Chapter 172: Peach Blossom Forest - A Bloodstained Wonderland
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Jiang Shaowen smoothly approached the maze with the red bean red tassel, looking at the intricate maze, the red bean was a little confused.
"Is this a maze?"
"yes." Jiang Shaowen looked around and confirmed: "Why do you say that?" ”
Hongdou also looked around: "I don't think it's any different from the outside." ”
"That's the terrible thing about maze." Jiang Shaowen smiled: "We are in a maze now, but you can't see it." ”
"How did the fisherman get in?"
"I don't know this, the maze is in disrepair, and there are many places that have been completely sealed, but there are also places where big holes have been opened, and it is possible."
"So what's next?" Hongying looked at the intricate waterways around her, she had lost her direction since she entered the waterways, even if there was a sun leading the way in the sky, Hongying felt that the sun was in the wrong place.
"I'll lead the way." Saying that, Jiang Shaowen began to recall the maze map in Tao Wu's hand before, and found three or four locations that were the same as his own.
Belch!
"Forget it, let's try them one by one." Jiang Shaowen said silently.
"Go here." Saying that, Jiang Shaowen pointed in a direction: "From here, it will take more than ten minutes, and if you hit the wall again, go in the opposite direction." ”
After speaking, Jiang Shaowen closed his eyes and began to think about the task of this secret realm.
Others are looking for clues to the secret realm from the quest, while they are looking for the clues of the quest from the secret realm.
For a while, Jiang Shaowen once again sighed about his life.
In fact, Jiang Shaowen and the others were lucky, Jiang Shaowen pointed out the right route for the first time, so the group went out of the secret realm smoothly and came to a huge corner.
Jiang Shaowen said a little excitedly: "Ready, the next thing is the scenery that can make you unforgettable for a lifetime." ”
Jiang Shaowen and the others consumed some time on the road, and when they reached the corner, it was almost three o'clock.
"I'm tired, but I'm glad I had an oar, otherwise I'm even more tired." Red Ying shook her arm vigorously.
"I'm ...... too," Hongdou was stunned as soon as she started to speak.
Jiang Shaowen propped up the raft and rowed around the corner......
It's so beautiful.
It's a paradise!
The paradise that people have been singing for many years is finally seen today.
Walk around the river, forget the distance of the road. Suddenly, the peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps between the shore, there are no miscellaneous trees in it, the fragrant grass is delicious, and the fallen flowers are colorful.
Jiang Shaowen had already felt the impact of that scene, but when he saw it again, he had to sigh about it.
Hongdou looked at Jiang Shaowen excitedly, and then looked at Hongying and wanted to say something, but he just couldn't say it, and finally gave up talking for a long time, and continued to look at the beautiful scenery in a daze.
Hongying also wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she didn't speak.
Jiang Shaowen didn't bother them, and slowly rowed the raft to the shore.
"Let's go!"
Jiang Shaowen's voice was very small, but he still received two vicious glances.
Jiang Shaowen closed his mouth tightly and led the way.
The entrance to the Peach Blossom Land Secret Realm had disappeared before, and Jiang Shaowen had been circling the mountain for a long time without finding anything, so I thought that the [Peach Blossom Token] should be the only known means to enter the [Peach Blossom Land Secret Realm].
Jiang Shaowen slowly walked in the peach blossom forest with red tassels and red beans.
After walking for a long time, just when Jiang Shaowen couldn't help but remind them that they were still in the secret realm, Hongdou said, "I don't want to go." ”
Hongying agreed: "It's the same. ”
"That ......" Jiang Shaowen said cautiously: "Ahem, we're still in the secret realm." ”
The two girls said in unison: "I know, so what?" ”
Jiang Shaowen shrugged: "So...... It's time for me to start exploring. ”
"Alas~!"
"Alas~!"
"No, what's your attitude?" Jiang Shaowen said: "I came to the secret realm to explore, not to see the scenery. ”
"What's wrong with attitude?"
"That's it."
“……”
Jiang Shaowen still took the red tassel and red beans to the management hut of the peach blossom forest.
"How can there be a log cabin here?"
Red Bean looked at this wooden house in the peach blossom forest with a little curiosity.
"The maze outside needs to be taken care of, and this wooden house is for the people who take care of the maze." Saying that, Jiang Shaowen walked over and looked at the peach wood house: "This year's manager and I know each other, and my name is Tao Wu, I said it when the second master introduced it to you before." ”
As he spoke, Jiang Shaowen reached out and knocked on the door, but after knocking a few times, no one responded.
Hongdou said: "Went out?" ”
Jiang Shaowen frowned, and an inexplicable feeling rose from his heart: "It shouldn't be." ”
Saying that, Jiang Shaowen knocked a few more times, but still no one responded.
Hongying sensed that something was wrong with Jiang Shaowen: "Could it be like Hongdou said, this Tao Wu is going out?" ”
"No, it won't." Jiang Shaowen secretly said that it was not good, and shook his head vigorously to throw out the bad thoughts: "You guys retreat, don't be hurt by sawdust." ”
After Hongying pulled the red bean back a meter or two, Jiang Shaowen turned around and flew up with a kick.
Boom!
The peach door was directly kicked open by Jiang Shaowen, and the door panel flew into the house, and Jiang Shaowen also walked in.
"Uncle Tao Wu?"
Jiang Shaowen shouted as soon as he entered the door, but when he saw the scene in the house, Jiang Shaowen knew that he didn't need to shout.
The room was tidy, except for a few cutlery scattered around the table and an open jar of wine.
Jiang Shaowen stepped forward, picked up the wine jar, handed it to the tip of his nose, and a sour smell instantly rushed into Jiang Shaowen's brain.
"It's been a while." Jiang Shaowen slowly put down the wine jar.
There must be a task to enter the sleepwalking world, but Jiang Shaowen doesn't want this task to be related to Tao Wu.
While Jiang Shaowen was probing the surroundings, Hongying was not idle, she walked to the side and looked at the clay pot in front of her: "There is cooked rice in it." ”
Saying that, Hongying also sniffed it, and hurriedly said, "No, it's already pasted rice." ”
Jiang Shaowen was pulled back to reality by Hongying's voice: "Confused? ”
Hongdou, who had been idle, hurriedly accosted Jiang Shaowen: "What's wrong?" ”
"It shouldn't be." Jiang Shaowen said: "Although Uncle Tao Wu's cooking skills are not good, it is impossible to make paste." ”
Hongying said her reasoning: "That's what happened while cooking." ”
"Hmm." Jiang Shaowen nodded: "There is no trace of a fight, which means that something called him out of the house, or something happened outside the house." ”
Saying that, Jiang Shaowen ran out, and the red beans and red tassels also ran out, and then saw Jiang Shaowen circling the wooden house a few times.
"Yike, what did you find?"
"Nope." Jiang Shaowen shook his head and walked back: "There is no trace of a fight around, which means that Uncle Tao Wu was called out of here in an emergency." ”
Azuki thought for a moment and said, "So...... Is he safe? ”
"Nope." Jiang Shaowen shook his head: "This shows that either there is a real emergency, or it means that someone is ruthless." ”
Hongying thought for a while and said what she thought: "Yike, why don't you suspect that Tao Wu left by himself?" ”
"Impossible." Jiang Shaowen shook his head and said: "As the manager of the entrance of the Peach Blossom Spring, there is usually nothing else to do except take care of the maze, even if there is an emergency, there are so many people in the Peach Blossom Village, and there is no need for a manager." ”
"So what's next?"
"Leave it alone for now." Jiang Shaowen looked at the sun that had already set westward, and the red light of the setting sun shone in the peach blossom forest, showing another feeling, evil spirit? Or is it depravity?
A blood-stained wonderland!
"It's beautiful."
Hearing someone talking beside him, Jiang Shaowen looked at the red beans, so he nodded slowly and said, "It's beautiful." ”
Jiang Shaowen took the red bean and red tassel to re-seal the management hut, and then took the red bean and red tassel to the end of the peach blossom forest, Jiang Shaowen did not return to the boat, because Jiang Shaowen felt that it was better to walk on the ground than on the boat.
The group soon arrived at the entrance of Peach Blossom Village.
"This is it?" Hongying looked at a crack in the mountain in front of her.
"Hmm." Jiang Shaowen looked at the spider web on the crack of the mountain that had just formed and there was no prey: "It hasn't been long since the web was formed, it seems that someone has walked through here before." ”
"Then let's go in." Hongdou rubbed his hands, looking impatient.
"Well, let's go." As he spoke, Jiang Shaowen took out the [Eyes of the Hell Bear] and walked in first, followed by red beans and red tassels.
When Jiang Shaowen rubbed through the narrow mountain crevice, he suddenly thought of something and looked back.
Hongdou, who was following closely, saw that Jiang Shaowen was not leaving, so he raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Jiang Shaowen glanced down and said, "Fortunately, the world is peaceful, otherwise you won't be able to get by." ”
"What?"
Hongdou didn't know what Jiang Shaowen was talking about, so he was stunned, and Hongying, who was following closely behind, blushed, and slowly reached out to take out his saber from the inventory, Jiang Shaowen obviously felt a murderous aura, so he hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, let's go." ”
Jiang Shaowen quickly walked a few steps in front and walked out from this narrow place.
Hongdou was still wondering, so he said to Hongying: "Yike, what did you mean just now?" ”
Hongying's breath calmed slightly, withdrew the hand that drew the sword, and said, "I don't know either. ”
"Oh, let's go, then."
Hongdou quickly followed Jiang Shaowen and walked out of the cave.
"Wow, that's beautiful."
As soon as Hongdou entered Peach Blossom Village, he was stunned by the scene in front of him, now the sun was setting in the west, and it was getting dark faster in the mountains, so most of the people were packing up their things and walking towards the village, only one or two people were walking around with weapons, obviously patrolling.
The patrol people quickly noticed Jiang Shaowen, the intruder, so they quickly rushed over, and Jiang Shaowen recognized one of the patrol people.
"Uncle Tao Feng."
Tao Feng is the wanderer of Peach Blossom Village, one of the three prestige villagers in Peach Blossom Village, Jiang Shaowen had some intersection with him before, but he did not have a deep friendship, but he only had a general understanding.
Tao Feng obviously recognized Jiang Shaowen: "Guest, it's you." ”
"Hmm." Jiang Shaowen nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed at the weapon in Tao Feng's hand: "What are you?" ”
Tao Feng followed Jiang Shaowen's finger and saw the weapon in his hand and smiled: "Oh, now all families are stockpiling food, and there are monkeys in the mountains to steal, so we will use this to catch the monkeys." ”
"Hmm." Jiang Shaowen nodded, not expressing any opinion on this matter: "What about Youzhi?" ”
"Youzhi is in the village, are you here this time?"
Jiang Shaowen said with a smile: "I'm going to take a look at the village, ask for some wine by the way, and take a look at Uncle Tao Wu." ”
"Tao Wu? He's the kid's favorite drinker. Tao Feng turned around with a smile and said, "Come with me, I'll take you to see Youzhi." ”
"Hmm." Jiang Shaowen nodded, it seems that this Tao Feng doesn't know that Tao Wu has disappeared, or this matter is related to him, but he is pretending not to know.
"But you may not see me in the village next time you come." Tao Feng said with a little sigh.
"Well, what do you mean by Uncle Tao Feng?"
"Harm~!" Tao Feng said: "I will leave Peach Blossom Village after a while to help Tao Wu repair and manage the Peach Blossom Forest and the maze together." ”
"Mending the maze?"
"yes." Tao Feng's words this time were obviously a little more, maybe he had met someone he hadn't seen for a long time: "The maze outside is seriously damaged, and Tao Wu can't finish it for six or seven years alone, so I went out to help him." ”
"Are you done then?"
Tao Feng looked down at Jiang Shaowen: "Guest, I know what you mean, but it's impossible, the ancestor stipulates that all people in Peach Blossom Village can only pass through the mountain gate once in their lives, and if they are too much, they will be punished." ”
"Hmm."
Jiang Shaowen nodded, and Tao Feng took Jiang Shaowen and the others quickly through the village to the door of Youzhi's house.
Jiang Shaowen looked around along the way, but he didn't find anything unusual in this village, so Tao Wu was not recalled because of an urgent matter in the village.
"Dead old man, have you eaten so much?"
"What does it have to do with you if I can eat or not, let you do it, you will do it."
There was a loud noise from Arichi's house.
Jiang Shaowen tilted his head slightly and looked at Tao Feng: "This? ”
"It's fine." Tao Feng shook his head: "Youzhi has eaten a lot recently, and Youzhi's wife is not very happy, in fact, it is normal, after all, there have been more things in the village recently, and Youzhi is also very tired." ”
"Oh." Jiang Shaowen nodded, walked to the door and knocked on the wooden door.
"Who?"
Youzhi's voice came.
"It's me, Yike." Jiang Shaowen said with a smile.
"Yike?" The old man inside thought for a while, and suddenly thought of who this 'Yike' was: "It turned out to be a guest." ”
Then there was a rush of footsteps, and Jiang Shaowen saw a kind and kind old man walking out of it.
The slightly dim eyes looked around, and it took more than ten seconds to see Jiang Shaowen: "Guest, is it really you?" ”。
Seeing the old man walking over quickly, Jiang Shaowen was also afraid that he would fall, so he also walked up quickly to greet him: "You slow down, don't be careful about your step." ”
"It's okay, it's okay." The old man laughed and hugged Jiang Shaowen: "I'm old, I'm happy to see a young life......." ”