Chapter 7 The Fainted Officer

Xiaoqiu ran so fast that his legs almost didn't belong to him anymore. The huge snake head seemed to be chasing behind him, with its long tongue tightly pressed against his back.

He was a brave boy, but he had never seen such a scene. Yelin Town was a remote and quiet place. The demons here were only absurd legends. How could it not be frightening to see their bodies for the first time?

The flexible branches whipped his cheeks, and the ground was full of tangled obstacles. These couldn't stop Xiaoqiu. He ran forward desperately, regardless of east, south, west, north, or whether there was a road ahead. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly realized that there was someone behind him.

Fangfang ran with him, so fast that she didn't look like the daughter of a strict teacher. She had no choice. Their right wrists were still connected, and a long rope was dragging behind them. Miraculously, it didn't get tangled in the tree.

Xiaoqiu turned his head, and the two looked at each other. No one slowed down. Because they were too horrified, there was no emotion in their eyes, as if they were just strangers who ran together by chance.

The two of them were already rolling down the hillside at the same time before they understood what was going on.

This was a long, shady slope, piled with old and new leaves accumulated over the years, exuding the unique rotten aroma of the forest, and it was quite soft to roll on it.

Finally, Xiaoqiu and Fangfang sat on the ground one after the other, dizzy, covered with mud and dead leaves. They were panting and looked at each other, but no one could stand up.

Fortunately, there was no giant snake chasing them from behind. Xiaoqiu bravely looked back and saw a thick layer of dead branches and leaves. It was quiet above his head. He breathed a sigh of relief, but the panic in his heart did not ease much.

Fangfang was terrified, staring at Xiaoqiu. When her breathing became more even, she suddenly asked, "Did you really dream about me?"

"Ah?" Xiaoqiu didn't understand what Fangfang meant for a moment. After thinking for a while, she remembered that Daliang had leaked the secret last night, saying that he had dreamed that Fangfang asked him for help, but he didn't understand why Fangfang asked this at the critical moment of life and death, "Yes... I dreamed..."

Before she finished speaking, there was a rustling sound above her head. Xiaoqiu didn't know where she got the strength from, hugged Fangfang, rolled around with her body for a few times, and hid behind the nearest big tree.

The two hugged each other tightly and looked at the slope in horror.

Plop, a person fell to the bottom of the slope. It was Ershuan, who was stupid and stupid. Just like Xiaoqiu and Fangfang just now, he could only sit and couldn't stand up.

Plop plop... One after another, people rolled down from above, and the teenagers in Yelin Town fell like ripe fruits.

Xiaoqiu felt relieved and was able to stand up. She pulled Fangfang out from behind the tree and asked, "Did the big snake chase us?"

Just this simple sentence almost drove the teenagers crazy. Half of them jumped up, and the other half lay on the ground, holding their heads and shaking, wishing they could bury their heads in the rotten leaves.

When they found out that the speaker was Xiaoqiu, the teenagers softened again, fell to the ground, and lay down with their limbs stretched out.

"You two ran really fast." Ershuan said, half puzzled and half admired.

"Where's the big snake?" Xiaoqiu asked again.

"I don't know. I kept running and didn't look back." Daliang said breathlessly, his face pale.

Xiaoqiu checked the heads, "Daliang, Erliang, Ershuan, Lengzi, Xiaogou, Xiaoshun, Zhuzi, all are here, except for... Baldy."

Daliang trembled and said, "Baldy, Baldy won't be killed by the big snake, right?"

"He was clearly smiling at us behind the tree,

He shouldn't be dead." Ershuan said uncertainly, Baldy's smile was too weird, it was an ominous sign.

"The Xuanfu Army is still behind, they can beat the big snake." Xiaoqiu was not sure either. Thinking back, the snake was too big, it seemed that it could swallow the entire Yelin Town.

The teenagers nodded, not so much to agree with Xiaoqiu's guess, but to give themselves some confidence. They would rather be prisoners of the Xuanfu Army than lunch of the big snake.

"We can't stop here, we have to run farther." Xiaoqiu said that even if the Xuanfu Army defeated the big snake, they would catch people and punish them. He hoped that he would never see the group of black-armored soldiers again.

The boys just wanted to stay away from the big snake, so they helped each other and barely stood up. They didn't know where they were in the forest, let alone the path. They were talking about ideas when a sound came from the slope again.

A horse flew high in the air, but it didn't stand firmly after landing. It stumbled and a knight fell off the horse. The knight screamed and rolled all the way and fell in front of the boys. The horse ignored its owner and ran away.

The boys looked at him motionlessly, not knowing how to deal with this accident.

The officer moved a little, and a scream came from the helmet cover.

Xiaoqiu was the first to react. He jumped up and raised his arm to find that he was still holding Fangfang's hand. The right arms of the two were connected by ropes, and Fangfang could only stand behind him. Xiaoqiu opened his mouth to bite the knot, but it was tied tightly by the Xuanfu Army soldiers, and the teenager couldn't bite it at all.

The brothers Daliang and Erliang rushed forward first, followed by Ershuan and others. Several people worked together, pressing the officer's legs and body, and subdued the officer. Erliang was quick and took off his helmet.

"Hey, it turns out he is also a young boy."

The last bit of awe the young man from Yelin Town had for the officer disappeared, and he hurriedly stripped off the officer's black armor.

Ershuan cheered, and he quickly grabbed the long sword on the officer's waist, immediately pulled it out, looked at it carefully in the sun, and showed off to his friends, forgetting most of his fear of the snake demon.

The teenagers gathered around to watch. The sword was three feet long, with a snow-white blade and a black body, forming a very sharp contrast.

"There are words engraved on it." Daliang said enviously.

Sure enough, there was a row of strange words engraved on the black sword, with extremely fine strokes. It would be difficult to see it unless it was facing the sun, but no one could recognize the specific content of the words.

"Fangfang is very literate, let her see what is written." Daliang said.

Er Shuan holds the sword with both hands and holds it flat in front of his waist.

Fangfang walked out from behind Xiaoqiu, looked down for a while, and whispered, "I don't recognize it either. This may be a talisman."

The young men nodded with understanding, "Then this sword must be very valuable." Er Shuan's face lit up, "I heard that the most common talisman written on paper can be sold for more than ten taels of silver. How can this sword be sold for more than ten taels of silver?" It must be worth hundreds of taels."

In the eyes of the young people in Yelin Town, hundreds of taels of silver were a huge amount of wealth, enough to spend almost a lifetime, so they praised it without even caring what the talisman was.

"Get out of the way, I want to try this sword. Xiaoqiu, Fangfang, stay away and I'll cut the rope."

Everyone immediately dispersed, but Xiaoqiu and Fangfang were still working one behind the other, trying to straighten the rope connecting them as much as possible.

Er Shuan raised his sword high with both hands and struck down with all his strength. The rope broke immediately. He took a step forward and almost fell. He didn't care at all. "It's such a good sword. I didn't feel any resistance from the rope."

"Maybe he has something good on him." Daliang pointed at the officer on the ground. This time he was the first to rush up and began to search carefully.

Xiaoqiu regained his freedom and participated in the body search with other teenagers. Fangfang stayed where he was, patiently untying the knot on his wrist without moving the second bolt. He was admiring the long sword in his hand and didn't care about anything else.

In a short time, the teenagers divided up the officers' equipment. The helmet, various parts of the black armor, silk ribbons, ribbons, leather bags, and some small items hidden in the armor all had new owners.

Erliang cheered. He found a set of fire-making equipment. It was exquisite and compact, much better than what he carried himself.

Xiaoqiu was a step late, but with sharp eyes, she actually found a dagger. The dagger looked very ordinary, with a wooden handle, but after pulling it out of the sheath, everyone's eyes lit up. There was a flat inlaid on the blade. The oval-shaped red gemstone is so radiant that even a person who knows nothing about jewelry can tell that it is worth a lot of money.

Xiaoqiu opened the rope on her right wrist, and then helped Fangfang get rid of the rope. She was very happy because this dagger was not only beautiful, but also very sharp.

Daliang held a stack of paper in his hand, about ten or so, flipping it over and over, "Is this a talisman? How much is it worth?"

Er Shuan glanced at it and said, "Look at the strokes on it. It's crooked. It's worthless at first glance. Keep it for wiping your butt."

Daliang couldn't bear to part with it and carefully hid it in his arms.

Everyone was admiring the good things they grabbed, except Fangfang, so she was the first to see the officer sit up.

The officer was also a young man, not much older than Xiaoqiu and the others, with handsome features and close-fitting clothes that were thin and soft. Even the richest Shen family in Yelin Town couldn't afford a few pieces.

His expression at this time was not severe at all, but full of confusion. He glanced down at his body without armor, frowned slightly, suddenly jumped up, and ran away.

Fangfang screamed, and the teenagers swarmed forward again. Xiaoqiu ran at the front, threw the officer to the ground, held him down, and shouted: "Bring the rope."

There was still a long length of rope left, so Xiaoqiu tied the officer's hands behind his back.

The officer turned around and spit out the dead leaves in his mouth. He finally realized that he was not swallowed by the snake demon, but fell into the hands of a group of poor boys. "Let me go." He ordered road.

Without the cover of the black armor, his voice immediately sounded immature and could no longer scare the young man from Yelin Town.

"I declare that from now on you are our prisoner." Xiaoqiu shook the dagger, "Tell me, what is a demon species? How did that big snake come near Yelin Town?"

"Do you know who I am?" The officer shook his body vigorously, his voice full of contempt and threats, and did not answer Xiaoqiu's question.

"You are a fool." Xiaoqiu grabbed the officer's shirt, "You are still a coward. Where are the other Xuanfu troops? Where is the big snake? You are an officer, did you escape by yourself?"

The young officer's face suddenly changed, "Snake demon! The snake demon is behind you, please return the things to me quickly."

No one is willing to return the treasure to the owner. The people of Yelin Town are simple and simple. In a few years, the teenagers will become law-abiding under the influence and lessons of their parents. Now they only obey the most direct and simple rules. : Whoever grabs it will get it.

"Demons...Demons are very scary things." The officer said, hoping to convince these savage teenagers with fear. "As long as they encounter a little bit of demons, the beasts will immediately turn into monsters, and humans...will lose their nature." , I don’t recognize my relatives, I can’t feel pain, I can eat myself…”

The officer made an exaggerated expression, which really startled the teenagers in Yelin Town. As if to verify his statement, there was another sound from the top of the slope. Soon, an empty black helmet rolled down, inside and outside. Covered in blood.