly, and shouted in a low but firm voice:

"Run!"

Although there was very little chance of escaping in this snowy col, the situation was so bad that they couldn't give up their efforts, even if there was even the slightest possibility. The Hung Arrow pulled the two girls, one frightened and the other hysterical, and ran hard towards the slippery mountain road covered with heavy snow.

Although there are no cars on the mountain road, and the col behind the small mountain village with heavy leaves and leaves looks more suitable for hiding people's figures, Hong Jian is more aware of the fact that with the mental state of a mad girl, it is impossible to hide the traces; In addition, the people in the mountains are as familiar as their own backyards, and although he and Qi Yun have a pair of good eyes, if they break into it, they are actually no different from blind girls.

Of course, Hong Jian didn't believe that with the speed of the three of them, he could outrun the villagers who were already chasing after them in groups, shouting and drinking with various farm tools. So he didn't waste a second of hesitation, but decisively let go of Qi Yun and the crazy girl's hands and pushed them into the depths of the heavy snow.

"Xiaoyun, you take the blind girl away, I'll deal with it here." Hong Jian was full of anger, and his voice was still clearly distinguishable in the wind and snow, "You take her back to the city...... Avoid Lu Wei, find a lawyer to help her record her confession, and then go to the county seat with the lawyer, and use the confession to negotiate with the criminal director...... Maybe there is hope for Uncle Qi's innocence. Come on! ”

Qi Yun turned his head sharply, squinting at the villagers approaching them in a terrifying manner. The villagers shouted and cursed, and spat at the palms of their hands viciously, and the farm tools in their hands shone with a cold glow in the snow.

The snow fell on Qi Yun's eyelashes, freezing her eyes crimson, and she suddenly held Hong Jian's hand back:

"If you want to go, let's go together!"

Hong Jian angrily pushed the slender palm in his hand, and shouted angrily:

"Do you understand? Uncle Qi is most likely innocent! You take the blind girl away, and use her confession to exchange it for what you need - don't worry, I'm fine, you forgot that I have practiced martial arts since I was a child? It's a taekwondo black belt again, don't look at how many of them there are, and they don't have the ability to do anything to me, not to mention that they don't want to make trouble! I will reason with them, I am the chief reporter of China News Agency, who can talk about reasoning with me? Let's go! ”

Qi Yun's eyes were the kind of calm that was revealed under a high degree of excitement. Such a look made Hong Jian wonder if she had listened to any word she said? I saw that one hand of her was firmly clasping the blind girl who was constantly writhing and struggling to escape, and the other hand was tightly grasping the palm of Hong Jian's hand, and a strange smile even appeared on her cheeks flushed with cold.

Qi Yun said: "Since you are not afraid, I am not afraid. We're going to walk together, we're going to die—we're going to die here, too. ”

Hong Jian was stunned when he heard this, and his heart was like a lake frozen by thick ice suddenly chiseled a hole, and there was an indistinguishable feeling that quickly melted into the lake, and instantly spread all over his body.

But of course, he also knew that now was not the time for such emotions to exist. He slammed his face, and with his other hand still pushing Qi Yun roughly, scolding her:

"You don't have a brain! Take the blind girl away! What are you waiting for? Even if you want to die, don't get involved with anyone else—"

The second half of the sentence was drowned in the sound of wind and snow. Hong Jian only felt the cold wind blowing in his left ear, he tilted his head slightly, grabbed the shovel with a sharp cold air, gritted his teeth, grabbed the shovel with both hands and snatched it hard, and then pounced on the crowd on the opposite side that was no longer clear.

In addition to the sound of wind and snow in Qi Yun's eardrums, only Hong Jian's anxious voice echoed: "You two go quickly!" ”

Qi Yun bit his lower lip, his lips were already frozen open, and a fishy hot taste rushed into his mouth. She didn't dare to be stubborn anymore, and took the blind girl's hand and rushed into the snow, making an effort that almost didn't have a chance at all. There was a tumultuous shout behind her, like a terrifying whirlpool stretching out its claws and grabbing her, her nose slightly sore, and her feet quickened.

The arrows danced the shovel impenetrable. There were seven or eight people rushing in, both old and young, all young and middle-aged men. Hong Jian has a weapon in his hand, and it is not very difficult to protect himself, but the difficult thing is that the eyes of these chasing people are mainly focused on the blind girl. That's right, that's the daughter-in-law of their village, if the boiled duck flies, where should they scrape together the money to buy another one? knew that it was impossible, so he chased so fiercely. Hong Jian had to stop them from chasing the blind girl and Qi Yun, and he had scruples, he didn't really dare to be as unscrupulous as these villagers who had no sense of the legal system, and dared to greet them anywhere, after all, the villagers were just villagers, and they were not the gang of underworld members under the criminal director, he fought with them, although the shovel was tiger in his hand, and he deliberately shouted five and six in his mouth, but in fact, he didn't dare to really deal with it.

But those villagers don't care about these, relying on the crowd, they are already red-eyed, fists, feet, sticks and heads and faces towards Hong Jian, no matter how careful Hong Jian is, it is inevitable that he will make mistakes in his busyness, only to hear a "bang", Hong Jian's jacket was torn by the tip of an unknown farm tool, tearing a hole in the sound, in the wind and snow are really heard. Hong Jian just felt a chill, and his left shoulder was hit by a blunt thing like a farm tool, and the hot pain hit him and he couldn't help but lean back, and the moment the pain turned to numbness, he had been kicked and knocked over on the snow with a flying kick.

Hong Jian fell face down on the snow in embarrassment, because the snow was very thick, it didn't hurt much, and it was even a little soft to the touch, but the feeling of ice and snow choking into his nose and ears in an instant made him unforgettable. He felt the overwhelming blows and kicks, the hot blood gushing out of his nose, the scorching pain, and the darkness covering his face.