Chapter 51: An Uninvited Guest in the Valley of Funeral
The road to the Valley of Burial was clearer in Noah's mind this time. Every step you take, different scenery, there are different memories.
She thought that there should be a river across this mountain, and the fish in the river were crowded and fat. Ah Ding, this is the name of Tiansha, he is the best at fishing, just a branch, can skewer live fish into a string.
Nuoya took out a dagger to kill the fish, and Ah Ding always grabbed it to do: "The girl's hands should not be involved in too much blood, let me do these things." ”
Noah will make crispy fish, dry it and put it in a crockpot, and simmer the fish bones over low heat until they are crispy. She also makes drunken dried fish, drunk with peach blossoms, and then air-dried, which is strong and full of wine. When the weather is cool, the preserved fish is smoked and grilled, and the rice is fried with the top spicy pepper. These are all prepared in advance, and they can be used as dry food for Ah Ding when he goes out on a mission.
As a killer, especially a top killer, always walking on the blade, when he assassinates a person, sometimes he may lurk for days and nights, and he can't move a bit, some ready-made dried meat and dried fish are the best food to supplement physical fitness.
Ah Ding often jokes that the crispy fish made by Noya is too fragrant, and once again teased two wild cats over, and they have been lingering in front of him, and he almost leaked his whereabouts.
Noya didn't care and continued to do it, but Ah Ding couldn't eat enough.
Other killers are all drunk today, drunk today, living a drunken life and dreaming of death. And Ah Ding and himself lived a sense of paradise in the Valley of Funeral.
Further on, there is a dense jungle, and every time after the rain there are large fields of mushrooms to tease the greedy hares. Ah Ding would often go to this forest to hunt after the rain, leaving it for Noya to sacrifice his teeth. Once he caught a little white rabbit, as cute as a snow ball, and his eyes were as red as agate, and he brought it back with great joy and gave it to Noah to her delight.
At that time, Noya somehow got nervous, took it in his hand, didn't say a word, and then raised the knife in his hand and slaughtered the rabbit alive.
Ah Ding was not annoyed, and still smiled dotingly: "It's okay, I'll peel the skin to make you a pair of warm sleeves, and your hands won't be cold in winter." ”
Noah remembered her clumsy appearance when she did needlework, perhaps, in this world, the only one who would not dislike it was Ah Ding.
She continued to walk forward, and couldn't help but wonder, why did she have to be so fierce to Ah Ding every time, never smile gently at him, and not be as good as he was to himself?
Even, I will be cruel to ......
She vaguely remembered that it seemed that again, she was chased and killed by the enemy, was injured and fled here, and finally lost the enemy, was injured by the other party's palm wind, and could no longer walk a step.
Tiansha appeared at that time, not only saved herself, but also stepped forward at the most critical time and blocked a fatal sword for her.
Noah instantly became furious, and not only cut off the sword in the man's hand, but also cut off the man's hand before sending him to the western heavens.
The tip of the sword that remained in Tiansha's body was now in the purse on his chest. There were a total of five or six such sword tips or hidden weapons in it, which seemed to be the dangers that Tiansha had blocked for himself when he was on a mission with him.
Every time, she was so remorseful that she couldn't give herself a few slaps, and even if Ah Ding was dying of pain, she had to stand up and smile comfortingly at her.
"Fool, how could I blame you?"
Why didn't he blame himself? Noah thought that there were some things that Ah Ding should have known a long time ago. She Murong Nuo can sometimes dodge those hidden weapons, why do she have to pretend to be invincible? I had to watch Ah Ding fall into a coma because of her injury, so she regretted not falling.
The Valley of Funeral Love, there was a silence inside, Ah Ding was not there, and she was a little disappointed.
The apricots inside had long been ripe and had fallen to the ground, and the early-ripening peaches had already turned red.
Ah Ding never liked to eat fruits, but he planted so many peaches and apricots in the valley for her, as if it was just because of his own unintentional words. She thought hard, but she couldn't remember what she had said. Her memory was like a mutilated book, and she couldn't connect the whole storyline, and she didn't know what was recorded on the torn pages.
From these fragments of memory, Noah knew that Ah Ding was really good to him, just like the Phantom once said, he was too good to himself, more like he was paying off his debts.
She pushed open the door of the bamboo house, and the inside seemed to be clean, clean, different from the decadence she had when she came back last time. Noya speculated that he must have come back often, so could it be said that Ah Ding is safe and sound now?
She sat on her bed, quietly thinking about her thoughts, and heard that there was movement outside, as if it was the sound of gnawing on peaches, there were people in the valley, but it would not be Ah Ding, Ah Ding never liked to eat peaches.
She dodged, hiding behind the bamboo door, looking out through the gap.
A man sat cross-legged under a peach tree in the courtyard, holding a peach in one hand and a wine jar in the other, his bangs covering his eyes, and his whole face was angular and angular, like a knife cutting an axe.
Noah walked out from behind the door, and the man took a big sip of wine without looking at her: "Congratulations, I heard that your martial arts have recovered." ”
"Phantom, how did you know about this?" Noah asked coldly.
The Burial Valley is her and Ah Ding's territory, and they will never let other killers in.
"Of course, he told me."
Noah was silent for a moment: "Where is he now?" ”
The Phantom took another sip of wine from the jar, the spicy liquid running down his throat and burning his stomach along the way.
"I thought you would kill Chu Qingchen for Ah Ding."
He didn't answer the rhetorical question, and Noah remained silent.
"You would even block the sword for an irrelevant person, and disregard Ah Ding's life, how many times Ah Ding has blocked the sword for you in total, can you count?" The Phantom scoffed.
Noah still didn't speak, pursed her lips.
"I thought you would rush to the Valley of Killers to save him after you left Beijing."
"Ah Ding is the gold medal killer of the Killer Pavilion, and the Pavilion Master is absolutely reluctant to kill him." Noah said coldly.
"Really?" The phantom lost the peach in his hand: "The pavilion master is reluctant to kill him, but you are willing." ”
Noah neither admitted nor refuted, and continued to ask: "Where is he now?" ”
"He won't let me tell you."
"Didn't you come here because you couldn't get used to what I did, so you wanted to tell me and make me feel guilty?"
The Phantom looked at her with a surprised expression: "You have changed, not the same as when I saw you in the capital." Or are you the real absolute now? Have you regained your memory? ”
Noah smiled bitterly in her heart, but the corners of her mouth seemed to be stiff, and she couldn't curl it.
"Could it be that something happened to Ah Ding?" Noah looked at him, the light in his eyes that made the Phantom feel strange again.
"Ah Ding has gone to kill the poisonous wolf."
"What?!" Noah's heart suddenly sank, and for some reason, he felt as if his heart had skipped a beat: "Poisonous wolf? ”
"Yes, poisonous wolf! It's the poisonous wolf who sacrificed more than forty top killers in our Killer Pavilion! Just that old monster who was covered in poison and even breathed with poisonous gas, the task that no one in our entire Killer Pavilion dared to take on, and the Pavilion Master was anxious! ”
The Phantom's voice grew deeper, colder, and angry.
"Why did he take on this task? He's crazy! ”
"yes, Ah Ding, he's stupid, he's crazy. He obviously signed a contract with the Killer Pavilion, he can refuse tasks he doesn't like, and he can cancel the agreement with the Killer Pavilion at any time. But, look, what did he do for you? In order to inquire about your whereabouts from the pavilion master, he took the initiative to take the boning incense and signed a death contract with the pavilion master. He endured the pain of his heart and bones, and left you with an antidote to the severe pain. I took on this task without any hope of survival, just to exchange it with the pavilion master for an antidote that completely dissolves the deboning incense! For you! So that you can live and fly with the man you like, you can completely forget him, get rid of us, and relieve yourself of the identity of a killer. ”
The Phantom almost roared, slamming his fist into the peach tree next to it. The peach tree was overwhelmed, shook violently, and then snapped at the waist with a "clatter".
Noah took a few steps back in a row, leaning against the bamboo house before standing firm.
No wonder, he has an antidote to the deboning incense. When he enjoyed his gift safely, he never thought about how he could have such a precious thing, and there was more than one bottle.
Regarding some confidential information inside the Killer Pavilion, the person who signed the living deed is not qualified to know, and the assassination of the prince by himself is such a rebellious thing, and the pavilion master will definitely not tell him easily. In order to find his whereabouts, he took the initiative to entrust his life to the pavilion master.
She remembered that when she begged to join the Killer Pavilion, the Pavilion Master once told her: "You are useless, if you want to join the Killer Pavilion, you must sign a death contract, and you will be a killer of the Killer Pavilion for the rest of your life, unless you die!" ”
She almost didn't think about it, and nodded resolutely: "I do!" ”
Then Ah Ding hurriedly barged in, almost screaming to interrupt her: "I don't want to! I disagree! ”
She turned her head and looked coldly at Ah Ding, who was full of anxiety, and slowly spit out a few words, cold to the bone: "Who are you mine?" ”
In a word, like a basin of ice water, drenched Ah Ding from head to toe, drenching his heart cold. Ah Ding was stunned, his fists clenched and loosened, and his Adam's apple rolled with difficulty, and then he said something that surprised the pavilion master and the elders: "Nuo'er, even if I beg you." ”
At that time, Noah was as determined as he was, ignored him, turned his head to the pavilion master and begged: "Let me join?" I certainly won't let you down. ”
After the pavilion master was stunned, he laughed, pointed at Ah Ding, and asked her: "If I let you kill him, do you dare?" ”