Wishful Things

It sounded like the voices of several men.

"Okay, okay, don't touch it, look at your potential, cut it off, the water is boiled, what are you waiting for..."

"No... Brother Zhou, I don't dare... Otherwise, why don't you come?"

"Nonsense, I didn't see my brothers were so hungry that their eyes were green, and they have been gnawing for so many days! Give me the knife!"

A young follower behind Zhu Xiu heard the sound and said together: "They must have caught some game. If it's big enough, let's exchange dry food for the girl later—"

Zhu Xiu frowned.

I'm afraid it won't be "game".

A group of people dismounted in front of the temple. The people in the temple heard the movement, stopped talking for a moment, and looked over guardedly. In the night, all of them had fierce eyes.

There were three people in total, wearing ragged jackets, a fire was burning in front of them, stones were built on both sides, and a rusty iron pot with a corner cut off was holding water.

The water in the pot was bubbling, steaming the small temple into whiteness.

One of them was holding a machete in his hand.

And in the haystack under the feet behind them, a slender calf and bare feet appeared in Xu Mingyi's sight.

Lying there was a person.

And it should be a child.

Besides, there is no game or food.

Xu Mingyi looked at the hatchet in the man's hand again.

The three people were stared at by them, feeling inexplicably uneasy, the man clenched the knife in his hand, and asked first, "What... are you doing?"

There was clearly no confidence in his tone, but he still acted as if he was not easy to bully.

"Passing by." Zhu Xiu said expressionlessly.

Xu Mingyi stepped into the temple.

After the three of them exchanged glances, the person holding the knife took a step forward, stretched out his hand to stop Xu Mingyi with the knife, and threatened, "You find another place...we came first!"

Xu Mingyi looked at him, and asked calmly: "Aren't you going to make it easier?"

This overly quiet gaze made the man flustered inexplicably, but he still said: "Who knows what your origins are, whether it's good or bad! Go, we don't want to hurt anyone! We just want to live in peace!"

Xu Mingyi still looked at him.

"I don't want to hurt people, but I want to eat people."

The man's face changed, and his hand holding the knife tightened a bit.

Taking another look at the attendants wearing black cloaks behind her, he suppressed his anger and guilty conscience, and said, "Meeting by chance, well water doesn't violate river water... It's not your turn to meddle in other people's business!"

"It's just... let's go!" The other person also stood up to chase people away, standing beside his companion to strengthen his courage.

Xu Mingyi sneered.

Like two mice trying to show their teeth.

"Brat, ask for trouble!" Seeing that she had no intention of leaving, the man lost his patience, raised his knife and was about to slash at Xu Mingyi: "I will eat you together today!"

Anyway, they have knives in hand!

Who is afraid of whom!

The instinct of being extremely hungry and aware of danger made the man lose his scruples.

In sight, the person in front of him neither dodges nor hides.

But in the next moment, his hand holding the knife was fixed in mid-air.

After a while, the hand that was tightly gripping him suddenly exerted force, and only a sound of breaking could be heard.

The hatchet in his hand also fell to the ground.

"ah!"

The man cried out in pain, his complexion quickly turned pale, but the hand that was holding his wrist still did not let go.

Azhu kicked the man's lower body hard, and when he was bent over, he pressed the man to the ground with one backhand, and picked up the hatchet with the other hand, but hesitated for a moment, but turned to look at her own girl .

The girl didn't bring much clothes, and she was afraid that the smelly blood would stain the girl's robe.

And at this gap, the man's fingers fumbled for a fire stick, pulled it out from the fire, and swung it at Ah Zhu.

Xu Ming lifted his foot to sweep the complaint, and kicked the fire stick away.

Zhu Xiu and the others have surrounded them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the other two people grabbed the edge of the iron pot and threw it violently!

Seeing that a pot of boiling water was about to splash towards Xu Mingyi.

Xu Mingyi dodged to dodge, Zhu Xiu drew out the broad-backed sword, which flipped the iron pot to the ground on the other side.

"Bang!"

The boiling water splashed everywhere, only a few drops splashed onto Xu Mingyi's body through his robe.

The two took the opportunity to run away.

There was no need for other people to do anything, Ah Zhu grabbed one of them with a tense face, and pressed him into the fire.

The two screamed and struggled.

"Spare me, spare my life!" One person began to cry and beg for mercy: "We are really hungry too, the government doesn't care whether we live or die... eat all we can eat, there is really nothing we can do! That little girl is going to die, Even if we don't eat it, others will pick it up!"

The person whose hand was broken by Ah Zhu first also said hurriedly: "We are not evil people, we are just hungry and scared!"

"Please do me a favor, heroes, please spare us this time!"

Xu Mingyi came to the haystack, squatted down, and breathed first.

Fortunately, although it is weak, there is still breath.

Curled up in front of her like a kitten, was a sallow and thin girl.

It looked like it was about ten years old at most, its palm-sized face was covered with dirt, and the ginger-yellow coarse cloth jacket on its upper body was also in tatters, its lower body...

Xu Mingyi took off his cloak, and covered the little girl's naked and bloody lower body.

Those who say they are not evil are still begging for mercy.

Not really a villain—

This is a demon.

If you are extremely hungry, you are an evil spirit, and you must be an evil spirit when you were able to fill your stomach in the past.

Without her daughter's permission, Ah Zhu didn't act rashly anymore, she just restrained the three of them for a while.

"Kill them all."

Xu Mingyi picked up the girl and left the temple gate.

After a few screams came from behind, there was no other sound.

"Girl..." Zhu Xiu followed up and said, "I'll take someone to explore further and see if we can find another place to live."

This temple is too "dirty" to stay.

"There's no need to look for it." Xu Mingyi carried the little girl onto the horse and said, "Let's go back to Linyuan."

I don't want to look any further.

Don't look any further.

What I heard in the past few months is far less clear and profound than what I have seen in the past seven or eight days.

At this moment, she had made up her mind.

Zhu Xiu responded "Yes", and also took off her cloak, and handed it to her daughter.

Xu Mingyi wrapped up the unconscious little girl tightly, and held the reins with one hand.

The figures of a group of people quickly disappeared into the night.

Two days later, on the way back to Linyuan, they met the person sent by Zhen Guogong to look for them.

The two groups of people traveled together for three days, and returned to Xu's army barracks in the early morning.

"General, the girl is back." The soldier said inside the tent.

"Zhao Zhao is back?!" Lord Zhen Guo suddenly got up from behind the case and walked out quickly.

The curtain was raised, and Xu Mingyi walked in alone to salute: "Grandfather."