In late autumn, firewood is dry and most likely to burn. In just a moment, a big fire burned at the entrance of the cave. Villagers around him threw dry firewood on the fire from time to time. Some people took their clothes and fanned the fireworks into the cave. For a moment, thick smoke rolled into the cave.
For a while, I couldn't hear the movement inside, and someone couldn't help but say, "That beast must have been smoked into it, right?"
"If it's really frightened, that's better. Don't let's spend time." Someone said next to him.
At this moment, he heard a strange cry, and a black shadow had already emerged from the cave, with a very fast speed, like a cheetah. The villagers suddenly exclaimed, and Han Yi shouted loudly: "Don't panic, don't let it run away."
The black shadow jumped over the fire and rushed out. A villager saw the black shadow hitting him. He couldn't react and was hit hard. He screamed "Ouch" and was knocked away. Fortunately, the villagers next to him were ready, so he swung the wooden stick in his hand and beat the black shadow hard.
The wooden stick hit the black shadow on the shoulder, and the black shadow didn't say anything, and it was obvious that it wanted to rush out of the siege, but everyone surrounded it, and the wooden sticks smashed towards the black shadow one after another. Yang Ning could see clearly behind it and saw a layer of black hair all over the body, but the black hair had no luster and was quite sparse. As the old man said before, this beast was really standing with legs.
After more than a dozen sticks were beaten, the black shadow had no way out and had already nestled on the ground, allowing everyone to fall down, and no longer avoided resistance.
Seeing a villager raising the hoe in his hand and about to smash it down according to the shadow, Yang Ning suddenly shouted: "Stop!"
His shout suddenly came, shocking everyone, looking at him, Yang Ning squeezed forward and said, "Don't beat him anymore, he is not a beast, haven't you seen it yet?"
After the black shadow came out, he was covered in black hair and was extremely fast. He dodged left and right. The villagers were all nervous, afraid that they would escape by the black shadow. They were determined to kill the black shadow. How could they see what the black shadow was? Anyway, they could see enough after being beaten to death. At this moment, when they heard Yang Ning say this, Han Yi couldn't help but take a closer look, then snatched a wooden stick from the villagers next to him, poked it.
"He is a human being." Yang Ning sighed, "You want to kill him, but you will go to prison."
Everyone was shocked and saw the black shadow trembling all over. The sharp-eyed man finally saw it and shouted: "That's not the hair on his body, that's...that's clothes."
Han Yi finally saw clearly at this time that the layer of black hair wrapped around it was actually a cloak that only wealthy families had.
Cloaks are also divided into four seasons. The thin and cool things on your body in summer, while the cloaks in winter are thick and warm. Those with strong financial resources may even make cloaks with animal skins. The fur of bear and leopard is the most noble. The cloak on the black shadow in front of you is a cloak made of animal skins.
Several torches moved forward, and at this time people finally saw clearly that a person was wrapped tightly in a cloak, his whole body was trembling, his head was lowered, and his black and messy hair was mixed with the cloak. It was really hard to tell at night, and no wonder he was mistaken for a mountain beast.
Yang Ning originally wanted to see what rare mountain beasts were on the mountain. He found that it was a man wrapped in a cloak, and he felt a little disappointed, but he was also confused. This cloak was of great value and could not be owned by such remote areas. Even in some county towns, such expensive cloaks may not exist.
But this man was wrapped in a precious cloak that would never appear in such a place. Logically speaking, his identity was naturally unusual. Even if he was not a high-ranking official, he would definitely have no worries about food and clothing. However, this man was hiding in the mountains like a wild beast, and even ate by stealing chickens and dogs, and his whole body was full of strangeness.
Yang Ning leaned forward a little closer, half bent down, and tried to make his voice gentler: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, no one will hurt you."
The man's whole body shook. When he heard Yang Ning's voice, he finally slowly raised his head. Under the fire, someone saw the man's face and screamed.
Not only the villagers next to him, Yang Ning was also surprised to see the man's face.
I saw this man with a scattered hair, a sloppy beard, and a dirt-faced face, but half of his face on his right was covered with bumps, as if he had been burned by fire. The bumps of flesh had become tumors, making this face look very terrifying.
However, this man's eyes were still bright, and his eyes were filled with horror. Seeing Yang Ning in front of him, the man immediately showed hostility and a low growl came from his throat.
"I know you're scared, but no one here will hurt you." Although this person has an ugly face, he is in a miserable situation. Yang Ning said softly: "Are you hungry? Where is your home?"
As he spoke, he walked forward two steps, which seemed casual, but was fully alert. Looking at the speed of this person just now, it was not a body skill that ordinary people could possess. When Yang Ning saw his eyes were hostile, he was also worried that he would suddenly pounce on him.
"Hungry...hungry...!" The man suddenly said in a vague way: "Eat...hungry...hungry...hungry...hungry!"
When Yang Ning heard that the person was quite verbal and could only repeat these two sentences, he felt even more surprised and asked: "Don't be anxious, answer my question first, we will get you some food. Tell us, who are you? Why are you here?"
Seeing Yang Ning's expression soft, it seemed to be without hostility. The hostility in his eyes also diminished a lot, but he was still frightened. Seeing Yang Ning approaching, he couldn't help but move backwards, and still said, "Hungry...I'm eating...I'm hungry..."
Han Yi approached Yang Ning and whispered: "Little brother, this person... this person doesn't seem to have a bright mind, he seems to... not understand what you are talking about."
"How old do you think he is?" Yang Ning had actually seen that this person's brain seemed to be really problematic, at least he could not communicate like a normal person. The person was wrapped in a black cloak, with only one face and a beard on his face. At first glance, he looked like a beggar wandering around.
Han Yi looked at it and shook his head and said, "I can't see it either, but I should be there when I was thirty or forty years old."
"It seems that he is a troubled person who is wandering outside." Yang Ning said: "He should be very hungry when he steals chickens into the village."
Han Yi whispered: "The clothes on him should be made of animal skin, and they look like they are... it seems to be bear skin. Could it be stole from somewhere?"
"This kind of bear skin cloak is priceless. Not only is it expensive, but even if you have silver in your hands, you may not be able to buy it." Yang Ning swept the man, "Not to mention an ordinary family, even a wealthy family, you may not be able to get such a cloak. Who has such a cloak, which is naturally treasured like a treasure, and how can it be easily stolen by someone?"
Han Yi nodded slightly, only to think what Yang Ning said made sense, and asked softly: "Little brother, is the owner of this cloak? But as you said, this cloak is very expensive and not useful to ordinary people. Why... why does he have such a cloak? Who is he?"
"I want to know too." Yang Ning sighed lightly, "But we are afraid we won't know for a while." After thinking about it, he said, "Let's do this, let's take him down the mountain first. No matter what, you can't let him stay on the mountain like this. Go back and report to the official and ask the government to check what the person is. If he finds his family, the village's losses should be compensated."
He doubted in his heart whether this was a lost family member of a wealthy family. Because he was not smart, he was wandering away. If this was the case, his family would definitely report to the official early. When the government learned that this person appeared here, it would be easy for him to return home.
Han Yi and the villagers had only thought that it was a mountain beast that took away the chickens from the village. At this time, they found that it was an individual, so naturally they would not really make things difficult for this person. They also felt that they could only do it according to the method Yang Ning said.
"We're going to eat now." Yang Ning said to the man with a smile: "Do you want to eat together? If you are hungry, you have to eat. We have something to eat."
The man just looked at Yang Ning and didn't speak.
Yang Ning smiled, turned around and walked a few steps, but saw that the man had already stood up, followed behind Yang Ning, and repeated: "Eat...eat...hungry..."
Han Yi was still thinking about how to bring this person back to the village. Unexpectedly, Yang Ning led the ugly man over with a few words. He saw Yang Ning walking down the mountain. The ugly man seemed to be worried that Yang Ning would disappear and not see him. He followed behind and kept repeating the two sentences. The villagers looked at each other, thinking that things were really strange tonight, and they didn't delay it at the moment. They put out the pile of firewood to avoid igniting the trees in the mountain, and then went down the mountain.
Yang Ning looked back from time to time and saw the man's cloak being dragged on the ground. When he was walking, his feet were exposed, and there were no shoes on his feet. He was bare-legged and thick dirt stuck to his feet. He knew that this man must have suffered a lot.
Yang Ning walked in the front, with the ugly man following behind him, always keeping a few steps away, while Han Yi led a group of villagers to follow him.
After entering the village, Gu Qinghan was already waiting in the village with the young and old people in the village. When she saw Yang Ning, she came forward and lowered her voice and said angrily: "You kid, you know that there is no rule to go out. You don't listen to me now, right? Who told you to run around?" Although she blamed her, her concern was beyond words.
Before Yang Ning could speak, he saw Gu Qinghan stunned for a moment. He looked at the ugly man behind Yang Ning. Seeing that the ugly man had an extremely ugly face and dressed even more strangely. Gu Qinghan frowned and asked in a low voice: "Then...who is that?"
Chapter completed!