Smelling the familiar smell, Pinellia's brain gradually became confused and slowly fell into sleep.
I don't know how long it took, she woke up from her dream because of a distant howl.
Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she looked out the window, it was not yet dawn, and Wu Mo did not come back.
He got up, put on his clothes and got off the kang, and came to the window, only to see the ancient mountain shrouded in front of the window like a huge cloud. Just in this cloudy cloud, there was a lonely howl.
Pinellia frowned, there are thousands of people in the ancient mountains, and they naturally howl at the moon at night, but they have never heard it so clearly. It seems that the láng in front of him should be near here, not far from the famous family village.
what happened qíng? Why did láng come to the outside of the famous family village in the middle of the night?
Pinellia thought of Wu Mo's vigil at the temple, and was immediately worried. Recently, there have been frequent incidents in the famous family village. Could something happen tonight?
Thinking of this, she quickly put on her clothes, pushed open the door and went out against the cold wind.
Soon she came to the front of the temple, and saw a few people standing in front of the temple gate from a distance. She was busy, but it was a few night watchers. Among them, the tallest and most noticeable was her Wumo.
When the other clansmen saw her coming, they were very surprised, and Wu Mo even frowned, and quickly shook her hand. Fortunately, it wasn't cold - he knew she was afraid of the cold.
At this moment, there was another sound of sword cries from the temple. The sound was deep and low, but it was startling.
Several clansmen looked at each other in dismay, one of the young clansmen, the one named Hou Yan, said, "It starts again..."
Along with the sound of the sword cry, a láng howl suddenly sounded on the mountain not far away.
Everyone frowned, they had never seen this kind of scenery before.
Wu Mo seemed to be thinking, looking at the direction where the láng howl came, not knowing what he was thinking.
Banxia saw that he had something on his mind, but it was hard to ask anything in front of everyone, so he gently pulled his hand.
At this time, Hou Yan suggested to everyone: "I don't know where the láng cry came from, but it actually echoes our Jianming. Why don't we go up the mountain to have a look?"
When Wu Mo heard this, he hurriedly stopped and said in a deep voice, "No!"
Everyone didn't expect him, who usually doesn't say a word, to suddenly say this, and all looked at him.
Wu Mo explained to everyone: "Don't forget, our mission is to wait for the temple. If we rush up the mountain to investigate, firstly, the mountain road will be difficult to navigate at night, and it will be difficult for us to find the trail of láng, and secondly, we will be afraid that some bad people will take advantage of Enter empty."
When Wu Mo said this, everyone else came to their senses: "Yes, the láng cry is strange, but tomorrow we will inform the patriarch, but we must not delay the important event of guarding the temple."
Hou Yan glanced at Wu Mo in surprise, then glanced at Ban Xia who was leaning closely beside Wu Mo, nodded and said, "You are right, but I was reckless."
At the moment, Banxia accompanied everyone to watch the night, and waited until dawn before everyone dispersed, and Banxia and Wumo also held hands and went home.
Back at home and closing the door, Banxia couldn't help but ask Wumo, "What the hell is that láng calling? Did you hear anything?"
Chapter 22
Wu Mo frowned, shook his head and said, "It didn't say anything, it just felt restless at night, so it got up and howled a few times."
He paused before saying slowly, "It's Xiao Hei."
When Banxia heard it, she was taken aback: "Did you hear that right?"
Wu Mo nodded: "That's right. Although we have been separated for many years, I can recognize Xiao Hei's howl."
He took a few steps back and forth in the room, frowned for a moment, and then said, "I heard the sound of swords from the temple, as if calling for something..."
Listening to this, Banxia also felt strange: "What is the temple calling for? It's not calling for Xiao Hei, right?"
Wu Mo shook his head again: "It shouldn't be. Láng's sense of smell and feeling has always been sensitive. Xiao Hei may have heard the sound of the sword cry and felt something abnormal, so he howled in the middle of the night."
Banxia thought about it too, so she stopped asking, but the unusual noise in the middle of the night was really worrying.
Wu Mo understands Ban Xia's worries, but he has a deeper worry in his heart. There are so many láng in the ancient mountain, why is only Xiao Hei howling in this silent mountain forest?
For a whole day, Wu Mo was always a little absent-minded when he was doing things, and at night, seeing Pinellia beside him falling asleep, he still couldn't sleep.
Closing his eyes and listening intently, Wu Mo suddenly felt a move in his heart.
His hearing has always been unusual, and he seemed to hear something.
Wu Mo got up carefully, lightly did not disturb the sleeping Pinellia beside him, put on his clothes and went out, just opened the thatched hut, and saw the moonlight shining like a flower in the yard, and just outside the fence of his hut, a little The wild láng, whose body is only black, is standing there quietly like a silhouette, as if waiting for him for a long time.
Wu Mo was shocked, closed the door gently, slowly came to the fence, squatted down, and silently looked at the wild láng in front of him.
"Xiao Hei, what happened?" he asked it softly.
Xiao Hei didn't make any sound, his eyes glowed in the moonlight, quietly staring at Wu Mo.
Wu Mo tried to reach out and touch Xiao Hei's ears, but he stopped halfway through.
He knew that láng species are very intelligent animals. If he touches Xiao Hei, if other wild láng smell him on Xiao Hei, it will always be bad for Xiao Hei.
Wu Mo asked with concern, "Xiao Hei, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Tonight's Xiao Hei looked very different from the majestic Xiao Hei who stood halfway up the mountain that day. Instead, he looked a little like the Xiao Hei he knew when he was a child.
Xiao Hei lowered his head and said nothing, but his low-pitched green eyes revealed an indescribable sadness.
Wu Mo sighed softly and asked softly, "Xiao Hei, you are sad, why?"
Xiao Hei raised his head, turned his face sideways, and looked at the temple in the darkness not far away.
Wu Mo stood up, the temple was very quiet tonight, there was no sword sound, no abnormal noise.
But why did Xiao Hei come down the mountain and come here?
At this moment, the door of the thatched hut opened, and Pinellia, who woke up in the middle of the night, appeared at the door wearing a tiger skin robe. When she saw Ye Láng squatting beside the fence, she was startled, thinking that this is not endless. Brother little black láng? Seeing that everyone turned around and looked over, she immediately felt that she had disturbed others, and hurriedly said softly: "Ah, you continue-" continue what? keep talking? ——She stammered and whispered: "You guys continue to talk..." After that, she quickly closed the door and entered the room.
But this person really had nothing to talk about, Xiao Hei bowed his head for a moment, then stood up, his fluffy tail was also raised, and the gesture was to say goodbye.
Wu Mo nodded reluctantly: "Xiao Hei, go back and take care of yourself."
Xiao Hei turned around and glanced at Wu Mo for the last time, then lightly jumped onto the rock next to him, then ran away, and soon disappeared.
After a long period of time, Wu Mo never saw Xiao Hei, even if he occasionally stepped into the forbidden area of the Láng clan, he never saw Xiao Hei.
He just listened to the people who were watching the temple and said that sometimes a shadow would flash past next to the temple, but it was just a flash, and no one had ever seen it.
Everyone naturally reported this matter to the patriarch, but the patriarch did not say anything.
For thousands of years, there has been an unwritten rule between the famous family and the group on the mountain, and they are not involved in each other. They have lived together peacefully for more than a thousand years, and they also believe that there will not be a temple that dares to offend the famous people.
However, the patriarch readjusted the assignment of shifts and transferred Wumo to another team. The leader of that team had to step down temporarily because he fell on the mountain a few days ago, and Wumo became the leader of that team.
This may be a trivial matter for others, but it is a huge matter for Pinellia. She was very happy, because this move represented Wu Mo's status in the clan.
This man lived a lonely and cold life in the first half of his life. She hoped that she would be happy with him in the second half of her life, but happiness is not about having enough food and clothing and closing the door to live. It also includes gaining certain recognition and respect in a group.
Originally, Father Su was not very satisfied with Wu Mo, but after this incident, his views on this son-in-law changed.
Now that it's getting warmer today, Father Su's favorite thing is to sit at the entrance of the alley with a ponytail and chat with the elderly people. Whenever he talks about his two sons-in-law, the second son-in-law is getting more and more Promising, the third son-in-law will definitely be more prosperous in the future.
This is more promising, of course, is to be the patriarch. This old man Su is too embarrassed to say it, and it is inconvenient for others to say it. After all, the selection of the patriarch is a major event, and the patriarch is someone who everyone must respect. This is not a matter of street discussion. For thousands of years, the fish-head crutches have been supreme and inviolable to the prominent family.
But just when Father Su was complacent, Aunt Niu on the side was very unhappy and ran over to make fun of Father Su: "Your family welcomes chūn, what's going on now, do you want to remarry or stay at home? already?"
This is really a pot that can't be opened and lifted. When Father Su heard this, he suddenly lost his voice, and after a while, he said: "Look at her own meaning, her body is not good, after a while, she will be fine, then just Find one in our village."
Aunt Niu didn't let him go, and continued to joke: "Yes, your family Yingchūn walks with wind, how can you look like her body is not good? You said why she came back on her own, shouldn't she be driven back by someone else? Bar?"
When Aunt Niu said this, everyone became puzzled, and began to talk about how arrogant this group of foreigners was, so finally someone suddenly said: "Think about Wu Mo, she's not a living being. example."
As soon as these words came out, the elders in the room were silent.
The mother without the end, at that time, many young men in the village saw a flower that glowed in their eyes, but they ended up like this in the end.
The atmosphere became dull for a while, and the old man next door quickly changed the subject, smiled and said to the Aunt Niu: "Aunt Niu, your second calf didn't succeed in wanting someone else's Banxia, and now Yingchūn is back, I see this It's a ready-made good marriage!"
Aunt Niu didn't think about this possibility, but at the moment she felt a move in her heart, but she deliberately said on the face: "People Ying chūn have seen the world, how can they see our two calves!" Even so, but in her heart thought. You must know that the noble family does not take this woman's concept of chastity seriously. It is normal for a woman to remarry after getting married.
After that, Aunt Niu started to warm up to Father Su again, no longer cynical. And because Father Su had something in his heart, he didn't listen to what he just said, so for a long time he couldn't understand what this auntie was going to do, and why he suddenly changed his face. Of course this is a long way off.
Now that Wu Moxin has become the team leader, everyone looked at it a few times, and more and more people from Banxia's family came to visit. Among them, the most diligent ones are Muyang, Muwa and Honeysuckle.
Muyang came to Wumo to discuss the defense of the temple. There were thirteen teams and thirteen team captains in the defense of the temple. These were the objects that Muyang focused on attracting. Honeysuckle naturally accompanies the wooden sheep.
As for Muwa, Pinellia was a little confused. She said that she was here to find her, but she was too diligent. Besides, wasn't she afraid of her "wild man" who had no end in the past? Why is it now? Don't be afraid anymore.
But Banxia didn't think much about it. Muwa is innocent and cute, like a younger sister, and Banxia still likes her very much.