Chapter 15 Desperate
Cheng Feng immediately got off his horse, told the unmarked child to go back to the city and hide it, and ran over to help Pei Ye up.
The cheek pulled up from the mud has white lips and blue lips, like a dead person dug out of a grave. His eyes are staring straight, his teeth are clenched, covered with fine beads of sweat and large drops of rainwater.
When he saw this pale face, Cheng Feng intuitively felt for the first time the torture that his once high-spirited brother had suffered in the past two years.
He stuttered a little: "Pei, Brother Pei, are you injured? Do you have any medicine? What should I do?"
"Don't... worry about it, you'll be fine in a while... You, go, it's okay..." Pei Ye squeezed out vague words through his teeth, but Cheng Feng couldn't think that he would be fine. .
Cheng Feng stood up and looked around in panic. For a fourteen-year-old boy, this situation was really confusing. The reliable brother fell in the field, as if his life was in danger, the panicked younger brother's talisman on his forehead was shining like a will-o'-the-wisp, and a terrifying enemy that even Lord Shen couldn't defeat would appear behind him at some point.
Who should be saved, who can be saved, and how?
His riding skills were already in tatters. He had almost fallen off his horse many times when he ran out of the city. What followed was an even more bumpy and dangerous slippery mountain road. If he took two people with him, he might not be able to run five feet at all.
In fact, the best choice is to ignore everything and leave alone. As Pei Ye said, who does he think he is? He is not the savior, he is just another mouse next to the two mice whose tails were held down by the cat. At this time, he unfortunately picked up his tail and ran away. Do you still want to play tug of war with the cat?
But the young man obviously did not have this option in his mind. He tried to calm down, his eyes wandered around the field, and suddenly he became certain. He leaned over and carried Pei Ye on his back, gasping: "Brother Pei, I hid the dog in the wheat stack..." I'll tie the horse under the tree over there, far away from you, and when you get better, you can ride it by yourself."
Pei Ye reluctantly nodded.
In fact, Pei Ye didn't lie to him. It would be fine if the injury had indeed passed. If there was alcohol and medicine, the pain would only last for a while. If there was no alcohol and medicine, it would have to be repeated over and over again within an hour, or even fainting and suffocation, but it would still be okay. Get through it without losing your life.
Cheng Feng moved the wheat stack away, put Pei Ye in, who was as stiff as a stick, and then moved the wheat stack back to cover him up, leaving only his face exposed. Finally, a small tent was put up over his mouth and nose to prevent him from suffocating when the rain became heavy.
"Okay, Brother Pei." Cheng Feng tried hard to sound calm, "I'll take Zhang Xiaoyan to the mountains. I'm familiar with the mountains. Don't worry."
Pei Ye still wanted to persuade him to give up on Zhang Xiaoyan and leave on her own, but she couldn't open her mouth at all and could only open her eyes in confusion, as if she hadn't heard anything.
Cheng Feng gave him one last worried look, and knowing that time was urgent, he turned around and ran back.
Pei Ye stared blankly at the young man's leaving figure. The world was blurry and distant in his vision. He saw the young man running back and tying his horse quite far away from him. Then he ran back, picked up Zhang Xiaoyan and put him on the horse. He held the reins and prepared to mount.
Too much time wasted... Pei Ye thought feebly.
As if in response to his thought, a man in black robes walked out of the city gate.
The robe was soaked and somewhat torn, and the hood was completely torn, revealing a pale and sickly young face. The crimson color on his body could not be distinguished from the light of the red lantern or the oozing blood.
The first time Pei Ye saw him, he was at the city gate, the second time he appeared four or five feet away from the city gate, and the third time he saw him standing next to Cheng Feng like a ghost.
Cheng Feng just realized something at this time and turned his head with a blank expression.
The cold light of the sword being unsheathed was invisible, and the boy's head rolled to the ground like a ripe fruit.
The man in black robe raised his foot and casually wiped the mud from his shoes on the still expressive face. After both shoes were clean, he reached out to lift up the stunned Zhang Xiaoyan and glanced at the fire talisman on his forehead. , reached out and crushed his two leg bones.
Zhang Xiaoyan's hoarse and deformed screams resounded throughout the surrounding area, so the man in black robe injected another burst of infuriating energy, destroying his vocal cords, and the vivid young man turned into a strange shape that could only tremble with "ho ho".
The man in black robe carried this shape and disappeared towards the west like a flash.
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Severe pain does not go away because of the emotional shock.
Pei Ye closed his eyes tightly and endured it. After about a quarter of an hour, the first wave of attacks finally subsided. Pei Ye raised his foot and kicked away the wheat pile. He lay on the spot and took a few breaths. He raised his body and staggered. Walked towards Cheng Feng's body.
Blood was spread on the ground in large areas, washed away by the rain. Mud and shoe prints were printed on his face, and his smart eyes were completely gray.
Perhaps it was the sequelae of the severe pain, but Pei Ye felt a little breathless.
He suddenly understood the origin of his irritability when faced with Cheng Feng's words of "I will follow you."
It's not because Cheng Feng's great enemy is still trying to push back and forth.
Pei Ye has experienced many annoying scenes, and he has always been able to hide his emotions and deal with them with a generous attitude. In comparison, Cheng Feng was just an untimely sacrifice of justice over life.
What he was really upset about was always himself.
When he saw Lin Lin's painful face, when he picked up Lin Jue's dirty clothes, when he took off the sword tassel... there were many moments during this day when he felt so angry that he wanted to kill the murderer with his own hands. cut.
But his reason kept telling him that courage and hatred could not fill the gap in strength. He should obey the arrangements of several adults and play the role he should play, even if the only thing this role can do is to keep hiding. and escape.
When he chose to deal with this matter rationally, the repressed self in his heart was churning and roaring all the time.
That is actually another Cheng Feng.
So when what he had been trying to suppress was revealed so easily and without consideration by Cheng Feng, it ignited the anger in his heart - what do you know? ! Do you think you are brave and noble? ! Several adults and I acted like turtles and mice, even hoping that the murderers could escape calmly, even if the revenge of the six corpses could never be avenged, and we didn't want more people to die tonight, but you dare to throw away your life so lightly?
Pei Ye silently wiped the face clean with his sleeves, took off a jacket and wrapped it around his head, loaded the body onto his horse, got on his horse and ran towards the county government office.
After hiding like this for a day, did we really lose many lives? In other words, does it matter if one more person dies?
You can no longer pursue that humble life in the darkness like a maggot. At least, you must swing a sword head-on.
You bastard, kill me with one knife like you did Cheng Feng, or let me see if you will also cry out in fear when the sword blade pierces your throat.