"I'm going forward...... It's getting darker and darker......"

"I couldn't see anything until I was in front of me, and when I turned around, it was pitch black behind me, and I couldn't see anything...... It's dark all around me, and I'm the only one left......"

The child said in some fright, recalling, and trembling all over.

It seemed that the scene of walking on the road and suddenly being completely overwhelmed by darkness appeared in front of his eyes again.

"I couldn't hear anyone else's voices, I could only hear the pitch black outside the road, where I couldn't see clearly, there were dogs barking, and then the wind was blowing the bamboo on the side of the road...... I can't see the bamboo clearly, it's swaying back and forth vaguely, it feels like bamboo, but it doesn't feel like ...... I stood on the side of the road and didn't dare to move......"

The child's eyes showed more fear, as if he was about to be overwhelmed by the night again.

"It's okay, let's take a sip of water. So how did you get here? ”

Xu Feng looked at the frightened little boy, gently reassured, and then asked.

"I ......"

The boy was awakened by Xu Feng's words and came back to his senses,

Turning his head to look at the bright room, the bright room reassured him,

The boy's tense body relaxed a little, gasped, and gradually calmed down, looking at the teacup in his hand, pursed his lips, and still didn't drink.

"I ......"

It seemed that thinking about Xu Feng's question again, some doubts appeared in the boy's eyes.

Then, he slowly lowered his head and said in a loud voice.

“…… I stood on the side of the road for a long time, no one passed by, and no car passed by. I was scared, but I moved on...... If you follow the path you used to walk every day, you can always walk home, right? ”

"Well, but aren't you afraid of the dark?"

"Hmm. But if I stay where I am, it will always be black. If I don't go ahead, I'll stay in the dark...... But then, I seem to get lost......"

Holding the teacup, the boy's body trembled slightly.

A boy, in the darkness of the night, lost again, frightened him even more.

Fear and helplessness almost overwhelmed him physically and mentally.

"I stood still and didn't dare to move...... The wind was blowing so hard that I felt like I was going to fall to the ground...... I'm scared...... But I ended up moving on......"

“…… Eventually, I saw that there was a warm light and I walked over. ”

"Big brother, is this far away from Anping Town?"

After the boy finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at Xu Feng with some pleading and cowardice in his eyes.

"Hmm...... Not far. ”

Xu Feng looked at the boy who was still a little scared, and shook his head in relief.

When the boy heard this, he seemed relieved and lowered his head again.

"Do you need me to contact your parents? Like making a phone call for you? ”

"Phone? Big brother, do you mean big brother? ”

The boy raised his head again, then pursed his lips,

"I don't have anything at home. Big brother, just tell me which way to go in Anping Town. ”

Xu Feng paused and nodded, but first asked the boy some information,

"May I ask you what's your name?"

"Me? My name is Yan Shenxian. My dad told me that this is a name for courage, and he hopes I will have courage. ”

"Yan Shen first?"

……

The cold and fear almost drown the whole body and mind,

With wide eyes, Lao Yan looked at the darkness in front of him.

It seems to go back to the fear of being a child, facing the darkness alone.

As a child, he attended an elementary school in the next town, while his family lived in a village in another town.

Both parents are busy with work and farm work, and there is little time to pick him up.

In winter, it gets dark early, but after school, he delays a little more at school and on the road.

He would see the night in the distance gradually filling the sky, drowning him out.

When he passed by the small path in the fields, it felt as if he was the only one left in the world.

If there is wind, you can hear the strange cry of the wind through the mountains and forests, and see the crops in the farmland, the branches and leaves of the trees on the roadside, and the bamboo forest, showing their teeth and claws in the night.

If there is no wind, you can see shadows that hide quietly in the night outside the road.

At that time, every time he faced such fear alone, Lao Yan would always feel that fear and helplessness almost overwhelmed him.

So he often dreamed that he was walking alone in a deep corridor, and he didn't know what it was at the end of the corridor, and the further he went, the darker it became.

But he never stopped like this, squatting on the side of the road and trembling and crying in fear.

Because he knows that it won't work.

"Ah......h

Lao Yan let out a cry of pain.

But there was also the last, most daring attack.

"Old Yan!"

Someone next to him seemed to be calling him.

Finally, when he heard the cry of sorrow, Lao Yan was also in pain and gradually lost his last consciousness.

"Old Yan!"

……

"So be it. The road is so dark, I just tell you the way, and you may not be able to follow the road to get home again. Lost again after a while. ”

"I'll help you check it out and see if you can contact your parents."

Xu Feng stood up and said to the boy who was sitting at the table, still holding the cup.

Yan Shen looked at Xu Feng first, then stood up, hesitated, and finally nodded.

"Thank you, big brother."

"Sit down, we'll be back later."

Xu Feng shook his head.

The boy sat down hesitantly, holding the teacup, still looking at Xu Feng and Ah Meng.

Xu Feng looked at the boy again, and then turned his head to look at Ah Meng.

"Ameng, let's go."

"Okay."

Turning around, Xu Feng took Ah Meng and walked towards the back door of the inn.

I don't know how the boy Yan died first,

I don't know what his obsession is.

Xu Feng was going to go to the world to see if he could find the boy's obsession.

Behind Xu Feng and Ah Meng.

The boy sitting on the stool was still a little hesitant, and kept raising his head, towards Xu Feng and Ah Meng,

followed the figures of Xu Feng and Ah Meng leaving, and kept looking until the figures of Xu Feng and the two were completely out of sight.

Only then did he turn his head, look around the inn, lower his head again, and squeeze the teacup in his hand a little crampedly.

Although there was a bright place here, the boy was still a little nervous and couldn't rest assured even at this moment.

……

"Haha, wait for me to dry the duck's blood, and then I'll make the bed for you."

An old farmer kills a duck,

The duck's neck has been cut, and the blood has been put down from the column to the drip,

The duck that was pinched on its wings has also lost its movement and temperature.

The old farmer waved the knife that was still dripping with blood in his hand, and greeted the two people in front of him with a red face.

Xu Feng and Ah Meng stood in front of the old farmer,

Coming out of the back door of the Lethe Inn, the two of them arrived here in an instant.

I don't know if it's a reflection of history or a reality that's going on.

Xu Feng glanced at the old farmer in front of him who was carrying a duck, with a withered body, a rough and dark face, but a red face and a smile.

Glancing at the old farmer's old house again,

Along the house, along the road on the side of the courtyard, and then at the other houses on the side of the road.

It's a village in a mountain pass, but at this moment, the edge of the village seems to be surrounded by mist.

Xu Feng's gaze could easily penetrate.

Most of the other houses along the road have been deserted, and a few still have people's houses and yards.

Those figures, all full of smiles,

The whole village is in a kind of busyness, hanging red lanterns and pasting red spring couplets, as if there is something happy to do.

It's just that the scene here should be related to the guests of the inn.

But at this moment, Xu Feng hadn't seen the boy yet.

And there was something strange about the village here, which seemed to have nothing to do with what the boy said.

"Dash...... Da ......"

At this moment, some subtle sounds were heard by Xu Feng,

Xu Feng turned his head and saw two figures vigilantly walking out of the fog outside the village.

Along the village road in this village, I walked into this village.

The two figures looked at each other three times, their whole bodies tensed, and they moved nervously.

But the smiling figures in the village turned a blind eye to the vigilance and nervousness of the two figures, and were still busy with their happy events with smiles on their faces.

Those two figures are at the entrance of the village,

And the edge of the courtyard where Xu Feng and Ah Meng are standing at the moment is at the end of the village.

Along the road, Xu Feng looked at the two figures and stopped at one of them.

The two figures were two middle-aged men, one calling each other Lao Yan, and the other calling each other Lao Yang, but after stepping into the village, they stopped talking.

Two middle-aged men walked towards a courtyard at the entrance of the village, as if they were holding something in their hands.

In that courtyard, there was a village woman who was also killing ducks.

The two middle-aged men accosted the woman, although they were separated by multiple villages, it did not prevent Xu Feng from hearing the conversation between the two and the woman in the village.

“…… At the end of the village, the old man of the second family of the Qian family is about to ascend to the sky...... Haha, it's going to be my turn soon! ”

The village woman at the entrance of the village smiled.

Xu Feng turned his head and looked at the old farmer in front of him, who was also smiling with a red face.

“…… It's me, it's me! I'm going to the sky, I'm going to be to the sky! ”

"Haha, you came just in time to catch my happy event...... Go into the house, go into the house, and I will make your bed...... You stay in the village for two more days and be happy. Maybe it's your turn. ”

The old peasant spoke happily, and then he took the kitchen knife that was still dripping blood, and carried the duck after the bloodletting, and led the way and took Xu Feng and Ah Meng into the house.

Before entering the house, another person from the village passed by outside the courtyard and saw Xu Feng and A Meng, and their eyes immediately widened.

"Old Qian, you're going to the sky here, and there are guests at home. Such a big event......"

"It's a great joy to have guests at home! Great merit! Why did all the good things happen to you? ”

The man's eyes widened and he said with a smile on his face.

"Hey...... Hu Dao Chang blessed, Hu Dao Chang blessed. ”

The old farmer had more smiles on his face, and his whole old, wrinkled face was tinged with a sickly flush.

"Daughter-in-law, son...... There's a guest at home, hurry up and say hello. ”

The old farmer led Xu Feng and Ah Meng into the house.

Before Xu Feng entered the house, he turned his gaze and looked in the direction of the entrance of the village.

I could see that the two middle-aged men at the entrance of the village also followed the village woman at the entrance of the village, with some tense bodies, and stepped into the house step by step.

Turn your gaze back,

Step into this house.

With the shouts of the old peasants,

From the bedroom next to the hall and from the back kitchen, two figures came out one after another.

A man walked out of the bedroom, his face was pale, stiff and he couldn't see any blood, and when he walked out of the bedroom, he looked straight at Xu Feng and Ah Meng.

Then a harder smile squeezed out of the already white and stiff face.

"Hahaha, here's a guest, sit, sit."

"Eh, you didn't sleep well, your face is pale, don't come out to scare other guests."

Out of the back kitchen was a woman.

The woman was still wearing an apron, and the apron was stained with dirt, and when she saw Xu Feng and Ah Meng, she was also full of smiles, and she said a man out loud.

"Yes yes yes ......"

The man smiled stiffly, and hurriedly responded.

"I'm sorry, two guests. Originally, the family was busy with our old father's ascension to the sky, and we were not ready for any guests to come...... But it's just right that you're here, and today is just when our old father ascended to the sky, and you are happy with you. ”

"Hmm."

Xu Feng responded.

"Huh...... Daughter-in-law, son, the two of you go together to make beds for the two guests, change clean sheets and pack them up for the guests to live in. ”

"I'm going to kill all the chickens and ducks in the house here and send them over, so I can't lose too much at night...... And my dress, my big red dress, on a festive day here, you have to wear festive clothes. ”

The old farmer smiled and said to his son and daughter-in-law again.

"Eh, okay...... You help make the bed first, and I'll get the clothes for us. ”

The woman smiled in response, greeted the man, and walked to the next room, rummaging through the closet.

The man smiled stiffly, then moved his feet and walked into the other room.

"Two guests sit, sit...... I'm busy killing two more chickens here......"

The old farmer smiled and said, threw the duck he had killed in his hand to the side of the hall, and then walked towards the backyard of the house.

At the edge of the house, next to the door, several ducks had been thrown.

“…… Hey, when we ascended to the sky before, my dad was reluctant to kill more chickens and ducks to make a feast, so he wanted to stay and kill when he ascended to the sky...... It's so good. ”

Then the woman found a scarlet garment from the room next to her.

Holding it in his hand, he walked into the hall and seemed to notice Xu Feng and Ah Meng looking at the duck on the ground that had not yet shed its hair.

Explain with a smile.

"In a moment, I'll have to send it over and make a dinner for the evening...... The banquet that ascended to the sky here was all made up by the village. But my father was happy, so he wanted to be more lively and lively. ”

"Oops! I'm really dizzy, and I haven't poured tea for the two guests, I'm really embarrassed......"

As she spoke, she patted her head, then held the dress in her hand, and hurriedly went to pour tea for Xu Feng and Ah Meng.

"The two of you have already ascended to the sky?"

"Yes, in front of my father. My father was in a hurry. My father just felt sorry for the two of us, so he waited until now. ”

Xu Feng didn't ask what these people were talking about, but just turned his head, looked at the woman's husband, and then looked at the woman and asked.

The woman's husband, the man seems to have laid out the sheets,

He came out of the room again, but he didn't come back into the hall.

just stiffened his body and face, and looked straight at the backs of Xu Feng and Ah Meng with a white face,

Waiting for Xu Feng to turn his head to look at him, he squeezed out more stiff smiles.

"Eh, you two take a sip of water. What a time for you two...... In our family, only the old man has not yet ascended to the sky. You two live in our house...... After our turn old man, it's your turn. ”

The woman brought the water and put it in front of Xu Feng and Ah Meng.

Xu Feng glanced at the woman, and then at the tea on the table in front of him, but he didn't drink it or pick it up.

"The two guests will sit down first, and I will go to see if the old man is done there, and let him almost change his clothes."

The woman didn't care, and her face was still full of smiles.

"Eh, let's go over and see if our dad duck is done killing ......"

"Dad...... You're done killing the ducks...... I've found your clothes here, do you want to change them first? ”

"Huh...... Son, come and help me kill here...... These chickens and ducks are all killed, anyway, when I ascend to the sky here, our family will not need it, and we will enjoy happiness in the future. ”

The voice of this family came from the backyard,

There are also chickens and ducks being chased, making fluttering sounds.

When the chickens and ducks were killed, there was still some leakage, and the cries were suppressed.

Xu Feng and Ah Meng were sitting in this hall.

After glancing into the backyard, Xu Feng turned his gaze back to Ah Meng.

Ah Meng looked at him again, and neither of them spoke.

And at this time,

In that backyard,

The family finally came out of the backyard again,

First the woman, then the old farmer who had already put on his clothes, and finally the man who moved a little stiffly.

"Dad, you change your clothes and try it, how beautiful this big red dress is."

"Haha, I'll try."

"Dad, it's your turn to ascend to the sky at night, you have to be careful, don't move, you see Jianming he is just moving blindly, and now he is stiff and happy, and he can't laugh well."

The old peasant and the woman talked.

The woman turned her head and looked at the man again.

The man with a pale and stiff face, hearing this, paused, and then a smile appeared on his pale face.

"Dad, do you think it looks good here?"

The old peasant was smiling, trembling, and put on the red dress.

The clothes were woven of silk yarn, draped over the old peasant's body, and the red light seemed to reflect the old peasant's rough and wrinkled face.

The old farmer straightened his clothes, lowered his head, and looked back and forth, with a smile on his face.

"Old man, you seem to have smeared blood on your clothes?"

Xu Feng stood up and said something out loud.

"It's okay, it's okay, how festive the blood is, it's festive."

The old farmer responded with a smile on his face.

"Eh, really, look at it this way, Dad, you're festive in this dress."

"Really...... Haha......"

"Dad, you've got your clothes on. Then let's take these chickens and ducks and go over first. The dinner will be held in the evening, and Dad, you will also receive the guests first. ”

"Two guests, you can come along. The feast for this happy event was held at the entrance of the village. ”