The sun slowly climbed to the top of the mountain, and a red light sprinkled into the village, and the whole village was filled with vitality.

Jiang Lili came back from practicing the knife for the first time, and as soon as he walked into the village, he heard a roar in unison.

Every morning at this time, there are a few middle-aged men with missing arms and legs holding spears in their hands to train a group of young children, which is nothing more than honing their skills and exercising their physique. In this village, there is only such a road.

Jiang Lili slowly passed in front of the open space in this village with a tiger sword, and the one-eyed man who could be called an instructor didn't know how to talk, so he only smiled at Jiang Lili.

The face is honest, the eyes are slightly cloudy, and only when he turns his head to look at the gang of young men does a reckless aura come out, he must have been a brave and good fighter in the past.

Jiang Lili smiled back at the middle-aged man, turned his head to look at the young children who were looking at him with extremely envious eyes, and also pulled out a smile.

After living in this village for dozens of days, his heart has changed slightly, and he can willingly pull out a slightly stiff arc at everyone who smiles at him.

The young boy was still staring at Jiang Lili and refused to take his eyes, so he heard the one-eyed man yelling at the group of young children, so they quickly withdrew their eyes, and focused on the spear in their hands and the straw man in front of them, and the immature shouting of killing added a touch of vitality to the village.

It didn't take long to see Nibao coming over with a towel and a bowl of clear soup, and after figuring out Jiang Lili's habits, it became her habit to wait here every day.

"Nizi, didn't I say you don't have to wait here?" Jiang Lili took the warm towel from Nibao's hand and wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead casually.

"It's Nibao. Nibao whispered back, and hurriedly took the towel in Jiang Lili's hand, and then handed the bowl of clear soup to Jiang Lili.

This bowl of clear soup is a unique soup in the village, the name Jiang Lili never knows, the people in the village are called in the local dialect, Nibao can't think of what kind of Chinese name to choose for this clear soup. I only knew that the soup was made from a fruit and several spices from the mountains, and the soup was purple at first, and when the impurities in the water precipitated, it became clear and transparent.

This soup is the most replenishing physical strength, Jiang Lili drank such a bowl of soup after practicing the knife every day, and then felt that the soreness and fatigue around his body were all gone, and he was replaced by a burst of relaxation.

After returning the bowl to Nibao, Jiang Lili walked to the back of the village, and after Nibao followed after a few steps, she asked, "My lord, are you going to bathe in the stream?"

Jiang Lili frowned slightly, "What are you asking for?"

Seeing Jiang Lili's dislike, Nibao whispered, "If only the adults put their clothes in the bamboo tube under the bamboo building after taking a bath." ”

Jiang Lili guessed Nibao's intention and shook his head, "No need, what should you do." ”

Saying that, Jiang Lili strode towards the back of the village, only to hear a slightly disappointed "oh" behind him, and nothing else.

The stream was still clear and sweet, and after cleaning all the sweat stains on his body, Jiang Lili scratched his slightly long hair, feeling a little annoyed.

When I walked back to the village again, I caught a glimpse of Cheng Ruyi.

Cheng Ru was talking enthusiastically with a young girl in the village, and from time to time there were laughter and laughter, Jiang Lili wondered a little, when did Cheng Ru learn the dialect in this village? This has only been ten days.

After making a goodbye gesture to the girl, Cheng Ru turned his head to look at Jiang Lili, "The girl in this village is really interesting." ”

"What? You still learned the local dialect here?"

Cheng Ru shook his head, "Where am I so smart? Besides, this dialect is obscure, and there are even more doorways in it, and it is not a one-day function." ”

"Then what are you?" Jiang Lili was slightly suspicious.

Cheng Ru smiled, "Although I don't understand words, there are still other ways to talk!"

"What method?" Jiang Lili had already dried his clothes, clapped his hands, and asked casually.

Cheng Ru was a little proud, "Gesture!"

"Gestures?"

"That's right!" Cheng Ru danced and gestured, "the girl came over, and I waved at her, and she waved at me, and this is a greeting, needless to say." Then, I pointed to the dark circles on my face, meaning I hadn't slept well last night. She gestured a circle with both hands, meaning that now that the sun has risen, she can't sleep any longer. But am I the kind of person who sleeps lazily? I nodded as she meant, stretched out my palm, and with the other hand only stretched out one finger and knocked it on the palm, which means that I will not sleep lazy, because if I slept lazily when I was a child, I would be beaten by adults! The girl's face was a little surprised, and she folded her hands and waved at me, which means how can this be? A child only sleeps lazy, how can you beat people? Your situation when you were a child was too miserable, and I deeply sympathize with you. And then I ... ”

"Alas, you wait, wait, wait. Jiang Lili interrupted Cheng Ruyi's words again and again, "It's just a trick, can it mean so much?"

Cheng Ru was sure, "Although that girl is just pretending, but her face was a little surprised, which means that she can't believe what she said to me, and then look at it as a pretentious, isn't it? You see that you didn't listen to me seriously!

Jiang Lili reluctantly accepted Cheng Ruye's words, and asked as she walked into the bamboo building, "And then?"

Cheng Ru walked side by side with Jiang Lili, and made a gesture of please, "I just nodded first, meaning thank you for your comfort, and stretched out a hand to her again, meaning to ask if you were like this when you were a child? The girl hurriedly waved her hand, presumably she had never encountered this situation before." And then here you are. ”

Jiang Lili raised her eyebrows, she didn't expect Cheng Ru to have this kind of ability, and when she was about to go upstairs, a shout came from behind her, "Benefactor!"

The voice was slightly hoarse, and he turned his head to look

It's the old woman.

Cheng Ru hurriedly said, "Old woman, what's the matter?"

The old woman smiled and said, "Now that the first batch of miasma avoidance Gu has been refined, do you want the two benefactors to go and have a look?"

Jiang Lili's heart moved, it was refined so quickly, so he hurriedly said: "Okay, let's go and have a look!"

The two jumped down the stairs and walked to the old woman's side. The old woman said: "Because the Gu worms are poisonous, I am afraid that the girl who refines the new Gu will not take good care of her Gu worms and hurt people, so the place where we refine Gu in the village is at the end of the village, and there is a distance from here, so the two benefactors don't have to complain." ”

Cheng Ru smiled and said: "How can we complain? Mother-in-law has helped us a lot, and we can't thank it too late! Besides, my mother-in-law is gone, why can't we two young people go?"

The mother-in-law squinted her eyes and smiled, turned her head to look at Cheng Ru and said, "You baby, you are very sensible." ”

At the end, the mother-in-law said to herself: "Originally, our village was not in this place, and we had to go a little further south. At that time, there were thousands of people in our stockade, and there were only more than 1,000 people in other stockades at most, so who dared to provoke us? It's just that a few hundred years ago, the south was beaten down by the Yan State, and many officers and soldiers came forward every day to recruit us! But we are all children of the mountains, so how can we accept the court's recruitment? So, every few days, officers and soldiers enter the mountains to encircle and suppress us, but we are not easy to provoke, and our Gu art has killed thousands of officers and soldiers. But there was a steady stream of officers and soldiers, and they sent people to guard the mountain, and we were not told to hunt, so we had no choice but to move south, and finally settled in this place. But this place is also good, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the babies live happily. ”

Cheng Ru suddenly asked: "When we met Biao Wazi on the first day, he scolded us for being dog officers and soldiers, are there still officers and soldiers surrounding and suppressing you?"

Mother-in-law nodded, "We are now on the edge of Chu and Yan, although we have not entered the border between the two countries, but Le, Yan and Chu both want to take back such a big mountain, so they often come up to recruit us." ”

"Then things are the same as before, right?" asked Cheng Ru.

The mother-in-law nodded.

"Then why don't you accept Zhao'an?"

"There is no way to do it, we are children of the mountains, if we accept Zhao'an, then we can only settle in the town, we can't do it, we can't do it. ”

Cheng Ru said again: "But if the imperial court has been filming officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress, then how can they live happily?"

The mother-in-law smiled, "It's nothing, the imperial court hasn't sent officers and soldiers into the mountains all these years." Because the miasma has been dripping more frequently than in previous years, they are afraid that they also know that this place is inhabitable. ”

Cheng Ru nodded, then suddenly frowned and asked, "But why does that Biao Wazi keep scolding the officers and soldiers? I thought the officers and soldiers had been drilling into this big mountain all along!"

"Nothing. The mother-in-law sighed, "When Biao Wazi was three years old, that is, seven or eight years ago, a group of officers and soldiers came to the village and killed a few people, and Biao Wazi remembered it very well. After another two years, Biao Wazi's father, Bao Wazi, went into the mountains to hunt with the first few people in the village, but was accidentally pounced on by a blind bear. In order to save Bao Wazi, several other people fought with the blind bear, and one of them accidentally poked a hole in Bao Wazi's leg. After Biao Wazi saw the hole in the body of his father Bao Wazi, he always thought that his father was stabbed to death by officers and soldiers, and no other persuasion worked. ”

Cheng Ru sighed, suddenly remembered something, and said: "No wonder there are few people in the village who understand the outside call, but Biao Wazi actually understands, is it... ？”

"That's right, this baby has always wanted to go down the mountain to avenge his father. ”

"Haven't others persuaded you?" Cheng Ru couldn't help but ask.

"Persuasion, it's just that this baby has a tendon, and he doesn't believe anything else. After saying this, the mother-in-law looked up at the front and smiled: "I just told you so much, I almost forgot to get down to business." Look, the place where the Gu is refined is right in front of the head. ”

I saw a meadow fenced off, and in the middle of the meadow there was a small house, but it was not a bamboo building, but a mud brick house that was very common in the plains. Next to the house there was a very large tree, and the sound of humming could be faintly heard coming from the tree.

Pushing the fence open, the mother-in-law reminded me not to touch the fence at will, and then slowly walked towards the house.

Jiang Lili glanced at the pungent green juice on the top of the fence and frowned slightly.

The mother-in-law turned around and caught a glimpse of this scene, so she explained with a smile: "You don't see that this green water is smelly and bitter, but it is indeed a good thing." The insects are afraid of this green water, so they won't sneak out from here. ”

At this time, I saw Nibao push open the door and walk out, rushing in front of Jiang Lili, "My lord, are you here?"

Jiang Lili nodded, turned her head to look at her mother-in-law and said, "What about avoiding miasma Gu?"

Before the mother-in-law could speak, Nibao said, "It's in the house, sir." ”

After laughing at the girl, the mother-in-law replied, "Miasma Gu likes moisture, so we put it in the house. But my lord, because there are a lot of insects that like to get wet, the inside of this house is very humid than the outside, if 。。。。。 ”

"It's okay, take me in!"

The mother-in-law nodded, and walked forward slowly on crutches, Nibao had already opened the door, and only felt some strange smells coming from the house, Jiang Lili frowned, slightly displeased.

The mother-in-law smiled: "The room is sprinkled with Kuimu juice that the insects like, and Kuimu juice is this taste, if the adults don't like it, I will ask Nibao to bring the miasma Gu over." ”

"It's okay, let's go. ”

Jiang Lili walked into the room, and an even stronger pungent smell came to his face. When I turned my head, I saw all sorts of strange objects in the house, or a pile of hay, or a piece of dead wood, or a basin with weeds, or a table with several bottles and jars. Chengru

I endured the discomfort in my heart, walked to the table reluctantly, stared carefully at the bottles and cans, and was about to ask what was in the jar, when I saw a colorful scorpion suddenly jump out of a porcelain bottle that had not been covered with a lid!

Cheng Ru screamed, instinctively took two steps back, and after one was unstable, he fell to the ground with his buttocks, obviously frightened.

I saw that the colorful scorpion quickly crawled towards Cheng Rushi, and Cheng Ru retreated again and again, crying and shouting: "Come on, come on! It's going to kill me!"

Seeing that the colorful scorpion was about to climb onto Cheng Ruye's body, Nibao stepped forward and pinched the scorpion in her hand, teased the scorpion's poisonous tail with her fingers, and whispered something to the scorpion.

"Nibao!" the mother-in-law's face changed, and she yelled at Nibao a few times, presumably reprimanding Nibao.

Nibao stuck out her tongue and turned around to put the multicolored scorpion back into the porcelain vase.

Cheng Ru still didn't come back to his senses, not because of the colorful scorpion, but because the scene of a little girl whispering with a poisonous insect was too weird.

Jiang Lili asked, "Could it be that the bottles and cans are full of poisonous insects?"

At this time, the mother-in-law was also angry, and replied: "Yes, this house is full of poisonous insects, the two benefactors should be careful, who knows if this baby will not be optimistic about the insects." ”

Nibao hurriedly replied: "No, no, it's already optimistic." ”

"This baby... The mother-in-law gave Nibao a doting look, then turned and walked towards a cubicle, "Go this way." ”

Cheng Ru stared at the pile of hay placed in the corner of the wall, and soon saw a small and colorful snake crawl out of the haystack, slowly climbed onto the dead wood next to it, and bit a large centipede half an arm long.

Then I saw a few more centipedes crawling out of the dead wood, and pounced on the little snake, and bit it recklessly!

Cheng Ru was a spirit, and hurriedly shouted: "They are fighting!

The mother-in-law turned her head and smiled, "It's okay." ”

Jiang Lili glanced at Cheng Ru with contempt, "Look more and talk less, don't you understand this rule?"

Cheng Ru was not as natural as Jiang Lili, he turned his head to look at the big battle in the corner of the wall, and saw that the little snake ignored the other centipedes, swallowed the previous centipede in a few bites, and then slowly crawled back to the haystack.

The body was bloody, full of wounds torn by centipedes, and the blood also revealed a hint of fishy smell, presumably highly poisonous.

Cheng Ru shuddered, and when he turned his head, several people had already left the room. When he looked up, he caught a glimpse of a bat hanging upside down on the top of the wall and staring at him in a daze, and he was even more frightened in his heart, and hurriedly followed.

There are also a lot of poisonous insects in this room, Cheng Ru is looking left and right, and the discomfort in his heart is getting heavier and heavier, and he only feels that this strange place is a lot weirder and more eerie than a ghost town.

The mother-in-law saw what Cheng Ru was thinking, and smiled and comforted: "Actually, these insects are quite popular, look at how beautiful they are." As long as you know their habits, they won't do anything to you. ”

At the end, the mother-in-law added: "Besides, if you want to use this miasma Gu, you have to put this Gu on your body." ”

Cheng Ru felt a hint of something bad in his heart, "What's the matter?"

"It's very simple," the mother-in-law took out a beautiful silver knife from her waist, took Cheng Ruyi's hand, and gestured, "It's to make a cut in your palm, and then put the miasma avoidance Gu on your palm, and the worm will slowly crawl into your body along your wound, and it's good." ”

At this moment, not only Cheng Ru's face turned pale instantly, but even Jiang Lili was also shocked.

Cheng Ru shuddered and asked, "Could it be that this worm will still run into my body and eat my flesh?"

"No, they are no longer insects after we refine them into Gu, they will only follow the instinct of the body and crawl into your body, but after entering your body, they will slowly melt, spread to your whole body along your blood, and can relieve you of the toxins of the miasma all the time. ”

Cheng Ru hesitated, "Is there no other way to play Gu?"

"Yes, yes, we can unknowingly put this miasma on you, but... ”

"It's just what?" Cheng Ru hurriedly asked.

The mother-in-law smiled: "It's just that after you enter the water of the Styx, you can only use this method to cast Gu." Because you are not shamans, we cannot send the sorcerers of the village with you into the waters of the Styx... ”

Jiang Lili understood, although there were other methods, but in the end, he still had to cut a wound to avoid the miasma Gu entering his body, it was better to use this simple and crude method at the beginning, and it was better than being at a loss after entering the black water pool.

At this point, Nibo pointed to a small black room in front of her and said, "It's here." ”

Jiang Lili's heart moved, and she hurriedly walked in. Although Cheng Ru was reluctant, he had no choice but to go inside. There's no way, this miasma avoidance Gu will be integrated with yourself in the future, and you should also see what this miasma avoidance Gu looks like first!

Ni Bao lit a candle and slowly walked in front of a table, opening a large copper jar on the table, "The miasma avoidance Gu is here." ”

"Let's take a look. Mother-in-law said.

Jiang Lili and Cheng Ru glanced at each other, slowly stepped forward, looked down into the jar, and saw seven or eight points of light crawling slowly on the ground in the pitch-black jar.

The two raised their heads and looked at each other again, and said, "It looks pretty good, but I still feel panicked." ”

The mother-in-law replied: "If you can feel panicked, it means that this Gu worm is not poisonous, the more beautiful, the more likable, and the more friendly the Gu worm is often killing people invisibly." ”