Chapter Nineteen: The Woman Who Frightened (Part 2)
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When the scary man left, the woman was stunned.
The woman took a long breath and said, "I don't know who he is."
Chu Lang said: "He called you a little whore, and even wanted to cut you into pieces. It shows that he hates you to the core, and you actually said you didn't know!"
The woman looked like she was about to cry. She said: "I really don't know. He is just a lunatic. I feel that he hates women, especially beautiful women. Today, I was leading people to climb over the mountain into the cold snowy area, but I didn't expect to bump into him. He. He said some crazy things and said he would take me back to be his wife and so on. Then my people started fighting with him. I didn’t expect that his martial arts skills were extremely vicious. I ran away when the situation was not going well..."
Chu Lang said: "Then who are you?"
The woman hesitated and said, "I am the daughter of Zhang Xing, the guard of Hanxue Region. My name is Xiang'er."
Chu Lang didn't completely believe the woman's words, but the matter had nothing to do with him, so Chu Lang didn't ask anymore. Chu Lang came out of the bushes and prepared to continue on his way.
Xiang'er also emerged from the bushes. She first looked around cautiously, and then quickly caught up with Chu Lang.
Xiang'er said: "Brother, I can see that you have high martial arts skills and are a good person. Can you escort me out of the mountain? Send me into the city again, and I will definitely thank you again."
Chu Lang said: "You and I have never met each other, and I may not believe what you say. If you are lying to me, then I am being used by you. Besides, I have other things to do, so we parted ways."
After this shock, Xiang'er was so frightened that she still dared to walk alone in the mountains. She felt that the scary man had not left yet, but was hiding somewhere and coveting her with coveted eyes.
This made her shudder.
She begged: "Hero, I beg you!"
Chu Lang said: "I'm not a hero. You really asked the wrong person."
Chu Lang said, speeding up his body and moving forward.
Xiang'er tried her best to follow Chu Lang, but her light skills were difficult to compare with Chu Lang's, and the distance between them soon became wider and wider.
Xiang'er felt desperate as Chu Lang walked further and further away. She shouted with a crying voice: "Although you are not a hero, you are still a man. Can't you protect a weak woman like me..."
Only then did Chu Lang stop.
Xiang'er was overjoyed when she saw this, and hurriedly rushed towards Chu Lang.
Chu Lang watched Xiang'er's figure move and could see that her martial arts skills were not weak. Of course, in front of that terrifying man, she could only be a lamb to be slaughtered.
When Xiang'er approached Chu Lang, she said, "I knew you were a good person."
Chu Lang said: "Good people don't have words written on their faces."
Xiang'er said: "I am not ugly either, and there are many people who covet me. Now I am alone in the barren mountains and mountains, with only one man and one woman, but you don't have any evil thoughts about me. It means you are a good person."
Chu Lang said: "That's because I have no interest in you. If I had, I would have dragged you into the forest and ravaged you."
For a woman who considered herself beautiful and charming, a man bluntly said that he was not interested in her. This undoubtedly hurt Xiang'er's self-esteem.
Although Xiang'er was upset, she could only endure it now when she asked Chu Lang for help.
When Chu Lang and Xiang'er crossed the mountain, it was completely dark.
Chu Lang saw a light coming from the southwest of the foothills, so he and the woman headed toward the light.
When they got closer, they saw a small courtyard.
The courtyard and house looked dilapidated, with a few animal skins hanging on the outer walls.
Chu Lang knew that this was the hunter's home.
There was an old man in the courtyard. He faced one direction and burned paper money while sobbing: "Son and daughter-in-law, today Bao'er is crying for his parents again. My heart aches. I hope your spirits in heaven will bless Bao'er. I also hope that Tantai Juxie and his seven ghosts will go to hell as soon as possible..."
After hearing the old man curse Tantai Juxie and Qigui, Chu Lang guessed that the death of the old man's son and wife was probably related to them.
Xiang'er felt weak after hearing the old man's curse.
Chu Lang and the woman entered the courtyard.
The old man also raised his head and looked at the two of them.
Chu Lang had an affinity with hunters. In order not to frighten the man, he said politely: "Old man, we are coming over the mountain. It is dark now. We have no way to go to the village or the ground. Can you stay overnight? If it is not convenient,
Let’s find a way.”
When the old man saw that Chu Lang was very polite, he said: "Nothing in this world is easy. Come into the house."
Chu Lang and Xiang'er entered the house.
There is a pit in the house, which is very warm.
There was a six or seven-year-old baby sleeping soundly on the kang.
The old man also took out food for the two of them to eat.
Chu Lang and Xiang'er ate, and then Chu Lang and the old man started talking.
"Old man, you were burning paper money in the courtyard earlier. Were your son and wife killed by Tantai Juxie and the Seven Ghosts?"
The old man became very sad and angry when he mentioned this matter.
"Yes, he has been dead for more than four years. On the seventeenth day of the winter lunar month that year, my son, daughter-in-law, and a family of hunters went to catch the white fox in the Sacred Blood Mountain, and they bumped into seven ghosts..."
The old man told Chu Lang what happened in detail.
Chu Lang's heart moved after hearing this.
The old man's son and daughter-in-law were killed on the 17th of the winter month four years ago, and Dahe Mansion was destroyed on the 19th of that month, only two days apart. And the Cold Snow Region is more than a thousand miles away from Dahe Mansion, and Tantai Juxie could not bring him with him.
The seven ghosts appeared again in Hewang Mansion two days later.
In this case, what Hu Zheng said to him back then is true.
It seems that there is really something else hidden.
Chu Lang listened to the old man's story calmly.
Xiang'er remained silent.
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It was dark the next day, and Chu Lang and Xiang'er left.
In order to thank the old man for staying the night, Chu Lang gave the old man some money. Chu Lang also discovered that Xiang'er secretly stuffed a banknote into the child's bed.
Chu Lang and Xiang'er walked westward, passing through some villages and towns along the way. Most of these villages and towns were dilapidated, with many abandoned houses and ruins.
Along the way, Chu Lang also saw some people who had died of hunger and wild dogs eating their corpses.
The Cold Snow Prison is a withered and bleak scene.
The people were in dire straits, but the Divine Blood cultists were still looting and arresting young and strong men, causing outrage and resentment.
Chu Lang also encountered the Divine Blood cultists looting villages and towns like bandits. The people in the town burst into mourning, and anyone who resisted was killed by the Divine Blood cultists.
Chu Lang was in the territory of the Divine Blood Sect and didn't want to cause trouble, so he didn't care.
There are countless suffering people in the world, and he can't control them.
Chu Lang said to Xiang'er: "Your father is the guard of Hanxue Region, so you just let Hu Weifei of the Divine Blood Cult poison the people?"
Xiang'er murmured: "I can't control it..."
An hour later, the two passed through a city, and Xiang'er said to Chu Lang: "Brother, the official here is my relative, and I will join him. Thank you very much this time. Please tell me your name, so that I can repay you someday."
Chu Lang said softly: "There may not be a future, you go ahead and take care of yourself."
In this case, Xiang'er had nothing to say and they parted ways.
Xiang'er headed towards the city, while Chu Lang continued to move forward.
Chu Lang was going to go to the Divine Blood Head Teacher to find Hu Zheng.
He wanted to completely unravel some of the doubts plaguing his mind.
If possible, he would also like to meet Tantai Juxie in person.
When Chu Lang was walking until noon, the wind started blowing. The wind was howling, carrying wind and sand, and the sky and the earth became dim. At this time, a group of people also came from the front.
In the wind, the sound of horses neighing is endless.
This group of men and horses were all dressed in gray clothes, with scarves wrapped around their faces to protect them from the wind and sand, and they wore a variety of weapons.
Several big flags in the team were fluttering in the wind.
The largest flag has the word "tiger" written in the center with flying dragons and phoenixes.
On all sides of the word tiger, there are several tiger patterns embroidered.