Chapter 51 Hell
The city is very small and there are not many houses in the city. Wu Dongfang carried firewood to the city gate. When he was two or three miles away, he found that several soldiers were inspecting a man entering the city. What they checked was not the cloth bag in the man's hand, but the man pulled open his clothes.
Seeing this, Wu Dongfang slowed down. At this time, many slaves were also marked on their chests. He was not sure whether these soldiers were chasing the escaped slaves or intercepting him. No matter what the situation was, he could not withstand the inspection, because there was a white tiger mark on his chest, which was the mark of the Golden Wizard. If these soldiers saw him, his whereabouts would be exposed immediately.
At this time, there were no more people on the road. If they turned around and left, the soldiers would immediately become suspicious.
After a brief consideration, Wu Dongfang did not turn around and leave, but kept his speed and walked towards the city gate. At this time, the city gate was not fully opened, which means that the soldiers had begun to close after it was dark.
In front of him there was an elderly man and woman. After the elderly man and woman approached the city gate, the gatekeeper stopped them.
The gatekeeper stopped them and said something to the two of them. The old lady rolled up her sleeves, while the old man unbuttoned the buttons on her chest.
The soldiers guarding the gate glanced at them, waved their hands at the two, signaling that they could enter the city.
Wu Dongfang understood that the soldiers guarding the city even checked the women, indicating that they were trying to make sure that the people entering the city were not escaped slaves.
But things were not that simple. The man who entered the city and the old man and the old ladies were stopped after they arrived at the city gate. If similar inspections were conducted every day, they would take the initiative to stop, unbutton their clothes or roll up their sleeves to let the soldiers check, but they didn't do that, but seemed a little surprised.
What does this situation mean? It means that this kind of inspection has only occurred recently, or has only begun to be strictly implemented recently.
The order received by the soldier may be to check carefully and not let the slaves enter the city, but for the person who issued this order, his purpose was to let the soldiers find him while inspecting the slaves.
It is hard to say whether Yunping was the person who issued this order, but this man is very smart. Looking for clues to him under the guise of checking slaves can not only set a huge obstacle to his escape, so that he cannot enter the city. It can also block the news that he has escaped. If the news of his escape is learned by the Jin clan, the Jin clan will definitely send a wizard to find and pick him up. As long as the Jin clan does not know that he has escaped, not only will he not send a wizard to pick him up, but the Tu clan can continue to use him to threaten the Jin clan.
At this time, there was no one in front of him, and he was less than a thousand meters away from the city gate. After the soldiers guarding the gate let the two old men go, several soldiers began to close the door. One of the soldiers found that Wu Dongfang was not far away, so he signaled the soldiers who closed the door to wait.
Wu Dongfang thought to himself that terrible. Now the soldiers' attention is on him. He began to consider whether to escape immediately. If he wanted to run, he would definitely run away, but if he escaped, he would reveal his identity. The other party would judge based on the time and place that he would be the one who escaped. If he didn't run, he would face an inspection, and the inspection would still be exposed.
After a brief and rapid thinking, Wu Dongfang started running, but instead of running back, he ran towards the city gate. While running, he deliberately made the shoulder pole tremble, and ran not far away, and the firewood was dispersed.
He stopped, tied it up again, pretended to tie it up, picked it up and left, and then left. The soldiers guarding the gate lost their patience and closed the city gate.
Wu Dongfang's forehead was covered with sweat beads. If he had not run to the city gate before, as soon as the firewood dispersed, the soldiers guarding the gate would suspect that he was deliberately delaying. Now the soldiers think that he wants to enter the city, but he just doesn't fear inspection. Since he is not afraid of inspection, he will naturally not be a slave.
After tying up the firewood, Wu Dongfang carried the firewood back and returned to the mountain after half an hour.
It was only then that he understood why Fei Mu didn't let him take the girl without a tongue. If the girl was not dead, he would definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of the Tu tribe.
Thinking of the girl and Fei Mu, Wu Dongfang felt instantly depressed. He didn't even know the girl's name, nor did he know how the Tu tribe would deal with the bodies of the two.
After a brief sadness, Wu Dongfang cheered up and continued to rush forward. At this time, the Tu people must still be looking for him in a hurry, but Dongfang should not be their main search direction. Even the other party's search should be behind him.
Thinking of this, he did not keep walking in the mountains. After bypassing this small city, he walked on the road. After walking for five or six miles, he threw away the firewood, put on light clothes, and ran quickly.
He never felt that running on the road would be so easy. He could run on the road for one night and run on the mountain for two days.
Not long after, the moon came out. Although it was just a crescent moon, it was better than darkness.
At around eleven o'clock, Wu Dongfang stopped, and there was a vague figure dozens of meters ahead.
The figure appeared in the middle of the night, and he didn't think about it right. The figure was standing still and moving. Wu Dongfang was not walking or retreating. He just stood on the road, confronting the figure dozens of meters away.
The figure was very hunched. It should be an old man or an old lady. It is 90% possible to be a ghost, but it is not normal for a human being.
More than ten minutes later, Wu Dongfang finally got angry and walked towards the figure, cursing as he walked, "Damn it, come and let me see your ghost."
After Wu Dongfang shouted, the figure began to move northward. When he moved, his limbs were not moving, and he was floating. He was really a ghost.
Seeing the ghost begin to move, he strode over, leaving the road and following the ghost into the grass beside the road, passing through the grass, and saw a grave in front of him. With the faint moonlight, he could see dozens of graves, both new and old, both tall and short, and the short ones were almost flat.
The ghost disappeared in front of a tall grave pile. This grave pile was not completely covered by snow. It can be seen from the pile of soil that the grave was not long.
Wu Dongfang rushed over and ran to the top of the grave and stomped his feet wildly, "What are you running, come out, come out!"
After stomping for a while, I couldn't relieve my hatred, I untied my belt and started peeing. After smearing, I took my pants up and said, "I dare to come out again, I will pick you out and burn it."
After cursing, peeing, and relieving his hatred, Wu Dongfang began to walk back, and turned around a few steps, and then turned back. What he feared most was that he saw scary things after turning back, but the more he was afraid of, the more he forced himself to turn back, and he had to overcome the fear in his heart, otherwise he would be scared to death by ghosts along the way.
After returning to his head more than a dozen times, Wu Dongfang returned to the road and began to run. After running a few steps, he became scared again. He felt afraid and forced himself to turn back again. After looking back, he found that there was nothing behind him.
When he found that there was nothing behind him, he still felt scared, cursed and turned around and ran back, and came to the graveyard in the grass again, and sat down from another pile of graves.
"Is there anyone who can talk? Come out and talk to me." Wu Dongfang said.
The surroundings were silent and there was no movement. He was so fierce, let alone ghosts, even the weasels active in the grave were scared away.
"You, come out for me." Wu Dongfang said, pointing to the grave where he had been peeing.
Still no movement.
"You come out and explain clearly why you are standing in the middle of the road. If you have a reasonable explanation, I will let you go. If it is just to scare me, I will really dig your grave." Wu Dongfang said loudly.
A few minutes later, a figure appeared. Because of the close distance, he saw clearly the ghost's appearance, an old lady with a hunched back.
"Come here." Wu Dongfang waved to the ghost.
The ghost did not dare to come over, so he knelt down on the spot and bowed to him repeatedly.
"Can you speak?" Wu Dongfang asked.
The ghost shook his head and made a strange sound from his mouth, almost the same as the hilarious fury before his death.
"Forget it, go down." Wu Dongfang waved his hand.
The ghost was like a general amnesty and bowed to Wu Dongfang, fading away.
Wu Dongfang was completely relieved, stood up and returned to the road, adjusted his breathing and ran again. People's fear of ghosts mainly stems from their fear of darkness. To put it bluntly, they are afraid of darkness. To put it further, they are afraid of the unknown hidden in the darkness. If ghosts come out in broad daylight and can see their appearance clearly, most people will not be afraid of them.
Only by seeing clearly can one be truly not afraid. It is not difficult to see things clearly at night. As long as there is spiritual energy in his body, it will be done. But he is now at a critical moment of escaping his life and he is not too late to run, so he has no time to practice magic.
After the previous incident, Wu Dongfang was brave and strides. He didn't know how wide the widest road was at this time, and he didn't know whether the road was the main road. He only knew that he was going east, leaving the Jiuzhou area controlled by the Tu tribe, going to the Wood tribe, and handing the wooden stick to an old wizard named Fei Qing. This was his promise to Fei Mu.
In the early morning, a city appeared again in front of me, smaller than the previous one, without a wall, and it should be a town.
When he comes into contact with people, he can easily reveal his whereabouts, but he runs all night and is tired and hungry, needs rest and even more food.
After weighing the trade-offs, he did not go to the town, but continued to run eastward. Before dawn, he ran forward for dozens of miles. After dawn, he returned to the mountains and searched for food while rushing. Soon he found a dead animal in the woods. Its nose was very long and its hair was short, a bit like a tapir. The animal did not die for a long time and its eyes were not turbid.
After observation, Wu Dongfang gave up. There were wolf footprints around this strange animal. If the animal could eat it, the wolf would never give up this delicious meal. Surviving in the wild is not as simple as eating whatever you encounter. You also need to know how to distinguish what you can eat and what you can’t eat.
The earth slopes are not everywhere, and hedgehogs can be found at any time. However, he was very lucky and found a chestnut tree. He found a lot of chestnuts in the snow and leaves under the tree. This is a good thing.
The sun rose and the light became bright. Only then did he dare to make a fire, lay chestnuts, and light a bonfire. He took out the practice method written by Fei Mu in his arms. After a few glances, he felt that he couldn't see it, so he rolled it back in his arms. Practice requires full concentration, and human energy is limited. Using it with all your heart is a taboo among the taboos. The most urgent task is not to practice magic, but to cheer up and escape.
Wu Dongfang ate a few of the braised chestnuts, and the rest was kept in his arms. These chestnuts were enough for him to eat for two days.
Chapter completed!