caged robin

In the pitch-black stage, a crisp bird song suddenly rang out.

Then there was silence again.

Immediately afterwards, a group of candles were hung from the sky above the stage, illuminating the center of the curtain, followed by a series of bird songs, which became more and more intense, as if they had the power to tear apart the night.

Suddenly, a long bird song came from the sky, and the audience raised their heads one after another. A white robin dancer passed over their heads, and suddenly the fire appeared on the stage.The robin unfolds its thick white feathers and walks through the candlelight. The airflow from the tail of the feathers drives the direction of the flames, and the feathers and the fire dance together.

"That stupid son of a god is going to kill the mockingbird in a while." Sean is surrounded by young girls invisibly. From time to time, he wants to introduce the next plot to Sean. The poor gentleman has never learned How to tactfully reject the lively country girl, had to keep focusing on the stage.

At this time, the robin is dancing on the stage, dancing lightly and gracefully, with thick wings on its arms, a white vest woven with silver flowers is wrapped in a large linen shirt, and the vest is covered with soft plush and silk. Layers of feathers were sewn on the hem of the knickerbockers, and the bare toes kept gliding through the candlelight. Boom, the slender legs stretched into the air.With a clear bird cry, the robin grabbed the flying zip line, turned over, hung upside down, and jumped in the air.

"We never knew the name of the bird. God said that we should not eat the unnamed ones, because their souls are the same as ours." The Son of God led his people to the stage, and the Son of God held a bow in his hand, and an old man stopped him. .

Sean recognized the old man at a glance as a big man in the daytime, with a white beard and trembling voice, he instantly aged a lot.

"If we don't kill it now, it will fly in front of us sooner or later, and my father will grant it eternal life." The Son of God drew his bow and pointed at the bird flying in the air.

The robin croaked and fluttered, constantly dodging the flying arrow feathers.

Sean clenched his fists tightly, his palms were soaked, he felt nervous for the robin, and also vaguely hoped to be shot, hoped to see the picture of blood splashing on the white feathers and falling into the flames.

Hearing a shrill scream, the robin was hit by an arrow in the chest, and the blood instantly smeared the white chest.Seeing this, the old man cried out in surprise and fell to the ground, saying: "Fools will be destroyed in the sea of ​​fire."

The robin dancer is holding on to the rope to make the final struggle in the air. At this time, many torches descend from the sky on the curtain, and under the reflection of the night, it also has a tragic sense of hellfire.In the flames, the Son of God rolled on the ground with his head in his arms, screaming.

Finally, a desolate voice came from behind the scenes, "My son, you will be reborn from the ashes, and the first thing you say will be your name."

The dying bird wakes up and slowly spreads its huge wings:

"Mockingbird, my name."

The voice was indistinguishable from male to female, followed by a group of birds chirping that overwhelmed the other.

In an instant, applause, cheers, and whistles exploded, and Sean stared closely at the robin who was bowing towards the audience in different directions, his eyes filled with tears for some reason.According to the usual practice, after the performance, the robin would grab the rope, fly to the audience, throw out the flowers in his hand, and then wait for all the actors to come on stage, bow together, and the madness of the night would be over.

Plenty of cornflowers, purple irises, and various unknown wildflowers scattered to the audience in all directions, and all the audience jumped up like crazy to grab it. A little black-haired boy sitting on his father's shoulders, Climbing on top of his father's head while trying to catch the robin's silver anklet.Sean was pushed back and forth by a group of enthusiastic girls, and his full breasts rubbed against his shoulders indistinctly. He was ashamed and impatient, and embarrassed to reach out for flowers, his face flushed red.

Finally he found a chance to get out of the girl's siege, and as soon as he raised his head, he saw a robin flying in his direction. He stretched out his hand excitedly, and the robin seemed to be looking at him, trembling slightly, turned around and changed. direction.

Sean's hand was in the air, he turned his head, looked at the back of the robin, the silver anklet on his ankle shone in the firelight, he was stunned, a black mole, small, but like The thick woolen cloak in the cold winter made him breathless.

Abner...

He whispered the name softly.

Do not!impossible!

Looking at the lights on the stage, he felt his eyes burning.

"My lords, you are so beautiful." The robin had just shed its thick feathers when he heard a somewhat lazy voice behind him.

The robin ignored it and continued to unfasten the mask fastened to the back of his head.

"You seem to have a big shot on your side."

Robin's hand stopped.

"This big man has just left in a hurry with a large bouquet of roses. God, if I had wolf eyes, I might not be able to see his face full of tears..."

"Bang—" A dagger was pressed against the visitor's face into the door frame, and the dilapidated dressing room creaked and shook.

The visitor didn't change his face, he pulled out the dagger, wiped the sawdust on it, and played with it, "Master Abner, the feathers in this room will be blown away by you."

Abner roughly tore off the silver wig, revealing short light brown hair, glanced coldly at the other party, sat down on the rag bag stuffed with feathers, and scratched his head irritably.

"Wins, if I hear any gossip tomorrow, I guarantee that your head will be stuck on the city gate to blow the cold wind that night!"

Wen Si whistled and returned the knife to him, "It's rare to see you so irritable. I specially brought you mint tea from Tongzhoushan."

Abner stared at Wen Si suspiciously, "So generous?"

Until Wens took out an exquisite gold-encrusted tin box with three precious stones embedded in the light blue lid, Abner raised his eyebrows. This must be a high-end product, and you can't get two silver coins.

When Wen Si opened the box, a refreshing scent of mint came to his face, and the mint leaves had been wrapped in linen.

Abner sniffed, "It's because you are so determined, you don't get paid for nothing, tell me why you came?"

Wen Si smiled, "My lords, Quanyin Bow City has not been peaceful recently, I hope you can use that special ability to find out something."

Abner raised his eyebrows and said, "Another fugitive escaped?"

"Oh no," Wins patted him on the shoulder, lowered his head, and whispered to him, "I'm afraid it's about ghosts."

Abner glanced at him, "Let's just help you this once."

"Then please trouble the young master." Wins smiled and took out the mint tea from the box and put it in Abner's hands.

Holding the tea leaves, Abner saw that Wens had closed the box again and was putting it in the bag. He was surprised and said, "You let me hold it just like that?"

Wen Si patted the bag, "I said I would give you mint tea, but I didn't say I would give you a box. This box belongs to a girl I borrowed, and I have to return it later."

Abner's face turned blue: "..."

"If you like it, I'll buy you another one. But this one won't work. The girl said that if I don't return it, I have to marry her. Kings, I haven't saved enough money to marry a wife..."

Abner kicked him, "I'll kill you sooner or later."

The curfew has already been curfew, and there is no one's voice in the night. Occasionally, dead leaves pass by the stone wall, and a full moon shines coldly on the city gate.Suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes, and stepping on the gravel on the empty road was especially haunting.The gatekeeper immediately became vigilant, pointed his gun at the sound in the distance, his nerves tensed, and the sound of horseshoes was getting closer, the gatekeeper dared not blink.

Until the two pitch-black horses and the man in black appeared in sight, and the rusty silver crossbow on the shoulder of the black cloak flickered slightly under the moonlight, the gatekeeper was relieved. …

"Are you okay?" Wins got off the horse and saw Abner, who was far behind, hugging the horse, shivering, his face buried in the black mane, and he didn't say a word.

"Sorry, I thought the rumor was a joke."

It turns out that the dignified son of Wang Fu really can't ride a horse.

Wen Si asked the attendant who kept rolling his eyes to lead the horse in, and patted Abner on the back lightly.

"Get lost!" Abner knocked off his hand weakly, and slid off the horse with his limp body.

A small two-story building was built next to the city gate. There was a simple living room on the first floor, which could accommodate 20 people. Usually Wens would discuss some urgent matters here with his subordinates. There were a few beds on the second floor, and the gatekeeper You can rest here before your shift.There is also a prison underground, where dozens of prisoners can be temporarily locked up, and they will be transferred to the city prison in at most three days.

When Abner came in, the two young gatekeepers stood up from their stools in an instant and saluted Wens.

"This is Keener," Wens introduced to Abner. "Yesterday, this kid just lost his father. He suddenly fainted on the way to the lookout at night and can't remember anything."

Abner saw that the young gatekeeper was very handsome, with a bit of shyness in his clean face.

"My lord," said Keener softly, standing beside the tall Vince like an Anshun sheep.

Wins patted Keener on the shoulder, "Don't be afraid, kid, if you see something, tell this 'Mockingbird' adult."

Keener looked at Abner, pursed his lips, and shook his head.

Wins scratched his head and continued to introduce: "This is Tommen. I was waiting for Keener to change shifts, but I didn't expect Keener to encounter such evil things."

Tommen looked about Keener's age, had a round face, and kept saying, "Yes, yes! We had to change shifts before the clock struck midnight, but I waited and waited, Never waited, and then I saw a pear cart..."

After Tommen finished talking about the female corpse on the pear cart, Abner looked up in shock, recalling what the pestering little girl had said in the afternoon.

Really haunted?He looked at Wen Si suspiciously.

Wen Si said wearily: "It's fine if it's really a ghost, just hand over this mess to those gangster priests in Chilong City."

"You have to know that Silver Bow City has long since broken up with Chilong City. If you want to ask the king to ask the Priest of the Fire Spirit, it is better to stick the knife in your throat first, so that you can die with dignity." Abner reminded.

Wen Si: "..." Then he sighed.

"So what do you want me to do for you?" Abner recalled the conversation between Wens and Earl Caroline that he had heard in the morning.

"Lord Adair Caroline said there was a black leopard called 'Ghost Panther' who could tame these damned ghosts."

It really is Count Caroline, Abner thought to himself.

"Now the lord wants me to capture this black panther for him," Wins twitched the corner of his mouth. "My lords, I'm still skeptical about whether this black panther really exists. The only clue the lord provided was his precious son." I saw it on Markuri Long Street at midnight last night, which happened to be the time when Tommen saw the decapitated female ghost. I was wondering if you could use that 'special ability' to find out the facts, and if possible, by the way Take a look at the whereabouts of that ghost leopard."

Abner tapped the table lightly, and said slowly: "That ability can't be used whenever you want, first of all, I have to have a glass of strong wine."

Wins immediately brought out a small glass of wine.

Abner glanced at the wine, raised his eyebrows and said, "Secondly, I must have someone who can accurately recall what happened before midnight, and the more accurate the details, the easier it is for me to succeed."

Wins pushed Tommen and Keener in front of Abner, Keener still had a sad look of bereavement in his eyes, and Tommen grinned at Abner with a clever face.

Abner looked at the two and weighed it. Tommen was quite conscious before he fainted, but because Keener had just lost his father, his overly sad emotions would definitely affect his consciousness.

So he beckoned Tommen to come, and then he put a hand on Tommen's forehead and said, "Imagine standing on Silverbow City, and thinking about what happened before midnight."

Tommen shuddered heavily.

Abner flicked him on the forehead: "Concentrate."

Tommen closed his eyes tightly, his eyelids trembling slightly.

Wins handed Abner a glass of wine.

Abner took the wine with the other hand, sniffed it, frowned, and swallowed it in one breath.After drinking, he choked twice, threw the wine glass back into Wen Si's arms, wiped the hops from his mouth, and said with a burning voice, "This wine is really damn strong."

Wen Si said apologetically: "It's you who said that it should be as strong as it is, so as to help you enter the state. My lords, I spent 3 copper coins for this small glass of wine."

Abner glared at him, the flames shot down from his throat, burning his entire stomach, but soon the sharp pain turned into a tingling sensation, a strong dizziness hit him, and he was dizzy. The back of the head urgently needs a support.

"You'd better pray that the 'ghost leopard' isn't something evil..."

Abner couldn't speak clearly, and before he could finish speaking, he fell limply, knocked his head on the table leg, and fell into a coma while hugging the table leg.

Vince's mouth twitched.