cold moon is king

Chu Jiangli sent people to search the forest again, but they found nothing. Several living big men disappeared out of thin air. Chu Jiangli's fingers gently rubbed the jade bone of the folding fan in his arms. The upside-down lettering successfully soothed his anxious mood, and the captain leaned over and whispered: "General, ask their close brothers if they have revealed..."

"Otherwise, it wouldn't have disappeared so quietly."

The lieutenant was in a difficult situation, and he didn't want to guess that the brother who had been fighting with him for so long had become a deserter, but that was the case. As an experienced brother from the first battalion, it was not difficult to disappear without leaving a trace, but being kidnapped Go, this is very difficult.

Chu Jiangli said: "Ask, where did you see them last?"

The captain got his life, and when he came back, he had a complicated look on his face. He didn't know what to say. He frowned and looked at the others and said, "They... said they went to the deep forest, and they wanted to make a big one and bring them back to claim credit," the captain sighed. , "How can you just do stupid things for the sake of showing off!"

Chu Jiangli raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and immediately made a decision, saying: "Go, go in and find them."

The lieutenant's face froze. There are many ferocious beasts in the deep forest. It's not that he was afraid, but he concluded that these people would not be able to get out. They haven't come back for so long. It's a deep mountain and old forest. I'm afraid they have already fallen into the mouth of ferocious beasts. Here, it is not worthwhile to take the risk to do something wasted. He gritted his teeth and said, "General, why don't we set up camp and wait another day. If they haven't come back, we can only continue on our way."

Chu Jiangli glanced at him, "We're not in such a hurry, we don't even have time to take our brother back."

The captain lowered his head in shame when he heard the words, and said in a low voice, "What the general said is true."

The rest of the people didn't say a word of complaint, and walked into the deep forest with their heads sullen. When the captain saw this, the shame in his heart suddenly overflowed. He retreated to the end of the queue, but was pulled out by someone. He poked his head and looked at him, "Hey, they were eaten by tigers, right?"

The school lieutenant said: "Fuck off, you don't have a crow's mouth!"

The man rubbed his head, "I'll just ask, who knows, I heard that there are monsters in this forest, so they couldn't be kidnapped by monsters, right?"

The captain stared at him, "Do you have any grudge against them? Are you trying to curse them?"

The man shrank his neck and said with a sneer: "Of course, of course not, we brothers came here together, how is that possible!"

The noisy cicadas in the deep forest were louder and louder, and the noise was enveloping. The branches and leaves in the forest were lush and dense, and the dazzling golden light fell on Chu Jiangli's body through the gaps in the leaves, burning his exposed skin with burning pain.Or maybe it is sparsely populated, but there is always a faint chill coming from behind.

Not long after Chu Jiangli left, he stopped. The low-pitched roar of the beast came from a distance, followed by the collision of bodies, and the ferocious whimper of the beast.

There is someone ahead.

He beckoned to a few people and walked forward. Along the way, he frowned and looked around. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't find the tree with the imprint of a knife on it.

This pattern is crooked, one circle is wrapped by another half circle, it looks like a person is holding a ball in his arms.

When he took a closer look, the mark was deep and old, with blunt edges. There would be no such mark in a year, and it was red. He rubbed it with his fingers, and there was a faint smell of blood Stopping at the fingertips, his gaze deepened, and he whispered: "Come here."

The crowd surrounded them all at once, and Chu Jiangli pointed to the knife mark and said, "Look, how many trees have this mark on them."

The captain squinted his eyes and said solemnly: "I, I have seen this trace before."

Chu Jiangli paused, "Oh? Where have you seen it?"

The captain looked unpredictable, and said slowly: "This is... a special rune used to protect the safety of our village."

Xiaowei grew up in the Northwest since he was a child, how did the symbols of their village appear here?

Weird.

The captain explained in a low voice: "This rune, the circle represents the sun, and the semicircle below represents the earth." He paused, whispered in Chu Jiangli's ear, "This was a long time ago, I also I don't know if it's true or not, it's just from our village

That's what old people say. "

"Our village was formed by a group of wizards at the beginning. There is no one in every household who knows witchcraft. This rune was also designed by the village head at that time. It can bless us with a smooth and safe life. Until now, everyone in our village has this rune. runes."

The captain lifted up his clothes, revealing a mass of black runes on his waist, the circles on it were still there, but the half of the circles could not be seen clearly, only half of them intermittently, the captain touched his rough flesh, embarrassedly said: "Hey, it's because I was afraid of pain when I was a child, so I hid on the beam of the house with half of the tattoo. No matter how much my mother begged me, I refused to come down."

Chu Jiangli said: "When you blocked the knife for me last time, I didn't see you were afraid of pain."

The captain smiled and said, "Isn't the situation critical?"

The rest of the soldiers were confused, so they had no choice but to follow them and walk forward. They walked all the way to observe the marks on the tree, and counted them carefully. There were dozens of them, with different shades, and most of them were not carved by the same person. .

The captain left home to enlist in the army for many years and never went back. To meet the special runes of his hometown by chance, he felt familiar and a little moved in his heart.

Chu Jiangli's expression was even more solemn, the captain was puzzled, he saw that he walked to an open space, the surrounding grass was messy and bowed down, leaving a pool of blood, and the smell of blood permeated the air, these people are familiar with this smell, but They wouldn't feel sick either, so they all talked about it, Chu Jiangli sniffed it, and said in a low voice, "Animal blood."

The captain squatted down, twisted his fingers, and said, "Yes, it's still hot, and it hasn't gone far yet."

The surrounding grass was all overturned. The captain leaned over the ground and stared at the bloodstain which disappeared after entering the grass. He pushed the grass away, and sure enough, he found a dark red bloodstain on the surface of the soil. He twisted the soil and put it on the Sniffing with the tip of his nose, he said, "Human blood."

Chu Jiangli frowned, knowing that the possibility of this being his brother was still small, but he still had a glimmer of hope, and said, "Let's catch up and follow these marks."

A group of people lowered their footsteps, but was suppressed by the noisy cicadas. If you don't listen carefully, it's hard to hear the rustling sound mixed with it.

After walking for several hours in a row, the sky was dark, and a faint red golden light leaked from the gaps in the clouds above the gray-blue sky. The soldiers didn't complain, and still kept their heads on the road. Chu Jiangli walked in the front to open the way, and the notches on the trees became more and more clear and dense, as if they deliberately kept people from knowing the next road.

The lieutenant observed the silent forest in front of him, and suggested in a low voice: "General, I will take a few people to the front to explore, and the others can rest here. It is already dark, and I am afraid that the beasts will come out."

Chu Jiangli glanced back, and the soldiers behind him trembled and cheered up again, only to hear him say: "Light the fire, set up camp, and go to the trees to rest at night."

The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, relieved themselves and began to get busy.

Chu Jiangli hugged the captain's shoulders, "Let Zhu Ziqiang take care of it, you, me and Wang Yan go ahead to explore the way."

The captain licked his dry lips, "Okay, listen to the general."