Chapter 1: A Dream of the Past and the Present
"Xiangxiang baby, where are you? Come out of here! Stop it! Murong Shuxiang ...... "A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy walked through the woods with an anxious face, his hands made into trumpet shapes and put them to his mouth and shouted loudly.
The boy ran aimlessly in the woods and shouted, staggering, a trance fell to the ground, his handsome face was full of tears, his eyes were blank, his white and slender hands were rubbed by the stones on the ground but he didn't realize it, and he murmured: "Xiangxiang, my good Xiangxiang, is it good for you to come out, where am I wrong, you hit me and scold me, don't hide, don't let me not find it, you come out quickly......" The boy finally roared, and then howled. Tearing hearts and lungs, shaking the heavens and the earth.
"Zhiyu, Zhiyu...... Zhiyu! The silence of the night was broken by the screams of a girl, followed by heavy gasps.
The light of the fire drove away the darkness and illuminated everything around it. This is a cave, and an eleven or twelve-year-old girl is sitting on a pile of hay, panting, her eyes are panicked, her face is covered with sweat and tears, and some of her tattered clothes are stained with dried blood, as if she has just experienced a chase.
"Girl, have nightmares again?" Opposite the girl, an old man with crane hair and a childish face and fairy wind bones appeared.
The girl seemed to be awakened by this voice, clasped her hands on her knees, buried her head in her knees, and cried.
"Alas!" The old man sighed helplessly, it had been three days, this girl had not eaten or drunk, and was injured again, even if he forced her to rest with soothing incense, she was always awakened by nightmares, and then she cried. No matter what she asked, no matter how much she tried to persuade her, she couldn't get a single answer.
"Girl, I don't know what you've been through, but you have to get out of here to find the person you're looking for!" The old man persuaded weakly, hoping that the name she shouted would have some effect.
Sure enough, the girl's crying gradually became quieter when she heard the old man's words. Raise your head again, your eyes clear and firm. The girl looked at the old man by the light of the fire, and the old man was dressed in a simple and ordinary robe, with gray hair and beard, and his eyes were very bright. Looking at the old man, the girl remembered the scene a few days ago.
It was her eleventh birthday, and she was walking her horses at the racecourse, imagining a birthday party in the evening, until the horse under her crotch was frightened and threw her off, and she realized that the scenery around her was no longer the one she was familiar with. The horse ran away, and she nearly died in the tiger's mouth. It was the old man in front of her who saved her. The earth-shattering changes were like a thunderbolt from the sky, making her lose her calm and wisdom, and all that was left was panic and helplessness.
The old man had been observing the girl, and was astonished to see the change in her, what a girl was full of hope after three days of despair because of a word.
"Thank you grandpa for saving me a few days ago!" The girl's voice was a little hoarse.
"The old man just happened to be a coincidence, and the girl didn't have to care." The old man said and handed over a water bag, "Drink some water!" ”
The girl took the water bag, and the old man handed over the dry food again, "I haven't eaten for a few days, I'm hungry, let's make do with these dry food." ”
The girl looked at the dry cake in the old man's hand and couldn't satisfy her appetite, but when she came to her senses, she was really hungry, so she took the cake and ate it in a big gulp. She needs physical strength to get out of here, she wants to go home, she wants to return to Wang Zhiyu, so she has to eat whatever it is.
"Where did the girl come from?" The old man asked, looking at the girl's unusual costume.
The girl paused, did not answer, and poured a few mouthfuls of water and ate again. When the old man saw that the girl had no intention of answering, he did not ask any more.
The girl was eating the cake while pondering how to answer the old man, a few days ago she escaped from danger, so she asked the old man where this was, and the old man said that this is Fuyun Mountain. She didn't know what Fuyun Mountain was, only that it wasn't a horse farm. As smart as she seemed to feel something, she asked the old man what place Fuyun Mountain was. The old man told her that Fuyun Mountain was in the Yan Country.
Yanguo? What kind of country is Yan Country? After listening to the girl's question, the old man was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, it was not surprising that an eleven or twelve-year-old girl did not know the world, so he replied: "Yan Country is the most powerful country among the seven countries of the Donglin Continent. ”
The sudden change of scenery, the unheard of country, and the different attire from hers all made her understand that she had come to a strange world. There are no relatives who love her, no lovers who see her as everything, so she is desperate, she feels so powerless for the first time in more than ten years, if it weren't for the old man to wake her up, she doesn't know how long she will be lost.
If you can come, you will definitely be able to go back! The girl swallowed the last bite of the cake and said, "My name is Murong Shuxiang, and I am ten years old this year...... Twelve years old, from far away. "I originally wanted to say eleven, but suddenly I thought that the ancients were counting the age, so I changed my words.
"Huh?" The old man suddenly heard Murong Shuxiang speak, and he didn't react for a while, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The little girl is willing to speak?" ”
"It's not that I won't say it, but I don't know how to say it." Murong Shuxiang said and pointed to his clothes. The old man understands that it is not easy for this girl to appear here.