Tianwai Feixian

Chapter 23 The Wolves
The village at the foot of the mountain was still noisy, and the cries grew louder and louder. Suddenly, the old man saw three or four officials running towards the back of the mountain on the road up the mountain not far away.

And behind the official messenger, there were still a few women in the village chasing after him. The old man looked familiar from the back. These women had older girls in their families.

The old man suddenly had a bad thought in his heart.

Could it be that the officials found that all the girls in the village were hiding!
His old man was very worried at the moment.

Zhao Shijun finally found an opportunity to sneak out, and ran to the door of his old man's house in a panic, seeing the panting appearance, the old man asked worriedly: "Is Shijun looking for me for something?"

Zhao Shijun shook his head, stretched his head to look left and right, and after confirming that there was no one nearby, he asked in a low voice: "My mother is worried about Nan Yi, why don't you ask me to come and see Nan Yi?"

After hearing this, the old man said, "I've gone to the mountain."

"what!"

Zhao Shijun looked panic-stricken, and said with some concern: "Nanyi has gone to the back mountain, right? No, just now a few officials found the footprints on the way up the mountain, and now they followed the footprints up the mountain to chase after them."

The old man frowned, feeling very worried.

"How can this be good? What if Nan Yi is caught!"

Zhao Shijun also looked worried, bit his lips and said to the old man, "Nanyi doesn't know the children in the village well, so he probably won't go together, so I'll go up the mountain and have a look, old man, you hurt your foot Don't follow me, if my mother comes to me, you can say that I went up the mountain with the official messenger."

After Zhao Shijun finished speaking, he chased after the official who could only see his back in the distance.

The old man was worried, so instead of waiting inside the house, he stood outside and looked at the distant mountain.

Just in the blink of an eye, the crowd who could still be seen just now were no longer visible.

And Qian Nanyi here, after putting the quilt in the mountain depression next to the hot spring, returned to the place where he was separated from everyone just now, and the cypress branch in his hand was also used to cover the footprints.

What Qian Nanyi was worried about was that if the officials saw so many girls running into the mountain just now, if they found something wrong, they might chase them up the mountain. What if they caught up with her at that time.

So I have to guard against it.

After Qian Nanyi covered up all the footprints, he closed the door of the hot spring again.

The current hot spring has completely changed since the first time Qian Nanyi came here.

Because Qian Nanyi likes to take a bath, so he asked the old man to make a wall here, tied up the grain and grass with bamboo strips, and then tied them into a wall, and made a door. Now, if you take a hot spring inside, you just need to close the door and you will be yourself. Intimate space.

Qian Nanyi was about to take off his clothes and take a bath, when there was a loud noise from a distance, the sound was not very obvious, and he couldn't hear what was being said, only that someone was talking in the distance.

Did the official messenger really come after him?
Qian Nanyi became worried when he thought of this.

Pick up a rusty hatchet that was hidden here earlier.

Qian Nanyi opened the door of the hot spring, and walked out cautiously.

The sound came from a place on the mountain.

Qian Nanyi thought something bad in his heart.

The so-called guilty conscience is probably what Qian Nanyi is like now.

Because he was worried that the officials would come after him, Qian Nanyi thought to himself, it's better to go deeper.

Thinking of this, Qian Nanyi didn't hesitate, and he didn't feel afraid anymore, and walked directly into the deep valley.

In the valley buried by heavy snow, the surroundings feel very desolate.

The withered grass was buried under the snow, and some smaller saplings were exposed. Qiannan held a knife in one hand and dragged a cypress branch with the other to cover up his footprints.

The further you go, the further you are in the mountains.

A gust of cold wind blew past, Qian Nanyi gathered his clothes tightly and looked around worriedly.

This is the first time for Qian Nanyi to come to this valley. The old man said that in the past, his favorite way to hunt was to go this way, but he also warned Qian Nanyi that he must not enter the mountain alone, because there are wolves, tigers and leopards in the deep mountains. Plenty, especially a pack of wolves wandering nearby.

Qian Nanyi naturally believed these words, and the silver wolf he met last time was the best explanation.

Suddenly Qian Nanyi stopped, looked up, and what appeared in front of him should be a trail that could go up the mountain.

Because Qian Nanyi saw that the trees all the way up had been chopped down or skinned.

In the deep valley, Qian Nanyi didn't dare to leave, and now Qian Nanyi plans to go up the mountain to have a look.

At this time, small snowflakes floated in the sky.

Pieces of snowflakes fell, and Qian Nanyi felt even colder.

After finally going up the mountain, what I saw was a large forest.

There are not many living things to be seen in the woods at this time.

Faintly, Qian Nanyi heard voices again, as if a woman was crying, and someone was screaming for help.

Qian Nanyi frowned, feeling bad in his heart.

Carefully identifying the direction, Qian Nanyi walked forward cautiously.

With only a cup of tea left, Qian Nanyi hid behind a big rock, and carefully looked not far away.

Qian Nanyi is now on a relatively high plateau, and the cries and cries for help that he heard just now came from a slightly lower place. The winter forest is deep except for one or two cypresses and pine trees that occasionally appear. Green, the rest of the trees are basically bare, which also has the advantage that the field of view is wider.

Qian Nanyi carefully looked not far away, and after seeing Qian Nanyi took a deep breath.

A dozen or so wolves surrounded eight or nine girls, and because of the distance, Qian Nanyi could only see the color of the girl's clothes.

The wolves walked back and forth around the few people.

Qian Nanyi was sweating for the girls.

The wolves did not launch an attack for a long time, Qian Nanyi knew that the wolves were looking for an opportunity, looking for a chance to defeat each other in one go.

At this moment, Qian Nanyi looked in another direction, and several people wearing the same color clothes were running towards this side, and Qian Nanyi guessed that this should be an official who was chasing after him.

Behind the official, several women were crying and chasing after the official.

Qian Nanyi breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the officials came, and there were so many of them. At least there was a certain chance of winning and saving a few girls. Qian Nanyi didn't dare to blink, and carefully looked at the situation not far away. develop.

The officials were already seven or eight meters away from the girl surrounded by wolves.

The wolves seemed to have known about the existence of the officers and men for a long time. At this moment, one of the wolves suddenly raised its head to the sky and howled.

The long howling made the wolves visibly become manic.

Three or four wolves were left to watch the girls, and the rest of the wolves approached the officials step by step.

The chasing officers seemed to have spotted the pack of wolves, and they retreated in fear.

Qian Nanyi looked at the crowd below worriedly, feeling more and more worried.

She knows how powerful the wolves are.

Suddenly a small figure appeared in the snow, Qian Nanyi frowned, feeling that the figure was somewhat familiar.

The figure gradually approached, Qian Nanyi suddenly became frightened, why did Zhao Shijun come?

Qian Nanyi looked anxiously at Zhao Shijun's figure, and rushed in Zhao Shijun's direction without hesitation.

Zhao Shijun can't be allowed to approach the crowd. If the wolves start to attack, except for a few officials who have a little ability to resist, the rest are unarmed women, and they can only watch to die.

It seems that the men in the village haven't snowed in the past few days, and many of them have gone hunting in the mountains.

Even if you want to rush to save people, it is impossible.

Qian Nanyi gradually approached Zhao Shijun, and his heart also lifted.

The officials in the distance retreated step by step, and Qian Nanyi was running behind the officials, so he was not worried that the officials would be distracted to see her and Zhao Shijun at this time.

"Zhao Shijun." Qian Nanyi called out worriedly.

Zhao Shijun, who was still running, suddenly stopped, and when he saw Qian Nanyi, he quickly ran to Qian Nanyi's side.

"Nanyi."

Qian Nanyi didn't continue to run towards Zhao Shijun, but turned around and hid behind a big tree beside him.

She knew that Zhao Shijun would find him, and sure enough Zhao Shijun found Qian Nanyi after a while.

Exhaling and inhaling fiercely, Zhao Shijun looked a little tired.

"Nan Yi, why are you here, and why are you hiding?" Zhao Shijun asked with a puzzled expression.

Qian Nanyi gave Zhao Shijun a blank look, and said, "Don't hide, if you don't hide, just wait to feed the wolves! Come with me, be careful."

After saying that, Qian Nanyi took Zhao Shijun and ran to the place where he hid just now.

The pack of wolves below had stopped leaving, and the officials did not dare to retreat any longer, and the two sides looked at each other.

Looking at the situation below, Zhao Shijun was completely speechless in fright.

"Why are there so many wolves in Nanyi?"

Qian Nanyi shook his head: "I don't know either. My grandfather said that there are wolves in the deep mountains, but I didn't expect the girls in the village to be so unlucky to encounter wolves."

Even if Qian Nanyi wanted to save the people below, it was impossible. In the past, it would have been easy for her with magic power to save these people, but now it is difficult for her to save herself, let alone save people.

Zhao Shijun's legs were trembling, and he said to Qian Nanyi in a low voice: "Nanyi, I think we'd better go, we can't handle this matter, it's more important to run for our lives."

Qian Nanyi still couldn't bear to look down, the girls were still surrounded by wolves, and the official was just a dozen meters away from the girl's door, and the women were too frightened to speak, and hid far away. Behind the officials.

"Shijun, do you know where all the hunters in the village go?"

Zhao Shijun looked at Qian Nanyi vigilantly and asked, "What do you want to do, Nanyi?"

Qian Nanyi sighed and said: "Generally speaking, there are wolves in this forest, so the possibility of other ferocious animals is very small. It is impossible for us to be so unlucky and encounter other wild animals, and it is impossible for you, Zhao Shijun, to watch these Let's die!"

Qian Nanyi's eyes were a little serious.

Being stared at by Qian Nanyi, Zhao Shijun felt a little uncomfortable, sighed helplessly, Zhao Shijun said: "I heard from my uncle in the morning that they are going to hunt on the next mountain, let's go there and see if we can meet them."

(End of this chapter)