() When the sun finally shined in and the woods were clearly lit up, Hua Yuerong realized that her wishful thinking was like drawing water from a bamboo basket, but in vain.
Because she still couldn't determine the direction.
Hua Yuerong had just spent the day waiting for the sun to arrive like a year, and Hua Yuerong still persisted, but when the cruel reality was faced, she still found how powerless she was.
Her brother Hua Rong, whom she had always relied on, has passed away. Hua Yuerong still remembers how she couldn't bear to see Hua Rong's bleeding from all seven orifices, and tremblingly covered her brother with a quilt.
Hua Yuerong rubbed her sore eyes, because every time she closed her eyes, the scene would be vividly in her mind.
So Hua Yuerong subconsciously reduced the number of times she blinked.
After a night's sleep and the predicament in front of her, Hua Yuerong felt a little broken. She wanted to yell, but she was afraid of provoking someone she shouldn't.
"Trust no one."
When Hua Rong said this, his eyes were helpless.
Although Hua Yuerong was only thirteen or fourteen years old and had not experienced any major life and death events, she could still understand Hua Rong's feelings before her death.
Those who were able to believe it in the past turned out to be the least able to believe it.
Hua Yuerong used the big tree where she originally stayed as the center point and tried to walk in all four directions, but soon found that none of the scenery was familiar to her.
Although the dense tree canopy can let in some sunlight, it is impossible to determine the direction.
"Why don't we just keep walking in one direction, and we can always get out?" Hua Yuerong bit her lip gently, hungrily picked up a branch in her hand, and prepared to walk all the way to the direction where the branch fell.
"Ding!"
Here, a faint sound coming from nowhere made Hua Yuerong's ears stand up instantly.
"what sound?"
Although Xueer often scares Hua Yuerong by saying that there are wild beasts such as jackals, tigers and leopards in the forest, Hua Yuerong understands that there are only some harmless little beasts on Liangshan Mountain.
While I was thinking wildly, a second sound came from the same direction.
"when!"
Hua Yuerong was very sure that no wild beast could make such a sound. Only when people use certain tools would they make similar sounds.
After hesitation, Hua Yuerong moved a few steps towards that direction.
"Ding ding!"
"Dang Dang!"
As Hua Yuerong moved forward, the sound became louder and more coherent.
“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”
The sound became louder and louder, continuous, and seemed to be very rhythmic.
Hua Yuerong suddenly remembered that this seemed to be the sound made by the stonemason when he was carving.
"At least it's better to find someone to ask for directions than nothing."
With this thought in mind, Hua Yuerong walked dozens of steps under the guidance of the "ding-ding-ding-ding" sound, and actually walked out of the woods.
There is a small courtyard in front, and the sound comes from inside.
Hua Yuerong took two deep breaths, walked to the courtyard door, stretched out her hand, and knocked.
"who?"
The sound of "ding-ding-ding-ding" inside suddenly stopped, and then a rich voice asked.
Hua Yuerong originally wanted to say that she was a lost maid and just asked for directions.
Unexpectedly, before she could speak, two minions appeared out of nowhere, one on the left and the other on the right. They pinched Hua Yuerong.
Not only that, two steel knives were also placed on Hua Yuerong's shoulders at the same time, causing her beauty to fade.
"Shhh" one of the minions signaled Hua Yuerong to stop talking, otherwise he would be stabbed.
"Who is outside?" the voice inside asked impatiently: "What do you mean you knocked on the door and didn't answer?"
"I accidentally hit the door! No one is there!"
The two minions dealt with it casually, took Hua Yuerong aside, and one of them asked in a low voice: "Where did you get out of here, little girl?"
Hua Yuerong didn't expect that she would soon find someone to ask for directions, when two menacing-looking minions suddenly jumped out.
There is such a mysterious place in the village that no one can approach?
The "ding-ding-ding-ding" sound started to sound again in the yard.
"Ah ah" Hua Yuerong whispered hoarsely twice, pointing to her mouth and then her ears, indicating that she couldn't speak or hear.
This is when Hua Yuerong suddenly remembered a game she had played with Xueer recently.
That means everyone pretends to be mute, and whoever speaks first loses.
"It turns out he is a mute." As soon as Hua Yuerong performed this move, the expressions of the two minions relaxed as expected: "I was scared to death."
These two little guys are guarding this place for one thing. They don't want anyone to get close to this courtyard, let alone enter the courtyard to take a look.
Originally, this courtyard was also a remote place, hidden behind the woods. There was no one there on weekdays, and these two young men were often lazy.
In addition to waiting for someone to deliver three meals a day, the rest of the time is either sleeping nearby or playing tricks to make money.
When Hua Yuerong appeared just now, these two little guys were lying in the grass and basking in the sun. When they found Hua Yuerong knocking on the door, they were so scared that they started sweating.
But since he is mute, there is no need to worry about the secret of this courtyard being exposed.
"Brother, what should I do with this little mute? Do I need to kill him?" One of the minions turned his back to the other and asked in a low voice, "It's not good if the superiors know about it."
Another said: "Brother! You are just a little mute, and you can't hear, so you can just drive him away. As the saying goes, God has good virtues. We two brothers have already become yin virtues as grass bandits, so we can let them go.
Let it go."
"Brother, you are confused." The previous gangster obviously noticed something was wrong: "You have been in the village longer than me. When did you hear that there was a mute girl? I think that although this girl's clothes are a little dirty, she has an extraordinary temperament. She must be
He is not an ordinary person. Besides, how can an ordinary maid have such nice clothes?"
"Then do it! The superiors also said that it is better to kill by mistake than to let go!"
The two minions were having a lively discussion when Hua Yuerong suddenly screamed from behind and shouted: "Help! Help!"
While shouting, Hua Yuerong bypassed the two minions and rushed toward the courtyard door!
At this time, it is not a matter of trust or distrust, but of survival!
No matter who was in the yard, Hua Yuerong decided to give it a try!
"court death!"
"Where to run!"
The two minions immediately knew that they had been tricked and chased after them with their steel knives behind them.
"Help!"
Hua Yuerong had already thrown herself on the door panel, beating the courtyard door with all her strength with both hands.
At this moment, the courtyard door was pulled open.
Hua Yuerong almost fell down, but fortunately someone stretched out a hand to steady her.
"What do you two want to do?"
The person who came helped Hua Yuerong, frowned and shouted loudly: "Why are you bullying a little girl? Put down the knife!"
Hua Yuerong calmed down and saw that the person who came was burly and covered in stone powder. He was holding a hammer in his right hand. It was so heavy that it probably weighed no more than twenty kilograms.
There is a large stone slab in the middle of the yard behind me. It must have been this person doing the "ding-dong-dang-dang" work just now.
"Don't mind your own business!" one of the minions replied: "You don't know what the superiors told you! Don't let anyone come! If you do this, how can we brothers communicate with each other?"
"Just leave that little girl to us!" Another one echoed.
"Bah!" the mason spat angrily: "You two birdmen dare to use a tiger skin as a banner? You can kill people with just one sentence? Don't think I didn't see you showing off your knives!"
Then the mason shook the hammer in his hand: "Would you like to try it? I'll flatten your bird heads one by one, and that person won't say anything!"
Those two minions saw that the situation was not good. The stonemason was helping the superiors with a big job. The two of them were nothing more than ants. If they killed ten or eight people, the superiors would definitely not complain a word.
It's just to deal with errands, and it's really not worth risking your own life.
The two minions looked at each other, and replied softly but pretending to be tough: "The person has entered the yard, then it's your problem, we won't care about it. If you take the blame,"
"Master, I'll take care of it!" The mason said harshly, gesturing for Hua Yuerong to come into the courtyard to talk, and then closed the courtyard door.
"Well, it's not something we brothers can afford to offend. We'd better go back and bask in the sun."
"Then what if I ask?"
"Just say that guy invited me in. What does it have to do with us?"
The two little minions muttered for a while, then still lay back and basked in the sun.
The mason saw through the crack in the door that the two young men had gone away, so he breathed a sigh of relief and led Hua Yuerong into the courtyard and asked: "Aren't you the sister of Brother Hua Rong? Why are you here?"
"Who is Hua Rong?" Hua Yuerong was shocked when she saw that the mason had recognized her, and immediately showed a look of vigilance on her face: "I am not Hua Yuerong."
As soon as these words came out, Hua Yuerong knew that she had said the wrong thing.
If she wasn't Hua Rong's sister, how could she know that Hua Rong's sister was named Hua Yuerong?
The mason, who was about thirty years old, grinned after hearing these words, threw the hammer aside, pointed to the stool next to him and said, "Sit down and talk."
Hua Yuerong sat down with an uncertain expression. The mason walked to the corner of the yard, stretched out his hand and patted her body, causing stone powder to fly all over her body: "This yard is just dirty, it's not as clean as your yard."
"who are you?"
Hua Yuerong knew that the mason had recognized her, so she asked straight to the point.
The mason carefully patted off the stone powder on his body, then came back and sat down on the stool next to Hua Yuerong: "You may not remember, but I went to your house for a drink before, and Brother Hua Rong asked me to carve a mark for him.
Coming?"
Hua Yuerong was reminded by the stonemason, and she vaguely remembered where she had seen this man's appearance.
"Are you Jin Dajian?"
Hua Yuerong hesitated and spit out a name.
The mason was not angry when Hua Yuerong called her by his first name. Instead, he happily replied: "Yes, I am Jin Dajian, the jade-armed mason."
"Did you quarrel with Brother Hua Rong and sneak out?"