i'm not human

Chapter 75, barberry

Lu Shen looked at the little boy with a bright smile sitting on the back of the sika deer, his eyes softened, "The human cub is not very old, only four years old, according to what he said in bits and pieces, I can probably piece together some Things came out. A few days before the incident, he went out hunting with his grandfather, and his grandfather asked him to stay in a hut in the mountains obediently, waiting for his grandfather to pick him up later, but after his grandfather left, he never came back. He was very obedient, and waited in the wooden house until I passed by there when I went to patrol the mountains, and I heard the cry of a child."

He recalled the scene at that time, and felt a little rejoicing, "When I saw him, he was already so hungry that he had no strength." If it was later, he would either starve to death there, or be taken away by wild beasts in the mountains.

It's hard to imagine what happened to make an old man abandon his beloved grandson so cruelly.But thinking of what happened in Xiaoshan, it seems that something can be guessed.

"Is there anything special at that time?" Cang Li gently stroked the little peacock's back, thoughtfully.

"At that time?" Lu Shen recalled it carefully, shaking his head, "There is nothing strange about him. He is no different from an ordinary human cub. The only thing that caught my attention was that he had tattoos on his body."

"Tattoos?" Cang Li looked at the boy sitting on the deer's back from a distance, and repeated these two words.It is not surprising that the residents of the mountains have tattoos.Many primitive tribes like to draw a lot of tattoo symbols on their bodies, hoping to obtain the blessing of God through these, or to avoid injuries during hunting.

"There is a human character engraved on his chest, but I don't know much about it. And the drawing on his back is a pattern with only a few curved lines, like the totem of their village."

At this time, the sika deer with the little boy on its back had already arrived.The sika deer bent its neck, and the little boy slid off the deer's back. After landing, he happily ran up to Lu Shen, hugged the other's thigh, and said repeatedly, "Sister deer took me today and found him Such a big flower!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to show how big the flower was.

Lu Shen bent down and touched his head, and praised him in a warm voice, "Yes, good." His hair reached his waist, and at this moment, it was sliding down from his shoulders as he bent down.The mountain wind blew, shaking his sky-blue gown.

The little boy was not very big, but he was very strong, with short hair on the top of his head, and his skin was a darker wheat color. It was obvious that he was well taken care of.He was wearing a dress similar to Lu Shen's on the upper body, but he had been scratched several times by something, and the tattoo on his body could be vaguely seen.

Those curves seem to be the lines representing "water"?Since ancient times, the Chinese ancestors have liked to abstract the "landscape" and use very simple lines to represent the outline of the mountains and rivers and the ups and downs of the water waves.What's more, in the early days of the human race, the heaven, earth, mountains and rivers were also the objects of nature worship.Cang Li looked at the faintly visible tattoos on the little boy's body, and thought of something.

At this time, the little boy was hugging Lu Shen's thigh, looking up and asking, "Who are these uncles?" He was too young to distinguish the difference between a human and a demon. Until now, he still thought that this one was very good. My "Uncle Lu" is the same as his relatives, except that there are two more "horns" on his forehead.And he likes Uncle Hu San very much, because Uncle Hu San will always take him to eat roast chicken quietly, which is very delicious.

But this is a secret between him and Uncle Hu, and Uncle Lu cannot be told, otherwise there will be no roast chicken to eat.

Sensing the little boy's uneasiness, Lu Shen touched the prickly hair on his head, "They are here to help your village, don't be afraid."

The little boy looked at the adults standing in front of him, pinched the corner of Lu Shen's clothes with his small hands, and mustered up the courage to stand up, his eyes were as clear as streams, "Hello, my name is A-Shou, thank you." After speaking, he quickly retreated behind Lu Shen, poked his head out quietly, and looked at Cang Li and the others curiously.

After two glances, his eyes were attracted by the little peacock in Cang Li's arms.As a cub, the little peacock was also very curious about him, met A Shou's gaze, and tilted his head.

A Shou pulled the hem of the clothes he was holding in his hand, Lu Shen lowered his head and asked him, "What's wrong?"

A Shou stood on tiptoe, leaned over and whispered to Lu Shen, "I've never seen such a beautiful bird!"

Because her hearing is so good, Cang Li, who accidentally heard this "whisper", restrained her complacency, and said silently, that's for sure, this is my little peacock!

Pride of fans!

Hu San, who was standing on the side, heard what Ah Shou said, and pretended to casually glance at the little ancestor in the arms of the Dragon Lord, and immediately looked away again.It is said that the Dragon Lord is very possessive of Master Peacock, and it is also said that if you look at Master Peacock a few more times, no matter whether it is a demon or a human, his eyes will be gouged out!So on the way here, he didn't even dare to look at Master Peacock, even though he was almost dying of curiosity!

But now... my eyes seem to be fine?He touched his eyes to make sure that the eyeballs were still there, so Hu San cautiously looked towards the little peacock again, and it happened that the little peacock also looked over, and the two pairs of eyes met.

Hu San was secretly happy, oops, I have also seen Master Peacock, and even looked into the eyes of Master Peacock!In the future, I will go to the headquarters to hold a branch minister meeting, so I can show off!

Lu Shen didn't care what Hu San thought of with such a red face, he knelt down, put one hand on Ah Shou's shoulder, and discussed with him, "Can I show these uncles the pattern on your body?"

Ah Shou trusted Lu Shen very much, nodded, and quickly took off the clothes hanging on his body, revealing his upper body.

As Lu Shen said, there was a word engraved on Ah Shou's chest, with curvy and complicated strokes.Mu Dianmo Ning eyebrows looked carefully, and finally came to a conclusion, "This should be the word 'Shou', guarding the word. It should be a variant of the character 4000 years ago. It may have been passed down from generation to generation. It’s already short of strokes.”

After speaking, he leaned over to look at Ah Shou's back, and found that the pattern on the back was very simple, just a few crooked lines, without any special meaning.

"The word 'Shou' should be their surnames. Some tribes do engrave their surnames on their bodies to facilitate identification of the remains when participating in inter-tribal wars. And some villages in the mountains also have this tradition, because they use They hunt for a living, and they can be identified through tattoos on their bodies."

Cang Li nodded, but didn't say anything.Looking at the pattern on the little boy's back, he always felt a little strange, as if something was missing.

After reading it, Lu Shen turned and went into the room, took out a new dress, put it on Ah Shou carefully, fastened his belt, touched his burly head, and said, "Go play with Sister Lu. Well, remember to come back for dinner."

Ah Shou smiled and nodded, and climbed onto the back of the sika deer that came to pick him up. One person and one deer disappeared into the woods in a short while.

Hu San watched from the side, with envy all over his face, and murmured to Mu Dianmo, "I was very cute when I was young, and Grandpa Lu liked me very much. It's just that I grew up and grew a beard all over my face. So cute, Grandpa Lu started to dislike me."

Sigh, if I don't grow up, will Grandpa Lu always like me?

Mu Dianmo glanced at him when he heard the words, and thought, it should have nothing to do with whether you grow a beard or not, it may have more to do with whether you wash your feet, whether you like to take a bath, and whether you wear clothes or not.

After Ah Shou left, Lu Shen invited them all into the house.The wooden house looks small from the outside, but the space in the house seems spacious, the five of Cang Li and the others, plus the hulking Hu San, are not crowded.

Surrounded by a round table made of tree stumps, several people sat down next to each other, and Lu Shen poured a cup of scented tea for each of them.When it was the little peacock's turn, he was worried that the cup was too big, so he took a very small cup and put it in front of the little peacock. There was a small white flower floating in it, and it looked very nice when washed with hot water.

The little peacock jumped off Cang Li's body and stood on the wooden table.I poked my head out to look, and saw the little white flowers swaying on the water surface, so I became interested, and went to peck the flowers in the cup, thinking it was fun, and turned my head to look at Lu Shen, with bright eyes.Lu Shen looked at him, with a faint smile on his lips, like a haze passing over a green peak.

Li Yu was fascinated by watching, and pulled Shen Ren's sleeve, expectantly, "If you say I become a small carp, will Lu Shen smile at me like this?"

Shen Ren glanced at Lu Shen, then at the little peacock, looked at Li Yu seriously, and finally shook his head decisively, "No, because you are not cute."

"..." Li Yu's heart was broken and broken, and the beautiful illusion was shattered in an instant, and he wanted to run out and cry with his face covered.However, he looked at the little peacock who was being hugged by the boss and being fed water bit by bit. It had snow-white feathers, a round and fluffy body, and two dangling tail feathers, silver-red. The round eyes - well, I have to admit, I really don't have a cute little peacock.

Woohoo, life is so hard!Still taking hits every day.

After pondering for a while, Lu Shen recalled the scene back then, and said slowly, "I was the first to discover the things in Funiu Mountain more than [-] years ago." The smoke billowed up, and he stared at the growth rings of the trees on the round table, "At that time, I wanted to see how the plants growing in various parts of the Qinling Mountains were growing, so I walked around. One of the trees happened to be planted on the outskirts of Funiu Mountain."

"A long time ago, I knew that there was a small village in Funiu Mountain with very few people. But I am not very interested in human beings, so I didn't pay much attention to it. But that day, when I passed by far away, suddenly It feels very strange. You know, as a demon, you are actually very sensitive to 'anger', especially the human race. But when I passed by there, I didn't feel any anger from the human race. So I turned into a deer, into the village."

"Did you find out that everyone is dead?" Li Yu was fascinated by what he heard, and asked casually.After asking, I felt very impolite, and quickly covered my mouth.

Lu Shen didn't care, and nodded, "Well, it's not dead, but disappeared." His eyes were like deep pools, with a touch of coolness, "All the living things in that village, including them The livestock in captivity, the insects in the ground, and the plants in the soil have all disappeared. Only the houses, stone mills and other dead things are still there."

Thinking of that scene, Shen Ren couldn't help but feel chills, "Then what happened afterwards?"

"Later Grandpa Lu came to look for me." Hu San took up the conversation next to him, and he had to be clear about the following things, "I always knew that Grandpa Lu had a hobby of patrolling mountains, because Grandpa Lu likes to plant trees and flowers. But they are not planted together, they are planted all over the mountains, and the whole Qinling Mountains is the flower garden of Grandpa Lu. I remember my favorite thing when I was a child was to run around with Grandpa Lu to see how the trees and flowers are growing. And I will tell you , Among the trees planted by Grandpa Lu, the largest tree is already 2000 years old."

Lu Shen gave him a cold look, and found that he seemed to have missed the point. Hu San scratched the back of his head, a little worried, and finally forced the topic back, "Grandpa Lu told me about the inside of Funiu Mountain For the matter, I took a few of my men and hurried there."

"In fact, Funiu Mountain is a very evil place. We all know that there is a village of people living there, but we have never seen it. And the most strange thing is that our monsters in Qinling Mountains basically run from Xiaomanshan. Which corner? I knew all about the new growth of a small mushroom. But when I asked at the time, I found that almost no one had ever entered the depths of Funiu Mountain. It seemed that there was something that kept us out and let us We don’t subconsciously think about going in.”

Seeing that Shen Ren and the others were listening seriously, Hu San continued, "When we went in with Grandpa Lu, we didn't think there was anything strange in the depths of Funiu Mountain, and there was no enchantment in our imagination. After entering the human village, There is indeed no living thing inside. I didn’t feel the breath of the demon, so I didn’t know what to do, and Funiu Mountain was always very evil, so I reported it directly to the headquarters.”

"The headquarters responded very quickly. Within two days, the brothers from the second team came over. But after checking, there were no clues, as if they disappeared out of thin air. The strangest thing is that the brothers from the second team asked me, Has no one lived in that village for a long time? It is said that it is very dilapidated everywhere. But I read it. When I went there with Grandpa Lu for the first time, the stoves in the kitchens of some houses were still burning. A full pot of soup will be boiled dry. It doesn’t make sense that after two days, it will be so dilapidated that no one can live in it, there must be a problem.”

The author has something to say: Hu Zi: "I beg Grandpa Lu to love me again!"

Deer God: "Okay, you go and wash your feet first."

Huzi: (sniffing his feet) "Oh, it doesn't stink!"

Deer God: (frowning) "You can go."

Huzi: "???" Who can tell me what happened?