People who have experienced despair may even have a devout belief in hope.

People who have been trapped in the darkness for a long time are often like moths to a fire.

Qiao Qiao helped Ming Ke to struggle and walk step by step in the dark, her eyes widened to see a glimmer of light ahead, but there was no, only darkness, darkness, and darkness. After walking for an unknown amount of time, she felt the darkness ahead of her become stagnant and hard, and something stood in their way.

Not the most common tree in the woods, the darkness occupies a large part of the plane.

Jojo reached out to touch the strange darkness, the rough and soft texture of moss, but she quickly judged what it was from the familiar touch.

It is a wall, a wall that is often overlooked but provides safety and warmth for humanity.

If there is a wall, there is often a house, and if there is a house, you can escape the cold whip of the rain.

The joy overflowing in her heart gave the girl more strength, and she touched the wall with one hand and walked along the wall, looking for the door that should have been there if there was a wall.

Step by step, round and round.

Despair overflowed her heart little by little, she walked faster and faster, she felt that she had more than come full circle, it should be a common square house, but why is there only walls on all sides and no doors.

She staggered along, she felt as if her breath was choked by something, and she feared, were they going to freeze to death in front of a house that could never be reached?

She suddenly realized that she hadn't been wet from the rain in a while, and that her feet didn't seem to be mud, but hard, dry ground.

Is it raining that has stopped? But even if the rain stops, the water from the leaves will drip for a long time. And the sound of rain falling in the forest is still there, but it feels a little farther away. She leaned close to the wall and felt the sound of falling rain clearer.

So, are they outside the walls or inside the walls?

She bent down and touched the ground, which was dry weeds. It should be inside the wall. So, when did they get inside the wall? Jojo thought for a moment, and her tired and trance-like spirit quickly made her give up on the question.

Anyway, the warm and dry inside the walls are much happier than the outside.

She thought about lighting a fire with dry weeds, but she didn't know how to start with no fire in the dark. She could only grope her way to find a dry corner where two people could rest and rest.

She had thought that someone should keep watch until dawn in this strange darkness, but she soon curled up into a small lump and fell asleep from exhaustion.

The night was dark, and in the darkness she felt someone standing in front of them, sighing softly.

Then, the night seemed to get warmer.

When I woke up, there was a long-lost light, but it was dim, and I couldn't tell if it was dawn or dusk, or neither, after all, there was still the sound of rain outside, and it was a gloomy rainy day.

In the dim skylight, you can see a collapsed incense burner in front of you, half a person high, blocking most of Qiaoqiao's vision.

Qiao Qiao turned his head and couldn't help but feel a little relieved when he saw that Ming Ke was still beside him, but he couldn't help but feel a little relieved when he saw that Ming Ke was still in a coma, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was suffering a lot, and he couldn't help but worry.

She reached out and touched Ming Ke's forehead like the adults in the family, and her hand was hot.

I had a fever. What should I do? By the way, you should light a fire.

Jojo still felt a little pain in his head, and there was a dull pain all over his body, but he still struggled to get up and look around.

As the incense burner indicates, this is a temple, and it is a ruined temple, built in the mountains, it should be a ruined mountain temple.

There was a lot of grass growing on the ground of the temple, and the roof of the temple had collapsed in some places, leaking a few curtains of cold rain. The temple gate has long since collapsed, and strangely enough, this temple gate has no threshold.

No wonder I walked in last night without realizing it, Jojo thought, but it still felt a little strange about what happened last night.

Jojo walked a few steps, and suddenly several rats in the grass were alarmed and ran out, which scared Jojo into a scream.

The rats were frightened by the cry and ran faster, and several of them rushed to the back of the temple, when suddenly there was a clear bell ringing with a "bell".

Qiao Qiao pushed aside the weeds and saw the abandoned ancient clock that had just been hit by a rat and was still trembling slightly, which was probably the bell that saved their lives last night.

Qiao Qiao's eyes moved up and saw the dusty incense case and the statues of the gods enshrined in this temple. Qiao Qiao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw the idol, not because the idol was too scary, but because the idol was a little too ...... Handsome.

The word handsome is used to depict the gods, and there is even some alleged disrespect. The gods should be solemn and lofty, but although this statue is also covered with gold powder, and because no one has visited for a long time, it is covered with dust and cobwebs, but it is still vaguely seen that he is handsome and chic, like a free and uninhibited beautiful man, full of fireworks in the world, like ..... Like the temple gate that has no threshold.

Qiao Qiao put his little hands together, knelt down and bowed sincerely to the statue, raised his head, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed two flints on the incense table, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and bowed respectfully to the statue three times.

When she raised her head, she felt that there was a moment in front of her, and she seemed to see the idol smiling at her, and when she looked at it, the idol returned to its previous nonchalant demeanor.

Jojo's eyes widened in her hazy eyes, a little frightened and a little uncertain, but still afraid, she bowed three times again, clasped her hands together in silent prayer.

"Master Mountain God, please bless Ming Ke and Qiao Qiao to return home smoothly. Qiaoqiao promised that he would listen to his aunt in the future and never go out again. ”

"What if...... If one of the two of us must stay in the mountains to accompany you, then ...... Then choose Jojo. ”

"Qiao Qiao secretly did a lot of bad things, not to mention that this time he had to come to participate in the trial, which hurt Brother Mingke. Uncle also said that I was born to kill my parents, although I don't know what it means to die. ”

"Since I was a child, I have been unstable in sleeping, crying every night, causing my aunt to sleep badly and often saying that she wants to throw me away. I also secretly poured out the medicine that my aunt had cooked for me for a long time. I was also angry with my aunt and uncle and scolded me, threw my uncle's favorite tobacco leaves into the hut, and let my uncle and aunt quarrel to relieve my anger. I also secretly gave the group of children outside who scolded me sick boy one by one the most ugly and vicious nicknames. ”

"I still ....... I've never been a good boy, punish me if you want to. ”

Qiao Qiao counted them one by one, her heart became more and more panicked, choked and wept, but after the prayer was finished, perhaps because her heart was prepared for the worst, Qiao Qiao was not afraid, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, stood up and took the flint and steel from the incense table, returned to Minke's side and looked around for hay, and finally lit the fire after several failures.

The flames were warm, and Qiao Qiao stretched out her arms to feel the warmth in front of her, narrowing her eyes in comfort and moaning softly. When he opened his eyes, he found that Ming Ke's clear eyes were looking at him gently in the firelight.

Qiao Qiao sat back with his knees folded a little shyly, and saw the clear look in Ming Ke's eyes, and suddenly thought of something, and asked with a slight red face, "When did you wake up?"

"Just now. Ye Mingke narrowed his eyes and replied a little slyly. After he finished speaking, he supported the ground with his hands and wanted to sit up, but halfway up he felt a blackness in front of his eyes, a sharp pain in his chest, and he almost fell back, Qiao Qiao hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him and helped him sit against the wall.

Ye Mingke unbuttoned his shirt and carefully examined the wound. On the surface, there was only one wound, that is, a few hideous blood marks scratched by the white tiger, and it was still painful.

But Minke felt that this was not the most serious, but more serious was the internal injury he suffered when he was hit by the wood, although he could not see the external wound, but he felt a sharp pain when his fingers pressed lightly on his chest.

The situation is not optimistic, but it is not impossible. Calm down and do the best you can. Ye Mingke closed his eyes and thought as calmly as possible about how to solve the dilemma in front of him.

Bai Qiaoqiao looked at Ye Mingke's frowning brows, not as worried as before. After all, he woke up.

"Did we drift from the river?" Ye Mingke asked after a while.

"Yes. Bai Qiaoqiao replied.

"Have you been to this mountain temple before?"

"Nope. ”

"Will you ever be able to find that river again?"

"Probably. I was so tired last night that I shouldn't have been able to walk far. Bai Qiaoqiao frowned, thinking about it.

"Jojo. Ye Mingke opened his eyes and looked at Bai Qiaoqiao's eyes seriously, there was a bit of fear in his clear eyes that could not be concealed, but it was more of a determination of hard work, "Maybe no one will come to save us." ”

"Why?" Bai Qiaoqiao looked at Ye Mingke's eyes and felt the courage that the boy wanted to give her, so although she was also afraid, she was not intimidated by that terrifying word.

Ye Mingke saw that Bai Qiaoqiao could still maintain his composure, and said with a sigh of relief: "You should know, I have been chopping wood since I was a child, so I am very familiar with the few mountains that have not been banned, but I have never seen this mountain temple, and if I remember correctly, the mountains next to that mountain yesterday were all banned mountains, and we drifted over." ”

"The forbidden Sacred Mountain people can't enter, but we were brought in by the river, so this may be the forbidden Sacred Mountain. ”

"We don't know if the adults in the village can guess that we have entered the sacred mountain, and do they have a way to enter the forbidden sacred mountain?

"We're going to find a way to get out on our own. That river is the biggest clue for us to get out. ”

Ye Mingke was afraid that Qiao Qiao was too scared, so he said all the situation he judged and the direction of getting out of trouble in one breath, and then looked at Qiao Qiao quietly.

Jojo looked up at him as well, her little hands clutching her little mud-stained skirt. She looked at him, and the ten-year-old timid and weak little girl didn't cry or shed tears, she just looked at her and asked softly.

"So what should we do?"

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