Chapter 4: Background
Chen finally survived until the end of the competition, and came to the village chief's house, where the village chief was waiting for him. Chen has no bottom in his heart, is he going to blame himself for something? Tatsumi thought to himself.
The village chief was thinking about something, and he didn't go to beckon Chen to sit, so Chen just stood and waited. Finally, the village chief seemed to notice that Chen was coming, glanced at Chen, pointed to the stool, and continued to ponder. Tatsumi quietly moved a stool and sat next to the village chief, continuing to wait.
The young man is good, the village chief thought to himself. You can have this patience at a young age, and it seems that he has really suffered in the past few years. Everything that has happened in the past few years is clearly seen by the village chief, who is often bullied by the children in the village, no one to comfort him or encourage him, but to be strong and brave on his own, which has also developed Chen's perseverance and patience.
"Chen, you've suffered in the past few years." Finally, the village chief spoke. However, Chen is confused, where is this? Chen knew that the village chief must have something to do, so he didn't answer and waited like this. Sure enough, the village chief spoke again: "You have been alone all these years, without your parents by your side, although you don't say it in your mouth, it is not a taste in your heart, right?" ”
Chen seems to understand what the village chief means, is the village chief's grandfather going to tell me my background today? Chen was a little excited, after all, this is something that has been thinking about it for many years, where are his parents? But Chen still didn't answer, but tears began to roll in his eyes.
When the village chief saw this scene, he smiled a little bitterly, no matter how strong he was, he was still just a child after all. The village chief then said, "You can guess why I called you here today, right? You're an orphan, but I don't know who your parents are, so it's up to you to figure it out. ”
When Chen heard this, he was a little flustered, Chen was very disappointed, and there was a faint sadness, didn't even the village chief and grandfather know who his parents were? Then I... Tatsu didn't dare to think about it.
Zhuge Yun looked at the unconcealable sadness on Chen's face, and he didn't feel good in his heart, walked to Chen's side, touched Chen's head, and said, "I don't know who your parents are, but today I want to say something else, about your body." ”
Chen was stunned for a moment, my body? Could it be that the village chief's grandfather knows why I am different from others, and Chen is excited again, which is also a question that Chen is very concerned about. It's just that how could the village chief know, I never told anyone, and even Lan Lan didn't know about my problems.
The village chief looked at Chen's expression, did not show unexpected emotions, but smiled deeply, it seems that this problem has been bothering Chen for a long time. "Your body is different from others, and it's the first time I've seen you in this situation, so I don't know what's wrong with your body." The village chief seems to have said another nonsense, but for Tatsu, it's not as simple as nonsense.
Chen looked at the village chief, and his disappointment couldn't be concealed at all, but since the village chief had brought him here, he must have his reasons, and he didn't come to tell himself these few nonsense words, Chen didn't answer, and still waited like this.
"I'm calling you today to tell you something I know but you don't know, and I hope to give you some help." This sentence is a bit awkward, Chen thought to himself.
"I've been thinking about a question for the past few years, a question about our village. There is no shadow of the sun, and the stars appear; There is a rainbow in the night, and the turning point is born. 'These are the two verses left by the village sages to our village, the sun is gone, this happened on the day you were born, no, it should be said that you came to our village, when you were just a baby......" The village chief told Tatsumi everything that happened that day. "That's why I named you Chen, and your appearance fulfilled the first sentence of the village's proverb."
"Grandpa the village chief, are you saying that when I was a baby, there was a fight between two high-level demonic beasts for me, which made the day as dark as night? And you saw the six-pointed star on me when you rescued me? ”
"Yes, that's it, and when you rescued Lan Lan in the martial arts training field today, when you stunned Yuanzi, I also saw a six-pointed star on your back." Zhuge Yun said.
"When I was saving Lan Lan, I didn't think about anything, I just subconsciously held Lan Lan in my arms, so why am I fine? Also, the same happened when I fell from a tree, but I fell from a tree on purpose, why? Chen asked Zhuge Yun a question.
"Is it true that the body reacts to itself only when he is in danger, and when he does it on purpose, there is no such reaction?" Zhuge Yun thought.
"Oh, grandpa the village chief, why did you beat me?" Chen said dissatisfiedly.
"Hey, why do you feel pain? Could it be that I'm wrong? Zhuge Yun muttered. In fact, Zhuge Yun's idea is the closest to the truth, but there is still a little deviation. But seeing Chen's reaction, Zhuge Yun lost the best chance to find Chen's physical problem.
"Grandpa the village chief, what do you say?"
"Oh, nothing. Oh, Chen, you wait here for me for a while, and I'll go get something. After speaking, Zhuge Yun walked to the inner room, and came back in a moment, holding a brocade box in his hand.
"Chen, come and sit here. Would you like to hear me tell you a story? Zhuge Yun's smile like a big bad wolf made Chen's heart furious, but Chen still nodded.
"This story is a long story, and it has to be said that more than forty years ago, when I was just nine years old, one day a very strange person came to the village, and said some very strange things to my grandfather, and left this strange brocade box, saying that he would wait for someone who was destined to give this brocade box to him, and only his blood could open this brocade box." After speaking, he handed the brocade box to Chen, and motioned for Chen to drop a drop of blood on the brocade box.
Chen looked at the village chief speechlessly, you don't know if I am destined to let me drip blood. Fortunately, this is only a drop of blood, and if this is said to be used as a tribute, I must not be hung up and burned.
Although Chen muttered in his heart, he still dripped a drop of blood on the brocade box according to the village chief's statement. Not to mention, Chen may really be this destined person, just after Chen's blood dropped, the brocade box quickly changed, and a dark grid popped up from the middle, which contained a simple ring.
"Oh my God, this is a space ring!" Zhuge Yun shouted in shock.
Forty-five years ago.
"Xiaoyun, don't make trouble, the Hunters are back." Zhuge Hong said to Zhuge Yun, who was making a fuss at the entrance of the village.
"Dad, you're back, wow! It's been a great harvest this time, and I'm going to be the best hunter in the village like you in the future! Zhuge Yun threw himself into Zhuge Hong's arms.
"Xiaoyun must be the best hunter in the future." Zhuge Hong stroked Zhuge Yun's head dotingly.
"Okay, let's put these prey in the martial arts training ground, everyone goes home to accompany their mother-in-law, their mother-in-law is also quite frightened in the past two days, don't miss the carnival at night!"
"Be careful of yourself, we don't have to worry about you, be careful that your sister-in-law can't get out of bed!"
"Haozi, your kid has arranged your sister-in-law again, wait for me to go back and tell Yanzi, be careful not to let your kid go to bed." Zhuge Yun's wife teased Haozi as she walked this way.
"Yo, sister-in-law, my good sister-in-law, don't mind, I'm doing this for you, don't tell my daughter-in-law, otherwise I really won't be able to go to bed." You don't care about the villain, just spare me. Haozi was frightened when he heard it, so he hurriedly made amends.
"Look at your kid's cowardice, it's really a shame for the hunters, don't say it's my subordinate in the future, I can't afford to lose that person!" Zhuge Hong deliberately ridiculed Haozi.
"My good big brother, good sister-in-law, don't tease me, I won't talk to you, I have to go home quickly. Hey! Haozi was still self-aware, and knew that he couldn't pull them, so he ran away.
"This kid still hasn't done anything right!" Zhuge Hong ha.
Just when Zhuge Hong was happy, a person came over at the entrance of the village, thin and dusty, and he couldn't support it before he reached the martial arts training ground, and he fell to the ground.
Zhuge Hong hurriedly rushed over, and shouted to his daughter-in-law as he ran: "Go and inform the village doctor and our father, I'll go see what's going on." ”
When Zhuge Hong rushed to the man's side, the man was already on the verge of coma, and when he saw Zhuge Hong rushing over, his constricted brows finally expanded slightly.
"Finally see a living person, can you give me a drink?" After saying that, he fell into a coma.
When the village chief and the doctor arrived, everyone carried the man to the village chief's house, and after the doctor's treatment, his health should be fine. But the crowd was curious about the man's origins, for they hadn't seen anyone from another village since they could remember. But there are also some people who show horror, believing that the arrival of people from other villages is a bad omen and will bring unpredictable disasters to the village. So the village chief's house has not been quiet, and in the end the village chief had to send a message to let everyone leave, leaving only Zhuge Hong to take care of him.
By the time the man woke up, the villagers' revelry had been going on for a while.
Zhuge Hong was very excited when he saw this person wake up, and hurriedly said, "You wake up, I'll call my father over, and bring you something to eat by the way." ”
"Thank you!" The man obviously still hadn't recovered, and he seemed a little weak, so he could only reply weakly.
He carefully observed for a while, which is also a habit he has developed over the years, whenever he goes to an unfamiliar place, he will carefully observe the terrain and find the best hidden place and retreat route. But apparently he was a little disappointed, the layout of this room was very simple, let alone Tibetans, not even a mouse could hide.
Soon, Zhuge Hong and the village chief returned, Zhuge Hong was still holding a plate in his hand, in which some meat was placed, and a pot of wine.
"You're awake! Don't move yet, there's some food here, you eat some first, and we'll talk about it later. The village chief saw that the man wanted to struggle to get up, so he hurriedly said.
"Thank you!" This person didn't say anything polite to the village chief, and took the things in Zhuge Hong's hand and devoured them, it seems that he has really suffered a lot in the past few days.
When he finally had eaten enough, perhaps due to the effect of alcohol, his face was much better and flushed. He stood up and bowed deeply: "Thank you to the village chief for saving your life." ”
"You're welcome! It's just a matter of effort. Zhuge Chao, the village chief of Xia Zhuge Village, you can bring up any needs. The village chief hurriedly helped him up, "However, I am curious, you are the only person from the outside village that we have ever seen in our village, and the villagers are very panicked, afraid that you will bring disaster to us!" ”
"The village chief doesn't have to worry, I'm just an ordinary person, my surname is Huo, you can call me Yan, I want to go to the depths of the forest after passing here, but I didn't expect that there are so many traps and fog outside your village, and the food and water I prepared have been used up, and I haven't entered a drop of water and food for three days. If it weren't for you, I might have confessed. ”
"Oh? It seems that the depths of the forest are very dangerous, and I think there is no reason for an ordinary person to go there, and I don't think there is the strength or strength to go there! ”
"Huh. The village chief was worried. I want to rest for a while, I don't know ......" Huo Yan obviously didn't fully trust them.
"Well, since that's the case, then don't bother. My son Zhuge Hong is outside, if you need anything, just call him directly, I hope that tomorrow Mr. Huo, your body will improve. After speaking, the village chief withdrew with Zhuge Hong, and did not forget to tell his son to be optimistic about him with his eyes.