Chapter 20: The Hunt
Misty Wind Ridge is a small ridge near Pingdingshan, with dense trees and shrubs, and it is rarely visited. Fu Ning and Yan Qiqi are now running in this forest, and there are several figures behind them who are falling not far away, and they can't get rid of them for a long time.
This morning, the two of them came down from the mountain early in the morning, and they planned to go all the way to the east, first go back to Wangshui Village, but after a few miles, Fu Ning noticed that there was a "tail" hanging behind him, and after thinking about it, the two immediately turned around and plunged into this mountain range.
As the name suggests, although the place is not too big, it is easy to get lost because of the dense vegetation and complex terrain, and it is a natural trick. Fortunately, Fu Ning was often brought here by Liu Liu to hunt birds and rabbits when he was a child, but he was familiar with it, and now he plans to use the terrain here to get rid of the "tail" behind him.
The two of them walked around in the forest, relying on the advantage of the main field to keep going around in circles with the people behind them, and suddenly Fu Ning grabbed Yan Qiqi and drank: "Stop!"
The two of them hurriedly stopped and squatted.
"Seven inches of hemp. ”
Without waiting for Yan Qiqi to ask, Fu Ning raised his hand and pointed to the bushes not far away, and the two looked over carefully, only to see a light brown short-tailed pit viper quietly crawling in the middle of the withered yellow branches.
Yan Qiqi was startled and quickly looked around. This sight immediately startled her, but she saw that there were more than a dozen such pit vipers scattered in the bushes near the two of them.
"Don't be afraid, we'll be careful, we'll be fine. Fu Ning felt that the people around him were trembling slightly, and comforted him softly.
He pulled Yan Qiqi to carefully bypass the bushes, looked around, turned around and kicked a big tree with the thickness of a bowl mouth and smashed it on the bushes, the snakes in the bushes were suddenly frightened and scattered, Fu Ning smiled slightly, glanced at Yan Qiqi, and the two carefully walked out of the area infested by snakes.
After about half an hour, Fu Ning stopped by a small stream, he leaned over and picked up a handful of stream water and drank it, and then looked around to identify the way, suddenly his expression moved, and then showed a smile, turned his head and said, "Succeeded!"
It turned out that a miserable cry came from the forest not far away.
Drying the water stains on his hands, and carefully covering up the traces left by the stream, he pulled Yan Qiqi and ran out of the mountain.
After more than an hour, Fu Ning and the others rushed out of the corner of the woods with excited faces, the two looked at each other and smiled, cleaning up the leaves and ears on their bodies.
"That hemp seven inches are very poisonous, they shouldn't be able to catch up for a while. Fu Ning took a breath and said.
Yan Qiqi nodded and said, "Let's leave now." ”
The two of them did not wait for a rest, and hurried away from the place. They did not dare to go any further east, but went south.
Two hours later, the sky gradually turned dark, Fu Ning calculated the distance, and saw that he would definitely not be able to reach the destination for a while, so he found an inn nearby to stay.
"You can stay in a room with me tonight, I'm afraid there will be danger, so I can take care of it." Fu Ning paid the house money and said back.
"Okay, Childe. Yan Qiqi nodded in response, and the two entered the room under the guidance of the inn guys.
After dinner, Fu Ning laid out the floor and lay down on the spot without taking off his clothes, he stuffed the short knife under the pillow and dimmed the light.
Tossing and turning and unable to sleep, he looked at the flickering candlelight on the beams of the room, and his heart was in chaos.
The people who followed the two of them during the day began to follow them from Pingdingshan, but "Tail" was not familiar with Misty Wind Mountain, and it seemed that he was not the same door of Pingdingshan, but outsiders were always not allowed to enter the sect, and people who came could follow them on the road so blatantly, there must be something hidden in it that Fu Ning did not know.
On the other hand, when Fu Ning returned to the mountain this time, he found that the situation on the mountain was very different from when he left. The second uncle, the third uncle and others have never interfered much in the affairs of the door before, but this time they have uncharacteristically worked against the head master several times, and the elder Lian, who has always favored the head of the house, is no longer openly partial this time, and the power of the head in the door seems to be much worse than before.
"What happened on the mountain during my absence?"
Fu Ning only felt an unprecedented headache, and there seemed to be countless mysteries around him.
"And those dozens of tragic cases, why does the head of the family ask such a few questions? Could it be that this matter is really related to me?"
Fu Ning sighed secretly: "I'm afraid that the boss will let me not go back to the mountain to protect me......"
The light on the oil lamp exploded lightly a few times, shaking the candle shadow in the room even more, Fu Ning fell into deep thought for a while, and there was a faint sound of breathing around him, and Yan Qiqi had already fallen asleep peacefully.
............
Early in the morning, Fu Ning was awakened by the sound of the door opening, he sat up from the bed, and pressed the pillow on his side.
"Childe, you're awake!"
Fu Ning turned his head and saw Yan Qiqi walking in from outside the door with a food box: "I'm afraid that my son won't be used to eating the food made in this store, so I went to the kitchen to make some in person, Childe get up and wash up, the food should be cold in a while." ”
Fu Ning nodded in response, stuffed the short knife into his arms, took the salt and towel from Yan Qiqi's hand, and washed it briefly.
After a while, he sat down cross-legged at the table, glanced at Yan Qiqi, who was sitting opposite, rubbed his hands and said, "Qiqi, don't be so used to me anymore, be careful that I get fat and can't marry a daughter-in-law and rely on you!"
Yan Qiqi sneered: "It's good to be fat, it's cute to be fat, besides, it's ...... Childe is already very fat!"
Fu Ning was holding a chopstick dish and feeding it into his mouth at this time and chewing it, when he heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes, and without saying much, he quickly took the wine glass handed over by Qiqi and drank it in one gulp.
"I'll tell you, let's go directly to Mingcheng after dinner, find Liang Jun, let's eat his, drink his, live with him, and use him, we don't have to spend money!" Fu Ning took another bite of food and pestled his chopsticks on the table.
Yan Qiqi frowned when he heard this, stopped what he was doing and said, "I don't like that guy surnamed Liang, he always looks at you strangely, as if you are some kind of treasure for him." ”
"Hey!"
Fu Ning raised his head, gently tapped Yan Qiqi's head with chopsticks, and said, "What do you people have in your heads? I am friends with Brother Liang, and the brothers who have been on the battlefield together are not what you think! Besides, he Liang Junke is also half of your master, do you have such a master?"
Yan Qiqi pouted when he saw this, stopped talking, and the two of them buried their heads in eating the food in the bowl, and only heard the sound of the dishes and chopsticks hitting each other for a while......
After breakfast, Fu Ning rented two horses from the shopkeeper, and the two of them drove all the way to Mingcheng without stopping......
(To be continued)