Chapter 5 First Arrival in Jiangjin
Ye Suiyun became curious and asked, "Why can't you go to this place?" ”
Tao Hanting secretly thought: "They are still children, so don't say it, so as not to frighten them." He replied, "You just have to remember that it's dangerous, and remember my words and stay away from that place." ”
Although Ye Suiyun still wanted to ask, he thought about it: "Maybe Brother Tao has something unspeakable, I just listen to him, why bother asking, I saved his life, he will never harm two children like us for no reason." He immediately nodded in agreement. After thinking about it, he asked, "Brother Tao, where are you going to go next?" ”
Tao Hanting groaned for a while and said, "Although my wife's revenge is avenged, she can't stay here for a long time. Now both the government and Song Tiannan's gang of robbers are looking for me. When it gets dark, I'll leave here. After speaking, he stood up and exerted his strength, feeling that his strength had recovered a lot, so he said: "Brother Ye, today's grace, I Tao Hanting will never forget, I hope we will have a chance to meet in the future." You are with me, it will only bring danger to you, so let's leave it at that. After saying that, he arched his hand, picked up his baggage, opened the back door, looked around, and disappeared into the night in a flash.
Ye Suiyun looked at the direction Tao Hanting left, only to feel that this person was really a person with a hard life, although he was civilized, he was also a tough guy. What I think in my mind is that I am afraid that in this world, there are all living beings, and there are only a few people like Tao Hanting who are wronged but have nowhere to redress, and there are many wicked people like Song Tiannan who have the protection of the government. And people with real skills may only kill each other for their own selfish interests like the Hidden Sword Villa or the Cardinal Sect, fighting all day long for those meaningless fame or profit, and where will they help ordinary people.
Thinking of this, Ye Suiyun only felt that his heart was full of disappointment and helplessness, perhaps because of his own powerlessness and incompetence, or because of the unknown future. When I thought that I hadn't said goodbye to Tao Hanting yet, I was even more depressed.
The next day, the two walked about dozens of miles in the direction pointed out by Tao Hanting, both of them were thirsty, and when they saw a tea shop on the side of the road, they wanted to go up and ask for a bowl of water to drink. I saw that there were two tables of people in the tea shop, and one of the tables was made of three people, wearing the same purple robe, and each carrying a scimitar of the same form at his waist. At the other table sat a young man dressed in a white and blue robe, who looked to be about the same size as himself, with a long sword stuck diagonally in his back.
Ye Suiyun didn't dare to look at it more, he knew that these were people from the rivers and lakes, and he still didn't provoke subtlety. Walked to the shopkeeper of the tea shop and asked, "Please give me a bowl of water to drink." ”
As soon as he spoke, the three purple-robed people turned their heads in unison, and saw that they were two little beggars, but they didn't care, one of them held back a few more glances, and suddenly saw a pair of puppets hanging from Ye Suiyun's waist, his eyes lit up, and he touched the other two with his elbow. The two were also surprised when they saw it. These three people are all people who are used to walking the rivers and lakes, and they can see at a glance that this thing is very valuable.
The first person walked over, without saying a word, reached out and tore off a pair of puppets from Ye Suiyun's waist, held them in his hands, squinted his eyes, and let out a sigh of admiration in his mouth, saying, "Good things, good things." ”
Ye Suiyun was frightened in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "This big brother just needs to see it." "While speaking, he snatched the puppet back with a quick move, and at the same time hit his elbow and pressed it against the man's waist, pushing the other party out, and throwing a vicious dog to grab.
The other two purple-robed people laughed and said, "Chang Jiuchun, I can't even beat a little Huazi." He still laughed.
Chang Jiuchun was furious, jumped up, how could he have thought that this little flower would actually know martial arts, and rushed over to spread his fist and fight, Ye Suiyun After all, people are small and weak, seeing this person's hideous face, he was scared in his heart, and after a few clicks, he couldn't support himself, and accidentally his hands were locked by Chang Jiuchun and he couldn't move.
Chang Jiuchun lost face in front of his companions, was extremely angry, started work left and right, only listened to the slap, and slapped Ye Suiyun four times in a row. Although this Chang Jiuchun is not a first-class person, he is definitely not Ye Suiyun's opponent, he just saw this little little flower ragged Luo Tuo, he was completely defenseless in his heart, and he also smiled and spoke, so he was caught off guard, so that he lost face.
Ye Suiyun was dizzy from being beaten, his mind was dizzy, and his heart was angry and anxious. Suddenly realized that the puppet in his hand had been snatched again.
When the three purple-robed people were proud, they heard one of them say: "Badao Villa is really getting better and better, and it has become a robber who blocks the road and robs, hehe." Following the voice, it was the young Taoist priest sitting alone next to him.
Chang Jiuchun and the other three had already judged from his clothes that this person seemed to be a disciple of Pure Yangguan, and at this time, listening to his sarcastic words, he said angrily in his heart: "Since you know that it is a domineering villa, the little Taoist priest should not be nosy, everyone should go their own way." "Even though he is angry in his heart, but in the name of Chunyang, he is a lot more polite and does not want to offend.
The little Taoist priest said: "Okay, since a few people don't want to do it, then return the things to this little brother, and we will go our separate ways." As he spoke, he pointed at Ye Suiyun with his hand.
Even though Chang Jiuchun and the three of them didn't want to offend Chunyang, they also felt that if they returned the things, they really couldn't swallow this breath. He said: "Yes, let him have the ability to take it himself." Then he said: "Little Taoist, you don't have to pretend to be a good person, don't you just take a fancy to this pair of 'Medicine King Puppets' and want to intervene in it, so that this little flower child will be grateful and give it to you." ”
The young Taoist priest said, "Whatever you say, you still haven't paid it back?" ”
Chang Jiuchun said: "If you don't pay it back, how about it?" ”
I saw that the Taoist priest's body moved, and he had arrived in front of Chang Jiuchun unexpectedly, Chang Jiuchun had been hit by the acupoint because he was standing too close, and he couldn't move where he was standing. The other two purple-clothed men pounced at the same time, drew their waist knives and fought with the little Taoist. I saw that the two purple-clothed people were about thirty years old, and their swordsmanship was ruthless, but the young Taoist priest was relying on his agile and swift body skills, circling around in the shadow of the knife, although the situation was dangerous, but he held a long sword in his hand, and from time to time he could fight back with a move, and the purple-clothed man who could also attack was in a hurry.
The three of them fought fiercely, after all, the little Taoist priest was too young, and by surprise, he sneaked up on Chang Jiuchun, but such a hard-hitting move was still not as good as the two of them joining forces to attack.
Ye Suiyun saw that the young Taoist priest was moving much faster, even if he couldn't win, he would never be defeated. Recalling that Chang Jiuchun said just now that this Taoist priest also helped for his puppet, regardless of whether it was true or not, it was better to go first. Fortunately, this person's life is not in danger. His eyes suffocated and he saw Chang Jiuchun standing there motionless, holding his puppet in his hand. Ye Suiyun quietly rubbed over, and wanted to reach out to grab the puppet, but he was held tightly by Chang Jiuchun, and he couldn't pull it out for a while.
Ye Suiyun was in a hurry, and with all his strength, he raised his leg and kicked Chang Jiuchun's lower abdomen, only to see Chang Jiuchun fall backwards in response, his painful face distorted into a ball, helpless and unable to move, but tears had fallen. With a click, Ye Suiyun snatched back the puppet, turned around and pulled Gu Lingling and ran, not caring about the three of them fighting together.
The two of them ran for a while, and when they looked back, they couldn't see the tea shop anymore, and they breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Suiyun took the puppet in his hand and looked at it, originally a pair of puppets were wearing clothes and hats, but now they were stripped into two naked villains, thinking that when he snatched it from Chang Jiuchun's hands, he accidentally ripped off his clothes.
Ye Suiyun said 'Huh', it turned out that he found that these two villains were all small black dots, with words annotated next to them. There are red threads between the dots.
At this time, Gu Lingling was also curious, took a closer look, and suddenly woke up and said: "Brother Suiyun, these black spots seem to be the acupuncture points of the human body, and those red lines are like meridians. My dad taught me before. He looked at it again and said, "It's really good, you see, there are two villains written on the backs, one is Ren Mai, and the other is Du Mai." ”
Ye Suiyun nodded, thinking: "I don't understand this, it seems that Lingling will be much stronger than me in the future." Not wanting to think about it, the two of them got on the road again and continued south.
After a few days, they came to an unknown place, surrounded by no people, withered grass, and very desolate. Suddenly, Gu Lingling shouted, pointed ahead, and was so frightened that he didn't dare to move again. Ye Suiyun looked in the direction of her finger, and it turned out that there was a pair of white bones on the side of the road. Busy smiled and comforted: "Don't be afraid, it's just the bones of the dead." I thought, "Sure enough, it's a little girl, so daring." "It's a little funny in my heart. Gu Lingling nodded tremblingly, reached over and grabbed Ye Suiyun's hand.
The two continued to walk, only to see that there were more and more white bones around them, plus overgrown weeds, and it was desolate. Even Ye Suiyun was also uneasy in his heart. Gu Lingling's hands holding Ye Suiyun became tighter and tighter, and a few wild wolf cries could be heard in the distance from time to time, and the two of them were even more frightened. The pace couldn't help but speed up a lot.
After walking for a while, seeing that the sun was about to go down, Ye Suiyun was anxious, his steps became faster and faster, and he almost ran up. Suddenly, I saw a farmhouse in front of me, and wisps of green smoke were still rising from the chimney on the roof. The two of them were overjoyed, they both cheered, and ran over quickly. I saw a peasant man in his thirties sitting at the door, and the other party also found them at this time.
Ye Suiyun ran to the man and bowed down and said, "This uncle, my sister and I just came here and are a little lost, please make it convenient for the uncle and let us spend the night." ”
The farmer's face was surprised, and he nodded hurriedly, "It's easy to say, come in." He led the two into the house. There were also two people in the house, a little girl, eight or nine years old, and a woman in her thirties, to Ye Suiyun's surprise, this woman didn't seem to be able to see things.
After introducing each other, Ye Suiyun learned that the farmer's name was Bao Muxia, who was half farmer and half doctor, and lived here for many years with his daughter Bao Fengfeng and blind sister Bao Yueniang. He looked at Ye Gu and the others: "The two children are really bold enough to dare to come here." Where are you going? ”
Ye Suiyun said: "We are going to Luodao, but we get lost while walking." Fortunately, I met Uncle Bao, otherwise I really don't know what to do. ”
Bao Muxia said curiously: "Don't you two know, this is already the Luodao realm." "The farmer is very direct.
Ye, Gu Daxi, only listened to Bao Muxia continue: "There are still a few families not far from here, we call Jiangjin Village here, hey, no one has come here for a long time, but I didn't expect the two little dolls to dare to come." He shook his head as he spoke.
Ye Suiyun asked, "Uncle Bao, let me ask you, how can I find the Cardinal Sect?" ”
Bao Muxia was startled, and asked in a trembling voice, "You are from the Cardinal Sect?" ”
Ye Suiyun saw his reaction, and his heart was also tight, and he hurriedly explained: "I am not from the Cardinal Sect, this little sister's relatives are, and I am going to send her home." After a pause, he asked, "Why, uncle, what's wrong?" ”
When Bao Muxia heard him say this, his heart calmed down a little, and said, "You guys go, I can't keep you here." As he spoke, he pushed the two of them out.
Ye Suiyun said anxiously: "Uncle, we are not bad people, I just want to send this little sister home, please make it convenient for the uncle." ”
Bao Muxia stopped and looked at Ye Suiyun and Gu Lingling, and let go of his hand: "Okay, I see that the two of you are not like those cold-blooded demons. Come on in. That night, Bao Yueniang made a big drawer of corn dumplings, and Ye Suiyun and the others were hungry and cold for many days, so they were no longer polite and had a lot of fun.
After chatting with Bao Muxia, I learned that there were thousands of families in this Jiangjin Village before, and it was very prosperous. One day, out of nowhere, a group of women dressed in red came, claiming to be some red-clothed religion, and they needed to hire some men as laborers to build houses, saying that they would give a lot of silver as payment, and many people signed up at that time. I don't know that after a long time, none of them have returned.
Ye Suiyunqi said: "Where are those people?" ”
Bao Muxia replied: "No one knows, and then many people went to look for it, but none of them came back." After that, no one dared to look for it. He looked at the two girls who were playing on the side, paused and said: "Even if everyone doesn't dare to look for the missing person, after all, the village still has to come out, or to buy and sell goods, or to hunt, or to go out to play, as long as it is too far away from the village, they will disappear from time to time, and then everyone dare not leave the village too far, no matter what they do, they are around here."
Ye Suiyun was chilled when he heard this, and asked, "Could it be that the Cardinal Sect did it?" ”
Bao Muxia said: "That must be, I just don't know what they are doing with these people." After a pause, he suddenly looked around cautiously, as if he was afraid of something breaking in, and whispered, "Since then, there have been many corpses around here. ”
Ye Suiyun asked nervously, "What is a corpse?" ”
Bao Muxia also seemed to be scared, and said slowly: "It's just that you can walk like a human, but it's not a human monster." will eat people. ”
Ye Suiyun only felt that his palms were full of sweat, and Gu Lingling on the side was not so scared when he heard these two words at first glance, and he no longer played with Bao Fengfeng, and listened with wide eyes.
I only heard Bao Muxia continue: "But don't be afraid, the corpses are far away from here, and they won't enter the village." ”
Ye Suiyun was so frightened that his chest couldn't stop rising and falling, and after a while, he seemed to be slowly calming down, and asked, "Uncle Bao, where should I go if I want to find the Cardinal Sect?" ”
As if he didn't believe his ears, Bao Muxia asked, "Are you still going to find the Cardinal Sect?" ”
Ye Suiyun nodded resolutely and said: "Yes, help people to the end, you must not give up halfway when you have arrived here, besides, Lingling is from the Cardinal Sect, whether they are good or bad, at least they will not do anything to her." I'm going to get her home. ”
Bao Muxia nodded and said, "Good boy, very brave, hehe." He pointed to the north and said, "Go all the way from this direction, and if you find a place called the Ascension Immortal Valley, you should be able to find the people of the Cardinal Sect." ”
As he was talking, he heard someone knocking on the door outside and shouting, "Old Bao, open the door quickly, and see what I have drunk something." ”
Bao Muxia grinned, went over and opened the door, and came in a person dressed as a hunter, holding two wild ducks in his hands, followed by a little girl, Bao Fengfeng ran forward and took her hand and said something, obviously the two were excellent playmates.
When the Orion saw that there were people in the house, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "Old Bao, who are these two people?" ”
Bao Muxia explained: "It's two children who got lost and borrowed here for one night. ”
The hunter didn't care, turned around and handed the wild duck to the little girl and said, "Xiumei, quickly let Yueniang clean up and fry the wine." The little girl took the duck and went into the kitchen with Bao Fengfeng.
The hunter's name is Liu Hu, and the little girl's name is Xiumei, both of whom are villagers from Jiangjin Village.
After a while, two large plates of fried duck were served, Liu Hu and Bao Muxia poured wine and drank it, poured a bowl for Ye Suiyun, and looked at him with a smile. Ye Suiyun gritted his teeth, picked up the bowl and poured it down, only to feel that the taste was as spicy as a knife, his throat was hot, and he almost squirted out.
The two laughed, and Liu Hu stretched out his thumb and said, "Okay, little brother, it's a man." Ye Suiyun's face was flushed, his body was hot and sweaty, and when he was told about it, his heart was excited, he felt like an adult, and his chest was suddenly full of pride, and he touched the bowl with the other two people again and again. Looking back on what happened in the past two months, this time in this dilapidated and old small farmhouse is the happiest and most comfortable time in the world. The three little girls were already familiar with each other, chattering together, while Bao Yueniang sat on the side and listened with a smile.
Suddenly, Xiu Mei showed pain, his body couldn't help shaking, it seemed to be very cold, Liu Hu sighed helplessly, wrapped her coat, and asked her to go to sleep in the back room.
Bao Muxia waited for Liu Hu to come back and sighed: "It's a pity that there is no 'Qingxue Dan', this child has suffered so much, I'm afraid it won't be a few days."
Ye Suiyun asked, "Two uncles, what's wrong with Xiumei?" ”
Liu Hu sighed, and said slowly, Ye Suiyun learned that the Xiumei family had lived here for many years, and the only sister was plundered by the water thieves on the saltless island. In an accident, his body was infected with the corpse poison of a corpse. Liu Hu and they know from experience that she has less than a month left to live. This is still fortunate to be healed by Dr. Bao, otherwise Xiu Mei might have died a long time ago. Unless you can eat the unique medicine 'Qingxue Dan' of the Red Cloth Sect. Liu Hu couldn't help but feel sad as he spoke.
Ye Suiyun lowered his head and thought, "When I send Lingling back to the Cardinal Sect, maybe I can ask them for some Qingxue Pill, and then send it back to Xiumei to eat." Thinking that Bao Muxia didn't tell Gu Lingling's origin in front of Liu Hu, he kept an eye on it and didn't say it explicitly.