The autumn night in the mountains came earlier, not long after dinner, the sky was dark, there were no stars tonight, the moon was also shy behind the thick clouds, the vast sky was like a huge pot, firmly covered in the undulating mountains, covering everything in the inky darkness, except for the occasional soybean oil lamp from one or two windows in the village, there was no other light.

The night was so deep that even the insects were tired, curled up under the grass, and let out a low moan, like water.

The eldest grandson Hong got up quietly, opened the door lightly, stood in the courtyard and listened carefully, and heard the slight snoring of his mother Zhang, so he slipped out silently with a blanket on his back.

It's pitch black outside, and you can't walk without lanterns and torches, but fortunately, Changsun Hong's road is familiar, and he can walk sideways with his eyes closed in the small Lijia Village, without a light source, and sneaks all the way in the dark to the outside of the dog's yard.

The low courtyard wall only guarded against gentlemen, and the eldest grandson Hong jumped and went in, came to the east side of the house under the window, and after figuring out that the family was asleep, he learned two cicadas.

A moment later, a crack opened in the window, revealing the dog's bewildered face. Changsun Hong grabbed him by the shoulder and pulled him out of the window, but fortunately, the dog who was familiar with him smelled the smell and knew that Changsun Hong was coming, so he didn't knock his head with his fist.

"You ......" As soon as a word came out of the dog's mouth, Changsun Hong covered his mouth, took his hand in the dark, and climbed out of the fence of the dog's house.

When I arrived at the village road, there was no one around, even the dog was asleep, and the eldest grandson Hong stopped and said simply: "If you have something, follow me up the mountain." ”

The mysterious attitude of the god did not surprise the dog much, after experiencing some things after the enlightenment of Changsun Hong, he has been particularly convinced of this young man who is a little younger than himself, sitting on the ground to make money, inventing and creating, helping his family solve problems and other matters, so that the dog understands, even if the eldest Sun Hong said tonight that he wants to take a ladder up to the sky before the moon comes out to take it off.

So without saying a word, the dog followed behind Changsun Hong's buttocks, and walked towards the entrance of the village in the dark.

There are a few torches lit at the entrance of the village, the lights are bright, a few local soldiers who keep vigil and Ding Zhuang in the village are bored guarding the intersection or sitting or standing and chatting, these poor men have nothing to talk about in their mouths, they are just some meat jokes, talking about where the widow is out of the wall, whose little lady has a fancy to whose young man and so on, laughing and laughing and laughing, and chatting with relish.

Changsun Hong didn't dare to alarm them, so he took the dog around and went out of the village from the other side, and climbed along the mountain road during the day to the forest where he practiced martial arts.

It was difficult to get to the place, into the clearing, surrounded by dense woods, do not have to worry about someone under the mountain to find out the movement here, the eldest grandson Hong, whose face was broken red, dared to take out the fire fold from the blanket, blew up the fire, and lit a pine branch.

With the warm light, everything seemed to be safe, the two of them exhaled, and the dog's heart began to explode eagerly: "Erlang, in the middle of the night, what are you pulling me here for?" ”

"It's late at night, but it's only about nine o'clock, and I sleep so early, why don't you come out and help me." The eldest grandson said: "Come, come in with me, remember, don't panic when you see anything." ”

The dog smiled, he was no less than the eldest grandson Hong, and as he entered the cave together, the grease of the pine branches burned in the "crackling", and the yellow light illuminated the cave brightly, and his mouth said: "What can be in this hole?" Could it be that you hunted a wild boar? The guy ...... Yes!!! ”

The dog let out a scream, as if seeing the night owl that the old man often used to scare the child in the dark night, stretched out a hand and trembled in fright, looking at the unconscious girl on the grass mat deep in the cave and changing color: "Erlang! You've finally done the robbery!? ”

Although the dog accepted the money given to him by the eldest grandson, he always had an inconvenient question in his heart, where did the two hundred wen for making a rice mill come from? The origin is unknown, a twelve-year-old child has a "huge amount of money", and the dog can't guess.

"Hit you on the head!" Eldest Sun Hong glared: "Have you ever seen us rob like this?" It's good not to be robbed! ”

The dog was suspicious, squinted his eyes and looked at the eldest grandson, and then at the girl, his face was not good, and he was not convinced: "That...... Who is she? ”

"I don't know, I picked it up in this hole during the day today." Changsun Hong shook his head, squatted down, and took something out of the blanket: "This person is seriously injured, if we don't save her, she will die." ”

The dog said "oh", squatted down, looked at the unconscious girl, and first smacked his tongue: "This person is purple, is it poisoned?" What a domineering poison? ”

Then he was surprised as if he had discovered a new continent: "The black clothes she wears, I know this dress, I heard that Mr. Storyteller said that this is a night dress, only the knights of the rivers and lakes wear it, who is she?" ”

"I told you, I don't know." Changsun Hong frowned, took out a clay pot filled with water, glued cold water with a cloth towel, and applied it to the girl's forehead. ”

"Tangmen?" The dog was surprised again, he was very calm tonight, but he was surprised several times in this short period of time: "I heard the local soldiers in the village say that it was the bandit who robbed the prison in the county town last night!" ”

Changsun Hong didn't speak, he was busy sticking some cold water in his hand to the girl's palm with a cloth, and then took off her shoes and socks, and applied some cold water to the soles of her feet.

The dog watched him do this dumbfounded, his face was red and red, his eyes flickered, he didn't know what he was thinking, and only after half a sound did he quietly ask Changsun Hong: "Erlang, have you taken a fancy to this little lady?" ”

The eldest grandson Hong didn't raise his head, but said: "What nonsense, I'm a physical cooldown and a means to save her." ”

"Isn't it?" The dog was inexplicably excited and licked his mouth: "I heard my mother say that a woman's feet are not allowed to be seen by men, and whoever sees it will marry someone, don't you have a crush on her, why do you take off her shoes?" ”

And this kind of rule?

This time it was the turn of the eldest grandson Hong to be a little surprised, and looked up at the dog, if this is really the case, in the future, if you see that woman directly go up and forcibly take off her shoes, she will go with you?

After thinking about it a little, you will understand that the dog cares about lewdness, and this year's woman's body is as precious as gold and jade, especially her feet, which are categorically not exposed at will, and she can only take off her shoes and socks in front of her husband, but she is not sure to marry anyone who she sees.

"Help!" Changsun Hong took out some grass from his arms: "Go over there and boil this." ”

The dog took it stupidly, and found that it was Houttuynia cordata, which is cold, has the effect of anti-inflammatory, detoxification and suppuration, and the wild ones are all over the mountain, and the eldest grandson Hong picked some on the way back in the afternoon, and boiled it into water and drank it to play a role in some assistance.

The small clay pot of Changsun Hong was filled with water and grass, and the dog went to the hole to make a fire to boil water, and Changsun Hong stayed by the girl's side, and used cold water to dissipate heat for her over and over again, the girl's high fever was very serious, and a cloth soaked in cold water became warm for a while, and it needed to be constantly re-soaked and replaced.

After the boiled water was cold, it was poured into the mouth of the unconscious girl, and the eldest grandson Hong and the dog rested, and the two of them were in shift, one sleeping and the other guarding, and took turns wiping her hands and feet with a cool cloth, and did not stop all night.