Chapter 233: Descending the Mountain
Of course I knew why she was screaming. Now my ears seem to be several times more sensitive than before, and I hear a regular rustling sound in addition to the sound of the firewood burning. At first, I didn't understand it, but when the sound got closer, I remembered that it was the sound of Ming Chong's pet python "Peanut" swimming on the ground.
I thought of the python hiding in the hole, but I didn't expect it to open its mouth and swallow Bao'er without warning. In this hesitation, I crossed the light veil, and most of Bao'er was already in the python's mouth.
This is over, even if Bao'er is rescued, I'm afraid she will be more than lucky. I didn't think much about it, so I slapped my palm on the python's head in mid-air. This was the most force I could use, and I could see the python's neck crumbling in vain, and the bones rattling.
But it didn't spit out Bo'er. Instead, he tilted his head up as if he was ruthless, trying to swallow Bao'er whole. I missed, and I could only kick the python in the neck. As a result, before he could kick it, he saw that the python's body was folded, as if it had been stimulated by something, and now the head, which was thicker than the body, began to shake indiscriminately.
I kicked it into the air, and when I stood on the ground, I saw that Bao'er seemed to be shining red. And the python "Peanut" seemed to have eaten something hot, and forcibly vomited Bao'er.
By the time I caught Bao'er, she had passed out. The clumps of slime on my body emitted a foul smell that I was used to. Looking at Peanut again, a pair of eyes actually looked at Bao'er lying in my arms in horror, as if he was looking at a natural enemy. While I was wary of the python, I also wanted to see if Bao'er could be saved.
"Brother Mu, are you okay?" Wuchen shouted at me, he no longer had any combat power, "I'll give you the Dragon Sword, you can continue." ”
"I'm fine!" I heard the sound of the sword shaking behind me, and reached out to catch the dragon sword.
The python "Peanut" saw that I was holding the dragon sword in my hand, and seemed to know that it was powerful, and he actually twisted his neck. Turn around and swim deeper into the cave. I watched its neck twist to the side, as if it was very unnatural, and I guess it was slapped by me. I almost got eaten by it last night, and today I was able to cripple it with one palm. This is really a cycle of feng shui.
I didn't plan to provoke it, after all, it was Ming Chong's pet. And Ming Chong can be regarded as half of my master.
Checking Bao'er, she doesn't seem to be hurt. The breathing is also steady, and the unconscious is probably just frightened. And she didn't break her face, her face was still the same as if she could blow a bullet.
"Wuchen, did you see her shining red just now?" I carried Bao'er to the fire.
"I saw it, it seemed to be Miss Bao'er...... Sent out. ”
Wuchen glanced at Bo'er's naked body. His face turned red, and he quickly turned around, and kept chanting "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable" in his mouth.
"You just don't have a pure heart to look at Bao'er's body and be scared. I laughed at him, "You should think of her as a skin." ”
Wuchen seemed to be hit by my sore spot, hesitated for a moment, and slowly turned around in order to prove his purity.
"Brother Mu, you better cover up Miss Bao'er. It's not good for her to be so exposed. ”
I don't have a problem with this, so I pulled a piece of light veil over her body. It turns out that it's okay not to cover it. Now that it's covered, it makes me feel that something is wrong. That looming temptation made me feel uneasy. I think Wuchen is the same, but he's too embarrassed to say it.
"Why do you think she's glowing red? Is there something that can't protect her body?"
"I can't say this well, after all, there is not only the Tao but also the Dharma in the world. There is also a chaotic method of monks. ”
"Did you think she had hands and feet made by Gerdan?"
"Possibly," Wuchen nodded, "but Miss Bao'er glows red when she's in distress, and we haven't seen her in real distress before." Therefore, it cannot be easily said that it is Geldan, and it is not known whether it was something that existed before. ”
What he said also made sense, she had suffered a lot before. became the puppet of Muto Mountains and Rivers, and later his body was occupied by Lu Jia, and if he can persist until now as a woman in the early Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that she must have a huge heart.
"You said that she would only emit red light when she was in distress, so let's let her be in danger again to see if there would be a red light for her body. ”
"What kind of distress law?" Wuchen didn't understand what I meant.
I raised my palm, gathered my true qi in my palm, and prepared to slap it at Bao'er's stomach with one palm.
"I see. Wuchen nodded, but immediately shook his head quickly and put his arm on my arm, "Brother Mu, think twice." ”
"I just want to see if she really has the ability to protect herself. I said, "I'm not going to fight for real, I'm just going to put on a show." ”
"Why bother, whether it was Gerdan's work or not, it would always be good to get Miss Bao'er out of danger. ”
I put my hand down and nodded.
"Do you miss your Miss Lu?" I looked at Wuchen's expression, which reminded me of Lu Yuxiu. She is still uncertain about her life and death, and she was taken to Zhaoyuan by that "Lu Zijun", and she doesn't know if she has found the golden vein. What golden veins and dragon veins have gathered on the Jiaodong Peninsula, what is the reason, and what is the relationship between them?
"Well, I don't know how Miss Lu is now. We all the way through and it seemed like someone was holding us by the nose all the time. Since we left Jinan City, even leaving Jinan City, this matter seems to have been arranged by others. ”
I understand being led by the nose. I also have things that I can't let go, and things I want to get, so I'm willing to be led by the nose. However, I didn't need to be arranged by others to leave Jinan City, but I left voluntarily, and it was time to go.
"Wuchen, you still don't want to be a Taoist priest. Wouldn't it be good to marry Lu Yuxiu and have children in the future, you are still young, and a better life is waiting for you. ”
"Brother Mu, why do you have such thoughts. Wuchen was puzzled at first, but soon understood, "Oh, what a sin, Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"
"Okay, you can rest, it's better to get up early tomorrow morning, you can walk down the mountain by yourself." "It's the middle of the night, and I'm feeling a little sleepy.
"What about the python?"
"There's me. ”
Bao'er woke up a few times in the night, and I heard her call my name, and she shouted coldly. I can only try to make the campfire as bright as possible. In the end, I had no choice but to put her clothes on and hold her all night.
The next morning, I woke up hungry. When I opened my eyes, I saw that the sun was already shining into the cave. Bao'er was not around, and I came to my senses and stood up to find that Wuchen was not there.
Quickly ran out of the cave, only to find Wuchen holding a wrist-thick branch in his hand, trying to walk there. Bao'er washes her dried python saliva in a puddle of stagnant water.
"You're awake. ”
Looking at Bao'er's face flushed in the sun, I thought for a moment that everything was fine after the rain had passed. But I quickly got rid of that slack thought in my head.
"Let's hurry down the mountain, maybe we will catch their breakfast." ”
Along the way, I helped Wuchen to the foot of the mountain, and the sun was already in the middle of it. The temperature is really unpredictable this autumn, and I feel a little bit of summer at this time, and I can't wait to be bare-chested. Bao'er is also sweaty on her face, wiping it with a handkerchief from time to time, too much to see the sky without a trace of clouds.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" a shout came from behind us with the sound of chaotic horses' hooves.
When we looked back, the horse's head was less than ten feet away from us. Looking at the costumes, they are cavalry of the Northern Army, and the number is forty or fifty. The country road was already narrow and unavoidable, so I had to take Bao'er and pull Wuchen into the wheat field next to me. At this time, the wheat had been harvested, and the wheat stalks were still in the ground, and my feet hurt when they were stabbed.
"What are you doing!" I shouted at the horse's butt.
One of the soldiers on horseback looked back at me, presumably on his own business, and had no time to pay attention to me, so he turned his head and galloped forward with his horse's belly.
"Could this be the rescuers moved by Fang Tong and Xing Wuyang?" asked Wuchen as he looked at the horse team that was far away.
"I'm afraid that's it, I don't know where they're going, and where Xing Wuyang has gone. ”
"Then do you want to go back to Liu Huaichun's house?" Bao'er asked with some worry, as if Liu Huaichun's family had left her a psychological shadow.
"Go, but these soldiers don't seem to be on the way to Liu Huaichun's house. "I saw that the soldiers had crossed a fork in the road but walked in the other direction, as if they had left the village and walked towards the county seat of Qixia.
When I arrived at the door of Liu Huaichun's house, I found that the door of their house was closed, and if I looked closely, I could see that it was locked. What is going on? Xing Wuyang and Fang Tong have not returned to Liujiaji, so where did Liu Huaichun go? After leaving here for two days, it seems that the entire village has changed. In the past, it was just lunch at this time, and everyone gathered in twos and threes in front of the village and behind the house to chat. But now the village is quiet, as if it were an empty village.
"Their house is locked, there is no one inside, and we can't get in, so let's wait somewhere else. Bao'er seemed relieved to see that the door of Liu Huaichun's house was locked.
"If it's locked, we'll just smash it open, what are you afraid of. "I don't care if he locks it up or not, that old man is definitely not a good thing.
So saying, I went to the door and pulled the big brass lock, and with a hard hand, the lock snapped. It's a wonderful feeling, it's like you've become a superman, and you're about to reach the point where you can do anything.
"What are you doing!" Suddenly a voice came from behind me, startling me. (To be continued......)