caged robin

The two of them took a long carriage ride to find a hotel. It was already late, and Abner fell asleep after taking a shower.After dawn, the two rushed to the location of the next bone of the Son of God, which was at the junction of the Shengtong clan and the Xuewu clan, called "Cross Field".

"What kind of place is it?" Abner asked.

"Similar to a bazaar." Aureas replied.

The two arrived when the moon rose.Abner heard the noise from a long distance away.

He poked his head out and immediately stared wide-eyed. Aureas said it was a market, but he only thought it was a small remote market, but he did not expect such a spacious and bustling market.

There are multiple entrances to the cross field, and each entrance is extremely spacious, much wider than the most prosperous market in Silver Bow City. At a glance, there are tall stone buildings everywhere, generally three or four stories high, But some can have seven or eight floors.

"Why are there so many buildings here, and why are they so tall? Some of them are taller than the Silver Tower of Duolun Palace." Abner asked.

"This is the center of the four clans, where almost all the merchants of the four clans gather. Most of them will build houses here for the convenience of buying and selling. There will also be some small businessmen renting houses here, or some travelers will stay here for one night. .”

It turns out that the cross field is not only the junction of the Shengtong clan and the Xuewu clan, but also the place where merchants buy and sell the most.Oreas said that the Shengtong tribe is the best at doing business, so the cross field has actually been occupied by the Shengtong tribe.Near the Shizichang, there is a river with abundant water and long flow, named "Ya River". The Shengtong clan and the spirit beast clan finally poured into the sea area of ​​the Sufeng clan.Starting from the wharf in Shizichang, you can go north to the northern part of the Sufeng tribe, go east to the Xuewu tribe, and go straight down the river to the Spirit Beast tribe.

Abner lay on the window and looked out of the car, because Shikoku had a curfew, and all markets would close their stalls at dusk.Now, in this night, small stalls are crowded together, flowing straight to the depths, a dazzling array of gadgets are eye-catching, and there is a high fire platform every other section of the road, and the torches illuminate a small piece of dark night.

"Shall we go out for a stroll tonight?" The firelight illuminated Abner's excited face.

"Okay." Oreyas said.

Aureas took Abner to stay in an extremely luxurious hotel. There was a strange fragrance as soon as he entered the hotel. The carpet with complicated patterns was extremely clean, and there were precious brocades hanging on the walls. The flower alcoves, Abner scanned one by one, there is a lyre, a stained glass jar, a wooden fish, and a naked little boy with wings.

He suddenly felt his stomach churning, and Oreas saw that his expression was wrong, and asked, "What's wrong?"

He turned his head and forced a smile, "It's nothing, I'm hungry!"

Oreas rubbed his head.

This hotel is on the easternmost side of Shizichang, with no shelter in front of it. Standing in the room, you can see the Shizichang Wharf and the rippling Yajiang River in front of you.The window here is huge, and the catch is locked in the middle of the window. When Abner opened the heavy catch, he could only open the lower half of the window. The night wind blew in. He said, "It's very similar to the place where my father and I lived in Blue Spring City." In a hotel, you can see the water when you open the window, and Tongzhou Mountain is on the opposite side of the water.”

Aureas stood behind him, raised his arms and pushed the upper half of the window open. The night wind swarmed in and poured into the cuffs of his robe. He narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said: " But there's no such water and such wind there."

There are more than a dozen large boats on the Yajiang River, and dozens of small fishing boats, which are very spectacular.

"It's so late, what are these ships doing?" Abner asked.

"Most of these ship owners are members of the Shengtong tribe for transporting goods, carrying people, and fishing."

Abner watched the two big ships sailing straight ahead, facing the dark high mountains, "What mountain is the opposite?"

"The Selonia Mountains, if you climb over this mountain, you will be the Snow Witches."

Abner nodded, watched the night scene of Yajiang for a while, and then followed Oreas out to eat.This hotel provided a late meal, but Abner was not very hungry, he ate something casually, and ran out with Oreas.

"Selling small fish—"

A vendor immediately spotted Abner's gleaming-eyed customer, holding a string of slippery little fish the size of a thumb.It was actually just a simple small fish pendant sewn with silk cloth, even the mouth was crooked and the eyes were not on.

"Oreas! Look at this little fish—"

Abner rushed over excitedly.

Oreas looked at the crooked fish, "..."

But he chuckled and asked, "Do you like it?"

Abner nodded vigorously.

Oreas paid, and Abner dangled the string of fish.

"Sell wooden boxes—"

Abner rushed forward again.

A pile of wooden boxes inlaid with poor-quality copper, rough carvings and sticky wood chips.

"Like it?"

Oreas paid, and Abner put the string of fish in a box and carried it away.

"Selling wooden sticks—"

A kind of doll made of wood, which can do some weird movements by pulling the string, and may fall apart if pulled too hard.

"Like it?"

Abner pulled the puppet twice and continued to put it into the box.

"Selling little butterflies—"

"Like it?"

"Selling money bags—"

"Like it?"

"..."

"Like it?"

Abner ran from one stall to another, picking up these gadgets that he had never seen before by the faint light of the fire. Although he could tell that some of the materials were very inferior, he still carried a bunch of them back .

The cross field is huge and there are so many stalls, Abner was tired before finishing shopping.Aureas took the low-quality gadgets from him, while Abner shook his hands and strode ahead.

Suddenly there was a group of people in front of a stall, who seemed to be selling something very interesting. Abner hurried over, but there were too many people, and he couldn't even squeeze through a crack.I can only look at the excited faces and outstretched arms.

"Angel egg—angel egg——" Abner could only hear the sharp cries of the vendor, but couldn't see his face, let alone what that "angel egg" was. Anyway, he wanted to buy it.

"Do you like it?" Oreas still asked this sentence.

Abner rubbed his hands and nodded sincerely.

"Okay." Oreas rubbed his head, and then walked out of the crowd. His tall body immediately outshone everyone. The crowd felt the pressure and involuntarily moved aside.

"Sorry," Aureas said to a little red-haired girl who made way for him.

The little girl blushed immediately, stared at him, and shook her head.

Oreas bought two "angel eggs", one for the little girl and the other for Abner. The little girl thanked her and ran away happily.

Abner held the angel egg and looked at it repeatedly, but didn't see anything interesting.It's just a white egg the size of a duck's egg, and it's buckled with a hemp rope.

"What's the point? Why are so many people buying it?" he asked Oreas.

Aureasto picked up the egg and twisted it slightly, the eggshell underneath was opened, revealing a little boy with wings.

Abner's face turned pale suddenly, his hands shook, and the eggshell fell to the ground and broke, then he grabbed the second half of the eggshell from Oreas's hand and threw it away, shouting: "I don't want it!"

All of a sudden, the passers-by were attracted by him. They saw Abner's face was very bad, and an angel egg fell on the ground, and they immediately understood the cause and effect in their hearts: a boy was arguing with his family about a gadget...

"Tsk tsk, you are so old, you have to be sensible." A passing young mother kindly picked up the eggshell and put it in Abner's hands. Abner stared at her, clenched his fist tightly, refusing receive.

Aureas took the angel egg, thanked the young mother, and then took Abner away from the crowd. Abner's face was gloomy, and he held Aureas's hand tightly.After reaching a place where there were few people, Orreas threw the angel egg, held up Abner's chin, and saw that his eyes were full of fear.

"It's okay." Oreas said softly, rubbing his cheek.

Abner glanced at the broken egg on the ground, and slowly asked, "What's in that egg?"

"Angel." Aureas replied.

"Angels? Why do so many people like this kind of horror, I really don't know why," Abner recalled the scene of the bloody forest on Death Island again, his whole body was numb, he pulled his hair, trying to let the I am more awake, but the words I speak are still intermittent and incoherent, "He is obviously a boy, but he has wings, but...but why does he eat people? Everyone who went to Death Island was not spared. He eats people alive , and put his head on a pillar, he can make people hallucinate...why...he is an angel? What is an angel? Why..."

"The man you saw is not an angel." Oreas grabbed Abner's hand that was pulling his hair, and Abner paused, looking up at him in surprise.

"Didn't he have wings?" Abner asked.

Oreas sighed and said, "Wings are meaningless to him, because he is just an abandoned angel."

"Abandoned? What the hell is that angel?" Abner asked.

"Angels are the sons of God created by God. A real angel is blessed by God, but he is just a defective product, abandoned by God."

Abner swallowed, looked silently at the shattered little wings on the ground, and said, "I've never heard of angels, and only robins have the Son of God mentioned in the Red Dragon Bible." Winged. The Four Kings' Proverbs mentioned the island of death, but it only said that there were cruel, man-eating monsters there, and advised us not to go there, and nothing else."

Abner was silent for a while, then suddenly grabbed Oreas's hand, and said, "I've only been here soon, and I don't know why I feel very uneasy. Didn't Wens come to look for me? When can I go back to Silver Bow City? I want to see my father, and Wins should tell him I'm still alive?"

Oreas' eyes sank, and he held his hand tightly with his backhand, and he let out a "hiss" before he let go.

"Wins will tell your father, don't think too much," Oreas said, his voice much colder than usual, "Now, just stay with me."

Abner stared closely at Aureas, his blue-green eyes flickered slightly, and suddenly he pushed all the gadgets in Aureas's arms to the ground, then hooked Aureas's neck, He jumped up, sat on his arm, bent over, buried his face in his neck, and whispered: "This is my place."

Oreas glanced at the colorful spread on the ground, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you want these?"

Abner shook his head, "I'm sleepy, I'm going back to sleep."

"Okay." Oreas patted him on the back and carried him back to the hotel.

Abner came out of the tub, muttered "hot" while wiping himself, stepped on the bed, and hung half of his body on Oreas.

Aureas lifted the wet little bird lightly, but he was already drooping and drowsy.

"Wipe dry before going to bed." Oreas shook him gently.

"Hmm..." Abner feebly raised his hand, then lowered it again.

Oreas sighed softly, wiped him dry, then laid him flat on the bed, and asked softly, "Sleep with the window open?"

His answer was even breathing.

Oreas went to open half the window, put out the candles, and when he lay down, Abner had already started talking in his sleep, "Follow me... I, I will support you... I will give you whatever you want, I have So many good things..."

Oreas narrowed his eyes, raised his upper body, and looked at Abner.

"What do you have?" Aureas asked, brushing his hair out.

"I have...I have money...a lot of gold coins...where are my gold coins..." Abner said and began to grope around, as if he was looking for gold coins.

Oreas patted his stomach and said, "I don't want gold coins."

Abner was silent for a long time, and Oreas thought he was asleep, but suddenly he squirmed twice and said, "I... I still have a butt..."

Oreas' eyes sank, then he held his hand and said in a deep voice, "It's not possible yet."

Abner stopped talking in his sleep, and Oreas looked at him with fiery eyes for a while, the veins on his tight arms bulged, and finally he let out a long sigh, bent over and left a shallow mark on the back of his pink neck .

Close your eyes and fall asleep.

In the middle of the night, he heard a hasty knock on the door, he frowned, glanced at Abner who was still asleep, and walked towards the door.

"Who?" he asked coldly.

"I'm Ou Fuliang, I'm very sorry to disturb you in the middle of the night, my lord, but the situation is very urgent..." Ou Fuliang's voice was trembling slightly, which was already very out of control for him.

Oreas opened the door and saw that Ou Fuliang was dripping wet, his golden wet long hair stuck to his pale face, and his lips were purple. He bowed slightly, and immediately said: "My king, the one who hides in the soul cave A bone of the Son of God has been found, but something happened."

The author says:

---small theater---

Abner: I hinted at that, are you dead? ? ? ? ? ?

Aureas: ...you are underage.

Abner: I'm an adult!My rite of passage is over!

Aureas: It doesn't work.

Abner: I don't care!

Oreas: [touching head] I still have a bottom line.

(os: I'm afraid to wear the prison... orz)