Chapter Seventy-Three: The Woman of the Peach Forest
In an antique wooden house, a plainly dressed woman sat in front of the desk, stretching out her slender jade hand to brush the strings on the shore.
"Stirrup ......" came with a crisp sound.
The woman who lowered her head and played the piano slowly raised her head, her eyes contained deep meaning, and she said meaningfully: "Actually...... Someone has broken into my maze......" and then covered his mouth and chuckled a few times, his voice soft, as if asking himself: "How many years has this extremely cold land not been set foot by humans?" ”
The jade hand gently brushed the strings, and danced directly and slowly, and a melodious song came slowly.
And Su Lan's side......
"This kid...... Is it the eye of the circle? Su Lan was sure that he had not made a mistake before, and looked at the child in front of him in disbelief, a little girl with a delicate and cute appearance.
"Princess, are you mistaken?" Night Wind was also a little puzzled, but when they released their Xuan Force, only Su Lan was alone in sensing where the array eye was, so only Su Lan could know where the array eye was.
Su Lan swallowed his saliva, and finally found his voice back: "That's right, the array I feel is indeed ...... This little kid. ”
"So...... Are we going to kill this kid? Xiao Ling frowned and asked.
Although Xiao Ling has killed countless people over the years, and his hands have long been stained with blood, there are few lives in his hands that have been killed by old and weak women and children, let alone let him attack a little girl.
Su Lan was also silent, according to the method of breaking the formation that the rotor said before, it was necessary to destroy the formation eye in the magic circle in order to break the formation, but now...... None of them wanted to kill the child.
"No, let's see what happens." Su Lan said.
The little girl turned her back to Su Lan and played by herself, plus Su Lan was some distance away from the little girl, so the little girl didn't find that there was a group of people "eyeing her".
"Shushu, why didn't you let my mother go out to play? What's wrong with you today, why don't you play with Nuan Nuan? The little girl faced a peach tree in front of her, stepped forward and knocked on the trunk, and muttered to herself.
"What is she doing?" Su Lan asked.
She just said...... Mother? Xiao Ling speculated: "It seems that this formation may also be laid by this little girl's mother." ”
"Then we just have to catch this kid and threaten her mother to take us out of the maze." Night Wind took Xiao Ling's words.
"No!" Su Lan shook his head: "If a woman lives alone with a child in this extremely cold place, then she must not be an ordinary person, so if the conversation is the best, if it doesn't work, then it's not too late for us to do it." ”
"That's right." Xiao Ling nodded.
The night wind immediately flew forward, but before it could get close to the child's side, the peach tree in front of the child was about to block the child.
The night wind was unexpected, and hurriedly stopped his steps to avoid the tragedy of hitting and injuring the tree.
"Who are you?" The little girl hid behind the peach tree, poked out half her head slightly, and looked at the person in front of her curiously in an eternally cute and cute voice.
Seeing that it was exposed, Su Lan stood up directly, "Little girl, don't be afraid, we have no malicious intent." ”
"And what do you want to do?" There was no look of fear on the little girl's face, but she had clearly seen that a person wanted to approach her quietly.
However, she was not afraid of them at all, but looked at them with wide eyes, for she had been in this peach grove since she was born, and no one had spoken to her, and she had not seen anyone other than her and her mother...... Creatures, some are just some snow beasts.
"Little girl, do you know that this is a maze?" Su Lan bent down, let himself be at eye level with the child in front of him, looked at her kindly, and asked softly.
"Of course I know, this is the magic circle set up by my mother, and my mother set up this magic circle to protect me." The little girl raised her head and said with some smugness. As if to say, how? My mother-in-law is amazing, isn't she? Hum!
"To protect her?" Su Lan and Xiao Ling glanced at each other, and at the same time, they saw confusion in each other's eyes.
It seems that there are some unknown things in this maze.
"Why do you want to protect you and set up a magic circle, can't your mother protect you? Still need a circle to protect you? Jing Yu, who was lying on Xue'er's back, had been observing the little girl in front of him, the children he had met before were all fierce and vicious, and they would bully him, but the little girl in front of him was so beautiful and cute.
"Huh? Who are you? As soon as Jing Yu spoke, the realization of the little girl was sucked by him. The little girl grew up in this peach forest, and she had never had a partner of the same age, and when she saw a child, she was naturally curious and happy!
Though...... These two children are not the same age as each other. Because the little girl looks like she is three or four years old, and Jing Yu looks like she is seven or eight years old, besides, Jing Yu is not an ordinary person, he also has the image of an adult man, so how old Jing Yu is, this is really hard to say.
"Who am I, you ask? Who are you supposed to be first? Jing Yu was not to be outdone.
"Humph! I'm Nuan Nuan! What's your name!? The little girl crossed her waist and pointed at Jing Yu and asked loudly.
"My name is Jing Yu."
Su Lan looked at Jing Yu and this little girl Nuan Nuan chatting was okay, and suddenly it had an idea, why do they have to grab this little girl to threaten or talk to her mother about bargaining chips?
They could have let this little girl lead them to meet his mother, after all, Su Lan felt that the person who could survive in his cold land and establish such a maze would definitely not be an ordinary person, and if he was tough, there might not be any good results, so it was better to negotiate.
In this case, even if the little girl's mother does not want to take them out of this maze. They will try to get closer to this little girl, in fact, even if this little girl's father does not agree, they have bargaining chips.
Su Lan's eyes flashed with a clever light, and when she raised her eyes, she just met Xiao Ling's eyes that had been staring at her, the corners of her mouth hooked, and she smiled slightly at Xiao Ling, and suddenly had an idea.
Xiao Ling looked at Su Lan's confident and clever smile, and knew that Su Lan already had a small abacus in his heart, Xiao Ling smiled lightly, and he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.
"That, Nuan Nuan, you see that we are actually good people, we inadvertently broke into this peach forest maze, but you see ......" Su Lan pointed to the rotor on Xue'er's back: "My friend is injured, we came to this extremely cold place to find a way to rescue him, so, can you take us to meet your mother, let her take us out of this maze, we have more important things to do." ”
Su Lan looked at the little girl in front of her, her face was full of sincerity, and she was pleading.
Nuan Nuan is still just a child, and she has never been in contact with other human beings, so she naturally can't tell the truth of Su Lan's words.
"Ah......" Nuan Nuan let out a regretful sigh: "He's so pitiful!" ”
"Uh-huh! That's right...... So Nuan Nuan, can you help us? Su Lan looked pitiful, and looked at Nuan Nuan with wide eyes and blinking.
Xiao Ling, who was on the side, couldn't cry or laugh when he looked at Su Lan like this, but looking at Su Lan like this, he actually felt ...... Kind of cute......?
Xiao Ling wiped his face and loosened the neckline of his shirt, how did he do it? Recent...... I always think Su Lan is cute!?
Ahem!
Where is it cute!
And deceive the little ones!
It's not cute at all!
Not cute!
Xiao Ling took a deep breath and asked himself not to think crankily and take care of business first!
"Good!" Nuan Nuan nodded vigorously and agreed.
"That'...... Can you take us to your mother-in-law now? We're going to find a way to save my friend soon......" Su Lan pointed to the rotor and said with an embarrassed expression.
"Then come with me!" Nuan Nuan led a team of people and strode forward, looking quite a bit of style.
Su Lan looked at the warm little back in front of him, chuckled, and thought to himself that children are easy to deceive and talk!
"Ahem!" Xiao Ling approached Su Lan's side and whispered in her ear, "Be careful of exposure." ”
Su Lan immediately moved away from Xiao Ling, his eyes revealing a sense of danger, and he wanted to be close to me? No way! I'm not going to forgive you for what you've done before!
Su Lan immediately quickened his pace and walked in front of Xiao Ling.
Xiao Ling looked at Su Lan's straight and straight back, and touched his nose, as if he ...... Girl...... Isn't it easy to coax?
Su Lan has almost cleared this warm character, innocent and kind, a little arrogant, Su Lan guessed that her mother should not have disciplined her much.
"Wait a minute!" Nuan Nuan shouted in a milky voice.
Su Lan was still thinking about something just now, and as soon as Nuan Nuan spoke, Su Lan's eyes were drawn over.
"Huh? What's wrong? Su Lan asked.
"These little peaches are blocking the way, I'll tell them to make a way for us." Nuan Nuan walked to the side of a few trees, her mouth pressed to the trunk, and she was whispering something.
Then, a few peach trees avoided it, and a path appeared in front of everyone.
Su Lan and the others couldn't help but be a little speechless, this kid ...... It doesn't seem to be easy.
However, Su Lan immediately thought about it, too, they may have been misled by Nuan Nuan's appearance, thinking that he was just a child who didn't understand anything. But she forgot that since Nuan Nuan is one of the eyes of this maze, she must know everything about this maze, and she has an unknown identity and ability.
"Let's go!" Nuan Nuan took the lead and walked straight to the path.
Su Lan walked to Nuan Nuan's side and chatted with her.
"Well, Nuan Nuan, why are you staying in this place?" Su Lan pretended to be very curious and asked indifferently.
"Didn't I just say that? It's because my mother wants to protect me that we stay here all the time! Nuan Nuan rolled her eyes at Su Lan and said unceremoniously.
"Uh......" Su Lan was suddenly dumbfounded.
It seems that you can't talk to this kid like this, you have to change the way, Su Lan bit Yin Hong's lower lip and thought.
"Hurt...... I just want to know, huh...... Why don't you and your mother try to go somewhere else? If you go somewhere else, you can also set up a magic circle to protect you! Su Lan replied innocently.
"Alas! You are foolish! Nuan Nuan glanced at Su Lan again and shook her head.
All right!
Su Lan nodded dejectedly, it seems that although this Nuan Nuan is innocent and kind, she is a little arrogant and domineering, and she is also a little venomous!!
Alas!
Su Lan sighed loudly in his heart! Why is it so tiring to talk to children?! Today's little ones aren't cute at all! It's not as cute and fun as Jing Yu!
"Here we are." Nuan Nuan stopped suddenly.
"Huh? And here it is? Su Lan looked at the peach tree in front of him, did he see any houses? There are other people and the like, and I can't help but be a little confused.
"Hmm!" Nuan Nuan nodded firmly, stretched out her little hand, and pointed to a place in front of her: "Look! My mother is there! ”
Everyone looked up in the direction of the child.
However, unexpectedly, Nuan Nuan took advantage of the fact that when a few people raised their eyes to look away, they pulled their legs and ran in another direction.
When Xiao Ling reacted and wanted to catch Nuan Nuan, the peach trees beside him quickly surrounded them.
Everyone reacted, this is a trap!
Xiao Ling stopped, stopped, and then stepped a little, like a volley over these peach trees.
But!
"Ugh!" Xiao Ling smashed down from mid-air!
"Your Highness!" Night Wind immediately ran to Xiao Ling's side.
"There is a ban!" Xiao Ling lowered his head and raised his eyes to look at the peach tree in front of him, and said coldly.
"Who dares to break into my peach forest maze?" A gentle and delicate female voice came.
Even though this person's words are questioning, they feel that they are ...... This woman is ...... Gentle.
"This should be the child's warm mother." Su Lan said.
As if to verify what Su Lan said, a childish child's voice sounded: "Mother! That's them! They have bad intentions towards me! ”
Su Lan raised his forehead, okay! It seems that she is misjudging people! This is warm, I can't imagine that the brain melon seeds are actually quite smart!!
"Senior! Accidentally breaking into your peach blossom maze is really not intentional! Please also send us out of the maze! Xiao Ling shouted loudly forward.
"Mistaken?"
"Uh...... Yes! Yes! Su Lan hurriedly took over: "We really have no intention of breaking into this maze. ”
"Then why did you come to this cold place?"
"That's because of our friend, he was poisoned, and after being instructed by a master, he came to this extremely cold place to seek relief!" Su Lan pinched his throat, cough! Sore throat!
She didn't know how far away that person was from her, but she could hear this voice a little far away, besides, Xiao Ling also shouted loudly just now, so she should also shout and answer.
Call! It's a bit tiring though!
Xiao Ling glanced at Su Lan strangely, and after Su Lan received Xiao Ling's eyes, he glared at him angrily!