"Okay, okay, don't touch it, look at your potential, chop it off quickly, the water is boiling, what are you waiting for..."
"No...Brother Zhou, I don't dare...how about you do it?"
"What nonsense, I didn't see that my brothers were so hungry that their eyes were green. They have been chewing chicken for days! Give me the knife!"
A young follower behind Zhu Xiu heard the sound and summed it up: "They must have caught some game. If it is big enough, we will exchange dry food for some for the girl later -"
Zhu Xiu frowned.
I'm afraid it won't be "game".
The group of people dismounted in front of the temple. When the people in the temple heard the movement, they stopped talking for a moment and looked over warily. In the night, everyone's eyes were fierce.
There were three people in total, wearing ragged coats. They had a fire burning in front of them, and they used stones to build up the sides. They were holding a rusty iron pot with a corner cut off and boiling water.
The water in the pot was bubbling, steaming the small temple until it turned white.
One of them held a woodcutter in his hand.
And just behind a few people in the haystack at their feet, a delicate calf and bare feet appeared in Xu Mingyi's sight.
There was a person lying there.
And it should be a child.
Other than that, there was no game or food.
Xu Mingyi looked again at the hatchet held in the man's hand.
The three people were stared at by them, feeling inexplicably uneasy. The man clenched the knife in his hand and asked first: "What...are you doing?"
There was clearly not much confidence in his tone, but he still acted as if he was not someone to be bullied.
"Passing by." Zhu Xiu said expressionlessly.
Xu Mingyi walked into the temple.
After the three people exchanged glances, the man holding the knife stepped forward, stretched out his hand to stop Xu Mingyi with the knife, and threatened: "You guys find another place to go... we were here first!"
Xu Mingyi looked at him and asked calmly: "Aren't you going to make it easier?"
This too calm gaze made the man feel a little flustered for no reason, but he still said: "Who knows where you are from, whether you are good or bad! Leave quickly, we don't want to hurt anyone! We just want to live in peace!"
Xu Mingyi still looked at him.
"You don't want to hurt people, but you want to eat them?"
The man's expression changed, and his hand holding the knife tightened.
She glanced at the followers behind her who were all wearing black cloaks, then suppressed her anger and guilt and said: "We meet by chance, and the water in the well does not interfere with the river... It is not your turn to meddle in other people's business!"
"Just... let's go quickly!" Another person also stood up to chase away the others, standing beside his companion to gain courage.
Xu Mingyi sneered.
Like two rats trying to show their teeth.
"You brat, you're asking for trouble!" Seeing that she had no intention of leaving, the man lost his patience and raised his knife to slash Xu Mingyi: "I will eat you too today!"
They have knives anyway!
Who is afraid of whom!
He was really hungry and had an instinct to sense danger, so the man had no scruples.
In sight, the person in front of you does not dodge or hide.
But the next moment, his hand holding the knife was frozen in mid-air.
After another moment, the hand that was holding him tightly suddenly exerted force, and a breaking sound was heard.
The hatchet in his hand also fell to the ground.
"ah!"
The man screamed in pain, his complexion quickly turned pale, but the hand holding his wrist still did not let go.
Ah Zhu kicked the man hard in the lower body. When he bent over, he pushed the man to the ground with a backhand. He picked up the hatchet with the other hand. However, he hesitated for a moment and turned to look at his girl.
.
The girl didn't bring much clothing, and she was afraid that the smelly blood would stain her robe.
And during this gap, the man's fingers found a fire stick, he pulled it out of the fire and swung it at Ah Zhu.
Xu Ming saw the comment and raised his foot, kicking the fire stick away.
Zhu Xiu and others have gathered around.
The other two people saw that something was not going well, one of them grabbed the edge of the iron pot and lifted it violently!
He saw a pot of boiling water coming towards Xu Mingyi.
Xu Mingyi ducked out of the way, and Zhu Xiu pulled out a broad-backed sword, flipping the iron pot to the other side and falling to the ground.
"Bang!"
The boiling water splashed everywhere, and only a few drops splashed on Xu Mingyi's body through his robe.
The two men took the opportunity to run away.
Without anyone else taking action, Ah Zhu grabbed one of them with a tense face and pushed the person into the fire.
The two screamed and struggled.
"Spare your life, spare your life!" One person began to cry and beg for mercy: "We are also very hungry, and the government does not care whether we live or die... We have eaten everything we can, and there is really nothing we can do! The little girl is also dying.
Even if we don’t eat, others will pick it up and eat it!”
The person whose hand was broken off by Ah Zhu first also hurriedly said: "We are not evil people, we are just hungry and scared!"
"Heroes please be kind and spare us this time!"
Xu Mingyi came to the haystack, squatted down, and took a breath first.
Fortunately, although it is weak, there is still breath.
Curling up in front of her like a kitten, was a sallow-looking girl.
He looked to be no more than ten years old, with a palm-sized face covered in dirt, the thin ginger-yellow coarse cloth jacket he wore on his upper body was also in tatters, and his lower body...
Xu Mingyi took off his cloak and covered the little girl's naked and bloody lower body.
Those who claim to be not evil people are still begging for mercy.
He is indeed not a villain——
This is an evil spirit.
A very hungry person is an evil spirit, and he must have been an evil spirit when he could fill his stomach in the past.
Without the correct words from his own girl, Azhu didn't act rashly and just restrained the three people for a while.
"Kill them all."
Xu Mingyi picked up the girl and walked out of the temple.
After a few screams came from behind, there were no other sounds.
"Girl..." Zhu Xiu followed up and said, "I will take people to explore further to see if we can find other places to live."
This temple is so "dirty" that I really can't stay here.
"No need to look for it." Xu Mingyi hugged the little girl and got on the horse, saying: "Go back to Linyuan."
I don't want to look any further.
No need to look any further.
What I heard in the previous few months was far less clear and profound than what I saw in these seven or eight days.
By this time she had already made up her mind.
Zhu Xiu responded "yes", took off his cloak, and handed it to his girl.
Xu Mingyi carefully wrapped the unconscious little girl tightly and held the reins with one hand.
The figure of the group quickly disappeared into the dark night.
Two days later, on the way back to Linyuan, they met someone sent by the Duke of Zhenguo to look for help.
The two groups of people traveled together for three days and returned to the Xu family's military camp in the early morning.
"General, the girl is back." The soldier entered the camp and reported.
"Zhaozhao is back?!" Zhen Guogong suddenly stood up from behind the case and walked out quickly.
The curtain was raised, and Xu Mingyi walked in alone and saluted: "Grandpa."
