Chapter 20 Chapter VI: Of Protracted War

This girl has sharp teeth and sharp mouth, biting my arm hurts.But I didn't panic, as soon as I exerted force with my right hand, the tendons on my arm immediately tensed up like steel.Seeing that she couldn't bite, she screamed like a wounded little animal, her hands were grabbing wildly, her nails were sharp, and there were several bloodstains on my hands all of a sudden. After a while, I finally restrained her, hugged her tightly, and told her softly, don't be afraid, we are good people, don't be afraid, no one will hurt you... The little girl didn't seem to understand what I said, and kept struggling, then screamed and cried in despair.

Her nervous performance made people feel pity and heartache. What kind of things did she go through to make her look like this? The people behind gathered around one after another, trying their best to have a grandmother-like smile on their faces. Yang Cao tried to communicate with her in Miao, Yi, Buyi and other languages, but to no avail, the little girl just cried sadly.A bunch of us gathered around to coax her, seeing her crying more and more sad and terrified, we had no choice but to carry her to the Drum Tower where we put our luggage, so as to comfort her. As the only woman, Jia Wei wanted to give full play to her natural advantages and hug the little girl.But this beautiful little Miao girl folded her arms around her chest as if seeing a ghost, and almost shrunk to the corner of the wall.Jia Wei was so angry that he couldn't help cursing, saying where did this wild child come from, and he didn't know anything about it.

The anteater Xiaohei hummed and chirped beside her, in solidarity with her mistress. The little Miao girl's emotions should be on the verge of collapse. Her beautiful eyes, which were as bright as a baby's, were full of fear, and she was obviously frightened.We interrogated her to no avail, and we couldn't force her to do anything more, so we let the injured Miscellaneous Mao Xiaodao guard the little girl who was less than ten years old, trying to persuade her, while the rest gathered around to discuss. The only living person left in the entire village was this little Miao girl who was overly frightened. I don't know if Miscellaneous Hairy Xiaodao Shushu can appease her.We can't put all our hopes on an uncertain factor. We still have to look around for a way out early in the morning.

There are many threats in this canyon, the most obvious being the snake.Fortunately, Lao Jin still has a few packs of powerful snake repellent, and everyone except me will distribute a little; secondly, the firearms on our bodies, except for Wu Gang and Xiao Zhou's automatic rifles, almost everyone has pistols on their bodies , Although there are not many bullets, it is enough for emergency.For now, Jia Wei and Zamao Xiaodao were left to rest in the threshing ground in front of the Drum Tower, and Wu Gang and Ma Haibo took care of them and their luggage, while Yang Cao, Hu Wenfei, Xiao Zhou, and Lao Jin and I went downstream to explore the way.

There is only one gate in the entire village, and the rest are sealed by walls made of stones.However, there are many gaps in the wall, and we walked out of the gaps, and found many non-human footprints on the grass, hoof-shaped claw shadows, and so on.This discovery made us all a little worried. It seems that there are many secrets hidden in this small canyon. Our optimistic attitude at the beginning has finally converged at this moment. In the canyon, danger is everywhere. Behind the stockade is a large mirror-like paddy field. We walked through the ridges and came to the edge.Looking up, I did see the wide-mouth cave that Hu Wenfei mentioned. It was far away, five or six miles away, at the end of the stream and jungle, shrouded in mist. I roughly estimated that it was nearly 100 meters wide.

As I walked, I kept looking between the two walls.I found that the cliff is steep, almost at a ninety-degree angle, high and dangerous, although there are some trees, but it is not enough for people to climb - at least ordinary people cannot climb it. After passing the paddy field, we came to the edge of the forest. There is a footpath here. The dense forest is on the left, and the stream beside the cliff is not far from the right.Because I was protected by the golden silkworm Gu, I was not afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants, so I offered myself, took a jungle machete, and chopped all the way, going deep into the forest.After walking more than ten meters, I found the edge. Under the mountain wall, except for the vines and moss, where is there any way to climb the mountain?

Because of the angle, there is less light on the side of the mountain wall, and it is humid and cold.I walked over, and there were many poisonous snakes and centipedes entrenched in the dark, as well as locusts, millipedes, gnats, ten-spotted jellyfish, and red four-legged snakes, wriggling and squirming in the corner, like a paradise for poisonous insects . No wonder six out of ten households in this Miao village worship the statues of the Five Plague Gods and raise Gu to refine poison. It seems that this place is an excellent place. Isn't it true that a Gu breeder who has aspirations wants all his life to be full of poisonous insects for them to concoct Gu poison?

However, my half-babe didn't like the densely packed poisonous insects. I only took a few glances, and seeing that I couldn't see the path, I didn't stay for a moment, turned and left. We continued on our way, and after walking for a while, we finally came to the end of the stream.The waterfall stopped flowing yesterday, but now the stream is very shallow and flows slowly from east to west.After the stream became shallower, the river rocks on both sides were exposed. We walked on it and saw many palm-sized fish in the shallow water, with black backs and surprisingly large eyes on both sides, with big heads and long tails. I don’t know what species they are .

Lao Jin said to grab some and go back to make fish soup.Xiao Zhou looked embarrassed, he remembered the fish and insects that Luo Fuan spit out from his mouth yesterday, and swore that he would never eat fish in his life.As soon as he mentioned it, everyone's faces were ugly, and they shook their heads and said forget it, in case something happens again, thanks? While talking, we came to the end of the canyon.The mountain is majestic and precipitous, and the Jia'an peak pierces the sky. There is a wide cave under the mountain wall in front of it.This cave is like the mouth of the devil, black and black, swallowing the stream and the way ahead.The strange thing is that along the way, the two walls of the canyon are full of greenery, but about five meters before and after the cave, there is no grass, either bare mountain walls or piled up pebbles.

The cave is wide on the outside and narrow on the inside. There is a river beach road in the first ten meters, and then there is only a waterway. We walked to the water pool in the cave and shone in with a flashlight. Under the strong light, the waterway shone with sparkling light.There is still a road above the water pool about seven or eight meters away, but the stream bends and there is no end in sight.We stood on the shore for a while, just escaped from the cave, and now no one has the intention to cross the water and check it out.After hesitating for a while, I patted my chest, and shouted: "Please show me Master Golden Silkworm Gu!"

The fat golden silkworm Gu emerged from my chest, shaking its head and tail in front of me. I pointed to the hole in front and let it explore. It floated in the air, and Black Douzi stared at the darkness, hesitated for a while, and refused to leave.I hooked my fingers, and it swam over. I flicked my fingers, and my index finger tapped on its buttocks——since the little demon Duoduo left, the little guy hasn't tapped for a long time, and he has a good temper.After being flicked by me like this, the fat worm gave me a grievous look, and then flew towards the depths of the cave silently. I sat cross-legged, closed my eyes and meditated, and then meditated, connecting the vision of the golden silkworm Gu: the world is pitch black, with only some vague outlines.It flew for about ten minutes without end. Suddenly, there was a kind of fear that was imprinted into the soul from the golden silkworm Gu, directly connected to my mind, oppressing my nerves, and the severe pain like a tide rushed towards me. I yelled, my eyes went dark, and I fell to the ground. After an unknown period of time, someone pushed me in a trance, and in a daze I shouted thirsty, feeling cold water dripping onto my mouth, and then flowing into my burning dry throat.I couldn't help but cheered in my heart, finally got the strength to open my eyes, saw the smiling face of Zamao Xiaodao, and asked me, are you awake? I rubbed my sore temples and found that I was lying in the main room of the ancestral hall. It was getting late outside, and there was a bonfire next to it, and the figures were busy.I was quite surprised and asked what was going on? Zamao Xiaodao laughed and said that you were carried back by Yang Cao and the others. They said that you failed to do it on the ground, but you yelled "Ah" and fell to the ground.You will be lazy, and you will sleep for a whole day. Others are too busy to work, but you are alone and comfortable as hell. I said, isn't yours also a key protection target? Just as I was talking, I saw a timid little girl standing beside the miscellaneous hair path, isn't it the little Miao girl who bit me before?I saw that her face had been washed white, her eyes were like autumn water, she looked at me cautiously, without the previous panic, and her hands were tightly pulling the corner of Miscellaneous Xiaodao's clothes.I asked little loli why she is so clingy to you?Miscellaneous Xiaodao laughed, and said that he happened to have a box of chocolate candies in his pocket. Chocolate eases the mood, heightens the excitement, and is mood food, but... so magical for little girls? I was a little skeptical, but seeing that this little Miao girl was still afraid of me, but she had unreserved trust in Zamao Xiaodao, I couldn't help feeling envious.Miscellaneous hair Xiaodao introduced me complacently, saying that her name is Yoyo - I guessed it based on what she said; in the future you will have Duoduo, but I will have Yoyo... It was getting late, and everyone returned to the house one after another.Zamao Xiaodao told me just now that Yang Cao and Lao Hu searched around the valley, but found no passage, and although Yoyo trusted him, she lost the ability to express herself clearly. Anyone other than him is like a little beast, guarding a piece of fragility alone. We came back at noon.In the afternoon, Yang Cao and the others began to clean up the dead people in the Miao Village, searched these people out of the house, gathered them in the downwind vent behind the village, piled them together, and cremated them.Collect food and utensils in the ancestral hall, we may have to prepare for a long-term struggle. I nodded and said nothing.Thinking about the golden silkworm Gu in his heart, he sank his heart into his body, checked it, and was shocked.