September is full of flowers

Shen Man and Tang Jiuyue were taken to the largest stockade in the Miao family village. The floor was covered with a carpet made of animal fur, and on it was a rattan chair made of an old rattan tree trunk, which was also covered with an animal skin.There is an iron pot with a few branches in the middle, and a hot fire is burning underneath. The smell in the pot is unknown. Although it is delicious, it is also very weird.

As soon as the ladies who caught Shen Man came in, they automatically retreated to the side, and the weapons in their hands were gone.They were domineering just now, but now they are like little tigers whose teeth have been pulled out and their fur has faded, without any momentum or temper.

Shen Man murmured in his heart, was it nothing more than stealing a radish? As for taking such a big effort to arrest them and bring them to the patriarch for questioning?Besides, she didn't succeed in stealing the radish...

Glancing at Tang Jiuyue from the corner of the eye, seeing that she was still as calm as ever, Shen Man felt a little guilty, but he was also a little relieved.Because Tang Jiuyue is still there no matter what, she is the gate supervisor, and she is the gate supervisor's apprentice, so she won't be accused and die here because of a carrot.

Tang Jiuyue was seldom tied up in such a way to kneel in front of people in her life. Today, she knelt down not because she felt ashamed for stealing a carrot, but because...

"The elder is here." A young man in Miao clothes helped a white-haired old man with a cane to enter.As soon as the old man was old, his face was not kind, but naturally angry.

Tang Jiuyue trembled when she heard the young man's call, her eyelashes slightly raised, and quickly lowered after seeing the corner of the old man's clothes.

Shen Man saw this subtle movement, and Shen Man frowned slightly, feeling that something was wrong with Tang Jiuyue since she came in.Does she know the old man in this class?Or is it this young man?

"Elder, these are the two little thieves we found. They want to steal our radish seeds." An old woman stepped forward and said respectfully.

radish?seed?

Shen Man started to feel dizzy, did she steal carrots or seeds?

"Elder, we are foreigners passing by here. We were hungry and thirsty on the road when we were robbed by people. In desperation, we saw radishes on the side of the road and wanted to get some to satisfy our hunger, but we didn't want to trespass on Guizhai. How about we To compensate you for this radish——" Shen Man reluctantly took out the package of roasted wild duck meat from his arms, put it in front of him, and said sincerely, "This is roast duck, very delicious."

She specially emphasized the word "very", fearing that the other party would not follow suit.

The elder above raised his brows, and an angry face was revealed, and he asked in a deep and deep bass, "Where did you catch the duck you roasted?"

This time, whether it was the ladies who lined up automatically, or the Miao boy standing beside the old man, they all looked at Shen Man with a very strange look.

Shen Man really felt something was wrong this time, and hurriedly called for help from Tang Jiuyue next to him, "Miss Tang, I didn't steal their carrot, and they pursued me like this. If they even raised this duck, I really will I have nothing to say. You also said that the folk customs here are simple, I think it is a group of robbers..."

Tang Jiuyue glanced at her and remained silent.

Sweat broke out on Shen Man's forehead, "Do you have any silver with you? Or other valuable things, let's pay them first."

"Where did you ducks come from?" The voice of the Miao boy was close to his ears.Shen Man saw the pair of exquisitely embroidered deerskin boots in front of him, and when he raised his head, he met the boy's brown eyes.These eyes are very strange, obviously looking down at Shen Man, but Shen Man feels that the person in his eyes is not himself.

Suddenly, Shen Man saw a pair of skinny hands protruding from the boy's chest.Shen Man was horrified and leaned back to avoid it, but the rope that bound her restrained her movement.

"Ah!" Shen Man panicked, his hands had already grabbed her neck, and then, it became more and more forceful, more and more suffocating.These hands are cold and powerful, with long knuckles and long nails, which are slightly curled in blue.What's even more disgusting is that the arms of these hands are the arms of rotten people. If you look closely, you will find that the places where there were skins turned out to be densely packed faces!

This face is extremely ugly, with fine hair growing on its head, and it is this hair and face that make up these hands!

Shen Man's eyes became bloodshot. It was not the first time she experienced this kind of suffocation, but it was indeed the first time she experienced the taste of being close to death.

The picture in front of him became blurred. In the darkness, only the hands were constantly extending, reaching the end. It was a woman with her back to her. The woman had the same long hair, slender and thick.The knuckles are also particularly slender, and there is a pair of very beautiful and skillful hands.

I don't know why, but I can't see her face, but I can see her hands, a pair of beautiful hands.

"Xiaoman?" Another voice came over, very familiar, like Tang Jiuyue, yes, it was Tang Jiuyue!

"It's time for you to return to reality, Xiao Man." She said, with an uncompromising tone, "Otherwise, I have to make a bad plan..."

Reality?Is this another dream, is this a dream within a dream?

Tang Jiuyue...I...

"Snapped--"

"Ah!" Shen Man felt the pain in the back of her head. She rubbed the back of her head and muttered, "Who shot me?!" Looking around, she saw the three stunned ladies, and then the white-bearded elder with a dull expression. The young man in front of him reacted the fastest, and after a little effort, he came back to his senses and smiled.

Seeing that smile, Shen Man was not very comfortable.

Besides, the pair of ghost hands that I saw just now stretched out from him.

"Tang Luluo, have you regained your soul?" Tang Jiuyue asked beside her, still swinging a wooden stick that she didn't know where.

Shen Man seemed to be struck by lightning for a moment, and touched the back of his head with his hand, "What did you use to hit me just now?"

"Stick." Tang Jiuyue threw the stick back to one of the aunts, not forgetting to say "thank you".

"It hurts."

"Okay, I don't care what you're messing around with, but it's true that you stole our radish seeds, and it's true that you stole our holy duck. We didn't wrong you for these two points, right?"

Radish seeds?holy duck?

Shen Man felt that he had broadened his knowledge a lot. He was hunted down for pulling out carrots casually. He roasted a duck casually and said it was a holy duck? !

"Elder, I admit that I was wrong, but you can't detain my Dafeng people at will. We will pay for the carrots and ducks, and please let us go."

The elder narrowed his eyes, "Do you think these are ordinary radishes and ducks?"

Shen Man became angry in her heart, "I really can't see the difference." She was sure that this group of people were here to extort money, but Tang Jiuyue never took action, why?

"Ding Lou, lock them up and see if you will still be stubborn tomorrow." The elder rubbed his forehead after giving instructions, and then left on his own with a cane.

It turned out that the young Miao boy who had been standing beside the elder was named Ding Lou. He respectfully sent the elder away, and then turned to Shen Man and the other two, with a strange smile on his lips, "You two girls really don't like it!" Luckily, you were able to live in peace when you entered the village generously, because the people in my village are also very hospitable, but unfortunately the two of you are petty thieves, so you can only stay in the prison of our village for one night."

Shen Man smiled "hehe" at him, and said flatteringly, "Brother Dinglou, can we discuss it? If you let us go secretly, I will give you all the money on my body?"

Ding Lou didn't pay much attention to her, and turned to look at Tang Jiuyue.Her eyes were brighter than before, "To be honest, this girl really doesn't look like a thief."

Shen Mannu started from his heart, Tang Jiuyue really didn't look like a thief, but could she be? !This world is obviously more unfair than I imagined!

Tang Jiuyue didn't reply a word, Ding Lou waited and felt that he was boring himself and didn't continue to strike up a conversation with her.

The road to the prison must pass through the center of the village, the scenery along the way is picturesque, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

Shen Man looked around, and after seeing a pool in the center of the village, he couldn't help feeling a little sad when he thought of the tragic situation here ten years later.Although this group of people is unreasonable, at any rate it is hundreds of lives. When fate comes and the earth shakes, they can only shout and beg for mercy in front of the mighty nature, but there is nothing they can do.

"Wait—" Shen Man saw a huge object in the twilight, which stood on the flat ground on one side of the pool, like a huge natural uncarved stone.

She pointed at the stone in disbelief and said, "The holy duck you mentioned is not true, is it?"

The stone was in the shape of a duck, and I didn't know it during the day, but in the evening, after the afterglow of the setting sun hit it from the other side, the stone looked like a duck, and the duck had the ability to swallow the setting sun. momentum.

"People in this Miao Village worship ducks." Tang Jiuyue said slowly, "The ducks in the reeds are so free and fat, and they should be protected by these Miao people."