Zhang Xiaozhu was panting and sat slumped on a tree branch with his back against the trunk. He had been running continuously in the forest for nearly four hours. Hot sweat had already soaked his hair and clothes, and his whole body was as if washed with water, including his chest and shoulders. The wounds on his back and back began to hurt and seemed to be in danger of bursting, so he had to stop and rest for a while.
As soon as he stopped, Zhang Xiaopou suddenly felt as hot as if his whole body was on fire, and the hot sweat was pouring out like a flood that burst the embankment. What was terrible was that his throat was like charcoal, so dry that it was about to smoke, and it was hanging on the The water bag on my waist has long since disappeared, and I don’t know when it was lost.
Wolf meat is hot in nature. He ate so much in one go and sweated a lot. When he stopped, he realized that he was extremely thirsty.
Zhang Xiaozhu licked his chapped lips, wanting to plunge into the water.
"This guy is blind, and he will definitely not be able to catch up in a short time. Let me take a breath before running, and look for water along the way." Zhang Xiaozhu muttered to himself while looking at the direction he was running from. He was really tired and didn't want to move at all. He picked two leaves and threw them into his mouth. They tasted astringent and bitter when chewed, but fortunately there was a lot of juice, which could moisturize his lips and smoky throat.
"Grandma, is this guy a monkey? He can run so fast?" After climbing two hills behind Lianzi Yingworm, Zhang Xiaopeng was still nowhere to be seen. The red-faced old man was a little depressed.
Night is no better than during the day. Although they are highly cultivated and have good eyesight, thorns, vines, and cobwebs on branches are following behind the fireflies. They cannot take the wide path as they please, so they are inevitably scratched. After chasing them all the way, several people were already disgraced. Especially the girl in the red dress. Her red dress was stained and stained, and the skirt was even scratched by thorns and vines. In fact, you shouldn't wear a skirt when going into the mountains. It's extremely inconvenient to drag yourself around. Those who wear skirts and skirts with flowers are just the vanity of beauty.
The old man wearing a crown took off a strand of spider web stuck to his forehead and said with a wry smile: "He was born as an Orion. He has been involved in the mountains and forests since he was a child. He can be said to be like a fish in water when running away in the deep mountains and old forests. It is normal to run fast. Miss, do you want to stop? Come down and rest for a while? With the four of them chasing after you, you won't be afraid of that kid running away."
The old man wearing a crown signaled the girl in the red skirt to stop and rest for a while, and then handed over the hunting task to the four slaves.
"No!" The girl in the red dress answered resolutely, as if she was determined to capture Zhang Xiaopeng herself.
Her pink and red face has been stained by sweat and dust, her beautiful red dress has become dirty and messy, and has lost its luster. There is a lot of spider silk and dust stuck to her long black hair, and her whole body has completely changed. His feet looked miserable.
She pursed her lips, grimaced, and gritted her silver teeth. She didn't need to look in the mirror to know how embarrassed she was at this moment. She naturally blamed everything on Zhang Xiaozu, and secretly swore that when Zhang Xiaozu was no longer of use, Zhang Xiaopeng will definitely be sold to the dog market.
She never thought, nor would she think, that it was not other people who caused all this, but herself. It was caused by her unreasonable malice and greed. In her understanding, everything she did and wanted to do was logical. Of course, it's not that she has a sick mind, but that's the way today's society is.
The strong are respected and the weak are slaves. The strong with money and power should be respected by thousands of people and enjoy supreme honor, while the weak without money and power deserve to be enslaved. The strong praise the beauty of the world, while the weak lament the injustice of the world. However, when one day the weak are lucky enough to be promoted to the strong, they often only see the beauty in the world without glancing at the unfair world.
Sadly, if someone stands up and shouts that he wants to change this sick world, everyone, including the enslaved and weak, will think that this person is a madman.
Therefore, what is sick is not one person or a group of people, but the world.
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Zhang Xiaozu was very lucky. It only took him half an hour to find a river along the valley. The water was clear and gurgling. The river was very wide, with a distance of ten feet.
Crash--
Zhang Xiaozu squatted on the river beach, held up a clear drink of water, and swallowed greedily. The river water is sweet and refreshing, flowing down the throat and refreshing the lungs, relieving the heat all over the body. I drank until my stomach was bloated before I stopped.
Zhang Xiaozu was about to jump into the river to take a quick wash when he suddenly felt a pair of eyes staring at him from behind. Leng Buding was frightened, turned his head and shouted loudly: "Who?!"
The night was quiet, with only the sound of insects and gurgling water.
Zhang Xiaozu scratched his head and felt that he was hallucinating. His eyes fell on a thatch on the bank of the river. A firefly fell on the slender and upright thatch leaves. It was so big that it flickered like a small lantern. He couldn't help but murmured: : "Wild boars are bigger than outside, wolves are bigger than outside, and even fireflies are several sizes bigger than outside. Is everything in the black forest bigger than outside?"
If he had free time, he would definitely catch this big firefly and play with it, but now his whole body was sticky like a thick layer of paste, and it was so hot and uncomfortable that he wanted to plunge into the water. I didn't care about this big firefly.
Zhang Xiaozu turned around and jumped into the river. Before his body touched the water, he seemed to feel the coolness of the river water soaking into his skin, and he even couldn't help but moan in comfort.
Woo——
A rapid sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded.
Hearing the sound of explosions in the air behind him, Zhang Xiaozu's scalp exploded at that moment, his tailbone was filled with cold air, and the hairs all over his body stood on end. He wanted to hide, but he had nowhere to rely on in the air. Fortunately, he kept holding the hunting knife. In his hand, his wrist trembled urgently at this moment, and he slung the hunting knife behind his back to protect his fatal vitals.
Snapped!
Tsk!
The person who made the surprise attack was none other than the girl in the red dress who had been chasing her all the way.
The blade of Zhang Xiaozu's hunting knife blocked the Phoenix Dance Whip. However, the whip was soft and bendable. The front part carried the blade and hit Zhang Xiaozu's left arm. Seven or eight barbs hooked directly into the flesh. The girl in the red dress suddenly swung Pulling, the skin suddenly burst open and blood flowed.
Wow!
Zhang Xiaopou screamed in pain, his body was pulled by the whip and he lost his balance. He fell to the edge of the river with a splash of water.
"Run, keep running!" The voice of the girl in the red dress sounded immediately, and her sarcasm was cold.
Zhang Xiaopou felt chills all over his body. He didn't expect that the other party would pursue him so closely. Without even looking at the girl in the red dress, he plunged into the river and used the power of the water to flow downward.
"Giggle——" The girl in the red dress looked at Zhang Xiaozhu running away in embarrassment, and the haze in her chest was suddenly swept away. She smiled so brightly that she did not chase after her in a hurry, but shouted into the rippling water: "Zhang Damao, I I must tame you and make you my war slave."
The "big fireflies" on the thatch leaves by the river floated up and flew downstream along the river bank.
Zhang Xiaozu was hiding in the river and faintly heard the cry of the girl in the red dress. He was so frightened that he no longer cared about the injury on his arm and swam forward with all his strength. He was secretly glad that he was good at water, otherwise he would have been stuck by the river and would have died.
"You guys keep chasing, I'll wash up."
After all, she is a woman who loves beauty. When she encounters a clear river, she can no longer bear the filthiness on her body and wants to wash up by the river.
The four slaves chased after her. The old man with the crown and the old man with the red face asked the girl in the red dress to wash up peacefully while they stood aside to watch. Compared to chasing Zhang Xiaopeng, the two of them paid more attention to the safety of the girl in the red dress. Although the girl in the red dress was just a concubine and not very valued by the family, it was precisely because of this that the two of them got such a lucrative job. They thought that the concubine would have no chance to serve because of their status. Therefore, the safety of the girl in the red dress is linked to their interests, so naturally they dare not make any mistakes.
The middle of the river was more than two feet deep. Zhang Xiaozu hid in the water and swam very happily. With a hunting knife in his mouth, using his hands and feet together, and with the help of the power of the water flow, he swam more than two hundred steps downstream in one breath. distance. Until I couldn't hold it any longer, I raised my head high and quietly surfaced my mouth and nose, took a quick breath, and dived back into the water. I didn't even have time to observe the situation on both sides of the river, and continued swimming downstream.
After taking dozens of breaths in a row, he didn't know how far he swam. It wasn't until he felt that the river was getting shallower that Zhang Xiaopou stopped. He didn't dare to go downstream anymore, for fear that the river would turn into a shoal and lose the cover of the deep water, which would inevitably leave him behind. He left traces of escape, and it was inevitable that the girl in the red dress and the others would follow the traces and catch up.
He was very afraid of the tracking ability of the girl in the red dress, because he never expected that the girl in the red dress could catch up so quickly. You must know that it was dark now, and he had climbed several hills in the deep mountains and forests. Even if he was allowed to go back the same way, he wasn't sure he could find it, but as a result, not long after he stopped, the girl in the red dress chased after him. Their tracking ability was really terrifying. So along the way, Zhang Xiaopeng swam in the deepest part of the middle of the river, using the cover of the deep water without leaving any traces.
Zhang Xiaopou quietly swam into the reeds by the river. His whole body was immersed in the water, with only half of his head exposed. He quietly observed the situation on both sides of the river. After confirming that no one was catching up, he gently swung his hunting knife to chop the reeds. , cutting out a trace of an escape route downstream. Finally, he took a deep breath and dived back to the deep water in the middle of the river without leaving a trace. He dived to the bottom, used a hunting knife to pick up the sand at the bottom of the river, and went upstream.
In a thick patch of water grass beside the river, a reed pipe quietly emerged from the bottom of the water, lifting a piece of green grass an inch high, and then stopped moving.
The water flow quietly took away the mud rising from the bottom of the river, and everything returned to calm.
