Count nine cold smallpox fairies, and snow falls in March in spring. Don't look at the snow that has not melted all over the mountains on Beiling Mountain, but near the foot of the mountain is a dense forest scene. The mountains to the northwest of Kuluzhou are also close to the Endless Sea. At the foot of this Beiling Mountain, it can't be said that the four seasons are like spring, but it can't be said that the weather is cold and frozen.

Liao Jindan is a native of Liaojia Village, Beiling Mountain, and is six and a half years old this year. Northerners, easy to jump up, the golden egg at the age of six looks like a twelve-thirteen-year-old half-sized child, because the face was brought into the mountains by his father early to learn the life of hunters, for many years in the ravine soaking, digging traps under the trap to tie the prey, there is a little bit of vicissitudes. The children in the mountains, all like this. Especially Golden Egg, one day when he was five years old, his father Liao Quanfu told him that he would almost have multiple younger brothers. Liao Jindan can't talk about being happy, but he feels that he will no longer be the boss in the future, and he can learn from his sister Liao Xiu'er, and he can be unhappy by being two years older than him, and kicking his ass a few times is actually not a bad thing.

It's a pity that when he was five years old, he not only failed to have more younger brothers, but also lost a mother. Difficult birth, one corpse and two lives. At that time, I didn't understand the golden egg, but I only knew that the aunts and uncles in the neighboring villages who basically couldn't meet each other, uncles, grandparents, and so on, seemed to come all over again, which was very lively.

At that time, he was wearing a white paper filial piety clothes, just kneeling, because he couldn't cry, he was slapped in the face by his father, it hurt so badly, but he howled, in short, he just kowtowed when he saw someone. My father asked a craftsman from the town to carve a tombstone, which was later erected on the edge of the ridge in his house. I heard that it cost a lot of money, and even the snow-white bear skin that has been hidden at home has been given.

His father told him that his mother and his brother were dead. Jin Dan didn't really understand the meaning of this at first, so he didn't know what to do or what to do. It's just that my sister, who is two years older than him, has been crying for several days without stopping, and she is a little annoyed.

And so the days passed. Liao Jindan felt that something was wrong, and he didn't know what was wrong. I just feel that the food is not delicious, and there is no one to coax me to sleep. The father who was the hunter had a temper, and the fist slap fell endlessly, and no one stopped him. He remembered that his father's eyes were red, he didn't speak, he carried the jar of wine, and went out, and he didn't come back in despair until the night. After that, Golden Egg didn't dare to ask more.

In the next place, the days became more and more difficult. Jin Dan felt panicked in his chest every day, aunts and uncles in the neighboring villages, why didn't they send their mother back?

Daddy's cooking is hard to eat,

Sister scratch me if it's okay,

Two days ago, I missed a roe deer, and my father beat me fiercely.

Until one day, Liao Xiuer held the golden egg in her arms and told the golden egg that her mother was dead, not going back to her mother's house. I can't come back, I can't come back.

The golden egg cried, and cried loudly. No matter how much you persuade you, you can't stop it, you just want to be a mother. Later, it was his father who tied him to the roof beam with a rope and hung him for a day, and finally stopped the commotion.

The Golden Egg family is the only hunter in the village, and Liao Quanfu's ability is not small. So no matter what, the days will not be broken, the people in the mountains are also open to life and death, and there are not a few women in the village who have difficult births that year are taken away by Lord Yama?

Although the man's cooking skills are not good, he can make do with life and pull the two dolls big, and there is no major difficulty.

When Golden Egg was six years old, he found that his father sometimes didn't go hunting or stay at home. He often hides in the pigsty at the head of the village, with his ears against the wall, and squats for several hours. Jin Dan knows that family, Liao Youzi, a well-known lazy man in Liaojia Village, has just married a daughter-in-law not long ago, and many uncles in the village often squat in the corner like his father.

Later, Liao Youzi also came out with a firewood knife for this incident and chopped it indiscriminately, stood at the head of the village and pointed at the whole village, and scolded his mother all day. He asked Liao Xiu'er what was going on, but in exchange for a melon and a white eye.

Originally, there was nothing big in the village, that is, some parents were short, and they just scraped the ashes and climbed over the wall.

Last month, a group of strange people came to the village, all wearing armor that made Jin Dan envious, leading the horses, very majestic. It's just that they all wear masks like evil ghosts on their faces, and they can't see their faces, which is weird and scary. People in the village said that the officers and soldiers from the big city were on errands. But I didn't see them taking people, so they dug and dug in the center of the village, and when they were finished, they filled in again. He buried a pillar, said something like whoever opened it, he would be killed, and he left. The people in the village were confused, but they didn't dare to touch the things of the officials. That's the end of it.

Then strange things happened one after another. First the old people in the village fell ill one after another, and then some of the frail young people also fell ill. The people of the village were frightened at once, thinking that the plague was coming, and they closed their houses and did not dare to come out. Several children of the same age in the village often play with Jindan, and one day the second cat who lives in the east secretly told Jindan's grandfather that he was coming back and was being tied to the pillar at home by his father and mother. Golden Egg said, you just talk nonsense, your grandfather has been dead for years.

Then the golden egg came back......

Golden Egg was very happy, he knew that his mother would come back. But before he could be happy, his father and his mother fought, Jin Dan could only cry, and Sister Xiu'er on the side lay motionless on the ground, the blood on her neck was still bubbling, staring at him.

Later, the golden egg and his mother tied it to the bed board, kicked open the door, and went into the mountains with the golden egg. The two stayed in a black blind man's hole for nearly twenty years, not because Jindan's father wanted to come back, but because Jindan's own search for the village. Because, the golden egg and his father are also dead - several wounds on his chest are rotten.

By the time Golden Egg returned to the village, there was no one left in the village. He was so hungry that he went from house to house looking for something to eat, originally wanting to give his mother who was tied to the bed a little food, but his mother didn't pay attention to him at all, and she wanted to break the rope. The golden egg knows that the rope can never be untied! It's just that the mother's throat seems to be very dry, and she keeps howling, so the golden egg will go to the stream where the head is stored from time to time to get some water, feed it to the mother, and wipe the body for the mother, and there will always be some skin and flesh falling off.

On this day, Golden Egg was fetching water by the stream when he saw a wave of people coming down from the mountain. There are two who look like the sons and daughters of the rich families in the town, and there is a very tall and strong man, and there is a girl who is about the same age as Sister Xiu'er. Obediently, this is much more beautiful than Sister Xiu'er. Then he saw the fairy sister in a white dress, Jin Dan was stupid, he had never seen such a beautiful sister, I'm afraid it's not the fairy in the sky that the storyteller in the town always talks about, right?

"Little brother?" a handsome-looking young man beckoned to him.

Li Shuhang looked at the child who was fetching water by the stream and found that the child's hair was unkempt. I can't tell the age, I should be seven or eight years old, and my little dark face is full of surprise. It seems that he is afraid of them, and he does not dare to run away, and he is hesitating.

"We're not bad people, we want to ask where this is. Li Shuhang tried his best to maintain a kind smile and said to the child not far away.

"Little brother, we are passing merchants, and we want to ask if there is a place to stay here. Don't be afraid, we're not bad people. Li Shuhang didn't expect Nangong Muying to be able to open her mouth and make up nonsense.

Hearing the fairy sister speak, the child seemed to be a lot more relieved, looking at everyone, he still nodded a little vigilantly.

Ma Xie saw that the child had relaxed his vigilance, so he took two steps forward. The boy nervously took two steps back and almost fell into the stream.

At this time, Li Shuhang saw that there were still wooden barrels used to draw water by the stream. The water in the bucket was not yet full, so he smiled, and then slowly walked towards the bucket, and the child seemed to be competing with Li Shuhang in martial arts, and began to circle with Li Shuhang's movements. Li Shuhang slowed down his movements and let him see all his moves clearly.

Seeing the actions of this fair-faced big brother, the golden egg seemed to be a little relieved, and the bucket was filled with water at once.

"I'll help you carry it, where do you want to mention it?"

"My home. ”

"I know, my name is Li Shuhang, what about you?"

"Golden Eggs. ”

"Golden Egg...... The golden egg of the golden egg made of gold? You see, the tall big brother over there is called Ma Xie, and on his shoulder is Little Pink. Then the red-haired big brother over there who looked like you owed him a lot of money was surnamed Xu, and the beautiful fairy sister in the end was Nangong Muying. The little boy's eyes followed Li Shuhang's fingers, and finally stopped at Nangong Muying.

Nangong Fairy seemed to remember something, took out a palm-sized sachet from her arms, opened it, and scratched it with her fingers, but her face stiffened, and she didn't seem to find what she was looking for. hurriedly glanced at Li Shuhang, Li Shuhang knew what she meant, and reached into his arms to grope for a while. Then he looked a little ugly, but finally took out something - a red bean paste bun that had almost become a dry dough.

Nangong Muying was stunned, turned her face away, and seemed to smile a little.

"Golden eggs, this one is a little hard, but it's still delicious. Here you go. ”

Jin Dan is a child in the mountains, usually only when he goes to the town with his father to sell some fur and mountain flavors, can he have the opportunity to touch steamed buns, which only people in the city are blessed to eat, and he can only look at it. Therefore, even if it is a hard bean paste bag, he likes it quite a lot. I accepted it unceremoniously, but I didn't eat it, and stuffed it into my arms.

Jin Dan's expression became a little happy. Nangong naturally walked forward, but unlike Ma Xie, the golden egg was not afraid, but took a few steps forward. Nangong Muying bent down, as tall as the golden egg, and said with a smile

"Golden Egg, can we ask you for a favor?"

Jin Dan doesn't seem to be very wary of Nangong Muying. Nodding

Ma Xie was a little sad, Xiao Taohong seemed to understand very well, and Lao Cheng patted Ma Xie's head. The little girl really dares anything.

"We want to go to your village to see what's going on, can you lead the way?" Nangong Muying said, pointing in the direction of the village.

"Okay. ”

"What about the adults in the village?" Xu Junfeng also walked up and asked. Ma Xie had actually inquired about the situation in this village before, and no one was there at that time.

"It's all gone, it's just my mother and me. "Golden Egg was a little frustrated

"Is she in the village?"

"Well, at home. My mother was sick, so I brought water back to give her something to drink. ”

Li Shuhang was a little sad, he probably knew the situation in this village. There are only two people left, this child and his mother, and there is a sick one, such a young child, it is really not easy.

"Now there is nothing to eat in the village, and I am grateful for the steamed buns you gave me. Maybe my mother thinks those things are not delicious, and she will be happy to give her this. The child said happily.

"Golden Egg, how long have you been like this?" asked Mu Ying.

"That's it after I came down from the mountain, for ten years. ”

"Were you all on the mountain before, was there anyone in the village before you went up the mountain?" asked Xu Junfeng

"There were people before going up the mountain, but many uncles and aunts were sick. My father died after taking me up the mountain, and I came back. ”

Along the way, I asked more or less about the situation. When they entered the village, everyone felt that there was a feeling of heat being pumped away from their bodies, and the speed was very slow, but it was still obvious in the perception of the monks.

"It should be in the middle of the village, and this feeling should be a formation that eats away at the yang energy on people's bodies little by little. Xu Junfeng said.

"It's the Soul Devouring Array, a formation arranged with the Thing of the Extreme. If it is slow, it will be a month, and it will be as short as half a decade, and it will be able to drain the yang energy from the body of ordinary mortals. There is also a heavy formation, which is the corpse refining array that locks the soul of life. When the two formations run at the same time, the living person will be slowly refined into a corpse puppet. It turned out to be Li Shuhang who spoke.

Several people were a little surprised, why did Fool Li suddenly understand so many things?

Li Shuhang saw that everyone was puzzled, shrugged his shoulders, and pointed to the "Chang Yue" in his hand and explained.

"It told me. It's a long story, but in short, there's a machine spirit in this 'shut up'. It seems that I have lived a long time and know a lot. ”

Xu Junfeng and the others were almost numb. In front of it, it can open the gate of heaven, and in the back, a "machine spirit" that only exists in legends pops up, and it has no strength to be surprised. In short, everyone is a little tired.

"It said, just dig up the artifact in the center of the formation and destroy it. You will be able to unravel this formation. "Chang Yue" also said that this is a very low-level formation, and it is not a big deal.

Knowing that there was no danger left in the village, the people decided to go their separate ways. Ma Xie and Xiao Taohong went to dig up the eye, and Li Shuhang and the three continued to accompany the golden egg to their house. It's better to talk to an adult who can talk.

After parting, Li Shuhang, Nangong Muying, and Xu Junfeng followed Jin Dan to their earthen house closest to the mountain road in the village. As soon as they got close to the house, several people smelled a familiar foul odor. Several people looked at each other, all secretly vigilant.

"Mother, a guest is coming. Golden Egg opened the door and said.

Seeing the situation in the house clearly, several people's hearts sank.

"Mother, do you like to eat steamed buns? You haven't eaten for many days, this one is delicious. ”

"Mother, don't move yet, I'll wipe it for you. ”

“...... Mother, the buns are delicious, don't spit them out. ”

"Mother......

The room was filled with the unique stench of corpse puppets, and the corpse puppet who was the golden egg mother before his death was struggling on the bed board, staring at this poor child who was once his son, full of greed. The bitten bean paste buns were scattered all over the ground, and the child willfully took a quick rag and dipped it in water, wiping the rotten body for his mother.

Nangong Muying covered her mouth, not daring to watch this scene.

Li Shuhang silently stepped forward and pulled the child back outside the house.

"Brother Li, is there any way you can cure my mother's illness? Please, help me save my mother. My father is dead, Sister Xiu'er is gone, and now I only have my mother. Tears rolled in the child's eyes, and it seemed a little difficult to raise his hand to wipe it. The exposed half of the arm turned out to be scarred and black.

"Shuhang, he was poisoned by corpses!" Xu Junfeng immediately found out that something was wrong.

Nangong Muying also found out, and quickly took out the sachet and took out two pills inside. Walked up to Liao Jindan and squatted down.

"Golden Egg, we'll figure it out. You eat this pill first, okay?" Jin Dan nodded and swallowed one of the pills handed over.

Nangong Muying tore open a cuff, dipped some water, and wiped the wound on her arm for the golden egg. Then crush another "detoxification pill" and wipe it on the child's wound, and then wrap the wound with a strip of cloth, which is a simple bandage, and the child gritted his teeth and endured the pain.

"Golden Egg," Li Shuhang said in a deep voice, "Your mother's illness ......"

The refining of the corpse puppet is irreversible, not to mention, the mother of the golden egg is originally a dead person. Xu Junfeng patted Li Shuhang's shoulder before he could say anything.

At this time, Ma Xie and Xiao Taohong came over.

Xu Junfeng cast an inquiring gaze. Ma Xie nodded

"It's the skull of an unknown demon beast and a locust branch engraved with a charm, which have been destroyed. ”

Several people were immersed in the encounter of the child Golden Egg just now, and they didn't feel the changes around them for a while, and when they heard Ma Xie say this, they did feel that the feeling of peeling off the cocoon had disappeared.

"There's nothing to check here, the evil cultivator's methods are probably understood, we have to rush to the town as soon as possible. Let's see if we can save people in time. Xu Junfeng said

"What about the little golden egg?" Nangong Muying couldn't bear to leave the golden egg here alone, this was basically waiting for death.

"Golden Egg," Li Shuhang also squatted down, "You go to the town with us to see if anyone can cure your mother's illness?"

"But my mother ......" the golden egg still can't let go of his mother

"It's okay, we'll be back soon. For a while, your mother will be fine. ”

Golden Egg looked back at the room and thought about it. Turning around and walking over, Xu Junfeng thought that the little guy was going back to the house again, so he took a step forward to stop him. But when he saw the child, he gently closed the door and said to the house

"Mother, I'll be back soon, you wait for me, I'll find a doctor for you. ”

The crowd was silent......