Chapter 14: Out of Control
Qiu Yuanxue's brows tightened, and the sword in her hand tightened.
"No, you can't hurt civilians with swordsmanship...... In that case......" Qiu Yuanxue hesitated and thought to herself.
I saw a male villager rushing over in the crowd, and when he was about to attack, Qiu Yuanxue instantly swung out her sword, "Bang!" I saw her hit the male villager in the face with the sword face, and instantly knocked him to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, another female villager rushed over, Qiu Yuanxue raised a kick and kicked her directly in the stomach, kicking her to the ground, just like this, in the encirclement network, there were villagers attacking one after another, but they were all stunned on the ground by Qiu Yuanxue.
But soon the villagers who had fallen to the ground suddenly stood up again and continued walking towards her.
"Whew...... Call...... It's disgusting to go on like this, it's endless......" Qiu Yuanxue said tiredly, panting.
"Oh, there's no way, you can't watch the little girl, you don't save you when you see death, it's better like this. After speaking, I saw He Jing play the flute, and I saw a purple space-time wormhole open behind Qiu Yuanxue.
"Hey, hurry up and get into the cave!" He Jing shouted to Qiu Yuanxue.
Qiu Yuanxue, who was surrounded by villagers, saw the space-time wormhole behind her and jumped into the cave helplessly, and the entrance of the cave closed and disappeared in an instant, and those villagers just wanted to pounce on it but fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, on the roof of a house paved with red bricks and tiles, He Jing played the flute and summoned a purple space-time wormhole behind him, and Qiu Yuanxue walked out of the wormhole and said, "...... Thank you for saving your life. β
"Oh, what yours and mine, I'm not without a name, my name is He Jing. Also, I've already set up an illusion barrier here, originally to avoid letting any strangers in, how did you break in?" He Jing turned around and looked helplessly at the white-haired woman in front of her.
"I didn't break in because I felt there was danger. Qiu Yuanxue shook her head and said.
"Impossible...... The illusion barrier I set up is not visible to ordinary people...... Or is there something in you that has cracked my illusion?" He Jing looked Qiu Yuanxue up and down and thought.
"Is there a magic weapon......? This?" Qiu Yuanxue was also very puzzled, she raised the back of her right hand to reveal the dragon pattern stamp that glowed with silver and brightened.
"Poof...... Little girl, don't be kidding, isn't this just an ordinary tattoo, how can you crack my illusion. He Jing looked at the back of Qiu Yuanxue's hand and almost didn't laugh out loud.
β...... I'm already an adult, not a little girl, and my name is Qiu Yuanxue, and I also have a name and a surname. Qiu Yuanxue said with a drop of sweat dripping from her forehead.
"That's it, you're all in, then I'll let you out, it's very dangerous here, go home quickly." He Jing said.
"No, I can't go, I'm going to stay and investigate what happened here. Qiu Yuanxue refused.
"Oh yes, leave the matter here to me to investigate, can you handle those villagers just now with that toy sword alone?" He Jing said helplessly.
"Wait...... Besides, those villagers were so abnormal that I had to investigate if they had anything to do with the monsters. Qiu Yuanxue heard He Jing say this, and immediately replied.
"You also know about monsters?...... Okay, little girl, it's good to have one more person to investigate, but don't blame me for not warning you when you're in danger. He Jing hesitated for a while and said.
"Then what to do next, you can't stay on the roof all the time. Qiu Yuanxue asked after thinking for a while.
"Look at me. β
After speaking, He Jing took the blue flute and played, only to see a large amount of purple mist floating in the air of the entire village and town.
"Well, that should drag you off for a while. He Jing said confidently.
"What did you just do? Qiu Yuanxue asked suspiciously.
"Hehe, you don't understand this, I played a lullaby, even if we go down and those villagers will be tricked by my illusion when they get up, so that they can sleep for a while, which is conducive to a faster investigation. Since you're here, you have to listen to me for all your actions?" He Jing said with a smug smile.
β...... Why should we listen to you? We're going to split up so that the investigation can move faster. Qiu Yuanxue said.
"Oh, why are you so stubborn, this little girl, forget it, I can't stop you if you insist on acting alone, but don't come to me if there is any danger. He Jing said helplessly.
β...... I said it all, I'm not a little girl, my name is Qiu Yuanxue. Qiu Yuanxue looked at He Jing with cold eyes.
"Haha, she's so short, and she said she wasn't just a little girl, so I'm not kidding you, so let's investigate quickly. He Jing said with a smile.
Qiu Yuanxue didn't pay attention to He Jing's words and turned to leave, so He Jing and Qiu Yuanxue started an investigation after they came down from the roof.
Disturbed by the illusion, the villagers all fell to the ground and fell asleep.
Qiu Yuanxue walked into the interior of an inn, which had become dilapidated, with tables, chairs and benches piled up in a mess in the hall, and an old ledger in front of the counter. Qiu Yuanxue stepped forward and flipped through the ledger on the counter.
On the first day of the seventh month, 50 bags of grain were purchased and 2400 silver were collected
Spend 500 silver
On the second day of the seventh month, 30 bags of grain were received: 4,000 silver
Spend 300 silver
On the third day of the seventh month, 40 barrels of wine were entered, 5,000 silver was collected, and 600 silver was disbursed
......
When Qiu Yuanxue continued to flip through and found that it was blank until the seventh day of the seventh month, she thought: "The inn's account books and income accounts are all stuck seven days ago, and after seven days, there is no bookkeeping...... Is there something going on here?"
Qiu Yuanxue rummaged through the drawers of the counter and found that the silver and financial affairs in the drawers were intact, indicating that the owner of this inn had an incident before he even took the money when he left.
Then Qiu Yuanxue left the inn, she came to a family's room and walked into the door and knocked lightly, but found that the door was not locked, Qiu Yuanxue gently pushed the door open, only to see the owner of the house, a man and a woman, fell asleep on the ground, and the yard was covered with weeds and no one had cleaned it up for a long time.
Qiu Yuanxue walked through the courtyard to the house and pushed open the door to see the furniture, cabinets, tables, and chairs in the house all fallen to the ground in chaos, and the books scattered on the ground were at the end of a writing desk, and there was an unfinished calligraphy and painting on the table, on which were written with a brush Ma Zhicheng three big characters.
Qiu Yuanxue dipped her fingers in the words on the calligraphy and painting, and analyzed the dryness and wetness of the ink on the words: "The ink on the words has been dry for a long time, and the owner of this family was writing at the table at the time, and the painting was not finished, and it seemed that something had happened when they fled." β
And just when Qiu Yuanxue was investigating, a brush rolled to her feet, and when she noticed it, she bent down to pick up the brush and saw a journal handbook dropped next to her, Qiu Yuanxue stepped forward to pick up the handbook and checked.
On the first day of July, it is a cool day, and in a few days I will go to Beijing to catch the exam, hoping to give me an official position, so that the burden of the family can be much easier, and I really hope that our family can live happily ever after
On the second day of the seventh month, in the upcoming exam stage, I took the time to review the books and materials prepared, although during this time I was buried in the pile of books all day long, and the lady was working hard behind the back to support the family, and when I became the champion, I will return to Baiyi Village to repay the lady.
On the third day of the seventh month, although I traveled thousands of miles by reading thousands of books, for me, entering Beijing to take the exam was the top priority, which made me feel pressured. Every night I study diligently, I prick my thigh with a silver needle when I am sleepy, and now I don't know how many needle holes there are in my leg, and my lady also takes care of me carefully, and prepares a supper for me every night, which makes me more confident in entering Beijing to catch the exam.
On the fourth day of the seventh month, these three days of hard study, I feel that my mind has been filled with knowledge, but I still have no bottom in my heart about the exam questions, I am afraid that I will not be able to pass the exam, once I fail, all my previous efforts are wasted, how will I face the lady who has been with me for so long and takes care of me? Alas...... It's hard to be a man.
On the fifth day of the seventh month, I heard that Uncle Zhang next door found a green light when he went out to plow the field a few days ago, which made me interested in insects since I was a child, but I can't care about so much now, the only thing to do is to study hard and prepare to get appreciation in the examination room
On the sixth day of July, since the insect that Uncle Zhang found before, I found that the strange insects in the town have begun to increase recently, causing the villagers to dare not go out to set up stalls, even the family was sleeping yesterday I don't know when the green light insect got into my body, and it was very itchy, which made me very uncomfortable, even my mother did not avoid it, and was taken advantage of by this bug, but I still endured the itching and pain for this family and continued to study hard to catch the exam, I have paid a lot, but I don't want to give up halfwayγ
On the seventh day of July, I will enter Beijing tomorrow to catch the exam, and I have notified Ah Hong to help me sort out the materials for the exam, and now I am ready to usher in the most brilliant sprint.
But I heard that Uncle Zhang next door last night didn't know what was going on, and suddenly picked up a hoe and attacked Xiao Er, who was serving food in the inn.
Fortunately, a general express in the village and town who was eating at that time quickly subdued him, but I heard that when he subdued Uncle Zhang, his eyes showed a green halo, I don't know if it was true or not, how could the originally kind old man suddenly impulsively attack unrelated people? Could it be that the pressure of family life is too great and he has gone crazy?
I can't take care of so much now, I'm going to review again tonight, and I'm going to take the exam tomorrow, but recently I feel that my body is getting more and more itchy and unbearable, and even my mother can't stand the itching, I don't know what's going on.
Qiu Yuanxue saw that the log record was over here, and she thought, "The culprit of all this is still the ghost of the worm that glows green. It seems that they have evolved to the ability to parasitize on humans and thus control them, damn demon beasts, how many families have been ruined now, rest assured that I will definitely avenge you. β
At the same time, under the leadership of Senior Brother Junquan, Xing Yuxiang and Xingyu Yege followed the disciples of the Immortal Sect all the way to the location of Baiyi Village, but due to the influence of the illusion enchantment cast by He Jing, what they saw when they came here was a wasteland of weeds.
The fellow Wenxuan disciple looked at a map that emitted golden light in his hand in confusion and said, "Huh, it's strange, Baiyi Village is here, why is there nothing." β
"Are you sure it's here? It can't be a mistake. Xingyu Yege came over with some curiosity, looked at it, and pointed at the map with his hand.
"Hey Yege, don't fool around, this is the map of the Immortal Sect, if it is broken, it will be a problem for us to go back. Xing Yuxiang stepped forward and gently tugged Yege's arm and said.
Jun Quan carefully inspected the wasteland weeds in front of him, then turned around and said to Wen Xuan's disciple: "It's true that this place is right, but this place is not known to have been set up by someone to set up an illusion enchantment, and it is difficult for ordinary people to detect it. β
Then I saw that Jun Quan took out a magic weapon similar to an awl from his coat pocket, and there was a rocker that could be rotated above the awl, Jun Quan turned the joystick hard, only to see that the magic weapon emitted a large amount of spiritual light, and the wall of the illusion enchantment gradually dispersed, revealing its true appearance.
"Alright, come in with me. Junquan said.
"Night Song, slow down, don't go so ...... ...... "Before Xing Yuxiang finished speaking, the silver bronze sword on Xing Yuxiang's waist suddenly emitted a bright light, flickering brightly and dimly.
Xing Yuxiang felt a sharp pain in his head, In his mind, he also saw the back of his sister walking away, but he found that he was so sad for some reason, and the right eye inexplicably left a trace of tears flowing down his cheeks, and when he came back to his senses, Xing Yuxiang saw his sister turn around and waved at him and shouted: "Hey, brother, you are walking too slowly." β
"Ah, I'll be right here. Xing Yuxiang touched his cheek but there was no trace of tears, he thought: "This won't be, it's the prophecy of the sword again.. But what the hell was going on with that memory just now?......"
Xing Yuxiang looked at the silver bronze sword placed on the medicine bag on his waist, but at this time, the sword did not emit any more light, he thought about it, but he didn't understand what was going on, and he didn't take it seriously and continued to walk in the direction where Yesong was.
At the same time, He Jing, who was investigating in a pharmacy, suddenly noticed something and hurriedly ran out of the pharmacy, she looked up at the sky and frowned: "It's not good, the illusion barrier has been cracked!"
At this time, Qiu Yuanxue, who had just walked out of the resident's house, suddenly heard a voice in her ear: "Hey, where are you, little girl?"
"I just came out of a resident's house, what's wrong?" Qiu Yuanxue replied.
"Wait, I'll rush over right away!" He Jing was communicating with Qiu Yuanxue remotely using the Voice of a Thousand Miles technique.
As soon as the words fell, He Jing played the flute, summoned a space-time wormhole, jumped into the hole, and then the space-time wormhole teleported her to the place where Qiu Yuanxue was.
"Little girl, let's get out of here!" He Jing hurriedly took Qiu Yuanxue's hand after coming out of the space-time wormhole.
"No, I can't go!" Qiu Yuanxue said as she pulled He Jing's hand away.
"It's too late to leave! These villagers are about to wake up! Just now, someone broke in and cracked the illusion barrier, and my lullaby is almost time. He Jing said to Qiu Yuanxue.
Just as the two were talking, the surrounding villagers lying on the ground all woke up, opened their green eyes, got up, and walked towards He Jing and Qiu Yuanxue.
"Ah...... It's really unlucky today! I can't help it, little girl, let's deal with these villagers first. He Jing said madly.
In this way, He Jing and Qiu Yuanxue were back to back, one holding a flute and the other holding a sword, vigilantly looking at the villagers who were about to surround them.
Qiu Yuanxue said to He Jing: "I just investigated and learned that there is a green light insect in the villagers' bodies, if we can force these pests out, we will have a chance of winning. β
"What you said is light, how can you force it out?" He Jing asked.
At the same time, Xing Yuxiang, Yege and others came to the gate of Baiyi Village, and Brother Junquan looked around vigilantly and said, "No...... There's something unusual in this. β
Before the words fell, a large number of footsteps came from a distance, and I saw a large number of villagers with green eyes holding various hoes, sticks and other weapons running towards Xing Yuxiang and the others, Ye Ge exclaimed: "What is the situation with these villagers, are they crazy?"
"It's not good, let's withdraw first, find a safe place to observe the situation!" Jun Quan was also taken aback when he saw it, and he hurriedly shouted to the disciples behind him, Xing Yuxiang Yege and the others.
As soon as everyone turned around, they saw the gate of the village and town "bang!" and it closed.
Xing Yuxiang held Xingyu Yege's hand tightly and followed the Junquan brothers.
Jun Quan saw that there was no one in an alley on the right, and he shouted to everyone, "Hurry!
In this way, Xing Yuxiang and Ye Ge fled all the way through the villages and towns to avoid the pursuit of those riotous villagers, on the other hand, He Jing and Qiu Yuanxue cooperated with each other to meet the villagers who surrounded them......
Xing Yuxiang's memory booklet
He Jing, she is a mysterious woman in my mother's life.
On several occasions, I have secretly helped my mother when her life was on the line, but I always felt as if she had other purposes, and every time she came and went without a trace, but we were really grateful to her in our hearts, and helped us a lot without asking for anything in return, although she still maintained a sense of mystery until the end, I believe that she was a good person.
Without He Jing's help, maybe my lady would not have survived those hard battles, she always did not seek help from others, but continued to work hard to overcome difficulties, He Jing is also one of the indispensable partners we have fought side by side, although she is very mysterious and does not say anything, but I still trust her very much, because she has saved my life and my mother's life many times.