A cold and ruthless voice drifted past, as if the branches and leaves of the surrounding woods were sighing and rustling.
"Then you kill me. Even if you don't kill me, I will be picked up by the wolf." The childish voice was like the sound of a bird, and the little girl seemed no longer afraid of the boy in front of her.
Chen Mo looked at her coldly, and after a moment of silence, he released the handle of the knife in his hand, turned around and continued to move forward. He had no intention of paying attention to this little girl. If she wanted to follow, just follow her. It would be best if she lost her.
Between the Chu State and the Xia State is the Yunling Mountains. There are only three or four passes leading to the two countries. If a war breaks out between the two countries, it will only happen at these passes. The rest of the place is not full of rugged rocks and bamboo shoots.
Stone peaks, or rivers that crisscross and change from time to time, make it easy to get lost. There is such a good place, and it is occupied by the Taoist Shenxiao Pavilion. Although that place is between the two countries, it is not bound by the two countries.
, the two countries respect this Taoist temple very much.
There are also some mountains and dense forests that not many people are willing to enter. They are not only vast but also rugged and difficult to navigate, which is not conducive to marching. However, for some refugees who are escaping from the world, it is better for them to choose such a place than to struggle in troubled times.
This is the little girl's fault. As for when they came in and what identity they came in, no one cares.
I don’t know if Chen Mo was injured or if he did it on purpose. His pace was not much faster than that of the little girl, but the little girl always followed the path that Chen Mo walked step by step, staying five meters away from Chen Mo.
About ten steps away.
Chen Mo took a rest to check his wounds, and the little girl also took the opportunity to rub her sore legs.
One big and one small, like two angry brothers and sisters, lost in the mountains and forests, one leading the way, the other following behind keeping a distance, no one said anything, even if the little girl slipped because of the muddy mountain road, Chen Mo
They didn't even look at it, and they didn't stop to wait. The little girl was also stubborn and didn't say a word. When she fell down, she stood up as fast as possible, took a few steps faster, and caught up with the laggard pace.
Throughout the day, the two of them were on the road, going around the hills and through the bushes. Chen Mo didn't know if he was going the right way. From time to time, he had to look back in the direction he came from to make sure he didn't go astray.
When entering Yunling to perform a mission, just walk forward. As long as it is not too far away, you will not be trapped in the mountains and forests. That is the saying, but without a map, you will most likely get lost, except for experienced people.
Old hunter.
The person in the team who had seen the map was already dead, the person they wanted to escort.
When they first received this order, as long as they escorted this person to the designated place, they could go back to receive the reward. However, Chen Mo didn't think so. He was a keen mind and knew that the place they arrived would most likely be pornographic people like them.
Although his guess as to where Mao Xiaozi was buried may not be accurate, Chen Mozhi believed in his own judgment.
Although there were some small mistakes along the way, it was a good opportunity for Chen Mo, so when the man asked him to go down the mountain to the valley village to check out the bottom, he did not refuse. He insisted that the two groups fight and both sides would lose in the end.
Only by himself can he jump out of this pit, or even out of a bigger pit. The reality is also the same. He did it. Although he had to kill his own people with his own hands, he did not feel any guilt. After all, the other party might not let him go.
The heavy rain washed away the mud ponds and lurked down. The fish with the fantasy of leaping over the dragon's gate desperately writhed in the soaked earth, hoping to jump to the creeks and ditches that were also the same as the dragon's gate in the sea.
After crossing several hills, night fell. In a small open space, Chen Mo built a small bonfire for himself. There were some wet wood and thick smoke drifting up.
In the current situation, it is not suitable to travel at night. Besides, there is no end of the mountain in sight, so there is no need to travel at night.
The flames were rising, and the afterglow of the sun was about to disappear. I sat down in the lotus position with the bonfire to drive away the moisture from my body.
Not long after, this thin figure approached the bonfire with a pile of half-dry dead wood and placed it opposite Chen Mo. He also carefully glanced at Chen Mo and saw that he did not open his eyes or speak, and then
Went into the woods, and while it was still dark, we got a bunch of wood and put them next to the fire to roast them until they were dry and ready for burning.
After doing all this, the little girl also sat down by the bonfire, folded her legs and hugged her knees, rested her head on her knees, and looked at the dancing flames of the bonfire, her eyelids trembling.
He fell down again and again, and stubbornly stretched out again and again, but the distance between them became longer and longer. In the end, he never lifted up again, but his body was swaying, but he would not fall.
The stars are dotted and the firelight is swaying.
Chen Mo opened his eyes, looked at the swaying body, and closed his eyes again. He knew that this girl was exhausted. She experienced such a big twists and turns last night, stayed up all night, and walked with him on the mountain road for a day.
At this age, it would be considered good if he didn't fall down.
Chen Mo will not sympathize with her. This is her choice. She wants to live. In this world, if she wants to live, people like them from low backgrounds can only rely on themselves.
Chen Mo added some firewood, closed his eyes again, and breathed in.
....
Half asleep and half awake, Chen Mo suddenly remembered or dreamed of something.
"Little mute, do you know what an immortal is?"
"I'm not mute." Chen Mo said angrily.
"Immortals are those who can fly into the sky and escape from the earth, break mountains with one foot, and cut off rivers with one finger."
"Did you drink some bad wine stolen from somewhere again?" Chen Mo looked at the half-baked master with red cheeks.
"Today I will let you, a boy with no hair, show off your skills." After saying that, the drunk man climbed up a boulder with difficulty, shook himself up, and felt the mountain wind blowing by, giving him an inexplicable feeling of immortality.
"Watch it, I'm going to go!"
After saying that, the drunkard jumped up, and in Chen Mo's envious eyes, he hit the ground hard like a toad with a "plop".
...
The next day, as soon as a white belly appeared on the horizon, Chen Mo woke up from his trance, and the bonfire on the ground became much smaller.
Looking at the little girl who didn't wake up, he didn't wake him up. But as soon as Chen Mo got up, the little girl seemed to wake up. She looked around in a panic and calmed down when she saw Chen Mo's figure.
As they set off, there were still no words, and the two were once again separated by such a distance.
The little girl was very hungry. She hadn't eaten for two days and two nights. Now she felt a little fidgety when she walked. She had no choice but to drink some rainwater and dew from large leaves to satisfy her hunger. But soon, her hunger disappeared.
When we came to the shop, we were so hungry that we couldn't even scream anymore.
But children in the mountains will not be defeated by hunger. While not being thrown away, the little girl will pull out some edible grass roots and tree roots, put them in her mouth and chew them until they are pulpy before swallowing them with difficulty.
It was taught by the old man in the village. The old man said that when he was the same age as the little girl, he often went hungry and couldn't find anything to eat, so he had no choice but to do this. Although it was very difficult to eat, it was delicious.
As long as you don't eat anything poisonous, you won't starve to death.
If she was lucky, the girl could still pick some wild fruits, and then she would reveal a smile that Chen Mo couldn't see.
Another day, another bonfire.
After finding enough wood, the two sat opposite each other in the dark night, separated by a bonfire that could provide warmth and safety.
The little girl chewed the roots of the tree and glanced at the man from time to time, looking at the man motionless, like an old monk in trance. She had never seen him eat anything, and he rarely even drank water. Could it be that he was a monster?
Are you hungry? The little girl was suspicious.
But the next moment, she was sure that he was not a monster. All he saw was that the man took out a naan-like thing from his arms and slowly ate it in front of her.
"snort!"
The little girl snorted inaudibly and cursed in her heart: Bad guy. She fell asleep in the firelight with an angry mood.
Day after day, the little girl chewed tree roots and Chen Mo ate naan cakes, but they only ate once a day, not much.
After five days of this, Chen Mo had finished eating all his food.
Beside the bonfire, the little girl looked at Chen Mo who had nothing to eat and secretly gloated, but in the end she took out the roots she had collected during the day and gave some to Chen Mo.
Although she didn't like this selfish bad guy, she still had to have him around if she wanted to get out of this forest alive.
Looking at the tree roots handed over by the little girl, Chen Mo stood up without saying a word, then turned and disappeared into the darkness, leaving the little girl alone.
The little girl was startled and immediately panicked. She ran to the place where Chen Mo disappeared. She wanted to shout but couldn't because she could hear the howling of wolves in the depths of the night. She was so scared that she could only retreat to the campfire tremblingly.
There were tears in my eyes, but I didn't dare to cry.
Without that man's guidance, she might not survive two days in this vast mountain. Thinking of this, she curled up in fear, buried her head and twitched, trying not to make a sound.
I don't know how long it took, but there was a sound in the darkness, from far to near, which frightened the sobbing little girl. She ignored her tears and grabbed a wooden stick to protect herself.
"Don't, don't come over."
The little girl spoke softly and tremblingly in a slightly crying voice.
The sound became louder and louder, and the little girl became more and more frightened. In the desperate eyes of the little girl, Chen Mo dragged a wolf back to the campfire. Looking at the various expressions of the little girl, he sat back in his seat.
No longer looking at this dirty little girl, she was using her broken knife to cut up the wild wolf she had just captured.
The little girl looked at the person in front of her who had left and returned, and tears flowed down involuntarily, leaving two clear tear marks on her muddy cheeks. She did not cry, but returned to her place with peace of mind.
She didn't care about the wild wolf he captured, nor did she care about how indifferent he was all the time. It was enough as long as he didn't abandon her or didn't abandon her for the time being in this inaccessible mountain.