The sun is hidden and the moon rises, the round moon exudes a bright light in the dark night, the scattered stars blink their dream-like eyes, the great river is burning, the roaring warship reflects half of the sky red, at first glance, it seems that a red lotus is emerging from hell, wantonly blooming its evil and bewitching posture.

Ji Lie stood on the bank of the river, here is a slope, the rolling Liuyuan River turned a bend here, was divided into two river basins by a large mountain in half, one went straight to the East China Sea, the other zigzagged to the north, before the sun set, they floated out of the cliff gorge, and chose this place to anchor.

This is not a ferry wharf, the warship with a deep draft cannot enter without traction, and it is not easy to stop, fortunately, Huo Xun's water is very good, Ji Lie ordered him to take a rope and plunge into the river, and then swim to the north bank, tie a few ropes to several ancient trees along the coast, and force the warship to run aground slowly by the force of the tilt. Later, Ji Lie ordered people to unload the deck and lay it on the ropes, build a simple pontoon bridge, and transport the thin horses and all kinds of supplies ashore.

However, there was a small episode in the middle, although the water flow was slow and there was a pontoon bridge, but people were always afraid to walk on it, so the little black witch officer said 'ah', and fell into the river with his teeth and claws, fortunately the river was not too fast, and it happened that he hugged a piece of driftwood that fell with him, otherwise, Ji Lie would not have a witch.

It was the end of March and the beginning of April, and it was the cold and steep season of spring, and the night wind blew not cold and cold, and the poor little black wizard was so cold that his face was purple, but no one cared about him and cared for him, and he came in such a hurry that he had no extra clothes at all, so he could only hold his shoulders and tremble. The bald bear couldn't stand it anymore, and smashed a dead tree with a hammer, lighting a fire for him.

The bonfire had already been lit, and the light of the fire on the river was shining, and Tashige and Tian Li had scurried through the dense forest for a while, and brought back a large number of hares, which had now been washed and stripped and put on the fire.

When the oil stains rolled down, Xiao Yu first pinched his ears and cooled his fingers, then quickly tore off a fat rabbit leg, wrapped it in tender green leaves, and came to Ji Lie's side, Yanran said: "Hou Zi, taste a little first, see if it is fragrant." ”

The fire on the river gradually became smaller, as if he could hear the sound of the warship slowly sinking, the sound was very subtle, not harsh at all, looking at the mast of the ship that was gradually engulfed by water and fire, Ji Lie smiled slightly, and finally arrived on the shore, and this place no longer belongs to Anguo, he had a rare calm in his heart, took the rabbit meat wrapped in leaves, tore a big piece of meat and put it in his mouth, and muttered while chewing: "It's so fragrant." Xiaoyu, why don't you want to call me Ji Lie? ”

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, looked down at his toes, and said softly: "Hou Zi is the master, Xiao Yu is the maid, how can the maid call the master's name?" ”

She actually wanted to scream, but she couldn't scream, and she wondered why Ji Lie attached so much importance to this matter.

In this world, of course, Ji Lie doesn't think that everyone is equal, it's just that he has lost his mother since he was a child, and the monarch in Shaotai Palace, he never thinks that person is worthy of being his father, on the contrary, for Song Rang and Xiaoyu, he has always been treated as the closest relatives, at this time, listening to Xiaoyu say this, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, holding the rabbit meat and not speaking.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xiao Yu was anxious, blushing and wanting to explain, but he stopped talking and stopped, instead of making Ji Lie anxious, she was so anxious that she was in tears, twisting her fingers and unable to speak.

At this time, there was a hearty laughter from the fire, and Ji Lie raised his eyes to see the bald bear Zhan laughing with his waist crossed beside the fire, while the little black witch looked at him pitifully.

Xiao Hei's face was covered with rabbit oil, and he wanted to fight back against Xiong Zhan, but Xiong Zhan's burly figure, he couldn't reach it at all, so he could only look at Ai Ai, like an angry little daughter-in-law.

It seems that they are in good hands.

Ji Lie cracked his mouth and smiled, and walked towards the fire, Xiao Yu followed behind him, lowering his head, like a wronged little daughter-in-law.

Next to the fire, a group of people sat around, eating rabbit meat and laughing at the same time, even the taciturn Huo Xun cracked his mouth and laughed silently. During the day, they had just experienced a battle of life and death, and it was indeed gratifying to be able to survive that contest and to raise a fire and eat fragrant rabbit meat at night.

Of course, there was always someone laughing, and there was always someone crying secretly, and the woman was not by the fire, but she sat alone outside the fire, with her arms folded in a daze, and went ashore, and it was dark, and she had nowhere to go. However, even if it was dawn, she was an unarmed slave, and she still had nowhere to go in this deep mountain and forest. Perhaps, there is only one fate waiting for her.

The person next to the fire didn't ask Ji Lie what he would do with her, in fact, even if he asked, Ji Lie didn't know, it seemed that it was simple to kill and release, but once it was really done, it was not so easy.

Ji Yeol decided to wait until dawn to make a decision.

By the fire, Song Rang stood up and walked towards the woman with his sword.

Ji Lie was stunned for a moment, and wanted to say something, but he didn't open his mouth in the end, and everyone's eyes followed Song Rang's footsteps, with different expressions, and the laughter stopped at this time, and the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

The woman noticed that she was like a frightened mouse, and she shrank back with her shoulders folded, but behind her was a stone that sheltered her from the wind, and she had no way to retreat, so she could only watch Song Rang's shadow get closer and closer.

Song Rang's shadow covered her feet, and she shrunk her feet. Song Rang's shadow covered her legs, and she quickly curled up her legs. Suddenly, Song Rang's shadow completely covered her, and she had no way to retreat, so she could only bury her head in the crook of her arm and tremble.

Cold, she felt unusually cold.

She hugged herself in a ball, and a hoarse sound came from her throat, like a man was about to die of thirst in the desert.

At this time, Song Rang squatted down and put a freshly baked bracken cake in front of her, the woman smelled the unique aroma of bracken after it was roasted, her shoulders trembled, but she still didn't dare to look up, until Song Rang left, the black shadow no longer haunted her, the woman glanced at Song Rang's back from the gap in her arm, and then stretched out her hand and quickly grabbed the bracken cake, but did not stuff it into her mouth, but hid it under her chest, and hugged her shoulders and legs, protecting the bracken cake to death.

Her movements were fast, but no one cared, and the people around the fire were more or less relieved, a person who was dying of hunger, when he saw food, instinctively picked it up and gnawed it, but she didn't, but used her body to protect the food, what does this mean? It means that she will not face death once. For slaves, this is normal, because they are always facing death.

Before Song Rang could get to the fire, Xiong Zhan's laughter rang out again, and he was making fun of Xiao Hei for not eating bracken cakes, which had to be smeared with hare oil to be fragrant. Xiao Hei ignored him, but took advantage of Xiong Zhan's inattention to snatch a piece of hare meat from his hand, and then rubbed it desperately on the bracken cake. Xiong Zhan was stunned for a moment, and raised his big palm, as if he wanted to slap Xiao Hei, but he rose and fell lightly, rubbing Xiao Hei's hair into a mess.

The crowd laughed.

All of this fell into Ji Lie's eyes, he looked at Xiao Hei and smiled, thinking, 'It seems that I have a smart witch official who is afraid of death......

……

It was late at night, the bonfire in the camp was still burning unrelentingly, and from time to time I heard the crackling sound of firewood popping, Huo Xun and Xi Ying were wearing heavy armor to keep vigil outside the camp, and the armor was pulled from the Anguo armor soldiers who were killed by them, and now, Ji Lie and his party of nine people, except for Ji Lie, Song Rang, Xiao Hei and Xiao Yu, everyone has a set, and the bald bear Zhan is too majestic, and one person accounts for two and a half sets.

Although Huo Xun uses a double-plate axe, he is wooden by nature, and Ji Ying has a cautious temperament, and rarely speaks until the critical moment, so the two of them keep vigil together, even if they sit face to face, no one speaks.

Ji Lie was lying in the carriage, the carriage was changed into a simple tent, the beautiful little maid was lying in the innermost, curling herself up into a little shrimp, she was a little girl after all, it was impossible for Ji Lie to let her sleep outside, as for in the eyes of others, Xiao Yu was Ji Lie's maid, and she slept with him, which was originally a matter of course, and she didn't need it before, it was because he was still stupid. It's different now, for Song Rang, Ji Lie is eleven years old and needs a maid to serve closely, even if nothing can happen to them. Therefore, on this important and special day tonight, Song Rang ordered the bald bears to fight them all far away, just in case.

Of course Ji Lie understood, so he didn't fall asleep, Xiao Yu's breath was soft and sweet, and her breath was like an orchid, although she tried her best to pretend to be asleep, but her long eyelashes betrayed her, these two small combs kept trembling, showing that she was actually very scared in her heart, although she was one year older than Ji Lie, it was the first blooming years of cardamom, but she really didn't understand, because no one taught her, so she could only curl herself up like a lamb to the slaughter.

"Goo."

Just when Ji Lie was embarrassed, the evil bird suddenly rushed in from outside, Ji Lie grabbed it, flicked its little head, and secretly felt that the hot heart calmed down, and suddenly, a strange sound came into the ears, this voice was far away, low and deep, like a gust of wind blowing through the empty valley.

Listening, listening, Ji Lie couldn't help but move his body, and lightly got out of the carriage, and when he got out of the carriage, he still hung the tiger evil sword on his waist with caution.

As soon as he came, Huo Xun and Ji Ying found him, and the two walked towards him suspiciously, Ji Lie shook his head, signaling that they didn't have to follow.

Huo Xun and Ji Ying glanced at each other and stopped.

"Woo, woo......"

The distant and deep sound was soaked in the river breeze, and Ji Lie walked towards the place where the sound came from, and his body was red embedded in the hazy moonlight.

This voice is particularly gripping, with an indescribable sadness in the majesty, Ji Lie listened to it very intoxicated, and just wanted to follow the sound all the way to the end of the empty valley where no one was.

"Hiss!!"