Chapter Ninety-One: Inspecting the Tile in the Upper House
There was a long, half-dead sound on the tree wall, as loud and small as the sound of electricity in a broken stereo, and the fiery clouds in the sky had darkened, changing like iron that had cooled after a moment in a furnace.
God, it's really going to be dark.
Xiaozhi's brother Yuesheng brought firewood and saw that Fang Xu was still sitting in his hall without any signs of leaving, so he put the firewood under the eaves, took a tattered robe and handed it to Fang Xu, "Uncle, the river is heavy at night, put it on to keep out the cold." β
The little boy Yuesheng was sending off the guests very tactfully, and when Fang Xu took the robe, he also saw the dodging look in his eyes, and there was worry and powerlessness in his expression that he was afraid that Fang Xu would not leave.
Children who were less than ten years old were not easy to live in this indifferent blast furnace village, how could Fang Xu bear to cause trouble to them, after thanking them, he took the coat and left some dry food on the small wooden table, and left.
Not far from the tree wall, there is a tall mulberry tree, with lush branches and leaves, and the pavilion is like a cover. The whirling branches are like open umbrella stands.
"Just make do with it for one night!"
Fang Xu turned over and climbed upstairs to the mulberry tree, spread his clothes on the natural bed frame formed by the intersection of six tree poles, and gradually fell asleep in the bursts of insect chirping and frog chirping while holding his sword and wearing his clothes.
I don't know how long I slept, Fang Xu's body was painful from the hard erection of the branches, and when he turned over, he happened to hear the sound of killing in the village. Sitting up and looking into the village, I saw more than a dozen fires shaking inside, and the cries of children and women continued. On the way under the trees, many people are desperately trying to escape into the wilderness.
"What's the situation?" Fang Xu drew his sword, and the two jumped down the tree, stopping a native who had escaped from the village, only to learn that it was a large group of demons from outside the sky who rushed into the village. As soon as the aboriginal broke free from Fang Xu's hands and fled, a skyrocketing fire broke out in the blast furnace village. Along with the raging flames, there were also colorful spirit yuan floats. The floaters broke away from the flames and flew in the direction of the Ghost Rush Gorge.
In the flickering of the firelight, a group of figures were walking towards Fang Xu's side without hurrying, it seemed that they were demons outside the sky.
This time, the number of Outer Demons has exploded, coupled with the fact that they can be replenished after the loss of personnel, resulting in many Outer Heaven Demons who have survived for a long time not only collecting excellent equipment, but also far exceeding the previous survival champions. Now in the remnant paradise, a team of hundreds of extraterrestrial demons can wipe out a medium-sized aboriginal village, and a village like blast furnace village, where the armed force is almost zero, can only flee for their lives when they encounter extraterrestrial demons.
Hearing the sound of a quarrel coming from the other side of the tree wall, Fang Xu hurriedly went back. As soon as he stepped into the small courtyard of Xiaozhi's house, he was blown back by a wave of air and fell heavily on the wasteland five or six meters away from the small courtyard.
After Fang Xu rolled off the ground one by one, a carp stood up, and the horizontal sword looked at it on his chest, only to find that there were many blast furnace villagers on the periphery of the small courtyard. Those who prostrate on the ground praying, those who knelt and scolded, and those who cursed in various forms, but none of them were standing.
Each of them had a little bit of a wound on their bodies, but it didn't make it impossible for them to get up. They must have been seriously injured when they entered the small courtyard and were blown away by the invisible air waves.
There was a torch stuck in Jiang Ziya in the tiled house in the courtyard, and Yuesheng was covering the tiles in an orderly manner beside the torch. In the middle of the ridge of the ancient tiled house, a small tip will be stacked with tiles, which is called ginger tooth. Legend has it that after Jiang Ziya sealed all the gods of the people, the Jade Emperor was left unsealed, so the gods asked who would be the Jade Emperor. Of course, Jiang Ziya, the position of the Jade Emperor, was reserved for himself, so someone naturally came to sign in.
"Friends are here, thank you Taigong!" A guy named Zhang Youren in the audience jumped up and thanked Jiang Ziya for his kindness and sat in the position of the Jade Emperor. Jiang Ziya flew to the roof and sat down in a fit of rage, "Jiang Taigong is here, and the gods abdicate." β
Therefore, Jiang Ziya on the tiled house has an extremely important position, and people will hide some important things under it when building a new house, in order to get the protection of this Jiang Taigong who can make all the gods avoid it.
At this time, Yuesheng repaired to this position, and after the completion of the roof, the repair was completed. Xiaozhi stood under the eaves, and with her little hands she was swaying the tiles one by one in the hanging basket.
In the dark, light is the most striking thing. As soon as the sword light in Fang Xu's hand returned to the small courtyard, it was discovered by Yuesheng and beckoned Xiao Zhi to lead Fang Xu in.
"Uncle, don't be afraid, our family is safe!" Xiaozhi pointed to Yuesheng, who had climbed to the light on the roof and was laying tiles, "You go up and help my brother." β
"Will you?" The little boy Yuesheng asked while laying tiles, "If you can't, don't come up and help." β
In his hometown, every time before the spring rain, the pieces on Fang Xu's small wooden roof had to be overhauled. Before junior high school, his father was doing this work, and after junior high school, Fang Xu also followed. Therefore, Fang Xu can be regarded as half a bricklayer master.
After climbing on the roof and quickly repairing a few tiles, he was approved by the little boy. At this time, there was already a noise of demons from outside the sky on the other side of the tree wallβit seemed that they had discovered the child's home.
"Yuesheng, have you forgotten your family's responsibilities?"
"As a descendant of the Blast Furnace Guardian, you can't die without saving you!"
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The villagers on the ground heard that the demons were about to pass through the tree wall, and their voices began to harden as their lives were at stake. Yuesheng didn't hear the villagers' "righteous words", urging Fang Xu to speed up the tiling together.
Nine years ago, Yuesheng's mother came to the blast furnace village with a big belly and was taken in by the village's bricklayer. On the day of Tsukisheng's birth, the blacksmith announced that the half-mantle had been passed to him, and the bricklayer mysteriously disappeared on the second day of the full moon.
Four years later, Tsukisheng's younger sister was born. A woman who has lost a man in her family gives birth to a child again, how much infamy she has to bear. So one night two years ago, Yuesheng's mother also disappeared.
Some people say that she couldn't stand this hard life and ran away with wild men, and some people said that she couldn't stand the rumors and committed suicide by throwing herself into the river. But Yuesheng firmly believed that his mother had more important things to do, so he had to leave as a last resort.
With the disappearance of his parents, although Yuesheng is the guardian of the blast furnace village, he does not get the slightest care from the villagers. Even when the bluestone road was paved in the village, because Yuesheng's family could not produce labor, the villagers did not pave the bluestone road into his yard. Up to now, Yuesheng's family has become the only family in the village that is connected to Qingshi Village Road by Huangni Road.
From the shouting and scolding of the villagers, Fang Xu learned about these situations, so he no longer had half sympathy for those villagers. When the demons outside the sky rushed over the tree wall and the butcher's knife was aimed at those villagers, Fang Xu felt a pang of joy in his heart.
After dealing with the villagers around the courtyard, the demons outside the sky rushed to the courtyard, but without exception, they were blown back by the air waves in the courtyard. Several of the weaker ones fell to the ground and were seriously injured, and the other demons rushed to give them mending their swords and sending them back to heaven.
At this time, Fang Xu clearly saw that those Outer Heaven Demons who had obtained the human head had more or less absorbed a part of the Spirit Yuan Floating, which might be the reason why they had become stronger.
"They can't get in, so they don't have to make up for this tile, right?" The sky on a summer night was starry, it wouldn't rain at all, and Yuesheng lit a torch to repair the tiles, needless to say, Fang Xu thought of the reason.
"If all those extraterrestrial demons in the village come here, our family's qi wall won't be able to resist them." Yuesheng took the torch off Jiang Ziya, "Uncle, there are too many tiles on this stack and too heavy, I can't move them, so it's up to you to finish it." β
"Done." Fang Xu cautiously stepped on the roof ridge and came to Jiang Ziya's side, and as soon as he pulled out a tile below, a video popped up.