Chapter 21: Escape from the Cottage
He escorted me to the intersection of a cottage and a forest. This is probably another way out.
He turned his back to me and said impatiently, "Hurry up and be sharp, don't make any small moves for me." β
I laughed in the back, "Of course, of course, you don't have to look back, I'll be fine right away." β
So I sneaked into the woods, my heart was beating so hard that I rushed out with a puff of anger, and there were so many stones in the forest that I felt stumbling when I ran. When the man found me, he scolded and chased after me.
I only heard him blow a porcelain whistle behind me, and in an instant, a number of thieves came out from both sides of the mountain and immediately surrounded me.
It's really hopeless now!
The man ran up panting, bent over and pointed at me, "Brothers, take her ...... Arrest her! β
"Helpβ" I struggled one last longer.
He was brought back to Pomegranate Village. The sky was almost dark, and at this time the fire in the village was blazing, and the bonfires were clustered one after another, and the noise of the bandits came and went, all with scarred faces on their faces, as if celebrating some important ceremony, and their faces gradually became blurred and distorted in the hazy swaying, red and yellow cores of fire.
I was hung up by a rope, I didn't have any strength in my body, and I coughed from the fireworks.
These bandits aren't trying to burn me.
However, a couple of people carried a jar full of something black and moving directly below me. Little by little, I was let go. If you look closely, countless pythons are twisted and twisted together, their terrifying eyes seem to be radiating light, the red cores make a "sizzling" sound, and several mice are either entangled alive or swallowed in one gulp. I can seem to imagine myself dying of bleeding from these things.
"Daddy and Auntie......" has a dry voice, and he can't make a sound at all, and a despair caused by fear instantly occupies the entire brain. I closed my eyes tightly, I couldn't hear what the bandits were saying, and the tears just kept flowing.
I really want to go back to Zang Hu, like going home......
I felt light, and immediately fell into an embrace. I looked at that longing face with tears in my eyes, and I didn't know whether it was the joy of rebirth after the catastrophe, the bitterness of grievance, or the coexistence of the two, and I cried out loud.
I don't know how Li Mo escaped from the cottage with a sword, but I know that he is now holding my hand all the way through the mountains and forests, and the bandits behind are chasing after him, and there may be more ambushes ahead.
The rain really started to fall, and it was really beautiful.
"We have to jump from here." I looked in the direction of his gaze and it was a slope.
He looked at me and asked, "Are you afraid?" I shook my head. So he suddenly wrapped me in his arms and whispered in his ear, "Hold it tight." β
The heavens and the earth seemed to be turning, and raindrops poured down from the rolling clouds. I hugged Li Yi tightly, and his face was pressed against mine, so close that I could hear his muffled snort. I didn't feel any pain at all.
Eventually, we accidentally hit a tree, and we slowly slid down. The clothes were already stained with muddy water.
Li Duo had long scars on his forehead and face that had been rubbed by rubble, and muddy water was also standing on his face. His brow furrowed tightly, one hand caressing the other's shoulder. He must have had a lot of bruises on his body.
I took out the handkerchief that I had kept in front of my shirt, which he had given me the last time I fell from my horse. I didn't dare to make a sound, just wiped his cheeks with a handkerchief while shedding tears.
Li Yuan's eyes were slightly sluggish, one hand slowly touched my face, and the pair of thick and warm, bony hands, covered with calluses of different sizes slowly wiped away tears for me, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, it's okay, someone will find us soon." β
I sniffed and asked him, "Why do you want to save me alone......"
He touched my head and responded, "There is someone behind the pomegranate village who is manipulating, and the momentum should not be too loud. β
"And you, how did you know I was captured?"
The rain began to lighten up. There was no answer.
I saw more and more blood oozing from his shoulder, and said, "I'll help you untie your clothes." Li Duo did not refuse. Although I was a little hesitant, I clumsily untied it for him little by little.
Fortunately, the rain finally stopped.
There were two large wounds on his shoulders, and although they were already scars, there was still a little blood spilling, and the wounds were a little black. I tore off a piece of fabric from the hem of my shirt and wrapped it around him slightly.
Li Di's obsidian-like eyes looked at me and said, "I was bitten by a wolf when I was a child, and the wound should have recurred." β
I just nodded and didn't ask more.
"I'll take you out." I'm going to carry him out of the mountains and forests, it's not a way to stay like this, instead of waiting here for someone else to save us, it's better for us to go out by ourselves.
The air in the forest after the rain is fresh, but the road surface is too slippery.
I held him up, only to feel heavier and heavier, and he murmured weakly to the side, "My head hurts...... It's so cold......"
"It's coming soon, you have to hold on."
"Hey, Li Yuan, don't fall asleep!"
"Don't worry, I won't leave you!"
"I'll sing to you, you have to listen to it."
So I sang "Will Return" intermittently with difficulty.
I don't remember how far I went, but I know that the night was extremely long, and only my ugly song echoed in the mountains and forests, and the creatures that came out of the night after the rain seemed to be watching all this, and they hid in the darkness waiting for an opportunity.
Later, Chen Fei and a team of people found us, and Li Fei held my hand tightly, no matter how he didn't let go, and kept shouting "mother" in his mouth. In desperation, I followed back to Kingoin Temple.
He changed his clothes and lay on the bed, his lips were a little black, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but he still held my hand and didn't let go.
I'm afraid it's a wolf venom attack.
I asked Chen Feng to prepare some medicinal herbs for me to boil, which could temporarily stop his injury. I was relieved after seeing Li Teng finish a bowl, and finally unloaded a stone, leaving only cold sweat all over my body.
Chen Feng stood aside and said: "The general has been wearing wolf venom since he was a child, and this matter is only known to me and General Cai Jing, so we all thought that the wolf venom had been lifted...... However, I still thank Miss Xingyue for saving me. β
I was so sleepy that my eyelids were fighting, so I only waved to him and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely cure his ......"
In the dead of night, I heard Li Mo muttering, "Don't kill my mother, don't kill my mother......" and then clenched my hands tighter and tighter, which directly caused me to wake up the next morning with two big black circles under my eyes.