There is no calendar in the mountains, and the cold does not know the year.

Before you know it, it's the end of the year. Lijia Village has been very lively in recent days, with couplets posted in front of every house, red lanterns hanging high, and celebrating the New Year with joy.

Today is the last day of class in the village school, and Mr. Teaching will also go home for the New Year after teaching the last class, and the next class will be after the spring of the next year.

Hua Ying ran out of the school, grabbed a boy in a thick cotton coat, and asked, "Li Si, did you bring the things I asked you to bring?" ”

"I... I forgot ......."

The boy named Li Si had a runny nose and a not very smart look, and replied hesitantly.

When Hua Ying heard this, she immediately pursed her lips and said dissatisfiedly: "Do you still want that bamboo horse!" Today is the last time I'll go down the mountain, so let's get your things ready, I'll wait for you at the entrance of the village after dinner, and don't forget to come then." ”

"Yes! I'm going to! I'll definitely give it to you in the evening, and we'll see you in the village then!" With that, Li Si pulled out his legs and ran home, hurriedly getting ready.

After he left, Hua Ying didn't stop here, and walked towards the entrance of the village.

Along the way, looking at the noisy scene of every household in the village being lit up, she couldn't help but feel envious.

At this time in previous years, Hua Ying was playing with her friends in the same village, but this year is different, there are only two people on the mountain, she and her senior sister, and the master has not come back yet, not to mention how deserted it is.

Thinking that this year would have to be lively, so she was going to make some firecrackers to celebrate and celebrate, but without saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, firecrackers couldn't be made, so she had to go to Li Si to replace some.

Li Si's family sells goods, and his father often goes to the town to buy all kinds of goods to sell in the village.

Hua Ying didn't have any silver in her hand, and the only few taels of silver she had got were from the white-robed Taoist robe, and she had taken it to buy books early. So, penniless, she had no choice but to barter things and exchange them with some small objects made by herself to exchange them with this Li Si.

In addition to Li Si, she usually exchanges things from other children in the village. For example, snacks, vegetable seeds, etc.

If you want to change to something else, these little hairy children in the village can't get any strange things.

There are a lot of things that are lacking on the mountain, and Qin Xiangzhi still has some surplus money left by his master, which is used to buy rice and oil, and he also bought a few winter clothes for Hua Ying.

Seeing that the New Year is coming soon, I can't even buy some New Year's goods, which is really a bit unreasonable.

In fact, Hua Ying has been thinking about how to get some money recently, so she can't wait for the master to come back.

At first, she came up with a plan.

Sell vegetables, take the surplus vegetables grown in your own garden to the market and sell them, but the vegetables are worth a few dollars. After going to a market and selling a few copper plates, she just gave up.

Later, Hua Ying heard that medicinal materials were valuable, so she thought about planting some medicinal materials and selling them. However, it was not easy to find seeds for medicinal herbs, and there were no them in the village or the nearby market, so she inquired and found out that only the medicinal herb shops in the town sold seeds.

The seeds could not be bought for the time being, and she once again shifted her mind to the mountains.

There are a lot of wild herbs in the mountains, and Hua Ying thought to herself that maybe she could try to transplant and cultivate them. It's just that this matter will definitely have to wait until after the beginning of spring, and now the mountains are covered with snow, and wild herbs are extremely difficult to find, at least until the snow melts before she can officially start her plan.

After coming out of Lijia Village, Hua Ying returned all the way to the mountain, but nothing happened.

In the past two months, the Flying Fox Gate has not moved at all, and I don't know if they are planning anything, anyway, their sisters and sisters are safe and sound, everything is fine, except for the master who is still not returning, there is nothing unhappy about the others.

Pushed open the door of the small courtyard, walked to the front of the porch, unloaded the schoolbag made of cloth, followed the sound to the door of the senior sister's room, and gently buckled it.

"Senior sister, are you in there?"

Since the beginning of this month, the weather has been bitterly cold, although the two have been eating and living together for warmth, but Hua Ying is still cautious before entering Qin Xiang's weaving room, and every time she has to wait for an echo inside to push the door in, she doesn't dare to break in rashly, otherwise she may bump into something that shouldn't be seen.

"Senior sister, come in."

Qin Xiangzhi's shout soon came from the room, and Hua Ying immediately pushed the door in, closed the door with her backhand, and walked slowly inside.

In the room, Qin Xiangzhi was wearing only a single coat and sitting cross-legged on the bed, as if he was meditating and practicing.

Unlike Hua Ying, a young junior sister who has just started, Qin Xiangzhi has been practicing internal exercises every day in addition to practicing external skills, although she doesn't know what kind of realm she has reached, but judging from the amazing aura that she exudes from the inside out when she practices, it seems that she has already achieved a little success.

Hua Ying was very envious of this, but according to her master's instructions, she didn't practice the exercise called "Qingpi Li" anymore.

No, that exercise should actually be called "Qingbo Gong".

Since listening to the class secretly in the Lijia Village School at the foot of the mountain, Hua Ying has learned a lot of new words, and now except for some more obscure words, she has learned most of the commonly used words, and she has escaped the category of illiteracy.

Now, as long as the master teaches her new exercises, she can officially start cultivating internal skills.

"Senior sister, what's new at the bottom of the mountain today." Qin Xiangzhi got up and got out of bed, and asked while getting dressed.

Hua Ying shook her head at first, and then said, "Mr. has gone home for the New Year, and I don't have to go down the mountain to study for a while." ”

"That's fine, I've been staying in the mountains lately, and I can't rest assured every time you go down the mountain." Qin Xiangzhi nodded, and pulled Hua Ying to sit on the side of the bed, "The Flying Fox Gate has not moved for a long time, I'm afraid there will be some action after the year, and you will follow me and never leave." ”

"Senior Sister ......"

When it comes to this Flying Fox Gate, Hua Ying is a little uneasy, if they don't show up, they won't be able to live in peace for a day, as if a big stone is hanging in her heart, and she can't land for a long time.

I really don't know when I suddenly hit it and caught me off guard.

Seeing that he was worried, Qin Xiangzhi touched Hua Ying's head and comforted him softly: "Don't think about it, if they dare to come again, Senior Sister will definitely protect you." ”

"Hmm!" Hua Ying nodded heavily.

In the afternoon, after dinner, the two stayed in the room for the whole afternoon to rest. If it's cold today, I can't go anywhere, I'm bored, and after a little chat, I fall asleep until the evening.

Hua Ying woke up and saw that the senior sister next to her was still asleep, so she didn't bother, so she carefully got up and put on her shoes and walked out of the door.

There was light snow outside, the cold wind was blowing, and the forest path was white.

Hua Ying wrapped herself in a cotton coat, her mouth kept spitting hot air, and she walked down the snow-covered path down the mountain.

Although the senior sister asked her not to go down the mountain again, she remembered that she still had an agreement with Li Si, and thought that nothing should happen if she only went for a short while, so she hurried to Lijia Village.

When the firecrackers are ready, I will surprise my sister.

The snowy road in the mountains is slippery, not easy to walk, Hua Ying just walked to the bottom of the mountain in the dark, and was about to speed up her pace a little, when she suddenly noticed that there was something unusual at the foot of the mountain.

The snow is falling very thickly on the mountain, and at this time it is still drifting, and the snowflakes are flying all over the sky.

The road in the forest has long been covered with snow, but the path that should have been snow-white and bright is now dyed bright red.

I saw that dozens of corpses dressed in black and green clothes were scattered everywhere, some with different heads, some with severed limbs, and bright red blood stains sprinkled all over the road like spots, mixed with the white snow, forming a thick snow slurry, and the whole road was like mud.

White, mixed with blood, and the black corpse dotted on it, make up an eerie picture.

However, among the many corpses, there was a woman in a green shirt, holding a bloody silver-white sword, standing with her back to the mountain road.

The cold wind does not blow, and the snow dyes the green silk.

The woman gently waved the long sword in her hand, and the blood on the blade was thrown like raindrops on the snow, splashing a red line, leaving no trace, as if it had never been stained with anything.

Retracting the scabbard, the woman in the green shirt turned around, and walked over the mountain of blood corpses around her as if she was blinding, and the lotus step moved lightly and walked straight forward.

His lips opened lightly, and his voice was as light as water.

"Division... Master......"

Hua Ying didn't seem to have recovered from the terrifying scene in the distance, her young little face was full of shock, and it wasn't until the green-shirted woman approached that she stumbled and made a sound in her mouth.

That night, her young heart was greatly impacted, and a thought sprouted in her heart.

My master and sister are actually the big devils of murder?