Volume 1 Mountains and Rivers Chapter 3 Human Face and Human Skin

Got it, got it.

I took it.

Outside, cicadas chirped through the night.

Teng Yi came to the well not far from the door, put the wooden barrel into the well, and was about to fetch water when he was suddenly stunned.

"What's wrong with Ah Yi?"

Seeing that Teng Yi hadn't moved for a long time, Zhou Xiaoyun was about to step forward, but saw the other party stretching out his hand to stop him.

Teng Yi didn't look up, just looked at the well quietly, and there was a miserable white face under the water.

Click.

Teng Yi didn't make a sound from beginning to end, and slowly pumped up the well water.

Bang la blah.

After pouring the well water into the wooden basin, Teng Yi continued to draw water, directly ignoring the human face under the water.

Bang la blah.

"Ah Yi."

Zhou Xiaoyun was stunned, in the past, Teng Yi would be so tired that he couldn't breathe when he played a bucket of water, but this time, he had already made ten buckets of water.

"What's wrong with Xiaoyun?"

After putting the barrel anew, Teng Yi turned around.

"Ah Yi, aren't you tired?"

"Me."

Hearing the other party's words, Teng Yi was stunned.

"yes, why don't I feel tired at all?"

"Ah Yi, are you alright?"

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Zhou Xiaoyun was extremely worried.

"Xiaoyun, I'm fine."

After prevaricating, Teng Yi instantly thought of Jiu'er, and faintly felt that he had caught something.

The next day, at dawn, Teng Yi came to the field.

Seeing that Jiu'er was surrounded by a fence with tree branches, Teng Yi couldn't cry or laugh, it seems that Uncle Chen was busy yesterday.

The surrounding fields have been planted with sweet potatoes, and Teng Yi guessed that Uncle Chen would probably not come over today.

"Jiu'er, I'm here."

Teng Yi squatted down, and his movements were much sharper than yesterday.

"Mm-hmm, hold me."

Teng Yi nodded, and did the same until a cut appeared on his hand, the difference was that this time he did not faint, and obviously felt that his body was a little lighter again.

"Jiu'er, are there really immortals in this world?" Teng Yi slowly sat down beside Jiu'er and asked with interest.

"Yes, I don't know very well."

"I wish I could see them in my lifetime."

"I don't want to see it."

Teng Yi was slightly surprised, but he didn't expect Jiu'er to think completely differently from himself.

"Jiu'er, why is this?"

"I don't know."

"Since Jiu'er doesn't want to see the immortals, then I'm gone."

"Thank you, thank you."

Teng Yi smiled, got up slowly, and in his sight, a peasant woman hurriedly ran towards him.

"Jiu'er, I'll come to see you tomorrow."

"Uh-huh."

As soon as she walked out of the fence field, the peasant woman had already rushed to Tengyi.

"The village chief is not good, something has happened."

"Aunt Gui Ying, tell me slowly, what happened."

Hearing this, Teng Yi's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly asked.

Zhang Guiying was out of breath, and shouted miserably: "Pillar father, he's gone." ”

"How is this possible?"

Teng Yi looked incredulous, and he had the impression that the man named Tie Niu was strong and strong, and he was a rare good player in the village, how could something happen.

"Village chief, in the morning I saw the iron ox go to the mountain stream to catch fish, and before an hour passed, when everyone rushed there, there was only a human skin left."

Speaking of this, Zhang Guiying's eyes burst into tears, and she was already frightened.

"Let's go, go to the mountain stream."

Teng Yi had an extremely bad premonition, and before Zhang Guiying could react, he had already set off in a hurry.

The mountain stream is about fifty miles away from Teng Village, where the water fish nourished here is one of the few sources of meat in the village, at this time, more than a dozen villagers are staying here anxiously, not far away, Tie Niu's wife and children are crying and crying to the offerings and incense candles on the ground.

"Brother Niu, why are you leaving, what will I do in the future."

"Dad, you're back."

"Wow."

"How can you live here, Brother Niu, come back."

When Teng Yi arrived, he was instantly attracted by the deep pool in the mountain stream.

"The village chief is here."

Zhang Guiying only caught up later, where did she still have the heart to notice why Teng Yi's footsteps had become so neat, and her heart had already become a hemp rope.

"Village Chief."

Seeing Tengyi, those villagers stepped forward one after another.

"Village chief, Brother Niu is gone, what should I do."

"Grandpa the village chief, can you let your father come back?"

The orphans and widows rushed directly to Teng Yi, in pain.

"Get up first, and there is no obstacle that you can't pass."

Teng Yi opened his mouth and said, being blocked by the mother and son, he couldn't continue to step forward.

"Big sister, you get up first with the pillar."

The villagers on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help Tie Niu's widow.

"Woo, I'm not alive anymore."

"I want my father, whoa."

Teng Yi glanced at the sacrifice not far away, and the next moment his gaze fell on the intact human skin of Tie Niu, and he was stunned.

"Iron Bull?"

Teng Yi walked over and asked in a stunned voice.

This human skin gave him the feeling of being a living person, which made Teng Yi immediately think of Jiu'er.

Airplanes.

"Village chief, I'm in the water, let's go."

"Truly."

Iron Bull's exclamation suddenly sounded in his head, accompanied by a creepy and eerie laugh.

"The village chief?"

Seeing Teng Yi staring blankly at the human skin of the iron ox, the surrounding villagers looked at each other.

"Everybody, get out of here."

Teng Yi suddenly turned around and shouted.

Whew.

In the blink of an eye, the wind was raging, and the sky instantly became gloomy.

"Ah, the village chief?"

All the villagers looked frightened, and they clearly felt the inexplicable chill of this sudden attack.

"Let's go, get out of here."

Hearing Teng Yi's exclamation again, the villagers returned to the original way.

"I'm not leaving, Brother Niu is still here, I can't go."

"I'm not leaving, I'm going to be with my dad."

"Sister, when is it, didn't you hear the words of the village chief, let's go."

After being dragged by the other villagers, Tie Niu's widow followed the others away.

"Let's go, don't stop."

Seeing that the villagers suddenly stopped, Teng Yi was so anxious that he shouted again.

"It's not that the village chief won't go, it's that we can't leave at all."

Zhang Guiying's face was full of fear, and she saw that she was running forward desperately, but she couldn't move forward a bit, as if there was an invisible wall in front of her.

"It's over, we're all going to die here."

A villager collapsed on the ground, his face showing deep despair.

It's only a few steps away from stepping onto the stone path, but it's hard to reach that distance.

"Village Chief."

Everyone looked desperately at Teng Yi who was standing in place.

"Whew."

Teng Yi took a deep breath, and he walked to the edge of the deep pool.

"And now?"

"Village chief, I'll try again."

Zhang Guiying rushed forward with all her strength and almost fell to the ground, but she ran to the stone path.

"The village chief can go out."

After all the villagers had left safely, Teng Yi looked at the deep pool, where the human skin he had seen in the well water last night was impressive.

"Village Chief, get out of there."

"The village chief is coming back quickly, you can't be fine."

After fleeing the danger, the villagers did not leave, and they shouted towards Tengyi.

"Let's go."

Teng Yi, who turned around, smiled and waved his hand at everyone.

"The village chief?"

The villagers who stayed on the stone path vaguely understood something, and their eyes involuntarily moistened.

"The village chief asked me to change you."

Zhang Guiying couldn't hold back her tears and was about to return to Shanxi from Xin.

"Don't look back, everyone will die when you turn back, go back quickly, I don't know how long it will last, don't look back."

Teng Yi's face was calm, and he said seriously.

"Village Chief."

With all kinds of reluctance, the villagers firmly remembered Tengyi's words and never looked back.

"Truly."

There was a strange laugh echoing in his ears, Teng Yi remained silent, he looked at the deep pool, and said coldly: "Beast, let go of the iron bull." ”

Airplanes!

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, the human skin was already floating on the water, grinning miserably at Teng Yi.

"Truly."

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Teng Yi noticed that a blade of grass was slowly falling, and he instinctively reached out to grab it.

"This? Jiu'er? ”

The surprise on Teng Yi's face flashed, and he didn't know if it was an illusion, he clearly felt that what he was holding in his hand was not a leaf, but a sword.

This feeling for no reason was unusually strong, and in an instant, he had a glimmer of realization in his heart.

Bang la blah.

Boom!

At this moment, a strip of algae suddenly stretched out from the water, and Teng Yi was instantly dragged into the water.

As the deep pool gradually returned to calm, the human skin of the iron bull gradually became full.

"Ahem."

It wasn't until noon that Iron Bull was completely restored, and he suddenly opened his tiger eyes and retched out of the black mud.

"Village chief, the iron bull has hurt you."

Bang bang bang.

The Iron Bull knelt in front of the deep pool, crying, and kept beating his chest for a long time.

"Ah Yi, I'm here to accompany you."

It didn't take long for Zhou Xiaoyun to walk behind Tie Niu in despair.

When they learned about this from Zhang Guiying and them, it was like a bolt from the blue, and Zhou Xiaoyun had to accept it silently even if she was unwilling.

This is the fate of the Teng family, and they may go to Huangquan at any time.

Teng Yi is like this, and his ancestors have been like this for generations.

This has long been strange in the history of Teng Village, the villagers all feel hopeless, if Teng Yi is broken, there will be no Teng Village anymore.

"Xiaoyun, what are you doing?"

Seeing Zhou Xiaoyun walking towards the deep pool step by step, Tie Niu, who came back to her senses, hurriedly pulled her to the shore.

"Uncle Tie, Ah Yi is in the water, I can't let him go alone."

Zhou Xiaoyun's face was bloodless, and she said calmly, her eyes never leaving the deep pool.

"Xiaoyun."

Tie Niu choked up for a while, only feeling extremely self-reproachful, and didn't know what to say.

"Uncle Tie, let me go, I'm going to accompany Ah Yi." Zhou Xiaoyun pleaded weakly.

"No, I should go, even if I die, I will bring the village chief back."

Tie Niu gently pushed Zhou Xiaoyun behind him and stepped into the deep pool without hesitation.

"This?"

Unexpectedly, the stream had just passed through Tie Niu's legs, and it was difficult to dive again.

"Ah Yi."

Seeing this scene, Zhou Xiaoyun still didn't understand, her heart was like a knife, she couldn't even die together, why did the sky want to be like this.

At this time, Teng Yi in the deep water was dying, and he was clutching the leaf tightly in his hand.

During this time, it was like experiencing thousands of reincarnations of death, each time it was unforgettable, and several times, Teng Yi believed that he was dead.

"Truly."

Boom.

Knock knock.

Knock knock.

The strange laughter struck again, and suddenly, Teng Yi's heart beat violently, he looked up at the face in front of him, and chopped the leaf out of his hand.

Sonor!

In an instant, a loud sword roar sounded, and then the human face split in two, completely blending into the water and disappearing.

"What is a sword?"

Teng Yi looked dazed and asked silently.

"Xiaoyun, don't do stupid things, go back, Uncle Tie will be here to guard."

By the mountain stream, Tie Niu couldn't bear it, and kept persuading Zhou Xiaoyun, who was determined to die.

"I want to accompany Ah Yi, I won't go anywhere."

Zhou Xiaoyun's face was resolute, Teng Yi was gone, and her heart also died.

"Xiaoyun, you are like this, Uncle Tie feels even more uncomfortable."

Tie Niu rubbed his eyes, not knowing what to do.

Bang la blah.

At this moment, Teng Yi was walking out of the deep pool step by step.

"Village Chief."

"Ah Yi."

"I'm fine."

As soon as Teng Yi said these three words, Zhou Xiaoyun had already pounced.

"Ah, Ah Yi, I thought I would never see you again."

"Xiaoyun, as I said, I won't die, it's okay." Teng Yi stretched out his hand and gently patted Zhou Xiaoyun's back.

Tie Niu stood silently on the side, and a smile finally appeared on his tearful face, what happened today, I'm afraid this man will never forget it for the rest of his life.