Chapter 18: The Inn in the Mountains

Let go of the donkey, Ji Qiu is very sad, he knows very well that the donkey will have no physiology, although he has not been with the donkey for a long time, but after all, he has ridden and driven, and can not protect it, which makes Ji Qiu both sad and depressed.

But the priority is not to be sad and sad, there are too many wolves, and they are likely to come back after biting and devouring the donkey, and there is no shelter around it, and there is nowhere to hide, but to regenerate bonfires to drive out the wolves.

After a while, the bonfire was rekindled, dry wood was not easy to find, fresh branches were always available, and wet wood could be burned even after the bonfire was burning.

The poor donkey didn't run far away and was surrounded by wolves, and the donkey kept screaming in pain when Ji Qiu was looking for firewood to make a fire, although he couldn't see the scene in the distance, Ji Qiu could imagine what happened to the donkey, and when the bonfire was burning, the nun had shelter, and couldn't bear it anymore, so she grabbed a stick with fire, carried a kitchen knife, and followed the donkey's bark to find the past.

At this time, the donkey has been pounced on by the wolves, and a large number of vicious wolves are surrounding the donkey to bite and gnaw.

The wolves were eating, and when they saw Ji Qiu coming, they bared their teeth and roared, rushing and intimidating.

Ji Qiu has never encountered this situation, fear is always inevitable, but fear will also breed courage, seeing the tragic situation of the donkey, he mustered up his courage, brandished a kitchen knife and shouted forward, temporarily drove back the wolves, and came to the donkey.

The donkey was so badly injured that he could not be saved, and the wolves only thought that he had come to snatch food, and did not go far, but wandered close, and could pounce and attack at any moment.

Ji Qiu didn't dare to hesitate to stay, his eyes were closed, his heart was horizontal, and he brandished a kitchen knife and slashed at the donkey's neck three times, killing the donkey and relieving its pain.

As soon as he retreated, the wolves immediately surrounded him, and at this time, the firewood stick in Ji Qiu's hand had been extinguished, so he had to run back to the bonfire and guard the bonfire to prevent the wolves.

Unable to protect the donkey made Ji Qiu's mood extremely bad, the way to the Soul League is far away, and the female monk's injuries will not be able to recover in a short time, without the donkey, how to rush in the future.

The nun remained unconscious, and the wolves left after eating the donkeys, and did not attack them again.

The clothes on the friar's body were wet, and falling into the water was the main reason before, and she had been sweating profusely since then, wearing wet clothes was very bad for her injuries, and Ji Qiu's baggage did have dry clothes, but he didn't dare to change them for the friar.

Finally survived until dawn, the nun finally woke up, and when she woke up, Ji Qiu immediately brought porridge and rice for her, and the nun thanked her and took it, but she was very weak, and her hand holding the bowl was trembling all the time.

Seeing this, Ji Qiu had to take the rice bowl and feed her with a spoon, although the nun was shy, she couldn't hold the bowl herself, so she had to be fed by him.

After eating some porridge and rice, the friar's face looked much better, and she stood up with her arms propped up, wanting to stand.

"What are you going to do?" Ji Qiu hurriedly stepped out to help.

The friar did not answer, her face flushed.

Ji Qiu was very smart, seeing her like this, he knew that she was going to relieve herself, so he took toilet paper from the baggage and delivered it, and then walked away to avoid suspicion.

When he returned, the friar had already sat down in her place, and when she saw no donkey to her left and right, she asked, "Where is your donkey?"

"Eaten by wolves. Ji Qiu untied his baggage and looked for a change of clothes.

The nun was shocked and asked why, and Ji Qiu told her what happened last night, and the nun looked around again, only to find that there were many footprints of wild wolves around.

Ji Qiu took out his own change of clothes, "Your clothes have always been wet, change them down, otherwise the injury will worsen." ”

The nun wanted to refuse, but Ji Qiu had already put down her clothes and turned to walk away.

After hesitating, the nun finally changed into Ji Qiu's clothes.

While the nun was changing her clothes, Ji Qiu came to the place where the wolves devoured the donkey last night, and the donkey that was still alive in the day yesterday was only a pile of bones at this time.

Ji Qiu sighed helplessly, his mood became more and more depressed, and he waited for the nun to call him, before returning to his place and sitting opposite the nusity.

"Give it to me, and I'll wash it for you when there's water." Ji Qiu reached out and begged for the friar's clothes.

The friar hesitated again, but at last handed him the rolled up garment, and thanked him.

Ji Qiu waved his hand, "Without the donkey, I can only carry you away." ”

The nun also noticed that Ji Qiu was depressed, so she relieved, "You don't have to feel sorry for the donkey, go to the Soul Suppression Alliance, and have your own compensation." ”

Ji Qiu shook his head and didn't answer.

"It's all because of me, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been in the hands of wolves, and your donkey wouldn't have died. The friar said.

Ji Qiu shook his head, "I don't blame you for this, it's not that I'm distressed about losing a donkey, it's that it once carried me, but I can't protect it." ”

The nun didn't answer immediately, she looked Ji Qiu up and down before she said slowly, "You are a good person. ”

"I'm not bad. Ji Qiu stood up, "You are injured now, you should be in bed to recuperate, without the donkey, we can't go, let's go forward, find a safe place to rest for a few days, and then do something when your injury improves, how about it?"

The friar thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Ji Qiu hung the iron pot on his chest and retreated to the friar, "I know you don't want me to carry it, but we have to hurry." ”

"Thank you. The nun leaned down on Ji Qiu's back and whispered thanks.

Ji Qiu didn't answer, carefully picked up the nun on his back, and continued along the path.

"My name is Ji Ling'er. The friar finally said her name.

"Oh. Ji Qiu responded casually.

Not long ago, Ji Ling'er also lost her mount, and she could understand Ji Qiu's feelings, and said with relief again, "You have done your best." ”

"Hey. Ji Qiu sighed.

Then there was a long silence, Ji Linger's injury was located on the left rib, and Ji Qiu tried to be stable when she walked, trying not to affect her wound.

In order to resolve the silence and embarrassment, Ji Ling'er took the initiative to talk to Ji Qiu and inquire about his situation in Yunyang City, Ji Qiu replied casually, his attention was diverted, and his mood was not as heavy as before.

"Will your companions come looking for you?" asked Ji Qiu.

"What?" Ji Ling'er asked casually.

"Do your companions know that you were injured by the Blood Guards, and will they come looking for you?" asked Ji Qiu.

Ji Ling'er shook her head, "No one knows about my appearance this time." ”

"They're not going to come out looking for you?" Ji Qiu asked again.

Ji Ling'er shook her head, "I'm afraid not, they don't know where I am." ”

"If you leave your post without permission, will you be punished when you go back?" Ji Qiu asked again.

"Probably not. Ji Linger replied with a smile.

Ji Qiu didn't think much about it, looked ahead, and found that there were several houses in the distance, the houses were located on the side of the road, and the distance in a straight line was only a dozen miles, but the mountain road was winding, and it was at least thirty or forty miles to go around.

At the same time that Ji Qiu found the house, Ji Ling'er also saw it.

"Is that an inn?" asked Ji Qiu.

"Presumably so. Ji Linger said.

"Hurry up, you should be able to get there before sunset. Ji Qiu said, thirty or forty miles is usually a normal time to walk for most of the day, carrying a person, it is already fast to be able to rush over before sunset.

At noon, the two left the trail and walked onto the main road, which was one of the several major roads leading to Nanlinghuang, but although the road was wide, there were no cars, horses and pedestrians passing by on the way.

Walking slowly, and finally arrived near the house before sunset, Ji Ling'er was drowsy, but when she arrived here, she suddenly woke up, "Wrong." ”

"What?" asked Ji Qiu with his hair crooked.

"It's not quite the right place for the inn. Ji Linger said.

"What's wrong?" Ji Qiu tilted his head and looked around, the two of them were still about a mile away from the inn at this time, and they couldn't see the inn from here.

"At this time, it's the time to hold the lamp, why don't you see the candlelight cooking smoke in the inn?" Ji Ling'er said.

Ji Qiu thought for a while, and said, "You stay here, I'll go and investigate first." ”

Ji Ling'er nodded in agreement.

Ji Qiu walked out more than a dozen zhang, put Ji Ling'er down, and walked alone.

"Be careful. Ji Ling'er told with concern.

Ji Qiu nodded.

At this time, it was not completely dark, and Ji Qiu had no scruples and strode forward.

After a while, when I arrived at the inn, there was no one outside the inn, the door was open, I walked to the door and looked in, and instantly broke out in a cold sweat, retreated sharply, and ran back.

"What's wrong?" asked Ji Ling'er eagerly.

"It's full of dead people......"