Chapter 32: The Cellar
Boom! A muffled sound came overhead, and the familiar voice above me snorted, and then it was silent.
"Drag it in and tie it up, and if the master comes back and finds out, you and I won't be able to eat and walk around!" As she spoke, Qiao Xiya opened her eyes and watched as a heavy lid closed the circular exit, blocking the moonlight out. Qiao Xiya's eyes fell into boundless darkness again.
The simple words "save me......" turned around in Qiao Xiya's throat, but in the end, she still didn't make any sound.
I don't know how long it took, Qiao Xiya vaguely heard the sound of two mice not too far away, which made Qiao Xiya's scalp tingle, and where she couldn't see her five fingers, it was really difficult to fight against the mouse, not to mention that her hands and feet were tied and she couldn't move at all.
"Chunling, Chunling." Qiao Xiya subconsciously called twice, and to Qiao Xiya's surprise, she was finally able to make a sound, but this voice was not as weak as the two mouse calls.
"Girl, I'm here." Qiao Xiya heard Chunling's familiar voice beside her, which made her feel a lot more relieved.
"Squeak ......" The unsettling sound of rats sounded again, and what made Qiao Xiya collapse was that this time the sound was significantly closer.
"Who!" Qiao Xiya heard the sound of clothes rubbing against her and leaned over to her, and she couldn't help but feel numb on her scalp.
"Don't be afraid, girl, it's me." Chunling's voice came, and Qiao Xiya calmed down a little.
"Where's Xia He?" In the dark, Qiao Xiya couldn't see anything, and could only rely on her voice to identify others and locations. Fortunately, Qiao Xiya's ears have always been sharp.
"Girl, I'm here." Xia He's voice came from behind her, and Qiao Xiya couldn't help but feel excited. But when she learned that Chunling and Xia He were by her side, Qiao Xiya was obviously much more relaxed.
"Third Master Qiao? Brother Mingxi? Bai Gongzi? Hatsukumo? Qiao Xiya called in a low voice. But this time, no one responded to her.
"Squeak ......" I don't know if Qiao Xiya's voice touched the mouse, and the sound of the mouse that sounded again was closer.
"Don't be afraid, girl, I'll turn around and help you untie the rope." Xia He, who was behind Qiao Xiya, finally touched a sleeve.
"Where are you?" Qiao Xiya reached out and erased it, but did not touch Xia He.
"What did the girl say, I already touched your hand......" Xia He realized that something was not right at this time, the wrist held in his hand was cold and stiff, slippery and sticky, and in an instant, Xia He only felt that his scalp exploded, ah! The heart-rending screams could not be suppressed.
Xia He's screams completely stimulated the rats in the dark, and the sound of squirming accelerated towards them, making people's scalps tingle.
Chirping! With a shrill cry, Qiao Xiya only felt that a mouse as big as a kitten pounced on her, biting her clothes, and the slender and long tail swept over her neck.
"Xia He, is that you......" Qiao Xiya trembled and reached out to the side with her bound hands, trying to hold Xia He's hand in order to seek some comfort. Unexpectedly, what I touched was a cold and stiff thing, "Xia He, Xia He, are you behind me?" Qiao Xiya's voice trembled slightly, and she twisted her body, trying to shake off the rat on her body, but it was all in vain.
"Girl, roll on the ground!" Chunling's voice came from not far away. At this sound, Qiao Xiya obviously heard the mice around her running towards Chunling.
Yes! Chunling let out a miserable scream, and at this moment, the sound of moving a heavy object sounded overhead.
"Shioya!" The sudden sunshine and familiar sound above her head made Qiao Xiya's tense nerves collapse instantly.
"Save me......" The strong desire to survive made Qiao Xiya struggle to stand up.
The swarms of rats were also forced to retreat to the side by the sun, and they stared at their red eyes unwillingly, and kept hissing in a low voice. At this time, Qiao Xiya and the others saw clearly that there were not only the three of them alive in this cellar, but also countless dead bodies and white bones. And the white bones were full of rat tooth marks.
A black shadow descended from the sky like a divine soldier, falling from the entrance of the cave and standing in front of Qiao Xiya, only then did Qiao Xiya see that the person in front of her was Bai Ning. At this time, half of Bai Ning's face was covered with blood.
Bai Ning looked at Qiao Xiya, who was teary and frightened, carried it on his shoulder, gritted his teeth, pulled the rope hanging down with him, and shouted at it, pull! Qiao Xiya felt that the rope was slowly moving up, and after a while, she rose to the entrance of the cave with Bai Ning.
"Offended." Before the words fell, Chu Yun, who was guarding the cellar and pulling the rope, reached out and took Qiao Xiya from Bai Ning's shoulder and sat aside.
By the time Qiao Xiya calmed down, Chunling and Xia He, who had fainted in fright, had already been pulled up by Bai Ning one after another.
Chu Yun put away the rope and tied it around his waist, Bai Ning quickly untied Qiao Xiya's rope and helped her up: "Miss Qiao, we have to get out of here quickly, can you walk?"
Qiao Xiya looked at Bai Ning, and then at Chu Yun, who was busy helping Chunling and Xia He untie the rope, and nodded in shock.
"Chuyun, go and bring the horse." Bai Ning looked around, and then admonished, "Be careful." ”
"Don't worry." After Chu Yun replied, he bent his waist and touched the back of the gable along the root of the wall.
Qiao Xiya stood firm and slowly said, "Thank you Bai Gongzi for sacrificing his life again."
"Hurry up." Bai Ning hurriedly supported Qiao Xiya.
"What is this?" A sachet fell out of Bai Ning's arms, Qiao Xiya picked it up, held it in her hand and looked at it carefully, "This sachet is so familiar...... Where did Bai Gongzi get it? ”
"I ripped it off the man when I got out of the fight last night." Bai Ning took the sachet and looked at Qiao Xiya again, "Miss Qiao recognizes?" ”
Qiao Xiya tried hard to recall, but the more she thought about something, the more her mind went blank, and finally, she shook her head lightly and said, "I just look familiar, but I can't remember where I saw ......."
"It doesn't matter, forget it if you can't think of it," Bai Ning put the sachet in his arms and put it away, "You have seen it, then it means that we have seen this person, that is, we are one step closer to the truth." ”
"Master, let's go." Hatsuyun led the two horses back to the cellar, and immediately carried the two people who had passed out.
"Has anyone come back?" Bai Ning took the reins and asked in a low voice.
"Not yet, but the small estimate is coming soon, so it's better to leave quickly."
"Yes, hurry up to the Rejuvenation Hall, the wound on your head needs to be dealt with immediately." Qiao Xiya saw that half of Bai Ning's face was covered in blood, and she couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart.
Bai Ning took off his clothes and swapped them with one of the people on horseback, and then gave Qiao Xiya a deep salute: "Miss Qiao, please change your clothes too."
"What are you going to do!" Chunling stopped in front of Qiao Xiya in one step.