Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Lonely City Covered with Yellow Sand
As they spoke, the four of them slowly ascended the soft ladder through the long and gloomy stone cave. Isha was amazed and said, "Sister Pharmacist, how do you know this?" Those half-hung stone caves are indeed as you say, as if they have been discussed! It must have been the spirit of the mountain god who left us with a stone cave that walked through the mountain! ”
Jingmo's eyebrows became deeper and deeper, and she faintly felt that these stone caves must not be as simple as the manifestation of the mountain god and the natural creation, how could there be such a strange and ingenious thing? But if someone deliberately did it, but even if this stone cave is completed now, it can only allow one person to pass through, how can it be possible to carve out these two sheep intestine paths from top to bottom and bottom up by manpower alone? What is it used for?
Jingmo clenched the hand of the thirteenth and muttered a prayer in his heart: If you see these strange things now, you will definitely understand what is going on here. Draw thirteen, hold on, and I'll make sure you wake up safe and sound......
"It's almost there." The faint light from the top of the cliff fell on Isa's ruddy and lovely face, she frowned uneasily, and said to Jingmo with a serious face: "Sister Yaoshi, can you promise me that no matter what scene you see after you go up, don't turn around and leave, okay?" ”
With the soft glimmer, Jingmo looked at this stubborn and stubborn girl with a guilty and worried look on her face at the moment. Jingmo always felt that Isa's worries had a kind of responsibility beyond her young age, what were her people going through?
"Isha, don't worry, I swear, as long as I am a patient, I will never die as a pharmacist." Jing Mo's soft gaze turned to Hua Thirteen, whose face was as pale as paper, and muttered abruptly, "It's just, please allow me to be a little selfish, let me save him first, otherwise, I won't survive." ”
Isha was puzzled by Jingmo's mournful and longing gaze, she followed Jingmo's Chu Chu gaze and looked at the painting thirteen carefully, she curled her cherry mouth, and wondered: "Why can't you live?" If he dies, will anyone seek revenge on your behalf? ”
Jing Mo couldn't help but smile gloomily, she raised her hand and slightly sorted out the messy sideburns of the thirteen paintings a few times, infinitely gentle and speechless, she was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "There is someone who will seek revenge on me for him - myself." ”
The more Isha listened, the more confused she became, but thinking that Jingmo had promised her that she would stay in the town, she couldn't care about anything else, so she simply didn't delve into the tenderness and sweetness of these Han people. The light pouring from the top of her head grew brighter and brighter, and Isa's gaze fell on Changling's face, whose eyes had been closed, and his thick black eyelashes cast a dark shadow on both sides of the straight bridge of his nose, like a sleeping baby. Isha Ling's eyes rolled, snickered and bit her lower lip, gently stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Changling's eyes, seeing that he didn't react, she made a few fierce gestures and made a few arrogant and naughty grimaces.
"Miss Isa, what are you doing?" Chang Lingfang's lips were slightly open, as if he had just woken up from sleep.
"Huh? Can you see that? Are you pretending to be asleep? No, you're pretending to be blind! Isha has always been open-mouthed, but her tone and actions reveal sincere kindness and enthusiasm, so she said the word "blind" in one word, and it didn't seem hurtful, and Changling was not a stingy person with a careful heart.
"I can hear it." Chang Lingmu explained with a grimace, "The sound of fingers, lips and teeth, friction, and breath are all different. If it weren't for the stone cave, Miss Isa screamed all the way by the root of Changling's ear, Changling could have heard more accurately. ”
The little girl is most likely to be distracted by new strange news, Isha looked at Chang Ling intently, from her eyes to her ears, her curiosity became stronger and stronger, and she waved her hand in front of Chang Ling's eyes with great interest, she wanted to test whether Chang Ling's ears were really as sensitive and magical as he said.
Suddenly, there was a "rubbing" sound, and the soles of Isa's feet slipped suddenly, and before she could retract the hand she stretched out, she was about to fall into the bottom of the abyss-like stone cave, accompanied by all the corpses and bones.
Fortunately, Chang Ling's ears were fast, and he grabbed Isha, who was as petite as a cat, and with a terrible scream, the echo gradually dissipated, and Isha looked at the bottomless black under her feet and gasped for breath.
But Chang Ling's hand was like being bitten by a poisonous snake or struck by lightning, and he was shocked and numb. Because, as soon as he accidentally touched the softness of a girl he had never experienced, he hurriedly withdrew his almost unconscious hand.
With a red face and an eyebrow, Isha raised her arms high and slapped heavily against Changling's face, but the big slap that had been exerted when she was still a few inches away turned sharply, because she felt that it was a little difficult for her feet to stand firmly, and the soft ladder was worn and smooth, and it was easy to slide down, and she had to climb Changling's neck, but she pinned her face to the other side as if she was angry. Jingmo took advantage of the clearer and clearer light, watching the two of them blush, clearly hugging each other in the near distance, but they both turned their heads to the past, Jingmo was the first time to see an awkward hug like a fight, and couldn't help but smile slightly.
After a while, the soft ladder finally rose to the top of the cliff leisurely**, and several people finally saw the light of day again. After Jingmo and Changling helped the painting thirteen An to the ground safely, before they had time to breathe two breaths of fresh air steadily, they saw two shiny sickles stretched out towards them brightly, Jingmo's heart suddenly pinched, and suddenly, a figure as agile as a deer stopped in front of the axe.
"Brother Yidan, Brother Yige, put away the axes, they are all friends of Isha. This sister is a pharmacist hired by Isa! ”
Two swarthy and honest, cross-dressed middle-aged men, one tall and one short, had no choice but to put down the sickle in their hands and look around Isha: "Little ancestor Isa, fortunately I came back safely, or our brothers really don't know how to explain to your sister!" Let's go back! ”
"I'm not going back, she's not my sister." Isa's smiling face, which was like a spring flower, suddenly became icy, and she muttered, "I'm going to the town to save people, she doesn't care whether her people live or die, so Isha doesn't want to watch them die one by one in vain!" ”
The tall Yi Dan frowned and sighed, bent down and stared at Isa's eyes closely: "Isa, how many times do you have to tell you before you are willing to listen?" It's not for you to worry about the affairs of the clan, if it weren't for the fact that you were her own sister, she would have thrown you out of the stone cave and broken you to pieces, and you would have violated her iron law more than once! ”
The short Yige glanced at Jingmo and them vigilantly and complicatedly, pulled Isa to turn his back and whispered: "Little Isha, I know that you are as bold as a tiger, and you have never been afraid that Yidan will use your sister to suppress you, but don't forget, although our Fengbo Town is located on the border, it still belongs to the land of Taya, how dare you presumptuously receive Han people to cross the Leigong Gorge?" If it is known, I am afraid that we will be regarded as a traitor to the Taya who colluded with the Han people! ”
After Isha shook her head and listened to the two of them preaching and warning, she stared at the two of them for a long time with blinked eyes, confirming that they had nothing to say anymore, and Isha pushed Yidan Yige and the two to go back quickly: "The Chief's Mansion is still waiting for you to guard!" You tell her that if you don't find Isha today, it's not too late to find it tomorrow, and you can still come out to breathe, isn't it the best of both worlds! ”
The two cross-dressing men looked at each other for a moment, and they had already figured out Isa's temper, knowing that this little girl was as stubborn as a wild and fierce foal, so it was not in vain that they had to go back silently with a sickle.
Jing Mo heard that the two of them were not hostile or threatening, so he was not too worried, but he was curious about the other person in his heart: "Isha, who is the 'she' in your mouth?" ”
As Isha led them forward, Isha angrily recalled, "She's a hard-hearted villain! As the leader of Fengbo Town, she never cares about the life and death of her clansmen, but only cares about herself hiding in the chief's mansion without worrying about food and clothing, and living happily. ”
"However, she is still your sister..."Jingmo's reaction to the kind and enthusiastic Isha was very strange, she patted Isha on the shoulder and said softly.
Isha pouted helplessly, and then said indignantly: "Sister Yakushi, I'll take you to the town to have a look in a while, and you'll understand why I hate her so much." It's not just me, but the people in the town hate her even more. ”
Jingmo frowned, and Chang Ling supported Hua Thirteen and followed closely behind Isa. On the cliff, gradually occupy the eye is the endless yellow sand sky, Jingmo can't help but look back, there are still barren grass on the opposite mountain, the coming year will be green, and this head, I am afraid that there will never be a time for the abundance of water and grass. Jingmo stepped on the blazing yellow sand, walking, suddenly her feet were crooked, and she fell to the ground with the painting thirteen, she hurriedly helped the painting thirteen to stand up, but found that this piece of yellow sand seemed to be a little strange, she rubbed it on the ground with her feet, and the yellow sand was kicked off a layer, revealing another scene, and the yellow sand was not yellow sand under the yellow sand......
"Sister Pharmacist, are you okay?" Isha asked, after hearing the sound of falling.
Jingmo shook her head with a smile, and continued to follow with Hua Thirteen, she couldn't help but look back a few times and accidentally found the bare gap under the yellow sand, and her heart was full of doubts and walked forward leisurely.
She saw that under the yellow sand, there was a serious land, and at a glance it seemed to have hardened. What the hell is this place? What has changed?
The sky was getting dark, and they walked less than a stick of incense, and then they saw a few dry willows standing diagonally not far in front of them, which looked hideous and desolate in the twilight, and not far in front of them was Fengbo Town. Jingmo saw that the walls of this town had been damaged by wind and sand, and had collapsed. The city gate was ajar, and there were three headless corpses hanging on it, floating in the wind, which was shocking. There was an unusually dead silence in the town, which was creepy and eerie.
"Isa, are you sure this is the town of Storm that you're bringing us to?" Jingmo looked at the dead silence of the ruins and asked in disbelief.
Isha nodded with an embarrassed face: "This is the town where our people have settled here for generations, and it was far from the case a few years ago, the women in the town took their babies to take care of the house, cook on the fire, and the men went out to plow the land to do business, it was peaceful and peaceful, and they were happy." But now, it's like this......"
Jingmo and the others followed Isa's footsteps into the stormy town of the hollow valley. I saw that on both sides of the road in the town, the doors of the houses were closed, the abandoned vendors and shops on the roadside were dilapidated, and the whole town was covered with a heavy layer of yellow sand. Being in such an empty and silent town makes people's hearts furious.