23 Chapter 23 The Snake Attack at the Inn
After a night of galloping, he still did not reach the town when the sky turned white. Wei Jue and I were sleepy and tired, so we could only find a secluded place to stop the horses, people need to rest, and the horses need to rest after running all night.
"The Hu people went south, and the original town was in ruins, but this place is not far from the Qinghe River, so we rested again for two hours, and then hurried when the horses regained their strength." Wei Jue deliberately diverted the conversation, and when he saw that he no longer mentioned that he had seen me four years ago, I also closed my mouth in amusement.
The medicinal effect of thyme has not yet dissipated, and I am still a little powerless, so I said to Wei Jue: "I want to drink some water, otherwise I will not be able to exert my strength." ”
Wei Jue nodded: "Then you are here later, I will go find some water, you... Wait for me to come back. ”
I raised the short blade in my hand and smiled, "If it weren't for the thyme, who would be able to get close to me?" Go and come back quickly, I'll be waiting for you! ”
Wei Jue smiled, took the water bladder and turned to leave, I was extremely sleepy, seeing that the horses were bowing their heads and eating tender grass, everything was peaceful and quiet, I also found a big stone as a lean, and soon fell asleep.
"Whew!"
A snort woke me up, and it turned out that the horse had come up to me and nudged me. I looked up at the sky, the sun had already risen high, obviously I had slept for a while, but why hadn't Wei Jue returned yet?
I was so worried that I couldn't sit here anymore. I propped myself up, and found that my strength had recovered a lot, and immediately followed the direction Wei Jue had left.
I couldn't go far, but I heard the sound of gurgling water, and I thought that Wei Jue was looking for water for me, so I would go and see it first.
Turning a few bushes, there is an open field in front of me, a shallow river winding from afar, and now it is the dry season, the wide river beach is full of craggy rocks, and Wei Jue's clear figure appears on the riverside. He sat on one side of a rough stone, his head bowed in silence, and the water bladder was left far aside.
"That's not right! Why did he look so depressed? I felt uneasy: "What's wrong with him?" ”
I looked as far as he could see, and found that he was holding a round object in his hands and placing it on his knees, at first I thought it was a stone, but when I saw it clearly, I was shocked that it was a human head.
Why is Wei Jue holding a human head? Don't? A sense of foreboding came over me, and I couldn't help but want to go up and see it clearly.
But just as I was about to walk over, a familiar voice suddenly sounded, and I immediately stopped.
"Wei Jue, I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place? The men of your Wei family are all dead-eyed, Wei Qi holds the so-called integrity and refuses to surrender, and now he has ended up in a different place. And what about you, for the sake of a woman, you missed the best opportunity to save Wei Qi, how does it feel to hold Wei Qi's head now? Do you regret it? ”
The person who spoke turned out to be Yu Wenxin, she was dressed as a Han woman, standing behind Wei Jue vividly, and her words were so harsh and harsh.
Wei Jue didn't look up, didn't even look at her, and his voice was cold: "Now I really want to kill a few Hu people to relieve my hatred, if you want to die, I can fulfill you!" ”
Yuwen Xin didn't care, and still said: "Liu Cong killed Wei Qi and abandoned his body here, you only have his head in your hand now, don't you want to get his body back?" Yu Wenxin said and took a few steps forward, and the red skirt fluttered in the wind, which was even more bewitching: "If you Han people die without a whole body, it is very disrespectful!" I think you, as a younger brother, also hope to talk about Wei Qi's body and bring it back for burial, right? ”
When Wei Jue heard this, he finally reached out and pulled Yu Wenxin and pinched her neck: "Then you say, where is my brother's body?" ”
Yu Wenxin was restrained, his face was flushed, but he couldn't break free: "Of course...... At...... In our hands, as long as you promise us one thing, after the matter is completed, his body will naturally be sent to Qinghe to be buried in peace! ”
"Promise what?" Wei Jue's voice was even deeper, obviously trying his best to suppress it.
"Kill...... Mountain Jane! ”
As soon as Yu Wenxin's words came out, Wei Jue pushed her away: "If I can kill Shan Jian, I promised Shi Le that my brother will not die, so why wait until today?" ”
Yu Wenxin rubbed his neck, took a few steps back to keep a distance from Wei Jue, and said: "It is precisely because your woman's kindness killed your brother that you should make amends now, everyone in the world knows that you are a filial son, if you don't want Wei Qi to die without a body, go back and give an explanation to your mother, then cooperate with us." You know about it, and I will never let a third person know about it. As long as you start cleanly, you can still be merry with that mountain dance, and continue to be your Wei Da talent! ”
Hearing this, my palms were sweating, I don't know what Wei Jue would do, Wei Jue's death was a blow to him, if he couldn't bring back Wei Qi's body, he would inevitably be condemned by his conscience, even if the old lady didn't say anything, how could Wei Jue let himself go?
Wei Jue became more and more silent, and I trembled for some reason, quietly waiting for his answer.
After a long time, he finally spoke: "The person is dead, I will not implicate innocent people, if you want to kill Shan Jian, you have to rely on your skills on the battlefield, and I, Wei Jue, will never kill people behind my back and do things that violate my conscience." ”
"You...... is young, but he is so old! It's unbelievable! If that's the case, then take his head back and cry enough! Yu Wenxin was really displeased, and he didn't dare to stay any longer after speaking, so he turned around and left.
I breathed a sigh of relief, but for some reason I wasn't happy at all, and quietly returned to the same place before Wei Jue found me.
After a while, Wei Jue came back with a water bladder as usual, and Wei Qi's head was wrapped in a white line and hung behind the saddle.
I pretended to ask him what it was, Wei Jue smiled and said that it was just a strange stone picked up on the river beach, I saw the sadness in his eyes, and I couldn't bear to tear it down, so I took the water bladder and drank it, but I was always a little uncomfortable in my heart. He is a gentleman, and the way of filial piety has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, but now because I have to wronged myself so much, how can I feel at ease?
When I think about this, I naturally have fewer words. Wei Jue still cares everywhere, but I can't enjoy this warmth with peace of mind, and it is becoming more and more difficult to calm down in my heart, and I am indescribably irritable.
After walking for a long time, I finally came across a small town, and I could not continue to hurry, so I asked Wei Jue to rest in the town, and in this way, we stayed in the only inn in the town.
I saw that there happened to be a bath bucket in the guest room, so I asked the store to boil hot water and send it, and locked myself in the room to wash it well and relieve the irritability in my heart.
The hot water was thick, I took off my clothes, the whole person looked a little confused, and I was about to enter the water, when I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my ankle, and I couldn't help but scream.
"Bang!"
The door was slammed open, and I didn't have time to wonder who had come in. Because in front of me was a red snake, and I had been bitten hard by it. My eyes have begun to blur, the paralyzing feeling has spread all over my body in an instant, my left foot has lost sensation, the injured area is swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye, the purple and black color is rapidly spreading from the wound, this snake is highly poisonous!
"It's over!" I secretly complained to myself: "This leg has been injured, and now it has been bitten by a poisonous snake, I am afraid that I will really become lame!" ”
"Dance!" Wei Jue's voice cheered me up a little, it turned out that he had come in, he had already swept past me like the wind, lowered his head and approached my left ankle without hesitation.
"Don't ......" I knew he was trying to suck the snake venom out for me with his mouth, but I was powerless to stop it, and I didn't know anything in front of me.