Chapter Thirty-Seven: Rescuing the Contractors
Zhao Chengping refused Li Ji's request in his heart, he originally wanted to use the lethargy trick to let Li Ji stay at home, and was about to perform the spell, but he lowered his head but faced Li Ji's big watery eyes: "I want to prove that girls can't only marry at home!" ”
Why does this sound so familiar, Zhao Chengping raised his forehead: "Is this taught by your sister Xiao." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Li Ji blinked: "Hey, how do you know?" ”
Really...... This way, although there is a long distance from Feng Li Xiaoling, but there is Qing'e in front and Li Ji in the back, this is really "a disciple passing on the fragrance at night", why didn't I meet Qiao Yu's disciple, I wonder what kind of children a calm and intelligent woman like her will teach.
Zhao Chengping thought about it, and finally decided to bring Li Ji.
After a long time, Qiao Yu asked him why he didn't bother to bring Li Ji, he said, "Although I am a straight man, but not a straight man, for us, she is just a character in a story, but she is in her world, but it is real, I just want to give an example to the girls in that village who want to make a career, and no one will limit her in the future with 'how can there be a girl like you'." ”
Of course, the current Zhao Chengping didn't know that Qiao Yu later laughed at him as a friend of women because of these words, and he didn't know that Qiao Yu appreciated him even more because of these words.
When Li Ji said goodbye to his parents, of course the couple was unwilling, saying that a little girl, how could she follow a strange man.
Li Ji said: "When the patriarch and Wu Zhu said that they would sacrifice girls to the snake demon, you didn't object, and now I want to take back those abducted sisters, why don't you let me go?" ”
The couple were speechless when they said this, and Li Ji's father had just come back from the field, holding a heavy wooden shovel in his hand, and looked at Zhao Chengping silently: "You have to ensure the safety of my daughter." ”
Zhao Chengping nodded: "It must be." ”
Li Ji's mother was cutting radishes in the kitchen, and when she heard that Li Ji was going to go with Zhao Chengping, she forgot to put down the kitchen knife in her hand, and came out with it: "Daughter, what if he is a bad person?" ”
Li Ji waved the sword in his hand: "If I hadn't taken the initiative to ask to enter the mountain, I would have been sold like other young ladies at this time, whether he is a bad person or not, what is the difference?" ”
Seeing that Li Ji was so resolute, the couple couldn't say anything, standing at the door of the house, looking at the backs of Li Ji and Zhao Chengping in the distance.
The mountains and forests after nightfall are extremely difficult to walk, in addition to the half-exposed stones on the ground, there are also intertwined tree roots that make stumbling in the dark, Zhao Chengping has the ability to see at night, although Li Ji grew up under the mountain since he was a child, but it is quite difficult to walk.
Seeing her cautiously moving forward, Zhao Chengping asked, "Do you want me to carry you?" ”
"I said, I won't hold back!" Li Jizheng said, he was tripped by the roots, barely stabilized his body, and walked forward stubbornly, Zhao Chengping silently complained in his heart: "Walking so slowly, it's already lagging behind." ”
But he didn't want to hurt the little girl's self-esteem too much, fortunately, the night was very long, and he wasn't in a hurry anyway.
In the end, spiritual strength is still built on physical strength, after walking for most of the night, Li Ji's footsteps finally slowed down, looking at her tightly knit brows, you can know that she is very tired.
Zhao Chengping asked her if she wanted to rest twice, she sternly refused, and if she went on like this, she was afraid that she wouldn't even have the ability to find a place to hide when she got to the place, so it was dangerous to let her stay in the mountains and forests like this, Zhao Chengping felt that she should not be so indulgent anymore, no longer asked her opinion, and stretched his hand to her waist.
"What are you doing?" Li Ji suddenly felt that he was being picked up by the waist.
"Yikes! Put me down! Her screams echoed through the dark mountain forest.
"If you make any more noise, go home!" Zhao Chengping felt a great headache.
Li Ji also closed his mouth knowingly, although it was very uncomfortable to be held by his arm, but it was much easier than walking by himself. I only heard the wind blowing in my ears, and the black shadows of the trees like the tentacles of monsters flew in front of me.
There seemed to be some sound mixed in with the howling mountain wind.
"Look, it's the one during the day, he kidnapped the little girl?"
"Elopement?"
"The little girl looks unhappy, it must be hijacked!"
"You see that the little girl is so careful, do you have a crush on her!"
"Ouch, ouch, Lord Dragonlord spares ...... life"
Zhao Chengping heard it clearly in his ears, Li Ji vaguely heard some, and she said suspiciously: "Did you hear any sound?" ”
"Don't listen to the sounds in the mountains and forests in the middle of the night, you will get snake spirit disease if you listen to them." Zhao Chengping said lightly.
Li Ji didn't know what the snake spirit disease was, but he made up a lot of pictures in his brain, and he immediately shut up and honestly let Zhao Chengping carry him. Zhao Chengping coldly glanced at the direction where the voice came, and the people eating melons instantly retreated, leaving only the sound of the wind passing through the treetops.
After only a while, Zhao Chengping said softly: "It's here." Then he put Li Ji down.
As soon as he stood firm, Li Ji was still muttering dissatisfied, but he was stunned by the scene in front of him. The houses are lined up in straight rows on both sides of the street, and you can't see the edge at a glance, and you have the feeling of looking at the soldiers.
Li Ji has lived in the mountain village for more than 10 years, the villagers' houses are built according to the mood, the land is vast and sparsely populated, how big they want to build, how big they want to build, what direction they want to build, although each family is basically gathered in one place, but there is no strict planning, the east and west are as they like, where have they seen such a neat and uniform arrangement.
This is a place that Li Ji has never been to, this is the place where the founding emperor of Yin Shang Cheng Tang exiled Xia Ji to the last emperor of the Xia Dynasty - Nanchao.
Nowadays, this is the Fang country belonging to the Dayi merchants, and it is said that the ancestor was the daughter of the Xiling clan who lived here, and since then, the silk produced in Nanchao is not only light and soft, but also has special patterns, so the king of Shang decreed that silk should be paid to the merchants every year.
On the empty street, there was not even a living thing, and there were lights shining along the street, like the legendary pearl of the night, Li Ji was full of curiosity, squatted down, and gently touched those bright lights.
Those bright lights were emitted by small white pebbles, which were artificially inlaid on the ground, neatly outlining the shape of the street, and the white pebbles, which were blocked by Li Ji's shadow, also became dark, and Li Ji moved his body away, and the stones shone again.
"It seems that these white stones rely on reflecting other light sources to have this starlight effect." Zhao Chengping looked up at the full moon in the sky, "I can't light up for a few days in a month, and I still repair like this, I don't know what the intention is." ”
Now is not the time to watch the urban infrastructure of Nanchao, Zhao Chengping is calm, quiet night, the sound is always far away, faintly, he heard the "chirping" sound of the loom, such a loud sound, there must be more than one loom, but dozens, hundreds of wooden looms, operating at the same time.
Zhao Chengping made a silent gesture to Li Jibi and quietly walked towards the place where the sound of the loom was heard.
In the brightly lit room, the door was wide open due to the hot weather, and there were looms neatly lined up inside, and in front of each loom sat a girl, throwing a shuttle in one hand and beating the reed in the other.
There were also a few people who walked back and forth between the looms, and any girl who stopped with her hand would be reprimanded by them loudly: "Don't be lazy, weave quickly!" If you can't deliver the goods tomorrow, you won't have anything to eat! ”
Is this an ancient version of "The Wrapper"! Thinking that Xiao Ling might also be forced to work in it, Zhao Chengping jumped into the loom room like the wind, and an inspector found him and shouted: "Who are you?!" As he spoke, he smashed down on his head with a wooden stick, startling the nearby weaver girls to flee from their seats.
The ability of these people can only bully and bully these young girls, and they were soon knocked to the ground by Zhao Chengping, Zhao Chengping shouted loudly: "Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling? ”
No one answered, he was in a hurry, and stepped on the back of the inspector who was rolling and screaming in pain: "Are all the girls you robbed here?" ”
"And ...... Elsewhere...... "The man felt like his back was about to be trampled on the ground.
Zhao Chengping picked him up, let him lead the way, and bumped into a girl head-on, she was followed by a number of people, all carrying food boxes in their hands, smelling the smell, it was quite fragrant.
"Xiao Ling?" Zhao Chengping threw the man aside, hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Why are you here?" You okay? ”
Xiao Ling looked at the inspector who was thrown to the ground, the three smashed looms, and the panicked weaver girl, knowing that this must be Zhao Chengping's "result" just now, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Uh......"
She first summoned the girls to dinner, and then asked the inspectors to go back to treat their injuries, and then pulled Zhao Chengping to sit down on the side and told him what happened after the two were separated.