Chapter III
The nearby town is blocked by a stone wall about five feet high. A quaint gate in the middle of the stone wall looks very old, and the original grain of wood is still preserved on it, falling down finely and densely. On the door, two winged red birds are depicted with sand and ready to fly, revealing a trace of ancient solemnity.
There is a square wooden card hanging on the high stone wall that has already lost its true color, and the wooden card is also written with black lacquer three words, about the wind and rain and the sun have been exposed for a long time, and the black lacquer has also been washed off a lot, look carefully, you can vaguely see that it seems to be written as "Weiyang Town" three big characters.
was comforted by Zhou Yitong, and Zhou Yiyi's mood also eased. At this moment, the two of them stood in front of the city gate tower, standing alone for so long with the high sun above their heads, and they were already sweating all over their bodies, and they were so hot and thirsty that they couldn't do it.
Once again, the desire of the body triumphs over the desire of the heart.
I want to rest, I want to eat, I want to drink.
But looking at the surrounding radius of a hundred miles, there is only such a closed city gate tower, which is about a small town called Weiyang Town.
The two stood facing each other, speechless for a while, Zhou Yiyi thought about it and spoke first: "We ...... Knock on the door?"
Zhou Yi smiled quite amiably, raised his hand and touched her head again, and then took a step forward, walked to the gate of the city gate tower, picked up the iron knocker on one side of the door, and knocked hard a few times.
Zhou Yiyi stood a little far away, watching the door fall several layers of thick ash with Zhou Yi's knock.
Zhou Yiyi: "......"
How long has it been since this door has been opened?
"Bang-"
"Bang-"
"Bang-"
The three long and heavy doordoor sounds, listened outside the city wall, and it seemed that there were thick and deep echoes from inside the wall.
Zhou Yi knocked three times and retreated.
Zhou Yiyi watched him gently dust off his shoulders that didn't exist, and then put his hands behind his back with a calm expression, and the old god looked sideways at the still closed city wall gate.
Zhou Yiyi asked tentatively, "Okay?"
Zhou Yi nodded: "Okay." ”
Zhou Yiyi looked at him in disbelief, very suspicious that someone would be able to open the door just by knocking on the door three times?
The two men stood in the sun again and waited for a while.
A few drops of sweat slipped down his face, and Zhou Yiyi rubbed his hand, but seeing that Zhou Yi was still the old god, he didn't seem to plan to move, so he was ready to go over and knock on the door a few more times.
As soon as she thought this, before the person could move, she seemed to hear a rush of footsteps sounding inside the door.
The footsteps were strange, and he first ran hurriedly, and when he came to the door, he stopped suddenly, and then moved quietly after a while...... It seems that someone is sticking to the other end of the door to listen to the movement outside the door.
Zhou Yiyi glanced at Zhou Yi, and he also noticed.
Zhou Yiyi hurriedly ran over, pulled up the stone knocker and knocked it a few times, stretched his hands to his mouth as a horn, and shouted at the door: "Is there anyone?
Footsteps inside the door rang a few more times.
Zhou Yiyi was about to shout again, when he heard the sound of pulling the lock, and then the old man slowly said "squeak-ah-" The cool wind came out from the door, and a thick layer of green ash poured down on his head.
Zhou Yiyi directly poured into a gray doll.
"Come in. ”
Voices rang out behind the door.
Zhou Yiyi closed her eyes tightly, and spit out two mouthfuls of ash with a "poof" in her mouth. The hand was grabbed by someone, and he was led in.
There was another old and hoarse "squeak-ah-".
Zhou Yiyi closed her eyes and turned back.
I guess the door is closed again.
"Don't move. ”
"Huh?"
Before Zhou Yiyi could react, she felt that someone was blowing gently on her face, and the warm breath was gently sprayed on her face.
I couldn't help but move my eyes, it was a little itchy.
"Alright, open your eyes. ”
Zhou Yiyi tentatively opened her eyes slowly, and a light shone down from the top of her head and fell into her eyes.
Zhou Yi stood in the sun, his dark eyes looking at her for a moment.
"Am I not gray?" Zhou Yiyi suddenly asked.
Unexpectedly, she suddenly asked, Zhou Yi looked her up and down very seriously, and replied, "It's okay." ”
"My new clothes ......" Zhou Yiyi muttered, distressed.
Zhou Yi smiled: "Go back and buy it again." ”
Zhou Yiyi was immediately happy.
Not deliberately, the person who came to open the door seemed to be forgotten by the two. In the end, he closed the door and walked out again, and Zhou Yiyi remembered that someone seemed to have opened the door from the inside just now.
The person who opened the door was an old man of some age, with silver hair on his head, many brown age spots on his face, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were slender and long, as deep as a fly. The old man had a hook on his back, wore patched coarse cloth trousers, wore a pair of black Gebu shoes on his feet, and tied a dark yellow cloth belt around his waist.
Looking at such an old man, his voice was not as old as it looked when he spoke. His brows furrowed as if he was looking at him, his eyes were full of vigilance but seemed to have a little sympathy of unknown meaning, and he said to the two of them: "Come with me." Then one of them walked forward with a slight hunched waist.
When you enter the door, you can be regarded as entering Weiyang Town.
Zhou Yiyi followed behind Zhou Yi, and couldn't help but look back at the thick and closed city wall gate. The closed gate and the high city wall are like a gloomy and closed barrier, cutting off Weiyang Town from the outside world.
People from outside the town don't come in, and people from the town don't go out.
Along the way, there is always a strange feeling along the way.
The town is what the town should be, with streets, shops, and vendors...... He has everything a town should have, but there are some different things.
For example, the vendors here have small stalls, and those who sell steamed buns do not shout for steamed buns, and those who sell hairpins do not shout for hairpins, as if they are not keen on business, and sit quietly in the stalls.
For another example, the person who bought the goods did not pick about the goods, nor did he ask for a bargain, as if he had already thought about it, and took the things in a hurry, and the person who paid for them left in a hurry. It's as if someone is chasing them.
Zhou Yiyi always felt that something was wrong in her heart, and she habitually went to see Zhou Yi again. It seems that I have unconsciously developed such a habit since I met Zhou Yi. Habitually go to him, habitually listen to him, habitually do what he says.
I always feel that Zhou Yi is a very powerful person, very powerful, and very reliable. It seems that with him by his side, there is nothing to worry about.
Zhou Yi probably saw her confusion and shook his head at her gently.
Zhou Yiyi knew, this was to tell her not to panic, he was there.
So, he continued to obediently follow him, but his hand couldn't help but pull the corner of his black clothes.