When He Mulan woke up, her whole body felt as if she had been run over, but at least she was still alive.
Beside him, Zheng Zong slept as if he was dead, and in front of her was a stout old lady who poured something into her mouth in a way that was not gentle at all.
The whole body hurts like this, not because of the sequelae of excess yang energy. She has traveled for so long, fighting with wolves in the middle, and still holding such an adult. People are not made of iron. Fans have to do their best, and she is no exception.
But she knew that the heat before her coma was by no means an accident. She had really fainted because of the excess of yang energy.
They passed out in the desert and died, but they survived because they were saved.
Seeing that she was awake, the aunt immediately shouted. He Mulan was very poor in language, and did not understand what she was calling, but the surprise in it was that everyone could hear it.
The person who saves people should be a good person...
He Mulan blinked and found that the gold chain hanging around her neck was gone.
… Bar.
Only after He Mulan woke up did she realize that something was wrong.
She originally thought of being rescued, and she was fed a strange juice, which means that these people wanted to save her, but after the aunt went out, no one came in for a long time, let alone paid attention to her and Zheng Zong.
Zheng Zong's injuries have not been well taken care of, and the pain in his body is also due to the tendency of the wound to become inflamed, and this house is very hot, the mud and grass in the house can be suffocated by the sun, and there is a little wind outside the window. Not at all. After a while, He Mulan was so bored that he was about to vomit.
no…
Will it be heatstroke if this goes on
He Mulan, who was in unbearable pain, gritted her teeth and got up. When she touched her waist, the rock disappeared.
She felt a chill in her heart, and touched her arms again, the fine dagger made of cold iron was gone.
The rock was her important weapon. The dagger was taken from the body of the dead soldiers of the Hu Ben Army. It was blown away by the wind and there was nothing left. The dagger showed that it was his most cherished thing and must not be thrown away casually.
Compared with these, the gold chain is not very important.
She got up, touched Zheng Zong's side, and touched his forehead. Fortunately, she didn't have a fever. Although the wounds on his whole body have not received any treatment, those spirits may still be effective. The wounds are not pus, but are slightly red and swollen.
He Mulan remembered the injury on his back, and when she gritted her teeth, she turned him over, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
The person who rescued them did not do anything. A straw mat was placed under him. The straw mat was soaked with some kind of herbal medicine, so when he lay on the straw mat, it was like soaking the wound in the medicine.
Zheng Zong is probably too tired to fall asleep, not dead.
He Mulan sat next to Zheng Zong for a while, and found that no one came in, but she was hungry and thirsty, and she was on the verge of collapse, and the room was so sultry that she wanted to scratch the wall...
She looked down at herself. She was still wearing a waistcoat, shorts, and a belt in the desert. She was covered in wolf blood. These people didn't even change her clothes. What were they trying to do
She said it was saving people, she didn't even wipe her body and change her clothes. She still remembered that she had a high fever all over her body when she had a seizure, and she always had a cold towel on her forehead, right
But if you don't want to save them, just leave them in the desert and leave them alone. They will be sunburnt in a short while, so why bother dragging them back and giving Zheng Zong a mat of herbs
Thinking of the fat old aunt who just came in, she didn't have the dry and lean appearance of the residents in the desert, He Mulan couldn't help shivering.
They don't eat human flesh, do they
so fat...
"do not care!"
He Mulan glanced at the room. Only a stone lamp was placed on the table in the corner of the room. He simply picked it up and waved it twice.
Something is better than nothing.
Anyway, rush out first and see where!
He Mulan, who had already hoped to meet a bunch of "cannibals", resisted the dizziness and opened the door. On her right hand, the stone lamp was held tightly, waiting to block all kinds of weapons that might come.
However, when He Mulan opened the door, she was completely dumbfounded.
Who can tell her what's going on outside
"Grumbling Grumbling!"
An excited man pointed at He Mulan and shouted loudly.
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa!"
The old lady just nodded her head desperately.
Outside the door, dozens of desert residents with blushing faces, who were definitely not malnourished, stared at her with all eyes. These people were men and women, and there were many middle-aged and elderly people. Although they were strong, they were simple and honest. At first glance, his temperament has nothing to do with any horse thief or bandit.
Seeing He Mulan coming out, a group of people came around, one squeezed her arm, the other patted her chest, and the other wanted to reach out and break her teeth as if looking at an animal, but she was taken aback It was blocked with a petroleum lamp grid.
Seeing that she still had the strength to block their outstretched hands, a group of people screamed even more loudly, and some aunts even directly reached out to touch other vital parts of her.
He Mulan was so grown up and had never seen such a formation before. She was so frightened that she took a few steps back and closed the door with a snap.
"huh...huh..."
Horrified, He Mulan felt that she was not so frightened when she saw the wolves.
Certainly cannibals!
****
He Mulan, who had no idea what happened and couldn't speak the language, returned to the room. Unbelievably, those people didn't catch up because He Mulan returned to the room, so they let her be an ostrich in the room for a long time. Until Zheng Zong woke up.
Zheng Zong fell into a coma a little later than her, because his injuries were much heavier than hers, and even his face was bruised, so he woke up later than He Mulan, who was still suffering from yang qi attacks.
But because it was his loud cry that attracted the people in the camel caravan to rescue him, Zheng Zong also asked these people for help for a while before fainting.
But because he also fainted in the end, Zheng Zong didn't know what to do, and he didn't know if they would help.
He Mulan was in a coma for a day and a night, missing a lot of things, including how the people of this camel team chose to save her because of the rock on his waist and the wolf skin in his arms.
Also how they brought them into this little house and settled them.
After Zheng Zong woke up, the two exchanged what they knew about each other, and felt a little uneasy in their hearts.
Although He Mulan could fight, she wasn't sure that she could protect the sick and disabled Zheng Zong from this place.
And with the time she just went out and stretched her head out, she could already see that there was still a piece of yellow sand in the distance.
In other words, they are still in the desert, and there is an earthen house in the desert, which at best means that there is a village here.
In the desert, many villages live in symbiosis with horse thieves. They provide supplies to horse thieves, and even their relatives. When they see many caravans in the village, they do not enter at all, and even avoid them, just for fear of revealing their whereabouts for horse thieves to catch up.
It is precisely because they both know that the situation is too bad, so both of them are confused and don't know what to do. Even if they escaped, the biggest possibility for two people who didn't even know the road would be to get lost in the desert again, praying that a pack of wolves would send them to their door to replenish their physical strength.
"We can't stay here all the time, otherwise we'll either starve or die of thirst." Zheng Zong was timid, but once he had a chance to survive, he would dare to fight more than anyone else.
"General Hua, please help me out and have a look. I will speak Lu Shui nonsense and Xiongnu. I will communicate with them and ask them what they are going to do."
He Mulan also felt that the two eyes were black and nonsense now, so he helped Zheng Zong to reopen the door, and the two were exposed in front of others again.
This time, more people gathered at the entrance of the hut. He Mulan tried his best to look around and found that there were no other buildings near the hut, but there seemed to be many earthen huts a little further away. It seemed that there was the real one. The village, here is just a house for what to do alone.
What to do alone
Slaughterhouse
He Mulan thought to himself, and took Zheng Zong's hand and patted his waist slightly.
Zheng Zong immediately understood, and asked back and forth several times in Lushui nonsense, Xiongnu, Jie and Di: "Where is this place? Who are you? Can you help us?"
Seeing that two people can run and move, and one of them can speak his own language, a group of people cheered, and one of the middle-aged people who looked calmer immediately replied in Di language: "This is a mess, we are all The people who live here, you were rescued by us!"
Zheng Zong told He Mulan their answer in a low voice.
He Mulan nodded and asked Zheng Zong to ask them where their weapons were.
Zheng Zong asked according to his words, and the middle-aged man immediately showed a wary expression, "There are no outsiders in our village, and the weapons cannot be returned to you until we gain our trust."
The tall man's sword light is very difficult to take away, it's hard to imagine how this man dances!
And that dagger, so sharp that it could even cut off a machete. Although I don't know what their identities are, what if they take weapons and go crazy
"Then what are you going to do with us? Just keep us in this small room?" Zheng Zong pointed to the small room behind him.
Although He Mulan couldn't understand Zheng Zong's words, he knew what he was going to say by looking at his gestures and movements, so he was ready to fight.
As long as Zheng Zong showed anything wrong, she would do it.
"No, no, we rarely come here, so we have our own rules for dealing with outsiders. If we rescue people in the desert, we will put them here to take care of them. If they survive, it is God's will, that is, If our guest dies, there is nothing we can do..."
The middle-aged man spoke without any guilt.
"The man beside you had a high fever and his whole body was red and terrifying, but he still woke up and was able to walk and move. You too, your face and back were rotten when we rescued you back, and you can still talk now. It must be God and the Buddha who are blessing you, we will not be rude to you."
He Mulan and Zheng Zong thought about it for a long time, but they never thought of it for such a reason!
They threw themselves and Zheng Zong into this house not because they wanted to eat them, but because they did whatever they wanted, and then waited for them to fend for themselves? !
Do they think man is an animal? Can you live by yourself by pouring some water and rubbing the herbs
How many people have died in this house
He Mulan and Zheng Zong looked at each other with incredible expressions in their eyes, especially He Mulan, who had grown up with the current universal values, was shocked by the disapproval of the other party's "natural selection" .
"This is a desert, and many places have strange and unfriendly rules. It's already very gentle here." Zheng Zong thought about it and persuaded He Mulan: "We have no money, we all depend on them to drag them back, otherwise we will not be able to. We are already dead, and now we still need their help to go out, let’s just follow the customs. Anyway, we are alive, and it is better to live than to die, isn’t it?”
"No money..." He Mulan complained expressionlessly, "I originally had a red gold chain hanging around my neck."
In this era, the impurities of gold are very high, and the red gold chain is worth many gold chains of the same weight.
"Ah, you said that..." Zheng Zong scratched his itchy face, "I'm afraid they won't save us, so I took it off as soon as I met them and let them save you, although I don't know if they listened at that time. Understand… "
He laughed dryly.
"However, ahem, it seems that Jin Zi and the others are laughing."
…
So, didn't they take it themselves
"Forget it, it's all external things, and it's not as valuable as our lives."
He Mulan thought for a moment and then figured it out.
"What you should think about now is how to heal your wounds, and rush out of the desert to Qinhan City to inquire about the Huben Army."
In this way, He Mulan and Zheng Zong were inexplicably trapped in this small village.
The villages in the desert are similar, and there is not much wealth here. What makes He Mulan and Zheng Zong a little concerned is that although they say they will treat them as "guests", every time they go out, they think about where to wander, Several old aunts will come out to stop it, all with apologetic smiles on their faces.
They still have to rely on the people in these villages to deliver food and drink, and they can only survive because of their life-saving grace.
He Mulan's resilience was amazing, Zheng Zong was seriously injured, but because there was enough water and food, some of these people who were in chaos had some crude medical skills, and they used some desert plants to heal him. The wound was not infected, and it began to heal slowly.
Because of the hot weather and the harsh conditions, the wounds were more painful when they healed. The tingling like an ant bitten tormented Zheng Zong every day, especially on his face and back.
In the desert they did not have the conditions to check the injuries. Once, people in this village brought a basin of water to scrub them. Zheng Zong saw his face in the water and stepped back a few steps on the spot. Go out and don't talk to He Mulan.
No matter who, it's hard to know that they are disfigured, especially someone like Zheng Zong who is not open-minded.
People who are ugly can't be officials, no matter what their background is. Li Shun, Cui Hao, and Gu Bi, in addition to their outstanding abilities, are all famous and beautiful men in the world.
Don't think that only women are good-looking. In this Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, men's beauty is a more capital than women.
Zheng Zong used to be the ritual official of Honglu Temple, and he became Tuoba Tao's wife. His appearance is not ugly, and he can be called "beautiful and upright".
Once the face is ruined, the future, the future, is almost completely ruined.
From the beginning to the end, He Mulan didn't think it mattered what she looked like. She was a forensic doctor. She didn't know how many autopsies had been done on the bloody and unrecognizable corpse. It's all there, it's almost a big luck, so it didn't show any big anomalies.
It was precisely because she was too calm and took it too seriously, so Zheng Zong had no idea that his face had been destroyed like this, and when he saw the truth, he became even more unacceptable.
He began to regret why he took care of Princess Xingping at that time.
He is not a selfless person at all.
Even, with a somewhat shady personality, he has already begun to curse Lao Sangtou and Princess Xingping to die.
Zheng Zong's personality was originally the kind of person He Mulan would never take the initiative to contact. Most of He Mulan's acquaintances from modern times to ancient times were of the kind of bright and generous personality. The companions he met in the army were either delicate-minded or straightforward savage men, even if Di Yefei was as sensitive as he was, walking around in the big tent. Birds are not necessarily so slender when they scold their mother.
He Mulan didn't know how to make Zheng Zong feel more relieved, and used a lot of things like "What's the use of a man's face", "I don't think it's ugly and others shouldn't think it's ugly", "I don't care about the face now. After persuading him several times with words like "time", he finally regained his spirits, but looking at Zheng Zong's appearance, I'm afraid he can't care about this kind of thing.
In fact, it's not just him.
Even He Mulan couldn't care less about the tragedy that just happened.
And Liangzi of Beiliang is completely settled.
To say that the people of Beiliang didn't do anything at all, they couldn't believe it at all.
After He Mulan began to regain his strength, he would often go out of the house to inquire about the surroundings, and would also help Zheng Zong out for a walk to find out some news.
This village is still too weird. It has been here for six or seven days, but they have seen very few children. There are also many earthen houses in the whole village, but only a few dozen people have been seen from beginning to end.
It stands to reason that such a small village is not near an oasis, and there are no big towns around, but He Mulan and Zheng Zong can eat meat and drink water every day, which is simply too strange!
If the two of them hadn't been able to see the tiny bones in the meat when they drank the soup, which He Mulan identified were indeed the bones of small beasts and not human bones, they would not even dare to eat rice.
Not to mention there were many strange noises at night. He Mulan and Zheng Zong could often see people coming back on camels after sunrise. The camels were carrying a half-human-high bag, and the things in the bag would still move.
These weirdness can't help but make people think of strange things.
Especially Zheng Zong, he followed He Mulan almost every step of the way. It seemed that only in this way would he not be dragged to any corner and eaten by others.
What was even more exciting was that after He Mulan's physical strength began to recover, there were always men and women sneaking up to see her.
Compared to Zheng Zong, who was thin and disfigured, still like a weak chicken, He Mulan, who was slender but lean, muscular and powerful, seemed to be more concerned by them.
Just like there are dialects in various places, there are many people here who are Di people, but more people speak dialects and slang words that even the authentic ones do not understand. These people often gather around and point to He Mulan and Zheng Zong. Point, showing a weird smile like a conditional item, especially He Mulan, many aunts and middle-aged women will take advantage of the meal delivery opportunity to secretly squeeze her muscles or pat her buttocks, as if weighing where The meat will be a little more delicious in general.
Under this kind of unbearable harassment, even He Mulan thought several times that he would simply run away with Zheng Zong, whose injuries were not healed. Death of thirst in the desert.
But these villagers seem to be quite friendly. Not only do they give them delicious food and drink, they are fed and full, and they also send some fairly clean water to scrub their bodies.
He Mulan and Zheng Zong's clothes were too torn to look at. The clothes these villagers found for them were extremely durable robes, and they carefully chose white for sun protection.
If it was said that they raised the two of them to eat, then they ate a lot of meat, which was simply a loss. Not to mention that many times they are very careful, for fear of neglecting the two of them.
It is these middle-aged people and aunts who are too enthusiastic.
The enthusiasm is a bit unbearable.
Such unbearable things finally caused a riot.
Because they don't know what the people in this village are doing, He Mulan and Zheng Zong have always been vigilant and rarely fall asleep together at night. Usually, He Mulan guards the first half of the night, Zheng Zong guards the second half of the night, and during the day Sleep like this again.
Although this made the spirits of the two of them not very good, they could both sleep peacefully.
It happened in the middle of the night. He Mulan, who seemed to be asleep, suddenly found someone sneaking into the house.
But she chose not to.
He Mulan and Zheng Zong once pretended to have broken a pottery bowl, but in fact, both of them secretly hid a sharp piece of debris and put it under the quilt, and more importantly, Zheng Zong prepared to take it to protect himself.
He Mulan clasped the fragments in his hand, and all the muscles in his body tensed. He prepared to cut his throat if the person who came in was wrong.
However, the figure who came over made a small murmur, which made her realize that it was not an adult man, but a woman.
The women in this village are all black and strong, and I don’t know if it’s because they only eat meat for a long time or because of their race. In short, they all look ugly, and they have big arms and round waists.
But no matter how strong, only send a woman to deal with them
He Mulan snorted coldly.
She felt underestimated.
After the woman came in, she went straight to He Mulan's bed. He Mulan didn't open her eyes, so she couldn't see what she did, but her five senses were very sensitive, and she continued to tighten her muscles without feeling the killing intent. , get ready to go.
The woman stretched out her hand...
He touched He Mulan's pants/crotch.
This time, He Mulan could no longer pretend to be asleep, so he kicked the woman who was leaning over with a kick, and shouted:
"What the hell do you want to do!"
This stern shout suddenly woke Zheng Zong. Zheng Zong, who had been tortured for a long time, stood up and saw a woman with a painful face sitting on the ground. Goodbye, the woman actually climbed up against the wall. If he didn't understand, he walked towards He Mulan, and he finally broke out!
Zheng Zong screamed and rushed over. After knocking over the woman, he sat on the woman and strangled her throat.
"You want to eat us, don't you! You fattened us to eat us, didn't you?! What the hell are you doing! I killed you! I killed you! Ahhh!"
The crazy Zheng Zong burst out with incomprehensible strength. The woman is considered to be thick and strong. Normally, Zheng Zong could be thrown out with a flick of her hand, but now that her throat is pinched, she can only kick her legs weakly. Reaching out his hand, he desperately looked at He Mulan with a face full of help.
Zheng Zong was almost half-mad. While he was pinching her throat, he slammed her head to the ground desperately, as if he would not stop until he killed the other party.
At this moment, there was only one voice in his heart.
"All of them have bad intentions! Maybe they ran out in the middle of the night to find people who died of thirst to kill and eat! Maybe they believed in some evil god monster and wanted to sacrifice them!"
The frightened Zheng Zong was full of tears, and the whole person was twitching.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a pain in his arm, and the hand that had been pinching the woman's neck loosened. At the same time, he was half-carried and half-supported away from the woman's body, and then leaned into a hot embrace. inside.
With such a fiery body, who else is there besides the general
He felt a strong arm wrapped around his chest and clasped his left shoulder so he couldn't move, the other hand patted his chest like a mother soothing a child, making his tears flow more ferocious.
The woman who escaped from the dead had no courage to stand up at all, and kept making a violent coughing sound, and tears kept pouring out with the sound of retching.
"Do not be afraid."
At this time, Zheng Zong heard the people behind him speak so.
"She's targeting me. Even if it's you, I'm still awake..."
He Mulan noticed that the person in her arms was not shaking so much, so she reassured him with a smile.
"If you want to hurt you, you have to see if I agree or not."