Chapter 59: Du May's Threat
"That Ding is just a vicious mouth, and he is also a fearless person, look at your big dog to scare her." Thinking of their bear-like appearance, Xu couldn't help but lower his head and hide the corners of his mouth.
"It's the injured person, it's a pity that he was raised by his father's mother, so if you can help, you can help. Where is he now? Xu then said with some sympathy.
"That'...... Well, I was afraid that the people in the village would gossip, so I placed him in the mountains. Du Mei lowered his head and his eyes rolled, and he said something true and false.
She bowed her head and knelt, looking well-behaved, in Xu's eyes, but her daughter was greatly wronged and was sad.
"Well, you get up, that's pretty well thought out." Xu nodded approvingly.
"Mother, there are many beasts in the mountains, and that man is seriously injured, can you let him come to the house? Although the black girl can scare away the crazy woman, can't they completely die, why don't you borrow him? Du Mei stood up and leaned against the edge of the table, asking tentatively.
"This ...... How can a man come to live in our house? Xu frowned.
"I bought clothes for him tomorrow and put them on, and I said that my aunt's cousin had come all the way to look for us. It is normal for us to keep him for a few days, and it will not be okay. "This is something that Du Mei has long calculated.
"It's only like this, the people in the village don't know where I'm from, whether there are sisters in the family, there is nowhere to find out, but I'm afraid that gossip will be indispensable in the future." Xu Shi thought for a long time and muttered.
"Mother, you always say that saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter. Besides, I'm going to use him to block the crazy woman, I'm in mourning now, and in three years' time, who will remember it. Du Mei said heartlessly.
Girls from ordinary families have already begun to fall in love at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and there are even those who marry early and become wives. But Du Mei pretended to be her mother and younger siblings in her heart, how could she have the spare time to think about those useless things, so she looked indifferent.
"You, there are a string of ghost ideas, and my mother only hopes that your sisters are good. A woman's life, reputation is the most important! Xu knew that Du Mei was assertive, but she was still a little uneasy.
"Got it, mother, do you have anything to eat? I'm hungry ......" Du Mei coquettishly dragged out the sound of hunger, and Xu's heart was hurt.
"Yes, yes, yes." Three little girls eavesdropping on the corner ran out with smiles on their faces.
It's just leftovers and a bowl of thin porridge at noon, which makes the hungry Du Mei feel like he eats the delicacies of the mountains and the sea. Xu Shi went into the house, and the three small ones chattered around Du Mei, asking questions about the east and west.
"Sister, how did you find that person?"
"Was he bitten by a wolf, or was he caught in a trap?"
"Is it a lost arm, or a broken leg?"
"Can he still speak?"
……
What details, all kinds of strange questions came out of these three little heads, Du Mei's stomach was grumbling with hunger, and some words were really hard to say, so he passed in a vague way.
"You guys, let your sister have a good meal. Hurry up and wash and sleep, and follow me tomorrow to see it, or you will have it. Xu touched his head one by one.
She took out Erjin's clean clothes, wrapped them in a piece of furoshi, and put them on the table: "Bring them to someone tomorrow to change into." ”
The next day, as soon as the sky was white, Du Mei remembered the people in the cave, who didn't know how the night was, and thought about the reed mat to be woven on the river beach, so they got up early. The three little ones, excited and unable to sleep, also got up.
The frost on the ground was like thin snow, and the four sisters went out, Du Mei carried a basket with baggage and breakfast in it, Du Ying took some tools to work on the river beach, and the black girl followed behind with her tail wagging her tail.
The trees in the mountains and forests were shading, the sky was still dark, and it was lonely, only the sound of dead leaves being trampled on could be heard. The three little ones were a little scared and didn't dare to speak. Du Mei also looked around vigilantly, but the black girl followed behind and was calm.
After entering the col, Du Mei looked around again, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so he moved the thatch at the entrance of the cave.
"Uh-huh......" a beast snorted. The three little ones were startled.
"Hmm." The brunette replied briefly, and there was no sound inside.
Four people and one dog entered the hole, and yesterday's fire had long since burned out, leaving only a white ash without heat.
As soon as the panther saw the four people coming in, the hostility in his heart rose again, blowing up a body of dog hair, grinning his teeth and looking desperate.
"Hey, where's your master?" Seeing that it was the only one, but the person was gone, Du Mei was startled in his heart and asked anxiously.
The panther, naturally, did not understand. The black girl roared, and she obediently put her anger down and went deeper into the hole. Du Mei hurriedly followed, and the three little ones just looked around.
Qu Li walked around the corner and saw a fire, and the man was lying peacefully, and Du Mei's heart was a little calmer. The three little dogs, who looked taller than the black girls, didn't dare to approach.
Du Mei only stepped forward to check, she shook the water bladder, the water seemed to be less, turned around and touched the person's forehead, it was slightly hot, and then checked the wound, there were blood stains oozing out on the cotton yarn, it must have been moved rashly yesterday, and it was stretched.
Chu Lin woke up last night and found himself lying in a cave, with the smell of sulfur in the air, which must have been in the hot spring pool in the mountain col. The injuries on the body have also been treated, there is medicine and water at the tentacles, it seems that the exclamation is not a dream or an auditory hallucination!
In his experience, the one who harmed him must have a back hand, and he was wounded like this, and he had no weapon, so it was really not suitable to fight, so he barely supported himself and got up, and picked a burning stick to look around.
This cave looks inconspicuous outside, but there is a hole inside, the whole mountain is open, there are many forks, like a labyrinth. Chu Lin found a dry and flat place in the depths, brought the things over, and extinguished the fire outside. Because of the activity, it was inevitable that the wound was pulled, and he had to lie down again.
The strange thing is that except for the five dead killers, no one else came to search this night, was the enemy too blind and confident, and only sent these five people, or did the search miss this place?
When Du Mei came in with his sister, Chu Lin was sleeping as if he was asleep, and he was stunned by a pair of small hands caressing him, and he reluctantly opened his eyes.
In his eyes, he was facing the pure eyes in his dream, the black hair like a cloud, and a mischievous strand hung down, dangling in front of his eyes. Chu Linfu closed his eyes again, and secretly prayed in his heart: This is not a dream, this is not a dream!
When he opened his eyes again, he saw the girl looking at him suspiciously, and he laughed.
"Is your master a fool, or is he scared stupid?" Du Mei was inexplicably laughed by him, and looked at the black panther next to him who had been refusing to leave.
"Ben...... My surname is Chu Minglin, a native of Jiangling, thank you for saving me. Chu Lin suppressed his laughter, this girl obviously didn't know him anymore. He couldn't say that he was King Yan, for fear of scaring her.
"My name is Dume. Gangneung is far from us, how did you get here? "It doesn't seem like a fool, it's easy to do, you have to interrogate.
"I heard that there is a red fox on Shewu Mountain, and I want to hunt one for my mother...... Mother makes a scarf. Chu Lin spoke slowly, and others heard that he was seriously injured and weak, but in fact, he had to be careful about his words, so as not to say the wrong thing.
"You're hunting foxes with your bare hands?" Du Mei already knew that he was a knife wound, but she didn't want to expose him in front of her sisters, so as not to scare the three little ones, and only hoped that he would tell a lie.
"I'm ashamed to say that I went out today, I was unlucky, I met a wolf pack halfway, the horse ran away, and my bow and arrow ran out, fortunately there was a black panther, otherwise I would have died in the wolf's belly." What Chu Lin said was as if it were true.
The three little ones were dumbfounded. It is not uncommon for wolves and foxes to have wolves and foxes on Shewu Mountain, one year the chickens and ducks in the village were severely troubled, and the patriarch also organized a team of young and middle-aged people to fight wolves.
Du Mei didn't expect that this person would lie without even blinking his eyes, if he hadn't seen the injuries on his body with his own eyes, he would have almost believed him.
Chu Lin kept staring at Du Mei after speaking, and he bet that she would not expose him in front of his sisters.
"Ahem, do you eat first, or do you change the dressing first?" Being stared at by him all the time, Du Mei's heart was furious.
"Everything!" Chu Lin saw that Du Mei's face was uncomfortable, so he opened his eyes.
"Then take the medicine and change the medicine first. Du Ying, you go to the creek and get some spring water to boil. Du Mei instructed as she began to dismantle the cotton yarn, she had never done this, and she tried to be as careful as possible.
The three little ones came for the first time, and they were all willing to go out with Du Ying to have a look, and Du Mei let the black girl follow.
"Now that it's just the two of us in the cave, you can tell the truth." Du Mei didn't look at him, only concentrated on dismantling the cotton yarn.
"I'm telling the truth." Chu Lin is serious and serious. At this moment, a pair of small hands were groping around his body jerkyly, making his heart flutter and his muscles tense.
Hearing this, Du Mei pointed his fingers in retaliation and pressed his wound hard: "I am your savior, I should know whether I am saving a bad person or a good person!" ”
"Sss The pain made Chu Lin take a cool breath.
"Speak quickly!" Du Mei pressed against the other. She wanted someone who could fool the madwoman, but she couldn't lure the wolf into the house, and while he was still seriously injured, he had to figure it out.
"I really came to hunt, and I met five robbers who killed me, and they cut me, but they were all killed by me and the panther." Chu Lin couldn't say that he was here for her.
Now she doesn't even remember who he is, and if she did, it would be even more flamboyant. Who sent those five men is unknown, but it is obvious that they want his life.
"Really?" Du Mei will be skeptical.
"I swear, if there is half a lie, the sky will ......" Chu Lin swore seriously.
"Forget it, forget it. Don't swear by it.
After a while, my sisters and the others came back, and I told you something, and if you agreed, I wouldn't tell you about the murder. If you don't agree, I will save people to the end, but I will definitely report you to the county government of Qinghe County! Du Meihu looked at him with a grimace.
Du Mei, you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, even the younger brother of the current emperor, the ninth prince of the dynasty, the famous Yan King, you dare to threaten nakedly!
"Huh? What's the matter? "This doesn't seem to be an attitude of begging people, this girl is so unusual, Chu Lin can't cry or laugh a little.