In a daze, Zhu Ziping only felt that his body was sinking, as if he was standing on the bamboo forest in the mountain of the old house, but the green bamboo was broken, he was unstable on his feet, and he fell down, his body floated and fell in the air, and under the bamboo forest was a crooked river, and when he fell into the water, he only felt that the cold river water was surging to his chest, and he couldn't scream loudly. This feels very familiar, Zhu Ziping vaguely remembered that more than a month ago, he was injured by the abbot of Guangjing "Liberation Palm" in Myoko Zen Temple, and this was the moment he fell into a coma.

"Where am I...... Welcoming Buddha Terrace? Hearing the sound of a woman crying in his ears, Zhu Ziping opened his eyes hard, but felt that his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't move, and he called out "Mother's ......" and fainted again.

When I woke up again, it was dark. "Where am I? Is it dead, how did you hear your mother's voice? "When my body moved, I only felt that my back was very soft.

"Big brother, are you awake?" But it was Li Jingxi's happy voice. "Miss Li, where are we, why is it dark all around?" "Big brother, we're in a cave in the mountains, and it's night." Zhu Ziping let out an "oh" and asked again: "What about those people in the Tea Horse Gang?" ”

"I don't know, we've been here for five days." "What?! I remember being hit by an arrow, and it was poisonous...... It's been five days? "Well, you've been terrified these days, you're having a fever, you're talking nonsense...... Mother's mother's mother's screaming non-stop. ”

"I had a dream that I fell from a bamboo branch into the river. Then I heard my mother's voice. As he was talking, Zhu Ziping's stomach rumbled.

"Big brother, are you hungry? I picked a lot of green peaches. Zhu Ziping wanted to sit up, but he was weak, Li Jingxi hugged him and said hurriedly: "Big brother, you can't move, the injury is not healed." ”

"Miss Li, are you holding me like this for the past few days?" Li Jingxi's face flushed: "No, I went out to pick a lot of green peaches, and I heard you talking nonsense just now, so I let you ...... Sleep on my lap. ”

"Miss Li, thank you for your hard work, what kind of poison is that arrow soaked in?" "I don't know what the poison is, but I drove the horses away as you said, and carried you over a few hills, and then I saw the hidden cave here. I was afraid of snakes, but I was worried that the Tea Horse Gang would find us, so I gritted my teeth and got in. ”

"Miss Li, I didn't expect you to detoxify." Li Jingxi's face was hot again: "Where will I detoxify, I will help you pull out the arrow, and when you see that the wound is black, you will suck it...... Suck ......" but I can't say it.

Zhu Ziping asked in surprise: "Ah, that Miss Li, don't you care about yourself?" "I'm fine, I'll take this human skin mask in my mouth so that the venom won't get on me." As he spoke, Li Jingxi took out a peach, stuffed it into Zhu Ziping's mouth, and took a bite, but it was astringent.

After a while, Zhu Ziping said, "Miss Li, I'm thinking about what you said that day. Li Jingxi was shocked: "What words?" "That day, you asked me if I had just walked the rivers and lakes, saying that I had no scruples when eating and drinking, and that I had to know that I must not have the heart of harming people, and that the heart of preventing people was indispensable, and that I had such a deep bond with the Tea Horse Gang that I was not afraid that they would secretly poison me, do you remember these words?"

Li Jingxi sighed: "Of course I remember. "Unexpectedly, I was poisoned by them in just a few days. If I had listened to you and killed the killer earlier, I wouldn't have done this, and you almost lost your life. ”

"But we didn't expect them to bring so many archers, and I thought at first that they were just a lot of people, and I should have guessed that the Tea Horse Gang must have a backhand."

"This Tea Horse Gang is really hateful, I'll meet them tomorrow." "Don't, big brother," Li Jingxi exclaimed, "They are really outnumbered, you can't fight them alone, as long as they don't come to you again, just put up with it." Big brother, you must remember my words, please, okay? ”

"Miss Li, you treat me so well, like, like...... My aunt. "Who is your aunt?" "My mother was killed when I was half a month old...... It was my mother who raised me. Li Jingxi tightened her hands and said, "Big brother, I didn't expect your life experience to be so sad." ”

Zhu Ziping smiled: "I don't feel sad, I also have a good brother named Wang Hou, he is the son of the eldest mother, and we have always been very good." He should now be over the children's exam, and with his intelligence, he will definitely be able to participate in the township exam. Both were lost in thought. It's just that at this time, Wang Hou is much more comfortable than Zhu Ziping, and Dumb is still in Wang Qiao's cave, tired of practicing the "Four Styles of Communication", soaking in the strange hot springs in the cave, leisurely and happy, if Zhu Ziping knows this, what will he think?

There was not much time, Li Jingxi put down Zhu Ziping and walked outside the cave. Zhu Ziping asked, "Miss Li, where are you going?" Li Jingxi's face was hot: "I, I'll go outside the cave...... Nerd, don't ask much! ”

Zhu Ziping understood, and when he heard the sound of squirming outside, he was also embarrassed, and somehow, he thought of the chubby Li Sanye.

Li Sanye was not having a good time at this time, and let Chunxiang toss for most of the night last night and fell asleep. When he woke up and saw that the sky was slightly bright, he remembered that Xi'er had not heard from him for five days, and he didn't know if there had been an accident, and the situation that his subordinates had probed, the Tea Horse Gang had killed three people on the scripture platform, and more than 150 people were injured, which made him happy, but he knew that this was nothing to the Tea Horse Gang, and it had no big impact on the game more than 20 days later, and he couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.

Chunxiang opened her eyes and asked, "Third Master, what are you sighing for early in the morning?" "What does your woman's family know?" Chunxiang stretched out her hand in the quilt, held the third master and said coquettishly: "My woman's family knows this ......" Li Sanye was made to snort and turned over on the horse.

Li Jingxi returned to the cave and said softly: "Big brother, it's already dark, and it's raining lightly outside." Zhu Ziping said "um": "I know." Li Jingxi's face turned red again: "What do you know?" Zhu Ziping turned over: "I heard it raining outside." ”

There was no sound for a long time, Zhu Ziping propped himself up, looked up, and the light in the cave was still very dark, but he saw Li Jingxi's eyes flashing, and hurriedly asked, "Miss Li, what's wrong with you?" "Y-Can you call me by my name?"

Zhu Ziping asked, "Isn't Miss Li your name?" Oh...... I know, I'll call you Sister Xin. Li Jingxi lowered her head and whispered: "I don't like to call it that, new sister and old sister, I like you to call me Jing'er, because your name has the word 'Ping'"

"Jing'er......" Li Jingxi responded, and said quietly: "Big brother, if one day, you are angry with me and leave me, I ......" I can't continue. Zhu Ziping said: "Jing'er, you saved my life, why should you be angry?" "Big brother, I mean what if......"

The two stayed in the cave for another five days, Zhu Ziping's body was already strong, and Li Jingxi removed the poison for him in time, if it wasn't for the poison being too powerful, he would have been fine a long time ago.

Zhu Ziping asked, "Jing'er, where are we going?" Li Jingxi responded: "Big brother, can we stay for a few more days?" "My body is already clear, I'm afraid you haven't taken a shower for a few days, and you won't be able to stay here." Li Jingxi wrinkled her nose and grinned: "When did the eldest brother learn to care about people?" ”

The two came out of the hole, climbed a few slopes and arrived at the mountain road, the road was empty, and they arrived at Zhouzhi County after a while. Li Jingxi still went to the inn ten days ago, asked for a room, took a bath, and slept beautifully. When I woke up, I looked energetic, especially Zhu Ziping, who recovered from the injury, and felt that I had endless energy.

In the afternoon, the two went to the horse market to buy a horse, Zhu Ziping wanted to buy two, but Li Jingxi insisted on refusing, saying that the white horse has been with him for many years, and he is very familiar with the roads in this area, and he will not run away. Zhu Ziping no longer insisted and bought a jujube red horse. originally planned to rush back to Xi'an in the afternoon, but Li Jingxi did not agree to it temporarily, and Zhu Ziping had no choice but to go back to the inn to live.

On the morning of the second day, Li Jingxi got up lazily, dressed neatly, and rode to Xi'an with Zhu Ziping. She sat behind Zhu Ziping, hugging her waist, her head resting on her back, but she didn't say a word.

In the evening, I went to the Qinguan Inn and asked for two adjacent rooms. Li Jingxi closed the door, and until noon the next day, Zhu Ziping didn't see her come out, so she couldn't help but be a little worried, and knocked on the door for a long time, Li Jingxi opened the door, but the tears on her face were not dry.

Zhu Ziping asked, "Jing'er, what's wrong with you, are you sick?" "Reach out and touch her forehead, and she doesn't have a fever." I'm just bored, and I don't know what's going on," After a pause, Li Jingxi sighed, "Big brother, I'm going to go so that my family won't worry." ”

Zhu Ziping nodded and said, "Well, do you want me to accompany you?" Li Jingxi put on a human skin mask and stuck out her tongue: "I'm like this, it's not safe for you to be with me." ”

The effort was not great, and Li Jingxi returned to the inn, looking much better. The two talked and laughed in Zhu Ziping's room, Li Jingxi pestered Zhu Ziping to tell stories when he was a child, and Zhu Ziping also talked about them for a long time.

After listening to him, Li Jingxi asked, "Dumb is so cute, if I have the opportunity, I want to go and see it...... Big brother, is Uncle Zhu in Zhujia Village now? ”

"I don't know, it's been more than a month since I left the village, and I haven't heard from my father." Li Jingxi pulled his arm: "It's better like this, big brother, let's go to Zhujia Village together, okay?" ”