Chapter 30: Mystical Power
Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi walked out of the tofu workshop and walked unhurriedly holding their arms. Maybe only Ah Zi knows in his heart that the old woman who looks old next to him is actually not a few years older than his age, but in the eyes of outsiders, this is clearly his granddaughter supporting her elderly grandmother on the way, and she would never have thought that the two of them would be terrifying warriors for devils and traitors.
"I can't help it, you tell me how the hell it's like this. Ah Zi hugged Qiao Xiaojing and asked in a low voice.
"I can't say it clearly, I'll tell you when I have time. Qiao Xiaojing bent her waist and walked cautiously.
"Straight to the point, just to the point, okay? Otherwise, I'll always have this in my mind and I won't be able to focus on anything else. Ah Zi almost spoke to Qiao Xiaojing in a begging tone.
"It's really not good now, there are a lot of people on the street, it's chaotic, you can't hear it when it's quiet, and others hear it when it's loud, if it's heard by devils or traitors, my old woman and you, the flower girl, are finished. Qiao Xiaojing covered her mouth and laughed.
"Oh, really, my heart is scratching like a cat's paws...... Alright then, I'll bear with it, I'll help your old grandmother walk now, and you must tell me when you go out of the city!" Ah Zi's curiosity was scratching at her nerves.
Qiao Xiaojing nodded, coughed a few times like an old man, and walked forward.
As he spoke, he came to the city gate, at this time it was the peak period of the flow of people in and out of the county, and the devils actually set up a checkpoint at the city gate, and the two devils, plus two imperial allies, were investigating.
"These bastards, didn't they withdraw earlier, why did they set up guards to check again?" Ah Zi was a little nervous when he saw the checkpoint.
"Be calmer, we are just the old woman from the countryside who took her granddaughter into the county seat, and she didn't have any weapons on her, so she brought some dry food and water, and they could check if they wanted to, can they still eat us?" Qiao Xiaojing smiled and coughed a few more times.
"After all, you are fake, in case a flaw is revealed, then we will ......" Ah Zi was worried that the fake old woman next to her would reveal her stuffing.
"Don't worry, I have my own opinions, let's go to the side of the traitor inspection. "This old woman is a bit like an old urchin.
"Don't look for trouble, business matters, time is tight, and the task is heavy, and if you have a good job, it will all be delayed. Ah Zi became more and more worried, she was afraid that Qiao Xiaojing would play too much and expose her stuffing.
Qiao Xiaojing squeezed Ah Zi's hand and walked calmly towards the traitor who was being investigated.
"Stop!" a traitor shouted, and the bayonet was aimed at Ah Zi's baggage. "Open the baggage and get checked. ”
Ah Zi timidly untied the burden from his body, and was about to hand it over to the traitor, but Qiao Xiaojing suddenly shouted: "Why are you like this, what kind of hooligan are you playing, check the baggage, check the baggage, how can you touch my old woman......
Qiao Xiaojing's cry immediately attracted the villagers to watch, everyone pointed and whispered, and everyone's eyes were on this traitor and the gray-haired old woman, which caught this traitor off guard.
"I, I, I ......" The traitor was stunned, his face was flushed, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
"Do you have a little humanity, you, I can be your grandmother at my age, and you actually do something to me?" Qiao Xiaojing said as she wiped her eyes and tears, looking very sad.
Everyone felt more and more that the world was declining, and they all shook their heads and cursed.
When the devils who were on the other side saw this, they rushed over with shouts, and the bayonets were waved in front of everyone, signaling the onlookers to disperse, but who of the villagers would leave because of this? They only took two steps back.
"What's going on?" one of the devils stared at Qiao Xiaojing and the traitor who was conducting the investigation with eyes the size of a cow's egg.
This traitor was about to speak, but was preempted by Qiao Xiaojing, Qiao Xiaojing cried: "Taijun, you have to make decisions for me, I'm this old, he, he actually reached out to touch me, you say me, what face will I have to live in the future, Taijun, I can't live......" Qiao Xiaojing cried more and more sadly, making people break their hearts.
"Is what the old woman said true?" the devil's face changed drastically, and he glared at the trembling traitor viciously.
"I, I, I ......" This traitor stammered even more seriously when he saw the devil's fierce and vicious appearance.
"Taijun, you can see it all," Qiao Xiaojing pointed to the traitor in front of her, and then cried, "I know that Taijun will not protect his shortcomings, please Taijun will give justice to my old wife." ”
"Bastard!" the devil glared at the traitor, and before he could finish speaking, he slapped the man fiercely.
I saw that the traitor's saliva and snot flew out together, and fell to the ground with a "pop".
"I'm sorry old woman, it's me who has been incompetent and has caused you harm, and I apologize to you. The devil bowed his head to Qiao Xiaojing, bowed deeply, and said, "Please get out of the city! ”
"Thank you, Taijun, for upholding justice, you must teach this beast a good lesson. Qiao Xiaojing, supported by Ah Zi, sobbed, pointed at the traitor who was trembling with his head drooping, and walked slowly out of the city.
The crowd dispersed, and the devil kicked the traitor again, and angrily reprimanded: "There is not enough success, but there is more than failure!"
After leaving the city, Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi were naturally in a good mood, and the two of them "giggled" and laughed.
"You really did it, you almost killed that traitor. Ah Zi always felt that Qiao Xiaojing was doing too much.
"He deserves it, he doesn't do it as a good person, but he wants to be a traitor, not to mention taking care of the home and nursing home for the devil, and bullying his compatriots at every turn, so that they can also taste the master's kindness to them. "Qiao Xiaojing hates people who have no backbone.
"Your trick is really bad, just your appearance, that traitor is really wronged?" Ah Zi glanced at Qiao Xiaojing with disdain.
"What's the matter, I'm called. Qiao Xiaojing looked complacent.
"Why am I a little nauseous and want to vomit?" Ah Zi pretended to want to vomit, covering her stomach with one hand and her mouth with the other.
"You shouldn't have it, right?" Qiao Xiaojing poked Ah Zi's finger and ran forward with a smile.
"You, you're disgusting too. Ah Zi pursed her lips, shook her head and said, "Don't talk about this, talk about your business." ”
"What's the matter with me?" Qiao Xiaojing pretended not to know.
"When you are in the city, you are not suspicious, promise me that you will tell me when you go out of the city, people can't be untrustworthy, hurry up!" Ah Zi still wanted to know why Qiao Xiaojing grew old in an instant.
"Do you want to ask me how I became an old woman?" Qiao Xiaojing glanced at Ah Zi and said with a smile, "This is a secret that can't be known to the second person, you say that since it's a secret, how can you tell it?"
"Don't be like this, tell me, okay?" Ah Zi was so anxious that he kept scratching his cheeks.
"Well, let me tell you, I just got a human skin mask. Before Qiao Xiaojing could finish speaking, she tore off the human skin mask from her face, and the original Qiao Xiaojing returned to her original appearance.
"It's amazing that the strange thing that came out of the storyteller's mouth turned into reality. Ah Zi had a surprised expression on her face.
"Changing your face is a unique job, from Sichuan, and the artists of the rivers and lakes use it to support their families, which is magical in the eyes of outsiders, and for many artists in Sichuan, it is just a change of human skin mask. Qiao Xiaojing didn't want Ah Zi to be distracted, so she told the truth.
"Since it's a unique skill, how can you do this?" Qiao Xiaojing's move completely subverted her image in Ah Zi's heart.
"By chance, I met a person who can change his face, and he begged for a lesson with a dead face. Qiao Xiaojing said very plainly.
"This unique skill is breathtaking, I also want to come to a fake and real, can you teach me?" Ah Zi was very interested.
"It's important to get down to business, think about how to find that mysterious person first, don't always think about changing your face. Qiao Xiaojing changed the topic, wanting to draw Ah Zi's mind to finding the mysterious person as soon as possible.
"Go to the place where the stranger delivered the note first, because during the Battle of the Canyon, the reinforcements provided by the mysterious man also appeared near there. "The last time the mysterious person's note was handed over to Ah Zi, and Ah Zi was asked to transfer it to Qiao Xiaojing.
"Okay. Qiao Xiaojing stuffed the human skin mask into her baggage and sped up her pace.
"After our mission is completed, you must teach me to change my face, okay?" Ah Zi followed behind Qiao Xiaojing.
"Let's talk about it. Qiao Xiaojing had no intention of talking about changing her face again.
"Oh, can you just promise me?" Ah Zi tugged on Qiao Xiaojing's back and begged, "I don't want you to teach me now, I mean that after the task is completed, I won't delay the business." ”
"Okay, yes, promise you. Qiao Xiaojing impatiently responded to Ah Zi's request.
After some hurrying, Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi finally came to the dirt slope that Ah Zi said. On the opposite side is the mountain peaks that extend upwards, and on the east side are the fields layer by layer, like irregular dough cakes, until the bottom of the ditch, the ditch is not very deep, and the whole picture of the ditch is in full view, which is not suitable for the garrison of large groups of men and horses;
Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi had the same opinion and decided to go to the west to inquire.
After walking on the barren slope for about half an hour, Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi arrived at the bottom of the ditch, they were already tired, and when they saw a stream not far away, the two rushed over to wash their faces, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
"It's so comfortable, it's so comfortable...... Ah Zi finished washing her face, stretched her waist, and suddenly shouted, "There are horseshoe prints, there are horseshoe prints...... The impression is deep, but it is clear, and it seems that the hoof print is not very long. ”
Qiao Xiaojing was naturally excited, looked at the surrounding environment, and said with a smile: "She thinks that this horseshoe print can take us to find the answer, after all, the villagers have no horses at home, even if they had in the past, they have already been snatched away by devils, and devils will not hide in this kind of place." ”
So, Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi walked along the horseshoe prints, getting farther and farther away from the stream, and the horseshoe prints became shallower and shallower, and half an hour later, two ditches appeared in front of them, and the dirt road leading to the two ditches was complicated, and the horseshoe prints they were concerned about were difficult to identify.
Just when Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu stood at the intersection of the two ditches and hesitated, men wearing peasant clothes suddenly appeared on the hillside in front and back, all of them were holding guns, and the gunman was aiming at Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu.
"Don't move, if you don't obey, you'll be smashed in the head. A man shouted.
In this way, Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu were tied up by these strangers, with black bags on their heads, pushing and shoving towards the ditch.