Exorcism

The teenagers ran away, still confused about the direction, but instinctively ran downhill to save some energy. Xiaoqiu, Daliang, and Erliang had been grazing in the woods since they were young, and they knew the terrain better, so they ran at the front.

I don't know how much time passed, but even Xiaoqiu, who was the most flexible, couldn't run anymore and fell to the ground. Even if the big snake appeared above his head and opened his mouth to eat people, he didn't want to move.

Daliang and Erliang fell down and gasped with their mouths open.

Fangfang did not fall. She was supported by a force and never left Xiaoqiu within five steps. Her face was frighteningly white, but she did not fall, but slowly sat down.

The young officer arrived next. His hands were tied, but he was not encumbered by armor. He had a strong desire to survive and could run faster than most teenagers.

It didn't take long for others to catch up, and most of the heavy "trophies" were abandoned halfway. The last one is Er Shuan. He is still holding on to the long sword and refuses to let go.

They had entered the depths of the dense forest. There were almost no weeds growing on the ground, only a thick layer of dead leaves. They could not see the sun when they looked up, and it was already dusk outside.

This place is more like a place where demons like to hang out, but no one has suggested moving.

After a long time, Erliang was the first to speak, "I'm going to starve to death."

He reminded everyone that there is more real pain in the world than the snake demon. Several stomachs seemed to understand his words and made gurgling sounds one after another.

Even Xiaoqiu, who was accustomed to wandering in the forest, could not find any edible wild fruits in this desolate dense forest. He reluctantly stood up and looked around, "We have to find the small river first."

Er Shuan sat on the ground and shook his head, "How to find it?"

"Everyone walks in different directions and makes marks along the way. Come back later, maybe you can find something." Xiaoqiu came up with an idea.

The idiot shook his head faster, "I won't go alone. That snake... we don't even have enough space to fill its teeth."

The mention of the giant snake demon made the teenagers alert. No one dared to walk in one direction alone, not even two or three people. They just wanted to stay together.

The young officer no longer had any dignity at this time. His smooth clothes were more damaged than others. His face was covered with sweat and dirt, but there was still disdain in his eyes. "Now you know how scary the snake demon is. I have a way to be safe." Get out of the forest.

"You?" Xiaoqiu stood in front of him with her hands on her hips, "You would have escaped by yourself if you had the means."

The officer stood up. He was about the same height as Xiaoqiu and didn't look particularly strong. "That's because you took my things away."

"That's not robbery. You are a prisoner. Of course the things belong to us. Just like when you arrested us, didn't you also take away all our things?" Xiaoqiu immediately refuted, and his statement was unanimously agreed by the teenagers. , even if the "loot" has been discarded, they still insist on their simple rights.

The officer had a lot to say, but finally it turned into a short snort. He always regarded himself as an adult and didn't bother to argue with children. "Okay, the things are yours, but do you know how to use them?" His eyes glanced around and fell on On Daliang, "Are those paper charms still there?"

"Paper talisman?" Daliang touched his body and took out the pile of paper, "This is called a paper talisman? How much is it worth?"

The officer did not answer Daliang's question. His eyes moved back and forth between Xiaoqiu and Ershuan, trying to determine who was the leader of the group of children. Finally, he said to Xiaoqiu: "Give me the paper talisman.

I will take you out of the forest to avoid the snake demon. I think that snake demon is a bit weird, maybe it has been invaded by a demon species, so the further away from him, the better. "

"Why didn't you use paper charms in the first place?" Xiaoqiu was deeply wary of this young man, and remembered his fierce attitude towards herself and Fangfang.

The expression on the officer's dirty face remained unchanged, "Well... paper charms can only be used to avoid demons, not to kill them. Return them to me. The snake demon will catch up sooner or later. This is not a place to stay for a long time."

Xiaoqiu stretched out her hand to Daliang, "Give it to me."

Daliang was a little hesitant, "There are several of them. Are they all for you?"

"Leave it with me for now, but it will still be yours from now on."

Only then did Daliang hand it over to Xiaoqiu with confidence.

Xiaoqiu counted twelve paper talismans. The paper was white with light yellow, and the talismans on it were pitch black, as fresh as if they had just been written. He couldn't even recognize a few of the normal characters, let alone the mysterious talismans. "Tell me which one to use and how to use it?"

"What's wrong with people like us? We have fewer arms and legs than you? Are you caught by us and treated as a prisoner?"

The officer slowly shook his head, but when he saw that the eyes around him were not friendly, he changed his words, "The third one is the invisibility talisman, and the seventh one is the guide talisman. Hold it between your index finger and middle finger, and flick it up and down. Don't use too much force. The paper If the talisman can be burned, it can release the spell, but if it cannot be burned - then you can't.

Xiaoqiu first picked out the seventh one and flicked it several times according to the officer's instructions. The paper talisman just clattered without even a spark flying out.

"I'll give it a try." Erliang said, but the result was the same. The teenagers took turns trying it. The paper talisman was quite strong and not damaged at all, but it didn't burn as the officer said.

Fangfang poked her head out from behind Xiaoqiu and whispered: "Isn't that how paper charms are used?"

"Do you know the method?" Er Shuan was impatient and handed the paper charm to Fangfang.

Fangfang didn't answer, "I don't know how, but I read a book, which said that the paper talisman seems to be burned with some kind of sacrificial fire, and there is no need to swing it around."

Er Shuan turned to the officer and said viciously: "It's fun to lie to people, right? Hand over the sacrificial fire."

The officer's trick was exposed on the spot, but he didn't care at all. He said in a lecturing tone: "You can't hand over the sacrificial fire. You can only learn to use it yourself. Like you... if you are smarter, it will probably take ten years." Learn it.”

Er Shuan punched out, knocking the officer down, and then sat on him, beating him hard with both fists in turn, "I told you to lie..."

The teenagers were all stunned. Fangfang was so frightened that she shrank back behind Xiaoqiu. It took a while before Daliang and others gathered around and forced Er Shuan away.

Er Shuan finally kicked him and said, "Let you lie to me."

The officer remained motionless. Erliang bent down and looked at him for a while, raised his head and whispered timidly: "It seems to be dead."

As soon as the word "death" was mentioned, the atmosphere immediately changed. Even Er Shuan was a little scared. He swallowed his saliva and muttered, but no one could hear clearly what he was saying.

Daliang probed the officer's nose and mouth and said, "You're still breathing, but you've fainted."

Er Shuan was so angry that he went up to beat someone, but his partner held him tightly.

"Rest first and wait until he wakes up." Xiaoqiu said.

The teenagers were divided into two groups. Xiaoqiu, Fangfang, Daliang, and Erliang sat on one side, and Erchuan, Lengzi, Puppy, Zhuzhu, and Xiaoshun sat on the other side. They were not playing together to begin with, and now they were a little angry. separated.

The sky was getting darker and darker, the real night was falling, the surroundings were silent, and the forest seemed even more sinister. Xiao Qiu stood up and said, "Let's light the fire first."

The teenagers were at a loss and were waiting for someone to tell them what to do. After hearing the words, they immediately got up and found some dead branches nearby and gathered them in a pile. Erliang took out his new fire starter and used a fire sickle to strike the flint. Knock it hard, light the tinder, protect it with your hands, and carefully light the bonfire.

The flames gradually grew stronger, and the heat and the fire disc dissipated many fears in the hearts of the teenagers, but still no one was willing to speak, and no one knew what to do next.

"Are you looking for death?" The officer finally woke up, and his first words were full of contempt. The beating seemed to have no effect on him.

"What did you say?" Er Shuan raised his fist and shook it twice.

The officer had already sat up, his face bruised and bruised, "It was the firelight that revealed your whereabouts last night. I didn't expect that you have no memory at all. If you light a fire in the forest, you can see it from a long distance. Are you inviting the snake demon to come over?" ?”

Just at this moment, a strange sound came from the distance, like bubbling river water or the roar of a wild beast.

The teenagers in Yelin Town no longer split up into groups. They gathered together nervously and hid behind a thick tree. Er Shuan tightly held the long sword in his hand, thinking that everyone must admit that he was the leader.

The officer did not expect that his guess would come true so quickly. He jumped up and waddled to join the teenagers.

It was dark in the forest, and we could only see a few feet away, but everyone felt that a huge thing in the distance was gradually approaching, getting closer and closer, and then it stopped and made the same strange sound as before.

Xiaoqiu ran out and rushed towards the monster with everyone's incomprehensible eyes. After a while, she came back with a horse, "It's a bay-red horse. I was so scared that I didn't even hear its voice."

The bay-red horse rubbed against Xiao Qiu's head affectionately, carrying on its back two bundles given to Fangfang by Granny Feng.

The teenagers all came out and stood around the bay horse. It was a great comfort to them to see familiar animals in the dense forest. When Fangfang found a few pieces of remaining dry food from the bag, everyone almost cheered. .

The dry food was divided equally. Although it was far from enough to fill their bellies, they felt less panic.

Xiaoqiu even gave the officer a piece of dry food and used a dagger to cut the rope on his hand, "After eating the dry food, take us out of the forest."

"It's too late." The officer smelled the unfamiliar dry food and showed a disgusted expression. Fortunately, it was dark and no one noticed. "The guide can only point the direction. It's too dark and we can't walk. We'll wait until tomorrow morning." Bar."

Xiaoqiu had no objection, nor did the others at ansh.com. They were all exhausted, sitting with their backs against the big tree, not in the mood to chat, and slowly fell asleep.

Xiaoqiu said to the officer before going to bed: "Don't even think about escaping."

"I don't know the road, and I don't have paper charms to help me. Where can I run?" The officer tried his best to sound sincere.

The young people in Yelin Town are very simple and don't have much defensiveness. Even in fear, they sleep very soundly. Xiaoqiu and Fangfang slowly tilted their bodies, and finally rested their heads on their heads.

The officer couldn't sleep. He had requirements for a place to sleep, and he had a hidden plan.

In the middle of the night, the officer quietly stood up, moved slightly, and tiptoed towards Xiaoqiu. After observing for a while, he found that it was difficult to steal the paper charm back, so he gave up and walked towards the bay red horse.

The old horse knows the way. With this horse, what paper talisman should be used? The officer secretly laughed at the stupidity of these teenagers.

The bay horse has a docile temperament and does not care even if a stranger approaches.

The officer grabbed the reins and looked back at the sleeping teenagers, thinking that soon these country boys would understand what an unforgivable mistake they had made, especially the second boy who dared to hit him and Xiaoqiu who spoke so harshly. .

He jumped onto the horse's back skillfully and was about to urge the horse to run away when he suddenly saw something appearing more than ten steps ahead on the left.

It was a young man who refused to come out of the jungle during the day. Others called him "Bald Man". At this moment, he was smiling at the officer, as if he and he had been good friends since childhood.

The officer felt that the blood in his body instantly turned into ice.