There was a sound of footsteps approaching, and then the door opened, revealing a smiling face.

"Why are you here?" Tian Zongren buttoned up his clothes and said with a smile, Tian Ying'er personally came to visit, which was a great surprise for him, "Come in, how cold it is outside!"

Tian Ying'er was indifferent: "I want to ask you something." ”

Tian Zongren said disapprerovingly: "What can be more important than the body, let's talk about it first." ”

Tian Ying'er had to enter the house.

The furnishings in the house are not luxurious, but they are much richer than those of other families, the room is very large and warm, the walls and floors are covered with beast fur, and when I take off my shoes in the hallway, I step on the fur with my bare feet, and I suddenly feel a burst of softness and warmth, and my numb toes have regained a little sense.

Tian Zongren closed the door and said, "You haven't eaten breakfast yet, you bake the fire first, and I'll go get you something to eat." ”

"No need. Tian Ying'er turned around and said, she stared at Tian Zongren's eyes, resisted the excitement in her heart, and said in a calm tone: "Do you know that Yu is dead?"

Tian Zongren was stunned for a moment, the smile on his face gradually turned cold, and he said lightly: "There was such a big trouble last night, of course I know." ”

"When did you find out?" Tian Ying'er asked aggressively and continuously.

"What do you mean?" Tian Zongren raised his eyebrows.

"Did you know he was dead before the news of his death reached the tribe?"

"How could I know, I'm not a god!" Tian Zongren sneered.

"And what do you mean by what you said to me yesterday afternoon?"

"What did I say?" said Tian Zongren a little absent-mindedly.

"You said, 'There will be wild beasts eating people today', how do you know that there will be wild beasts eating people? Also, what do you mean when you say that it is not just hands that are broken off?" Tian Ying'er became more and more excited the more she spoke, and her eyes began to redden.

Tian Zongren saw her expression, he was jealous, and said coldly: "I said no, who told you to be long and short all day long, I just want to scare you, hey, I didn't expect to be really said by me, if you want to blame that guy is useless, more than a dozen people entered the mountain, he was the only one who died, waste is waste, no way, what do you have to be sad about?"

Tian Ying'er was silent for a while, and when her mood calmed down, she asked, "Tell me honestly, do you know any secrets?"

"I don't know. Tian Zongren's tone was resolute.

"I'm begging you, can you tell me?" Tian Ying'er still didn't give up and said softly.

Tian Zongren glanced at her and said coldly: "You come and beg me in a low voice for that person, I'm not rare!"

Tian Ying'er lowered her head and left silently with her shoes on.

"Where are you going, your shoes are wet!" Tian Zongren hurriedly shouted.

"I'm going home. Tian Ying'er whispered, ignoring his dissuasion, and left. She walked not far away, turned an intersection, and suddenly passed by a person, the person lowered his head, walked in a hurry, as if there was something urgent, Tian Ying'er recognized him as Yu's father Tian Kun, she didn't have time to say hello, but Tian Kun seemed to have not seen her, and had already gone far away.

"What is Uncle Tian doing here?" A question rose in Tian Ying'er's heart, who was the person who had just experienced the pain of losing his son looking for early in the morning?

Tian Ying'er stood at the intersection and looked back at Tian Kun's back, if it was a weekday, she would have secretly followed to see what was going on, but now she was not in the mood. She turned around and planned to continue walking, but at this moment, she caught a glimpse of Tian Kun entering the patriarch's house, she felt a sigh in her heart, so she secretly hid behind a snowdrift on the side of the road, and waited for a while, only to see Tian Zongren carrying a bag of things in his hand and going out with Tian Kun.

Tian Kun walked in front, his steps were very large, his eyes were staring ahead, but Tian Zongren looked a little uneasy, looking around.

"What is Uncle Tian looking for him?Where are they going?" Tian Ying'er was very puzzled in her heart, and suddenly a thought popped up: "Is it related to his death?" Thinking of this, her heart couldn't help beating wildly, and her brain was a little swollen, and when the two of them walked away, she came out from behind the snowdrift, took a deep breath, and secretly followed.

She has been cautious along the way, lest she be discovered, but fortunately most of the villagers were still sleeping at this time, and no one noticed her on the road.

It was Tian Kun's home.

"What are they doing here?" Tian Ying'er had an ominous premonition in her heart, "Why did Tian Zongren follow Uncle Tian Kun to his house?

With more and more doubts in her heart, Tian Ying'er secretly walked outside Yu's house and attached to the wooden door to listen to the movement in the house.

The sound in the room was a bit noisy, there were at least six or seven people, all familiar to the sound, obviously from the tribe.

"Everyone, be quiet. An old and majestic voice sounded, and the one who spoke was the patriarch.

The room was quiet.

"Things have been brought, this kind of world is very difficult for everyone, since everyone is in the same boat, then understand each other, things are here, how to divide, everyone can discuss, which is difficult and which one will share more, this is also a matter of no way. ”

"Hmph, it's only so little, how can it be enough?"

"Yes, if you want to talk about difficulties, who is not difficult, if it is not difficult, will we people sit in the same room?"

"I said patriarch, it's all like this, you don't want to hide your secrets, do you? You also said that we are in the same boat, will we let you stay alone on the boat if we fall into the water?

"What do you mean?" Tian Zongren's voice sounded, he looked very angry, "This is our family's thing, it's rare to take it out to help you starving ghosts, if you don't repay the favor, you dare to complain that it's too little?

Before the words were finished, there was a "snap".

"Shut up!" shouted the patriarch.

Tian Zongren was silent.

"Patriarch, your son is really good at talking, die together, hehe, courage is commendable!"

"He's a little kid who doesn't understand, and he says whatever comes to mind, and I hope everyone won't be surprised. The patriarch said lightly.

"Of course we won't be surprised, but let's be honest, now that we're done, what's next?"

"I think we might as well stop in moderation. ”

"Enough is enough, hum, you said it easy!" said Tian Kun.

"Then what do you want, it's not a way to go on like this, why make people angry!"

"Isn't it too late for you to say that the sky is angry and people are complaining at this time?" Tian Kun said coldly.

"Yes, Tian Kun"

Speaking of this, the voice suddenly lowered, the person who spoke was a little vague, as if there was some taboo, Tian Ying'er heard it vaguely, and heard a few words intermittently, but it was these few words, but it suddenly made her face pale, and with a buzz in her head, the whole person almost fainted.

"I see," she thought blankly, tears welling up in her eyes, "I didn't expect him to be"

Voices continued to come from the room.

The man who had argued with Tian Kun before was speechless at this time, obviously convinced.

The person who spoke became the patriarch: "Everyone listen to me, what Tian Sanliu said just now is actually not unreasonable, after all, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and when such a thing happens, none of us will feel bad in our hearts, but then again, after all, people's hearts change with the way of the world, and when the way of the world becomes bad, people's hearts will naturally become bad, so what is angry with people, it doesn't make sense, now it's people angry with the sky, not angry with the sky, it's the devil who doesn't have long eyes, it's the fault of the gods, it's the fault of the world."

"The patriarch said well, that's it, I'm afraid of a ghost, let's keep going!"

"Tian Ba, I didn't say that!" said the patriarch.

"What do you mean, then?

"I didn't say that. ”

"Then what do you mean? Just say it, why bother going around?" Tian Ba said impatiently.

"I mean," the patriarch said slowly, "we don't have to be afraid of the wrath of the sky, because the sky is not qualified to be angry, but we are afraid of people's resentment, and what we do can be known by the heavens, the earth, and the people."

"Are you saying that we should avoid the limelight for a while and make plans later, so as not to arouse suspicion?" Tian Kun said.

"That's right. The patriarch approved.

"I support!" Tian Sanliu took the lead in shouting, "The so-called good things are more grinding, it is best to slow down first, what do you say, Tian Ba?"

Tian Ba snorted.

After a few more words, the men finally reached an agreement, and began to discuss how to distribute the food, and for a while there was an endless quarrel.

The more Tian Ying'er listened, the more frightened she became, standing outside the door in a daze, completely forgetting where she was, only to feel that the world was spinning, and the surroundings became dim, she vaguely knew that she had to leave immediately, but she didn't want to move her steps, she felt extremely disgusted by the sounds in the room, but she couldn't help but want to continue listening, wanting to hear more secrets.

When she woke up suddenly, she found that the voices in the room had subsided somewhere, and it was clear that the meeting of those people had ended.

She turned up the back of her hand, which was red and cracked, and hurriedly wiped a handful of tears, wanting to leave, but when she lifted her right foot, her right foot did not move, and when she looked down, it turned out that she had stood in the snow for too long, and her shoes were soaked before, so she froze and froze with the ice and snow.

She was anxious, and pulled it hard, but felt a sharp pain, it turned out that her feet were also frozen, but she was numb before, so she didn't notice it, and when she used it, the skin and flesh were torn, and she suddenly felt cold and painful, and she almost fainted.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the house, and someone was walking towards the door.

The footsteps in the house are neither fast nor slow, just like an adult usually walks, not hurried, the pace is steady and powerful, and the sound is loud.

This voice reminded Tian Ying'er of the footsteps of Mr. outside the classroom when she was a child when she went to private school, Mr. was tall and thin, and his appearance was not terrible, but the voice was very terrifying, as if it was a kind of life-urging spell, as if the person outside the classroom was not Mr., but the cow ghost and snake god who came to ask for his life.

Knock knock