Nan Chan

At night, the two lay facing each other, and the stone slept on Cang Ji's chest, rising and falling with Cang Ji's ups and downs.It fell asleep, but Jing Lin was awake instead.The new rain outside the window, and the sound of spring thunder.

Jing Lin listened to the rain and meditated, and was about to close his eyes to rest, when he heard the faint sound of bells in the rain.His mind was wandered by the bell, and he gradually left the inner room, seeing another scene.

It is still raining heavily.

Barefoot children crawled out from between the bamboo fences, carrying fat leaves and jumping into the thatched huts.The room was dark, with the smell of medicine like dirt.The child ran to the room stepping on the mud prints, and there was a man sleeping on the couch, with a sickly sallow face and as thin as a stick.

Zhi'er knelt down on the edge of the couch, his eyes became brighter after being washed by the rain.He took out the greased paper from under the thin cloth, and pulled the layers apart, inside lay a candy cake the size of his palm.He looked at the sugar cake, couldn't help swallowing his saliva a few times, and pushed the man.

The man's eyes are closed.

The child called softly: "Father, eat cake."

The man turned a deaf ear.

Zhi'er pushed the cake to the man's pillow, got up and ran out.He just crossed the threshold, turned around and ran back, rubbed the crumbs of the sugar cake with his fingers, and put it in his mouth to taste.Before the sweetness had time to savor, he heard footsteps outside the door.

"Chuanzi." The woman took off the wet scarf and revealed her face.She was not beautiful, but stronger than others, so she could carry firewood, hold a hoe, and support her husband.She wiped the rain off her face, sat under the door to rest her feet, and waved to the child, "Why don't you wear shoes?"

Zhi'er giggled and stretched out her muddy feet to show her.The woman's face was hidden in the shadows, Jing Lin couldn't see clearly, but only noticed that Zhi'er took a few steps forward, threw herself into the woman's arms, and called "Mother" affectionately.The woman hugged him and talked head to head with him.Those words were disturbed by the sound of rain, and Jing Lin couldn't hear clearly.Zhi'er raised his arms and hugged the woman's neck, coquettishly.

Jing Lin seemed to be on the sidelines, he didn't have a mother, so he didn't know where the fun was.He saw that the child was getting more and more excited, and then he fell asleep in the woman's arms.The woman hugged the child, put one arm on his back, watched the rain outside, and hummed a song to lull him to sleep.

The sound of rain is getting worse.

Jing Lin's back sank, almost being crushed into the bedding.He suddenly woke up, turned over with difficulty in the quilt, and Cang Ji's face was next to him, and he was in a dazed sleep.

Jing Lin stretched out her hands and kneaded the space between her eyebrows.Cang Ji sniffed it suddenly, closed his eyes and said, "Let me take a bite while the night is dark and rainy."

"You can swallow everything now, and the food can be used." Jing Lin groped around the pillow with his backhand, but couldn't find the fan.

Cang Ji raised his hand to open the folding fan, slapped it a few times, and said, "I don't care for food that can only feed my stomach. You were dreaming just now, didn't you?" He opened his eyes a little, "You just called your mother."

Jing Lin said: "It's not me."

"It came out of this mouth." Cang Ji sat up abruptly, fanning the wind a few times vigorously, "Hmm, chirping, like a milk cat."

As soon as he finished speaking, the little stone figure that fell from his chest hit his forehead.Cang Ji saw it leaning back with its head propped up, rolled a few times before listening to Jing Lin's answer.

"Where did I come from?" He answered lazily, the little stone figure stretched his limbs and was also lazy in the quilt.Jing Lin didn't want to move even more, he said: "This bell is cunning, every time it takes me to see the scenery, it borrows my strength."

"You mean." Cang Ji tilted his head, "Is that Gu Shen's dream? But what did it call us here for?"

"I don't know." Jing Lin said with a light breeze on his face, "It's expensive to see once."

He just looked at it a few times, and he was already sleepy at the moment.The dryness of Linghai's exhaustion seemed to be weak, and he was struggling to follow the copper bell now.The last time it was better to bring Cang Ji, this bell will also watch people order food.

The next day was still dark, and it was raining heavily.Gu Shen put on his coir raincoat and a bamboo hat and mounted his horse again.He was aimless, just wandering among these mountains, looking for a little bit of familiar feeling.He was still too young when he left home, so that now, except for the bamboo fence in front of the thatched house, he only remembers the strong smell of medicine in the wet and rainy day.

Cang Ji watched Gu Shen's back disappear into the rain from the window, and said, "When will he find it like this?"

"Endless." Jing Lin also watched the shadow disappear.

"So persistent, what do you want." Cang Ji said, "Home can be safe anywhere, why bother with the one in the past."

"After all, it's different." Jing Lin said, splashing the rain between his fingers, "he will pass the prime of life. He is still alone. Even if he is used to loneliness, he may not be willing to be alone forever. There are people in his family who he has missed for many years, and there are He always loses himself."

"I don't understand." Cang Ji turned and sat on the window, "It's really incomprehensible. So what if you find it, the lifespan of a person is so short, even if he finds it, his family may not remember who he is. Besides, the sky is big and the earth is big." , Only by myself can I go around freely, and the family is a burden, so don't worry about it."

"So you are not human." Jing Lin wiped the water, "I am not human either."

"This kind of you and I are the most suitable." Cang Ji raised his finger and hooked it empty. He didn't care, and shook his fingertips and said, "Since he came here on a special trip, it can be seen that he still has a purpose. Just follow him ,Right?"

"I don't know the purpose of the bell." Jing Lin said, "Follow me."

"Then before I go out, I still have to fill my stomach." Cang Ji patted his knees and signaled Jing Lin to come over.

The sound of the rain outside the window was urgent, mixed with some painful sighs.But I saw Jinglin's four fingers resting on the edge of the wooden window, loosening and clasping them tightly, and the rounded fingertips were soaked in rain, and became moist and cool.

In the end, Cang Ji only ate half full, because Jing Lin lacked energy and blood, and was bitten by him until he broke into a cold sweat.Cang Ji was afraid that he would bite it to death, so he only licked it reluctantly around the bleeding place a few times.Since swallowing the aura of Drunken Mountain Monk, not only has his cultivation improved, but his appetite has also grown a lot.His little bit of greed seemed to be on the line, and he had a posture that had to be released.

Neither of them noticed that Cang Ji was actually sleeping in the spiritual sea, the koi was curled up with its body in its mouth, and two bulges quietly protruded from the front of the forehead.

Gu Shen's horseshoe prints extend from the winding mountain road to the depths, passing through the uninhabited and precipitous, one can see the open and flat side in an instant.This is a town in the mountains in the north. Looking down from a height, you can see rows of high-rise houses in an orderly manner.

Cang Ji and Jing Lin entered the city, Shi Shi sat on Cang Ji's shoulder and made a sneezing motion.Cang Ji also rubbed the tip of his nose, and said: "The evil spirit is soaring to the sky."

Just as they stepped through the door, prying eyes gathered around them.Not only Jing Lin, but even Cang Ji was coveted.Looking around, there are monsters in human skin all around.

"I don't know how the city came between the mountains." Cang Ji brushed the line of his lips with his fingertips, showing a pure and harmless smile to the surroundings, but what he said in his mouth was, "Enough for me to eat."

Jing Lin held up an umbrella and said, "There is also a god in charge here."

"The Boundary Division also manages the Demon City?"

"It's their duty. However," Jing Lin looked at the market, "the monster energy is leaking out, most of the gods in charge here are still hibernating."

"Except for that Dongjun, won't anyone else be able to wake him up?"

"It depends on luck." Jing Lin said, "Dong Jun... If you meet him, you will know why he was chosen to do such an errand."

"Could it be that he has three heads and six arms, and is afraid of monsters?"

"On the contrary." Jing Lin said, "He was born very well."

The two of them were whispering side by side under the umbrella, and Gu Shen had already dismounted and joined the store.He used some food in the hall, and when he saw a barefoot child looking at him eagerly, he broke off the steamed buns and handed them over.

The kid took the steamed bun and sipped it.Gu Shen clicked on the empty seat opposite, and said, "Use it together."

The child climbed onto the table, but didn't touch the chopsticks, just lying on the opposite side and staring at Gu Shen, his saliva almost overflowing.Seeing that he was very hungry, Gu Shen gave him some steamed buns.

The daughter in the store was holding the plate of wine, and when she bent down, she smiled affectionately at Gu Shen, pushed the little boy, and sat beside Gu Shen as if she had no bones, holding her face and staring at him, saying affectionately: "Where do strong men come from?"

Gu Shen ate the food: "South."

The daughter's apricot eyes blinked slightly, and she leaned closer: "The south is prosperous..." Her face froze, and she laughed again.

The embroidered shoes under the table swayed and kicked the child who was under the table.The child staggered to the ground, silently baring his fangs at the lotus feet.

The daughter continued: "I live in the mountains, and I haven't seen a boat yet."

Gu Shen cleaned it up in a few mouthfuls, and wiped his mouth to drink.The daughter's limp and boneless hand pinched Gu Shen's shoulder and arm, inch by inch, and that firm sensuality made her more attentive.

"Few people come here in the city, and my family has never seen a man as powerful as a strong man." She held her heart shyly, "My heart is still beating right now."

Gu Shen squeezed her hand, looked at her for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "This face is beautiful, did your parents teach it?"

The daughter's expression changed immediately, Gu Shen took out a talisman from his bosom, and swallowed it together with the wine.The daughter's grasped hand immediately turned into claws, and she hurriedly covered her face with a cry of mourning.

"Disrespectful! Don't try to peek at my true face!"

The diners around were terrified.

Gu Shen let go: "I don't want to disturb your practice, and you don't want to delay my time."

The daughter covered her face and backed away crying, Gu Shen saw that people around him looked at him, but ignored him, he just pulled out the child from under the table, and stuffed a few silver beads into his hand.

"This shop is run by monsters, so go beg elsewhere."

The child was speechless and stammered: "Monster, monster, monster!"

Gu Shen patted him on the head: "Ordinary monkey spirits don't harm people. Don't be afraid, go."

When the child was slapped on the head by him, his teeth chattered in fear, he hugged Yin Zhu tightly and turned around and ran away.Gu Shen put away the money, then went out to lead the horse, ready to find another inn.He walked through the bustling market and noticed that the rain was about to stop.It's just that he didn't know that wherever he passed, everyone looked up at each other, and their heads followed him.

The child fell down and rolled out with a lumpy head.He quickly picked it up again, held it in his hand and exclaimed to the others: "I have met a god! He not only saw Hou Niang's original body at a glance, but also gave me money!"

"Money!" The radish heads with braids surrounded him, "Brother! Brother! We also want money!"

The child took out the silver bead and handed it to the younger brothers.He pressed his head back, shook his fluffy ears out of his hair, and said, "The god even touched my head."

The carrot heads opened their eyes wide in unison, and all jumped on him, scrambling to touch his head.

"Brother!" They chattered, "We want to touch our heads too!"

The little boy let his younger brothers climb up on him, touched their heads one by one with joy and cherishment, and said, "If a fairy touches his head, he will be touched by a fairy spirit! It's different. If Mother comes back, she will definitely find us."

"Then we should follow the gods." A soaring braid popped out, plausibly saying, "Mother said she went to find the gods, and the gods must know where she is!"

"Brother!" They danced excitedly, "Let's follow him to find mother!"

Cang Ji was about to ask Dong Jun how he was doing, when he saw a group of carrot heads rushing towards him laughingly, and then passed under the umbrellas of him and Jing Lin like the wind, and ran to the other side barefoot, blowing their sleeves and robes flying .

Cang Ji stared at it for a long time, Jing Lin asked suspiciously: "Do you like Zhier?"

Cang Ji rubbed his stomach: "It looks fresh and tender, but I just can't tell what kind of monster it is."

Jing Lin said: "Except for the mouse at the head, the rest are all little wild ghosts."