Before, he thought that the wound on the child's leg and the blood flowing out were due to contamination with loess, and he didn't think much about it. Later, the child's normal reaction made him realize that something was wrong, and he stared at the child's wound again.
Observation led to such discovery.
How could there be golden blood in this world? He didn't understand. He didn't find any abnormality in the child's skin color or eyes.
I rubbed away the golden blood with my fingertips, looked at it carefully, and then put it in front of my nose to smell it. There was also a normal smell of blood, but it seemed that the color was just different.
Placed elsewhere, he would definitely not be able to find the direction of his reverie, but here, words like "Golden Valley" and "Golden Ruins" would flash through his mind from time to time. Coupled with the single-edged halberd tattoo on the child's chest, he had
There is reason to wonder if it is related to the Jinxu. There is reason to wonder if it is because the Wu clan members are halberd-wielding people.
But at this time, he couldn't help but think too much here. He couldn't figure out when Wu An and the others would return to that position. He walked aside and squatted by the stream, washed off the golden blood on his hands, blew out the fire stick, and quickly
Leave.
Not long after, he returned to the original place, walked around the pool again, looked around, waved his sleeves to sweep away the dust on the ground, sat on the hardened loess, and waited slowly, still thinking about what he had just done.
thing.
The child just now also gave some inspiration. It is not easy to find out something from adults in this place, so we might as well start with children...
He didn't wait too long, and after a while, Wu An came back with Nan Zhu and others.
Seeing Yu Qing meditating cross-legged, Wu An felt relieved and asked him to leave together.
Nanzhu and others subconsciously looked around, especially the two senior brothers. They were sure that Lao Shiwu had definitely done something just now.
The problem is, they don't know what Old Fifteen can do or what the situation in front of them can do.
And this is what the two of them admire about Yu Qing. Often when the two of them have no clue, Old Fifteen will already see the opportunity and react.
The group did not leave from the original road. Wu An led them out of the nearest hole with earthen steps, and they were again in the sea of grape plants outside.
Looking around, Wu An asked them again, "Everyone, where else do you want to see?"
Everyone also looked around, and Yu Qing finally pointed to the long-coveted canyon, "That canyon looks good, how about we go take a look?"
Nanzhu immediately echoed, "Wow."
Mu Aotie also hummed.
Qiao Qie'er, whose face was covered with a gauze scarf, flashed in her mind the scene of several people searching back and forth in Jinguo's Golden Valley. Now it was another Grand Canyon. Even if she didn't know the situation, she guessed that she had come all the way here.
It's for the canyon.
Wu An did not refuse, and took them directly across the grape fields and towards the Grand Canyon.
The group walked for almost half an hour before they arrived. Standing at the entrance of the canyon, a whistling wind blew by, causing several people's clothes to fly.
Looking at Qiao Qie'er with fluttering skirts, Yu Qing stepped forward to block her from the wind without thinking too much.
This small gesture made Qiao Qier's mouth smile under her veil, and her eyes looking at Yu Qing were tender and affectionate. She also subconsciously moved closer to Yu Qing's back, breathing in his breath.
As a landowner, Wu An stood at the forefront and introduced to everyone, "The Great Rift Valley is nearly ten feet wide, about five miles long, and the highest point is about two hundred feet."
Nanzhu asked, "Is the name of this place called the Great Rift Valley?"
Wu An said with a smile: "How can there be a name for the mountain pass in a remote place? It just looks like what it is called. Many guests who come to Rift Valley Villa will come here to take a look at this seemingly split mountain.
, it looks strange after all.”
Yu Qing: "It's just such a rift valley, but people often come to play?"
Wu An: "We often don't talk about it. It's normal to have several times a year." He extended his hand and asked everyone to follow him inside.
Yu Qing groaned and followed the crowd with his footsteps, thinking in his mind. If it is true as the other party said, outsiders can be visited at will, then it means that this canyon is not a forbidden area.
The ground in the canyon was rugged and there were no signs of road construction. Yu Qing observed as he walked, trying to find traces of crushing. After all, the large amount of gold that appeared in Xiaoyunjian might have come from here.
There are no traces of man-made excavations on the mountain walls on both sides. The wind passing through the mountain blows from time to time. There are only traces of time on each stone and nothing else.
Nanzhu and Mu Aotie were also observing along the way, carefully observing whether there was anything unusual.
After the group crossed the entire canyon, there was another vast stretch of Gobi in front of them, an even more desolate place.
There was nothing to see, so the group turned back. On the way back, the three brothers were still observing.
Qiao Qier was keeping an eye on them secretly.
Wu An pointed at the more prominent scenery of the canyon from time to time to introduce it, and the three brothers did not see anything unusual in him.
After leaving the Great Rift Valley, in front of us was the Zhuangzi with scattered houses.
Yu Qing looked at the sky and saw that it would not get dark for a while, so he said: "Brother Wu, this Zhuangzi is quite interesting, why not go shopping." He gave the two senior brothers a wink.
Wu An hesitated, "It's almost dinner time, I'm afraid a dinner reception has been prepared over there."
Nanzhu laughed and said: "It's not dark yet, this is a dinner party. We are not ordinary people, and they don't get hungry easily. This Zhuangzi does look interesting. Brother Wu, please show us the local customs."
Wu An smiled bitterly, "They are all a group of country people, I'm afraid it will hinder the view."
Yu Qing: "Aren't they all of your race?"
Wu An nodded and guessed what he meant, "We are from the same clan, and I don't mean to belittle it, but the reality is that it is impossible to have so many cultivation resources for all the clan members, and most people can only be ordinary people. It is useless for me to beautify myself.
, you have seen it, they are just a bunch of country people.”
He sighed and didn't say much. He stretched out his hand to indicate that since he wanted to see it, he would take it for a look.
A group of people walked down the slope and merged into the village.
The place is still deserted. Except for some children playing around, there are no adults in sight. Most of them are still busy in the vineyards.
As for the children, they were having a lot of fun. As soon as they saw strangers, they immediately hid in the house. With Yu Qing and others' perceptive abilities, they saw pairs of peeping eyes behind the crack in the door.
Nanzhu asked: "Brother Wu, do we look like bad people? Why are you hiding behind the door and looking at us?"
Wu An laughed and said: "The children here are all afraid of strangers. Of course, they are also influenced by those monsters. When meeting strangers, they feel it is safer to hide. Children, if you have any negligence, you don't have to worry about it."
After wandering around, they almost reached the entrance of the village. The group met the young man who led the way when they first arrived, and he was still building the wall of his home with yellow mud.
Hearing the noise, the young man turned around and grinned when he saw it was them.
Nanzhu was also happy, "Finally I met someone who is not afraid of life."
Wu An explained the reason why the young man was not afraid of strangers, "He has led you before. He knows that you are here to eliminate demons and knows that you are not bad people."
Nanzhu said "Oh, that's it" and waved to the young man. The young man also waved his hand happily.
Yu Qing looked around and then his eyes fell on the young man. Then he walked to the edge of Nanzhu inadvertently and tried to touch Nanzhu's feet. Nanzhu turned around and Yu Qing gave him a wink.
After that, Yu Qing left the group and walked towards a simple pavilion made of wooden boards and dusty. As he walked, he turned his back and waved, saying: "You guys can continue shopping. It seems that this is all, I won't leave."
, I’ll sit here to rest and wait for you.”
Nanzhu quickly looked around, then pointed to a building in the village and said, "Goodbye, let's go together. Look at that big stone house over there. Let's go and see it together."
Yu Qing had already walked to the pavilion, turned around and sat down on the crossbar that served as a stool, waving his hands and saying: "I'm not going, I'm not going, I'll wait for you here."
Nanzhu: "You are the one who wants to visit, and you are the one who is lazy. Let's ignore him. He's already here. Brothers and sisters, let's go and see that stone house together." He waved his hand.
Mu Aotie also said: "This is the only stone house among the earthen houses. Go and have a look."
Qiao Qier remained silent. She could tell that these three people must be cooperating in secret.
Wu An explained: "You three, that stone house is just a place for people in the village to wash clothes, and there is underground water underneath."
"Oh, you have to experience washing clothes in this dry place." Nanzhu chuckled, put his hands on his big belly, and walked away first.
Mu Aotie followed, glanced at Yu Qing's Qiao Qier and had no choice but to follow.
Wu An was quite speechless. He cupped his hands towards Yu Qing and asked him to wait while he quickly caught up with Nan Zhu and others.
After watching these people disappear behind the mud houses, Yu Qing looked around, stood up, and walked straight to the boy who was building a wall with mud. He smiled and said hello, "Do you want my help?"
"
The young man looked back, smiled, turned around and waved his hand: "No need..."
Before he finished speaking, Yu Qing suddenly tripped over a stone and stumbled forward. He seemed to have subconsciously grabbed the young man's clothes and tore them open at the front of his chest.
The young man quickly supported him to prevent him from falling.
Yu Qing had already stood firm and said cheerfully: "Don't worry, you can't knock me down." His eyes moved away from the young man's bare chest. It was indeed naked. Although it was obvious that he hadn't taken a shower for a long time, the skin on his chest was still intact.
There was nothing out of the ordinary, and I didn’t see what I wanted to see.
Using both hands, he helped the boy rearrange the clothes that were torn off his chest.
The young man suddenly let go and said with an extremely apologetic look, "I didn't mean to do it."
Yu Qing looked down and saw that it was nothing. It was just that when the other party helped him in a hurry, the mud on his hands was stained on his clothes. He immediately smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay."
Seeing that he didn't blame him, the young man felt relieved and continued to build the wall.
Yu Qing looked around, rolled up his sleeves, leaned over and grabbed the mixed mud in his hands, slapped it on the wall, and helped to paste the wall together.
The young man was shocked when he saw this, and quickly said no. When he was pulling and fidgeting with his four hands, the young man felt a sting on his hand, and he let out a slight cry. Then he stopped his hand and scraped away the mud on the painful finger, only to see a bright red stain.
Blood oozed out, as if it had been pricked by thorns in the mud.
Fortunately, nothing happened and the puncture wound was almost invisible.
Yu Qing stared at the red blood on his hand and frowned slightly.
The young man shook his hand and didn't take it seriously, and continued to say to Yu Qing: "Sir, you really don't need it, your hands will be dirty."
Yu Qing spread his hands and said, "It's already dirty. It's okay. I think it's fun."
Seeing that he insisted on doing this, the young man had no choice but to give up and continue to scrape mud against the wall.
The two of them worked together and talked and laughed together.
"May I have your name?"
"Stone, Wu Dashi."
"Where are your parents?"
"Working in the grape fields."
"How long can you survive?"
"Come back when it gets dark."
While they were talking, suddenly there was a smell of cigarette smoke. Yu Qing and the boy both looked back and saw the dirty old man holding a dry cigarette in his mouth appeared again.
The old man was leaning against the courtyard wall of the house next door, smoking and looking at this side with turbid eyes.
The young man lowered his head slightly, stopped talking immediately, and concentrated on his work.
Yu Qing also looked at the old man, a little confused. He wondered if he was distracted and didn't hear. He didn't know when the old man appeared nearby.
The old man released his body from the wall, walked over with a slight stoop, and walked up to Yu Qing. After taking a puff of cigarette, he sighed, "How can you let your distinguished guest do dirty work?"
The young man's head drooped lower and lower.
Yu Qing hurriedly explained: "It's none of his business. I haven't gotten over the wall like this. It looks fun, but I have to play it."
The old man puffed away his cigarette and stared at him silently with his cloudy eyes.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and Nanzhu and his party came back.
Seeing Yu Qing here, they all came over immediately. When Wu An saw the mud on Yu Qing's hand, he immediately shouted: "Shitou, how can you let this distinguished guest do such a job?"
Yu Qing was helpless and hurriedly explained it again.
Nan Zhu and Mu Aotie's eyes met each other, while Qiao Qie'er was staring at the mud on Yu Qing's hand, obviously confused.
After the matter was explained clearly, the group left. Wu An bowed respectfully to the dirty old man before leaving.
After walking far away, Yu Qing couldn't help but ask: "Who is this old man?"
Wu An simply said: "Currently the highest-ranking person in the family."
Yu Qing said oh, and looked back from time to time, only to find that the old man was also looking over here with a cigarette in his mouth.
The group wandered around for a while until they returned to the room where they stayed. Wu An then took his leave and said that he would arrange a dinner for them and asked them to wait.
After watching him leave, Nanzhu gave Yu Qing a wink, and immediately returned to his room with Mu Aotie.
Yu Qing also accompanied Qiao Qier back to the room and found that all daily necessities were ready.
There were no outsiders, and as soon as Qiao Qier took off her veil, Yu Qing hugged her waist from behind and whispered in her ear: "You check the room first, I'll go to Lao Qi's place."
Qiao Qier hummed, understanding what he meant and worried that there was something fishy in the room.
Yu Qing let go of her, turned around, walked out of the door and went straight to the two senior brothers' rooms.
When he pushed open the door over there and broke into their room, he immediately smelled the aroma of wine. He saw Mu Aotie searching the room and knocking on the walls and floor to listen to the sound. Nanzhu poured a glass of grape wine there.
Enjoy at your leisure.
Seeing him coming, Nanzhu said it tasted good and motioned for him to have a drink too, but Yu Qing shook his head.
After Mu Aotie searched the room thoroughly and confirmed that there was no problem, Yu Qing asked Nanzhu in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid that the wine is poisonous?"
Nanzhu chuckled: "We have just arrived. They know nothing about us and they don't know the depth yet. They won't poison you directly. Let's talk about what you are making. Did you find anything?" This was exactly what he said.
The reason why the other party came.
Yu Qing did not hide anything from them. He lowered his voice and told him about the child he found in the culvert of the vineyard.
Nan and Mu were both in disbelief after hearing this. Nan Zhu, who was holding the wine glass, exclaimed in a low voice, "Golden blood?"
Mu Aotie: "What's going on?"
Yu Qing: "I don't know what's going on."
Nanzhu: "Is the bloodline of the Wu family so extraordinary?"
Yu Qing shook his head: "I had the same idea as you at first, but now I think it may not be as simple as we thought. I saw the boy who was stuck against the wall just now. There was no tattoo of the single-edged halberd on his chest, or even any tattoos.
, and there is blood, blood of normal color."
Nanzhu was suspicious, "You mean, the child who fell into the trap was not from the Wu clan?"
Yu Qing: "I have this suspicion, and then I think about it. The thing in the trap is not an ordinary animal trap. The bite force is too strong for ordinary people, and it is a little weak against monks."
Nanzhu was shocked, and Mu Aotie also felt something, and said: "Is it a trap specially designed to deal with that child?"
Yu Qing nodded, "If the child is really a member of the Wu family, how could Rift Valley Villa set up such a trap on its own territory to deal with its own child? Now thinking about the child's behavior, it is indeed very abnormal. It is different from the previous villagers.
The feelings of those children I saw were completely different.”
Nanzhu was confused, "But you also said that the child has the Rift Valley Villa's clan emblem on his chest. If he is not a member of the Wu clan, why did he use the Wu clan's clan emblem?"
Yu Qing shook his head, "This is also something I can't figure out."
In the living room, which had hosted Yu Qing and others, Wu Heyun stood in front of the terrace with his hands folded, looking at the villagers who kept appearing in the grape fields outside. The villagers were finishing their work and going home one after another.
Outside the hall, Wu An hurriedly arrived, quickly walked behind him and saluted, "Master of the Third Village."
Wu Heyun looked back and asked: "How is the situation?"
Wu An: "After selecting the guest room, I accompanied them to the wine cellar, the grape fields, the Great Rift Valley, and walked around the residents in the village, and then came back. So far, it seems that they are still
I have no intention of leaving."
Wu Heyun: "At first glance, they don't look like people who are here to slay demons. They should be a group of people traveling around. Please continue to accompany them so that we can get together and relax. In a place like this, they just want to be fresh and stay.
It won’t take a few days, and I’ll leave naturally then.”
"Yes." Wu An agreed.
Wu Hejun turned around and waved, "Let's go and entertain the guests together."
Later, on a large terrace on the cliff, the three owners of the village personally hosted a banquet for several distinguished guests who came to ward off demons at the Rift Valley Villa. They rolled up their sleeves and personally went to barbecue for the distinguished guests, and even entertained them with fine wines.
The reception was very grand. When the sky darkened completely, the guests and hosts left happily...
It's late at night, and the bright moon shines brightly.
On the balcony of the room, Qiao Qie'er, who had washed away all the dust from her travels, had long hair and a shawl, and looked gentle and gentle, leaning on Yu Qing's arms, looking at the bright moon, with melancholy in her eyes, and occasionally murmuring a few words in response behind her.
In fact, she had many things to ask Yu Qing, such as what happened during the day, but in the end she didn't ask anything.
Yu Qing hugged her, sniffed her hairline, gradually became emotional, and rubbed her ears and temples together.
If it weren't for the fact that no one was around at night, Qiao Jie'er wouldn't tolerate hugging like this outside. How could there be anything else? After feeling something was wrong, Qiao Jie'er immediately turned around, pushed him away, ran away, and quickly returned to the house.
.
Yu Qing turned around and followed immediately, closed the door, caught up with the person, and then threw him on the couch.
Up and down, they hugged each other face to face.
In the darkness, the four shining eyes faced each other for a while.
Later, Qiao Qier stretched out her arms, circled his neck, took the initiative and kissed him gently on the lips, her eyes and lips were so gentle.
Then, Yu Qing was set on fire and they tore each other's clothes.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a strange noise coming from the balcony outside. The two people who had not yet untied their clothes suddenly froze and looked towards the balcony.
I thought I heard something wrong, but the sound of pouring water was very obvious.
Yu Qing quickly turned over and lay down. He drew his sword to the side and quickly approached the balcony door.
Qiao Qie'er hurriedly adjusted her clothes, which had been torn open at the front and half exposed.
The door leading to the balcony was suddenly opened by Yu Qing, and he saw a strong man in black standing beside the table and chairs outside, with long hair shawl blowing in the wind, his back to this side, holding a table set in his hand.
Put the jug on the table and slowly pour wine into the wine glass.
Yu Qing pointed his sword and said in a deep voice: "Who is it?"
The man in black slowly turned back, and just in time for a gust of wind, his long hair spread out. His face under the moonlight was full of energy and sharp edges, and his eyes were as energetic as a wild beast, giving him a different kind of masculine charm.
Yu Qing suddenly felt that this face seemed familiar.
The man in black looked him over and said, "With a mustache, a ponytail, and a similar age, there should be nothing wrong with him. Thank you for saving my son today."
"..."
Yu Qing, who had looked angry just now, was stunned for a moment, and finally understood why he and the other person had a sense of déjà vu. Because they looked alike, he was surprised and asked: "Is that kid who was caught in the trap your son?"
The man in black nodded slightly, glanced at Qiao Qier who appeared at the door, and then returned his eyes to Yu Qing's face, "There is no demon you want to get rid of here, and it is not the place you should come to. Leave here as soon as possible and stay here for a long time."
No one can leave alive, so leave as soon as possible!"
Seeing that the other party seemed to have good intentions, Yu Qing slowly lowered his sword and asked: "Who are you?"
"What they call a monster!"
After finishing speaking, the man in black stood up and slid down against the stone wall.
Yu Qing immediately rushed to the edge of the balcony to take a look, and saw the black shadow that landed on the ground quickly leaving like a phantom at the foot of the mountain. Soon it flashed into the grape fields like a line of blue smoke and disappeared without a trace.
Qiao Qier also ran to the balcony and looked around.
Immediately afterwards, several figures flashed across the sky, falling into the grape fields and chasing after them.
At the same time, several people escaped and landed on the balcony. The leader was Wu Heyun, the owner of the third village.