Solstice Secrets

Ling Dongzhi glanced at the stone protruding from the collar along his line of sight, and his heart skipped a beat, "You know this thing?"

The young man who delivered the meal didn't know if he understood his question, so he glanced at him in a panic, left the lunch box and walked out quickly.Looking at his back, he seemed to be running away.

Ling Dongzhi rubbed the stone on his chest, feeling something weird in it.Regardless of whether he knows this thing or not, judging by his expression, he must have seen it.Ling Dongzhi thought with some regret, it would be great if he could talk to him in detail, maybe he could really find out some news.

Although the cave is leeward from the wind, it also has a certain effect of keeping warm, but after all, it is the twelfth lunar month of winter, and Ling Dongzhi doesn’t even have a charcoal stove around him. He is also a city resident who is used to indoor heating in winter, and he wants to be safe under such conditions. Falling asleep is impossible.At first, he was thinking about whether he could take advantage of the darkness to think of a way to escape, but then he thought that he didn't even know where he came from, and even if he escaped from the deep mountains and old forests, he would freeze to death.What's more, if he can run, can he outrun other people's bullets?

This is a group of desperadoes, Ling Dongzhi instinctively felt that they would not cherish human life.Such a deep mountain and old forest, if you really want to throw him somewhere, maybe he will not be found for a month or two, or a year or two.Ling Dongzhi remembered that his aunt said that there is a kind of fox fur in this mountain that grows very beautifully, and this group of people came for this in all likelihood.Is it possible to let him go when they have collected the desired amount?

Of course, the hope of that was as slim as that of his seeing his people.After much deliberation, it is more likely to push him off the cliff, or knock him unconscious and throw him in a corner and let him fend for himself.

Despondently, Ling Dongzhi picked up the old lunch box in front of him that he didn't know whether he had washed or not, closed his eyes and picked up the instant noodles that hadn't been fully soaked inside one by one and stuffed them into his mouth.While eating, he thought bitterly, if he could share his rations with him, a prisoner, at least these people didn't want to starve to death.

These people didn't plan to starve him to death, but they didn't plan to make him comfortable either.There was already a fire burning in the large room separated by a door, but no one paid attention to it on his side.There is only a narrow gap in the door. From time to time, someone will come over and take a look, in case something happens to him.

After eating the instant noodles in the lunch box, Ling Dongzhi's hands and feet were tied up again.Fortunately, they searched once during the day, and with preconceived notions, these people didn't expect to search again.But I can't move my hands and feet, and it's no use hiding a knife in my boot.This made Ling Dongzhi very worried.

It was too cold to sit on the ground, Ling Dongzhi tried to move towards the door with hands and feet.It would always be warmer to be closer to the fire, and he didn't want to freeze to death in this dilapidated cave dwelling in the middle of the night.

The firelight came in through the narrow crack of the door, and just looking at it already felt warm on my body.Ling Dongzhi approached the door cautiously, and tried to push the door a little wider.He didn't dare to provoke these people, he only dared to do this step.Looking out through the firelight, the man with the Tibetan accent was facing him.He was in his forties, with a dark complexion, a pair of thin eyes showing a bit of ruthlessness, and he was holding a dagger in his hand and gesticulating at the fire.Ling Dongzhi struggled to move his head closer, trying to hear what he was saying.

"... fineness... this batch of goods... pay in cash..."

Ling Dongzhi frowned, what does all this mean?Divide the spoils?

There was a slight sinking on the toes, and something crawled up. The unsuspecting Ling Dongzhi was startled, and with a flick of his toes, he threw the fleshy thing out.

There was a scream from a corner not far away, the voice was weak, and there was a bit of aggrieved by fright.

Ling Dongzhi's eyes widened as he watched the gray-black fluff coming towards the corner of the wall, he felt both surprised and happy, "Dandy? Why did you come here?"

The little mouse stretched out its paw aggrievedly to show him, "It hurts."

Ling Dongzhi felt guilty, "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it. I was eavesdropping on what they were saying, so I didn't know you were here."

The little mouse climbed onto his leather boots, poked his head out and looked out the door, probably didn't see anything interesting, then stuck his little head back, and asked him stammeringly, "Why did you come here?" Got it? I went to the temple to look for you, but I couldn’t find you. I smelled your smell and chased after you. On the way, I ran into a big cat with a broken tail and was almost eaten. It scared me to death!”

Ling Dongzhi's heart skipped a beat, almost thinking it was talking about Xiao Hui.But then he dispelled this suspicion, this place is more than 1000 kilometers away from Binhai, and it is still in the deep mountains, it is impossible for Xiao Hui to come here.At this moment, they must still be sleeping in the kennel of Zhuangzhou's family. I don't know if Brown Tang's pampered son will take care of other little pets.

Ling Dongzhi shook his head and comforted the little mouse in a low voice, "In the future, if you see cats, hide away."

The little mouse nodded aggrievedly.

Ling Dongzhi wanted to touch it, but moved his wrist to realize that he was tied up, and asked it a little discouraged, "Eggy, do you know the way from here to the mountain temple?"

The little mouse nodded obediently.

Ling Dongzhi thought for a while, "When they're all asleep, help me get the rope... er, can you bite it off?"

The little mouse thought for a while, "Yes."

Ling Dongzhi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as expected, he has many friends and it's easy to travel.

"Did the rest of the people in the mountain temple go back to the village?" Ling Dongzhi was a little worried about Professor Kong's group. He disappeared suddenly, and he didn't know if he had frightened them.

Eggy tilted her head and thought for a while, "Leaving and coming back again. There is also a big dog."

Ling Dongzhi pondered for a while, and thought that it was probably Professor Kong who brought back soldiers to the village.As for the big dogs, almost every household in the village has dogs, and the two cousins ​​also have big dogs, but they are very fierce, and Ling Dongzhi hasn't established friendship with them for a while.

"Are they still in the mountain temple?"

"Yes." Eggy nodded, "They found a small box, and you were inside the small box. I saw it on the beams of the house. You fell down the slope, and you screamed so loudly."

Midwinter Solstice, "..."

This is where he found his camera.Ling Dongzhi recalled his heroic appearance when he fell down the hillside, he felt embarrassed and became happy again, "What happened later?"

Eggy shook her head honestly, "I don't know, I followed the smell down the slope to find you later." He licked the corner of his mouth with a salivating look, "Do you have any more of that delicious snack?" ?”

Ling Dongzhi sighed, "It won't happen until I go back, look at me, I don't have my backpack on me."

Eggy looked at his tied hands and feet with some regret, "Will you give me that snack when you go back?"

"Of course." Ling Dongzhi replied firmly.It's such a time, how long will it take to not bother to win over allies, "What's the egg yolk pie, I also have beef jerky, potato chips, and ham sausage, and I'll give you a taste of them all when I go back."

Eggy immediately became happy, "Words do what they say!"

"Keep your word!"

The door was kicked open by someone outside, and the man with a Zangbian accent poked his head to look, his suspicious eyes swept over Ling Dongzhi, "Why are you sitting here?"

Ling Dongzhi squeezed his fists, looked at him blankly, and muttered, "...beef jerky...ham sausage..."

The man gave him a contemptuous glance, turned back and sat down by the fire.I don't know what he said to those people, the people in the circle laughed loudly, and the laughter was full of sarcasm.The captured hostages were terrified and deranged, which gave them a twisted sense of superiority.

Ling Dongzhi desperately scratched the wall in his heart.Laugh, laugh, and see who can have the last laugh.

The group's attention was quickly taken away from him, and they began to discuss their own affairs on their own.Ling Dongzhi didn't dare to make any more noise, lowered his voice and asked Eggy, "Have you seen this group of people before?"

Eggy looked at the people outside the house and then at him, shaking his head hesitantly, "Others don't remember, but the person who came to talk just now did."

Ling Dongzhi glanced at the ruthless man, "He's been here before? What's he doing?"

"Hunting." Eggy thought of something, shuddered, and stammered, "He was the one who took the mushroom. The eye was punched into a black hole, and the blood flowed all over the ground."

Ling Dongzhi looked at it hesitantly, "The mushroom is..."

Dandan sniffled and said tremblingly, "Mushroom's family lives in the back mountain. It's as big as a rice ball, but its fur is black. It was killed by that man when the first snow fell in the mountain. The man Drag it into the cave, and peel... peeled it." He raised his paws and covered his eyes.

Ling Dongzhi's heart trembled.They really came to poach, no wonder they all had shotguns in their hands.Before, he had guessed whether it was the mountain people who came out to hunt in groups... If they were really poachers, then they would not have let themselves go home happily when they left.

"Eggy," Ling Dongzhi whispered to the little mouse, "I want to trouble you to do something."

"What's the matter?" Eggy opened her small golden bean-like eyes wide.

"Take what's on me to find Mituan," Ling Dongzhi thought for a while, "tell Mituan to find my aunt or uncle, and then bring them here to save me." The mouse went to find his uncle by himself, and then thought of the two fat old cats at his aunt's house...

Uh, Eggy went, it’s a plate of tender and delicious snacks.

Eggy nodded ignorantly, "Okay, let's find rice balls."

Ling Dongzhi bowed his head and retracted his neck with great effort, and finally took off the green stone on his neck.Apart from this, there is only one key left on him, and the key is too heavy for the testicles to hold.Besides, they didn't know my aunt after I took it.The rope tied with the pendant was woven by my aunt herself, and they could recognize it at a glance.

Eggy struggled to wrap the bunch of ropes around his little neck, then picked up the stone that was almost half its size, and ran away stumbling.

"Be careful," Ling Dongzhi told it behind his back in a suppressed voice, "Don't be caught by the cat!"