Chapter 81: Arrested
Seeing that the villagers were getting better day by day, Xiang Jiuling and Dabao, who had been busy for several days, couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both showed a relieved smile.
"Mother, great, the medicine we studied has worked!" Dabao excitedly pulled Xiang Jiuling, and his eyes were irrepressibly excited.
"yes, that's great!"
The mother and son worked together to solve the biggest difficulty, and finally had a good rest for a day, this sleep was a day and a night, and Wen Xi and the others were considerate and did not come to disturb.
The mountain breeze is cold, but the village under the mountain is steaming, the village has experienced great difficulties, and the village chief specially invited the monks from the mountain to do a ritual to drive away evil spirits and avoid evil.
The master of Gao Cimei and good eyes was doing things in the village, and the people in the village who were in better health were gathered at the head of the village, and they fell to their knees reverently and waited for the master's electrification, which could help them eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties.
"My Buddha is compassionate, purifying all sentient beings, Amitabha!"
The old monk sat on the ground and recited a word, the little monk walked around the atrium with a handful of lighted incense, and the villagers kneeling around him were even more pious.
Xiang Jiuling watched the smoke-filled scene from afar.
"Mother, what are you looking at?"
Dabao, who woke up, looked around for the traces of Xiang Jiuling, and finally saw her but found that she was standing in a daze, and he couldn't help but be stunned at this look.
"Mother, they ......"
had already recognized the true faces of the two monks, and watching them continue to fool the innocent villagers, Dabao was very angry and wanted to expose the true faces of the two but was stopped by Xiang Jiuling.
"Mother, why don't you let me go up and expose them, they are all poisoned!"
Xiang Jiuling can understand Dabao's anger, although Dabao has to experience more than his peers, but after all, it is still a child's heart, and many things cannot find the most critical place.
"Dabao, don't worry, think about it, only we know the crimes of the two of them now, if we can't produce any evidence and directly accuse us, will anyone believe it?"
In fact, Dabao also understands this truth in his heart, but many times it is one thing to understand, but it is another thing to do it.
"Mother, I understand, what should we do now, I will listen to you!"
"Now that the villagers' bodies have recovered, there should be no problem for the time being, let's just wait and see what happens, don't worry!"
Dabao nodded approvingly.
After staying for another two days, seeing that there was no abnormality in the village, the family also decided to continue to hurry after discussion, but fortunately, Wen Xi had almost touched the surrounding places a few days ago, and they would not be without direction.
The family simply packed up their things and continued to walk, picking wild vegetables and herbs along the way, which can be regarded as a full harvest.
At noon, when I was resting, there was a sudden buzzing sound in my ears, and it was very loud.
"Do you hear anything?"
Xiang Jiuling turned his head to look at Wen Xi beside him and frowned.
Wen Xi looked up at the gloomy sky and nodded, "I heard it!" ”
Before the two of them could study what the sound was, Xiang Jiuling turned his head and saw a black and oppressive thing coming towards them.
After a closer look, he saw clearly, Xiang Jiuling's expression immediately changed, "It's not good, it's a locust!" ”
A few people looked up, and sure enough, they saw a field of locusts swept towards them like a whirlwind, and the situation looked very scary.
With so many locusts, if they fall on people, it makes me feel a little chilly when I think about it.
"Take out your clothes and wrap yourself up!"
Wen Xi immediately pulled out the thick clothes and wrapped them together with Sanni, Xiang Jiuling and Qin Zhenzhen did the same, one pulled a child and wrapped the two of them with thick clothes.
For a while, everyone couldn't see anything, only a loud buzzing and squeaking sound could be heard in their ears, and it took a long time to stop.
Xiang Jiuling lifted his clothes and checked that the large army of locusts had already flown forward, and the place they passed through was in a mess, with flowers and trees ruined.
It was the first time for several children to see such a scene, and they were all looking at it with some curiosity, but the expressions of Xiang Jiuling and Wen Xi became more and more heavy, and both of them knew what kind of predicament this locust would bring to the people.
The two didn't say much, and continued to move forward with their families, and along the way they could see the traces of the locust plague, and there were many farms' crops that could be described as miserable.
"Wait!"
Wen Xi suddenly stopped, his expression nervous and concentrated, and said slowly in Xiang Jiuling's doubts, "There is a team of centaurs approaching in our direction!" ”
The family walked all the way to see ordinary people and fleeing homeless people, not even the shadow of a soldier, at this moment suddenly heard that a group of people and horses were approaching, and couldn't help but get nervous, after all, it was very likely to be a nearby mountain bandit.
Before a few people could react, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves had already reached their ears, and they saw a group of people galloping towards them on horseback.
In a daze, dozens of people surrounded the family on horseback, seeing that they looked like soldiers in armor, but they didn't look like they were all over the body, which was likely to be a bandit.
The children were all scared and gathered around Xiang Jiuling and Wen Xi, and Xiang Jiuling touched their hands and signaled not to be afraid.
The man at the head immediately stepped forward to look at the ordinary family, and said with a condescending smile, "A few of you are so fast, and let me find it easily!" ”
Xiang Jiuling was stunned for a moment, and when she heard that this person was specifically looking for them, she turned her gaze to Wen Xi beside her, but Wen Xi only shook her head silently.
Seeing that the other party knew her family, and she didn't have any clues about them, Xiang Jiuling could only smile and probe, "This official, our family is an ordinary people fleeing from the famine, are you looking for the wrong person!" ”
"Looking for the wrong person?" The man laughed, and a pair of sharp eyes stared directly at Xiang Jiuling, "That's right, I'm looking for you!" ”
Seeing that the other party's people were about to come up and arrest them, Xiang Jiuling quietly took out a steel needle from his sleeve, and shot hard at the horse while the person was not paying attention.
A neighing sounded, and the horse of the leader suddenly ran out of control, and in a blink of an eye, the encirclement of several people was scattered, and the man quickly pulled the reins hard, and clamped the horse's belly with both feet, but the horse still disobediently collided, as if it was enchanted.
Xiang Jiuling was about to take advantage of the chaos, but was held down by Wen Xi beside her, and gave her a calm look.
Sure enough, there were more than a dozen horseback riders in the back, and it looked like they should be in a group, but fortunately she didn't do it just now, otherwise how could the two of them deal with so many people?
Now the family was only captured, and the group was taken to the nearest town, which seemed to have been reduced to a den of thieves.