Chapter 43: Acquaintance at First Sight (1)
Yin Suwen's body has always been weak, but fortunately, after a few years of martial arts, he can be regarded as having some exercise, and he can protect himself a little in critical situations. The wound on his neck used the tribute medicine that Zhang Fu took from the palace, but it had completely healed in a day and night, so that farce now seemed to be in danger.
Although there is nothing wrong with people, the knot in the heart is difficult to let go. Although Nanzhu said that he saw Xinche get out of the chaos of arrows with his own eyes, every time he thought of the picture of the arrow rain, Yin Suwen was still terrified. She clearly remembered that her momentary fear was like the night when she had fought against a man-bear, and she was so afraid, afraid that the kind monk would die.
She wanted to go to Yunju Temple to see, and she must see with her own eyes that Xinche and all the monks were safe before she could rest assured, and this idea was not supported by Nanzhu.
Although Nanzhu couldn't say anything specific for refusal, he always felt that the young master of the Zhang family and the senior monk master were not very compatible. In order to avoid causing more trouble to Yin Suwen, she felt that she should still take a firm stand, so she tried her best to dissuade her young lady from being emotional.
Despite this, after an hour, the helpless Nanzhu finally compromised. After the chaos of the day, and the monks of the mountain temple left, she did not see the monk called Xiao Yuanzi again, and she did not know if he was equally safe. Seeing that persuasion Yin Suwen was ineffective, he simply went with her.
Today's weather is quite good, with clear skies and a gentle breeze. It would have been a good thing to go up the mountain at this time, but unfortunately the sky was cloudless, and only the huge sun hung straight in the sky. The two of them walked less than half the way in direct sunlight, and they were not so chic and comfortable.
Yin Su asked okay, she had walked through this mountain road alone, and she also had the foundation to practice martial arts, although she was a little tired, it didn't have much impact. Nanzhu beside her was very uncomfortable, her figure was much rounder and she had never practiced martial arts, and she rarely went out, so such a long and rugged mountain trek was naturally an unprecedented challenge for her.
The little girl in Nanzhu always has a broken mouth, and it is inevitable to complain about the hardships along the way, but because the master is here, she doesn't dare to make a loud noise, so she only mutters all the way as if she is talking to herself.
"Why can't you see the end of this mountain road at a glance when this mountain road is so long, is it that the hour just now was in vain?"
"Isn't this the end of winter, why is this day so poisonous? Poor me, Nanzhu has been loyal all his life, is he going to be sunburned to death and exhausted to death on this barren mountain? β
"Huh? I remember the last time I visited, the trail wasn't so difficult, but why did it get so steep now? Oh, the last time I came to the temple to look for people, I was directly put up by those government soldiers, no wonder I don't think it's troublesome. β
"No, no, I have to hold on a little longer, I'm Miss Yin's personal maid, I must not be so useless and embarrassed. Miss, Miss, wait for meγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
Yin Suwen, who walked to the front, was waiting for her when he turned around, and when he saw her panting and catching up, the whole person was sweating profusely, his face was red, and he couldn't bear to take out a sweat towel and hand it to her.
"Silly Zhu'er, is it fun to talk to yourself?"
"Huh? Have it? Oh, my eldest lady, don't make fun of the slave maid, I can't catch up with you walking so fast in front, so I have to talk to myself to boost my morale. This mountain road Zhu'er walked through the night when you returned to the house, and finally was put up by the government soldiers, and now it is all up to one person's strength to climb up step by step, isn't it to torture the dead? β
"I said earlier, it's okay for me to come alone, but you want to come along, now you're suffering, right?"
"It's not bitter, it's not bitter, I can accompany Miss all the time, it's too late for Zhu'er to be happy. Besides, since this return home, Miss has encountered some bad things in three days, how can Zhu'er rest assured that you can go up the mountain alone. β
Yin Su asked Na Nanzhu that there was no way, and she flicked her forehead with a smile, but she just smiled and didn't care. In between speaking, I didn't forget to take a few fruits from my backpack and stuff them into my mouth, and finally rested for a while, of course, I had to quickly replenish my strength.
"Don't eat it, put this coat on first, it's not good to see how bad it is. Why do you have to take off your clothes one by one when you go up the mountain? β
"Hey, hey, obey! It's too hot to climb the mountain, it's too hotγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
The two of them sat down under an evergreen tree for a moment while talking and laughing, not noticing the strange noise coming from the dead grass on the side, until the sound became more and more obvious that it finally caught Nanzhu's attention.
"Miss, listen, is there any strange sound around here?"
"Strange sounds? No, I don't. β
"No, no, listen carefully."
The two listened intently for a while, and sure enough, they noticed something unusual. When the two of them locked their eyes on the barren grass in front of them again, they heard a strange sound gradually coming from the middle of the grass, from weak to strong, like the cry of some animal.
It was a weedy that had accumulated over the years, and it was usually unnoticed, and although it was still the end of winter, the decayed branches and leaves were still tenacious, and the unkempt ones were as tall as a man, and they were indeed terrifying from a distance.
Yin Suwen and Nanzhu looked at each other, confused for a while, not knowing what kind of animal it was hiding, because the cry was very peculiar, sometimes slow and sometimes urgent, like a cat but not a cat, like a tiger but not a tiger.
"Little, miss, it can't really be that you have encountered some wild beasts, right? Bah, good spirits, bad spirits, I still don't talk nonsense. β
Nanzhu is a "fake bold", he sees the wind and fire on weekdays, but in fact he is very timid, and he only hears the strange sound and imagines countless man-eating beasts that may appear, and he is so frightened that he is about to stutter when he speaks.
Yin Suwen was also shocked, but when he looked at the grass carefully for a long time, he didn't feel like it. She was the one who had ever encountered a real man-eating beast, and if she was really in danger, she shouldn't have just moved the grass without a fishy wind, and the strange cry didn't sound like some animal she had heard of. What's more, if it was really a beast infested, it would have swooped out and feasted the two of them at this moment, where would it take so much time.
Thinking of this, Yin Suwen reassured himself, if it is not a natural disaster, it can only be a "man-made disaster". While comforting Nanzhu beside him, he picked up a small stone on the ground, and threw it towards the middle of the grass with internal force.
The stone was not small, Yin Suwen deliberately used his skills again, and a stone hit a scream, and they didn't smash out any mountain beasts, but smashed out a young man with clear eyebrows.