Chapter 7: Nalan the Prophet (1)
Nalan's body was chapped and painful, and large yellow-brown or dirty black fish scales covered his body. He stood in front of a blurred mirror and examined his upper body, armpits, elbow fossa, neck, front of his ears, and the left side of his face. He hated himself so much that tears rolled down his cheeks, his fists clenched, and his eyes almost tore the mirror apart.
The days he spent in the dark tower of heaven had no rays of sunlight, only dampness and gloom. Day and night alternated, and only one old man brought him food, passing it through the window of the wall. In his early childhood, fortunately, he met Snow, who would bring him a lot of books, tell him stories, and teach him to read, so he learned a lot of words from the stories, and finally he was able to read the whole book. He can always ask Snow to keep sending him books, from which he learns all about astronomy and geography, knows about human things, geography and fun, reads books, and understands the ancient kingdom of Xizhou, as well as every piece of history.
Snow's sudden disappearance left Nalan lost for a long time, he thought that this day would come one day, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. He had only thought of countless reasons for Snow's disappearance, perhaps he had forgotten his brother, maybe his father's people had discovered him, or maybe it had something to do with his captors, and finally he found the answer in the old man.
As for the strange illness on his body, he couldn't remember when the skin on his body began to dry and cracked, and it took a long time for it to form a fish scale-like thing. Every once in a while, it got worse until it was all over the body and it itched so much that he didn't tell anyone about it. He didn't remember his age, but he remembered that one day when he was very young, his mother died suddenly, lying in front of him covered in blood. On the day of his mother's departure, he saw the stars slip from the sky, and he told the cause of his mother's death and his prophecy. He was then imprisoned in the Tower of Heaven and lost contact with the outside world. Every time his father went to see him, he would be through the night, without seeing his face, only his voice, until one day, his father told him, "Son, you can change your name to Da Shan Yu." ”
"You're a big Dan Yu?" asked Nalan in the dark tower, "Why didn't you let me out?"
"I wanted to let you out, too, but the wizard said, ......?" the father choked for a long time, and finally did not speak again.
"Then don't come to see me in the future. Nalan didn't have a good tone, "I don't want to see you again." Since then, his father has never been to the Heavenly Tower, and after many years, he heard from his father's Grand Lieutenant Bei Liang that in fact, his father often went to see him, but through the thick Heavenly Tower, he no longer spoke, only listened to the sound of reading books from the Heavenly Tower.
Nalan knew the name Wizard, Wizard, and he seemed to vaguely remember that he had seen her on the day his mother died. He only remembered that she was very beautiful, dressed in red clothes and wearing a red veil on her head, like a fairy descending to earth. It's just that after too much time, he doesn't remember the appearance of the wizard at all, and he also forgets the cause of his mother's death and prophecy.
He wanted to know what had happened, how his mother had died, and how he had been imprisoned in the Tower for so many years. However, there were no impermeable walls in the castle, and he heard many versions blurted out from the mouths of subordinates, slaves, guards and patrolmen. Probably because he was released during this time, there was a lot of talk about him and his mother in the castle. Some say that there are not many people who observe celestial phenomena in this world, that the mother is a demon girl who deceives the public, and that the slavery law of the Red Fang nobles has undoubtedly been implemented for hundreds of years, why are there still demon girls who question the time of the country's life and death. They also said that the enchantress has a charming face, a slender figure, and especially a pair of deep eyes that can confuse everyone, otherwise they will not confuse the former prince to give birth to another child who bewitches the public.
There is only one point of all, the mother is a demon girl, and he is a child who bewitches the public, so he was imprisoned in the heavenly tower. When he heard these rumors, he couldn't help but run into the council hall to question his father, and everyone's eyes gathered on him, and the voices in the hall stopped abruptly.
The distorted expression on his father's face really frightened him, "Never ask me about your mother," he stood up from his chair at the table, his tone as cold as ice, "You're my own flesh and blood, all you need to know is that." Tell me, I want to know where you heard that, tell me?" he roared, and Nalan realized the gravity of the matter, and walked out the door and went back to his room.