Chapter 26 The Temple of Land

I woke Ann up from his dream, and we finally escaped death. Although we stayed in the dream for a long time, in reality it was only an hour, and the sky outside the window was still shrouded in night. However, we didn't dare to sleep anymore, and our sleepiness had long been consumed by nightmares. I turned on the light, lit a cigarette, and Xiao An sat on the bed in a daze.

When the mood slowly calmed down, I asked Xiao An to sleep for a while, but she was so frightened that she didn't dare to lie down. It was still early in the morning, and it was unrealistic to sit all night, so I lay down first, and she followed.

We woke up early the next day and drove off at dawn. The car rocked on the road until it reached the end of the road. Further on, it was divided into two small forks, both dirt roads, which stretched out into two ravines. We parked the car, removed the picnic tools from the car, and started our first picnic of the trip under two large trees on the side of the road.

The mat prepared by Xiao An is the kind that children learn to crawl underneath, and there are cartoon patterns on it, although it looks childish, but she likes it. Another piece of greaseproof paper was laid on the mat. Then there's a small table that can be folded. I have to say that Xiao An's preparations are quite complete. We brought a lot of food, and I didn't know what she was going to eat, and before I could ask, I saw her put the small stove for eating barbecue on the table.

"It's noon, eat barbecue?" I sniffed.

She smiled and nodded, and began to unpack the vacuum-packed meat skewers in her hand.

"It's a dry day, and the mountains are on fire." I reminded again. But unexpectedly, she reached out and took out two small fire extinguishers from the bag behind her, one with dry powder and one with foam.

Seeing that she was so well prepared, I didn't say anything more. Take two wipes and wipe your hands and start helping with the skewers. In this case, we don't eat skewers at all, we just want the process, so the taste doesn't matter at all. Maybe it's a barbecue talent, maybe it's a relaxed mood, but it tastes pretty good.

Ann looked happy, and we had a great meal. After eating, Xiao An ran to the car to rest, and I cleaned up the scene after the meal by myself. My quality is still not high to that level, the rest of the food is basically thrown on the ground, there is no refrigerator, even if it is put away, it is estimated that the next meal will not be eaten. All utensils were wiped clean with paper towels and not rinsed with water. Although there is not a lot of water to bring, it is still necessary to save money.

After cleaning up, put all kinds of cutlery and utensils back in the trunk. When I opened the car door, I saw that Xiao An had curled up in the back seat and fell asleep. Actually, I was a little sleepy at this time, and we didn't sleep well last night when we had nightmares. So I got into the car, started the car and turned on the air conditioner, and then fell asleep. When I woke up, I saw that it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. I looked back at the back seat, only to see that Ann wasn't in the car. So I hurriedly got out of the car and called Xiao An's name loudly.

Behind the tree not far away, Xiao An's voice came, "What are you calling!" I'm just going to make it easier. ”

Looking at Xiao An who was walking not far away, my panicked expression suddenly calmed down, and a smile involuntarily appeared on my face, "I thought you ran away with a wild man in the mountains while I was asleep!" ”

"Do I have to run until you fall asleep?" Xiao An said disdainfully.

Suddenly, her words changed, "I saw a small temple in the distance on the other side of the tree. ”

I wondered who would build a temple in such a ravine. But I didn't say it, and looked in the direction of her finger. However, due to the undulating terrain and the blocking of the hills, I did not see it at all. So she dragged me to the place where she had just seen the little temple. Sure enough, not far from us, a small temple-like building stood abruptly in the middle of the col.

We walked a little into the building and got a better view. Suddenly, it looks like the land temple that Sun Wukong changed in Journey to the West. The difference is that the windows of this small temple are square. Although the architectural style is old-fashioned cornices and columns, the age should be modern, which can be seen from the cement steps at the entrance. The words "Land Temple" can be faintly distinguished above the door.

The temple gate has long been unknown, there is no statue of the god in the empty temple, the ground is full of weeds and dust, and the corners are full of cobwebs. There are slogan-like words written crookedly on the walls, which are still faintly legible despite the erosion of time. I think this should have been left over from that year.

Xiao An and I were about to bypass the small temple and continue to check forward. Suddenly, a woman's voice came from a small hill next to her: "Don't go any further, you two!" The front is haunted. ”

Hearing the voice, Xiao An and I looked over there at the same time, and at the slope of the small hill, an unkempt woman was standing there watching us. Her clothes looked like they hadn't been washed in years, and the whole body was the same color as the land, or even three points darker than the color of the land. It was obviously not the true color of the clothes, but dirty.

I shouted at her, "Sister, what did you just say?" ”

"Who's the big sister you call?" The woman said indignantly, "This girl is only sixteen years old, no matter how you look at you, you are older than me, who is called the eldest sister!" Why don't you call Mom! ”

"He calls you Mom! I'm afraid his dad won't like you! Xiao An suddenly interjected and shouted.

This woman is really a powder keg, I don't know when it will explode. I hurriedly stopped Xiao An and gave her a look. Because I still want to ask this woman something, in case Xiao An provokes her, I'm afraid I won't be able to ask anything.

"Huh! Little girl, are you his horse? In case his father falls in love with this girl, we will be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law! The dirty girl said with a grin, and there was no half-angry look on her face.

Xiao An wanted to fight back, but I quickly stopped her. I smiled at the dirty girl and said, "Little sister, what did you just say was haunted ahead?" ”

The dirty girl walked straight over, stood three or four steps away from us, and then looked at us with a smile, and when we looked closely, although the girl was dirty, she should still be quite handsome, but her face was full of greasy dirt, and it was impossible to distinguish her true face.

We are all socialist successors, and we have all been educated in materialism since childhood, so we are naturally skeptical of what she says about the haunting. I asked several times and she didn't answer me, but then she came to me and said with a smile: "It's not difficult for me to tell you, but there is one condition." ”

I asked, "What conditions?" ”

The dirty girl walked up to me, reached out and touched my face gently, and said with a smile: "I still have a little bit of a posture in this little brother, as long as you kiss me, I will tell you." ”

My mind suddenly "Weng", although this girl may not be ugly, but this mud and purple mud on her face make me how to put my mouth down.

"Don't think!" I was still thinking about whether to talk about it, and Xiao An was already standing between me and the girl, looking at the girl with an angry face.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Thief

The dirty girl annoyed Xiao An, and Xiao An pulled me directly and walked in the direction that the girl said was haunted. He also muttered: "Ghosts believe in hauntings, let's go see for ourselves, you don't need to say..."

Suddenly, my vest hurt, my brain was dizzy for a moment, and I immediately fell to the ground, Xiao An's situation was the same as mine. Before I could lose consciousness, my eyes saw the dirty girl standing there smiling and looking at us.

When I woke up again, I found myself tied up. Sitting on a chair, unable to move my hands and feet, I turned my head to look to the side, and Xiao An was also tied to another chair next to me.

I took a look at the surroundings, it was supposed to be a utility room, with all sorts of dilapidated tables and chairs piled up in the house, and a broken spinning wheel covered in cobwebs. There is no window to be seen, but in the light of a few candles, the location of the doorway can be seen. The walls should be all earthen walls, which look pitted and uneven.

I just wanted to call Xiao An, but there was a sound of iron cables colliding with the door panel outside the door, and someone should be opening the door. So I quickly closed my eyes and continued to pretend to be dizzy.

With a "squeak", the door was pushed open, and one after the other walked in with the lights. One of them said: "The boss doesn't know what he's thinking, what are these two seedlings kept, wouldn't it be clean to just throw them into the sand pit and dispose of them!"

Another person said, "Why do you care so much, the boss will do whatever he wants." Anyway, something went wrong, and he was carrying it. ”

"Hmph, what boss, it's not enough to be a yellow-haired girl who has not dried up." The person who spoke before said disdainfully.

But after saying this, he regretted it, because as soon as he finished speaking, a girl's voice came from the door, "I am a milky smell, and if you are not satisfied, you can find me alone." You're a manly man, and it's not a gentleman's thing to say bad things about people behind your back! ”

I squinted, and I saw that the man was visibly trembling, but he still pretended to be tough and said, "I'm just a tomb robber, not a gentleman!" They are afraid of you, but I am not afraid! ”

By this time I could already hear the voice, which was the dirty girl we had seen earlier. I saw her slowly walk into the room, come to the person who had just spoken, and stretched out a hand to grab the man's neck directly. She wasn't as tall as the man, and when she made this motion, her hands were almost upward. But in the next second, the man flew straight into the pile of abandoned seats. In such a posture that is not easy to exert force, she can easily throw a big man out, and this power really scared me. It's no wonder that Xiao An and I fell for her trick unknowingly.

Seeing this, the other man hurriedly pleaded and said, "The boss is merciful, and Lao He was also confused for a while before he said that, so you can spare him." Besides, we are now in need of human labor. ”

At this time, the girl walked from the shadow of the portable lamp to the light, and I could see clearly that she had pink faces, red lips and white teeth, a small white T-shirt with her belly button exposed, and skinny jeans that tightly covered her lower body. Jet-black hair exploded high in the back of his head, and a ponytail whip exploded. That momentum, figure, and appearance even made Xiao An and Xiao Qian inferior by three points.

I couldn't control it for a while, and I couldn't help but take the initiative in the most undesirable part of my body. It was this light touch that she found out.

"You guys go out first!" She asked the two men to go out in a commanding tone, and the two did not dare to slack off at all, and exited the room as if they were fleeing.

She looked at me with bright eyes and a smile on her face. Reaching out to poke at my key point, I quickly twisted my body to dodge. I wanted to speak, but I found that my mouth was glued and I couldn't speak.

When she saw my embarrassment, she giggled, and then said, "I just gave you a chance, and you don't use it." Look, I don't want to see that! As she spoke, she suddenly turned around lightly, reached out and picked up a knife more than two feet long on a shabby table next to her. Her figure didn't stop for a minute, and when she turned around, it was as light as dancing, but with a flash of the knife, the blade slashed directly at me. I stared at her with wide eyes and horror, almost not directly in my pants.

With a "snap", the knife grazed my body, and the rope that bound me broke in response.

Those who practice martial arts, after diligent practice, can achieve the freedom of retracting and releasing moves. But in this dimly lit room, cutting the rope from the body with a knife without applying the flesh, without any prior preparation, can no longer be said to be "technical". I was terrified before her knife fell, and I was surprised when it fell. Not surprised that she would let me go, but surprised that she was so good.

She cut my rope and threw the knife down to the broken table in the distance, the head downwards and the handle straight up on the table. The actions of drawing, out, dropping, and retracting the knife are completed in one go, and have been completed in an instant.

I know that with my strength, in front of her it is for nothing. It is simply impossible to escape by force. With a whoosh, another small thing shook from her hand and flew towards me. I thought it was some kind of hidden weapon, but because the distance was too close and the speed was too fast, I didn't have time to react at all, and threw it at me.

When I touched it, it turned out to be the small brand that Sister Jing left for me before.

"You belong to the Huo family?" The girl asked solemnly.

If she hadn't asked at this point, I would have ignored that. Now I am under the protection of the Huo family. Presumably, she should have seen the wooden card and knew that I was from the Huo family before letting me go. So I quickly nodded, pretending to be calm and said, "Now that you know, what else do you ask!" "I think that since she knows the Huo family, then the strength of the Huo family should be able to deter her.

"For Huo Dang's sake, I can let you go. But there is one condition. The girl said coldly, this is almost the same as the lively expression of her previous hippie smile, I guess this girl is not a Gemini.

"On what terms?" I asked, slowly leaning back against the table where the knife was placed. Of course, the action did not dare to be too big.

"Cooperation!" She said in a calm tone.

"How to cooperate?" I asked.

"You just need to send a message to your master, and say that the Xieling thief is looking for her to cooperate."