Time: Autumn.

Location: Longyi Village Back Mountain, Centipede Ridge.

Weather: Duary, rainy.

A dark and mysterious passage leads to Centipede Ridge, and we walked in it for I don't know how long before we found a collapsed earth hole and drilled out.

What I didn't expect was that at the entrance of the cave, Xiao Yue, who had left, suddenly appeared, and when she appeared, she looked terrifying, and her eyes were resentful, which was not an expression that a child could have at all.

By the time I had spent a lot of effort digging out of the collapsed hole and turning over on the ground, I couldn't see Satsuki's voice anymore.

Drain Click......

It was raining outside, not much, but not small.

Through the foliage, you can see the lattice-like gratched sky, with the occasional thunder roaring and lightning streaking like a snake.

It's a forest, a pine forest.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of pine needles, and there were few weeds.

In addition to pine needles, there are many scattered pine cones.

On the trees, water droplets slide down the needles and fall to the ground, and the sound of ticking and ticking is like a myriad of alarm clocks gathered together.

Deep in the forest, the branches and leaves occasionally sway, and the water droplets hanging on them fall like birds or other animals playing on the branches.

Climbing up from the passage, I almost exhausted all my strength, and I lay on the ground tired, my chest ringing like a bellows as I breathed heavily.

In fact, after a day and a night, hunger and unbearable pain, I had long since lost much strength.

I climbed up from under the passage just now, and I almost gritted my teeth and insisted.

Looking at the sky obscured by pine needles, breathing in the air full of grass and earth, letting the rain spill on your body, letting the dripping water explode on your body.

It's a wonderful feeling, and it's many times better than being in a dark and dreary passageway.

I'm so tired at the moment, so tired that I want to just lie down here and get some good sleep.

But I know that I can't rest now, because Liu Xiaojiao is still trapped under the passage, and if I want to rest, I have to pull her up first.

struggling to get up from the ground, I heard Liu Xiaojiao's shout from under the passage: "Tianyan, how are you?" Did you see Satsuki her? ”

As I walked around, I saw no figure except for tall pine trees and the occasional clump of weeds.

Except for the sound of rain, the surroundings were quiet.

"No one!"

I shook my head, and said to Liu Xiaojiao: "Maybe it was really me who was dazzled just now, you wait a while below, and I'll go find a root and a long vine to pull you up." ”

Liu Xiaojiao nodded and said, "Hurry up, I'm a little scared down there by myself!" ”

I was stunned, thinking that this girl was very bold before, why is she so timid now?

Unconsciously, she has been conquered by my unique manly charm? Deliberately showing weakness?

I shook my head and scolded myself, what time is it now, and I am still thinking nonsense.

At that moment, I answered, took out the dagger that Liu Xiaojiao gave me, and went to the vicinity to look for Changteng.

I don't know if it's my bad luck, so I looked around, but I didn't see any vines growing.

It stands to reason that vines are plants that can be found everywhere in the mountains.

I had no choice but to go a little further to look for it, and finally found a long vine in a thorn bush, and I just wanted to cut it with a dagger.

At this moment, my heart tightened for no reason, and a sense of horror swept through my body, as if someone was peeping at me somewhere.

I reflexively looked in a certain direction behind me, and at first glance, the hairs all over my body couldn't help but stand upside down.

A few meters behind him, a small head poked out from behind a pine tree, staring at him closely.

It was a little girl, half hidden behind a tree, poking her head out and giggling at me.

It's just that the smile on her pale face makes people feel terrifying no matter how you look at it.

In particular, her hair and body were constantly dripping water, almost merging into a stream.

Although it was raining at this time, the amount of rain was not so large at all, not to mention that we were in the forest at the moment, and the branches and leaves of the trees blocked most of the rain, so there was not so much rain falling on her at all, but why was she constantly dripping?

When the girl saw me looking at her, she didn't run away, but looked at me, but half of her body was still hidden behind the tree.

"Satsuki, no...... You're not Satsuki, who the hell are you? Why do you want to follow us as Satsuki? What is the purpose? I asked the little girl with a cold face.

I used to think that it would be safer to move up the mountain, but now I feel like I'm wrong.

Satsuki didn't answer my question, just smiled at me.

I frowned and walked towards the other party, and at this moment, Xiao Yue finally spoke: "Hehe, Brother Tianyan, let's play hide and seek together, right?" ”

"You know my name?"

"Hide and seek?"

I was stunned by the little girl's words, and immediately gritted my teeth and said: "Lao Tzu doesn't have the time to play hide and seek with you now, if you want to play, you can play by yourself." ”

"Let's play, let's play. My mom and dad are hiding, and everyone else is hiding, and whoever I find is a ghost. ”

"Hurry up and hide, I'm going to shout!"

"Wait, you said your mom and dad, who are they? Are you Xiaoling? ”

I didn't listen to the little girl's words, and when I saw her shrinking her head and hiding behind a tree, I hurried over to grab her.

However, when I turned to the tree, I found that it was empty, and the little girl was gone, leaving only a trail of water on the ground.

At this moment, I heard the little girl's voice ringing in my ears; "One-two...... Three......four"

I heard the voice so well that the person who was shouting was in my ears, but I looked around and saw nothing, as if it were ringing from the depths of my head.

"Pretending to be a ghost! Who plays hide and seek with you? ”

I cursed, remembering that Liu Xiaojiao was still trapped under the passage, and I couldn't take care of that much, so I pulled her up first.

At this thought, I did not stop for a moment, cut the long vine, and trotted back to the collapsed earth hole.

When he looked down the passage, he saw Liu Xiaojiao squatting below, her head lying on her knees as if she was dozing.

I shouted twice before she woke up, looked up and saw that it was me, and immediately said angrily: "Why is it so long, I'm about to die, you don't know that there was a strange noise below just now, and people are scared to death!" ”

I pursed my lips, threw the long vine down and said, "Hold on, I'll pull you up and talk about it!" ”

It took a lot of effort to pull Liu Xiaojiao up from under the passage, mainly because her leg was injured, and it was not convenient to climb up.

After coming out of the passage, Liu Xiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "It's so good! ”

"By the way, what did you just do?" She turned to me and asked, with a sense of accountability.

"Don't say it, I really saw Satsuki this time, no! She is not the real Xiao Yue, and it is very likely that Xiao Ling has changed. I explained.

"And then? You didn't catch her? Or maybe she didn't hurt you? Liu Xiaojiao asked.

I shook my head and smiled bitterly, "I can't catch her, she's like a ghost, and she's gone all at once, but it's ......"

"But what?" Liu Xiaojiao asked curiously.

At that moment, I told the latter about the scene of meeting Satsuki and the conversation between the two.

After listening to this, Liu Xiaojiao was surprised and asked, "Why does she want to play hide and seek with you?" ”

"I also feel inexplicable, I don't know why. But she said that her parents and others were hiding, do you think she could be the real Xiaoling? And the others she said...... Does it mean the second master, Xiaoying and those villagers? Could it be that they also came to Centipede Ridge? ”

"Before, I thought that the water squire couldn't do without water, but I didn't think she was actually ......"

Liu Xiaojiao groaned: "According to what you say, that Xiaoling has become a little girl, she wants to play hide and seek with us, I'm afraid it's playful, right?" Since she wants to play, shall we play with her? ”

"What are you talking about, we have to find Xiao Ying and join them right now...... By the way, I heard her counting just now, but I can't hear it now. I frowned.

"Let's find a place to rest first, my leg hurts a little!" Liu Xiaojiao said.

I saw that her face was pale and her expression was depressed, and I sighed and said, "Okay, let's rest first and then go down the mountain......"

In fact, with my current physical condition, I am afraid that I will not be able to support going down the mountain, let alone looking for the second master and Xiaoying.

"It's just that there are trees all around here, where is there a place to rest? Not to mention finding something to eat. ”

Just when we were looking around in a daze and at a loss, we suddenly heard the bell of "Dong Dong" ringing in the mountains, and the bell was ethereal, echoing in the forest for a long time.

"How can there be a bell in this mountain and wild forest?" Liu Xiaojiao was surprised, then shrunk her neck, and said nervously: "How do I feel as if I have traveled to the scene of the movie Lanruo Temple?" ”

Listening to Liu Xiaojiao say this, I really feel that there is a trace of taste, but I remembered what the second master had told me before, and said to the latter: "There is a mountain temple on this centipede ridge, and the second master told me before that there is an elderly temple in the temple to take care of it." It's just that the bell rings at dusk, it's normal, there are still several mountain temples on Heavenly Mountain, but no one takes care of them, and they are all deserted. ”

I thought about it for a while, and then said, "Anyway, I've already arrived here, and I heard that the bell is not far from us, so let's go to the temple to rest and rest, so that I can beg for a bowl of white rice to satisfy my hunger." Besides, those who do our mountain guards should go up the mountain to worship the grave and enter the temple to worship the gods. ”

"Hmm!"

In this regard, Liu Xiaojiao didn't say anything, and nodded in response.

Then, the two dragged their hungry, exhausted bodies in the direction from which the temple bells came.

Fortunately, because it is a pine forest, it is not too deserted, but the ground is covered with thick pine needles, and it is very easy to slip after stepping on it.

We stumbled and walked for about ten minutes, and when we came out of the pine forest, we saw a col not far ahead, and a temple that looked quite magnificent was built in the col.

There is a stream rushing under the temple, and the green hills on both sides are green, which is a perfect location.

It's just that when I saw the raging stream below the temple, I felt a little uncomfortable no matter how I looked at it, and it wasn't pleasing to the eye to be precise.