Seeing that nothing came of it, Xi Yu had no choice but to spend another handful and buy a bundle of rope to tie the box again.
Even so, the village boy remained silent and was extremely generous in other matters.
Xi Yu slept until dawn listening to the scolding.
As soon as it dawned, the gongs and drums began to be beaten again outside.
Goudan ran out at some point and sat on the mat looking outside in a daze.
"What? Want to go out and take a look?"
"Think!" Goudan hurriedly agreed, but then he hesitated. His two skinny hands kept stirring the corners of his clothes, muttering for a long time without being able to explain.
Xi Yu felt irritated when he heard that, so he simply waved his hand and carried the person to the open space.
There were still those people in the open space, and they were not surprised to see Xi Yu leading the child out, or in other words, they were not interested.
The only thing that interests them now is the River God's celebration in eight days' time.
The old beggar was also in the team. When he saw Xi Yu coming, he squinted his eyes and looked at her.
There were so many people that it was difficult for the two of them to talk. They waited until everyone had dispersed during lunch before they got together again.
As if he was starving, he ate four pieces of bread before he could stop.
The cloudy eyes kept staring at Goudan, with unclear meaning.
"Where did your mahogany sword come from?"
Goudan shrank and hid behind Xi Yu, his voice muffled:
"The peach wood sword was made for me by my grandma, for self-defense."
The old man was silent.
After a long time, he stood up and walked to the end of the alley, and then slammed into the big rock there.
Blood spurted out and scattered, and the old man's body fell to the ground as lightly as catkins.
Qin He raised his feet and wanted to step forward to check the situation, but was stopped by Xi Yu again.
"No need, he doesn't want to live."
"Sister, have I caused trouble?" Goudan's eyes were wide open, and tears were about to fall to the ground: "Sure enough, I am a disaster star. I should stay at home."
"It's not your fault." Xi Yu's face was gloomy, and he raised his hand to stroke Goudan's fleshy face.
"Okay, we should go for a walk."
Packed up the old man's things and put him in his place.
Xi Yu led everyone to the river along the same road as yesterday.
The green river water is just like yesterday, gloomy and waveless, like a pool of stagnant water.
I don't know where the leg bone is floating to.
"Look over there." Qin He pointed to the top of the mountain in the distance and said, "Go up and have a look?"
Xi Yu nodded, walked around the river twice more, and then followed the others up the mountain.
The mountain is very high and the river is at the foot of the mountain.
Those villages are scattered on the mountainside.
There are many trees on the mountain, but most of them are withered and yellow. Only the trees at the top of the mountain are lush and green.
Like a fragmented oil painting.
From desolation to prosperity, there are more animals on the road, unlike the corpses that can be seen everywhere under the mountain.
Goudan kept pinching the corner of Xi Yu's clothes, cowering, not knowing what he was afraid of.
When they reached the top of the mountain, Qin He was already extremely tired and collapsed on the big rock beside him to rest.
"No, let's take a rest first."
Xi Yu nodded, standing on the top of the mountain and looking down the mountain.
The mountain is in the shape of a pyramid, and because the trees at the foot of the mountain only have branches, you can see it clearly.
Every village is very lively, and the sound of gongs and drums can be heard even in the mountains.
The top of the mountain was very large, and Gu Qiao was looking at the deep pit behind the stone where Qin He was sitting.
The pit had been turned over, and the soil there was obviously much wetter than the surrounding area.
"Get up!" Gu Qiao seemed to have seen something and kept patting Qin He.
Xi Yu leaned over and looked at the stone together.
There are words engraved on it.
The handwriting is childish, as if carved by a child, and it reminds Xi Yu of Xiao Chong.
"Secret base..."
Four crooked characters take up a lot of space, and there is a painting engraved underneath.
Judging from the layout and size of the painting and the black spot on it, the painting should be the top of the mountain, and the black spot is the big rock where Qin He was sitting before.
Not far from the big stone, a small cross was carved.
"What is this? A treasure map?"
Gu Qiao kept comparing his hands around with great interest, and finally settled on Goudan, who was standing alone.
Goudan looked down at his feet in trance.
The peach wood sword in his hand was squeezed tightly.
The land was still dug up.
There is a large box hidden in the pit.
When the box came to light again, Goudan, who was hiding in Xi Yu's arms, shook violently and then shrank even tighter.
There was no lock, and the lid flew open, revealing the mess underneath.
A few shabby clothes and some random toys.
Only a mahogany sword can be called exquisite.
It's the same as the one in Goudan's hand.
There are just two yellow symbols attached to it.
"Is this your box?"
Goudan nodded, walked to the box, looked through everything, and finally settled on the peach wood sword.
He hesitated a few times before reaching out to touch it.
It's like cold water pouring into a hot oil pan.
With a "sizzle" sound, a streak of white smoke rose from the place where the finger touched the wooden sword.
Goudan suddenly retracted his hand, tears fell heavily on the sword, and then disappeared.
The two big men closest to him were at a loss. They didn't know what to do for a moment and could only focus on Xi Yu.
"stop looking."
The lid was slammed shut by Xi Yu, and then kicked back to the ground, taking the peach wood sword with a yellow talisman with it.
"What do you want that for? Take this."
The peach wood sword was stuffed into his arms. The tears in the corners of Goudan's eyes had not yet dried up, and he was holding the wooden sword in a daze.
"gone."
The child was not big and could be held in his arms easily.
All the way down the mountain, it was already past lunch and it was afternoon.
Viewed from the mountain, the dense crowd of people rushing to the river at the bottom look like a swarm of ants.
It's easy to go up the mountain but hard to go down the mountain.
Qin He claimed that he was too tired from walking just now and his waist hit him, so everyone walked very slowly.
Lush trees surrounded everyone.
Goudan was very quiet. After crying for a while, he fell asleep holding Taomu Sword.
He stuffed the man back into the sword and hung it on his waist.
Without the heavy burden, Xi Yu felt much lighter.
Walking forward, from time to time look at the flowers, trees and small animals around, as well as the figures hiding behind the old trees in the distance.
The figure had been there since they came up the mountain.
Now I have been following him down the mountain.
There were leaves blocking the view, making it difficult to see the faces.
Xi Yu raised her lips slightly and walked slowly into the forest.
"What's wrong?" Gu Qiao supported Qin He all the way like a resentment. His physical strength and mood were not very good at the moment. When he saw Xi Yu walking into the forest, he quickly pushed Qin He away: "Did you find something? Already? I’ll go with you!”
After finishing speaking, he turned back and warned:
"You loser, you should go back and exercise. You are really causing trouble for others. Just wait for us here."
Qin He wanted to refute, but was speechless and had to endure it silently.
No way, I still have to be supported by this annoying spirit when I go down the mountain.
"No, I saw something interesting. It won't take long. You can just stay outside."
Gu Qiao's movements stagnated, and then he returned to Qin He's side glumly.
The man seemed to believe Xi Yu's words and kept hiding behind the tree from beginning to end.
Until Xi Yu summoned the long sword and suddenly appeared in front of him, the long sword was also pressed against his throat.
