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In the forest, a young man came.
He was wrapped in a worn sheepskin robe, holding a bamboo stick in his hand, a package on his shoulder, and a hunting knife in his waist, as if he had gone on a long journey many days ago. It's just that his face is dirty, his appearance is haggard, his steps are hesitant, and his expression is blank.
He left Yujia Village again, not for hunting, and without anyone to accompany him, but to embark on the road of escape alone.
Escape to where?
Yu Ye stretched out his hand to support the dead tree beside him and stopped to rest for a while. The branches swayed slightly, and a layer of broken snow suddenly fell on his head and body.
Ahead is a valley, deserted.
Go south through the valley, leading to Lingjiao Town. To the west, there are high mountains and dense forests. Heading east, the road is smooth.
Although Lingjiao Town is remote, it is a gathering place where people of all colors mix. Once his whereabouts are revealed, Chen Qi will be able to find him.
And go east.
Yu Ye made up his mind, patted the snow foam on his body, then took steps to walk along the edge of the forest and the hillside,
He didn't want to leave too many footprints.
This is also forced to be helpless.
Chen Qi has done whatever it takes to get Jiao Dan, and he will definitely not let him go until he succeeds.
If he stayed in Yujia Village, it wouldn't matter if he died, but he was afraid that Chenqi would kill people again and bring disaster to the old and young in the village. He could only avoid the destruction of the village by staying far away. For him, it was an extra way to survive.
Yu Ergou drove him out of the village, perhaps for this reason.
Yu Ye reached out and stroked the hunting knife in his waist, feeling guilty and uneasy again.
Yu Ergou used to be carefree, but now he seems to have suddenly grown up a few years. Not only has he become depressed, but his temper has also become violent, but he still takes good care of him and gave him his most cherished hunting knife.
That's his good brother!
I don’t know when I can return to Yujiacun, nor how long I can live. If you die, everything will stop? Even if he is afraid that Yu Ye will really become a wandering ghost, he will not dare to forget the blood debt in Yujiacun.
Only by living can there be tomorrow.
Yu Ye went east.
Along the way, there were no human beings and no birds or animals. He was the only one walking alone among the snowy hills and wild ridges. When you are hungry, take a few mouthfuls of dry food; when you are thirsty, swallow a handful of snow. It was getting dark, so he slept in the ice and snow wrapped in a wolf-skin mattress.
…
Another winter night has fallen.
On the top of the mountain, Chen Qi hugged his arms, stretched out his hand to support his chin, and looked down with a playful expression. Under his feet was Yujia Village in Xingyuan Valley.
In the small village at night, there was no sound of dogs barking, no lights, and a dead silence. Looking through the moonlight, a figure walked out of the village, walking slowly at first, then leaping off the ground, heading straight for the mountain. Its figure is light and it flies over the rocks as if it were on the flat ground. In a short time, they had reached the top of the mountain, and then floating to the ground, they saw a veiled woman in a green shirt.
Chen Qi asked with a smile: "Junior sister, how are you doing?"
The so-called junior sister is Bai Zhi. She had a dispute with Chen Qi in Lingjiao Valley, and then returned to Xuanhuang Mountain. Now she was ordered to go down the mountain again, and met her senior brother to Xingyuan Valley.
Bai Zhi shook her head slightly and said, "Yu Ye is not in the village."
Chen Qi put his hands behind his back, raised his chin and said, "I said that boy escaped, but my junior sister didn't believe it. If you saw it with your own eyes, you might as well report it to Master truthfully."
Bai Zhi looked at her senior brother, frowned slightly and said, "My little sister learned from the women in the village that some thieves burned down the ancestral hall more than ten days ago, killing more than thirty people."
"Well, I was just about to talk about it."
Chen Qi sighed and said helplessly: "I had met a Taoist friend, Gu Mu from Beiqi Mountain. In order to find Yu Ye as soon as possible, we came to Xingyuan Valley with him. Who would have thought that he acted recklessly and killed a person by mistake, provoking The hunters in the village attacked him in groups, and he went on a killing spree in anger. It was only because of my failure to stop him that he made a huge mistake. However, I heard that he was plotted against by his enemies, so it can be said that he got what he deserved!"
"Gu Mu is dead?"
"died."
Bai Zhi was silent for a moment, raised her hand and said: "In that case, little sister, I will take the first step!"
Chen Qi was a little surprised and asked suspiciously: "Junior sister, why are you in such a hurry?"
"Return to the mountain and return to life."
"Do the women in the village know the origin of the thief?"
"Senior brother has killed and silenced, so why worry about it!"
"Junior sister..."
Bai Zhi ignored Chen Qi, jumped off the top of the mountain and floated away.
Half an hour later, she had arrived in another valley. I looked back and saw no one chasing me. She seemed relieved, her eyes flashing with thought.
Although the women in the village did not know the origins of the senior brother and Gu Mu, they had no intention of telling the whereabouts of the other person.
Three days ago, he left Xingyuan Valley alone, his whereabouts unknown...
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The wilderness after snow is empty and lonely.
There is an abandoned village in the wilderness. There are only a few ruins left, making the cold winter day even more desolate.
A painful groan sounded from among the ruins.
Someone was rolling and struggling in a small open space behind the half-cut wall, with twitching limbs, a ferocious expression, and teeth chattering, just like the last struggle of a trapped animal about to die.
I don't know how much time passed, but he seemed to have broken out of the stormy waves and escaped from the fiery purgatory. He finally calmed down, but then he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Blood is black.
Yu Ye looked at the black blood on the ground, his eyes blank.
After leaving Xingyuan Valley, the poison in his body never broke out. Gradually, my limbs gained strength and I walked much faster.
When he arrived here yesterday, his body suddenly became hot and cold. He sensed that something was wrong, so he hid in the ruins to rest, counting on the broken walls to protect him from the wind and cold. Unexpectedly, not long after, the pain in the abdomen and limbs struck again, and it became more crazy and more violent.
What kind of pain it is, it makes people want to die and can't let go!
He struggled crazily all night in a torment that devoured his bones and sucked his marrow. Now he is like a wild wolf that is peeling and cramping. He has exhausted the last drop of blood and the last bit of strength. He can no longer feel the pain. Only his dazed mind is getting lighter and lighter, so light that it seems to break away from the body and fly away.
Alas, the great revenge has not been avenged, the regret has not been resolved, how could he die like this...
Yu Ye's eyes rolled up, and he felt like his soul was far away.
I don’t know how long it took, and the world turned dark.
The sound of horse hooves came from far away, and the sounds of chaotic footsteps and conversations sounded——
"Hey, someone got there first?"
"Leave him alone, old bear..."
"Seventh brother, don't worry, the people gathered this time don't know each other..."
"It's almost time..."
"Forget it, wait no more..."
"Boy——"
Yu Yeshang was in a trance and was reminded by someone's kick.
Under the dim moonlight, there were two men standing, like hunters in the mountains. They had beards and they could not tell their age, but they also had sharp blades and looked very rough and tough.
Who are these two people?
After death, there is no difference between life and death. Why does everything in front of me look so familiar?
The wolfskin mattress, bamboo staff, package, and hunting knife were thrown on the ground. The surrounding gravel and rubble were just like the scene yesterday.
No, I am still alive...
"Leaving—"
Yu Ye was kicked again, and he had no choice but to stand up, hold his package, put the hunting knife into his arms, and followed the two men out of the ruins.
Not far away, there were five other horses and three men. As expected, the three people, Lao Xiong and Seventh Brother didn't know each other. They nodded to each other and jumped on their horses.
"Boy, it's still a long way to go. You don't have a horse to travel with you. How will you do it?"
"I……"
Yu Ye didn't know how to respond.
Brother Qi was questioning, but Old Xiong rode back, stretched out his hand to tear off Yu Ye's package and bamboo stick and threw them away, then picked him up and threw him behind him, and said affectionately: "You are so young, you are actually licking the head of a knife. Blood makes a living, you might as well follow me Jiang Xiong from now on, hurry up——"
The old bear's name, Ginger Bear.
The sheepskin mattress was a gift from Ergou, and Qiub's bamboo stick could not be thrown away.
Yu Ye was thinking about his things and wanted to pick them back up. Suddenly, he leaned back and hurriedly grabbed Jiang Xiong. Immediately, the sound of horse hooves and the sound of wind filled his ears. He was panicked, his thoughts were confused, and he was eager to find out the reason, but he became even more confused.
I thought that when the poison took over, I would definitely die. Why was I still alive? Not only am I alive, the pain has disappeared, my body and bones are also a little lighter than before. Could it be an illusion caused by exhaustion...
More than half an hour later, Yu Ye was already in a forest dozens of miles away.
Tall trees blocked the moonlight. In the darkness, it was difficult to tell the direction, and I could only vaguely see figures gathering together. They seemed to be stout men, each carrying sharp weapons such as knives, sticks, and crossbows.
Isn't this a scene of hunting in the mountains?
Yu Ye stood alone, looking around, secretly guessing, and reached out to rub his butt quietly.
Jiang Xiong led him on horseback for dozens of miles, and the bumpy horseback hurt his buttocks. This was also the first time he rode a horse and suffered like this.
"Little brother, come with me."
Although Ginger Bear behaves rudely, he is kind-hearted.
Yu Ye followed the sound and walked over.
Along the way, he failed to sort out his messy thoughts. However, he did understand one thing. Due to an accidental encounter in the wilderness, Jiang Xiong, Lao Qi and others regarded him as an accomplice.
More than a dozen men whispered and made incomprehensible gestures, then left their horses where they were and walked deeper into the woods one after another.
After three or five miles, a stone wall appeared on the hillside ahead.
Yu Ye stopped with the others and touched the hunting knife at his waist.
The injuries on his shoulder blades and wrists have recovered as before, and his limbs have gained strength. If it weren't for the poison in his body, he would be no different from a healthy person. If he was hunting wild animals, he would like to stretch his muscles.
But why was tonight's hunt so sneaky?
The Lingjiao Valley that I have been to is two or three hundred miles away. I don’t know where this place is, I’ve never heard of it.
Could it be that there are ferocious wolves, tigers and leopards hiding behind the stone wall?
"Little brother, please explore the path first!"
Could it be that he heard wrongly and let him explore the road in the wild?
When Yu Ye was stunned, he was pushed forward by Jiang Xiong. Then several hands grabbed him and threw him upwards. Unable to control himself, he hurriedly used the force to climb up, and jumped up to the wall three times. .
Are there no wild animals behind the stone wall?
But he saw towering rocks and large mansions shrouded in the hazy night.
"Is there any situation?"
Questions came from the corner.
Yu Ye didn't know how to respond and shook his head.
Then someone lowered his voice and said, "Little brother, I, the old bear, can trust you. Don't embarrass your brother. Quickly go around the house and walk a hundred feet to reach the bottom of the mountain. Find the entrance of the cave and send the message with the light of fire..."
