From Jiu Shu's world

Chapter 33
The woman in her arms woke up, Henry Zhang quietly released the ghost stag armor to guard against the python, and lowered his head and asked, "How do you feel? Does the wound still hurt?"

The woman's eyes caught a glimpse of the herbal medicine applied to her shoulders, she felt the wound slightly, and she was still able to move.Then he shook his head lightly: "Thank you brother for saving your life, the wound doesn't hurt anymore."

Hearing the woman calling his little brother, Henry Zhang couldn’t help but look down at the woman, it turned out that he really didn’t pay attention.The strange woman fell to the ground before, with her face facing the other side. Henry Zhang didn’t have time to see what she looked like, but now he saw that she was about 30 years old.Although she looked pretty, the slight crow's feet at the corners of her eyebrows could tell that she was a mature woman.

The woman seemed to be struggling to speak because of her injuries, and she paused for a while before continuing: "Brother, Long Sang was worried about me and attacked you just now, please don't blame him."

Henry Zhang glanced at the peaceful python Longsang, and shook his head: "It's okay, but you don't have to call me brother, my name is Henry Zhang..."

The woman giggled and said: "Brother Henry Zhang, my name is Caifeng, thank you for your life-saving grace."

Henry Zhang was a little helpless, is there any difference between this name and just now?But I also understand a little bit, seeing that Caifeng is dressed as a Miao woman, with a cheerful and enthusiastic personality, this party has experienced life and death crises, and it is true that she can still laugh.

Seeing that she woke up, Henry Zhang put her under the tree and sat against the tree.When putting it down, Henry Zhang could clearly feel that Caifeng’s tense muscles had relaxed, as if he was relieved.Henry Zhang smiled secretly. It turns out that on the surface, she is warm and cheerful, but she is a conservative girl in her heart. She is really a standard Miao girl.

Henry Zhang didn’t like her, but just found it interesting.After putting Caifeng away, Henry Zhang applied some herbal medicines that were not applied just now, and sat down by himself.And Caifeng beckoned, calling the boa constrictor named Longsang to her side.Henry Zhang asked: "Sister Caifeng, why did you, a girl, suffer such serious injuries in this deep mountain and old forest?"

Cai Fengfu caressed Long Sang like a lover, and then said with a smile: "What else can we do? People from the Herb Mountain Village, of course, came to this Herb Mountain to collect medicine, but I didn't expect to meet a tiger today." Said, Caifeng murmured to Longsang again: "You saved me again."

It was a bit strange for Henry Zhang to look at this person with a python, but thinking that Miaojiang women are good at gu, raising this snake seems to be nothing.

After Caifeng finished speaking to Longsang, she raised her head and asked, "Brother Henry Zhang, how did you get here? No one has come to our Yaoshan for many years."

Henry Zhang replied: "Someone told me that I could go back to the main road by walking this way, so I found it. It's just that it seems to go deeper and deeper."

Henry Zhang’s light tone did not show any shame of being cheated. He found something was wrong not long after he followed the path into the mountain, but he didn’t look back. He wanted to know what purpose Grandma Yama had for pointing him to this path.

Caifeng giggled and said: "It seems that my brother was deceived by someone, so what is the name of the person who deceived you?"

Henry Zhang was teased by Caifeng, but he was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "It's a mother-in-law named Yama, do you know her?" Henry Zhang also just said something jokingly, and he didn't expect Caifeng to answer him.

But Caifeng fell silent for a while after hearing the name, and said after a while: "So it's Aunt Yama, where is she now? Are you alright?"

“You know her?” Henry Zhang turned his head in surprise.

Caifeng nodded, looking at Henry Zhang, with a bit of inquiry in her eyes.

Henry Zhang said: "She lives in the inn at the foot of Yaoshan, is she from your village?"

Caifeng was silent for a while after listening to Henry Zhang's words, and said to herself: "It turns out that my mother has always been there, but"

What Caifeng might want to ask is why Granny Yama didn't come back, but she thought of the situation in her village. Such a horrible thing happened, who can really stay?Not to mention the distance from the foot of Yaoshan Mountain to the stockade is tens of miles away, and there is no one to protect him, and he is afraid that he will be caught by wild animals halfway.

As for Zhang Xuan, could it be that Grandma Yama deliberately lured him here?Is it for the village?Caifeng raised his head and said: "This road is not on the main road, you can go back, the mountain road is difficult to walk at night, and there are many wild animals, it is very dangerous. It is still too late to go back now. If... If you can, please don't blame Ama Yama, she just wants to help Help our village."

Henry Zhang didn’t answer, but asked instead: “Oh, help your village? Is there something wrong with your village?”

Henry Zhang didn’t know what was going on in their stockade, but if it was said that Aunt Yama tricked herself into coming here to see if she could help the stockade, then what made her make this decision?
Henry Zhang recalled some details of yesterday at the inn. Before the raccoon cat wanted to be sealed, although the old mother of Yama was weird, she was just a little withdrawn.It's just that I took the raccoon cat and gave it the way to practice, and Granny Yama changed her attitude the next day. Could it be that she fell in love with her own Taoism?
Although Henry Zhang didn't reveal much that night, only wizards in this Miaojiang area can know so many insider things, which is why Granny Yama fell in love with him.

Caifeng shook her head: "There has been a problem in the village for ten years. It's not a disease. Your medical skills are useless." Seeing that he healed the wound on her shoulder, Caifeng thought that the Han boy was a doctor. What Granny Ma fell in love with was his medical skills.

Henry Zhang heard the words and said with a smile: "I'm not a doctor. If it's true, in your words, I'm a wizard." As he spoke, three ghost stag beetles flew out and circled around Henry Zhang. Border land wizard is what they call practitioners.

"insanity?"

Caifeng could tell at a glance that it was a Gu, and it was different from the Gu raised by ordinary people. It was the kind of Gu that a wizard could control freely because of their mutual understanding.

"The land of Miaojiang is really good at raising Gu, and I recognized it at a glance."

Caifeng took a deep look at Henry Zhang, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Henry Zhang, if you have the ability to follow, you can come, but the situation in the village may be weirder than you think, you have to think clearly, in case Once there is danger, it is a waste of life."

Although Caifeng didn't even know what danger she was in, she could feel Longsang's fear, the most dangerous thing that Longsang was afraid of even a tiger.

Caifeng stood up slowly, picked up the medicine basket with one hand, waved and said affectionately: "Long Sang is gone, let's go home." Then he said without looking back: "Brother Zhang Xuan, if you want to see us Whatever happens in the village, follow along. "

What happened to this medicine cottage?Henry Zhang became more and more curious. Both Caifeng and Granny Yama seemed to know something, but they were half-knowledgeable. It seemed that it was up to him to know the secret.

Moreover, he faintly felt that there seemed to be something waiting for him in this medicine cottage, this was the first time he had such a feeling after breaking through the Yin God Realm.

Caifeng was injured, and although she recovered a little, she didn't walk fast.Long Sang crawled on the ground, followed Caifeng closely, and disappeared for a while from time to time. Henry Zhang could feel that this python named Long Sang was going to deter the hidden beasts.This is a strange thing, this python is clearly not a Gu, but it desperately protects Caifeng, it doesn't look like a cold-blooded animal at all.

Henry Zhang followed Caifeng for a long time, until he reached Sunset West Mountain, and only vaguely saw the medicine cottage that Caifeng said.This medicine cottage is already located in the depths of Yaoshan Mountain. Henry Zhang looked down on the hillside. This village is surrounded by mountains on three sides and can only be entered at the intersection in front of it. It is clearly a cottage hidden in the valley.

"Brother Henry Zhang, don't delay, the mountain road will be difficult to walk when the sun goes down." Caifeng turned her head and shouted at Henry Zhang, and the exchanges between the two along the way made each other a lot closer.

After hearing this, Henry Zhang went down the hill a little faster, and arrived at the gate of the stockade in a short while.

The gate of the cottage really surprised Henry Zhang. The gate of the village is not big. It is a wooden fence gate with a width of two meters and a height of three meters, but this gate is dilapidated. Although it has been repaired, it still looks very simple. It doesn't look like the gate of a village that is often inhabited.

Caifeng stepped forward and untied the rattan tied to the door, opened the door, and held the door with her right hand to give Henry Zhang a way to signal Henry Zhang to go in first.

"What? Is this door broken? I repaired it myself." Caifeng smiled.

Henry Zhang shook his head and did not answer. He always felt that there was some kind of complicated emotion hidden in Caifeng’s smile, not to mention how could anyone close the cottage door with a rattan that could be untied outside the door?

Henry Zhang walked in, but the sight he entered surprised him. This small stockade was a dilapidated scene. Forty or fifty wooden houses were collapsed, and those that were still standing were also Overgrown with vines and moss, the house was overgrown with short, tangled weeds.Only one house at the end of the village is intact, and peppers and garlic are hung on the eaves to add a little vitality to the village.

"Swish"

Suddenly there was movement in the grass, Henry Zhang looked vigilantly, and found that it was a colorful poisonous snake, and there were constant rustling sounds all around, and Henry Zhang discovered that there were snakes in this medicine cottage, big and small, on the ground, grass and eaves They are all snakes, big and small, all kinds.

Henry Zhang immediately summoned a swarm of bees, ready to deal with these snakes.Caifeng's voice suddenly came from behind: "Brother, wait a minute, these snakes won't hurt people."

Henry Zhang turned his head to look at Caifeng, and questioned: "The Gu snake you raised?"

Caifeng shook her head: "I didn't raise them, but they are afraid of Longsang."

Henry Zhang has more doubts in his heart, is there no one in the huge stockade?Why do so many snakes appear in the stockade?All the doubts seem to be focused on what happened to Yaoshanzhai ten years ago?Henry Zhang looked at Caifeng with a questioning look in his eyes.

Caifeng turned a blind eye to Henry Zhang's gaze, but walked ahead and led Henry Zhang to her hut. As for Longsang, he came to the group of snakes, raised his head and made a "hissing" sound, scaring off the group of snakes.

The hut at the end of the stockade is Caifeng’s residence. Caifeng entered the door and put the medicine basket aside, and said to Henry Zhang: “Sit down, there is nothing to entertain in the humble living.” While talking, she poured Henry Zhang a cup of tea .

When Caifeng also sat down, Henry Zhang held the tea and said lightly: "Now, you can tell what happened in your village."

Caifeng glanced at Longsang, stroked its head gently, her eyes blurred into memories, and said slowly: "The thing happened one night ten years ago."

(End of this chapter)