Huo Xing'an took Nalan Yue through the flowery mountains and walked north. Along the way, he stopped and stopped, in order to avoid the villagers who might be looking for him everywhere, Huo Xing'an tried to choose a small path to travel, and only inquired about the shops or settled in the mountain cottage in the evening.

Since leaving the Valley of Flowers, Huo Xing'an felt much closer to Nalan Yue, although he didn't touch her hand again, he felt as if his heart had been together.

They often talk about what it was like when they were children. One day, when it came to the Jin Kingdom, Huo Xingan asked Nalan Yue: "Do the Song people hate the Jin people?"

Nalan Yue said: "I have never been out of the valley, I only heard that the Jin people occupied the land of our Song people, and also kidnapped the king, and my father was always resentful during his lifetime. ”

Huo Xing was a little gloomy and asked her, "What about you?...... I'm also a golden man. ”

Nalan Yue said: "I don't know how bad the Jin people are, but I think you are not what they say." ”

"Actually, my mother is Han," Huo Xing'an said, "In the past, because my mother was not from Jinguo, she was often bullied, but later my father married my mother, and my mother moved to the house, so no one dared to bully her." He sighed, "When my mother was alive, she often told me that the place of the Song people is the best. She was arrested and taken to the Kingdom of Jin. ”

Nalan Yue couldn't help but sigh. "Then you should be a Song person, I think, your mother must also want you to be a Song person...... Although I don't know what the Jin people look like, Gongzi and the Song people are no different. ”

Seeing that Nalan Yue didn't think he was from the Jin country, Huo Xingan became happy: "Yue'er, in fact, I never thought I was a Jin person, but when I arrived at the boundary of the Southern Song Dynasty, I remembered that I was a Jin person." ”

"From then on, you can live in Song Land," Na Lanyue frowned slightly, "If, after finding out everything, it is not my father's reason, will you come back?"

Huo Xingan nodded without thinking.

"Then you—you're still going to find the enemy who killed your father, will you?"

Huo Xingan nodded again. There was a hint of melancholy in Nalan Yue's expression.

Huo Xing'an took Nalan Yue and stayed overnight day and night, and arrived at the outskirts of Jiankang a few days later. They dismounted and walked, and the number of pedestrians on the road began to increase, carrying burdens, carts, and sometimes in an endless stream. Seeing that Lan Yue's dress was stained with dust and looked dark, and she was still hiding from the cows and horses that were flicking their tails from time to time, Huo Xing thought with peace of mind, she was a young lady, she had never been far away, and now she was with me to eat and sleep, and she didn't even hire a sedan chair, she was really wronged, and when she got to the city, she should buy her a dress.

Just thinking about it, only to hear a few coughs beside him, Huo Xing'an glanced at it, and it was an old woman with a wrinkled face standing on the side of the road with a gossip flag. Seeing Huo Xing'an looking over, the old woman smiled at him.

Huo Xing'an ignored her and continued to walk towards the city with Nalan Yue. After walking half a mile, Na Lanyue whispered to Huo Xing'an: "That old woman has been following behind." ”

Huo Xingan looked back, and the old woman holding the flag really followed unhurriedly, and said in his heart, this old woman has good legs and feet, looking at his old appearance, but she can follow us so fast. His heart suddenly moved, pulled Nalan Yue to stop, and tied Houfu to the tree to graze. Strangely, the old woman also stopped. Seeing that Huo Xing'an and Nalan Yue were not leaving, she simply leaned on a tree, took out her pipe, lit a tobacco leaf and smoked it. Huo Xing'an saw her spitting smoke comfortably, thinking that she would rest here, and said to Nalan Yue, let's go.

They continued on their way, and the old woman looked at them and did not follow them any further.

"I thought she was going to follow us all the time. Huo Xing'an said.

They went into the city and walked through the bustling streets, ready to find a shop. Nalan Yue was very curious, and when she saw all kinds of things on the stall, she would stop and touch them. Huo Xing'an bought her a candy flower, and Na Lanyue was reluctant to eat it.

When walking through a dart game, Nalan Yue suddenly said in surprise: "Childe, look!"

Following the direction pointed by Nalan Yue, Huo Xing'an saw a person walking slowly not far away, holding a flag in his hand, but it was not who the old woman was. "Maybe it's a coincidence. Huo Xingan simply took Nalan Yue into an alley, and then came out of the alley, he seemed to be a child, and then took Nalan Yue into another alley, and after coming out, he turned into another place, and after turning around like this, he didn't even know where he went, only to see the mansions next to each other, and the doors pointed to each other.

"Childe, you want to play hide and seek with her?" said Lan Yue chuckled.

"I don't believe she can fly from wall to wall, if she really wants to follow us. He looked at the aftermath who was following closely and couldn't help but laugh, "This horse has a mark all the way." ”

I happened to see a tavern, Huo Xingan was hungry, presumably Nalan Yue was also hungry, so he wanted to go in. As soon as I arrived at the door, I glanced at it casually, and a figure flashed out in the corner of the house in the distance. Huo Xingan strode over and looked at the ghostly old woman who suddenly appeared. The old woman smiled at her flatteringly, and her face was full of wrinkles.

Huo Xingan stared at her with disgust: "Why do you always follow us?"

The old woman shook the gossip banner and said: "The little official looks better than Pan An, blessed and handsome, but between the heavenly courts, there seems to be unforeseen worries, and it is not a good omen." ”

Seeing her cursing herself, Huo Xingan was very angry, thinking, you are my unforeseen omen. "If you want to tell fortunes, find someone else, I don't have any money for you. Don't follow me anymore. People have their own fortunes, and each has a destiny. ”

"This little official is right. However, since destiny is impermanent, wouldn't it be good to have a prophetic preconception. If no one points to the maze, sooner or later the road will be lost. I have spiritual water here to solve and transform, listen to the old body's words, and ensure that you don't have to worry. ”

Huo Xing said with peace of mind, the more he talked, the more confused he became, just wanting to know how she could save the day. "What are you talking about?"

The old woman took out a small paper bag and said: "During the third watch, burn three incense sticks, and then scatter this evil thing into the wine, and drink it after chanting three times 'Zhong Kui is here', then the petty officials and ghosts will stay away, and the evil spirit will not be touched." ”

Huo Xing smiled with peace of mind.

"I don't ask the petty officials to reward them with silver, I just want to do a good deed every day, and I don't ask the petty officials to be grateful and thankful, just because it is rare to have fate. The old woman respectfully handed the small paper bag to Huo Xing'an with a trembling hand.

Huo Xing said with peace of mind, what kind of grace is this, why should I thank you. Although I was displeased, I still accepted it.

The old woman made a chord and bowed deeply to Huo Xingan: "The little official has accumulated virtue for the old man." ”

Huo Xingan reluctantly thanked him and walked back to the tavern. The old woman smiled and nodded, and turned to leave.

Huo Xing'an told Na Lan Yue those strange things that the old woman said, but Na Lan Yue listened very seriously.

"Childe has been tired for several days, I think the old woman found out that Childe was weak and drove away the turbidity for you. ”

Since he left the house when he was a child, Huo Xingan lived in the mountains with Xiao Tianzu most of the time, and the Xiao Tianzu had a rough and unrestrained temperament, uninhibited in the world, claiming to have the wisdom of heaven to give spiritual eyes, and saw through all the charms and ghosts, and the tricks in the market were often despised by him. is familiar with it, so Huo Xing'an is not superstitious about folk witchcraft.

Seeing that Nalan Yuexin thought it was true, Huo Xingan said: "The talisman ash or incense ash that our goddess there burned after helping the girl is probably this. Na Lanyue opened the paper bag, and there was indeed a small pinch of ash in the paper bag, she smelled it, and there was no fragrance.

"Whether it's incense ash or runes, maybe it's magical. She wrapped the paper bag and put it away for Huo Xingan.

Huo Xing'an ordered the wine and food, and used it with Nalan Yue.

After that, they settled down in an inn, and after a hard journey, Huo Xingan hoped that Nalan Yue would have a good rest. In a certain village before, Nalan Yue wrote a book to trust the villagers to send it to Paoke Villa, Huo Xingan was worried that the villager would not do anything after receiving the money, but now in Jiankang, there is an official postman, so he must not be wrong, so he went to the street to buy a pen and paper, and asked Nalan Yue to write another letter to his family. Na Lanyue asked him to buy some rice paper by the way.

Nalan Yue quickly wrote the letter, and Huo Xingan took the letter and went to the store to help. The shop assistant took it attentively and went to deliver it to the postman. Huo Xing'an thought about buying clothes for Nalan Yue, wandered on the street for a while, but couldn't make up his mind, so he returned to the inn.

When I returned to the room, I saw that Na Lanyue was still writing something on the paper, and when I got closer, I saw that more than half of the portraits had been drawn on the paper, and I looked like myself between my eyebrows and eyes. Seeing Huo Xing'an coming closer, Nalan Yue couldn't help but be shy: "Son." ”

"Yue'er, it turns out that the painting is so good. ”

Childe smiled. Nalan Yue dipped her ink and said, "When I'm done painting, I'll give Gongzi a reward, okay?"

Huo Xingan probably guessed the person in the painting, and no longer bothered her, so he went to sit aside and quietly watched her paint. Nalan Yue drew carefully, and after a long time, she looked sideways at Huo Xing'an, who was contemplating, and said with a smile: "Childe, the painting is done." ”

Huo Xing'an stepped forward to take a look, the person in the painting was holding the scabbard in one hand, and the other hand was behind his waist, his eyebrows were condensed, it was himself.

"Do you like Childe?" said Lan Yue smiled and bowed her head.

"Hmm. Huo Xing'an couldn't put it down, "Yue'er painted it, but me?"

Nalan Yue replied with a smile. She raised her eyes, looked at Huo Xing'an, and looked at Huo Xing'an's happy face. "Since Childe likes it, let's give it to Childe. ”

Touching her clear and soft gaze, Huo Xing jumped up suddenly, he never thought that Yue'er would be so good to himself, no one had ever painted a portrait of himself, and he had never looked at himself so seriously.

"When the ink is dry, you have to frame it. Nalan Yue said.

"I'm going to buy it now. ”

"Childe doesn't have to be in a hurry. Seeing Huo Xing'an's cherished and eager appearance, Nalan Yue was very happy in her heart.

Huo Xing'an remembered about the clothes, so he told Nalan Yue.

"It's rare for the son to think about Yue'er, and Yue'er is very grateful. It's just that Childe is very tired today, so let's go buy it tomorrow. ”

Huo Xing'an nodded, thinking that when he first came here, he should also take a rest, Jiankang is prosperous and lively, and Lan Yue has just gone out again, so it is good to stay here for a few days. On that day, they rested in the room, Nalan Yue wrote poems and sang songs, and Huo Xingan listened with his right palm. Although I don't know poetry and music, I can feel the true beauty and affection from Nalan Yue's words. He found that as long as Yue'er was by his side, his heart could always be calm, calm like a pool, even if it was splashing from the waterfall on the cliff before, he completely forgot the previous scene of ups and downs.

With Huo Xing'an by her side, Nalan Yue also felt down-to-earth. Since Xingpo kidnapped her and was brought all the way by Huo Xing'an, she was only a little nervous, but she never panicked.

That night, they went to bed early. Huo Xing'an has always been separated from Nalan Yue, and there is also a house in the village. Because of the chaos of people in the inn, Huo Xing'an asked for a big room, separated by a screen, he was on the side couch outside, and Nalan Yue was on the bed inside. Nalan Yue knew his good intentions, and he didn't push back.

When it was time to hold the lamp, Na Lanyue reminded Huo Xing'an of the spiritual water that the old woman said, and asked the shop assistant for the incense burner. Huo Xingan saw that she was serious, and he only felt funny. Who knew that in the middle of the night, Huo Xingan was in a daze and heard Nalan Yue calling him softly. Huo Xing'an put on his clothes, saw the candlelight behind the screen, and looked sideways, Nalan Yue was pouring wine, poured two cups, and put them next to the incense burner with fine smoke.

"Childe. ”

"Yue'er, that ......" Huo Xingan wanted to say the old witch, but he still changed his words to the old woman, "How can that old woman's words be true." He remembered that when he was in Bianjing, Qiao Lao'er said, "Don't trust others on the rivers and lakes." He saw Yue'er pour the powder in the paper bag into the wine, and hesitated: "If it's a poisonous ......?"

"We have no grudge against that old woman, how can she harm us?"

Huo Xing thought about it too. He suddenly remembered the old man named Hanako who sprinkled ghost peppers on him, and said in his heart, if you don't hurt people, people may harm you. But after all, he was chasing after the old man Hanako.

Nalan Yue held the wine cup to him: "I will also accompany my son to have a drink." ”

Although Huo Xingan regarded the old woman's words as nonsense, he still didn't want to offend Nalan Yue's kindness. He looked at the wine in the cup, took it up, and drank it down.

"Childe, you have to say that the three bells are here. Nalan Yue said urgently.

"Okay. Huo Xingan whispered three times, Zhong Kui is here.

Seeing that Huo Xing'an was not very pious, Na Lanyue couldn't help but smile and slowly drank the wine in his hand. Putting down the wine cup, Nalan Yue clasped his palms together and said, "May the evil demons of the son not get close, the turbidity will be removed, and the peace will be as good as ever." Huo Xingan thought, her tone was exactly the same as that of the old woman.

"Thank you, Yue'er. Huo Xing'an sighed in his heart: she cares so much!

Huo Xing'an returned to the bed, and the warmth flowed in his heart. He opened his eyes, listened to Na Lan Yue's movements, and said in his heart, this girl has such a good heart, her father should not be a bad person. It seemed that there might really be another reason for that incident, and he reflected on what he had been through. Thinking about it, thinking about it, this cup of light wine was used to penetrate the limbs and veins, and gradually, it seemed to be drunk.

On the bed here, Nalan Yue also opened her eyes, listening to Huo Xing'an's movements, thinking about her thoughts, until she heard his slight snoring.

The wind was blowing outside, and she heard the wind blowing against the window paper. After a while, the sound of the window paper became louder, and the window seemed to be blown open by the wind. She got up to look, and suddenly a dark shadow flashed in front of the window.

"Childe-childe!" She didn't dare to step forward and close the window, and called Huo Xing'an urgently, but Huo Xing'an slept heavily and didn't agree. "Childe!" she got up and gently got out of bed.

A figure suddenly flashed out at the screen, slashing his neck with a palm, and Nalan Yue suddenly fainted to the ground.

Nalan Yue woke up, realized something, and hurriedly went to the side couch to find Huo Xing'an, but the side couch was empty. Except for the window sash swaying in the wind, I don't know where Huo Xing'an went. She wondered, did she go after the thief in the middle of the night? She stood in front of the window, watching the sky that she wanted to know, and waited until dawn, but she didn't see Huo Xing'an come back.

Nalan Yue was anxious, she didn't know what was going on, and she was determined to wait for him in the inn. Huo Xing'an didn't come back, and she didn't have the heart to eat or drink, so she waited and guarded so uneasily, and she survived the day.

The next day, she was even more restless. He took silver taels from Huo Xing'an's clothes and paid for the house for a few days. She packed up her dagger and other things, put them in a cloth wrap, and walked out of the inn into the street.

She walked all the way and asked all the way, but no one had seen Huo Xing'an, and she couldn't find any news about him.

She stood on the side of the street, feeling lonely and helpless, almost crying.

Nalan Yue's crying appearance attracted the attention of a person. The man was walking along the street with a few followers, and when he saw Nalan Yue standing in the empty space at a loss, he waved his hand to signal the followers to stop, and he walked forward slowly.

"What is the difficulty of this girl?" he said politely to Nalan Yue.

Nalan Yue looked at the person in front of him, a man with a concerned face, he was dressed in bright clothes, with high cheeks and thick eyebrows, a broad nose, a hat strap hanging down his shoulders, and a feather feather on his hat, and his eyes were bright, like a person of different races. She lowered her eyes and said, "Thank you for this son's kindness, I'm looking for someone." ”

"Oh, I wonder who the girl is looking for? Maybe I can help a little?"

Nalan Yue was embarrassed to take out Huo Xing'an's portrait to show people, and only briefly described Huo Xing'an's appearance.

The man frowned slightly: "Listening to what the girl said, that person seems to be a tall man, but his appearance is vaguely described by the girl, there are so many people in this place, it seems that it is not easy to find." ”

Nalan Yue shook her head lightly: "Thank you Gongzi for your concern!" She saw that the man was looking at her intently, although his demeanor was friendly, there was a faint pride in his eyes. She shook her head slightly, thanked the man again, and turned to leave.

The attendant followed, leaned over to the man, and said, "It looks like a member of the royal family." ”

The man looked at Na Lan Yue's back, and his expression was a little fascinated: "There is such a beauty in the world......

The attendant said: "The woman who can be named a beauty by the little prince must be like a fairy." ”

The man who was called the little prince said, "What a beauty, but I don't know how to compare," he turned to the other older white-bearded old man who came after him, and said, "Master, what do you think is a good analogy?"

The old man groaned: "If it weren't for the jade mountain, I would meet Yaotai under the moon." ”

"What do you mean?" asked the little prince.

The old man stroked his beard and said, "The meaning of the heavenly posture and the country." ”

The little prince smiled and said, "Exactly!

Nalan Yue no longer asked passers-by, she only prayed silently in her heart. She didn't know where to look, so she just walked along the street.

Suddenly, she noticed a small temple. The temple door was open, and there were no monks in front of the temple gate, just a lazy man lying on the wall with half-squinted eyes, his right leg on his left leg, and a mud-black cloth shoe dangling from his bare toes.

Nalan Yue thought, I don't know which Bodhisattva is arched in this temple, so I can go in and worship.

The lazy man opened his eyes and slanted to see Na Lan Yue walk in, reaching out and putting the cloth shoe on his heel.

There is only one small hall in the temple, arched by a jubilant god of wealth. It turned out to be a temple of the God of Wealth, Nalan Yue thought to herself, it would be good if it was the land lord, but it was both a god and a god, so I will kowtow first and beg him.

She put the cloth bag aside, knelt down on the futon, lowered her palms, and kowtowed respectfully three times. Raising her head, she folded her hands and thought in her heart for a long time.

She got up, saluted the God of Wealth again, and went to get the cloth bag on the side. To my surprise, the cloth bag was silent for a while, but it was gone. The man is gone, the ghost is gone. She was very frightened in her heart, she clutched her chest and stepped back step by step, seeing that there was no one around, and she was even more surprised, she turned around and ran out in a hurry, almost colliding with a person at the gate of the temple.

The man took a step back and smiled, "Coincidentally, we meet again!" Seeing that Lan Yue's face was pale, the man asked, "The girl is so panicked, what's wrong?" he glanced inside.

Nalan Yue said that the cloth bag was missing.

"I saw someone go out over the wall just now, probably a thief. Don't worry, girl. He called his attendants and gave them a few commands, and three of them took the command.

He said to Nalan Yue: "I told my men to chase after me, and the girl is at ease." ”

"Thank you!" Knowing that it wasn't a ghost, Lan Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that he had a large retinue and was richly dressed, Nalan Yue thought that he was a big official in the official mansion.

"This girl, let's sit down nearby, my men, who have some skills, will definitely catch the thief. He made a gesture of please.

Nalan Yue was shocked, and there was nothing to do for a while, seeing that he seemed to have no malicious intent, he nodded in agreement. After walking a short distance, several attendants came from behind, shouting, and carried a staggering man in front of him. Nalan Yue looked at it, but it was the lazy man who was dozing in front of the temple gate just now, but he didn't expect them to catch him so quickly. The blood on the corner of the lazy man's mouth did not dry, and he shouted to the prince to spare his life. An attendant presented the cloth bag to Nalan Yue.

The man said, "Girl, check and see if anything is missing." ”

Seeing that the knot tied to the cloth bag was the same as before, Nalan Yue shook his head: "It hasn't moved." ”

"What does the girl want to do with this thief?"

The thief looked at her beggingly: "Little lady spare her life!" and kowtowed repeatedly. Nalan Yue's face flushed, and she turned her eyes: "Forget it...... Let him go. ”

"How can that be done! The girl was frightened, how could she take advantage of this thief. He said to his attendants, "Give it to the government here." A few of his attendants dragged the thief away.

The girl was frightened. The man pointed to the teahouse a few steps away and said, "I think it's better to go in and have a drink, which can be regarded as suppressing the girl's shock." ”

"Thank you......" Na Lan Yue wanted to refuse politely, but she didn't know how to say it, that person had just helped a lot, and she didn't know how to thank her for her kindness, but when she was hesitating, the owner of the teahouse had already greeted her, bowed again and again, and Na Lan Yue had no choice but to nod.

The man was overjoyed, and his attendant led them into the teahouse.

The entourage called for good tea, and the boss responded respectfully, saying that the little prince drove to Pengwan and the like, served tea diligently, and sent all kinds of snacks. But the man waved away all his subordinates and attendants, and after taking his seat, he personally poured tea for Nalan Yue.

"Are you...... A prince?" asked him softly.

The man nodded: "My name is Raldan, I am from Mongolia, and I have been here recently, and I have a relationship with the girl." ”

"Thank you little prince for your help, I don't know how to thank you. ”

"It's just a gesture, and the girl doesn't have to take it to heart. ”

Raldan asked Nalan Yue's name, and then asked her why she was looking for someone. Nalan Yue saw that Raldan was polite and polite, and had a faint affection for him. But it was inconvenient to say that he was captured, so he omitted the antecedents, and only said that he agreed to follow Huo Xing'an to investigate the murderer and enter the inn at night.

Raldan frowned slightly: "There are a lot of thieves here, you are alone, you have to be very careful." If the girl is in need, I, Raldan, will be at my disposal. ”

"Thank you for your concern, I'll be careful. Seeing him take care of him so much, Lan Yue couldn't help but have some doubts, but seeing that Raldan was sitting in a precarious position, with a dignified appearance, he didn't look like a disciple in the market.

"It's just that your friend left suddenly, and if you go after thieves, it shouldn't be so many days. I'm afraid it's hard to say if something happens. ”

Nalan Yue's body shook, her face was worried, and her expression darkened.

Rardan saw this, and his eyebrows tightened a lot. "I'm also anxious for Miss Nalan, I hope nothing bad happens, Miss Nalan don't worry. He paused, and said, "If that friend doesn't come back...... What are you going to do?"

Nalan Yue shook her head and lowered her eyebrows.

Raldan let out a long sigh. "Miss Nalan, don't worry, I'll send someone to help you find it now, I have a lot of manpower, all of them are sent to find it, find Jiankang all over, no matter what, you have to check it out. ”

Na Lan Yue looked at him in surprise: "Why are you so troublesome little prince?"

Raldan smiled: "You are interesting enough to your friends, and I am interesting enough to your friends." ”

"This ......" Na Lanyue thought to herself, how can we be considered friends, you are a little prince, and I am just a folk woman.

"I said," said Raldan, "I have a relationship with a girl, and when I am a passer-by, I treat her as a new friend. I have nothing else to do, just to make friends all over the world, girls are in trouble, even friends are in trouble, I will definitely help to the end!"

Seeing that what Raldan said was so righteous, it was inconvenient for Lan Yue to resist his kindness, and he only felt that the word "friend" was rash and should not be taken seriously.

Raldan repeatedly comforted Nalan Yue, and said that after finding Huo Xing'an, he would invite the two of them to watch the play on the flower stage and listen to the music in the painting boat. Nalan Yue felt that this person was too kind, and she could only thank her, she thought about Huo Xing'an in her heart, and after drinking a few cups of tea, she had no intention of sitting again.

She said goodbye to Raldan and went back to the inn. Raldan's aftermath was not over, and he was invited to drink again, but Nalan Yue refused. He sent Nalan Yue all the way to the inn, saying that he was afraid that he would meet someone on the road again.

Seeing Nalan Yue enter the inn, Raerdan looked reluctant. A soldier-like retinue asked him, "Little prince, do you really want to send someone everywhere to find that person?"

Raldan snorted and said, "Murano boy, where to find it, leave it to fate!"

"Yes, yes," the attendant smiled, "I can't find it, isn't it just what the little prince wants?"

Raldan laughed.

Nalan Yue returned to the original room of the inn and stayed. In the days that followed, Raldan kept sending people to bring all kinds of delicacies, refreshments, and all kinds of beautiful clothes. Nalan Yue knew that he was interested in himself, and he was faintly worried in his heart, and he always asked someone to take things back, but he didn't dare, saying that it was the order of the little prince who did not dare to disobey, and in a few days, the house was already full, and Nalan Yue didn't know what to do. The innkeeper nodded to Nalan Yue, and refused to accept the room money, only telling her that the little prince had paid off the room for a month.

Nalan Yue was even more uneasy.

When Huo Xing'an woke up, he found that his arms and legs were buckled to the bed board with iron tools. Overhead were uneven stones, with dim candle shadows dangling beside them, and the rest of the place was pitch black, as if in a cave.

He struggled hard, and the iron was fastened tightly. He roared, only to echo.

He remembered waking up with ropes tied to him and lying in a room. Then an old woman touched his face with her hand, and he was surprised to find that it was the same old woman who told his fortune. The old woman ate and laughed, and her voice was not at all like an old woman, but like a soft young woman. The old woman tore off the pimple skin on her face with her hands, took off another layer of white hair, and turned into a bewitching woman. She was picky with apricot eyes, and smiled at Huo Xing'an, "Do you like me like this?" At that time, Huo Xing'an strained his arms and broke the rope. The woman was startled, she didn't expect him to have so much strength, and hurriedly pressed Huo Xingan, Huo Xingan slapped it with a palm, right in the chest. Huo Xingan had no intention of hurting anyone, so he didn't contribute. The woman rubbed her chest and said in a flattering voice, "Oh, the little official likes my meat here, so he said, do you want me to take it off and show you?" Huo Xing'an blushed, broke free from the rope, and walked out. The woman hugged Huo Xing'an from behind and was pushed away by him, but she didn't know that the woman knew how to do kung fu and had a few tricks with him. Knowing that it was not Huo Xingan's opponent, the woman made an intimacy again, so Huo Xingan had no choice but to use his palm to knock her down. He kicked open the door and was about to go out, but an iron cage suddenly came under the hood. What happened after that, I can't remember.

Huo Xing'an shouted for a long time and heard footsteps. A man walked up to the bed and brought him water: "Please drink water." ”

Huo Xingan looked at the person in front of him, a thin woman with a bun on her head, her face covered with criss-crossing scars, as if she had been slashed by a knife, and it was a little terrifying in the dim candlelight.

He shook his head.

The woman put down the bowl of water next to her and stepped away. After a while, she brought another drawer of food and placed it on the bed where he could reach. "Please have a meal. ”

"Hey, what kind of place is this. Huo Xingan asked, she waved her hand and turned to leave.

Huo Xing'an's upper arm was buckled by an iron tool, and his forearm could still be bent, he smelled very fragrant, so he touched a steamed bun in the drawer and held it in front of him.

"The little official seems to be hungry," the enchanting woman suddenly twisted her waist and walked out of the shadows, and said with a smile, "I have also prepared good wine and good food, and I will serve it in a while, so that the little official can you have a good meal," she narrowed her eyes and said, "After eating the food, you have the strength, so that you can enjoy the joy of fish and water." ”

Seeing her coming, Huo Xingan struggled again, but the iron buckle still didn't move. He was angry in his heart and threw away the steamed bun in his hand: "Who are you, why are you tying me here?"

"Everyone else calls me a human-faced demon flower, hehe-hee, what about you, you can call me a human-faced demon flower if you want to, or call me a little Jiao Niang, a little lewd meat, it's okay. ”

Huo Xingan said: "I should call you a little demon woman!"

"Okay. The human-faced demon flower smiled, "That little demon woman will spend candles with you in the cave room tonight...... The woman picked up her orchid finger and touched Huo Xing'an's leg. Huo Xingan waved her hand, and she hurriedly retracted her fingers. "Oops, I forgot you're pretty good at kung fu. However, in bed, my kung fu is much better than yours," she twisted her waist, her fingers wandering trumpeting between her chest and abdomen, "Do you want to try my kung fu of turning upside down? ”

Huo Xingan turned his face sideways and didn't look at her, but felt a trace of heat rise under him.

"Why should the little official be restrained, it's hard to be that he hasn't been stained with red powder outside?" she smiled, "When you passed out, I had already touched your up and down......" She swallowed her saliva, "The little demon woman wants to kill the little official!" said and slowly leaned towards Huo Xing'an.

"Girl, please respect yourself. Huo Xingan secretly opened his fingers, ready to catch her while she was unprepared.

"Since she is a little demon woman, she only has self-lightness, no self-respect, the little demon woman presses the little official, or the little official presses the little demon woman, see who is lighter and who is heavy, okay?" she laughed.

Seeing Huo Xing'an's arm move lightly, the human-faced demon flower said: "The little official wants to catch me, but don't scratch me painfully, I will moan if I scratch the pain, oh, moan, I don't know if the little official likes to listen?" She leaned towards Huo Xingan's feet, leaned against Huo Xing'an's hands, and stroked his calf.

Huo Xingan had no choice but to be frivolous with her.

"Little official, I'm going to tie your hands in a while, hey, you can't touch me at will, but I'll let you touch wherever you want, hehe. She walked to the dark place next to her to get something, and when she came out again, Huo Xingan caught a glimpse of an extra iron sleeve in her hand.

Without waiting for her to put on her hands, Huo Xing'an touched the bowl containing water, splashed it, and splashed the face of the demon flower.

"Ahh She screamed, wiped the water from her face, and pretended to be angry, "The petty official got me wet, so I had to take off my clothes." The petty officials are really bad, if you want to see the jade body of others, just say it. She reached out and grabbed the belt around her waist and slowly pulled it outward.

Seeing that she was about to tear off the belt, Huo Xing'an smashed the bowl with a bang, and said to her with a small piece of debris in his hand: "If the girl comes again, I'm not welcome." ”

"So you're kind to me. The human-faced demon has charming eyes like silk, and her face is flushed, "Can the little official really bear to hurt me, look at me such a delicate ......" She moved her hand and loosened her belt. Huo Xingan flicked hard, the human-faced demon flower bent over in pain, "hummed", stepped forward and pointed at his wrist, Huo Xingan popped out another piece, and the human-faced demon flower dodged in a hurry, but it was still rubbed on the shoulder.

Huo Xing thought with peace of mind, this little demon girl is very fast. The human-faced demon flower stepped forward again, Huo Xingan stretched out her arm to grab it, but she dodged quickly again. After a few moves, the human-faced demon flower had nothing to do, so he simply stopped. Huo Xing'an touched a long, sharp piece of porcelain and said to her, "I don't want to hurt you, you'd better let me go." ”

The human-faced demon flower was jealous of the "knife" in his hand, and sighed: "The little official is intent on making my little demon woman itch to death." ”

Huo Xing'an raised the knife.

The human-faced demon flower had no choice but to slowly retreat into the darkness.

Huo Xing'an was thirsty and dry, and had no water to drink, so he was angry.

After a while, the two women brought a small table, and then kept bringing wine and food, and put it on the table, and for a while the smell of food was permeating, and the smell of wine hooked the nose. Huo Xing'an found that the two servant women were all scarred faces, and one of them was the woman who brought the water before. I thought to myself, why are these servants so terrible-looking?

"Please take your time. They retreated.

Huo Xingan really wanted to eat this table of wine and food, but he held back his hunger and thought to himself, I am afraid that there is any ecstasy or something in this wine and food, and he can't be tricked again. He didn't know how the human-faced demon flower was going to deal with him and manipulate him. He closed his eyes, thinking of Yue'er, thinking of Yue'er, who was afraid that the six gods would be ownerless in the past two days, and he didn't know if he would live to see her if he continued like this.

"Little official, I miss you again. ”

In the dark, the human-faced demon flower walked out with his waist and hips twisted again. She leaned against the rock wall, as if she was afraid that he would strike at any moment, and only half of her body was exposed. "Little official, eat quickly, how good is your body when you are really hungry, eat these, I will get some aphrodisiac things to make up for you, so that you can be heroic." ”

"Why are you keeping me here?" Huo Xingan said angrily, "We don't know each other, and we have no grudges or hatreds. If you let me go, I will not hurt you. He didn't want to get entangled with her, but he didn't want to forgive either.

"It's okay to let you go, but yes, you have to fish and water with me a thousand times first, and we will be a beautiful husband and wife and enjoy happiness. Ahaha. She laughed unbridledly, laughter echoing through the hole.

Seeing her shamelessness, Huo Xing'an Gege clenched his fists. Before the laughter was over, the table full of food flew towards the human-faced demon flower.

Huo Xing'an flipped the table, made a quick move, and the cups and plates were full of demon flowers. She screamed in anger and did not dare to step forward. "Hmph, boy!" she said no longer as a petty official, "I'll see how hard you can be! When the time comes, I want you to beg me, and I will spare you!" Before she could wipe the soup off her neck, she brushed her sleeves and went away angrily.

A few servants came to clean up the mess and were busy for a long time. The woman in the bun looked at him several times.

The candles in the cave burned out, and no one came to put them on. In the dark, Huo Xing'an was in chaos. He was always on the lookout, and he didn't know how long it had been between being half awake and half asleep. He seems to have had a nightmare, and he seems to be shouting Yue'er's name. He seemed to hear the sound of rustling in the dark, coughing softly, and as if he saw the coveted green eyes of the beast ready to wait for the opportunity to choose someone to devour. He woke up and saw a rat crawling on top of him, and he grabbed the rat by the tail, and swung it in the air a few times, and threw it against the cave wall, and the rat squeaked and jumped away in pain.

He closed his eyes again, waiting for another nightmare to visit him.

Until a voice in his ear softly said to him: "This little boy ......"

He came to his senses and looked at the candle flame that suddenly lit in front of him. But it was the servant woman who brought him water.

"This little boy, let's drink saliva. If you don't eat or drink like this, you can't survive. ”

Huo Xingan twisted his head to the side.

"The human-faced demon flower is out. The man whispered, "The water is clean." ”

Huo Xingan turned his face and looked at her suspiciously.

"I'm a servant here, and she captured all of us. She said, "If it weren't for the little boy's control, he would have been harmed by that human-faced demon flower." She handed the water to Huo Xing'an's chapped mouth.

Huo Xingan still looked at her in disbelief, and the scarred face really made people unable to feel close. He held the bowl and took two sips hesitantly. "Thank you. ”

"I see that the little boy is full of kung fu, maybe you can escape from here. ”

"Who got me here?"

"It's a human-faced demon flower. She specializes in seducing beautiful young men, and I don't know how many people she has harmed. The servant shook her head.

"What is this place?"

"I don't know, but it's a big hole in the ground, and there are several small holes connected to it. ”

"Can you help me unfasten the clasp?"

"It's a lock, only she can open it. If you want to untie it, you can only smash it. She suddenly turned her head sideways to listen, probably the human-faced demon flower came back, "I'll avoid it first, little boy take care." ”

After a while, Huo Xing'an saw that there was a sudden candle flame in another corridor next to the cave. The human-faced demon flower came with four servants. She wrapped her breasts in light veil, exposing her navel, and the two lotus leaf skirts on her lower body only covered half of her legs.

The human-faced demon flower walked towards him, and a burst of fragrance wafted over. "Little official, let's make peace, the little demon woman knows that she is wrong, and she is willing to be punished and tortured by the little official," she crossed her shoulders and smiled, "I apologize to you." ”

She saw Huo Xing'an's lower body wet. "Hey, the petty official is wronged. She called the servant woman and asked her to shake up a wheel beside the wooden bed.

With the rotation of the wheel, the bed board stood upright, and Huo Xingan was also erected. The human-faced demon flower instructed the servant woman to change his wetted clothes and pants, Huo Xingan raised the porcelain knife that had been clutching tightly in his hand: "No need!" He retreated from the woman beside him.

"The petty officials are very high-minded and have a lot of integrity. The human-faced demon smiled and beckoned. A servant woman came over with a bowl of soup. "This is the Ganoderma lucidum ginseng soup I made especially for you. In the past few days, the petty officials have not eaten a drop of water, and the grains of rice have not been touched, so don't hurt the yang energy. Later, I'll let you appreciate the spring in the world, and I'm afraid that you will be like a pour, hehe, so I will replenish my qi and blood first......"

The servant woman brought him the soup bowl, and Huo Xing'an saw the servant woman standing behind him who was talking to him and waved her hand gently, and knew that this bowl of ginseng soup had no good intentions. "Keep this soup for yourself. ”

"The little demon woman apologizes, and the little official doesn't appreciate it, hey, okay then. She took a few steps back and clapped her hands.

The four women behind her covered their faces with veils and twisted in front of Huo Xing'an.

"I'm worried that the petty officials will dislike their ugly faces and let them block them, and the petty officials just look at their bodies. The human-faced demon flower eats and laughs.

The four women untied their belts, their robes fell one after another, and suddenly, Huo Xing'an was shocked and hurriedly closed his eyes. The four women danced softly and gracefully, and for a while, the breasts, waves, buttocks, and waves were surging, and Huo Xingan was ashamed, and he didn't dare to open his eyelids at all. The human-faced demon Hua Lang laughed.

After dancing like this for a while, seeing that Huo Xingan was unmoved, the human-faced demon flower snorted and said, "Let's all step down." ”

The four women answered "yes," wrapped themselves in their robes, and withdrew. In fact, Huo Xing'an's forehead was already sweating slightly, and his heartbeat was beating like a drum. The human-faced demon flower said in a charming voice: "The wind and the moon are picturesque, but the little officials don't appreciate it, why don't you just wait for me, the little demon woman, to serve you?"

Huo Xing'an still closed his eyes, afraid that he would be coquettish and go to the next level. Although the human-faced demon flower is not in the front, her words are lewd, extremely provocative, and prodigal.

"If you drink this bowl of ginseng soup obediently, I will promise you one thing. ”

"What's the matter?"

The human-faced demon flower said, "I'll let you go!"

Huo Xingan didn't believe her words at all, and he never wanted to drink it. The human-faced demon flower wolf has been enchanting for a long time, obviously tired. "I'm standing naked in front of you now, and if you don't open your eyes, I'll always stand. She stroked herself and said to herself, "What man would not be tempted to see my fragrant lewd flesh? ”

Huo Xing'an was a little confused, he was originally alert to the sounds and movements around him, but he was disturbed by the human face demon flower, and there was only the sound of buzzing laughter in his ears. Unexpectedly, the human-faced demon flower was already approaching little by little, she was naked and barefoot, and Huo Xingan didn't hear any sound.

It wasn't until the porcelain piece in his hand was knocked off that he was shocked. He still didn't dare to open his eyes, just listened to the sound and waved his palm, but he only caught the dress thrown by the human-faced demon flower, and the fragrance was fragrant.

"Hee-hee, and my dirty clothes. Sure enough, Huo Xing'an grabbed another waving thing, and his tentacles were slippery, so he hurriedly threw it away.

"Oh, you snatched all the little demon woman's clothes, the little demon woman is very cold, quickly warm me up. Huo Xingan waved his arms and protected herself with the palm wind, so that she could not get close.

After resisting like this for a while, Huo Xingan heard that she was silent, and then put down his fist. Just as he was about to open his eyes, he suddenly heard her wheezing again. "You touched someone's chest just now, right, other people's delicate breasts were hurt by you, a petty official. ”

Huo Xingan hurriedly closed his eyes.

After a stalemate like this for a long time, Huo Xing'an was really unbearable to be teased by the human-faced demon flower, and finally was caught by her wrist with an iron tool. Huo Xingan leaned on the bed board exhausted, thinking to himself, now, he has really become a fish on the chopping board.

The human-faced demon flower laughed coquettishly and hit Huo Xing'an's chest. "The little demon woman wants to feed you with her mouth, and I'm afraid that you will bite off the little demon woman's tongue," she smiled, "Don't spray me in the face," she picked up the ginseng soup on the side and pinched his nose, "Isn't it good for you to open your eyes and look at me, this kind of glamorous blessing, how many men can't get it for a long time." ”

Huo Xing'an spit out the first mouthful she forced, but the human-faced demon flower was very patient, and poured it into his mouth little by little, Rao is he turned his head and struggled, and was also poured into a small half bowl.

Seeing that he drank some soup, the human-faced demon was overjoyed. She rubbed and touched him with her hands, and said, "The little official has drunk the soup of the little demon woman, but how can he thank the little demon woman? The little demon woman is burning now." She rubbed Huo Xing'an with her body.

Huo Xing'an's right hand suddenly touched the protruding rock block on the stone wall next to him, and he pulled off a piece with his fingers. He opened his eyes slightly, and saw the vague head figure of the human-faced demon flower close at hand, and the two fingers of his right hand used all their strength to shoot the stone into her temple. The human-faced demon flower fell to the ground with an "ah" sound.

The two servants glanced at each other from a distance, but did not come forward. It was the servant woman with a bun who boldly walked over and glanced at the human-faced demon flower on the ground. She leaned aside and found a small, hooked iron bar in the discarded garment of the human-faced demon flower. She used that thing to hook the iron tool that held Huo Xing'an, and Huo Xing'an opened his eyes, surprised and delighted. He landed on his legs and grabbed the woman in thanks.

The woman pointed to the ground and waved her hand.

Huo Xing'an knew and knew that she wanted to let herself go quickly. He glanced at the naked human-faced demon flower on the side, his face was hot, and he hurriedly avoided his gaze. He wanted to tie her to the bed as well, but he couldn't do it, and he looked at the woman and hoped she would help him. At this time, the human-faced demon flower moved her body, and seemed to hum slightly. The woman hurriedly pushed Huo Xing'an: "Hurry up, when she wakes up, you won't be able to walk anymore." ”

Huo Xing'an no longer hesitated, and immediately walked quickly to the other side of the cave, several servants avoided from afar, and the woman who opened the lock took the candle on the wall and rushed towards him.

"Little boy. The woman called out to him from behind.

Huo Xing'an stopped, saw her follow, apologized, and thought, if she was left there, the human-faced demon flower would definitely not be able to spare her.

"Come this way. She pointed to the left, where there was a small hole.

Together, they got into the little hole. The small hole is very low, and it can barely move forward with its back bent. After advancing more than ten feet, the hole became narrower, and they could only crawl forward. Huo Xingan followed her, feeling as if he was powerless, and after crawling for a while, he couldn't keep up with her.

He gasped and said to himself, it seems that he has not eaten for the past few days, and he is indeed hungry and has no strength.

Seeing Huo Xing'an stop, the woman in front said, "The little boy drank that soup, slowly, and he will definitely not be able to exert his strength for a while." She stopped and waited for him, and said, "That's not ginseng soup, it's a kind of medicine that crisps flesh and cartilage, and if you drink it, you can't use your strength at will, even if you have kung fu, you can't beat her." ”

"Thank you for the rescue. ”

"Little boy doesn't have to be polite. ”

After resting for a while, Huo Xingan felt a little recovered, so he climbed forward with her again.

From the cave in the back, there was a human-faced demon flower's shout: "Little official, where are you?"

The woman hurriedly blew out the candle, and it was pitch black. She whispered, "The human-faced demon flower will know that we are here right away, we need to climb over quickly." ”

"Where is the crawl over?" Huo Xing'an asked.

"I don't know, and I haven't been. Anyway better than in that hole. ”

"How do you know you can climb through?"

"I don't know, I guessed. I sometimes hear an echo from the inside of this little hole, so I thought, maybe there's another hole at the other end. ”

"Oh. Huo Xing admired it with peace of mind.

They climbed for a while, and the roof of the cave was much shorter, and after a few more feet, they could only crawl on the ground, rubbing their elbows and hands against the wall of the cave a little bit forward. After persisting like this for a short time, Huo Xingan heard the sound of dripping water.

They burrowed out of the holes like pig intestines and rolled down. Huo Xing'an touched everywhere, there was mud under him, and the walls were full of stones. The woman stood up, touched it around, and said, "It looks like there's a little hole here." ”

Huo Xing'an sat down against the stone wall and heard a faint sound on the other side of the cave. "She'll probably crawl over too. She asked the woman, "Why did you not think you would hide this little hole here?" ”

"Even if it's hidden here, the human-faced demon flower will also be discovered. Now that you are here, I am not afraid. ”

"I don't have any strength right now. ”

"As long as the little boy recovers her strength, she will be afraid of you, and she will not dare to come in. ”

"I heard the sound of dripping water. Huo Xing'an said.

"I touched it, and it was a small puddle, and the water dripped down from it, and the water from this puddle slowly seeped into the ground. The woman said.

Huo Xing said with peace of mind, I didn't expect this to be a dead end, if that human-faced demon flower blocked the other end of the cave, wouldn't we be trapped here? He heard a voice coming here along the cave.

The woman looked in, and a little light flickered through the tunnel. She felt a stone and threw it towards the light, only to see the light flickering a few times. A servant's voice sounded: "Hua Niang, Hua Niang let me tell you, if you don't come out again, she, she's going to let snakes in, hundreds and thousands of them will be let in." ”

She didn't dare to come by herself. The woman said, "You drank that soup, but she was still afraid of you, and now that there is nothing to tie you, she dare not come easily." ”

Huo Xing'an said: "We only survived for a while, but what if she really let the snake in? ”

"I didn't see any snakes in her, she just wanted to release them, and she had to go outside and catch them, she must be scaring us. ”

Huo Xingan breathed a sigh of relief.

The man who had come had passed the word and went back, and the light disappeared in the tunnel. "I still don't know my aunt's surname?" Huo Xing'an asked.

"I am exempt from the Zhou family. ”

"Aunt Zhou," Huo Xing'an said, "we can only rush out when she is unprepared." If we're stuck here, we'll get caught by her sooner or later. ”

"I think so too," said Aunt Zhou, "and it will have to wait until the little boy gets better." ”

Huo Xingan nodded. According to the place pointed out by Mrs. Zhou, he felt along the cave wall and touched the small puddle. He took the water and drank it in a big gulp, regardless of whether the water was dirty or not, and his stomach was bulging when he drank it.

After drinking the water, Huo Xingan felt much better, as if a great drought was happening in a rainy day. He sighed and asked Aunt Zhou, "Why did you save me?"

"I see that the little boy is upright, and he is by no means comparable to those prodigal and frivolous boys in the market. Those handsome boys were caught by the demon flower, and when they saw her lewd voice, they all willingly had a good time with her, only the little boy didn't let her succeed. It would be a shame if you fell for her. The favorite sentence of the human-faced demon flower is 'Although I don't see people's heads falling, I secretly teach the monarch to have dry bone marrow'. Aunt Zhou continued, "It's up to you to hold on, otherwise you will become weak and weak like other men who have been arrested." In the end, they will be thrown into the hole. ”

Huo Xing'an was shocked: "In the hole?"

"Yes, that human-faced demon flower will keep feeding you medicine, torturing you day and night, and in the end, when you can't even stand up, she thinks she has had enough, so she drags you to the hole. There is a hole in the back of where you sleep, and there is a deep hole in the hole two corners, and the bones of many men are buried in it. None of us dared to go near there, for fear that a bunch of ghosts would suddenly pop up there. ”

Huo Xing'an listened to it with horror. I thought that I almost fell into the mouth of the tiger, but fortunately I was rescued by Aunt Zhou, and I was not only very grateful to her.

"Has no one ever escaped?"

"Never! The human-faced demon flower has kung fu, and those men will only please her, only the little boy you are not afraid of her. Aunt Zhou sighed, "I was also arrested, and I have been a servant here for more than five years." ”

Huo Xing'an suddenly thought of something and asked her: "When I see the people here, my face is ...... Could it be that the human-faced demon flower did it?"

Aunt Zhou nodded and said, "As long as the human-faced demon flower sees the beautiful young woman, she will arrest them and destroy their faces." ”

Huo Xingan was shocked, worried about whether she had also arrested Nalan Yue.

She can't see that others are more beautiful than her, and she is only happy if she makes them ugly. We were arrested, and we were tortured in this way, and it was worse than death, and we cried all day long, and she forced us to be slaves, and those who did not obey were cut off by her tongue and ears, and even killed. Aunt Zhou wiped the tears that kept flowing.

"This vicious demon woman, you have to kill her!" Huo Xing'an was furious.

"We have to think about getting out first. ”

Huo Xingan gritted his teeth and nodded.

After staying in this dark cave for most of the day, Huo Xing'an Fang Jue recovered a lot, and his fists were also strong. There was no movement on the other side of the tunnel. He discussed it with Aunt Zhou and decided to crawl over to find out first.

Huo Xingan crawled back along the same path until he reached the entrance, but found that the big iron cage that trapped him earlier was covering the entrance of the cave, and if he went out, he would have to be sealed in the cage by the trap. Huo Xing thought with peace of mind, this demon woman really has a way. There was a servant woman outside the cave who was guarding there, and when she saw Huo Xing'an coming out, she immediately went to tell the human-faced demon flower.

Huo Xing'an retracted his body, retreated inside, and heard the human-faced demon flower laughing outside: "Originally, I wanted to seal the hole, but I didn't want you to suffocate inside...... The petty official is so lovable, how can I bear to let you die? I haven't had fun with you yet, and I won't be willing to do it all my life...... Come out quickly, you and I are as good as ever, and the concubine is ...... if you let you go."

Huo Xingan ignored her and slowly returned to the dark cave. He told Aunt Zhou about the situation on that end, and she had no idea.

Huo Xingan stayed in the cave blankly and muttered: We are like turtles in an urn, and sooner or later we will be caught by her. There was a dead silence in the darkness, only the sound of dripping water, which was particularly deafening.

Aunt Zhou walked back and forth in the hole, knocking here and there.

"Huh?" she seemed to have discovered something.

"What?" Huo Xing'an asked her.

"The top of that drop of water sounded empty. ”

Huo Xing'an touched her side, she touched Huo Xing'an's hand, gave him the candlestick, and said, "I can't reach it." Huo Xing'an was tall, he was holding a candlestick, which was a heavy copper base, and he stretched out his arm to knock on the top place, and there seemed to be a faint echo behind it. He tried around again, only to echo at his elbow.

Huo Xing'an said: "If the back is empty, we will dig up the stones, and maybe we can get out." Just ......"

Aunt Zhou understood what he meant, and said, "If the little boy steps on me, he will be able to exert his strength." ”

"This ......"

"That's all there is to it. ”

In such a situation, Huo Xingan really didn't care about the etiquette. Aunt Zhou knelt down, and Huo Xingan stepped on her back. He touched the wall of the cave, there were stones, there was dirt, there were many stones, and the water slowly seeped out and fell from a crack in the stone. He banged the wall, and the echo behind him became clearer. He jumped off his back and said to her, "Let's dig out!"

There were no sharp utensils, only a copper candlestick, and it was really difficult to dig up. Huo Xingan can't always step on Aunt Zhou's back, dig for a while, and they have to rest for a while. After digging like this for a long time, only three stones were dug up.

I didn't know how long it was in the dark, until a servant woman crawled into the cave and pushed a drawer of food. She said that the human-faced demon flower was afraid that Huo Xingan would starve to death, so she came to deliver food. Of course, Huo Xing'an didn't dare to eat it, and he didn't take it, and soon after he heard the sound of gnawing, thinking that it was a mouse that went to try the medicine.

They filled their hunger with water and continued to dig, and after a few days, they dug up the size of three palms wide, which shows the thickness of the stone wall. After holding on for a long time, Huo Xing'an was exhausted before he touched some small stones, and at the same time, a trickle began to emerge from them. They stopped to rest and listened to the sound of water like a small waterfall, and their hearts were overjoyed.

The servants began to come often to bring food, and when they did not eat, they pushed in the same way. The rats in the cave began to multiply, sometimes scurrying all over the ground, and even burrowed into Huo Xing'an's clothes while he slept. Huo Xing'an remembered the situation when he was fascinated by Yuepo with incense, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: Fortunately, the human-faced demon flower did not have the incense, otherwise he would not have escaped.

Finally one day, Huo Xing'an poked open the last stone, saw the light, and a stream of water also poured in, flowing non-stop. He didn't have the strength to climb up, so he rode on Zhou Damiang's shoulder, and Zhou Damiang lifted him up. Huo Xing'an widened the entrance of the cave, squeezed out, and found that it was under a deep well. It appeared to be a dry well, the walls of which were covered with grass and moss, and some of the remaining water at the bottom seemed to have accumulated from the rain and was flowing into the hole he had dug out. He used the candlestick to carve out a foothold in the wall of the well and climbed up with great difficulty...... Outside, the light was dazzling, and he climbed out of the well and lay on the ground, gasping for breath for a long time.

Looking around, it is a quiet courtyard, but it is overgrown with weeds, as if it has been deserted for a long time. He shouted to the well and asked Aunt Zhou to wait for him to come back.

He pushed open a hidden door, entered a room full of dust and cobwebs, searched for a long time, and found some rags. He knotted the cloth into a long rope, went down to the bottom of the well again, and dragged Zhou Damiang up from the hole.

They looked at each other and were happy, and Aunt Zhou wiped the muddy water off his face and neck for him. Huo Xingan was worried about Nalan Yue and said, Aunt Zhou, let's leave this place quickly. Aunt Zhou nodded, they supported each other and walked out of the courtyard.

They passed through the gate of the moon, turned around, and saw a grove of trees. As they were looking, they heard a fierce dog barking, and two dogs came out of nowhere, blocking their way. Huo Xingan protected Aunt Zhou behind him, preparing to drive the two vicious dogs away. The two dogs grinded their paws, shook their heads from side to side, and pounced. There was a stalemate for a while, and suddenly a whistle sounded, and the two dogs seemed to have received the order to retreat. Huo Xing'an looked up and saw a skirt fluttering on the ridge of the room in front of him, and a woman with flowers and branches was spreading, which was a human-faced demon flower.

"Why did the little official come out, just leave me like this? The little demon woman is heartbroken. ”

When Huo Xingan saw her, he remembered her viciousness, and his anger immediately surged.

The human-faced demon raised his hand, and a fishing net flew down. Huo Xing'an reacted quickly, rolled on the spot, dodging the fishing net, and Aunt Zhou was covered in the net. The human-faced demon flower jumped down, pulled the net, rolled her aside, and threw it at Huo Xing'an. Huo Xingan flashed, grabbed the net, turned a few times, and the human-faced demon flower followed a few times. He tightened his nets and slapped at her.

Originally, with Huo Xing'an's kung fu, the human-faced demon flower was not an opponent at all, but after being trapped for so many days, his body was extremely weak, and this palm piercing the heart-piercing ghost handprint had no strength, and the human-faced demon flower calmly avoided it, eating and laughing: "The little official wants to be merciful to his subordinates, and he can't bear to hurt his daughter's body, so that he can be affectionate with me in the future......"

Huo Xingan didn't talk to her, and used the trick of circling Liangyan to mediate with her. The human-faced demon flower doesn't know what school the teacher is from, the leg method is fast, and the boxing method is not out of the ordinary, and the volley and he made a few moves, but Huo Xingan didn't take advantage. Huo Xing'an was anxious, shouted, bullied with her long arms, and attacked the human-faced demon flower face door, she hurriedly dodged, and Huo Xingan took the opportunity to snatch the fishing net in her hand. He gritted his teeth and lifted his breath, and with a few quick punches, he swept away the legs kicked by the human-faced demon flower, and she rolled back and was forced into a corner.

Today I will remove the evil of the people. Huo Xing'an glared at her, elbows and palms, pointing at her throat. The human-faced demon flower suddenly looked discouraged, and her face was full of pleading: "The petty official bullies the weak with the strong, I am such a weak woman, how can you bear to do it?"

Huo Xing thought with peace of mind, do you dare to say that you are a weak woman?

Aunt Zhou hurriedly said on the side: "Don't listen to her." ”

Seeing Huo Xingan's solemn face and angry eyes, the human-faced demon flower couldn't help but turn pale. She forced a smile: "The little official spared me......"

Huo Xing'an took a step forward, and suddenly, the human-faced demon flower untied her clothes, her fingers flew quickly, she shook her shoulders and shook her waist, and her clothes fell one after another, Huo Xing'an was startled, and hurriedly threw out the fishing net to wrap her. The human-faced demon smiled coquettishly, the jade body squirmed, Huo Xingan threw away the fishing net, didn't dare to look at her, and quickly pulled Aunt Zhou to leave in a hurry. The two dogs chased after them, Huo Xingan raised his foot and kicked them away, and ran to the path with Aunt Zhou.

This piece of mansion is somewhere in the south of the city, Huo Xing'an and Aunt Zhou ran from the small road to the main road, and when they saw pedestrians coming and going, they were relieved to know that the human-faced demon flower would not chase after them again.

Aunt Zhou said: "The little boy shouldn't let her go." ”

Huo Xingan gasped and said, "Me and her - there will be a meeting later." ”

Passers-by saw Aunt Zhou's appearance and avoided in shock. Seeing this, Aunt Zhou tore off a piece of her dress and wrapped her head and face. "This is not eye-catching, and the petty officials should not be surprised. She sighed deeply.

"Where Aunt Zhou's family lives, I'll send you back. ”

She looked around and said, "This should be Jiankang, more than twenty miles away from here, there is a Mo Laozhuang, where I live." ”

"Aunt Zhou, I'm anxious to see someone, and when I see her, I'll send you home. Huo Xing'an said. Aunt Zhou nodded.

With the previous experience of entering the city, Huo Xing'an was afraid that the human-faced demon flower would come with him and make up as an old woman, so he and Mrs. Zhou were careful and vigilant along the way, and they also inquired all the way to find the inn where they lived before. Huo Xingan was worried all the way, and the closer he got to the inn, the more worried he became, for fear that Nalan Yue would disappear.

When he saw Nalan Yue in the inn, Huo Xingan couldn't help but wet his eyes.

Nalan Yue was also surprised and delighted when she saw Huo Xing'an's unkempt appearance. She couldn't help but shed tears. These days, Nalan Yue doesn't think about tea and dinner, and she has lost a lot of weight. Huo Xing'an was overjoyed when he saw Nalan Yue, seeing the tears in her eyes, his heart was moved, and he wanted to hold her hand, or hug her shoulder, and wipe her tears for her, but he still sat down on the chair and looked at her with a smile: "Yue'er, have you been waiting for me here?"

Yue'er choked and nodded. For so many days, she had waited worriedly, never so anxious and worried, and she had never been so worried about being so far from home. At this time, she revealed her true feelings, and she felt embarrassed, and when she saw Huo Xing'an looking at her, she was even more shy. "Childe ......" she touched her cheeks with her fingers and wiped her tears.

"If I don't come back, will you keep waiting?"

Nalan Yue lowered her head: "I know that Gongzi will definitely come back." ”

"Yue'er......" Huo Xing said in his heart, I will never leave you again.

From Nalan Yue's mouth, Huo Xingan was surprised to learn that he had been away for half a month, but he didn't expect that he could survive for so long. Seeing them reunited after a long absence, Aunt Zhou was also happy for them. Knowing that it was Aunt Zhou who saved Huo Xing'an, Nalan Yue thanked her deeply.

Huo Xing'an ordered a table of food, and after a humble concession with Aunt Zhou, he devoured it. Nalan Yue looked at him with pity, and kept giving him the meat on his plate.

After eating, Huo Xing'an washed up again, changed his clothes, his body was refreshing, and his posture was heroic.

Huo Xing'an and Na Lan Yue talked about being kidnapped by the human face demon flower, and they didn't mention anything about those lewd things, and Na Lan Yue felt sorry for herself. Hearing all the evil deeds of the human-faced demon flower, Na Lan Yue was also secretly frightened, and persuaded Huo Xing'an to leave this place as soon as possible. But Huo Xingan was bent on revenge, afraid that the human-faced demon flower would escape, and proposed to destroy her demon cave. Aunt Zhou was afraid that the human-faced demon flower would help, and Nalan Yue was afraid that Huo Xing'an would be recruited again, so she only suggested reporting to the official, but Huo Xing'an hesitated.

Nalan Yue told him about Raldan's recapture of the stolen baggage, and Huo Xing was suspicious in his heart, especially when he saw the food boxes and gorgeous clothes in the house, he felt a little inexplicable jealousy and some inexplicable worries. On the same day, while they were talking, Raldan's subordinates came to deliver snacks again, Huo Xing'an stopped the man and said to the man: "Please return to your little prince, we are grateful for his kindness, thank you for taking care of Yue'er in the past few days, we have important matters, we are going to leave here soon, and when he has the opportunity to invite your little prince to have a drink, and return his gift." He wanted to invite the man together, but when the words came to his lips, he changed it to another day. After the incident of the human-faced demon flower, Huo Xing'an only felt that it was not appropriate to stay here for a long time, and he didn't want to provoke any more trouble, even if Na Erdan was a righteous gentleman, he didn't want to make friends, he just wanted to leave with Nalan Yue quickly. Seeing this, Nalan Yue didn't say much, but just asked the man to wait, she hastily wrote a letter and asked the person to bring it to Raldan.

After the man left, Huo Xingan stopped talking. Knowing what Huo Xing'an wanted to say, Na Lan Yue said softly: "That person has kindly taken care of him for so many days, and we don't say goodbye, will he blame us for being rude?" I wrote some words of thanks, which can be regarded as a farewell. ”

Huo Xingan had no choice but to follow her words perfunctorily: "Well, it's a bit rude to leave suddenly, let's return the gift later." ”

They hurriedly packed up and prepared to leave early while it was still early, and send Aunt Zhou to Mo Laozhuang first. Before leaving, Huo Xingan wanted to settle the bill with the store, he didn't want to owe that Raldan, but the store insisted on not accepting it, saying that he was afraid that the little prince would blame, and Huo Xing'an was even more unhappy.

Raldan was sitting in the teahouse where he had drunk with Nalan Yue.

After reading Nalan Yue's letter and learning that the person Nalan Yue was looking for had come back safely, he was very disappointed. He held the letter, closed his eyes for a long time, sighed, and then slowly took the letter into his arms.

Later, Raldan came to the inn where Nalan Yue had stayed.

In the days when Huo Xing'an's whereabouts were unknown, Nalan Yue had been depressed, and he sent someone to invite him a few times but was also politely rejected, so he didn't come to visit. Now, when people go to empty houses, they only think that they have missed a good opportunity, and Raldan can't help but secretly stomp his feet. Entering the room where Nalan Yue had lived, Raldan sat down beside her bed. He picked up the quilt that Lan Yue had used, sniffed it deeply, and sighed: "The Han people say that the pain of lovesickness, you can't ask for it, tossing and turning, isn't this what it tastes like?"

He looked around the room and found that the clothes he had given to Nalan Yue had not been moved, and the dim sum had only been broken. He opened another box of shortbread on the round table, looked at the moldy pastry, and snorted unhappily.