Chapter Twenty-Three: Little Miao Girl Baolan
(for @åĒĻéĶįģ Jiageng)
Tomb of King Miao? What is it?
The little carpenter looked puzzled, but Luo Fugui said in a low voice: "I can't imagine that Brother Qu still understands lip language?" â
Qu Menghu said with a smile: "Yes, when I was a teenager, I once followed a Western priest to preach in Singapore, and the foreign priest used everything in order to preach, versatile, and knew a lot of things, I learned a lot, lip language is also one of them, at first I only knew Western Chinese, and later when I was in Beiping, I immersed myself in studying Chinese, so I can see a little - but their dialect accent is relatively heavy, which may not be accurate." â
Luo Fugui nodded in confirmation, saying that what they were talking about was indeed the tomb of King Miao.
Qu Menghu asked, "You also know lip language?" â
Luo Fugui shook his head and pointed to his head, and before the two people next to him looked up, they heard the sound of "buzzing", and then saw a red light, which swept towards the mountain pass.
It turned out to be a means of raising Gu people.
The little carpenter was full of curiosity and hurriedly asked, "What the hell is going on?" â
Qu Menghu shrugged his shoulders and said, "I only read a few words, mainly because there are too many dialects, and the distance is also a bit far, the cause and effect, I have to ask our boss Luo." â
Time was pressing, Luo Fugui took the lead, and said: "I don't know much, I can probably be sure that it is the hunchbacked old man, he should have some clues about the tomb of King Miao, but with his people alone, he may not be able to cope with the layout of the tomb of King Miao, so he is ready to unite with Longwu Village, but they don't seem to be able to come up with a thing, Longwu Village doesn't believe them very much, so the hunchbacked old man agreed with Longwu Village that it will be done in two days, and then make an appointment ...... then."
The little carpenter said, "I feel that the hunchback should be my master's junior brother. â
Qu Menghu said: "What is lacking should be money, or a deposit, right?" â
Luo Fugui listened, pondered for a while, and said that it was possible, if this was the case, their motive to slander my fellow countryman also existed, and it was very likely that not only one family, maybe another family, had already succeeded.
The little carpenter was a little puzzled, saying that they didn't come to the Luban Sutra in my master's hand, why did they involve the tomb of King Miao? Where is my master?
Luo Fugui shook his head, and said I don't know this, in front of Longwu Village, I didn't talk about your master.
Qu Menghu laughed beside him, rubbing his hands, and said that this time I have to play, and the more trouble I make, the bigger it gets-Boss Luo, what do you say?
Luo Fugui stretched his waist and said a little calmly: "Originally, my idea was just to help my fellow countryman take a breath of evil, and by the way, help Thirteen find his master, but now it's different, the tomb of King Miao, no matter which King Miao it is, are the ancestors of our Miao people, and if these people want to jump in front of the grave of our ancestors, they have to ask me if I have agreed." â
He squinted, and there was a light in his eyes, a very sharp one.
The little carpenter watched from the side, and couldn't help but be a little curious - what kind of person is this Brother Luo, what kind of person is he in his hometown?
If the previous Luo Fugui was just a life-saver for the little carpenter, and he was a very skilled Miao Jiang man, then Luo Fugui at this moment simply subverted his previous opinion.
Whether it is the identity of the Gu keeper or the means of the strange tricks, it makes the little carpenter curious.
This must be an extraordinary person.
After figuring out the general situation of the matter, they were ready to evacuate first, after all, although there was Luo Fugui's altar snake vigilance, but Longwu Village was hiding a dragon and crouching tiger, if there was a little bit of a problem, if they were forced to clash with them head-on, not only would they startle the snake, but also be prone to accidents.
It's not worth it.
Originally, it could have been turned back the same way, but the problem was that the six bare-chested descendants just now took the same path, and if they went back now, it was very likely that they would collide with them.
So you have to take a detour.
Luo Fugui was very familiar with walking in the mountains, and with the help of the altar snake, he did not turn back the same way, but walked towards the depths of the bamboo forest.
His plan is to go deep into the bamboo forest, then climb the hillside over there, cross the cliff, turn back to the outside, and then continue to follow the tiger and the group.
This is his handling plan, the rivers and lakes are in trouble, as a Miao person, he does not have the slightest idea of looking for help from the government.
And even if they find the government, I'm afraid that they may not be the ones who will be helped.
The three of them began to march deep into the bamboo forest, except for the road was not easy to walk, but they did not meet anyone, until they reached the end of the bamboo forest, and when they began to climb, Luo Fugui suddenly stopped, and then he squatted down and put his ear on the damp soil, as if listening to something.
At this moment, a man slipped down from a cedar tree not far away.
It was a Miao girl, she was wearing a blue-black homespun cloth, she had a good face, a delicate figure, and even a pair of silver jewelry on her head.
In her right hand, she held a small silver scimitar.
The scimitar has a moderate length of two palms, a moderate arc, a sharp edge, and a clear sharpening, which at a glance knows that it has a practical effect, rather than a simple ornament.
In her left hand, she grasped a small turquoise green snake that was a little stiff.
That snake was the altar snake that Luo Fugui had spit out of his mouth before.
This little thing is extremely spiritual, and he has always kept in touch with Luo Fugui when he shuttled through the forest before, giving them early warning, which provided great convenience for their infiltration actions, but he never thought that it would fall into the hands of that girl at this moment.
Seeing the girl's slender fingers like spring buds, pinching the altar snake tightly, Luo Fugui's face was a little pale, he squinted, staring at the girl, but did not speak.
Qu Menghu and the little carpenter both stopped, but the little carpenter was a little at a loss, but Qu Menghu moved his body without moving and walked away to the side.
He is like a real tiger, looking for favorable terrain and swooping down at any time.
Just when the atmosphere seemed to freeze, the Miao girl suddenly spoke: "You all stop, don't move, otherwise I will strangle this little green snake." â
Her voice is crisp, like an ethereal cuckoo.
Qu Menghu's body stiffened, and then subconsciously looked at Luo Fugui.
Luo Fugui motioned to him with his eyes not to act rashly, then slowly stretched out his hands, signaled to the other party that he had no weapons in his hands, and then asked, "What do you want to do?" â
The Miao girl asked, "What are you three sneaking up on in this mountain for?" â
Although Luo Fugui's heart-like altar snake was pinched, he didn't intend to lower his voice, but asked rhetorically: "What are you doing?" Longwu Village is not the territory of the Miao people, why are you here here? â
The Miao girl pouted and said, "I was caught by the people here, and I caught the opportunity to sneak out......"
As soon as these words came out, Qu Menghu suddenly laughed: "Hey, what am I talking about, girl, don't be nervous, we are not from Longwu Village, and we are not bad people-we are staring at a few bad guys, those guys blackmailed our friends, and we came to vent our ......"
He didn't mention the matter of the little carpenter, and roughly explained, but the Miao girl ignored him, but pouted and asked Luo Fugui: "Look at your dress and you are also a Miao person, where is it?" â
Luo Fugui said calmly: "The clear water river flows." â
The Miao girl asked again: "Which village?" â
"Dunzhai."
Hearing this, the Miao girl breathed a sigh of relief, and generously let go of the little green snake in her hand, indicating that she had no hostility, and then said: "Hey, the big water washed the Dragon King Temple, I am from Xijiang Laizhai, not far away, I have an aunt who married to your neighborhood, in Longli - Longli do you know?" â
Luo Fugui whistled, took the altar snake back, and then said, "You know, it's half a day away from us." â
The Miao girl stepped forward and said, "My name is Baolan, what are your names?" â
Luo Fugui frowned slightly, and didn't want to speak, but at this time, Qu Menghu next to him greeted him with a smile: "Hahaha, it turned out to be a misunderstanding - my name is Qu Menghu, the eighth in the family, you can call me little starling, this handsome descendant brother is called Luo Fugui, and this, my brother is called Gan Thirteen......"
Baolan, a Miao girl, asked, "There are warning traps and various arrangements on the slopes around Longwu Village, how did you get in?" â
Qu Menghu pointed at Luo Fugui and said that it was the little cutie you caught just now.
Baolan looked at the three of them pitifully and said, "Please take me out, okay?" â
Although they are of the same clan, Luo Fugui is very wary of this Miao girl of unknown origin, he looked at Baolan for a while, and said: "We still have something to do, there is no way to escort you away, you follow the road in front of you, all the way up the slope, there is no arrangement there, with your ability, it is easy to escape......"
Baolan was a little surprised, she hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Are you here because of Zhang Qiming?" â
This time it was the little carpenter's turn to get excited, he took a step forward and said You know Zhang Qiming?
Bao Lan gritted her teeth and said: "I was abducted here by him, don't let me touch him, otherwise I will definitely pull his tendons, peel his skin, and fry him in the oil pan......"
With a common enemy, it was difficult for them to get rid of the girl anymore, and the little carpenter also wanted to learn more about Uncle Cheap from Bao Lan's mouth, so after the three of them made eye contact, they decided to leave with Bao Lan.
On the way out of the mountain, Baolan told them about the experience of knowing Zhang Qiming - that guy used to be a guest of the patriarch of their village, the Miao people were warm and simple, and entertained him with their best things, but they never thought that Zhang Qiming actually coveted the secret treasure in their village, and after being discovered, he kidnapped her and escaped all the way, and later sold her to the youngest son of the patriarch of Longwu Village as a daughter-in-law.
Fortunately, she was more astute and knew Gu techniques, so she was not violated, and she saw the opportunity, so she was able to escape life.
Thinking of what happened in the past few months, she hated Zhang Qiming to the core, and at this moment, she heard that these three people were going to deal with him, but Baolan had no intention of going home.
She's also going to be part of it.
As they spoke, the group went out of the valley and came to the river, and walked up the river for ten miles, when suddenly they saw two groups of people, two or three hundred, who were chasing after them all over the mountains and fields, fighting in groups.