Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Escape (Part II)

The water is deep, and the road is long and dangerous.

This waterway sank below the cliff of Jueshan Mountain, and for hundreds of years, it finally formed this dark river. The early winter has arrived, the dark river is shady, the water is damp and cold, it is easy to penetrate the heavy winter clothes, ice into the skin and bones - like falling into an ice cellar, no, more sad than the ice cellar, the water will pour into your body from the placket and cuffs, and calm your internal organs with an unbearable eternal chill.

The silence was frightening, and Changting stared forward with wide eyes, but he couldn't see anything clearly.

Will there be a python ahead? Will there be big fish with hideous faces? Will there be dead people's bones floating down the water?

The water had been smothered for a long time, with a rancid and damp smell, and the wind poured into the cave, like the whistling and wailing of evil spirits after they had been suppressed.

"Whew-"

Changting trembled, his back was against the wall, he didn't dare to turn his head to look back, so he wiped his face with cold water, and then looked down at Changning, the young sister drooped down the corners of her eyes but was still crying, clinging to her body tightly, her face flushed, and her whole body convulsed. It was enough for one person to be sad, and Changting forced himself to calm down.

"Aning! Anin! ”

Changting lowered his voice and called urgently, Changning opened his mouth, tried to widen his eyes, tears flowed one after another, but he couldn't say a word, Changting hurriedly took out a hand and touched the forehead of the young sister with the back of his hand, it was so cold that he was icy!

"Aning Aning! You hold on! Changting sped up, climbed on the wall, hugged Changning in his arms with difficulty, took the body temperature to warm, the water was too cold, Changning was cold and suddenly underwent a drastic change, if he stayed up again, I was afraid that he would not be able to hold on, Changting took his face and pasted his face to the young girl's face, squinted his eyes and looked forward at the neck of the neck, and there seemed to be a black spot at the front of the silver light water wave.

It's dark outside, and this black spot is the exit!

"Aning, we're going out!"

Changting exclaimed, struggling to row his arms, there must be a pumice stone in the dark river, his hand flung outward, and then his elbow was broken by the stone, and a blood mark was deeply scratched, and it hurt fiercely when he moved. As soon as Changting gritted his teeth, he thrust his hand into the water, and there was ice under the water, and he didn't feel anything.

"Aning, we're going out, we're going out"

Changting buried his head and tried to row forward, the pumice stone can't be avoided, then it's better not to avoid it, anyway, why be afraid of being sore? If you can't dodge the sharp cliff, then don't hide, and use your flesh and blood to resist the heavens and the earth, so that you can see who wins and who loses.

"We're going out"

Changting kept reciting this sentence silently, his voice gradually lowered, muffled in the dark river, and he didn't know where it dissipated after a few spins - although she knew, no one could respond.

The little girl is still young, and she still doesn't know that there is a word in this world called lonely bravery.

The black dot is getting closer, and as soon as Changting's fingers are forced, he slammed forward a few meters, and the hole entrance was also hidden very hidden, and the reeds rose high and stretched out at the mouth of the hole, and the waterfront was in front of him!

The water is getting shallower, Changting groped and stood up, the water was muddy and soft, Changting's body immediately sank down, "ah" exclaimed, and hurriedly pulled the reed pole to climb up.

Changning's whole body weight was pressed on Changting's body, Changting gritted his teeth, grabbed a clump of reeds with one hand, hugged his sister tightly with the other, and then tried to pull his feet out of the mud with difficulty, the water was washed by the mud, and it became muddy all of a sudden, and Changting buried his head to see what the scene was underwater, but it was only in vain.

Changting secretly cursed stupid in his heart, trying not to panic.

After a while, Changting's palms were pulled one by one, and they were all fine and dense blood.

"A-Ning" Changting called softly, but there was still no response, Changting turned his head to look hard, but he saw Changning's lips purple in a daze, and he couldn't help but panic, and with a hard hand, he snapped off the reed pole, and his feet were finally withdrawn, and he was free from the restraints, and hurriedly threw himself on the shore, grabbed the long grass with his hands, and half of his body was lying on the shore panting, and after resting for only half a moment, Changting used his hands and feet to push Changning ashore first, and then turned over to the shore. Tian'er has been drifting snow, a thin layer has accumulated on the ground, Changting didn't have time to breathe, pinched his palm, so that his fingers could move numbly, first quickly helped Changning up, then took off his coat, twisted it twice, and patted it again, intending to wring out the water, patting off the snow particles that had just been stained on the young girl's body, and then covering the coat, holding Changning on his shoulder with one hand, covering Changning's little hand with the other, and walking forward step by step.

It was very cold, Changting was soaking wet, and when the wind blew, I couldn't help but shiver.

In her more than ten years of life, she has never been so sober as she is now.

A-Ning needed dry clothes, fire, food, hot water, a place to shelter, and medicine, and they had to survive first, and then they would think about whether to go south or continue north.

The night was already very deep, and before the moonlight had dispersed, Changting seized the time to take a look at the surrounding environment.

Where is this?

The night is dark and the wind is high, and everything is silent, and there is no way to see the road.

Changting closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he could see much more clearly.

Surrounded by dark shadows, tall forests and clouds and trees towering, dense groves, looking out of the thin gaps between the trees, you can only see the endless trees and the snow piled up under the trees thicker and thicker, the snow on the ground is not too thick, but there is no trace of people walking on the snow.

This is an inaccessible old forest in the deep mountains.

Changting raised his feet and wanted to continue to walk with the river, the rain in the north was not abundant, and the houses were gathered on the bank of the water source river, and if he walked along the river, he would definitely be able to go to the village and town.

Two frightened little girls, soaked and of unknown origin

Changting looked down at the brocade and gold silk high-skirted skirt, the pair of muddy Shu embroidery cloud silk Luo embroidery shoes on his feet could not be hidden, two rich girls of unknown origin were like fat meat thrown into the pile of hungry wolves, she was afraid of the evil ghosts and mountain demons, but she was even more afraid of the heart.

Don't pin your hopes on others.

This is what Lu Sui taught her.

Changting's chest tightened, closed his eyes and was silent for a long time, he set up Changning with difficulty, turned around and walked along the river to the mountains and forests, stretched out his hand to break a branch, and brushed off the footprints left behind her as she walked, she didn't know who the thief was, but since she said the words "kill everything, cut the grass and eradicate the roots", when the thief broke through the hole and found that there was only one corpse, he would definitely order a thorough investigation of where the two girls of the Lu family were, would they find the waterhole? Will it swim down the river? She couldn't even count the time that Fu Shi had delayed, and she couldn't let things fall short because of her own negligence.

"Eldest Sister"

Changning leaned on Changting, tried to support his eyes, and called softly.

Changting almost cried and hurriedly said, "Here! I'm here! Aning, how are you! ”

"Where are we going?" Changning squinted his eyes slightly, struggled a few times, and was weak, "I can walk by myself"

"There must be a forest keeper in the deep mountains and old forests, and the house guarding the forest must be built not far from the water" Changting hugged the young sister, not letting her move, and pushed her waist back to find the center of gravity, squinting around while talking, stumbling under her feet, and rolling down the snow slope for a few meters, Changting hurriedly propped up on the tree on one side, the injury on his hand was pressed hard, Changting instinctively gasped for air, and then looked up, and saw that it was a small wooden house with a snowy roof and a layer of thin ice.

Changting's heart perked, first settled Changning in a clearing without snow, then bent down, picked up a wooden stick, and walked lightly towards the cabin.

The steps were slippery and wet, and the long pavilion walked against the wooden railing, and when he wiped the railing, his hands were full of ash, and he couldn't help but make up his mind.

No one answered the knock on the door, pushed the door and did not open, and the inside was locked.

The long pavilion went around to the window to see, the window lattice was pasted with thick kraft paper, the wind blew up, the long pavilion looked in through the gap, it was black and dark, and nothing could be seen, so he simply gritted his teeth and smashed the wooden stick to the railing.

"Bang bang bang" three times, the middle of the wooden stick is broken, and you can see the uneven wooden stubble on the top.

The kraft paper was cut by the sharp stubble, and a smooth path was cut out with a smile. Changting hurriedly threw the wooden stick to the side, reached out and tore open the kraft paper, gathered it and looked inside, it was empty.

"No one lives!"

Changting wept with joy and turned his head to shout.