Yu Hongchen

After Danwu finished his meal and cleaned up the yard, the two of them lay down on the roof, looking up at the bright and vast starry sky.Xie Liuchen told Danwu everything about the Beast Race, including how the demons enslaved the Beast Race, the previous Beast King fled to Zhoujia Village in the rainy night, met him and Nan Xing's master and apprentice, and later committed suicide to prevent the coming of God.

He told the whole story in one breath, and after he finished speaking, he looked at the starry sky with a lonely expression on his face.No one spoke, and the air was silent for a long time. After a long time, Dan Wu's muffled voice came: "The demons...why did you do this?"

Xie Liuchen said, "I don't know."

Dan Wu said: "Why can't everyone get along well? Why do you have to fight to the death?"

"Yeah, why, why?" Xie Liuchen followed his words in a daze, and suddenly felt a little dazed. This was a question he had never thought about in his 18 years of life: Why can't Silu live in peace?Why do non-me races always fight to the death?

At this time and night, the night was as cold as water, and the two people lying on the roof of the thatched hut unexpectedly felt a sense of loneliness and desolation.

Dan Wu sat up, rested his chin and thought for a while, and then said: "Brother, I was thinking, if everyone has the same thoughts as us, will there be no wars in the future?"

Xie Liuchen sighed, "But that's impossible."

Dan Wu stared at him and said: "The world is so beautiful, why destroy it? My brother said that people's hearts are complicated, but once a war breaks out, even those who stay out of it will be affected, so as long as you keep 'people don't offend me' If I don't think 'offenders', I won't just sit back and watch the disaster go unnoticed. I believe that there will be such a day."

He was born with an innocent appearance of being ignorant and ignorant of worldly affairs, but he was able to stand out from tens of thousands of monsters and become the king of beasts, his temperament was extraordinary.After listening to Xie Liuchen, he was actually touched and nodded: "Maybe there will be such a day."

Dan Wu asked, "What about brother, where did brother come from?"

Xie Liuchen shook his head and said, "I don't know. But I don't know where I came from, and I don't know whether I am a demon or a human, or something else."

Dan Wu was a little puzzled: "Isn't that great?"

Xie Liuchen was taken aback: "Why do you say that?"

Dan Wu said seriously: "This way there will be no embarrassment in position."

"What nonsense?" Xie Liuchen was about to refute, but was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door, and the two looked at each other, both stunned.They had just arrived at Zhoujia Village, and they had never seen anyone. Why did someone come to the door that night?

who can that be?

The person outside the door knocked lightly three times. It seemed that because no one answered, he paused and knocked three more times.It's very polite.

Xie Liuchen glanced at Danwu, Danwu hummed lightly, floated down from the roof, and excitedly went to open the door. After a while, his voice came from the door: "Who are you?"

"Who are you?" It was the voice of a young girl.

Xie Liuchen also went down from the roof, held the candle in his hand, walked to the gate of the courtyard, walked around Dan Wu's body, saw the figure outside the door, and said in surprise: "So it's you."

It was the girl named "Qiu'er" in the daytime who came to knock on the door.

Qiu'er blinked, and said pleasantly: "Ah! I didn't expect it to be you, son, so it was you who moved in next door!" She seemed to have just washed her hair, the braids on the top of her head were loose, and there was still a little steam.Under the candlelight, her slightly yellow face was stained with a blush, and she didn't know whether it was smeared by the dense water vapor, or the flush was caused by seeing him.

Xie Liuchen met Danwu's inexplicable eyes, and asked politely, "Is there something wrong?"

Qiu'er asked, "Is the young master the owner of this household?"

After getting Xie Liuchen's affirmative answer, she showed a happy smile and said: "After we separated from you during the day, my father and I went to the city to sell firewood with the villagers. I just got home and saw the candles lit next door. I said Someone might come and live here, but my father still doesn't believe it, so I came over to have a look, but I didn't expect it to be you."

She glanced at Dan Wu again, and mumbled: "I wanted to ask during the day, Qiu'er wanted to ask the young master's name? Are you planning to live here for a long time?"

Xie Liuchen nodded, and said: "Well, this is my former residence. I spent my childhood here, traveled and returned here, and plan to live here with my younger brother for a while." But she didn't reply her own name.

After hearing this, Qiu'er was obviously a little disappointed, she lowered her head and bit her lip, thinking about how to say the next thing.

Xie Liuchen caught a glimpse of Danwu's curious eyes, coughed lightly, and said, "It's late at night, girl, let's go back and rest."

With some hesitation and anticipation, Qiu'er hesitated and said: "Then, can I come and look for Young Master in the future? All I saw in the mountains were uncles and uncles from the village, and I haven't seen anyone else."

Xie Liuchen agreed, "Of course."

After sending the person away, he closed the courtyard door, and saw Dan Wu staring at him from the side, he said with a wooden face: "What are you looking at?"

"Look at you," Dan Wu pouted, "Why did that elder sister keep talking to you just now and ignore me?"

Xie Liuchen retorted: "I don't know." Putting the candle in his hand on the stone table, he stepped into the room to rest.

Danwu was bored and sat on the cold stone bench, looking at the bright red flames jumping from time to time, lost in thought.

The wild deer had been harassed by him all night, and now he finally found peace, lying on the ground beside him with his legs bent, and fell asleep with peace of mind.

In the early morning of the next day, the two woke up, fed the deer, meditated in the courtyard for half an hour, and went out, intending to wander around Zhoujia Village.

Just a few steps out of the courtyard gate, Qiu'er's energetic voice came from behind: "Master, good morning!"

The two turned their heads and saw Qiu'er wearing rough clothes that had been washed white, standing in front of a mud house not far away, with a youthful look on her face, looking at the two of them with a smile.Xie Liuchen said: "Morning Qiu'er."

Qiu'er came over and said: "Last night I went back and asked my father. He said that someone lived in your room ten years ago. It was a young doctor with a child. Young master, you are the one." child?"

Xie Liuchen said, "Yes, it's me."

Qiu'er said: "I saw you on the mountain yesterday with such good skills, are you also a hunter?"

Xie Liuchen hesitated and said, "No."

This little girl has lived in a mountain village all year round. As far as her identity is known, other than the woodcutter, she is also a hunter. Seeing that he hunted dozens of prey by herself, she regarded him as a hunter.

She said embarrassingly: "That's right, the young master doesn't look like us villagers at first glance." As she spoke, a blush crept up her cheeks again, she was ashamed for a long time, and finally asked the question that had been on her mind all night : "Qiu'er still wants to know the son's name..."

It's really strange that the young master and the young master shouted shortly.Xie Liuchen said: "My surname is Xie, you call me, uh—" He was a little hesitant, thinking hard about how to find the most suitable address.

Qiu'er smiled, "Then I'll call you Brother Xie."

Xie Liuchen thought for a while, then nodded: "Alright."

Qiu'er said again: "Brother Xie, Dad and I are going to come to chop firewood later, do you want to go too?"

Xie Liuchen said: "I asked my brother." Turning around, he called out: "Danwu." Seeing the boy's distraught look, he pushed him and asked curiously, "What's the matter, why are you in a daze?"

Dan Wu stupidly replied: "No, it's nothing."

He has never been a person who hides his thoughts. He said nothing, but his eyes were erratic.Xie Liuchen was even more curious, seeing Qiu'er entered the room again, he asked Danwu in a low voice: "You have been silent since last night, what's the matter?"

Dan Wu looked up at him, lowered his head, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm fine."

Xie Liuchen ignored him, and said to himself: "Then we will follow Qiu'er and his daughter up the mountain in a while."

Dan Wu said: "Oh."

Qiu'er's father was the man who sold hares to Xie Liuchen yesterday.He had already prepared dry food and water for the father and daughter to go up the mountain, but when he heard that Xie Liuchen was going, he prepared two more.The father and daughter packed some things, one carrying food and water, the other carrying a knife, ax and rope, and went out the door.

Because of Xie Liuchen's generous gift of prey yesterday, he had a good impression of this young man, and said with a naive smile: "My surname is Zhou, and I am the sixth eldest in my family. You can just call me Uncle Saturday."

"Yes, Uncle Saturday." The four of them started on the road and walked to the back of the mountain village.

Zhoujia Village is located at the foot of a mountain. Due to the recent rainy season, there are frequent occurrences of mud flowing from the mountain. Therefore, the mountain road below halfway up the mountain is barren of grass and mostly sand.The father and daughter walked in front slowly. Just halfway up the mountain, the two found a big rock and sat down.

Xie Liuchen was a little puzzled.Uncle Saturday explained: "Don't worry, it's still early, the dew hasn't dried up, and the mountain road is not easy to walk."

Qiu'er untied the water bag, Gululu took a sip of water, and said with a smile: "In the past, we didn't go out until the sun went up, because the dew dries up at this time, and we won't get water stains when we step on the grass and trees. Moreover, the firewood has been exposed to the sun and loses water vapor, so the weight will be much lighter. In summer, the weather is extremely hot, so we stay at home in the morning and postpone going up the mountain until Shenshi."

Xie Liuchen suddenly said: "So that's the case." Seeing that they were enjoying themselves, he pondered for a while, and then said: "I heard that ordinary people in the world depend on the sky for food, and work hard for a little money. Suffering, in fact, thinking about it, everyone has their own way of life, and there is really no need for others to sympathize." Speaking of this, he felt lost again.

Qiu'er didn't understand, she just smiled stupidly, untied the burden on her body, and handed him a water bag: "Brother Xie, drink water!"

Xie Liuchen shook his head and said, "No need." Pushing the water bag back, Qiu'er smiled and said, "You're welcome, this is what Daddy prepared for you." He handed it back again.

Xie Liuchen had no choice but to take it, and said: "Thank you." Turning around, seeing Danwu sitting beside him listlessly, he slapped the water bag on him: "Drink!"

Danwu took the water bag as if he didn't realize it, held it in his arms, and didn't say anything.

Xie Liuchen didn't know what was going on with him, but he didn't ask too much, and talked with Qiu'er and his daughter for a while, the sun was shining on the hills, and the sun was shining.The four of them were about to set off, but they smelled a fresh and fragrant fragrance of flowers.

"It smells so good!" He sniffed a few mouthfuls and exclaimed in admiration.I got up and walked to the outside of the mountain road, looked down at the place where the fragrance came from, and saw a hut standing under the cliff at my feet. The front and back of the house were full of spring flowers of various colors, colorful and colorful, attracting pink butterflies.

It turned out to be the wooden house I saw yesterday.

What's different from yesterday is that the window sills that were half-hidden at that time are now wide open, and there is a flat area in front of the house, covered with a layer of white cloth, and the cloth is spread flat to dry the ground in different sizes and thicknesses. different books.At a glance, there are thousands of copies.When the morning breeze blows, the pages of the book turn, making a rustling sound like spring eating mulberry.The fragrance of the ink on the page was aired by the sunlight, contained in the fragrance of flowers, and sent to his nostrils with the spring breeze.

He stared at the book and ink on the floor, admiring the blooming spring scenery, and couldn't help being lost in thought.

Qiu'er followed his gaze and said, "That's Mr. Fu's home."

"Mr. Fu?" Xie Liuchen said in a daze, "This Mr. Fu must be an elegant man." The owner of this wooden house is a very interesting person who grows flowers and plants and collects books in such a remote area as Zhoujia Village.

Qiu'er chuckled: "That's not true, Mr. Fu is a nerd."

Xie Liuchen also smiled: "What kind of bookworm?"

Qiu'er stuck out her tongue and said: "Mr. Fu is a talented teacher who originally lived in the city, but he said that there are too many lay people in the city, and if you store books in places with many people, you will suffer from the filth of the lay people. So I moved my family to Zhoujia Village, saying that this way I can stay away from the mundane world and sleep with a book in my arms."

Uncle Saturday waved his hands and laughed: "What kind of nerd is that? The little girl is ignorant and talks nonsense. Mr. Fu is a scholar. It's normal for a learned person to behave strangely."

Xie Liuchen also smiled and said: "Interesting." Feeling that the scent of this flower is very pleasant, he couldn't help taking a few breaths.

Qiu'er said: "But he didn't want to be a good teacher, and insisted on hiding in a small mountain village like ours to grow flowers. Didn't reading and reading spoil his brain!"

Uncle Saturday said: "Children are talking nonsense! Mr. Fu was originally from Zhoujia Village, and he moved to the city seven or eight years ago. You were still young at that time, so you don't remember these things!"

Qiu'er blinked: "Hey, Dad, why didn't you tell me before? I thought it was his first visit to our village."

Uncle Saturday said hesitantly: "What do you have to say to your children's family?"

Qiu'er pouted slightly, and said angrily, "I'm already 16 years old, and you still treat me as a child."

Uncle Saturday jokingly said: "Well done, my daughter has grown up, hurry up and find you a husband's family tomorrow, and I can marry you off."

Qiu'er blushed, and almost hid her head in the bundle, and said angrily, "Father, don't say such things in front of Brother Xie." From the corner of the eye, Xie Liuchen was still looking down at the wooden house, Danwu was in a daze again, and he No one noticed the little girl's gesture, so she couldn't help being disappointed, turned her mind, and muttered a few words: "But it's been a long time since I saw Mr. Fu, and I don't know if he has recovered from his illness?"

Uncle Saturday tied up the water bag, put the knife and ax on his back again, and called out: "Let's go!" to call back Xie Liuchen's wandering mind for half a day.The four will set off again.

Xie Liuchen lowered his head and saw that Danwu was still staring blankly at the sand at his feet, with a gloomy expression on his face, the water bag in his hand was intact, and he didn't take a sip.He thought to himself: "I don't know what kind of medicine this kid has taken wrongly, why is he acting weird all the time?"

It wasn't until the four of them set foot on the mountain road again that he remembered Qiu'er's blushing just now, and suddenly he thought, "Could it be that this kid fell in love with Qiu'er after seeing Qiu'er?"

Danwu has grown extremely fast, but in just half a year, he is only half a head lower than him. From the outside, he looks like a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.However, the appearance is rough and rough, with a tiger's back and a wolf's waist, which is completely incompatible with the words "elegant" and "handsome".It is normal for boys of this age to be tempted by girls of the same age.

However, he frowned and looked at Danwu's thick shoulders, and muttered to himself: "Impossible, Danwu has not been transformed into a human body for a few months, and he can't be enlightened so quickly!"