Ye Xiaotian secretly let out a sigh of relief when he saw the jackals chasing after the panda and disappearing into the jungle. He quickly said to Shui Wu, "Let's go!"
"Brother Xiaotian!" His sleeve was immediately pulled by Le Yao. Her big purple grape-like eyes had a pleading look that could melt everything. She said in a childish voice, "Brother Xiaotian, that little bear cub is so pitiful."
Ye Xiaotian turned his head and saw that the little panda was lying on a tree branch, looking at the ground in horror. It moved its round body and called out a few times in the direction of its mother's escape. It then looked at the ground again, looking like it wanted to come down but didn't dare to.
Ye Xiaotian hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't worry, its mother will come to find it."
Le Yao pursed her lips and her eyes glistened with tears. "What if its mother was killed by a wolf? What if its mother is lost? What if another big bad wolf found it? What if its mother doesn't come back and it can't get down the tree by itself? "
Ye Xiaotian stared blankly. How old was this kid? Why did he have so many ifs?
He looked up at Xue Shuiwu, hoping that she could say a few words for him, but he saw sympathy and pity in Xue Shuiwu's eyes for the little bear cub. The cute appearance of the little panda could make any woman overflow with maternal love.
"Okay, then … let's take it with us."
One Le Yao was already a bit too much for Ye Xiaotian, not to mention the addition of Xue Shuiwu. Ye Xiaotian braced himself and rushed to the tree. Like the panda, he climbed up the tree clumsily.
Although the red panda was young, its body was not small and its weight was not light either. Ye Xiaotian originally wanted to carry it down, but he accidentally dropped it from the tree. Le Yao exclaimed in surprise and quickly ran over, only to see the red panda crawling up from the ground and shaking its head as if nothing had happened.
Ye Xiaotian climbed down from the tree and saw Le Yao stretching out her little hand and timidly touching the soft fur of the little bear. She grinned and said, "This little guy is so cute. Brother Xiaotian, let's adopt it, okay?"
When Ye Xiaotian saw her reaching out to touch the bear, he couldn't help but be shocked. Although the little bear looked cute, it was obviously a very powerful beast when the panda fought with the jackals. Ye Xiaotian hurriedly said, "Be careful, it will bite you."
The little panda seemed to know that the three people in front of it would not harm it, and they were its benefactors. When Le Yao stretched out her hand, it actually obediently licked Le Yao's finger. When Le Yao retracted her hand, it crawled over like a baby and naively wanted to hug her.
Although this panda was a cub, it was not much smaller than Le Yao. How could Le Yao carry it? Ye Xiaotian was afraid that the jackals would come back. He hurriedly bent down to carry the little bear and said to Le Yao, "Let's go, we can talk on the way."
Ye Xiaotian carried the little bear, while Shuiwu carried Le Yao. They hurriedly slipped down the hill and rushed to the mountain pass. When they were about to reach the mountain pass, a terrifying scene suddenly appeared in front of them. It was like hell on earth.
Shuiwu screamed and hurriedly covered Le Yao's eyes. Ye Xiaotian's expression changed, "Quickly hide in the forest by the side of the road, quick!"
Ye Xiaotian retreated to the side of the road and squatted down under a bush. Ye Xiaotian placed the little panda on the ground and said to Shuiwu, "You wait here, I'll go take a look!"
Ye Xiaotian stuck close to the foot of the mountain and used the trees and rocks as cover. He quietly approached the road and when he saw the tragic scene, he couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. Even with his usually frivolous personality, his expression couldn't help but change at this moment and his heart thumped.
He had seen murder before, but that was at the market entrance, under the sun, with countless spectators cheering. He had never seen such a horrifying scene. Ye Xiaotian stood there and felt his limbs and scalp go cold.
It was a mess in front of him. There were dark red puddles of blood, fallen and twisted corpses, and vehicles with spears stuck in them. It was a miserable scene as if it had been ransacked by a million soldiers. It was a ghastly sight against the green forest and the gray cobblestone ground.
Ye Xiaotian carefully observed for a long time. After confirming that the culprits had already left, he walked step by step towards the Shuraba Field and looked at the tragic scene around him in a daze. Xue Shuiwu watched from afar and saw Ye Xiaotian standing upright at the mountain pass. There was no movement around him, so she quietly walked over with Le Yao.
She didn't want Le Yao to see this terrible scene and buried her head deep in her chest. When she left, the little panda also obediently followed on all fours. Xue Shuiwu's face was pale and she said with a trembling voice, "These bandits are so cruel!"
Seeing the Ai Dian Shi lying on the car with bamboo spears stuck in his body like a porcupine, Xue Shuiwu couldn't bear to look at him and said sadly, "A good person like Ai Dian Shi actually ended up like this. God is really blind."
Ye Xiaotian glanced at her and thought, "Good person? I'm afraid Ai Dian Shi hoped that you would call him a good person on your bed. However, he died before he could achieve anything. He can't keep me as his lackey and you as his concubine will naturally be ruined. "
Ai Dian Shi was already dead and Ye Xiaotian didn't want to reveal his sinister intentions to Xue Shuiwu. He was very terrified now. Although along the way, he often heard people say that the southwest was a barren land, fierce people, and bandits, but who would really take these things to heart?
Along the way, Ye Xiaotian had only seen some human traffickers roaming the streets, ruffians running amok in the villages, and a few rich landlords who had never seen much of the world before. This was the first time he had seen such a bloody scene, and he was truly frightened.
"We have to leave immediately!" Ye Xiaotian's throat tightened and said to Xue Shuiwu, "We can't stay here for long. It's only a day's journey to the county town. We will only be safe when we reach there."
Xue Shuiwu looked at the corpses of humans and horses on the ground and couldn't bear to say, "Brother Ye, if we leave now, are we going to abandon them?"
Ye Xiaotian said, "When we reach the county town, we will report this to the county magistrate. They will take care of it."
Xue Shuiwu said, "Although it's a day's journey, I'm afraid we won't arrive at this time tomorrow. I'm afraid that by tonight, their corpses will be dragged away by the wild beasts. We came here together and they took care of us along the way. If we leave now, it will really make us feel uneasy …"
Ye Xiaotian said disapprovingly, "Let's bury them first?"
Xue Shuiwu said happily, "That's right!"
Ye Xiaotian looked back at the corpses on the ground and couldn't help but feel sad, "There are so many corpses, how long do I have to bury them …"
…
Ye Xiaotian chose a place. This was a muddy ditch created by the torrential rain during the rainy season. As long as the corpses were dragged into the ditch and the soil on both sides of the slope was pushed down to bury the corpses, it would be a success.
Ye Xiaotian dragged the corpses into the ditch one by one and was sweating profusely. He didn't ask Shuiwu to do it. Not to mention that Shuiwu's strength was better than nothing. Moreover, if she helped, there would be no one to take care of Yaoyao.
Ye Xiaotian asked them to wait in the bushes at the mountain pass while he dragged the corpses into the ditch. Panting and sweating profusely, he climbed up the slope and kicked the soil. When a shallow layer of soil covered the corpses, Ye Xiaotian suddenly thought of something and quickly slid down the slope. He raised his hands in a salute and mumbled,
"Dear brothers, you have unfortunately encountered bandits. Little Tian can't bear to leave your corpses exposed in the wilderness and be kissed by wolves. I will first settle you down here and report this to the authorities. Then, I will properly prepare for your funeral.
It's just that the worldly possessions in your pockets are completely useless, and Xiaotian still has a troublemaking wife and a little girl who can eat a lot to raise … Oh! That's right, there's also a little bear that looks like it can eat a lot.
When the authorities come to pick up your corpses, the belongings on your bodies will inevitably be taken advantage of by the coroner. Why don't you give them to me? Saving lives in Jianghu is a meritorious deed. If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me. Amitabha, Boundless Deity, God bless me! "
Ye Xiaotian invited the two great gods that had been praised in the East for a long time. He didn't even let go of the western god that was worshipped by the Western monk who had been preaching in the capital recently. Then, he jumped into the ditch and began to dig the soil confidently.
Ye Xiaotian plundered the corpses and put everything that was worth a bit into his pocket. Only when his pocket was bulging did he climb up the slope like a big black bear.
After he had buried all the corpses, he threw some stones on top to prevent them from being dug up by wild wolves and dogs. Only then did he return to the small forest by the side of the road to look for Shuiwu and Le Yao.
Shuiwu saw that his pocket was bulging and couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed. Big brother Ye won't even let the dead off … but Shuiwu wasn't a Daoist teacher. It was all because of Ye Xiaotian's help that the three of them didn't starve to death. She didn't have any objections to Ye Xiaotian's actions and just treated it as a reward for burying those people.
Ye Xiaotian greeted them and first squatted down by the brook in the forest to wash his hands and face. Xue Shuiwu took out a handkerchief from her waist and was about to hand it over but stopped and gave it to Le Yao. She whispered a few words to her and Le Yao immediately raised the handkerchief and ran to Ye Xiaotian's side. She said as if presenting a treasure, "Brother Xiaotian, Yaoyao will wipe your face."
"Okay!"
Ye Xiaotian just drank a handful of spring water and then squatted down with a smile. Le Yao very seriously wiped his forehead, nose, and mouth. Ye Xiaotian smelled a touch of fragrance on the handkerchief. Unlike flowers and plants or rouge, it was the unique body fragrance of a woman.
Yaoyao was still a little girl. The fragrance on the handkerchief couldn't be her scent, so it must be the handkerchief that Shuiwu used. She used this handkerchief to wipe her face, her hands, and maybe even her chest …
Ye Xiaotian suddenly remembered that night under the moonlight in the mountains, he saw a charming scene by the spring. His heart couldn't help but sway. His eyes gently glanced at Shuiwu and saw her standing sideways. Her long eyelashes were blinking, and her lips were gently pursed. The mountain breeze blew her black hair and brushed against her tender red cheeks. It was infinitely beautiful. Little Ye Xiaotian, who was a newbie in love, suddenly felt as if he had drunk honey …
