Chapter 2 The Beginning of the Winter of the Four Seasons
The weather was rarely warmer that day, and Yun Zhao was playing in the seventh room of Yunqi, when he suddenly heard a shout outside.
"Yun Zhao! Yun Zhao! There is something for you!"
Yun Qi was startled by such a loud and sudden movement, and when he opened the curtain, he saw several figures of little radish heads running towards this side, and he glanced back at Yun Zhao, who was sitting opposite and playing, and suddenly had the idea of laughing at the little girl.
"Who is Yun Zhao?"
"The true disciple of Elder Yunwu, the only female Taoist of Zuotianmen is also~"
The little girl was clever and quick-witted, and her serious look made Yun Qi so funny, he watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help laughing, contrary to his usual sick and quiet demeanor. It's just that Yunyan Dao Chang has been punished for sweeping the stone steps of the mountain gate in recent days, so this little girl often runs lazily to Yun Qi's house, and the house is more popular, and Yun Qi, who has been sick on the chair for many years, looks a lot more energetic.
The little girl looked at it and got carried away.
"Fatherless and motherless, born to raise!"
"Tsk, who did you learn from this little girl?" Yun Qi stretched out his hand and knocked her head lightly, "You are the fifth senior uncle who knelt down and broke his leg to make an exception and brought it into the door, and he was pulled up like a daughter every day, which of the senior uncles in the door treated you badly, and which of the senior brothers didn't treat you as a sister?"
Yun Zhao rubbed his head, and saw that Yun Qi was a little annoyed before begging for mercy, "I learned what I said in the book, I know that the master and the senior uncles and brothers treat me well, especially Senior Brother Xiaoqi, who is good to me!"
Yun Qi relaxed his "serious" look, and gently combed the fine soft hair on her forehead with his fingertips, "Everyone treats you very well, cherish you, you can't say such hurtful things in the future." ”
"Yun Zhao!
A few little disciples rushed to the door panting, and one of the leggings was half spread out, and as soon as they rushed to the door, they stopped, and they all stood up straight and looked at Yun Qi, and said in unison, "Hello Senior Brother Xiaoqi!"
"A few junior brothers come in, in a hurry, is it that the fifth senior uncle can't find Xiao Zhao?"
"No, no, no!" A ten-year-old man stood up with a long box, "Today, the second senior brother came back and said that there was something from Senior Sister Yunzhao, it seemed that the fifth senior uncle found a sword for senior sister, and we sent it over." ”
"We all want to see it, so we're coming along!" said another, younger one, who couldn't help but stand up.
There were a few young disciples who came, and their eyes were eager to try it when they looked at the ebony box.
"Wow, little finch, you just called me senior sister in front of Senior Uncle and Senior Brother Xiaoqi, and I heard you call me by my name just now!" Yun Zhao pretended to be angry towards the boy headed, but his eyes did not leave the box in his hand for a moment, and he took it in a hurry.
"Senior sister, my name is Yun Qi!" The little boy was very annoyed, his eyes looked at Yun Qi, "Senior sister called me like this, everyone calls me like this now!"
"It's Xiao Zhao's fault. Yun Qi bent his eyes and smiled.
When the heavy box was received in his hand, Yun Zhao felt more and more nervous, and he had been looking forward to it for a long time, and one hand touched and touched the cover of the ebony box before carefully opening the lock.
When the lid of the box was opened, several children came up to the box with their heads squeezed, perhaps due to the atmosphere, and the exclamations came one after another.
Yun Zhao had never seen such a beautiful sword.
In fact, she had only seen two kinds of swords, one was the ordinary iron sword issued to the disciples in the door, and the other was an ordinary peachwood sword.
And the sword in his hand is slender and light, and the color is like frost and snow. Reflecting the light of the sky outside, the sword body was sparkling with silver, and the sword spine was cold cyan, one blue and one silver, and the two brilliances were intertwined, until the round edge of the sword tail came to an abrupt end.
"Wow...... The fifth senior uncle treats the senior sister too well!" The youngest eyed was glued to Yun Zhao's hand, and he couldn't help but shout loudly.
This call is like opening the valve of the "voice of envy".
"What a beautiful sword!"
"Senior sister, what are the little words engraved on this?" asked the little disciple behind Yun Ke with sharp eyes and snot wiping his nose.
Yun Zhao suppressed his excited and cheerful mood, carefully recognized the two small words, and his heart was almost so happy that he was about to fly.
She touched and touched, then stood up and ran to Yun Qi to sit down, and handed the sword to Yun Qi, "I can't see clearly, please ask Senior Brother Xiao Qi to recognize it for me!"
Yun Qi couldn't understand the little girl's thoughts, so he took it and pretended to look at it.
"Ah, it's really a beautiful sword, the two words engraved on this sword......" He looked down at Yun Zhao who was about to hold back his smile, and felt very interesting, "It's the word 'Qingshuang'!"
Yun Zhao opened a smile that he couldn't hold back for a long time, and his mouth opened widely.
"Qingshuang Sword!" Yun was older than the other children, and he had seen and heard more, so he rushed to exclaim, "I heard that this sword is a famous divine weapon on the ancestors' sword spectrum!"
"Ah! Fifth Uncle is amazing. ”
"I envy my sister!"
Several children had even more envious looks on their faces, and they rushed to ask Yun Zhao if they could touch it.
Yun Qi sat in the back, laughing and watching a group of children make a fuss.
Yun Zhao also pulled Yun Zhao and wiped the sword body with a coveted gaze, "Good senior sister, can you borrow me for a day?" No, it will be done in half a day, borrow me to see it for half a day, and I will call you Uncle Shi no problem!"
Yun Zhao pretended to be a little adult, and a cunning look appeared in his glass-bead-like eyes, "Then it depends on your performance tomorrow!"
Yun Zhao was worried about showing Yun Yan again, and hurriedly jumped up, "I'm still going to find the master!
After she finished speaking in a hurry, she scooped up the little fox who was sleeping on the futon by the door and ran out, leaving behind the envy of the little juniors.
Xiao Jiu was lifted on the back of his neck, and before he understood what was going on, he was bumpy along the way, and his walnut-sized brain was about to turn into a paste.
The little girl's yellow hairy bun fell out in two frustrations, holding the ebony box in one hand, and the fluffy little animal struggling with teeth and claws in the other, and hurriedly ran towards the west mountain house.
......
This is what the old woman in the kitchen who was picking up dead firewood saw.
Yun Zhao later had a nightmare for the rest of his life, and it seems that this is also the scene.
There is no dream of ghosts, no dreams of evil, only dreams of such a happy and ordinary evening. The only day in the deep winter in my memory, the rare warmth of the sunset afterglow is exciting, and the growth of "Yunzhao" seems to have completely stopped at this time.
......
When Yun Zhao ran to the West Mountain House, he heard the sound of the second uncle coughing.
"When I came back this time, I passed by the town and heard that the youngest son of Master Liang's family had lost his ...... Ahem......"
"It's cold these days, and you beware of the wind chill. "It's Master's voice," maybe the child ran to play by himself and hasn't come back yet, why, Master Liang told you about this, is it even because we have to find this matter in Zuotianmen?"
"No, no, no, you listen to me," the second uncle spoke anxiously, coughing nonstop, "Before I went back to the town, I passed by Tongjiang and found that Tongjiang County was under martial law, and everyone who left the city had to be interrogated and examined three or four times. ”
"Something big happened in Tongjiang County?"
Yun Changyou nodded and lowered his voice, "This matter has something to do with monsters." ”
Yun Yan was shocked.
Yun Zhao, who was sitting outside under the eaves, was not good at disturbing the adults to speak, and was drowsy, but this time he came to the spirit, and he listened with the upright ear of Xiao Jiu.
"Don't talk nonsense, how many years have you been peaceful, you and I have never seen such a thing. ”
Yun Changyou just sighed and shook his head, and his voice was lowered, "Tongjiang lost seven or eight little dolls, both male and female...... originally thought that it was done by shooting flowers, but the county government did not do anything, and only investigated it as an ordinary case. Those who touch fish and catch shrimp do not pay attention to ...... Until a widower and a butcher's only son was lost again, the butcher scattered all his wealth and hired people to look for him day and night. ”
"Finally, I found it on the mountain behind the county ya. ”
"Is it related to the county government?" Yun Yan sat up straight.
Yun Changyou shook his head, "There are two more than the original number...... The heads of nine little dolls were placed on the stone platform of the cave, and one of the porters fainted on the spot. ”
"At first, several families were bitten to death and related to the county government, and they hated the inaction of the previous government, and several families, old and young, sat at the gate of the government, and beat the drum of grievances day and night, until the matter became big, and the upper authorities knew about it, and sent someone down to investigate. ”
The next morning, a dead body was hung at the entrance of the yamen, and it was the person who had been dispatched from above, who had died a terrible death! There was also a half-gnawed head of a baby hanging next to it...... It is the third son who was just born in the county order family!"
Yun Yan was so shocked that he couldn't speak, Yun Changyou has never been able to deceive people, but this thing is really terrifying.
The old lady of the county order family also mourned the next day, and as for the county lady, she has not woken up until she passed out. ”
Yun Yan wanted to drink water to moisten his throat, but he felt that it was difficult to swallow, "So...... It could also be the work of a mad thug, so how can it be said to be a monster?"
"Another criminal officer came to the capital, and after the autopsy, he said that judging from the scars and tooth marks, it was a wild beast. ”
"The wind is tight, and everyone doesn't dare to talk nonsense. But how can a beast hang a man so high, and so far there has been no word of the wind?"
Yun Yan was also speechless, and thought of something, "Then before you, you mentioned Huantang Town again...... Is there anything to do with this?"
"After martial law was imposed on Tongjiang, it was troublesome to go out of the city, and I was delayed for several days before I was able to get out. And since the monster killed the son of the county government, there has been no movement. But when I went back to the town, I ran into a panicked Master Liang, and when I asked, I learned that his youngest son was lost. Yun Changyou said with a dry mouth, took a sip of tea, and looked solemn, "I think of Tongjiang County in my heart, and our Huantang Town is less than a hundred miles away, I have to think of it!"
Yun Yan couldn't sit still, and the more he thought about it after listening to a large series of words, the more afraid he became, "You're right, just in case...... In case that monster comes, let's go around the pond......"
Yun Zhao listened to it for a long time, but the second uncle's voice was really low, and he couldn't really hear it, he only heard what Tongjiang, monsters, and Huantang, and they couldn't be strung together, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks.
The little fox in her arms also probed her brain, as if she was listening carefully, and her eyes did not blink.
"Do you understand? She scratched Xiao Jiu's nose and giggled when she saw that it was about to sneeze.
The two seemed to talk for a while, and when they came out of the house, Yun Zhao was about to fall asleep.
Yun Changyou was taken aback, his solemn expression had not faded, and when he saw Yun Zhao, who he hadn't seen for a long time, he recognized it for a long time, and there was a little smile on his face, and Yun Yan smiled, "I haven't seen you for a few months, Xiao Zhao can grow up so fast." ”
Yun Yan's expression also softened a little, and said with a smile.
Yun Changyou squatted down and was about to touch the little girl's forehead, "It's so cold to play outside and fall asleep, don't catch a cold." Before his hand touched, he heard a small low roar, and the plush sharp mouth poked out of Yun Zhao's arms, and he was baring his teeth at Yun Changyou, and a beastly warning sound came out of his throat.
"Xiao Jiu, Hugh is messing around. ”
Yun Yan scolded, and the little fox's grape-like eyes rolled twice, and then retracted his head.
Yun Zhao also woke up at this time, rubbing his eyes, "Second Uncle is good." ”
"Good, good. Yun Changyou smiled.
Yun Yan patted Yun Zhao's head, "You go in quickly, freeze carefully." I have something to discuss with your second uncle, so you go back to your room to rest first. ”
Yun Zhao responded crisply, turned around and walked inside.
Yun Yan looked at the small figure for a while, not knowing what he was thinking. Yun Changyou called again, and he rushed towards the direction of the middle hall together.