Sang had already finished eating the banana, stood up with one finger, and turned the banana peel vigorously, "In my opinion, Xu Chong had already found out that he had broken the wrong case and arrested the wrong person, so he ran away ahead of us." ”

"No way, he's not that kind of person." Zhao Zimai refuted it very quickly.

"Isn't it? How do you know? The human heart is bottomless, Zhao Zimai, you can't even see your own heart clearly, how can you make a conclusion about others? ”

Sang's eyes rolled and grabbed his gaze as he wanted to dodge.

***

When the first snowflakes fell from the sky, Xu Chong saw Ziyu walking towards the thatched house where he lived with a tray, and she was still wrapped in the coarse cloth clothes with tired patches, walking lightly among the strange flowers and plants, which seemed inappropriate but extremely suitable.

Xu Chong leaned on the head of the bed, looking at her intently, his hands and legs could move now, but he had never gotten off the bed according to Ziyu's instructions. Through the window, his gaze met hers, and both of them were moved, but neither of them spoke.

Ziyu walked into the house, and handed the bowl to Xu Chong as usual, she watched him finish drinking, took the bowl back, and then said, "What are you looking at me for?" ”

"You remind me of someone," Xu Chong smiled at her, "She always brings me food, without her, I wouldn't be so strong, let alone become a catcher." Maybe...... Maybe starved to death on the streets on a cold winter night. ”

Ziyu's lips moved twice, as if she wanted to say something, but finally, she suppressed the sentence that she almost blurted out, glanced out the window, and said softly, "Your body is almost better, right?" I'll take you out of here tonight. ”

"I can already move, although it's not so neat," Xu Chong's gaze swept over his legs and arms wrapped in white cloth, "I have already untied these straps, and now I am just wrapping them on for show, by the way, my sword ......"

"I'll bring it for you in the evening." Ziyu's eyes seem to be much smarter than others, so even if her voice is always faint, her eyes can make people feel her heart. For example, now, Xu Chong looked into her eyes, and suddenly felt a little more comforted in his heart, even if he knew that they would face many difficulties and dangers tonight.

"Why do you want to help me?" He still couldn't hold back and asked this sentence.

Ziyu was stunned for a moment, and lowered her head, "I ......" she rubbed the corners of her clothes, "I don't want to stay in this valley and become its accomplice." ”

"This valley is very beautiful, if it weren't for it, it would be a peach blossom paradise." In fact, Xu Chong wanted to say: If there is no it, if there are only the two of us, it is good to stay here. But when he looked at her, his heart was full of apprehension, and he finally didn't say it.

***

It was night, and the wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier, and the snowflakes fell from the dark sky with no end in sight, and accumulated a thick layer in the valley. However, Xu Chong saw that the flowers that covered the valley had not withered due to the cold, and although they were covered with snow particles, they were still in full bloom, completely unafraid of the erosion of wind and snow.

Maybe Ziyu is really an immortal in this valley, and under her care, these flowers and plants grow so vigorously.

Xu Chong was thinking wildly in his mind while removing the white cloth wrapped around his body.

The more a person is afraid, the more active his mind becomes, for example, the more he wants to concentrate on thinking about how to deal with a possible crisis, but his brain does not listen to him, and is full of all kinds of strange thoughts.

He remembered that when he was a child, he was often beaten by his father for all kinds of reasons, he didn't write well, he didn't memorize his books, he burned his food, and so on. His father was often suddenly angry, and when he was not at all defenseless, he had already slapped his head and face, and he couldn't even defend himself, because the more he defended, the more he would ignite his father's anger. So later, he learned to be cautious, and he also learned to conceal it, and when he made a mistake, he would try his best to make up for it, and if he couldn't make it up, he tried his best to cover it up and not let his father find out.

Killing the man whose name he still doesn't know is also to hide his mistakes. But Xu Chong knew that he didn't have the slightest regret for killing someone, and he also knew that if there was a next time, he would still choose to kill. Over the years, covering up his mistakes has become a habit that he can't abandon.

The tendon on his head began to jump again, Xu Chong frowned, took out the lily that Ziyu gave him from the placket of his clothes, and sniffed its center gently. This flower can make people's hearts quiet, and it can also make the old demon's drug not work. Xu Chong has relied on this flower to survive until now, and he has not become a drowsy living corpse, like Li Yong, he doesn't even know how he died.

The pain in his temples seemed to have eased a little, he got up from the bed, walked to the window and looked out: Why hasn't Ziyu come yet? It was already midnight, and they had made an appointment to escape together.

As if hearing the call in his heart, Ziyu's figure appeared in his field of vision, holding his sword in her hand, the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor.

Xu Chong pushed the door and walked out, and while taking the sword, he couldn't help but take her hand, "Let's go, don't miss the opportunity, let's leave here together." ”

Ziyu's fingers trembled visibly in the palm of his hand, but Xu Chong squeezed them tighter, she didn't withdraw her hand, but silently walked with him towards the south of the valley.

At the southernmost end, there is a narrow path sandwiched between two mountains, and if you want to pass through it, you have to lean sideways and stick your chest and back against the rocks. But this is the only way out of the mountain, and there is no other way.

"There was once a man who ran here to avoid it, but the man was so fat that he couldn't move when he went in, and was crushed to death by the rocks. But you're good at kung fu and you're lean, so you might be able to get out of there. ”

Xu Chong still remembered Ziyu's worried eyes when he said this, he wanted to ask her how she usually got out of the valley, but after hesitating for a while, he still didn't ask.

Now, when he saw the road that Ziyu said led to "life", he suddenly understood her concern: the "path" was sandwiched between the rocks, less than a foot wide, and from a distance, it seemed to be narrower in the distance, and it was filled with many gravel that had slid down from the mountain.

What kind of trail is this, it's just a gap.

Xu Chong's head began to hurt again, and he looked back at Ziyu, "If you go halfway and get caught in the rocks, what should I do?" ”