girl riding a horse

Chapter 67 The Encounter on the Grassy Hillside
She was so hungry, she thought that with the money, she could find a place to buy food so that she would not be hungry.

But along the way, there are traces of war sweeping everywhere, where is there a place to buy, sell and eat?

Xie Yuan kept riding his horse forward according to the map in his memory, while secretly blaming himself for being too stupid.

And in order not to show off, he didn't even bring a bow and arrow, not even a chance to shoot a bird or a rabbit to satisfy his hunger.

The desolate scenes in front of her flew back one after another, and she couldn't figure out how long she had been running, but this nightmare-like road seemed to never end, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, there was an illusory and unreal feeling. real beauty.

Just when she was tired and hungry and her consciousness was a little fuzzy, she suddenly smelled a faint aroma of smoked food.

But there was no cooking smoke ahead, no trace of people, not even a house.

She pulled the rein involuntarily, looking around for the source of the smell.

Suddenly, she looked at a small hillside next to her. The hillside was densely covered with wild grass, which blocked her sight, but from behind the grass, she could faintly hear the voice of someone talking, intermittently inaudible, but the tone was full of A pleasant and relaxing taste.

The smell of food also seems to be wafting from the opposite side of the hillside.

Because of such a scent and such a relaxed voice, Xie Yuan subconsciously felt that as long as he crossed this hillside, he would see a normal village or a town.

The smoke from the kitchens there is definitely different from the desolation of this road. They have food, enough for people to share, and they will be happy to sell some to her.

So Xie Yuan got off the horse, tightened the reins, and pulled the horse up the hillside.

The thin and thin grass was so high that when Xie Yuan led the horse in, it didn't even pass her head.

She struggled to push through the dense grass to find a way for her feet, while carefully pulling the horse for fear that the horse would sprain its hooves.The horse is an important partner to help her escape danger. If it is lame, it will have to use its legs to measure the road ahead, and it is unknown how many difficulties it will encounter in the future.

So he climbed up slowly like this.

The hillside was not too steep, but it was very long. As we walked, it suddenly became clear that the dense tall grass was gone, replaced by a newly dug earth pit, which was very strange.

She led the horse carefully around the pit, and when she turned to the other side, she saw a wooden board thrown on the ground, half covered in the soil, with a few words written on the wooden board with charcoal: Ge Erzhuang's Tomb.

The word for the tomb was still wrong, and it was written as "圶".

Xie Yuan has always been courageous, even if he saw the tomb of the dead, he would not think too much, but he thought it was a bit strange that the newly dug tomb had a tombstone but no corpse, so it was left hanging like this.

She guessed in her heart that maybe it was because of the war or other things that were too hasty, so Ge ​​Erzhuang's family didn't have time to bury him, so she continued to walk up.

Simply because of the empty tomb, the tall grass in front of her had already been stepped out of the way, and it was much easier for her to walk.

"Hush... Listen, there seems to be some movement." The voice of the person on the other side of the hill became clearer and clearer, and it could clearly reach Xie Yuan's ears.

Just listen to another person stammering and asking:

"No...it won't be haunted..."

"What kind of ghosts are haunted? Everyone is here, afraid of a ball?!" Another person said.

Xie Yuan didn't make a sound, she was eager to see the scene she expected, so she quickened her pace and rushed up, ready to say hello with a smiling face.

But when she finally stood on the top of the hill, she was shocked by the scene in front of her, and the smile froze on her face.

Where there are any villages or towns, the scenery here is no different from that on the road next to it.

There were only two shabby-dressed Southern Dynasty soldiers gathered around a bonfire, looking at her with gloomy eyes.

And what was roasting on the bonfire was obviously an arm of a person.

Next to it was a headless corpse lying crookedly on the ground. The corpse was stripped of its upper body military uniform and thrown aside in a mess. The color of the clothes was the same as what they were wearing, and it looked like they were from the same barracks.

And the two arms on the corpse are gone...

The dim light of the setting sun shone on the two soldiers, their faces could not be seen clearly, and their tattered uniforms looked like evil spirits crawling out of hell.

Xie Yuan, who had always been bold, finally realized what it was like to be afraid—her face was pale, and cold sweat broke out suddenly, soaking her back, and her empty stomach was blowing cold air, violently Nausea rolled in his chest.

She took a step back involuntarily, staggering, and if she hadn't been pulled by the horse's rein, she might have rolled down the hillside.

Those two people saw that Xie Yuan was a half-grown child who was still leading a horse. The clothes on his body were neat, and the workmanship and fabrics were very expensive. It seemed that he was not from an ordinary family.

So subconsciously stood up first, blocked the "food" on the campfire, and looked at her vigilantly.

There was a brief suffocating and tense stalemate, and the wilderness was quiet everywhere, and there were no more human voices.

"Brother...what should we do?" A slightly thin soldier asked.

The soldier called Big Brother was tall and thin, looked at Xie Yuan with narrowed eyes vigilantly, tightened the big knife in his hand, and asked:
"Children... Where are your adults?"

Xie Yuan's heart was beating like a drum, he was sweating profusely, severe nausea was churning in his stomach, his legs and feet were weak, and he just couldn't speak.

The tall elder brother took two steps forward slowly, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while he said firmly:

"He's just one! San'er, let's catch him together, and bring the next ration... That horse is not bad, either."

In front of Xie Yuan, he discussed with the other thin companion leisurely.

When Xie Yuan heard this, he finally mustered up the courage to get on his horse. Just as he was about to turn around and run away, the thin soldier ran back and picked up a bow from the ground.

Xie Yuan's mind "hummed": If he turned around and ran away, the grass on the hillside would be overgrown, the road would be rough, and the surrounding would be open and unobstructed.

When they stood at his feet and shot arrows down, he was almost certain to die!

Thinking of this, Dang even pulled out the sword at his waist, clamped his legs around the horse's belly and kicked, shouted "Drive!" and rushed towards the two soldiers!
The tall soldier's eyes widened, and he didn't seem to have thought that Xie Yuan would charge down from above on his horse. After a moment of stunned, he immediately ran out with his sword in hand.

And Xie Yuan's main goal is not for him!It was the archer, so he whizzed past him without stopping, and went straight to the man holding the bow and arrow with a knife.

"Fucking shot!!!" The tall soldier saw that the thin man was still aiming the bow and arrow, shaking and swishing, hesitating whether to run away or shoot, so he couldn't help shouting and urging him anxiously.

But it was too late, I saw Xie Yuan lying low on the horse's back, with a powerful momentum, holding the long sword high in his hand, and rushed to the front in an instant.

The thin soldier couldn't hold on any longer, he screamed in horror, turned around and ran away, his back was pierced by Xie Yuan's sword, and he fell to the ground without a sound.

　Today Chapter 2 will be released later, I don’t know if I can post it... I will try my best.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)