A crow in the desert

Love, chewing over and over again, felt so boring for a while.

Chu Chenzi needed fresh snake gallbladder for his injury, but how could there be so many snakes in the town, so the two hired a carriage and walked west. It is said that there are a lot of poisonous snakes and insects in Yunnan.The three of them walked for more than ten days, and they saw that the surrounding trees covered the sky and the sun, swamps were everywhere, and there were many poisonous snakes and beasts in the grass.

Li Yue was from the Northwest, and had never seen a snake before. He felt very scared when he saw this thing, so the task of catching the snake was given to the crow.When the crow was driving in the daytime, holding two branches in his hand, he saw a big piebald snake by the side of the road, so he jumped down and forked the snake's head, cut open the snake's body, took out the snake gall the size of broad beans, and stuffed it into Chu Chenzi's mouth.The rest of the snake meat will be steamed and roasted in the evening for dinner.

Chuchenzi ate more than a dozen snake gallbladders, and his spirit gradually recovered, and he was able to sit up and talk.Although his injury was beaten by Li Yue, his life was saved by the crow.What's more, the three of them gradually became acquainted with each other during these ten days of getting along day and night, and they became very harmonious.

The crow asked Chu Chenzi to relieve the Gu again, and Chu Chenzi said: "For such a thing as solving the Gu, you should pay attention to chance, the right time, place and people... oh, don't hit me."

The crow let go of his collar: "What else should I pay attention to?"

Chu Chenzi straightened his clothes, and said with a bitter face, "I don't have any magical artifacts now, how can I get rid of them?"

"You have blood." Crow said, he had seen the power of a drop of blood from Chenzi.

Chu Chenzi said angrily: "I am so weak, how can I spend my energy to detoxify you, I will die. Besides," he changed the subject: "I think you two have a good relationship, this Gu is also good for you. No damage."

Crow's face darkened: "I get along well with you, do you want to eat a Gu worm?"

Chuchenzi declined politely, "I understand."

As he was talking, he saw faint smoke rising from the woods in the distance under the setting sun. Li Yue wondered, "Why is it foggy now?"

Chu Chenzi said: "This is miasma, which is most common in the southwest region. According to different seasons, it is divided into peach blossom miasma, apricot blossom miasma, and plum blossom miasma. In fact, they are all the same, but the time is distinguished by name."

Li Yue said: "What miasma did we see?"

Chu Chenzi said: "It's dinner miasma."

Li Yueqi said: "What kind of miasma is this?"

Chu Chenzi said: "In the evening, the local villagers put firewood in the stove and light it for cooking. The smoke from the chimney gathers together, so it is called dinner miasma."

Li Yue was stunned for a while before he realized it, and spat: "Just tell me it's cooking smoke, what kind of dinner, do you bully me with little knowledge?"

Chuchenzi nodded: "Do you think you know a lot?"

Wu Ya said to Chu Chenzi: "Li Yue came up from the northwest desert. He has never seen forests or miasma. This is not a lack of knowledge. Do you know the landscape in the desert?"

Chu Chenzi smiled and said, "I'm bickering with brother Li Yue, but you're so serious, you seem to be afraid that I'll bully him, and you don't look at his temperament, are you a master who can suffer?"

The three of them talked and walked, and soon they came to the place where the smoke came from. It turned out to be three thatched huts, which were simple and dilapidated. In front of the house was a shed made of straw. The platform was filled with half-wet firewood, and there was only white smoke gurgling, but there was no spark.

The crow went up and said: "Old man, your firewood is wet, so it won't burn like this."

The old woman stood up tremblingly, turned her head, and said loudly, "Have you eaten? I haven't eaten yet. This is not just preparing to cook."

The crow had no choice but to pull the old woman aside and said, "I'll do it." He took out the firewood one by one, leaving enough space, and saw a handful of dry straw beside him, grabbed it casually, Turn on the torch and light it, and the pile of straw sneered, emitting a blue luster.The crow was slightly surprised, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the old woman step back a few steps, covering her mouth and nose with her sleeve, the crow muttered to himself, threw the ball of straw, and was about to draw his sword, but felt dizzy and fell down on the ground with a thump. on the ground.After he fell down, he didn't faint completely, but saw Li Yue fighting with Chu Chenzi, the old woman slapped the back of his head, and fell limply to the ground.

The crow smiled bitterly: "Fool, you can either run away in the chaos, or fall on the ground and pretend to be unconscious, so you can save yourself from suffering." He was weak all over, his eyelids drooped, and he could see the surrounding things vaguely.I saw Chuchenzi striding over the two of them nimbly, not showing signs of weakness like recovering from a serious illness, he smiled and said, "Eldest brother came so fast, I had to deal with these two people all the way, and I almost couldn't go on acting." gone."

Crow couldn't see the appearance of the elder brother, so he thought it was the person who had just pretended to be the old woman, but his voice was gentle and delicate, about 30 or [-] years old: "With your ability, you can't even deal with these two Han people? I don't believe it, little brother, you are usually the most clever and eccentric, so you can't hide something from your brother, right?"

Chuchenzi said in a fearful voice, "Even if I had a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to deceive senior brother. These two are disciples of Duan Dao Sect in Shandong. I was held hostage by them and slapped again. They forced me to come to Dali Looking for the teacher, I have injuries on my body, so I dare not refuse." Then he turned around, took off his clothes, revealing a snow-white shoulder, and there was indeed a cyan handprint on the shoulder.

The crow thought to himself: He obviously guided us here, but why did he say he was coerced by me?

The man went up to have a look and saw that the fingerprints were real, so he nodded in confidence, swept his gaze over that snow-white shoulder, and said with a smile: "Junior Brother has icy muscles and bones, no wonder he is the most favored by the teacher." There was something in the voice coveted meaning.

Chu Chenzi was furious, but his face remained calm, and he smiled slightly: "Eldest brother likes to joke, I'm fine, but what does it look like for the teacher to hear such words?"

The man was startled, with a look of panic on his face, he bowed his head and said: "Brother, brother speaks freely, please don't take it to heart, and don't tell the teacher."

Chu Chenzi grinned: "I have a bad memory, I have long forgotten what you said."

Only then did the man become happy, and the two chatted about the things in the teacher's school again. Seeing that it was getting late, the two dragged the bodies of Crow and Lan Beibei back to the room, and they each spread straw. The man stared at the The two of them suddenly said: "Junior brother, these two are not the birthday gifts you brought for the teacher, right?"

Chuchenzi laughed loudly: "Brother, your joke is too clever. These two men are so strange that I should bring them from Guangdong to Yunnan. I want to send Master the container for refining medicine. How about finding a strong man from the local area?" Not more effort."

The man nodded, thinking that what he said made sense.

But the crow thought in his heart: This little bastard wants to give Li Yue and me as a gift to the old monster, but I hate that he kept me in the dark before.

But the man said again: "Since they are insignificant people, I'm hungry right now, so it doesn't matter if I cut one or two pieces of meat from them and roast them to eat." The man walked over, looked left and right, curled his lips and said: "It's a pity that there are two old men, none of them is thin and tender."

But Chuchenzi chuckled and said: "Senior brother, what you said scares me. There is only one person in this room with tender skin and tender meat. Senior brother, don't be so hungry and eat me too." Talking and laughing, but the voice is full of spring.

The man felt his heart move.This Chuchenzi was originally a handsome man, and there were no women in the master's school, so he was coveted and admired by his senior brothers. However, Chuchenzi had a weird and vicious personality, and was very popular with Master Chi Yan, so he was never bullied in the master's school. .

The man cast a sideways glance at Chu Chenzi, and said, "What weird question are you going to ask again?"

Chuchenzi said, "What weird question did I ask?"

The man snorted: "Because the fifth child touched your hand, he was poisoned by the Gu poison you injected. His hands festered and his bones were exposed. He struggled for more than a month before he died. The seventh child died because he said a few jokes to you. , her lips were cut off, and there is still a big hole in her face."

When the crow heard these narrations, he felt chills all over his body. The ferocity and cruelty of these people far exceeded his cognition.But Chu Chenzi just laughed, and said: "I don't like them, that's why I treat them like that. If I like someone, I will hold his hand, kiss his lips, and never hurt him a little bit."

The man was a little distracted when he heard it, and he came up and asked, "Then who do you like?"

Chu Chenzi lowered his head slightly, and said softly, "I don't know either."

The man laughed. Seeing the straw on the ground was soft and the twilight outside, he couldn't help but acted violently. He stretched out his hand and pushed him to the ground. He took off his clothes impatiently, struggled a few times, and then fell limp and paralyzed. Limbs do what they want.

At first, Crow heard the gossip between the two and thought they were going to fight, but then he heard the rustling sound of straw being crushed, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. It wasn't until he heard the man's muffled groan like a wild animal that he realized it. It was embarrassing and funny at the same time. I thought to myself that these two evil sects acted casually.

Southern Xinjiang Evil Sect

Hearing those groaning and groaning sounds, it seemed to be a fierce fight, and it also seemed to be having sex. The crow's face was red, but his limbs could not move, so he had to keep his face away, but saw Li Yue lying on the ground with his eyes wide open. , looking curiously at where the voice came from.

While he was in embarrassment, the surroundings suddenly became quiet again. Crow sensed the sound of footsteps approaching. He raised his face and saw a pair of deerskin boots and the hem of a gray cloth robe.

With a calm expression, Chu Chenzi knelt down and said in a low voice: "Don't make a sound, follow me." Then, he took out a wet rag from somewhere, and