Xiao Cong and Hongxiang stayed in Yin Nuo's room for dinner, and the conversation was very unpleasant, Xiao Cong and Hongxiang sang and seemed to be unreserved, but they actually told Yin Nuo a lot of outside things in a controlled manner, even including the experience of their adventures together, the outside world is strange and colorful, Xiao Cong told Yin Nuo a lot of things about the sunset forest and the near sun desert like a story, and Yin Nuo was stunned, perhaps because he was used to the sinister hearts in the Valley of Forgetfulness, and had seen too much blood and cruelty in human nature, so when listening to Xiao Cong talk about these things, Yin Nuo was so fascinated that he forgot to pick up chopsticks and forgot to drink water, and even forgot to change his expression, Hongxiang looked at Yin Nuo, who was innocent as a child, giggled happily, grabbed the gap where Xiao Cong stopped drinking water, and asked Yin Nuo why he was so interested in these things, Yin Nuo looked at Hongxiang with a smirk for a while, and replied,

"I never thought that people and people, no, it is between living beings and living beings can live so colorful, so flavorful, you have experienced this, I have never experienced it, I have seen too much ugliness in the human heart, but for the beauty in human nature, I rarely feel it, in the world before me, violence is beauty, madness is beauty, depravity is beauty, of course, these are just what I think, now I know, it turns out that beauty is like this, it is expressed like this, in your story, I feel that I can feel it clearly, which makes me very comfortable, very...... Oh, I don't know how to describe it, it's just ...... Comfortable. ”

Hearing Yin Nuo's answer, Hongxiang laughed even more happily, and Xiao Cong was also amused by Yin Nuo's clumsy demeanor that was not good at words, and echoed:

"In fact, these seem to us, but just commonplace, the true feelings of the world, far more flavorful than these, but also more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, you just because you have lived here for too long, so you feel that these are precious, although you have not experienced these, but you can remember these feelings tonight, in the days to come, you can also live more beautifully. ”

Yin Nuo smiled and nodded, his eyes full of gratitude that could not be concealed.

The atmosphere in the room is peaceful and warm, although the window is open, the hustle and bustle is rejected from the window, the people sitting around the table are talking and laughing, looking like a family, happy and cheerful emotions, even outsiders want to be close, but at this time someone wants which pot is not opened,

", newcomer, since you like life outside so much, it's good to go out with us when it's over, I cover you, ensure that you have unlimited scenery, and you will never live so aggrieved here!"

Hongxiang patted Yin Nuo's shoulder, and said to the latter as if facing an old friend.

Yin Nuo smiled bitterly a few times, shook his head slowly, raised his head again, and said with a smile:

"You can pull it down, you think I haven't heard anything about you outside, I've become a street rat, and you're still covering me, don't try to pull me on your thief ship, I want to live for two more years!"

As he spoke, he gently waved away the hand that Hongxiang was on his shoulder.

But Hongxiang really didn't have any brains when he got carried away, and he put the hand that was gently waved away by Yin Nuo just now back on the latter's shoulder, and swore unconvinced:

"Let me tell you, my brother and I are not street rats outside, the five major families, the near sun desert, the sunset mountain range and so on all have our people, you see my brother and I have been wandering outside for so long, going to so many places, don't we also live well?

Hongxiang's eyebrows danced even more, Xiao Cong glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, this guy was obviously aware of it, but he was not interested,

"Besides, the outside world is so exciting, you really don't want to go out and see it?"

Yin Nuo smiled,

"You just said that there are immortals behind Fourth Young Master Xiao, is this true?"

"Of course. Hongxiang patted his chest and swore an oath, "Why, don't you even know that my brother's master is a heavenly man? I can tell you, that is a man of the year in the age of mythology, just because of this, those big people with heads and faces have to nod their heads and bow when they see my brother!"

Yin Nuo once again waved the hand that Hongxiang put on his shoulder, and threw the latter a big white eye, of course he knew that the guy was deliberately slapping him again.

Xiao Cong couldn't help but purse his lips and smile, but he didn't speak, with his understanding of Hongxiang, he knew that this guy was now good at acting, and he was about to start his gorgeous performance again.

"Tsk!" Hongxiang frowned, raised his small chin and said dissatisfiedly: "I'll just put it on your shoulder for a while to talk, don't keep putting me on the tablet, we are now grasshoppers on a rope, don't take some practical action, how to cultivate feelings! How to share weal and woe! How to be born and die! This matter is very important, do you know it!"

Hongxiang tortured Yin Nuo like a troublesome leather child, Yin Nuo rolled his eyes, but he couldn't say anything to refute, let Hongxiang push himself down in a question, as a last resort, he put his hands flat on his thighs, straightened his body and ignored Hongxiang, which was a silent counterattack.

But Hongxiang is like a tireless fly, chattering endlessly, and at the same time, he kept poking and touching Yin Nuo, and it didn't take long for Yin Nuo to be unable to support it, he slapped his hands his thighs, and said with a sad face:

"I said Little Master Hongxiang, do you think that the Valley of Forgotten Life is a place where you can come and leave whenever you want? If you stay in the Valley of Forgotten Life for a long time, you can't get out, you go to inquire and inquire, there are a few people who have died well after staying for a long time and going out, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't. ”

Hongxiang was suspicious, pouting and saying:

"Freedom to go freely, where are there so many ways!"

Yin Nuo shook his head and smiled bitterly, and sighed,

"You haven't been here for a long time, you haven't been taught the subtlety here, and you haven't been eroded by something here, I thought you would stay here too long and didn't want to tell you, but since you mentioned it, it doesn't hurt to talk to you. ”

Xiao Cong put down the tea bowl in his hand, his eyes became much more serious, Hongxiang withdrew the hand that he always wanted to put on Yin Nuo's shoulder but was waved away again and again, and put his elbow on the table, dragging his chin, with a pair of black and white opens

The big distinct eyes began to concentrate, but after a pause, Yin Nuo continued to speak:

"Not to mention what will happen when you return to the outside world after getting used to the unrestrained and reckless life here, just say that if you live here for a long time, some things you have dyed are incurable when you put them outside, so the people who walk out of the Valley of Forgotten Life have no more than two ways to die, one is to be beaten to death by the crowd, and the other is to die by poison, no matter which one of them, you will not be away for too long, if you want not to be beaten to death by the group, you can choose to live in the deep mountains and old forests, but what is the meaning of living like that? How long can you live? To be honest, it's not long, and it may even die sooner than you sneak into the market. ”

Hongxiang held his chin with his right hand, and said innocently and ignorantly:

"I can still understand what you said about getting used to the reckless life here and not being able to get along outside, but what are the things you are talking about?

Xiao Cong stroked the bridge of his nose with his right hand, squinted his eyes lightly and looked like he had fallen into some kind of reverie, Yin Nuo looked at Xiao Cong, and then at Hongxiang, blew lightly, and said listlessly:

"I don't understand this, I just know that every once in a while, there will be a cannibalism in the Valley of Forgotten Life, there is no reason, there is no rule, as if through this bloody and crazy killing can get a special provision from each other, to supplement a certain need of life, after the killing, people go about their lives as usual, tacitly as if nothing had happened, the corpses are burned, the stains are cleaned, and everything is new. ”

Listening to Yin Nuo's explanation in the preface and afterword, Xiao Cong was sure that this guy really didn't know what was going on, and his right hand stroked the bridge of his nose for a long time, put down his hand, and asked softly:

"Do you know what happened to you during this killing?"

Yin Nuo nodded, and shook his head again,

"I vaguely remember some, but ...... I don't know, it's like a dream. ”

Leaning less, Xiao Cong asked again:

"So how do you know what's on it?

Yin Nuo touched his forehead with his right hand, kneading it gently, and said while rubbing:

"Is there a better explanation than that?"

"You've experienced that kind of killing, too?"

Yin Nuo put down his hand and nodded slowly, his face looking a little painful.

Xiao Cong's face was unbearable, he was silent for a moment, and then asked:

"But why do I think you're different from them, you seem to have something more in you than them, and it seems that it's because of that thing that I want to believe you. ”

Yin Nuo suddenly raised his head, looked at Xiao Cong motionlessly, and said in disbelief:

"Fourth Young Master Xiao...... You...... Are you telling the truth?"

Xiao Cong's face was affirmative, nodded, and then asked:

"Compared with them, do you have any other different experiences? With the strength of my Xiao family's spiritual induction, my feeling should not be wrong, you have to think about it carefully, maybe this can free you. ”

Yin Nuo half-lowered his head, turned to the left for a while, turned to the right for a while, pondered for a while, and then raised his head and replied:

"It doesn't seem to have any special experience, if there is really any special experience, it is to meet you, Fourth Young Master Xiao. ”

"Me?" Xiao Cong was surprised, and couldn't laugh or cry for a while,

"There are so many people in this world who have met me, and this is not special. ”

"But I think that since I met Fourth Young Master Xiao, I have really changed a lot, there seems to be something in Fourth Young Master Xiao and Little Brother Hongxiang that makes me feel very comfortable, but as for what, I can't say clearly. ”

Xiao Cong and Hongxiang looked at each other, looking confused, because in Yin Nuo's serious face, he really couldn't see the slightest falsehood, Hongxiang guessed softly:

"Could it be because we're from outside?"

As soon as this remark came out, it was directly denied by Yin Nuo,

"I've been here for nearly three hundred years, and I've seen a lot of people who have just entered the Valley of Forgotten Lives, and I remember very well that they don't have the kind of thing that you bore in them, because the feeling is wonderful, so wonderful that it is unforgettable, like an old root that has been dead for thousands of years and completely knotted together, and after meeting you, it is drenched with water, and although this water is not enough to revive him, it makes it slowly relax, slowly loosen, and may eventually become some ...... A few...... I can't say anything either...... It's sloppy, that's what makes me feel comfortable. ”

Yin Nuo finished saying these words while realizing it, and then set his eyes on Hongxiang and Xiao Cong, like a child eager to find answers, and said all his doubts without reservation.

Xiao Cong supported his cheek with one hand, and the fingers of the other hand tapped the table with a rhythmic beating, and after a while, he removed the cheek raiser from his hand and asked:

"What were you thinking when you first saw me?"

"Kill you, rob you of the good things that have been taken from you. Yin Nuo replied without thinking.

Xiao Cong smiled, and then asked:

"What about knowing that I am Xiao Cong?"

"I want to know why you came to the Valley of Forgotten Lives, the dove occupies the magpie's nest Li Dai Taozhuang, because you are Xiao Cong, it is worth your adventure in the Valley of Forgotten Lives, it must be a great opportunity. Yin Nuo replied that he still didn't want to.

"Then you dare to make an immortal oath with me?" Xiao Cong asked with a smile and teasing.

Yin Nuo pursed his lips and sneered:

"At that time, I didn't know that you were so cunning at a young age, and you could be so thoughtful that you didn't leak a drop of water, to be honest, what was your image in my heart at that time, thinking of a lost dog who turned his back on his family, he didn't even have the courage and courage to live and die with his family, what kind of ability can you talk about, you are a person from Tiandaoxuan, I am not surprised at all to be able to live in exile from the outside for such a long time! But it's also because you are a person from Tiandaoxuan, and you can come to the Valley of Forgotten Life, definitely with some big secret, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get a tiger, I have a life and death bet with a gentleman who has a little stock on the shelf, to put it bluntly, I am more polished, so at that time, my brain was hot, and I should go down. ”

"Then your sincerity and concern for me before were all hypocrisy?" Xiao Cong asked with a smile raising his eyebrows.

"Sort of. Although Yin Nuo's words flickered, his eyes did not flicker at all, let alone dodge.

"What do you mean, yes, no

Yes or no, talk like a girl. Hongxiang said dissatisfied.

Yin Nuo glanced at Hongxiang with a smile, with a little shame on his face, and said:

"At the beginning, I was really fooling Fourth Young Master Xiao, but slowly I didn't dare to see Fourth Young Master Xiao's methods, and now everything I show is absolutely true, otherwise I wouldn't have said so many things to you from the bottom of my heart. ”

"Why?" Xiao Cong asked.

This time, Yin Nuo thought about it first, and then said seriously:

"I think it's probably because of Hongxiang, oh, and those special things in you. ”

"How?"

Yin Nuo looked at Xiao Cong's eyes, pursed his lips, and said in a deep and gentle tone:

"A person who cares so much about his servants would never do such a thing as turning his back on his family!"

Xiao Cong smiled and shook his head, mixed with an inexplicable taste, like self-pity, like self-deprecation, there was obvious helplessness in it, but there was also a shallow relief, like overturning the jar of condiments, mixed tastes.

But as soon as he heard this, Hongxiang was dissatisfied again,

"What kind of servant, my brother is not only my brother, but also my master? He doesn't care who I care about, you say this as if our relationship is very far away. ”

Yin Nuo didn't refute, just pursed his lips and looked at Hongxiang, and said meaningfully:

"Alas, to be favored by Xiao Sigongzi, you said how lucky you are, treat you like your son, even I envy you. ”

Hongxiang proudly threw a flying eye at Yin Nuo, and said without hesitation:

"Why? envy me, recognize me as a father, and you can be a grandson for your brother. ”

Unexpectedly, a sentence attracted the "hot" eyes of Xiao Cong and Yin Nuo at the same time, but Xiao Cong said mercilessly:

"It's not big or small, how can you talk! Can you make jokes like that!"

Yin Nuo saw that Xiao Cong was really angry, and hurriedly squeezed out a smiling face to play a round,

"Little brother Hongxiang, your life is not right, if I call you father, and you call Xiao Sigongzi brother, then this pole can't hit my grandfather's head, you say yes. ”

Hongxiang, who was silent, dared to reply, and he had already buried his face below his neck.

Xiao Cong looked at Hongxiang, who was self-conscious, for a while, and finally took his eyes off the latter, turned his face to Yin Nuo, and asked:

"And when did you feel like these changes were happening in you?"

This time, Yin Nuo thought about it for half a cup of tea for a long time before he shook his head and replied:

"I don't know, it's vague. ”

Xiao Cong nodded thoughtfully, picked up a cup and took a sip of tea, then gently placed Cha Wan on the table, and asked seriously:

"Do you want to go outside?"

Yin Nuo was stunned at first, then laughed a few times, slowly lowered his head and raised it slowly, collected all his smiles, and laughed at himself:

"I've been here for nearly 300 years, and when I get used to it, there's no point in going out, it's boring. ”

Xiao Cong looked at Yin Nuo for a while, and then asked firmly:

"You still want to get out, don't you?"

Yin Nuo turned the eyes that were still dodging before to Xiao Cong's face, and looked at each other,

"What, Xiao Sigongzi can help me?" the tone sounded a little light.

Xiao Cong's tongue licked his still wet lips, sighed softly and said:

"I can't give you a ticket for this, but I'm willing to study it, because it's of great use to me. ”

Yin Nuo's eyes were filled with a layer of gloom, he looked a little disappointed, and said with a slight smile:

"Then thank Xiao Sigongzi first. ”

The atmosphere in the room seemed to have become much colder at this moment.

This time, Xiao Cong's eyes were a little dodgy, but he turned his head to look out the window, twisted his head back, looked at the listless Yin Nuo motionlessly, and said in a deep voice:

"Don't think too much about it, I'm not using you as an experiment, I really want to help you, but from another point of view, if this thing can really be done, it really means a lot to me. ”

Yin Nuo raised his head and looked at Xiao Cong squarely, but he didn't speak, but heard Xiao Cong continue:

"I am a person from Tiandaoxuan, and my knowledge is no worse than that of those descendants of the Great Sect of the Ancient Land, but I have never heard of what you said tonight, which shows two problems, one is that people outside also know very little about this, and the other is that the creatures living in the Valley of Forgotten Life may have such problems, the person I am looking for has also lived in the Valley of Forgotten Life for a long time, if I want to get his help, first of all, I must ensure that he can survive outside, and secondly, I don't know how long Hongxiang and I will stay here, whether it will be infected with those things, I don't want to be trapped here for the rest of my life, so, take precautions, this is very worth a try, andI believe that after the hurdle of the Valley of Forgotten Death, we will become very good friends, and it is a very exciting thing to have such a friend by our side. ”

The corners of Yin Nuo's mouth finally regained their true arc, leaned towards Xiao Cong, and asked:

"How can Fourth Young Master Xiao believe in me, a person who lives in the Valley of Forgotten Life all year round?"

Xiao Cong smiled and sighed in a deeper tone:

"Because I know that you and I are poor people who yearn for true affection. ”

Yin Nuo sighed slightly, as if he had been greatly infected by Xiao Cong, and then raised his eyebrows lightly, and said with a smile:

"In this way, the fourth son of Xiao is not as pitiful as me. ”

The corners of Xiao Cong's mouth lifted slightly, and he asked with a smile:

"What do you mean by that?"

"Because I am the slave of Fourth Young Master Xiao, and my life is completely in the hands of Fourth Young Master Xiao, you dare to believe me so much, but I am different, I have no scruples and desperately use my life to believe in Fourth Young Master Xiao. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Cong laughed out loud and replied:

"Don't say it so penetrating, do you have a choice!"

Yin Nuo laughed a few times, and said in a tone of intimacy that he had never had before:

"Fourth Young Master Xiao, then let's just make a decision, if you can take me out, then I will only obey your words in the future. ”

Xiao Cong nodded, with a relaxed expression,

"It's a deal. ”