Chapter 14: Pear Blossom Town
There are two pear trees planted under the high archway in Ewha Town, the pear trees are very ancient, there are many old copper bells threaded by the red thread on the trees, the vicissitudes of branches, the trunk is twisted and thick, after a night of snow, it is really like a pear blossom in full bloom...... As I stood under the tree, I smelled a strange smell, like undercooked meat, with a fragrant aroma and a fishy ...... I turned my head to look into the depths of Ewha Town, and there were two rows of pear trees in strange postures on the long street, which were actually blooming, and there were hawkers under the trees, and there were lively pedestrians on the street, and the houses built on the long stone street were connected with red tulle between the roofs, and the tulle hung down, impartially just above people's heads, and it looked harmonious here, but I always felt that something was wrong.
"Why don't you go in?" Chunqiu stood next to me and asked me.
I grabbed him by the sleeve and strode into town, probably because I was walking too fast, and he almost fell down because he didn't catch up for a while, but I looked back at him and said, "Hurry up!" ”
"What are you anxious about?" He laughs.
"I've seen a lot of dead people, and I want to find some security in the living." I walked forward on my own, poking my head around, and the fire at the bottom of the stove, the smoke coming out of the chimney, could be regarded as the aroma of food. Before I came out of the Demon City, I had never realized that living people were so cute.
Chunqiu just followed me quietly and didn't say a word more...... I suddenly turned to look at him, he stopped steadily, looked at me with four eyes, I looked up at him and smiled and asked, "Do you like anything?" I can buy it for you. I patted my wallet and said.
"I just want the scales."
I pulled down my face, turned around and continued to mutter, "It's boring......"
"Why are you angry?" He followed me, his tone a little softer.
"I say east, you say west, don't speculate." I grabbed him by the sleeve and swept my eyes at the passers-by.
"Overnight, you've grown a lot bolder, and you're not as submissive as you used to be."
I turned my head and raised my eyebrows at him slightly, and faintly showed off: "Because I am still useful!" Now you need me, I have the capital to be bold. ”
He stopped suddenly, and I stopped, and he smiled and slowly approached me, and the sound of his breathing was like a cool breeze blowing to his ears in the morning with a cold mist: "I'll eat your ......"
I was suddenly shocked, and he straightened up and looked at me with a proud expression.
I stretched out my hand, wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and continued, "That'...... Then I'm not afraid, I won't die anyway! I grabbed his sleeve and continued to walk forward, this, what kind of person is this, one second he was smiling gently, the next second he was like a man-eating ghost in a nightmare...... I stole a glance at him, and when I saw that he had lost his arms but was proudly moving forward, I always felt that he had lost nothing. But I remembered the memories that did not belong to him, but I was so stubbornly cherished by him, and I felt that he was a poor man, and I always felt that he was like a patchwork man, with cracks in his soul, and only instinctive pride remained......
Just when we were tired from walking, there happened to be a ready-to-wear shop not far away, and I ran into it with him, and it just so happened that there was no one inside.......
One wall is covered with fabric, and the other is covered with finished clothes, and under them are wooden signs with their names written on them.
I saw that the white garment was as light as a cloud, and as pure as snow, and I liked it at first glance, so I rose into the air, took off the white robe that was at the highest point, and found another corner, and changed my clothes.
I changed my clothes and came out, but Chunqiu looked at me with a stunned face......
"What's wrong, is it good-looking, or is it ugly?" I looked at him, hanging in the air.
"Nothing, let's go." He turned and left the ready-to-wear shop, but there was no such thing as eating for nothing.......
On the street, four black Xuanwu carried a delicate palanquin dug out of a huge wood, and a man dressed in purple silk and golden brocade sat on it, his skin was like congealed fat, and his fingertips brushed the red yarn above his head and slowly came to the ready-to-wear shop.
When Chunqiu saw such a strange person, he stopped.
"It's freezing outside, but this Ewha Town is like spring, warm and humid....... Do you see any clues here? "I stood in front of the ready-to-wear shop and asked Spring and Autumn.
"I just glanced back, and behind the curtain leading from the front hall to the back hall, there is a demon wearing a human skin......"
When I heard this, I was shocked: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" ”
"You just put on your new clothes, and I don't want to scare you." He said lightly.
It turned out that the stunned look on his face was not because of me.......
"There is a sea in the far north, and there are glaciers on the sea, and the glaciers form jade trees, and the jade trees draw silk, and ten thousand trees can weave a three-foot jade brocade...... The silk of the jade tree must be woven with life, and every inch of brocade and every inch of blood...... You are dressed in white, I don't know how many weaver girls have died......" The strange man sitting in the sedan chair smiled and flew down in front of me and Chunqiu. The four Xuanwu disappeared when he landed......
He is handsome and detached, and although he always has a smile, he doesn't look easy to mess with......
He looked at Chunqiu obsessively, and said in a low voice: "This skin is really rare......" He approached Chunqiu as he spoke, and I stepped forward to block Chunqiu: "What do you want to do?" ”
When he saw me coming, he just lowered his head and smiled, which was quite sadistic: "If you take away one of my clothes, you have to return me a piece of clothing......
"The old clothes have been thrown away in the ready-to-wear shop, so let's exchange them." I led Chunqiu to leave, but the man actually stood in front of me, he pretended to be casual and folded a bouquet of pear blossoms, and I heard the sound of bones breaking......
He put the pear blossom on the tip of his nose and swept it gently, and said with a smile: "This branch is like a beautiful woman's fragrant bones, and the flower is like a beautiful woman's skin...... Are you going to leave your bones or your skin? He understated, as if I would have listened to him.
"I'll just give you back my clothes. We're just passing through here, and we don't want to get into trouble! I turned around and walked into the ready-to-wear shop, wanting to change this white clothes, but the man had to inch in and said: "If you don't want to leave the bones and skin, he can do it......" I immediately turned around and saw that the man was looking at the spring and autumn with fierce eyes.......
"I don't even want your clothes! Why are you still negotiating terms with me! I said angrily.
Chunqiu looked at him indifferently and responded, "My skin, you can't afford it." ”
"Whether you can afford it or not, you don't have to say it, cause and effect have the final say......"
I could hear the man's provocative tone clearly, and it wasn't the dress he cared about...... I quickly ran to Chunqiu to protect him, and I accidentally saw the man's eyes looking at Chunqiu, as if I knew him......
Suddenly there was a strong wind blowing behind me, and before I could turn my head to look at the situation, something flew up with my back collar, and I turned my head to see that it was Spring and Autumn biting my clothes and flapping its wings and rushing towards the heights...... His wings grew again...... I immediately tightened my grip on his sleeve and he was able to relax. We rushed towards the sky above Ewha Town, trying to get out of this hellish place, but I saw the strange man looking up at us unhurriedly, smiling slightly, as if he was relieved to see a perfect plan perfectly implemented...... Sure enough, we thought we could break out of the red veil that enveloped the entire Ewha Town, but the red veil wrapped the two of us, stuck to our bodies, and turned into flames...... Fire marrow, fire marrow again....... Chunqiu's wings disappeared all at once, and he fell to the ground weakly, and I grabbed him and put it under him...... The moment I landed, it was like someone had punched me in the chest and the back of the head, for a while I couldn't feel the pain, my ears were swollen and I couldn't hear the sound, and the blood in my body seemed to be squeezed into my heart...... I grabbed Chunqiu's sleeve and didn't have the strength to clench it anymore...... The fiery serpent danced through his body, and the pedestrians in the street surrounded us, staring at us with blank faces, like a group of hungry people, waiting for their prey to die and then pounce on them and eat them...... I saw them tear off their faces, revealing their scaly faces with only two hollow eyes...... They are the Scaly Demons......