Chapter 326: Defending the Ancient City
"If we don't catch up with the bandits, we'll starve to death here." Ye Feihong shook his head and said.
"If I go after the horse bandits, the Yin Fire Serpent will immediately save this giant scorpion." Zuo Dengfeng dragged the cart to the entrance of the cellar, widened the entrance of the cellar, and then used the mountain moving trick to stuff the giant scorpion into it, and then jumped into the cellar and collapsed all the steps of the cellar.
Ye Feihong had an injury on his leg, and he couldn't see clearly at night, so he could only sit next to him and watch Zuo Dengfeng busy.
"There's dry food here, don't worry." Zuo Dengfeng unloaded the wooden box and put it next to Ye Feihong, turned around and returned to the cellar of the secret room to move out all the bottles and cans inside.
"What are you doing with the jars?" Ye Feihong asked, she always thought that the wooden box on Zuo Dengfeng's back was very light, but she didn't expect that dozens of catties of dry food were stored in it.
"Store clean water." Zuo Dengfeng replied, and at the same time walked to the well not far away to draw water to flush the jar and tank.
"Why do you have to store clean water when you have a well?" Ye Feihong asked suspiciously.
"Why do I have to carry dry food when I have provisions." Zuo Dengfeng did not look back, he considered things very thoroughly, everything must be left behind, the soil here is very hard, and the Yin Fire Snake absolutely cannot dive into the ground, so it only has two ways left, one is to attack from the front, and the other is to block the waterway here and trap the two people, which is not difficult for it.
Although Ye Feihong didn't understand why Zuo Dengfeng did this, he knew that he was leaving a way back, although she had tried her best to block the attack of the horse bandits, but in the end she still lost dry food and camels, which made Ye Feihong very ashamed, seeing that Zuo Dengfeng was busy alone, he struggled to stand up and wanted to go over to help.
"You keep me honest, you don't have to do anything, just show me the way when I want to get out of the desert." Zuo Dengfeng looked back and smiled.
Although Zuo Dengfeng's tone was not soft, the smile on his face diluted the shame and guilt in Ye Feihong's heart, in fact, her leg injury was very painful, and she really couldn't get up to help.
Zuo Dengfeng quickly brushed those utensils, then filled the water tank and other materials with clean water, and stacked them in the corner of the wall where Ye Feihong was sitting, and he did not let go of all the utensils that could store water.
After doing this, Zuo Dengfeng fetched water and took a bath for Thirteen, then took a simple shower, and finally returned to the corner of the wall to extend the aura to dredge the leg meridians for Ye Feihong.
"I don't have any medicine on me, and unblocking the meridians can prevent blood from clogging." Zuo Dengfeng said.
"I have." Ye Feihong took out a paper bag from her belt, she was wearing sheepskin shoulders, there were no pockets on her clothes, and everything was placed on the inside of the wide belt.
"Get down." Zuo Dengfeng opened the paper bag and smelled it, it was indeed wound medicine.
"This ......" Although Ye Feihong is usually very aggressive, she is a woman after all, and the injured part is close to her buttocks, so she will inevitably be shy.
"I've seen a lot better than you, get down." Zuo Dengfeng undoubtedly turned Ye Feihong over, untied the strip of cloth that bandaged the wound, and applied wound medicine to him.
"You also have a wound on your hand, so let's put it on by the way." Ye Feihong said gratefully, Zuo Dengfeng's medicine is medicine, and there is no trace of overstepping the courtesy.
"Keep it for you, I'll be fine." Zuo Dengfeng handed the rest of the wound medicine to Ye Feihong.
"You can use it." Ye Feihong lowered his head and said.
"I said that I'm okay, it's okay, your physique can't compare with me." Zuo Dengfeng stuffed his waist bag into Ye Feihong's hand, and then pulled the wooden box and took out the dry food and handed it to Ye Feihong.
Ye Feihong thanked him, and then took advantage of the night to secretly look at Zuo Dengfeng, who was counting dry food.
The dry food carried by Zuo Dengfeng was baked in Yumen Pass, each weighing about half a catty, he counted it carefully, there were more than fifty, and the two of them consumed four a day, barely able to last for half a month, and this half month had to deduct the return journey, that is to say, they could only stay here for ten days at most.
Zuo Dengfeng counted the dry food, took out a piece of chewing and chewing, and when he turned around, he found Ye Feihong holding the cake with both hands, looking at him with tenderness.
"Don't be cranky, I'm not interested in you." Zuo Dengfeng poured a basin of cold water mercilessly.
"The old lady ...... you too" Ye Feihong subconsciously countered with his words, but he held back halfway through the words, women are women after all, yin and yang belong to yin, softness is their surname, and the reason why some women behave perversely is because they haven't met a man who can really subdue them.
"Say, why don't you say it." Zuo Dengfeng said with a smile.
"Why don't you go after the horse-faced Hades." Ye Feihong hurriedly diverted the topic.
"I've already said this question, the Yin Fire Snake is near the ancient city, and it won't dare to act rashly when I'm here, once I leave, it will definitely appear." Zuo Dengfeng replied casually.
"What the hell does that poisonous snake look like?" Ye Feihong asked curiously.
"Very large, with a body length of more than 100 meters, a body width of nearly a zhang, red, and three eyes." Zuo Dengfeng said casually.
Ye Feihong nodded when he heard this, retracted his gaze and ate the cake, the cake carried by Zuo Dengfeng was baked with oil, salt and green onions, although it was already very dry, the taste was very good, but she was injured, and she fell asleep without eating a cake.
"Thirteen, don't leave this area." Zuo Dengfeng finished eating the dry food and said to Thirteen, Thirteen was looking for a scorpion by the wall of the abandoned ancient city at the moment, and when he heard the sound, he glanced back at Zuo Dengfeng, nodded slightly, and signaled that he heard Zuo Dengfeng's words.
After not closing his eyes for a long time, coupled with the overwork before, Zuo Dengfeng quickly fell asleep, and the Yin Fire Snake was also injured, and it would definitely not attack immediately when it tracked here, it also needed time to recuperate, and it was precisely because of this that Zuo Dengfeng dared to sleep peacefully.
In the cultivation, people will not sleep very dead even if they sleep, it didn't take long for Zuo Dengfeng to wake up, it was already autumn at this time, the temperature difference between day and night was very large, and the second half of the night was quite cool, Zuo Dengfeng woke up and found that Ye Feihong was shivering, people who have lost too much blood usually feel cold, plus the outside temperature is very low and she is wearing very little, shivering is inevitable.
Seeing this, Zuo Dengfeng instinctively wanted to take off his robe to cover her, but after hesitating, he didn't do so, but got up to dismantle the daytime row of cars and built a bonfire to keep Ye Feihong warm.
After the bonfire was lit, Zuo Dengfeng took Ye Feihong's long knife and cut poplar wood, the ancient craftsmen could build a palace completely by relying on the mortise and tenon structure, Zuo Dengfeng did not have this ability, but he could still do it by using the tenon and tenon structure to build a stool, he had lived in hotels in big cities such as Yucheng, Shanghai, and had seen toilets, in fact, toilets were the first to appear in the Chinese court.
"Thank you." After Ye Feihong woke up, he found Zuo Dengfeng's move, and also guessed its purpose based on the shape of the stool.
Zuo Dengfeng looked up at her when he heard this, opened the wooden box, took out a roll of paper from the right side, and shook it at Ye Feihong.
"You big man, why do you think so carefully." Ye Feihong looked puzzled, there is no shortage of careful men she meets, but carefulness is often accompanied by sissies, and heroic men are often linked to carelessness.
Zuo Dengfeng still didn't speak, took the prepared square stool and looked around, and finally chose a corner to avoid people ten steps away on the right and placed it.
"Have you always been so careful?" Ye Feihong waited for Zuo Dengfeng to come back and continue the previous question.
"Not before." Zuo Dengfeng added firewood to the bonfire, some surnames are born with blood, some habits are acquired, he was not a careful person before Wu Xinyu had an accident, he would rush into the room in a daze to kick Sun Aiguo's ass, the temperature of the kang was too hot Wu Xinyu couldn't lie down, he was dazed.
"Why is this the case now?" Ye Feihong didn't say anything about eating, and when he spoke, he picked up the leftover cakes from last night and began to chew.
Zuo Dengfeng didn't want to answer this question, but he felt that it would be suspected of pretending to be cold if he didn't answer, so he opened his mouth to answer after groaning, "I have offended many people, if I am not careful, it is easy to be calculated, I have to do a lot of dangerous things, if I am not careful, it is easy to die, there are a few people who are very good to me, and if I am not careful, it is easy to let them down." ”
"When can I be as attentive as you." Ye Feihong looked envious.
"The essence of carelessness is not to pay attention, if you pay enough attention to someone or something, you will also become very careful." Zuo Dengfeng said casually.
"How many people are good to you?" Ye Feihong asked again.
"Talking can be peaceful, but at the same time it can make people lose their inner faith, don't ask, I know you're curious about me, but I don't want to talk about myself." Zuo Dengfeng frowned and shook his head.
Ye Feihong nodded again and again when she heard this, Zuo Dengfeng was able to tell her this, she was very surprised, and she couldn't get an inch in life.
There was no word all night, the Yin fire snake did not appear, the giant scorpion with broken legs woke up, struggling in the cellar and trying to get out, but its chelicerae had been broken, and its feet were not complete, so it could not escape at all, Zuo Dengfeng saw this and removed part of the sand above the cellar, so as not to destroy the top pillar in the cellar and cause the cellar to collapse, but fortunately this cellar was found before, otherwise it would not have been closed.
The next thing to do is to wait, only after the injury of the Yin Fire Snake is better, it may come to the rescue, the Yin Fire Snake itself is surnamed Huo, and it has a strong resistance to the Xuanyin True Qi, so it can quickly dissolve the residual cold in the body, and it is very large, the previous wound has little impact on it, so it will not take long for it to recover, but it should still be safe within three days.
Zuo Dengfeng's mood at this time was not easy, because he had not found a way to kill the Yin Fire Snake quickly, and there were no materials around him that could be used, even if the Yin Fire Snake appeared, he would not have a way to subdue it, so delaying time was not beneficial to him.
At noon the next day, the temperature increased, Zuo Dengfeng saw that Ye Feihong was sweating on his forehead, so he wanted to fetch water to cool her down, but after the wooden barrel was put down, there was no water, Zuo Dengfeng frowned and leaned over, looked down, and found that the well was dry.