Chapter 180: The Wilderness (3)
"Cuckoo cuckooβ"
A loud voice resounded through the wilderness, and the two men hurried down the mountain without stopping.
Zhang Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that this was the real way for the man in black to transmit the signal, and the sound of the explosion before was just an illusion to make her relax her vigilance, and it was very likely that they would find her when they came back.
It's a good thing she didn't go out immediately, or she would have bumped into her face.
They're definitely gone this time, and she's ready to come out.
Zhang Xiaoman groped for the groove and slowly slid down, and as soon as one foot touched the ground, the sound of "hiss" came at the same time.
She stiffened, not daring to look back, but her aura was clearly attracted to the thing, and it was slowly approaching.
Either wait for it to come and hit it with a single hit, or just turn around and run away?
Zhang Xiaoman felt a pain in her stomach, her hands clenched hard, between turning and not turning, it seemed like 10,000 years had passed, she took a deep breath and wanted to fight hard, but her stomach felt as if it was falling, she squatted down with a low scream, holding her stomach and not moving. This move immediately alarmed the big guy, and it quickly drifted over to this side, looking at Zhang Xiaoman's eyes, it was like galloping, and she finally saw clearly what that guy was - a thick and long python!
The disaster struck suddenly, and she almost felt the evil aura spraying on her face, and she could only watch the python cover her in a daze, her eyes stunned and unblinking.
If you can write your last words now, Zhang Xiaoman must leave a sentence. Qi Ziyun, I love you in this life without regrets.
"Well, you brute, you want to hurt people again!" An angry roar broke the stalemate space, Zhang Xiaoman was able to breathe normally, and immediately turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from.
The old doctor came out of nowhere, and was standing at the entrance of the cave, holding a crooked weapon in his hand, looking at the python with an awe-inspiring expression, and he only glanced at Zhang Xiaoman. There was another look of impatience on his face. "Why don't you come over and stand there waiting to be swallowed?" β
Zhang Xiaoman obediently walked over and stood beside the old doctor against the python.
Until now, she couldn't imagine that the last person to save her would be this old doctor who was always humming and chirping. Didn't he dislike her? Why are you so reluctant to save her?
So not all good people are good-looking. Not all bad guys are stealthy.
"You go down the hill first. I'm going to teach this thing that doesn't have long eyes a lesson. The old doctor said. Motionless, looking at the stretched and shrunken python.
Zhang Xiaoman retorted almost instantly, but when she calmed down and thought about it, she was just making trouble for others by staying here. It doesn't work at all. She walked down the mountain along the way up the mountain, stopped halfway through, listened to the footsteps that did not follow behind, Zhang Xiaoman found a haystack and sat down, looking at the clouds in the distance in a daze.
The old doctor caught up, and the first time he saw Zhang Xiaoman, he only felt that this little girl was very sad, and then the little girl heard the footsteps and turned to face him, and he saw the excitement and indescribable emotion in Zhang Xiaoman's eyes, her eyes were occupied by tears, looking at people shining, it felt very much like the eyes of a soil dog. The old doctor suddenly sighed, approached Zhang Xiaoman and said, "What are you crying about, I used to see that you were still a little stronger, but now you are going back more and more." β
Zhang Xiaoman was stunned for a moment to wipe away her tears, and bowed to the old doctor, "Thank you." "She didn't know what else to say, nothing was enough.
"Come down the mountain, don't be miserable, look at me uncomfortable." The old doctor walked directly over Zhang Xiaoman without appreciation, and walked quickly down the mountain with a straight face.
Zhang Xiaoman had a lot of questions she wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to speak, so she had to follow the old doctor obediently and cautiously. When she returned to the wooden house, before she could ask, the old doctor said, "Those people are gone, as long as you don't have to worry about me, take care of the baby." β
"Thank you." Zhang Xiaoman said again.
The old doctor looked at the corner of Zhang Xiaoman's skirt, narrowed his eyes, and said to Zhang Xiaoman: "Go lie down, I'll show you if your child is still there." β
Zhang Xiaoman wanted to show a grateful smile to the old doctor, but when she heard the old doctor's words, she immediately froze, and instantly looked down at her stomach, and tears flowed down her eyes.
"What to cry about! Tell you to lie down! The old doctor roared angrily, saw Zhang Xiaoman's body tremble, and slowed down his volume, "Don't be afraid, it has been said that your child is blessed with a great life, and it should be fine, you go and lie down, I will fry a bowl of fetal medicine for you first, and it will be fine." β
It's going to be fine, if someone can say this when she is most vulnerable, it is definitely more useful than the persuasion that comes from the bitter heart, she walked to the side of the bed sluggishly, lay down, looked at the top of the bed in a daze, rubbed her hands on her stomach, and muttered to herself: "Baby, baby ......"
The old doctor glanced at it quietly, lowered his eyes and sighed, took out the medicinal herbs he picked today from the back basket, and walked to the small kitchen.
Zhang Xiaoman's child is indeed blessed with a great life, he still stays in Zhang Xiaoman's belly after so many hardships, Zhang Xiaoman doesn't want to say anything, just obediently takes medicine, and then takes medicine, wanting to take more medicine.
The old doctor laughed angrily at Zhang Xiaoman's stunned expression, and said angrily: "You think this is an immortal medicine, you can eat it casually." β
Zhang Xiaoman thought that it was a three-point poison, so he didn't hurry to take the medicine, and obediently lay down to rest.
For three days, she didn't want to do anything, she had to raise the baby well, everything was not as important as her child, and when her child was stable, she would not be too late to act.
Zhang Xiaoman was very suspicious that she must have been farming in her previous life, otherwise why would she be so keen on pastoral life, she only stayed here for three days, she didn't want to leave, if it weren't for Qi Mansion and her eldest son, and her lover in the distance, she really wanted to live here for the rest of her life and not return to Mingquan Village. She loved that place so much, but now it's all changed.
That afternoon, the old doctor brought back a piece of news. Qi Ziyun, a general who commanded an army of 300,000, suddenly disappeared, and his cronies searched for him day and night for three days and disappeared. When the news was transmitted back to the capital, the emperor was furious and assigned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to rush to the border pass, take over Qi Ziyun's talismans, and lead an army of 300,000 to continue the war of resistance.
Zhang Xiaoman looked at the colors in the distance, his eyes didn't change, his hand stroked his stomach one by one, he still hummed a nursery rhyme in his mouth, and he didn't even look back at the old doctor.
The old doctor was anxious, and said with an unkind face: "Did you hear it?" General Qi is gone. Now I can't even find the body, the border is in chaos, everyone says that General Qi collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, you ......"
Zhang Xiaoman stood up and turned around and left. The old doctor looked at Zhang Xiaoman with a calm face in disbelief. "You really have no conscience. Don't think I don't know that you are the general's wife, you have a bad character and a bad heart. I don't know what General Qi thinks, he actually married you. β
Zhang Xiaoman's back paused for a moment, and soon entered the house slowly.
The old doctor staggered around in place irritably, hummed and chirped a few more words, grabbed his hair and turned to leave.
I couldn't hear anything in my ears, I couldn't see anything in my eyes, Zhang Xiaoman looked at the top of the bed for a while, her stomach hurt badly, she didn't seem to feel any pain at all, she blinked her eyes, there was not a single tear, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
"I said you girl, I thought you could bear it, so I sued you, I didn't expect you to think about it so much, this is to want me to exchange one life for two lives?"
"I said you've slept enough these days, you can't just lie down and do nothing, the old man is still waiting for you to pick medicine for me, don't you wake up soon?"
"You...... Count me wrong, okay? If you continue like this, the child will definitely not be saved, you think about it, do you really not want your child? Then you tried your best to protect him in the first place, wasn't it too much? β
"You don't give up so early, the news just says it disappeared, it doesn't say that people died, as long as the body is not found, isn't it all good news? You might as well take good care of your body and go to him...... I said so much not to give you a blow, just to sue you, giving up unexplained is the stupidest person, I heard that you have given birth to a child, and now you are the head of Qi Mansion, many people are waiting to see the jokes of Qi Mansion...... Your little uncle went back, and it was rumored that he would take care of all the people in the Qi Mansion instead of General Qi, and you are not alone, don't think about it......"
In the past few days when Zhang Xiaoman was unconscious, the old doctor kept telling Zhang Xiaoman about the things outside, in fact, Zhang Xiaoman was not unconscious, but she was too tired and seemed to have to face very painful things when she woke up, so subconsciously she didn't want to wake up, and she slept for a long, long time......
"I heard that all the family property in the Qi Mansion will be taken back by the emperor, and your child has become someone else's child......"
Zhang Xiaoman's eyes moved.
The old doctor continued: "If General Qi is really convicted of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, I think the Qi family will definitely be beheaded all over ......the house."
"Are you ......" Zhang Xiaoman opened his eyes and looked at the old doctor, and asked with his eyes: What did you say!
"Alas......" the old doctor sighed, but said nothing.
He went out and brought Zhang Xiaoman a bowl of medicine, Zhang Xiaoman drank it with a grunt, and asked, "...... Qi family"
"I lied to you, you take care of your body first, and you have to take your time." After the old doctor finished speaking, regardless of whether Zhang Xiaoman believed it or not, he turned around and left.
Next, no matter what Zhang Xiaoman asked, the old doctor didn't answer, Zhang Xiaoman only rested for one day, and hurried down the mountain the next day, she wanted to go back to Mingquan Village, she thought of Qi Jimin and Xi Po again, although she went around a little, but she still went to Zhangjia Village, and before she entered the village, she saw a funeral procession, Zhang Xiaoman was stunned, and actually saw Qi Jimin walking in the front in the crowd, she couldn't believe her eyes, rubbed and rubbed, he was still at the front, Zhang Xiaoman didn't know why he only thought of the four words of providence, But he couldn't cry.
Qi Jimin also saw Zhang Xiaoman, who was very thin and crumbling on the side, and quickly ran over to hold the person in his arms, and he asked in a dumb voice, "Where have you been?" I can't find you, do you know, Si Po ......"
"Really?" Zhang Xiaoman looked at Qi Jimin pleadingly, grabbing his sleeves with both hands, "You sue me that I'm not like this, isn't my mother-in-law already fine?" Why ......"
"My mother-in-law was killed by me, she was killed by me!" Qi Jimin hugged nervous Xiaoman and cried heartbroken, he didn't see Zhang Xiaoman's empty eyes, and her evasive attitude.
She pushed him away, her eyes fell on him, and it seemed to fall far behind him, "You lied to me, you must have lied to me, I don't believe you!" β
"I didn't lie to you, my mother-in-law is really dead, she is really dead!" Qi Jimin shook Zhang Xiaoman, not knowing whether he wanted to shake Zhang Xiaoman awake or shake him awake, "I woke up soon after taking the medicine you gave, I went out to look for you along the secret road, but I couldn't find it." I thought you should be lost, I turned around and looked for you again and again, but I couldn't find it, I don't know why I didn't place Xi Po, and when I found Xi Po, she had been stiff and dead for a long time, she was frozen to death, she was frozen to death, because I only cared about looking for you and didn't think of my mother-in-law, I went to see it again after a day and a night, and my mother-in-law was already ......"
Zhang Xiaoman looked at the group of people on the side of the road who were curiously looking here, and she felt that she had heard a big joke.
Qi Jimin lowered his head and yelled hysterically: "I thought it was just an hour, but I didn't expect it to be a day and a night, I don't know why time passed so quickly all of a sudden, I didn't find you, I forgot my mother-in-law, she was killed by me, and my mother-in-law was killed by me......"
"Smack!"
Zhang Xiaoman raised his hand and slapped Qi Jimin hard, looking at him coldly, "Don't make this kind of joke with me next time, I still have something to do, I'm leaving." β
"Where are you going?" Qi Jimin grabbed Zhang Xiaoman's arm, he didn't know what he was doing, he was very afraid.
"Let go!" Zhang Xiaoman shouted, seeing that Qi Jimin just didn't let go, he pushed and let go of Qi Jimin's clamp, "Where I go has nothing to do with you!" Don't follow me, I hate you! β
After speaking, she didn't look at the faint coffin, turned around and ran away quickly, she was going to go to the Qi family's mansion to find Xi Po, and tell sΓΉ Xi Po, Qi Jimin was so rebellious, he didn't respect the old and love the young, and cursed Xi Po.
It was already night when she arrived at the Qi family's mansion, she walked from a long distance step by step, and saw that the white cloth was hung all over every corner, everywhere, she stood outside the door and watched for a long, long time, she didn't go in, turned around and walked along the road.
I don't know where this road leads, she doesn't know, she just keeps walking, if the end of the road is Mingquan Village, it would be great, she can see Huzi, she can take Huzi back to see Xi Po, then Xi Po will not leave, will always be by her side......
She didn't understand why Jiugu hadn't let people come out to look for her, she didn't know if the man in black still wanted to arrest her, she walked like this for a day and a night, and she didn't encounter anything bad, it seems that the man in black has disappeared, and she has lost her use value. She looked down and saw a pair of hands with only bones left, and saw a slightly bulging belly, she thought that she hadn't eaten for a long time, she touched her face, and sure enough, it fell into a large piece, and it felt very rough, she walked to a stool on the side of the road and sat down, looking at the hot buns in a daze.
"Auntie, do you want noodles or steamed buns?" Someone stopped by the side and asked.
Zhang Xiaoman thought worriedly, who is the aunt calling, is it her? Is she an aunt? She is only a little over seventeen years old, how can she be an aunt?
"I, I want to ......" she was speechless, put her hands on her stomach and stroked, she lowered her head, "I want to eat buns, but I don't have any money." β
"I don't have money to eat any steamed buns! Let's go! Hurry up, hurry up, go away! The voice immediately became vicious, Zhang Xiaoman was startled, stood up in fear, her hand kept protecting her stomach, she looked at the little brother with a towel on her shoulder and was very afraid, pursed her dry lips, and wanted to leave.
"Wait a minute!" A woman's voice sounded, Zhang Xiaoman didn't know who this person told to wait a minute, she didn't stop and walked out, there was a person in front of her blocking her way, Zhang Xiaoman to the left, she to the left, Zhang Xiaoman to the right, she to the right.
Zhang Xiaoman stopped, looked at the woman and said blankly: "Auntie, you ......"
"Who's your name, Auntie? Are you the eldest lady? The woman didn't like what Zhang Xiaoman called her, but looking at Zhang Xiaoman's stomach, she couldn't help but soften, stuffed two buns into Zhang Xiaoman's hand, and said: "Take it and eat it, no matter what happens, you have to live well, although it is difficult to live, but it is not worth it to die, don't think about it, at least your child is still there." (To be continued......)