sword sentient beings

Chapter 9 Things in the Story

Seeing such a situation, Tang Zhao didn't know what was going on.

The young man carefully protected these two hidden children.

Although the age of the skinny boy, it is very reluctant to say 'juvenile'. He was also a child in his teens, but the two children were younger and thinner, like a chick that has just hatched, fragile and shattered when touched .Requires less strong adult birds to spread their wings for protection.

He slowly got up, not caring that the boy had already rushed up, hugged the two children, only rubbed his elbow that was bumped to the ground, and said helplessly: "I said we are not bad people, why don't you believe it? "

Sui Feng was also silent, put away the flower gun, and sat down again.Tang Zhao also returned to the fire, turned his back to the three of them, and said, "Come and sit here, isn't it cold over there?"

After a while, the boy also calmed down.Putting down the sobbing child, walked forward, forced a smile: "Little man..."

Tang Zhao turned around and said with a smile, "Are you younger siblings?"

The boy paused, his smile slowed down, and he said, "Yes."

Sui Feng nodded and said, "Thanks for your hard work."

Tang Zhao laughed and said, "You are so careless as a brother. What if you freeze in such a cold night? Why don't you move over here?" After saying that, he moved to Sui Feng's side, leaving a large space.

The boy was silent for a moment, his smile slowly disappeared, leaving only a blank face.

Then, he led two children, a boy and a girl, to sit by the fire.

The fire light shone on the yellow and emaciated faces of the two children, reflecting some redness, but cast a layer of shadow on their facial features, making them look weird and gloomy. Tang Zhao glanced at them and felt uncomfortable, so he moved his eyes away.

At this time, he suddenly felt that he was too confident just now, so that he issued some declarations pointing out the country and seeing through the world, as if he had returned to the season when he was studying and scolding Fang Qiu.

Now that he saw a few poor children, he remembered that he was just a duckweed wandering in the rivers and lakes.

The boy handed over a piece of dry food.Tang Zhao was stunned for a moment, remembering that it was his share just now, which was skewered on the tip of the gun and thrown out.Now that the test is hot, he picked it up, but returned it.

Tang Zhao waved his hand and said, "Don't eat it, it's too thick, I'm not used to it."

The boy lowered his head, broke the dry food in half, gave half to the two children, and gnawed on the first part silently.

Another gust of wind blew by, the flames were flickering, no one spoke in the temple, adding to the heaviness.

Tang Zhao stared at the firelight, crossed his hands in front of his eyes, and said suddenly, "It's okay, let's tell a story and play?"

The two children looked up, looking expectant.Sui Feng also turned his head to look at him.

Tang Zhao got the audience and became excited.Since his family is gone, he likes to relieve his loneliness by telling stories to others. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let me tell you...'Painted Skin'..."

Sui Feng interrupted: "Zhaozi!"

Tang Zhao turned his head, Sui Feng laughed out loud, and said, "Tell me. If you don't speak well, I have a real story. I'll tell you when I'm sleeping."

Tang Zhao made a grimace, pretending not to understand, and said, "Let me tell you about 'Golden Axe and Silver Axe'..."

In the ruined temple, only his voice echoed, and the flames reflected on his face, just like the lights on the stage, making him the only focus.

"The fairy asked him, 'Did you drop the golden axe, or the silver axe?'..."

"'You are an honest man, and I have given you both axes'!"

"'No, you were dishonest, so I didn't find your ax'."

"In the end, the dishonest woodcutter was left without an ax."

"Oh……"

This story is very simple, far less exciting than Tang Zhao's original story, but the children listened to it very engrossed, even the boy listened to it.

After Tang Zhao finished speaking, he was about to start another "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", when suddenly a child asked, "What do fairies look like?"

The child was a girl, only seven or eight years old, and her eyes were full of stars.

Tang Zhao was stunned for a moment, his eyes shifted, and he said, "Is it a fairy? Probably with golden eyes, silver hair, green armor, and a sword."

The children's eyes widened. Believe it or not, Sui Feng also froze for a moment, followed his gaze, and then suddenly understood.

I saw the fairy statue in the shrine on the ground, the golden eyes, silver hair, green armor and sword being shaped, obviously Tang Zhao took pictures of cats and tigers on the spot.

After bragging, Tang Zhao said naturally: "Do you still want to hear it?"

The two children said loudly, Tang Zhao smiled at the boy, "Please pour me a glass of water."

The boy was startled, took out some bottles and cans from the pile of straw, and poured a bowl of water for Tang Zhao.

Tang Zhao drank it in one gulp, and continued to tell the story of Alibaba, Ma Liang, the magic brush, and the three little pigs. When he talked about the local myth of the world, "The Legend of Two Days", the two children couldn't hold on anymore, so they fell asleep by the fire.Tang Zhao used the furoshiki as a quilt, covered them, and fell silent.

Gradually, the snoring of the two children came to mind, and the faces of the sleeping children were always serene and peaceful.Looking at it, Tang Zhao also felt relieved.

Yawning, Tang Zhao said, "Sleep?"

At this moment, the boy suddenly said, "I'll tell you one too."

"Ah?" Tang Zhao was surprised, "You also tell a story?"

The young man said: "Can't tell a story, can it be considered... an experience?" His voice became softer and erratic, like a flame.

For some reason, Tang Zhao felt a little nervous, and the calmness of telling the story just now dissipated.I want to say that I don't want to listen, but I have just talked for a long time, and people have been listening, I can't just interrupt when the other party says one thing, right?

The young man stared at the flames, and said: "There is a person—don't care what his name is, he is very unlucky anyway, and there are three disasters and eight disasters, so let's call him broom star."

Tang Zhao forcibly answered: "The broom star is talking about a comet? A comet is a visitor from outside the sky, with a brilliant tail. It is the most wonderful sight in the sky, and it is a very good name."

The young man ignored it and said, "For some reason, this broom star took a few younger brothers and sisters away from home and traveled long distances. They traveled far, far away, and even forgot where they came from. They walked during the day At night, I will sleep in the cold kiln of the ruined temple, or make a living on the tree under the bridge. If I am lucky, I will be taken in by a kind person before I can sleep in the bed."

Tang Zhao muttered, "Poor child."

"One day they walked very late and couldn't find a place to live until the moon was up. By the way, there were two moons in the sky that day."

Tang Zhao was stunned, and blurted out, "Huiyue?"

Sui Feng sat up straight all of a sudden, despite his experience in the world, this was the first time he heard someone talk about Fuyue himself.

The young man said: "When the moon is in the sky, everyone knows that you can't stay outside, but there is no one around, what can you do? Suddenly, a big house appeared on the skyline."

"The mansion is very big and the walls are very high. From the walls, you can see the verdant trees inside. There are palace lanterns hanging on the trees. The lights are brilliant and bright as day. The whole house is like a ball of light, a fire, so warm and bright."

"It stands to reason that he would never dare to approach such a mansion because of his wealth. But it was too late and too cold at night. They were exhausted after walking all the way. One of the younger sisters couldn't walk anymore, so he could only let him carry her back. So. The broom star finally decided to let the other two siblings stay outside first. He knocked on the door with his sister behind his back. It would be best if he was lucky enough to stay for one night. "

Tang Zhao turned his gaze to the faces of the two children next to him, feeling a shudder in his heart.

"When he came to the gate, he knocked on the door, and someone opened the door immediately. The person who opened the door was a very beautiful sister. He went up to explain the purpose of coming, and only asked them to be accommodated in the firewood shed for the sake of their young age. Stay overnight in the hut. The sister was very kind and led them in."

"She led them into a hall. The hall is very spacious, full of splendor and splendor, and there is a faint fragrance, shrouded in a haze that seems to be nothing, just like a fairy mansion. As soon as he sat down, someone served The food, wine and snacks are delicacies that he has never seen before. The sister signaled him to eat as much as he wanted, and then went in to invite the master inside."

"After a while, I heard the sound of footsteps. Through several curtains, I could see a petite figure walking slowly, getting closer and closer, and the figure gradually became clear from blur."

Although the young man used good words, the tone of his narration was always flat, like reciting aloud. If Tang Zhao were to tell this story, it would be vivid and fascinating, but Tang Zhao wished he could not listen to it. Like sitting on pins and needles now, I almost want to tell him to shut up.

"At this time, the broom star was full of joy. He hadn't seen such a kind master in so many days. It seemed that he could sleep well tonight. He stood up and wanted to ask. At this time, his sister suddenly whispered : 'Brother, shall we go?'”

"He was a little upset and said: 'I finally got a chance to sleep in bed, do you want to go out and sleep in the wilderness again?'"

"His sister said: 'But it's so dark and shabby here. You've become weird too, talking to foxes and snakes. I don't want to stay here anymore.'"

The flame suddenly rose, and suddenly dimmed.

There must be another gust of wind raging.

But Tang Zhao's hands and feet were cold and his body was numb, so he didn't feel where the wind was coming from.

When the young man said this, he also paused, staring at the fire in a daze.

After a while, he continued to narrate in a calm tone: "Sao Baxing listened, almost sat down on the ground, leaned on the table and shouted: 'What are you talking about? Didn't you see this tall house? Where is the garden? Where are the wine and vegetables? ? People?'”

"At this moment, his sister was crying loudly, pointing to the front and shouting: 'What is that thing? It's so scary, it's coming, brother, let's run!' He looked up, and there was only that petite shadow passing through the curtains in front of him, to go up to him."

"At this time, his mind was blank, and he just ran away. He didn't know the direction, he just ran out in a stumbling manner. There were thresholds and steps everywhere on the road, and he didn't care about it. Tripped. He rushed until he couldn't run, and fell, fell to the ground and fell dizzy."

"He just lay there, unable to recover. It was not until a long time later that his body was frozen and the lingering fear dissipated a little. When he looked up again, the two moons had already set, and the sun had not yet risen. From then on, there was only a white edge in the sky. That was the time when there was neither light nor dark, the most chaotic. He was still afraid, and said: "Xiaoyan, thanks to you, otherwise I would be confused by some goblin." "

"But my sister didn't answer. It's all quiet."

The surroundings were indeed quiet. As soon as the young man stopped, the dead silence submerged him, and Tang Zhao shrank back again.

"Suddenly - he came to his senses, reached out and fumbled behind his back, but found nothing. It turned out that his sister was lost at some point."

"He ran back like crazy. After running for a long time, he never ran to the front of the mansion. Obviously the mansion is tall and bright, even if it is far away, it can be seen at a glance, but at this time there is only darkness and nothing can be seen. Finally, he I saw the light. It was the light of fire. A group of torches came from a distance and blocked the middle of the road. They were a group of government servants in official uniform. They formed a circle like a fence to prevent people from passing. "

"He rushed over and was kicked out and told to stay out of the way. He shouted: 'My sister is inside, I want to find her!' This time, someone sympathized and said, 'It's another victim. Don't worry too much. Now, it’s useless to be anxious now, getting involved in the evil, that’s life and death, you can escape with your life, it’s God’s blessing.’”

"He called: 'Let me go in, into that haunted house!' Someone picked him up and said, 'Still awake, what house is there here?'"

"It turns out that it can only be seen clearly when the sky is bright. There are no mansions or gardens in there, only the ruins of a village..."

Tang Zhao tremblingly said, "Ruins? A deserted village? Is there no one left?"

The young man said in a young voice: "Yes, there is no one there, only ruined walls, empty, as if swept by a strong wind, the whole village was blown up into the sky, and then it was thrown to the ground, leaving only the ground. The wreckage. The yamen servants pointed it out to him, and said, "Go away, you are very lucky, one can come out alive, and the other is that the Lord of the district inspector has not come. If someone over there arrests you and asks you, even if you don't die To peel off the skin."

"So this is a joke." He grinned, "He is obviously a broom star, and he has been unlucky since he was born. Ketekniang beat the whole family, and he was said to be very lucky. Haha——"

Laughed twice abruptly, and the story came to an abrupt end.

Tang Zhao was in a daze.

The boy became quiet again, and turned his back to pick up the hay, as if he was going to sleep just like that.

Tang Zhao followed suit, moved his fingers, and found that his fingertips were numb.

At this time, Sui Feng suddenly asked: "Where is your sister? Have you found it?"

The boy paused for a while, and then replied: "No, I left with the remaining two."

Sui Feng chased after him and asked, "Why don't you wait until they finish their investigation before going back to have a look? Even if it's a burial..."

"I can't afford to wait!" The boy's voice gradually became higher and sharper: "What can I do? Even if there is a corpse, I can't collect it... When I came out, I brought five younger siblings and five people in my family. Ah! Now there are only two left! They leave one by one, and I can't help it, so what can I do with this one?"

He covered his face with his hands, trembling all over, and could hardly hold himself.Tang Zhao's face was pale, and he sat on the side, wanting to comfort him, but he didn't know where to start. After all, his experience was too little, and he was at a loss when things happened.

Sui Feng frowned and shook his head, looking at the sleeping child.It may be because they are too tired, or they may be used to falling asleep amidst the noise. Even though the boy's voice was louder, the children seemed to be startled, but they did not wake up after all.

The boy slowly suppressed himself and returned to silence, but he was still sobbing.

Tang Zhaoxian sighed, and said, "Brother Feng, if he hadn't kindly reminded us, he wouldn't have had to mention this sad thing again."

Sui Feng shook his head again and stopped talking.

The boy rearranged the bed, reluctantly said: "Little... I'm sorry."

Tang Zhao felt that his words and demeanor did not look like he was born in a poor family, but he could not guess the identity of the other party due to his limited experience, and it was difficult to ask in detail, so he just said: "Thank you for reminding us. We will start on the road as soon as possible tomorrow. , we will give you a ride."

The boy said sullenly, "Thank you."

(End of this chapter)