Chapter 11: Kidnapping
Xu Ming never thought that he would be kidnapped in his life. But this is where the absurdity really happens.
Not long after leaving Surabaya City, Xu Ming felt a little anxious, and left the official road and walked into the forest to study the parabola, when he was suddenly knocked with a stick, the back of his head hurt, and he lost consciousness.
When he woke up, he couldn't see anything, but he couldn't feel that his eyes were blindfolded, probably some spell or something that made him lose his vision. I couldn't say anything, only my hearing was as good as ever, I could hear the carriage speeding away, and I could even hear the faint conversation between two people. One has a very thin voice, like a sissy, and the other has a deep voice that sings great ballads.
Brother Shen asked the sissy: "What kind of character is this time, I see that he has no aura in his body, and there are no treasures on his body, just a repeated vulgar, why did we let our brothers arrest him." ”
"How can we know what it means. "The sissy returned," the head of the family said, let's arrest the people who went out of the city alone after Li Jiuge's carriage left the city gate, just do it, don't worry too much. ”
After that, they whispered some words, but Xu Ming really had a bad headache, so he didn't listen anymore. He subconsciously touched his surroundings, but did not touch the familiar soft body, and suddenly became uneasy: Tang Jinling didn't know where to go. At that time, when he went to the convenience, Tang Jinling was waiting for him outside the woods, and now he doesn't know what happened. Xu Ming has seen a lot of male and female protagonists separated, and the male protagonist went down to earth to find the female protagonist many years later, but she is still just a cat.
"What to do, what to do. Xu Ming suddenly panicked, and a sense of fear greater than death came to his heart, making him unable to think. His head hurt so badly that it looked like it was going to crack, but his hands were tied behind his back, and he couldn't even rub his head. He fainted again.
When he woke up again, Xu Ming had already regained his vision, and when he opened his eyes, he saw an old, kind, but serious face. He thought of his grandfather for a moment.
"This is not from the Li family. The man looked at him for a moment, and finally spoke, "He's just an ordinary mortal. ”
Someone replied, it was the sissy: "Master of the family, we are the one who went out of the city alone after arresting Li Jiuge's carriage out of the city according to your instructions, could it be that kid who deceived us?"
The old man's voice was not loud, but it was as thick as Hong Zhong: "He didn't dare, it should be that Li Ange hadn't gone out yet, and it happened that this person went out first, so it's no wonder you, after all, you can't recognize Li Ange." ”
The sissy voice became frightened and regretful: "The subordinates are not doing well, and they have ruined the plan of the head of the family, and they have asked the head of the family to punish them." ”
The old man waved his hand: "No need, this time it's just a bit of luck, if you don't catch Li Ange, you naturally have other ways, you go down first." ”
A footstep faded away, it should be a sissy gone. Xu Ming had a headache, and even his eyes hurt so badly that he had closed his eyes, didn't speak, and spread out on the ground and pretended to be dead.
"It's hard to be a friend. The old man walked to Xu Ming's side, stretched out his hand and lightly pointed at Xu Ming with his finger. Xu Ming suddenly felt as if a refreshing wind had entered his brain, circulating for a week, taking away all the pain and anxiety. Xu Ming instantly felt refreshed, and his whole body was full of strength. But he still didn't get up, and lay on the ground and continued to play dead.
When you don't know what to do, playing dead is the best option.
"Xiaoyou, don't be afraid, since you are not the person we are looking for, we will definitely not be difficult for you. The voice had a convincing mysterious power, and the ghost made Xu Ming open his eyes.
The old man in front of him was wearing a simple dark blue robe, his face was kind, and he said with a smile: "I don't know the severity of my subordinates first, and apologize to you for using silence and blinding spells to you, and we will compensate you." ”
Xu Ming looked at the old man, didn't know what to say, and stood up with a disgraced face.
"But for the sake of our actions, we can't let you go now, but I will arrange accommodation and food for you, and when this is over, we will let you go, please forgive me. The old man said, and without waiting for Xu Ming's answer, he was ready to order his subordinates to take Xu Ming down.
Xu Ming listened dizzily for a long time, and finally held back a sentence: "Where is my cat?"
Xu Ming suddenly felt that he came to this world to find "support", he was raised by Lao Xu in the village, and he was raised by Muyun Tuohai in Surabaya City, and he just left Surabaya City, and there was an old man who wanted to support himself, but the fairy life he had fantasized about in his previous life was realized without warning in this life.
It's kind of dreamy, but no matter how dreamy, it's real life. Xu Ming was served with delicious food and drink again, except for Tang Jinling who was gone, everything seemed to be fine.
It seems to be a mountain villa, and there are no people nearby, and the scenery is not bad, but it is a good place to play. But Xu Ming can't care about appreciating the scenery of the countryside now, Tang Jinling is lost, in this unaccompanied world, he suddenly feels helpless and lonely, he feels like a rootless fluffy grass, abandoned in the troubled world, helpless, and careless.
His original intention of walking out of the mountains and preparing to start his path of cultivating immortals was to find a way to make Tang Jinling transform into a human, if she was lost, then what was the point of soaring into an immortal? He sat on the bed in the room, looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze.
The afternoon sun faded, and a menacing cloud came to the sky.
"Boom!" Without warning, a huge noise came from nowhere. This annex suddenly became commotionous, and Xu Ming heard many people walking into the lobby of the annex.
In a few moments, a black shadow flew from the sky, and in a few breaths, it flew to the front of the annex, a monk with blood stains. The monk staggered and knelt in front of the old man, and said with some difficulty: "Family master, the Li family child and Muyun boy failed to rush through the enchantment, the enchantment exploded, many demon beasts rushed out of the enchantment, and they were devouring all the monks in Silong Mountain, you quickly take someone to the rescue, I'm afraid it's too late, young master......" The monk didn't finish speaking, and the person had already fainted.
"Take him down to rest first. Xu Ming only heard the old man's voice was terrifyingly heavy, "Third child, you stay in the other garden, and the rest of you come with me!" After a noisy footstep disappeared, silence returned to the garden.
"No, no, I have to go to her, and if the old man comes back and then let me go, it will have to wait until when. Xu Mingqiang endured his impatience, opened the door, and poked his head out. This should be the area of the guest room, very quiet, and the occasional maid passing by is in a hurry, they are all holding some medicine or something, they should be treating the monk who has just come back to report the news.
Xu Ming touched the Qiankun bag on his waist, the two people who kidnapped him didn't see that it was a Qiankun bag, thinking it was just an ordinary jewelry, and even if the old man saw it, he wouldn't care about the things on this ordinary person, so his bag has been left on his body, which is also a blessing in misfortune. He took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and walked out of the room. Generally, this kind of large annex will have a back door, and Xu Ming quietly touched the back of the annex.
Behind the garden was the kitchen and some storage for miscellaneous items, and not long after lunch, the chef servants in the back kitchen had already begun to prepare dinner, and the sound of the blades slicing on the board was noisy but clear. There were also a few rooster crows from time to time, short and poignant, and I thought that I had not experienced inhuman torture when I died.
The small door in the backyard was open, and the servants were carrying things from a carriage outside to the kitchen, and a middle-aged man in a long robe stood by the carriage to supervise the work. "This is the best Lingmi Lingmian that I bought from Qingyang, I should pay attention to it, and I am careful that my head is not protected!" The small workers in shabby shirts were submissive, bowing their heads and carrying them silently.
"Hopefully, people in this world don't like to eat cat meat. Xu Ming touched the wall and hid behind the cloth bag that was raised high.
He looked at the wall around him, although it was not high, but it was not something he could climb out with his bare hands. And the butler is right next to him, and if he turns out from here, he will be caught. If it is unrealistic to sneak away while pretending to be a small worker carrying rice and noodles, the butler has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and at first glance he is a mean and cunning person. "But if I can do some spells, it won't be like this!" Xu Ming was full of regret for not cultivating well under the pretense of studying history and geography, and made up his mind that after he got out of this courtyard and found Tang Jinling, he would definitely cultivate hard, and he would never be lazy and slippery again.
But remorse and flagging didn't help him fly out of the wall, so he could only hide behind these sacks and find a chance to slip away. waited until the end of the portage, Xu Ming didn't wait for the opportunity, and he didn't think of a way, but several times someone came over and almost found him startled.
"Get to work!" said the butler, who was sitting on the floor rubbing his arms and resting, and cursed, then closed the back door and entered the kitchen. The sound of the kitchen suddenly became louder, and the sound of the blade struggling to penetrate the cutting board drowned out the housekeeper's scolding, and the housekeeper begged for the kitchen to be bored, and he didn't know what to do since he went to the front yard.
"Isn't this the guest lord of the house!" Xu Ming was in a daze, and suddenly heard a girl's voice, which was soft, reminding Xu Ming of Lori in the original world. Xu Ming raised his head, and a little girl in a maid's costume was looking at him puzzled: "Master, why are you here!"
The girl's little face was not as red as she imagined, but there was a sickly white that did not suit her age, and her eyes were beautiful, and her pupils were large, and they were very cute.
Xu Ming didn't know what to say, he was sitting behind Budai Mountain thinking about a way to leave the garden, and he couldn't say anything in an instant when he had already thought of the excuse for being discovered. At the end, he smiled awkwardly: "I'm just here to see." "It's dirty here, don't stay here, I've heard people say, 'big husband cooks far away', you go back to the front!" The little girl was very innocent, and did not have the slightest doubt, and there was even some worry in her voice, in her understanding, maybe this sentence meant that there would be unlucky things in the kitchen!
"It's okay, it's okay, little girl, how did you know me?" Xu Ming stood up, looked down at the stupid little girl, and suddenly wanted to touch her head, but he still held back and asked her with a smile.
The little girl suddenly covered her mouth and smiled: "My lord, what do you call it as others say, 'noble people forget things', I took you to the guest room!" Xu Ming scratched his hair in embarrassment: "I was a little dizzy at the time, I didn't pay attention to your appearance, I'm sorry." ”
"What's your name?" Xu Ming decided to change the subject to ease the embarrassment. The little girl still laughed: "I told the adults, my name is Ke'er." "Oh oh, Ke'er!" Xu Ming understood, other topics would only make the scene more embarrassing, so he simply stopped talking.
"Ke'er will take you back to the room!" The little girl saw that Xu Ming was no longer talking, so she was ready to lead him back to the room.
"What, it's too stuffy in this yard, can I go out for a walk?" Xu Ming hesitated for a long time, but still asked.
"Of course you can, we don't have rules for keeping guests in our house. Ke'er smiled and said, "Now that the master is not at home, you can just tell the housekeeper to go out through the front door." "That doesn't say if you can let me out. Xu Ming thought so, the old man said that he could only let me out after this matter was over, but Ke'er didn't know, the housekeeper must know. Xu Ming smiled awkwardly: "So that's the case, but I'll go out for a walk, and I'll be back in a while, so I won't bother the housekeeper, can I go out directly through the back door?" Ke'er pouted: "That's it, that's okay!" Ke'er led Xu Ming to the back door.
The servants and cooks who passed by hurried past as if they hadn't seen them, and Xu Ming even felt that no one would care if he walked out of the courtyard alone. "Your Excellency, you can tell me something when you come back. Ke'er sent Xu Ming out of the door, smiled at him, and then gently closed the door. Xu Ming couldn't laugh. "Forget it, it's important to find Ling'er. I'll come back when I find the bell. Xu Ming sighed, "It shouldn't be a big deal to let go of an insignificant person like me, and she won't suffer much punishment!"