ninety thousand miles

Chapter 4 Scholar, read it again

Sensing the danger, the red-haired fox threw away the book and jumped to the side. The flying sword brushed past the fox's head, and a puddle of blood fell into the grass along with half an ear.

The red-haired fox took advantage of the flying sword's twirling and ran into the dense forest, and disappeared after falling back a few times.

Feijian swayed left and right in mid-air, lingered for a while, and flew into the distance with a whistling sound.

One man and two monsters held their breath and waited for a long time.

After making sure that the fox and Feijian were no longer nearby, Gong Er lowered his voice and said to Li Chuan, "Scholar, do you still want to drink water? Hurry up, we will leave here after drinking."

Li Chuan quickly said: "I want it. How about I go there alone? I'll come back after drinking."

Pang San's pliers scratched the ground a few times.

Although Gong Er felt that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, he thought that the fox had already run away, and since Fei Jian was chasing the fox, it was impossible for him to be still around here, so he made a decision and said, "Let's go together. "

When he reached the stream, Li Chuan squatted down.

He tried his best to ignore the blood stains on the stone, and half a fox's ear in the grass.

Reach out for water to drink.

The stream water is sweet and refreshing.

After washing my face again, I couldn't help but feel refreshed.

Half of Pang San's body was soaked in the water, spitting out bubbles, and the dry lines seemed to have become lighter.

Li Chuan glanced at the book that the fox had dropped, one corner was soaked in the water, and he reached out to pick up the book.

When the hand touched the book, a golden light flashed in front of his eyes.

Li Chuan blinked his eyes twice, saw the golden sunlight glowing on the stream, and put the book in his lapel without thinking about it.

Seeing that Li Chuan had finished drinking the water, Gong Er began to urge again, "Okay, okay, let's find a place to rest and sleep quickly, and we have to go on the road at night!"

After leaving the stream, one man and two monsters found a shady place to rest.

At sunset, there is a cool breeze and dense clouds cover the sky
The slight rain penetrated into his neck, and Li Chuan shivered. He called Gong Er who was striding forward and said, "Brother Gong, it's raining, let's find a place to take shelter."

Gong Er didn't stop, but turned his head and gave him a sideways glance, and said sharply, "Nonsense, nonsense, where there is rain, there is rain!"

Pang San rolled his eyes, he felt the water vapor in the air, and said, "It's going to be big."

Li Chuan hurriedly continued to persuade: "Brother Gong, I'm not afraid of rushing. I'm sitting on Brother Pang, and I don't have to exert any strength by myself. What I'm afraid of is getting caught in the rain, catching a cold, or getting sick. What should I do?"

When Gong Er heard the word sick, he shuddered and said, "You can't be sick! You can't die!"

It's just that Gong Er and Pang San don't know where to take shelter from the rain.

They could only speed up their pace, go all the way forward, and search all the way, until the night fell completely, and they saw a ruined temple.

As soon as a man and two demons walked into the ruined temple, they heard a bang, and white light exploded over the dense forest.

Raindrops the size of soybeans fell.

Li Chuan slid off the crab shell, found a dry corner and sat down, took out the meatloaf left over at noon, took a few bites, raised his head, and suddenly found that Pang San was gone.

Li Chuan asked Gong Er: "Where did Brother Pang go?"

Gong Er pointed his tail outside, "He went to soak in the water."

That's right, crabs are not afraid of rain.

With the light of lightning, Li Chuan could clearly see the layout of the ruined temple.

In the middle is a broken statue of a god, presumably a land god; there are some traces of murals on the surrounding walls, which are all peeled off and indistinct.

It seemed that something came through from the sound of rain.

Li Chuan turned his head and saw a person holding a broken umbrella, stepping into the temple.

While shaking the umbrella, the man said, "It's raining heavily."

Then she seemed to see Li Chuan and Gong Er who were hiding in the corner. After looking around, she took out a fire pocket from the back basket and lit it up.

Li Chuan and Gong Er saw her appearance clearly - an old woman with gray hair.

Gong Er shook his hair and relaxed his body.

Li Chuan was also a little disappointed.

When the old woman saw Li Chuan, she said, "Young man, look for firewood in the temple and start a fire."

Hearing this, Li Chuan looked around by the light of the fire. There was a stool with a broken leg next to the back door, which might be used as firewood.He took the stool to the old woman, and the two of them worked together to tear it down.

The old woman looked trembling, but her strength was stronger than Li Chuan's. Her nails were black and long, like hooks.

After the fire was ignited, the old woman put the basket aside, she noticed Gong Er standing in the corner, her eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "What a mighty big cock!"

Hearing this, Gong Er turned around, bowed his head and pecked the ground repeatedly.

The old woman laughed twice, and sat down by the fire.

Li Chuan also sat down.

Roasting the fire, the body gradually warmed up.

The old woman asked him, "Master, where are you from?"

Li Chuan replied: "I am from Yunqiao Township."

The old woman asked: "Oh, Yunqiao Township, I went there when I was a child, where are you going?"

Li Chuan noticed that Gong Er had glanced at him, so he said, "Go to visit an elder's house."

The two chatted a few words, the old woman looked very sleepy, and gradually stopped talking.

Long night.

After listening to the sound of rain for a while, Li Chuan felt that the rain would last at least for a while, so he took out the book he picked up by the stream, and read the words on it by the light of the fire.

Fortunately, the scholar Li Chuan remembered him, and he could recognize five or six out of ten characters. The title of the book was "The Book of Patterns".

Li Chuan laughed secretly in his heart that the fox was illiterate, and regarded a reference book as a treasure.

Seeing dizziness with half understanding, Li Chuan turned the book backwards. There were no words in the second half of the book, and there were pictures after pictures, ranging from simple to complex, which might be decorative patterns.

After closing the book, Li Chuan casually glanced in the direction of the old woman. The old woman was breathing heavily and snoring from time to time, she seemed to be fast asleep.

Suddenly, Li Chuan's pupils shrank, and he controlled his expression and turned his head away.

He saw that half of the old woman's right ear was gone!

His heart was overwhelmed, but it didn't show on his face.

Based on his accumulation of decades of TV series and novels, he can be sure that the old woman in front of him is the red-haired fox by the stream during the daytime, and he came here for the "Book of Textures" in his hand!
How did she find them?
What is her purpose?
If you just want a book, just give it to her.

But if she wants to silence...

Li Chuan thought about the performance of the two men and three men in the daytime. Together, they are one man and two monsters, and they are probably no match for her.

Gong Er and Pang San didn't even realize that she was a demon!
So Li Chuan found the most difficult passage from his memory, and while shaking the book, he stuttered and memorized it.

After reciting for a while, I heard the old woman ask: "Master, are you reading the words in this book?"

(End of this chapter)