Chapter 39: The Smoke Rises

What is this?

The little carpenter was a little dumbfounded, how could there be an orange lazy cat in Qu Menghu's arms after soaking in urine?

This cat is different from the usual domestic cats, and it looks like a Western species.

But this orange cat is fierce, even if it is held in Qu Menghu's arms, it is still like a tooth and claw, struggling desperately, and from time to time there is an angry protest: "Meow, meow, meow......"

When the little carpenter saw this, he was a little surprised, and asked Qu Menghu, where did this come from?

Qu Menghu did not answer, but took out a brass collar from his arms, stuck it on the neck of the orange fat cat, and then bit the middle finger of his right hand, dripping blood into the collar.

Seeing that the blood was low, the fat cat's body trembled, as if it was an electric shock, and then collapsed in Qu Menghu's arms as if it had lost its strength.

At this time, Qu Menghu said: "I caught it in the forest just now, and I saw that it was good, so I got itβ€”how is it, isn't it cute?" ”

Hearing this, Luo Fugui next to him couldn't help laughing, and then he held back his efforts.

The little carpenter looked at the orange fat cat carefully, and then said, "Fat, his face is stretched out, and he is very ugly." ”

The fat cat seemed to be able to understand human speech, even if it was weak, it couldn't help but open its mouth and yelled at the little carpenter: "Meow......"

Obviously, it was very dissatisfied with what the little carpenter had to say about it.

Qu Menghu said with a smile: "I think it's good, I take it with me and raise it, in addition to catching a mouse, I can also make a boring person if I have nothing to do." ”

The little carpenter was not interested in such small animals, which stemmed from the memories of hunger and cold when he was a child, and when he was extremely hungry, he not only had to fight wild dogs for food, but even went to the field to eat carrion, catch rats, and do everything.

These little things are food in his eyes.

The little carpenter didn't care much about Qu Menghu's catching the cat, but took out the two books from his arms.

These two books, the thick one, is called "Luban Jing", it is actually not a whole book, there are actually a lot of pages in it, and several copies are put together in a piece of paper.

and the other book is called "Ten Thousand Laws Return to the Sect".

He said, "This is from my master's arms......"

Qu Menghu saw it and said, "This is what your master left for you, you keep it yourself and keep it!" ”

Luo Fugui also said: "Yes, although the Luban Sect has been dispersed, but the inheritance is still there, Zhang Qiming and other people who commit cheap and evil deeds have ruined the reputation of the Luban Sect, you have this inheritance, even if you don't stand up to reorganize the Luban Sect and take on that heavy responsibility, you have the responsibility to save some ...... this reputation."

This is the secret book of Lubanjiao, something that ordinary people can't ask for, and Zhang Qiming is even crazy about this.

But whether it is Qu Menghu or Luo Fugui, they all show a high-spirited attitude.

They don't care at all.

When the little carpenter heard this, he knew what the two men were thinking, and he said no more, but put it away.

After resting enough strength and bandaging the wounds on their bodies, several people got up and walked forward, ready to go to the entrance of the tomb of King Namiao.

The people of Longwu Village, including Baolan, were still waiting there with Wu Banxian.

They can't afford to provoke Longwu Village, but they are still very sure of dealing with Wu Banxian.

And in this deep mountain and old forest, if Wu Banxian returns to the west with his life, not to mention whether he can be found, even if he is found, he doesn't know who killed him.

It would be best if the accounts could be settled in this mountain.

However, when the three of them found the direction, found the way, and found the previous exit, they found that the place had changed dramatically - the original waterhole disappeared, and the mountain wall fell, crushing the original place into a large area of ruins......

Among the fallen trees and rocks, there was no sign of human existence.

The people who stayed here either ran away first when they saw that the situation was wrong, or they were buried under the rocks.

However, a few people pondered it for a while, and felt that the former should be more likely.

After all, the exit is not underground, and there is still some reaction time after all.

Seeing this scene, Luo Fugui sighed and said, "This tomb of King Miao must never see the light of day again." ”

The little carpenter couldn't help but glance at the man as he heard him.

Although Luo Fugui is dressed as a Miao person, in fact, he is actually a Han Chinese.

However, after so many years of living in Miao Village, he has become a Miao man in his bones.

What was he feeling?

The little carpenter didn't know, and at this time, Qu Menghu asked Luo Fugui and asked him to help find it to see if there were any survivors, or to see if he could find Wu Banxian's guy.

Luo Fugui is a means, this matter is naturally not a problem, and at the moment, he also sacrificed the Red Peak Gu and called the altar snake.

He released the two things, and not long after, he pointed in the direction of the north and said, "Found it, there is a group of people on the hillside over there, let's go over and take a look......

Finding the trace, everyone stopped staying and began to move forward.

At this moment, the night is thick, it is already after midnight, this mountain road is very difficult to walk, one foot deep and one foot shallow, the little carpenter was injured, and his physique is not as good as Qu Menghu and Luo Fugui, and he almost fell down the slope several times, but fortunately, Qu Menghu and Luo Fugui helped take care of it one after another, but nothing happened.

And the orange cat that seems to be extremely fat, in this mountain forest, seems to be a fish jumping into the sea, very relaxed.

It was hung by Qu Menghu on a brass collar, and after dripping blood on it, it didn't even run away, it kept dangling around the three of them, and every time the little carpenter fell, it would inevitably jump to the side.

Of course, don't get me wrong, this guy isn't here to help, but grinning and meowing, as if laughing at the little carpenter.

Hey, the vindictiveness is pretty strong.

Watch your eyes.

This fat cat made the little carpenter very depressed, and he wanted to beat the little beast several times.

After chasing all the way like this, it took almost half an hour before he arrived, and the reason why he was able to catch up was because the other party stopped, found a clearing in the forest, and built a bonfire to rest.

A few of them didn't dare to approach, so they looked over from a distance and saw that this group of people was none other than the guys from Longwu Village.

There were not only those who stayed outside, but also people who went deep into the tomb, such as the dragon stick, and the faceless Yu dwarf with a blurred flesh and blood, both of whom survived.

God knows how they escaped.

But some people were lucky, and some people were unlucky, when they came, there were almost thirty people in this group, and at this moment, at a glance, there were no more than fifteen in the team.

In other words, this operation, nearly half of the manpower was lost.

In fact, the dozen or so people who survived were not intact, and several of them were lying on scribbled stretchers, being cared for, making snorting sounds from time to time, and I don't know if they had broken hands and feet.

Heavy losses.

After looking at it for a while, Qu Menghu asked Luo Fugui: "Have you seen Wu Banxian?" ”

Luo Fugui shook his head and said no.

These two are people with excellent eyesight, since they are sure that they have not seen Wu Banxian, it means that the old boy is definitely not in this team.

Where did he go?

Qu Menghu calculated for a moment and said: "There are several possibilities, the first is that Longwu Village suffered a big loss this time, and as soon as Yu Xiaozi escaped, those people directly chopped Wu Banxian in order to vent their anger; In addition, Wu Banxian saw that the opportunity was wrong, so he ran away in advance, or went to the same place with Zhang Qiming......"

Luo Fugui said: "If it is the first type, it will save effort, and if it is the latter one, it will be troublesome." ”

The little carpenter asked, "What should I do?" ”

Luo Fugui groaned and said, "I'll look around first, if not, let's go to his residence and watch to see if that guy will go back." ”

Qu Menghu nodded and said that this is the only way to do it now.

This mountain and forest are huge, looking at the mountains and running dead horses, and finding people is as difficult as finding a drop of water in the sea.

If you think about it, that's all there is to it.

In the second half of the night, Luo Fugui was busy - he used the means of raising Gu people, searched the surroundings, and found no trace of Wu Banxian, so several people discussed it and decided to go out of the mountain first, and then rush to Sandaokan Town to guard Wu Banxian's lair.

That guy came over this time, it was a temporary idea, and after the matter is over, as long as he is fine, he should still go back.

Three people and one cat, until the next morning, rushed to the grass hall at the junction of Sandaokan Town and Donghe Township, where there is a small stream in front of the door, backed by a large green bamboo forest, although there is no paddy field to grow rice, but it is a good place to go by the mountains and rivers.

Wu Banxian's old puppet, in the end, is Master Wen, and his ability to see feng shui is still quite powerful.

The three of them hid in the bamboo forest, looked at the thatched hall, and found that there was no one in it, not to mention Wu Banxian, even the mute who was doing odd jobs in his house, and there was no trace of him.

When it comes to staring at people, it's about patience, but the three of them have been busy for so long, both physically and mentally, they are tired, so they discussed it, divided the shifts, and watched alone for a while.

As for the orange fat cat, he had already found a grass nest and slept beautifully.

The little carpenter lasted the morning, then fell asleep, and in a daze, he was pushed awake, and he got up in a hurry, and asked what was the matter.

Qu Menghu told him that there was movement.

It's just that this movement is not Wu Banxian, but a few light warriors from Longwu Village, these people are dressed very eye-catching, bare-chested, thousand-layer black cloth shoes, came to the cottage for a while, and after seeing no one, they left after smashing it.

Then I waited again, but I didn't expect that in the evening, there was no movement here, but there was smoke billowing out of Sandaokan Town in the distance.

Qu Menghu squinted and looked at it for a while, and confirmed with the little carpenter: "The place where the smoke comes from, but the Liu family?" ”

The little carpenter looked at it and couldn't help but be surprised: "Yes." ”