Xuanmeng rested for a while, pulled Kexin up and walked towards the mountains and forests in front. The road in this forest is even more difficult to walk, there are almost no footprints to be found, Xuanmeng pulls Kexin with one hand, and explores with withered branches with the other. At this time, it was already dark, and in the grass and trees they passed, there were hares, birds, and the like from time to time, and Kexin was so frightened that she screamed loudly.

After groping for two or three miles like this, there was still no end in sight in front of him, but Ke Xin was already stinging in his feet and couldn't walk anymore. Xuanmeng bent down and carried her on his back, and walked for more than three miles, his legs were weak, and he had no strength, so he had to put her down and rest against the tree.

I don't know that when I stopped, I didn't want to get up again. Xuanmeng hugged Kexin to his chest and couldn't help falling asleep. I don't know how long it took, but in a daze, I suddenly heard the sound of talking in the distance. Xuanmeng was startled and woke up.

I only heard a voice say: "We have searched for so long, and we can't see a ghost, is it because they are not in this direction, or are they hiding in someone's house?" Another voice said, "God knows where they are hiding, there are woods everywhere, where to find them?" But we must not be lazy, if the Sect Master finds out, it will be terrible, it is better to go forward and search again." ”

Half a mile away from them, two people were walking towards them with torches. At this time, Kexin also woke up, and when she saw the torch approaching them, she was trembling with fright, and her eyes were wide open and looking at Xuanmeng. Xuanmeng reached out to cover Ke Xin's small mouth, leaned over her, and waved his right hand.

I only heard the sound of searching getting closer and closer, and saw misfortune, but stopped about a few dozen steps away from them. One said: "Hey, look, there seem to be footprints here, isn't it... "Slow," another voice said, "Well, let me see." Oh, it turns out that you two little things are hiding here, Lao Tzu has seen you, why don't you get out quickly?" Xuanmeng's heart sank, and he was finally discovered by them, left and right are dead, don't hide, just stand up and let them catch it. was about to stand up, but saw Ke Xin's eyes looking at him in horror, and he felt a pain in his heart, and leaned down again.

After waiting for a while, they did not come this way, but only listened to the first person who spoke: "Little thing, if you don't come out by yourself, do you really want Lao Tzu to pull you out by himself?" Beware that I have skinned you. Xuanmeng's heart moved, signaled to Kexin, and lay down.

After a while, I only heard them whisper: "Not here, if it is here, two teenage children will not be scared to call out their mother." You see, the footprints here are just one person, they are two people together, how can there be only one person's footprints? There is not even a ghost in front of it. ”

When Xuanmeng heard this, he secretly screamed that it was dangerous. Then he said, "Let's take two more steps forward." I only heard two people take another dozen or so steps forward. Suddenly there was a scream, and a crow perched on a tree was startled and flew up, and then there was a loud sound of "quack", and the birds fluttered and flew up, causing the silent woods to be restless for a while. If Kexin hadn't been covered by Xuanmeng, she would have been so frightened that she screamed.

One of them spat out two mouthfuls of saliva and said, "Gray gas, gray gas, what is the name of the stinky crow ghost, like a dead person." He stopped and said: "Forget it, this place is full of ghosts, forgive them and the two children don't dare to stay in this place, how sad you listen to this crow, let's search another place." As he spoke, the footsteps of the two faded away.

It wasn't until he couldn't hear the sound anymore that Xuanmeng breathed a sigh of relief, let go of the hand holding Kexin, only to feel that the palms of his hands were full of sweat, and at the same time he felt that her small mouth was hot, and then tried it with her lips, her forehead was feverish, and it turned out that she was sick from the heavy rain.

Xuanmeng hugged Kexin tightly in his arms, pressed his face against her little face, his heart was sour, and tears dripped down in strings and fell on Kexin's cheeks. I only heard Kexin say: "Xuanmeng, don't cry, I'm not uncomfortable, but my head hurts a little, it's okay." ”

Xuanmeng was even more uncomfortable when he heard it, and his tears rolled more and more. Ke Xin's tears rolled out unconsciously. After a while, I only heard Kexin say softly: "Xuanmeng, don't cry, tell me the story of Grandma Wolf, I will feel better." Xuanmeng held back tears, followed her, and spoke. After a while, Kexin fell asleep.

The summer nights are always short, and it doesn't take long for the day to slowly brighten. When Xuanmeng woke up, he saw that the trees in the forest were clearly recognizable, and he didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he called Kexin. I screamed a few times, but I saw that she was confused and didn't get up. Try it with your hands, and your forehead is even hotter than yesterday.

Xuanmeng knew that she was not lightly ill, she supported the ground with her hands, and was about to get up, when she suddenly felt that her hands were cold, slippery, and greasy, and she was shocked, and she withdrew her hand and looked back, only to see a big snake coiled beside her, with a flat head and a triangle, and a red tongue in her mouth, looking at him.

Xuanmeng had always grown up in the mountains, and at first glance he knew that this was a strange and poisonous cobra, so he was so frightened that he didn't move, and looked at it, just hoping that it would go away. This snake is extremely venomous, and when it is bitten, it kills immediately.

Xuanmeng looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help praying in his heart: "Brother Snake, Uncle Snake, Grandpa Snake, hurry up." No, I call you Grandpa Snake, Ancestor of Snakes. I won't mess with you, and you won't mess with me, I just ask you to live a long life, have many children and grandchildren, and let us go. As long as you go, I will incense you every day. Sure enough, the serpent stared at him for a moment, then slowly stretched out and slid past him, winding away in the direction of the grass. It wasn't until the big snake walked away that Xuan Meng helped Kexin stand up and bowed in the direction where the snake went.

Kexin was so sick that Xuanmeng carried her on his back and staggered forward.

This hill is very large, and the trees are dense, and it took nearly two hours to walk out of the woods. When I went up to the slope tomb, I saw a family in front of me, and not far away, there was a village. Xuanmeng didn't care much, and went straight to the house with Kexin on his back.

It turned out that this family was a hunter, only the father-in-law and mother-in-law were at home, and the son and daughter-in-law went out to work. They were startled when they saw two muddy children with muddy faces and torn clothes breaking in. After asking the reason, it turned out to be two brothers and sisters, who got lost by relatives, and their sister was sick again.

The mountain family was kind-hearted, and when they saw that the child was pitiful, they didn't ask carefully and took out the food. The father-in-law reached out and tried Kexin's forehead, took a warm towel and put it on it, and fed some yams.

After eating in a hurry, the two kowtowed to their parents-in-law twice, asked for some dry food to carry, and took out a small golden bean from their arms and handed it to them. The mountain family had seen gold a few times, and said that they didn't want it, Xuanmeng forced it over, and helped Kexin to go downhill.

The two of them descended from the mausoleum and followed a path to the southwest. After eating, I felt much better.

After walking more than ten miles, he came to a town, where he went to a silver shop, exchanged some broken silver with gold pages, and hired an ox cart. When people saw that he was a little child, dressed in tatters, and carrying a gold page, they couldn't help but pay more attention, and of course, he also made more money in business.

Xuanmeng and Kexin finally got rid of the pain of sibling fatigue, and calmly lay down in the ox cart, listening to the wheels rolling forward slowly.