"Three days...and a detour..."
A look of embarrassment appeared on Na Meng's face, and he whispered: "Mr. Li, something happened to Jin'er and I. It was delayed for three days. If we take a long detour for another three days, we will be further away from the time we planned to arrive..."
"I want to save your lives. If you want to survive, don't ask any questions and just come with us."
I frowned and my tone became a little more serious.
Na Meng's face was startled, and there were a lot of sweat beads on his forehead.
Jin'er's little face was also a little pale.
"Help..." Na Meng's body was still a little unstable, and he was helped by Na Jin'er to stand up.
"Please make it clear, Mr. Li..." he asked again.
"It's useless for me to say more. You just need to follow us." After I finished speaking, I asked them to get in the car.
"I'll drive the car, Qingshan, you can go up and have a rest." I said to Yang Qingshan again.
Yang Qingshan shook his head and said he was here to catch the car.
I can't say much.
The three of them got into the car and Yang Qingshan started driving.
The carriage gradually circled back to the main road we were on our way.
Yang Qingshan didn't have much worries and drove the carriage as usual.
In fact, we are not that far away from the Red River. At this speed, we can approach the Red River in four days.
There was always worry in Nameng's eyes, and he kept looking at the car window while he was on the road.
At the beginning, Na Jin'er was a little uneasy, but then she relaxed a lot.
I sat cross-legged at the very back of the carriage, feeling calm and calm.
After these two people spend three days with us and their faces return to normal, there should be no problem.
Helping them is purely due to a small causal connection.
Nowadays, I am involved in a lot of things, but I should try my best to let the cause and effect get involved as little as possible.
Also, if you do one more good deed, think of it as accumulating good fortune and virtue for Dun Kong and He Zhi.
The day flies by.
By the time we got to dusk, we had arrived at the Panjiang River Basin.
Yang Qingshan stopped the car and motioned for us to spend the night here.
Namen had rested for a day and his body had recovered a lot. Except for his complexion, which was still a little bad, his movements were fine.
After Na Jin'er got off the car, she approached Yang Qingshan several times, as if she wanted to talk to Yang Qingshan, but in the end she ran into a wall and turned back.
Faintly, I could see a bit of stubbornness on Jin'er's childish face.
After all, Yang Qingshan is not old, but he is too mature.
At such a young age, Na Jin'er would naturally admire Yang Qingshan's display of skill and courage.
Nothing happened that night.
The next day we were on the road as usual, and at night we rested on the roadside.
By noon on the third day, Na Jin'er and the deathly look on her face disappeared.
Obviously, if I don't let them follow me and change their direction, I'm afraid they will die on that road today.
I motioned Yang Qingshan to go to the nearest town.
Yang Qingshan was thoughtful, but he still drove according to my wishes.
During this period, Na Meng remained silent, and Na Jin'er seemed to have noticed something.
She reached the car door and asked in a low voice: "Taoist Master Qingshan, can you tell me where you are a Taoist priest?"
Yang Qingshan seemed to take the trouble and cracked the whip hard.
The horse neighed and ran faster, and there was a thrust in the carriage!
Na Jin'er exclaimed, lost her balance, and fell inside the carriage.
Namen went to help her.
Na Jin'er broke away from Na Meng's hand. Her eyes were slightly red, and she didn't know whether it was because of grievance or pain.
She reached the car door again, bit her lip slightly, and wanted to speak again.
Yang Qingshan drove again, the horse's speed was faster, and even a gust of wind filled the door.
Na Jin'er grabbed the car door, her palms turned white.
I shook my head and then said: "Qiang people, Liu family." Jin'er was stunned for a moment, she lowered her head, as if she was reciting silently.
The next moment, she raised her head, with a grateful smile on her young and delicate face.
Before long, we arrived at a nearby town.
I took out a deposit slip and gave it to Namen, asking them to buy a car and a horse here and go on their way normally.
Of course, I checked their faces and there were no signs of death.
Namen thanked me again and again.
Na Jin'er became much quieter and turned sideways to salute me.
When Yang Qingshan and I left, I noticed from the car window that they had been standing at the entrance of the town watching us.
Suddenly, Na Jin'er broke free from Na Meng's hand and chased towards our carriage.
There was a soft snap, which was Yang Qingshan whipping his whip, and the carriage suddenly accelerated.
Jin'er's figure gradually becomes farther away from us...
The last thing I vaguely saw was the two clusters of crimson on her face due to her hurried running, like the first peach in spring, with some indescribable struggle.
After a while, the carriage slowed down a little.
Yang Qingshan suddenly said: "Li Yinyang, why don't you tire of it?"
He poked his head into the car to look at me.
I was slightly surprised, frowned and said, "What?"
"The girl."
"She is eleven or twelve years old, not much younger than you, so she is not considered a girl." I said.
Yang Qingshan: "..."
He pulled his head back and I heard another sentence.
"Master is right, women are troublesome. If you want to practice Taoism well, it's best to stay away from women."
My face froze.
Because I didn't expect that Liu Sanyuan actually taught Yang Qingshan this?
No wonder, Yang Qingshan turned a blind eye to Jin'er's admiration and overtures to Yang Qingshan.
"You will understand in the future. In this world, there are yin and yang, and there are men and women. If one really went into the mountains and forests to practice Taoism, the Liu family would have been cut off long ago." Yang Qingshan and I said.
Yang Qingshan seemed to be choked by me and said no more.
I paused for a moment and instinctively looked at the car window again.
"Yang Qingshan, I have a hunch that maybe you will meet Na Jin'er again."
These words came out of my mouth because I suddenly felt something in my heart.
"..." The only thing that responded to me was the sound of the wind.
The two of us traveled for another day or so, and in the evening of the fourth day, we saw the Red River.
Go back from the town entrance and return to Jiang Pan's home.
Everything was as if we had just left, Dunkong and Liu Zhengdao were practicing talismans.
He Zhi was not in the courtyard.
Su Yun and Jiang Munu were busy in the kitchen.
As soon as Yang Qingshan and I entered the courtyard, Dunkong and Liu Zhengdao stood up.
Dunkong ran towards me in surprise, and after saluting me, he came over and hugged my arm, his face even more joyful.
Liu Zhengdao and I nodded, and he looked at Yang Qingshan again.
However, Liu Zhengdao's brows instantly frowned, and there were knots between his brows and a few deep lines.
"Did you draw the second half of the Zhenshen Curse? Did you use a blood curse?"
"Yeah." Yang Qingshan nodded.
"Don't use it again." Liu Zhengdao said again, and he exhaled heavily.
Yang Qingshan neither nodded nor shook his head.
Liu Zhengdao looked at me and said, "Mr. Li, I have something to tell you."
He glanced sideways at Dunkong.