Before going to bed, she placed a lot of dry firewood next to the fire. Anyone who came over would definitely break the branches. How shameless of them to ask her for a fire and now want to do something bad.
Su was startled awake by the whirring wind, her frail body erupting in a startling scream. The middle-aged man, who was pulling at the package, suddenly jumped. But since he had already started, he couldn't stop, and he used all his strength to try to shake Su off.
The others were awakened by the noise. The firelight illuminated more than twenty frightened and surprised faces, but no one shouted to stop them.
Bang!
The middle-aged man felt a severe headache and blood gushed out. He turned around and saw Ye Nuan, who was wrapped tightly, standing behind him, holding a bloody stone in his hand. The only thing exposed was his eyes, which were fierce and cold.
"roll!"
Being stared at by such a pair of dark eyes, the middle-aged man took two steps back in fear. Then, feeling really embarrassed, he raised his foot and wanted to kick Ye Nuan. Ye Nuan raised a stone and hit him on the forehead again. He lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud.
The middle-aged man, originally a steward of the master's household, embezzled the master's money and committed adultery with the concubine. The master, infuriated, paid a large sum of money to have him sent to the wilderness by the official. He had been mistreated along the way, becoming emaciated and withering, and with no food or drink during the day, he only had a third of his strength left.
Among the twenty or so people, only Ye Nuan's family had no men. Some were sick, some were small, and the little girl could be blown away by the wind. That's why they chose them. I didn't expect that the silent little girl, wrapped up so tightly that only her eyes were exposed, would be so fierce.
After being hit on the head twice in a row, everything went black before my eyes and I couldn't get up.
Ye Nuan stepped on the man's chest and removed the headscarf from his face. The scar on his right cheek was ugly and terrifying in the firelight, exposed to everyone without any cover. In a neither loud nor soft voice, he said coldly, "I have also killed more than a dozen people. If anyone dares to have any ideas about our mothers again, I will kill them even if I die!"
"A Nuan!" When Su saw her show up, holding the package, she called out hurriedly.
The air suddenly became quiet, and the twenty or so people present looked at the skinny little girl beside the fire in fear.
Killed more than a dozen people!
She turned her gaze to the man on the ground and stepped hard: "If you dare to do it again, I will smash your head into pieces!" The tip of the stone was still stained with blood. It shook twice under his nose. The man trembled helplessly. When she moved her foot away, he was so scared that he rolled and crawled back to his fire and huddled there.
Ye Nuan calmly sat back down beside Su, but her hand holding the stone was shaking. Su pried the stone out of her hand, her eyes red as she said in a muffled voice, "Ah Nuan..."
"Mom, I'm fine!"
They were just hooligans. She ran into them a lot when she was in the orphanage.
The arrogant ones are afraid of the stupid ones, and the stupid ones are afraid of the desperate ones! This has just begun. If we don’t scare these people tonight, someone will always pick on the weak ones.
After such a commotion, everyone really didn't dare to look down on the mother and her two children. They didn't dare to sleep soundly in the second half of the night, for fear that others would attack them.
Su asked Ye Nuan to sleep first, and she sat by the fire with her bag, circling around like a night watch owl, but cursing in her heart: What is going on? I'm tired, hungry, and thirsty, and I still have to watch out for each other.
At daybreak, people began to pack their bags one after another. The sun was too strong in the wilderness, so they had to set off before the sun came up, so as to save some water.
The fire died down naturally. Su put away the clothes she had covered herself with and took out her water bag, each taking a sip. Ye Nuan, holding Ye Xiaohu, followed her to the end of the crowd.
They vaguely saw someone's eyes on them, and when they looked up, they saw the man who robbed their things last night, looking around timidly with his head tucked under his arm.
Ye Nuan kicked the stone at her feet calmly. The sound was particularly obvious in the quiet morning. The man shrank his shoulders and dared not look anymore.
The wind blew the withered yellow weeds, and clusters of low shrubs appeared in the field of vision. The land under the shrubs was still scorched and cracked.
After walking for half an hour, a crack appeared between the sky and the earth, and a faint yellow light broke through the ground. In just a moment, the fiery red sun rose. Everyone's throat was dry, and there was no joy in their hearts, only irritation.
As the sun climbed higher, the weather grew hotter. Ye Nuan felt a bit suffocated, but she didn't dare to take off her outer clothes. The ultraviolet rays here were extremely strong. They were all from overseas, and their skin wasn't as good as the locals'. If they got sunburned, it would be very troublesome.
By the afternoon, the water in the water bag was gone.
Ye Nuan couldn't hold him anymore, so she walked slowly with Ye Xiaohu by her hand. After a few steps, there was a commotion ahead. Ye Nuan tiptoed to see that the mother of the young man who had asked her for a light had fainted.
Many of the weaker members of the crowd could no longer hold on and sat down on the ground. They looked at the collapsed old woman and the endless, barren wasteland covered with withered, cracked grass, and were overwhelmed with grief.
"I'm not going anymore, I'm not going anymore, we're going to die anyway!" Someone shouted at the top of his lungs, but the sound was hoarse and unpleasant, as if it had been burned by fireworks.
Ye Nuan, holding her brother's hand, followed the main group and sat at the end. She heard someone in front shouting, "Who has water? Save my mother... Who has water..."
No one responded, and Ye Nuan shook the empty water bag in his hand without saying anything.
A gust of wind blew by, and the dryness was mixed with the light sound of camel bells.
Ye Nuan's ears twitched, and she suddenly stood up and looked in the direction they came from. Her dark eyes gradually brightened, and she excitedly pointed in the distance and shouted, "Someone is coming."
Most of the people who were originally sitting on the ground stood up, tiptoeing to look behind them, their expressions becoming more and more excited.
The sound of camel bells, accompanied by a clattering clatter, came towards them. As they drew closer, they saw a caravan of camels. Behind them followed a carriage inlaid with gold and jade, with bells hanging from the corners. The carriage was wide open, its white veil fluttering, and a slender woman in purple could be vaguely seen sitting inside.
In desperation, everyone rushed forward in surprise, surrounding the caravan and blocking its path.
The flag on the carriage was blown away by the wind, and the word "Jiang" was branded on the purple flag.
Open and close, majestic and noble!
Someone shouted, "Sir, please save us!"
"Yes, please be kind and save us."
"Just get us out of this wasteland."
"Great benefactor, Bodhisattva, please save us..."
Cries for help came one after another. Ye Nuan pulled her brother aside, staring at the carriage with her dark eyes.
The caravan was forced to stop, but the camel bells were still ringing.
The man riding the camel in front had high eyebrows and deep eyes, with a very thin scar across his nose. There was a flash of impatience in his eyes, and it was obvious that he had encountered such situations many times.
"Get out of here!" he yelled.
"Wu Tu, how can you talk like that? Businessmen make money by being harmonious!" The woman's voice in the carriage came softly and gracefully, soothing people's hearts despite the scorching heat.
Ye Nuan stared at the swaying white curtain intently, thinking: Such a dirty place is really suitable for decoration!
The white curtain was lifted, revealing a pair of hands, white and slender, which looked out of place in the wilderness. The bright red nail polish was particularly dazzling under the scorching sun.
A charming face with painted eyebrows and lipstick was revealed. She smiled sweetly, her eyes raised, and under the curious gaze of everyone, she took out a small golden abacus, clacking it with it, and said gently and softly, "I am a businessman, and everything is based on barter. One tael of silver per person. Those who can afford the money can follow me."
The people who stopped the caravan looked at each other and felt a little embarrassed.
One tael of silver!
They were all exiled to the wilderness, and one or two taels of silver was really a lot, and few people could afford it.
After waiting for a while, Wutu, who was riding on the camel, became impatient and shouted, "If you don't have money, get out!"
Someone knelt down in front of the carriage and kowtowed, saying, "Please, Master, have some mercy..."
The purple-robed woman said to Wu Tu without even raising her eyes, "If you don't understand what we say, don't take the money with you."
The kneeling woman looked pale, helpless and terrified.
People started to take out silver coins one after another, but only three out of the twenty or so people took out any.
Ye Nuan asked Su softly, "Mother, do we have any silver?"
Su gritted her teeth and shook her head, and finally took out a coin-sized jade pendant from her belt, which was sewn with several layers of cloth: "This is the only one I have." The Ye family only prepared some spare clothes for them. This jade pendant was the one that Xiaohu had been wearing around his neck when he was born. She was afraid that it would be stolen, so she hid it in her belt, and originally wanted to exchange it for money somewhere.
Jade is more valuable than silver, definitely worth more than three taels of silver.
Saving your life is the most important thing now.
Ye Nuan took the jade pendant, and the crescent birthmark on her wrist suddenly felt hot like fire. Her hand trembled and she almost dropped it.
Did the spiritual spring react just now?
What is the connection between Lingquan and this jade?
Ye Nuan suppressed her excitement and looked at the woman in the carriage. The woman was looking at her, staring at her dark eyes with her upturned eyes for a long time.
His gaze was fixed, like a monster in the Spider Cave seeing Tang Shengrou, which was frightening.
Ye Nuan stepped forward, holding up the jade pendant and asked the woman, "We don't have any money, and this jade pendant is worth more than three taels. Can you give us a ride?"
The jade pendant was crystal clear and pure in the sunlight, and it was obvious that it was made of high-quality material.
The purple-robed woman raised the corner of her mouth, her expression lazy and casual. "The jade is good, but I like your eyes more. How about you dig out a pair of eyes for me? I will take you to Dahuang Village and give you some food and water, okay?"
She remembered someone saying that they liked such clean and clear eyes.
It’s rare to see such beautiful eyes in this wilderness, I must collect them!
Su was shocked and pulled Ye Nuan back, staring at the woman in purple vigilantly.
I don’t want to change this!
The purple-robed woman secretly regretted it, but continued, "You must think carefully. Luomu City will never take in criminals. This is Red Rock Land. It will take you ten days to walk north to reach Dahuang Village. The wasteland is full of wild animals, insects, snakes, and horse bandits. Even if you have water and food, it will be difficult for you to leave."
She was telling the truth. Someone in the group had asked about it when they came: in addition to the original residents of Luomu City, there were also horse bandits in the wilderness. The Beichen people who were exiled here could only live in Dahuang Village.
Dahuang Village is located on the north side of Hongyan Land. Further north is the snow-capped cypress forest, and to the west is the uninhabited desert. Even if you go to Dahuang Village, you may not be able to survive.
"Once you miss the Creation Pavilion's caravan, it will be hard to encounter another one."
In other words, if you don't follow them now, you will probably die.
What's that compared to a dead pair of eyes!
Her eyes moved between Su and Ye Xiaohu, and finally she looked straight at Ye Nuan.
Ye Nuan's attention was now completely focused on the spiritual spring. She could feel the birthmark on her wrist growing increasingly hot, and the jade in her hand also began to feel faintly hot. A trace of coolness flowed down her wrist to the crescent birthmark. The dried spiritual spring faintly began to condense, and a drop of water appeared on her wrist. Her pupils suddenly widened, and she quietly opened her palm. The jade in her hand instantly dimmed, cracked, and shattered into powder.
This spiritual spring eats jade?
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