Chapter VII Guandi Temple
In the dilapidated Guandi Temple, the light of several oil lamps flickered on and off, and the cold wind mixed with heavy snow outside the door continued to pour in from the cracks, blowing all over every corner of the temple, giving people a strange feeling, as if the temple was more cloudy and windy than the outside of the temple.
Xu Yang didn't dare to be careless, and began to lower his voice and shout Pingsi's name, however, only the wind that answered him was louder than his shout.
Pingsi hasn't arrived yet, or has there been an accident on the way? Or did he not believe himself at all and ran away with the child?
It had been more than two hours since Heisi had been separated from him, and even if he walked slowly, this time should have arrived.
And in this windy and snowy weather, where can he take his children?
Although the iron box was given to him, he didn't know how to open the iron box, that is to say, maybe Ping Si could use the few ingots of silver that Hu Yidao gave him, maybe his parents had already taken out more than half of it to pay off the debt, and then took out some money for his parents to use on the way to refuge, and the money that Ping Si could bring with him would not exceed 20 taels of silver.
This amount of money is already a huge amount of money for a poor family, but it is still a little less to flee with an infant baby.
Hei Si is careful and will not fail to take this into account.
And with the current situation, the road must have been stationed separately by the martial arts heroes, and Pingsi just wanted to escape, but there was nowhere to escape.
Is something really going wrong?
Xu Yang's heart was cold at this time, and he was meticulous in doing things with returning the fields to farming, once the child fell into his hands, there was only one way to die.
And if the child dies, then his mission is bound to fail.
The only consolation now is that the system has not decided that it has failed the mission.
So, even in the worst case, it's just that Pingsi was caught, but the child hasn't had an accident yet.
However, in this case, I am afraid that it is only a matter of time before something happens.
Thinking of this, Xu Yang simply let go of his voice and shouted Pingsi's name a few times, this is also the last attempt, if he is sure that there is no one, he can only go to Tian Guinong and act at the opportunity.
The only thing that answered him was still the sound of the wind and the collision of doors and windows driven by the strong wind.
"Alas......", sighing, Xu Yang decided to go back to Tian Guinong's side.
While this means that the task is much more difficult, it is currently the only way to do it.
Before he went out, there was a soft cry of a baby behind him.
Xu Yang was shocked, and then he was happy.
Xiao Hu Fei was really in the temple, but why didn't Ping Si promise himself just now?
Turning around, looking for the baby's growing cry, Xu Yang went to the back of the statue of Guan Sheng, which was already a little sloping, and patted his head, the whole temple, I am afraid that only here can block some wind, if he is waiting for someone here, he will definitely hide here.
Turning to the back of the statue, I saw a thin and thin young man in thin clothes, holding Xiao Hu Fei tightly, already asleep exhausted, even if the baby cries louder, he can't wake up the tired boy.
Who else could this person be if he wasn't Pingsi?
Thinking about it, he is only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy now, and the inn has undergone great changes, and then he has been running in the snow for a long time with the child in his arms, how can he not be tired?
Looking at Ping Si's appearance, Xu Yang also dismissed the plan to wake him up, just wanted to take Xiao Hu Fei out of his arms and feed him.
But he didn't want Pingsi to fall asleep, but his hands firmly hugged the swaddling little Hu Fei, Xu Yang didn't want to wake him up, and he couldn't hold Xiao Hu Fei out with a gentle pull.
I had to pull harder, or I used more strength, Pingsi was awakened, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yan Ji's grimace in front of him, still holding the child in his arms.
Ping Sisi was shocked, and while holding the child tightly to prevent this wicked man from succeeding, he bent his legs, kicked the ground with his feet, and desperately moved backwards, shouting: "Doctor Yan, this is Uncle Hu's blood and bones, don't hurt this child!"
Xu Yang laughed angrily, stretched out a chestnut and knocked on Ping Si's skull: "You stupid Ping Si, if I want to hurt this child, why should I let you run away at the inn at that time......
Ping Si is also an extremely smart person, he just woke up in a dream, and he was a little sleepy, and now that he thinks about it, if Yan Ji hadn't let himself escape, I'm afraid that Uncle Hu's child would have been poisoned by the evil man, if he hadn't believed in Yan Ji, he wouldn't have fled to this broken temple in the middle of the night.
Touching his head, it hurts, and he was knocked out of a small bag by this damn Doctor Yan, but at this time, he was relaxed, and he was not angry, but showed a trace of doubt on his face: "I...... The villain is blinded by lard, Doctor Yan is not strange, but why did you snatch the child again just now?"
Xu Yang sighed, thinking that in the past, this Yan Ji was really not a thing, and even at this time, Ping Si still couldn't believe himself.
"You stupid Pingsi, don't you hear the child crying? I think you're hungry. He casually took the child from Ping Si's hand.
Pingsi only found out that the child was crying at this time, and he was at a loss for a while.
After all, he is just a child who has never seen much of the world, coinciding with a great change, and only then did he flee with the child when he had the courage to rush to the top, but he really didn't think too much, in this wilderness, where did he find something for the child to eat?
But I saw Dr. Yan take out a bowl of rice soup from the small medicine box he carried like a trick, put it on the offering table, hold the child in one hand, and feed it with a spoon in the other.
The little baby, who was originally extremely hungry and thirsty, smelled the sweet taste of rice soup, and immediately leaned in to suck it, and stopped crying.
Ping Si is also a great joy, he has been poor all his life, never had any happy things, today to see the widow of Engong can escape the catastrophe, so that he has never been so happy and satisfied, secretly reciting the name of the gods and Buddhas in his heart, thank them for blessing Hu Gongzi from the sea of suffering, life peace and joy.
After drinking a small half bowl of rice soup, Xiao Hu Fei was already full, and the baby was sleepy, and fell asleep when he was full of food and drink.
Ping Si and Xu Yang put their minds at ease at the same time, Xu Yang pretended to put the rice soup into the medicine box, but in fact secretly included it in the carry-on space, the child is easy to be full and hungry, afraid that he will cry again when he wakes up later, and the remaining small half bowl of rice soup is used for emergency relief.
After finishing his work, Xu Yang sat on the cold ground, only to find that he was also tired and paralyzed, after all, this Yan Ji's body is not much stronger than the body of the otaku in his later life, plus he was also a little injured, and he ran for at least ten miles in the night of the snowstorm, it is rare to be able to hold on until now.
As soon as I sat down, the aches and pains all over my body hit at the same time as if a valve had been opened, and I was so sad that I was going to die.
Xu Yang was startled, touched his forehead, and his hands were slightly hot, didn't he have a cold?
In this era, there is no penicillin, white and black and the like, and if you don't get a cold, you will die.
Fortunately, my cold is probably due to the cold, but it may not be life-threatening.
But the problem is, this cold came at a bad time.
Thinking that at this time, Tian Guinong and the others should have found that they were no longer in their place of residence and began to search for themselves, right?
Fortunately, this heavy snowfall, although it caused me to get sick, at least it also blocked some search, and in this kind of weather, it is estimated that my footprints will be covered again by the wind and snow in this weather.