Chapter 388: Escape
I suddenly sat up from the bed, turned my head to see that Qiang Shun and the stupid cow also sat up, and the three of them looked at each other and looked at each other.
I heard the shouting from outside again: "Listen, the people inside, you have been surrounded, you can't run, it's best not to resist!" ”
The three of them hurriedly put on their shoes and got up from the cover, almost at the same time, the three of them subconsciously glanced at their bed, and at a glance, they couldn't help but be frightened, and they saw that there was a self lying in the cover of the three people, and we were out of the body again!
Without hurrying to open the door, the three of them walked to the window, looked out through the dilapidated window frame, and saw that the courtyard outside was dark and neat, and there were rows of people standing in rows, all wearing armor and holding swords.
I saw it again, my heart was beating again, these people in the courtyard didn't seem to be alive, the whole looked ghostly, I said in my heart, this can't be the "Yin soldiers" that the old people often say, so many people come at once, are they demonstrating against us, or are they going to war with us?
I subconsciously touched the pocket of my underwear, the cloth coffin was still in the pocket, and then looked at the courtyard, so many soldier-like people surrounded us, was it just to get the soul of the crazy old man? If it's really just for the soul of the crazy old man, then this crazy old man shouldn't be a simple person.
At this time, I heard another shout outside: "Listen, as long as you hand over Wang Zhen, our master will not blame the past and let you go, if you don't hand it over, don't blame us for being polite!" ”
When the shouting fell, Qiang Shun turned his head and asked me, "Huanghe, what should we do?" ”
I bit my lower lip, since the soul of the crazy old man has made them so excited, then I can't give them anymore, otherwise I won't be able to explain to the immortal family in the temple when I go back.
I took the coffin out of my pocket and told Qiang Shun and the stupid cow, "You two just look out the window, and no one is allowed to look back into the house." ”
Qiang Shun asked, "What are you going to do?" ”
I shouted, "Don't ask so much, just look at the courtyard!" ”
I promised someone else that I must do it, not to mention a team of ghostly Yin soldiers, even if it is a heavenly soldier and a general, I will not hand over the old man's soul to them.
I looked into the house, and I saw a dilapidated futon under the platform of the statue, and no one would have paid attention to it unless it had been deliberate. I got under the table and looked at the futon, it was already rotten, I reached out and stuffed the cloth coffin into the rotten futon, such an inconspicuous rotten futon, no one should notice.
came out from under the platform, got up and greeted Qiang Shun and the stupid cow, and the three of them came to the door of the room together. I reached out and pulled the door, but before the door could be opened, a man's voice suddenly sounded in the room, "Don't go out, wait in the house." ”
The three of us looked back into the house, and there was no one, and at the same time, the wind suddenly sounded outside, and there was a strange noise, and the people outside suddenly became a mess, shouting and screaming.
The three of us hurriedly went back to the window, and looked outside, and the outside was gloomy and gloomy, flying sand and rocks, and saw that in the middle of the courtyard, there was a huge whirlwind that held up to the sky and the ground, and those people in the courtyard were all swept into the whirlwind, screaming and screaming in the whirlwind, and after a while, those people were thrown out by the whirlwind, turned into smoke and dust, and disappeared without a trace.
This scene made all three of us stupid, however, the tattered window paper on the window didn't even move, and we didn't feel a trace of wind blowing in the house.
After about ten minutes, no one could see in the courtyard and in the whirlwind, only the terrible whirlwind in the yard remained, and after a while, the whirlwind gradually became smaller and smaller, and when the whirlwind was only about a foot high, it suddenly disappeared.
In an instant, the whole world fell silent, and the three of us in the room looked at each other blankly, again, and looked at each other......
After a short pause, the voice rang out again in the room, "I'm only temporarily forcing them back, and the three of you are out of their jurisdiction now by quickly leaving here and walking another twenty miles south." ”
I couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?" ”
The voice smiled coldly: "Don't ask me who I am, you help me return to my position, I will help you retreat from the enemy, the two are clear, remember, within twenty miles, don't see a living person, don't enter the village!" With that, the voice disappeared.
We help him to return to his position, and he helps us to retreat from the enemy? I subconsciously glanced at the statue in the room that we had lifted up, could it be him?
At this moment, I felt cold all over my body, and I couldn't help but beat my spirit, and found myself lying in the bed, I was stunned, have I already returned to my soul?
Sitting up from the bed, subconsciously touched the pocket of the underwear, my heart jumped, the cloth coffin in the pocket was gone, and I hurriedly lit the candle next to the bed, and climbed under the platform of the statue with the candle, and saw that under the table, there was indeed a rotten futon, and I reached out to touch the futon, and the heart was suddenly put back in the stomach.
At this time, a voice came from the room, which caught me off guard and startled me.
"Huang He, what are you doing?"
Fortunately, it was Qiang Shun, I hurriedly gave myself a steady mind, and when I looked back, I saw Qiang Shun and the stupid cow, both of whom sat up from the bed, it seems that the two of them have also returned to their souls, I tried to ask them: "Did you also have an out-of-body soul just now?" ”
The two of them nodded at the same time, and Qiang Shun said, "That whirlwind just now is really scary. ”
That's right, I hurriedly beckoned to them, "Pack up and get out of here!" ”
The three of them hurriedly packed up their things, left the house and came to the courtyard, and saw that the courtyard was in a mess, as if it was blown by a strong wind, and we didn't dare to stay longer, so we left the Taoist temple quickly, and ran all the way to the southwest.
On the way, Qiang Shun asked me out of breath while running, "Huang He, who is the person who helped us just now, is it your grandfather?" ”
I said, "It shouldn't be, it's not the immortal family in the view." ”
Qiang Shun said: "There are still immortal families in such a broken Taoist temple." ”
I said: "Didn't you listen to him just now, let's help him return to his position, he helped us retreat from the enemy, it should be that we help him put the idol back in its place, and he showed up to repay us, as for why he didn't leave the broken Taoist temple, it's hard to say, some immortals have a strange temper." ”
At this time, I estimated that the time should be in the first half of the night, and the three of them ran for about seven or eight miles to the southwest, and the sky was still dark.
Gradually, our speed slowed down, and there was a rough mountain road under our feet, with low hills on both sides, and although the road was not steep, it was very difficult to walk, and we changed from trotting to walking, and turning back as we went, for fear that someone would chase after us.
Walking and walking, suddenly, there was a faint cry for help, "Help, help......"
The three men stopped, pricked up their ears and listened carefully, and the sound seemed to come from a small ravine beside the road. Walking to the edge of the small ravine, the three of them looked into the ravine, and saw a dark mass at the bottom of the ravine, because the ditch was darker than the top, and they couldn't see what it was.
At this time, the voice came up again, and he was weak, "Help...... Help, ditch, ditch, above the ditch, yes, is it a person, can you save me? ”
The three of us glanced at each other, and Qiang Shun called out in the ditch: "What are you, are you human?" ”
The voice below immediately replied: "I, of course I am human, my home is in the village in front, you, you can do well, save me." ”
Qiang Shun turned his head and asked me: "Huang He, what should we do, can we save him?" ”
I licked my lips and remembered what the voice told us, don't see the living, don't enter the village, at the moment, this should be the living, but if we really don't save it, our conscience can't go away.
Then I whispered to Qiang Shun and the stupid cow, "Let's be careful, you two wait on it, I'll go down to the ditch to see, if this person is really in trouble, let's help him, if someone puts a trap on us, let's leave quickly." After saying that, without waiting for the two of them to agree, I took off the burden on my body, traveled lightly, and went down the slope to the bottom of the ditch.
I cautiously approached to see a middle-aged man in a shabby coat, probably in his forties, pressed on his back.
On the top of the wheelbarrow, there are four large burlap bags sturdy and sturdy, and I estimate that one bag is at least one hundred or two pounds or more, all pressed on the chest and lower abdomen of the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man seemed to be in a coma at this time, dying, he glanced at me, as if he saw a life-saving straw, and tried his best to shout: "Little brother, little brother, help me, I have been here all night......"
I looked at the middle-aged man vigilantly, and I could see that this was an honest farmer, and there was a wheelbarrow and a burlap bag on him, there was no problem, how did it look like a trap, I asked: "Uncle, why did you fall into the ravine?" ”
The middle-aged man suddenly looked remorseful, and said: "This morning, I pushed the sweet potatoes at home out of the mountain to exchange for food, and after the sweet potatoes were exchanged for food, I helped Hei'er go home, I was happy, I drank some wine on the way, and when I came here, something happened......."
What the middle-aged man said was very pertinent, and it didn't seem like a lie, and I faintly smelled that he still smelled of alcohol, on such a cold day, let alone pressing the wheelbarrow, even if he didn't press it, he would have to freeze to death if he lay on the ground all night.
Then he raised his head and beckoned to the stupid cow and Qiang Shun above, "Come down and get this uncle up." ”
Qiang Shun and the stupid cow soon came down, and the three of them worked together, first untying the grain on the wheelbarrow and lifting it aside, and then helping the wheelbarrow up, and finally, the three of them carried the middle-aged man to a big stone at the bottom of the ditch.
The middle-aged man thanked us again and again, sat down on the stone and moved his body for a while, and seemed to be unharmed, and the stupid cow brought some water and food from our luggage, so that the middle-aged man could eat something.
Originally, we wanted to leave at this time, but who knew that the middle-aged man stood up and picked up a burlap bag with difficulty, as if he wanted to carry the bag to his shoulders, and then to the slope, but before he could carry the bag to his shoulders, he screamed in pain, and then threw the burlap bag back to the ground, holding his back waist and humming, as if his waist was injured a little.
Seeing this, the three of us couldn't bear it, one of us carried a bag from the ground, and the middle-aged man hurriedly said apologetically: "No need, no need, you can go, I can carry it myself." ”
As soon as he said this, we couldn't go, and the three of us took a lot of effort to carry the wheelbarrow and a few bags of grain, all on it, and the middle-aged people thanked us with gratitude.
Subsequently, the wheelbarrow was righted, a few bags of grain were bundled on it, the middle-aged man tried to push the wheelbarrow in the past, but he pushed and walked a few steps, a stumble, and the car and people turned over to the ground together, the three of us saw this, and hurriedly went over to help him up, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and covered his waist, I saw him like this, it seems that the waist injury is very serious, and the pain is almost shedding tears.
I couldn't bear to ask, "Uncle, did you just say that your village is just in front?" ”