The black clouds were low, the thunder was rumbling, and drops of rain suddenly fell from the sky, hitting the leaves in the forest, and then fell on Zhongli's face, washing away the blood that had just been splashed on it.
In the forest more than ten feet around, there were more than twenty corpses lying, all with their heads cut off at the waist, as broken as the purple clothes they were wearing. Under the ginkgo tree three feet away, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl squatted, her arms
He was hugged on his lap, with disheveled black hair hanging in front of his forehead, a pair of frightened eyes hidden underneath, and trembling lips that were almost as white as his face.
Zhongli leaned down and tore off several pieces of purple cloth from the corpse next to him. He first wrapped the left shoulder that was hit by the sword, then tied the right calf that was stabbed by the gun, and then bit it.
His teeth wrapped around the lower abdomen where the skin and flesh were protruding. Finally, he held the hilt of the sword on the back of the corpse and pulled it out with all his strength.
It was a dark sword, as curved as its owner's body, and stained with the same blood as its owner's clothes.
Zhongli dipped the last piece of cloth in the water accumulated in the pit, and then wiped the blood on the sword with the cloth. Then he threw away the cloth, limped forward with the sword in hand, and walked to the girl.
The tip of the sword touched the girl's chin. Zhongli opened his mouth and said hoarsely: "Stand up."
The girl leaned back so that the tip of the sword was further away from her, then she stood up slowly while holding on to the tree behind her.
Zhongli said again: "Follow me." Then he turned around and limped down the mountain.
The girl took a few deep breaths, shook her body and followed Zhong Li.
The two of them walked in tandem, one foot deep and one foot shallow, in the increasingly muddy mountainous terrain. The mountain roads were slippery, and sometimes the girl would slip and fall, covering herself in mud. Zhongli would turn around and stare at her without saying a word.
Fa, waited for the girl to stand up from the ground, then turned around and continued walking forward.
The shower stopped, the forest cleared up, dragonflies flew by, and yellow birds sang. At this time, the two of them came out of the forest and went down the mountain. In front of them was a stone beach and a medium-sized river.
Zhongli glanced back at the mountains and forests behind him, and then glanced at the girl covered in mud, with mixed emotions: they not only blocked his way, but also saved his life.
If the mountain road had not been rugged and steep, and the girl was too heavy, the purple guards would not have been able to catch up with him. But if it had not been for the dense forest, which made it difficult to draw bows and arrows and fire hidden darts, and the girl had ordered them to use rat weapons, he would have had no chance to kill a commander.
There are more than twenty purple-clad guards inside.
Zhongli spoke again and asked the girl: "Aren't you afraid?"
The girl lifted her hair from her eyes, stared at Zhongli, and shook her head.
Zhong Li frowned: "Are you mute? Are you shaking your head because you are afraid or not?"
The girl bit her lip, swayed, clenched her hands into fists, and finally whispered one word between her teeth: "Afraid."
"Afraid? Why don't you cry?" Zhongli said, "When I was in Yunzhou, I kidnapped a young lady named Yun Xi. She yelled at people during the day and looked at people with her nostrils instead of her eyes. But I got into her
She immediately screamed in fright, and tears burst out of her eyes."
The girl asked softly: "Then will you let her go?"
Zhongli was startled for a moment and said, "No." He thought to himself: Her family came too quickly and I didn't catch her at all, so how could I let her go.
The girl said: "Since you won't let me cry, why should I cry?"
"Then you are not afraid of me, you are quite brave." Zhongli suddenly shook his head again, "No, you are brave, why don't you resist me? There is a Mrs. Huang who beat me very fiercely, and she wants to hit me as soon as she strikes.
Blow my head off."
The girl asked: "Then has she hit you?"
"No. She has some skills, but she's far behind me." Zhongli said, "I also caught a girl named Wang. She cursed so fiercely that she wanted to bite me to death."
The girl asked again: "Did she escape from you?"
Zhongli said: "Of course not." He thought to himself: Her hands and feet were all broken at that time, how could she escape? But two nosy and powerful guys came behind, so I let her go.
The girl's voice was louder than before: "Since I can't beat you, it's useless to scold you, so why should I hit you and why should I scold you? If you hit me back, it hurts. If you scold me back, I feel uncomfortable. It's better to listen.
As you say, I will do whatever you ask me to do. This will make it easier."
Zhongli thought for a moment and realized that what she said was right, and said: "Very good, you are very smart." He then said suspiciously: "Are you Dai Yue? A lady from an official family never leaves the house and never steps forward.
Wen Weiwei, it is rare for you to be so open-minded."
"It's weird, you're not even sure who I am, why are you arresting me?"
The girl couldn't help but smile, feeling that the hunchback in front of her was a bit cute because of her stupidity, but she immediately remembered that he had killed many people and captured many good girls before, and the smile that had appeared on her face disappeared again.
"I am the flower-picking thief, what do you think I am arresting you for?" Zhongli said viciously, "Stop smiling so playfully, or the hunchback will kill you!" He raised his sword and feinted in front of the girl a few times, scaring her to take two or three steps back.
, then he put his sword back and said, "Can you swim?"
The girl shook her head and said nothing.
Zhongli turned back to the forest, picked a tree on the edge, and struck it with his sword. Then he held the hilt of the sword with both hands and began to saw the tree with a few strokes. After sawing for a few times, Zhongli went to the same place as before.
He glanced at it and saw that the girl had disappeared. Looking further into the distance, he found that the girl had jumped into the river and was swimming to the other side, reaching the center of the river.
Zhongli never expected that this seemingly honest little girl would actually lie to others. She pulled out her sword and ran towards the river. However, her legs were injured and she couldn't run as fast as usual. When she reached the river,
The girl has almost swam to the other side.
"Don't run, I'll kill you!"
Zhongli shouted loudly and jumped into the river.
The girl swam faster after hearing the words, and was about to land when her right thigh suddenly seemed to be pulled by something, and her whole body suddenly fell to the bottom of the water.
A large amount of river water filled her mouth and nose, and the girl's consciousness suddenly became blurred.
When she woke up, the girl felt a burning pain in her right thigh. She sat up from the ground, opened her eyes and lowered her head, only to see that her pants had been taken off, and the middle of her right fair thigh was tied tightly with a gray cloth. She raised her head again.
As soon as I took a look, I saw that the hunchback was holding something in his hand. When he fixed his eyes again, his heart started to beat wildly.
The hunchback was holding a monster covered with scales in his hand, but it had no head. The head was at his feet, with sharp teeth in its long mouth. The hunchback was holding a crooked monster in his other hand.
The sword is scraping the scales off the monster.
Zhongli heard the girl getting up and turned around. When he saw her waking up, he sneered: "Ha, didn't Miss Dai Yue say that she was very obedient? She also lied to the hunchback and said she couldn't swim. Well, you really don't have such a dragon.
You can swim. If it weren't for the hunchback's sharp sword, you would have been eaten by the dragon."
Dai Yue didn't say anything. She looked at Zhongli, then at Long Long's mouth, and then at her bandaged thigh. She felt scared, but also thankful, and then a little scared again. She just closed her eyes and thought: When will daddy be born?
Can you bring someone to rescue me? You must bring someone powerful, otherwise you won't be able to defeat this hunchback.
Zhongli removed the scales of the dragon, found a long straight branch, and threaded it from the neck to the tail. Then he picked up some large pebbles, built a shelf, put the dragon on it, and found it again.
Put some dry leaves, grass and branches under it and light a fire, and while roasting, say loudly
: "This dragon is also called the pig dragon. Northerners call it crocodile. It is common in the big rivers in the south. It is also occasionally seen in the big rivers in the north, including the Yemo River in Yunzhou. But I didn't expect it to be found in the rivers in Tianzhou. Hehe
, it wanted to eat Miss Dai but failed, but my hunchback took it for lunch."
When Dai Yue heard this, she touched her belly and felt a little hungry. She hesitated for a long time and then said to Zhongli: "Hunchback... share some with me."
Zhongli twirled the branch and said, "It's not cooked yet. If you eat it, it will spoil your stomach."
Dai Yue waited for more than two-quarters of an hour. Seeing that Zhongli had torn the meat from the dragon's body to eat, he said, "Hunchback, this thing is cooked now."
Zhong Li glanced at Dai Yue and said, "Yes, it's cooked. Miss Dai Yue wants to eat it, so she can come over and eat it herself."
Dai Yue was startled, and immediately understood that the hunchback was deliberately making things difficult for her. Her thigh was bitten and she couldn't even stand up. How could she walk over to eat? But she didn't want to beg anymore, so she put her hands on the ground, used her left leg and both hands together, and
Little by little, she moved towards the shelf where the grilled dragon was placed. Most of the stone beach was pebbles, but there were still some rough or sharp stones. Soon, the skin on her hands and legs were abraded in many places, and blood flowed out.