Volume 1 The World Chapter 40 Red Dust
The mountains are lit with fire, the stars are moving slowly, and I don't know how many people are chasing their whereabouts. Xu Xuan and the others didn't dare to stay longer, and after resting for half an hour, they waded down the stream again and rushed out of the valley.
The wind rose suddenly, and the long grass on the riverside whistled like waves.
The dark clouds are rolling, the moonlight is looming, and the thousands of "Buddha lamps" in the valley are flickering and dimming. Passing through it, it is really like flying between the river and the Han, I don't know what year it is.
Bai Suzhen was really angry, and after holding on for a while, the speed gradually slowed down again, seeing that Xu Xuan stopped and made a gesture of carrying himself again, his face was hot, and he shook his head and said: "There is a village at the foot of the mountain in front, let's rest and then go." ”
Bypassing the river valley, more than ten miles away from the village, you can see the flames in the distance. The two of them are in a daze, could it be that the various Dao Demon factions have already predicted their whereabouts? But there is no way to retreat at this time, even if there is really a sniper, it can only see the trick and take the plunge.
When I arrived in the village, I listened intently, except for the whirring wind and fire, there was no abnormal sound. The two cautiously walked through the fields towards the village.
Everywhere there were ruins, flames danced, and corpses lay on the ground, as if they had been burned by war, and they were terrible to see.
Judging from the wounds of the villagers, they either died under the weapons of Qimen, or were killed by the evil skills of the Demon Gate such as "Heartbreaker Palm" and "Soul Destroying Finger". Some were even skinned and fleshed, liver sausages were pulled out, and hung on treetops and beams, and women, girls and children who were humiliated and tortured abounded, which was shocking.
Suddenly, I heard a few faint baby cries on the left, and followed the sound, only to see the earthen wall collapse, the girder and the four pillars were burned to black coal, and a man in cloth was pierced into the ground by a bamboo pole, lying prone in a pool of blood, his right hand still tightly holding the wrist of a young woman.
The woman had been crushed under the wall, dead for hours, holding a three- or four-month-old baby girl in the crook of her arm. The baby girl was dying, curled up in her mother's arms, her face covered in blood and dirt, sucking on the nipple that could no longer suck milk, and weeping.
Bai Suzhen waved her sleeves and picked her up.
She had been cultivating for so long, and her heart had never felt such intense grief and sorrow as she had in the last few days. Holding this dying baby at this moment, my heart was inexplicably sour, and there was a faint feeling of dampness and heat in my eyes, just like witnessing Ge Changgeng's death that day.
Xu Xuan was even more chested and angry on the side.
In order to force the Emei Seventy-two Temples to hand over Lin Lingsu, the demons of the Demon Gate killed innocents indiscriminately, which is not surprising. What is hateful is that these people in Buddhism and Taoism, for their own selfishness, either close their doors and let their lives go to misery; Either intrigue and cannibalism...... The majestic holy land has become a hell on earth! How is their behavior different from those of the demons?
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, his fists clenched and gurgling, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Lang Lang Qiankun, the blue sky and the white sun, I don't believe that the Great Song Dynasty has no royal law!" When I go to Chengdu to report to the official, don't talk about these demons, I will arrest all these bald donkeys and ox noses, and avenge all the villagers who died in vain! ”
"Great Song?" Lin Lingsu laughed in his belly, "The dog officials of the Great Song Dynasty can't even stop the Jin Kingdom Tartars, can they still suppress these fierce demons?" Even if the dog official really comes, the thief bald and the bull nose are full of compassion and righteousness, and they will definitely count this matter on Lao Tzu. As for you, hehe, harboring demons, making enemies of Orthodoxy, causing innocent villagers to suffer this catastrophe, it is very difficult to get rid of it. ”
After a pause, he said leisurely: "My disciples and grandchildren can't find me for a day, so they won't stop for a day." Under the nest, there are no eggs. Thanks to the two of you, don't talk about this little girl, I'm afraid that people and animals within a radius of hundreds of miles of Emei Mountain will die. ”
The two of them were hating and angry themselves, and listening to his gloating words added fuel to the fire.
Bai Suzhen's cheeks flushed, frowned, and said coldly: "In a few days, you will turn into a puddle of pus, we can't escape, so why bother you?" He opened his right palm and said, "Young Master Xu, I'm offended." "Gently patted at Xu Xuan's dantian.
Xu Xuan let out a "wow" and immediately spit out the "Qiankun Yuan Qi Pot".
She bit her fingertips, recited the formula silently, and according to what Ge Changgeng did that day, she wrote the words "Yin and Yang Yuanqi, Qiankun must be" on her sleeve with blood, and tore off the seal of the gourd plug.
The agate gourd kept shaking the "servant", and Lin Lingsu smiled intermittently: "Stinky girl, do you really think that this broken gourd can really trap Lao Tzu?" If you know each other, let me out quickly, the widow can not only help you get rid of the heavens, but also teach you the secret method of cultivating the magic skills that dominate the Three Realms. Otherwise, when I go out, I will ...... you" The voice finally became smaller and smaller, and it was inaudible.
The "Blood Seal" consumes the true yuan very much, and Bai Suzhen is already seriously injured and weak, so her face is even more pale, and she can't even stand on her feet.
Xu Xuan took the "Qiankun Yuan Qi Pot" into his arms, helped her sit cross-legged on the ground, put his hands on his back, and helped her luck breathe. After a while, her breathing became longer and more even, and her complexion became a little ruddy.
When it was, I heard a terrible cry from the mountains and forests in the south, and as soon as it sounded, it was immediately cut off, as if someone was covering its mouth and nose, and only intermittent low whimpering could be heard.
The two of them swept away with the sound.
Across the low hills, I saw the wind howling, the grass undulating, and dozens of old and weak women and children supporting each other and running towards the valley to the north.
A woman in Tsing Yi knelt in the grass, holding a baby and crying tremblingly, while two women on the side covered her mouth and gently persuaded her. Judging from the frightened looks of everyone, they must have been refugees who were lucky to survive.
Xu Xuan's heart moved, and he said in a low voice: "Sister Bai, these villagers must go out of the mountains to the government, and we are mixed in the middle, first, it is not so conspicuous, and second, this baby girl will not starve to death." When he said the last sentence, he snorted at the woman in green clothes.
Bai Suzhen hesitated slightly, looked around, took off a clean green cloth coat from the female corpse not far away, put it on her body, grabbed some thin mud, and gently applied it to her forehead and cheeks.
She loves to be neat and tidy, even if she smears the sludge, she is as careful as rouge and powder, and Xu Xuan can't help but laugh when she sees it.
The two of them finished their careers and staggered into the crowd with the baby girl in their arms. Everyone was running for their lives, but they didn't care if they were refugees from the neighborhood.
However, those aunts and aunts caught a glimpse of the baby girl's pink and cuteness, and they accosted and asked about their age, and a few of them were more talkative, saying that they looked more like their fathers.
Xu Xuan was stunned for a moment, only to know that they regarded the two of them as husband and wife, seeing Bai Suzhen frowning, embarrassed and embarrassed, and even more funny, he couldn't help but feel narrow, so he deliberately pretended to be worried, and sighed: "It's a pity that the child's mother's milk is not enough, and the baby has been hungry for several meals." ”
Bai Suzhen's cheeks flew away, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of coquettish anger and anger, which made his heart jump, and all the sadness and hatred of Fang Cai were thrown out of the clouds.
The lady next to her didn't realize it, glanced at the woman in Tsing Yi, and said in a low voice: "This little brother, Wan Niang's child has just been killed by a wicked person, and when she recovers, I will help your baby ask for some milk to drink." Xu Xuan waited for her words and said busily: "Then thank you." ”
The crowd rushed north for more than a dozen miles, and the valley gradually widened. The moonlight shone on the river, sparkling and shining, and the hills and meadows on both sides seemed to be coated with a layer of hoarfrost. Looking back, the blue peaks in the distance are jagged, and you can still see the sporadic fire.
The two breathed a sigh of relief, the mountain up and down the mountain was like a world away, although they were not out of danger, but they had already calculated Emei Mountain.
The various factions of the Dao Demon should still be searching for themselves everywhere in the "Ghost Sorrow Gorge" at this moment, I hope they will eat dogs and fight each other, and the more chaotic the situation on the mountain, the greater their chance of escaping.
The villagers, old and young, were so tired that they were panting and sitting down by the river to rest. The eldest lady did not break her word, took the baby girl from Bai Suzhen's arms, walked to a woman in Tsing Yi and whispered.
The woman in Tsing Yi had red and swollen eyes, her expression was in a trance, she took the baby girl, as if she thought of her child, and couldn't help but tremble all over, and cried loudly.
The surrounding forest birds flew in shock, "Ya Ya" screamed and circled all over the sky, and everyone was horrified, for fear of attracting demons, and they came forward to comfort.
In the midst of the chaos, I suddenly heard the horse's hooves like a tide, mixed with the sound of shouting and whipping, but in a moment, more than 100 horsemen swept down the southern slope with great momentum.
The first dozens of horsemen in iron helmet and leather armor, armed with spears, were the cavalry of the forbidden army stationed in Shu.
When the people saw that it was the officers and soldiers, they all cheered, as if the people on the edge of the cliff had grasped the life-saving straw and rushed uphill like a tide.
The horses neighed and kicked their hooves, almost colliding into a ball, and the officers and men were furious, whipping the refugees incessantly, shouting: "Get out of here! I don't care about you! Don't get in the way of the official! Several old men couldn't dodge, and they were immediately beaten with blood, screaming and rolling down the hillside.
Xu Xuan was shocked and angry, and was about to rush forward, but Bai Suzhen grabbed him and said coldly: "It's a monk from White Lotus Temple." ”
He was stunned in his heart, and when he turned his head to look, he found that the cavalry was mixed with more than a dozen monks, and they were surrounded by the carriage he was riding when he escaped from the White Lotus Temple!
The road is narrow, and I didn't expect to turn around, but I met here again. At that moment, taking advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, he hurriedly swallowed the Qiankun Yuan Qi pot into his stomach.
Several refugees knelt down in the middle of the road desperately, kowtowed to the officers and soldiers, and cried: "Lord Qingtian! Lord Qingtian! The demons of Emei Mountain are rampant, and several villages have all been burned down and killed, please take us out of the mountain! The little ones are willing to be cows and horses to repay the great kindness of the official! ”
A general galloped out and scolded: "your grandma, the Great Song Dynasty is peaceful in the world, where is the demon?" If you dare to bewitch the crowd again, gather and make trouble, Lao Tzu will take you to prison! Get the hell out of here! Go back! It was another whip that made the people scream.