Chapter 78: Late Desire for Snow (1)
Sure that there was no one inside, Sleepless gently pushed the door open and went in, by the light of the lantern in the corridor, his eyes were bright, he saw things clearly, found the stove, and lifted the lid of a large cauldron.
The white vapor rushed to the face in a clump, forming fine droplets of water on the face, itchy and wet.
The heat dissipated, and the pot was filled with rice, and there was still a small half pot left. The fire in the stove has been extinguished, only a few flames are shining in the ashes, and the rice is still steaming!
The fragrance is fragrant, how can you live patiently without sleep?
I didn't bother to look for the dishes and chopsticks, grabbed a big handful with my hand, stuffed it into my mouth, grabbed seven or eight handfuls in a row, gobbled it up, and finally got tired of eating, my stomach was five or six points full, a burp went up, and I reluctantly closed the lid of the pot.
In addition, I found some pastries, vegetable balls and other snacks in the kitchen, and I made a sense of satiety seven or eight points, which was enough.
"Meow~"
A big orange fat cat, I don't know which dark passage came in, stepped on the light and shadow of the lantern, walked slowly, lay down to the corner next to the stove, holding its little hands, and its body quickly purred.
Enjoying the warmth and smelling the aroma of the food, this little raccoon dog is very comfortable.
Sleepless at night to see love, can't help but on its furry head a handful, the cat was touched, slightly opened its eyes, just looked at him, then closed again, a look of love to ignore, very cold.
"Boom, boom."
Sleepless Night teased twice, and touched the place where the little raccoon dog was lying, warm is warm.
But there is one place where it should be warmer.
With a thought in his mind, he used an internal force to destroy all the sparks in the stove.
The orange cat was smart, opened his eyes when he heard the sound, and saw what it meant to be sleepless at night, "Lao Wu, Lao Wu" called a few times, rubbed his hand affectionately twice, and got into the stove to keep warm.
Cats drill stoves, this is the normal operation. Comfortable.
Sleepless smiled at night, closed the door, and left contentedly.
Carrying light work, driving a small walk, stepping on the roof without sleep at night, not long after, far away from this village, around the ugly time, gradually reached the boundary of Black Elk Peak.
He lived in a cell for nearly two months from his arrest and imprisonment, and the Black Elk Gang naturally perished for two months.
When you enter the mountain gate, there is no longer a scene guarded by small minions, the land is desolate and silent. Only occasionally can it be seen that a few lynx are scurrying in the night, sturdy and sturdy in hunting for prey.
"Boom"
Walking on the road, he knocked on a corpse and kicked a hole.
It was cold in winter, and for two months, the corpse had not completely decomposed, except for a few skeletons exposed, and the whole body exuded a disgusting stench.
Sleepless at night is particularly sensitive to smells, and the internal force of the heart meridian is used to resist it, and it is only slightly calmer.
The further you went, the more corpses numbered, and by the time you reached the vicinity of the High Chair Slope, the main battle site of the Battle of Black Elk Peak, it was almost impossible to get your feet down.
If you don't perform light exercises and avoid them carefully, your feet will all be contaminated with corpse fluid and rotten meat.
The battle that day was very tragic, except for a very few who escaped by luck, almost all the minions of the Black Elk Gang were wiped out by the Jinyi Guards and the official army.
And the brocade guards have always been only responsible for sending people to the western sky, but they are not responsible for collecting corpses, so there is this shocking situation.
After sleepless nights, he wrote a limerick poem to record what he saw and heard tonight:
[Severed limbs and remnants are everywhere, what a Shura hell field! ] The vultures are fed, the jackals feast, and the maggots dance in a carnival. The cold wind of the winter night is coming, blowing the smell of fishy wind for six or seven miles.
Humanity has been Yama here, but there are Yin soldiers in the child's coaxing. On the third watch, I heard the hungry ghosts crying, on the fourth watch, I heard the complaining ghosts, and on the fifth watch, the ghosts walked at night. The Hades Underworld has a large number of soldiers, and there is no soul on the Black Elk Peak. 】
The last two lines of this poem are actually to the point: although there are corpses all over the field, none of the people who died at the scene were not worthy of death.
robbed the house before his death, harmed people's lives, and finally died under the calculation of Jinyiwei, which can be regarded as more than innocent.
Sleepless at night, there was not much fluctuation in his heart, but he felt that the smell was overwhelming, lest he inhale too much corpse qi and damage his health, so he became ill and went straight to the summit of the righteous hall.
The scenery is swaying, the flowers and shadows are heavy, the moon is like a hook, the sky is full of stars, and it is not difficult to see.
Before dawn, I climbed to the summit of the Gathering Hall, which had long since become a pile of ruins, with beams and pillars lying horizontally and vertically, with traces of fire on them.
But it rained continuously, and the air was so humid that the fire could not burn down halfway, leaving behind the ruins and broken walls.
In the middle of the ruins, some grass has begun to grow.
Being able to produce new grass in the winter must have additional nourishment.
Sure enough, sleepless at night, I saw several lightly ossified corpses in the shallow grass, lying lonely.
Sleepless at night, I followed my memories and found the location of the house I was living in before.
Most of the floors in the house have been torn apart, revealing the stones and dirt underneath.
Somewhere, Sleepless Night weighed it with his feet, felt solid, and a burst of hope rose in his heart. With a slight step on it, only to hear a "click", the weathered floor broke off, and the hidden mezzanine under it rushed into view.
He crouched down in delight, took all the pieces apart, and took out a chest and a sword from them.
The box is the box containing silver, maid's clothes, and the swordsmanship of "Traveling Night Book" and "Forgotten Things"; The sword is a pine-patterned sword given to him by Zhou Xian.
After counting it, he let out a long sigh when he saw that these things were there.
"It's all here, it's all good! Didn't let me run in vain! ”
The purpose of his starry night to catch up with Black Elk Peak was to pick up these old things.
It turned out that before preparing to connect with the so-called "Wu Zhangshi", his heart was quite unsettled, and he had a bad premonition; It rained a lot that day, and it was not convenient to wear a robe, which was not convenient to carry.
So on the day of the joint, he put all the objects under the floor mezzanine and hid them.
After that, on the night of the battle of Black Elk Peak, fortunately, after the victory of Jinyiwei, he did not carefully search the righteous hall, but just knocked down the house, set a fire and left.
This secret compartment was thus not discovered. These items have been preserved.
I didn't expect that unintentional move at the beginning to save so many important things for him.
If they all had been taken with him, they would have been captured by the Jinyi Guard after he was captured. It is extremely difficult to get it back later. Afterwards, when Jin Yiwei counted the loot, the loose sword would also bring a lot of trouble to Zhou Baihu.
"It's also in the dark, there are gods to help me! I had a premonition that I kept a lot of things here in advance, so as to avoid many twists and turns. "Sleepless nights and sigh from the bottom of my heart.