As the sun passed noon, the sky seemed to get darker and darker, and the mud beneath our feet became deeper and deeper, and the two sides of the road became narrower because of the tree branches, and they stretched out densely and filled the surroundings. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu'er was fixed in Fang Ruoyao's arms, and the whole person couldn't move, so she could only raise half of her head and look around.

The sun was shining overhead, but it was softened by the thick branches.

It's like wearing a big hat, and the heat and glare are kept out.

Zhu'er stared at Fang Ruo's back with round eyes, the road when she came was as narrow as a slit, and it was already dark in the distance, only a little spot of light, from the far side, she was always pulled by a light, over the top of her head, to that end.

The wind mixed with the fallen leaves swirled behind Fang Ruohao's shoulders, but he couldn't get to the front of him.

She looked up at Fang Ruobao's frozen face: "Na! My sister didn't follow. ”

Fang Ruoli didn't make a sound, his brows tightened, and the mud under his feet began to become cold and biting.

The soil was so soft that no one had walked like this for a long time, so that when you stepped down, the whole thing sank deep into the ground, and the moisture penetrated through your shoes and socks, and when you lifted it again, there was a thick layer of water in your shoes.

"Na ......" Zhu'er stretched out her hand to straighten his face and glared at him with those big swirling eyes, "Sister is gone......"

"Little girl, if you talk so much, I'll let you go by yourself."

Zhu'er was frightened by Fang Ruo's serious appearance, and she crooked her mouth and wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry.

Fang Ruobao has been listening attentively to the movement behind him, that guy really didn't follow, you know, if that person is not around, he is nothing, not to mention that the night is falling, and no one can tell what is in front of him.

Fang Ruobao looked down at Zhu'er with an aggrieved face in his arms, and began to calculate in his heart.

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The nearest populous area to the city is the Muzi Fjord, with a green valley in front of the bay and swamps of various sizes.

Although it is the nearest road, it is only accessible every year when heavy snow comes and the ice freezes.

And because of this, this trough protects the fjord behind it, and any news about last night is blocked out of the valley.

Even the sentry posts that stood day and night in front of the valley did not know all this.

The day in the fjord was not peaceful, and the early risers went to work as usual, turning on the stoves and raising the smoke.

The temple in front of the hill was quiet all night, although it was still early, but the people who came to ask for medicine could no longer hold back outside the temple gate.

The bold man stepped forward and patted the temple door repeatedly, shouting to save people, if it was in normal times, the temple door would have been opened a long time ago, and the worshippers would scold a sentence or two with a sharp voice, and then let the outside line up.

Generally speaking, go out at the last watch before dawn, stand in front of the temple, and wait for the medicine to be taken, just enough to go home and eat a hot breakfast.

The crowd suddenly chattered, and most of them were: "Why haven't you opened the door yet?" ”

"I'm still on fire in the pot, let's see what time it is......"

"I didn't sleep all night, shouting over and over again that it hurts......"

Until a long bell rang from the depths of the hill, the whole fjord fell silent and counted the hours.

The dull sound of the bell sounded like thunder rolling through the sky at this moment, and the unusual taste spread out in an instant.

For the quiet Metzfjord, the temple door that would have been opened anyway must have happened to be something that was still closed on such a good day.

Until the bold man broke out of the crowd and climbed all the way up the stone steps of the temple.

He sat on his knees crying and pounded frantically on the door.

At the front of the crowd was a hooded girl who was pushed to the ground.

The girl panicked and picked up the things that had fallen to the ground in her arms, and turned her head with an angry face, but was stunned by the man's cry.

"Help! Open the door...... Save my son! He's dying, open the door......"

The girl looked at the man beside her with his hair scattered, half of his face was bruised, and his left knee was full of blood, but he knelt on the ground regardless of it, and the whole person poured out the strength of his upper body, and frantically knocked on the closed temple door.

"What's wrong?"

The girl asked in a daze, but was dragged back by the old woman behind her.

"Huh! Be careful, this man got into trouble last night," the old woman muttered exaggeratedly in the girl's ear, "you see that your face is so good, you better stay away, lest you leave anything ......behind."

For a while, the crowd exploded and rushed to this side.

The old woman turned around and snorted, and immediately someone asked, "What's the matter, tell me about it?" ”

The old woman picked up her cuff and covered half of her mouth: "He lives next door to me, and today before dawn, I was getting up from bed, thinking about coming early, who knew that I heard a knock on the door, I went to the window to take a look...... No one! ”

"Oh, don't be scary here......"

"It's all nonsense!"

"Who is! I'll tell you...... I just watched there, and it wasn't my door that knocked on it, it was his! ”

The old woman was anxious to be asked, and no longer lowered her voice, she reached out fiercely and pointed at the kneeling man on the ground.

"It's not normal for someone to knock on the door in the middle of the night?"

"This woman is insane!"

The crowd laughed a few times, and the old woman raised her voice and shouted a few more words, and everyone lost interest.

She could only pull the girl beside her again: "Eh, let me tell you...... In the middle of the night, have you ever seen anyone knock on the door with their head? ”

The girl was so frightened that she shrank back, and the old woman pulled her arms back a few steps.

She stopped here, squinted at the reaction of the person behind her, and said, "This man's son has fallen into evil!" The whole person stood outside the door, walking vigorously towards his home, banging his head against the door, the sound, the loud sound...... Scared the hell out of me! ”

"In the middle of the night, where can I run if I don't sleep well?"

"Not really! Then I saw him come out and open the door, and his son was like crazy, crying and laughing, and he couldn't hold it! Something must have been done to offend people! ”

The crowd gasped without hesitation, pushing each other to get farther away.

The girl was dragged by the old woman's hand, and she was so frightened that she felt pitiful that she had the courage to look back.

At this moment, there was a "squeak" and the temple door opened.