Chapter 17: A Blessing in Disguise
Hou Xiaofeng walked all the way down the stream, and saw the smoke rising from a distance, so he felt hungry and exhausted. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info At this time, the sun is setting again, thinking about it, it has been a day and a night without eating, not only did I run all night last night without stopping, but it was also quite difficult to save the three people of Xuanmen.
Hou Xiaofeng walked briskly towards the place where the smoke rose, and after a while, he saw several houses side by side in the col, Hou Xiaofeng didn't stop, he just wanted to quickly find a place to settle down and take a good rest, but after thinking about it, if there was also a trap like an iron cage there, I am afraid it would be difficult to get out on his own.
Thinking of this, Hou Xiaofeng stopped moving forward, found a big stone to lie on the back, and secretly observed.
I saw a yard fenced in front of those rows of houses, and there was a big yellow dog lying in the yard, which looked like it had been many years, and was lazily staring at the sunset, and there were some green plants planted on the other side of the yard, which didn't look like melons, fruits and vegetables, anyway, Hou Xiaofeng hadn't seen it.
Hou Xiaofeng was carefully probing, and suddenly two children ran out of the house, looking much younger than his age, the big yellow dog saw the two children come out, slowly got up and stepped forward, sniffed up and down the child with his nose, and shook his tail, looking very happy.
The breath of life in front of him made Hou Xiaofeng feel at ease a little, if it was a disguised trap, there would never be these things, this place was not too far from the bottom of the mountain, and this location should be safe.
Hou Xiaofeng persuaded himself to walk towards the row of houses, and scolded in his heart: "Damn, there is no resistance when I think of being able to eat and sleep, if there is a fierce beast chasing behind me, it is estimated that I can run for another half a day, and sure enough, people's potential is forced out." ”
Seeing that he was about to arrive at the row of houses, he only heard a snap, and then there was a heart-piercing pain in his legs, Hou Xiaofeng sighed secretly that it was not good, don't be a beast trap or something, looked down and found that it was a steel beast clamp biting on the leg, the sharp serration had pierced into the leg, and the blood had penetrated from the pants.
Although Hou Xiaofeng didn't shout, he just snorted, but the big yellow dog seemed to be extremely sensitive to the sound of the beast clamp biting, and shouted at Hou Xiaofeng, and the two children also found Hou Xiaofeng, and shouted while running into the house: "Daddy, Daddy, someone is coming." ”
Soon came out of the house a middle-aged man, this man was very strong, with dark skin, short hair, thick eyebrows, and a high nose. He saw Hou Xiaofeng sitting on the ground in pain, without saying a word, he rolled up his sleeves and came up to open the beast trap for Hou Xiaofeng.
The man carried Hou Xiaofeng into the house, put him on the kang, and while preparing something, he asked: "Boy, why did you come here by yourself? There are wild beasts everywhere here at night, and I have arranged many traps around, so if you are lucky, you only stepped on a trap." ”
Hou Xiaofeng naturally didn't tell all the previous things, only said that he was a wanderer, there was a little brother who depended on each other for his life, he had no money for treatment, and he heard that there was a kind of herb called dragon tooth grass that could cure his disease, so he came to the mountains to pick medicine, but he was not familiar with herbal medicine, and he got lost when he didn't pick the medicine.
Hou Xiaofeng's lie has been said several times, and it is as true at this time, and it is true that his little brother Lao Zhu is still sick, as for the name of the herb, it is purely made up by him, anyway, the more bizarre it is, the better, and few people know.
The middle-aged man listened to Hou Xiaofeng's words, oh, and then put the polished ointment on Hou Xiaofeng's wound and said: "Poor little baby, dragon tooth grass is not something anyone can find, even if you find it, you need to use it with cold water stone, what is your name, what disease does your brother have to use dragon tooth grass?"
The ointment was applied to his legs, Hou Xiaofeng only felt cold and refreshing, and there was no pain at all, and he sighed secretly in his heart: "Damn, there is really such a thing as dragon tooth grass, this person seems to be proficient in medical skills, but he doesn't know anything, so it's not good to say anything nonsense in this regard." ”
Don't look at Hou Xiaofeng when he lied, he opened his mouth to come, but it was not random nonsense, but it was made up according to the situation at the time, there were truths and falsehoods in the words, and it sounded like it was in response to the situation, for example, when he stole the money of the third master Yu Pei, he said that he was "stealing the sky", and when he was fighting with Ma Tianyi, he said that he was going into the mountains to collect medicine, and he just said nonsense and left a way back, so he replied: "My name is Hou Xiaofeng, my brother has stuffiness in his chest, if he doesn't move around much, it is not a big deal, but as long as he exerts a little force, he will cough non-stop." I don't know what herbs and prescriptions are, I heard people say that, I came into the mountain in a hurry, just now thanks to your rescue, dare to ask what you are called?"
When the man heard Hou Xiaofeng say this, he sighed: "Just call me Chai Bo, tell you that the person who is also a halfway monk, your brother's illness must be related to the lungs, and the medicinal effect of the dragon's tooth grass is far from it, and it is estimated that it is just using your child." ”
After hearing this, Hou Xiaofeng hurriedly nodded yes, and thought to himself: "I made it up, it's not just a halfway monk, I've never been on the road", although Hou Xiaofeng lied, but he didn't want to live in vain, he felt that Chai Bo was kind and simple, and his heart was still full of gratitude.
Chai Bo bandaged Hou Xiaofeng's wound, and asked his mother-in-law to cook two more dishes, saying that Hou Xiaofeng was his guest no matter what, so he naturally wanted to be treated.
Hou Xiaofeng's stomach was already hungry, and he devoured it unceremoniously when he saw a table of food, many of the meals on this table were mountain delicacies, I am afraid that compared with the ingredients of the best inn in the capital, the Manyue Teahouse, it was even better, and the cooking skills were excellent, and Hou Xiaofeng praised and applauded again and again while eating.
After the meal was full, Chai Bo kneaded Hou Xiaofeng's thighs again, which made Hou Xiaofeng feel extremely comfortable, he was already tired and tired, but there was no pain in his legs at the moment, and he fell asleep after a while.
On a low hillside, a man holds a bamboo pole more than three feet long, and on the top of the bamboo pole is three fan blades that rotate in the wind and make a humming sound. After a while, a pigeon swooped down from the sky, its feathers black and white, and a pair of tiny eyes looking around.
The man with the bamboo pole whistled, and the pigeon circled low and then obediently landed on the man's shoulder, and the man took a small iron plaque from the pigeon's lap and put it in his arms, and then threw the pigeon into the air and said, "Go, rain", and the pigeon flapped its wings a few times and disappeared into the sky.
The man held the bamboo pole with both hands and twisted it together, and the bamboo pole shrank into three inches long, and then collected the bamboo pole and ran towards a dense forest under the mountain.
In the dense forest, a group of people and horses were resting, it was Qian Sanye's team, seeing that person came back, Qian Sanye asked, "Changfeng, how is it?"
Changfeng handed over the iron card in his arms and replied, "Third Master Qian, I brought it back in the rain." ”
Qian Sanye took the iron card and gently buckled it and spit out a note from the iron card, Qian Sanye unfolded the note and read it carefully, and then said loudly to everyone: "Brothers, the person has been caught, let's go!"
Qian Sanye's team of men and horses galloped all the way, and when the sun had just set, they had already arrived at the beast hunting spirit array in the mountain, only to see Ma Tianyi being tied up by five flowers and fainting to the ground, and where were the people in Xuanmen still nowhere to be found.
"Steward Liu, wake him up first, run, you go and check what is wrong with the beast hunting spirit array", Qian Sanye commanded loudly.
Scar Li stepped forward to untie Ma Tianyi's rope, and Steward Liu pinched Ma Tianyi's eyebrows with two fingers, Ma Tianyi gradually came to his senses, and saw that Qian Sanye and others around him, Ma Tianyi knew that the person Qian Sanye wanted to arrest had already fled, and couldn't help but say gloomily: "The subordinates are not doing well, please punish the third master heavily!"
Qian Sanye said with a straight face: "According to the generation, you are a few points older than me, why have you been in the mountains for so many years and lost our backbone to find the dragon, people can chase after them run away, why are you so depressed!"
Ma Tianyi's spirit was slightly shocked when he heard this, and he sighed: "It's all my fault for being careless and underestimating the enemy, thinking that they can't help me in the Hundred Beast Spirit Array, and I was a little distracted by my brother's affairs, but I fell into the chaotic soul eye of that kid in Xiangmen, alas"
Steward Liu thought for a moment and said: "The people of the Xiangmen look at people's hearts, presumably you miss your brother too much, and you are seen through by physiognomy, but among those people, the one who is proficient in physiognomy should be a little girl, tell me what that kid looks like." ”
Ma Tianyi described Hou Xiaofeng's appearance, and Steward Liu was surprised after hearing it: "You should be talking about that hairy thief and little crazy monkey, how can you mess with your soul eyes?!"
Ma Tianyi said that he didn't know, and told the process of fighting with Hou Xiaofeng again.
After hearing this, Qian Sanye asked, "Run, there are loopholes in that beast trap?"
Xing Ben replied, "There is indeed a gap two fists in the northeast corner of the cage near the ground. But even so, it is not easy for people to get out. “
Steward Liu said lightly: "If you can shrink bones or something, it's not impossible, but it's impossible for that kid to be able to use physiognomy and soul eyes, unless the mystical skills of those black-clothed people have been perfected, and they can use that kid to launch their occult arts, but if those people have such ability, this beast trap and the Hundred Beast Spirit Array will naturally not be able to trap them, why bother so much, I'm afraid there is another hidden secret." ”
Qian Sanye muttered: "Steward Liu, don't dwell on these! We are looking for it next, as soon as the Water and Fire Dragon Ball came out, now the various forces have begun to emerge in the rivers and lakes, and they will not leave a trace." ”
Qian Sanye said that he glanced at Steward Liu, and then prepared to lead everyone away.
Seeing this, Ma Tianyi hurriedly said: "Third Master Qian, I just checked the beast trap a few days ago, and I didn't find anything abnormal, that gap may be that the cage has been built too long, and it rained heavily a few days ago, and the terrain has sunk. ”
Qian Sanye glanced at the broken thatched house, and said indifferently: "Don't care about this, I've suffered you all these years, since the cage is destroyed, you don't have to guard it, it's better to go with us and have a good time in the rivers and lakes!"
A glimmer of light flashed in Ma Tianyi's eyes, and he said excitedly: "I am willing to follow the third master!" After speaking, a team of people left.