It was late at night, and it was dark in the room, Li Zhilian opened his eyes slightly, and listened to the footsteps outside the door

When she was about to get up and step out of Su Yun, she was grabbed by the person below and made a silent gesture to her

The footsteps outside the door became farther and farther away, and Su Yuncai let go of her hand and got up, grabbed her hand and walked out of the door gently

The dense fog rose in the mountains, and in the confusion, it could be faintly seen that there seemed to be a small temple in the distant mountains, and there was a faint light emitting from the temple

When I looked closer, I could see a figure sitting next to the fire, constantly turning something in his hand, and after a while, there was a burst of meat fragrance, Li Zhilian and Su Yun glanced at each other, fiddling with gestures, and asked whether to go or stay?

Su Yun hooked his hand to signal that they could get closer, and only moved two steps forward, Su Yun's face was as ugly as stepping on, he raised his head with a frightened expression, and kept waving his hand to let Li Zhilian see what he was stepping on

I saw a huge mouse lying on Su Yun's shoes and gnawing on the edge of his shoes, Li Zhilian suddenly started from his heart, and slowly withdrew a little half a step before whispering and panicking: "The snake ~ is so big ~ it is still triangular, and it is almost on your waist!" ”

Su Yun glanced down suddenly, but he didn't see it clearly, so he raised his feet and ran forward, leaving Li Zhilian alone and laughing and bending over on the spot

Su Yun, who ran to the side of the broken temple gate, was still shocked on his face, looked at the old man in the broken temple, and looked back at Li Zhilian, who was still in place, and kept wandering at the door at a loss

The old man in the broken temple still roasted the chicken in his hand with an indifferent expression, and said slowly: "It's just a mouse, young people don't need to be so panicked."

When Li Zhilian eased up, he saw Su Yun wandering in front of the broken temple gate, and scolded angrily in his heart as he approached: It's not good to run these two stunned people! You have to run into the pit

When she walked to the temple, Su Yun had already sat opposite the old man, and was sitting looking at her uncomfortably, raising his hand and slapping Su Yun's head, gritting his teeth and whispering: "Are you stupid?"

Su Yun said with an aggrieved face: "It's not because of you, it's obviously a mouse, you have to say that it's a snake~ or a triangular head......"

Li Zhilian sat next to Su Yun and nodded undeniably: "Actually, rat bites are much more serious than snake bites, plague what, I also heard that after someone was bitten by a rat, the poison lurked in the body for nearly ten years, and finally became a rat man, the hair on the whole body, the words are not good, and the sharp front teeth ......" After speaking, he opened his mouth and gestured at Su Yun

Su Yun's face gradually lost control, and he began to constantly look at his left foot by the fire

The old man turned the roast chicken over, and with pity in his eyes, he tore off a chicken leg, still dripping with blood, and handed it to Su Yundao: "The rats here all grew up eating carrion, and they are more than twice as big as the rats outside, what will happen if they are bitten, it's really hard to say, young man, eat more while you still have time."

Li Zhilian squeezed back the smile on the corner of his mouth with his hand, and then patted Su Yun's shoulder with regret

Su Yun repeatedly checked his legs, and shouted angrily: "I really didn't get bitten~ I don't believe you!" ”

The old man and Li Zhilian laughed in unison: "That's good~" After hesitating for a while, the old man continued: "It may be that the wound is shallow, you can feel it again~"

Su Yun's face became more and more ugly, and Li Zhilian couldn't help but smile and said to the old man, "Didn't you say that you won't let the fire be lit here?" ”

The old man said to himself: "When I went into the water to fish two days ago, I lost the fire fold, and I just picked one up."

Li Zhilian looked at the fire fold a little familiar, touched his waist, but didn't touch it, lowered his head and groped it carefully

Strange! When did she throw away her fire folds?

"On the trail you just walked, there will be people walking back and forth every few nights, they walked all night last night, and they probably won't come back tonight."

Su Yun had already come back to his senses, picked up a twig by himself, peeled the skin with a short knife, passed through the half-cooked chicken leg and continued to roast on the fire and asked, "Is that the road to Nianse Village?" ”

The old man did not answer, but continued with his own words: "Look at your head, this thing is like a moth at night, but it is smarter than a moth, and it only bites people around the fire, and does not put out the fire."

Li Zhilian and Su Yun both raised their heads and looked at the flying insects hovering above their heads, the flying insects were extremely fast, and they couldn't understand their shapes at all

Su Yun used a knife to shoot down a flying insect that looked similar to a mosquito, but it was more than twice as big as an ordinary mosquito, its wings were about the size of an adult man's hand, the skin color around it was still oozing a strange black and red, and something seemed to wriggle in its slender belly

"Huh~", Su Yun threw the worm into the fire with disgust, the old man glared at him angrily, and immediately moved the roast chicken away, and after a crackle, black smoke immediately rose from the fire

Li Zhilian stared at the flying insect hovering over the old man's head, and wondered: "Won't they~ take the initiative to attack people?" ”

The old man laughed, "Because you have something in you that they are afraid of"

Li Zhilian immediately got up and said, "Please advise the old gentleman"

"Hahahaha~" The old man smiled: "Don't say, don't say~"

Su Yun looked at the two of them playing dumb riddles with a blank face, and took a bite of the chicken leg in his hand, looking left and right for a while

There was something on them that they were afraid of, could it be that they came out of the front yard with the smell of herbs? But she and Su Yun haven't come into contact with those flowers and plants, shouldn't they!

The old man was flipping the roast chicken in one hand, and the other hand was holding a branch to stir the fire, and a little spark splashed on the back of her hand, and the sudden pain made her understand in an instant

It was in the fire, burning something that could restrain these flying insects, and when I smelled it carefully, there was really a faint fragrance, not as strong as the smell of burned wormwood leaves, and at the same time there was a smell of sweet potatoes burning

"The old man ~ the sweet potato is burned"

The old man smiled with relief, took out a few fist-sized sweet potatoes from the fire and said: "This is what I planted in my yard, and the water is all my own nutrients, which are not poisonous~ You can taste it"

Li Zhilian pursed his lips, put away the hand he had just stretched out, rubbed it on his clothes and said with a wry smile: "I'm not hungry~ you eat"

"It's just ~ we haven't eaten for a day~" Su Yun smiled heartlessly and picked up a sweet potato, and said while throwing it in the air to dissipate heat: "Old man, can you still produce your own nourishment?" How? ”

Li Zhilian swallowed a mouthful of water and didn't want to answer

The old man smiled and did not speak

looked at the two people who didn't speak with a sad face and a smile on their lips

Su Yun was anxious: "You guys are talking!" How? ”

Li Zhilian rolled his eyes under his nose, and replied helplessly: "Think about it! What else can a person produce besides self-producing feces and urine? ”

Su Yun's face changed, and the yellow, orange, and orange sweet potato in his hand that he had just bitten into fell to the ground with a "pop~", and turned to the side and kept retching: "Vomit~"

The old man has just mentioned a lot of them, the living environment here is already hard, deliberately said something disgusting, and it is reasonable not to want them to eat, so he got up and said: "Old man~ We have to rush tomorrow morning, so we will go back first"

The old man was still leisurely roasting his roast chicken, and said with a smile: "I think the two young people are rich and noble, if you have the ability, give this matter!" The old man has lived here for half his life, and he really doesn't want to move his nest before he dies."

Li Zhilian and Su Yunyi looked at each other, and hurriedly saluted the old man: "I must do my best~"

Back in the front yard, Li Zhilian groped his waist and said angrily: "I forgot to bring the fire fold back!" ”

Su Yun hugged the back of his head with both hands, and said proudly: "I think that old man must not be simple, I have read the county records of Xisha County, which has been under the jurisdiction of no one since the fall of the Tianyuan Dynasty, and it was not included in the Western Zhou Kingdom until forty or fifty years ago.

Li Zhilian asked: "The four countries have sent all the prisoners who have committed crimes here, aren't they afraid of causing trouble in the future?" ”

Su Yun heard Li Zhilian's question, and happily replied: "I heard that when the Tianyuan Dynasty announced its demise, it was the rule set by the emperor Xiao Dinglong at that time, and the four kingdoms must abide by it, but in recent decades, Zhongluan City's notoriety has ......" Su Yun said and peeked at Li Zhilian and continued: "Zhongluan City's reputation is too great, so this rule will be abandoned."

"You said that the old man just now was relegated to seclusion from an official family or a doctor from a certain country, and he seems to be very powerful......

"Alas~Li Zhilian~ Are you listening to me!"

"Are you the eldest lady who grew up in the boudoir? Sister Su~"

Su Yun immediately posted it and said, "Do you recognize him?" Tell me ~ who is he? ”

"Open ~ Men and women don't kiss"

"You're still young~ What kind of men and women are you~ Tell me about it! What the hell does that old man do? ”

"Who do you think he is to be able to take the fire fold from my waist without me noticing?"

"I see! Jiangyang Thief~"

Li Zhilian's face twitched slightly, took off his shoes and went to bed to lie down, blocking his ears with his hands