Chapter 25: Encountering a Beast in the Wilderness
Xie Jiang paused on the stone steps, and saw Wu Si standing next to the second carriage, so he lifted his skirt and walked over: "Why are there so many carriages?" ”
Wu Si hurriedly bent over, stretched out his hand to draw the footstool, and said, "Xiao Langjun said that the carriage here is a little crowded, so he asked people to prepare two more." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Hmm." Xie Jiang lifted the pendulum, stepped on the stool and got into the car.
As soon as she stepped into the door, the curtain of the first carriage opened.
Xiao Yi hooked the corners of her lips, and her eyes swept this side lightly: "The weather is cold, someone has prepared some more carbon stove quilts, and then talk about it...... Madame can't always huddle with a few girls. ”
Three girls plus a grandmother, sitting in a car is indeed a little crowded.
It's just that no matter how careful and thoughtful he is, Xie Jiang has a prejudice against his previous silence and the style that lives next door.
At this time, Xie Jiang gave him a little bit of a look, and said coldly: "Thank you." He went straight into the carriage.
Mama Han also bowed her knees to Xiao Yi and followed.
Here, the crescent moon is still riding, only Beidou and the sun are on the back one.
The group drove out of Huanghua Town.
Compared to last night, although the rain is lighter, the wind is more violent.
The wind swept the rain on the roof and walls of the car, and occasionally blew down the leaves and branches on both sides of the road...... Outside the car, there was a "rustle" for a while, and a "whine" for a while.
There was a carbon stove in the carriage, and the wind and rain were fierce outside, and the cold was soaked to the bones, but the carriage was warm.
Since getting into the car, Xie Jiang took off his rabbit fur cloak, took a book, and leaned on the couch to read it.
Mama Han looked at her, and stopped talking with a look of desire......
At the beginning, Xie Jiang was still able to control his temperament, but the old woman glanced at it a few times every once in a while, and then a few times after a while, and walked straight for three or four miles, still like this......
Xie Jiang simply raised his eyes and asked her, "It's better to say it clearly if Mama has anything to say." ”
There was a small wooden table between the two, and Mama Han hurriedly leaned over, leaned forward and said, "Madame, do you remember...... When Mrs. married into the Wang family, Jiaoyang was in trouble, so she had to serve her husband closely? ”
Xie Jiang raised his eyebrows and said, "Remember." ”
Since she remembered, Mama Han said again: "At that time, the old slave felt that it was fake for the sun to serve his wife, and it was true to come to the ninth prince, and when the words were distributed, she was assigned to only take care of the cleaning oars in the yard...... She was not allowed to enter the inner room. ”
The beginning goes around a few years ago......
Xie Jiang's face was unwavering, and he asked softly, "What else?" ”
Mama Han slapped her thigh and said hurriedly: "What else, my good lady!" When returning to Yinghe, Jiugongzi wanted to give Jiaoyang to Zhao Gongzi, the new capital, but Zhao Gongzi insisted on refusing, and then somehow, gossip gradually came out, saying that Jiaoyang was his wife's sister-in-law...... It turned out to be the concubine room of the ninth prince before the lady entered the door......"
When the two twins were one year old, Zhao Ling went to Yinghe Grange to give a birthday gift, and the ninth prince said jokingly...... Mrs. has a sister-in-law, it is better to say Yu Zi'an......
Xie Jiang only thought it was a joke, but he listened to it, but he didn't take it to heart.
Unexpectedly, after a few years, Mama Han went around and around, and suddenly brought up this conversation again.
Xie Jiang frowned and said, "What does Mama want to say?" ”
After leaning in for a long time, Mama Han's neck was sore for a while, not to mention that the things to be said below could not be said clearly in one or two sentences.
Mama Han simply turned sideways, threw her knees forward, sat down and said: "Jiaoyang's mind is getting bigger and bigger, this time Madame wants to find out who slaughtered the villagers in Yongxiangli, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to Yinghe for a while...... Madame might as well send Jiaoyang back to the Grange. ”
has been mixed in the inner house for decades, and for the gossip between the maids and servants, Mama Han has a pair of fiery eyes, and she can naturally distinguish what the truth is and what everyone thinks.
Besides, this time the matter to be investigated is not trivial, if there is a girl with a bad mind around her, it may be possible to do something bad when the time comes.
It's just that...... Xie Jiang thought about it, pulled Mama Han over, and said softly: "The Ying River is two or three hundred miles away, if it rains, I will send her back, won't it seem that my master is mean?" ”
Speaking of this, after a pause, Xie Jiang said again: "What's more, what Jiaoyang is thinking about can only be seen in the matter, Mama said...... Isn't that so? ”
Hearing her say this, Mama Han sighed, as if she had gone to a heart and said, "It's good that Madame knows it in her heart, the old slave is only afraid that Madame will treat people with sincerity, and there are those who don't cherish it...... Hey...... Kick your nose in the face. ”
Xie Jiang smiled slightly, then let go of his hand, and in turn took the booklet and said, "Mama, don't think about this, just make tea." ”
"It turns out that Mrs. wants to drink tea, why don't you tell the old slave."
Mama Han saw that the flames in the charcoal stove were dancing and burning, so she opened the closet, took out a small clay pot and put it on the table, opened the drawer, took out the tea pot from it, and made the bamboo camera take the tea cake and put it in the clay pot.
After adding water and sitting on the stove, after a while, the carriage was filled with the smell of astringent tea.
Because it was cloudy and raining, it was not yet a day before the day was dark.
The road was slippery after dark, and this section of the mountain road was extremely rugged and difficult to walk, so he found a forest to stay overnight, and because the ground was muddy and wet, Xie Jiang stayed in the car.
The rain was dripping, and the first half of the night was fine, but when it was near, several gusts of wind blew, and the rain suddenly fell heavily.
The raindrops burst like beans and smashed on the carriage, and Xie Jiang woke up.
In fact, she couldn't sleep well in the barren mountains and wilderness.
Seeing Mama Han wrapped in a felt blanket and leaning on the wall of the car to sleep, Xie Jiang sat up, reached out and touched the warmth of the clay pot on the table, and poured himself a cup of tea.
She had just taken two sips with her cup in her hand, when she suddenly heard something nearby gasping for breath......
Then there was a "rattle" panting sound, and the subtle sound of branches breaking ...... "click".
There seemed to be some behemoth, tiptoeing quietly closer here.
Xie Jiang listened intently for a moment, hurriedly put down the sash, pushed open the window sash and looked out...... I saw that it was pitch black outside the car, and there were many shadows around, only the trees were vaguely swaying in the wind and rain, and I didn't see anything abnormal.
"There's no ...... in the woods here Could it be in the rocks over there? ”
Xie Jiang said to himself, frowned, turned around and pushed open the window on the right.
As soon as the window sash opened, when she settled down to look, she saw a dark head slowly emerging from the mountain rock three or four feet away.
And the two pointed ears on the top of his head, and the two eyes twinkling in the dark night, like blue and blue, indescribably strange and terrifying.
Even if the carriage was three or four feet away from the rocks, Xie Jiang's eyes could still see it clearly......
On the top of the beast's head, the neck was covered with dark stripes of colorful colors.
At this time, the two pointed ears were stunned, their eyes were wide open, staring at the horses on the wheels, and they kept flicking their tails and licking their tongues, as if they were hungry, and they had already coveted the smell of bloody meat.
PS: Lunjia Station rubs the net under the wall of the house...... People and cars in front of you...... It's just ...... The Lun family's face is actually very thin