Eye to eye, face to face. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info The big eyes of the bell are against the boy's small eyes, and the little face of the bell is towards the boy's big face. For a moment, one stood on the ground and leaned down, the other lay on the ground with his face facing the sky, but no one spoke, and no one moved to change positions. They just looked at each other, thinking about their own business.

"What a weird boy." Zhong'er looked at him, with a bit of curiosity in her eyes: "Why is his hair so short?" It seems to be less than the width of a finger, but it is actually erected straight one by one, like a hedgehog. Also, his face is quite white, quite ruddy, of course, not as good as himself, but compared to De'er's sallow guys, it is much better. Is he an out-of-tlander? The accent is a bit odd. It seems to have a northern accent, but I have never heard it. ”

Bell looked at it and thought, but her hand moved with her psychology, and she really kneaded and kneaded the boy's face. Because she often gets along with De'er and those people, she doesn't think there's anything wrong with such a move. She did it very naturally. She didn't care at all about the distortion on the strange boy's face. It was a wry smile and a helpless distortion, and of course it was quite painful.

While the bell was large enough for the boy, the boy also looked at this strange place and the strange girl in front of him.

"It's definitely not the place I'm familiar with, but it's probably still in China, at least it's very much like China." Just glanced at the surrounding situation slightly, and then looked carefully at the antique clothes and outfits of the little girl in front of him, the boy was very sure of this.

"Where the hell is this? Is it the country? Knowing this, the boy asked.

"What?" The boy's words were very fluent, but this fluency made Zhong'er unable to hear clearly, and his face couldn't help but show a little confused.

Looking at the confusion on her face, the boy knew that she might not be able to hear his question clearly. Feeling that it was a little dirty to lie on the ground all the time, the boy got up from the ground and slowly repeated the question he had just asked.

He was so slow, although he still didn't know much about it, he vaguely heard some meaning, and replied: "This is Xiaqiu County in Xiabil County, Xuzhou." ”

She spoke equally quickly, but confused the boy. After all, the accents of the two are really different, and both sides are a little struggling when you come and go.

Seeing the boy's puzzled eyes, Bell finally ran out of patience. She looked at the boy's fairly ruddy face and the somewhat decent clothes on his body, and her heart moved, and suddenly she had a plan. She stepped forward and grabbed the boy's left hand and dragged him forward. When she approached the gate, she stopped, and pointed to the two large characters carved from the stone slabs on the other side of the stone wall, and motioned for the boy to look.

"Summer ...... Hill......? The boy looked at it for a long time, and though he struggled a little, he finally recognized the word.

However, the words are recognized, but the location is still unknown. The boy understood that the ancient city in front of him was Xiaqiu City, but where was Xiaqiu City and which country owned it? What is the situation like in this country? How to survive in this world is a problem that he needs to solve. Although his nerves are indeed very tenacious, it is impossible for him not to be moved by so many changes that have happened at once. Leaving everything familiar, his body returned to the way he was when he was thirteen, and it was a momentary occurrence that brought him a great change. There were so many questions, and it was good that he didn't go crazy, didn't cry and fuss, and could still ask questions in an organized manner.

"It's a nuisance." Thinking about it, the boy frowned slightly. He found that the only person he could rely on now was this little girl in a red jacket. Although she may not know much at her young age, she is always a local, and she knows a little about the things in the place.

The boy didn't want to look for anyone else to answer his questions. Because he didn't know them at all, he thought the others were "too scary" than the little girl in front of him that he thought he trusted. In fact, in the original place, his social circle was notoriously narrow. As a man, he seems to be very introverted.

Looking at the carved words on the top of the city gate, and looking at the bell holding him, the boy suddenly remembered: "She also knows this word." ”

This is a remarkable discovery for two people who don't understand much language. After all, the communication between the two is likely to be achieved by this.

Bringing the bell to an open space near the root of the city gate, the boy stretched out his finger and wrote directly on the muddy sand. It's dirty, of course, but for a boy who wants to know the news, he doesn't care about anything.

"Where is Xiaqiu? What country is this? The boy first wrote these two questions. Considering that it is possible that this is also in ancient times, the boy's characters are written in traditional Chinese. Although he doesn't know much about Chinese Traditional, he still understands some of the most commonly used words.

When Zhong'er saw the boy asking himself in words, she couldn't help but secretly admire his cleverness. Because she hadn't thought of it herself. She glanced at the boy's question, then squatted down, found a piece of gravel from the side and gently wiped the handwriting on the mud and sand, and then wrote her own answer: "Xuzhou billet, this is the big man." Don't you remember? ”

"Big Han?" The boy couldn't help but be taken aback, "Isn't it back to ancient times?" With a strange look on his face, he hurriedly wrote on the ground: "Do you know who the current emperor is?" What year is it? ”

"The emperor said that he was just a thirteen-year-old child. He has been emperor for three years, and his era name is 'Chu Ping'. It's now the 'third year of the first peace'. Bell replied in detail to the boy's words. She wasn't such a talkative girl, but because she was interested in what she was doing, she didn't care. Her mother taught her to read and write, but she didn't need any of them - all of her playmates couldn't read, and she could only play with them for other things, but she couldn't talk to them about such things as reading. As she spoke, the little girl's eyes flashed like two bright stars.

"The emperor of the Han Dynasty should be surnamed Liu! So the current emperor is called Liu Xie? Liu...... Cooperate? Isn't that the name of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty? Have I come to the Three Kingdoms? The boy thought about it, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: "My God, what kind of plane are you getting me?" It's just a matter of letting me go back to ancient times, and actually throwing me into this troubled world. Don't you know that these three kingdoms are going to die every day? If I were still twenty-four years old, I might be able to recruit some generals like those novels, and compete with Cao Cao and the others. But now, I look like I'm only thirteen, and who's going to listen to me? Depend on! Don't you want me to die! ”

He thought about it, the expression on his face kept changing, he gritted his teeth for a while, and he was depressed for a while, which made the bell squatting next to him look quite interesting: "What a strange person! ”

Zhong'er looked at it, and suddenly remembered that she didn't know her name, so she gently pulled his sleeve, signaled him to pay attention, and then reached out to write on the ground: "What's your name?" Where are you from? How did you suddenly end up here? ”

"Me? My name is Li Sheng, my name is Zixu, and I am from Jian'an County, Yangzhou. I was going out with my family to play, but when I met a bandit, my family was killed, and I was the only one left to wander here. The boy thought about it and simply made up such a life story for himself. He originally wanted to write that he was from Fuzhou, Fujian, but after thinking about it, Fujian had not yet become a province, and Fuzhou did not know which county it was under the jurisdiction of. According to the division of the Three Kingdoms game in his impression, he counted himself under the name of Jian'an County, which is considered Yangzhou.

Although this life experience is a lie about family and everything, it is a normal thing in this world. Thinking that from now on I may have to live in this place without computers and networks, and never see my parents again, I felt a little sad in my heart, and my face also showed a sad look. This just adds a bit of truth to his words.

However, some people are carefree, but they can't feel the sorrow in it, just like the little girl right now. "Giggles!" Listening to what Li Sheng said, Zhong'er laughed very inappropriately. She had just seen the body, but she didn't know it was death. She only thought what Li Sheng said was quite interesting. She wrote on the ground: "How old are you? Not twenty yet, right? How do you have words? ”

"Huh? What does this have to do with age? Aren't most people nowadays literate? Faced with Zhong'er's question, Li Sheng was a little dumbfounded and couldn't answer. He was not a man of this age, and he did not know that a person's name, as a supplement to his name, could only be obtained from his elders when he was crowned an adult at the age of twenty. It can be said that there has never been a person like him who took the word at such a young age, so it is no wonder that the bell will find it interesting.

"I saw that everyone had a word, so I also gave it to myself." This was his answer after much thought.

"Oh!" Bell showed an expression that was the same. She looked at Li Sheng's face that forcibly suppressed her sadness, and suddenly had an idea in her heart to help him. So she wrote on the ground, "Don't you have nowhere to go? Then come to my house! Anyway, my mother runs a tavern and an inn, and there are still rooms at home. ”

"Huh?" Looking at the handwriting that appeared on the sand, Li Sheng couldn't believe it: the things he had been worrying about had been solved like this?

is also back to ancient times, also appeared in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, Li Sheng does not have much idea of dominating the world in his heart. He clearly understood that he was only thirteen years old "now", and he clearly knew that he did not have a big way to make steel, paper, or glass in his head. The things he thinks about are very realistic and superficial, he just wants to survive in this troubled world. At least one more day to live.

Bell's proposal was exactly what he wanted. So, he directly agreed and followed Zhong'er back to Surabaya directly.

Regarding the matter of taking in Li Sheng, both Li Sheng himself and Zhong'er thought that this was a simple matter:

Li Sheng saw the scale of Surabaya Ju, and felt that it was naturally nothing to open a restaurant like this and take in a part-time worker. What's more, I still have a back door to go through;

And Zhong'er is very sure that with her mother's love for herself, she will undoubtedly agree to such a small thing.

However, the situation does not seem to be the same as imagined. When Zhong'er took Li Sheng into the back door of the Surabaya House, she clearly felt that the atmosphere in the backyard of the Surabaya House was wrong. Originally, she sneaked out to play and kept the maid Lei'er, who had the best friendship with her, to take care of her side at the door, so that she could report some information about the situation at home when she came, so that she could have time to deal with it. However, now Lei'er is gone.

"What the hell is going on?" Zhong'er couldn't find Lei'er, and she couldn't help but panic a little in her heart. She wanted to go back to her room first, so she took Li Sheng to the east.

After passing through the corridor where the two of them passed through the two lanes, they were stopped by a woman dressed in yellow: "Miss, don't run again, the master mother is waiting for you in the front hall!" ”

"What? My mother is waiting for me in front? When she heard this, she was suddenly a little surprised. She didn't think of anything more at once. I just think that my mother found out about going out to play, and I will be punished for going down. The thought of the horror of punishing kneeling on the floor made Bell shudder a little. Her little face quickly lowered, and she suddenly became weak.

Seeing the changes in Zhong'er, Li Sheng was always a little sad in his heart. He didn't know what was going on, but he knew it might be related to him. In line with the idea that a manly man must dare to act, he could not let such a little girl "suffer" in any way.

"Rest assured. I accept it with you. He gently squeezed the bell's hand and gave a gentle smile to her face as she looked at him in frustration.

At this smile, Bell'er's heart seemed to be touched by something. Suddenly I felt like I was surrounded by a warm feeling. She thinks that this boy named Li Sheng is like a friend who has known him for a long time, and he is worthy of her trust and reliance, and he is much better than those people in De'er. "Maybe with such a valid excuse, I won't be scolded." She felt some courage again.

The front hall of Surabaya has always been used by people in the family to hold meetings. Since it is called the hall, it is a very spacious place. Eight large oil-brown columns lifted up the beams of the hall, stretching out the entire hall space. It was a space where dozens of people stood in unison, and they didn't feel tight at all.

It seems to be very similar to the ancient hall shown on TV, but the hall in front of me is a desk placed in the center as the main seat, with offerings on it, lit with incense, and two groups on the left and right. An elderly woman with a well-dressed face that resembled the bell knelt there. She was obviously the mother of the bell.

In front of the table was a garden arranged on two sides, where everyone but the master knelt and sit. At this moment, all of them are a few stewards who are in the back of Surabaya, and they are all beauties with a middle-class appearance and temperament.

Behind the desk seemed to be a huge kitchen cabinet, in which some precious thing was placed, but it was covered by a black curtain.

At present, the atmosphere in the front hall is very solemn and dreary, and the lit candles and burning sandalwood make the air in this hall hot. Under this fireworks, everything becomes confused. The originally empty hall is no longer empty in the eyes of everyone, but seems a little compact, forming an inexplicable pressure on the people in it.

Under this pressure, the first to bear the burden is the bell. Because going out to play was sneaky and did not have the consent of the family, she seemed very weak-hearted. In the face of such a big battle, she was still young and consciously scared. She was desperate to find a place to lean on. As a result, Li Sheng, who had just gained her trust, became her first choice. She secretly shrank back, hid behind Li Sheng with a cigarette, and grabbed his trouser leg tightly, but she looked timid and scared.

She shrank like this, avoiding everyone's attention, but pushed Li Sheng directly to the front, making him the focus of everyone's attention.

For such a boy who suddenly appeared, Li Sheng attracted the attention of all the women in the hall. Although he followed Zhong'er from the very beginning of entering this hall, everyone at that time only stared at Zhong'er and ignored everything else. Under the pervasive smoke, everyone's realization was somewhat affected, and naturally Li Sheng was regarded as a small servant and maid around Zhong'er, without realizing that he was not from this mansion. It wasn't until now that they realized that the person who followed the bell was a strange face. He was an outsider.

Since there are outsiders, it is obviously not suitable to put on such a dignified frame. As a mother, Mrs. Li didn't want to put on such a big battle to scare her daughter. She was a fine businessman, and although she didn't seem to care much about the bell, she never ignored the bell's behavior. She had long known that Bell had secretly gone out to play with those little ghosts. The reason why this kind of behavior is not discouraged is only because such play does not do much harm to the child. Originally, the children in this house were just one of them, and they were companions who didn't play at all, so they would feel lonely. Therefore, Mrs. Li's actions towards Zhong'er were acquiescing.

Just acquiescence is not the same as complete approval. Like today, running to the wasteland of the dead for fun, Mrs. Li was not only worried, but also felt that her daughter's behavior was a little excessive. She thought she was too bold, so she wanted to intimidate her a little more and make her restrain a little. In her eyes, her daughter should be quieter.

Therefore, she deliberately bluffed in this front hall to put on such a battle.

I was going to scare my daughter and let her be quieter, but I gave up because there was an inexplicable extra Li Sheng in this hall. For Mrs. Li, Li Sheng is an outsider and should not be involved in her family's private affairs. If you want to teach your daughter, you must teach in a place where "no one is around", and you must not sweep your face in front of outsiders. So, in the midst of the smoke, Mrs. Li changed her dignified face and faced this strange boy.

She looked at Li Sheng from the beginning. Like her daughter, when she saw Li Sheng's short hair standing straight up like this, she was also stunned for a moment: "Isn't this little ghost the descendant of a criminal official who just escaped from prison?" "After all, only the first-class prisoners are forced to shave off their heads. At this time, although there were already believers in Futu, these people were not monks, and naturally they did not have the habit of shaving their heads.

But she immediately denied such thoughts. Because she saw Li Sheng's plump and fair face, the clothes that were still neat although they were a little muddy, and a peculiar momentum that naturally emanated from the whole body: let's say that he is a son of a high-ranking official family, and he does not have that kind of condescending feeling; Let's say that he is a commoner, but he does not have the kind of cunning that is subordinate to the inferiority complex; He was not a descendant of a merchant, for he did not have the pompousness of the nouveau riche; He is not from a scholarly family, because there is no pedantic in him. He stood gracefully, but he was not afraid of the unfamiliar environment, and he did not have a trace of envy in the face of this glorious mansion, and he seemed very open. From his clear eyes, it can be seen that he regards everything as equal, and will not be eager for you because you are a family, nor will he despise you because you are a commoner, he has another kind of stubbornness that is unwilling to be subordinated to others. In fact, such stubbornness should not have appeared in such a thirteen-year-old ghost, but the current Li Sheng really has such stubbornness.

Looking at him, Mrs. Li couldn't figure out what kind of background he was, but "definitely not from a prisoner's background", but she was very sure.

"It seems that Bell Er has met an extraordinary person." Mrs. Li thought. She squinted her eyes and secretly glanced at her daughter, who was still timidly shrinking behind Li Sheng, and suddenly felt funny in her heart: "It seems that in the eyes of Zhong'er, this one in front of her is too terrifying." But this kid can gain my daughter's trust at once, but he is also a powerful character. Well, he is indeed worthy of his daughter's relationship. Thinking of this, Mrs. Li couldn't help but squint her eyes and showed a rather inexplicable strange smile.

"How old is the little boy? I don't know where it's from. With such a strange smile, Mrs. Li slowed down her tone and asked softly.

"Uh......!" Feeling Mrs. Li's strange and inexplicable smile, Li Sheng couldn't help but shiver, he always felt that there was something else behind this smile. He didn't know what that meant. He only felt as if he had fallen into some kind of calculation, which was always quite strange.

But it's one thing to feel bad, and it's another thing to answer Mrs. Li's question. Especially now that he still wants to make a living in this Surabaya residence, he has even more answers to Mrs. Li's questions. But the difference in voice between the two made Li Sheng really unable to understand Mrs. Li's question. So he gently touched the bell's arm and motioned for her to help him solve the matter.

Seeing that her mother's attention was no longer on her side, she was slightly relieved. She felt that Li Sheng was very interesting, and she always stood there motionless, and did not push herself forward. At this moment, his mother was asking him, but he touched his arm, and Zhong'er naturally understood that he needed his own help.

So she walked out from behind Li Sheng, jumped into her mother's arms, and said a little coquettishly: "This eldest brother doesn't understand, and he can't say what we say here." Mother, don't ask him, I know everything about him. ”

"Oh? How do you know that? Mrs. Li looked at her daughter and asked with a chuckle.

"He wrote it to me. Mother, in fact, this big brother is quite pitiful. His name is Li Sheng, who has the same surname as us, but he is not from the same nationality as us. He is a native of Jian'an County, Yangzhou, and his parents were killed by bandits, and now he is the only one left. Bell explained with emotion.

"That's right!" Mrs. Li nodded understandingly. For things that have been commonplace in the past few years, she will never have any doubts.

"Mother, do you think it's good for us to take him in." Bell made a suggestion to her mother.

"This ......" Mrs. Li first elongated such a long note, made a thoughtful look, and finally spit out her decision under the gaze of her daughter's flashing expectant eyes: "It's okay! But you won't be allowed to go out until the New Year. It would be nice to run to the dead man if he had been contaminated with something unclean. Anyway, now that Sheng'er is with you, you won't be bored. ”

"Is that so?" Bell was slightly stunned, slightly depressed. Although she also hated it a little before, De'er and the others left off their behavior, but they are still friends who she knows. She couldn't rejoice at the thought of not being able to play with them for the next month or so.

"Mother, can you change the conditions?" Bell wants to bargain with her mother.

"No way!" Mrs. Li shook firmly: "This is not only a punishment for your audacity today, but also a requirement for you." If you're going to help your new friend, you're going to have to help to the end. Sheng'er, you are not familiar with everything when you just came to us, and you can't even speak clearly, do you have to be his husband and be responsible for teaching him these basic things? To be a person and to do things, you must have a sense of responsibility. ”

"Oh!" Seeing that her mother said solemnly, Zhong'er had no choice but to nod and agree. Although she didn't quite understand the profound meaning of her mother's words, she was a little excited to think that she could be someone else's husband. She suddenly forgot her original dissatisfaction, and a new smile bloomed on her face. For her, this result is still acceptable.

Finally, Li Sheng's life in Surabaya was settled in this way.