search for flowers

They waited until it was getting dark before they packed up again and were ready to set off.It was only when Rong Tan set off that he realized that not only people were attacked last night, but most of their horses were also killed, and all of them were beheaded by Lu Guangye and others.The inn was already blood red, Rong Tan looked at the things in the car and asked: "Where is the general?"

"Lu Guangye said that we should travel lightly and easily on this road, so we pulled those chickens out as soon as it got dark last night and released them. That's okay, we pulled the chickens in the car, chattering, and even if there were no walking corpses, they were attracted here." Su Ling said, "I knew you didn't want to part with the general, so I didn't tell you."

Can't breathe, so I hurried out to look for it, but I couldn't find the general after wandering around.

"It must have been caught and eaten by those walking corpses!" Rong Tan stared at Lu Guangye bitterly: "Otherwise, why didn't I hear it crowing this morning?!"

He was really distressed that the general was gone just like that.The old master knew that he was really sad, so he comforted him and said: "Although your chicken is good, it doesn't cost much to human life. When you return to Donghe, what kind of chicken do you want to choose? Then pick a good one. "

It's easy to say, the fighting cocks he has raised for so many years, which one can compare with the Great General, even those dudes in the capital say that the Great General is a magic chicken that can't be found!

Because of the loss of the general, Rong Tan was in a bad mood, so he kept his face sullen and didn't speak.When Lu Guangye heard about this, he felt a little embarrassed, and said, "I didn't know that chicken was the young master's favorite."

What's wrong with playing, even playing chicken, Lu Guangye didn't understand.He thought that if he knew that this chicken was Rong Tan's treasure, he would definitely keep it for him. It might be inconvenient to pull a whole load of chickens, but it's okay to keep one chicken. It may crow occasionally, but it may not really attract walking corpses. , just pay attention.

Just as he was thinking this way, he suddenly noticed something chasing up behind him. He turned his head and saw a big rooster with bright red and shiny fur, chasing up like an arrow, cooing while chasing.Rong Tan in front also heard the movement, and shouted in surprise: "General!"

His great general even caught up by himself!Isn't this a magic chicken? The happy Rong Tan directly carried it into the carriage, and even Li Wei was amazed: "This chicken has a soul, and it actually recognizes its owner!"

The General cooed, and Rong Tan hugged it and said, "Fortunately, the General is not an ordinary chicken, he can run as fast as an arrow, otherwise he would have been eaten by those walking corpses."

The general seemed to have been frightened quite a bit last night, and he became very quiet when he got in the car, neither eating nor drinking when he was given food.Li Wei asked, "Has it been scared away?"

Rong Ting raised his head and asked, "Can chickens also scare away their souls?"

Li Wei said: "Chickens should also have souls. Don't they say that people and animals are reincarnated? If the soul of a person is reincarnated into a chicken, how can there be no soul?"

That being said, it makes sense.Rong Tan originally wanted to use the talisman given to him by his master to affix it to the general, but he also wanted to use the talisman as a corpse-suppressing talisman, not a soul caller, and none of them could call a soul.

So he let Zhu Yan hold it.The general has always been close to Zhu Yan, and he hopes that the gentle daughter township can comfort her panic.

The sky outside gradually brightened, the mist gradually dispersed, and a colorful morning glow appeared in the eastern sky.Rong Tan felt a little stuffy in the carriage. He was used to riding a horse, and his riding skills were superb. He really seldom sat in a carriage.A young man in fresh clothes and an angry horse, wearing a gaudy peony flower on his head, is his most common appearance in the capital, vulgar and beautiful!

So he poked his head out of the window and shouted, "Li Mu, Li Mu!"

Li Mu looked back at him, and rode to the carriage.

"Take me for a while," Rong Tan said, "I want to ride a horse to get some fresh air."

Li Mu nodded, and Rong Tan immediately got out of the carriage, jumped onto the horse's back, and put his arms around Li Mu's strong waist.Li Mu looked down, opened his mouth, wanted to say something, but held back.

The air outside was fresh and cold, but the morning glow became more and more colorful, almost dyeing half of the sky red.The whole world seems to be blood red, even the roads and weeds are dyed a layer of red, strange and gorgeous.Then the sun jumped out from the clouds, and the sun shone on the earth. Rong Tan lay on Li Mu's back in surprise and said, "The sun is out!"

The sun shone on Li Mu's face as clean as jade, making the orchids embroidered on his collar even more dazzling.At that time, people loved flowers, and almost every clan had their own favorite flowers. Their Rong family admired peonies, and occasionally one or two flowers were embroidered on his robes, while Fan Xingzhi’s cuffs were often embroidered with crape myrtle, which the Fan family admired. Flowers, Su Ling loves roses, and their Li family, a scholarly family, has admired orchids for generations.The spirit is like orchid, and the heart will never change, the orchid is noble and pure, and has the attitude of a gentleman, which is very suitable for the Li family.

He didn't sleep well last night, but now that the sun came out and shone warmly on his body, he leaned against Li Mu again, so he dozed off a bit.Li Mu noticed that his head was resting on his back, and said, "If you want to sleep, go to sleep in the car."

"The car is too crowded. I am a man, and I am too embarrassed to squeeze with their women. Your father is even more unwilling to squeeze with them. Sleeping there, it is better to rely on you to take a nap. Besides, their women There is always a smell of powder on my body, and I can't get used to it, but I still think it smells good on your body."

The corner of Li Mu's mouth twitched, probably because he was moved by his last sentence, so he turned over and got off the horse, then moved him forward, and turned over again.Rong Tan was still in a daze and leaned against Li Mu's arms.He grinned and said, "It's still good, I'm not afraid of falling asleep and falling."

"You squint for a while."

Rong Tan closed his eyes and leaned against Li Mu's arms, the smell of Li Mu's body became more obvious, it was light and pleasant, the indescribable smell made people feel very comfortable after smelling it.Only Li Mu could have this smell, he had never smelled it on anyone else.He heard that there was a beauty in the tribe of the Western Regions, who was born with a strange fragrance. Could it be that Li Mu also had it?After that, it will not be a small peony, but a fragrant peony.

He fell into such a drowsy sleep that he suddenly felt the horse stop, opened his eyes in a daze, and asked, "Why didn't you leave?"

"There seems to be a situation ahead."

When Rong Tan heard the words, he immediately became sober, straightened his neck and looked forward, but it seemed that he could vaguely see many pedestrians on the official road.

"It's a walking corpse!" Su Ling suddenly called out, lowering her voice: "It's a walking corpse!"

Those crowds on the official road ahead are not living people, but walking corpses!

Those walking corpses all lowered their heads, facing the sun and walking eastward, they didn't move as fast as when they attacked them last night, instead they all looked sluggish and staggering, but the number of walking corpses was so many that it was shocking to watch .Everyone stopped, not daring to go any further.Fan Xingzhi said: "There are too many walking corpses ahead, it seems that we can no longer take the official road, we have to take a detour."

As he spoke, he wandered around on horseback for a while, and pointed to a side road not far away: "I'll go check out the situation first, you guys wait here, and be careful."

After saying that, he rode into the path and walked deep into the woods.Suddenly a few birds flew out from the woods with fluttering wings, Rong Tan's heart jumped in shock.

"Why did you say these walking corpses gathered together, where are they going, Qingzhou?"

"They are just walking dead now, probably because there is nothing nearby for them to eat, so they are walking forward in groups, the louder the movement, the more walking dead they hear, so the more they gather. "Lu Guangye said: "If you want to say that these things have no brains at all, it seems that they are not. They seem to be born knowing how to go where there are people."

As Lu Guangye spoke, his expression was extremely heavy. Looking at the direction where these walking corpses were going, he was afraid that Qingzhou would also suffer.If the walking corpses arrived at Qingzhou before them, how they would pass through Qingzhou City would be a big problem.What's more, it might be that Qingzhou has already fallen. In just a few days, the disaster of walking corpses has spread to such an extent. I don't know what is going on in Donghe.

After a while, Fan Xingzhi came back and said: "This road can be walked, come here."

They turned their heads and walked on the path, which was rugged and narrow, let alone a carriage, and even riding a horse was difficult.They stopped and went, and they couldn't walk a few miles a day. Instead, they lost their way. In the end, thanks to the guidance of the woman they rescued last night, they walked out of the forest and roughly understood the situation of the woman.

It turned out that the woman's name was Liu Hui'er, and she was from Qingzhou. Her husband was from a nearby village and was doing business in Qingzhou, so the two met and became relatives.During the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th this year, she followed her husband back to the village to visit relatives. She planned to stay here for a month before going back. But when they were about to leave for Qingzhou, they encountered a walking corpse. Her husband wanted to entrust her to the village. On the tree, she was bitten to death by a walking corpse. She hid in the tree for a day and a night before escaping.She wanted to escape back to the village, but found that the village was already full of corpses. She was chased by walking corpses all the way, and then fled to the inn.

"It doesn't matter if you ran for your life, you killed a group of us," Su Ling said.

Liu Huier blushed when she heard that, Zhu Yan hurriedly said, "Sister Liu didn't mean it either."

"Forget it intentionally or unintentionally, but if you run in the future, don't shout while running. I really don't understand how you women scream when you encounter danger." Su Ling rode to the front as he spoke. went.Zhu Yan comforted: "Sister Liu, don't take it to heart, Su Ling just talks like this."

Liu Hui'er had tears in her eyes again, she lowered her head and stopped talking.

The small road is no better than the official road, and they don't know where they can stay and rest. After walking like this for a day, the dusk has fallen, and the mist has risen again. tense up.Just then, a small town appeared in front of them.

Rong Tan and Li Mu rode together, looked down from the high hill, and saw a flat land in a valley with houses scattered everywhere, it was hard to tell whether it was mist or cooking smoke that was lingering on it.Seeing the twilight sinking, they should have been happy to find a place to stay, but each of them felt more dignified.

There's something odd about this town.

They walked to the entrance of the town and stood still.

At the entrance of this small town, there are two stone unicorns with hideous faces.One of the Shi Qilin's mouth and ferocious teeth were still stained with dried blood, it seemed that this Shi Qilin was a living creature and had eaten people.