Uncle Niu took a few steps back to the table and sat down, with memories in his eyes, and said slowly: "Our Yuexi Village has built an iron crossbow since sometimes, and we are not afraid of any wild beast invasion. ”

However, this peace was shattered half a year ago by the ungrateful brutes. Speaking of this, Uncle Niu slapped the table and couldn't help but show his anger, "The wolves you saw just now were actually the guardians of Yuexi Village. ”

"Guardians?"

Xiao Qianqiu's sword eyebrows raised slightly, and he was a little surprised.

"Three years ago, in the winter, the villagers rescued a wolf cub, and this wolf thought to be the child of the wolf king, and the wolves would bring some game to the entrance of the village every few days. Over time, the villagers accepted these wolves, and sometimes let them into the village, and these wolves became the guardians of our village. ”

Uncle Niu finished speaking with a heavy face, just changed his tone, and gritted his teeth and said: "But just half a year ago, I didn't expect these beasts to be cunning and vicious, and when the people in the village were not paying attention, they stole the crossbow arrows of the iron crossbow, and the babies in the village also disappeared one after another, and they were all eaten by those beasts." ”

"Those wolves intensified, the people in the village were worried day and night, and at first they resisted better, but then these wolves seemed to die, and several people died every time, and the strong men in the village were."

Hearing this, Xiao Qianqiu's heartstrings touched, and he couldn't help but ask: "Such a wolf trouble, why don't you ask Chihua City for help?"

"How can you not ask, not long after the wolf plague happened, we sent three people to Chihua City together, but then there was no news, and then several groups of people were sent, but they were all bitten to death by those wolves. ”

Speaking of this, Uncle Niu looked a little sad, Xiao Qianqiu poured a bowl of water for him, and said a few words.

He held the bowl, looked up at Xiao Qianqiu and said regretfully: "An hour ago, the wolves were estimated to be near our Yuexi Village, if you didn't come here, go directly to the east, and you would have been able to reach Chihua City safely, but now, this wolf pack is afraid that it has surrounded Yuexi Village." It's easy for you to get in, but it's hard to get out again. ”

At this time, anxious footsteps came from outside, and the black-faced young man Zhuangzi pushed open the door and walked in, and said anxiously: "Uncle Niu, you are here, Aunt Lan is committing suicide at the well, everyone can't stop it, you hurry up and take a look!"

Uncle Niu hurriedly got up and rushed out, Xiao Qianqiu didn't dare to sit anymore, and went out with him.

At the mouth of the well, Aunt Lan, with a haggard face, was sitting on the ground, breaking down and crying. When Uncle Niu and the three came, the surrounding villagers were speaking out to persuade them.

"Lanzi!"

When Aunt Lan saw Uncle Da Niu coming, she immediately pointed at him and scolded him fiercely: "Zhao Da Niu, you return my son, you sent my son out, and he will die in the wolf's mouth!"

After scolding her, she was sad again, and said with desperate eyes: "Huzi is dead, and Dazhi is also dead...... What am I still alive for......"

Uncle Niu's eyes were red, and without saying a word, he stepped forward and patted Aunt Lan's back gently.

The villagers sighed again and again, such things are not uncommon. A thin young figure tugged Xiao Qianqiu's trouser leg, blinked his black eyes like stars, and whispered: "Big brother from outside the village, don't be afraid, Aunt Lan will become like this without her husband and son." ”

Xiao Qianqiu looked down, the little girl's expression was obviously full of nervousness, but she still comforted him, it was really funny to think about. But he couldn't laugh, he suddenly understood, and understood why Uncle Niu and this Yuexi Village could survive the wolf disaster for half a year.

Surrounded by everyone, Aunt Lan was comforted and went home.

On the way back to the room, torches were embedded in the pillars by the roadside, and the flames were flickering, reflecting the courtyard. Almost every time you pass two courtyards with beautiful green walls and green tiles, there will be one that is dilapidated, and the cracked corners of the wall are crawling with cobwebs, more or less surrounding the courtyard full of tall weeds.

The little girl followed Xiao Qianqiu, and whenever she saw a ruined family, she would tell him who the family's surname was and how long it had been dead.

Xiao Qianqiu walked silently while listening to the little girl. This little girl's name is Ya'er, her father died guarding the village, her brother was bitten to death by a wolf on the way to Chihua City, and as for her mother, she has no mother.

When they parted, she smiled and said to Xiao Qianqiu: "I was picked up by my father, my father is very kind, he doesn't dare to kill chickens, but he killed several wolves, do you say it's powerful?"

After Ya'er left, Xiao Qianqiu looked at the petite back and was stunned for a long time. His childhood was held, and he couldn't feel the feeling of budding, but the childish words and words all touched his heartstrings.

......

Aunt Lan died in the end.

In the middle of the night, during the vigil, she crashed to death on the wall, and passed away after chanting "Dazhi, Huzi, I came to see you" with her last breath.

It was not the first time Xiao Qianqiu had seen a dead person, when he was a child, he dared to climb into the coffin to see what the difference between the dead and the living was, but he was not touched at that time, until today.

Aunt Lan's death lingered in his mind, unlike the dead man he had seen before, lying peacefully in the coffin, waiting to be buried in the ground. Instead, his forehead was full of blood, and his face was as white as frost.

By noon, at Aunt Lan's simple and heavy funeral, four people were buried, and the other three died guarding the village. Ya'er's little face looked nervously at the dry yellow paper flying in the air, and comforted Xiao Qianqiu and told him not to be afraid, such a thing would happen every few days.

Xiao Qianqiu saw many tombstones, some of which didn't even have grave bags, and they were empty behind the cold stones.

In the quiet afternoon, the smoke rises from the hundreds of households in the village, and the huge village becomes as lonely and deserted as autumn and winter in this hot season due to a sudden wolf disaster.

Xiao Qianqiu looked at the dried fish and bean porridge on the table, and felt very uncomfortable.

Ya'er trotted into the yard, came to sit down opposite Xiao Qianqiu, blushed and gasped, and drank her own saliva. Xiao Qianqiu is already used to it, maybe she has never seen a living person, and this little girl came to find her when she was fine.

He stretched out his hand to push the bean porridge to the skinny little girl, Ya'er shook her head, pushed it back, and then held her face and said, "Big brother, I'll sleep here tonight, is it okay?"

Xiao Qianqiu nodded and said, "This is originally your village, of course you can." Haven't you been living with your sister Qin, though?"

Ya'er was also very puzzled, she took another sip of cold water, and said without hiding it: "I don't know, Uncle Niu said to let me sleep with you tonight, saying that so that he can fight wolves with peace of mind." ”

Xiao Qianqiu suddenly realized when he heard this, it should be Uncle Niu who didn't worry about this little girl wandering around, and deliberately arranged her here. He didn't say what was in his heart, a pair of starry eyes couldn't help but look at the increasingly dim sky outside the door, and the oppressive clouds were covering one sky after another, suffocating everyone's chest.

"It's going to rain heavily, and the last time it rained, wolves came. ”

Ya'er blinked her eyes nervously, muttering softly, thinking that Xiao Qianqiu was worried that the wolf would come tonight, and said to him: "It's okay, Uncle Niu can fight off the wolf every time, and this time too." ”

Xiao Qianqiu smiled helplessly, and while talking to Ya'er, he drank the bowl of bean porridge with dried fish.

The two talked a lot, but most of the time it was Ya'er who was talking, the beauty of going up to Chihua City, and the reason for going down to Yuexi Village, as if there were endless words, omniscient, and endless.

At the beginning of night, a strong wind blew in the mountains and forests.

The door panel squeaked and swayed, Xiao Qianqiu quietly looked at the bud covered with a tiger skin cloak on the bed, maybe she was tired, the little girl was already asleep, her moving eyelashes trembled slightly, and she made a soft breathing sound.

Xiao Qianqiu stood up, opened the door quickly, took a step and quickly closed it. But I don't know if it was the small amount of wind that got in, or because of the sound of him opening the door, the sleeping bud opened her eyes in a daze, she rubbed her eyes, looked at the empty room, and suddenly grasped the tiger skin in panic, and her petite body trembled......

......

Xiao Qianqiu walked to the west entrance of the village with his memory, and did not see the figure of Uncle Niu, but saw the black-faced young man.

"Xiao Gongzi?" Zhuangzi looked at Xiao Qianqiu with some confusion, glanced behind him again, and asked abruptly before Xiao Qianqiu could speak, "What about Ya'er?"

Xiao Qianqiu glanced at the shadow of the mountain, as if there was a green ghost fire sneaking in the darkness, and only after retracting his gaze did he say, "I saw that she was asleep, so I wanted to come and help." Brother Zhuangzi, do those wolves dare to come tonight?"

Zhuangzi was a little relieved when he heard this, and also looked at the wolf shadow wandering in the mountains, and said heavily: "There is not much fire oil in the village, and now even the lighting is barely enough, if you want to deal with these animals, I am afraid you can only cut them with a knife." ”

Xiao Qianqiu sank down, wolves have always been agile and fickle, not to mention that they have an advantage in numbers, and they will only be invincible if they invade them at night, if it rains heavily on this day,

"I'm sorry. ”

Zhuangzi's words surprised Xiao Qianqiu, and he said in a daze, "What sorry?"

Zhuangzi smiled bitterly, swept the butcher knife in his hand and said, "I'm sorry to involve you, this was originally our Yuexi Village's business, and it was a disaster for our Yuexi Village." ”

Xiao Qianqiu shook his head, he touched his nose and said: "I eat yours and live yours, besides, if I am alone, I may not be spared under the attack of wolves, rather than fighting alone, it is better to unite and be safer." ”

Zhuangzi nodded, he was a little impressed by Xiao Qianqiu, he had been to Chihua City before, it was not that he had never seen the son of a big family, although it was not extremely difficult, but his eyes were very different from Xiao Qianqiu.

"It's enough for us in the west of the village, you go to the east of the village to help Uncle Niu, the traps are weak and there is the most shortage of people. As he spoke, Zhuangzi handed Xiao Qianqiu a short lily.

Xiao Qianqiu took it, glanced at the wolf shadow that was still lingering, and turned to leave. After a few steps, he felt a few drops of rain falling from the sky, which hit his face a little cold, and he put on a short coat and hurried east in three steps and two steps.

The village is full of traps, especially in the south and north of the village, these two places were originally crop fields, but now they dare to plant any crops, and they have long been replaced with various sharp weapons and wells, and as for their livelihood, they all rely on grain storage to live.

As soon as Xiao Qianqiu walked to the east of the village, he saw more than a dozen wolves with their fangs open, and the crystal saliva was sticking between the teeth.

Uncle Niu glanced at Xiao Qianqiu in surprise, but now that the wolves had arrived, he had no time to say more.

"The one hiding in the wolf pack is the one who is slightly bigger than the lead wolf, the most cunning, you have to kill it first!" Uncle Da Niu said, clenching the knife, Xiao Qianqiu swallowed his saliva, and couldn't help but be nervous, it was the first time he had faced a wolf pack, which was different from a tiger.

Boom –

A bolt of lightning pierced the sky, illuminating the fierce faces on both sides at the same time for a moment, everyone's hearts tightened, and the wolves also narrowed their eyes.

Whoa—

The beans are sprinkled, and the torrential rain is coming suddenly!

It was like beating a war drum, and for a while the wolf and the man collided together, and someone was instantly torn open a bloody mouth, and some wolves were cut off half of their mouths, and the mud was all over the ground, and the blood was thick and light.

A rain, bloody fall.

Xiao Qianqiu gritted his teeth and slammed a heavy punch into the wolf's body, each punch had a golden arc as thin as a gossamer flashing, like an electric snake.

Xiao Qianqiu grabbed the neck of the wolf that bit the villager's arm, and twisted the bones to pieces. The man glanced at him gratefully, took a breath, and then raised his knife and charged again.

One wolf after another fell down one after another, Xiao Qianqiu was gradually going deeper into the wolves, the leading wolf standing behind the wolves roared continuously, the wolf's eyes and Xiao Qianqiu's gaze intertwined, obviously discovering this fierce young man with a fatal fist.

Suddenly, the ferocious wolf shadow fluttered in the darkness, gradually surrounding Xiao Qianqiu. I saw the golden arcs on his skin, his eyes looked around, swept the wolf shadow, and a thought rose in his heart.

Although these wolves are ferocious, they are too weak, so weak that he can break that body to pieces with a single punch, and they are so weak that they are ...... Something is wrong!

He couldn't help but glance at Uncle Da Niu and them, although it was hard, they could kill several wolves.

Such a ferocious wolf should not lack food to eat, but should grow more ferocious, but it is extremely thin, why is this?

Is there a more ferocious presence in the mountains and forests, or does it only love human flesh?

His gaze fell on the leading wolf again, and his sword eyebrows gradually became solemn.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!