Wuya had two dreams, both about hunters.

The hunter lives in the fox village, and the fox teaches him to hunt.

He hunts to survive, but he will never be able to hunt a fox unless he becomes a fox himself.

But after turning into a fox, is a hunter still a hunter?

Foxes always show their tails, but only the one with a bow and arrow is the real hunter.

And sometimes, having a bow and arrow is not enough.

Because foxes are too cunning, and hunters are not smart enough.

This is the first dream.

The wind blows, the grass moves, the dogs bark, and the sheep startle.

The shepherds, thinking that the wolves were coming, hurried the sheep home and gathered the hunters.

The hunters took their gear and went out in groups to fight the wolves. While crossing the river, two drowned. While climbing the mountain, two fell and died. The wolf was not found, and killed a wild boar king. Then I went home and gave it to everyone. The old man in the family heard that his child had died, and he died of grief.

But the wild boars all went out and attacked the village.

This is the second dream.

On a cold and rainy night, the wind is cool. Wuya wakes up in a shaky way, recalling his sporadic dreams, I don't know what to say. He reached out and rubbed his eyes, not knowing where he was.

"Are you awake, young man?" came an old man's voice.

Wuya finds himself lying in a small boat, which sways with the current. An elderly man dressed in a rain lily and holding on to an artemisia guide the boat through the night rain.

The memory slowly came into his mind, and Wuya remembered that he had fallen into the trap of Ugly and was abandoned in a broken alley, how could he be on this ship again at this moment?

Wu Yan looked around, his baggage and sword were there, and he was indeed on the boat, not a dream.

"Why am I here?" Wuya pointed his sword at the boatman, "Who are you and where are you taking me?"

Seeing that Wuya pulled out his sword, the boatman was so frightened that he sat down, and the artemisia supporting the boat almost left his hand.

"I am just entrusted by someone!" said the old man, crying, "The girl did not leave her name, but gave me some silver, and asked me to take you to Lidao Village by water." I don't know anything else!"

It turned out to be arranged by Ah Chou. He didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Ah Chou's gourd, but according to what she said before, it only took two days to travel to Lidao Village, and it helped him. But Wuya hadn't let his guard down, he said, "Old boatman, come here!"

The boatman trembled, trembling and walked towards Wuya, Wuya touched the boatman's face first, it was an old man's face. He reached out again to touch the old man's breast. He hesitated, but did not strike a move. The old man's body was scrawny, and there was nothing suspicious about it, except that his arms might have some muscles because of the perennial bracing of Artemisia. He wanted to touch somewhere else, but when he saw the old man's panicked and frightened look, he withdrew his hand. It seems that he is overthinking.

This old man is really just an ordinary boatman. Wuya breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Old man, how offended. ”

He walked out of the boat, the night breeze was blowing, the night rain was dripping, and all around him was the churning river except for the boat and the people on board.

The old boatman saw that Wuya didn't make any other moves, and he also breathed a sigh of relief, he tidied up his clothes and said, "You are scared to death little old man!"

Wuya looked at the old man, sighed and asked, "How long will it take to go to Lidao Village?"

The old man said: "If the rain is not heavy, you can sail along the river, and you can reach the vicinity of Lidao Village in less than a day, and when you get ashore, you can find Lidao Village by asking passers-by." ”

Wuya nodded and returned to the cabin. He didn't know if Ugly was helping himself or if he had some other purpose. However, the most important thing at this moment is to rush to Lidao Village before Hu Longfei's men.

I haven't seen her for many years, and I don't know what Xiwen looks like now.

I don't know what happened to Namjin now.

The boatman was afraid that Wuya would have any more doubts, so he fixed his mind, did not dare to speak again, and continued to support Artemisia. The surrounding was full of humidity, the wind and rain were urgent, and Wuya felt not very comfortable, but the boatman seemed to be used to this kind of weather, and the boat moved steadily except for shaking from time to time.

Let's make plans when we get to Pear Rice Village.

Wuya sat up cross-legged, remembering the encounter and entanglement with Ugly, and laughed unconsciously.

In the wind and rain, a smell of wine was in the nose, and it turned out that the boatman drank wine by himself in the night rain. His wine was in the gourd around his waist, and he picked it up and took a few sips from time to time, and the aroma of the wine was coming from the gourd.

Wuya asked, "Old man, what are you?"

The boatman was stunned by the question, and replied hesitantly: "Don't blame the young man, the little old man has been a boatman for many years, and he has the habit of bringing wine with him, one is to drive away the cold, and the other is to refresh himself," the old man said while taking another sip, "It's also to strengthen his courage, hehe." ”

Wu Ya was also bored at this time, so he talked with the boat family, and learned that the boat family was from Jizhou, and his ancestors were hunting for a living, and a group of people from later generations migrated to the edge of the Yellow River, so they started the boat family's business again. I don't know, it turns out that the boatman has passed his old age, and his body is still very strong, and he has a faint respect.

Life is not easy.

He asked the boatman to ask for wine, and the boatman smiled and said, "My wine is too strong for ordinary people to drink." Wu Yan didn't believe it, so he grabbed it and drank a few sips. The liquor enters the throat, and it is really as the boatman said, the spicy smell is strong, and it is not a good wine, but it is refreshing to drink.

The old man smiled and said, "How is it, Shaoxia, I'm a drunkard, right?"

Wuya said with a smile: "This trip depends on you, the old man, if you have the opportunity, I must invite you to taste the Xifeng wine in Chang'an City, or the bamboo leaf green in Zhongyuan City, that is a good wine." ”

The old man shook his head, and suddenly laughed, the old man's voice changed to a female voice, and said in a strange manner: "Touched and touched, and drank wine, should you go crazy with alcohol next?"

Wuya was shocked when he heard this, thinking that he had misheard, "Old man, you?"

"What am I!" the old man stretched his waist, and his whole body made a crackling sound of bones colliding, and for a while it seemed to have grown a little taller, and then he continued to move, and his body became plump.

The face is still the appearance of an old man, but the body has become the figure of a girl in front of the boundless.

Wuya couldn't have imagined that on this river, on this small boat, he landed again.

I saw that the old man wiped his face, and the appearance of an ugly appeared in front of him. He was about to take his sword on guard, but found that his meridians were disordered and his whole body was weak.

"Wasn't it pretty good when you touched me just now? Touch my head, touch my chest, where do you want to touch?"

Wuya really couldn't say what he was suffering, so he could only answer: "Girl, I don't know how much ability you have, just use it together, if you want to kill it, you can kill it." Planted in your hands again and again, I really don't have the face to see people. ”

"Are you still reasonable?" Ugly kicked on Wuya's body, Wuya fell backwards, and the boat shook violently with Wuya's fall, Ugly didn't stand still and fell on Wuya's body, and Wuya's foot touched Ugly's chest again. This time it's not skinny boobs, but a burst of softness.

"Bastard!" Ugly stood up to protect his chest, and when he saw that Wuya was smiling, he slapped him. "What are you laughing at, every time I am taken advantage of by you, I have no face when I say it!"

Wuya was beaten with gold stars in his eyes, and he didn't get angry, but just asked: "What kind of trick are you? I have only heard that the disguise technique is superb, but it can only change people's appearance, and I have never seen anyone who can change the body shape." ”

"Shameless guy, you haven't seen much, you have practiced the bone shrinking technique to a certain level, how I want to change!" said Ugly as he took out a rope as if he was doing a trick, tying up Wuya honestly.

Boundless and helpless, he couldn't move, and now he was even more embarrassed, so he could only be at the mercy of the ugly.

"Ugly girl, if you really want to kill me, I've already died a few times. Wuya smiled. "Why are you helping me all the time instead of making things difficult for me?"

"Help you, who do you think you are!" Ugly said: "I can do whatever I like, and I want to report to you!"

Ah Chou tied up Wuya, and kicked it again, but this time she was careful and held on to the cabin so that she didn't fall.

"You stay honest, when you get to Lidao Village, I will let you go!" Ah Chou let out a sigh of relief, and then sat down not far away.

The cabin is already small, and no matter how far it is, it is not far away. I saw that Ah Chou took off her clothes, and the original old man smell on her body had turned into a burst of girlish body fragrance, and it was even more comfortable after smelling it.

I was really entangled by her, and I couldn't think of it.

Ugly was silent and didn't speak again, and Wuya didn't know how to speak. And just like that, the two looked at each other from the cabin. The boat swayed and moved slowly.

"You're a good person. Ugly said suddenly. "Would you like to hear my story?"

Wuya didn't expect Ah Chou to say this, but he had no other way, so he had to reply: "If the girl is interested, but it doesn't hurt to say it, Wuya listens." ”

Ugly nodded, his expression becoming serious. She said, "You and I are destined. I'll tell you all. I'm from Shanze City in Dongting Hubei. Ah Chou said, slowly approaching Wuya, as if she felt that the river wind was cold, and she actually leaned on Wuya.

"Shanzecheng is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Han River, reaching the Qinling Mountains in the north and Yiba Mountain in the south. The place where I was born is called the Valley of the Savages, but there are no Savages there. My father's name is Du Denghai, and many years ago, due to fate, he obtained the human skin mask flowing from the Medicine King Valley, and since then he has established Wanxiang City. At that time, the rivers and lakes were chaotic, and my father was originally the lord of Wanxiang City, but he suddenly disappeared when I was very young. Wanxiang City was scattered into several major factions, and the Du family, headed by my eldest brother Du Tiangang, barely managed to hold on to the situation with the support of my father's father-in-law Gongsun Fu. Gongsun Fuben is the owner of Butterfly Valley, and his two sons, Gongsun Ao and Gongsun Li, grew up with me, and they are like brothers and sisters. But my own Du family doesn't all believe in my eldest brother, and those people have always been eyeing the position of the Lord of Wanxiang City. There is also my mother's Shu family, as well as the Fu family in the city. The eldest brother wanted to promote me as the new Lord of Wanxiang City, but I didn't want to, so I escaped with a few cronies. In order to survive, he used the human skin mask as an excuse to take the line of the Medicine King Valley, and you can guess the rest. ”

When Wuya heard Ah Ugly's eloquent words, he realized that the origin of Wanxiang City was also inseparable from the Medicine King Valley, and he found that this seemingly cynical woman was actually burdened with the heavy expectations of the family.

"And what are your plans?" asked Wuya.

Ugly looked at Wuya, as if he had made up his mind.

"I want you to accompany me back to Shanze City, accompany me to reorganize Wanxiang, and accompany me to take charge of Wanxiang City. ”

Wuya gasped and asked, "How can you be so important to be so valued by an ugly girl?"

Ugly replied, "Because I chose you, and if you don't agree, I will kill you." ”

This reason is irrefutable, let alone refusal.

Ugly said: "I made it difficult for you several times, just to test you." I wanted to kill you, but I've changed my mind now. I'm going to help you do what you're going to do, and then you'll help me. ”

Wuya fell into contemplation, Ugly has a strange temperament, although he shouted to kill himself along the way, he has also helped himself many times openly and secretly, and he can't be considered an enemy either. But if you promise her, there will be more trouble. Wuya is not afraid of trouble, although Ah Ugly is sincere, but what he should be thinking about now is not Ah Ugly's business.

The conspiracy of the Medicine King Valley has always been unknown, the whereabouts of Nanzhen and Mengluo have become a mystery, what is the purpose of the Thousand Hands Organization that Wen Ghost said, Huaishan's position makes him have some scruples, and now it is involved in the affairs of Wanxiang City, Wuya feels that he has fallen into the abyss and cannot extricate himself.

"You don't have to worry too much, at least we have the same purpose now. You want to stop the Medicine King Valley, I want to hear the news of my father through the Medicine King Valley. When the dust settles here, it's not too late for you to reply to me. Ugly said.

Wuya looked at Chou, Chou's sly eyes were full of sincerity at the moment, and she was waiting for Wuya's answer.

Wuya just said one word, "Okay!"

The river breeze leads the rain into the boat cool. Ah Chou untied the rope that bound Wuya, and the two snuggled up like this, without saying anything else, silently thinking about their own thoughts with each other.

The boat moved slowly, and finally came to shore, the clouds cleared, the sky was bright, and the smoke curled in the distance.

When they went ashore, they saw that it was not cooking smoke, but smoke left over from the burning of the house.

The only way to get to Lidao Village is full of corpses.