That night, Ning Yi still slept in the tent outside the hut.
The next day, before dawn, he had already woken up. At this time, there were already human voices in the valley. For these warriors, they did not sleep as much as ordinary people. Instead, it was a habit to keep up in the morning to practice martial arts. Ning Yi secretly greeted Zhu Biao, then secretly led the horse to the wooden house, took Hongti, who was also up, and ran away from the valley.
Abandoning the large army and sneaking away with Hongti, it seemed a little childish. But since he was almost at his destination, Ning Yi was happy to spare time to do some silly things. After all, there was not a single woman in the followers of Lu Liang this time. At this time, there was another member of the team, Zhao Siye, who was a member of Qingmu Village. If they really wanted to go together, Ning Yi and Hongti would be at a loss.
Of course, even if they leave behind the big troop and set off secretly, there is not much out of the ordinary for the time being between the two of them. To talk about sex, explicit love words are not suitable for this age. Hongti's character is actually more tranquil. After experiencing the vicissitudes of life, she is more like Baimei who has seen the wind and snow. She doesn't talk much, and she prefers to look at Ning Yi. Doing things on the side, or listening to him, sometimes being held by Ning Yi, there is a helpless feeling of pampering in addition to the warmth. Of course, sometimes, she would also find some stories to tell Ning Yi, usually not very twists and turns. She was not very good at telling stories.
Ning Yi didn't hate this kind of feeling. In fact, these days, women generally don't have any taste. Ordinary women are very cautious when talking to their husbands at home. The reason why brothels are popular. Also for this reason. Those who really go to the brothel to satisfy the **** belong to the inferior enjoyment, and more are actually to enjoy love, such as Li Shishi, such as Yunzhu and Jin'er, after training, the oirans have interesting conversations and respond appropriately. The value lies in being able to give love. But Ning Yi is naturally not confused by this false feeling. Relatively speaking, he likes those simple and sincere feelings of warmth. It doesn't require much communication.
The night we first met. Naturally, it was inevitable to tell some jokes to embarrass Hongti, and in the early morning of the next day, when he pulled her away secretly from the rear, he saw the helpless smile on Hongti's face. Ning Yi just laughed. Thumbs up. Soon. The two walked out of the mountain forest and set foot on the foothills in front of them, and the eastern fish belly turned white. In the early summer, the refreshing morning breeze was blowing from the front, and the Luliang Mountains turned horizontally, and their outlines appeared in front of them. It looked magnificent and fresh.
As one of the barriers on the west side of Yanmen Pass, this part of Luliang Mountain is actually not friendly to people. When the mountain changes, I occasionally see sad deep ravines, forests and barren mountains, often haunted by wolves. When Ning Yi and Hongti walked through the foothills, they saw a group. At that time, the sun was showing in the east. , The sky is not yet full, the group of wolves is about a dozen, it should be a small family, walking over the grassy slope in front, and then looking over here.
Ning Yi and Hongti didn't turn around, and led their horses straight ahead. When walking over, Ning Yi looked at a gray wolf baring its teeth and scolded, "Look at your sister!" In the early morning, the voice was quite loud in the foothills, and the wolf was about to pounce with its teeth bared, and the red When Tichao glanced over there, several wolves retreated with a "woo" sound, and then more than a dozen wild wolves ran away towards the foot of the mountain.
"Why can't I feel your murderous aura?" Ning Yi looked at her.
"If they rush over, I will really kill them. Some of them can run, some can't, depending on whether they are hungry or not." Hongti smiled.
"Speaking of this, even if I did pounce, you wouldn't kill me. I know this, so you're not murderous."
"That's hard to say."
"Oh, I'll try it out."
At the foot of the mountain, Ning Yi let go of the horse's reins, twisted his neck, and was ready to rush. Over there, Hong Ti's eyes narrowed, and his hand was suddenly on his chest. lift up. Ning Yi's heart tightened, he involuntarily took a step back, and then looked at his right shoulder suspiciously.
"You rush over, and I'll hit you on the shoulder." Hong Ti said.
Ning Yi scratched his hair: "So exaggerated... You really hit me... "
Hongti didn't answer, just after a while, when the two continued to walk forward, she heard her softly say: "Actually, I don't fight..." Looking back, in the morning light, her eyes were clear and she smiled calmly.
Such a little interlude was a warm joke between the two of them, and when the morning sun was higher, they built a fire by the nearby stream and cooked bacon porridge for breakfast. It was already daytime, and Hongti put away the cloak she wore at night. She was wearing an ordinary samurai outfit that was easy to move around. The long clothes and trousers were all gray and black, and the figure was still visible. Hongti's tall stature. , she won't look slender, but it won't make people feel fat or strong. Maybe it's a long-term practice in the family. She has a natural aura in her gestures and a sense of strength that cannot be underestimated. In front of Ning Yi, she was still that warm and beautiful chivalrous woman, and if she was in front of the enemy, she would instantly burst into a terrifying edge.
It's just that the clothes are already worn out, and there are two inconspicuous patches on the back shoulders and cuffs, carefully sewn with the same color cloth, if you don't look carefully, you can hardly see it.
After breakfast, the two mounted their horses and walked in the direction pointed by Hongti. In this place, Hongti is naturally too familiar with it, but Ning Yi listened to her introduction and got a little understanding: where did you fight, where did you kill people, and where are the famous mountain bandits? , what happened again.
In some mountain forests or valleys with winding roads, Hongti can find some villages or stockades, some people live in, some have long been turned into dead places, broken walls, and there are not no residents nearby, but most of them live extremely badly. Hardships, or if they had a better life, most of them would be robbed.
Luliang robbers, if they can scale, will basically loot the towns outside Luliang Mountain.
For the introduction of these things, Hongti basically said it quite simply, everything is the same as ordinary things. In fact. Of course, this is also an ordinary thing. Killing, starving, looting and even eating people, Ning Yi is not without such concepts. He can make up a general idea when he hears it. Hongti once said that everyone here is "living" It's not like a human being." Ning Yi is also aware of it. For many things, Hongti did not elaborate on it, and it is useless to elaborate. He also has the same idea. On this day he ran with Hongti. What he didn't expect was that such a thing happened in front of him inadvertently in the afternoon...
That is the village where Hongti used to live before everyone entered the deeper and more evil mountains to form Qingmu Village. Hongti lives in a mountain village. After noon. Ning Yi suggested that he wanted to go over and have a look. Ning Yi opened his mouth, and Hongti hesitated for a while. Naturally agreed.
Following their location, they walked more than 20 miles northwest of Luliang. Under the leadership of Hongti, they found the small village in the poplar forest. The afternoon sun was warm and bright, and the village in the grove was already dilapidated and out of shape. The two of them came all the way and chatted about Ning Yi Zhuji.
When I first met in Jiangning, in the small courtyard where Xiaochan said "see you tomorrow", Ning Yi once said that in the future, Zhuji will be brought to Luliang Mountain, mainly to sell roast chicken. Now it seems that it is not easy to drive over, but fortunately, Ning Yi brought chicken and seasonings in the package. After the two entered the village, they went to the house where Hongti lived when he was a child.
In this village, a piece of ruins, mud or wooden houses are not taken care of by no one, and they will not endure the wind and rain for too long. However, in the village, it is said that the house where Hong Ti lived when he was a child has a frame. exist. The two of them cleaned up for a while, set up a table with only three legs, and cleaned up the stove in the kitchen. Ning Yi prepared to eat roast beggar chicken. Hongti started beside him for a while, and when everything was ready and Ning Yi was about to show off her skills, she just said that she went out to do something.
"Remember to come back when you eat." Ning Yi smiled and wrapped mud on the dead chicken and waved his hand. Going out for something, of course I miss it. At this time, the sun had turned to the western sky, but the light was still warm. In fact, Ning Yi had not done this kind of thing himself for a long time.
There were footsteps outside, and it seemed that he had entered the next room. Ning Yi rubbed his hands and walked out from there. On the other side of the door of the room, someone pointed his head and spoke in a slow and hoarse voice: "Hongti is back? Hongti... is back?"
It was a woman with ragged clothes and almost black body. She couldn't tell her age. One eye seemed to be a little blind, she squinted slightly, and she lost two teeth in her mouth, not far from each other. , you can smell the stench from her body. She must be a crazy woman. After seeing Ning Yi, her body suddenly shrank back. Hearing that she was able to say Hongti's name, Ning Yi was slightly stunned, and then said, "Hongti... I'm back, I'm her husband."
"Ah?" Hearing Ning Yi say this, the woman obviously relaxed her vigilance, and even her eyes suddenly lit up, "You are... her husband? Hong mentions her... she is married? When did you get married?"
"It was this year, not long ago." Ning Yi said with a smile, "You are..."
"It was this year, not long ago? Oh, not long ago... Hongti got married, where are you from... Oh, I... I am, I am Fu Duanyun, it's her sister Duanyun..." The woman Obviously she's just a village woman, she must be crazy. She lived here alone and made her look like this, but after hearing that Hongti got married, her face was full of joy, and Ning Yi was also infected by it. , nodded with a smile.
"Sister Duanyun, my name is Ning Yi, I'm from Jiangning. Oh, wait a minute."
Ning Yi walked to the stove, took out the water glass from the bag he was carrying, took out the towel, filled it with water, wet the towel, and took it out.
"Sister Duanyun, wipe your hands, drink water, and sit." He moved a stool that could actually sit on the table, and let the other party sit down. The woman in front of her seemed hesitant to wipe her hands, but after sitting down, she wiped her hands and held the cup.
At this time, the house had no roof and only three incomplete walls. Among the tattered tables and chairs, Fu Duanyun was talking to Ning Yi intermittently, just like an ordinary woman who visited the house. I asked what Ning Yi did, and said that Hongti had not come back for a long time, and said that Hongti was a child, that she was sensible, and that she was hungry when she was a child, but only when talking about herself and the village. , was obviously a little messy.
"... Recently, everyone went out to visit. I just went to Runxing's house, and there was no one... I, I was at home alone, ah, my family, and my mother-in-law, went to Fenyang to buy... I bought the New Year's goods, but I haven't come back... I just thought, I poured the ground first... The bucket at home is broken, I want to borrow a bucket, it's not good, seeing your door is open, Hong Ti came back... It's good , Hongti is married... Young Master Ning, you have to be nice to her..."
As she spoke, Ning Yi respectfully responded. During such a chattering time, the figure of Hongti came from outside, and she seemed to be looking for something. When she saw Fu Duanyun, her eyes were calm. After coming down, he gave Ning Yi a complicated look and came over: "Sister Duanyun, why are you here?"
"Oh, Hongti, you, you are back. As soon as you come back, go out to visit. No, I came to you and saw your husband."
"Xiang Gong..." Hongti glanced at Ning Yi.
Ning Yi smiled and stood up from there: "It's just about dinner time. Let's leave Sister Duanyun for dinner. Sister Duanyun, stay for dinner."
"Oh, oh..." Na Fu Duanyun nodded in response, and said to Hong Ti again, "You went to visit... You went to visit... "
"I just went to your house to find you..." Hong Ti said softly.
"I, I'll come out..." Fu Duanyun thought for a while, then said with a smile, "I want to plant something, I borrowed the hoe, I'll go get the hoe, and when my mother-in-law goes out, let me plant some soybeans... Plant..."
The bright sunlight poured down from above, allowing the warm air to permeate the room.
"Well, planting soybeans." Hongti nodded in response. (… )