3. A palace
Ren Xiaosu slept, and it took so long to catch a sparrow in the wilderness outside, although he lay on the ground most of the time and did not move, but those who know how to know know that this lying on the ground motionless must always be vigilant to consume the most energy.
Before he went to bed, he explained to Yan Liuyuan: "When you see those people, you must stay away, they won't know that Jingshan is in danger, and most people will choose to hide from Jingshan, they prefer to pass there, and my intuition tells me that this matter is not simple." ”
"Hmm," Yan Liuyuan nodded obediently: "Got it." ”
In fact, Ren Xiaosu and Yan Liuyuan are a very strange combination, they didn't know each other a few years ago, and then Ren Xiaosu decided to shelter the young Yan Liuyuan, on the one hand, because he accidentally learned Yan Liuyuan's secret, on the other hand, he had a headache that had plagued him for a long time, so he needed a night watchman.
At the beginning, Ren Xiaosu and Yan Liuyuan made it very clear that they were using each other, but after all these years, they couldn't tell whether they were feelings or use.
Yan Liuyuan is very clever outside, and only here is Ren Xiaosu, he will look like an obedient baby.
Sometimes Yan Liuyuan would say that his life was exchanged for his own life by Ren Xiaosu, but Ren Xiaosu never admitted this statement.
Ren Xiaosu now wants to explore what happened in his brain, he deliberately waited for a long time tonight, wanting to see if the "disease" that had plagued him in the past would still appear, but as a result, the chaos really did not appear.
It was as if the palace had been hidden in his chaotic mind, and now the black fog of chaos had finally dissipated.
Ren Xiaosu wanted to see what was in this palace.
Yan Liuyuan glanced at Ren Xiaosu who was lying next to him, and quietly picked up the bone knife and sat at the door of the shack, the shack only had a thick curtain hanging, and now it was autumn, and it was a little cold.
Just then, the rain stopped.
There was the sound of footsteps outside the curtain of the shack, and the boots had a distinctively slippery feeling on the muddy road after the rain.
The door curtain was lifted by someone, but before the people outside could completely lift the door curtain, Yan Liuyuan's bone knife was already against the other party's neck.
It was a pretty face, and outside the door was a beautiful woman.
Yan Liuyuan frowned, the person who came was not a stranger, and the other party lived not far away on weekdays.
The woman smiled: "Liuyuan hasn't slept yet, what about Xiaosu, I heard that Xiaosu is back." ”
"Sister Xiaoyu, he's already asleep," Yan Liuyuan said with a smile, "Or you have something to say to me." ”
Xiao Yu's face was a little unnatural: "He didn't get hurt when he went out this time, right?"
"The tiger's mouth was pecked by a sparrow, but Sister Xiaoyu, you don't have to pay so much attention to my brother, you are eight years older than him," At this time, after Ren Xiaosu fell asleep, Yan Liuyuan had a mature temperament that did not match his age in the face of outsiders, no matter whether he met an acquaintance or not, no matter what the other party said, the bone knife in his hand never left Xiaoyu's neck.
Xiaoyu took out a cigarette and a lighter from the bag she was carrying, the cigarette was a cigarette, the kind of thing that only coal mines, power plants, and other industries that belonged to the refuge barriers.
A lot of strong laborers work not only for money and food, but also for this cigarette, working a day and making a cigarette.
So when I get off work at night, I can often see a large group of people swallowing clouds and spitting fog together, and Ren Xiaosu told Yan Liuyuan that those tobaccos are likely to be mixed with some more addictive things.
And the cigarettes that Xiaoyu smokes now are obviously not from her work.
Xiaoyu lit a cigarette and took two puffs, as if thinking about something: "People are small and big, I treat you as my younger brother." ”
"Oh," Yan Liuyuan suddenly asked, "Do you have a cold?"
Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment: "Yes, is my voice a little hoarse?"
"No," Yan Liuyuan shook his head and smiled: "I see that when you smoke, there is a nostril that does not smoke......"
Xiaoyu: "......"
I don't know why Xiaoyu always feels that Yan Liuyuan doesn't like herself very much.
"Then I'll go back first," Xiaoyu said, "When your brother wakes up, tell him, I've been here." ”
"Well," Yan Liuyuan said with a smile, "I'll tell him." ”
Xiaoyu left, and Ren Xiaosu's voice suddenly sounded behind Yan Liuyuan: "Don't always bully your Sister Xiaoyu in the future, it's not easy for her." ”
"Brother, she's not clean," Yan Liuyuan said, "and she just sees that you can always get close to you until the prey comes back." ”
"Who is clean?" Ren Xiaosu said calmly: "People who want to live in this world can't be clean, they are all forced by life, just refuse to stay away, don't tease her." ”
In this market town, a single woman is too clean to live.
Ren Xiaosu thought for a while and said, "People didn't say they liked me or anything, and besides, are you sure she approached me because I could hit the prey?"
"Brother, everyone's faces haven't been washed for a few months, and they basically look about ......the same" Yan Liuyuan looked at Ren Xiaosu speechlessly: "Brother, aren't you asleep, why haven't you fallen asleep?"
"Think about something," Ren Xiaosu explained simply.
Ren Xiaosu didn't sleep because he was exploring the secrets of that palace.
In that circular palace, the walls are covered with old wooden cabinets, like a huge showroom. It's just that the shelves in the showroom are shrouded in black fog, and it is impossible to see what is inside.
There was only one table in the middle of the hall, and on it sat a brass typewriter that had been obsolete for a long time before the cataclysm. The kind that clicks when you type.
There are only twenty-four copper keys on this typewriter, and each copper key is engraved with a text: "Public, Positive, Sincere, Practical, Friendly, Kind, Rich, Strong, ......"
It can be said that it is very positive.
It's just that the typewriter seems to be stuffed with endless kraft paper, and no one needs to hit those copper keys, it will click and move by itself, and now there are two lines of small words that appeared in the afternoon: "Task, give the prey to others; ”
He couldn't tell if this was his own fantasy or some other reason, the legend has it that someone can shape a memory palace, and the memory palace can even reforge a fantasy universe according to the ability level of his own spiritual will.
It's just that Ren Xiaosu feels that his palace is ...... It seems to be a little different from the description of the memory palace......
But why would you let yourself give your prey to others, this typewriter wants to be a good person?
Be a good person in a world where morality is a bit extravagant?
There are no doors.
At that time, his consciousness stood in the center of the vast palace and looked around at the "display case", which seemed to be floating with items, but it was blocked by darkness, and the dark fog made Ren Xiaosu unable to see what was floating inside.
The displayed cabinets were connected to the dome of the palace, like a huge museum, Ren Xiaosu walked to a cabinet and wanted to reach out to touch the things floating in the black mist, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break through the resistance of the black mist.
It's a power he can't snoop on right now.
If you want to know if the palace really exists, you need Ren Xiaosu to prove it with actions.