Exorcism

Xiaoqiu ran so fast that her legs almost no longer belonged to her. The huge snake head seemed to be chasing behind her, with its long snake tail clinging to her back.

He is a brave young man, but he has never seen such a scene. Yelin Town is a remote and peaceful place. When the demon comes here, only absurd legends remain. How can it not be frightening when the demon appears for the first time? ?

The flexible branches slapped his cheeks, and the ground was full of tangled obstacles. None of these could stop Xiaoqiu. He ran forward with all his strength, regardless of the east, west, east, west, or whether there was a road ahead. He didn't know how long it took before he suddenly became aware of himself. There is another person behind you.

Fangfang ran with him, her speed was not like that of a husband's daughter who had a strict upbringing. She had no other choice. Their right wrists were still connected, with a long rope trailing behind them. Miraculously. The ground was not wrapped around the tree.

Xiao Qiu turned her head, and the two of them looked at each other. No one slowed down. Because they were too frightened, their eyes had no emotion, as if they were just strangers who accidentally ran into each other.

As soon as their feet were empty, before the two of them understood what was going on, they were already rolling down the hillside at the same time.

This is a long shady slope, piled with old and new leaves accumulated over the years. It exudes the unique rotten aroma of the forest, and the body feels quite soft when rolling on it.

Finally, at the end, Xiaoqiu and Fangfang sat on the ground one after the other, dizzy, their bodies covered with mud and fallen leaves. They were breathing heavily and looked at each other again, neither of them could stand up.

Fortunately, there was no giant snake chasing behind him. Xiaoqiu bravely looked back, only to see a thick layer of dead branches and dead leaves, and the silence above him. He was slightly relieved, but the panic in his heart did not lessen much.

Fangfang was stunned and kept staring at Xiaoqiu. When her breathing became more even, she suddenly asked: "Did you really dream about me?"

"Ah?" Xiaoqiu didn't understand what Fangfang meant for a while. After thinking for a while, he remembered that Daliang had leaked the secret last night, saying that he once dreamed that Fangfang asked him for help, but he didn't understand why Fangfang asked this at the critical moment of life and death. , "It's...my dream..."

Before she finished speaking, there was a rustling sound above her head. Xiaoqiu got the strength from nowhere, hugged Fangfang, rolled around a few times, and hid behind the nearest big tree.

The two hugged each other tightly and peered down the slope in horror.

With a plop, a person fell to the bottom of the slope. It was Er Shuan, dumbfounded, just like Xiao Qiu and Fangfang just now, he could only sit and couldn't stand up.

Thump thump... people rolled down from above one after another, and the teenagers in Yelin Town fell one after another like ripe fruits.

Xiaoqiu felt relieved and was able to stand up. She pulled Fangfang out from behind the tree and asked, "Isn't the big snake chasing you?"

Such a simple sentence almost drove the teenagers into madness. Half of them jumped up, and the other half lay on the ground holding their heads and shaking, unable to bury their heads in the rotten leaves.

When they discovered that the speaker was Xiaoqiu, the teenagers softened again, fell to the ground, and lay down with their limbs stretched out.

"You two run so fast." Er Shuan said, half puzzled and half admired.

"Where's the big snake?" Xiaoqiu asked again.

"I don't know, I kept running and never looked back." Daliang said breathlessly, his face pale.

Xiaoqiu checked the heads, "Daliang, Erliang, Ershuan, Lengzi, Puppy, Xiaoshun, and Zhuzhu are all there, except... the bald one."

Daliang said tremblingly: "Bald man, bald man won't be killed by the big snake, right?"

"He was clearly smiling at us from behind the tree.

Probably not dead. " Er Shuan said uncertainly. The bald man's smile was really weird and it was an ominous sign.

"The Xuanfu Army is still behind. They can defeat the big snake." Xiaoqiu was not sure. Looking back, the snake was so big that it seemed to be able to swallow the entire Yelin Town.

The teenagers nodded, not so much to agree with Xiao Qiu's guess, but to give themselves a little confidence. They would rather be prisoners of the Xuanfu Army than become the snake's lunch.

"We can't stop here, we have to run further." Xiaoqiu said that even if the Xuanfu Army defeated the big snake, they would still arrest people and hold them accountable. He hoped that he would never see those black-armored soldiers again.

The teenagers just wanted to stay away from the big snake, so they helped each other and stood up reluctantly. They didn't know where they were in the forest, and they didn't know the path. They were all talking about ideas when there was another sound on the slope.

A horse flew high in the air. It failed to stand firm after landing. It staggered and fell off the horse. The knight screamed, rolled all the way, and fell in front of the teenagers. The horse ignored its owner. Zi Gu ran away.

The teenagers looked at him motionless, not knowing how to deal with this accident.

The officer moved, and a bang came from the helmet cover.

Xiaoqiu was the first to react and was about to pounce. He raised his arm and found that he was still holding Fangfang's hand. Their right arms were connected by a rope, and Fangfang could only stand behind him. Xiaoqiu opened her mouth to bite the knot, but it was tied tightly by the soldiers of the Xuanfu Army, and the teenager could not chew it at all.

Brothers Daliang and Erliang were the first to pounce, followed closely by Ershuan and others. They all started working together, pressing the legs and the body to subdue the officer. Erliang was quick and lifted off the helmet.

"Hey, it turns out that he is also a young man."

The Yelin Town boy's last reverence for the officer disappeared, and he took off the officer's black armor with all hands.

Er Shuan cheered, and with quick hands and eyes, he quickly grabbed the long sword on the officer's waist. He immediately pulled it out, looked at the sun carefully, showed off to his companions, and forgot more than half of his fear of the snake monster.

The teenagers gathered around to watch. The sword was three feet long, with a snow-white blade and a black body, forming a very sharp contrast.

"There are words engraved on it." Daliang said enviously.

Sure enough, there was a row of strange words engraved on the black sword. The strokes were extremely thin. It would be difficult to see it unless it was facing the sun, but no one could recognize the specific content of the words.

"Fangfang is very literate, let her see what is written." Daliang said.

Er Shuan holds the sword with both hands and holds it flat in front of his waist.

Fangfang walked out from behind Xiaoqiu, looked down for a while, and whispered: "I don't recognize it either. This may be a talisman."

The young men nodded with understanding, "Then this sword must be very valuable." Er Shuan's face lit up, "I heard that the most common talisman written on paper can be sold for more than ten taels of silver. How can this sword be sold for more than ten taels of silver?" It must be worth hundreds of taels."

In the eyes of the young people in Yelin Town, hundreds of taels of silver were a huge amount of wealth, enough to spend almost a lifetime, so they praised it without even caring what the talisman was.

"Get out of the way, I want to try this sword. Xiaoqiu, Fangfang, stay away and I'll cut the rope."

Everyone immediately dispersed, but Xiaoqiu and Fangfang were still working one behind the other, trying to straighten the rope connecting them as much as possible.

Er Shuan raised his sword high with both hands and struck down with all his strength. The rope snapped. He took a step forward and almost fell. He didn't care at all. "It's such a good sword. I didn't feel any resistance from the rope."

"Maybe he has something good on him." Daliang pointed to the officer on the ground. This time he was the first to rush up and began to search carefully.

Xiaoqiu regained his freedom and participated in the body search with other teenagers. Fangfang stayed where he was, patiently untying the knot on his wrist without moving the second bolt. He was admiring the long sword in his hand and didn't care about anything else.

In a short time, the teenagers divided up the officers' equipment. The helmet, various parts of the black armor, silk ribbons, ribbons, leather bags, and some small items hidden in the armor all had new owners.

Erliang cheered. He found a set of fire-making equipment. It was exquisite and compact, much better than what he carried himself.

Xiaoqiu was a step late, but with sharp eyes, she actually found a dagger. The dagger looked very ordinary, with a wooden handle, but after pulling it out of the sheath, everyone's eyes lit up. There was a flat inlaid on the blade. The oval-shaped red gemstone is so radiant that even a person who knows nothing about jewelry can tell that it is worth a lot of money.

Xiaoqiu opened the rope on her right wrist, and then helped Fangfang get rid of the rope. She was very happy because this dagger was not only beautiful, but also very sharp.

Daliang held a stack of paper in his hand, about ten or so, flipping it over and over, "Is this a talisman? How much is it worth?"

Er Shuan glanced at it and said, "Look at the strokes on it. It's crooked. It's worthless at first glance. Keep it for wiping your butt."

Daliang couldn't bear to part with it and carefully hid it in his arms.

Everyone was admiring the good things they grabbed, except Fangfang, so she was the first to see the officer sit up.

The officer was also a young man, not much older than Xiaoqiu and the others, with delicate features and fine, soft clothes. Even the richest Shen family in Yelin Town couldn't afford a few pieces.

His expression at this time was not severe at all, but full of confusion. He glanced down at his body without armor, frowned slightly, suddenly jumped up, and ran away.

Fangfang screamed, and the teenagers swarmed forward again. Xiaoqiu ran at the front, threw the officer to the ground, pinned him down, and shouted: "Bring the rope."

There was still a long length of rope left, so Xiaoqiu tied the officer's hands behind his back.

The officer turned around and spit out the dead leaves in his mouth. He finally realized that he was not swallowed by the snake demon, but fell into the hands of a group of poor boys. "Let me go." He ordered road.

Without the cover of the black armor, his voice immediately sounded immature and could no longer scare the young man from Yelin Town.

"I declare that from now on you are our prisoner." Xiaoqiu shook the dagger, "Tell me, what is a demon species? How did that big snake come near Yelin Town?"

"Do you know who I am?" The officer shook his body vigorously, his voice full of contempt and threats, and did not answer Xiaoqiu's question.

"You are a fool." Xiaoqiu grabbed the officer's shirt, "You are still a coward. Where are the other Xuanfu troops? Where is the big snake? You are an officer, did you escape by yourself?"

The young officer's face suddenly changed, "Snake demon! The snake demon is behind you, please return the things to me quickly."

No one is willing to return the treasure to the owner. The people of Yelin Town are simple and simple. In a few years, the teenagers will become law-abiding under the influence and lessons of their parents. Now they only obey the most direct and simple rules. : Whoever grabs it will get it.

"Demons...Demons are very scary things." The officer said, hoping to convince these savage teenagers with fear. "As long as they encounter a little bit of demons, the beasts will immediately turn into monsters, and humans...will lose their nature." , I don’t recognize my relatives, I can’t feel pain, I can eat myself…”

The officer made an exaggerated expression, which really startled the teenagers in Yelin Town. As if to verify his statement, there was another sound from the top of the slope. Soon, an empty black helmet rolled down, inside and outside. Covered in blood.