Chapter 1 Poor Mountains and Bad Waters
Eight Desolations and Nine Prefectures, this ancient land where civilization has never been interrupted, there are many mysterious and unexplained things.
For example, on the night of the autumn equinox tonight, in the middle of the night, the moonlight that enveloped the entire village quietly turned red, and the white moon seemed to be dressed in a bright red wedding dress at first.
Tonight, there was no noisy roar of wild beasts in the mountains surrounding the village, and the whole village was silent, eerie and serene.
Only Bai Ze looked extremely painful in his sleep, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and his face was hideous, as if he was experiencing something extremely painful in his sleep.
This is not the first time, for two thousand years, Bai Ze did not know that every time he fell asleep on the day of the autumn equinox, a crimson moon would appear at night in the place where he was that day.
"Ling!"
In the screams of hissing and cracking, Bai Ze sat on the bed abruptly, looking as if he had just walked out of the ghost gate.
He opened his eyes and looked around him before he came back to his senses.
It was the dilapidated farmhouse he lived in, not the desolate plains illuminated by the Scarlet Moon.
There was a crowd of people outside the house, which was silent by Bai Ze's startled voice.
"Ouch, I'm scared to death in broad daylight. Wang Zhusan, patting his chest with one hand and dragging the rope with the other, tied an unkempt girl at the other end of the rope.
Half of her face was wrapped in pitch-black duct tape, a tactic used by traffickers.
The face is dirty, but it can't stop the pair of watery eyes, but this will be dull, and the eyes are red like a pool of stagnant water.
"Let me tell you, this girl is from the city, and she is an intellectual, and the babies she buys back to be his wife and will be born in the future are all going to go to college. "Wang Zhusan is a tooth, that is, a human trafficker, who will tout the tied girl with a broken Mandarin girl.
"Oh, what about your mother-in-law, just say how much it is, we can give birth to a boy in this poor and remote place to help plow the land, where does it matter if you sell a baby in the city or a baby in the countryside. A big bearded man shouted, he was already in his forties, as long as the price was reasonable, he would accept this female doll, where did he care if this female doll could give birth to a fat baby?
"That's it!" a group of people agreed, most of them were rough men, and the village was not without a big-ass aunt, but there was a lack of such a beautiful girl.
"The poor countryside is out of the people. Bai Ze watched this scene through the window and muttered.
But seeing that the girl was not young, how could she still be tied up by her teeth? Maybe it was the kind of person who drank too much wine and was trampled through the iron shoes by her teeth, and there was nowhere to find it, and it didn't take any effort at all.
After living for so long and living in seclusion in countless places, it is not uncommon for this kind of girl who has drunk too much alcohol to be abducted and trafficked to the mountains by traffickers.
"The starting price is a thousand!" Wang Zhusan said with a smile!
"I'll give you a thousand and five!" said your man directly.
"I'm out one thousand six. Another slightly shorter man bid.
"Little bunny, do you have so much money? Without saying a word, the big man grabbed the short man by the collar and threatened, with a fierce expression.
The short man was not afraid, but stretched his neck, and shouted as if he had the ability to move me: "How do you know that Lao Tzu doesn't have it? Why don't you have money and don't allow rich people to bid?"
After Bai Ze finished washing, he poured out the washing water and squeezed into the crowd and said, "Do I sell gold bars?"
He's not a good guy, he's not a bad guy, he's just a half-demon who has survived for more than two thousand years.
He didn't want to get involved in this matter, but thinking of the old people who died tragically because of him in his dream last night, he still couldn't help but make a bid, just hoping to accumulate some yin virtue.
In fact, the two men and Bai Ze who really have the ability to bid are more just having a good time.
This will be tall and short, and both of them have their faces unkind, looking at Bai Ze.
This young man, who had only been in the village for less than two years, was very eccentric, delicate but withdrawn, and rarely interacted with the villagers.
But no one in the villagers thought that Bai Ze would be a good person, if he didn't commit any trouble outside, how could he hide in their shabby place where the traffic was inconvenient and the birds didn't?
"What do you see? If you can't afford it, you can grab it, you can try it. Bai Ze just glanced at each of them, and his whole body was full of anger.
The tall man just snorted coldly, and the short man shrunk his neck and didn't dare to talk.
Wang Zhusan glanced at Bai Ze carefully.
The figure is slender, the appearance is delicate, and the white robe is extraordinary, no matter how you look at it, you feel that this person is not simple.
Wang Zhusan is a tooth wandering the rivers and lakes, and his vision is naturally much broader than that of these mountain villages who have never seen the world.
If he didn't have some genuine skills, could this young man survive in such a poor mountain and bad water?
"Is this little brother serious?" Wang Zhusan asked tentatively, not thinking that Bai Ze was joking with him.
"He's got a of money, and if he's rich, he's going to live in our place, and you don't think you're the kind of person who hasn't seen the world," the tall man sneered.
Wang Zhusan just smiled slightly, how could he not see through what tricks this person was playing, he took the opportunity to take over the conversation and smiled at Bai Ze: "This little brother, although we are not a fair and bright business, but a business is a business and a business, and there is no talk of credit settlement." ”
Bai Ze nodded, took out two sticks of gold from his clothes and threw them at Wang Zhusan, Wang Zhusan took it in his hand and took a bite, there is no doubt that the real gold is a solid profit.
The girl looked at the white boy in horror, not knowing what kind of inhumane experience she would face next.
Bai Ze said lightly while untying the hemp rope on her mountain: "This place is surrounded by mountains, don't think about running, when the time comes, I won't care about you if someone takes you away or feeds the wolf." ”
Zhang Zitong nodded hesitantly.
It's not that she hasn't thought about escaping these days, but in the end, she has no hope except for a beating.
The bruises on her body and various scars have long taught her to be obedient and completely accept her fate.
When Bai Ze ripped off the tape on Zhang Zitong's face, he gasped and was a little distracted in a trance.
It's not that the lower half of Zhang Zitong's face is terrifying, on the contrary, because it has been glued with tape, it is much cleaner than the upper half of his face.
Bai Ze slowly raised his hand and wiped the stains on Zhang Zitong's face with his sleeve.
"Ah, it hurts. Zhang Zitong actually had a large bruise on his face, but it was not so conspicuous under the cover of the stains, which would be touched by Bai Ze and couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Bai Ze's heart tightened suddenly.
It's too similar, it's been two thousand years, and he has always remembered Ling's appearance and dare not forget it.
"Ling. Bai Ze called softly. The gaze is gentle, the tone is soft, and there is more guilt.
Especially the moment when Zhang Zitong was in pain just now and couldn't help but scream, it seemed to make Bai Ze travel back in time and space to more than two thousand years ago.
Zhang Zitong was torn off the tape, and immediately provoked those villagers to be amazed, she really deserved to be a girl from the city, not to mention Shui Ling? Some strong men couldn't help but scratch their crotches.
"No, you're not a villager in our village, so you can't participate in this transaction. "The strong man saw that Zhang Zitong was so good-looking, and he was afraid to snatch this girl back, and it was a big deal to share it with a few other men!
Wang Zhusan naturally wouldn't mix with their affairs anymore after receiving the gold bars, and he planned to slip away while they didn't pay attention to it.
Seeing that Bai Ze didn't talk, the strong man glanced at the short man, and was about to drag Zhang Zitong to his side.
But as soon as he made a move, the strong man screamed.
Bai Ze stared at Zhang Zitong with a warm face before, but his right hand had already pinched the strong man's wrist, and he just heard a click like a branch being cut off by his hand!
"I'll protect you. Bai Ze said softly.
Zhang Zitong was slightly stunned, these days she was like living in the cold winter and being bullied, if it weren't for her chastity, she would have died a long time ago.
Just before, she was like being watched by a pack of hungry wolves in the bitter winter, and she was ready to die if there was really no hope, she would rather die than be their crotch plaything.
Although she didn't understand the origin of the young man in front of her and why his temperament had changed so quickly, when she saw his sincere guilty look, her eyes suddenly regained their brightness and were full of hope.
A long drought is a rainy day.
It's really that these eyes are no longer a pool of stagnant water, which makes Bai Ze even more violent.
As soon as he raised his hand, he threw the strong man out.
The "bang" could not be heard at all, and the strong man did not know whether he was alive or dead.
It's really a poor mountain and a bad water out of the people.
Bai Ze's move did not scare everyone away, but after the short man had made eye contact with the strong man before, he shouted even more confidently: "Dog, you dare to commit murder and hurt people on our mountain, brothers will kill him for me!"
Under the order, under the temptation of Zhang Zitong, these villagers suddenly became animalistic, and they all rushed towards Bai Ze with the strength of the crowd.
Some villagers even carried firewood knives around their waists, so they took them out directly at this time and slashed at Bai Ze head-on without any scruples.
Bai Ze protected Zhang Zitong with one hand, and a little black light suddenly flashed on the sleeve of his right hand.
Between the hands, the first few people in front of them were cut out of their chests, and blood flowed.
Such a scene still did not stop these villagers, but even more fierce.
Some people even raised their hammers with red eyes and threw them at Zhang Zitong.
"You dare!"
Bai Ze scolded angrily.
Everyone has a fire in their hearts, and the fire in Bai Ze's heart has been burning in the depths of his heart for two thousand years, and Zhang Zitong, who is so similar, is even more furious, and it has already burned the prairies.
Guilt and hatred added fuel to the fire in his heart.
At this time, I saw someone shooting at Zhang Zitong, and the fire had already burned the prairies.
The black light flashed, and the head was in a different place.
Bai Ze's eyes were scarlet, like last night's scarlet moon.
The demonic energy in his body was rolling, but even so, he still blocked Zhang Zitong's sight and didn't want her to see such a bloody scene.
"Killed, killed, monsters killed!" The separation of the corpses finally awakened their humanity, and it turned out that fear of death was the real humanity.
The smell of blood came to his nose, and Zhang Zitong knew what was happening even if he didn't look at it.
Bai Ze turned around, and his scarlet pupils finally recovered to their original state, even if they looked as bright as the moon.
"Sleep for a while, with me, no one will be able to hurt you. Looking at Zhang Zitong Bai Ze, who was huddled in the corner and trembling all over, said softly.
Zhang Zitong swallowed his saliva, glanced at him, and instantly lowered his head and nodded.
Bai Ze gently pressed the back of her neck, and Zhang Zitong suddenly sank, and the whole person fell asleep.
He held her in his arms, just as he had then.