There is a white bone spirit in the village

Chapter 18

Lin Jiao left the county seat and returned to Taohua Village.Probably today's good luck has been used up, and there is no car in the same direction for the long tens of miles.Fortunately, she was in a very good mood today, and her legs were tireless. After walking for several hours, she didn't feel particularly tired.In the evening, I finally walked to the high plateau slope leading to the entrance of the village. It has a beautiful name——Half Moon Slope, so named because it looks like a half moon when viewed from a distance.

Character determines destiny, and she is convinced of this-she is such a character, who perceives even the slightest light of opportunity, sees it, makes it without hesitation, and then uses all means to plan.Even now, she is walking on a knife's edge: a thief on one side and an official on the other.An inadvertent mistake will destroy her body, but if she succeeds, the reward she will get will be extremely rich, which is the kind of reward that a person who is used to being stable and cautious will never be able to achieve in a lifetime.So she has no regrets, let alone fear.Now that she has taken the first step, she will not think about failure, but think about the second step, the third step, and even the final step.

Even if she does it again, she will not change her choice today.

On both sides of the gently castrated plateau slope, there are clusters of elm, Chinese toon and catalpa bushes.Lin Jiao walked on the dirt road trampled by villagers and mules and horses on the ridge for thousands of years, and looked at the smoke from the village under the plateau not far away that was shrouded in the setting sun and sunset. For once, I finally had a sense of real existence.Turning your head again, you can see that there is only half a round of sunset on the west mountain on the right hand side. The sunset glow is brilliant, the warm wind is blowing on your face, but there is no one around, only the sound of birds flapping their wings and returning to the forest. Even a real layman like her couldn't help but stop and stare at the fiery sunset.

The outline of the setting sun was finally completely swallowed up by the Western Mountains. The moment it sank, half of the originally thick ink-splashed sky suddenly darkened as if cast a spell, while the sounds of birds suddenly became louder.A black-headed chick who was terrified by the sudden loss of light came out of nowhere, and flew straight towards Lin Jiao. Lin Jiao couldn't dodge it, and watched the black mass towards her face. He ran over, screamed and closed his eyes, only to feel that his forehead was hurting from the bump. When he opened his eyes, his first reaction was to touch his own forehead. Fortunately, it was as smooth as ever, and he patted his chest. The chick was already lying on its back in the middle of the road under its feet, its head tilted and motionless, and it seemed that it had passed out.

Lin Jiao squatted down and stretched out her hand to fiddle with the unlucky traffic accident bird. She was thinking about whether she should carry it to the side of the road when she suddenly heard chirping sounds. She followed the prestige and laughed dumbfoundedly. She saw a big bird approaching Jumping feet stood on the branch of a wild persimmon on the half slope dozens of steps down the slope, blowing hairs at him angrily, and built a bird's nest on the trident branch next to it.

Lin Jiao hurriedly put down the basket she was holding on her arm, picked up the little bird and carefully walked down the gentle slope densely covered with weeds, to the wild persimmon tree, while guarding against the big bird's possible attack at any time, while stepping on On a rock, I tiptoed to put the bird back into the nest, but the branch was a bit high. After several attempts to no avail, I put the bird on the rock, and was about to move another rock, when suddenly I was stunned and saw From the back of the toon tree on the top came out a man, it was Shi Qingshan.

"Didn't you go to the academy yesterday? Why are you here?"

Lin Jiao asked in surprise.

Shi Qingshan smiled, and just said: "A-Jiao, I'll help you." After speaking, he went to take the bird in front of her, rolled up his trousers and climbed up the tree, driving away the big one that was still chattering around. The bird carefully put it back into the nest, then stepped on the branches and descended the tree. Halfway down the tree, it let go and jumped down, unable to stand firmly on its feet, and squatted on the ground in a flash.

Lin Jiao let out a hey, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Did you fall?"

Shi Qingshan shook his head, stood up slowly, his fair and handsome face was slightly flushed, and his eyes were a little bright when he looked at Lin Jiao.Lin Jiao suddenly felt something was wrong, and she saw him sigh, and said softly: "A-Jiao, when I was young, my mother kept me in check and didn't let me climb trees like other children. I didn't listen and climbed secretly. I fell down like this, everyone laughed at me, only you didn't laugh at me. After they all ran away, you came to me and asked me if I fell, and it was exactly the same as now. Do you remember?"

Lin Jiao was startled, and said vaguely: "Is there such a thing? I forgot a long time ago. It's lucky that you didn't fall. It's getting late, and Nengwu is still waiting for me to go back, so I'll go first !" After she finished speaking, she turned around, and before she could move her foot, a hand was already grabbed by Shi Qingshan behind her, and she shook it subconsciously.

Although Shi Qingshan wasn't a warrior, Lin Jiao couldn't resist the strength of his hand, not only couldn't shake it off, but was held even tighter by him.

"A-Jiao, didn't you just ask me why I wasn't in the academy? I should have been there. But I couldn't control myself. I couldn't sleep all night last night. I just wanted to see you and tell you what was on my mind. I’m back, I went to your house to ask Ah Wu, he said that you have entered the county seat, and I’ll wait for you to come back here.” Shi Qingshan looked at Lin Jiao and said quickly, his eyes were as hot as a fire, “When you The day is not the same as before! I feel that you don't want to see me, you always want to avoid me, and even return the clothes to my mother, isn't that what I promised you before? Gillian you Is it because my mother said something, or are you afraid of other people's comments? Ah Jiao, don't worry, as long as I pass the exam, I will marry you! You must believe me! As long as you nod, I will go back to the academy now , I will definitely work hard for you!"

Shi Qingshan's face was flushed with excitement, his palms were so hot that even Lin Jiao was a little moved.It's just a pity that I am not his Chunjiao.Now that he met him like this, just like what I thought before, tell him to stop his thoughts, so as to save him from being entangled again.

"Qingshan, let go of my hand first," Lin Jiao smacked at his hand, and Shi Qingshan seemed to notice his gaffe, he quickly relaxed, and whispered: "I... didn't mean to of……"

Lin Jiao smiled, rubbed her hands that hurt a little from his pinch, stood back two steps and said, "Qingshan, let me tell you the truth, don't care about the past, anyway, from now on, there will be more From now on, I will be your sister-in-law, and you will be the younger brother of my lost man. In the future, don’t call me Gillian, it’s better to call me sister-in-law. Also, you are so smart, you are one of the best in your studies, you It is all your mother's hope, you must work hard to get a good name, and in the future, you will honor your family, so that you can be regarded as worthy of yourself!"

After Lin Jiao finished speaking, she turned around and climbed up the ridge. Shi Qingshan caught up with her in a big stride, grabbed her hand again from behind, and said in a trembling voice, "A-Jiao, what did you say?"

Lin Jiao secretly sighed, holding her temper and was about to speak again, when she looked up, she was suddenly dumbfounded.On the road above the ridge a few dozen steps away, a man was sitting astride his horse, looking sideways at himself and Shi Qingshan down the slope.Even though the sky was dim, Lin Jiao could see clearly that the person on the horse was Yang Jingxuan whom she had just met at the gate of the county government office today.

Lin Jiao was startled, and her first reaction was to shout bad luck.

Didn't he come back just after explaining?Why did he actually appear like a ghost now, and just let him see this scene?Seeing that his eyes were looking down at him like lightning, if not for the slight frown, his face would be expressionless.Lin Jiao felt as if she had been stabbed by a needle, the hairs on her back stood on end, and she quickly shook Shi Qingshan's hand behind her with all her strength.Shi Qingshan was caught off guard, and she broke free.Lin Jiao hurriedly looked up again, and the man had already galloped on his horse, and one person and one horse quickly disappeared on the ridge at dusk.

That old horse, it can run so fast, like a flash of lightning.If Lin Jiao hadn't seen the truth, she would have thought that the person and horse just now were hallucinations.

(End of this chapter)