sunk in yesterday

Meng Tianhua was too frightened by him to speak.

"You, you are..." is intentional.

"That's right." Xia Zhuo had already guessed what he wanted to say, and admitted it generously.After finishing speaking, he ignored Meng Tianhua's reaction and asked Kong Man, "What did Brother Kong want to say just now?"

Kong Man withdrew his gaze from his wrist, patted the dust off his body and said, "The fire last night started from the backyard of the Li family."

"The Li family?"

"Yes, it stands to reason that there should be some distance from Li's house to the entrance of the village, but none of the women and children who stayed in the village found water before the fire reached the entrance of the village. They rushed out of their homes one by two when the road was blocked." Kong Man After a pause, he added: "I suspect that the red silk is the wire of fire, and only it can make the fire burn through the whole village so quickly."

Xia Zhuo murmured: "Well..."

"But unfortunately, I still haven't been able to see who set the fire."

When Shen Wei heard this, he suddenly realized: "It turns out that you didn't go up the mountain with us, but you went to stay!"

Xia Zhuo waved his hand and said with a smile: "There's nothing to be sorry about, I didn't have any hope in this regard. If you can easily see the arsonist, wouldn't this dream be too simple?"

"It's the third time." Liu Qianyu looked back at the bloody sunset, pursed her lips, "What should we do with the first step this time?"

"Let me think about it." Xia Zhuo glanced at the motionless old lady not far away under the tree, and sat cross-legged on the ground, not too dirty.

——If there is a god, please listen to his wish.

This hint is the way to achieve the dream.

He took a branch and wrote 123 on the ground, "What did Liu Zijin say to us at that time?"

Shen Wei scratched his hair, "I just remember he said he has a wife, and nothing else."

At that time, they didn't dare to get close to this aborigine, let alone strike up a conversation, so all they can remember is this.

Xia Zhuo paused.Liu Zijin said very little, could all the hints be in those words?

He first said that he was lost and couldn't go back, and later added that he couldn't go back because he was betrayed.

The place where I met Liu Zijin was outside the village, so the place where Liu Zijin died was not in the village?Or...he went out voluntarily, but was betrayed on the way, so he died outside and couldn't find his way back.

But after he entered the village with the participants, he didn't show up, as if he had been waiting for something.

What can he wait for?Did he really want someone to bring him back, or did he actually want to bring in the participants?

No, it's still a little messy.

He wrote a lot of keywords on the ground, and he crossed them out one after another, and finally clicked his tongue a little irritably, "What is he going back to the village for?"

Guan Yuzhou squatted down beside him, reached out and took the branch in his hand, and circled a word that was almost invisible on the ground.

Xia Zhuo followed his gestures and looked over steadily.

Guan Yuzhou circled "wife".

"Try to start with this, and take it easy."

Guan Yuzhou's voice was very soft, but it was just right to calm his somewhat chaotic thoughts.

Xia Zhuo looked at those two words, did he come back because of his late wife...

correct.After the fire, Liu Zijin carried a person out of the flames.Although the corpse had been charred and could not be seen clearly, its skeleton was very small, and it had shrunk even more after being roasted by the fire. It would not have been an adult male during his lifetime.

He is to save this person?Because this person died, time will start again and again?

Xia Zhuo was taken aback.

Once this thought came out of the water, he suddenly felt that the fog covering the water was gradually dissipating.

Why Liu Zijin was in a hurry to urge them to go on the road—it was because Liu Zijin knew that a disaster would happen in Tuping Village.He came back to stop the disaster and rescue the lifeless person who was carried out by him.

This person is his descendant?His and Liu's children?But if this is the case, the child should also be named Liu, but there is no one with this surname in the village.Or did he and his wife pass away, and the child was adopted by others, so the surname was changed?

Do not--

wrong.

According to the reaction of those people in front of the temple when they saw Liu Zijin come back, they had great fear and resistance towards this man, and it was impossible for them to take in his child.Judging from the clues obtained from Mrs. Li Sun, Mrs. Liu is a "sinner" recognized by the whole village, and she should have been evicted if she had children.

Thinking of this moment, a gust of wind blew from behind without warning.

The dust on the dirt road was raised more than one meter high, making it hard to keep one's eyes open.Shen Wei turned his head nervously at first, fearing that there would be some heresy from the direction of the entrance, but when he turned his face, his mouth was stuffed with yellow sand, and he was so choked that he couldn't even cough.

pat.

Something was carried by the wind.Like a dandelion that came from afar, it was white and light. It spun several times in the air, and finally landed on the open space in the middle of the crowd.

It was a white paper flower.

Xia Zhuo is most familiar with the shape and size of the paper flower, which he tore off from the wreath.The mist that came from the inn had disappeared long ago, but the flower seemed to have torn apart a different dimension, appearing in front of their eyes at an inopportune time.

This hadn't happened the previous two times, and it became an uninvited guest who suddenly appeared out of their plans, and everyone held their breath involuntarily.

Until a familiar voice in the distance broke the silence: "Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... Butterfly, my butterfly..."

Half of the people's eyes were still on the paper flower, but Xia Zhuo suddenly stood up from the ground and walked straight towards the village gate.

When she arrived in front of Wan'er, the little girl was still crying sadly, with big tears falling down her face, which couldn't be stopped.

Xia Zhuo took a deep breath and lowered his voice, "Don't cry, I'll help you take it off."

Wan'er pouted and raised her head, her eyes were red like a bunny, her shoulders were still shaking.Her eyelashes were very long, and she looked at Xia Zhuo flickeringly. After hearing his words, she swallowed her tears back into her eyes, and whispered, "Okay...thank you, big brother."

Zhao Xiaomeng's heart softened watching from the side: "This is too obedient."

If only everyone in my class had such a coaxing and obedient personality!And polite, thank you so much that people can't help but want to go to heaven to pick the stars and the moon for her.

The tree where the kite was hanging was not too high, so Xia Zhuo stood under it and hooked his hands at Guan Yuzhou: "Teacher, come here and help me."

Guan Yuzhou looked up at the thick branches above, "Want to go up?"

Xia Zhuo nodded, "Put your hands together and let me step on it, as long as I can reach that tree branch."

Guan Yuzhou bent down, Xia Zhuo was about to lift his foot, but was easily hugged.He froze for a moment, quickly stretched out his hand to hold onto the trunk, and climbed up the branch.

"Slow down." Guan Yuzhou saw that he was holding on firmly, and then slowly let go.

"Know it!"

The tree is quite decent, not high but the branches are thick. A grown man like him can easily climb up by stepping on it. When he reaches a high place, there is a cool breeze blowing, which is comfortable and pleasant.

The kite was blown by the wind, as if trying to break free from its restraints, flapping its fragile wings.He carefully pinched the bamboo skeleton and rescued it from the overlapping branches with skill.It's just that this beautiful flower butterfly has several holes, and it can't restore its original beauty if it is pasted again, so it's better to make another one.

Originally, he wanted to climb down the tree the same way, but when he lowered his head and saw Guan Yuzhou staring at him intently, he suddenly changed his mind and jumped off the tree with his hands loose.

Seeing this scene, Shen Wei couldn't help it: "Damn it."

No matter what, the tree is more than three meters high. If it falls directly on the ground, it will be considered light.But Guan Yuzhou seemed to have expected it, and when his fingers moved slightly, he spread his arms and took him into his arms effortlessly.

As soon as Xia Zhuo put his arms around his neck, a moderate reproach came from beside his ear.

"Naughty."

"No way, you won't let me fall." Xia Zhuo said it as a matter of course, and did not forget to ask him with a smile: "Isn't it?"

Guan Yuzhou raised the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Of course not."

"That's it." Xia Zhuo stole a kiss on his lips, landed firmly on the ground, and pushed the tattered butterfly into Wan'er's arms, "Take it, go back and let your father make it up for you." Make up, stay away from these trees next time."

Wan'er nodded her head, and the silver lock around her neck jingled pleasantly with her movements.In this sound, she bent her crescent-like eyes and thanked him crisply: "Thank you, brother!"

"You're welcome."

At this time, Wan'er's father came out of the village in a hurry, and seeing several strangers surrounded her daughter, he immediately greeted her nervously with fists clenched, and asked unkindly, "Who are you?"

"Daddy! They helped Wan'er take off the paper kite!" Wan'er jumped up and hugged his leg, raised her fair face and acted like a spoiled child to this man who seemed about to get angry, "Brothers and sisters helped Wan'er, Daddy Don't kill them."

The man paused, looked at the discarded kite in his daughter's hand, and then understood what had happened.His tense body relaxed, and he apologized to the participants with some embarrassment, "I'm taking the liberty, this is the only treasure in the house, please forgive me... I don't know where it came from when I see your faces? "

Xia Zhuo recounted the story they made up from beginning to end.

Hearing that they were robbed by thieves, and they walked a long way to find a village, the man quickly suggested: "If you don't mind, why don't you come to my house to rest for a few days?"

Zhao Xiaomeng looked at the little girl beside him greedily, but said, "How can you be so mean?"

"We met by chance, but since you are willing to help my little girl, you are kind to our family." The man made a "please" gesture, "It happens that it is getting dark outside, so it is not safe to find a place to stay so late. "

Wan'er echoed livelyly: "Daddy is right! There will be wolves around at night!" After she finished speaking, she bared her teeth and clasped her hands slightly into claws, her breasts fierce.

Zhao Xiaomeng was almost fainted by Mengmeng. She covered her mouth and asked tremblingly, "Little baby, what color sack do you like?"

"Cough!" Seeing one big and one small looking over suspiciously, Liu Qianyu quickly gave her a hand.

"It's nothing, nothing..." Zhao Xiaomeng finally realized that she had lost her composure, and quickly shrank back, reducing her sense of existence.

Guan Yuzhou smiled and nodded: "Okay, then let's bother."

The man on the road introduced that his surname is Liu, and his name is Liu Wan. He knows how to run a small business, his wife is skillful and gentle, and his daughter is healthy and intelligent. The family of three is happy.

The overall content is similar to what I heard from Mrs. Li Sun.

"Daddy, Wan'er's butterfly is broken again."

Wan'er was held in the arms of the man with one hand, and walked in the front.

"Daddy will make you another one! Be a little swallow this time, okay?" Liu Wan spoiled her skillfully.

"No, Wan'er likes butterflies..."

"Okay, then make a more beautiful and bigger butterfly!"

"Okay!" Wan'er said happily, "Daddy is the best!"

After talking about kites, the father and daughter talked about the candied haws they brought back from Beijing last time.Liu Wan said that he would pick it up for her in a few days, and this time he would pick up a few more skewers, so that both her and her mother could enjoy it.The little girl put her arms around his neck and agreed sweetly, her dependence was beyond words.

Behind them, several foreigners did not stop.

"Is there something wrong with this person surnamed Liu?" Shen Wei approached Xia Zhuo furtively, "Let me know the truth, so I can figure it out?"

In fact, Shen Wei was also afraid when he roughly guessed the identity of Guan Yuzhou and the others.

But after thinking about it, Xia Zhuo and Guan Yuzhou have never done anything to endanger themselves after spending so many days together. Instead, all the participants have survived for so long, it seems... not as scary as the rumors say.

So, after a short period of disengagement, he threw those conflicts out into the galaxy.

Unexpectedly, when he asked this question, Xia Zhuo gave him a very contemptuous expression.

"Sometimes you still have to think about it yourself, otherwise the less you think about it, the less you will be smart."

"...Yes, yes, yes." You really did not meander when you spoke.

"Hey~ Then I'll briefly talk to you, for the sake of being funny~"

Shen Wei, who didn't know what was interesting about him, put on an attitude of listening humbly.

Xia Zhuo said: "We met a total of eight wreaths in that misty path, right?"

"Yes."

"Eight wreaths, one for a year, how many years can you give in total?"

"...Eight years." He still has this IQ.

"Yes, eight years. Counting from the year Liu died, she has been sacrificed for a total of eight years."

Those wreaths were not adding any funeral atmosphere to them, but stringing together the eight roads Liu Zijin had traveled in eight years.But he still couldn't reach the village, so every time he could only leave a wreath outside the village to express his condolences.

"Humans are pregnant in October." Xia Zhuo's eyes bypassed Liu Wan, and swept across the little girl in his arms without leaving a trace.

"And this so-called last child in Tuping Village is just in his early seven years old."

Li Sunshi said that Wan'er started embroidery in three days, and in a few days she could come to life.

Butterfly.

It's the butterfly embroidered on those shoes.

Will a naive child master a skill in a short period of time that would take several years or even several times longer for ordinary people to master?

"So it's not Liu Wan who has the problem."

It was Wan'er.