Looking at the desolate land and the unfamiliar scene, Shangguan Ru felt a fear mixed with joy in his heart.

It has been her dream since she was a child, in her imagination, she has always been a beautiful scenery to leave the stone castle, and then go home vigorously, now she is a single horse, helpless, every step has no purpose, like an isolated migratory bird

For a while, she felt that the world was unfair, that she had done nothing wrong, that she was still treated badly by her family and friends, and that she had been surrounded by lies and intrigues since she was a child.

Resentment is almost about to take root in the girl's heart.

The cold wind of early spring blew in his face, and Shangguan Ru's mood suddenly brightened, and he completely eradicated the seed of resentment from the depths of his heart.

The cheerful mood is also like the slight warmth in the spring breeze, blowing away the seeds of resentment, and then disappearing without a trace.

She was not without fault, she thought, but she was used to being pampered, even if she inadvertently hurt someone, she didn't know anything, until the same hurt befell her, and she didn't understand how much pain she had brought to others.

She once tortured the slaves in the castle with great interest, thinking that those smiling faces were expressions of real feelings, and she once told her father that she had killed two golden-topped rocoons, and she was proud of them, they were like relatives of Huan slaves, but he did not dare to show a trace of dissatisfaction at that time.

So everything has a cause and effect, and she continues to think about finding all the reasons for today's tragedy.

And Shangguan Yushi, who was her closest friend, seemed to have nothing to say, but in fact, they were all talking about Shigongzi alone, what did Yugongzi like? What did he dislike? She didn't know anything.

Eighteen-year-old Shangguan Ru, like an old man who knows that his limit is approaching, recalls every fragment of his life, the more he thinks about it, the more strange he feels, how can that arrogant little girl be herself?

If she continued to think like this, she would go crazy sooner or later, and a very ordinary little thing would pull her out of the quagmire of self-pity.

She was hungry and had a dull pain in her stomach.

She took out the dry food and ate a little, the hunger was gone, but the abdominal pain was getting worse and worse, like someone holding blunt scissors, poking and hinging in the stomach, and finally, she could no longer ride a horse.

Shangguan Ru could only get off the horse and rest, running his internal strength, trying to suppress the pain, but the result was counterproductive, and his true qi was like 10,000 tiny steel needles slowly advancing in the meridians, and every inch he moved would bring deeper pain.

Shangguan Ru gave up, sat on a rock, hugged his knees, and thought with relief that he was about to die.

Someone poisoned the food, and she understood the source of the abdominal pain, was it a slave or a nurture?

Beads of sweat the size of beans dripped from the forehead onto the ground in front of the toes, and the dry soil absorbed it instantly, leaving no trace.

Maybe a grass will grow here in a few days, Shangguan Ru's cranky thoughts have not completely stopped, and then he thinks that his body is probably enough to nourish a small tree.

An hour later, the abdominal pain gradually stopped, and she didn't even die, not only a little regret in her heart.

As long as you don't die, you have to live.

Shangguan Ru led the horse and roamed the wilderness unhurriedly, only looking for the south, hoping to get as far away from the known world as possible.

At the end of the day, she hadn't gone far, and the abdominal pain had flare-up every two or three hours, and at that point, she had to stop, hug her knees, and curl up as much as she could, in order to relieve the symptoms a little.

As for going back to Huan Nu for an antidote, she didn't even think about it.

At night, she set up a small tent, listened to the whistling outside, endured the pain in her abdomen, and stayed awake all night.

The next morning, she felt exhausted, but she didn't want to stop here, so she packed her tent and went as far as she could.

The bag for storing the tent had been on the outside last night, tied to a solid stone, and Shangguan Ru was about to put the folded felt cloth inside, when he found that there was an unexpected thing inside.

At first, she thought it was a beast that had gone in the middle of the night to avoid the cold, but she was startled, but then she immediately realized that it was wrong, it seemed to be a child, curled up like a hedgehog, and seemed to be suffering the same abdominal pain as her.

Shangguan Ru grabbed the uninvited guest by the hair, picked him up, and immediately recognized the wrinkled and ugly face of the old man.

The first thing she did was throw him ten paces away, drawing her wooden knife and waiting for him.

After the old man fell to the ground, he rolled a few times, still like a shrunken lump of flesh, neither exhaling pain nor moving, as if he had been dead for a long time.

Shangguan Ru's heart was pounding, especially when he thought of Old Man Mu's terrible martial arts that singled out his heart, it beat even harder.

After a full quarter of an hour, she slowly moved closer to the old man and poked him with the wooden knife a few times, harder and harder each time, and finally, the old man finally let out a weak moan, proving that he still had a breath, but he had lost his ability to resist.

Many questions poured into his mind, Shangguan Ru didn't understand how this old devil escaped and how he hid in the bag, but the most urgent problem at the moment was how to deal with him.

For the vast majority of people, the most normal way is to kill Old Man Mu when he is weak, but Shangguan can't do it, and her aversion to killing far exceeds the fear of being killed.

Another normal choice is to throw the old man Mu here, let him fend for himself, Shangguan Ru heard the lotus girl say, the old man Mu practiced the seven turns of the great retribution, the most afraid of the sun, no need for her to do it, this demon will be completely eliminated, and he can no longer harm the world.

Shangguan Ru had already packed his bags and led the horse out of dozens of steps, but he didn't know why, he couldn't feel at ease.

At this moment, the old man is like an abandoned baby.

Shangguan Ru walked back again, threw away some of the temporarily useless things in his bag, and stuffed the old man Mu into it.

This is wrong, a voice said to Shangguan Ru, Old Man Mu is not a person who knows how to repay his kindness, as soon as he recovers his strength, it is likely that the first thing he will do is to replace your heart.

Shangguan Ru knew that this matter was very wrong, but he never threw away Old Man Mu.

At noon, Shangguan Ru experienced another abdominal pain, but it was not as painful as yesterday, and after that, she was even in the mood to eat a few pieces of dry food, even if the food was likely to be poisonous, she didn't care.

The scene in front of her is becoming more and more desolate, birds and beasts are extinct, when the dry food is eaten, she will starve to death here, even if the old man Mu is capable, he probably can't defeat hunger, thinking about it like this, Shangguan Ru's mood is much calmer, and then he feels ridiculous, I don't know whether this is saving people or killing people.

What she can't think of, others can think clearly.

"Little girl, don't look at the scenery, if you don't leave, we'll both have to die here. ”

Old man Mu's weak voice came from his bag.

"It's the same everywhere you die, and there's nothing wrong here. Shangguan Ru still sat on his knees, fearless of death.

Old Man Mu was quiet for a while, and then became very angry when he spoke again, "Stupid, you want to die, I don't want to die, at a young age, don't learn to be a monk and participate in Zen, if everyone is like you, what is the fun of killing people?"

"You go by yourself, I didn't want to take you with me, and I didn't want to see you kill people after you recover. ”

Old Man Mu changed his tone again, "Little girl, as soon as I hear what you say, I know that you are not an ordinary person, and it is not necessary to become a Bodhisattva in the future, but to save people and be saved to the end, this is in broad daylight, how do you let me go by myself." ”

Shangguan Ruke was not in a hurry, and asked him, "How did you get ...... Where did the dragon king run away?"

"Hehe, my old man Mu has a lot of tricks, if you miss for a while, I will coax you juniors to play, play enough, use one trick to shrink the bones, and easily let the golden cicada get out of its shell. ”

Shangguan Ru believed that Old Man Mu didn't have much room to shrink his bones, "So that's the case, then you go ahead and use your tricks to run by yourself." ”

Old Man Mu boasted too much, and he couldn't even believe it, "To be honest, I don't know what's going on, someone cut a piece of rope on my body, and I escaped by that little loosening." ”

Shangguan Ru felt a little sorry for Huan Nu, he was always surrounded by countless conspiracies and tricks, and he would probably never get out.

Shangguan Ru thought about his thoughts, neither spoke, nor got up to hurry, Old Man Mu was a little anxious, "Little girl, don't say I didn't remind you, that mother-in-law is looking for me everywhere, sooner or later she will find traces, her heart is not softer than mine, kill me, and she will kill you." ”

"Why did she kill me?" Shangguan Ru shook his head, disapproving.

"Of course, it is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and once you die, the dragon king will have no more worries in his heart, so that it can be completely owned by her. ”

Shangguan Ru didn't want to talk to anyone about Huan Nu, but he still couldn't help but retort, "It's not me who he's worried about, he just wants to kill me one day and avenge his family and Dapeng Bird." ”

"Silly girl, you have been deceived by the dragon king's little tricks. Old man Mu spoke earnestly, as if he was talking to his own granddaughter, "Don't look at him as the Dragon King, in fact, he is still a hairy boy who has not dried up in his bones, he doesn't know any skills, and he pretends to reject people thousands of miles away from the woman he likes but can't like, thinking that he can hide from everyone in this way, I tell you, the more indifferent he is, the deeper the love in his heart, the old man can see it clearly, and the Dutch girl is also ......."

"Don't say it. Shangguan Ru's mind was finally straightened out, and he became a mess again, got up and led the way on the road, refuting Old Man Mu's words with one reason after another.

As long as Shangguan Ru moves, Old Man Mu will be happy to shut up and hide in his bag to recuperate.

After nightfall, the old man Mu was in a much better spirit, although his skills were far from recovering, he did not delay to check around, he was not idle all night, and before dawn, he woke up the Shangguan in the tent, "You are too careless, leaving so many traces behind you, even if the lotus girl is blind, she will catch up within two or three days." Let's go!"

Shangguan Ru didn't believe that the lotus girl would poison him at all, so he turned over and covered his ears, and slept until dawn before getting up.

The abdominal pain became worse and milder each time, and Shangguan Ru finally understood that she had not suffered from the deadly poison, but she was still not in a hurry, no matter how the old man Mu urged, she still led the horse and walked slowly.

For the second half of the day, Old Man Mu remained silent rarely, and seemed to be unconscious again, or he was thinking about some bad idea.

In fact, Old Man Mu wanted to understand one thing, no matter how fast Shangguan Ru ran, it was impossible to get rid of the killer behind him, and the Lotus Girl hadn't caught up yet, because he had to look for clues in a large wilderness, but it wouldn't take too long, and it would take at least a month for him to fully recover his strength.

Escaping is not a good idea.

That night, the old man Mu put forward a thoughtful thought, "Little girl, you are lucky, the old man decided to go against the teacher's training and make an exception to accept you as an apprentice, come, kowtow to me." ”