Chapter 28 Reluctance
The night was hazy, and the moonlight shone through the window, shining on the bedside like a white veil. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
There was silence in the room, and no sound could be heard. On the bed, Xu Sheng sat cross-legged, he closed his eyes and recuperated, recalling today's events. The scenes of the battle are replayed in the mind, and this is a necessary lesson for a monk, and each battle will accumulate an experience.
On the bed, he didn't move, his body straight. The eyes are naturally closed, the treasure is solemn, the breathing is orderly, and there is a natural law between inhaling and exhaling. If someone sees Xu Sheng's appearance for the first time, they will think that he is not a martial artist, but a monk.
The white cloth separates the two beds, like a Milky Way in the sky separating two acacia stars.
On the other side of the white cloth, Lan Er leaned on the corner of the wall, and the dark moonlight here was all on Xu Sheng's side, only the white cloth curtain reflected the light, and Xu Sheng's figure was reflected.
The shadow doesn't move, just like Lan'er's eyes don't move in the night.
She leaned quietly and didn't say a word, as usual, and it was different from usual.
As usual, it is because she doesn't like words, she is as clear as water, she doesn't want to fight over everything, and she likes to be quiet by nature.
It was different from usual, because the night was deep, and the whole mountain was asleep, and she was leaning against the corner, staring at the man across the curtain.
In this way, he was pranayama, and she was quietly watching. Between them, the village is also this night, unusually quiet, but the silence is full of pain and a sense of parting.
The next day, the earth recovered, and the whole village began to work anew.
After the catastrophe, everything will start again, but Lan'er will become quieter as if she has lost her soul.
Xu Sheng hadn't seen her since he got up, but a busy day left him with no time to look for her and join the work of rebuilding the village.
The rebuilding of the house, the treatment of the wounded, and the creation of blades.
In this battle, the Minotaur's short knife is undoubtedly a powerful blade, sharpening iron like clay, and will play a great role in protecting the village in the future.
The bones of the minotaur are comparable to steel, and they are the most suitable for making divine weapons, and there are cowhides that can be used as soft leather armor and organ refining medicine, which can be said to be a treasure throughout the body.
The villagers work together to tide over the tribulation, they have no complaints between them, they do not care, they are harmonious and harmonious, and they are thousands of times better than the wicked villains and villains outside.
Everyone knew the news that Xu Sheng was leaving, and they tried their best to keep him, but they also knew that he didn't belong here, he had the ability to do it, and he wanted another piece of sky.
"Perhaps, after being tired of training outside, I will come back here one day!" At the entrance of the village, Xu Sheng and the old village chief were standing, the sky was very blue, and there were white clouds.
"Son, if it weren't for you, more than 300 of us in the village would have suffered. You are the benefactor of our whole village, our second god of war!" The old village chief's body trembled slightly, and he also wanted to keep but stopped.
Xu Sheng grabbed his trembling hands and said, "Old village chief, I will come back to see you after I have achieved something." ”
"Kid, there's danger out there. If you're tired, come back here!" said the old village chief.
Xu Sheng nodded, the village had been rebuilt, and the injuries on his body were almost healed. He stayed here for about 20 days, and although the days were short, he felt very warm.
Everything will be fine, the village chief has gathered the children to start practicing martial arts, and Li Tuan has also woken up, although he has difficulty moving, he is finally out of danger.
Xu Sheng came to visit, and the first thing he said was to ask, "Stinky boy, who left that secret book?" ”
Xu Sheng was immediately amused by him, and Li Tuan also laughed, he shook his head and said, "I heard that you are leaving." ”
"Yes!" Xu Sheng sat down and said, "Your next task is very heavy, to protect the whole village. ”
"yes, I'd like to find someone to fight with me sometime!" said Li Block.
"I'll be back, and we'll have a fight then!" Xu Shengdao.
"Okay!" Li Tuan nodded.
"I have something for you!" Xu Sheng took out an object, which was a piece of scales, light blue, crystal clear in the sun.
"What is this?" asked Li Block.
"This is what I took from the mouth of that cheetah that day, I think the cheetah can be invisible with this, you can hold it first Maybe it will be useful in the future. Xu Sheng handed this to Li Luan, and said, "If you can also hide yourself, it can come in handy when protecting the village." ”
Li took it and thanked him. Xu Sheng walked all the way out of his house, and every household sent parting gifts, and they brought all their good things, brewed medicinal wine, animal skins, and so on.
He shirked it all, leaving these things to the village might come in handy in the future, and the village had only just been built, so there were too many things to use.
He returned to Lan'er's house, Lan'er didn't know where to run for the past few days, and he hadn't seen him for several days. And today, Old Man Lan didn't know where to go, watching the sunset, Xu Sheng was sitting alone in the courtyard.
At dusk, Old Man Lan finally came back, only to see him carrying a medicine basket on his back, with a little mud sticking to his feet, and it seemed that he had just come back from a long door.
"Grandpa, where have you been?" Xu Sheng stepped forward to help take down his basket, entered the house together, and poured him a glass of water.
Old Man Lan rested for a while, took out a box from the basket, and handed it to Xu Sheng.
"What is this?" Xu Sheng took it, and saw that there was still a little dirt on the edge of the box.
"You're leaving, we don't have anything to give, so I went outside to pick a herb in the mountains!" Old Man Lan said, "This medicine is very old, I saw it when I was a child, and it should be ripe now!"
"Grandpa, I can't ask for this!" Xu Sheng excused himself.
"Child, take it away. I know that you will fight with fierce beasts outside, and you will inevitably get injured, and this medicine can help you recover quickly!" the old man insisted that Xu Sheng accept it, and said, "Herbs are rare in other places, but there are many in the deep mountains, just be careful!"
Xu Sheng couldn't refuse, so he could only accept it. The old man smiled and nodded, he got up and went in to cook, and said casually, "It's really strange, I saw a lot of people in the mountains when I went out this time." ”
"There are a lot of people in the mountains, where are they?" asked Xu Sheng vigilantly.
"Far away! There are three mountains across the village! And the location is out of place, they can't find it! I just wonder why such a group of people went into the mountains. The old man couldn't solve his doubts.
"Could it be that someone from the Xu family found this place?" Xu Shengxin thought, now he had to leave earlier to prevent disaster to the village. He said to the old man, "If these people see each other again in the future, or enter the village, they must not mention it again, I know?"
"What's wrong?" asked the old man, turning his head.
Xu Sheng shook his head, there are some things that the less he knows, the better, just a simple personal grudge.
He asked Lan Er where she was, and the old man said that he might be able to find it at the foot of the mountain behind the house.
At the foot of the back mountain, there is a flower garden. Under the sunset, the flowers and trees here are dyed with a layer of gold edges, the garden is not big, but the butterflies are flying, beautiful and moving.
There are two earthen tombs in the garden, and there are two stone tablets at the head of the tombs, and the inscriptions are also dyed with a layer of golden light in the sunset.
A woman sits with her back in the flowers in front of the grave.
Xu Sheng slowly walked over to her and sat down, looking at the two tombstones.
Lan Er glanced sideways at him, seeing that Xu Sheng didn't speak, she also looked back at the tombstone.
"Why didn't you speak?" Eventually, it was Lan'er who spoke.
"I just want to see you quietly before I leave!" Xu Sheng said.
"When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow. ”
............ Once again, the two fell silent.
"It was really beautiful, warm and homely. This time Xu Sheng spoke, "Village Chief, Grandpa, Third Aunt, Everyone in the village is very good, there is no dispute, no scheming. ”
"Then why are you leaving?" asked Lan'er.
"Sixteen years ago! The year I was born was also the year my father became the head of the Xu family. On the day my mother gave birth to me, there was a small and strong earthquake suddenly, and I heard from the elders that the epicenter was near our location, and my mother and a series of subordinates died in the earthquake, and I was the only one who was rescued by the elders who rushed to me. God was destined to say that there had never been an earthquake in that place, and this time it actually took the life of my mother. Xu Sheng said while reminiscing.
"And my father is a strong man, he became the head of the family and worked everywhere, we saw each other very little, and I lived in the small courtyard that I was rebuilt when I was born, and was taken care of by the nurse, eating alone and sleeping alone, while my father was still outside, sometimes not coming back for ten days, sometimes not coming back for several months. Since I was a child, I wanted to be a strong man, to be able to follow my father's side and share his worries. However, a while ago, I made a big mistake and was eventually expelled from the family. ”
Xu Sheng smiled bitterly, his childhood was relatively gloomy, without the care of his parents, he grew up alone, and the bitterness and tears could only be swallowed in his stomach alone.
"Before I left, the Great Elder who saved me said that if I was amazing enough, maybe the clan would keep me. But I'm not as good as that child, and if I had a competition, I would have died. Rather than that, it's better to exile me and experience it myself. He also asked me not to hate my father. Heh~~ How could I hate him, I am determined to become a strong man, regain the acceptance of the family, and assist my father. ”
Xu Sheng looked up at the fiery clouds in the sky, and his eyes flashed with determination.
Lan'er nodded, she seemed to understand, she smiled hard, stood up and said, "It's me who is too ignorant, I'm sorry." ”
Xu Sheng stroked her hair and said, "When I achieve something, I will come back, this is like my home, there are many people I love and love me!"
Lan Er nodded, she was understanding, and accompanied Xu Sheng back. It seems to unravel all the unhappiness in my heart at once.
Or maybe the moon alone knows the sorrow in her heart.
Under the moon, she stood by the pond, looking at the mirror-like clear water, reflecting the bright moon and her slender figure in the water, she sighed softly, turned her head to look at Xu Sheng's window, and said in her heart, "You are the eldest son of the Xu family, and you are naturally noble." I am an ordinary peasant girl, from a humble background. There is a world of separation between identities, so I don't expect to be able to accompany you to the white head. I only want to worry about you behind you. ”