Chapter 60: The Silver Lady
As the young man's voice fell, a mischievous laugh came from behind the iron door: "I'm Wan'er!" If you don't know who I am, I can't open the door to you. Daddy said that except for him, anyone who asks Wan'er to open the door is a bad guy who comes to steal the silver! ”
Before the other party said these words, Qi Jingzhi had already walked to the iron gate.
Almost at the same time, a small head popped up from the window that was split by an iron rod from the iron door.
It looks like a little girl, but at the age of five or six years old, she has a small pigtail tied with a red rope on her head, her little face is white, tender and tender, and her cheeks are painted with bright red faces.
Only two deep black holes remained where the eyes were.
Qi Jingzhi's face was covered by the spirit mask, and he couldn't see any expression, and said softly: "Brother is not a bad person, he doesn't steal silver, and he won't let you open the door." ”
The little girl who called herself Wan'er smiled sweetly, and the two black holes on her face turned to the direction where the young man's voice came from: "Is that brother here to find my father?" He's gone far away, and he's been gone for a long, long time! ”
Qi Jingzhi stared at the little girl's face illuminated by the firelight, although he knew that the other party couldn't see it, he still nodded: "Wan'er, you are alone at a young age, aren't you afraid of the dark?" ”
Hearing this question, the little girl immediately nodded fiercely: "Wan'er used to be most afraid of the dark, and she was so afraid that she didn't dare to sleep, so every day without waiting for the sun to go down, my father would light a lot of candles at home, and put the largest and tallest one next to my bed, which could burn all night!" ”
Speaking of this, there was some distress in the little girl's tone: "But one night, Wan'er suddenly felt that her eyes hurt a lot, and they woke me up!" But when Wan'er opened her eyes, it was dark everywhere, and she couldn't see anything. ”
"Daddy saw that Wan'er was scared, so he hugged Wan'er and said that the sun, moon and stars in the sky were eaten by the tengu, and the candles in the house were all burned, so I could only live in the dark in the future!"
Qi Jingzhi's distant and ethereal voice suddenly became a little more hoarse: "What happened later?" ”
"Later?"
The little girl's face showed a complex expression of doubt and fear, which was combined with the deep eye holes, and it was indescribably hideous and weird.
Later, Wan'er not only had pain in her eyes, but also in her body, she fell asleep in pain, and woke up in pain! I cried and asked Daddy, why does Wan'er hurt so much, is Wan'er going to die? ”
"Daddy said that as long as Wan'er promised to stay at home and watch the silver forever in the future, she would never feel pain again!"
The little girl said, and the expression on her face softened: "Wan'er agreed, and then it really doesn't hurt!" It is...... It's just a little out of breath, and it's okay to wake up after a good night's sleep. ”
Qi Jingzhi quietly looked at this ignorant little girl, and listened to the other party tell a bloody and chilling past in innocent words.
The young man took two steps closer and silently approached the window, and saw that the little girl was stepping on a low stool at the moment, and her small clothes and pants were red.
Red as blood.
The space behind the little girl was very small, and most of the space was crowded with rows of iron shelves, and the shelves were filled with iron boxes of the same style.
Both the iron frame and the iron box are rusty.
Other than that, near the door, there is a small table, in the center of which is a bronze candlestick, which looks like a bronze monkey holding a tray high above its head.
The candles in the tray had burned out, leaving only a pale layer of red condensation.
Beneath the bronze candlestick lies a small rat with white hair as white as moonlight.
Qi Jingzhi took a few looks, and saw that the ears and four paws of this little white mouse were red, and a pair of small eyes were even more red like fire.
The red one is the essence of gold and jade.
Seeing the Faceling outside the window looking at him, the platinum rat raised his head suddenly, his eyes flashing red, and his mouth made a rapid squeak, looking extremely vigilant.
When the little girl heard the cry of the platinum rat, she hurriedly turned around, pretended to be fierce, and whispered: "If you don't behave, I'm really going to drive you away!" ”
She raised her little hand while scaring the platinum rat.
Then, as if pushed hard by something, the little white mouse rolled twice in the direction of the door, almost falling off the edge of the small table.
When it stopped in embarrassment, it looked visibly depressed, and not only did it shut down, but it also lowered its head back to the table, and its red eyes moved away from the faceling, and it looked back at the iron box on the shelf.
After this change, Qi Jingzhi could clearly feel that the silver stench that was constantly impacting Lu Yunzi's remnant peaks and peaks around him was much lighter.
He withdrew his gaze from the platinum rat and asked the little girl, "Wan'er, what's your surname?" What's your dad's name? How long have you been away from home? ”
"I don't know."
The little girl shook her head and answered the three questions in one sentence.
She seemed a little embarrassed, thought about it and added: "Daddy taught Wan'er that every time the sun rises and sets, it is a day, but the sun is eaten by the tengu, and Wan'er's house is dark, and I don't know how many days have passed." ”
"Except for Sister Bai and Brother You, no one else has come to see Wan'er, not even the bad guys who steal silver. Ay? It seems that Sister Bai also asked Wan'er how long she stayed at home alone......"
"Sister Bai?" Qi Jing's heart moved.
He was about to ask a question, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind him, but after the silver smell had further faded, Jiao Yulang, who had been patrolling the corridor for a while, finally arrived.
The little baby was also holding a torch, and her face changed when she saw the little girl vaguely.
He tried to widen his eyes, convinced that what he was seeing was correct, and immediately spoke angrily: "Who is so unconscionable that such a small female doll should be made into silver? ”
Qi Jingzhi Huo Ran turned around, but it was too late to stop it. After putting on the spirit mask, his reaction was somewhat sluggish.
"What is a silver sword?"
Wan'er turned the hole in the black hole to the little baby behind Qi Jingzhi, and her voice suddenly sharpened: "Is the little brother talking about Wan'er?" ”
Jiao Yulang was immediately stunned, opened his mouth but didn't know how to speak, and quickly gave Qi Jingzhi an inquiring look.
Qi Jingzhi shook his head at him silently, and when he looked at Wan'er in the iron window again, he suddenly found that at some point, the red rouge on the little girl's face had melted.
Seven horizontal and eight vertical, like blood marks!
"After all, it's a five- or six-year-old child, who already has a memory, and can understand something more or less."
Qi Jingzhi sighed secretly, but there was no abnormality in his tone: "Wan'er, who is Sister Bai you just said?" ”
Hearing this, the little girl seemed to be distracted, and when she "looked" at Qi Jing again, there was a slight smile on her face.
"It's a cold-talking big sister! She likes Wan'er very much, she talked a lot with me, and she wanted Wan'er to hang out with her! But Wan'er still had to look at the silver for her father, so she didn't agree......"
The little girl's tone was mixed with longing, regret and gratitude: "Then Sister Bai said, it's okay not to go out, there are a lot of bad guys outside!" ”
"Wan'er asked Sister Bai, is that big villain of Tengu also outside?"
"Sister Haku said yes, and she also said that Tengu will turn people into a monster called Tengu! These monsters dig out the livers and lungs of living people and feed them to the tengu with blood! ”
Speaking of this, the little girl suddenly "looked" at Jiao Yulang again, and asked sharply, "But, what is Yinling?" ”