"My benefactor, walk slowly." I paused for a moment, and without stopping I quickened my pace to leave. I heard footsteps behind me, "My benefactor, please stay. I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. Please accept my respects first." The man staggered towards me.
Just as he was about to kneel down in front of him, he suddenly saw my appearance and was stunned. He asked in surprise, "It's actually a woman?"
I rolled my eyes at her to show my displeasure. What's wrong with the woman? She feels like walking on flat ground in the water, but what about you? But you can only sink.
"Female...just a girl, please accept my bow." The man seemed a little reluctant and embarrassed. He did not kneel down, but bowed to the end.
I ignored him and walked around him, "Girl, please stay..." She was really good at talking. She was a mother of seven children, and she was called a girl. She was a person who knew how to chat. I stopped, turned around and looked at
he.
"It will get dark soon, and there are wild beasts in the forest. My home is not far from here. Why don't you come to my house for a night and let my mother know that you saved my life. Thank you so much."
I looked at the curtain that was gradually falling, and after thinking about it I had no choice but to nod, "Girl, what's your name? You know how to swim, hehe, it's so rare." The man asked frankly as he walked.
I shook my head, "No name?" The man frowned, as if muttering to himself, "You look like a nice girl, but your family didn't even mention giving you a name? How can you not value women so much?"
In a flash, he asked curiously, "Where is your home? Why did you come out alone? It's so unsafe in this chaos. Oh, I'm not a bad person. You don't know anything. There is Heiniu Ridge in front of you, and there are bandits on it. They are all like each other."
Damn, luckily you met me, otherwise I don’t know what would have happened.”
I rolled my eyes at him again. It was obviously me who saved him, but he sounded as if he had saved me. The man ignored my expression and continued, "Why don't you speak? Hehe, don't look at my appearance."
I'm so kind." He looked around and said, "The road is not easy to walk on, so why don't I carry you on my back? Don't be embarrassed. You saved my life, and my life is yours.
, come up." He said and squatted down slightly in front of me.
I walked around him and walked forward, and the man said hurriedly: "I won't care about you, so what are you afraid of?" After that, he walked a few steps quickly to catch up to me and squatted down again.
I walked around him again and came to her. I shook my head helplessly at him and waved my hand.
"You, you can't speak." The man stared in surprise with his big eyes. I took a long breath. This guy finally realized it and his reaction was too slow.
I nodded and saw him saying politely, "Such a good girl is mute. God really deserves to be punished." He shook his head and sighed, then seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, I forgot to tell you.
, my name is Liu Ertiao. I also have an old woman at home, and a brother named Liu Yitiao. My father died early, and it was my mother who raised us both. A few years ago, my eldest brother was arrested by the government and served in the military.
I don’t know whether I will live or die when I return.” He sighed, patted his chest and said proudly, “Sister, don’t be sad, my family is your family, your family doesn’t want you anymore, I will accept you as my sister.”
I grinned, this looked like someone seeking marriage, he looked tall and thick, his imagination was so rich and detailed.
"My house is not far away, let's go quickly." He put his hand in his mouth as he said it, and whistled from time to time. I frowned and stared at him. What was this doing? To embolden myself? Or to attract wolves.
Well, I shuddered when I thought of this, remembering the night with Rong Jinglan.
After about one stick of incense, I heard the sound of brushing coming from all around, and soon dozens of people emerged from the forest. When they saw the man, they all ran over excitedly, saying in a flurry: "Master.
, you are still alive, that’s great, the brothers are all scared.”
I instantly froze on the spot. The home this man mentioned was actually a bandit's den!
The group of people continued to shout, "Those bastards in Heiniu Ridge are so corrupt. They actually plotted against the boss..."
"Yes, Master, we have to take care of them this time..."
"He's playing dirty tricks, let's do something even trickier than them..."
Liu Ertiao waved his hands to the group of people, "Brothers, don't argue, don't argue. I survived the disaster, thanks to my girl who saved me." He pointed at me outside the crowd.
I grinned, how quickly I got a lot of relatives who were bandits!
Everyone's eyes were on me. I really wanted to run away, but my legs were trembling and I couldn't move away.
"Nerd, put your cloak on my sister and watch her freeze." Liu Ertiao pointed at a man standing aside who kept looking at me.
Scholars can also become bandits? How bloody. I took a look at the man named "Bookworm" and he looked quite polite, and he really looked like a scholar.
The nerd walked up and looked me over again, "Girl, my surname is Zhang and my given name is Yan. Don't look at me hanging out with them. I'm actually an educated person. I..."
"Stop trembling, bring it over." Liu Ertiao interrupted the nerd impatiently, took his cloak and put it on me, and explained to me with a smile, "The nerd's head is missing a string from reading, but
He is not stupid, he is literate, and he is responsible for everything we do on the mountain. I often tell him to read less, otherwise he will become more and more stupid... Who knows, he still doesn't listen." Liu Ertiao said.
He shook his head helplessly.
"Master, this is wrong! There is it in the book..."
"Yes, yes, what a beauty! How come you haven't found a wife after studying for so many years? Gold is not obtained by killing corrupt officials and bullies with the guys in our hands."
The gangsters: "What the boss said is so right..."
bookworm:"……"
In this way, I was invited up the mountain by the bandits like a "god", but I always felt like I was being escorted up the mountain.
Liu Ertiao was very enthusiastic to me, his mother was so enthusiastic to me that she fell into admiration, the second-in-command nerd was so enthusiastic to me that my teeth were sore, and the bandits were so enthusiastic to me that I wanted to cry, I really wanted to go home!
I was so enthusiastic that I felt like a bandit. Even if I wanted to leave the next day, I couldn't leave. First, the bandits led by Liu Ertiao kindly tried to persuade me to stay. Liu Ertiao said in front of the bandits, "Sister, you
There is no one in the family anymore, so you might as well stay in our mountain alone, and I will definitely treat you well with my brother’s care.”
I rolled my eyes. My sister is a dignified queen of the Northern Jin Dynasty. She has such a big family in the world. She really can't be a bandit!
Then came Liu Ertiao's old lady, who held my hand tremblingly. Reluctant to let go, the old lady said more directly, "Ertiao, I think this mute girl is pretty and has a good temper. My mother likes you very much.
Just don't dislike her and marry her. My mother has been eager to have her grandson for a long time." I almost fainted on the spot.
Liu Ertiao shook his big head, "Mom, this, this is not good..."
The nerd said slowly and calmly: "There is nothing wrong with it. It is very suitable for me to see below. Just do what the old lady said! Our village is short of a wife to support the village. This is more secure."
My body is swaying, gangsters, have you ever asked me for my opinion? I have a family, a husband and children!
I was so anxious that I couldn't speak. I saw some pen and ink on the side, grabbed it and started writing. I heard the nerd beside me excitedly exclaimed, "Oh, you are really a member of the same profession, the boss, look at this girl, she is literate, she is just right."
You are illiterate, and I am a perfect match for you."
My hand holding the pen trembled, and I almost lost my breath. What the hell kind of logic is this?
Passing the written words to the nerd, Liu Ertiao said anxiously: "Second brother, please quickly read what is written. Don't force me to read it faster."
The nerd looked at the note, cleared his throat, shook his head and said, "I was mute due to bad people. If I can be cured of my mute disease, I can be worthy of a hero like the Master." As long as I can speak, everything will be convenient.
Furthermore, I thought about it again and again and felt that I should not reveal my identity at this time. My identity is too earth-shattering. Both good and bad people will threaten me. With Mo Li's experience, I should be even more careful. I can only wait for opportunities.
Find your own way out. Besides, these bandits will not pose a threat to my life for the time being.
When Liu Ertiao heard this, he banged the table and shouted: "He, the one who dared to poison my mother-in-law to mute her because he had the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard." He turned to me and said, "Tell me, I will kill you."
Got him."
As soon as I heard this, I felt very uncomfortable holding my breath in my chest. I coughed for a while before I could breathe again. I was like a bandit woman in such a short time!
Since then, I have lived in a bandit's den, with good food and good housing. I have finally had to turn a blind eye without sleeping in the three months since I was kidnapped by Mo Li, but I often wake up from nightmares.
, when I woke up, I always thought that I was still being kidnapped by Mo Li. I was sweating coldly.
The more this happens, the more I miss Sima Jue and my children. Every time I wake up, my eyes are filled with tears.
One after another, doctors were blindfolded and "invited" up the mountain, but none of them could cure my throat. This was just a delaying tactic. I also knew how these ordinary doctors could detoxify the poison from "Poison Yang", the originator of poison.
I looked at the doctors who came up the mountain and shook my head. None of them were reliable.
I usually like to wander around the mountain when I have nothing to do. Liu Ertiao praised me for being like a village lady and led me to introduce various important roads on the mountain. But I was wondering where to escape.
I sighed as I became familiar with it. This bandit's den is located deep in the mountains. The mountains are high and steep, and the mountain roads are winding and winding. It's easy to get lost. If you can't escape, you might be eaten by wild beasts. And there are bandits guarding every intersection. That's it.
As Liu Ertiao said, the government came to suppress it several times but failed without success, and was also plotted to lose troops and generals.
"Master, Xiong Qi from Heiniuling came to provoke us and asked us to return their food." The person guarding the mountain pass reported to Liu Ertiao.
"F*ck, I haven't even avenged the last time, but he has arrived at my door. Let's go and fight with them." Liu Ertiao said, turning back to me, "You are so lucky to stay in the back mountain with my mother.
, don’t come out if there is any movement." As he said that, he was about to go down the mountain. I nodded and stood aside but did not move.
When the nerd saw it, he hurriedly advised, "Wait, wait, slow. He came here so blatantly to see if you are alive and then attack us." The nerd asked the person who reported the report, "How many people did they bring with them?"
"
"Probably more than a hundred."
"That's it. There are only a few people in Heiniuling, but almost all of them are here. They must have thought that you didn't survive and I'm not good at fighting, so they came to attack us."
"Then what should we do?" Liu Ertiao asked anxiously.
I listened to the side and thought for a moment. Then I walked to the table nearby, picked up a pen and wrote three big words and handed them to the nerd.