Chapter Seventy-Three: Together
Spring is the rainiest season, especially in the mountains, and heavy rains come as soon as they come. Waiting for the rain to stop, Aoko and I continued on our way. It was already close to evening, and the sky was overcast, especially dark. It's just that people like us, there is no difference between day and night, but in fact, I prefer to be at night, because there are fewer people at that time, and it is more convenient to do things.
After the heavy rain, the mountain road is quite muddy, and Qingzi's long skirt is a little troublesome, but she has a way, and she uses one of her hair ropes to tie the skirt together, which is quite neat.
After walking for a while, there was a fog. I followed Qingzi's side, peeking at her as I walked, and saw the milky white yang energy curling like silk, surrounding her, like a fairy and picturesque, and I looked a little crazy for a while.
As he was fascinated, he suddenly felt the emptiness under his feet, and immediately shook his figure, turned around, and when he looked back, he found that he had almost stepped into a puddle full of dead leaves. If it weren't for the timely reaction, if you stepped on this foot, although you wouldn't have to worry about your life, this dress would have to be ruined again.
I saw Qingzi look back at me, frowned, and said, "What are you thinking about when you walk?" ”
I can't say "I'm beating your idea", so I can only mum a few times and be vague. At this moment, I heard a faint cry for help from ahead. I hurriedly said, "I'll take a look." "Flying as if he was fled.
After a while of galloping on the mountain road, I heard the cry for help again, intermittently, very hurried and frightened. Skirting around a few wet trees, I saw a puddle full of dead leaves in front of me, and a man was struggling to call for help.
I glanced at it from a distance, and I only felt that this scene was very familiar, and I somehow remembered the fortune teller named Zhu Wen, and thought to myself that it would not be him.
Frightened by the man's cry, he immediately swept over, reached out and grabbed him by the collar, and carried him out. Don't underestimate this kind of small puddle in the deep mountains, you can't tell how deep it is, plus the dead branches and rotten leaves that have accumulated over the years, when soaked by rain, it is similar to a mire. As soon as ordinary people fall in, they are afraid that they will die.
I left the man down and took a closer look, only to realize that it was not the fortune teller. The man screamed loudly, and as soon as his feet hit the ground, he fell limp. He looked like he was about twenty years old, wearing a pair of glasses, with a thin body and an ordinary appearance, his whole body was wet, covered with mud and rotten leaves, and his face was pale and shivering.
After a long while, I heard him tremble and say, "Thank you...... Thank you...... Save...... Help ......" The whole person trembled, obviously frightened, and couldn't even say a word.
I checked him a little, and there were no other injuries on his body, nothing serious, so I said, "Walk and look at the road, don't think about it!" With that, he turned and left.
Just a few steps away, I heard the sound of footsteps behind me, it was the glasses brother who chased after him, ran too fast, stepped on a ball of mud under his feet, and fell into the mud again, knocking the glasses out. The man was in a hurry, squinting his eyes and looking everywhere. I couldn't see it, so I picked it up and handed it back to him.
The man put on his eyes tremblingly, immediately pulled me and said, "Well...... Benefactor, you ...... You...... Don't go! After talking for a long time, I realized that this person was frightened and wanted to go on the road with me.
I looked at him a few times, and saw that the man was soaking wet and embarrassed, and for a moment I couldn't see any way out. Then the man cried out, "Yes...... The benefactor is...... It's an outsider. This...... It's easy to get lost in this place, I ...... I can show you the way. ”
I listened to it, looked at him, and said, "You live here?" ”
The man nodded hurriedly and said yes. He grew up here, and the terrain is very familiar, but he has been out for the past few years, and he hasn't come back for a while. This time, there was an urgent matter at home, so I rushed back in a hurry.
I glanced at the sky, and it was almost night. Since the last time the tomb of the Xuannu was broken and the burial array was shaken, the yin qi has been derived in the barren mountains and wilderness, and evil things and spirits have grown, and there are many more dangers. If this kid is allowed to walk blindly, I am afraid that sooner or later he will have to die.
So he let him follow. Since this man is a local, he just needs to be a guide for us.
When the glasses brother heard me nod, he was immediately overjoyed. I didn't say anything, and when I saw that he was carrying a bag and was already soaking wet, I asked him to wash it with water and change his clothes.
When I returned to my place, I saw that Qingzi was still there, looking at the scenery around her. I led the men forward and told them what had just happened. Qingzi didn't say anything, just said "um".
When the glasses saw Qingzi, they were stunned for a long time, and it took a long time to wake up, and their originally pale face turned red, lowered their heads, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you two for taking it in, thank you two for taking it in." ”
The three of them continued on their way.
"Brother Benefactor, let's go this way." The glasses pointed ahead, "This area is very deserted, and that is our village. ”
I let out an "oh" and thought to myself, I might as well go to a village and ask for some news. was pondering, when I saw this kid peeking at Qingzi from time to time, he scolded in his heart, and immediately took him aside.
"Two ...... Are you also students? The kid blushed and asked.
Naturally, Qingzi would not take care of him. I glanced at him and said, "No." ”
The man seemed to be a little surprised, and said suspiciously, "You ...... Then you ......" It turns out that this person's surname is Su, and his name is Su Qin. I heard him say that he is now twenty-two years old and studying in other places.
I didn't say what I did, and I was afraid that saying it would scare this kid. The glasses didn't say anything when they saw me, and they didn't ask again quite interestingly.
After a little further walking, it was completely dark. I'm naturally okay with Qingzi, the glasses can't walk at all, stumbling, if I hadn't grabbed him, I wouldn't know how to plant a few heels.
"Well...... Brother Benefactor, you ...... Are you not afraid of the dark? ”
"Get used to it." I said a word and dragged him away.
After a little more walking, the terrain became flat, and when I entered a dense forest, I saw a little fire flickering in front of me. The glasses had walked a dark road, and now when he saw the light, he was overjoyed and exclaimed, "There are people there!" ”
I saw that my heart moved slightly, and it would not be too unusual for me to dare to walk in such a barren mountain at this time.
When he got closer, he saw two people sitting under a big tree in front of him, and they made a fire. Behind them, there seemed to be something standing, covered with a white cloth.
The two men heard footsteps and glanced back. One was a tall, rugged-looking man, and the other was a lean old man with gray hair and looked quite old.
As soon as the glasses saw it, they immediately ran up, respectfully called "Third Uncle" to the lean old man, and said to the big man: "Old Uncle Liu." ”
The third uncle glanced at him, just nodded slightly, didn't say anything, but turned his gaze to me and Qingzi. The glasses hurriedly said, "These two are my lifesavers." "I told you what I had done.
The third uncle kept frowning and looked sad, and after listening to it, he just said "oh" and didn't speak. However, the old Uncle Liu was quite enthusiastic and said hello to us.
The glasses were roasted on fire, and they asked Uncle Liu where they were going. The old Uncle Liu said that he was going back to the village. When the glasses heard it, they were immediately overjoyed, saying that it was just right for everyone to go on the road together.
I looked at the side for a while, leaned next to Qingzi, and said, "Let's take a rest too." ”
Qingzi said: "Okay." ”
So he went to the side and found a stone, wiped it clean, asked Aoko to come and sit down, and then sat down next to her. Seeing that the glasses were talking to the old Uncle Liu, he leaned his head over and said in a low voice, "What do you see wrapped under the white cloth?" ”
Qingzi ignored me and said, "You still don't know." ”
I was poked by her, and my face didn't change. In fact, as soon as I came over, I already noticed it. I just want to take the opportunity to smell the fragrance on her body.
The glasses talked to the old Uncle Liu for a while, then came to us, held a few cakes in his hand, and said, "There is nothing in the mountains, do you want to eat some?" ”
His face was flushed, but he only told me that he didn't dare to look at Qingzi.