The scumbag brother is finally accepted
Chapter 72 Childhood Memories
In the small town, pedestrians gathered around the big pit to discuss and watch.After the stone demon crawled out of the big pit, before he could clean up the dirt on his body, he heard them screaming loudly and ran away in fright.
The purpose of this trip was not to scare them, so the stone demon wisely chose to hide.The common people frightened themselves and cried for a long time, but finally saw that there was no one in the big pit, and no one was harmed.I finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that I was dazzled and confused just now. After being in shock, I returned to normal and went about my business as if nothing had happened.
In the market, young people selling candied haws yelled along the road, sometimes standing on the corner of the street to enjoy the shade.
Little did he know, just as he was enjoying the shade, a black claw quietly reached for the candied haws behind him.
The stone demon hid in the wall, and when the man was not paying attention, he quickly reached out to steal a bunch. After eating, he threw away the bare bamboo sticks, and then stole another bunch.
The man felt that his hand was getting lighter and lighter. He turned his head to look, wondering, why did he feel that the number of candied haws was getting less and less?
The stone demon hid in the stone wall and grinned, while the blood bat clung to the wall and shared the food. The two demons worked hand in hand and stole all the man's candied haws.
At this time, on the summit of absolute darkness, Shen Mengzhuang and others fell neatly into the fire hole, Zhou Bufan's tragic last words echoing in their ears.The fire hole seemed to be extraordinarily deep, and everyone fell for a long time without seeing the ground, and it would not be a pleasure to die.
Zhou Bufan put his hands in front of his face, Ye Zhenzhen shouted in confusion: "Second Senior Brother! Why are you covering your face? You should protect your head!"
Hearing the sound, Zhou Bufan replied loudly: "I'll be disfigured if I touch the ground!!! I'm a majestic flower!! I want to die decently!!!!"
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There is a boiling fire under the feet, and the mist can be vaguely seen.The dazzling red light shone on the face, and it always felt like the skin was being burned, as if the whole body would melt if it fell into it.
"thump----"
Just like the sound of a frog jumping into a pond, everyone plunged into the running fire steadily.
"Ah!!! It's so hot!!! I'm going to die! My arms are going to melt, my face is going to be ruined!!! My legs——hey, it seems to be okay?"
Zhou Bufan was still crying and thrashing and struggling just now, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with his body, he raised his arm and looked at it stupidly, then smiled through his tears and said: "Hey, it's okay, you look okay, this fire is not at all Not hot, just like water."
The fire was flowing abnormally, icy cold like a deep pool in winter, Shen Mengzhuang was faintly worried.The sun was not visible at the bottom of the cave, only the flowing fire shone with dazzling light, covering the entire fire cave, and the stone walls were scorched black.
A narrow path could be vaguely seen deep in the cave, and everyone got up from the flowing fire and walked towards the path.It's strange to say that he fell into the flowing fire just now, but he didn't get burned.If it is running water, the clothes and hair are dry when standing up, not wet at all.
Shen Mengzhuang got up and was about to go forward, when suddenly he became dizzy, his eyes turned black, and his whole body swayed.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyuan hurriedly ran forward to support him, and asked worriedly: "What's the matter, brother? Is there something uncomfortable? Let's take a rest, shall we?"
Shen Mengzhuang lightly rubbed his temples, lowered his head and pursed his lips with a smile and said, "I'm fine, let's go quickly, get the kindling and go back early."
"Ok!"
Lu Qingyuan followed behind him, staring at him, reluctant to blink.
Senior brother's face was pale just now, is there something uncomfortable?I'm really worried, but the brother is so good that he should be able to solve everything.
Lu Qingyuan looked at Shen Mengzhuang's back, feeling a little proud in his heart.He didn't know what he was proud of, in short, when he thought of his senior brother, he felt happier than having a baby.He wants to praise his treasure to everyone, but the premise is that everyone must know that this treasure can only be his, and if other people have evil thoughts, then let him die.
Surrounded by flames, it was like a big net surrounding everyone.Dazzling light shone on Shen Mengzhuang's shoulders and danced on his sleeves, and the dark black hair was also stained with the warm orange light, making it extraordinarily soft and warm.
Lu Qingyuan stared at his back obsessively, his white clothes dragged to the floor, wide sleeves fluttering, and the sparks splashing from his feet were like elves jumping onto the hem of his clothes.A beam of dazzling warm light fell from above his head, covering Shen Mengzhuang in the light, like a nine-day god, unstained by dust.
With hot feelings reverberating in his heart, Lu Qingyuan stared at Shen Mengzhuang's figure. Although there was only one step between them, he felt that no matter how much he stretched out his hands to hug, his senior brother would always be out of reach.
The sun, the moon and the stars are brilliant in the world. In the world, you are the only one who is the green mountain, the clouds disappear and the rain is gone, and the bright moon is in the sky. Nothing is as bright as your eyes.
The world is dangerous, people's hearts are tortuous, and there is a back and forth between life and death. He once thought that it would be better to give up. Living is so tiring, and no one will love and love him anymore.However, the days of bitterness and happiness come quietly, and they are caught off guard.
The Milky Way is boiling hot, senior brother, he is the light of the world.
Lu Qingyuan smiled knowingly, and followed Shen Mengzhuang closely, step by step.
Everyone continued to follow the path, and suddenly became enlightened.There is a bustling crowd in front of me, crowded with people, hawking along the street can be heard endlessly, with yellow hair hanging down, sitting under a willow tree, the years are peaceful.
Zhou Bufan looked around, staring at the pedestrians passing by, poking with his fingers from time to time to test if they were imagining.
"Where is this? Why does it seem like a small town? Could it be that we have found a paradise? Could it be another dream?"
Ye Zhenzhen also didn't know why, she shook her head and looked at the bustling crowd around her, Leng Shanlan remained calm and calm as usual and didn't say a word.
Lu Qingyuan walked to Shen Mengzhuang's side, tugged at his sleeves, and asked softly, "Brother, where is this?"
Shen Mengzhuang frowned, looked at the surrounding scene, and shook his head doubtfully.
It's not that he doesn't know, it's just that he feels strange. For some reason, he always feels that this place is very familiar, as if he has been here before, but the depths of his memory are blurred.
Lu Qingyuan wanted to pull his arm to move forward, but suddenly the crowd was commotion, swarming towards this side, everyone was scattered by them, submerged in the sea of people, walking forward with the tide, without even turning back to look at the gap.
"Brother! Where are you? Brother, I can't see you—"
Lu Qingyuan shouted eagerly, and there were crowded people in front of him, head to head, rubbing shoulders.However, the sound was quickly swallowed by the sea of people.
Shen Mengzhuang wanted to fly up to get away from the crowd, but he was attracted by a force under his feet, as if a big hand grabbed his ankle, making him unable to break free.I want to push away the crowd, but the swarms are endless, so I can only follow the crowd blindly.
I don't know how long I walked, but I couldn't hear any other sounds except noisy conversations and laughter.The crowded people gradually dispersed, and Shen Mengzhuang felt a sigh of relief. He breathed smoothly, straightened his clothes, and was about to continue walking forward to find Lu Qingyuan's trace, when he suddenly heard a familiar address coming from the door. The woman's voice was soft and clear. , like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley, calling softly:
"Xiao Zhuang..."
At the same time, on Nanle Peak, Xuanqiu finished his conversation with Gu Liang and hurried down the mountain.If it is true as what Gu Liang said, the healer Bai must donate the blood of the man born on June [-]th to restore his body, how to find the man born on June [-]th in this short period of time.Besides, it is not necessary to resist the Demon Lord back then, what is more important than sacrificing another's life for one person?
Xuanqiu thought carefully in his heart, and after weighing it over and over again, he headed towards the sword at the foot of the mountain.
When Su Tao returned to his room, his heart was almost in despair, and he was in a trance, not knowing how he got back.At first she heard Shibai talk about the seal of death ban, although she said she didn't believe it, but she still had a question in her heart, otherwise why is her heart hurting so much at this moment.The taste of doubt being confirmed is more difficult to accept and more heart-wrenching than betrayal and lies.
Although Beihua and Xuanqiu have always been at odds, it was because of her that Beihua didn't want to see Xuanqiu, and called him senior brother, but he was actually unhappy in his heart.
However, that year, the conflict between the two was extremely intense. Every time they met, they would feel like strangers. When you came, I would leave.Fortunately, she always persuaded them, otherwise they would really fight to the death.
She thought it was because of her that the two of them would never get along.There is no way to explain the love between children, so she can only let them get angry and confront, but she feels that the two are like children, haggling over such things.
But after things changed, after many years, I heard others mention the reason, and it turned out to be like this... The sky is dark and the earth is dark...
She still didn't want to believe it in her heart, whether she was deceiving herself or others, or being extremely stupid.After all, she and Xuanqiu have worked hand in hand for so many years, the love is real, the love is real, and the past time is also real, so how can you say forget and forget, and give up when you say give up?
She has never been such a free and easy person, in front of Xuanqiu, she has already suffered a crushing defeat.However, she is not an ordinary woman, and she shoulders the responsibility of the common people, so she cannot stay out of it at all.
If Xuanqiu is really such a heartless and heartless person, the Cangxuan Sect will be destroyed by him sooner or later.
Even the common people he sheltered will also collapse and perish.
Therefore, she must take some action, Cangxuan is not his alone, it is also where she thinks and thinks, and he cannot be allowed to act willfully.
If he really followed what Gu Liang said, taking the blood of the man on June [-]th to heal Shibai's wounds, if he was really so... merciless, then she believed that Beihua's death back then was also related to the forbidden seal, and to him related.
Only this last time I will deceive myself and others again.
Su Tao seemed to muster up all his life's courage, and after much hesitation, he finally made up his mind.
Feeling extremely anxious, like a shaking half bucket of water, Su Tao could only hear his own heartbeat and breathing.She remembered the first time she went down the mountain to kill demons, and she was so nervous and terrified.Although she has practiced many times in the mountains, her swordsmanship is exquisite, and even her master once praised her, but she is still a little scared when facing a real monster for the first time, not to mention that she is not fighting alone, and there are many juniors and sisters by her side. She must shoulder this responsibility.
I said many self-deceiving and comforting words in my heart, as if I would not be afraid if I did so.Su Tao held the sword in his hand, trembling unconsciously.
However, he suddenly felt a warmth coming from his shoulders, spreading all over his body.
Su Tao looked back in surprise, but saw Xuanqiu standing behind her, giving her his spiritual power, and then protecting her.
He said that as long as he didn't fall, she would never have to hold the sword.
Times have changed, many years later, today, the two are still in the same panic, but they are standing opposite each other, without warm palms and generous figures.Only suspicion and doubt.
On Moxi Peak, Shi Bai was lying on the bed with a pale face, Xuanqiu sat beside him, slowly helped him up, handed him a bowl in his hand and said, "Drink, the injury will heal."
Shi Bai looked at the white jade porcelain bowl, and joked, "Didn't you mix it with mud?"
Xuanqiu's face darkened, and he glared at him angrily.
Back then when they were still young disciples, Shi Bai and other junior disciples secretly ran down the mountain to play, and when they came back late, they were punished by Xuanqiu to sweep the backyard for a month.Shi Bai was so angry that he secretly mixed mud into the tea he drank every day, causing him to have a stomachache for half a month.
Shi Bai had to mention such things about Guangzong Yaozu to his little disciples at least three times a month, how gloomy Lian Xuanqiu's face was after drinking the added tea that day, how his facial features were distorted, and after half a month of diarrhea, How pale his face is, let me explain in detail.
Xuanqiu put the bowl on the table and said coldly, "I'll dig some."
"Hey hey hey-"
Shi Bai quickly grabbed him, and said with a playful smile: "I just said that casually, brother, please don't take it seriously, brother's life depends entirely on your protection."
After finishing speaking, he picked up the bowl on the table, looked down, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and said casually: "Brother, this medicine is really rare."
Xuanqiu didn't answer, and directly reached out to snatch the porcelain bowl.Shi Bai quickly dodged sideways, put the bowl in his arms, and said with a smile: "How can you take back what was given to me so easily? It's not kind."
Shi Bai pretended to tease him, and the two of them came and went, when suddenly his arm shook, and half of the medicine in the bowl was spilled.
Scarlet thickly splashed on Shi Bai's body and the ground, flowing slowly along the cracks in the ground.
"It's over, it's over, I can't get better, the medicine is all over."
Shi Bai drank the rest of the medicine in one gulp, then he leaned back as if he was facing a catastrophe, paralyzed on the bed like a dead fish.
And all of this was seen by Su Tao outside the door, especially the dazzling red flowing from the bedside to the corner of the table, clearly and vividly.
Su Tao clawed at the crack of the door with his fingernails, gritted his teeth, stared at Xuanqiu with eyes like sharp knives, his eyes were full of frustration, everything had been proven, there was no room for turning back, and he resolutely left.
Disappointment is the most incomprehensible word in the world.
Lying on the bed, Shi Bai suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Xuanqiu, and said with a smile, "This medicine is hard to find, where did senior brother find it?"
Xuanqiu sat at the table with a serious expression, and replied sternly: "The guardian of Huaguo Mountain owes Cangxuan a favor, and Luo Shengguo got it from him."
"Oh, senior brother is really powerful. You can get Luo Shengguo at your fingertips. No matter how many sects want to find this treasure."
Shi Bai rested his arms on his head, looked at the ceiling leisurely and comfortably, seemingly carelessly, but also as if he did it on purpose, and said slowly: "Luosheng fruit pulp is scarlet and bright, like human blood, as expected, rare things are extraordinary and powerful. Things always look like they can eat people."
Xuanqiu didn't answer, picked up the porcelain bowl and left straight away, leaving Shi Bai lying on the bed talking to himself.
On the other hand, at the bottom of the mountain, after being dispersed by the crowd, the people on the Peak of Absolute Darkness scattered in different corners.
Standing outside a big house, Shen Mengzhuang heard a woman's voice from inside the door. His heart shook, his breathing stopped for two breaths, and he stared blankly at the closed door, as if through that door he could see the familiar, lost figure.
There was always a voice echoing in his head, and he stepped towards the door in a mysterious way.Shen Mengzhuang looked up and saw a plaque hanging above the gate, with two large characters engraved on it impressively - "Shen's Mansion".
Carefully open the door, the courtyard is filled with tender grass and fairy vines, green willows are hanging around, and the stones under the steps are paved into the corridor, and the house is like a house.
In the open space of the courtyard, there is a small desk. A young boy sits at the desk, lazily basking in the sun, holding a poem and book in his hand, shaking his head and chanting.
"Ah! From Liliyuan to the grass, one year old and one year old!"
"Ah! The wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze blows and regenerates!"
"Ah! The wildfire is endless! He is born again in the spring breeze!"
"Ah - blow and live - blow, again, live -"
Poetry recitation is general, staring at those verses and reciting aloud solemnly.
"The spring breeze blows and gives birth again, blows, blows, blows—oh——"
Before the words fell, the little boy covered his head and grinned.
"Mister taught you to recite poems in this way?"
The woman stood behind him, knocked on his head with a book in her hand, crossed her arms, and looked at him intently.
"Eldest sister, the teacher's teaching is too boring, so you can remember it by reading it this way. If you don't believe me, listen to me and read it once. I'm sure you will remember it once you listen to it. Listen!"
The young man tugged at his collar, coughed twice, sat upright, raised his head and chest, and said solemnly: "Ah—"
"The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground."
"what--"
"I look at the bright moon when I raise my head, and when I look down, I miss my hometown, I miss my hometown—"
"Sister, do you think it's catchy and easy to listen to?"
"What is it! If you don't read carefully, dad will come here immediately with a stick."
The young man didn't seem to care, put his legs on the desk, swayed against the back of the chair, and sneered: "Sister, don't try to lie to me. Dad still has a stick. I threw it in the latrine yesterday. Unless the old man goes to get it Get up, hahaha, I'm so smart."
The young man hummed a tune while he was talking, the woman leaned against the pillar and looked at him and said with a smile: "It's not that one, I just saw my dad cut a bamboo that is so long from the bamboo forest, and I'm rushing this way."
The woman stretched out her fingers to show how long "so-long" is, and the boy immediately put down his raised legs, looked at her in a panic, and said, "Sister, don't scare me, life is at stake. -"
"Shen Mengzhuang, come out for me—"
Before Xiao Mengzhuang finished speaking, a harsh and hoarse male voice came from the end of the corridor, holding a freshly sharpened stick in his hand, and slammed down on the pillar, saying: "You boy, did you go to the post yesterday?" The laxative in the sir's bowl? I see your butt is itching again!"
The man held the stick tightly and rushed forward. Xiao Mengzhuang jumped up from his seat in fright, and fled around holding the chair in front of him, shouting: "Father, listen to me, it's not a laxative, it's a laxative." The good medicine for intestinal detoxification is beneficial and harmless. I am a kind helper. You made a mistake. Oh, don’t do it. ——Daddy, am I your own son? I’m going to die, I’m going to be beaten to death by you!!! Mother! Come and save me! Your son is going to die!!!”
Standing at the door, Shen Mengzhuang felt warm in his heart as he watched the scene of chickens flying around inside.A harmonious family and respectful brothers and sisters are the days he has always dreamed of.However, when he was Shen Meng, he couldn't get it.But when he was Shen Mengzhuang, the memories in his mind overlapped, and every time he recalled these warm and happy years, he felt more and more that food in all directions was nothing more than a bowl of human fireworks. [1]
Shen Mengzhuang's feelings and memories are lingering in his mind, he cherishes, caresses, and cherishes them as his own treasures.
His strict and upright father, his virtuous mother, his gentle and considerate elder sister, and many friends who play with him.
Such years are precious.
While he was recalling the past, the surrounding scenes changed quietly.
In the blink of an eye, it was already autumn, the old trees in the courtyard were falling with dead leaves, the cool breeze was blowing, and the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant.
Xiao Mengzhuang sat on the stone steps, gnawed two pomegranates in his hand, chewed slowly with his mouth full and puffed his cheeks, and then spit out one by one like a firecracker, one by one. far away.
The little boy was very happy, clapping his hands and laughing happily.
The eldest sister was sitting beside him, holding a piece of red cloth in her hand and doing tattoos intently.
Xiao Mengzhuang turned to look at her, moved over curiously, stared at her eagerly, and asked, "Sister, what are you embroidering?"
The elder sister was still staring at the red scarf, without raising her head, with a gentle smile on her face, she said softly: "This is the red hijab for marriage, I want to embroider it myself, and let my mother add a few more stitches."
"Why don't you buy it? It's so troublesome to embroider by yourself."
Xiao Mengzhuang continued to nibble on the pomegranate in his hand, blinking at her.
The elder sister's face gradually turned red, she pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes looked at the red hijab with deep eyes, as if she was watching the long-awaited figure and the rest of her life.
"The red hijab is a very important thing. If I can embroider it myself, and my mother will cover it for me on the day of marriage, I will be happy... happy..."
The words "happiness and happiness" came out of his mouth, as if he had eaten honey, and his whole body became soft.
Xiao Mengzhuang didn't quite understand. He was eating a pomegranate and asked vaguely: "How important is it? Isn't it just a piece of red cloth? Dad always wears a pair of red pants this year, it's so ugly."
The eldest sister turned her head to look at him patiently, her eyes were gentle and peaceful, she reached out her hand to wipe the remaining pulp around his mouth, thought for a while and then said: "Nowadays, Xiao Zhuang doesn't fall in love with private schools anymore, even though you usually don't either. But autumn is especially lazy, sleeping at home all day long, the only way to lift you out of bed is to peel two pomegranates to coax you. Pomegranates are so sweet, you can hold them for a whole day and eat and drink enough In order to continue to sleep. If there are big and sweet pomegranates lined up to your mouth every day, saying: 'Hey, little boy, please eat me.' Are you happy?"
"Happy!"
"Well! It's that important!"
Xiao Mengzhuang stared blankly at the elder sister's contented An Yi smile, he seemed to understand, but at the same time he didn't seem to understand, he looked down at the pomegranate in his hand ignorantly.
Tired in autumn, he always had thousands of excuses to delay going to private school, and stayed in bed all day, pretending to be sick and pretending to be dead.Hundreds of trees are depressed, no more than spring and summer fruits.Fortunately, he loves pomegranates, and the eldest sister peels a plate and puts it on the table every day.
Life-sustaining treasure!
So, is that the same with the red hijab?
Xiao Mengzhuang pouted and muttered, his brain couldn't get around and he simply didn't think about it. He continued to gnaw the remaining pomegranate in his hand, and then spit it out one by one like before, "chug chug".
Shen Mengzhuang sat on the railing of the corridor, leaning against the pillar behind him, and looked sideways at the two people in front of him.To be honest, he was a little envious of such a childhood.
The years were stable, and suddenly the door was knocked hard, and the sound of "dong dong dong" was more anxious and deafening.
San Fen looked up one after another, the servant hurriedly loosened the door latch, before the door was fully opened, the people outside rushed in in a panic, as soon as they entered the door, they saw the eldest sister, and then knelt down and cried bitterly, crying: "Miss, please save my poor girl!"
Seeing this posture, the eldest sister was obviously a little dazed, but the ladylike demeanor was engraved in her bones since she was a child.Even if you don't know what happened, you can deal with it calmly.
"Madam, get up first. If there is anything important, please speak slowly. I will weigh it for you. If the matter is urgent, I will take you to see your father to discuss it together."
The elder sister helped the woman kneeling by her feet, patted her on the back of the hand, helped her to sit down at the table, and called the servant to make tea.
This woman is the wife of the local magistrate. The two families are family friends and have a deep relationship. The magistrate's daughter, Ms. Li, grew up with the elder sister.Mr. Shen liked her very much, so he regarded her as a goddaughter.If it wasn't for the age difference between her and Shen Mengzhuang, she might be able to have a child relationship, and the two families would become closer.
Coincidentally, both the eldest sister and Miss Li had engagements with the local rich businessman Chu's family. The eldest son of the Chu family married the elder sister, and the second son of their family married Miss Li.
Ms. Li used to joke with her eldest sister that maybe it was because they grew up together that they even had the same vision for choosing a sweetheart.Fortunately, the Chu family has two sons, otherwise, if they fell in love with the same one, it would be a dilemma.
The world said that the relationship between sisters-in-law is the most difficult to get along with, but this is not necessarily the case now, and what the world said is not entirely true, they will be the most amiable sister-in-law in the world.
When the two were alone, they secretly fantasized about the days when they were in the Chu Mansion to teach their husbands and children. The elder sister was in charge of teaching the children poetry, poetry, poetry, calligraphy and painting, and Miss Li took them to climb trees, fish, ride horses and shoot arrows.There must always be a gentle mother and a playful mother. This is called complementarity.
Old age is approaching, and there are groups of children under her knees. They don't need to worry about starting a family and starting a business, so they let go of the trivial matters in the house and quietly become an old man who is not annoying.
There is a swing in the courtyard, I sit on it, and I leave everything behind to you.You have to shake well and don't hurt me.I'm already old, and I can't stand the trouble, otherwise, if I bump into something, I still have to wait for you to give me medicine.
Or we can sit on it together, and the swing stool should be bigger, so that the two old men can push it behind us.I'll drink the peach blossom wine brewed the year before last for you, and you stuff me with the little cakes I just made.
Just swinging around like this, you are joking that I have been surrounded by flowers and stars since I was a child. It is Mr. Chu who has a good heart and can bear my temper.I am not to be outdone, and I will reveal all the mischievous things you did when you were young, such as pulling your husband's beard, stealing the chicks from the neighbor's house, and drawing cats on the faces of sleeping adults... If I say that my husband is kind, my husband is better than you. But the one from your family, he has great supernatural powers, and he can subdue you.
Then we laughed heartily, the old men behind us could only dote on us, they had spent most of their lives, what else could they do but dote on us.
It was originally agreed like this, you hooked my finger and said, don't be foolish!
The years are in a trance, and in a blink of an eye it has come to the day when they get married.The rest of your longed-for life is about to begin, hey, are you ready?
The magistrate's wife babbled and wept about the cause and effect, half of her sleeves were wet.
It turned out that when they were full of expectations to marry as wives, the expectations always came so unexpectedly.
A few days ago, Ms. Li went out to collect. In fact, she secretly went to the assembly to play without telling her parents. She said it was to ask for a lottery.She had nothing to do anyway, so she took her maid and ran secretly to ask for one.
The moment the bamboo stick fell out, she stared at it devoutly, and signed it!
She was so happy that she grabbed the bamboo stick and ran out, wanting to give it to the eldest sister immediately, and tell her, don't be afraid, your Marriage Bodhisattva said she was covered!
However, when rushing to Shen's mansion in a hurry, there was a strong wind blowing halfway, and people were turned on their backs.The black mist became thicker and thicker, and there were more and more blood bats, surrounding the overturned carriage.
Miss Li struggled to get out of the carriage and pushed aside the unconscious servant in front of her. Blood came out of her forehead and dripped down her chin onto her clothes.
A cloud of black mist surrounded her, and she didn't dare to breathe out. Staring into the black mist, she could vaguely see two figures gradually appearing in front of her.
"Oh, you look really good."
Chang Xie folded his arms and looked down at Miss Li lying on his feet, his eyes seemed to be staring at the prey that was within his reach.
"It's good, much better than the one in the next town."
The person standing next to Changxie was commanding and ordering, with black clothes dragging the floor, the black mist covering his face gradually dissipating, revealing a serious and sharp face, it was the monster who washed blood in the neighboring town yesterday, the demon general who commanded all the soldiers in the demon world——An puppet adults.
Chang Xie slanted at him, jokingly said: "Haven't you played enough? Yesterday's people were all given to you, and today this is mine."
The dark puppet raised the corners of his mouth, stared down at Miss Li who was trembling under his feet, his tone seemed to be threatening, but also somewhat provocative, and said, "What if I have to?"
Chang Xie was in a hurry, pointing at An Puppet who was about to yell, but An Puppet suddenly said in a good-natured way: "It's better to change the game, today this one is up to her to choose, I will not fight with you, just wait for the lamb to come to the door in person ,how?"
"Tch, she's not stupid, who would obediently deliver it to her door."
An Puppet looked up to the sky and smiled, then paused, as if he had a plan in mind, and said: "She will."
Then the black mist dissipated, and the two disappeared.
Miss Li was still in shock and ran back desperately.But when she ran home, before she could take a breath, she saw her father sitting in front of the hall with a gloomy and serious expression, and her mother sitting beside him, covering her face and weeping.
There is a piece of letter paper on the table, and a wooden box next to the letter paper.
Miss Li walked over tremblingly, picked up the letter paper, her fingers trembling.
Three big characters were imprinted on the gold-inlaid kraft paper. Miss Li felt that her breathing was stagnant, and then she slowly opened the wooden box. The moment the wooden box was opened, she trembled and backed away repeatedly.
Seeing this, the mother stepped forward and hugged her, crying for her poor daughter, and hugged her tightly, fearing that she would disappear in the next moment.
On the letter paper, her name was written.Inside the wooden box is the maid's head.
Its intention is self-evident.
The woman's lips were purple from crying, and her eyes were bloodshot.Holding the elder sister's hand, her whole body was trembling.
The eldest sister was also trembling, her mind was blank.This matter is no small matter, she has no choice but to tell her father, but father, can he have a solution?
What they have to face is a group of bloodthirsty and powerful demons, they are just ordinary people.
The eldest sister supported the table and got up slowly, patted the back of the woman's hand, and comforted her: "Madam, don't worry, I'll tell my father, he will definitely find a way. I'm afraid it's not safe for the younger sister to be at home, so I'll order someone to pick her up." She's here, what do you think?"
The woman nodded again and again, her tears were like broken beads.
After Mr. Shen found out about this, he rushed back to the mansion angrily, and the carriage ran wildly along the road, almost hitting pedestrians on the street.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Miss Li and the woman hugging each other.Miss Li looked up and saw him approaching, she rushed over to hug him and called Shen Daddy.
The eldest sister then entered the door. Miss Li's eyes were red and tears fell even more. She hugged her and cried: "Sister, I will never be with you anymore. You must marry Mr. Chu well. If he treats you badly Well, if I become a ghost, I will catch him. You don’t have to be afraid, I will protect you even if I become a ghost. You have to be a bride and Mrs. Chu happily, but don’t forget me, remember every year Come to my grave and have a look. If you have a child, remember to bring him too. We agreed that I will be his godmother. It's just...it's just that you don't have to be a godmother. I'm not reconciled. I can't accompany you in the future Swinging, obviously I even learned how to make a swing."
"Stop talking, nothing will happen. With my father here, we will get married together. We will get on the sedan chair happily. You are my younger sister and the godmother of my child. We have agreed."
The eldest sister held her weeping face in her hands, and the two of them pressed their foreheads close together, hugging each other like a dying person who had fallen into the water.
The situation was urgent, Mr. Shen invited famous Taoist priests in the town, but none of them could do anything.It's not that they are too weak, it's that the monsters are too strong.It's fine if it's an ordinary low-level demon, but this time it's actually two big figures from the high-level demon that can't be offended.
Not to mention these little Taoist priests, even among the five sects of the Dark Realm, only people at the level of elders can stand up to them.
Really can only wait to die?
A few days had passed, and the two families were gloomy, as if they had aged decades overnight.
One day, after class, Xiao Mengzhuang obediently followed his servant home, and his friends invited him to catch fish and shrimps, but they all refused.
Such a big event happened in the family, and the adults were all depressed, and he also felt a little sad, and he was not in the mood to touch fish.Miss Li treated him like a real sister, not to mention that the two of them got along well and often made troubles secretly. Besides the elder sister, Miss Li was his second favorite sister.
But now that something like this happened to her, he couldn't be happy no matter what, even if he had several pomegranates.
Xiao Mengzhuang walked slowly, dragging his schoolbag, not sitting in the carriage, and the servants followed closely behind to take care of him.The young man was thinking about how to defeat the devil, smashing rotten eggs would definitely not work, how about flooding with water and burning with fire?How should it be flooded and how should it be burned?
Just as he was worrying and meditating, he bumped into a Taoist head-on with his head down.
Xiao Mengzhuang picked up his schoolbag and threw it at it, shouting: "Stinky Taoist priest! You bully children!"
The Taoist priest was at a loss, obviously he didn't look at the road and bumped into him, why did the thief still catch the thief and the villain sued first?
"Child, you bumped into me without looking at the road!"
"Won't you give way? I haven't bumped into anyone after walking for so long, why did I bump into you?"
"Are you unreasonable, kid? That's what your parents taught you?"
"I am a child, and children are unreasonable!"
The Taoist thought he had bumped into a rascal, so he simply ignored him and left.
The child stared at his clothes and the sword on his back, feeling puzzled, and asked, "Can you catch demons?"
"Hmm, you asked the right person!"
Xiao Mengzhuang seemed to see hope, his eyes lit up with fire.
At this moment in Shen's residence, the two families sat in the hall without saying a word, and the invited Taoist priests came one after another without any countermeasures.
At this time, Xiao Mengzhuang shouted happily outside the door: "Daddy, I'm back!"
Everyone looked up and saw a humanoid Taoist priest behind him, and they were puzzled.
After hearing the ins and outs, the Taoist priest still had a relaxed look on his face, and said slowly: "I have a way, you do as I say, keep it intact and return safely."
There was light in everyone's eyes, and they felt that they had seen the dawn of hope. The eldest sister hugged Miss Li excitedly and wiped her tears.
"As far as I know, although the demons are powerful, they have a fatal weakness - they are afraid of fire. If they appear in front of people majestically, we can beat them back with fire. But this time they want Ms. Li to send them to the door, and the welcoming team Go to the land of bitterness and joy. The place is cold and has an enchantment, I can't get in, and ordinary fire is also ineffective, so I can only start from the inside."
Mr. Shen had a serious face, frowned and asked, "How do you say that?"
"Why don't we follow the plan and go to the land of bitterness and joy according to what they said. At that time, I will give the lady a treasure to kill demons. When the monster approaches you at night, you will wait for the opportunity. I am in bitterness.
The purpose of this trip was not to scare them, so the stone demon wisely chose to hide.The common people frightened themselves and cried for a long time, but finally saw that there was no one in the big pit, and no one was harmed.I finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that I was dazzled and confused just now. After being in shock, I returned to normal and went about my business as if nothing had happened.
In the market, young people selling candied haws yelled along the road, sometimes standing on the corner of the street to enjoy the shade.
Little did he know, just as he was enjoying the shade, a black claw quietly reached for the candied haws behind him.
The stone demon hid in the wall, and when the man was not paying attention, he quickly reached out to steal a bunch. After eating, he threw away the bare bamboo sticks, and then stole another bunch.
The man felt that his hand was getting lighter and lighter. He turned his head to look, wondering, why did he feel that the number of candied haws was getting less and less?
The stone demon hid in the stone wall and grinned, while the blood bat clung to the wall and shared the food. The two demons worked hand in hand and stole all the man's candied haws.
At this time, on the summit of absolute darkness, Shen Mengzhuang and others fell neatly into the fire hole, Zhou Bufan's tragic last words echoing in their ears.The fire hole seemed to be extraordinarily deep, and everyone fell for a long time without seeing the ground, and it would not be a pleasure to die.
Zhou Bufan put his hands in front of his face, Ye Zhenzhen shouted in confusion: "Second Senior Brother! Why are you covering your face? You should protect your head!"
Hearing the sound, Zhou Bufan replied loudly: "I'll be disfigured if I touch the ground!!! I'm a majestic flower!! I want to die decently!!!!"
........................
There is a boiling fire under the feet, and the mist can be vaguely seen.The dazzling red light shone on the face, and it always felt like the skin was being burned, as if the whole body would melt if it fell into it.
"thump----"
Just like the sound of a frog jumping into a pond, everyone plunged into the running fire steadily.
"Ah!!! It's so hot!!! I'm going to die! My arms are going to melt, my face is going to be ruined!!! My legs——hey, it seems to be okay?"
Zhou Bufan was still crying and thrashing and struggling just now, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with his body, he raised his arm and looked at it stupidly, then smiled through his tears and said: "Hey, it's okay, you look okay, this fire is not at all Not hot, just like water."
The fire was flowing abnormally, icy cold like a deep pool in winter, Shen Mengzhuang was faintly worried.The sun was not visible at the bottom of the cave, only the flowing fire shone with dazzling light, covering the entire fire cave, and the stone walls were scorched black.
A narrow path could be vaguely seen deep in the cave, and everyone got up from the flowing fire and walked towards the path.It's strange to say that he fell into the flowing fire just now, but he didn't get burned.If it is running water, the clothes and hair are dry when standing up, not wet at all.
Shen Mengzhuang got up and was about to go forward, when suddenly he became dizzy, his eyes turned black, and his whole body swayed.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyuan hurriedly ran forward to support him, and asked worriedly: "What's the matter, brother? Is there something uncomfortable? Let's take a rest, shall we?"
Shen Mengzhuang lightly rubbed his temples, lowered his head and pursed his lips with a smile and said, "I'm fine, let's go quickly, get the kindling and go back early."
"Ok!"
Lu Qingyuan followed behind him, staring at him, reluctant to blink.
Senior brother's face was pale just now, is there something uncomfortable?I'm really worried, but the brother is so good that he should be able to solve everything.
Lu Qingyuan looked at Shen Mengzhuang's back, feeling a little proud in his heart.He didn't know what he was proud of, in short, when he thought of his senior brother, he felt happier than having a baby.He wants to praise his treasure to everyone, but the premise is that everyone must know that this treasure can only be his, and if other people have evil thoughts, then let him die.
Surrounded by flames, it was like a big net surrounding everyone.Dazzling light shone on Shen Mengzhuang's shoulders and danced on his sleeves, and the dark black hair was also stained with the warm orange light, making it extraordinarily soft and warm.
Lu Qingyuan stared at his back obsessively, his white clothes dragged to the floor, wide sleeves fluttering, and the sparks splashing from his feet were like elves jumping onto the hem of his clothes.A beam of dazzling warm light fell from above his head, covering Shen Mengzhuang in the light, like a nine-day god, unstained by dust.
With hot feelings reverberating in his heart, Lu Qingyuan stared at Shen Mengzhuang's figure. Although there was only one step between them, he felt that no matter how much he stretched out his hands to hug, his senior brother would always be out of reach.
The sun, the moon and the stars are brilliant in the world. In the world, you are the only one who is the green mountain, the clouds disappear and the rain is gone, and the bright moon is in the sky. Nothing is as bright as your eyes.
The world is dangerous, people's hearts are tortuous, and there is a back and forth between life and death. He once thought that it would be better to give up. Living is so tiring, and no one will love and love him anymore.However, the days of bitterness and happiness come quietly, and they are caught off guard.
The Milky Way is boiling hot, senior brother, he is the light of the world.
Lu Qingyuan smiled knowingly, and followed Shen Mengzhuang closely, step by step.
Everyone continued to follow the path, and suddenly became enlightened.There is a bustling crowd in front of me, crowded with people, hawking along the street can be heard endlessly, with yellow hair hanging down, sitting under a willow tree, the years are peaceful.
Zhou Bufan looked around, staring at the pedestrians passing by, poking with his fingers from time to time to test if they were imagining.
"Where is this? Why does it seem like a small town? Could it be that we have found a paradise? Could it be another dream?"
Ye Zhenzhen also didn't know why, she shook her head and looked at the bustling crowd around her, Leng Shanlan remained calm and calm as usual and didn't say a word.
Lu Qingyuan walked to Shen Mengzhuang's side, tugged at his sleeves, and asked softly, "Brother, where is this?"
Shen Mengzhuang frowned, looked at the surrounding scene, and shook his head doubtfully.
It's not that he doesn't know, it's just that he feels strange. For some reason, he always feels that this place is very familiar, as if he has been here before, but the depths of his memory are blurred.
Lu Qingyuan wanted to pull his arm to move forward, but suddenly the crowd was commotion, swarming towards this side, everyone was scattered by them, submerged in the sea of people, walking forward with the tide, without even turning back to look at the gap.
"Brother! Where are you? Brother, I can't see you—"
Lu Qingyuan shouted eagerly, and there were crowded people in front of him, head to head, rubbing shoulders.However, the sound was quickly swallowed by the sea of people.
Shen Mengzhuang wanted to fly up to get away from the crowd, but he was attracted by a force under his feet, as if a big hand grabbed his ankle, making him unable to break free.I want to push away the crowd, but the swarms are endless, so I can only follow the crowd blindly.
I don't know how long I walked, but I couldn't hear any other sounds except noisy conversations and laughter.The crowded people gradually dispersed, and Shen Mengzhuang felt a sigh of relief. He breathed smoothly, straightened his clothes, and was about to continue walking forward to find Lu Qingyuan's trace, when he suddenly heard a familiar address coming from the door. The woman's voice was soft and clear. , like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley, calling softly:
"Xiao Zhuang..."
At the same time, on Nanle Peak, Xuanqiu finished his conversation with Gu Liang and hurried down the mountain.If it is true as what Gu Liang said, the healer Bai must donate the blood of the man born on June [-]th to restore his body, how to find the man born on June [-]th in this short period of time.Besides, it is not necessary to resist the Demon Lord back then, what is more important than sacrificing another's life for one person?
Xuanqiu thought carefully in his heart, and after weighing it over and over again, he headed towards the sword at the foot of the mountain.
When Su Tao returned to his room, his heart was almost in despair, and he was in a trance, not knowing how he got back.At first she heard Shibai talk about the seal of death ban, although she said she didn't believe it, but she still had a question in her heart, otherwise why is her heart hurting so much at this moment.The taste of doubt being confirmed is more difficult to accept and more heart-wrenching than betrayal and lies.
Although Beihua and Xuanqiu have always been at odds, it was because of her that Beihua didn't want to see Xuanqiu, and called him senior brother, but he was actually unhappy in his heart.
However, that year, the conflict between the two was extremely intense. Every time they met, they would feel like strangers. When you came, I would leave.Fortunately, she always persuaded them, otherwise they would really fight to the death.
She thought it was because of her that the two of them would never get along.There is no way to explain the love between children, so she can only let them get angry and confront, but she feels that the two are like children, haggling over such things.
But after things changed, after many years, I heard others mention the reason, and it turned out to be like this... The sky is dark and the earth is dark...
She still didn't want to believe it in her heart, whether she was deceiving herself or others, or being extremely stupid.After all, she and Xuanqiu have worked hand in hand for so many years, the love is real, the love is real, and the past time is also real, so how can you say forget and forget, and give up when you say give up?
She has never been such a free and easy person, in front of Xuanqiu, she has already suffered a crushing defeat.However, she is not an ordinary woman, and she shoulders the responsibility of the common people, so she cannot stay out of it at all.
If Xuanqiu is really such a heartless and heartless person, the Cangxuan Sect will be destroyed by him sooner or later.
Even the common people he sheltered will also collapse and perish.
Therefore, she must take some action, Cangxuan is not his alone, it is also where she thinks and thinks, and he cannot be allowed to act willfully.
If he really followed what Gu Liang said, taking the blood of the man on June [-]th to heal Shibai's wounds, if he was really so... merciless, then she believed that Beihua's death back then was also related to the forbidden seal, and to him related.
Only this last time I will deceive myself and others again.
Su Tao seemed to muster up all his life's courage, and after much hesitation, he finally made up his mind.
Feeling extremely anxious, like a shaking half bucket of water, Su Tao could only hear his own heartbeat and breathing.She remembered the first time she went down the mountain to kill demons, and she was so nervous and terrified.Although she has practiced many times in the mountains, her swordsmanship is exquisite, and even her master once praised her, but she is still a little scared when facing a real monster for the first time, not to mention that she is not fighting alone, and there are many juniors and sisters by her side. She must shoulder this responsibility.
I said many self-deceiving and comforting words in my heart, as if I would not be afraid if I did so.Su Tao held the sword in his hand, trembling unconsciously.
However, he suddenly felt a warmth coming from his shoulders, spreading all over his body.
Su Tao looked back in surprise, but saw Xuanqiu standing behind her, giving her his spiritual power, and then protecting her.
He said that as long as he didn't fall, she would never have to hold the sword.
Times have changed, many years later, today, the two are still in the same panic, but they are standing opposite each other, without warm palms and generous figures.Only suspicion and doubt.
On Moxi Peak, Shi Bai was lying on the bed with a pale face, Xuanqiu sat beside him, slowly helped him up, handed him a bowl in his hand and said, "Drink, the injury will heal."
Shi Bai looked at the white jade porcelain bowl, and joked, "Didn't you mix it with mud?"
Xuanqiu's face darkened, and he glared at him angrily.
Back then when they were still young disciples, Shi Bai and other junior disciples secretly ran down the mountain to play, and when they came back late, they were punished by Xuanqiu to sweep the backyard for a month.Shi Bai was so angry that he secretly mixed mud into the tea he drank every day, causing him to have a stomachache for half a month.
Shi Bai had to mention such things about Guangzong Yaozu to his little disciples at least three times a month, how gloomy Lian Xuanqiu's face was after drinking the added tea that day, how his facial features were distorted, and after half a month of diarrhea, How pale his face is, let me explain in detail.
Xuanqiu put the bowl on the table and said coldly, "I'll dig some."
"Hey hey hey-"
Shi Bai quickly grabbed him, and said with a playful smile: "I just said that casually, brother, please don't take it seriously, brother's life depends entirely on your protection."
After finishing speaking, he picked up the bowl on the table, looked down, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and said casually: "Brother, this medicine is really rare."
Xuanqiu didn't answer, and directly reached out to snatch the porcelain bowl.Shi Bai quickly dodged sideways, put the bowl in his arms, and said with a smile: "How can you take back what was given to me so easily? It's not kind."
Shi Bai pretended to tease him, and the two of them came and went, when suddenly his arm shook, and half of the medicine in the bowl was spilled.
Scarlet thickly splashed on Shi Bai's body and the ground, flowing slowly along the cracks in the ground.
"It's over, it's over, I can't get better, the medicine is all over."
Shi Bai drank the rest of the medicine in one gulp, then he leaned back as if he was facing a catastrophe, paralyzed on the bed like a dead fish.
And all of this was seen by Su Tao outside the door, especially the dazzling red flowing from the bedside to the corner of the table, clearly and vividly.
Su Tao clawed at the crack of the door with his fingernails, gritted his teeth, stared at Xuanqiu with eyes like sharp knives, his eyes were full of frustration, everything had been proven, there was no room for turning back, and he resolutely left.
Disappointment is the most incomprehensible word in the world.
Lying on the bed, Shi Bai suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Xuanqiu, and said with a smile, "This medicine is hard to find, where did senior brother find it?"
Xuanqiu sat at the table with a serious expression, and replied sternly: "The guardian of Huaguo Mountain owes Cangxuan a favor, and Luo Shengguo got it from him."
"Oh, senior brother is really powerful. You can get Luo Shengguo at your fingertips. No matter how many sects want to find this treasure."
Shi Bai rested his arms on his head, looked at the ceiling leisurely and comfortably, seemingly carelessly, but also as if he did it on purpose, and said slowly: "Luosheng fruit pulp is scarlet and bright, like human blood, as expected, rare things are extraordinary and powerful. Things always look like they can eat people."
Xuanqiu didn't answer, picked up the porcelain bowl and left straight away, leaving Shi Bai lying on the bed talking to himself.
On the other hand, at the bottom of the mountain, after being dispersed by the crowd, the people on the Peak of Absolute Darkness scattered in different corners.
Standing outside a big house, Shen Mengzhuang heard a woman's voice from inside the door. His heart shook, his breathing stopped for two breaths, and he stared blankly at the closed door, as if through that door he could see the familiar, lost figure.
There was always a voice echoing in his head, and he stepped towards the door in a mysterious way.Shen Mengzhuang looked up and saw a plaque hanging above the gate, with two large characters engraved on it impressively - "Shen's Mansion".
Carefully open the door, the courtyard is filled with tender grass and fairy vines, green willows are hanging around, and the stones under the steps are paved into the corridor, and the house is like a house.
In the open space of the courtyard, there is a small desk. A young boy sits at the desk, lazily basking in the sun, holding a poem and book in his hand, shaking his head and chanting.
"Ah! From Liliyuan to the grass, one year old and one year old!"
"Ah! The wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze blows and regenerates!"
"Ah! The wildfire is endless! He is born again in the spring breeze!"
"Ah - blow and live - blow, again, live -"
Poetry recitation is general, staring at those verses and reciting aloud solemnly.
"The spring breeze blows and gives birth again, blows, blows, blows—oh——"
Before the words fell, the little boy covered his head and grinned.
"Mister taught you to recite poems in this way?"
The woman stood behind him, knocked on his head with a book in her hand, crossed her arms, and looked at him intently.
"Eldest sister, the teacher's teaching is too boring, so you can remember it by reading it this way. If you don't believe me, listen to me and read it once. I'm sure you will remember it once you listen to it. Listen!"
The young man tugged at his collar, coughed twice, sat upright, raised his head and chest, and said solemnly: "Ah—"
"The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground."
"what--"
"I look at the bright moon when I raise my head, and when I look down, I miss my hometown, I miss my hometown—"
"Sister, do you think it's catchy and easy to listen to?"
"What is it! If you don't read carefully, dad will come here immediately with a stick."
The young man didn't seem to care, put his legs on the desk, swayed against the back of the chair, and sneered: "Sister, don't try to lie to me. Dad still has a stick. I threw it in the latrine yesterday. Unless the old man goes to get it Get up, hahaha, I'm so smart."
The young man hummed a tune while he was talking, the woman leaned against the pillar and looked at him and said with a smile: "It's not that one, I just saw my dad cut a bamboo that is so long from the bamboo forest, and I'm rushing this way."
The woman stretched out her fingers to show how long "so-long" is, and the boy immediately put down his raised legs, looked at her in a panic, and said, "Sister, don't scare me, life is at stake. -"
"Shen Mengzhuang, come out for me—"
Before Xiao Mengzhuang finished speaking, a harsh and hoarse male voice came from the end of the corridor, holding a freshly sharpened stick in his hand, and slammed down on the pillar, saying: "You boy, did you go to the post yesterday?" The laxative in the sir's bowl? I see your butt is itching again!"
The man held the stick tightly and rushed forward. Xiao Mengzhuang jumped up from his seat in fright, and fled around holding the chair in front of him, shouting: "Father, listen to me, it's not a laxative, it's a laxative." The good medicine for intestinal detoxification is beneficial and harmless. I am a kind helper. You made a mistake. Oh, don’t do it. ——Daddy, am I your own son? I’m going to die, I’m going to be beaten to death by you!!! Mother! Come and save me! Your son is going to die!!!”
Standing at the door, Shen Mengzhuang felt warm in his heart as he watched the scene of chickens flying around inside.A harmonious family and respectful brothers and sisters are the days he has always dreamed of.However, when he was Shen Meng, he couldn't get it.But when he was Shen Mengzhuang, the memories in his mind overlapped, and every time he recalled these warm and happy years, he felt more and more that food in all directions was nothing more than a bowl of human fireworks. [1]
Shen Mengzhuang's feelings and memories are lingering in his mind, he cherishes, caresses, and cherishes them as his own treasures.
His strict and upright father, his virtuous mother, his gentle and considerate elder sister, and many friends who play with him.
Such years are precious.
While he was recalling the past, the surrounding scenes changed quietly.
In the blink of an eye, it was already autumn, the old trees in the courtyard were falling with dead leaves, the cool breeze was blowing, and the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant.
Xiao Mengzhuang sat on the stone steps, gnawed two pomegranates in his hand, chewed slowly with his mouth full and puffed his cheeks, and then spit out one by one like a firecracker, one by one. far away.
The little boy was very happy, clapping his hands and laughing happily.
The eldest sister was sitting beside him, holding a piece of red cloth in her hand and doing tattoos intently.
Xiao Mengzhuang turned to look at her, moved over curiously, stared at her eagerly, and asked, "Sister, what are you embroidering?"
The elder sister was still staring at the red scarf, without raising her head, with a gentle smile on her face, she said softly: "This is the red hijab for marriage, I want to embroider it myself, and let my mother add a few more stitches."
"Why don't you buy it? It's so troublesome to embroider by yourself."
Xiao Mengzhuang continued to nibble on the pomegranate in his hand, blinking at her.
The elder sister's face gradually turned red, she pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes looked at the red hijab with deep eyes, as if she was watching the long-awaited figure and the rest of her life.
"The red hijab is a very important thing. If I can embroider it myself, and my mother will cover it for me on the day of marriage, I will be happy... happy..."
The words "happiness and happiness" came out of his mouth, as if he had eaten honey, and his whole body became soft.
Xiao Mengzhuang didn't quite understand. He was eating a pomegranate and asked vaguely: "How important is it? Isn't it just a piece of red cloth? Dad always wears a pair of red pants this year, it's so ugly."
The eldest sister turned her head to look at him patiently, her eyes were gentle and peaceful, she reached out her hand to wipe the remaining pulp around his mouth, thought for a while and then said: "Nowadays, Xiao Zhuang doesn't fall in love with private schools anymore, even though you usually don't either. But autumn is especially lazy, sleeping at home all day long, the only way to lift you out of bed is to peel two pomegranates to coax you. Pomegranates are so sweet, you can hold them for a whole day and eat and drink enough In order to continue to sleep. If there are big and sweet pomegranates lined up to your mouth every day, saying: 'Hey, little boy, please eat me.' Are you happy?"
"Happy!"
"Well! It's that important!"
Xiao Mengzhuang stared blankly at the elder sister's contented An Yi smile, he seemed to understand, but at the same time he didn't seem to understand, he looked down at the pomegranate in his hand ignorantly.
Tired in autumn, he always had thousands of excuses to delay going to private school, and stayed in bed all day, pretending to be sick and pretending to be dead.Hundreds of trees are depressed, no more than spring and summer fruits.Fortunately, he loves pomegranates, and the eldest sister peels a plate and puts it on the table every day.
Life-sustaining treasure!
So, is that the same with the red hijab?
Xiao Mengzhuang pouted and muttered, his brain couldn't get around and he simply didn't think about it. He continued to gnaw the remaining pomegranate in his hand, and then spit it out one by one like before, "chug chug".
Shen Mengzhuang sat on the railing of the corridor, leaning against the pillar behind him, and looked sideways at the two people in front of him.To be honest, he was a little envious of such a childhood.
The years were stable, and suddenly the door was knocked hard, and the sound of "dong dong dong" was more anxious and deafening.
San Fen looked up one after another, the servant hurriedly loosened the door latch, before the door was fully opened, the people outside rushed in in a panic, as soon as they entered the door, they saw the eldest sister, and then knelt down and cried bitterly, crying: "Miss, please save my poor girl!"
Seeing this posture, the eldest sister was obviously a little dazed, but the ladylike demeanor was engraved in her bones since she was a child.Even if you don't know what happened, you can deal with it calmly.
"Madam, get up first. If there is anything important, please speak slowly. I will weigh it for you. If the matter is urgent, I will take you to see your father to discuss it together."
The elder sister helped the woman kneeling by her feet, patted her on the back of the hand, helped her to sit down at the table, and called the servant to make tea.
This woman is the wife of the local magistrate. The two families are family friends and have a deep relationship. The magistrate's daughter, Ms. Li, grew up with the elder sister.Mr. Shen liked her very much, so he regarded her as a goddaughter.If it wasn't for the age difference between her and Shen Mengzhuang, she might be able to have a child relationship, and the two families would become closer.
Coincidentally, both the eldest sister and Miss Li had engagements with the local rich businessman Chu's family. The eldest son of the Chu family married the elder sister, and the second son of their family married Miss Li.
Ms. Li used to joke with her eldest sister that maybe it was because they grew up together that they even had the same vision for choosing a sweetheart.Fortunately, the Chu family has two sons, otherwise, if they fell in love with the same one, it would be a dilemma.
The world said that the relationship between sisters-in-law is the most difficult to get along with, but this is not necessarily the case now, and what the world said is not entirely true, they will be the most amiable sister-in-law in the world.
When the two were alone, they secretly fantasized about the days when they were in the Chu Mansion to teach their husbands and children. The elder sister was in charge of teaching the children poetry, poetry, poetry, calligraphy and painting, and Miss Li took them to climb trees, fish, ride horses and shoot arrows.There must always be a gentle mother and a playful mother. This is called complementarity.
Old age is approaching, and there are groups of children under her knees. They don't need to worry about starting a family and starting a business, so they let go of the trivial matters in the house and quietly become an old man who is not annoying.
There is a swing in the courtyard, I sit on it, and I leave everything behind to you.You have to shake well and don't hurt me.I'm already old, and I can't stand the trouble, otherwise, if I bump into something, I still have to wait for you to give me medicine.
Or we can sit on it together, and the swing stool should be bigger, so that the two old men can push it behind us.I'll drink the peach blossom wine brewed the year before last for you, and you stuff me with the little cakes I just made.
Just swinging around like this, you are joking that I have been surrounded by flowers and stars since I was a child. It is Mr. Chu who has a good heart and can bear my temper.I am not to be outdone, and I will reveal all the mischievous things you did when you were young, such as pulling your husband's beard, stealing the chicks from the neighbor's house, and drawing cats on the faces of sleeping adults... If I say that my husband is kind, my husband is better than you. But the one from your family, he has great supernatural powers, and he can subdue you.
Then we laughed heartily, the old men behind us could only dote on us, they had spent most of their lives, what else could they do but dote on us.
It was originally agreed like this, you hooked my finger and said, don't be foolish!
The years are in a trance, and in a blink of an eye it has come to the day when they get married.The rest of your longed-for life is about to begin, hey, are you ready?
The magistrate's wife babbled and wept about the cause and effect, half of her sleeves were wet.
It turned out that when they were full of expectations to marry as wives, the expectations always came so unexpectedly.
A few days ago, Ms. Li went out to collect. In fact, she secretly went to the assembly to play without telling her parents. She said it was to ask for a lottery.She had nothing to do anyway, so she took her maid and ran secretly to ask for one.
The moment the bamboo stick fell out, she stared at it devoutly, and signed it!
She was so happy that she grabbed the bamboo stick and ran out, wanting to give it to the eldest sister immediately, and tell her, don't be afraid, your Marriage Bodhisattva said she was covered!
However, when rushing to Shen's mansion in a hurry, there was a strong wind blowing halfway, and people were turned on their backs.The black mist became thicker and thicker, and there were more and more blood bats, surrounding the overturned carriage.
Miss Li struggled to get out of the carriage and pushed aside the unconscious servant in front of her. Blood came out of her forehead and dripped down her chin onto her clothes.
A cloud of black mist surrounded her, and she didn't dare to breathe out. Staring into the black mist, she could vaguely see two figures gradually appearing in front of her.
"Oh, you look really good."
Chang Xie folded his arms and looked down at Miss Li lying on his feet, his eyes seemed to be staring at the prey that was within his reach.
"It's good, much better than the one in the next town."
The person standing next to Changxie was commanding and ordering, with black clothes dragging the floor, the black mist covering his face gradually dissipating, revealing a serious and sharp face, it was the monster who washed blood in the neighboring town yesterday, the demon general who commanded all the soldiers in the demon world——An puppet adults.
Chang Xie slanted at him, jokingly said: "Haven't you played enough? Yesterday's people were all given to you, and today this is mine."
The dark puppet raised the corners of his mouth, stared down at Miss Li who was trembling under his feet, his tone seemed to be threatening, but also somewhat provocative, and said, "What if I have to?"
Chang Xie was in a hurry, pointing at An Puppet who was about to yell, but An Puppet suddenly said in a good-natured way: "It's better to change the game, today this one is up to her to choose, I will not fight with you, just wait for the lamb to come to the door in person ,how?"
"Tch, she's not stupid, who would obediently deliver it to her door."
An Puppet looked up to the sky and smiled, then paused, as if he had a plan in mind, and said: "She will."
Then the black mist dissipated, and the two disappeared.
Miss Li was still in shock and ran back desperately.But when she ran home, before she could take a breath, she saw her father sitting in front of the hall with a gloomy and serious expression, and her mother sitting beside him, covering her face and weeping.
There is a piece of letter paper on the table, and a wooden box next to the letter paper.
Miss Li walked over tremblingly, picked up the letter paper, her fingers trembling.
Three big characters were imprinted on the gold-inlaid kraft paper. Miss Li felt that her breathing was stagnant, and then she slowly opened the wooden box. The moment the wooden box was opened, she trembled and backed away repeatedly.
Seeing this, the mother stepped forward and hugged her, crying for her poor daughter, and hugged her tightly, fearing that she would disappear in the next moment.
On the letter paper, her name was written.Inside the wooden box is the maid's head.
Its intention is self-evident.
The woman's lips were purple from crying, and her eyes were bloodshot.Holding the elder sister's hand, her whole body was trembling.
The eldest sister was also trembling, her mind was blank.This matter is no small matter, she has no choice but to tell her father, but father, can he have a solution?
What they have to face is a group of bloodthirsty and powerful demons, they are just ordinary people.
The eldest sister supported the table and got up slowly, patted the back of the woman's hand, and comforted her: "Madam, don't worry, I'll tell my father, he will definitely find a way. I'm afraid it's not safe for the younger sister to be at home, so I'll order someone to pick her up." She's here, what do you think?"
The woman nodded again and again, her tears were like broken beads.
After Mr. Shen found out about this, he rushed back to the mansion angrily, and the carriage ran wildly along the road, almost hitting pedestrians on the street.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Miss Li and the woman hugging each other.Miss Li looked up and saw him approaching, she rushed over to hug him and called Shen Daddy.
The eldest sister then entered the door. Miss Li's eyes were red and tears fell even more. She hugged her and cried: "Sister, I will never be with you anymore. You must marry Mr. Chu well. If he treats you badly Well, if I become a ghost, I will catch him. You don’t have to be afraid, I will protect you even if I become a ghost. You have to be a bride and Mrs. Chu happily, but don’t forget me, remember every year Come to my grave and have a look. If you have a child, remember to bring him too. We agreed that I will be his godmother. It's just...it's just that you don't have to be a godmother. I'm not reconciled. I can't accompany you in the future Swinging, obviously I even learned how to make a swing."
"Stop talking, nothing will happen. With my father here, we will get married together. We will get on the sedan chair happily. You are my younger sister and the godmother of my child. We have agreed."
The eldest sister held her weeping face in her hands, and the two of them pressed their foreheads close together, hugging each other like a dying person who had fallen into the water.
The situation was urgent, Mr. Shen invited famous Taoist priests in the town, but none of them could do anything.It's not that they are too weak, it's that the monsters are too strong.It's fine if it's an ordinary low-level demon, but this time it's actually two big figures from the high-level demon that can't be offended.
Not to mention these little Taoist priests, even among the five sects of the Dark Realm, only people at the level of elders can stand up to them.
Really can only wait to die?
A few days had passed, and the two families were gloomy, as if they had aged decades overnight.
One day, after class, Xiao Mengzhuang obediently followed his servant home, and his friends invited him to catch fish and shrimps, but they all refused.
Such a big event happened in the family, and the adults were all depressed, and he also felt a little sad, and he was not in the mood to touch fish.Miss Li treated him like a real sister, not to mention that the two of them got along well and often made troubles secretly. Besides the elder sister, Miss Li was his second favorite sister.
But now that something like this happened to her, he couldn't be happy no matter what, even if he had several pomegranates.
Xiao Mengzhuang walked slowly, dragging his schoolbag, not sitting in the carriage, and the servants followed closely behind to take care of him.The young man was thinking about how to defeat the devil, smashing rotten eggs would definitely not work, how about flooding with water and burning with fire?How should it be flooded and how should it be burned?
Just as he was worrying and meditating, he bumped into a Taoist head-on with his head down.
Xiao Mengzhuang picked up his schoolbag and threw it at it, shouting: "Stinky Taoist priest! You bully children!"
The Taoist priest was at a loss, obviously he didn't look at the road and bumped into him, why did the thief still catch the thief and the villain sued first?
"Child, you bumped into me without looking at the road!"
"Won't you give way? I haven't bumped into anyone after walking for so long, why did I bump into you?"
"Are you unreasonable, kid? That's what your parents taught you?"
"I am a child, and children are unreasonable!"
The Taoist thought he had bumped into a rascal, so he simply ignored him and left.
The child stared at his clothes and the sword on his back, feeling puzzled, and asked, "Can you catch demons?"
"Hmm, you asked the right person!"
Xiao Mengzhuang seemed to see hope, his eyes lit up with fire.
At this moment in Shen's residence, the two families sat in the hall without saying a word, and the invited Taoist priests came one after another without any countermeasures.
At this time, Xiao Mengzhuang shouted happily outside the door: "Daddy, I'm back!"
Everyone looked up and saw a humanoid Taoist priest behind him, and they were puzzled.
After hearing the ins and outs, the Taoist priest still had a relaxed look on his face, and said slowly: "I have a way, you do as I say, keep it intact and return safely."
There was light in everyone's eyes, and they felt that they had seen the dawn of hope. The eldest sister hugged Miss Li excitedly and wiped her tears.
"As far as I know, although the demons are powerful, they have a fatal weakness - they are afraid of fire. If they appear in front of people majestically, we can beat them back with fire. But this time they want Ms. Li to send them to the door, and the welcoming team Go to the land of bitterness and joy. The place is cold and has an enchantment, I can't get in, and ordinary fire is also ineffective, so I can only start from the inside."
Mr. Shen had a serious face, frowned and asked, "How do you say that?"
"Why don't we follow the plan and go to the land of bitterness and joy according to what they said. At that time, I will give the lady a treasure to kill demons. When the monster approaches you at night, you will wait for the opportunity. I am in bitterness.
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