In the middle of the night, I carried the small mushrooms on my back to the shack, which had turned into a pile of ashes, and a few wisps of smoke rose from three or two places, filling the air with a faint smell of burning.

Little Mushroom said to me in a low voice: "Brother Worm, this shack was built by my mother alone, although it is simple, but it is my paradise. My mother picked up lots of rocks for me to play with, and even built a swing for me with a shelf in the yard. When I was a child, I used to swing on the swing, and no matter how late my mother came home, I would pester her and let her accompany me on the swing and push me to the top. And next to the door, my mother picked up a few bottles, which contained different amounts of water, and I could make different sounds when I hit it with a small bamboo stick, but it was good, my mother said that this kind of music is called the piano, you say it's funny, how can the piano made of glass bottles be called a piano, but it's my best toy......"

Little Mushroom whispered while shedding tears, "In order to live in the village, my mother wanted to cure the eye diseases of the old people in the village, and ran to the mountains to find the dragon, she knelt and prayed to the dragon heart, she cried and cut out the dragon's heart and gave it to the villagers." Every night, the men of the village would come drunk and pull my mother into the shack, and as I grew up, those men would hit me again, but my mother was strongly opposed, and she was like a thorn, covered with thorns, protecting me. Later, he simply sent me to the mountains every day before dawn, and told me that I was not allowed to come back until late. But my mother was still exhausted. From then on, I wandered the mountains all day, and only dared to sneak home in the middle of the night when it was quiet. ”

Then I remembered the cave on the top of the mountain, which was very clean, and the ground was covered with thick firewood and grass, which must have been the place where the little mushroom often slept, and this girl lived in fear every day, and always defended herself, but although she had avoided the men of the village, she had not escaped the horse's face and the pig's head, and if I had not intervened in time, she might still have escaped the fate of humiliation.

"The reason why I secretly went home was just because I thought that there was a mother's smell here, but now I don't even have a chance to sneak home." The little mushroom shed tears again.

Footsteps could be heard in the distance, and a man walked over with heavy footsteps.

I hurriedly hid behind a stone with the little mushroom on my back, and looked secretly, the man staggered to the ruins with a wine burp, "I really drank too much today, I forgot that I just burned down this shack during the day, his grandmother's, why didn't that little girl come back?" If she comes back, Lao Tzu will definitely strip her clothes and be so cool! ”

I heard that this man was a weasel who was full of benevolence and righteousness during the day, and this bastard ran here before he knew it after pouring yellow soup, and it seems that he usually runs here.

Little Mushroom trembled, "He came again, he often came when his mother was there; Later, my mother died, and he still ran here, and he also moved his hands and feet to me, and once at night, when I was sleeping in the shack, he ran in with his bare buttocks, and pressed me to the ground, so frightened that I grabbed a handful of ashes and threw them in his eyes, and he screamed in pain, so that I had a chance to run away. From there, I didn't dare to sleep in the shack anymore, and every time I came back, I just stayed for a short time and then slipped away......"

I watched as the weasel gritted his teeth, drew his dagger and said, "Little mushroom, I'll help you slaughter this guy." ”

Little Mushroom was startled at first, then shook his head and wept: "Forget it, he can bring a few pancakes for my mother and me every time he comes, and because of him, we didn't starve to death when there was a shortage of food." ”

I was bored in my heart, and let out a long breath of turbidity, "Little mushroom, I won't kill him, but I also want to let him have a longer memory, I, who is a brother, how can I give my sister a breath." ”

As I spoke, I drew my slingshot, and with a shake of my hand, a marble shot out with my rage.

In the past, whether it was shooting cats and dogs, or those Japanese samurai, I controlled my momentum, after all, I was not in the same bad mood as I am now. This time, but there was no hand left.

The marbles hit the weasel's head, and "dang" made a crisp sound.

The weasel screamed and crouched on the ground with his head in his hands.

I whistled him from afar, and the weasel jumped up, pointed in our direction from afar, and scolded, "Fuck, who hit Lao Tzu." Lao Tzu will kill you. ”

After saying that, he ran towards here. If he had scurried with his head in his arms, he would have at least been spared more flesh and skin, and now he had sent it to the door. That's what I did on purpose.

Little Mushroom was very scared, and said in a trembling voice, "Brother Bug, he found us." ”

I smiled, "It's okay, I'll still be able to deal with a weasel." ”

Whoosh, three beads in succession, banging on the weasel's head.

The weasel howled in the throat continuously, far away, and it was extremely piercing in the dark night.

He finally understood that it was not a naughty child who attacked him, but a marksman.

The weasel jumped behind a rock, dodging the attack, and he poked his head out, "Who the hell are you?" Why are you attacking me? ”

I shouted, "You know all the dirty things you did, and as for who I am, I can only tell you that I am a ghost." ”

With that, another marble shot out, and it happened to hit him a little bit on the head. The weasel screamed again, like a tortoise, and retracted its head, refusing to come out again.

"Uncle spare your life! I know it's wrong! "This guy, who is usually arrogant in front of the poor, finally showed his true face as a strong outsider.

I jumped onto a rock, and I happened to see the weasel's foot, and another marble waited, and the marble struck his ankle so hard that the weasel was holding his foot and screaming, and the cry had already broken. But his struggle caused him to expose more of his body parts, and I shot him in the head, shoulder, and ass one by one.

"Stop fighting, it hurts me. I beg you. After saying that, the weasel knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

I said to him in a deep voice, "Weasel, listen, there used to be a good mother living here, who lived here under the fence, and who were very friendly to everyone here, and kindly brought you the gall of the snake, but you were more vicious than the snake, and you not only took advantage of them, but also burned their house, and clamoured to burn her daughter, but they interceded for you, and the crepes you usually brought saved you, and although you brought the pancakes, you did not have any good intentions. The lesson for you today is to tell you the truth of being a human being, everyone is created equal, and if you do something that has blinded your heart with lard, I will personally peel your skin. ”

The weasel kowtowed repeatedly, "I know, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore." ”

I said, "! When he heard that I had let him go, he ran faster than a rabbit.

Little Mushroom looked at the weasel's embarrassed appearance and finally smiled with tears in his eyes.

I picked up the little mushroom on my back, looked at the ashes of the ruins together, turned back to the little mushroom and said, "Let's go, brother will take you home!" ”

I walked towards the small town of Wenzhe with the little mushroom on my back, and I couldn't run to the road to take the camel cart, because the assassination of Hamid would cause a series of reactions, and he had already sent troops up the mountain to encircle and suppress me, and if he didn't catch me, he would be angry and continue the search.

I decided to go off the beaten track, and I wasn't afraid of wild beasts on the way, I was afraid of meeting people.

I would be glad to meet wild beasts, we need their meat; And when I meet people, I can't explain to them where we come from.

Little Mushroom lay on my back, "Brother Bug, you shouldn't have provoked that weasel just now." ”

I smiled disdainfully, "What about provoking, didn't you see it, didn't you see his embarrassed appearance?" ”

"What if he finds someone to chase us?"

I listened to Little Mushroom's words and thought for a moment, "No, does he dare to gather people to arrest us?" ”

Little Mushroom pressed his face to my shoulder, "I hope not." ”

I walked seven or eight miles with the little mushroom on my back, and it was already deep in the night, and we all needed to rest, and the little mushroom said to me, "Well, I know there's a cave nearby, let's go there for the night." ”

Her casual words made me sad, this little girl was afraid to go home, and spent the night in these deserted caves every day, the more familiar she was with this area, but it showed how pitiful she was on weekdays.

I forced a smile, "Little Mushroom, Brother Bug claims to be the first hunter in the wasteland, but I didn't expect that my familiarity with geography is not as good as yours, and it seems that I can only be relegated to second place in the future." ”

Mushroom was happy, "Brother Bug, are you coaxing me, I'm just familiar with this area, and I don't know about other places." ”

"So what does it matter, no matter where you go, as long as you blow a whistle, thousands of snakes are mighty, and everywhere you go, wolves, insects, tigers, leopards, demons and monsters, don't you be scared to death. Seriously, you have time to teach me too, it's okay to be idle, let's take these big and small babies to bite together. ”

Little Mushroom said: "I can teach you, but unfortunately I guess you can't learn it, Mom said, snake repellent is only known to the Wick people, and only the women of the Wick tribe can do it." Brother Bug, if you want to learn snake repellent techniques, you should be a woman first. ”

I also laughed, "I can't be a woman even if I want to, I am afraid that I will not be able to marry for the rest of my life." ”

The little mushroom grinned.

As I spoke, I walked into the cave with the little mushroom on my back, took out the flint and lit up some hay, which lit up the whole cave. This cave is smaller than the one on the top of the mountain, and it can't even be called a cave, it can only be regarded as a gap between a few large stones.

I put the little mushroom on the hay and said to the little mushroom, "Little mushroom, tell me about snake repellent, I have to study this skill." ”

Little Mushroom thought for a while and said to me: "Mom said that before the Wick clan was wiped out, all the clansmen took turns to blow the whistle again, but not a single snake was driven, and Old Wick said to all the clansmen with tears in his eyes that the snake exorcism taught to us by the prophet back then is completely lost in our generation, and we should find the prophet in the future and return this whistle." That night, all the people of the tribe were very uncomfortable. My mother was a little girl, and she thought the whistle was very funny, so she quietly stole it out, and ran outside to find a remote hill to blow it, and she did not expect it to make such a beautiful sound, and she was intoxicated by this beautiful music. It didn't take long for her to hear a rustling sound, and when she looked up, countless snakes were circling and intertwining around her. She was so frightened that she turned around and ran, only to stumble into a man who was Old Wick. Old Wick held his mother in his arms, laughed, he bowed to the north, and said that the prophet blessed, the snake exorcism was not lost, and the dragon could continue to protect the Wick group, and then to the mother, this whistle will be given to you in the future, but unless it is absolutely necessary, you can't summon the dragon at will. Mom was very happy, and when the two of them were about to go back to the tribe, there was a rush of smoke and fire, and Old Wick yelled that it was not good, that the outsiders there were going to blow up the habitat of our tribe, and that he wanted to go back and see. Then he told his mother to take the whistle far away, and not to throw it away under any circumstances, because this whistle was the treasure that the prophet gave to us Wick people, and told her that the descendants of the prophet would take him to the holy land in the future, and then ran back to the tribe, and never returned. Later, my mother let the men arrest them, and then my mother gave me the whistle before she died. ”

I heard the words of the little mushroom, I believe in that history, but only a Wick woman can whistle to drive away snakes, I don't think so. "You said that this snake exorcism can only be understood by women, but I don't believe it, I think there is something wrong with your whistle."

Seeing that I still didn't believe that only a Wick woman could repel snakes, Little Mushroom shook his head helplessly and smiled, "Brother Bug, you really don't hit the south wall and don't look back, give it to you, you blow and blow it." ”

Little Mushroom handed me the whistle, and I picked it up and blew it like Little Mushroom. Jokes, I can also play a section of my father's erhu, and I can also play a few songs on the flute, how can a small whistle stump me.

I picked up the whistle and looked at it carefully, it was a small whistle that was polished black and shiny, I don't know what stone it was made of, the whistle was very small, only the size of a thumb, and I saw that it was carved with a dragon-shaped pattern, although it was almost impossible to see the pattern, but you can still see the beauty of the carving.

There seems to be words on the other side of the whistle, I took it to the fire to light it up and look carefully, only to see that there are four seal characters engraved on it, I only know the second and fourth words of the four words, the second word is the word "big", this word is very simple. The fourth word is the word "gift", although this word is difficult to recognize, but because my father has many calligraphy paintings or seals given to him by friends, he often writes the words "so-and-so gift" to indicate that someone gave it to his father, so I can also recognize this word.

I thought about it, this whistle should be a gift to the Wick people by a certain person, and I asked the little mushroom, "What is the name of the prophet in your mouth?" ”

Little Mushroom blushed, "Mom told me, but I forgot." ”

I smiled, "I see that there are four seal characters on the whistle, but unfortunately I only know two, and I guess these four seal characters have the names of the prophets you mentioned." It doesn't matter, when we get back, I'll ask my father, and he knows a lot and should know a few words, and then we'll know who this prophet is. ”

Little Mushroom nodded happily.

I put the whistle in my mouth and blew it, and the whistle made a whining sound, which may change according to the strength of the air current, the strong blow is like a birdsong, the low blow is like the roar of the wind, and if it is not in a hurry, it is like a raging wave, and it is like a pine wave.

I couldn't help but be fascinated by the whistle, and thought to myself, not to mention Little Mushroom, an indigenous girl, even if I blew it, I also felt fascinated and leisurely.

Here, there was a rustling sound outside, and I laughed, "Little mushroom, see it, I summoned the dragon." ”