Chapter 13: Shadows Under the Night Sky

The lights have been turned on in every house in the village, but many people are still sitting outside chatting. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Zheng Pei picked up a secluded path and planned to go out for a walk by himself. The freshness of the soil after the rain mixed with the chirping of insects, Zheng Pei slowly walked along the path leading to the outside of the village. At this moment, his mood is not good or bad, but he can temporarily get rid of many troubles and choices brought to him by fate, so that he can enjoy the tranquility of the moment peacefully.

Zheng Pei suddenly stopped, and with his amazing eyesight, he found that there were three people standing not far in front of the path. They didn't speak when they saw Zheng Pei stop, but judging from their form and movements, they seemed to be deliberately waiting for passers-by.

Zheng Pei looked at the flashing orange red on their bodies, and he could roughly tell from the size that they were two men and one woman. Zheng Pei didn't want to get into trouble, let alone get into trouble. He slowly turned and walked back, vigilantly watching the movement behind him. Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, a shout came from behind him.

"What to run! So cowardly? A young man's voice rang out, and the other two laughed along.

Zheng Pei paused, wanting to turn around and see what this kid who sounded like his own age was going to do. But he thought about it, he was not familiar with his life, and he would leave tomorrow morning, and he might never see each other again, so he couldn't reason with them. Zheng Pei suppressed the anger in his heart, took a step forward and continued to move forward.

"Oh, Wang Ba is running quite fast without a lid!" The girl's voice rang out, and the irony in her words was far greater than the voice itself.

It's so late now, go back and sleep again, and leave early tomorrow morning. Zheng Pei comforted himself stiffly, clenched his fists and walked forward again.

"Huh" A stone flew past Zheng Pei, although it didn't hit him, but the coaxing of the three people completely ignited the anger in his heart.

Zheng Pei turned around and looked coldly at the three people opposite. He had just woken up and his body was slightly slack, Zheng Pei clenched his fists, and his strength surged. Zheng Pei, who has no father since he was a child, knows that if you don't fight back when others bully you, then you will always be inferior in this life.

There are three people on the other side, the two boys are tall and short, the tall boy is slightly stronger than Zheng Pei, only the girl is petite. Zheng Pei looked at the two boys carefully, pondering how to start. But the other party seemed to be waiting for him to fight, and when he turned around, he seemed to have the intention of fighting, so they walked over together.

"How can a wild cub from outside serve the snake god?" The taller boy spat at Zheng Pei hatefully.

The little boy saw that Zheng Pei didn't speak or move, so he walked a few steps quickly, blocked in front of Zheng Pei and carefully looked at him from head to toe. The little man picked the corners of his mouth and said in a mocking tone: "You don't have to suffer anything, you don't have to suffer any crimes." Just relying on that old woman's face to open the eyes of the heavens, how can there be such a good thing? Either you take the initiative to get out of the way and never show up again. Or try it with us to see if you have the ability to receive the altar ceremony. ”

If the other party speaks well, Zheng Pei will also tell them about his voluntary withdrawal from the church. But what he is most unaccustomed to is this kind of bullying trick, but at the moment he doesn't say it, he prefers to fight the other party to the end.

"You can't control what I'm capable of!" If the language had a solid form, then Zheng Pei would definitely be able to kill a few people after throwing it out in such a blunt tone.

The little man looked back at the two people behind him, bit his lip and nodded, as if admitting that Zheng Pei had a backbone. He didn't say anything, but he raised his leg violently and was about to kick Zheng Pei's lower abdomen. And Zheng Pei was already on guard, and before the little man's legs were raised, he slapped the other party's ear first! A crisp "pop" pierced the entire night sky. The little man covered his hot cheeks and stepped back from the tall boy's side.

Seeing that their companions were suffering, the other two naturally couldn't stand still. But they were also amazed by Zheng Pei's agility, and they didn't dare to act rashly for a while. The girl winked at the tall man and stepped back with a gesture in her palm. The tall man relied on his height and long legs to kick Zheng Pei's sideways. And Zheng Pei not only did not dodge, but took a step forward, stretched out his hand and pulled the tall man's hair, and retreated again and again. The tall man was in pain, and his hands couldn't be strengthened, so he could only walk around with his head down and being led around by Zheng Pei. The little man rushed over to help the tall man out of the siege, but was always stopped by the tall man leading the way. Zheng Pei pointed to the little man's nose, and the momentum instantly made the other party stunned, and Zheng Pei seized the opportunity and flew forward and kicked on the little man's little belly. The little man screamed, knelt on the ground with his stomach clutched, and snorted while shedding tears. At this time, Zheng Pei let go of the hand holding the tall man's hair, and looked at the other party grinning with a painful scalp, only to realize that he had pulled down a handful of hair in his hand, and rubbed it, which reminded him of the hard bristles on the pigs raised at home.

A small fireball "whirred" with the sound of the wind rushed straight over, Zheng Pei was defenseless, and instantly felt a tingling pain on his face. At the same time that Zheng Pei was smoked by the smell of burning hair, another small fireball also flew straight to his chest. Zheng Pei was shocked, raised his arm to protect the façade, his sleeve was immediately scorched, and his arm also felt a burning stinging pain. Seeing that Zheng Pei was defenseless, the tall man ran over and kicked Zheng Pei's thigh, and then made up for it on Zheng Pei's side waist, who was bent in pain.

"Hit... Ahem... Kill him..."The little man was still kneeling in place, but when he saw that his companion had the upper hand, he held back the pain and cheered him on.

Zheng Pei endured the tall man's kick, covered his head with both hands, and quickly rolled to the side and got up. He dodged the tall man's fist sideways, grabbed his clothes with both hands and tugged at him as he stumbled under his feet, and the tall man fell like a thick wooden stake. Zheng Pei was about to ride on him and fight back, but he thought about it for a while and dispelled this thought. Zheng Pei silently recited the mantra, gasped for breath and used a layer of scale attachment for himself to protect himself, and turned his head to look at the girl not far away. The girl was shocked when she saw Zheng Pei staring at her, and her fingers quickly made a gesture in her palm. But before she could finish the game, Zheng Pei had already come to her with the Wind Technique.

"Hey! Don't hit her! The tall man got up from the ground and ran back and forth desperately. The little man also held his stomach and moved forward with difficulty.

Zheng Pei ignored them. His eyes sparked with anger, and he seemed to ignore the girl's pitiful appearance as she shrunk into a ball, and raised his hand and jerked it away......

"Smack!" A crunch!

Zheng Pei fell on his back, and a trace of blood slowly flowed out of the corner of his mouth.

The man in black stood in front of the girl, and his broad palm slowly fell.

"Let's go." The man in black said coldly with his hands behind his back, and the two boys ran over to help the girl run back to the village with a cigarette.

"Is that all you have to do? Can only hit women? The man in black asked coldly.

Zheng Pei slowly stood up and took a mouthful of blood foam. He looked at the man in black expressionlessly and didn't say a word.

The man in black looked at Zheng Pei and picked the corners of his mouth contemptuously. He seemed to want to sarcastically say a few more words to Zheng Pei, but after all, he didn't say anything, turned around and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Looking at the distant back of the man in black, Zheng Pei frowned painfully. He rubbed his sour cheeks, carefully spat out the blood foam, and limped back.

"Gee, what's going on?" Granny Ye looked at Zheng Pei's embarrassed appearance when she came back, and hurriedly walked up and asked nervously.

Zheng Pei's face was half black and half swollen, and his bangs and eyebrows were burned into small balls. He looked at Granny Ye's distressed and reproachful eyes, pursed his lips and shook his head.

"It's okay, mother-in-law, you don't have to worry." Zheng Pei said softly, but the words were still unclear because of the swollen cheeks.

"Oh, how do you call it okay?" Granny Ye asked anxiously, "Are you fighting with other children?" ”

Zheng Pei wanted to tell Granny Ye everything that happened just now, but after pondering for a while, he swallowed all the words back into his stomach, just smiled and didn't say anything.

Granny Ye seemed to be angry, and she babbled a lot of things that Zheng Pei couldn't understand. She found some herbs and grinded them and gently applied them to Zheng Pei's cheeks. Zheng Pei suddenly felt a coolness on his hot skin, so he smiled and stretched out his equally hot arm to Granny Ye.

"Oh, tsk, tsk......" Granny Ye glanced at Zheng Pei fiercely, and put herbs on his arm as well.

The herbs are cool and silky, and quickly drive away the burning pain of the skin. Zheng Pei happily looked at Granny Ye, who was busy coming and going, and her heart was warm.

"Oops, you're all hurt like this and you're smirking." Granny Ye angrily reproached.

Zheng Pei didn't care about Granny Ye's attitude, and asked, "Mother-in-law, do you have any plans for the future?"

Granny Ye didn't answer immediately, as if all her attention was on the ground herbs. She sighed lightly, pinched a little herb and rubbed it, and said, "I'm an old woman, half of my body is in the ground, what else can I plan?" While you can still move, you can pick up more medicine and sell a coffin book, and ask the people in the village to take care of it. Save yourself from dying in the wilderness and being eaten by dogs. ”

"Mother-in-law," Zheng Pei continued to ask puzzled, "Aren't you very prominent in the Yunba Sect?" Why do you want to live alone? ”

Zheng Pei's question seemed to touch the deep scars in Granny Ye's heart, and she reluctantly put the herbs in her hand back and said, "There is a rule in the Yunba Sect, apprentices apostatize, and the master can only regain the blessing of the snake god after recovering or killing the apprentice, and continue to contribute to the Divine Sect." The mother-in-law was the head of the Divine Sect back then, but because of Ba Niang's departure, she could only go out of the sect to hunt down the rebels. But my mother-in-law can't bear it! Seeing the two of them taking care of each other in a difficult environment, the mother-in-law couldn't bear to do it after thinking about it several times. Alas, forget it, as long as Ba Niang can be happy, my own efforts will be worth it. But I didn't expect ......." Granny Ye sighed and didn't say any more.

Looking at Granny Ye's thin and slightly hunched figure, Zheng Pei had mixed feelings in his heart. Parents give to their children, and children often can't understand it. But often they can realize that parents have not only paid a heavy price for their children's naïve choices, but also their hearts have long been scarred. But even so, parents do not abandon their children and are willing to give more for them.

Zheng Pei thought of her mother, she was tired of this family, and left in a hurry before she could enjoy it. If I could be sensible and take on the responsibilities of the family early, maybe the mother and son would still be able to reunite to this day.

It was late at night, Zheng Pei's heart was soaked in tears of remorse, and he couldn't sleep for a long time. He sat up quietly and looked at Granny Ye sleeping on another bamboo bed, and his heart was stunned. Looking at the wrinkles on Granny Ye's face carved by time and suffering, and looking at her thin and scarred hands, Zheng Pei felt as if all mothers in the world were like this. Children are the most precious treasure in every mother's life, and one day when the child leaves them, perhaps they can only silently pray in their hearts that their child can be happy, while they are alone in loneliness and misery.

"Mother-in-law," Zheng Pei stretched out in the early morning sun and said with a smile, "I'm not leaving." ”

"Huh?" Granny Ye asked in surprise, "You're not going back to school?" Don't lie to your mother-in-law. ”

"Hmm!" Zheng Pei nodded vigorously and said, "I will attend the altar ceremony tonight, learn spells from you, and let you return to the Divine Sect." Of course, I go back to school often. I'm still young, and I can take care of both ends of the run. ”

"Ahh Okay, good ......" Granny Ye smiled happily, pursed her mouth and didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing Granny Ye so happy, Zheng Pei's heart was also a lot easier. He felt that he had done a good deed, which made his guilt for his mother's failure to fulfill his filial piety a little lighter.