Chapter 66: Out of the Valley
All night, it was difficult to calm the excitement of going out of the valley, it was difficult to fall asleep after turning in the sky, he seemed to count the stars in the sky all night, and occasionally saw a few meteors streaked by. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Finally, when a ray of the sun gradually tore through the night, Qingkong forced himself to sleep for a while, because he knew that even after leaving the valley, they would not be able to return to Qingyun City immediately. He had been to that fishing village with Jin Ming, and knew that it was still a long distance away from Qingyun City, and the small fishing village was a poor and remote area, and only horses could rent transportation, so if he looked at the stars overnight like now, then he would definitely be completely out of spirit tomorrow, let alone gallop on horseback.
After squinting for a while, Qingkong opened his eyes again, and found that the sky in the Dragon Valley had become really fast, and in the blink of an eye, the sky was already bright. The two girls had already gotten up and were packing their bags. Qingkong found that Mu Tian also had a circle of imperceptible dark bags around his eyes, and it seemed that he hadn't slept well like him last night.
When Lu'er found out that Qingkong had woken up, she ran to him lightly and conjured up a few fruits from behind.
"Whew...... Let's eat something, it's just breakfast, this is prepared by Sister Mu Tian. Lu'er deliberately put the latter words very seriously, her intention was obvious, she wanted to alleviate the "contradiction" between the two of them.
"Breakfast, where is breakfast?" Before Qingkong could take it, the fat golden man who was sleeping next to him jumped up and looked around.
Seeing this situation, Qingkong naturally couldn't enjoy these fruits alone, so he took out one of the fruits in Lu'er's hand and threw it into the fat man's arms.
"Hehe, thank you, boss......" Jin Mingke didn't hesitate, after smirking a few times, he symbolically wiped the fruit with his hand, and put it whole in his mouth.
Qingkong also picked up the fruit and took a small bite as he walked to the riverbank, and found that the river was now flowing calmly, as Lu'er had said yesterday, and the water was deep enough for them to cross safely.
Qingkong quickly finished eating the fruit in his hand, returned to the camp and while packing his luggage, he said to Jin Ming, who was still playing with the wolf bear: "Fatty, quickly pack your things, we are going out of the valley today." ”
As soon as Jin Ming heard that he was going out of the valley, he suddenly came to his senses, nodded hurriedly, and then began to pack his things as well.
Driven by the eagerness to go home, the teenagers quickly sorted out their belongings and stood together by the riverbank.
"Huh......" Qingkong exhaled slightly, took the first step, stepped into the somewhat warm river with both feet, and slowly stepped forward, and several people behind him also followed.
It only took more than ten minutes for everyone to pass through the seemingly wide river, but it was these ten minutes that blocked them for nearly a month.
When they crossed the wide river to the other side, the task of leading the way was handed over to Lu'er. Walking here, everyone can clearly feel the difference from the depths of Dragon Valley, although the surrounding trees are still not few, but the density has been greatly attenuated, and the paths are all over the place, which also shows that there are people here who have been here, they are no longer the only humans in Dragon Valley, it is estimated that they should be hunters from the surrounding fishing villages, but the path intermittently shows that they are not too deep.
As the terrain slowly rose, Qingkong also knew that they were about to leave Dragon Valley, where they had been staying for nearly two months.
He slowly turned around, looking at the dragon valley behind him, which was still shrouded in a layer of mystery, and there was an indescribable feeling of nostalgia in his heart, but this feeling only lasted for a moment before dissipating. Qingkong shook his head and shook off the strange feeling, and continued to catch up with the people in front of him.
After walking for about half an hour, the terrain began to slowly become gentle. But Jin Ming had already begun to shout that he couldn't walk, and everyone had to rest for a while.
After resting for a while, they continued on their way, and finally in the distance the simple houses came into view of the boys, accompanied by wisps of cooking smoke, and some livestock grazing in the enclosures surrounded by wooden pens.
"It's finally out!" Jin Ming let out a sigh of relief, his face covered with fine sweat.
Mu Tian was also slightly happy in her heart, her lips were panting together, but it seemed that no matter how happy she was, she would not put her emotions on her face.
"Quick, quick, let's go into the village and find a small restaurant, and let them make us some sumptuous lunch!" The golden fat man looked at the cattle and sheep in the pen, as if he had imagined them as a delicacy on the table, "It would be perfect if there was wine, well? ”
After listening to Jin Ming's self-questioning and self-answering, if it was in normal times, Qingkong would definitely throw him a contemptuous look, but after eating tasteless food in Longgu for more than a month, he also missed those delicacies sprinkled with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar seasonings, and most importantly, he still needed a few good horses to send them back.
"I don't think it's better not to trouble the residents of these villages and towns," Mu Tian said dismayedly, and then looked at the two dragons and the wolf and bear with Jin Ming behind him, "Do you think we will be treated by the residents if we take them with us?
Although Mu Tian's words were disappointing, they were not unreasonable, so suddenly appeared in front of the villagers with two dragons and a wolf and bear, a beast that people thought to be ominous, they were scared to death, and they still wanted to be entertained? Moreover, the villagers living here are generally more difficult, so what is the difference between letting them take out a cow or a sheep for no reason and asking for their lives.
Jin Ming thought about it, rolled his eyes, and slapped his hands hard, "Huh, by the way, isn't this fishing village under the jurisdiction of Qingyun City?" Xiaokong, we can discuss with the people in charge of their villages and towns, show your identity, and when we return to Qingyun City, won't it be over if we ask someone to bring the money to them." Give them a chance to serve the noble marquis in the city, and don't ask for it. ”
When Qingkong heard this, Jin Ming's method was really good, this domain was indeed within the jurisdiction of Qingyun City, and he had to get their help.
"That's good!" Qingkong nodded, turned to Mu Tian, and said somewhat formally: "Miss Mu Tian, it's not that we trouble these villagers, but we have to get their help, this is still a long way from Qingyun City, so it is more convenient to rent their horses." Rest assured, the various expenses will definitely be a lot and they will be satisfied. ”
Mu Tian nodded when he heard that Qingkong's explanation was clear and seemed like a better solution, without any objection.
Seeing that he had agreed on the same opinion, he turned around and said, "Then let's go into the village." Qingkong beckoned Fei Xiao to his side, he didn't dare to be careless at this moment, after all, Fei Xiao hadn't seen anyone before, and the accident that Jin Ming was almost injured by it was still vivid.
As they approached the village, the road beneath their feet began to become muddy, and the footprints of cattle, sheep, pigs, and all kinds of livestock mixed under their feet. They came to an intersection that seemed to be a main road and walked in, saying that it was the main road, but in fact it was just a few laps larger than the other intersections.
When you actually walk into this small village, you will be greeted by a fishy smell, the kind that you can often smell in fish hawker markets. There were a few shops scattered on both sides of the road, and the bloody signs were vaguely written on them. Occasionally, one or two villagers would appear on the road, and Qingkong wanted to go up and ask them where the administrative personnel were here, but before he could get close to the villagers, they all turned around and left after seeing several extremely ferocious beasts behind him, which also made Qingkong quite helpless.
"Hey, why are there so few people here? Not like this when I came last time? Could it be that all the villagers have gone to sea?" The golden fat man found that the streets were too deserted, and remembered that the last time he came here, there were still quite a lot of people, after all, there were still many people who came here to eat fish.
Qingkong didn't speak, he just felt that the street was a little weird, and it wasn't early in the morning or evening, how could this be?
A few people walked silently for a distance, and to their surprise, in front of this slightly wide dirt road, a slightly atmospheric two-story small building appeared in front of everyone's eyes, although this small building made of wooden planks is not worth mentioning at all in Qingyun City, but it is a sight to behold in such a dilapidated village.
The building is surrounded by an iron fence more than two meters high, and the gate is tightly closed.
Qingkong guessed that this was supposed to be the place where the affairs of the village were managed, but for some reason the door was closed at this time, which made him feel that something was wrong.
"This should be the housekeeper's residence, right?" Jin Ming leaned over from behind and walked straight towards the closed door.
As soon as Jin Ming took a few steps, Qingkong grabbed his hand violently and pulled him back.
The fat golden man looked back with a puzzled expression, and was about to open his mouth to ask what was going on, when suddenly a noise gradually came from the other side of the street.