"Why do you have to choose me? Why don't you choose Big Ball and Little Ball? Why don't you choose Jiu Mengzi and just bully me, a little kid?" Speaking of sadness, Shantong fell to the ground and burst into tears.
Du Jie was a little at a loss for a moment. Seeing the mountain boy crying into tears, he had no choice but to use his energy to coax the child, gently walked up to him, and stroked his little head with his hand.
"If you are unwilling to follow me, next time you see Prajna Monk, I will ask him to take you back."
After hearing this, the mountain boy first glanced at Du Jie happily, then sighed and said: "Forget it, the old man said that I can do this job, and he doesn't worry about others doing it. But you are such a bad person, you have to do it." My brain is damaged and I still can’t react.”
Du Jie's face turned red when he was told that he really didn't hear anything. The monster came to him silently. If it weren't for Shantong, he would have ended up explaining it today.
The mountain boy cried for a while and saw that Du Jie didn't speak to him, so he felt it was meaningless and simply stopped crying. He stared at Du Jie, and then said to Du Jie with a mature look that shouldn't appear on his face: " Young man, you’d better practice short term!”
Du Jie looked down at the mountain boy who was half shorter than himself and was speechless. Seeing that Du Jie was silent, Shantong raised his eyes and continued with a proud look on his face: "Actually, it's normal that you didn't react. That thing comes and goes without a trace. If you don't know its weakness, you can't do it like this I can hit five.”
Du Jie turned around and took a closer look at the monster lying on the ground. This thing looked like a human, but it was much taller than a human. Its whole body was wrapped in ivy, and it suddenly looked like a tree that had become a spirit.
"What is this?"
"How would I know."
"You don't know? Then how do you know the weakness of this thing?"
"I don't know, I just beat it flat. I mean it can hit five like you."
Is this mountain boy unable to speak well after following the Prajna monk? He chokes on every sentence.
Shantong glanced at Du Jie contemptuously and then said: "But this thing must have been made together. I didn't see what was inside. There should be maidenhair vines on the outside to protect the things inside."
"Laden vine? The kind of vine that soldiers use for water armor?"
The maidenhair vine is an extremely rare vine. After being dried and woven into a soldier's armor, it is not only extremely light but also invulnerable. And this armor can float in the water, making it invincible in water battles. During the Battle of Longfeng Lake many years ago, the former navy marshal relied on a battalion of rattan armor soldiers to defend Longfeng Lake for five years. If it hadn't been for the betrayal by spies later, I'm afraid the previous dynasty would have survived for many more years.
This monster's coat is actually made of maidenhair vine? This is really strange. Because of the Battle of Longfeng Lake, this dynasty has banned the private possession of maidenhair vines among the people. How come there is such a thing in this southerly place?
When the mountain boy saw that Du Jie was silent, he turned around and continued to play with the dead monster. After pulling off all the iron wire vines on his face, the monster revealed its true appearance.
Du Jie glanced at it, and then his heart beat wildly.
This monster has a little black hair on its face and looks like a human face, but there are two black stripes on the eyelids and deep-set eye sockets, resembling an ape.
The mountain boy curled his lips and said, "Mandrill."
"Mandrill? Is this a mandrill?" Du Jie pointed in disbelief at the monster whose face was covered in mud.
The mountain boy looked like he had never seen the world before, and cleared his throat: "Cough...cough...cough, I saw this thing every day when I was on the mountain, so it's not a rare thing."
Du Jie thought that you were only a little older, as if you knew everything.
Seeing his reaction, Shantong knew that Du Jie had underestimated him. He pointed at Du Jie's nose angrily and said: "I have lived for seven hundred and thirty-two years. The old man said that if I want to live for more than a thousand years, I can make a mountain god. In terms of seniority, you can call me ancestor and I won't even mention it." I agree. When I was in Yandang Mountain, I saw neither a hundred nor an eighty."
Du Jie was surprised at the mountain boy's age and wondered how the Prajna monk found these elves-like things.
"Shantong, now that you're out, don't be in a hurry to go back. Do you know what happened before?"
"What happened? Did you get beaten up and bruised in the face at 'Guixu'?"
Du Jie was about to say that Shantong was really good at choking people, but he heard Shantong say again: "Are you being followed?"
Du Jie was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then looked around nervously. At this time, the mountain boy picked up a stone from the ground, and did not see how he exerted his strength. The stone rushed towards the blind spot behind Du Jie like an arrow from the string.
At the same time, something flew out from the opposite side. The two things collided in the air and then broke into a ball. Du Jie looked intently and saw that the stone was knocked down by a piece of bamboo in the air.
At this time, the mountain boy's little eyes immediately widened, and then he was so angry that he plucked two handfuls of stones from the stone next to him.
"I told you to stop!" After saying that, the mountain boy put his hands forward and threw out all the dozens of stones of different sizes. Suddenly a sound broke through the air.
The person in front obviously didn't expect this, and he managed to avoid the stones in a flash. Just when the mountain boy was about to make a new move, the person in front shouted: "Slow down!"
Du Jie sounded familiar. He stopped the mountain boy with his hand and said with a cold face: "Stop being sneaky and come out."
Then the man walked out of the shadows. Du Jie was obviously stunned when he saw it: "Is it you?"
This person was the young man in front of the Iron Masked Man, and somehow he met him here again.
Du Jie suppressed the anger in his heart, clasped his fists and said, "Is there anything else you can do?"
Except for the slight change in the mountain boy's expression when he saw it for the first time, the young man then became expressionless again. He looked at Du Jie and said, "Master asked me to see if you have gone down the mountain."
Du Jie understood that he was afraid that he would get into trouble and cause trouble to the Iron Mask Man, but at this time he was really worried about Su Xiaodie. Although he knew that Miao Village was difficult to break into, he still wanted to give it a try.
Du Jie said with some guilt in his heart: "I won't cause any trouble for you two when I go to Miao Village. Even if I am arrested, I will definitely not drag you two down."
The young man shook his head, and Du Jie could only hold back his anger and said, "I'm sorry, I won't leave until my friend is found."
The young man shook his head again. Just when Du Jie thought he was going to stop him, the young man said again: "If you go to the Miao Village, I can help you."
"you help me?"
"That's right, it's extremely dangerous to get to Miao Village. If you don't have a guide, you won't be able to get there."
"Why are you helping me?"
"Master's order."
"Him? Isn't he unwilling to let me go?"
"It is indeed Master's order."
Du Jie looked at the young man in front of him, not knowing how true or false his words were. He thought for a while, finally nodded and said, "Excuse me, sir, I haven't asked for your name yet."
"Me? My name is Ya'er."
"Ya'er? Is this your name?"
"yes."
"Then...Brother Ya, what's the way forward?"
"go back!"
After saying that, Ya'er turned around and opened the way in front. Du Jie hurriedly pulled Shantong to follow him. The moment Du Jie took Shantong's hand, Shantong disappeared. Then Du Jie felt a sensation on his back. There's a strange feeling.
The mountain boy actually went back again.
Du Jie didn't dare to think too much and strode forward to catch up.
Ya'er walked in front, Du Jie followed behind. Ya'er's reaction was also a bit strange, turning a blind eye to Shantong's disappearance.
"You have some skills as a boy. Wooden Mandrill has not suffered such a loss for many years, and this time he was beaten to death. Not to mention, he is immune to the Miao Gu. This is a big deal for the Miao village. It's a big deal. If those two women take the news back, you will be in big trouble."
"so what should I do now?"
"Follow me. I've marked them. If we leave now, we should be able to catch up with them."
This man is so meticulous and scheming. Those two women just now have nothing to do with him. He actually had the idea of tracking him.
Du Jie was thankful to have his help, but at the same time he was secretly wary.
The two of them walked forward in the woods. It was almost midnight, and the moonlight was shining on the ground, reflecting the white snow. Ya'er led Du Jie back and forth, and there were clearly no obstacles in some places, but Ya'er pulled Du Jie to the side and walked a few dozen feet away before turning back. Some places looked ordinary, but when Ya'er threw a stone, several huge pythons pounced on them from nowhere.
The thrills along the way made Du Jie break into a cold sweat. If he had come alone, he would have died here before he found the Miao village.
About half an hour later, Ya'er suddenly stopped. He turned around and gave Du Jie a look. Du Jie understood that the two women should be not far away.
Sure enough, when they calmed down, they heard someone whispering something not far away.
Du Jie focused his ears to listen. The two spoke very fast, as if they were having an argument. What they said was not in Chinese. Du Jie was confused. On the other hand, after hearing this, Ya'er next to her had a vague sneer on her lips.
Ya'er said to Du Jie behind him: "Wait for me here for a while, and leave these two people to me."
After saying that, without waiting for Du Jie to say anything else, he lowered his body and ran over in a hurry.
Not long after, two exclamations came from not far away, followed by the sound of swords clashing, and then the surroundings became quiet again.
Du Jie was a little worried about Ya'er's condition, but he didn't dare to move. Just when he was in a state of flux, Ya'er slowly walked back dragging the two women.
When Du Jie approached, Ya'er took out a dagger from her arms and said to Du Jie, "You come and I come?"
"What's coming?"
"Of course I killed them. They saw you and me. Let them go back. Not only will you be in trouble, Master and I will also not be able to live in peace."
Du Jie was originally a soldier and was decisive in killing. I wonder if he has been away from the battlefield for too long. My mind became a little pitiful.
"Instead of dying, knock them unconscious, tie them up, and let them fend for themselves."
"You can't get anything done if you're indecisive like this."
Seeing that Du Jie was unwilling to take action, Ya'er turned around and wanted to take action himself. At this time, one of the women said in broken Chinese: "You wolf bastard, grandma is really blind, letting you stay here."
