Chapter 17: Eavesdropping

Zhuang Zhou held his breath and thought to himself, there won't be any thieves on this mountain, right?

Just as he was thinking about how to rush out and catch the thief, he heard the door of the opposite room open, and Ma Tianhu's mother walked out with a candle and said, "Dad, why did you come back so late?" The black shadow laughed and said: "I just hit a thunderbolt beast, I thought about it early, so I came back while it was dark!"

It turned out to be Ma Tianhu's father, Zhuang Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, and he wanted to go back to bed and continue sleeping. But as soon as he turned around, he heard Ma Tianhu's mother say: "His father, today Hu'er brought back a person, I looked ......a little scared" Ma Tianhu's father was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Who is it?" Ma Tianhu's mother seemed to be very nervous, looked at Ma Tianhu's door, and then said softly: "Let's go to the room and say, I am very panicked......"

When Zhuang Zhou heard this conversation, where could he still sleep!

Waiting for the two to enter the opposite room outside the door, Zhuang Zhou came out quietly and went around to the window of the opposite room, only to see the candlelight in the room, Ma Tianhu's parents sitting facing each other, talking something. Zhuang Zhou hurriedly listened.

I only heard Ma Tianhu Niang say: "I think this person brought back by Hu'er is probably his son!" A rough voice said, "No." How is it possible, it's not that his son went mad some time ago and was brought into the world by the patriarch, otherwise, how could I agree to let Hu'er go up the mountain!" Ma Tianhu Niang said: "I think the patriarch brought him back again, and the patriarch didn't say that he would abandon him to the world!"

Ma Tianhu's father snorted and said, "Liu Canglong...... Those things back then, said well, how can you change the hexagram?" Ma Tianhu said: "Didn't you say that after experiencing the dream, you will lose your previous memory? I think this child has forgotten everything now, it shouldn't matter!" Ma Tianhu's father said: "Liu Canglong's dream realm is not complete, I'm afraid that the child has not all lost his memory, in case ......"

Zhuang Zhou listened to it thrilling under the window, and his palms were covered with cold sweat. There must be some unusual past between his father and this Ma Tianhu father, and his master Liu Canglong, listening to Ma Tianhu's father's tone, it seems that there is something sorry for his father back then......

In the middle of such a thought, a few words of conversation between the two in the room were missed. When I listened carefully, I only heard Ma Tianhu's father say: "Liu Canglong brought him back and didn't discuss it with me, hmph! He wants to restore the interrupted plan, and he really dares to take this risk...... Ma Tianhu said: "He is the patriarch after all......" Ma Tianhu's father "hummed" again, and his voice was full of disdain.

Ma Tianhu Niang said again: "I persuaded you back then...... That kid is sleeping now, or you can go into his dream and see if you can find anything......" Ma Tianhu's father hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, this is too risky." Or tomorrow, I'll ask Liu Canglong in person. ”

The two fell silent.

Zhuang Zhou was so anxious when he heard it outside, he really wanted to break in and ask for an explanation, but he didn't dare after all.

Hearing that there was no sound inside, Zhuang Zhou was afraid that Ma Tianhu's father would go to Ma Tianhu's room to see him, so he quietly got up and planned to go back to the room from the window.

I heard Ma Tianhu's father interrupt and shout: "Who?" Then I saw a black shadow swoop down on the window. Zhuang Zhou was taken aback, hurriedly shortened, rolled on the spot, and rolled into a bush behind him, and a bird in the bush was startled and fluttered out!

I saw the window open, Ma Tianhu's father poked his head out, looked around, turned around and said: "It turned out to be a flying bird, and it didn't ...... suddenly fly out in the middle of the night" and closed the window again.

Zhuang Zhou was frightened, and felt multiple pains on his body, which should have been pricked by bushes. At this time, his mind was in turmoil, and many mysteries were not only unsolved, but became more and more confusing!

At this time, he only had one impulse, and that was to go back and ask Master Liu Canglong, only Master could explain all this!

Zhuang Zhou saw that the window was dark in the bushes, so he stood up quietly, and he didn't dare to go back to Ma Tianhu's house.

Fortunately, the moonlight was bright and clean, and the road when he came was still vaguely recognizable, and Zhuang Zhou didn't care about it much, so he ran straight to Yunmeng Mountain among the mountains and rocks and forests. After a short time, he reached the top of the cliff, and suddenly he couldn't find the way! He clearly remembered that when he came, there was a winding path on this cliff, and there were many unknown wild flowers blooming on the side of the road, but at this time, there were strange rocks and craggies, and there was no path!

Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but be stunned, thinking to himself that he had never made a mistake, but the path disappeared out of thin air, and he had no way out!

Zhuang Zhou did not give up, and circled around the rock a few times, but found no trace of the path. When he was anxious, he suddenly saw a black shadow slowly rising from the cliff, and there were two green and faint lights in front of the black shadow.

After this black shadow reached the cliff, he came straight towards Zhuang Zhou, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a giant owl with a hideous face! Zhuang Zhou thought to himself, this owl will not eat itself as a mouse, right? He couldn't help but feel uneasy, so he wanted to find a place to hide.

As soon as he wanted to go around the rock, he saw the giant owl stand in front of him with folded wings, and its two green eyes purred and stared at him. Zhuang Zhou looked at this owl, standing more than a person tall, gray and black, looking very strange in the dark night. I thought to myself, during this time, I had seen a lot of strange beasts in and out of my dreams, and this giant owl didn't know where it came from. However, no matter what way you come from, in this dark and silent mountain forest, you will inevitably tremble in the face of this monster that appeared at some point!

The owl glared at Zhuang Zhou, suddenly squatted down, let out a cry of "Ououou", and pulled his clothes with its sharp and crooked beak. Zhuang Zhou's heart suddenly moved: Isn't this owl going to ride on it by himself? Thinking like this, I couldn't help laughing, Guan Gong rode a red rabbit horse, Zhang Guo rode a donkey, and Yang Guo rode an eagle, is it possible that I Zhuang Zhou is going to ride an owl today?

Seeing that the owl was still pulling at his clothes, Zhuang Zhou's heart was crossed, thinking that the road was gone anyway, and this black man didn't know how to find the way, so he might as well give it a try! As soon as he sat down, the owl made two more "Ouou" sounds, and suddenly flapped its wings and flew up!

Zhuang Zhou only felt that his body was suddenly a hundred feet off the ground, and he flew higher and higher, looking down under the moonlight, but saw the mountain peak leaving backwards. Zhuang Zhou thought to himself, as if he hadn't heard that owls could fly so high, it seemed that every grass and everything on Yunmeng Mountain was different from the world!

In a matter of moments, a bird and a man were in the sky above the river, and the water was sparkling and could be seen in the air.

The owl descended slowly, and Zhuang Zhou thought to himself that it had just taken itself off the cliff. When I arrived at this river, I was afraid that I would still have to walk back to Yunmeng Mountain by myself, but I was already very grateful to it!

Seeing that it was getting lower and lower, he was about to stop on the riverbank, and the sound of the rushing water was already clearly audible, and Zhuang Zhou was ready to come down. About ten meters above the ground, the owl suddenly shook its whole body, as if it had been hit by something coming from the oncoming body, its body tilted to its side, and its feathers flew down.

Before Zhuang Zhou could see what was happening head-on, he fell from the air with a whoop, fell straight to the surface of the river, plopped, and sank into the water, getting darker and darker.