Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Mysterious Man

The old ghost almost took the bottle full of water in one hand and held it tightly in his arms with both hands. At the same time www.biquge.info both palms felt a little hot, and the water inside was actually boiling in the bottle. He wondered, "Is this salt water?" How is it hot? ”

The little boy said, "It's salt water, the water comes out of the well, and the salt comes from the pot." It's just that the water is not well water, and the salt is not table salt. ”

The old ghost didn't ask, picked up the kettle and began to gulp into his intestines. A few seconds later, he threw the bottle on the ground, the bottle was smashed to pieces, and when he looked up, he wiped the water stains on the corner of his mouth, and said coolly: "Good water!" Good water! Drinking this fairy food is really like waking up drunk, happy! Joy! ”

When the little boy heard this, he laughed and said, "This is ordinary salt water, how can you say that it is a fairy food?" The old ghost said, "I saw that the hot water in the bottle was boiling without fire, and it was swelling without burning." The pot is fragrant, and the fragrance is soft. Spiced and colorful, the variety is endless. It is really a spring with flowers floating for ten miles, and the sun shines on a thousand feet of river. How dare you say that such an extraordinary thing is not a fairy delicacy? The little boy slapped his head and laughed again: "It's over! Said it all! Water is the dew of the thunder of the sky, and salt is the new of the dry sea. This thing is unremarkable, how can it be enough? Hahaha......"

The little boy clutched his stomach and smiled crookedly. The old ghost was so angry that he slapped them both in the face, and threw the broken bottle of slag under his feet to the side of the dirt road. His body trembled and he almost couldn't stand on his feet, so angry that he threw the burden on his shoulders to the ground, and turned around and left without saying a word.

The little boy also hurriedly lost his bag, and chased after him with his back and legs. Stretched out a white little hand and grabbed the old ghost's ring, and shouted: "Fox, fox, where are you going?" ”

The old ghost almost shrank his body and stared at his legs. Bend your eyebrows and push with your hand. Turning over and forcefully palms outward, he suddenly stepped forward, jumped forward with his teeth and claws, and hit the boy's chest, and in a few moments, "Plop!" A scream, followed by a scream. The little boy fell with his back to the ground for a moment, holding his head and rolling back and forth down the rugged path several times like a hedgehog.

The old ghost was indifferent when he saw it, and stepped forward with grinning teeth and said coldly: "Where I want to go, it has nothing to do with you." From now on, you don't want to follow me. ”

The little boy got up from the ground in a daze, his body covered with dirt, and his face had turned into a black piece of charcoal. The hands, knees, ears, feet, and body were incomplete, and he turned into a down-and-out beggar in three seconds and two moments. He endured the slight numb pain and went up again, and pulled the sleeves of the old ghost with both hands, "Fox, you can't go alone, it's already dark." As soon as he finished speaking, he let go and bit his arm with his teeth.

The old ghost was even more furious, and his two beards were about to burn. Broke open his head with one hand, kicked his body violently, picked up the bag from the ground and smashed it in front of the boy, and scolded: "Hurry up and go to sleep when it's dark, don't be pretending to be merciful in this cat, the old man has hated you to the core, and he doesn't want to see you, from today on, whether you are dead or alive, it is all up to you to create, and ask for more blessings." ”

The old ghost almost shouted angrily and then turned away, leaving only the uneven and speckled footprint marks on the loess path.

When the little boy lay on the ground and raised his haggard face again, the back of the old ghost who had left could no longer be seen in his field of vision. But he couldn't get up, and this time the fall was like the top of Mount Tai, his bones seemed to be shattered, and his legs seemed to be rotten wood. The pain that pierced the heart and lungs continued to spread to the limbs from the inside out, and the front of me was a piece of black and linen, looking at the tree, divided into two, seeing the grass, and changing shapes. There was a faint feeling of wanting to vomit between the heart and throat.

At this moment, a shocking thunder suddenly sounded in the clouds, lightning flashed one after another under the starry sky, and the wind squeaked and floated on the grass. The locust trees flutter in the wind and smile in the air, and the stream water continues to trickle among the sand and stones.

The little boy lay on the mud pale with a dying breath, and heard the sound of water running in his eardrums. But listening to that voice seemed to be beside me, but in my heart I felt that he was far away. The little boy followed the sound that came not far away, straightened his two black hands stained with muddy water, and crawled forward desperately, gritting his teeth and kicking his legs. The whole body shrunk into a ball, picked up the grass that blocked in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, a humanoid trajectory three or five meters long was dragged on the ground.

When the little boy was halfway through his crawling, he suddenly slammed his ten fingers into the loess on the ground. His face was covered with tiny beads of sweat, the two rows of teeth on the tip of his tongue were clenched into a line, his eyes were already black, and his scalp was completely numb. His legs were trembling slightly, and his elbows were swinging wildly. If you can't live, it's rare to die. After that, he lost his voice and drank again, swinging back and forth, shaking his head up and down. Pull the band, grind the nails, brow, bite the tongue strongly. The whole person is almost crazy.

The little boy himself couldn't figure out how much of an internal injury he could suffer with such a slight fall. At this moment, it was as if the soul was about to drift to heaven, and the heart had almost fallen into hell. He always shook his head around, his mind was full of thoughts, and he even said to himself in despair: "It's getting dark!" It's getting dark! ”

At this moment, the stars were already shining in the vast night, and the little boy did not realize whether it was day or night. His vague vision was filled with white snowflakes, and if he hadn't heard the clear sound of running water in his ears, his vague consciousness wouldn't even know whether he was alive or dead at this moment.

Maybe it was the sound of the rushing water that made him feel like he was still breathing in his nose and his heart was still beating. With a glimmer of hope for survival in his mind, he once again raised his hands and desperately turned over the dirt that tightly supported the ground, and at the same time threw his legs back, erecting his tired body, and after gritting his teeth, he finally staggered to his feet.

However, this short-term surprise didn't seem to last long, because the moment he stood up, before he could straighten his waist, his knees flashed, and his face was facing the loess and his back was facing the sky, "Plop!" "Suddenly, it fell down again.

But this time he could clearly feel the extreme pain in his head, and the continuous sound of running water in his ears was getting closer and closer, almost piercing both of his ears, and he could always feel countless worms burrowing around, crawling around, rolling around, biting and biting. And for a long time there was an unbearable strange sound.

Suddenly, an unidentified drop of water flowed from the little boy's ear, forming a curved line of water along his ear and down to the tip of his chin. He subconsciously took out a finger, slid it to his face tremblingly, wiped it, and took it to his eyes to see. But he didn't know what color it was, his fingers and liquid were white, and he only felt a strange fishy smell in his nose.

At this moment, the thunder from the sky reached the little boy's ears, along with the sound of running water on the ground. This time, he was completely woken up, and he suddenly felt that his breathing was very smooth in his nose, just like he was suddenly frightened after catching a cold, and his face turned blue.

The little boy slapped his head three times, dragged his aching body and continued to move forward, his hands picking up the weeds blocking him and pressing them under his palms. He continued to crawl forward. The air in my nose is getting clearer, and the sound of water in my ears is getting denser. This was the first time he had heard the sound of the river, and he thought that he could not hear such a beautiful stream on the pier that was like dead ash before. And here it is like a young girl with an expensive guitar in her hand singing and dancing under the moonlight, the former and the latter are simply worlds apart.

At the sound of this, the little boy's lips were almost dry, and he wanted to take a sip of fresh water to quench his thirst. So he continued to drag his aching body and continued to crawl forward with difficulty, but the strange thing was that he only heard the sound getting closer and closer, but he never climbed to the end. A piece of withered grass was picked up in front of him, and it was a new bitter hemp. After tearing it open and plucking it again, it was still a new wildflower.

The meadow was covered with colorful weeds, which also dazzled him a little. He kept crawling and crawling forward. But no matter how you climb, except for the colorful flowers and plants, you can't see the river at all.

The boy tried to get up from the ground, for he wanted to see from a high vantage point how many feet and feet the stream was left. But he could clearly hear the sound of running water in his ears, and clearly felt that the river was in front of him, and if he closed his eyes, it was within reach. But when I opened my eyes, the ground was full of weeds.

The little boy had just straightened his waist, but his hands and feet were unable to exert his strength, and as long as he moved casually, the bursts of heart-piercing pain would immediately attack from both sides of his hands and feet. The little boy sighed helplessly and said, "Hey, if only I were a butterfly, so that I could spread a pair of invisible wings and fly out of this boundless jungle." ”

But this is just his innocent fantasy, everything is just a painting. It seems to look up to the sky and pick up the stars, and it is also like fishing for the moon in the water, but in the end it is just empty ears.

But the more he thought about it, the more hungry and thirsty his mouth became, and he longed to cut his wrist with a sharp stone, suck it hard, replace water with blood, and kill himself to satisfy his hunger. Such a terrible thought suddenly came to the little boy's mind, and as soon as he bit his tongue, he reached out and touched the grass everywhere, and picked up a hard, round stone.

The little boy took a look at it, and the stone was really sharp, thin but not brittle, and the sides were like blades. As long as you hold it tightly in your hand and gently swipe it along your wrist, you can instantly gush out hot blood. The little boy closed his eyes, curled his fingers, and clenched them into a punch the size of a punching bag. Holding the sharp stone in his right hand, he rubbed his wrist fiercely, but at this moment, I didn't know that a powerful force had always grabbed the arm of his right hand.

Not only that, but at the same time, a series of beautiful and moving voices came from the back of the little boy's ears, "Little brother, are you thirsty?" Sister happens to have a bowl of water here. ”

The little boy was in his heart for a while, suddenly opened his eyes, and subconsciously looked back behind him. He couldn't even believe this scene, because this was not only a woman in front of him, but also a fairy flying in the painting.

Look at her long black hair and immature face. Charming figure, flowing silk. The eyebrows are dancing and dancing, and the face of the country is fragrant. Like a goddess descending from heaven, the stars are shining.

However, the little boy was not moved by this, but only cared about the bowl of fresh water in her hand, and did not ask her what her name was, nor did he care where she came from, and even forgot to say hello, so he wanted to stretch out his hand and beg: "Good sister, water, give me water, give me water." ”

The fairy looked a little unhappy when she heard this, so she retracted her hand, stepped back, and said, "You little mouse, you don't know etiquette, although you are not a bad person, but you can't give you water." ”

The little boy shook his lips, swallowed dryly, looked at her hand with greedy eyes, moved forward again, and continued to beg: "I'm really thirsty, it's my fault just now, can you let me take a sip first?" ”

Instead of giving him the water, the fairy tilted the bowl in her hand and poured all the water on the ground. She poured out all the water, stretched out her hand and pointed ahead, and said, "Then there is a stream, called Fuxi, and there are fish and shrimp in the stream." You can take it yourself, and you won't be able to drink this bowl of water. ”

The boy begged, "I know there is a stream ahead, and the river is very fast, but it is too late, and I don't know why." Why don't you go with me, and when you get to the stream, I will repay you. ”

The fairy smiled: "You are penniless, what will you repay me?" The little boy said, "I can make you a cow and a horse for you, and you can let me do anything." The fairy said: "Hehe, you hairy baby is very weird, I still have important things at home, I can't accompany you, you go by yourself, people come to the water." The little boy begged again, "But I really can't get there, I can't, I've tried countless times." The fairy said, "As long as you close your eyes, without any distractions in your heart, keep crawling forward, and when you hear the fish singing in the water, open your eyes, and the stream is in front of you." ”

After hearing this, the little boy nodded hurriedly and thanked him repeatedly: "Got it, got it." I'm going to give it a try. The fairy smiled and turned away, like a gust of wind gently drifting through the grass, her agile body drifting along the road ahead.

The little boy rubbed his eyes, and when he looked forward, there was an empty gray shadow, and only a few withered leaves fell on the path.

The little boy turned back and continued to crawl forward, leaving a mark behind him with each step he took out. He closed his eyes, and he didn't look forward, he kept moving forward, and he didn't think about anything. Strangely, the sound of the stream was getting farther and farther away from his ears, and as he crawled forward, the sound almost disappeared.

But the little boy still didn't open his eyes, and continued to press forward inch after inch over the grass. I don't know how long it took, but the grass under me was getting harder than before. Suddenly, I heard the fish jumping out of the water, "Plop!" Not only fish, but also crabs were squeaking and singing. The crab actually barked, which was unexpected by the little boy.

He slowly opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a green stream in front of him, the water of this stream was very clear, and the stones and small fish under the water could be seen clearly. Birds can be heard chirping on all sides.

There is a waterfall on the opposite bank of this stream, which is more than 100 feet high and seven or eight feet wide. There was no other figure around than these creatures.

The little boy went up and buried his mouth in the water and drank it so that his stomach was full. After a drink, he looked up and exclaimed, "What a good place, what a good place!" ”

"Who is making a noise in this place? Hurry up and get your name out. ”

Suddenly, a man's voice came from behind the little boy, but he didn't feel that it was too loud. He was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and he spoke a string of extremely fluent Mandarin. He turned around and saw a young man in strange costume, with a golden necklace hanging from his ear. He was wearing a white shirt and silk of old silkworms. A pair of black leather shoes were tread under his feet, and the cow was knitted. Holding a metal saber with one hand, domineering side leakage.

The young man held the knife and pulled his face, and rushed forward without making a sound, and his posture had already been drawn into a line of sparks.

The little boy was so frightened that he immediately took a few steps back and exclaimed, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I'm a good person, not a bad person, how can you kill innocents indiscriminately. ”

The young man suddenly stopped, put away the knife, forced him up and asked, "Hey! Say you, where did you come from, you dare to go wild in front of your grandfather. ”

The little boy had never seen such a young man dressed up, and he felt strange all over his body, and he felt a little frightened in his heart, so he replied: "No, no, no, I am not a monster, I am a ghost, a kind ghost." ”

The young man suddenly smiled and said, "Wow, you dare to pretend to be a kind ghost, it seems that you are really tired of life, and you will eat me." Then the young man raised his knife and prepared to go up and slash him.

The little boy was so frightened that he couldn't run to the left, and he couldn't hide from the right. I had to squat on the ground with my head in my hands and sit in a throwing position.

When the young man saw it, he said, "Why don't you run?" ”

The little boy begged bitterly: "It's not that I don't run, I really can't run, and I'm saying that I can't run you either." ”

The young man asked again: "Then how did you come to this place, hurry up and recruit it truthfully, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless." I haven't drunk human blood in this big knife for three days and three nights, and I just happened to use you today. ”

The boy said, "I was lured by a fairy I don't know, and he told me to come here to drink water. ”

The young man suddenly let go of his hands, threw the knife in his hand aside, stared at him stupidly with two eyes, and after a few seconds, asked curiously, "A fairy?" What does Zhang look like? What's her last name, what's her name, and how old is she? Measurements? Tell the truth. ”

The little boy said: "I really don't know, I've only met her once, and it's not been long." I can't remember what she looks like, but she looks good. ”

The young man said, "So, you and the demon girl are in the same group?" In this case, I will definitely not let you go, to tell you the truth, I haven't eaten human flesh for a long time, and today, you just sent it to the door yourself. My iron pots are rusty, and my porcelain bowls are moldy. If you don't come, I'm going to go hungry. ”

After the young man finished speaking, he raised his knife again, and approached him step by step with a fierce face. But this time his steps were very slow, it could almost be said that he was taking one step at a time, and he stepped over in an orderly manner like a soldier.

The little boy had never seen such a rough action, and thought that he really wanted to eat people, and his heart was frightened, so he became bitter and begged for mercy: "You can't eat me, I'm poisonous, and if you eat it, you'll die." ”

The young man stopped again and asked with a grin, "Why are you poisonous?" Tell me, maybe I'll let you go as soon as I'm happy, maybe it's not. ”

The little boy said: "I am sick, and it is a terminal illness, and it is estimated that I will not live for a few years." ”

The young man hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, in fact, I like to eat sick children, it tastes so fragrant, the crispy skin, the crispy bones, it is really delicious, you are so good and I taste, what a coincidence." ”

The little boy immediately panicked again: "No! Cannot! Actually, I'm not sick, I'm not sick. But if you're going to eat me, you're going to die. ”

The young man smiled: "Okay, I won't talk nonsense with you, I finally have dinner, I don't have the strength to talk, I'll rush up and chop you into meat puree, divide the five horses, and then throw it into the oil pot, I prefer to eat fried." As soon as the young man had finished speaking, he immediately rushed forward, and raised the golden saber with both hands and aimed it at the little boy's head.

The little boy was panicked, immediately closed his eyes, hugged his head tightly with both hands, and screamed in alarm.

When the young man saw that the little boy had not run away, he asked, "Huh? You little doll, it's really strange, I'm going to kill you, and you don't run. ”

The little boy raised his head and said: "I really can't run, it's not that I don't want to run, my legs are shorter than yours, and if I escape, it's a dead end, so I don't run away, I can do anything for you, as long as you don't kill me." ”

The young man immediately laughed, then threw the saber back in his hand, and said with a smile: "I don't kill you, in fact, I don't kill anyone, it's just that it's interesting to see you as a child here." Then I ask you, what are you doing here alone? What about your family? ”

The little boy said: "I have no father or mother, and I have been alone since I was a child. I used to follow an old ghost, but now he left me alone and left alone. ”

The young man asked, "Why did he leave you?" You must be too naughty. ”

The little boy said, "I was not naughty, so I made a joke with him and gave him salt water, and he beat me in a fit of rage, and fled by myself from the mountain road." ”

After hearing this, the young man smiled and said, "Then aren't you naughty, who is that old ghost, why are you with him again?" ”

(To be continued)