Chapter 846 Sacrifice
In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Xia Zihan woke up. When he opened his eyes, he saw Chu Jingqi's dark circles and tired eyebrows again.
Xia Zihan's heart ached, "Aqi, did you stay up all night again last night? You idiot, didn't I tell you that I'm not cold?"
"I'm fine." Chu Jingqi smiled, but her voice was still a little weak.
Xia Zihan sat up, hugged him, put his head on her shoulder, and said, "It's still more than an hour before dawn, you should get some sleep."
"Well, they're awake, remember to wake me up." Chu Jingqi closed her eyes and did not forget to remind her.
"I know." She stroked his back.
Chu Jingqi stayed up all night and fell asleep soon.
It wasn't until the sun rose and everyone had eaten that Xia Zihan woke him up and said, "Aqi, wake up quickly, it's time for us to set off."
As soon as she opened her mouth, Chu Jingqi woke up.
He sat up and asked, "What time is it?"
"I'm lucky, Aqi, please move your legs first. I'll bring you a chicken leg and some roasted eggs for you to eat on the way."
It’s not good for everyone to wait for Aqi alone every day.
Chu Jingqi hummed. His legs had been numb since Xia Zihan had been sitting on them all night. Even if he moved, they would feel numb.
Xia Zihan kneaded and squeezed him for a while before he regained his composure.
On the way, Xia Zihan was holding water in one hand and a few roasted wild eggs in the other. Seeing that Chu Jingqi had finished chewing the chicken legs, she quickly stuffed two shelled roasted eggs into him.
"Here, drink some water."
Worried about choking on the eggs, I handed over the water again.
Ao Tianchen, who was walking behind them, was really happy for Xia Zihan when he saw the two of them loving and intimate. At the same time, he was also very envious of Chu Jingqi.
And in his mind, he also remembered the tearful face of Princess Mingzhu before he came, and his heart suddenly felt soft.
For the rest of the journey, the road was no longer poisonous. Occasionally, a few small rabbits would run by, and a few small birds would fly overhead.
At noon the next day, they also encountered a big black bear.
Chu Jingqi killed the big black bear, peeled off the big black bear's fur, used a dagger to clean up the skin scraps and blood stains inside, and burned the skin with fire while eating.
Until it is clean and refreshing.
When they went to bed at night, Chu Jingqi covered the two of them with thick and warm black bear skins.
And throughout the night, Chu Jingqi didn't use her inner strength to keep Xia Zihan warm. She was also very warm. It was also the first time that Chu Jingqi held her and had a full sleep.
Three days later, the fox who went to explore the road ahead flew back and said excitedly, "Master, there are traces of someone walking by the stream there."
"Let's go and have a look."
Everyone was excited when they heard the traces of someone stepping on them, and they all followed the fox to the stream.
This creek is the upper reaches of the creek at the foot of the mountain. For several days, they have been walking along the creek. Today, they finally found traces of human footprints again.
"Look, this road was walked back and forth by someone over the years. This is definitely not Chu Yuexi's footsteps." After observing carefully, Ao Tianchen said.
Since it is not the footprints of Chu Yuexi and others, then it must be the footprints of the Miao people.
The fox said, "It seems that the Miao people really live on this mountain peak." "Damn, Yaya, I finally found them." She was so excited that Chu Lin couldn't help it, so she said something dirty .
Chuan Qiong also said happily, "Does that mean we can find the Miao people's nest if we follow this road?"
"It seems that this time we have truly stepped into the place where the Miao people live." Gan Song was also very excited, and he was very ready to fight with the Miao people.
However, Xia Zihan thought of the powerful poisonous insects and witchcraft of the Miao people, so he still said, "Don't act rashly first. Let's hide first and plan everything later."
With so many people gathered here, if some Miao people came out to fetch water and found them, they would be alarmed.
Xia Zihan thought of this, Ao Tianchen and Chu Jingqi also thought of this, and they quickly ordered to hide in the mountains and forests before discussing.
A group of people ran into the forest and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Not long after, two teenagers came over here, carrying buckets and chatting.
Two teenagers were in the creek. After filling up the water, they left with the water.
And their voices floated faintly in the wind.
"On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the leader is going to hold a large-scale sacrifice. I heard that this time we don't need our people to go to the mountains to hunt tigers for the sacrifice. We will use the few people we captured last time as sacrifices. The gods will definitely like it very much."< br>
"Hey, didn't the leader say that we want them to be slaves for us? Once they obey, we won't need to come so far to carry water in the future."
"What do you know? I heard from my father that there was a person there who knew medical skills. The leader was worried that that person would do harm to our tribe, so he simply used them as a memorial."
"As for the voodoo worms, didn't you say that we should leave a few people for us to try the voodoo worms? I have never tried the voodoo worms before. I really want to try how to drive the voodoo worms into other people's bodies. Unfortunately, There are just a few people, I’m afraid they won’t be able to share it.”
"It's okay to go secretly. It's my turn to deliver dinner to them in the evening. When the time comes, you can follow me in."
"Is this okay? If the leader finds out..."
"Tch, you are too timid to pull me down."
"It's not that we are timid. If the leader finds out, he will definitely starve us for three days and three nights..."
……
The voices of the two people gradually faded away.
Xia Zihan and others jumped down from a big tree that the two teenagers had just passed by.
Her face was gloomy, "Aqi, the people they are talking about must be the master and my brother. My master and my brother are still alive. Aqi, no matter what, we must rescue them."
Since they met the master and Chu Yuexi, the father and son have helped her and her grandmother a lot.
If her master hadn't been there, her grandmother would have gone underground to reunite with her grandfather, and how could she still be alive today.
In particular, her master was willing to let Chu Yuexi be adopted into the Chu family, which made her even more grateful.
In her heart, the master and Chu Yuexi are her closest relatives, just like her grandmother.
Right now, her closest relatives would be used as sacrifices by the Miao people to pay homage to the gods. She almost felt distressed hearing that.
"Ayu, this matter cannot be rushed. We don't know the topography of the area where the Miao people live. If we go in hastily, we may be caught together. By then, the gains will outweigh the losses. Wait until the court sends people to rescue us again. I’m afraid we have long been sacrificed and eaten by the gods.”
"For the sake of master and to rescue them as soon as possible, please be patient and wait until we find out the terrain of the place where the Miao people live, and then we can discuss a perfect strategy."
(End of chapter)