The wind was silent, and the wind chimes were shaken, and Ding Ding Ding shouted, as if shouting again: The wind is up! The wind is blowing!

??“ Younger brother! The little boy lying on the ground opened his eyes wide, but he could see nothing, not because it was dark, but because he was blind, and he cried out in his dark world, "Brother! Is it going to rain? ”

??“ Ha ha! Not far from the blind boy, another little boy lay leisurely on the recliner, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "Yes, yes, yes, there are thick black clouds floating in the sky, tell you, there will be thunder ...... in a while" Before he finished speaking, "Click! There was a deafening thunderclap.

??? The thunder fell, and heavy raindrops fell from the sky, crackling through the compound.

??? The little boy on the chaise longue applauded happily, cheering on the heavy rain, he was under the eaves, and the rain did not reach him. And the blind boy was on the ground outside the eaves, and in an instant he became a chicken in the soup.

?“ Younger brother! The blind boy opened his eyes and struggled but could not get up, because his hands were tied behind his back and his legs were chained, and he shouted, "Brother! Stop it! Younger brother! Younger brother! ”

??? The little boy who slapped his hands couldn't listen to the blind boy, he only heard the sound of wind chimes and rain, and his own applause and laughter.

??? The blind boy saw that the struggle was to no avail, so he stopped struggling, quietly held his head high, and did not know whether it was rain or tears on his face, slowly, he felt that the world began to quiet, although the rain and laughter were so strong, but all the voices were fading away, and suddenly a woman's voice came: "Song'er, Song'er......" The blind boy was extremely excited, he cried: "Mom! Mom! Where have you been? I miss you so much! Mom ......" The blind boy pounced forward, and suddenly felt himself in mid-air and fell to the floor.

??? The blind boy wondered why he was now untied with his hands and feet, even though he was drenched in the heavy rain, as if he had arrived in the house. At this time, someone came to help the blind boy, and the man said in a complaining voice: "Xiao Song, don't move, let me help you to bed, your high fever has not gone away." The blind boy heard that the person who was holding him was the elderly Uncle Tong.

??? After the blind boy lay down, he asked weakly, "Uncle Tong, what's wrong with me?" ”

??? Uncle Tong choked up and said, "Have you forgotten? You were tied hand and foot by Zhao Xuanyuan and thrown into the heavy rain, their hearts were too ruthless, no one stopped you! Fortunately, the lord took me back to the compound with other urgent matters, and I went to look for you, only to find that you had been abused again in the rain, and you were already faint by then...... Poor child...... If I don't come back today, I can't tell you ......."

?“ No, Uncle Tong," the blind boy interrupted Uncle Tong, "Brother is still young, he doesn't know anything, he's just playful, and nothing will happen to me." ”

??? Uncle Tong wanted to say something, at this time there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and six or seven people walked towards the door, led by a man in full armor, who was the owner of this compound: Zhao Yihong.

??? Zhao Yihong is the general of the Yizhen people, his place is very important in the Yizhen people, in the fierce battle to resist the invasion of foreign people, he has repeatedly fought out of the siege of death, alleviated the urgent need, and made a lot of meritorious contributions. Once, Zhao Yihong was wounded and fled, broke through the encirclement alone, and then lost contact with the army, fainted due to injuries in the middle of the road, fortunately rescued by a family, this person has a little girl in the family called Caifu, and after the war stopped, Zhao Yihong proposed to marry Caifu, Caifu gave birth to a child named "Shikomatsu", Shikomatsu is the blind boy. Later, Zhao Yihong married another daughter, Dai Yan, who was Zhao Xuanyuan's biological mother.

??? Just a year ago, Caifu disappeared, but Zhao Yihong did not mobilize anyone to find Caishi's whereabouts. It didn't take long for Zhao Xuanyuan to push Shi Xiaosong into the river, and although Shi Xiaosong was rescued, his eyes were blind for unknown reasons.

??? This time Shi Xiaosong was abused by Zhao Xuanyuan again, Zhao Yihong did not lose his temper with Zhao Xuanyuan, nor did he blame Dai Yan, the wife of the housekeeper, everything just happened when it didn't happen, he took something and was ready to go out, so he came to find Uncle Tong, he stopped at the door of Shi Xiaosong, and said through the door: "Old Tong, this time I will go to Reed City, the road is far away, you just stay at home." ”

??? Uncle Tong hurriedly opened the door, "Master, why did you go so quickly this time, not waiting for the king's will?" It's a long way to go, and the old slave hasn't prepared anything for you on the itinerary and for daily use," Uncle Tong was a little flustered, lowered his head and said, "After all, you have always been an old slave to take care of your daily life, not to mention that you are traveling far away." ”

??? Zhao Yihong turned around and made a posture of leaving, and said: "This time is different, I think things are not trivial, I don't have time to wait for the king, it is very likely that there will be a war, you are too old to stand the bumps, it is better to stay, my daily life is taken care of by others." As he spoke, he had only taken a few steps when he suddenly heard the voice of Shi Komatsu behind him.

?“ Honorable Father......" Shi Xiaosong dragged his weak body out of bed and touched the door, he knelt on the ground, "Honorable Father...... Take care, the child is not in good health...... I can't see you off......" Shikomatsu bent over and kowtowed with tears, he hadn't heard his father's voice for a long time.

??? Zhao Yihong stopped, and he didn't look back, he looked at the sky that had just cleared, and he stopped talking, he frowned and hurriedly walked away with a few subordinates.

??? Since Cai Shi left, Zhao Yihong lightly applied to Shi Komatsu, and almost never said a word to Shi Komatsu.

??? Uncle Tong helped Uncle Tong back to lie down, and Uncle Tong asked Uncle Tong what happened, and his father was so anxious. Uncle Tong said: "This time I accompanied my master to go out to make an appointment with Lord Guan Yong, and Lord Guan Yong told him about the strange things that happened in Reed City. ”

?“ Lord Guan Yong and a friend in Reed City often correspond, and there will be several letters exchanged every year, but last year, the friend cut off contact, Lord Guan Yong did not receive a letter, and the letter he sent was also silent, so Lord Guan Yong decided to go to Reed City in person. ”

?“ Reed City is geographically remote, located in the deep mountains, because there is a large area of grass planting that resembles a reed around the city and is named Reed City, when Lord Guan Yong passes through the grass, he can hear the lively voices in the city, as if it is as lively as the opening of the city, but when Lord Guan Yong comes to the foot of the city gate, it is another scene. ”

?“ I saw that the city gate had been corroded and half-hidden, and when I walked into the city, no one could see it in the city, and there were ruins everywhere, but the lively sound of the opening of the market still lingered in my ears, flickering far and near, very strange. Although Lord Guan Yong is a person who is not afraid of death, he can't help but be frightened when he encounters this kind of thing. Lord Guan Yong wanted to find out, and walked towards the center of the city with his two guards, but he couldn't find any clues, and there was no sign of life. However, Lord Guan Yong, they found a white strange cat on a separate wall......"

??? Hearing this, Shiki Komatsu seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but say, "Strange cat?" ”

?“ Yes, strange cat," Tong Bo continued, "the cat was standing on the wall, and Lord Guan Yong drew a knife to kill it, and the cat ran, and they chased after it, and the cat ran not on all fours, but on two feet like a human, and it ran very fast, and the cat ran into a dead end, and at the end of the alley, there was a little girl......"

??? Shi Xiaosong sat up and said in surprise, "Could it be her?" ”

?“ What she? Uncle Tong asked.

??? Shi Xiaosong swallowed and vomited, and let Uncle Tong finish the matter.

??? Uncle Tong said: "The little girl did not look like us, with long ears and large earlobes, sky blue eyes, black tips on her fingernails and toenails, and the strange cat stopped at her feet. Lord Guan Yong chased after her and asked her where the girl was and where the people from Reed City went. But the little girl didn't say a word, and Lord Guan Yong stepped forward to catch her, and then the strange cat had wings on its back and flew up, and the little girl grabbed the strange cat's legs and flew into the sky together. Guan Yong they don't look up at the sky is not known, a look up, found that there is a huge castle in the sky, almost covering half of the sky, amazingly, the castle is located in the illusory clouds, giving people the feeling as if the brick wall will fall down, the castle gate is wide open, the crowd inside, lively, the original like the opening of the market as lively voices are from the sky down, the flying cat with the little girl flew into the castle, the gate closed, suddenly there are layers of fog and clouds slowly covering the sky, the castle is gone, and then Guan Yong comes to Reed City again, But no more strange things can be seen. ”

??? Shiki Komatsu asked, "Then what did you do when your father came back this time?" Did you go to his study? ”

?“ When I came back, I went straight to the study, but I didn't know what I was looking for. Uncle Tong shook his head.

??? Lay down for a moment, then lie down slowly.

?“ How do you know that the master will go to the study? Uncle Tong was puzzled.

??? Shiki Komatsu lied and said, "I'm just guessing." ”

??? Shi Xiaosong's heart was pounding at the moment, and there was a secret hidden in his heart.

??? Slowly, when the crescent moon hung in the sky, it was already dark.

??? Uncle Tong, who was guarding Xiaosong, had already fallen asleep, but Xiaosong was about to get up, he was afraid of waking Uncle Tong, so he behaved very carefully, he touched the door, stepped on his tiptoes lightly, and then gently closed the door. Shi Xiaosong is going to Zhao Yihong's study, although he is blind, but the road he has walked, the places he has been, he has remembered it in his heart, because he is usually diligent in exploring and exercising, so he can touch the road to any place in the compound he thinks of with only a pole.

??? With experience and hearing, Shiki Komatsu dodged the night patrol, and he quietly came to the door of the study, which was locked. The lock of this study, everyone in the courtyard knows that only Zhao Yihong has a key, but they don't know that Caifu also hides a key, and Shiki Xiaosong knows where to put the key.

??? Shi Xiaosong felt the lock and opened, and quietly entered the forbidden place, he easily found a thick book from the bookshelf, he started to turn from the first page, counted the pages silently, and stopped when he turned to two hundred and seven pages. Shikikomatsu blew lightly on the paper, and after blowing, the whole page shimmered like fireflies, and Shikomatsu put his fingers on the paper a little, and the fluorescent light gathered on his fingertips, he closed the book and put it back in its place, and then came to a wall.

??? The moonlight shines through the window and spreads on the wall, which is painted with a flat boat floating on the vast river, and there is no one on the boat. Shi Komatsu touched the glowing fingers to the wall, suddenly, Shi Komatsu's whole person was a glimmer, the quiet splash ink painting on the wall, he actually moved, the river flowed, the light boat swayed, the glimmer of Shi Komatsu's body also moved, Shi Komatsu entered the painting with the flow of light, drifted into the distance in a light boat, when the light faded, the splashed ink painting returned to static, and Shi Komatsu and the flat boat have disappeared.