Hu Wei is not only digging out his heart and lungs for himself. Perhaps it was the insult that really stabbed him, but he still worked hard to earn money after settling in, and by the time the children at the ferry went to school, he had scraped together enough money to pay for his own schooling.

When Hu Wei excitedly ran to tell himself that he could go to school with other children that evening, that bright smile like a child was a very special image in Dongfang Shiming's memory.

He didn't want his little master to become a flower. The young master is his continuation, his life, his atonement as a witness, and all the responsibilities on his iron shoulders as the captain of the guard.

…………

“…… Poetry! Wake up! ”

There were short shouts in his ears, and Dongfang Shiming suddenly woke up.

"Ah...... Am I asleep? Dongfang Shiming saw the white artemisia next to him, and his consciousness was still a little trance.

"Of course!" Bai Artemisia looked anxious beside him, "You will catch a cold if you fall asleep like this, does your headache hurt now?" ”

Dongfang Shiming tried it: "Hmm...... Not yet. But he immediately noticed the horses that had stopped, and asked, "Where is this?" ”

It's still dark all around, so it's probably midnight. The wind had stopped, and the endless woods had fallen behind their car.

"I haven't reached the village on the map yet." Artemisia shook her head, but then she stretched out her finger and pointed at a broken wall in front of her, "But you see, we have a place to stay at night. ”

"Oh?" Dongfang Shiming only noticed the half-collapsed wall next to him, like a black giant towering.

The two got out of the car. There were no villages or towns around the place, but Oriental Shiming noticed that there were some deserted roads. It's just that it's been a long time, and it's been buried by the withered grass.

Kicking the snow around the building, the two of them touched the courtyard door, which no longer had a door panel. The threshold has long been decayed, and Dongfang Shiming led the horses and walked into the patio with the frame.

"Looking at the width of the courtyard gate, this is not an ordinary house." Dongfang Shiming said as he looked around.

Artemisia nodded. The compound is in a dilapidated state, and no one has lived in it for a long time. However, looking at the furnishings of the patio, it seems to be a little ...... Déjà vu.

Dongfang Shiming tied the horse to the pillar, and the two looked for a house that did not collapse and entered.

However, both the east and west wings have become ruins. From the inside, you can clearly see the white snow outside, cold and bleak.

"Only the hall is left." Dongfang Shiming closed the door of the wing room, which was no longer in use, and came out with a light sigh.

Strangely enough, when they came, the doors on both sides were broken and wide open. Only this rather tall hall still closed its door.

Artemisia followed him. The similar two-step bluestone steps, even the vague smell wafting in the air, seemed to coincide with somewhere in memory.

Walk to the door. But before they could open the door, the smell of change made their brows furrow.

"The aroma of corruption." Dongfang Shiming's hand that was about to push the door hesitated for a moment.

"This place, it's really familiar......" Bai Artemisia covered her nose with her little hands, her eyes wide open.

“…… Well. ”

Dongfang Shiming has already felt the weapon in his sleeve. Although the place always felt a little weird, it made him even more curious.

Touched the edge of the door slightly. Who would have thought that the broken door was too old, and the rusty door pivot suddenly slammed down, and the whole door suddenly fell straight behind it.

Then there was a "bang", stirring up smoke and dust all over the room.

Dongfang Shiming hurriedly took two steps back to protect Bai Artemisia with one hand. However, after a while, everything was calm, and there was no expected murder in the door.

Smoke and dust flew out, stained with white snow. Dongfang Shiming saw that the smoke had almost dissipated, and Bai Hao was just about to enter the observation.

However, at this moment, he suddenly felt an extremely terrifying gaze!

"Shiming, look!"

A cry of surprise came from Bai Artemisia behind him. Dongfang Shiming immediately looked up, but found that the source of that gaze was several statues of gods sitting on top of the offering hall.

One of the idols lowered their eyebrows, one closed their eyes and smiled, and the other had two round eyes. A faint light drifts in through the door, adding a bit of self-evident depth and mystery to the picture.

“……”

Dongfang Shiming took a few deep breaths and adjusted his mood.

These statues of gods, because they have not been taken care of for a long time, look extremely decadent and bleak. Dongfang Shiming carefully stepped over the door panel on the ground and walked to the offering table.

He rubbed a handful of ash from it. Looking at the thickness of the dust on his fingers, Dongfang Shiming gently blew it away.

He turned his head: "No one has been here for at least five or six years. ”

But when he was looking at Bai Artemisia, he found that Bai Hao was looking at the three gods in a daze. Strange to him, he walked back and asked, "What's the matter, did you find anything?" ”

"Uh-huh." Bai Artemisia actually nodded, but his eyes still did not take his eyes off the statue, "Here, it seems to be like the wind view." ”

"Huh?" Dongfang Shiming was still a little confused at first, but after a little thought, he was suddenly shocked.

Shocked for no reason, but Dongfang Shiming realized that he seemed to think of the problem that had been bothering him before!

First of all, confirm. Dongfang Shiming thought so, and immediately rushed out of the door. Seeing this, Bai Hao hurriedly ran out as well.

But when she ran to the door, she found Dongfang Shiming standing outside the door of the courtyard, looking at it with her eyes up, motionless.

"Shiming...... What's wrong? Bai Artemisia looked at him in surprise.

"Sure enough, that's right." Dongfang Shiming's breathing gradually became shorter, he looked closely at the plaque that he hadn't noticed when he came, clenched his hands into fists, and slowly let go.

On the dilapidated plaque, there are three big characters that no one cares about:

Elephant view of the earth.

"Like the earth...... Like the wind......" Oriental poems kept chanting these two names, as if there was an inextricable connection between the two.

And in reality, it is.

He suddenly looked up: "Artemisia." If you have lived in Shengpingtian since you were a child, you must know about the Elephant View. ”

Bai Hao obviously hadn't figured out what he meant, and the incomprehension in his eyes was like floating water: "Open the elephant and look at it...... Ah, I know? ”

"I see, I see...... No," Dongfang Shiming lowered his head, his mind sometimes clear and sometimes chaotic, "No, but now I know where to investigate next." ”

"Huh? What, what does that mean? The more she listened, the more confused she became.

The cold wind blew through the forest and blew slowly. Dongfang Shiming went over and pushed Bai Artemisia's shoulder: "It's too cold outside." We went into the house and said, and I should sort out what I'm going to do......"