Chapter 4: The Stove
The alley was very quiet, Su Weileng took a long time before he came back to his senses, and then looked at the little girl with some fear and said, "Who are you?"
The little girl blinked her bright eyes with an innocent look, she bit the last sugar gourd in her hand into her mouth, and then handed the shining iron ring back to Su Wei. Su Wei took it cautiously and found that it was no longer hot. At the same time, the light slowly faded.
He had a hunch that this hoop was not a mortal thing.
As for the dragon, he still thought it was Fang Qiong's means to torture him.
"Let's go. Su Wei hesitated, took the little girl in his arms again, and walked forward along the dirt alley. As Fang Qiong was knocked away, the barrier laid by the opponent and the earthen wall built by the Dao method had all disappeared.
Not long after, Su Wei walked out of the alley and came to the bank of the small river.
There were many houses by the river, and the candlelight came through the windows, which made Su Wei feel a lot more at ease when he came out of the darkness.
He hugged the little girl and walked forward along the riverbank for a while, and suddenly remembered that he was half naked and bloodstained on his body, and if he went back like this, he would definitely frighten the grandmother next door. After thinking about it, he found a harbour to wash, put the little girl on the steps made of blue stone, bowed a few handfuls of river water to absorb the blood stains on the other party's face, and then took off his shoes, socks and pants, and went down the river in his dirty pants.
The river water at night was a little cool, but Su Wei was in it, extremely comfortable. After cleaning the blood from his body, he turned his attention to the iron ring that had been put back on his wrist. At this moment, the iron ring had long since lost its light, and it was pitch black. The only change is that the previous rust is gone.
Of course, the current Su Wei can take off the iron ring at any time.
He remembered the moment when the little girl knocked Fang Dome away with an iron ring just now, and he couldn't help but look up at the other party, and then he was dumbfounded.
The little girl who was sitting on the blue stone steps had already taken off her shoes and socks, and walked towards the water with her bare feet. Su Weiden was in a hurry, and hurriedly waved his hand to the little girl: "Don't go into the water, stop for me." ”
Unexpectedly, he exerted too much force, his feet slipped, and he fell backwards. Su Wei hurriedly stabilized his body, but it was too late, and his feet were empty.
Then he remembered what his father had said.
Although this is a small river, the water is very deep, and if you are not good at swimming, you should not go down and play.
When Su Wei sank into the water, the little girl on the shore had already stopped and was looking at him with a curious expression.
It was pitch black underwater.
Su Wei was terrified in his heart, he fell into the water when he was a child, and it was his father who fished him up. After that, Su Wei rarely went into the water.
But today, he was careless.
It's really, the wind and waves are coming, and the boat is capsized in the small gutter.
The panicked Su Weilian drank several sips of water and soon sank to the bottom of the river, but he didn't notice chest tightness.
In the same way, he found that he could still breathe.
It didn't take long for him to come back to his senses, and as soon as he kicked his feet, his whole body quickly floated. Soon, he swam out of the water.
On the shore, the little girl saw Su Wei appear, and she actually grinned.
It was the first time she had laughed.
For a while, the anger in Su Wei's heart disappeared.
He was about to go ashore when he suddenly noticed a grass carp just over a foot long swimming by, and he immediately reached out and grabbed it.
It's a completely knee-jerk reaction.
It stands to reason that it is very difficult to catch a slippery fish in the water.
But as soon as Su Wei stretched out his hand, he hooked the gills of the grass carp.
Seeing this, Su Wei hurriedly climbed ashore and broke a branch to dress the grass carp. After that, he put on his shoes and socks and trousers. The little girl also sat on the steps and slowly put on her shoes and socks.
"Don't go into the water in the future. Su Wei held the little girl in one hand and the grass carp in the other: "Go home and make fish for you to eat, okay." ”
The little girl nodded obediently, then leaned into Su Wei's arms and quietly looked at the struggling grass carp.
After a short time, Su Wei crossed the river from an arched bridge and entered an alley.
On the edge of the alley, there is a large maple tree, which is said to be hundreds of years old.
Therefore, this alley is called Maple Alley.
Su Wei's home is in the seventh row on the right side of Maple Lane.
He was the second oldest in the family, so he was called Erlang, but the eldest brother died young. After Su Wei's mother died of illness the year before last, his father was addicted to casinos, and was found frozen to death by the river last winter. Today, he is the only one in the family.
Fortunately, the grandmother next door has always treated him as her own grandson, which keeps Su Wei from being alone.
At this time, it was almost sunset, and the lights of all the houses in the alley were turned on, but the lights were very weak.
Financially constrained, they can't afford to buy good oil wax.
"Is Jiro back?"
A gray-haired old woman with a lamp stood bent over the courtyard gate and shouted.
"Grandma, it's me. Su Wei walked over quickly with the little girl in his arms. He once heard his mother say that his grandmother's surname was Mu and she came to Panyu City with her only son many years ago. It was only later that the only son died of illness, and Grandma became a lonely old man. It was also at that time that Su's mother began to take care of each other, and Granny Mu also regarded Su Wei's family as a close relative.
Seeing that Su Wei was naked, her hair was wet, and she was still holding a little girl in her arms, she didn't know which to ask for a while, and after a while, she said, "Did you go down to the river to save people?" ”
Su Wei had to tell the truth, and at the end, he said, "When someone is willing to adopt this child, there will be no need for me to take care of it." As for how the upper body clothes were gone, he casually found a reason to prevaricate.
The Su house and the Mu Po Po house are connected together, although they are all surrounded by a small courtyard, but the earthen wall in the middle is very low, only half a person high, Su Wei can turn over when he is very young.
He handed the grass carp in his hand to Granny Mu: "Grandma, I'll go back and change my clothes, and I'll come over to help you make dinner later." Granny Mu took the fish, looked at the little girl in Su Wei's arms, and said lovingly: "This girl is really good." ”
Su Wei took the little girl into the house, lit the candles, and found a blouse to put on. He saw that the little girl's clothes were dirty, thought about it, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in the house, and finally found the clothes of his childhood, and then changed them for the other party.
After that, he tied the little girl's hair again, and it was very popular to leave the Yue Chao Mustache.
Carrying the little girl over the earthen wall, he went to the courtyard of Granny Mu. In the stove room, the elderly grandmother is busy. In fact, if there is no grass carp caught by Su Wei tonight, the mother-in-law and grandson will eat some cheap vegetable leaves.
Su Wei walked to the stove and helped add fire, and the little girl sat next to Su Wei, looking at the flames in the stove in a daze.
Soon after, the smell of fish came from the stove.
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Imperial.
Xuanzheng Hall.
Sitting on the ground with Wang Xuanjiao's cloak scattered, the hall was in a mess.
Standing under the lamppost, Liyue Guoshi sighed secretly.
When the Nine-Clawed Red Dragon Soul escaped from the Imperial City Great Array with the Hidden Dragon in the Abyss's Divine Power, it was too late. Although the national teacher is proficient in the method of attaching the earth, no matter how fast he is, he is not as fast as the red dragon soul. As for the northwest position that the dragon head had observed before, the scope was too wide, how to find it? Moreover, according to the guess of the national teacher, the reason why the nine-clawed red dragon soul escaped was entirely possible because someone lured it with essence blood. In this way, that person's cultivation level must be extremely high.
You must know that the king is the pinnacle of Ning Yuan.
Of course, there is another possibility.
That is, the nine-clawed red dragon soul sensed the existence of a certain high-grade magic weapon, and wanted the dragon to swim on it and take it as its body.
But is the person holding the high-grade magic weapon a three-year-old child?
Can't afford to mess with.
Absolutely unprovoked.
The national teacher knew that this secret loss could only break teeth and swallow blood, and he couldn't make a noise. If this matter is known to the Vermilion Bird Alliance, this will be a great disaster for Yueke.
"Your Majesty, misfortune and blessing are relied on, blessing and misfortune are lurking, please be relieved. After thinking for a while, the national teacher said: "What's more, using the dragon soul into the body and cultivating the samadhi fire is just a record in ancient books, and as for whether the law can be achieved or not, it is also a number of five or five. And, if you lose, you'll have nothing left. ”
The national teacher has always spoken little, and after saying this, he was silent.
After a long time, Xuan Hunt slowly got up and said lightly: "That's it, it's fate." ”
The national teacher breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the king had figured it out, cultivators are the most jealous of the nightmare, if Xuanjiao is obsessed with the matter of the dragon soul, it will definitely affect the Dao heart and delay the cultivation in the future.
"Your Majesty, please rest well, I'll step back first. ”
The national teacher said goodbye and walked towards the outside of the hall.
When he was about to leave the palace, Xuan Hunt suddenly spoke: "Mengshi, one day, you and I will become characters like Yang Suo and Chen Xutuo." ”
Meng Shi was shocked when he heard this, turned around and bent his waist and said, "She, I am willing to serve death." ”
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The national teacher walked out of the hall and looked up at the dark night sky, with mixed feelings in his heart. He understood what it meant to leave the king, but would there be a day?
At this time, a captain of the Imperial Forest Army guarding around the Xuanzheng Hall trotted over and saluted to Meng: "National Teacher, General Xu Ji of Xiliuying waited outside the palace for a while, saying that there is something important to report to the king. ”
Previously, when Xuan Hunt and Meng Shi deprived the dragon soul in the Xuanzheng Palace, they issued a heavy order, and no one was allowed to disturb it.
"The king is tired and resting, you take people to Xuyuan Palace, and I will deal with it. Meng Shi estimated that he didn't have the heart to deal with government affairs, so he immediately replied.
Xuyuan Palace is on the west side of the imperial city, and it is the practice place given by Xuanjia to Mengshe.
The captain of the Royal Forest Army did not doubt that he had the orders of Meng She, and immediately sent the order. You must know that the national teacher is the henchman of the king, and he has a position above ten thousand people under one person in Liyue.
Not long after, Xu Ji, the general of the Xiliu camp, met Meng She.
At the same time, he brought someone with him.
The man was lying on a stretcher with breath left.