As An Zheng's hands tore forward, the night sky was all torn, and the black-armored warriors and demon beasts on the clouds dissipated one after another, turning into black gas, and finally disappeared. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The sky became clearer, and the light emitted by the sun changed from blazing to soft.

Then An Zheng found that they seemed to have returned to the place where the stage was.

A little boy who looked to be about six or seven years old, holding a small kettle, sat obediently on the bench, watching the performance on the stage without blinking. An Zheng can see that the performance on the stage is the local opera of Yan Kingdom, although there are not many repertoire, but the singing is heroic and melodious, so Yan people like it very much. The little boy seemed a little nervous, and looked around from time to time, as if he was on guard against something.

"Are you scared?"

An Zheng walked over and asked.

Du Slender pulled Tai Che: "What's the matter? Why did you come back? This little guy is the owner of this charm? But he is only so old, it is impossible." ”

Toru Tai lowered his voice and said, "Don't speak, now that this world of enchantment has calmed down, it should be back to the beginning of the enchantment." This form of little boy may not be real, and it may also be when the enchanted owner begins to fantasize. Any drastic move on our part could unbalance the charm of the now calm mind, so let's be honest and watch. An Zheng seems to have formed a certain communication with this enchanting world with his own state of mind, just look at it. ”

Du Slender nodded, not even daring to speak. The two of them didn't dare to get close, and watched from afar.

An Zheng walked over slowly, and the little boy looked back at him, looking extremely frightened, and his body involuntarily shrank back: "Who are you? Are you going to arrest me and go back to practice?"

An Zheng shook his head and smiled very kindly: "No, I also like to watch dramas." ”

He sat down next to the little boy: "But I don't know what this play is called." ”

The little boy seemed to relax his vigilance slightly, looked at An Zheng with black and white eyes that were exceptionally clear, and said with a little pride: "This play is called Dingjiangshan, and you don't even know this when Yan Kingdom was founded, it's so embarrassing~"

An Zheng smiled: "I'm too busy because of my lack of time, although I like to watch dramas, but I can't spare time." So I don't know what kind of drama it is, and you can't laugh at me. ”

The little boy was born very beautiful, and when he heard An Zheng say this, his face also darkened: "Actually...... Like you, I was forced by my family to practice since I was four years old, and I was not even allowed to leave the house. I came out to watch the play secretly, and I like to watch the play, but they don't allow it. Every time I sneaked out to see a play, it didn't take long for them to catch me back and beat me...... They said that I was the future of my family, and I didn't have time to look at this mess, so I could only practice and practice...... But I'm so tired, I don't want to practice, and I don't want to do anything about the future of my family. ”

An Zheng's heart tightened, and he took out a handkerchief from his cuff and wiped the little boy's tears: "Don't worry, no one will arrest you back today, I will protect you." ”

"Really?"

The little boy looked at An Zheng expectantly, and then shook his head again: "My family is so fierce, no one dares to mess with them." You better go, big brother, I'm afraid it will affect you. I'll look at it for a while, and I'll go back on my own. If they find it, they'll hit it hard. ”

An Zheng's heart was sour, and he rubbed the little boy's hair: "Don't worry, I said that I would protect you, and I won't let people beat you again." ”

The little boy became happy: "Then I finished reading Dingjiangshan today, and I haven't finished reading it once." ”

He subconsciously looked back, as if he was still worried about something.

The moment he turned around, An Zheng felt that something was wrong. This is the enchanted world of the little boy, he will appear whatever he wants, and he is just a passerby after all. Just when An Zheng was worried, the door outside was suddenly kicked open, and a group of big men in black broke in from the outside, with hideous faces. They strode forward, and as they walked, they became skeletons, skeletons dressed in black. In that way, it was exactly the same as the skeletons they had seen singing and dancing on the stage before.

An Zheng suddenly understood, this is what the little boy is afraid of, so even the performance on the stage has changed. From singing, it turned into a group of skeletons dancing happily, which was actually a nightmare in the little boy's heart.

Behind the black-clothed skeletons, an old lady with a dragon's head cane in her hand walked in slowly, her face cold and frightening. She stretched out her finger and pointed at the little boy and said sharply: "Catch me back, fight to the death!"

The little boy was so frightened that he shrank into An Zheng's arms: "I don't want to go back, I don't want to practice...... I just like to go to the theater!"

An Zheng stood up and protected the little boy behind him.

"Who are you?"

The old lady looked at An Zheng with a gloomy face.

An Zheng sneered: "It's not the same as you, you are something in his heart, and I am not." Don't you think this is too much? How old is he, you just force him like this, punch and kick him if he doesn't obey you at all, and even say this kind of thing to beat him to death? Or do you just care about whether there is an inheritor in the family, this person can be anyone, as long as the talent is good. If you really kill him, you'll have to look for the next successor, right?"

The old lady said coldly: "This is my Gao family's housework, why should you ask? Give you a chance to get out by yourself, otherwise I will let you go to ashes." ”

An Zheng felt that the little boy was trembling more and more behind his back, and he reached out to hug the little boy: "I won't let them beat you, and I won't let them force you to do what you don't like." This is your world, and it's all you fantasize about. Trust me, only you can get these people out of your head. ”

The little boy shook his head, his face was white and scary: "I...... I'm afraid of her!"

He lifted his little finger to the old lady.

The old lady shouted angrily: "I am your grandmother! You dare to hide behind an outsider, and it is in vain that I have put so much thought into you." The family has already paid enough to cultivate you, why are you so ignorant!"

An Zheng said: "What you care about is not him, just yourself, or your so-called family future." Since you are his grandmother, have you ever considered him as a grandmother? Have you ever felt sorry for him? Have you asked him what he likes? Do you know what he wants to do and what he doesn't want to do? In his heart, you are not his grandmother at all, you are the demon he fears. ”

"I'll kill you. ”

The old lady pointed forward: "Chop him up and feed it to the dogs!"

The group of black-clothed skeletons began to pounce forward, and An Zheng patted the little boy on the shoulder: "Believe in yourself, you can drive them away." ”

The hideous-looking old lady took a step forward, and the dragon head crutch in her hand poked down: "Don't forget that you are a descendant of the Gao family, and you have the blood of the Gao family flowing in your body." Everything you get now is given to you by the Gao family. Food, drink, clothing, use, everything, including your life, is given to you by the Gao family! If you want to leave now, you are a traitor!"

"I don't want it!"

The little boy squatted there holding his head: "I don't want any of them!"

His clothes shattered with a pop, and he crouched naked.

A hurricane appeared, sweeping like an angry dragon. The black-clad skeletons were swept into the hurricane as they rushed forward, and they were instantly ground into powder. Moving forward in the hurricane, the old lady raised her hand to sweep the hurricane away, but after she raised her hand, she had no strength at all. The hurricane swept through and carried her into the air.

"You can't escape, that's your fate!"

In mid-air, the old lady was still howling bitterly.

An Zheng took off his coat and wrapped it around the little boy and picked him up: "You can, whenever you want." No matter how dark the sky is overhead, the sun is always there, even if you can't see it, you must keep the light in your heart. When you feel like that's really not what you want, learn to say no. ”

The little boy nodded vigorously, then shouted into the sky, "I don't!"

The hurricane was gone, and the old lady was never seen again.

Dingjiangshan was still singing on the stage, and the little boy was babbling and learning to sing on An Zheng's shoulder, and he seemed to have relaxed a lot. The surroundings became calmer and calmer, as if nothing had happened. He lay there with tears in the corners of his eyes.

I don't know how long it took, the little boy suddenly broke free from An Zheng's arms, and then stood there and bowed deeply to the people who were singing on the stage: "Thank you." ”

The people on the stage looked at each other, and at the same time bowed to the little boy: "Thank you." ”

Then the stage vanished, and it became pitch black.

It was a kind of darkness that made people feel incomprehensible, as if it were eternal night. But when An Zheng raised his head and looked at the sky, a golden light tore through the darkness and shot straight down from above. Gradually, the golden light became more and more abundant, and the darkness became fragmented. A sun hung there, illuminating all around.

Then they saw that on a deck chair made of dead wood not far away, an old man who looked like his hair and beard were gray was lying tired, looking at An Zheng with charitable and grateful eyes.

"Thank you. ”

He said.

His voice was old and hoarse, and unusually dry, as if he hadn't spoken in years. He looked like he was old, at least seventy or eighty years old. He leaned there, unable to move. A rotten smell that belonged to the old man emanated from him, which was uncomfortable.

"Tall tree?"

An Zheng asked.

The old man nodded: "It's me." ”

The old man looked up at the sun, and he began to cry from the light, but he kept looking at it as if he didn't care at all.

"I never imagined that one day I would wake up from that dream. I'm not even sure which world is real. But luckily...... Not everyone is full of darkness in their hearts. So I want to thank you, whoever you are. ”

He looked at An Zheng: "Thank you, if you can, I'm willing to say it a few more times." But I'm going to end myself, I'm going to end my life. When I came out of that dream, I knew what choice I had to make. I don't like everything here, if I can be reborn, I would like to be an ordinary child, play with mud when I was a child, secretly run down the river to bathe, and then be taken back by the adults in the family and beaten up...... That kind of beating, it shouldn't hurt at all, right?"

Toru Tantai asked in the back: "Don't you want to start anew? Don't you feel a pity to end like this?"

Gao Yuanshu smiled: "No, it's not the end, it's the beginning." ”

Du snorted: "I don't like you, I don't like you anyway." You killed so many children and young girls for yourself, you should have died a long time ago!"

Gao Yuanshu obviously paused for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "It turns out that she has pressed this sin on me, and everyone is just her pawn, at her mercy...... The death of those children had nothing to do with me, did she say that she killed those children to save me? No, she did it for herself. She should have died a long time ago, more than a dozen years ago, but she began to prolong her life in that sinful way. All the punishments that the Gao family has received now are caused by the sins she has committed. But none of this will be my business...... You are all good people and should not die here with me. ”

He waved his hand.

The surrounding scene changed.

They returned to the courtyard, and the leaves and branches of the trees in the sky were gone, and the two persimmon trees were restored to their original appearance.

Vaguely, An Zheng seemed to hear a child, singing that section of the country in a childish voice.

The sound is getting farther and farther away.