Chapter 166: The wolf takes shoulders
Liu Ruyan walked slowly, and met a group of soldiers who had just returned from bathing by the river, and were walking towards the Song camp with their shoulders hooked.
"Do you hear that, this sound must be a wolf, right?" The creep asked his companion.
Most of the other soldiers grew up in the village and had never seen wolves, but they had heard wolves howling.
"What are you afraid of, we have an army of 100,000 here, which wild wolf dares to come and spread wild."
"That being said." The little soldier shrunk his neck, always feeling that there were dark woods all around, and he was very panicked, "I once heard the old people say that if you walk alone at night and meet someone on the shoulder, don't look back...... The hungry lone wolf will put its paws on its shoulders, and if people turn around at this time, they will be bitten off their throats! ”
The little soldier whispered as suddenly, a claw came from behind his back to his shoulder, panting for hot air against his neck.
He immediately turned white, screamed, and ran away.
The soldier on his shoulder was hanging his right hand in the air, a little confused, "What is he running around, the story is not over yet." ”
The storyteller creep ran away alone, walking alone on the night road.
"Phew, it's all to blame for this stinky mouth, it's okay to tell a story about a wolf on his shoulder, scare himself!"
He whispered as a light drifted from his sight.
Xiao Bingqiang cheered up, and saw that the person standing behind the warm orange lantern was very familiar, he rubbed his eyes, and finally remembered that this person was Zeng Jin, the deputy general of the water division.
"General Zeng—" The soldier smiled and saluted Zeng.
Zeng Jin seemed to see him and nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.
The sailor and the Song army did not have much friendship on weekdays, and the little soldier did not expect to borrow his lantern for use, so he turned around and continued to walk towards the Song camp.
Fortunately, the moonlight is bright tonight, and the clear moonlight is like a cicada's wings, shrouding this mountain. However, not far after he walked out, the top of his head seemed to be covered with a curtain, and the whole world suddenly fell into darkness.
The little soldier looked up at the moon and saw black clouds floating above the sky, and the clouds closed the moon, and there was no half of moonlight. The only oil-paper lantern seemed to be swallowed up by the night, and he looked back at General Zeng, only to see that the lantern had been knocked to the ground, and the fire was almost extinguished.
Xiao Bing secretly said that something was wrong, and ran to Zeng Jin, but when he saw the scene in front of him, his pupils shrank suddenly.
He saw Zeng Jin being knocked down by something, and the man was planted backwards, forcibly dragged into the jungle by a strong force, and instantly drowned in darkness.
The wolf's howl echoed violently through the valley, and the little soldier's scalp was numb, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
The wolf is on the shoulder, the wolf is on the shoulder......
General Zeng, who was bitten to death by a lone wolf......
Half an hour later, the patrol arrived at the scene with military dogs.
Since Liu Ruyan was nearby at the time of the incident, she took the initiative to ask Ying to assist the patrol to investigate the situation.
The little soldier who witnessed the whole thing still couldn't help but be afraid at the moment, "I saw General Zeng being bitten by a wolf on the neck and dragged into the jungle ......"
Liu Ruyan glared at the soldier - the upper of his right foot was wet, covered with mud and grass clippings, and his left foot was relatively refreshing, which showed that he accidentally stepped on a puddle because he couldn't see the road under his feet clearly.
"How was the moonshine at the time of the incident?" She asked suddenly.
"I remember that the moon was covered by clouds, it was dark, and there was no light." The creep muttered.
"Since the clouds cover the moon, how can you conclude that General Zeng was bitten to death by a wolf, not killed by someone!"
Her eyes were sharp, like a poisoned knife, and people didn't dare to look up.
"I heard the wolf howling, so I thought it was taken by the wolf......" he explained tremblingly.
"Yes, you didn't see the wolf with your own eyes, but just imagined!"
"Brother Da Zhuang—" the patrol ran over and said to Liu Ruyan, "There are indeed traces of wolves in this vicinity, and we found this on the hillside. ”
Liu Ruyan took the thing in his hand, which was a small piece of rags.
"General Zeng is the hillside that rolled down from here!" The patrol took her to a meadow.
Liu Ruyan bent down, judging from the creases of the grass stems, it was about two feet wide, which was indeed the body width of an adult man, plus all the grass was lodging in one direction, which was also in line with the characteristics of the beast's sneak attack.
As for the blood stains on the tip of the grass, she twisted them lightly with her fingers, they were fresh blood stains left half an hour ago, but it was impossible to determine whether they were humans or beasts.
Continuing down the hillside, I saw that the traces of the grass suddenly disappeared, as if a person had evaporated out of thin air...... Could it be ...... Zeng Jin successfully escaped from the wolf's mouth and escaped?
Liu Ruyan lay on her stomach in the grass and carefully identified the footprints, "How could there be no ......?"
Not only are there not half footprints on the ground, not even the creases of grass stalks, but it is impossible for a person to disappear out of thin air.
She looked around blankly, the night wind passed through the dark fragrance floating, the grass and trees swayed in the wind like the blue sea, the surrounding was silent, and there seemed to be only the sound of wind, water, and insects between heaven and earth.
Liu Ruyan searched for new clues along the way, and it was not until the sound of water rushing in her ears that she suddenly realized that she had come to the vicinity of the river beach again.
The grass on both sides of the river beach has been trampled by the sailors for a long time, and the creases are very serious, and the grass that has just sprouted looks listless. She approached slowly, and in the moonlight, she could vaguely make out the messy footprints in the river sand.
This kind of footprint is quite special, stepping on the mud and sand like rows of fine combs, which are the nail-toothed clogs worn by the feet of Jiangnan sailors.
In addition to wearing clogs, the sailor also has a lighter type of tung oil shoes.
Liu Ruyan walked along the water's bank, and saw that the river sand was wet, and the two footprints were messy and intertwined, and she could no longer distinguish other footprints.
Searching all the way to no avail, Liu Ruyan turned around and walked back, but at this time, he saw a strange mark in the soil, round, about the size of a copper coin, hidden among many footprints.
This mark is covered by the footprint, and it seems that it was left not long ago......
Liu Ruyan was thoughtful, looking at the water and looking at herself.
At that time, she stood quietly on the river beach.
Overhead, the Milky Way is shining, and the moon is thousands of miles.
Layers of scales and waves rose in the wind, but a driftwood floated on the surface of the river with a silver glow.
The driftwood lies across the river, looking like a flat boat from a distance.
A closer look......
It's clearly a drowning ghost.
Liu Ruyan immediately thought of Zeng Jin.
She lunged into the water with one lunge and dived to the bottom like a fish.
When the floating corpse was found, Liu Ruyan flipped the person's body over, revealing a face.
The quiet moonlight was sprinkled long, reflecting the man's delicate eyebrows.
The well-defined eyelashes are still better than the feathers, the nose is straight, and the lips contain white jade, which is really noble and outstanding.
The man woke up in her arms, and a pair of eyes like water lilies gradually condensed.
It was as if all the beautiful colors had faded, leaving only a touch of strong color.
"Ding, your male protagonist has arrived, please pay attention to check."
"Ding, the villain cultivation has been activated, please start the plot."