Dinner time passed quickly, and Ah Xiao went to the house of Su Jie, a child of the same age who lived at the entrance of the street, to play for a while, and when he saw that it was getting late, he went back to his yard.

It's not an important festival yet, there is no activity in the small town, and Ah Xiao's family is not rich, so the oil lamp was naturally extinguished early, and after washing, the grandfather and grandson climbed into bed and lay down together.

Ah Xiao has his own small bed, while the old Taoist priest sleeps on an old wooden bed next to him, and when he turns over, he will "crunch".

After a while, both of them fell asleep.

......

Under the dark red sky, a huge city stood on the horizon.

The mighty river can only pass through the city. This is an incomparable city, a city of great grandeur and magnificence.

No one can describe its greatness in words, and when the fog rises, the city looms in the fog as if it were the place where the mythical gods dwell.

Its exterior walls are made of black obsidian, and when the sun rises from the sky, the city seems to be covered with a layer of golden armor, and the black obsidian shines in the sunlight, giving the city an unparalleled beauty, and not only that, but it also depicts the huge and subtle runes that are in motion to show its indestructibility.

Dressed in black armor with carved golden patterns, they stood in a row on the city wall, and a murderous aura soared into the sky, and one after another white tiger visions formed by blood qi could be seen in the sky.

Behind the castle is a huge circular rune that connects the entire city.

The circular rune array was constantly running, splashing out the aura of Dao Gengjin from time to time.

Suddenly there was an explosion inside the city.

Explode... Stove... Scrimmage... Shouting to kill... The sound of metal and iron colliding with weapons...

Ah Xiao woke up suddenly.

"It turned out to be a dream. Ah Xiao wiped the sweat from his head, half-sat up from the bed, and gasped for breath.

He tried to lie down again, but he always couldn't sleep, at the thought of it. After making sure that his grandfather was sleeping very soundly, Ah Xiao secretly got out of bed, carefully opened the door, and moved out a small wooden stool to sit at the door, every time he couldn't sleep, he would sit at the door and watch the moon, and today was no exception.

The moon in the sky was round, but not very bright, and the stars were hidden in the black sky.

"What was that dream just now?" Ah Xiao was a little confused.

He hadn't even been out of the small city of Jianyi on weekdays, how could he have seen that city? But the clarity brought by the dream couldn't make him forget the existence of this city.

"I must have listened to Uncle Jiang's story too much. He thought.

"Looks like it's going to rain tomorrow!" Ah Xiao sat at the door and looked at the starless night sky, remembering the method of looking at the weather that Uncle Jiang taught him on weekdays.

"If it rains tomorrow, can I still go outside?"

"Isn't it going to rain tomorrow?"

"What does Hexi look like, is it really as sandy as grandpa said?"

......

The child supported his chin with his hands, sat in the doorway and looked at the moon in the sky, a string of thoughts popped up in his head, and the night wind stroked the child's face, bringing up a few shoulder-length long hair.

"It's dry, watch out for the candles!" The voice of the watchman came from afar.

"Woooooooooo

It was late at night, and I could only hear a few barking dogs in the distance.

Ah Xiao was suddenly woken up by a dog barking - it turned out that he had already thought about falling asleep. His nose seemed to be a little cold, and he inhaled his somewhat cold nose and rubbed it with his hands to feel more comfortable. After putting everything in order, I carefully lay back into bed, and after a while I fell asleep.

......

On the towering walls stood rows of soldiers dressed in gold-carved mystical armor.

Behind the city wall is a huge circular stone pit, in which some unknown but very mysterious pictures and texts are drawn.

Ah Xiao had never seen such a towering and wide city wall, nor had he seen the mysterious pictures inside those stone pits, and he had not even seen the golden secret texts on the armor of those ordinary soldiers. But he could assume that he was dreaming again, and he tried to wake up, but to no avail.

Suddenly, a large number of armies like mountains and seas appeared outside the city, and the water around this huge city was impassable.

The towering walls began to shake, and the runes on the walls went wildly. Ah Xiao didn't know what was going on outside, and even this holy city, which seemed to never fall, was shaken.

On the city walls, a number of people who appeared to be ceremonial musicians played music.

The black armor soldiers sang a sad song along with them.

"I'll get out of my car, and I'll be in the pasture. Since the Son of Heaven, it is said that I have come. Summoning his servant is called a load. The king's affairs are difficult, and the maintenance is thorny. ”

"I'll get out of my car and be on the other side. Set this and build the other. Worrying quietly, the servant is in a bad condition......"

A man in a dark gold-patterned robe, with a long sword, jumped down from the city wall, laughed and rushed to the army under the city alone, like an old lion rushing to the wolves alone, sending out that last unwilling roar to the world.

The black armor soldiers also rushed towards the besieging enemy.

Another explosion... Shouting to kill... There was also the crackling sound of flames burning on the wood......

"Huhuhu......" Ah Xiao finally woke up again, but his body was already soaked with sweat, he raised his head and looked out of the window, it was still dark outside, but it was raining, and he could only hear the sound of ticking rain from outside the window.

"What a strange dream!" He couldn't help but mutter.

This dream is very real, Ah Xiao can even see the trajectory of the runes carved on the black city wall stones, but how can this city, which is similar to the mythical story told by Uncle Jiang, really exist? So high, so thick, and those runes... It doesn't look like reality at all, does it?

After all, a child is a child, and after thinking about it for a while, he found that he couldn't think clearly, so he simply didn't plan to think about it anymore and just left it behind.

Ah Xiao felt a little thirsty, and after having this strange dream and sweating so much, he felt that his mouth was too dry, and he got up and was about to pour a glass of water, but just got out of bed, he heard the kind voice of the old Taoist priest next to him:

"Why did you wake up? Why, didn't you sleep well?"

As soon as Ah Xiao heard the words, he immediately sat on the bed honestly, looked at the old Taoist priest's face who didn't seem to have woken up yet, and said to him very seriously: "No, grandpa, I just had a dream, a very strange dream!"

"I think about it every day, I dream about it at night, so you listen to Jiang Laosi's nonsense every day, and now you have nightmares, right?" The old Taoist priest thought he had a nightmare, and he felt funny when he looked at him like this, got up and looked at the leak outside the window, and found that the hour was still early, so he poured a glass of water and handed it to Ah Xiao, comforting: "It's okay, it's okay, drink saliva and continue to sleep, and you have to get up early in the morning." ”

Ah Xiao took the bamboo cup, took a big sip, and then slowly leaned against the head of the bed, looked at the darkness outside the window, and asked for a long time, "Grandpa, who am I? Where do I come from?"

The old Taoist priest was stunned for a moment and replied, "You are Ah Xiao, who else can you be?"

"You picked it up, everyone said that, and I know that they said that I was a child that I didn't want in the original family. ”

"Phew! Which little rabbit cub dares to talk to my grandson like this? Look at me if I don't pick his skin! Ah Xiao, you are my own grandson! My grandson is so beautiful, at first glance, he is the life of a big official! Who dares not to?" The old Taoist blew his beard and glared, touched Ah Xiao's hair comfortingly, and asked tentatively:

"Is it Su Jie's kid? I know that it's not a good thing for that kid to jump off like this! I'm going to beat him up tomorrow and tell him to take care of his own children and stop coming out all day to make trouble!"

Ah Xiao shook his head: "It's not him." ”

"Who is that? That widow of the Wang family? I already knew that she was not a good thing! A few days ago, she asked me for a piece of talisman paper and didn't give me any money, saying that she didn't bring any money, and I obviously saw her go grocery shopping......

Ah Xiao still shook his head.

"Grandpa, I also want to know where I came from, who am I? But no matter who I am, I only have you as a grandfather. Ah Xiao opened his big eyes and looked at the old Taoist priest.

"This child, alas......" thought to the old Taoist priest.

"Do you really want to listen?"

"Uh-huh!" Ah Xiao nodded like a chicken pecking rice.