Four in the same order

Ever since her mother passed away, Yan Xin has never dreamed again.

Dreaming was her favorite thing when she was a child. At that time, she could still draw some imaginative pictures, and the dreams that could not play cards according to common sense could always help her expand her thinking, so every time she dreamed of something that inspired her For the greatly increased pictures, she will record them with drawing paper as soon as she wakes up, lest she forget them.

However, after coming to Jishi County for the first time and returning to Burning Sparrow Castle, the content of her dreams began to change.

Although the current Jishi County still retains the chaos of the great war, the aftermath of the fire has long since disappeared, and when she was rushed to Jishi County by Zou Wu who saved her life, she could still feel this. The fiery but desperate howl of a devastated land.

The black scorched earth, which is difficult to remove and difficult to repair, has sentenced this vibrant land to death. Compared with other green counties and counties in Guizhou, it seems so out of place. Even if the blockade has long been broken, it has not yet It can be reconstructed, and there are still only a handful of people who are willing to take the initiative to come to this land to worship these years.

Some people died before they had time to leave offspring, and some people were alive but no longer wanted to face the sad place, but she came here and saw nothing but scorched earth, but she seemed to have witnessed the great war the whole story.

As long as she stands on the scorched earth, closes her eyes and concentrates, she can see pictures flashing before her eyes.

There are pictures of uncles and aunts that she saw when she was a child, who would occasionally accompany her parents home to visit her, and who were always kind to her, being ravaged by three or five fierce beasts in turn; there are pictures of her parents watching friends fall one by one , crying out in grief together; there is a scene where her mother was finally buried in the belly of the ghost car, which aroused her already defeated father's grief and anger to turn the situation around; Uncle Di, who lost her younger brother in this battle, shed blood and tears while helping her dying father struggle to get up.

She used to be proud of her rich imagination, but then she hated why she had such a talent.

Afterwards, although she was safely brought back to Burning Sparrow Castle by Zouwu, the dust covered her body was so heavy that she could no longer describe those perfect but unrealistic dreams without burden, let alone she could no longer make such a dream.

She began to hear her mother's cry in her dream, everything was normal when she left, and her mother said that she would make delicious food for her and Yan Yang when she came back, and her father stood beside her as always, echoing, He told them to stay at home not to quarrel with each other, but she and Yan Yang were obedient once in a while, but they didn't get the reward they deserved.

When her dreams became heavy, she became less and less fond of dreaming. She could not decide whether to dream or not, but she could still control whether to sleep or not.

So she learned to stay up for several nights in a row. Even if she couldn't last too long without sleeping, three days without sleep would always give her two days of relief. But after a long time, she really stopped dreaming suddenly from a certain day.

She lost her source of inspiration, and since then she has also sealed her paintbrush.

She locked all the pictures she had ever drawn in the corner of the house at home, and the last one in her memory was the gift she originally wanted to ask Lian Er to accept to wake up Lian Er's sleeping memory on her eighth birthday.

Of course at that time she already knew that Lian'er remembered the first meeting between them afterwards, but there was nothing else but the memory, and on the night of the birthday, there was an accidental quarrel between them, so she couldn't give this gift in the end However, only the small black iron box containing a piece of coral fragment that pressed the painting could bring a little comfort to her whose plan failed.

Her mother's surname is Chun, from Qingyang Chun's family, when she was alive, every time she returned home, her mother would make a table of delicacies for her and Yan Yang that she couldn't taste anywhere else in Zhu Ming.

Only when her mother came home, would she feel that the big wine and big meat looked so bland, but the clear soup, which she didn't want to look at at ordinary times, looked extraordinarily attractive and delicious.

Unfortunately, she hasn't tasted such a delicacy for many years.

But at the same time, she was also very lucky, at least the bowl of fragrant food that Chi Xi brought her just now brought her back a little bit of her childhood.

That's why she suddenly wanted to ask Lao Wu to take her to run wildly in the silent night alone, just like the night she met it.

The scenes in front of her eyes were changing rapidly. Although there was only the same ruined black soil as the night, she still felt that she was about to reach the end of the trip, because her head began to buzz again. Fortunately, as she approached the polar region, this kind of The ear-piercing chirping didn't make her suddenly feel unwell anymore.

Thinking that Lai Ransan's conjecture was correct, Lao Wu's pace gradually slowed down, and in front of her eyes suddenly appeared a scorching sea of ​​flames that seemed to ignite the sky together.

This was the first time since she was born that she was afraid of the flames. She always felt that if she asked Lao Wu to get closer, they would be quickly engulfed by the flames.

The voices in her head were still ringing non-stop. Obviously those calls didn't sound real, but she understood that these voices were calling her to pass through the boundless sea of ​​flames in front of her.

Behind the sea of ​​fire was everything she wanted to know, they told her so.

But maybe it was because these voices were so eager to make people suspicious, or maybe it was because these voices were mixed with some weird whispers that she instinctively chose to avoid, she told Lao Wu to run for an hour before arriving at this so-called ancient road. Outside the barrier, in the end, he really just took a look and returned to the northernmost camp without doing anything.

When she came back, only the bonfire outside her tent was left in the camp, and the fort patrol and Chi Xi had already eaten and drank enough and returned to their respective tents to rest, but what surprised her was However, Ran San, who returned to the camp more than an hour earlier than her, was still sitting by the campfire at this time.

After catching a glimpse of her and Lao Wu, Ran San immediately got up and walked over, as if she had been sitting here waiting for her.

"have not sleep yet?"

"Where did you go?"

She and Ransan's voice sounded at the same time. I don't know if it was her illusion. She always felt that when Ransan asked her this question, there was a hint of coldness in his tone, and his expression was so tense that she almost thought she was from the Vientiane Building. The prisoner who sneaked out of Congjiliao.

"I, I just went out for a walk, why are you so serious?"

Surprised by Ran San's attitude, she subconsciously chose to lie, but after thinking about it carefully, even if she confessed where she went, Ran San would have no reason to blame her, but explaining to Ran San immediately seemed like she really did Like some heinous thing, she wanted to see what kind of medicine Ran San was selling in the gourd today.

"Has anyone ever told you that you're a terrible liar?"

However, her righteousness did not intimidate Ran San at all, and suddenly felt that compared with Ran San's straightforward speech, Jun's eccentric tone of speech became much more pleasing.

"Jishi County is so big, you rode Zouwu out for two hours, and came back from the south, where else could you go? As the lord of Zhu Ming, you don't know how to deal with Jishi County. The neighboring counties are all to the north of it, so there is actually only one place you can go to, do you want me to expose it directly or be honest and confess directly?"

"Oh, you're so annoying. It's like this every time. I figured it out and you still keep asking me why?"

Ransan ruthlessly exposed her lies without even being able to hold on to a single sentence. Since she was no match for her opponent, she could only use her height to overwhelm her, so she jumped down from behind Lao Wu without hesitation. , walked up to Ran San who had been staring at her, put his hand in and complained: "And what's the matter with your attitude, did I offend you today? You have been acting weird since the day, I I haven't settled the score with you yet, but you've got to figure it out first!"

"You said that I'm a bad liar, but you are the most hateful that you seem to know something but refuse to reveal it to me at all! I just save face for you, knowing that you will never tell me, so I don't bother to pester you all the time. Let me ask you, you are still so ignorant!"

I don't know where her words hit Ran San. After hearing her complaints, Ran San seemed to be relieved, but there was still a trace of hesitation in his eyes.

"You really don't know anything? Then have you entered Zhu Ming's Holy Land just now?"

"No, no, you all know that I just went out for a while, and ran in there, can I still stand in front of you now? I haven't forgotten about tomorrow's business, and besides, I can enter that place if I want to? "

——That’s not necessarily the case, the speed of time passing inside the Holy Land is already several times slower than outside, so I can’t guarantee if you’re lying if I don’t ask you a few more questions.

Ranheng silently refuted Yan Xin in his heart, but echoed in his mouth: "Blame me for being suspicious, and I won't be like this again. I don't want to say anything because it's not yet time to confess everything to you. When you understand It’s not too late to ask me after you know what I’m testing today.”

"If I'm right, the beast should appear here around noon tomorrow. Since you've come back, I'll go back and rest first."

"—Hey, you've finished your question, and I haven't had time to say it yet?" Yan Xin grabbed Ranheng who was about to turn back to his tent, "You are so capable, you don't even have time to tell me what time it is?" I figured it out, so I don’t know which beast this time is, right? You tell me in advance so that I can tell the soldiers to prepare in advance.”

"I've been sleeping for so long during the day, and I'm feeling refreshed now. If there is anything else that needs attention, you'd better tell me at this time, lest I don't know how to pass the time in the middle of the night."

"It's a pity to disappoint you. I really can't be sure which beast will appear this time."

Ranheng didn't hide his secrets this time, and turned around and said frankly: "But there is one thing that really needs your attention. When you fight the fierce beast in the future, you must find a way to hide the beast's body before it explodes. The black iron ball was snatched, and there are clues that can reveal the identity of the real murderer behind the scenes."