Chapter Twenty-Nine: Scar Lao He
This way of rushing is very fast, that is, it is a bumpy bump up and down, and people with weak physique will feel dizzy, nauseous and vomiting.
At the beginning, Wang Xiaotian's physical fitness was not weaker than that of adults, and on Meng Kan's back, he was also dizzy from the bumps, and he couldn't stand.
Considering that the woman's body is very weak, Wang Xiaotian is very careful every time he rises and falls, trying to slow down the bumps.
Even so, when he arrived at the destination, Wang Xiaotian had just squatted down, and the woman slid directly off his back, his buttocks were slumped on the ground, his head was shaking vigorously, his face was sallow, his pupils were dilated and he couldn't focus, and he couldn't recover for a long time.
Wang Xiaotian looked around and saw the target. It was a man in his forties, with his arms stretched out and nailed to the trunk of a tree, short hair unkempt, a fierce face, a face full of flesh, a beard, two eyes like copper bells, stretched outward, and a scar, from the left forehead through the left eye socket, the bridge of the nose to the right cheek, which made this face look even more hideous and terrifying.
A leather cord was tightly wrapped around his neck, his neck was torn, the wound turned black and red, and his tongue sticking out.
The leather clothes he wore had been torn, the flesh and blood of his chest and abdomen were blurred by the beast's bite, almost all his internal organs were torn out and eaten by the beast, and his two legs were eaten by the beast, and only the white bones of the forest were left.
There was a large black-red blood stain under the corpse, and the whole corpse exuded a pungent stench, which made people can't help but gause.
Wu Ling'er hugged Cao Lianyou and left far away, and the black dog and the little monkey did not dare to approach.
Zhou Ziheng used the Force to isolate the smell, stepped forward to observe it carefully, and then retreated to the upwind and said to Wang Xiaotian: "You go and take a look, there will be some questions to test you in a while." ”
Wang Xiaotian stepped forward with a bitter face. Although he has been promoted to the fifth level of the Force, he can form a Force barrier to isolate the smell, but after all, the promotion time is still short, and he is not very proficient in using it, and the stench can still be smelled.
Wang Xiaotian pinched his nose and held his breath, walked to the corpse and looked at it carefully, and kept it firmly in his mind, then quickly retreated to the upper wind and gasped for breath.
"When did he die?" Zhou Ziheng suddenly asked.
Wang Xiaotian shook his head, "I can't see it, but when he was bitten by the beast, he shouldn't have died." ”
"The cause of his death?"
"It should be Piso who contracted and suffocated. Because if it weren't for suffocation, the tongue wouldn't stick out that long. ”
"It's not bad, you're qualified. ”
The woman got up, walked up to the corpse with a foul stench, and looked at it carefully, without any expression on her face.
Then the woman retreats to the upwind and bends over to vomit. After spitting, the woman wiped the corners of her mouth and said softly, "Please help bury him." ”
Zhou Ziheng nodded, "Xiaoshu, you go and put him down." Fight the sword, you go dig a pit. ”
Wang Xiaotian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he really didn't want to smell the disgusting stench anymore.
Shen Shuming took out a folding shovel from his big backpack and handed it to Wang Xiaotian.
Wang Xiaotian took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised. The folding shovel handle was two feet long, with a triangular detachable grip at the top, the shovel was eight inches long and half a foot wide, thin on both sides and thick in the middle, with a semicircular edge that was extremely sharp and cut on both sides.
What surprised him even more was that the whole shovel was made of Ming copper, which was heavy and full of weight in his hand.
In other words, this shovel can be used as a Force weapon!
What a luxury. Wang Xiaotian couldn't help but sigh.
Shen Shuming saw his expression, he knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Look at you like you have never seen the world." This is just a must-have equipment for special forces. Hehe, the special forces carry out difficult missions, not only to survive in the wilderness, but also to fight extremely hard. ”
"And a lot of times, you can't count on logistical support at all, you have to rely on everything yourself. Therefore, all kinds of equipment should be sturdy and durable. If a melee weapon is damaged, this shovel comes in handy. Hehe, it's similar to a hand axe, it's very handy. ”
Wang Xiaotian suddenly realized, and couldn't help but admire the thoughtfulness of the people who designed the shovel. He took his shovel and walked quickly to a flat place, and dug a pit with all his might.
Shen Shuming took out a tarp from his big backpack, walked to the side of the corpse and spread it on the ground, took out a dagger to cut the leather cord, took out the nails nailed to the corpse, moved the corpse to the tarp and wrapped it, and then took it to the side of the dug pit and buried it.
The woman walked to the grave, knelt down tremblingly, slowly kowtowed three times, and then staggered to her feet, not caring at all, there were two big men next to her, and a half-sized man looked at it, untied her leather robe numbly, opened the placket, took out a piece of animal skin from the position close to her bosom and handed it to Zhou Ziheng, "This is the map of Savage Ridge that Lao He gave me." ”
Zhou Ziheng took the hide. In addition to the unique smell of skin, there is also a smell of non-existent smell, which is indescribable and not very obvious, but Zhou Ziheng still smelled it, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and looked at the map directly.
The map is sketchy, with only the approximate directions of mountains, swamps, and caves. However, there is a route through the swamp. This route is their biggest gain, which can save them a lot of time.
Zhou Ziheng folded the animal skin and put it in his coat pocket and asked, "What are your plans?"
The woman looked at the new grave and said, "I will guard his grave here." He always wanted to have another son and pass on the family to support the elderly, but he failed to do so. I am actually his adopted daughter, and it is filial piety to guard his grave. ”
Hearing this, Wang Xiaotian's mind was like a thunderbolt, which blew him up. Foster child...... This...... Isn't this a mess?
Zhou Ziheng was not much shocked by this news. Because this kind of thing is actually not unusual.
In the world, there are too many things that make people look at three broken things.
The death of Scar Lao He seems to have touched the woman a lot. Before seeing Lao He's body, she never took the initiative to say anything. Seeing Lao He's corpse, she seemed to have taken off her shackles and took the initiative to say a lot about her.
From the woman's words, Wang Xiaotian knew that this woman's mother, when she was five years old, remarried Scar Lao He, and then gave birth to two more sons.
When the woman was thirteen years old, she was occupied by the scar Lao He, who had coveted her for a long time. Although her mother knew about this, it was Scar Lao He who had lost his conscience, but she didn't dare to say it because of his obscenity.
only vented her anger on the woman, scolded her as a vixen, seduced the man, made her do dirty work, beat her at every turn, and didn't even give her a good face with the whole family.
Later, Scar Lao He had a conflict with someone and killed someone by mistake. The other party's family is very powerful in the local area, and Scar Lao He was afraid of retaliation and ran away overnight.
The other party couldn't find Scar Lao He, so he settled the account on his family, broke into the door in broad daylight, and killed his wife and two sons.
This woman escaped by going up the mountain to chop wood. Knowing that her mother and two younger brothers were all killed, the woman didn't dare to go home, so she ran all the way to find Scar Lao He when she only knew the general location. After a lot of hardships, I found Scar Lao He.
The two of them tossed and turned several times before settling down in the dilapidated log cabin at the mouth of the valley. Later, Scar Lao He's clansmen were also repeatedly retaliated against by that family, and after learning of Scar Lao He's whereabouts, they came to take refuge one after another, and after more than ten years of development, they slowly formed their current appearance.
After listening to the woman's miserable experience, Wang Xiaotian was moved and sighed. immediately stuffed all the dried meat and nuts on his body to the woman, and repeatedly told the woman to take care of herself and not to look for death easily. With this map, they believe that they will be able to come back soon, and they will definitely find a way to help her find a good place to go.
The woman couldn't refuse, and reluctantly accepted Wang Xiaotian's things. Zhou Ziheng also asked Shen Shuming to pick out some dried food and dried meat that ordinary people can eat, and calculate the amount that is enough for a woman to eat for seven or eight days, and give it to a woman.
The woman thanked her for her kindness, waved her hands and watched the group leave with tears in her eyes. After Zhou Ziheng and his entourage, a few ups and downs disappeared into the forest, the woman wiped the tears on her face, lowered her head in the things given to her by Zhou Ziheng and others, found a piece of venison jerky and stuffed it into her mouth, and then threw other things next to the new grave, and walked towards the foundation of the ancient highway, which was far away from the new grave
After walking two or three steps, the woman's figure is no longer rickety, her posture is not staggering, and her waist is not stiff.
She walked to the ruins, found a big stone and sat on it, humming a cheerful little song and chewing the jerky, while shaking Erlang's legs and looking to the north, her face was full of pride, completely insensitive and insensitive, and her tattered clothes did not match her at all.
About twenty minutes later, the sound of horses' hooves was faintly heard in the north. The woman did not get up, but followed the sound and saw a large cloud of smoke and dust, which was coming quickly from the north along the ruins of the ancient road.
Although the ancient highway has been abandoned, the foundation is extremely strong, and although it has passed for thousands of years, it can still be used by cars and horses. Without the remains of these ancient roads, it would have been impossible for humans to establish settlements hundreds of kilometers deep into the jungle, and the rate of expansion would have been greatly slowed down.
More than ten minutes later, five horses and a carriage stopped in front of the woman.
The billowing smoke and dust raised made the woman frown, quickly covered her mouth and nose, and looked at the visitor with disgust.
On the horse at the head sat a man of about thirty years of age, dressed as a merchant in a silk coat, and his fat face was shiny with oil, like two pieces of fat lard.
On this face, there is also a professional, amiable smile, two swollen eyes, narrowed into two slits, two mustaches, and upturned with the smile.
Although it looked ridiculous to this fat man, he could see the obvious Force glow all over his body, and he was clearly a fourth-level Force cultivator.
The other four, dressed in cyan combat uniforms and carrying Force knives and guns, appeared to be the fat man's guards.
The driver of the carriage was a middle-aged man of about forty years old, thin and dark, dressed in gray clothes and carrying a Force weapon.
The Force level of these people is also level four, but the Force glow is slightly worse than that of the fat man, and the glow color is mixed and impure, indicating that these people were forcibly promoted by drug stimulation.
This practice is a very popular method at the moment. The advantage is that it can quickly train suitable manpower to form combat effectiveness. The downside is that the user has no hope of advancing again in this life. Moreover, this series of drugs costs a lot of money, and ordinary people can't afford to use it.
The fat merchant reined in his horse in front of the woman and asked, "Is it done?"
The woman stood up, nodded, and said lightly, "Of course." ”
"Didn't they suspect it?"
The woman's face was suddenly full of displeasure, "I don't look at my aunt's ability." My aunt and grandmother are famous for pretending to be like whom. Not to mention that she is an inconspicuous village girl, even if she is the wife of the great consul, she can still deceive the great consul. ”
"Hehe, of course I believe in your abilities. By the way, that village girl, can you take care of it?"