Chapter 458: The Dunan Jungle
Arriving in Dunan, there was suddenly a long-lost comfort and relaxation, outside the mountains and forests, I saw the Miao cottage surrounded by mountains and green water, the smoke rising from the cooking, the old mills and the mossy wooden walls and black tiles, from time to time there were people shouting in the paddy fields, the sound of cowbells gradually drifted away, everything was so quiet and serene. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It seems that we are all about to forget the original intention of coming here, which Gu poison that makes people talk about tiger color, how is it incompatible with the idyllic scenery here, the Miao people are hospitable, which reminds me of the last time, after the collapse of the Temple of the Ancestral God, fortunately I was rescued by the Miao people from the river, and it is difficult for me to associate the Miao people with the Gu poison.
Tian Ji wanted to rest in the village for a while, or was stopped by the palace lord, before leaving Huang Ping's advice is still fresh in my memory, I don't want to delay time, we bypassed Miao Village to the mountains and forests, Huang Ping's people are tracking Miao Wu lost his trace here, but Huang Ping did not tell us how big Dunan is, has always thought that Dunan is just a mountain, in fact, it is a rolling mountain range, we walked along the rugged mountain road for two days, there is no road ahead.
Even the Miao people who have lived here for generations have only penetrated as far as here, and the rest of the way we can only grope for the rest of the way on our own, and after a few days of searching in the forest, we realized that there is a very fatal thing, and there is not much food and water left with us.
We have been very economical in the past few days, a piece of dry food for four people to eat, and when it was handed out from my hand to me, there was still more than half of it, but even so, on the fifth day of entering the mountain forest, we ate the last half of the dry food.
Fortunately, there are field chickens, after all, they are people who have fought in wars, and they can always find clean water, but the food is not so easy, there are too many fruits in this unknown mountain forest, but most of them have not been seen, because we don't know if there is poison, we would rather be hungry than dare not touch it.
On the sixth day of entering the mountains and forests, it was still a dense jungle as far as the eye could see, not to mention the Miao Wu who was looking for it, and even the way back could not be recognized, our pace was getting heavier and heavier, and we were hungry with a feeling of darkness, maybe it was good luck, and the field chicken caught a mouse at night, peeled it and handed it to Xue Xinrou.
"Eat something, don't even think about eating with your eyes closed, or we won't be able to get out." Tian Ji didn't have much strength to say.
Xue Xinrou had never seen such a thing, but after hesitating for a long time, she still took the skinned mouse, closed her eyes and bit it, chewed it stiffly and swallowed it.
But the palace lord refused to touch this thing even if he was killed, I suddenly wanted to laugh, I have experienced so many hardships, and I have escaped death many times, but I never thought that one day I would starve to death.
"It's going to be ordered, and I want to ...... my life"
Hush!
Gong Jue suddenly stood up and motioned for us not to speak, and suddenly a crisp whistle sounded in the mountain forest, and I suddenly got up from the ground, and if I could hear the whistle, it meant that there was someone, and this was probably our only chance to get out of here.
The sound of the whistle stopped only halfway through, and the palace lord had already determined the direction, and we followed him, walking in the direction from which the whistle came, and in this vast forest, this whistle was undoubtedly our last straw.
After brushing aside a handful of branches, the palace lord opened his hand to us behind him to signal to stop, I slowly walked to his side, an open flat land, extremely rare in this forest, next to a towering tree that requires several people to hug to surround, a woman wearing a seedling suit and an extremely delicate appearance, about seventeen or eighteen years old, sitting against the tree with her legs covered, blood oozing from between her fingers, it seems that the injury is not light, I saw her holding a bamboo whistle in her hand, and the person who whistled just now was her.
One of the three men standing next to the woman was holding a dagger in his hand, and blood was still dripping from the tip of the knife, presumably the wound on the woman's leg was stabbed by this knife.
Seeing that these three men were almost not Miao Zhai people from our villages, all of them were fierce and vicious, staring at us fiercely, and the man with the dagger gave the other two a look, and they all picked up stones from the ground casually, Tian Ji smiled coldly and strode over, blocking the front of the woman on the ground.
"What are you doing......
Before Tian Ji's words could be spoken, the three men rushed up together, with Tian Ji's skills, where are these three people his opponents, as soon as they made a move, the three of them lay on the ground, it is estimated that Tian Ji was too heavy, and the three men were all unconscious.
Tian Ji glanced at the person lying on the ground with disdain: "What the, Lao Tzu lay down without exerting any strength, just like you, you can only bully women." ”
We walked over quickly, Xue Xinrou picked up the woman on the ground, and asked softly, "Why are you alone in this deep mountain and old forest?" Who are they? ”
The woman on the ground looked up at us, then shook her head and didn't say a word, her expression was a little weak, giving people a touching feeling.
I saw that the wound on her leg was still bleeding, and I tore off the corner of her dress to dress her, and I noticed that she was shivering: "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people. ”
"By the way, what's your name?" Gong Jue asked.
The woman shook her head, watching us warily.
"Could it be a mute?" Tian Ji said.
Xue Xinrou pointed to her lips and asked calmly, "Are you unable to speak?" ”
The woman finally nodded, and I noticed that her hand had been holding the bamboo whistle, as if this thing was important to her.
Xue Xinrou sighed heavily, looked up at me and said, "What should I do, she can't speak, and she is injured again." ”
"Look at the dress and dress, it must be a person from Miao Village outside the mountains and forests, she is not very old, she should have accidentally lost her way in the mountains and forests." I glanced back at the three men lying unconscious on the ground. "Who the hell are these people, and why are you attacking her here?"
"Don't think about this, there are many beasts in this forest at night, she will attract beasts if she leaves so much blood, she must go out first, she must know how to get out if she can get in." Tian Ji thought about it and said.
When the woman heard me say this, she leaned on the tree and wanted to stand up, Xue Xinrou hurriedly helped her to stand firmly, and then I saw her pointing at herself, then at us, and finally at the front.
"She wants to take us out." I nodded happily.
The woman looked back at the people on the ground and saw that she was gesturing for us to take them with us.
"What are you doing with them, this piece of waste should be left here to fend for itself." Tian Ji said indignantly.
"Forget it, after all, it's a human life, and it's not a crime to die, leave them here, it is estimated that they will not live tomorrow, let's take them, it will be fine if it is tied strongly, and we will hand it over to the police when we go out." I say.
"That's it, if you look at people, they are hurt like this, they all know mercy and tolerance, and leaving them here is the difference between being careless and disregarding people's lives." Gong Jue said.
Tian Ji had no choice, so I had to come over to help me and Gong Jue tie up the people on the ground, I really don't know how heavy Tian Ji's hands were, the three men couldn't wake up, we had to take one by one, staggered and followed the woman out of the mountains and forests.
This woman seemed to be very familiar with the forest, even at night, she did not stop to distinguish the direction, was supported by Xue Xinrou and walked for more than an hour, I suddenly saw a light in front of me, and knew that we had reached the edge of the mountain forest.
After leaving the mountain forest, I walked for half an hour, and saw a wooden house that was very typical of the Miao family's house, but there was only one room and no one around.
When I entered the wooden house, I found that this woman lived alone, this wooden house was quite clean except for some dampness, the whole room was spotless, and there were many mosquitoes, insects, rats and ants in the seedling area, but I couldn't even see a cobweb in this house.
The woman lit a candle, maybe because she came home, her mood was much better, and she smiled gratefully at us, she was very beautiful among the women I knew, especially when she smiled, she was graceful and moving, beckoned us to sit down, she took the wooden barrel to cook, Xue Xinrou was afraid that she was injured and inconvenient, and wanted to help, the woman politely asked us to sit still.
We were all tired and exhausted, we hadn't slept well or eaten well for several days, and now it was finally a lot easier to sit in the wooden house, and when the woman came back again, the barrel was full of unknown mushrooms, and she sat alone in front of the stove to make a fire and cook, from my point of view, the light of the fire reflected on her cheeks was so moving, I didn't expect to see such a beautiful woman in this poor Miao family.
Soon the smell of appetite wafted in the room, the three of us had been swallowing saliva more than once, the woman brought three bowls of hot and fragrant paste, Xue Xinrou told us that this is the common oil tea of the Miao family's hospitality, the woman stood next to us, because she couldn't speak, smiled and made a gesture for us to eat.
Tian Chicken is not polite, I ate most of the bowl when I picked it up, and the palace lord said thank you to the woman while eating, I tasted a few bites and didn't know if I was hungry, it was really delicious.
After drinking two bowls of oil tea, Xue Xinrou was full of praise for the mushrooms inside, saying that she had never eaten mushrooms with such a good taste, and there was a beige grain that I didn't recognize for a long time was delicious and juicy, and the field chicken had snatched several from my bowl.
The woman was so satisfied with what we were eating, and she kept standing aside and laughing.
Xue Xinrou asked the woman curiously with the bowl.
"What are these beige grains? I've never eaten before, and I really want to take some with me on the road. ”
After Xue Xinrou asked, she should have realized that the woman would not finish, and smiled apologetically, just turned her head The woman held a wooden spoon and put it under the lamp, we were stunned at the same time, the wooden spoon was densely squirming with a lot of beige insects, it was creepy to watch, I looked at the beige particles in my bowl, and those insects were in the wooden spoon, Xue Xinrou had already thrown the bowl on the ground.
A gust of wind blew, the candle swayed in the wind, the woman's beautiful face flickered brightly, I saw her lips slowly squirm, and I heard her voice clearly.
"You don't have to take it with you on the road to eat, you will eat this every day in the future......"
It was an extremely old, shriveled and hoarse voice, and the whole room became strange and eerie when it came out of the mouth of the beautiful woman in front of her.
I just wanted to stand up, but I felt very dizzy, and the palace lord and Tian Ji and Xue Xinrou on the opposite side were already lying on the table, and my consciousness was getting more and more blurred, I only remembered that the woman had been smiling at me......
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