The heavy rain poured down, like jade beads falling on the plate, knocking on the eaves of the Dragon King Temple in Wupan City.

"Lord Dragon bless, Lord Dragon bless. ”

"The years are safe, and everything is worry-free. ”

The boy kneeling on the futon looked reverent, and he bowed his hands, and every movement was serious to the extreme.

In front of him was a gilded statue of the Dragon King in the center of a half-human-high altar, the statue was dressed in a golden robe, stepping on thunderclouds, with angry hair and beard, and his eyes were wide open, not angry and arrogant.

"It's this kid again, I saw him a few days ago, why do you come every day?"

"He, our famous son in Wupan City comes to this Dragon King Temple every day, don't you know?"

"Alas, this child's father used to be the magistrate of our Wupan City, and the people were not bad, but they were just a tendon in their brains, and the court recognized the god of the Dragon King of the Wupan River, and asked him to repair the temple, but he didn't, and he had to take someone to demolish the temple. But the strange thing is that no one took this water away, and only the child's father and mother were swept away, and the child was also frightened to the touch, and since then he has come to pray in front of the dragon king temple every day, which can be regarded as atonement for his father's mother. At the entrance of the temple, several women who had been blocked by the heavy rain stood under the eaves, chatting about old things that only the old Wupan people knew. They talked so loudly that it seemed that as long as the rain kept falling, they could keep talking.

The rain was still falling, and it did not mean to be subdued in the slightest, but the chattering women suddenly restrained their voices—and at some point the fool in their mouths had finished their daily prayers, and had come up to them, and was now looking up at them.

The women's eyes dodged in embarrassment, and when they saw that they were about to collapse under the boy's gaze, the corners of the boy's mouth suddenly opened, and a brilliant smile appeared. Then, before the women could react, he plunged into the dense curtain of rain and ran out without looking back.

The woman who came back to her senses was still apprehensive about the suffocating atmosphere just now, but she forced her composure and said, "I say, he is a fool, how can anyone not hide from such a heavy rain?"

If it weren't for the kindness of the newcomer Lu Zhixian and seeing him take him in alone, he would have starved to death on the streets. However, this Lu Zhixian is also a strange person, the court said a few days ago that it would repair this dragon king temple again, and the county prince did not approve the document or send money, I estimate that the heavy rain in the past few days is that the dragon king is angry again......"

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Wei Lai ran in the rain.

He crossed Ruilong Street and ran into Ruler Alley, his straw sandals splashing one after another on the water-filled stone pavement, and he was drenched but unaware, but one hand kept covering his chest, as if there was something extremely important to him.

It was getting a little darker, and although it was summer, the rain made it look much later than it actually was. Wei Lai sped up, he had to go to Yunlai Academy in time for the unitary time - he promised the master that he would pick up the young lady and go home today.

The boy who was hurrying with his head down thought like this, and one foot had already stepped into the Mozi Alley where Yunlai Academy was located, but at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out in the shadow of the corner, and with a hard pull, Wei Lai's thin body was pulled into a corner of the alley without resistance.

Wei Lai, who was dazed, looked up at the man, who was also looking down at Wei Lai.

The eyes of the two collided, and Wei Lai was excited, and immediately hurriedly lowered his head.

It was a young man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with immature facial features, but he had a burly figure that was extremely inappropriate for his age. Just at a glance, Wei Lai recognized him - Sun Daren, the young son of the Guanyun Martial Arts Pavilion in the east of the city.

Wei Lai was obviously quite afraid of this Young Master Sun, and his upper and lower lips trembled: "What...... What's wrong?"

Sun Daren clasped his hands in front of his chest, stared at Wei Lai with a gloomy face, and was silent.

Wei Lai was stunned at the bottom of his heart, and subconsciously reached out and touched his chest, his eyes wandering around, like a mouse caught by a wild cat, looking for a way to escape.

"What's the matter, did you deliver the letter I asked you to hand to Lu Yan'er yesterday?" Sun Daren's voice sounded at that time, interrupting Wei Lai's wandering gaze.

Wei Lai said hesitantly: "Bring... Bring. ”

"Brought?" Sun Daren didn't buy it, he asked with a gloomy face: "Since you brought it, then why didn't I wait for Yan'er for three hours in Luoguxiang yesterday?"

Wei Lai shrank his head and whispered: "The belt is brought, but the young lady threw it away without looking at it." ”

Sun Daren's mountain-like body shook, like being struck by lightning.

Then he waved his hand violently and said loudly: "Impossible! It must be that your kid accepted the benefit of Zhao Tianyan and kept this letter private!"

"Nope. Wei Lai had the courage to argue with reason, but as soon as the words came out, he felt that something was wrong, and his voice became quieter: "Miss also said that I don't need to bring your letter in the future." ”

"Why?" asked Sun Daren with wide eyes.

"Because..."Wei Lai also seemed to sense something wrong, his head shrank again, and the voice in his mouth had reached the point of being inaudible: "Miss said that she didn't want Zhao Gongzi to misunderstand..."

These words undoubtedly hit Sun Daren's sore spot, he grabbed Wei Lai's shirt, and raised his fist with the other hand, about to beckon towards Wei Lai's front door.

"Ahh

But at this moment, a voice came from not far away.

Sun Daren's body suddenly froze in place, and he followed the prestige, only to see a pretty girl holding an oil-paper umbrella and wearing a blue dress standing at the mouth of the alley.

She stomped her feet with a flushed face, pointed at Sun Daren and asked, "Sun Daren, are you bullying Ah Lai again?"

Sun Da let go of the hand holding Wei Lai's neck like an electric shock, looked at the girl with a smile on his face and said, "How can it be?

But the girl didn't buy the face of this famous son Sun in Wupan City, walked up to the two, took Wei Lai's hand, and said, "Ah, let's go!"

Sun Dagongzi, who was still arrogant just now, was like a little milk dog abandoned by his owner at this moment, opened his mouth and whispered a word of inkstone, but he couldn't get any response, so he could only stand alone in the rain and watch the two walk away.

......

"Miss, aren't we going home?"

Standing on the bank of the Wupan River, Wei Lai looked at Lu Yan'er who was squatting on the ground with his back to him suspiciously, and asked in a low voice.

The girl picked up the stones on the ground and threw them into the river, causing a ripple in the rushing water, but in an instant it was drowned by the raging waves.

"Miss?"

"Miss?"

Wei Lai called a few more times, but still couldn't get a response, he seemed to have an understanding, so he asked softly, "Is Miss angry with me?"

Lu Yan'er finally turned her head at that time, she rolled her eyes at Wei Lai, who was aware of it, and asked, "You know that Sun Daren is going to trouble you these days, why do you still take that road?"

Wei Lai blinked his eyes and replied without thinking, "I'm going to take Miss home." ”

"I have my own legs, can't I go home if you don't pick me up?" Lu Yan'er replied angrily.

After hearing this, the boy of Muleng suddenly changed his face to a solemn expression, and he said seriously: "Miss, the master said, Wupan City is built by the water, located in the cathode, there was a war in the early years, the corpses are mostly hidden at the bottom of the river, it is easy to give birth to filthy things, Miss is the body of Xuanshui, it is easy to provoke these monsters in the water, and it has been raining recently, and the demons can also take advantage of it, so I have to follow Miss and protect Miss..."

Before Wei Lai's words were finished, Lu Yan'er's face showed an impatient look.

Syllable.

I saw that the girl suddenly let go of the hand holding the handle of the umbrella, and the white oil-paper umbrella fell on the cobblestone riverbank.

The girl's hands are spread out, palms facing up, slightly clenched.

"Miss?" Wei Lai was a little puzzled, and was about to ask the girl what she was going to do, but before the words could be spoken, Wei Lai's pupils suddenly dilated, and the words that came to his mouth were swallowed back by him at that time.

He saw Lu Yan'er's long blue dress fluttering, and the black hair on her forehead rose slightly.

Clang!

A soft sound swept through the rain curtain, and Lu Yan'er's chest lit up with a blue light, which was a blue disc carved with an inscription that floated gently like flowing water on the periphery. Under the blue light, the raindrops that fell from the sky around the girl's body were suspended in mid-air as if time had stopped, reflecting the twilight shining through the gaps in the clouds in the evening, and the raindrops were crystal clear and distinct.

The corners of Lu Yan'er's mouth hooked up a smile, the breath around her condensed, and those raindrops turned into little flying rays and burst out like an edict.

They slashed against Wei Lai's face, and the hair on Wei Lai's forehead was raised, but before he could come to his senses, the raindrops crossed Wei Lai and crashed into the river behind him, causing layers of ripples.

"Miss, have you pushed open the first divine gate?" After a while, Wei Lai came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream, and then he showed surprise on his face, and asked Lu Yan'er loudly.

Lu Yan'er restrained the momentum around her, stood in the rain that had gradually subsided, raised her head, and said proudly: "That's." ”

Of course, this kind of pride only lasted for a short while, and soon she straightened her face again, stared at Wei and said, "Ah Lai, we are almost sixteen years old, and your stories that scared me when I was a child are long gone. ”

When these words came out, Wei Lai's face froze, and Lu Yan'er also realized that her tone of voice seemed to be heavier, she sighed, and said: "I'm growing up, I can't live forever at the age of eleven or twelve, and listen to your stories of deceiving children forever, do you understand?"

Wei Lai lowered his head and was silent.

"On the eighth day of the fifth month, there are six days left for me to go to Wuya Academy with Zhao Gongzi. Lu Yan'er said again.

Wei Lai's body with his head down trembled slightly, and he replied sullenly: "Oh." ”

"You have to learn to grow up, if I leave, there will be no one to protect you in Wupan City......"

"Oh" Wei Lai replied again, his head still deeply lowered, so that Lu Yan'er could hardly see the expression on the boy's face at this moment.

But the girl didn't like Wei Lai's dejected appearance, she was a little sad about his misfortune and angry, she stomped her feet, and said: "I want to go back later today, Zhao Gongzi asked me to go to the house to study his new "Taiping Le Fu", you can go back by yourself first." ”

"Oh. The boy replied in a muffled voice.

Lu Yan'er was angry, and the words she wanted to say again were swallowed back after all, she stomped her feet again, and left angrily with a sense of anger that came from nowhere.

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The rain was still falling, and the boy standing by the river with his head bowed suddenly shuddered slightly after the girl's figure completely entered the city gate.

The boy slowly raised his head, the night wind blowing, ruffling his hair, and he looked at the endless river in front of him, but his eyes slowly narrowed.

A golden streamer lit up from the bottom of his eyes, flowing gently like a wave of water, and something was reflected in his pupils.

It was a rushing river, and in the depths of the river, the silt was stirring, and the white arms broke through the soil, like a hungry wolf that had been dormant for a long time, smelling the fat smell of its prey.