"Damn, who put the pants on Lao Tzu's head. ”

In the early morning, there was a wail in the quiet courtyard filled with the smell of alcohol, and then, I heard the sound of broken clay pots in the courtyard, and the sound of Ding Lingdang's collision seemed to be juggling.

Following the noisy sound, I saw a black and white donkey stumbling and swaying, smashing a large pile of empty wine jars, and then, from the huge head, a white flower pants were pulled down, the old donkey was full of gloom, like eating a dead child, and hurriedly threw it aside, scolding with a mouthful of big teeth.

"Hiccup"

A wine burp woke Jiang Xiaoqi from his sleep, rubbing his sleepy eyes, Jiang Xiaoqi struggled to crawl out of the messy pile of broken wine jars, staggered to his feet, and felt a drowsiness in his mind. Glancing at the old donkey with black lines in his head not far away, Jiang Xiaoqi hurriedly turned his head and walked towards the hut with a little weakness.

"Well, I don't know when I'll be back. ”

Closing the door with a creak, Jiang Xiaoqi took one last look at this quiet courtyard where he had lived for twelve years with the medicine basket on his back, looked at everything familiar here, and sighed with some regret, with a little heaviness in his heart.

"Let's go, let's go, and when I'm strong in the future, I can come back whenever I want. ”

Swinging leisurely, the old donkey ran out of the village with its ears on its ears, and its cheerful body was like a wild donkey, howling and stretching its broken gong throat to the fullest, and the sun was shining on its smooth fur warmly.

"yes, it's useless to come back without the strength to protect them. ”

The old donkey's words fell on Jiang Xiaoqi's ears, making his face stunned, and he muttered in his heart. Everything that happened yesterday made him realize the law of survival in this world, there is no law, there is no constraint, and the strong are respected is the truth of this world. No one cares about the mercy of a weak person, only those who stand on a high place will have the right to speak.

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"Brother Donkey, your wine is really bad, you drink too much and scold the street like a shrew. ”

"I may not be human, but you're a real donkey. If you look at the punch given to Lao Tzu, it is completely a dead hand. ”

On the wide road, a man and a donkey walked side by side, disliking each other in their words, and each recalling in their minds what had happened after they had been drunk last night.

After speaking, the old donkey leaned up to Jiang Xiaoqi with his huge head high, raised a front hoof and pointed at his bloated eye sockets, and shouted at Jiang Xiaoqi with a scolding attitude.

"It must be Brother Donkey, you remember wrong. ”

Hearing the old donkey's questioning words, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled a little weakly, and hurriedly shook the pot, he couldn't admit this matter to death, if he really responded, this donkey would have to fight with himself, and when he woke up this morning, it had white pants on its head.

After all, it is a young man's heart, and the blood comes and goes quickly, and last night he was still immersed in the despair of loneliness, and his heart was filled with hatred. Right now, after a night of thinking, Jiang Xiaoqi gradually understood what Old Man Shi said, before he became strong, all the hatred could only be buried in his heart, and all he could do now was to improve his strength as much as possible and let himself survive in this troubled world.

A person and a donkey chatted like this, walking on the wide road, from the parents to the trivial chatting about the situation in the world, the group of heroes separated, and the high-minded posture did not know that they really thought that the pair of partners were some kind of hidden masters.

"Get out of the way, don't get in my way. ”

Just when the two were chatting energetically, there was suddenly an extra group of people in the middle of the road, marching mightily, wearing the same clothes, although they were covered by clothes, but they could still vaguely see the bulging muscles and muscles, most of these people were filled with a ruthless gangsterism, which made people fearful.

The leader was tall and big, and his face full of meat was full of arrogance, and at this time, the big man was raising the long whip in his hand and said to Jiang Xiaoqi in the middle of the road.

"This group of people is supposed to be the same group as yesterday's horse bandits. ”

Looking at the vast convoy in the middle of the road, Jiang Xiaoqi frowned, and whispered to the old donkey beside him, and at the same time, a strong sense of disgust arose from the bottom of his heart. He really can't have a good impression of these horse bandits who burn, kill, loot and do all kinds of evil, he is not a murderer, but these people have a way to die. Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaoqi was about to step forward, but was stopped by the hooves of the old donkey stretched out on the side.

"Listen, are there the cries of children in those carriages covered with black cloth? ”

Stopping Jiang Xiaoqi's figure that was about to step forward, the old donkey raised his face, pouted at the carriages wrapped in black cloth at the back of the convoy, and said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoqi was stunned, and looked at the convoy not far away. Suddenly, a flash of wonder flashed through his eyes, and the old donkey did not say that he had not noticed, and the three carriages marching in the center of the procession were covered with black cloth, and surrounded by a group of horse bandits. Ears are forward, and a faint cry can be heard.

"Could it be that these bandits are robbing children?"

Seeing this situation, Jiang Xiaoqi's heart flashed with a touch of incomprehension, deliberately lowered his voice, and asked the old donkey who was listening with his ears on the side.

"Just follow it and see. ”

Stretching out his hooves to pull Jiang Xiaoqi aside, the old donkey grinned and muttered in his ear, his big dark face was full of cheap smiles, looking at its posture, he must not have held back any good farts in his heart.

"Hmph"

Get out of the way, the horse bandits' convoy slowly drove in front of Jiang Xiaoqi, the leader looked rebellious, glanced at him coldly, snorted coldly, and drove the carriage away slowly, not knowing where it was heading.

"Look at that kid's cheap appearance, it's like gnawing off his head. ”

Looking at the convoy that was moving away, the old donkey glanced at the group of horse bandits with big eyes, and said viciously with big teeth.

"Let's go, go along and see what the hell these guys are up to. ”

Pulling the old donkey's ears, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure flashed, took a step, and followed the rut marks of the horse bandits. He also wanted to see what these outlaws were secretly doing.

The reason why the horse bandits' convoy was not intercepted on the spot was because Jiang Xiaoqi felt that the robbed children were more than that, because the perennial life of the outlaw had made the horse bandits form a habit, they liked to report to the group for warmth, and there were usually strongholds, maybe there were some robbed children there. Rash action will only startle the snake, these people are outlaws, and if they can't do anything out of the ordinary if they are forced to do anything, it will only be detrimental to these children.

Night falls

"Boom"

A swarthy figure leaped from the mountains and forests, its swift figure unpredictable, as agile as an ape.

And in the depths of the lush mountain forest, there is a small camp, with five tents set up around each other in a circle, hidden by the surrounding vegetation.

In the center of the tent was a bonfire, on which an iron pot was erected, and white smoke was rising, and the water in the pot was boiling, giving off the smell of meat.

At this time, beside the iron pot of this bonfire, a group of big men were surrounded, tall and full of gangsterism. Through the firelight, you can faintly see that many people's faces are covered with horrific scars, and their faces look particularly hideous.

"Da Da Da"

At this moment, the sound of heavy horses' hooves sounded in the mountain forest, and then, I saw a team of chariots and horses shuttling out of the dark mountain forest, marching in a scattered procession, and from time to time came to the periphery of the tent. When I looked around, I suddenly saw that the person who was the leader was the rebellious horse bandit that Jiang Xiaoqi had seen during the day, and he was looking at the people gathered around the bonfire in front of him with a smile on his face. Then, seeing him turn over and dismount, he strode towards everyone.

"The third child is back, how is it, is there any gain?"

"Three masters"

Hearing the sound of the convoy behind him, a big man sitting in the crowd immediately got up, his shiny bald head was particularly eye-catching against the firelight. At the same time, everyone gathered around the bonfire also stood up together, looking at the big man who was striding in.

When the words fell, the bald man laughed, and then saw him stride towards the comer, hugging the third child led by the convoy, squeezing out a smile that was more ugly than crying on his face full of meat, and asked the comer.

"Bring it up"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and then, the man who was called the third child turned around and waved his hand to everyone, and three carriages covered with black cloth were pulled over. Immediately, I saw the third child slowly step forward, stretched out his hand and lifted it suddenly, revealing his true face wrapped in black cloth.

By the light of the fire, there was a cage on the carriage, poured of steel, and inlaid with vertical stripes side by side. Looking through the gap in the cage, you can faintly see through the firelight, there are three thin figures curled up inside, there are men and women, who look like they are three or four years old, and they are timidly looking at the group of horse bandits in front of them, with a look of horror in their pure eyes.

"One, two, three, four...... Eight, a total of eight, the third child did a good job. ”

"Let's go, let's drink. ”

Counting the children in the three cages, the bald man grinned, patted the third child on the shoulder, and then waved his hand, calling a few figures to take these immature children down and place them, and strode towards the bonfire behind him with his arms around the shoulders of the third child.

"What are these bandits doing with these children?"

In a mountain forest outside the horse bandit camp, Jiang Xiaoqi's agile figure was hidden behind the thick tree trunk, and he poked out a few wisps of gaze, looking at the group of fierce horse bandits not far in front of him, and a trace of doubt flashed in his pupils.

"It's better to find out where the children are placed first. ”

His eyes were focused on the horse bandit who placed the carriage, looking at the direction in which the man left, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled at the corner of his mouth, and muttered to himself in his heart. Then, through the darkness to hide his figure, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure flashed, and the next moment he disappeared into the jungle.

The old donkey didn't follow, although the guy's escape skills were first-class, but in this obscure situation at the moment, the old donkey's bloated body was relatively easy to expose, so Jiang Xiaoqi left it in a broken yard not far away to wait, and came here alone to find out the news.

"Made, don't cry, cry again and catch you to feed the wolves. ”

Behind the hidden mountain forest sat a small hill, and a large hole had been hollowed out halfway up the hill, and outside the entrance stood several horse bandits, burly and carrying large knives on their shoulders, looking around vigilantly.

At this time, the black-clothed figure assigned by the bald man drove the carriage to the entrance of the cave, cursing and swearing, and then, seeing him turn around and open the cage on the carriage, he pulled and dragged out several of the petite figures brutally.

Seeing their crying and crying appearance, the horse bandit's face was full of impatience, and his scarred face showed a vicious expression, and he lifted one of the most fierce little girls to one hand, stared at her with dead eyes, and frightened her with a foul mouth.

"Woohoo"

For these three or four-year-old children, the horse bandit in front of them was like a man-eating demon in their eyes, how could the weak heart bear such a blow, coupled with being reprimanded by the horse bandit's impatient words, a group of seven children all cried, and choked sobs sounded in the mountains and forests. But what no one noticed was that in the corner of the crowd, the little girl who was covered in mud and had a dirty face did not cry, but looked at the scolding horse bandit in front of her with a simple face.

"Come on, these things are really annoying, crying and mourning, if it weren't for the boss to take care of them, I really want to chop them to death one by one and throw them into the mountains to feed the wolves. ”

The child's choked sobs sounded in the ears of the bandit, and immediately made his whole head bigger, and he hurriedly waved at a few people outside the cave, and his words were full of impatience, and he threw down the little girl in his hand, and hurriedly turned around, and hurried to the direction of the camp with a curse.

When the man had gone, the two men outside the cave looked at each other, stepped forward slowly, and led the children into the cave as if they were sheep in a pen. Among them, the little girl with a dirty face, but at the moment when she was about to step into the cave, she looked back, her pure eyes looked into the dark mountain forest, and her little face was full of grievances.

"She found me?"

After the big man drove a group of eight children into the cave, a faint sound of doubt sounded in the dark mountain forest. Looking at the little girl who disappeared into the cave, a touch of surprise flashed on Jiang Xiaoqi's face, the little girl's gaze just now should be looking at herself, but the distance was so far away, and he was in the dark night, how did the little girl find herself?

"Looking at the posture of these people, I think that these children should not be in danger for the time being, and when we find out the purpose of these people to snatch the children, we will come here to rescue. ”

Retracting his thoughts, Jiang Xiaoqi silently calculated in his heart, and glanced deeply at the dark cave between the hills, but he didn't stay anymore, and disappeared in a flash. For now, it is better to find out the true purpose of this group of horse bandits, so that these troubles can be solved at the root.

"Who?"

The big man who escorted the child was standing in the jungle at this time, humming a small tune, and suddenly heard a rustling sound behind him, and immediately turned around, vaguely saw a swift figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and wanted to shout, but his throat had been cut by a knife, and the words that had reached his mouth were intercepted and not shouted.

"It shouldn't be difficult to sneak in at night. ”

Soon, Jiang Xiaoqi changed into the clothes of a horse bandit, looked back and forth at the fat clothes on his body, and his figure jumped out of the jungle, and said to himself with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Then, he got some dirt from the ground and wiped it on his face, until his whole face was covered with mud, then he nodded with satisfaction, and swaggered in the direction of the camp.

Jiang Xiaoqi naturally had his considerations for doing this, and a fair cheek like his would be easily discovered. These horse bandits, who lick blood on the tip of the knife all day long, are tanned, have dark skin, and have scars on their faces, and if he is as clean as before, he will definitely attract special attention.

"Big brother, why are we arresting these children? It's thankless, and we can't get much oil and water. ”

Around the bonfire, a bunch of big men gathered together, tearing the legs of beef and mutton with big mouths, full of meat words. In the center of the crowd, the third child picked up a wine jar and poured a few sips into his mouth, then turned around, looked at the shiny man next to him with a little doubt, frowned, and was a little puzzled in his words.

"Grandma, do you think I want to, it's not forced, you don't know who those guys are. ”

Hearing the incomprehensible words of the third man on the side, the bald man tore a leg of mutton, scolded and complained with his mouth, sighed, and shouted bad luck in his mouth.

At this time, everyone didn't notice it, a muddy figure quietly slipped over, squeezed at the end of the crowd and sat down, stretched out his hand and tore off a leg of mutton from the iron frame in front of him, and gnawed it as if no one was around, and glanced at the two big men who were muttering in a deep voice not far away.

"Then big brother, do you know what they are holding these boys and girls for?"

After touching a glass with the big man next to him, the third child spoke again, looked around, retreated left and right, approached the big man, and muttered quietly.

"Listening to the people over there, it seems that it is because their ancestor is cultivating a kind of divine skill, and they need to eat nine hundred and eighty-one pairs of boys and girls to practice to the fullest. ”

The bald man frowned, recalling the scene of contact with those people in his mind, deliberately lowered his voice, and said in the ear of the third child. At that time, he was also curious, so he couldn't help but inquire and got such a vague answer.

"By the way, hasn't the second brother come back yet?"

nodded, and after the third child understood, he didn't ask anymore, after all, those people were not something they could offend. Then, the third child looked around the people around the bonfire, but did not find the familiar figure, and immediately raised his eyebrows and asked the bald man on the side.

"I have a bad premonition that something might have happened to the second child, otherwise I wouldn't have even seen a single subordinate. ”

Hearing the words of the third child on the side, the bald man's old face turned horizontal, his face was a little gloomy, and a little solemnity flashed in his brown pupils, and he said in a deep voice.

"Probably not, we have explored this place within a radius of dozens of miles, and there are no strong people. ”

"With the strength of the second brother and the four full realms, it shouldn't be a surprise, even if he encounters any difficult opponents, the second brother can't beat him, and he has the ability to escape. ”

Hearing the worry of the bald man next to him, the third laughed, patted him on the shoulder, opened his mouth with relief, and after tearing a mouthful of lamb leg, he immediately hugged the big wine jar next to him and drank it by himself.

"I'm afraid that the second child won't even have a chance to escape. ”

Listening to the third child's words of relief, the bald man did not feel at ease, but his face was solemn, his eyes looked at the bonfire burning in front of him distractedly, his eyes swept over the surrounding people, and then he also picked up a wine jar and was about to pour it into his mouth.

But then, the wine jar raised by the big man was stunned in the air, and he turned his head suddenly, staring at the thin figure not far away beside him, with an inexplicable look flashing in his pupils.

Looking at the big man's gaze towards him, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled shyly, wiped off the oil stains on his hands with his sleeves, slowly got up under the staring gaze of the big man, stretched his waist with a full stomach, and a crackling bone creak sounded on his body.

"This big brother, let me ask, who are those people you are referring to?"