Zhao's family was at the end of the village, close to the back mountain, Liang Ying did not hesitate, and went to the wheat field with the memory of the day.

From time to time, there were sounds of insects and birds in the mountains, the moonlight overhead was covered by dark clouds, and the surrounding area was obviously very noisy, but there was a deathly silence.

Liang Ying was nervous in her heart, holding her breath and moving forward, no matter what the road ahead, she just wanted to escape from this suffocating ghost place as soon as possible.

The mountain wind blew and fluttered her clothes, and she clung to her burden and walked as fast as the moon rose in the sky.

By the faint moonlight, after passing the boulder, her hanging heart fell slightly.

Arriving at the wheat field, thousands of fireflies flutter around in the dark night, forming a romantic picture.

She didn't have any intention of appreciating it, she only groped her way down the path, and accidentally fell on the way, but fortunately she didn't hit the stone, otherwise she would have to fall into a big green bag.

Getting up in pain, Liang Ying rubbed her knees and continued to move forward carefully.

The body was a little more delicate, and she rested for a while. Because he had experienced the massacre in the palace when he came, he was not panicking at all when he faced the escape again at this moment.

A firefly landed on the back of her hand, and Liang Ying caught it in her hand and teased it for a while, then looked at the black forest in the distance.

Just walk through it and save yourself.

With this belief, she got up and continued to go down to find the hemp rope and other things that Tan Sanniang had hidden in advance.

The sudden crowing of the rooster in the village startled Liang Ying, and she groped her way to the familiar pile of stones, and searched for a while before she found the hemp rope and knives in the cracks in the stones.

Liang Ying was happy in her heart, and hurriedly opened her baggage and packed the required items.

It was not yet midnight, and it was very dark, so she did not dare to rush into the woods, so she walked under a mulberry tree and waited.

There is a long slope from the wheat field to the forest, and you have to use a hemp rope to slide down the trunk of the tree. She waited there for a long time, and many mosquitoes bit her vigorously, which made her a little upset.

As time passed, the roosters in the village crowed one after another.

Finally survived until the sky was overcast and bright, Liang Ying decisively tied the hemp rope to the mulberry tree.

After making sure that the tie was solid, she was relieved to wrap the other end around her waist, and then lowered the rope little by little and slid down the slope.

She was cautious and did not dare to be careless.

The slope was several meters long, and although Liang Ying was covered in dust, she finally came down safely.

She was delighted by the feeling of landing on both feet and stepping on the ground.

She hurriedly untied the rope around her waist, looked up at the hemp rope tied to the mulberry tree, and used her brain.

When he picked up a dead branch nearby, Liang Ying tied the knife to the dead branch, straightened the hemp rope, stretched the knife on the dead branch to the foot of the mulberry tree, and struggled to cut the rope to hide the traces.

After doing this, she knew that there were traps in the woods, so she cut off a branch before going in, and left a point for exploration.

The first person to notice that she was missing was Aunt Gong.

After making breakfast, Aunt Gong walked to the door and called someone, but there was no response. She felt strange in her heart, and shouted several times in succession, but no one answered.

Aunt Gong pushed the door in confusion, and opened it with a slight push, only to see the thin quilt on the bed piled on one side, like when she got out of bed and left.

The room was empty, and there was no one behind the screen.

At that time, Mrs. Zhao was washing in front of the sink, and suddenly heard Aunt Gong's panicked voice coming from behind her, "The old lady is not good, Mrs. Wang is gone!" ”

Hearing this voice suddenly, Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but be taken aback, and said in surprise: "It's early in the morning, what are you yelling about?" ”

Aunt Gong was terrified, pointed to the house and said, "Little Lady Wang is gone!" ”

Mrs. Zhao saw that her face was wrong, so she hurriedly went into the house to check, there was no trace of movement in the house, as if the girl was just going out and would come back at any time.

"Strange, I was here last night."

Aunt Gong responded: "I didn't see anyone go out this morning." ”

Mrs. Zhao didn't say anything.

Aunt Gong had a speculation in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it.

Mrs. Zhao was calm and ordered: "You go to Li Er and ask him to look in the village to see if he has come to the door." ”

Aunt Gong wanted to speak and stopped, but finally endured it and hurriedly went to find Li Su.

Mrs. Zhao looked around the furnishings in the house, she first looked at the makeup box on the table, most of the things were there, only two golden hairpins were missing, and then looked at the cabinet, there was a piece of clothing missing.

Mrs. Zhao had an ominous premonition in her heart.

Early in the morning, Li Su went door-to-door to search for people, but found nothing.

There is no one in the village, and the cliff in front is a broken road, and there is no hiding place except for the back mountain.

Liang Ying and Tan Sanniang got close before, but Mrs. Zhao found her, but she didn't ask her, but only followed the temptation: "Sanniang is confused, Ah Ying went to the back mountain, I'm afraid that it will be more auspicious." ”

Tan Sanniang panicked in her heart, pretending to be stupid and said: "The old lady Sanniang doesn't understand what she said. ”

Mrs. Zhao looked at her and said, "The mountain you entered with Wang Ying also helped each other, I know this."

"Wang Ying's heart is not here, I also know that she is just a weak woman, if she enters that jungle, most of them will not be able to get out alive."

Tan Sanniang's eyelids jumped wildly when she said this.

Mrs. Zhao sighed heavily and continued: "I really fell in love with her daughter-in-law, this world is chaotic, and she was born so standard, no matter where she goes, it is a dead end."

"Call Sanniang today, I don't want to embarrass you, I just want to ask, has she ever asked you to help her enter the forest in the back mountain, you just need to answer yes and no."

Tan Sanniang hung her head and was silent.

When the two sides were at a stalemate, Li Su entered the courtyard with a solemn face, took the little hemp rope left under the mulberry tree, and told Mrs. Zhao about the traces of the back mountain, and deduced that Liang Ying should have fled into the forest.

Mrs. Zhao sat on the stool and was silent for a long time.

I don't know how long it took before she said, "Go and find Zhao Pheasant back." ”

Li Su was a little embarrassed, "Right now, the big shopkeeper is dealing with the officers and soldiers, and I am afraid it will be difficult to draw ......."

Mrs. Zhao suddenly became angry, slapped the table and said angrily: "His daughter-in-law ran away, what is more important than this?!" ”

Li Su: "......"

So Zhao Pheasant, who was dealing with the officers and soldiers in the mountains, was found back in the village.

After learning that Liang Ying had escaped from the back mountain, Zhao Pheasant was not surprised at all.

When he came back, it was already late in the afternoon, and Mrs. Zhao shook her pu fan and said with a serious expression: "Ah Ying went to the forest in the back mountain, she is a weak female stream, and the jackals, tigers and leopards in it may not be able to survive."

"Xiuxiu and go find her back, she is my daughter-in-law in my photo, whether she is dead or alive, I will give up when I see her."

Zhao Pheasant was silent for a while before he said: "The situation in the mountains is clear, and it is probably too late." ”

Mrs. Zhao frowned, "I can't care about so much." After a pause, "Now that the officers and soldiers are encircling and suppressing, you let the yellow skins deal with it first, if Wang Ying encounters an accident, I will admit it, but I want you to go and find her back in person." ”

Zhao Pheasant asked coldly: "What if it's just a corpse?" ”

Mrs. Zhao's eyelids jumped wildly, and she said stubbornly: "You have to find it for me too!" He added, "To be born is to see people, and to die is to see corpses." ”

Zhao Pheasant was silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Mrs. Zhao knew that he didn't like this family affair, so she poked his arm with the handle of a fan, and said tentatively: "You have a lot of blood on your body, Wang Ying is probably afraid of you, if she falls into your hands, will she have a chance to live?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Pheasant smiled suddenly, revealing Bai Sensen's teeth, and his eyebrows were full of provocative anger, "A-Niang thinks that I will bring her back alive?" ”

Mrs. Zhao was stunned.

Zhao Pheasant slowly stretched out his hand.

The finger bones are slender, and there are thin calluses on the palms, which are trained with weapons all year round, "A-Niang, don't you forget, your son is a bandit, and he has countless life debts on his body, and it's nothing more than this." ”

Mrs. Zhao twitched the corners of her mouth, obviously bluffed by him.

Zhao Pheasant tilted his head to look at her and said, "Instead of asking me to find Wang Ying, it is better to send Li Er, he is kind, maybe he can get her back." ”

These words made Mrs. Zhao very angry, and she glared and said, "Wang Ying is your daughter-in-law!" ”

"I haven't visited the church, what kind of daughter-in-law is it?"

"You!"

Mrs. Zhao was really angry, pointed at him and said, "The family is unfortunate!" Bad luck at home! Child, father, you open your eyes and look at this rebellious son, the Zhao family is about to die, how dare my Ma family go down to the underworld to meet the ancestors of the Zhao family in the future! ”

Zhao Pheasant: "......

He silently looked at his old lady beating her chest, and he was used to her routine.

No, Aunt Gong on the side hurriedly calmed Mrs. Zhao's emotions and said to Zhao Pheasant: "Xiuxiu, don't be angry with the old lady, it's a human life, even if you don't want to marry, it's a good thing to find a way to live for others." ”

Mrs. Zhao was a thief, afraid that her cub would kill someone in the forest, so she hurriedly responded: "Son, as long as you find Wang Ying alive, I will never force you to marry her again." ”

Zhao Pheasant was skeptical, "Is this true?" ”

Mrs. Zhao swore and said, "Seriously! As long as she comes back safely, I won't talk about it again. ”

Aunt Gong also said: "Xiuxiu will send a kind heart, there are not only wild things in the forest, but also a lot of hunting traps, Wang Ying is alone, and she is a weak woman, no outsiders will take her out, but I am afraid that there will be more luck and less luck." ”

Zhao Pheasant watched the two sing and harmonize, and after a long time, he looked at the sky outside and said: "It's too late today to enter the mountain, even if you want to find someone, you have to wait until tomorrow." ”

Mrs. Zhao said worriedly: "How can that be good, that girl is delicate, spending the night in the mountains, just afraid, only afraid of ......"

She didn't dare say the rest.

Zhao Pheasant squinted at her and said, "Didn't A-Niang say that Wang Ying is rich and noble, with the protection of God, what are you worried about?" ”

Mrs. Zhao said unhappily: "You grandson, don't say cool things!" ”

Zhao Pheasant didn't want to talk to her, "I'm tired, let's go rest for a while." ”

In the end, due to the obscenity of his mother, Zhao Pheasant was chased into the mountain by the old lady early the next morning. He dressed as a hunter, brought water and dry food, and led a hunting dog to the back mountain.

The hound sniffed Liang Ying's clothes, and looked for the scent to lead the way into the forest.

Zhao Pheasant followed.

He had thought that the girl was delicate, and with the strength of her feet, she should not have been able to run far, if she were still alive.

Who would have thought that this search would be searched for three days.

Usually they rarely enter the forest from the back mountain, and most of them leave footprints in front of them, because this area covers the sky and the sun, and once people enter, they can hardly see the sun.

At first, Zhao Pheasant followed the hunting dog to find someone, thinking that it would not take long to find it, but unexpectedly, the hunting dog smelled the smell of Liang Ying's clothes and tracked it until the evening, and the clue was broken.

This is something that Zhao Pheasant never expected.

The hound swirled in place, he squat down to soothe its emotions, fed it another piece of jerky, and sniffed Liang Ying's clothes again after a while.

The hounds spun around in place for a long time.

Eventually, it managed to track a small distance, and then stopped moving.

Zhao Pheasant looked up at the sky outside through the gap in the treetops, and decided not to follow it anymore, and it was important to find a safe place to spend the night.

At the same time, Liang Ying was unkempt, her clothes were cut by thorns and several cuts, her cloth shoes were wet, her whole face was blue, and she was in a very bad state.

This jungle was much more terrifying than she had imagined.

Looking at the dark and deep tall shrubs, the thick dead leaves smelling of decay, she was careful with every step, for she had already encountered several hunting traps yesterday.

The dirty hand gripped the sharpened stick and used it to search the way ahead.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, the forest was once again in a dangerous darkness.

She did not dare to settle on the ground, for fear of being attacked by wild animals, so she found an easy tree to climb as she had done last night, and climbed it with great difficulty, and spent the night on it.

In order to prevent falling, she specially tied herself loosely to the tree with ropes.

Despite the collapse and helplessness of this jungle in her heart, she still gritted her teeth and endured her frustration, without showing the slightest weakness or retreat.

From the moment she came to this world, her path has not been smooth, and she finally crawled out of the pile of dead people in the palace, but ended up in a den of bandits.

Now he finally escaped, but fell into the endless abyss.

Looking blankly at the surrounding black and oppressive jungle, she was deeply aware that human beings were insignificant in the face of nature.

Just like her current situation, alone in this endless primeval forest, it was like a greedy blood basin, ready to devour her life at any moment.

But she wanted to live.

That will to survive supports her to seek life, never give up, even if the psychological defense line has long been collapsed to a mess, she still endures and does not dare to be afraid.

She always felt that tying the rest of her life to Zhao Pheasant's bandit was called despair.

She doesn't want to be a villager, let alone be in the company of bandits, she just wants to be a normal person and live a normal life.

However, in such a chaotic and bad world, her expectations seem particularly naïve and funny.

Not wanting to think about whether she could survive the night, she leaned on the tree tiredly, hungry, but she could only endure it any longer, save dry food, and plan for tomorrow.

When night falls, the jungle is filled with nocturnal wild creatures that come out to feed, and countless fireflies float in the originally dark forest.

Liang Ying's stomach rumbled with hunger.

At first, she could endure it, but then she couldn't bear it until midnight, so she tore off a small piece of dried meat from her burden.

Through the cracks in the treetops, she chewed on the hard jerky, and looked up to catch a glimpse of the stars.

At that moment, she seemed to catch a glimpse of the light of heaven in her predicament.

Despite being in the mud, there is still a longing for beauty.

The forest at night was much colder than outside, and she would not have dared to sleep in such an environment before.

But she was so tired during the day that she leaned against the fork of the tree and fell asleep for a while, and even in that brief moment, she had a sweet dream.

It's like going back to the warm afternoons that used to be.

It was a long night, but it was peaceful.

After a successful night, the early morning glimmer spilled through the dense foliage.

Liang Ying opened her eyes in a daze, looking at the beams of light falling from above on the dead leaves below, and was in a trance for a moment.

She looked sleepily at the morning light full of hope, and her tense □□ was relaxed at this moment.

It was not easy for her to survive for another day.

The clothes on her body were a little damp, but she didn't care about it, untied the rope, carefully went to the ground, moved her stiff limbs and neck, and started the day's journey again.

With the experience of hiking in the forest two days ago, Liang Ying has been able to cope well with this kind of wild survival.

Sometimes, when she was thirsty and wanted to drink water, she would use the rotten clay pot she had picked up to get water from the tree ditch and boil it, and she would also use her clothes to go through the raw water and boil it for drinking.

Occasionally, there are small animals in the forest to spy on her, and Liang Ying has no experience in hunting, so she can only swallow her saliva greedily.

Her luck was still good, she didn't encounter jackals, tigers and leopards along the way, and at most she saw a few wild boars, all of which she avoided.

Because the dry food brought in the summer spoiled quickly, she was afraid that Mrs. Zhao would be suspicious, so she didn't prepare too much.

In addition, his physical strength has been greatly consumed along the way, and the amount of food he eats is larger than before, after eating the last bit of jerky, Liang Ying can only use local materials.

On the way, she took out a nest of eggs from an unknown animal from a cave, several of them, smaller than pigeon eggs, and she ate them all raw.

As long as you can live, there is nothing you can't eat.

Her strong will to survive and the tenacity in her bones pushed her to continue to survive, even if she was dirty like a wild man, because she firmly believed that as long as she could get out of this forest alive, she would be reborn and free.

Persevering in the forest until the fourth day, Liang Ying lost a lot of weight. Hunger was unbearable, but even more terrifying than hunger was when she ran into a corpse on the side of a slope.

The corpse had withered, and it had an unbroken rope hanging from its neck, which was hanging high on the thick branches, and it was very shocking to be caught off guard.

Liang Ying screamed in fright, fell to the ground, and retreated.

Her face turned pale, and she didn't dare to look at the corpse anymore, so she crawled away.

After running far away in one breath, she was shocked and covered her chest and gasped.

However, as he continued to move forward, the withered and rotten image of the corpse lingered in his mind like a spell.

Maybe in the near future, she'll be an unclaimed corpse like it.

Thinking of this, Liang Ying was crawling with goosebumps all over her body.

Not wanting to think about the terrible scene, she was even more cautious. In fact, the animals in the forest don't want to see people, she is more frightened to them.

Sometimes the squirrels on the trunk of the trees would run away when they saw her, and there were even monkeys squeaking at her.

They are full of hostility towards this foreign invader and have used their own way to expel them, and Liang Ying will also unceremoniously pick up stones to fight back.

When she was tired, she leaned down under a tree to rest.

Who would have thought that the nearby black snake was alarmed by her, and it was threatened, and immediately emerged from the dead leaves to attack her.

Caught off guard and saw a snake that was not small, Liang Ying was so frightened that she screamed, and instinctively picked up the wooden stick in her hand and hit it indiscriminately.

It should also be that snake's bad luck, and it was accidentally hit with a stick, and its attack power suddenly weakened a lot.

Liang Ying was really frightened enough, and she fought back like a crazy stick, and beat it to death in a daze.

Seeing that it was motionless, she walked away in shock, not daring to linger any longer.

However, after walking dozens of steps in a panic, Liang Ying suddenly paused.

A crazy thought crossed her mind from hunger, and she turned back in horror and horror, the hapless black snake still in its place.

Liang Ying stared straight at its corpse with a strange look in her eyes.

She stared at it for a long time, it was blue-gray-brown in size, with a flat head, typical of the black snake species.

This snake is not venomous.

Edible.

In the end, after a lot of psychological struggle, Liang Ying surrendered in the face of hunger, and decided to make a fire on the spot to peel it and eat it.

It's just that she didn't expect that Zhao Pheasant found her at this juncture, and was bluffed by the scene of her eating the black snake, and the whole person cracked.

That delicate girl has the guts to kill a snake and eat it!