It was later than Fatty predicted. When we arrived at the foot of Mount Bodhi, the sun was already setting in the west.
"Look, we're spending the night here tonight?"
The fat man rubbed his hands and asked Yin Xiu carefully.
At the beginning, he was of course the leader of the team because of his tonnage and big ears.
However, after Yin Xiu appeared, the power and responsibility of making decisions were naturally handed over to him.
Who said that the fat man has realized that he can't speak?
"Are you looking for death?"
Yin Xiu glanced at him, and the fat man shrank his neck in fright, and did not dare to answer.
"Look again, if we rest here, won't we become a zombie buffet?"
Sighing, Yin Xiu looked around and found that the surrounding area was almost empty and flat. In this case, when the zombies came, so many people would have no place to run.
"How about we walk up again?"
Ma Xiaoyu saw his thoughts and pointed to a higher place.
"Yeah."
Yin Xiu nodded, and then instructed the fat man: "While it's still dark, send a few people out to find a cave that is spacious enough for everyone."
"Okay."
The fat man immediately began to greet some of the dexterous people in the team and began to explore the way.
After a while, someone finally ran back excitedly, out of breath.
"There."
He pointed to the back of a forest, "There is a cave, so big..."
As the opponent's hands stretched out in an exaggerated gesture, Yin Xiu nodded with satisfaction, "Let's go."
Everyone jumped for joy, only the white peacock still stood there in a daze.
"What's wrong?"
Yin Xiu stepped forward and saw that she was in a daze. He put his hand on her forehead and squeezed her palm, "I don't have a fever either."
"It's not safe to touch here. Try touching your chest."
"That's right."
Yin Xiu reached out and suddenly realized that it was Ma Xiaoyu's voice, and her whole body froze.
After a while, he turned around and said with a smile: "How about you come?"
"Is it possible that you really want to try it?"
Ma Xiaoyu rolled her eyes at him and said, "No one asked you, but you moved your hands and feet on your own. Isn't that enough of an advantage?"
"You'd better see what's going on with her first."
Yin Xiu changed the subject, "Could he be possessed by evil spirits?"
"You are possessed!"
The white peacock came back to his senses, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead.
Picking up her sleeve, she wiped her forehead, "At that moment, I suddenly had a bad premonition, as if something terrible was going to happen."
"What premonition? What kind of thing?" Yin Xiu asked her.
"How do I know this?"
White Peacock only felt a lingering fear in his heart, but he could no longer remember what he had just foreseen.
When Yin Xiu saw her like this, she just thought Bai Peacock was too tired from the journey and fell into a trance.
So he just greeted her: "Let's go first, just take a nap in the cave."
The white peacock nodded and followed the crowd, only treating the strange feeling just now as some kind of illusion or a fleeting illusion.
After arriving in the cave, as she sat down, the strange feeling before disappeared without a trace.
By this time it was getting dark, and before she had eaten, she was already so sleepy that her eyelids slowly closed.
Before going to bed, she only vaguely heard Yin Xiu talking to the fat man.
"Hey, Fatty, I'm going up the mountain tomorrow. I have to arrange for someone to keep a vigil tonight. I'm a very loyal person. You keep watch for the first half of the night and wake me up for the second half of the night. Do you understand?"
"Understood, we..."
The white peacock's eyes went dark.
When she regained consciousness, she opened her eyes and saw nothing but darkness around her.
"Don't make a sound."
That was Ma Xiaoyu's voice, and the hot air sprayed on her face, making her feel itchy.
White Peacock suddenly broke into a cold sweat. She understood that something must have happened to make Ma Xiaoyu so close to her.
In the darkness, she also heard other breathing sounds, each of them seemed to be holding their breath and did not dare to speak loudly.
The white peacock squinted her eyes and looked outside, and a blazing light came into her eyes.
On fire?
This was her first reaction.
However, if it were just a fire, the people here would never react like this.
When she calmed down and looked again, she saw clearly the ferocious faces under the torches.
Especially the leader, bald, tall and strong, with a scar from his forehead to the bottom of his chin.
He held a torch in one hand and a long tachi in the other hand, and was looking into the hole with squinted eyes.
Behind the bald head were a crowd of people. The clothes on each of them looked like they had never been washed and were covered with dust and other dirt.
However, the weapons in their hands were carefully maintained. They shone with a cold light under the firelight, and the faces of everyone were covered with frost and snow.
Under the bald feet lay two corpses, a man and a woman.
Bai Peacock recognized that they were two young men from the previous team. The man had been stabbed several times and his head was almost cut in half. The woman had been stripped of her clothes, her hair was messy, and her body was covered with scars.
That is, Ah Cheng and Xiaorou.
The white peacock's eyes widened, finally remembering where the ominous feeling came from.
Because she had seen it before, but somehow she had removed that memory from her heart.
When I was young, outside the Miao village, those who would come out at night, riding horses, holding torches, and holding various weapons in their hands, would wreak havoc, burn everything to death, and then leave after sweeping everything clean, like demons The same people - bandits.
The fat man and several men, holding wooden sticks or kitchen knives in their hands, gathered around Yin Xiu, just waiting for his orders.
Yin Xiu glanced at the two corpses on the ground, his face expressionless.
"These are troubled times. It's already miserable enough with zombies biting people everywhere. Do we have to burn, kill and loot at this time?"
The bald man smiled and stepped on Xiaorou's white back.
"In troubled times, isn't it a good time to kill people and buy goods?
Speaking of me, if I don't kill people or play with women for a day, I will inevitably feel itchy and unbearable. I feel like there are bugs biting in my bones, just like those people who smoke dirt, you know?
It was uncomfortable, so uncomfortable that it almost drove me crazy! ! ”
As he spoke, he glanced at the man and woman on the ground again.
"This young couple was also unlucky. They were hiding here, but I couldn't find them for a while. In the end, they had to run into the woods and make love to each other. We couldn't hold back our anger. It just so happened that we like to help others relieve their anger. So I helped her out.”
Yin Xiu remembered what Ah Cheng had said before that Xiaorou was already two months pregnant and would inevitably vomit acidic water and feel uncomfortable.
Probably in order not to disturb others, they ran outside to get some fresh air in the middle of the night.
Perhaps they never would have thought that instead of encountering zombies, they would encounter bandits.
Falling zombies can still be a relief, but if they encounter bandits, the scars on Xiaorou's body will already reflect the tragic events she suffered in a short period of time.
Yin Xiu sighed, "You still run around in troubled times, harming others and yourself, and you die unjustly."
"Oh?"
The bald man touched his head and felt quite amused, "I thought you wanted to help them take revenge."
"What revenge? Everyone is dead, will they be resurrected after taking revenge? If I kill you, will there be no bad people in the world forever? And I have other things to do, and I don't have time to do those unnecessary things."
Yin Xiu's eyes were cold.
"Supporting justice and eradicating evil are only done by heroes who hate their longevity. I don't care about that."
"He is also a cool and sober person."
The bald man smiled and said: "People like you can live a long time in this troubled world.
When there was a famine in the past, there was a kind man who took in the refugees and did good deeds.
As a result, you know what happened? Those refugees entered his home, ate his food, and gained strength. Instead, they robbed his house and hung the good man's head on the beam. He died happily, but his wife and daughter suffered miserably. , tortured by those beasts and transformed into a human shape.
It really makes me want to vomit just looking at it, hahaha. ”
Yin Xiu didn't seem to hear what he said, but just stretched out his hand and said: "Money is useless now. We still have some food. If you want it, just take some. As for the rest, there are only a few of us here." , if you want to fight, I'm free to do it.
But this is of no benefit to you at all. How about we just go our separate ways and pretend we haven't met each other? ”
"You are obviously a smart person, but you are not a good person!"
The bald man twitched his nose and his face turned slightly red, "I can already smell the sweet scent of a woman."
Hearing this, Ma Xiaoyu and Bai Peacock looked at each other and then behind them, both seeing murderous intent in each other's eyes.
As long as the bandits come in, no one here will survive, and each one will be worse off than the last.
Ma Xiaoyu let go of her hand, shook her sleeves, opened her teeth and claws, and caught the green-faced evil ghost mask with red eyes in her hand.
There is also a looming snake on the white peacock's hand.
They were preparing to take action, and Yin Xiu had already put her hands on Izumi Ichimonji.
"We are going to Thousand Buddha Temple, don't block the way, and don't get in the way."
"Thousand Buddha Temple?"
The bald head suddenly sneered, "Are you talking about the useless temple on the mountain?"
He waved his hand, and there was sarcasm behind him. Someone immediately threw out several strings of bloody beads and dropped them to the ground.
"We just came down from the mountain. Damn, they are all stupid and bald. Their bones almost broke my knife."
Upon hearing the news, someone in the cave immediately cried.
After going through so much trouble to get here, I originally thought I could take refuge in Thousand Buddha Temple the next day, but I didn't expect that these bandits had already looted Thousand Buddha Temple.
In this case, their hopes will be completely dissipated.
At first, some people comforted him a few times, but the cries in the cave behind him started one after another, and finally everyone fell into despair.
Several people around Yin Xiu also suddenly lost their fighting spirit, and their eyes were empty and lifeless.
"Cry! I just know that crying is useful!?"
The white peacock was annoyed by the cry, got up and walked out.
Ma Xiaoyu followed closely and put the green-faced evil ghost mask on her face.
The two of them walked to Yin Xiu and stopped. Yin Xiu didn't say anything, but just gave them a smile, indicating that they don't need to be nervous.
The bald man and the bandits couldn't help but feel happy when they saw two jade men coming out of the cave. Although one was wearing a terrifying mask, their temperament and figure were no longer ordinary.
"I just said that women are hidden here."
The bald man licked his dry lips, "And from the sound, there's still something inside."
Yin Xiu was not interested in quarreling with such villains, and just asked him: "When you were burning, killing and looting in Qianfo Temple, did you meet a Feng Shui master or swordsman?"
"There are also Miao people." Bai Peacock added.
"I don't know."
The bald man touched his head and said, "Anyone who can move has been hacked to death by our swords. No matter how swordsman or swordsman, Miao or Han, it's just a matter of one sword."
Yin Xiu didn't get an answer from the bald man, and was obviously disappointed.
"That's right. If you meet Ren Qi, you bastards won't be chopped into eighteen pieces and fed to dogs, right?"
"What did you say?"
"I mean, you bastard, you deserve to die." Yin Xiu's tone was filled with anger.
"You still want to dream of being a hero after all, don't you?" Baldhead sneered.
A group of bandits took their positions and prepared to rob the cave, kill everyone, and rob everyone.
The bald man is already full of confidence. After all, he has strong martial arts and sharp sword skills, otherwise he would not be able to dominate among a group of bandits.
At this moment, a cold night wind swept in that was completely incompatible with the hot environment, making the bandits shiver.
Along with the night wind, there were also screams and screams.
I don't know who shouted first, then the bald man threw the torch over and illuminated the distance.
Around them, I don't know when many vague shadows started to appear. Those shadows walked between the long-dried forest trees, jumping and jumping, and the bald head's heart skipped a few beats.
"What is that?" the bald head trembled.
He looked at Yin Xiu again, "Do you have any companions? Ambushing us?"
"You are stupid. If you had companions, how could you let you touch me like this?"
Yin Xiu held Izumi Ichimonji tightly in her hand, and the moment she exchanged glances with Ma Xiaoyu, she already knew clearly how the other party wanted to act, so she gave her back to each other with confidence.
After all, they have fought side by side in life and death many times, and no matter what the danger, it does not affect their trust in each other.
Then, he whispered to the white peacock: "Xiaoyu will deal with those zombies later, at least they won't let them rush over. You and I can just deal with those people."
"Deal with those people?"
White Peacock was a little confused at first, but after seeing the panic expressions of the bandits, she smiled knowingly.
"That's why I think it's better to be a Taoist priest than a monk."
"How do you say it?" Yin Xiu asked her.
"Because there are three rules and six precepts for being a monk. Even if you don't comply with your behavior, you still have to say Amitabha. If you scold anyone, you have to rinse your mouth and say it again, saying that you have violated the oral precepts.
But if you are a Taoist priest, then you will kill these people if you want. You can also say "Behead the karma, not the person" to excuse yourself. Even if you don't say this, it doesn't seem to matter.
Because, we Taoist priests do whatever we want. ”
"That's true."
Yin Xiu smiled, rubbed the white peacock's head, and drew the sword out of its sheath. (End of chapter)