The people outside the carriage were frightened by Cheng Muyou's actions, and hurriedly pounced, "My lord, what's wrong?"
Did something happen?
” Cheng Muyou saw clearly that it was Jiang Xixi, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked at Xun'er again, he found that the collar around his neck was not moving, and the golden unicorn was looking at him with his mouth open, looking stupid.
However, when he remembered the scene just now, he finally had palpitations, so he asked Jiang Xixi, "You went to explore the way, but what did you find?"
” Jiang Xi regretted that the two of them were safe and sound, so he said with confidence, "My lord, no wonder we can't see the cooking smoke, it turns out that the village is hidden in the col behind this forest, the woods are dense, and everything that can be blocked is blocked, plus the col is very deep, if I don't go to check it myself, I really can't find this Jingmen Village." ” Hearing that the village was in front, Cheng Muyou's heart suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, but what happened just now was too strange, so he didn't want to stay here for a long time, so he got down from the carriage with Xun'er in his arms and said to Jiang Xixi, "The carriage can't pass through the woods, so it's better to leave the carriage here for the time being, and we'll lead the horse over." ” Jiang Xixi said yes, took off the leash, led the horse, and followed Cheng Muyou into the forest.
There is no road in the forest, there are trees in all directions, the ancient trees are towering to the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and they grow very densely, no matter which way you look, you can see exactly the same scene.
The moon had risen by this time, but it had just climbed into the air, and it was covered by a sudden surge of black clouds, only a faint dark halo from behind the thick clouds, and the faint moonlight shone on the dense forest from a high place, which was better than nothing.
The coolness of early autumn can already be clearly felt in the wind, and when it touches the skin, it will stir up a layer of small goosebumps.
Jiang Xixi rubbed his arms and shouted at Cheng Muyou, "My lord, let's go faster, it's cold, I'm afraid Xun'er won't be able to stand it." ” Cheng Muyou just wanted to speak, but couldn't help sneezing, Jiang Xixi heard it, and couldn't help laughing, "My lord, that cloak is very big, don't patronize Xun'er, the two of them will be warmer together."
Before he could finish speaking, the horse next to him suddenly neighed, leaned sharply, and tilted to the side.
Jiang Xixi was startled, I don't know what happened, hurriedly ran to the horse's side and grabbed its halter, but just ran out a few steps, she found that something was wrong, the ground under her feet was soft and sticky, and she didn't reach her knees when she stepped on it, and it was easy to step down, and when she lifted it, the soles of her feet were like a big stone tied to a thousand gold, and she only raised it a little with all her might, so when she came to the horse, she had fallen to the ground and couldn't move.
However, even so, her body sank down little by little, and it didn't take much effort, and her elbows and calves were already under the mud.
"Pity, don't struggle, don't move" Cheng Muyou's panicked voice came from behind, "You fell into the swamp, the more you move, the faster you will sink." ” Jiang Xixi then figured out why he and the horse all suddenly fell into the mud, it turned out that in this forest, there was a huge swamp, but there was a tree trunk just now, and none of them saw it, so they were caught in it when they were unprepared.
The horse beside him barked even harder, and it struggled so hard that now only the horse's head was still exposed, and its body was completely swallowed up by the swamp.
Jiang Xixi watched as the mud poured into the horse's mouth, filling its throat, tearing its neighing, extinguishing its last glimmer of hope, but there was nothing he could do.
The horse's eyes were frightened and helpless, and slowly disappeared from her sight, followed by the horse's mane, ears, and then the whole body sank, and only two or three lonely bubbles emerged upward.
Next, it's my turn.
Jiang Xixi felt that the last bit of light in her heart was extinguished, she took a deep breath, listening to the sound of the mud "zizi" getting closer and closer, and her heart was cold.
In a trance, she felt that there was a huge monster hidden beneath the mire, and it was now licking its back with its tongue wide open.
"Give me your hand."
Cheng Muyou's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, Jiang Xixi tilted his eyes to the side, and saw that Cheng Muyou was holding a big tree next to the swamp with one hand, and the other hand was stretched out to his side, and his fingers were about to touch her arm, which was close at hand.
Jiang Xixi was surprised and happy in his heart, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab Cheng Muyou, his fingers interlocked, and he pulled her in the direction of the tree without hesitation, completely ignoring his own safety.
"Be careful, sir" Jiang Xixi's voice trembled, she was now more than capable of strength, so she could only watch Cheng Muyou grit her teeth and drag herself towards the shore with all her strength.
Suddenly, the trunk of the tree "bang", a large piece of bark was grabbed by Cheng Muyou, his body slid down suddenly, and he was almost about to fall into the swamp, Xun'er, who was standing next to him, let out an exclamation and screamed, "Daddy" Fortunately, Cheng Muyou's body was agile, and when he was at the last moment, he used his feet to clamp the trunk of the tree, and although his toes had touched the quagmire, his body remained firmly on the tree.
Jiang Xixi saw that he was fine, and breathed a deep sigh of relief, and immediately, she found that her hands were pulled tighter by him, and her knuckles were intertwined, and she had a posture of never giving up until she was rescued.
"It's a pity, don't push hard, flatten your body, and you'll be able to hold the trunk in a few feet."
Cheng Muyou's calm voice came into her ears, and Jiang Xixi's heart surged into a hot current, so according to his words, she completely relaxed her body and let the force in her hand drive her in the direction of the tree.
Seeing that his hand was about to touch the trunk of the tree, Xun'er, who was standing on the shore, almost jumped up, "It's still a little bit, it's still a little bit, Daddy, work harder" Jiang Xixi looked up at Cheng Muyou, only to see that his face was covered with sweat, and his hair and eyebrows were all wet.
Her heart softened, she sniffed hard, suppressed the choking in her throat, looked at the trunk a foot away, and prepared to pounce on it.
"Now, with both arms together, grab the trunk."
Cheng Muyou yelled at her, Jiang Xixi stepped on the mud and kicked it violently, his body slightly freed up half a foot from the swamp, his arms spread wide, and he threw himself towards the trunk of the tree that Cheng Muyou was clinging to.
Her fingers caught the rough bark, and she was overjoyed, and when she saw that she was done, she was about to wrap her arms around the trunk, but her skirt in the swamp was suddenly hooked by a hard object, and dragged her whole body backwards, and once again fell on her back into the mud.
"Ahh Xun'er screamed, covering her eyes with her hands, not daring to look again.
Cheng Muyou saw that Jiang Xixi's body was instantly halfway into it, and with a "boom" in his head, he couldn't care about anything for a while, and jumped into the mire, dragging her to death.