The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 422 Valley

After thinking for a while, she said to Xiao Que, "Xiao Que, go back and tell my elder brother and the others that I may not be back tonight. Tell them not to worry and to guard the camp and be safe. You stay in the camp to protect them!"

"Yes, Master!"

The little bird agreed and quickly flew towards the direction where the kids were camping.

"Little guy, I have something important to do now. Go back to Jiezhu first. I'll play with you after I'm done!"

Lin Xi touched the little white wolf in his arms, looked at it and smiled softly.

The little white wolf hummed twice, rubbed its little head in Lin Xi's arms, and then nodded.

Lin Xi couldn't help but touch it twice more, and with a flash of thought, he put it back into the boundary bead.

She wrapped herself in her cloak and looked around the valley.

It took Lin Xi a full hour to circle the valley.

What on earth is hidden in such a huge valley?

Lin Xi squatted in a dense tree canopy, staring in the direction of the valley, thinking secretly.

Just go in and check it out and you’ll find out!

After thinking about it, Lin Xi jumped down from the tree canopy, found a dangerous cliff, and fell into the valley along the cliff wall.

Ordinary people cannot enter the valley from here, so there should be no one guarding it.

Sure enough, when Lin Xi fell to the bottom of the valley, there was no one nearby.

She carefully looked around and slipped into the nearest house.

"Grandpa, Datou and the others were taken away the day before yesterday and never came back. Could they have been killed? There are always scary screams coming from that house. Could we be killed by those bad guys too?"

The gate of the yard was tightly closed. Under a big tree in the yard sat an old man with white hair and a little boy of seven or eight years old!

The little boy was huddled in the old man's arms with a frightened look on his face, speaking to him anxiously.

"Don't be afraid, Ermao! It's time to get some fresh air today. You can hide in the secret room later. Grandpa won't let them find you!"

The old man patted the little boy's back gently and said with a loving face.

"What about grandpa? Will he be taken away by them? Grandpa, come with me and hide in the secret room!"

The little boy grabbed the old man's sleeve tightly, his eyes full of fear and anxiety.

"Ermao, Grandpa has to be outside. Otherwise, if I suddenly disappear, those people will definitely search the house. If they find the secret room, both of us will be in danger! Fortunately, when they came to our place, you ran to the secret room to play, otherwise you would be in great danger now!"

After the old man finished speaking, he stood up and pulled the little boy towards the house. Seeing his grandson looking at him with a worried look on his face, he patted his head and said, "Ermao, those people only arrest people once every seven days. Grandpa will be fine in the next few days, don't be afraid!"

After the grandfather and grandson entered the house and closed the door, Lin Xi came out from the corner next to him, looked in the direction of the house where the screams were always coming from, which the little boy had pointed out, and rushed over there.

The yard was large and new, and it looked like it had been built not long ago. A gust of wind blew by, and a strong smell of blood wafted from the yard.

Just as Lin Xi was about to jump onto the wall, she heard two people's voices coming from the yard. She looked around and jumped into a big tree to hide.

"Brother Tie, I don't know where this master came from. He is so cruel. Killing people is one thing, but he even tortured them like that. I am a bandit who has killed countless people. His methods scare me a little bit!"

"Be careful not to be overheard. If the master knows that you are gossiping about him behind his back, he will not let you go!"

"What are you afraid of? He has gone out with his puppets and hasn't come back yet. I don't know what kind of magic potion he gave our boss to make us listen to him so much! Oh! Seeing those people being tortured in such an inhuman way, I can't bear it!"

"I'm warning you! Don't be soft-hearted and do something stupid. Just follow the boss's orders!"

"Don't worry, Tiege. I just can't stand it and I'm just complaining a few words. I won't do anything stupid!"

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The voices of the two people were getting farther and farther away. After seeing their figures disappear, Lin Xi swooped down from the tree and carefully sneaked into the gloomy mansion.

Lin Xi jumped from the top of the wall into the yard, squatted at the foot of the wall and looked towards the center of the yard. He saw strange patterns carved on the ground paved with bluestone slabs. The patterns were covered with a layer of dried dark blood. A strong smell of blood came from there. In the center of these patterns stood a black stone pillar.

The whole house was silent, without any movement.

Lin Xi walked around the pattern, squatted down and observed it carefully. After looking at it for a long time, he still had no clue.

"What is this?"

Lin Xi reached out and touched the pattern, muttering to himself.

Just when she was about to ask Xiao Que if she had seen this thing, she suddenly remembered that Xiao Que had been sent by her to deliver a message to her eldest brother and the others.

Lin Xi's eyes rolled around, and an idea flashed through his mind. He took out a large piece of paper and a charcoal pencil from the boundary bead, and copied the entire pattern onto the paper.

After finishing the drawing, Lin Xi carefully compared it with the patterns on the ground, making sure there were no mistakes before putting the paper and pen into the boundary bead.

She stood up, looked at the row of houses to the north of the yard, and walked towards one of the rooms. She felt the presence of a person inside, but the presence was a little weak.

Lin Xi's footsteps were extremely light and fast, and only people with extremely strong internal strength could hear her movements.

In a breath, Lin Xi came to the window of the room. She first listened attentively to the movements in the room. There were only a few faint breathing sounds, and other than that, there was no other sound.

She stretched out her finger and poked a hole in the window paper. She put her eyes close to the hole and looked into the house. She saw several people tied up and thrown on the ground. Their mouths were blocked and their eyes were covered with black cloth. There was a little kid among them, about six or seven years old.

Lin Xi recalled the previous conversation between the old man and the little boy named Ermao, and guessed that the people imprisoned inside should be the big head and others that Ermao mentioned.

Lin Xi thought about it for a moment and did not go in to rescue people immediately. Instead, he checked every room in the yard one by one.

After looking at all the rooms, Lin Xi's face was so dark that water seemed to drip out!

These rooms were filled with corpses that had died in extremely tragic ways. Those corpses were beyond recognition. Judging from the clothes they were wearing, they should be the local people. The fabrics and colors of their clothes were exactly the same as those worn by Datou, Ermao and others!

A stone pool was built in each of these rooms, and the corpses were piled there. A black beetle was kept in each pool, and the beetle fed on the corpses.

The stench she smelled just now came from these corpses.

Lin Xi did not touch anything in the room. After checking, he closed the door, took out a mint leaf from the boundary bead, put it in his mouth and chewed it, suppressing the feeling of nausea, and then returned to the door of the room where the person was locked up before.

She gently pushed open the door and walked in. The people on the ground heard the sound and shrank back desperately!

But they were all tied up and extremely weak, so they couldn't move much. The adults could only try their best to lean together, whimpering, and block the little kid behind them.

"Shh! Be quiet, I'm here to save you!"

Lin Xi squatted in front of them and whispered.

After saying that, he raised his hand and untied the black cloth covering their eyes.

When they heard Lin Xi's words, they instantly quieted down and stopped struggling.

These people hadn't seen the light for two days. After the cloth strips were removed, they were not yet fully adapted to the new world. They had to blink for a while before they could see clearly.

They looked at Lin Xi who was squatting in front of them, and made humming sounds, as if they wanted to say something to her.

"I'll take the rags out of your mouths. You have to make sure you don't make any loud noises, okay? Otherwise, if you attract bandits, I may not be able to save you!"

Lin Xi stared into the eyes of several people and said seriously.

Several people looked at Lin Xi, their eyes full of pleading, and nodded repeatedly.

Seeing this, Lin Xi took out the rags stuffed in their mouths.

"Girl, who are you? Are you really here to save us? There are quite a few bandits there. How many people did you bring with you?"

One of the white-haired old men looked at Lin Xi and asked anxiously, his voice hoarse and weak.

"I'm just passing by here, I'm the only one here!"

Lin Xi listened to the noise outside in case bandits suddenly appeared, then sat on the ground and said to the old man.

After hearing Lin Xi's words, the light in their eyes slowly dimmed.

"Hey! Girl, there are at least a hundred bandits coming to our village, and there is also a very scary man with at least two hundred men in black. How can you be their opponent alone? Please help us untie the ropes, and then leave quickly. If you are caught by them, you will be in a dilemma!"

The old man sighed deeply and said to Lin Xi.

"Please help us untie the ropes, girl!"

"Yes, young lady, please be kind and help us. We have some very precious herbs at home, and we can give them all to you!"

"Please have mercy, girl!"

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Seeing that Lin Xi was sitting there with no intention of untying the ropes for them, the other people begged desperately.

The only one who didn't say anything was the little boy. He was obviously frightened, his eyes were a little dull, and it was unclear whether he understood their conversation or not.

"Be patient! Listen to me first!"

Lin Xi made a gesture to silence the few people, asking them not to worry.

Seeing this, the few people gradually quieted down and stared at Lin Xi, wanting to hear what she had to say.

"It's useless for me to let you go now. We will easily be discovered by the bandits and alert them. I will go out and get rid of the bandits first, and then come back to rescue you. Here are some pills to strengthen your body, take them first!"

As Lin Xi spoke, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out a pill from it, and was about to feed it into the mouth of the pale and weakest little boy.

Suddenly the old man lay down over here and stood in front of Lin Xi.

Lin Xi withdrew his hand, raised his eyebrows and looked at him without saying a word.

"Girl, I think this pill is quite precious. It would be a bit of a waste to give it to us mountain folks. You should keep it for yourself to take care of your body!"

The old man lay on the ground in a mess, looking at Lin Xi with an unnatural smile.

Lin Xi saw the hint of wariness hidden deep in the old man's eyes, but did not force it. He glanced at the little boy who was still standing there without saying anything, and put the small porcelain bottle away.

"Girl, please let us go first. Each of us has a secret room at home. Those bandits should have gone to eat at this time. We can take the opportunity to run home and hide in the secret room. They won't be able to find us for a while! Otherwise, we are afraid that the scary man will attack us after he comes back. Calculating the date, he will torture and bleed us today."

The old man looked at Lin Xi and pleaded softly. When he talked about that horrible man, his eyes were full of fear!

The others also cried and begged Lin Xi to untie the ropes for them.

"That scary man and those men in black you mentioned have already been killed by me, so you don't have to worry about him coming back to harm you. Just wait here and I will come back to save you after I have dealt with those bandits outside!"

Lin Xi did not let them go. She had not yet figured out the situation of the bandits. If she let these people go, it would alert the bandits and that would be bad.

After she finished speaking, she squatted down, stuffed the rag into the mouths of several people again, and tied the black cloth strips on their heads as before.

After cleaning up all traces of his presence, Lin Xi quickly left the room.

The people in the house had no choice but to sit back to back and wait quietly. Although they didn't quite believe Lin Xi's words, Lin Xi was their only hope to escape. They could only pray silently that this little girl could really get rid of those bandits and then come back to save them.

After Lin Xi left the gloomy mansion, he carefully explored the mountain village.

She checked all the houses and found that most of them were empty. There were only a dozen households left in the whole village. Every household had their doors closed and the people were hiding in their houses, not daring to come out.

At this moment, the bandits gathered at the entrance of the valley, drinking and eating meat.

Lin Xi quietly flew to a big tree not far from them, looked up at the wind direction, and said to himself: God help me!

Then, she took out a packet of poison from the boundary bead and sprinkled the poison into the air. She thought the wind was a little weak, so she used her spiritual power to fan the poison in the direction of the bandits.

The poison had no taste, but the bandits didn't notice anything wrong and were still laughing and drinking loudly!

A quarter of an hour later, Lin Xi, who was hiding in the tree, snapped his fingers and uttered a word: Fall!

The bandits suddenly fell to the ground one after another, bleeding from all seven orifices, and died in a moment.