Su Yuanyuan took the baggage she packed last night, put the small dagger Qingyi gave her into her arms, and stuffed the pound of poison into the baggage.
She tied the cross knot on the baggage and was about to turn around and carry it on her body when Jiang Wenzheng reached out with his long arms, grabbed the baggage and carried it on her body.
The burden that seemed heavy and clumsy on Su Yuanyuan's body seemed so miniscule on Jiang Wenzheng's back.
He was holding a cane in one hand and a long stick over one meter long wrapped in black cloth in the other hand.
He handed the other end to Su Yuanyuan, and the two had a long stick as a connection. Su Yuanyuan was no longer afraid of facing the steep mountain road, and her confidence doubled.
This kind of mountain road is easy for Jiang Xuan, but for the weak Wen Shaoru, it is simply difficult to climb up to the sky.
The soil on the mountain was slippery, so he was careful with every step he took. The small branches around him were like life-saving straws for him.
A few people moved forward slowly and reached the mountainside in the evening.
There were lush trees all around, and their long branches covered the sky like tentacles. As the sun set, Su Yuanyuan could only see strands of golden sunlight through the gaps in the leaves.
I don’t know when the temperature started to gradually drop.
The spring shirts they were wearing could no longer withstand the cold air on the mountain.
Jiang Xuan also held a two-thick wooden stick in his hand and looked into the distance with deep eyes.
"If you can't survive tonight, why don't you find a cave to rest first?"
Su Yuanyuan also agreed with this suggestion. It took them more than an hour to walk a quarter of the way. Besides, it was getting late now, and it was not known how long it would take to cross the mountain.
There was no daylight for a while. The trees here were so lush that it must have been so dark that I couldn't see anything, let alone walk.
But Wen Shaoru disagreed. He wanted to take Su Yuanyuan to Lianhua Village as soon as possible on the grounds that he knew the mountain road here.
He was already tired and out of breath from climbing these mountain roads, so he leaned on a big tree with his knees up.
His eyes were lowered, covering his little thoughts in the shadows. Besides, Miss Su would definitely be scared when walking at night, so he could hold Miss Su's hand and lead her the way.
But his little thoughts were clearly seen by Jiang Wenzheng, so how could he go as he intended?
"If you want to leave, go ahead and let's rest."
After saying that, he led Su Yuanyuan and walked away. Even Jiang Xuan looked at him with a chuckle and waved his hand, "If you want to go, old man, you can go alone. It's just that you encountered any jackals, tigers, and leopards this night."
, but don’t be afraid of being chewed down to the bone.”
This is not to scare him. Although Tanshan Mountain is not bigger than Ganshan Mountain, it has many trees and complex terrain. This is a good place for wild animals to hide. They hide day and night. If they really encounter it, it will be very dangerous.
Even hunters don't have the guts to hunt at night.
When Wen Shaoru heard this, his back felt numb and he looked around cautiously, fearing that some wild beast would jump out and kill him.
At this time, Jiang Xuan had already put some distance between him and Wen Shaoru. There was silence all around, and all the disturbances were infinitely amplified and transmitted to his ears.
He was just a scholar, who had never been to such deep mountains and old forests. Moreover, the sunlight was fading at this time, and the sky seemed to be shrouded in a black veil.
He no longer cared about face and ran away, shouting as he ran, "Wait for me!"
Jiang Wenzheng and Jiang Xuan found a small cave together. Some hay was spread in it, and there were traces of burning fires in the open space on the ground. It seemed that it should be used by local hunters when they spent the night in the mountains.
After walking on the mountain road for a day, Su Yuanyuan was already hungry, and now her stomach growled unsatisfactorily.
Jiang Wenzheng and Jiang Xuan decided to look around to see if there were any traps left by hunters and if there were any prey.
And Su Yuanyuan was not idle either. The temperature would drop sharply at night. They couldn't keep out the cold with just clothes. They had to collect some dry firewood to light a fire to keep out the cold. Not only could they bake some dry food, but they could also ward off wild beasts.
Wen Shaoru was frightened by Jiang Xuan's words and sat cowering on the withered grass in the cave. He watched Su Yuanyuan preparing to leave and wanted to follow but was too scared to move his legs. He was always hesitating and entangled.
Seeing how embarrassed he was, Su Yuanyuan suggested, "Do you want to come with me?"
He is a weak scholar who cannot lift anything with his hands or shoulders. Besides, he is also a coward, so he would not be at ease if he were left alone here.
Wen Shaoru nodded, threw down his small baggage and followed.
The two walked towards the west, picking up dry twigs on the ground along the way, and soon Su Yuanyuan had a handful in her arms.
She weighed the dry firewood and thought it should be about the same, so she called Wen Shaoru who was collecting firewood in another place.
Wen Shaoru also picked up an armful of dry firewood, and the two of them planned to go back.
But Wen Shaoru made a soft voice, "Huh?"
Then he ran a few steps quickly and squatted on the ground, not knowing what he was observing.
Su Yuanyuan walked over curiously and saw a trembling puppy looking timidly at the two people who suddenly appeared in the grass.
"Is this a dog?"
Wen Shaoru didn't care about anything else. He grabbed the puppy's armpits with both hands and picked it up and put it in front of him to examine it.
The little puppy seemed dissatisfied with his answer and let out a low "ouch" while looking at him with a pair of amber eyes.
The puppy's hair was grey-brown, and its head was pointier than that of a dog because its two front paws were wide and thick when it was lifted up in the air.
Those eyes are not as pure and innocent as those of a puppy. When they look at people, they are always cold and with inviolable majesty.
Su Yuanyuan felt something was wrong no matter how she looked at it, so she advised Wen Shaoru, "Put it down quickly. It's getting dark. Let's go back quickly."
But Wen Shaoru was focused on this fluffy puppy, "Miss Su, don't you think it's cute?"
His hands kept ravaging the puppy's furry head, completely ignoring its growling.
"hiss!"
Suddenly, Wen Shaoru suddenly grabbed the puppy by the back of the neck and pulled it away from him. In the blink of an eye, blood beads oozed out from the thumb of his other hand.
Before Su Yuanyuan could take out the handkerchief to bandage him, she heard a faint noise coming from a bush not far away.
The two of them tensed up and looked over. They saw a gray-brown paw stepping out first, followed by a pointed wolf head. Its mouth was slightly open, and its pointed wolf teeth glowed with a cold light.
The wolf was a little thinner, and even its hair was dry and frizzy, looking like weeds without any luster.
The thin spine bones of its abdomen are protruding, and its belly hangs loosely. It is obviously a female wolf.
Its eyes were like cold stars in the dark night, staring closely at the puppy in Wen Shaoru's hand.
It's just that the puppy looks exactly like it.
Su Yuanyuan's head buzzed, and all the blood surged up to attack her brain.
This is not a dog cub, this is clearly a wolf cub!
