Jiaohua

Chapter 136 Ready to go
The rain has been falling.

Lao Tong and Zhi Changle took turns on duty and sat at the entrance of the main hall.

Xia Zhaoyi leaned against the door frame on the other side, closed his eyes, not sure if he was awake or asleep.

It was raining heavily, and the yard was splashed with water. It was not until Yinshi that the sky gradually cleared up.

Old Tong yawned several times, he was so sleepy, seeing the heavy rain gradually subsided by the firelight in the yard, he turned around a little bored, and looked at the little girl across from him.

The little face is calm and quiet, the eyebrows are stretched, and the hands are folded on the chest, leaning there, just like a little adult.

It suddenly occurred to Old Tong that at his current age, it seemed that he could be the father of this little girl.

At this time, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she opened her eyes.

Old Tong was slightly stunned, and called out, "Ali."

Xia Zhaoyi looked up at the sky, then at the water in the courtyard, and said, "The rain has stopped."

The voice was crisp, not like hoarseness just waking up.

"Go over there and have a good sleep," Old Tong said, "You'll catch cold easily here, and you won't be able to survive."

Xia Zhaoyi didn't seem to be able to hear, and looked at the yard, lost in thought.

There are several fires in the yard, which are purposely set up high to cover the "shed". Lao Tong and Zhi Changle will go over to add some firewood from time to time, so they are still burning.

The wind whimpered and blew, and the outer flames flickered on and off, shining on the water, shaking so unreal.

At this time, the howling of wolves resounded from the distant mountains, and it was loud and loud in the empty mountains.Old Tong shook, and said softly, "There really are wolves here."

Xia Zhaoyi paused, grabbed the spear beside him, got up and said, "I'll go and have a look."

"Ah?" Old Tong also hurriedly got up, "Ali, where are you going?"

"You stay here," Xia Zhaoyi looked at him sideways, and said in a deep voice, "I'll be back before dawn, if anything happens here, no matter if it's a beast or a human, just follow what we said before." Yes, pull hard on this rope."

Xia Zhaoyi handed him the rope hanging from the eaves.

Old Tong took it, but still felt uneasy, held back, but couldn't hold back, and said: "A Li, where are you going now, it's almost dawn, can't you go at dawn?"

Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "No, because we have to hurry at dawn."

She doesn't have that much time to linger here.

When she was done, she turned and walked away.

The mountain wind is strong and the night is cold.

After she left the ruined temple, she climbed up a hill with her bare hands according to the road she had explored and calculated during the day.

The top is the best spot for collecting wind. She climbed to the top for a long time and sat down to rest at the highest point.

Her shattered hair was blown wildly by the high wind, she straightened her back, and looked coldly at the fire at the foot of the mountain on the other side.

It was very bright. Compared to the other side of the ruined temple, the fire here seemed to have burned the entire house, and it continued to brighten and expand, obviously to cope with the wolf howling just now.

Looking up from the light of the fire, there is a path to the place where the corpses were found today, not far or near.

And when the flames went down, looking out, the road was gradually becoming flatter, and it should be the place where it went downhill completely.

Xia Zhaoyi sketched a rough map of the terrain in his mind, then looked away, and got up with the spear to go back.

Old Tong had been watching from the door, and when he saw Xia Zhaoyi's small figure, he hurriedly waded to the water and said, "Ali!"

Xia Zhaoyi nodded, suddenly stopped, and looked up at him: "Old Tong, I'm sorry."

"what?"

"I made you worry about me," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "You don't have to worry about it in the future, I am best at self-protection."

With that said, he handed him the spear in his hand.

Old Tong took it and said, "Where did you go just now?"

"Go for a walk, the mountains are good, if the rain stops, there won't be too much water, and it will all flow down." Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile.

"Just walk around?"

"It's almost dawn."

Xia Zhaoyi raised his head, looked at the twilight sky, then walked towards the main hall, and said, "Old Tong, help me wake up the old man and Zhi Changle."

"Are you going to go?" Old Tong nodded, "OK!"

He ran in and quickly woke up the two who had been sleeping restlessly.

He was about to pack his things, but found Xia Zhaoyi was still standing at the door.

"Cover your ears well," Xia Zhaoyi said.

Old Tong was puzzled, but still covered his ears.

Seeing that the wounded over there also raised his hands to cover his ears, Xia Zhaoyi turned around, pulled the rope hanging from the door, and yanked it violently.

The rope leads the beams and eaves of the house, and connects to the big tree in the yard. It is entangled one by one, and the turning point is made of simple mortise and tenon joints. Finally, a large stone under the fire is brought up by the rope. A huge force pulled it out and slammed into the copper tripod in the middle of the courtyard.

The sound of "hum" thundered, spread to every corner of the entire temple, and also spread to the entire empty mountain, echoing far away.

It was crisp and ethereal, but also very heavy, as if hitting someone's chest directly, causing a dull pain.

At the same moment the fire collapsed, and the flames sank to a row of logs below which had been lightly greased.

The flames suddenly brightened and jumped up, almost failing to burn the "shed" above to keep out the rain.

Lao Tong and Zhi Changle's heartbeats accelerated, and they were startled by the loud noise.

Xia Zhaoyi turned to look at them, and said, "Let's go in an hour, let's pack up."

"Why, why..." Zhi Changle pointed to the yard.

Earlier, it seemed to say that if you encounter a wild beast that comes to attack, you can use this trick, it will definitely work.

But now, for no reason...

Xia Zhaoyi said softly: "I don't know how many people are still alive on this mountain, and I don't know that those wicked people haven't gone far."

She has no intention of going to save the suffering and rescue the suffering, and save all sentient beings, but she also doesn't want to watch those innocent and unfortunate people fly to the flames and seek refuge with those people at the foot of the mountain.

"Some of the corpses we saw today had their skulls cut off alive." Xia Zhaoyi said again.

It's fine if she doesn't say anything, but when it was mentioned, Zhi Changle immediately covered his mouth, and Lao Tong's eyes widened, his face was startled and angry.

Xia Zhaoyi walked inside: "Let's go, let's pack our things, and it will be dawn in an hour, so let's go."

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The loud sound of "嗡" resounded all over the mountain, echoing from the distant mountains, and even had the illusion that the ground under your feet was trembling.

"what sound!"

"what happened?"

The few big men who were still setting fire everywhere raised their heads and looked up the mountain one after another.

The steward who was sleeping inside was also startled, sat up and shouted, "What's going on outside!"

"My lord, suddenly there was a loud noise on the mountain, I don't know what happened!" A man replied.

"Then send someone to take a look!" The steward's voice was sharp and piercing, "Is this courting death? It's late at night! Who is getting impatient!"

After cursing, I realized that the sky outside the window had already brightened.

The steward hurriedly shouted again: "No need to look, no need!" As he said, he put on his clothes and got up, "Get ready to go, pack your things quickly!"

(End of this chapter)