3. Return to the ruined temple again
Chen Jiuge temporarily dispelled the idea of finding a home, because Li Fuzi said that this world was too big to be finished in a few lifetimes.
Walking on the streets of this strange city, you will find everything new and interesting.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
I saw a carriage coming from outside the city, and the young man in the carriage was dressed in a gorgeous manner, waving a horsewhip, and screaming with arrogance on his face.
The pedestrians on the street retreated to both sides, and a little beggar fell in the middle of the street in a panic, about to be trampled by a horse.
Suddenly, a figure flashed out of the crowd, took the little beggar into his hand, and quickly swept to the other side.
"It's the eldest son of the Xiao family again..."The pedestrians on the street began to discuss:
"The people in the government don't care, this is the first time, last time I knocked the old king who sold fruit next door and lay at home for half a month!"
"Who cares, that master is Prime Minister Xiao Cheng's nephew, I'm afraid that the county master has to look at his face!"
"That's it, people's leg hair is thicker than our body, I really can't afford to provoke it! This time thanks to someone who came to the rescue..."
Chen Jiuge looked at the man who had just rescued people, and saw that he was in his twenties, dressed as a hunter, and after saving people, he went out of the city.
Dusk was approaching, and Chen Jiuge had nowhere to stay, so he had to go to the ruined temple on the outskirts of Yinshan City. When he arrived, he found that there were already people in the ruined temple at this time, and it was the young hunter who saved the little beggar during the day.
"Little brother, why don't you come home so late, it's very dangerous in the wilderness!" the hunter asked, looking at him.
"I don't know where my home is, I just want to find a place to sleep. Chen Jiuge said truthfully.
"This ruined temple is also a borderless place, feel free!" the hunter lit a bonfire and began to roast the meat.
Chen Jiuge found a comfortable corner and lay down. Smelling the smell of meat coming from the side, my stomach began to "gurgle" again, and I remembered that I hadn't eaten for most of the day.
The mouse next to him also squeaked and became restless.
"Can... Can you give me something to eat... Do you want to eat?" Chen Jiuge sat up again, looking at the barbecue on the bonfire.
"Cook it yourself!" the hunter glanced at him, then pointed to the skewered pieces of meat beside him, and continued to roast the meat.
"Oh... Thank you!" Chen Jiuge quickly got up, walked to the bonfire, and roasted it in a similar way. I vaguely feel that I am familiar with such a scene...
"What's your name, little brother?" asked the hunter casually.
"I seem to be called... Chen Jiuge, I don't know where I came from, they all said I had amnesia, I just remember waking up in this broken temple, and this little mouse!"
"Amnesia, the person who came out of the Hidden Mountain Yamen in the morning is you!" the hunter seemed to know him.
"Well, yes!"
Chen Jiuge gave a little bit of the roasted meat to the little mouse, and then chatted with Orion while eating, and fell asleep at some point...
In the middle of the night, the howls of wild wolves could be heard from time to time in the distant mountains. Chen Jiuge was awakened by the "squeak" sound of the little mouse.
"What's wrong, little thing?"
"Hey, why is Brother Zhang gone?" Chen Jiuge muttered to himself.
"That guy has been out for a while!"
"Who... Who's talking to me?"
Chen Jiuge looked left and right, and finally locked his eyes on the little mouse.
"Is that you, little mouse?" Chen Jiuge didn't seem so surprised.
"Great, you can finally hear me again! Why should I say it again?" the mouse was both excited and confused.
"It's really you, I seem to have forgotten the past, little mouse, did you know me before?" asked Chen Jiuge.
"I don't remember very well, but I woke up and found myself lying next to you. I've been talking to you, but you've always ignored me!"
The little mouse replied.
"There seems to be movement outside just now, let's go out and have a look!"
Under the bright moonlight, the area around the ruined temple was exceptionally quiet.
"Brother Zhang, what's wrong with you?
Not far from the gate of the broken temple, Chen Jiuge found the hunter lying on the ground, and then helped him to the broken temple. The hunter gradually awoke, and said intermittently:
"Xiao Jiu, I... It's okay... The mountain bandits are going to... It's coming, you go!"
It's just that even if you want to leave, it's too late!
Under spiritual perception, four people had already come from outside the broken temple. Chen Jiuge looked up, and the four mountain bandits were all holding knives in their hands, looking fierce and vicious.
"Boy, it's you again!" Yan Jiang, the leader of the bandits, glanced at Chen Jiuge and said.
"You... Know me?" Chen Jiuge had already guessed that what he encountered might be the mountain bandit who kidnapped Qian Qing'er last night, and he couldn't help but panic.
"I don't know!" Yan Jiang, the leader of the bandits, took the lead and walked in, and said to the hunter:
"I didn't expect your kid's escape skills to be so good!"
Zhang Quan moved his gaze to Chen Jiuge, and then said:
"This... Little brother, with me... I don't know each other, you... Don't embarrass him, he... Anything... I don't know!"
Then, he simply closed his eyes, as if he had accepted his fate.
"Yo, look at you officials who are hypocritical and righteous! You are dying and you still want to care about the life and death of others!?" said the mountain bandit Qi Shan with a mocking face.
"Sensei talk nonsense with him, we finally found a new hiding place, and he found out! Cut him, let's go back and continue drinking!" Yan Jiang, the leader of the bandits, urged.
Qi Shan's knife had just been raised, and suddenly it was suddenly attacked by a "Zheng... The sound of "Zheng" was interrupted, it was the sound of a knife coming out of its sheath!
Qi Shan looked at Chen Jiuge, and then looked back at the three accomplices. Surprised, he asked, "Who pulled the knife just now?"
The four of them looked at each other, and the knives in their hands were all held in a dignified manner!
"No one pulled a knife!?"
Everyone looked around, and finally their eyes fell on the dagger next to the campfire, which was the short dagger that Zhang Quan used to cut meat. I saw that this short dagger slowly rose up in the air after being unsheathed, and finally the tip of the knife pointed directly at Qi Shan's throat, suspended motionless, and the scene was very weird.
Qi Shan was so frightened that he trembled, almost couldn't stand steadily, and screamed in his mouth:
"There's... There's a ghost!"
The four bandits were frightened, then turned and ran. After a few breaths, it vanished, as if it had never been there.
"Which senior... Can you help? See you?"
Zhang Quan came back to his senses, he didn't believe in any ghosts and gods. The ability to fetch things from the air can be done by the master of the innate primal realm. But this is the first time he has seen the ability to control things in the air. The difference between one word and the world of difference!
Chen Jiu Ge collected his mental power, it was obvious that he was scared a lot just now, and it seemed that his body had also consumed a lot, and his forehead was sweating like a waterfall.
"Whew...", I finally scared those bandits away.
"Brother Zhang, are your injuries okay?" asked Chen Jiuge.
"Heh... Oh, it's okay! Poisonous... I will poison... Forced out... It's all right!"
After Zhang Quan finished speaking, he closed his eyes and began to meditate cross-legged, exercising exercises to heal his wounds.
The next day, when the sky was light, Zhang Quan had recovered to seventy-seven eighty-eight. With Chen Jiuge's support all the way, he returned to Yinshan County.
"Brother Xiaojiu, I almost lost your life this time! Since you can't find a home, why don't you go to my house for a few days!"
Zhang Quan looked sincere and continued:
"Recently, mountain bandits have been rampant, and I'm afraid that the ruined temple is not safe!"
"I... But I don't remember anything and I won't do anything..."Chen Jiuge was very moved, but he couldn't go to his house to eat and drink for nothing.
"It's okay, I'll find you a chores to do in a few days, although the salary is not much, but take care of the food. What do you think?" Zhang Quanquan said.
"Okay...!" Chen Jiuge accepted this love.
This Zhang Quan turned out to be from Orion and lived on the outskirts of the city. Ten years ago, a group of mountain bandits came from the West Cave Mountain, doing evil everywhere in this mountain forest and killing many people.
Zhang Quan's parents died at the hands of these bandits, and he and his sister Zhang Pu'er, who was only five years old at the time, escaped by hiding in the cellar, and were later arrested and taken in by Cheng Yue as a righteous son and daughter.
Later, the court sent troops to the mountains to encircle and suppress the mountain bandits, and destroyed the mountain bandits' lair, caught and killed a lot. And Yan Jiang's gang was the fish who slipped through the net at the beginning.
"Brother, you're back... Why are you hurt again!" Pu'er checked his injuries very distressedly, and kept chattering.
"Why didn't you go to school today? It can't be that you skipped class, right?" Zhang Quan obviously wanted to open the topic.
"Hmph, brother, when did you ever care about my studies? I refused to let you guide me in martial arts!" Zhang Pu'er complained non-stop.
"What's the use of girls practicing martial arts, they can't marry if they are careful with thick arms and legs! Oh yes, this little brother's name is Chen Jiuge, and he will stay at home for a few days. This is my sister Pu'er. Zhang Quan casually introduced it, and they knew each other.
Later, a vacant room was cleaned up, and Chen Jiuge was also settled.
"By the way, Xiao Jiu, how old are you this year?" Zhang Pu'er felt that she should be about the same age as him, and she had to be ranked up so that she could have a title.
"I... I don't remember!" Chen Jiuge looked at this delicate and generous little girl, but he had a good impression.
"Xiao Jiu has amnesia and can't remember anything, don't bully him in the future!" Zhang Quan said with a smile.
"Is this what home feels like?" Chen Jiuge seemed to feel a little.
The "squeaky" guinea pig also likes this atmosphere, and shows its happiness and presence through its calls.
"What a cute little mouse, you can still stand upright!"
Zhang Pu'er finally noticed it. Then I took some white rice from the rice bowl and fed it to eat. And the mouse only took one bite and never ate it again, and it seems that the rice is obviously not to its taste.
"Uh... It said it likes to eat barbecue and steamed buns!" Chen Jiuge translated awkwardly.
"Rats who don't eat rice, haha...!"