Chapter XVII: The Siege
I saw that around Qiao Xihai's body, there were green stars everywhere, flashing endlessly, like fireflies in the wild on a summer night, but these "fireflies" rarely moved, overwhelming, I don't know how many.
"It's a wolf!" Jin Laotong said softly, Rao is he has lived in the desert for many years, and he has never seen such a large group of wolves, his face changed color slightly, thought about it, and greeted Qiao Xihai in a loud voice: "Hey, old monster!" This is your territory, what do you say, we will listen to you! ”
Josie Hai originally put his hands in his sleeves, when he was young, with a wide forehead and high cheeks, he was quite complacent about his appearance, and often looked at the big mirror in the room to look at himself. However, he is not very satisfied with a pair of big hands, so he often tuck them up his sleeves. But now he has also pulled out, grabbed and loosened, moved for a while, replied to Jin Laotong, and seemed to be muttering to himself: "Yes, this is my territory, as long as I can return to the West Sea, the mountains are blocked, why be afraid of these demons and monsters!" ”
After that, his body flickered, first to the east, then to the north, rushed left and right, turned a few big circles, and actually rushed out of the wolves. There are a few wolves pounced on and bited, and were beaten by him a few times and broke their tendons, and the wolves around them had no feelings of the same race, and they were so hungry that they pounced on them and bitten, and after a while, there were a few more wolf bones on the wasteland, and they were sad.
Feng Lanzi saw that Qiao Xihai would leave them behind and escape alone, and shouted loudly: "Uncle Shi, there are still us!" What are we going to do? ”
Qiao Xihai slapped and kicked, and killed several wolves, his eyes were open, and there was nothing to stop him, and he laughed and said: "What we, you are the same as Han Juzi, you are all useless waste, what does it have to do with me!" Looking back at Bai Qian, in the night, she could vaguely see her Qianying Tingting, and said secretly in her heart: "It's a pity for her!" "Don't hesitate to kill a way and go to the West Sea. The wolves quietly divided into half and followed him, and the other half remained in place, surrounding the rest of the people in the middle, and the encirclement was shrinking little by little, and the heavy breathing of the wild wolves could almost be felt.
Luo Meizi spat in the direction of Qiao Xihai's escape, and scolded: "We married Jin Lan with you in vain, but we didn't save you when we saw death, old disgusting, ugly monsters, so that you can't die well!" Scolded here, glanced at Bai Qian, thinking that he could not even have such a good daughter-in-law for his own life, and his own "marrying Jin Lan with him in vain" seemed to be nothing.
"Fire! Don't you carry a fire! Chu Jiangqiu suddenly pointed to Jin Laotong's arms and said. Jin Laotong suddenly realized, and took out flint and flint velvet from his body, fortunately there was still a lot left, and said hurriedly: "He is right, the beast is afraid of fire, go and pick up some fire-causing things!" ”
The rest of the people cut down a lot of poplar trees, red willows, and reeds nearby, and spread a large fire ring two or three feet wide around them, and the fire was blazing, illuminating the happy faces around them. The wolves were a little frightened and stepped back a little, but they were not far away. These beasts, who have lived in the wasteland for generations, cunning and ferocious, but also strong and patient, will wait until the prey has lost all their strength, and if the slightest flash of fire can scare them away, they will starve to death.
And they may feel like they don't have to wait too long, as the fire is getting smaller and the nearby poplars and red willows have almost all been cut down. Some wolves couldn't hold back and stood up, and a few took advantage of a fire to go out and wanted to venture into the circle, but they were thrown out by Jin Laotong and Chu Jiangqiu with a burst of punches and kicks, and the wolves were quieter.
But all the people knew in their hearts that as long as the fire ring was extinguished, even if it was just a small gap, these beasts that were already hungry and panicked swarmed up, and their hands were difficult to defeat the wolves, even if Jin Laotong and Chu Jiangqiu's martial arts were not weak, and the other few people could be regarded as having two hits, but sooner or later, the whole group would become the wild wolf's meal. Bai Qian thought of the white bones she had just seen, and her body couldn't help shaking, and she didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Chu Jiangqiu took off her coat and draped it on Bai Qian's body, warming her almost frozen body a little, and then tied her belt, and asked Luo Meizi's Yanling knife to go, and was about to go out of the circle. Bai Qian grabbed him and asked, "You, where are you going?" ”
Chu Jiangqiu pointed to the distance with his hand and said, "I'll chop some firewood again, it's better than sitting still like this!" In the direction of his finger, behind the wolves, there were indeed some poplars and red willows, some of which were densely packed, enough to be used for a while.
Bai Qian didn't say anything anymore, and helped Chu Jiangqiu straighten his clothes and tie his belt, just like his relatives were about to go out before. She didn't need to say anything more, Chu Jiangqiu was right, she took a great risk when she went out, but if she didn't go, everyone would have to die together. Anyway, if he can come back, everyone will fight together again; If she can't come back, she no longer wants to get out of this circle of fire alive. At this time, the two are really heart-to-heart, but they feel that everything they say is superfluous.
Bai Qian's body was close to his, and her hair was blown up by the wind and touched his face. Chu Jiangqiu smelled the fresh smell in his hair, his heart fluttered, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, he was afraid that if he thought about it, his feet would no longer have the courage to take this step, so he turned around and was about to walk out of the circle.
"Wait!" Ou Zhuzi suddenly flashed out, blocking Chu Jiangqiu's way.
Chu Jiangqiu glanced him up and down, and said suspiciously, "What, do you want to go?" ”
Ou Zhuzi was quite self-aware this time, shook his head and said: "My martial arts skills are not as good as yours, and I will be eaten by hungry wolves after I can't walk a few steps, but I am also a little worried about you going." ”
Chu Jiangqiu just asked, "What are you not worried about?" Suddenly, he came to his senses, glared and said, "Are you afraid that I won't come back?" ”
Ou Zhuzi nodded, admitted his own affairs, and said: "If you want to go, you must leave the fourth brother's knife, in case you don't come back, we will kill the wolf and chop wood, and there will always be a blade to take advantage of!" ”
Chu Jiangqiu didn't want to say more to him, so he snorted, pulled out his knife, and threw it on the ground. He threw this with all his strength, and the sand was so soft that it was plunged into the ground, and only a short hilt remained on the ground.
Ou Zhuzi sneered: "What, do you show kung fu?" "The three of them can't do their fists and feet, but their kung fu is not weak, and they don't spare people at all, but they don't know how they have survived so well after so many years in the rivers and lakes.
Jin Laotong said on the side: "If you don't let him bring a knife, do you want him to split his hands and kicks?" ”
Luo Meizi hesitated and said, "Second brother, I, I don't think the white-faced kid is that kind of person. Chu Jiangqiu glanced at him gratefully, in fact, his face was not white and flawless, at least it was far worse than Gongzi Xiaoxu, but Luo Meizi compared it with his own black charcoal face, naturally everyone was a "white-faced boy".
Feng Lanzi opened her mouth and was about to agree, but Ou Zhuzi glanced at them and said sharply: "Shut up!" You know what! Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, didn't Master Qiao also swear that he wanted to avenge Brother Han? Where is he now? ”
Luo Meizi and Feng Lanzi remembered that this "uncle" was really not like words, and they couldn't help but scold. Bai Qian separated the two, and as soon as she bent down, she went to pull out the Yanling knife inserted on the ground, but the blade went deep into the ground, she was small and weak, and pulled it out a few times, but the Yanling knife did not move at all.
Seeing this, Jin Laotong stomped his foot lightly silently, and with a few clicks, the ground cracked into several pieces, and Bai Qian easily pulled out the knife and stuffed it into Chu Jiangqiu's hand with a "hey". He wanted to wait or not, but was shaken by Bai Qian, sighed secretly, and had to take it.
Bai Qian turned around, pointed to the sky with her finger, and said, "When the moon comes here, if he doesn't come back, I, Bai Qian, will pay for your eldest brother Han's life, and I will never regret it!" ”
Everyone looked up at the sky in unison, and the spot she was pointing to was about half an hour later. Ou Zhuzi saw the real kung fu of Jin Laotong's feet and stomped on the earth, and secretly thought: "This stupid old man's martial arts are so strong, if he helps them, he will be a little hot." He muttered a few words that no one understood, and said no more.
Bai Qian glanced at Chu Jiangqiu carefully and said, "You go, if you don't come back, I will treat you as if I have never met you!" ”
Chu Jiangqiu stared at her eyes, shining like a star shining among a hundred flowers, his mood was agitated, and he said, "Don't worry, I will definitely come back!" After finishing speaking, he walked out of the ring of fire proudly, with a knife in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and under his feet according to the method of internal breath and transportation taught by Jin Laotong, he rushed left and right, and fought a bloody way in the wolves, and gradually walked away until the night was boundless, slowly engulfing him.
Bai Qian was still standing in place, staring at the direction he was leaving, her long hair was flying, her white clothes were fluttering, and she was like a fairy. Not to mention Feng Lanzi and Luo Meizi, even Ou Zhuzi muttered in his heart: "If the kid surnamed Chu doesn't come back, will I really want to kill this little girl?" ”
Time passed little by little, Chu Jiangqiu was still nowhere to be seen, the fire was gradually about to go out, and the last breath of fire on the northeast corner struggled for a while, and finally disappeared without a trace, revealing a gap several feet wide. A few hungry wolves were so hungry that they ventured through the gap. Jin Laotong and the others flew over, punched and kicked, drove away the hungry wolf, and then gathered the fire ring inside, shrunk a few feet, and rekindled.
By the time the ring of fire had been reduced to one zhang or five feet again, the five of them had been huddled in a small place, almost shoulder to shoulder, back to back, unable to move. At this time, the time had just passed an hour, and except for Bai Qian, the other four people looked up at the moon almost at the same time. As evidenced by the moon, although the four of them had different languages and expressions in their hearts at this time, they all turned to the same thought: "When the time comes, I have to think of a way to save her...... But, but, what difference does it make if we are about to die together, and die early or late for a moment or three? ”
Yes, it doesn't really make a difference. In Bai Qian's heart, she was already devastated at this time, Chu Jiangqiu had not come back yet, but there were two possibilities: one was to escape alone, and the other was to offer a wolf's kiss. And either of these two, she must die.
Bai Qian took a long breath, this desolate, chilly air was afraid that it was the last memory of this life. She thought, the first step, the step, the first step, one foot outside the ring of fire. The wolf, who sat in the first few rows, stood up as if given some command, and cocked its tail high, showing its salivating fangs......