Chapter 144 Chapter 27 Snowflakes

In the middle of the night, an arm protruded from the stables, except for the sound of dripping water, the only sound was my breathing.Mu Qingxiang was very calm, she didn't even gasp, maybe she didn't know what fear was.I tried my best to hold my breath and pushed Mu Qingxiang back, fearing that another female ghost would crawl out from behind that hand. At this time, a gap opened in the black cloud, and the moonlight poured down in an instant.I clearly saw that the sharp nails of that hand were glowing with a slight purple light, and the skin was as smooth as porcelain.Seeing this ecstasy hand, I thought to myself, what the hell, I should have known to bring a few blessings for protection.Before I could see the whole thing, the moon in the sky hid in the clouds again, and the darkness struck again.I didn't have time to adapt, I hurriedly took a few steps back, and almost knocked Mu Qingxiang down.

There was a loud noise in the stable, thinking that the person rushed out. I kicked a stone by feeling, but missed the person who rushed over.My eyes were just getting used to the darkness, but I saw a black figure jump up and grab my face with a claw.That claw was a human hand, but the nails were as sharp as a wolf's claw, and it was chilling to look at.I protected Mu Qingxiang and wanted to avoid the attacking claws, but I couldn't resist walking backwards faster than walking forward, so I took a step back and caught the claws. This dead thing is not easy to grasp, but it wants to grab my neck, intending to kill me.There was a burning pain in my neck, and I was pinched deeply by my nails, and my tongue was almost sticking out.I let go of the dagger just now and fell to the ground without even an inch of iron in my hand.I suffered one loss after another, and in a panic, I grabbed this person's hand, trying to push him away.As soon as I grabbed it, my heart sank. Why is this man's hands so cold, they are no different from corpses.

This person is like a five or six-year-old child, and he clamped my waist with his legs after jumping up.Face to face at such a close distance, I can see clearly that this ghost thing must be a person.This man's face was full of wrinkles, and he was naked. No wonder his body was so cold.Seeing that I couldn't break free, I wanted to call for help from Mu Qingxiang, but I turned around hard and couldn't see her.I stood there in a daze, exclaiming in my heart that this woman wasn't so heartless, she actually abandoned me at the moment of life and death? After a few seconds, I realized that Mu Qingxiang had been wronged. There were fighting sounds in Guozhuang, and she went back to help.But, I'm the only one, there are two people in Guozhuang, the disadvantage is obviously on my side, if you want to help, you should help me.I was pinched uncomfortably, and I grabbed the dwarf's hand with all my strength, and pulled it away with difficulty.It loosened just a tiny bit, and I threw the dwarf off, and he slammed hard into a rock.

The dwarves ran away, and I looked up at the big tree. There was a commotion in the dense leaves, and soon there was no movement.At this time, there was no sound in Guozhuang, presumably they settled the dwarves.I ran back anxiously, the condition of those three people was not much better than mine, but they were not hurt as badly as me.I enlighten myself, don't be petty, helping everyone is not the same, we are all in the same boat.When Mu Qingxiang saw me coming back, she didn't seem surprised, as if she had expected it. After walking in, Mu Qingxiang suddenly explained: "They are still sleeping, I will wake them up when I come back."

After hearing this, I suddenly realized that if Li Xiaobei and Meizicha were not woken up, they would be dead by now.I scolded myself for being too narrow-minded, so I didn't continue to think about it, but focused on the dwarf hiding in the dark.It took only a few minutes for what happened just now, but I felt it was a long time, and these people just woke up.It's too cold outside Guozhuang, I only went out for a few minutes, but sitting by the fire doesn't work now, my teeth chatter uncontrollably. After all, Plum Tea grew up in the mountains. I have never seen any strange things, and I am calmer than me when I see scary dwarves.Li Xiaobei didn't give me time to take a breather, he chirped and asked endlessly, I wanted to find a brick to knock him unconscious.These dwarves may have been watching us during the day, and they didn't show up until late at night, and they didn't seem to be afraid of fire.The fire in Guozhuang was so blazing that even tigers, leopards, wolves, ghosts and snakes dared not approach them, but those dwarves were really hard to deal with.

I warmed my hands to the flames, and after I finally regained consciousness, I recounted the experiences just now one by one.Li Xiaobei didn't feel scared, instead he blamed me for not calling him, missing an exciting job for no reason.Plum Tea was still a little nervous. He knew that the mountains were not peaceful, so it was a great courage to stay overnight.I looked at Mu Qingxiang, she was so calm just now, if she said she didn't know the origin of those ghosts, I wouldn't believe it if she was killed. Mu Qingxiang said frankly: "I don't know, everything in the mountains is completely unclear, I have already said it several times."

"It's not a ghost, what could it be?" Meizicha asked anxiously. "It must be people, and they are poor people. You see, they don't even have clothes. They look like short melons. You can tell they are malnourished." Li Xiaobei took a few more sips of wine after waking up. "Let's be careful, no wonder there are many dead people buried here in Guozhuang, maybe those dwarves did it." I said with lingering fear. Li Xiaobei didn't feel sleepy after waking up, and when he saw a purple bruise on my neck, he told me to rest easy and sleep.I am also really tired, thinking that I will have to walk a long mountain road tomorrow, so I won’t be able to sleep at night.I might be too sleepy, I turned over and closed my eyes, and felt the light of day.When I woke up, I found that there was an extra coat on my body. It turned out that Li Xiaobei took off his clothes because he was afraid that I would catch a cold.

After getting up, I said thank you and returned the clothes to Li Xiaobei.The plum tea boiled a pot of hot soup, and Mu Qingxiang was scooping it into everyone's bowls. The soup was actually no different from clear water.I took a sip from the bowl, and it was time to rinse my mouth. The conditions in the mountains are limited, and personal hygiene can only be put aside first.The hot soup swirled in my mouth a few times, and I went to the gate of Guozhuang to spit it out. Once I got there, I found that the whole mountain had turned white. Snowing! It rained last night, and it snowed today. We are already in a mess, and God didn't forget to add a shot.Seeing me stunned at the door, Li Xiaobei said that I slept for a while last night and it snowed, so he put on my clothes.When it’s cold, it takes courage to even get up to pee, and we still have to walk for a few more days, it’s a headache to think about it.

The white bones outside have been covered by heavy snow. It may be that the soil has been continuously impacted by rainwater over the years, and the soil layer has become thinner and thinner. It was finally exposed last night.I was afraid that the same would happen to the old man Baimu's body in the future, so I went out and added a few more shovelfuls of soil to his cemetery, and found a few more stones to fix it.When I was done, I felt that the dozens of skeletons in the wilderness were also very pitiful, so I simply buried them again. In the morning, the snow has stopped, and the fog in the mountains has disappeared.The mountains are covered with snow, only the Shrimp River is still flowing, emitting bursts of water smoke from time to time.A group of us continue to walk along the Shrimp River, and if we go well, we will meet the first road sign on the map.

Walking by the Shrimp River, I just noticed that it flows out, not into the valley.Because of the attack last night, we were all suspicious and always thought that someone was following.Those dwarves are not afraid of light or cold, who knows if they will run out during the day.The more you go in, the more inclined the mountains are, and no one is flat.The heights on the mountain are almost all the same height, straight as pillars, with a solemn feeling. Walking in the snow-capped mountains, without wearing sunglasses, it is easy to get dizzy and even temporarily blind.When I remembered this, I asked Meizicha if his family went into the mountain when it was snowing, but Meizicha definitely said that it was not snowing at that time.Putting on my sunglasses, I shrugged and continued walking on the rugged path.There is water under some snow, which has not yet frozen, and it is so cold that I want to call my mother when I step into it.

Mu Qingxiang and I both memorized the map, so we don't need to take it out when we walk, we just need to judge the correct direction of the map according to the map.After entering the deep mountains, I found that some trails were paved with stones. In ancient times, people who entered the mountains would never have fewer trees, otherwise no one would pave the road so great.Li Xiaobei didn't know where he got so much alcohol, he drank it endlessly every day, and he drank too much after walking a few miles.There were many protruding stones in the snow, and Li Xiaobei tripped over several times, but he never let go of the flagon in his hand.At noon, we arrived in the snow forest at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by thousands of mountains and birds.My stomach is croaking, plum tea is hungry faster than me, and I have already taken out a few biscuits and stuffed them into my mouth. During a short rest, I asked while eating: "You said, will the dwarves from last night come with you? Are there more dwarves in the mountain?" "It's hard to say, I don't think those dwarves are human, and they won't give up." Li Xiaobei said sadly. "I don't think it's human either!" Meizicha echoed. I looked at Mu Qingxiang, and only heard her say: "It will be more dangerous in the mountains, from now on, don't be alone, especially at night, don't go out alone." These words were clearly aimed at me, and I stuffed the biscuit into my mouth nonchalantly, thinking what happened to one person, and I still got rid of those two ghosts.After eating something, we had to continue on the road again, and the plum tea felt uncomfortable at this time.I nervously asked if my eyes were blind, but I touched his forehead and found that he had a fever.When we set off in the morning, plum tea was still in good spirits, and there was no fever.I thought to myself that the people in the mountains should be stronger than me. If you blow a little cold wind, you will have a fever. Isn't that too fragile? Li Xiaobei touched Meizicha's forehead to join in the fun, and said, "Wow, this is too hot. Brother Mei, how long have you endured it, why didn't you say it earlier!" Meizicha said in distress: "It wasn't that uncomfortable just now, but now that I have eaten something, my whole body seems to be burning." I watched the plum tea anxiously, thinking something was wrong, why his complexion was getting uglier, the speed of his condition shouldn't be getting worse so fast.Looking at the situation, it doesn't seem like a simple fever, and there may be a lot of articles in it.Plum Tea recalled how his family became blind. It seemed that no one had experienced this symptom, and he also assured that he had never had or drank anything else.After entering the mountain, we all ate the same food, so there was no reason why he was the only one with problems. After hesitating for a moment, I withdrew my hand on the forehead of Meizicha, and squatted down to look through the medicine in the bag.Mu Qingxiang and I looked for medicine together, but after searching for a long time, we couldn't find any antipyretic medicine.At this time, Li Xiaobei seemed to find something wrong with the plum tea, so he hurriedly turned around and said, "Come and see, what is this?"