Chapter 24: Running and Waiting
Nanfeng stopped, his mouth couldn't move when he was eating pastries, and while controlling his pounced hand, he instructed him with his mouth: "Look, why is the sky red over there?"
Xizhou looked in the direction indicated by the south wind, and was also stunned on the spot.
On the originally dark sky, half of the red was suddenly reflected, and the stars in the sky were all gone. The red light joined together, gilding the trees near and far, high and low, with a brilliant border. But in anyone's eyes, this scene will not feel warm, only shock and heart-pounding - there is a fire!
Nanfeng had never seen such a big fire, even if it was the Yihua Cave that burned with flames all the year round from Meng Zhenzun, the scale was far less than it.
She could almost hear the crackling sound of the wood burning!
That was the direction of Caisang Town, even if she had only been there once, she would know it, not to mention Xizhou, who had grown up here since childhood.
Almost at the same time, Nanfeng and Xizhou threw away the burden in their hands, and did not dare to stop for a moment and ran towards Caisang Town.
The entire town of Caisang was struggling in a sea of fire. The fire that soared to the sky drove the breath of life clean. There were no shouts, no wailings, not even weeping, only the sound of crackling things burning.
Although it is night, but looking at this fire, it should have been burning for a long time, why did no one put out the fire, and let the fire get bigger and bigger, so big that it was uncontrollable, swallowing the entire village and town?
How did such a big fire start? How could it have spread so widely, even though it had just rained and there was no strong wind?
And most importantly, where are all the people in the town? If they were evacuated, why were there no traces of horses and carts around, no footprints of people coming and going, and if they were not evacuated, why didn't they call for help?
This kind of dead silence is really weird.
The burning south wind's face was hot, and her back was cold.
Nanfeng was afraid that Xizhou would not be able to control his emotions and throw himself into the fire, so he hurriedly imprisoned him tightly in his arms, and shouted with all his strength: "Xizhou, don't go over, don't go forward!"
Xizhou seemed to be scared stupid, standing in front of the fire, not crying or making trouble. The firelight reflected on his face, but it could not illuminate his complex emotions.
When Nanfeng was thinking about how to force Xizhou to leave this dangerous place, he was instead led by Xizhou and ran into the woods. His movements changed too quickly, far beyond the reach of her wooden head.
What to run? Find someone to put out the fire? How to save such a big fire? Is there any other way in Xizhou?
The sudden fire and the lack of time to breathe made Nanfeng very anxious, and she couldn't help but ask him, "Where are you going?"
He didn't answer her, but told her in a cold sweat on the palm of his hand that they were in great trouble.
They fled for their lives, though Southwind didn't know why they were so agitated.
Nanfeng was out of breath, and he didn't forget to ask Xizhou: "Where have all the people in Caisang Town gone?
Xizhou glanced back at Nanfeng and didn't answer her question.
Nanfeng asked again, "Where are we going?"
Xizhou looked around as he ran and said, "Find a safe place to hide!"
"Where? other towns?"
He didn't speak again, just ran, holding her hand tightly.
Da, da, da......
A strange knocking sound came from behind him, Nanfeng felt that the sound was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a while, but Xizhou seemed to be very familiar with it, and he looked back in a panic, even more nervous because he had found nothing.
At night, it was dark all around, and only the fire behind it was bright.
Nanfeng was already hungry, and after running for most of the day, he was even more exhausted, and he didn't pay attention, tripped over something like a tree root, and fell to the ground.
The ground was a mess of branches and dead roots, and her hands were numb from the pain, and she gasped.
Xizhou even crawled to the ground and turned back to support her, and his leg was cut by the tree roots, but he didn't pay attention: "How is it?
"It's fine. Nanfeng said with tears rolling in his eyes.
Xizhou didn't have time to comfort Nanfeng, and seeing that she was not injured, he pulled her and continued to run forward.
Nanfeng was panting unevenly, and said breathlessly, "No...... No, I ...... Can't run...... Moved ......"
This kind of running like running for her life, she really can't last long.
Da, da, da......
Xizhou looked around nervously, heard the strange voice getting closer and closer, brought Nanfeng to a dirt pit, and eagerly ordered her to jump in.
Nanfeng was a little hesitant, and Xizhou rarely forced her to do something, and even urged her with a trembling voice and even begged her. When she had jumped in, he searched for branches and weeds as fast as he could, hid the pit tightly, and said to her, "Don't make a sound, don't let anyone find you!"
His facial features were dull and his hair was messy in the distant firelight, and he only had a pair of bright eyes, and through the darkness, he entrusted his fear and composure, despair and arrogance to the south wind.
Southwind still doesn't know what's going on. Isn't it time for the central government to put out a fire? Why hide?
Nanfeng grabbed Xizhou's hand just as he was about to leave. His hands were cold, and his bones were unpleasant. Nanfeng asked, "What the hell is going on?" Xizhou, where are you going?"
Xizhou said: "I'll go back as soon as I go, you will wait for me here!"
"If you don't tell me what's going on, I won't let you go anywhere!"
Xizhou was stunned for a moment, and suddenly showed a smiling face, he patted Nanfeng's hand holding him, and said, "Didn't you say that you want to untie the chain around your neck?"
"Superior?"
"Yes, high-ranking people. ”
"You're a liar!"
"What are you lying to you? When I come back, I will take you to see Wushan and Wuxia!"
When Xizhou spoke, his expression was so sincere, and he didn't want to be fake at all. Nanfeng forced himself to let go of his hand, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared from her sight.
The moment he disappeared, a wave of fear swept through her heart, like a flock of birds that had encountered a hunter under a calm sky.
While waiting for Xizhou, the south wind was quite tormented. She suddenly felt that although it was only two days, she and Xizhou had become the closest partners. She was reluctant to leave him.
The stars in the sky, even because of the skyrocketing fire, can't completely suppress them. Maybe it was because there had been a rain earlier, and the stars seemed to have been carefully washed, shining and lovely. On days without the moon, the stars are the hope of the night.
Just like Xizhou, it has become the hope of the south wind.