Twenty-six-seven Darkness
readx;? When Ian woke up again, he heard the sound of dripping rain and the smell of dampness in the air. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info He turned his head and through the hole in the house and saw that it was raining lightly outside, and the raindrops were blown into the house by the wind and soaked the floor.
On the other side, the little boy was boiling something over a charcoal fire, and it gave off a not very pleasant smell, as if it had been burned.
Ian got up slowly, "How long have I been asleep?"
The little boy glanced at Ian, and did not answer immediately, but stirred the iron pot on the fire with a long wooden stick for a while, and then replied slowly: "About half a day, from last night to today, it is now noon." ”
"It's raining?"
"Aren't you talking nonsense? The little boy gave Ian a disdainful look, "The rain is going to drop on your face, and you still ask this kind of question." ”
Ian was a little speechless, this little brat, can't you see that he is looking for a topic.
"What are you cooking?"
"Rice porridge. ”
"Oh. ”
Ian stood up, moved his body, and found that he was recovering well. Except for a faint pain in his chest, there was nothing serious, and then he glanced into the little boy's pot, and when he caught a glimpse of something black, his face immediately changed.
"Are you sure this is rice porridge?"
"Will I not know what I cooked?"
"Then why is it black?"
"Oh, black rice porridge. ”
Ian suddenly wondered if it was the right choice to let the little boy prepare the food, and what he was cooking didn't look like it was edible, but like sewage from a stinking gutter. But the little boy apparently did not think so much of what he cooked, but took out a wooden spoon, scooped a spoonful and ate it with relish.
In this way, Ian was really hungry, after all, he hadn't eaten for more than a day.
"Didn't you cook it for me, why did you eat it yourself?"
"Well, there's a spoon here. ”
"Don't you have a bowl? ”
"Nope. The little boy glanced at Ian again, "Do you like to eat or not." ”
Hey, it's so arrogant. If it weren't for the fact that I'm really hungry right now, I wouldn't eat what you cooked, little brat. Ian thought so, and then took the spoon and dug a spoonful to eat in the boy's movements. Whether it was rice porridge or not, Ian was sure that he was indeed burnt and the taste was really bad, but he could swallow it and treat it as a hunger filler.
"By the way, I haven't asked your name yet. ”
"Roland. Roland replied, "Roland Steve or Stiman are here, forgot." ”
"Can this be forgotten?"
"No one has been calling, why don't you forget?"
Karan stood by the river, watching the raindrops ripple across the river. The breeze blew the willow leaves of the willow trees by the river, and the willow leaves fluttered in the air after brushing the water, Kalan stretched out his hand, broke off a willow leaf, put it in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully, and then let go of his hand, and the willow leaf fell into the river, and was carried into the distance along the river.
"Ian was seen falling into the river. "And where will he go?"
"Sir. The butler bent down slightly, "The Jibu River runs through almost the entire imperial capital, if Ian is not dead, then it is possible to go ashore anywhere, just"
"It's just that you think he's dead. ”
The butler hesitated for a moment, but nodded, "Although it may not make you happy to say this, I really don't think that Ian will survive." The man who saw him fall into the river said that Ian was injured and had stained the river red. It's okay if you're not injured, but if you're injured. ”
"You will lose too much blood and die. "Especially in the river, it's hard for anyone to survive. ”
The butler bowed his head: "Moreover, even if he didn't die on the spot, it is possible that those who attacked him would have already found him before us." ”
"I know, it's just death. ”
"Do we need to keep looking for him?"
"Find. Karan nodded, "Ordinary people will die, he won't die, he is not an ordinary person, he did not die in the hands of the Dragon Emperor and the two dragon kings, then I have reason to believe that he will not die in the hands of those jumping clowns." So, keep looking. ”
"Yes. ”
But don't tell the Messiah just yet. Karan turned around, and now the wind was strong by the river, and Karan's white robe was fluttering in the wind, and the fiery red rose seemed to bloom in the rain, "Our war is about to begin." ”
"It must be life and death. The butler bowed his head desperately, as if he wanted to bury himself in the dust.
"Where are you going?" After eating the black confusion, Ian saw Roland preparing to go out.
"Go see Dr. Ann. Roland replied.
"Doctor Ann?"
"Well, it's the only doctor we have here. Roland's eyes lit up with reverence, "He is the best person in the world, and at the same time the best person." ”
The best doctor?
Ian was a little confused by Roland's tongue-twisting words, and it took some effort to understand what he meant. is probably a doctor with superb medical skills and good character, but he was exaggerated by this little kid.
"What are you going to do with him? Are you sick?"
"No, I don't. Roland shook his head, "Doctor An will go to treat people at this time, I'm going to take a look." ”
"What's so nice about healing?"
"Learn from his medical skills. Roland said as a matter of course, "After learning it, you can also treat others." ”
Ian was a little speechless by Roland's words, if he could learn just by looking at it, then there wouldn't be so many harmful doctors in the world. Originally, Ian was not interested in the profession of a doctor, but seeing that Roland admired the so-called Doctor Ann so badly, he wanted to see what kind of person that Doctor An was.
But he was afraid of running into Jimmy and them, so he hesitated for a moment, and he took off the conspicuous hunting suit on his body, which was an ordinary vest. Then he put on a tattered hat for himself, which belonged to Roland at the time.
"Let's go, I'll go out and have a look. ”
Although Roland was a little curious about why Ian had so many scars on his body, he didn't ask anything more and left the house with Ian. To be honest, Ian doesn't think it's useful, and they will still be seen at a glance when they meet Jimmy, but they won't be so conspicuous.
Leaving Roland's house, Ian realizes how dilapidated the place he lives really is. The crumbling-looking earthworks were piled up like clods of earth, so that the walkway between the houses was wide and wide. Sewage flowed sideways on the walkway, garbage was scattered everywhere, and countless flies and insects gathered on the garbage heap and buzzed and flying.
This is a real slum, even more dilapidated than Alder's West Alley.
Where there is light, there is darkness, and if the emperor is light, Ian thought, it would be darkness here.
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