"Fire Dead?!" Hatcher was shocked. He had seen a similar statement in one of the ancient spells of the clan, which recorded many vicious black spells, but his father did not let him see them. This is also what he secretly glimpsed one day of curiosity. In this way, there really are people in the clan who use black magic...... Who is it, it is really ruthless!

He pinched out a fireball in his hand, and silently said something in his mouth, and the fireball emitted a pale blue light and flew towards the outer layer of the fire dead. The light of the fire gradually faded, and it was only half the height of a man. Seeing this, Beigong Han poured all the water from the water bottle on his body, flew to the eaves, and fell into the encirclement with his light skills, using his body as a physical barrier to isolate him between Shen Wanwu'er and the fire dead.

"Are you crazy?!" Hatcher yelled anxiously, "Do you know that this is hellfire, not afraid of wind, not afraid of water, and can light anything?" ”

"Childe !!"

Beigong Han jerked his head up in the firelight and looked at the fire dead man who was only a foot away from him.

Shang Jin didn't expect to see such a bustling bazaar outside the Shenzhou Continent. The willows on the moon, but the people come and go in the bazaar, and the shops are all lit up, shouting and selling, one after another, so lively.

He and Eleven walked among the crowd, and the joy of the people around them was all on their faces without any concealment.

"This big brother, we are outsiders and want to stay here for one night, where is the inn?" Eleven stopped a big man who was wiping down the wine table and asked.

"Yo, outsiders!" He suddenly approached, looked at Shang Jin and Liu Shiyi, and said with a smile: "We don't have outsiders here, anyone who comes is a home; So there is no inn. ”

Shang Jin raised his eyebrows in surprise.

The big man said: "If you don't dislike it, go to my house, there is a new bed there, it was originally for me to get my daughter-in-law, now," he paused, and said in a low voice: "My mother is seriously ill, I just want to take good care of her, I'm afraid I don't have anything else to think about." Just as Shang Jin hesitated, the big man had already hung the towel around his neck, walked to the back door, and said as he walked:

"Come with me, I live in the mountains, it's still some distance from this town, and it's not too early until tomorrow."

"Thank you, big brother." Shang Jin bowed slightly to the big man.

"Just call me Ah Hu." The big man turned his head and smiled and showed his upper and lower rows of white teeth.

Outside, you can't see your fingers, only the song of the cicadas can be heard, but the surroundings are more quiet.

Shang Jin suddenly spoke up: "Ah Hu, you are from the Shenzhou Continent, right?" Why did you leave there and live in such a place surrounded by mountains?

Ah Hu said: "I was here when I was born, but I heard from my mother that we were a small tribe on the border of Di Kingdom, and we had to pay tribute to Di Country every year to pay food and treasures, and the leader was unwilling to succumb to others, so he led everyone to travel a long distance and moved here." He looked up, looked at a few stars in the dark night sky, and said, "That migration, I lost a lot of tribal elders, but fortunately, everyone is no longer bound by the exploitation of power," his eyes flashed with Shang Jin's incomprehensible joy and relief, "Since then, the leader has created his own farming and management system, and everyone has been able to provide for themselves even without contact with the outside world. ”

"Then the intermarriage is with the people of the clan?" Liu Shiyi asked.

"Not really. Every once in a while, some outsiders will come to the town, they are either knights who go on expeditions outside the Shenzhou continent, or homeless people who live in vagabonds, or handmaidens and fireworks girls who have fled from large families. But after living in the town for a while, no one wanted to leave, so they all stayed. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, "Our nameless town is composed of people of different personalities, colors, classes, and even countries, but what remains unchanged is the pure land that remains in everyone's heart, called freedom." ”

Shang Jin was speechless for a long time. He may have understood the joy conveyed by the rush of people in the town. It's relaxing, it's simple, but it's something that many people can't get in their lifetime. When people come to this town, they are careless, even panicked and confused, so when they touch the happiness that they dare not ask for, they will fall into it.

Ah Hu looked at Shang Jin for a long time, and said loudly: "But you are different, there is longing and concern in your eyes, I can see that you don't belong here." ”

"yes, I can't stay here." Shang Jin muttered, "But how I envy you. ”

"Some people are destined to live such a turbulent life, they hope to live a stable life from the beginning, but in the end they can find their own purity in the troubled times." Ah Hu sighed: "This purity, it won't be very far, you have to wait." ”

"Hu, thank you." Shang Jin smiled with relief, "Chatting with you has really benefited a lot." ”

"Hey, don't say that, I'm just saying what I think." Ah Hu scratched his scalp embarrassedly, pointed to the bright light in front of him, and said, "Look, that's it." ”

"Mother! I'm back, how do you feel today? Before Ah Hu could get close to the door, he shouted, his voice reverberating throughout the mountain.

"Oh, my mother is infected with the wind cold, coughing and coughing, don't worry so much, my mother is in good health." An old man with gray hair and old age was sitting on the edge of the bed with his back bent and wearing a sweater.

Ah Hu frowned, and said: "Even so, mother, you should recuperate well when you are sick, besides, I can't wear the ones you knit for me in winter, don't knit, be obedient." ”

"Oh no...... Mother suddenly thought of a color today, you must look good when you wear it, you have to let your mother finish weaving. The old man looked up, saw Shang Jin and Liu Shiyi next to the door, was stunned, and patted Ah Hu with a smile: "Son, the guests don't say a word to their mother, so my mother is preparing a meal." These two guys are so handsome! You're welcome, what do you want to eat, Aunt An will cook it for you. ”

"Auntie, no need, I've already eaten when I came, so I don't bother you." Shang Jin waved his hand again and again.

"No trouble, no trouble...... "Leave the needlework in his hand and walk briskly to the kitchen. Ah Hu was holding on to the back, chattering: "Mother, you are also a lot of old people, why are you still jumping around, I really think I am still a little girl, hey, be careful." ”

"Hu'er, I've told you a few times, my mother's body is hard! When I'm cured, I'll go to the town and dance, and I'll be better than all the little girls!" ”

"Yes, yes, mother, you are the most beautiful......"

Shang Jin looked at the scene of the mother and son praising each other, the corners of his eyes rose, and a warm smile appeared on his lips. Mother, when we get back to Dad, we will never be separated again, just like them, okay?

......

In the middle of the night, Shang Jin was woken up by a violent cough. When he opened his eyes, he saw Aunt An wearing a thin shirt, so he walked out, coughing as he walked, and his originally pale face was dyed with a hint of ruddy. He frowned, looked at Ah Hu, who was sleeping soundly in the compartment, and followed.

It seems that a serious illness has broken Aunt An's body, and she hasn't walked a few steps before she has to stop to rest for a while; Shang Jin looked at her slightly curved back, and a pain appeared in his heart: if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes tonight, he really didn't know that his eldest mother was so sick. He couldn't understand how she could live every day so happily under such circumstances, as if there was no happier person in the world......

She walked up the hillside and sat down, looked up at the sky, and chattered: "Hu'er and his father, you went early, all these years, I have been alone and I have pulled him up." Tiger he... Like when you were young, you are very stubborn, and you make decisions that cannot be pulled back by several carriages; But it's also very emotional...... This body has gradually decayed, and I don't want to delay his life because of this tuberculosis; Anyway, sooner or later, I just didn't expect it to come so quickly. I still want to..."Aunt An choked up for a while: "I still want to see him take a beautiful daughter-in-law and give birth to a white and fat child...... It seems that you can't wait...... cough, cough, cough..."She looked at the blood coughed up in her hands, the corners of her mouth rose, but she had already burst into tears.

Looking at the thin back of the gaunt in the moonlight, Shang Jin's eyes were slightly red, and the fists on his side were clenched tightly: It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be ...... Whoever it is, it shouldn't be them. They... It's so wonderful.

His heart twitched, and he clutched his chest in a daze: this feeling was something he had never experienced. Why does he have such feelings for this mother and son who have only been seen for a few hours? He couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out; All he knew was that he wanted to help, and he hated it, this state of powerlessness.

He searched all over his body, and only found a moon-white porcelain vase in his sleeve robe, the mouth of which was plugged with a cork, but he couldn't stop the faint herbal fragrance that kept coming out. This seems to be something that the little fox has been in his sleeve since he left that day...... These days of rushing, I forgot to open it to see. He took the bottle and looked at it for a while, but found no words explaining its purpose, so he opened the lid and slid out a white note:

Cure the disease, only this one, use with caution.

(When the hope is useless)

Nine

Shang Jin was ecstatic, held the bottle in his palm, and ran to Aunt An.

"Auntie, you can take this medicine, it may help your condition." Aunt An was startled by Shang Jin, who suddenly appeared, wiped away the tears on her face, looked at the well-packaged porcelain bottle, and hurriedly excused herself: "No, no...... Xiao Jin, this medicine is quite rare, right? Auntie doesn't need it, you can keep it for yourself. ”

Shang Jin handed the medicine forward, and replied: "This medicine is not expensive, it is to cure some minor diseases, you use it, it will get better quickly, just accept it." ”

Aunt An looked at the medicine bottle and hesitated, Shang Jin saw this, pulled out the cork, poured out the pure black pill, and said: "It is said that this medicine is easy to break after being taken out, and it needs to be eaten in a cup of tea, otherwise it will lose its effect." Auntie, although this medicine is not expensive, it is also my heart, don't waste it. ”