Chapter 227: Shelter from the rain in a cave
Qian Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief, although she followed Xiao Mohan, she still deliberately distanced herself from him, this barren mountain and wild mountains, and lonely men and widows, she had to take precautions, even if Xiao Mohan was a righteous man, it was inevitable that there would be times when she couldn't control it.
It was getting darker and darker, and a cool breeze was blowing on the body, and the yellow leaves were falling, and the air seemed to be a little moist.
"It looks like it's going to rain." Qian Qianqian gathered the robe on her body, shivered, and couldn't help but guess.
Xiao Mohan also discovered this, it seems that he must find a cave to avoid tonight, otherwise it doesn't matter if he gets drenched in the heavy rain, Qian Qianqian can't get drenched.
"Let's go." Xiao Mohan grabbed Qian Qianqian's wrist and couldn't help but speed up his pace, a few bright lights flashed in the sky, accompanied by a dull roar, and the heavy rain seemed to be coming soon.
Dense raindrops fell one after another, Xiao Mohan and Qian Qianqian finally found a small cave, Xiao Mohan protected Qian Qianqian, blocked the wide sleeves on the top of Qian Qianqian's head, and escorted Qian Qianqian inside.
The robe on Qian Qianqian's body was a little wet, but it was not soaked, so she could barely wear it, but it was dark in this cave, and she couldn't see her fingers, and the lightning flashed for a moment, and the cave was barely bright for a moment.
Xiao Mohan took out the fire fold from his sleeve, lit it and held it in his hand, and slowly went in front of him, Qian Qianqian followed his footsteps, but seemed to smell a little rancid.
"Is there something dead here? It stinks. Qian Qianqian couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose, her eyebrows were twisted into a dead knot, and her face became ugly.
Xiao Mohan also smelled this smell, but unlike Qian Qianqian, he had fought on the battlefield before and was used to seeing dead corpses, so he was no stranger to this rancid smell at all, although he also knew that it didn't smell good, but he had been enduring it.
Suddenly, there seemed to be some strange sounds in the cave, Xiao Mohan immediately stopped, protected Qian Qianqian behind him, leaned over with a fire fold, and suddenly a black shadow attacked, he immediately turned around and hugged Qian Qianqian in his arms.
The black shadow flew behind Xiao Mohan, the rancid smell in the cave became stronger and stronger, Xiao Mohan let go of Qian Qianqian, and when the black shadow dispersed, he finally understood that it was a ball.
Qian Qianqian also recognized the black shadow, her stomach churned with disgust, and some small faces fell on Xiao Mohan's shoulders, and there was also a peculiar smell.
There must be nothing good about the gathering of bats in this cave, and there must not be anything good in this cave.
"You stay here, I'll go and see." Xiao Mohan saw that Qian Qianqian was a little uncomfortable, so he said lightly, but before he could take a few steps, he was pulled by Qian Qianqian's sleeve.
"No, I'm going to follow you." Qian Qianqian lowered her voice, lowered her head, and her long eyelashes drooped slightly, blocking the emotions in her eyes, but she couldn't hide the panic in her heart.
Although Qian Qianqian is not an ordinary woman, she was used to being spicy and stubborn when she was in Qianjia Village, no matter who she faced, she would never bow her head, and it was the same in front of Xiao Mohan, but in the final analysis, she was a woman after all, she had never seen those big scenes of fighting and killing, and it was so weird in this cave, she didn't dare to stay here alone.
Xiao Mohan lowered his eyebrows suddenly, and quietly held Qian Qianqian's hand, in his opinion, it was rare for this woman to be so scared, so even if there was probably something unclean in this cave, he felt that this was a good place.
Feeling the temperature of Xiao Mohan's palm, Qian Qianqian's heart was a little more steady, but her face was still tense, and she followed Xiao Mohan inside, until the candle flame approached, in the corner of the cave, there were three dead corpses, exuding a foul smell.
Although Qian Qianqian expected this in her heart, she couldn't help but vomit when she saw such a disgusting thing, originally she hadn't eaten much all day, but now she vomited sour water.
Xiao Mohan stood beside Qian Qianqian, raised his hand to caress her back, at this time, those comforting words were all false, and only companionship was the most real.
After a long while, Qian Qianqian finally regained her strength, snuggled in Xiao Mohan's arms, gasped heavily, raised her hand to wipe the remaining stains on the side of her mouth, her face was pale, and her stomach was still very uncomfortable.
"Let's drink some water first." Xiao Mohan took off the water bag on his body, opened it and handed it to Qian Qianqian, Qian Qianqian reached out and took it, raised his head and poured a mouthful of water.
"That's when you're most like a woman." Xiao Mohan brushed the broken hair scattered on her sideburns behind her ears, her thin lips were lightly hooked, her tone was gentle, and there seemed to be a bit of mockery on her face.
Qian Qianqian put down the water bag, looked up and glanced at Xiao Mohan, her face was much haggard, because she was too tired, she didn't have any strength at all, so she didn't have time to fight with Xiao Mohan.
"Let's go, let's see what's going on with the corpse over there?" Qian Qianqian came back to her senses, cheered up her spirits, and only walked half a step when Xiao Mohan stopped her.
"You may not be used to the scene over there, you better stay here, I'll just go and see it."
Xiao Mohan gave Qian Qianqian a look, his expression was solemn and solemn, Qian Qianqian thought about it in her heart for a moment, and felt that he was right, so she listened to him and did not follow.
This is the north mountain of Jincheng, the people are living under the mountain, almost all of them do not go up the mountain on weekdays, only some hunters go into the mountain from time to time to hunt, so it is normal to have the corpses of pheasants and hares in this mountain, but if there are dead people, it is unusual.
Xiao Mohan leaned over slowly, endured the stench in front of him, and leaned over the fire fold, although the corpses had rotted, the clothes on their bodies were still not rotten, this accurate identity could not be recognized, and the approximate identity could still be distinguished.
"They should be the officials of this Jincheng, they are wearing Xiao Guo's official uniforms, and they died here for no reason, there must be something strange about this."
Xiao Mohan walked to Qian Qianqian's side and explained in a deep voice, his sword eyebrows raised slightly, and a dark and unknown cold light crossed his deep eyes, which made people completely incomprehensible.
"Why did the official come here? is still dead, and the corpse capital has not been carried back, what is going on with the official mansion of Jincheng? ”
Qian Qianqian also felt incredible, and glanced at Xiao Mohan, and her heart was full of doubts.
"These corpses are already rotten, so we can only throw them here first, and when we find all the roots of the wooden turtles, we will go down the mountain together, and then send someone to investigate thoroughly."
Xiao Mohan was still calm, raised his hand and patted Qian Qianqian's shoulder, led her out, and sat down at the entrance of the cave, the rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, I am afraid that it will not stop tonight, under the washing of the rain, the rancid smell seems to be much lighter.
Qian Qianqian shrank in the corner, clasped her hands to her chest, and couldn't help sneezing, although it wasn't cold at the moment, but this rain was completely cool.
Xiao Mohan took off the robe on his body and covered Qian Qianqian's body, but this was just a drop in the bucket for Qian Qianqian, and he couldn't resist this chill at all.
"Right now, the medicinal materials in Jincheng haven't been found, and the poisoned people haven't recovered, you can't get sick, otherwise something will happen."
Xiao Mohan said as he sat down beside Qian Qianqian, and stretched out his hand to hold Qian Qianqian in his arms, Qian Qianqian wanted to dodge at first, but suddenly fell into a warm embrace, so he never wanted to withdraw again.
Qian Qianqian was tired all day, pillowed Xiao Mohan's chest, closed her eyes unconsciously, and fell asleep deeply.
But Xiao Mohan didn't fall asleep for a long time, one hand kept holding Qian Qianqian's hand, and the other hand circled Qian Qianqian's green silk without a match, and the warm lips left a shallow kiss on her forehead.
It wasn't until the second day that the rain finally stopped, and the bright sunlight sprinkled overhead, stabbing on Qian Qianqian's eyelids, Qian Qianqian tentatively opened her eyes, yawned, and gradually came to her senses.
A few sparrows are jumping in the forest, the sound of chirping is particularly harsh, and the mountain forest after the rain is very interesting, every grass and tree is exceptionally fresh, exuding vigorous vitality.
Qian Qianqian lifted the robe on her body and struggled to stand up, Xiao Mohan was also disturbed by her, and was about to get up, but failed.
"What's wrong with you?" Qian Qianqian looked at Xiao Mohan's actions, and was still a little puzzled, but she was comfortable after sleeping well, and she felt that her body was not so tired.
"I made you sleep all night, and my whole body was numb." Xiao Mohan leaned against the stone wall, his thin lips were lightly lifted, his sword eyebrows were slightly raised, and his deep eyes were as calm as water.
Qian Qianqian lowered her head and couldn't help blushing, she did sleep in Xiao Mohan's arms all night last night, she originally thought it was nothing, but now it made her embarrassed.
"No one knows how to wake me up." Qian Qianqian pondered for a moment before squeezing out a sentence from her mouth.
"Why are you so ignorant of what to do? I'm like this because of you, and you don't say anything to comfort me. ”
Xiao Mohan's tone was a little angry, and he kept stretching out his hand, just to let Qian Qianqian help him up.
Qian Qianqian hesitated, she didn't want to go up to help, but thinking that Xiao Mohan became like this because of her, if she ignored it, it would inevitably seem too ruthless and unrighteous, so she still had to go up and help.
Qian Qianqian's body was already slender, Xiao Mohan was tall, and when she first stood up, almost her entire body was pressed on Qian Qianqian's shoulders, she couldn't help but stumble several times, and finally stood firm.
"If your arm is still numb, I'll rub it for you."
Qian Qianqian looked at Xiao Mohan's face a little ugly, afraid that Xiao Mohan would really fall ill, so her tone softened a lot, and it was rare to take the initiative to show goodwill.
If this is in the past, Xiao Mohan will definitely not shirk, but now the time is not early, it is important to find the roots of the wood turtle, and you can't waste all your time on falling in love, every extra day of delay, more than ten people will die in Jincheng, so it is important to save people.
"It's okay, you can't die, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's go find the wood turtle root."
Xiao Mohan put on his robe, his expression was light, there was no ripple in his deep eyes, he always knew the priorities, and now is no exception, when the crisis in Jincheng is resolved, he has his own way to let Qian Qianqian come to his arms, and there will be more opportunities at that time.