Chapter 1: The Beginning
In the early years, the heavy snow drifted for half a month, which was the cold winter wax moon day.
Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, frozen for thousands of miles, no daylight.
A bright light crossed the slightly reddish skyline, and it fell straight on the eaves of a broken village in the north of the Central Plains like a fireball!
I could only hear the sound of the haystack being ignited and spreading, and a pungent smoke dispersed in the air, waking up the girl huddled in the stable!
As soon as the girl opened her eyes suddenly, she saw that the roof of the house opposite was already in flames!
She immediately looked around and found that every household was like this!
When the girl looked overhead, it was also a scene of crackling and burning!
The flames were blown by the wind, and soon they were caught in the flying snow, and they rushed to the wall of the haystack on the side, and the ground burned again!
For a while, the sound of crying and banging on the door was endless!
But the strange thing is that it seems that the doors of every house are locked from the outside, and no strong man can break through the door!
The woman's scream pierced the sea of fire that burned more and more fiercely in this month, and the man's slamming of the door was more and more powerful!
Although the girl is young, she has seen this natural disaster, but anyone who has a door cannot escape the fate of being burned to death!
I saw her eyes condensed, and she walked around a little yellow dog beside her, and said softly and firmly: "Ah Huang, let's go." ”
Then she quickly evacuated the village, and fled to the end of the village as quickly as possible.
She hugged the little yellow dog tightly and stood as a lone figure at the head of the village.
Not far away, the ground is engulfing the sky, and the flames are like fire dragons that soar up and leap into the sky, showing their teeth and dancing claws in defiance of heaven and earth and devouring all things!
The black smoke instantly stained the pale pink sky, and it was smeared with the sky's blood red by the rushing fire!
The heavy snow, which spread over this sea of fire, turned into a puddle of water, and the drops were burned dry before they landed.
And the cries, screams, and banging on the door were gradually engulfed in flames at this moment.
In the end, there was only black smoke left, and no one was there.
The girl snuggled up to a dog under an old acacia tree, and looked desperately at the sea of fire in her eyes, her eyes were as red as fire!
Her whole person was as quiet as an abyss, but on the edge of life and death, she stood quietly and angrily for eternity.
I don't know how long the fire burned.
From exuberance to decline, all the way to the last ashes, even, blown over the wreckage by the wind, scattering the gray smoke all over the ground, in fact, there was nothing left for the girl.
But the girl and the dog persistently waited under the tree, and waited.
All the time, until dawn.
Unknowingly, it snowed heavily for half a month and stopped.
A golden ray of sunlight burst out of the clouds and mist, and set the sun on the girl under the tree.
Also, the snow behind this sea of fire is set off with golden red.
The girl's dark eyes were red and bloodshot, and she just looked at the place where she once lived, and she never looked back at the bright morning sun.
It wasn't until there was a creaking footsteps stomping through the snow behind her that she turned around vigilantly!
In the golden sunlight, a chubby old Taoist came slowly stepping on the snow with a dust whisk in his hand.
He was covered only in plain clothes, and his white hair was also lightly worn by a wooden hairpin that could not be simpler, and when he looked at this ruin, there was a faint sense of sadness in his eyes.
The whole morning sun was blocked behind him, and it stretched out the folds of his body to shine.
The girl's dark eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.
She raised her eyes, grabbed Ah Huang, and saw every step she took clearly.
The Taoist slowly walked to the girl's side, looked at the girl carefully, and asked softly and kindly, "Come on, you are the person from this village?" ”
"Sort of."
The girl's eyes were clear, and she gradually raised her head and replied expressionlessly.
"There was a fire here last night?"
The Daoist's gaze bypassed her and looked straight at the ruins, frowned slightly, and said softly.
"Yes. Probably only me and Ah Huang are left. ”
The girl also locked her eyebrows, and the words she said were three points of helplessness and three points of sadness, and some were innate stubbornness.
The Taoist lowered his head and tried to get close to her, but she cleverly stepped back and gave way to her.
The hand of the Taoist fell into the air.
A hint of surprise flashed through his eyes at first, as if he didn't expect such a young child to be so defensive.
Then he smiled slightly, consciously took a step back, lowered his body, and said to the girl kindly: "In this natural disaster, are there any relatives of yours?" ”
"I have no father or mother. but orphans. Ah Huang is the only relative. ”
The girl's eyes were clear, her head was stubbornly held high, and she tightly clutched the rope holding Ah Huang.
"What's your name?"
The Taoist glanced at the "Ah Huang" in her mouth, with a trace of doubt in his eyes, lowered his body, and asked her softly.
"No name and no surname. I don't know where it came from. ”
A trace of coldness flashed in the girl's eyes, and she said indifferently.
The Taoist stared at her quietly for a while, as if pondering for a moment, slowly straightened up, sighed, and said softly and seriously: "In that case, are you willing to return to the Taoist Temple with me?" From now on, how about calling you Baiwu? ”
"Okay."
The girl didn't have any special expression, but there was a little mildness in her tone, and he nodded shallowly towards the rising sun, and his eyes were as clear as the moon.
"Remember, since you have entered my Taoist temple, you must forget about today's events, and don't mention it to her again. Otherwise, they will be expelled from the school immediately, do you know? ”
The Taoist bowed his head and sternly admonished the girl.
There was no doubt in his tone that he was completely incapable of refusing.
However, the girl slowly raised her head and stared at her with an old and sharp gaze!
She was silent.
For some reason, the Taoist was a little uncomfortable to be looked at by her gaze, frowned, and turned around to leave.
But as he turned around, he heard a soft voice from behind him—"Okay." ”
The Taoist turned around in some surprise, but saw her squatting down and gently stroking Ah Huang's hair, as if she didn't know that the old Taoist was staring at her.
"Ah Huang, let's go. We're going to have a new home. ”
I saw her smile slightly at the sunlight and slowly stood up!
A white snow color was vast behind her, dazzling the old man's eyes, making him inexplicably have the illusion that he couldn't see clearly.
On the night of the tenth day of the first month of the year of Gengyin, a fire fell from the sky in Cangling Town, and all of them were destroyed.
No ashes, no bones.