Chapter 2 Maple Grove Valley
The child didn't see the black wolf, at this time all his attention was on the yellow-faced man, he didn't plan to be able to get out of the way, but the other party's previous promise was still in his ears, but he didn't expect to turn his face so quickly. The previous fight with Xiao Wu consumed too much physical strength, coupled with the mental palpitations caused by killing Xiao Wu just now, he felt that he really couldn't muster the slightest strength to deal with the yellow-faced man rushing in front of him. In fact, even if he is full of energy at this time, such a man in the prime of life is not something he can handle. He thought that he had been in exile with everyone for thousands of miles along the way, and if he hadn't been taken care of by Aunt Kaoru on the way, he would have starved to death in some barren mountains and mountains early, but Aunt Kaoru was already dead, he touched the lotus leaf cake that Aunt Kaoru gave him at the end in his arms, and suddenly felt too tired and tired, so tired that he couldn't open his eyes. The child slowly fell to the ground.
Seeing that the child was about to fall into the hands of the yellow-faced bandits, all the bandits showed a frightened look on their faces, of course, not worried about the life and death of the children, but because a black wolf rushed towards the yellow-faced man with a high-speed attitude, they survived here, of course, they knew the barbarian legends that circulated in people's mouths about the 100,000 mountains, the strange atmosphere around the black wolf made them can't help but look solemn, although they robbed and made a living in the mountains near the wild land in Xizhou, but they never dared to cross the border into the 100,000 mountains, It was not for nothing that there were people who entered, and they had seen some of them, most of them bandits like them, but they had never seen anyone come out alive.
The yellow-faced man didn't see the black wolf, he only had the child who killed Xiao Wu in his eyes at this time, and the direction the black wolf was running in happened to be the dead end of his vision. He was just about to reach out to lift the child on the ground, the black wolf also pounced and bit his arm, and then the black wolf shook his head and threw him far away, and actually tore off the whole arm of the yellow-faced man who was bitten, which shows the strength of the black wolf. After doing this, the black wolf turned to face the mountain bandits who had drawn their swords one after another, baring his teeth and exhaling a fierce light, and tightly protecting the child who had fallen into a coma.
Seeing this situation, the eldest brother of the mountain bandit hurriedly called someone to see whether the yellow-faced man was alive or dead, and at the same time snatched the sword from the hand of the green-shirted scholar beside him, and killed the black wolf fiercely.
After all, the black wolf is single, with strength alone, even if it can kill several of them, it is inevitable that it will be dismembered by the blade, and at this moment, the mountain bandits felt that the atmosphere in the field changed suddenly, and a powerful momentum made them instinctively feel their bodies stagnate, they stopped and couldn't help but look up to explore the source of this momentum, only to see a man in white with maple leaves, standing on the top of a tall maple tree, the branches under his feet swaying with the wind, but the figure of the man in white has never shaken a little, it is really immovable like a mountain.
The atmosphere in the field was stagnant, and at this time, the eldest brother of the mountain bandit forcibly endured the palpitation in his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "I heard earlier that there are worldly masters living in seclusion here in Maple Forest Valley, and we are so vulgar that we have never had the opportunity to see it, otherwise we will never do this thing when our predecessors live nearby, we really don't mean to be offended!" As he spoke, the big brother of the mountain bandit knelt heavily on his knees and kowtowed. The eldest brother of the mountain bandit has been in the bandit group for a long time, and it is impossible to become the leader of everyone if he is not delicate, at this time he does not know what the master of the world thinks in his eyes, according to his thoughts, if this master has insight into the world, he should also understand his actions, after all, in troubled times, there are not many choices for people to live well. But after all, he can't get the master's thoughts, the only thing that can be determined is that the strength of the other party is far from what they can compete with, seeing the master carrying a long sword on his back, feeling the aura emanating from his body, maybe he has the power to fight with the legendary kendo masters enshrined in various countries, so the meaning of his words is extremely obvious, that is, begging for mercy: Even if our actions are dissatisfied with your heart, we didn't know your existence before, and those who don't know are not guilty.
The white-clothed man standing on the top of the maple tree suddenly had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't see how he moved, everyone only felt that his eyes flashed, and he came to the big brother of the mountain bandit who kept kowtowing.
"I am not your predecessor, if you only talk about age, you should be better than me." The man in white said slowly. "More than ten years ago, when I was still a teenager studying in Yin Kingdom, my master who taught me said to me: 'If you don't teach, you will be punished, you will be punished if you are punished, you will not be punished, you will not be punished, and you will not be punished if you are taught.'" It's true that it's troubled times now, but if troubled times are evil, isn't it evil? Is it not evil that you did evil without knowing me? The innocent people who died tragically in the maple forest, how could they know that such an evil ghost as you is here! With that, the man in white pulled out the long sword behind his back and slashed the mountain bandit brother under the sword.
When the mountain bandits saw what the man in white said and did, they all felt worried, and they all trembled on their knees, and they couldn't help but think that maybe the next one would be the fate of the mountain bandits' eldest brother, but the man who was called a scholar by the mountain bandits before, although he also knelt on the ground, the look on his face was very calm, as if he was pondering something. The naked woman who was tied up nearby finally understood the changes in the field, and shouted for help poignantly.
At this moment, there was a sudden change, and the black wolf who had saved the child before suddenly let out a long howl, and after the long roar, it turned into a young man in black, and everyone in the audience was surprised to see this scene. This young man was seventeen or eighteen years old, his body was unusually tall, his face was angular, and he was extremely handsome and resolute, especially the awe-inspiring aura exuded by a pair of starry eyes, which made people dare not force their eyes. His dress was also different from that of everyone in the field, his long hair was not tied up in a bun but naturally hung behind him, and a few strands of sideburns were tied symmetrically on his chest by a few perforated beads, and the clothes on his body were very different from those of the crowd, which made people naturally think that this young man must be a barbarian of the 100,000 mountains.
"Master, what about these people?" The black-clothed boy hugged the unconscious child he had just rescued and asked, and everyone couldn't help but be surprised when they heard him call the man in white, this barbarian boy was actually his apprentice. The man in white didn't move after killing the big brother of the mountain bandit, and stood there with a bloody long sword as if thinking about something. Wen Yan looked at the kneeling bandits, then at the woman who was shouting for help and replied: "What else can I do, let these women go first, and then let them dispose of the corpses they saw earlier, and then see what to do." ”
"But these women don't have any clothes." The young man in black couldn't help but show a little surprise.
"Idiot! Ask them! The man in white pointed his sword at the kneeling bandits on the ground and said angrily. And how dare the bandits kneeling on the ground wait for the young man in black to ask again, among them, a few people kneeling close to the young man in black explained that they probably took these women hostage to share the spoils after killing people and goods, and naturally abused these women in every way along the way. In fact, even if it is still kept, it has long been torn apart, and how can it hide the body.
Seeing this, some of the bandits who still knew how to look at them trembled and took off their coats and walked over to the women, about to cover them. And those women, when they saw them coming, all looked miserable and frightened, although these mountain bandits were powerless to hurt them at this time. It can be seen that their previous inhuman experience has long made that fear deeply rooted in the bone marrow.
"Give me your clothes! I'll go! The young man in black looked pity. Then I went over to untie those women one by one, and after the unties, most of the women fell to the ground, and they didn't even have the strength to get up. The young man in black had no choice but to pick them up again and carefully put on their clothes.
"Zaisin, you stay here to take care of these women and the child, and I will take these people to bury them, and as for what they will do, I will make a decision when I return." With that, the man in white sighed, and then led the bandits to the way they came.
At this time, it is late autumn, and with this situation, the cold in the air is particularly biting. Zaisin gathered some of the branches and leaves, made a fire, and helped the women to sit around the fire, untying the skin hanging from his waist. He first dipped his fingertips in some of the juice from the skin to moisten the lips of the still sleeping child, and then took a sip for the child to cross.
"It's spirits, you all have a few sips to warm up." As he spoke, he handed the leather bag in his hand to the woman beside him, who bowed her head slightly, drank two sips and passed it on to the next one.
"You guys rest here first and regain your strength. I'm going to bury that woman, I just took care of you, but I can't take care of that side. Zai Xin said, thinking for a while, "By the way, what's her name?" I'll set up a tablet for her, you humans seem to care more about that. ”
"Her name is Xiao Xun, and her big name is Gu Youxun." The woman who was sitting closest to Zai Xin and who had just taken the first sip of wine replied, "But don't bury her in a hurry, this child is close to Xiao Xun, and let them see him for the last time when he wakes up." ”
"That's fine, as you say." Zaisin replied.
"If there is anything good to see, they are all in a different place, so let's bury them first and put them into the ground." The older of the women said again at this time.
At this time, hearing her say this, Zai Xin hesitated, his expression was more embarrassed, and he didn't know who to listen to. Fortunately, at this time, the child in Zai Xin's arms woke up leisurely.
"Aunt Kaoru!" As soon as the child awoke, he exclaimed weakly, but no one around him knew how to answer him. "I remember, Aunt Kaoru is dead, am I dead too? Who are you? The boy asked, looking up at Zaisin who was holding him.
"You're not dead! My master and I saved you from the bandits. I am Zai Xin, the inheritor of the wolf tribe of the 100,000 Great Mountain Spirit Clan. Zaisin replied, speaking of his identity, his expression was a little more majestic.
"If only you had come sooner, Aunt Kaoru wouldn't have died......" The child sobbed under his breath, and the crowd didn't know how to comfort him, but Zaisin just patted him on the back.
"Little tiger head, people have a great grace to save our lives, you should thank others, how can you blame others, life and death can only be the will of God. Although Xiao Xun is gone, I will still have Aunt An and Aunt Tong who are sitting with you in the future...... Your aunts will take care of you. The woman who had just answered Zaisin's words said to the child.
"Do you want to eat lotus leaf cakes?" As he spoke, the child took out a yellowed lotus leaf envelope from his bosom, carefully opened the envelope and handed it to Zaisin. It was a white shortbread, and there was a neat row of small tooth marks on the edge of the cake, and he was so careful that he could see that he cherished this cake very much, and the reason for this was that they had fled all the way, and they had eaten the last meal without the next meal, and the food was extremely scarce, and the second was that this cake was probably the only thing Aunt Kaoru had left him.
"It smells so good, but you might as well keep it for yourself." With that, Zaisin wrapped the bread and stuffed it back into the child's arms. As he made the gestures, he asked the child, "By the way, what's your name?" ”
"I don't know what my name is, they call me Little Tiger Head, I only know that I am from Weiguo Jingcheng." The boy replied.
"Didn't your father give you a name?" Zaisin asked again.
"Yes, I just can't remember." The child said, and put his head on Zaisin's shoulder and fell asleep, the embrace warm to him.
"This kid is very pitiful, Jingcheng was the first to be conquered, his parents were killed by the Yue soldiers, he was small and easy to hide, I don't know how to come to Yucheng alive all the way, but just came over the Yue soldiers also came, and then escaped with us, on the way to the road, everyone said that he was a disaster star, and they didn't care about him, only Xiao Xun usually took care of him. It is said that there are five cities in the middle of Jingcheng and Yucheng, and he is so young and small in steps, he doesn't know how to get there before the Yue army. By the way, my name is Nie Yunniang, you can call me Yun Niang, you can also call me Xiao Yun, Zai Gongzi, that's all I know, if Xiao Xun is still alive, she should know better. Said the woman who had spoken to Zaisin earlier.
"Calamity, hehe, the army is marching, and it is necessary to prepare food and grass along the way, and it is not strange that he can be one step ahead of the army. Yun Niang, you take care of this child first, I'll go to fetch some wild things to satisfy your hunger, you remember to add some firewood to the fire, but pay attention to the fire, now the weather is dry and dry, here are trees everywhere, easy to catch fire. With that, Zai Xin got up and handed the child to Yun Niang, and was about to leave.
"Zai Gongzi, don't go!" "That's it, we're afraid, here are barren mountains and mountains!" "If you want to go, take us with you!" "yes, we're not too hungry." Seeing that Zai Xin was leaving, a few of them shouted in a hurry, but Yun Niang, her expression was rare and calm.
Just as they were saying this, the woman who said that she was not too hungry had her stomach rumbling a few times, and when Zai Xin saw this scene, he said with a smile on his lips: "It won't take me a few moments to go hunting, and the breath in this radius can't escape my perception, you won't be in danger, don't worry." With that, Zaisin stopped caring about them, got up and walked towards the forest......
"Master, if Zai Gongzi is gone, what should we do?" One of the women asked Yun Niang timidly.
"Be careful! Remember, from now on, there is no master and slave between us, since we have survived this time, we will be sisters together in the future! Even if Zai Gongzi and his master don't come back, after all, they can save our lives, which is already a great kindness, and we should firmly remember that people have no obligation to us. From now on, we have only one task, that is, to live, I am afraid that the country will die, we are unlikely to be able to go back, but no matter where we go, we must live well! Yun Niang said sadly, after listening to Yun Niang's words, everyone fell silent......
After a period of silence like this, the child in Yun Niang's arms woke up again, "Where is Zai Gongzi?" Where did he go? The child asked.
"He's gone to find us something to eat, and he should be back in a moment." Yun Niang looked down at him and replied. The child was silent.
After a while, the child said, "Let's bury Aunt Kaoru." As he spoke, he struggled to his feet.
"Well, we're together." Yun Niang took his hand and stood up weakly. But after looking left and right, he didn't find any tools in his hand, but the child walked up to the body of the big brother of the bandits, picked up the long sword he had fallen to the ground, and walked to the yellow-faced man who was missing an arm and stabbed him with a sword.
The child wrapped the blade of the sword in his hand with a maple leaf, and in this way he held the blade with both hands and found an open place to dig up the dirt on the ground. Yun Niang also tightened her ill-fitting clothes, went to the river, picked up some sharp stones and distributed them to the sisters around her, and then dug them up with the children.