After the new rain in the empty mountain, two girls wearing silver-gray Taoist robes supported each other on the mountain road. He Angelica complained in her heart while walking, as the saying goes, it is easy to go down the slope and difficult to reverse the slope, originally she just wanted to come out to breathe, and by the way picked a few herbs that can regulate the body, who knew that so many unexpected situations would happen on the way.

Now it's a good thing, not only is her foot injury getting worse, but it's ...... The small clothes and vests she wore were all gone, and she was blown by the mountain breeze in the evening, and it was really cold to drink cold water in the wax moon.

Zhenjing smiled, very accomplished, and sighed as he walked: "Xiaoyi, you are not only good, but also have a better heart, and meeting you is also his creation." If he can come back to life this time, you will be his savior......"

"You remember, it's good to say these things here, and when you go back for a while, you can't mention half a word anymore!" He Angelica instructed again.

Zhenjing's eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, and she shook her head and replied, "I know, I know!" You've talked about it for the eighth time, and you still say that I'm a 'mother-in-law', and you're not the same......"

The time goes back to noon—

He Angelica and Zhenjing carried a small bamboo basket on their backs, and quietly slipped out of the water business view, He Angelica looked for herbs everywhere, and Zhenjing picked mountain mushrooms and dug wild vegetables.

The top of the hill where the Taoist temple is located was spared a fire by Mongolian soldiers in the early years, and the vegetation is not very dense until now. The two of them walked around the Taoist temple, looking for a long time but did not gain much, and before they knew it, they walked down the mountain.

As she walked, she saw a bird's nest on a tree with a crooked neck, and when she climbed up, she saw that there were seven or eight eggs as big as stones. He Angelica told her to leave two eggs in the bird's nest, and then helped her slide down the tree. Walking two more steps, He Angelica found another bird's nest, Zhenjing climbed up three times and twice, and still left two eggs in the bird's nest according to the previous method, and took the rest of the eggs.

Because they got good things all of a sudden, the two of them knew the taste, so while chatting, they both raised their heads and looked east and west into the trees to find the bird's nest.

"Xiaoyi, I have lived in the Taoist temple for four or five years, and I don't know that there is a dog hole under the courtyard wall of the East Chamber, how do you know?"

"We found it together in our previous life." He Angelica said this in his heart, but his mouth was really quiet, "Oh, because I just saw a few rats coming out of there." She knew that what Zhenjing was most afraid of was rats.

Sure enough, Zhenjing screamed in fright, covered her ears and ran away.

He Angelica had an ankle injury and couldn't walk fast, so he didn't chase her, but only instructed behind: "Be careful of slippery feet!" As soon as the words fell, the real quiet in front of him fell down with a thud. He Angelica was in a hurry, limping after him, and saw Zhenjing lying on the ground from a distance, and hurriedly shouted: "You didn't fall and hurt yourself, right?" ”

I saw that Zhenjing on the ground looked panicked, got up tremblingly, and shouted backwards: "There is a dead man in the grass, grass!" ”

He Angelica walked over in confusion, only to see a few nearby grasses stained with red things, as if they were bloodstains. When I got closer, I saw a person lying in the grass, a child covered in blood. He Angelica looked at it carefully a few more times, then turned around and pulled Zhenjing away.

"Dead people, there are dead people!" Zhenjing was still in a state of shock.

"Okay, stop screaming, I see it." He Angelica knocked on her head, "First, no matter what you scream, the dead will not come back to life, nor will they jump up and bite you and hurt you, so you don't have to be so afraid." On the contrary, the living sometimes have one reason or another to harm you, so the living are much more terrible than the dead. Second—the man wasn't dead at all. ”

"Huh?! You say he's not dead? How do you know! Zhenjing's eyes widened.

He Angelica said angrily: "Good sister, I saw it with my eyes, I saw that he would pant, frown, and bleed from his wound, it must be because you stepped on his wound just now." ”

Zhenjing blushed and said embarrassedly: "That...... That's because people have never seen so much blood, where do they dare to see more...... Hey? But Xiaoyi, since he is still alive, why did you just pull me away like this? Shall we not save him? ”

He Angelica shook his head, said no more, and dragged Zhenjing's sleeve to continue walking.

Zhenjing refused to go any further, with a hint of pleading in her tone: "Xiaoyi, why don't we save him!" ”

He Angelica spread his hands: "How to save?" Will you save or will I save? We are not the Sanqing holy statue enshrined in the Taoist temple, sprinkling a few drops of holy water and feeding a pill of elixir can save a person. ”

"But...... That's a life, why are you so indifferent! Zhenjing's eyes were red, "I don't care, I must save him anyway!" If a monk doesn't save him when he sees death, the immortals from all walks of life won't bless him if they know about it! After that, he shook off He Angelica's hand and turned around to go back.

He Angelica silently looked at Zhenjing's back, Shaoqing, sighed and chased after her and shouted: "Zhenjing, listen to me, I won't stop you if you want to save people, saving the poor is a good heart, I value you so much as a friend, it is precisely because of your kindness." However, there is something strange in this matter, and I don't want you to do bad things with good intentions! ”

Zhenjing finally stopped when she heard this, and turned her head to look at her: "What's weird?" ”

He Angelica caught up, grabbed Zhenjing's hand again, and analyzed for her: "This is only a few steps away from the main road, if ordinary people are injured and want to ask for help, why don't they wait on the main road, but lie down in the dense grass?" I had just seen the drops of blood in the vicinity, which stretched intermittently from the west to the grass, and it was evident that the man had crossed the road, but had not stopped there, but dragged his wounded body on, and finally hid himself in the grass. ”

Zhenjing was confused: "But so what? ”

"That means - he doesn't want anyone to find him at all!"

Zhenjing glared and exclaimed, "Don't you want others to find him, do you...... He wanted to kill himself? ”

He Angelica almost choked on his own saliva, knocked on Zhenjing's head, and asked: "If you want to commit suicide, will you cut more than a dozen cuts on your body, and then slowly bleed to death?" In my guess, he may be running away from his enemies. ”

Zhenjing covered her mouth in surprise, frowned, and said, "That...... How do we do it? Can we just sit on the sidelines? ”

"At the moment, this can only be the case, the ability of our two children is really limited," He Angelica shook his head and said, "If we are not careful, not only will we not be able to save people, but we will also put ourselves in danger." If you think about it, if we continue to linger around here, if that man's enemies find him here, and then find him along the bloodstains, we will indirectly kill him. Moreover, the man's injuries were serious, and if he was moved rashly, it would only pull his wounds and aggravate his injuries. I know that you were planning to bring him back to the Taoist Temple just now, but the Taoist Temple is not a hidden place, and anyone with long eyes and long legs can find it there. If that person's enemy also found the Taoist temple and inquired about his whereabouts, how do you think your master Taishan would deal with a person of unknown origin, seriously injured and dying? ”

The more Zhenjing listened, the paler her face became, and she covered her mouth and said, "It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous!" If you hadn't stopped me, I would have almost killed someone! After that, he pulled He Angelica and turned around and ran, ran far away before stopping, panting and asking, "Xiaoyi, what should we do now?" Go straight back to the Taoist temple? ”

He Angelica nodded and walked a few steps, then suddenly stopped, stared at Zhenjing's feet and asked, "What's on your shoes?" ”

"Huh?" Zhenjing looked down suspiciously, only to see a small patch of blood on the upper of her shoe, "Ah, it must have just been stained!" ”

He Angelica frowned and thought for a moment, then picked up a sharp stone from the ground and rescratched it in the palm of his hand, and the red blood immediately came out.

"Ah, what are you doing!" It's really shocking.

He Angelica gave her a calm look, tore off a corner of his robe, and instructed her while covering the wound: "If someone asks where the blood on your shoes came from, you say that it was an injury to my hand, so the blood dripped on your shoes." ”

Zhenjing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly cried: "Woo woo woo...... I'm sorry, Xiaoyi, I actually doubted you just now, and I think you won't save you if you die...... I've caused trouble, but you're going to hurt yourself, will you be angry with me and ignore me from now on? ”

"Okay, don't cry your nose," He Angelica patted her, "Look, it's just a small cut, it doesn't hurt or itch, and it will be fine in two days." I still say the same thing, I value you so much as a friend, and it is precisely because of your kindness that you have a heart that I have lost, and I can remember my former self when I look at you, how can I be angry with you? ”

Zhenjing wiped her tears and said with a sob: "No, you are the real kind, I almost made a mistake on impulse just now, and I also accused you of being indifferent, I'm sorry...... But what did you just say...... The old self? Woo, why do you sometimes talk like an adult, next year younger than me......"

In this way, the two talked to each other and slowly walked back along the mountain road.

He Angelica saw that Zhenjing had been depressed, and knew that she was depressed because she couldn't save people, so he kept looking for something to say along the way to distract her attention.

"Look," He Angelica pointed to a cluster of moon-white flowers on the side of the road, "this is Atractylodes, and the taste is bitter." It can be used with pig liver and cassia seed to treat eye diseases, and with Qianghuo and Duhuo, it can cure wind, cold, dampness, swelling and pain in the feet and knees, and the effect is excellent. Do you know? There is also a beautiful and moving legend about this Chinese medicine......"

"Hahahaha!"

Laughter suddenly came from behind them, causing them to look back together. I saw that on the mountain road more than ten zhang away behind them, there were about ten tall and burly men. Those people were well-dressed, their steps were extremely neat, and they faintly respected one of the blue-robed people.

He Angelica's face was silent, but his heart couldn't help jumping, secretly guessing the origin of these people.

There were so many of them, walking on the gravel and fallen leaves, so close to them, but until one of them laughed, he was oblivious to their existence. Looking at them again, although the clothing is not uniform, the steps between the walks are surprisingly coordinated, and that tacit understanding is by no means something that can be cultivated overnight. And the feet under their robes, each of them is a "outside figure-eight" way, and even the angle of the external oblique is the same, could it be ......

Just when He Angelica was speculating, those people were already approaching.

Zhenjing had never seen so many big men on the mountain, and she couldn't help but be taken by the momentum of these people, so she couldn't help but drag He Angelica's hand and took two or three steps back on the spot.

"Hahaha, don't be afraid, girls, I'm not a bad person!" A young man about twenty-three or four years old, dressed in a crimson gold thread robe, said with a smile, "Just now I heard this little girl talk about the use of various herbs along the way, and I couldn't help but laugh, don't be surprised!" ”

He Angelica lowered his eyelashes, slightly shocked in his heart, they had already listened all the way! Fang Cai himself was tired and tired, so he spoke very lowly, and they did not come close...... It's amazing, it's a master.

Thinking of this, she took Zhenjing's hand that was breaking out in a cold sweat, turned to one side and moved out of the way up the mountain, and said with a smile: "The little woman is talking nonsense, let you laugh, please pass first." ”

The blue-robed man who was walking first nodded slightly, climbed up the mountain road step by step, and staggered past them, and the people behind followed closely. He Angelica and Zhenjing half-hung their heads, subconsciously held their breath, and waited for them to walk by.

"You! Why is there blood on the shoes? Where did you just go? The man at the end of the line suddenly stopped beside them, staring coldly at Zhenjing. He Angelica glanced up at the man, and saw that he was dressed in black, but the black robe was embroidered with red patterns, and the intertwined patterns made the black robe bright and weird.

The people who walked in front of them stopped when they heard the words, and at the same time looked back at them, and Zhenjing involuntarily took two steps back.

He Angelica pulled Zhenjing with his right hand, flipped his left hand and spread out his palm, revealing a bandaged wound, and replied with low eyebrows: "Just now the two of us were collecting medicine near here, and my hand was scratched by a branch, so I soiled my companion's shoes. ”

The young man in the scarlet robe smiled again and accused, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, he's a rough man, didn't scare you, did he?" ”

He Angelica shook his head and lowered his eyelashes and said, "Childe's words are serious." ”

The man in scarlet clothes looked at the blue-robed man: "Sir, they were collecting medicine in this mountain just now, why don't you ask them?" The blue-robed man bowed his head, so the man in scarlet turned his head to look at them again: "Dare to ask the two girls who have come all the way, have you ever met a living person?" Or something strange? ”

He Angelica showed a thoughtful expression, and said while thinking, "Are you a human being...... That's all the distinguished guests, as for the strange thing...... The first strange thing we encountered today was that we met nine guests dressed in fancy clothes and with Beijing accents on the road. The nine people were not merchants, non-farmers, not woodcutters, not hunters, not hermits, and not kings of the green forest, but they roamed on the mountain paths, chasing the wind and catching shadows. Do you think this is a strange thing? ”

"Haha, hahaha!" The man in scarlet clothes stroked his palms and laughed, and the eyes of several people around him also had a hint of laughter. The man in scarlet clothes stared at He Angelica with burning eyes, hooked his lips and said, "Interesting, interesting, really interesting!" Unexpectedly, a little Taoist aunt in the deep mountains is not only familiar with pharmacology, but also so funny! ”

He Angelica smiled faintly: "The honorable guest has praised it, dare to ask you what else you have to teach?" ”

The man in scarlet clothes clasped his hands to his chest, tilted his head and smiled: "Girl doesn't have to be so vigilant, in fact, we are all officials, and we have lost our traces after chasing a felon, so I want to ask you, have you ever seen a seriously injured person in the mountains with a suspicious appearance?" ”

He Angelica's heart jumped, and three words jumped into his mind: Jinyiwei!