Green mountains and clear waters, pastoral homes.
The tranquility and peace here are in huge contrast to the crazy hunting last night. If it weren't for Lu Ning's confidence in her memory, she would even think that she had arrived in another village.
She was taken into a two-story brick house with a large yard outside. Four or five women of different ages were sitting in the yard doing laundry and chopping firewood. After seeing Lu Ning, they enthusiastically asked Lu Ning to sit down in the shade of the yard, and then quickly brought clean cloth and herbs.
The oldest old woman used her own distilled wine to carefully wash away the pus in Lu Ning's wound, and then began the skillful process of applying medicine and bandaging. During this period, she kept asking Lu Ning if it hurt and if there was any discomfort.
Such an attitude was too simple and kind, so it was no wonder that the people in the background introduction Lu Ning received were fooled.
But what needs to be talked about still needs to be talked about.
"It's such a peaceful and quiet place compared to the outside."
"Mountain people, we have been here for many generations, and we can't live without it. I heard that there is a war outside. Are you here to escape?" The old woman brought a handful of dried beans and sat next to Lu Ning, peeling them and chatting with her. .
"To tell you the truth, life is really hard out there. Small villages can't stop you, big cities change their managers every day, and they can drain all your wealth just to fight a war. The few of us who go out to explore, who says it's not a refuge? "
"It's miserable." The old woman sighed and patted Lu Ning's back. "If you don't mind, just stay here with us for a while. There aren't as many things in the village as outside, but it's always enough to live a self-sufficient life. .”
Lu Ning nodded slightly and looked down. The frayed areas on her hands, legs and waist had been wrapped with clean cloth. After the initial strong stimulation, the herbs had begun to take effect, making her A comfortable coolness began to spread from the wound.
"Mother-in-law, I want to walk around and finally found a place like this. I want to see the scenery here."
"Okay, his eldest daughter-in-law! Take this guest around the village!" The old woman greeted a fat and strong woman over enthusiastically, pointed at her and smiled at Lu Ning and said, "This is my eldest daughter-in-law. , just call her Mrs. Peng, she was born and raised here, and she can take you wherever you want to go."
"Thanks."
Lu Ning bowed to the old man as a salute, and then went out with Mrs. Peng, walking around the center of the village from a mountain road.
The terraced fields in the mountains, the scattered tile-roofed houses, and the dense forests in the distance are all the same as what they have seen before. Occasionally encountering villagers who were out on the road, Mrs. Peng greeted her warmly, and the other party responded equally enthusiastically. Some people even learned that Lu Ning came here in trouble and forced some fruits, fish and shrimps from his hand into her hand. inside.
"The people here...are so welcoming."
Lu Ning had trouble with one hand, but her other hand was already full of things. Even Mrs. Peng helped carry some.
"They are all worthless. We finally have a guest, so I might as well let you try something new." Mrs. Peng quickly peeled off the rind of a fruit, took what was in Lu Ning's hand, and stuffed the fruit into her hand. inside.
"What kind of fruit is this?"
"We don't know the name of the wild fruits in the mountains. They are delicious and sweet."
Lu Ning smiled, broke off a piece from the divided pulp inside, and handed it to Mrs. Peng.
"Thank you, let's share it."
Mrs. Peng laughed, took the fruit and threw it into her mouth, chewing it happily. Lu Ning also took a piece and put it in her mouth.
A mouth-watering sweetness spreads in the mouth, with a bit of freshness. It is indeed a very good-tasting fruit.
After walking and walking, Lu Ning saw an uncultivated land in the distance and around a mountain col. Near the forest there was a house that was very different in shape from the houses in the village.
"Is that a wooden house?"
"Yes, that is for the hunters in the village to stay when they are hunting. Because it is inconvenient to run back and forth on a hot day." Aunt Peng stretched out her hand and gestured, "Even though we are so close, we have to go around a long way to get there. It’s a mountain road, so we can build a house there and send people out to move the prey regularly.”
"Can we go over there and take a look?"
"It's okay to take a look, but if you go there at this time, you will miss lunch. How about I take you over in the afternoon to take a look?" Mrs. Peng's answer was quick and reasonable.
"OK……"
"Lu Ning!"
At this moment, a call came from above the two of them.
There was a gentle slope above. When Lu Ning heard this sound, she immediately raised her head, just as the people above were slowly walking down the slope.
Mo Xiren's body was slightly stained with traces of mud, but overall it didn't seem to be a big problem. There was a very friendly smile on her face, and there was no doubt that it was the look of someone who was closely related to each other.
And Lu Ning quickly answered.
"Xiren? Have you come here already? I thought you would find him at the entrance of the village."
"We all looked for it separately. I happened to come around here and met you. Are you injured? Is everything okay?" Mo Xiren understood instantly.
"Actually, it's a bit serious, but I met some kind people here who helped me bandage it, and it's fine now."
At this time, Mo Xiren had already walked down the slope, opened her arms and hugged Lu Ning. The joy on their faces was not flawless, and Mrs. Peng looked on with a happy smile.
"It's a good thing if you can find it. How about you come with us and sit at home? You must be hungry after searching for so long, right?"
"That's good." Mo Xiren let go of Lu Ning and immediately walked over and held Aunt Peng's hand. "You don't know how worried we are about her. Fortunately, she's okay. Just for this, we have to come and thank you. So, let's I also brought some food with me when I went into the mountain. Lu Ning knows where your home is. Let’s go back and meet our companions and go directly to the door to say thanks, how about that?”
Her grateful look and sincere tone made Mrs. Peng faint. Without thinking too much, she said hesitantly: "Okay, then, I'll wait for you to come..."
"Thank you, thank you very much. Lu Ning, let's go, we set up a camp before and meet up there."
Mo Xiren turned around and walked up the hillside. Lu Ning smiled politely at Mrs. Peng and chased Mo Xiren up the hill.
When they entered the dense forest, Mo Xi stopped.
"Where is your companion?"
"Where's the person with you?"
The two of them asked in unison.
After a moment of silence, Lu Ning said: "We were attacked by a group of pig-faced people last night and all of them got separated. I just came to this village this morning. They didn't remember our faces, so I got away with it."
"That's it..."
A meaningful look appeared on Mo Xiren's face, then she took out a wild fruit from her pocket and threw it to Lu Ning.
"Eat something, I guess you didn't find anything to eat all night."
Lu Ning looked at the fruit she had just eaten, peeled off the skin and started eating, while Mo Xiren stood by the tree with her arms folded, wondering what she was thinking.
"Aren't we going back to the village?" Lu Ning asked.
"You still want to go back to eat? Have you forgotten the background of the story and how we were sent to the cell?"
"No... Cheng Wuling, Zhao Chenshuang and the others returned to the village to investigate last night. I think if I go back, I might be able to run into them or the clues they left behind."
"It's too dangerous. You have to go alone." Mo Xiren pouted, "Where is my sister? Have you seen her?"
"I've seen you before, we got separated."
"What's this called..."
Mo Xiren covered his face with one hand, feeling extremely annoyed.
"By the way, did you see the red light outside last night? I only remember that part..."
"I hid in a small cave for the night. I came out to find some food before I found you today. What is the red light?"
Lu Ning looked at Mo Xiren carefully and nodded slowly.
"Speaking of which... we haven't confirmed each other's identities yet, have we?"
"What? Oh, the drink you like when reading..."
"Answer me first, who is the only person you hate when you are alive?"
"Fu Cangling." Mo Xiren gritted his teeth and said the name, "Okay? I've gone to great lengths to bring you out of that place, so there's no need to verify your identity, okay?"
Lu Ning sat on a piece of grass, showed Mo Xiren the newly wrapped wounds on his hands and feet, and said: "Anyway, I am like this now. Most of the things I found before are broken, and there is nothing in my hand." Any clues that lead to progress, or we've reached a dead end. Do you have any good ideas over there?"
"I want to find my sister and Tumen first, and stay back for everything else." Mo Xiren raised his chin, "Don't look at me like that, it's not useless. My fighting ability is worse than yours, but you are still One wound, just the two of us walking like this, probably wouldn’t be enough for one villager.”
This is indeed the case.
"You don't just want a bodyguard, do you?"
"Except for my sister and Tumen, I can't trust anyone else's strength."
Mo Xiren came over and pulled Lu Ning up, close to her face: "Since you have seen her, do you still remember where she was separated yesterday? Let's go in that direction to look for her!"
"Okay... I'll listen to you."
Lu Ning had nothing to do anyway, so he listened to her words. The two began to wander around the mountain, and soon Lu Ning found a familiar direction, and then walked along the woods deep into the mountain forest.
But the further we go down the road, the stranger it becomes.
"Is this really the right path? We have been walking for a long time and there are no traces at all!"
"My memory is still okay."
As Lu Ning said this, suspicion gradually emerged in her heart.
When she was walking through a bush, something suddenly kicked under her feet. She stumbled and hugged a tree to barely avoid falling.
It was a corpse covered by the woods. Most of the corpse had decayed. There were many ants and insects scurrying back and forth on it. It was impossible to recognize his original appearance except that it was a man.
"Corpse? Why is there a corpse here?"
"This is last night's victim."
Lu Ning squatted down and did not touch the body, but the dent marks from the chest to the abdomen and the exposed bone fragments were very similar to the three seriously injured bodies hit by the meteor hammer last night.
"We didn't come to the wrong place. Those people gave up on the deceased and left... left?"
Lu Ning frowned, glanced at the seemingly peaceful forest again, and murmured again.
