Chapter 4: The Past Is Like Smoke
When Lan Xin took Lan Feng home, it was already dark, she simply prepared some food, and sat silently opposite Lan Feng.
Both people have thoughts in their hearts, and neither of them is about each other, so for a while, the two people have nothing to talk about, so there is nothing else except the sound of chewing.
"Are you okay?"
Lan Feng was the first to break the silence.
"Hmm!" Lan Xin replied, but the effect showed that she was not in good shape.
"Can you tell me your story?" Lan Feng asked, "Oh, and about here, everything is new to me!"
"My story?"
Lan Xin said as she held her chin with her hands.
"This is the border of the Shining Sun Empire, the territory of the Lower Three States. Lan Xin said.
"What are the Lower Three States?"
"You don't even know that? Oh, I almost forgot, you're a savage. The continent we are in is called Kyushu region, Kyushu is divided into the upper three states, the middle three states and the lower three states, the lower three states are Yanzhou, Hanzhou, and we are in Qingzhou, Qingzhou's status in the lower three states is also minimal, the number of warriors is very small, there are fewer special occupations, Qingzhou subordinate two empires, respectively, the Yaoyang Empire and the Frost Empire, the Yaoyang Empire occupies most of the area of Qingzhou, so that the territory of the Frost Empire is close to the Hanzhou, and it is also affected by it, the Frost Empire is full of wind and snow, and the living conditions are extremely bad, which also makes the Frost Empire declare war on the Frost Empire every year, and the war on both sides continues, which also makes the lives of ordinary people turbulentWhen the empire had no time to take care of the governance of some places, some bandits were born. The Lan family used to be a big family, the elders of the Lan family were even more martial artists, and their status was respected, and then a group of bandits broke into the Lan family, they killed a lot of people, and then the elders were defeated, and the Lan family was completely finished, my brother and I were secretly sent out, hiding in Tibet, and finally, I was caught by them, and my brother was also killed in order to protect me, and I was also injured at that time, because I had to endure the poisonous hair of ten thousand ants eating bones several times a year, and I only learned medicine, but unfortunately I couldn't find a solution at all. β
Lan Xin began to choke as she spoke, afraid that she had endured too much over the years.
"I really envy you, I don't remember anything, I don't remember the pain, I don't remember the hatred, these are all the words in my heart, I don't know why I told you, but you said that you would protect me, you can't break your word. β
It seems that I have been away from my loved ones for too long, and I have forgotten the feeling of someone caring.
"What I said will definitely be done, by the way, can you tell me what you mean by the martial artist?"
"Warriors are a noble type of people, they practice martial arts, they can open mountains and split stones, and some even destroy an empire with their own strength. I don't know the specifics, but my brother left me something, maybe it has something to do with martial artists. As she spoke, she took off the chain around her neck and tied a piece of black wood in the middle: "My brother said to let me keep the key, but I don't know what the key is." β
Lan Feng took it, only to feel a turbulent current flowing down the wooden block into his body, and he felt an inexplicable vibration in his mind, orderly and comfortable, as if it contained an incomprehensible power. It was already certain that this was not the world he was familiar with, and it was difficult to explain just the strange power in the wooden block just now.
Besides, the so-called martial artist should be the same as the things in the novels and movies he has watched, and his eyes are bright, maybe he can also become a powerful warrior, so that on the one hand, he has the ability to protect Lan Xin, and on the other hand, he can also help him find the truth with the help of some forces and even the empire.
"I don't understand this either, you continue. β
"At the beginning, my brother would rather die than let me take this away, I think this thing is not so simple, the carving on it is very similar to runes, but my congenital conditions do not allow it, I can't cultivate, I can only be an ordinary person, although I really want to cultivate, I want to become strong, I want to take revenge, but in fact I can't do anything. β
"Isn't there some books about martial artists in the Shining Sun Empire?" Lan Feng asked.
"Yes, there is the nearest Nanshan City from here, but there have begun to gather some warriors there, they regard the lives of ordinary people as grass mustard, even if they kill some people, no one will trouble them, but the empire will still favor those people, it will be very dangerous to go there, it is not easy for me to give birth to a girl secretly." β
"I'm sorry, I don't know what to say about you, but I must find out about the martial artist, because if I can't become stronger, I won't be able to fulfill my promise, and I won't be able to get back what I lost, I still want to figure everything out. The blank space in Lan Feng's mind could not be filled by Xiang'an in any case, even if he might die on the road, he didn't want to just stop.
"I know, you don't belong here, you're not ordinary, when I just rescued you, I found that your physical condition was very poor, but it will slowly recover on its own, I think you must have been a martial artist before, or you are a child of a certain family who came out to practice, and you encountered danger to be like this, one day you will still go back." β
"It doesn't matter if I'm a child of any family or not, I only know, my name is Lan Feng, you Lan Xin is my sister now, don't worry, I will come back, I said that I will protect you. Lan Feng forgot some important things, but he knew in his heart that he was not a child of a big family, but came here from another world, and he also brought the golden page with mysterious power, although he didn't know where the golden page was now, but he was sure that he was such a girl here as a relative, and he only got along for two days, probably because of the loneliness in his heart, he had a trace of sympathy for this girl who didn't know whether it was good or bad.
Lan Xin didn't say anything, but turned around and went into the house, tossed for a while, took out a beast skin roll, and handed it to Lan Feng.
"This is the map I brought with me when I escaped, it should be useful to you, and you can walk from here for about half a month to Nanshan City. β
Lan Feng looked at her.
"Won't you come with me?"
"I've been living here for a long time, I don't want to leave, most of them are ordinary people, and it's much safer for me as a weak woman. β
"It's just that the Qiu family may be unfavorable to you, I'm not at ease. β
Lan Xin wanted to say, why didn't she stay, but when the words came to her mouth, they became: "It's too late for them to hide from me, how can they provoke me." β
"I ......"
Lan Feng knew in his heart that he shouldn't leave, but there was a reason why he had to leave, he wasn't afraid of death, but he was afraid that he wouldn't know it until he died.
"Okay, I'm going to rest, everything is ready for you, some money, oh, and my brother's clothes, you can take them!" he said, and went into the back room without looking back.
Although the acquaintance was very short, it made Lan Feng feel like home, and inexplicably came to a strange world, a strange girl, saved his life, gave him a name, and prepared a lot for him, and was even forced to help a wicked young man detoxify and do something she hated.
That's probably what fate will be!
Earlier, he thought that the power of the mysterious golden page would tear it apart, but he didn't expect it to take him to a completely new world, and somehow he could understand the language and words of this world, perhaps, there is really a fate to arrange to guide him to do something, although he doesn't believe in fate, but since the direction is given, then step out without hesitation!
Looking at Lan Xin's door, he couldn't sleep for a long time until the next morning.
It was still dark, and the starry sky was as starry as he was in the world, and it was said that the stars represented life!
He didn't say hello to Lan Xin, but gently packed up everything, including the wooden card, and then changed into the long shirt that Lan Xin prepared for him, a cyan set, which also made his face a little more brilliant, with a pink purse hanging from his waist, embroidered on it with a boy carrying a girl, he said that it was Lan Xin and his brother!
"Sister, my brother will become a strong man, and then come back to protect you!"
He muttered something in a low voice, but still packed his bags and left quietly.
I felt at home, and at this moment I embarked on the journey again, and once I left, I was always on the way home.
Lan Feng didn't care about sentimentality, but took advantage of the moonlight to follow the direction guided by the map.
On the other side, as soon as he left, Lan Xin was wearing a pair of underwear, leaning against the door frame, looking at the direction he was leaving, and quietly wept, and sure enough, he didn't even have time to say goodbye.
Just like the scene when the two brothers and sisters were chased and killed, they ran all night, and the pursuers continued until the cliff was strange, and her brother let her hide in the pit next to her to attract the enemy by himself in order to protect her.
To this day, he remembers it vividly.
"You killed thousands of people from my Lan family, and forced me to make my sister jump off the cliff, I Lan Feng swear here, if I survive, I will remember every one of your faces, and I will make your business sleep!" Lan Feng, who was standing on the edge of the cliff, looked at the bottomless cliff, and took Lan Xin with his words, and then jumped off the abyss without hesitation.
Lan Xin watched everything, and she had to hold back her crying, she knew that if she was discovered by this group of people, everything her brother had done would be in vain.
Immediately afterward, the group of people searched up and down the mountain for several months, and Lan Xin survived relying on rain and weeds, but the injuries on his body earlier became more and more severe due to the hunger and cold during this time, so that he had to recur every few months later.
Lan Xin can probably deduce from the dialogue of that group of people that their Lan family got something, something that made many forces blush, although I don't know what it is, but it can definitely be in the package that my brother gave him, and then she realized that the wooden card is not simple, although I don't know what the key is, but after all, it is the Lan family, including my brother, who takes life to protect it, until she meets a person who is very similar to her brother, and it has been many years later, she has done everything when she meets it, and the person in question, Lan Feng, does not know at this timeγ
It gradually rained, and her body was a little cold, so she had to move back, her eyes were still following in that direction, and she didn't know how long it would take to say goodbye, or if she could see her again.