At dawn the next day, the proud big rooster raised by the farmer appeared on the fence, stretched out its neck, opened its sharp beak, and a loud "cluck-clack~" woke up Jiang Nu from his deep sleep.
Jiang Nu slowly opened his eyes, and in the dim light, he saw a familiar figure sitting cross-legged where he had been sitting before.
"Are you awake?" Chen Mo knew that Jiang Nu had woken up without opening his eyes.
Jiang Nu sat up slowly, rubbed his eyes that were still a little open, messed with his messy hair, and said, "When did you come back?"
Jiang Nu didn't know how he fell asleep last night, but couldn't wait for him to come back. This guy really did what he said.
"Wake up, let's set off." Chen Mo stood up slowly and stretched his muscles.
"Then let me wash my face first."
"I'll go get the horse."
After a while, Jiang Nu came to Chen Mo with a hint of anger on his face and asked, "Where are they?"
"He went to the ground, what's wrong?" Chen Mo looked at her puzzledly, as if she wanted to eat him up.
"Going to the ground?"
"Yes, otherwise what do you think?" Chen Mo looked at her and continued: "Could it be that I buried them?"
Jiang Nu really thought so. With his cautious temperament, he would indeed do such a thing. He came back so late last night, maybe he wanted to wait until he fell asleep to start.
"Sister, you're awake." Not far away, the little girl named Da Zhuang ran back with a vegetable basket and shouted loudly.
When Jiang Nu saw the little girl, the anger on his face disappeared, leaving only an embarrassed expression.
"It's time to go." Chen Mo patted the saddle and motioned for her to get on the horse.
"oh."
Jiang Nu mounted the horse easily with Chen Mo's help.
"Are you leaving? There is white porridge in the kitchen. I just picked some vegetables and boiled them before eating." The little girl said breathlessly.
Jiang Nu on horseback looked at the little girl with a little red face and said, "No, you can keep it for yourself, we still have to be on our way."
"Don't worry, big sister, you can leave after eating."
When the little girl said this, Chen Mo had already led the horse and left along the trail. Jiang Nu didn't say much, just sat on the horse and turned to look at the little girl who was reluctant to leave him.
, waved his hand.
Everyone in the village got up very early. When Chen Mo led the horse and was on the country road, he saw farmers already working in the fields. Some of the latecomers were also carrying hoes and walking leisurely towards their respective fields.
Walk to the destination.
The tall, snow-white horses quickly attracted the attention of others, but those people just looked at it curiously. If there was someone around, they might even murmur a few words. Those who were not, continued to work hard, taking advantage of the fact that the sun was not so bright.
The viciousness.
Chen Mo came in from the west side of the village, and walked along the east side when going out. There was a road there, but he didn't know where it led, but since he was walking, he would definitely be able to get out.
After leaving this small village where they only had a one-night stand, neither of them knew the name of the small village or the name of the couple. They only knew that the little girl was Da Zhuang.
Soon, the small village disappeared into the mountains behind the two of them.
"That little village is so nice."
On the path covered by tree shades, Jiang Nu looked at the obscured sky with stars, recalling the sleep he had in that simple woodshed last night, which was more comfortable than sleeping in an inn.
"One or two days is fine, but you won't be able to stay for one or two years."
Chen Mo led the horse forward, but never rode with her. It wasn't because he thought it was inappropriate, but because the mountain road was really difficult to walk and the horse couldn't bear it.
"How will you know if you don't try?"
"Want to live in seclusion here?"
"No way?"
"No." Chen Mo refused decisively.
"Why not? Although I don't know how to farm, as long as I learn, I will definitely learn it." Jiang Nu said unconvinced. She thought that Chen Mo was looking down on her because he was determined that she could not live here, and she also thought that he was
Considering my status, I cannot do such a thing.
"As long as you are human, you can definitely learn to farm in order to survive." Chen Mo did not deny her statement.
"Then you still say that I can't live here?"
"Because I have to take you back to Chu State."
Just when Jiang Nu was moved by Chen Mo's heroic words, Chen Mo's next sentence made the move disappear again.
"With you, I can save a lot of trouble in Chu State."
"Huh." Jiang Nu turned his head away, not wanting to look at this cold and heartless guy.
.....
After Chen Momo left, after working in the small village for a long time, he was forced to stop what he was doing and find a shady place to rest for a while due to the scorching sun.
"Hey, Da Zhuang's father." Villagers from several villages came to the shade of the tree where Da Zhuang's father was enjoying the shade, carrying tools for working in the fields.
"Who were the two young men who came out of your house this morning? They looked like they were wearing your family's clothes. Are they your relatives?"
"Since when did your family have a relative with such a handsome horse? Why haven't you seen it before?"
"Looks quite young."
"That girl is pretty cool too. How about introducing her to our idiot?"
"That young man is not bad. If your family doesn't want it, just leave it to my three girls."
A group of people were talking in a flurry, but they didn't even reply to Da Zhuang's father. It was Da Zhuang's mother who stopped them.
"It's nothing. They are just passing by. They are people from afar. They just met bad guys during the journey, lost their way, and escaped here. They just stayed at our house for one night. They are not relatives of our family. They are
We don’t know where we are coming from or where we are going.”
"Oh, that's it."
Everyone was a little disappointed.
"Sister-in-law, since they encountered bad guys and fled here, will they lure those people to this village? What will they do then?"
"What should we do?" Da Zhuang's father said: "These people are gone. At worst, it's just about which direction they went. Are you still afraid of what those gangsters will do to us poor farmers? Besides, we
Aren't you protected by some old gods, and you're still afraid of him?"
"Hehehe, what I'm talking about is, I heard that the old god is calling for disciples, and they are female disciples. Those girls are lucky this time. If you can't work in the fields, go and learn some skills from the old god, just in case.
If you become that kind of fairy, our village will have hope."
"Yes, yes, Da Zhuang's mother, I think Da Zhuang is quite smart. Maybe the old god will really like your family Da Zhuang."
"Yes, yes, don't forget us people then."
"No, no, Da Zhuang seems to be a very sensible kid. How could he forget us uncles and aunts?"
Everyone was talking about it again, but the women, including Da Zhuang's mother, looked a little unnatural.
"My dear, what's wrong with you? You don't look too good." Da Zhuang's father asked softly.
"No, it's nothing, maybe I'm too tired."
"Oh, let's go back then."
At this moment, a boy ran over and said in a panic: "No, it's not good, it's dead, the person is dead."
"Why are you kid talking? If you say some unlucky words in broad daylight, who will die?"
The adults were also attracted by this irritable child. They had never heard that any old man in the village was dying, and they were all very lively.
"Taoist temple, the old immortal and the young immortal in the Taoist temple are dead, they are all dead!"
"ah!!"
Everyone was shocked, they couldn't believe it.
"You are a young kid, so how can you talk nonsense? Be careful that the old god hears you. We won't care if you are punished."
"Really, really." The child explained: "Today I went to the next village to play, and I met Aunt Wang who had just returned from the Taoist temple to seek medicine. She said it. When she came back, her face was pale and scary.
.”
"real??!"
"real!!!"
"Who did it?"
"I don't know. After Aunt Wang came back, she kept saying this sentence, the old immortal was killed, the old immortal was killed. There are bold men in the next village to see what happened."
.......
After walking out of the mountain forest, Chen Mo relied on his memory of the map to return to the main road, once again riding on the same horse and galloping on the sparsely traveled road.
Jiang Nu was once again in such close contact with Chen Mo. Although he was still a little uncomfortable, he didn't resist much.
"Why is the smell of medicine on your body stronger than yesterday?" Jiang Nu could smell the smell of Chen Mo clearly. After the interception yesterday, Chen Mo sprinkled all the medicine on the wound. He should have cleaned it yesterday.
It should be lighter.
"I went into the mountain last night and heard the little girl say that there is a Taoist temple there. Niubi likes to make elixirs and has a lot of medicinal materials, so I went to borrow some." Chen Mo said calmly.
"So that's what you went to do last night." Jiang Nu suddenly realized, and remembered that he had wronged Chen Mo this morning, and apologized: "I'm sorry, this morning..."
"Drive." Chen Mo interrupted Jiang Nu's words with a driving voice.
"It's getting late, so we have to find a place to eat quickly."
...
The sun set in the west and turned half of the sky red. The two of them hurriedly hurriedly failed to find a tea shop or a wine shop. Chen Mo even thought about finding a meat bun shop and accepted it, but God didn't.
It can satisfy the wishes of both people.
Chen Mo, who was hungry and injured, had to rest temporarily by a small lake. Even if they could hold on, they had to let the horse rest, otherwise it would be exhausted.
, the road after that will not be easy.
Anyway, the person who was chasing them has been dealt with. It wouldn't be too much of a problem to take a little rest. As for the stronger person Jiang Nu mentioned, Chen Mo wasn't too worried. That person was probably being killed by Jiang Nu.
Nu's uncle kept him in check and did not dare to join his men easily.