Night, at times, silently makes people feel helpless, lonely, and even weak. Although Li Zhongqing did what he could to make up for the mistake that did not belong to him, he still lay on the bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. He thought: inexplicably come to a time and space that does not belong to him, and obtain an uncontrollable transformation ability. Living in a valley full of youkai, falling in love with a woman, and she's a youkai...... All kinds of emotions lingered in his heart, a bitter taste suddenly came, and in the darkness he looked at his blistered hands and couldn't help but think of his parents at home. At this moment, all the nagging they had in the past turned out to be warm, and tears inadvertently crossed their faces and dripped on the loneliness in their hearts. Such a torment makes a young man who has no experience in the world have a pastime.

During the day, Li Zhongqing has been working in a pragmatic carpentry shop, and all kinds of discomfort and hard work do not need to be detailed. From time to time, Xiaohezi would come to the store to see him as the "culprit". Just watched, didn't speak, and walked away after seeing it. Whenever he walked through the streets of the Valley of Forgotten Sorrows, the villagers always cast strange glances at him, and from time to time they pointed and pointed, which made him feel very uncomfortable, and he felt like a fugitive or a leper.

One day, inside the carpentry shop.

"Thank you!"

Li Zhongqing, who was busy with his work, looked at Xiao Yao, who suddenly spoke, and asked with some curiosity: "Why do you tell me this?"

Xiao Yao explained: "Stupid! I didn't say it, it was Xiao Heizi who asked me to say it. He said thank you for the kite you sent him. These words were like a hint of sweetness in the bitterness, Li Zhongqing smiled lightly when he heard it, and said, "It's good if he likes it." ”

"He's shy, or he'll say it himself. Xiao Taro said with a rare face: "People are young, they don't dare to say, they don't come here every day to look at you like sinners, they just want to thank you." You don't want to spend all day thinking in your heart. Bastard!"

Time passed day after day, Zhong Qing slowly put away his mind and no longer cared about other people's eyes, especially after Xiao Heizi thanked him, he was more dedicated to doing his own thing. Although he was not interested in carpentry at all, he did his best and did not dare to relax. It's just that the daily food is full of vegetarian dishes makes him very uncomfortable. He told Su Mo about this, and Su Mo said with a smile: "This matter can only be wronged Brother Xiaoli, you will take it." Let's be honest, not only our family, but the entire inhabitants of Forgotten Valley are vegetarians. "Li Zhongqing is a meatless person, and every meal is vegetarian every day, which makes him very uncomfortable. He said, "You all fast here......?" Help! Can you ...... "It's not surprising that two families are vegetarians, and it's kind of strange that the whole valley is like this." Moreover, they are all monsters, they don't do some murder and arson, they are all fasting, is this a monk temple or a monster valley? No one dares to believe it.

One day, Xiaohezi went to the river with a few friends to play. While playing, and just as he was having fun, a child noticed something floating in the river. The river was shallow, and a bold boy went over to look at it, and found it to be a man. So, he immediately called his friend over, and then pulled the man to the shore.

The drowning man was very tall, with white skin, a disheveled head, and scaly wounds all over his body, and he was already dying. The children looked and looked, and none of them knew him, but it must be someone from outside the valley, and after discussing it, they decided to go back and find someone to help.

Little Black runs to the pragmatic carpenter, and Xiao Yao translates the fact that he found the drowning man by the river. Su Shi was puzzled and said, "Impossible." Except for us, there are no people in this place for hundreds of miles, how can there be outsiders drifting in. Li Zhongqing said: "Why don't you go over and have a look first." Xiao Yao teased him and said, "What are you eating today, how did you become so calm and rational?"

Su Shi didn't have the leisure to talk nonsense, and immediately asked Xiao Heizi to lead them to the river to inspect. By the time everyone arrived there, the drowning man had disappeared without a trace. Li Zhongqing thought that Xiao Heizi was deliberately playing with him, and said a little angrily: "What about people, are you playing with us?"

"You're in a hurry!" Xiao Yao said, "I just praised you wrongly." ”

Xiao Heizi screamed with grievances on his face, and Xiao Yao translated: "He said: 'I didn't panic, I was lying there just now. I pulled him ashore with the rest of the group. Li Zhongqing said: "Then where are the people now?" Xiao Yao said: "Bastard, don't talk nonsense, look for it." So they searched along the river for an afternoon, but they didn't see half a figure.

At dinner, Su Shi told his adoptive mother about the drowning man found in the little black spot. sue

The mother-in-law was surprised and said, "That's weird, I've lived here for a long time, and this matter is unheard of." It seems that I will discuss it with Lao Mi tomorrow. ”

Su Shao glanced at the sisters mischievously, and Qian'er and Xiaomo smiled knowingly, bowing their heads to eat for fear of being discovered by their adoptive mother.

The day the drowning man was found was the twentieth day of Li Zhongqing's work at Pragmatic Carpentry. After days of hard work, his insomnia symptoms have improved a lot, and he can almost fall asleep as soon as he touches the pillow.

The next day, Li Zhongqing went to work in the store as usual. Granny Su went to Lao Mi to discuss things. In the end, the two elders decided to inform the chiefs of the other two villages about the matter to ensure the safety of the inhabitants of the valley.

That night, when everyone was asleep. Su Qian suddenly woke up. She has had a special talent since she was a child, which can be regarded as an intuition. Whenever there is a danger approaching, it must be able to accurately sense, so that the corresponding risk avoidance measures can be effectively made. This talent is even more effective in combat, and it is thanks to this talent that she can be so agile and agile in the Spiritual Sky Concept. It's just that from childhood to adulthood, she has never had the experience of waking up too much in her sleep, which surprised her at this time.

Su Qi walked out of the room, inspected the room, and found nothing unusual, so she went out of the house to check. As soon as she stepped out of the door, she felt a slight shock in her heart, so she followed her instinct and walked down the mountain until she came to her uncle's house. At this point, the feeling of dangerous proximity was even more intense, and she immediately realized that there was someone in the house. As soon as I opened the door, a puff of smoke poured out. In the dark, I couldn't identify the identity of the other party, only to see a pair of wolf-like eyes flashing with a red fierce light staring at herself, she said: "What person? dare to ......" Before the words were finished, the other party attacked with a very fast body, she hurriedly parried, only a few moves, and already felt that the opponent's strength was very strong, and he was afraid that he would not be able to take him down within fifty moves.

Qi'er has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and her strength is greater than that of ordinary men, but she didn't expect this thief's strength to be greater than herself, which surprised her. During the fight, the smoke slowly cleared, and the line of sight gradually became clear, and a masked man in black appeared in front of her, trying her best to unmask the other party. It's a pity that because of the difference in strength, I didn't succeed in several consecutive attempts, and I was stopped by the opponent every time. She was not a woman of many words, and she fought the thief until she reached thirty rounds, and the thief recited the incantation, and a string of runes glowed from his wrist. With a muffled sound of "boom", a large cloud of white powder erupted on the thief's body, blocking Su Qi's vision. The dust also had a slight pungent smell, which made her cough involuntarily, and the thief slipped away.

After the dust cleared, Su Qi lit the lamp and found that the house was in a mess. Fortunately, she came in time, otherwise she would have suffered a heavy loss.

The next day, Su Qian told everyone about the thief at night. Li Zhongqing looked at her worriedly. Qi'er noticed his gaze, but deliberately pretended not to see it, and did not respond disapprovingly.

Granny Su said: "What happened last night must have been done by outsiders, and no one here dares to mess with her." Su Shao said: "That fool who is not afraid of death even dares to provoke Uncle Pi." Li Zhongqing's reaction was a little too sensitive, and he said stupidly: "I went to bed very early last night." ”

Su Mo said softly: "Mother-in-law should be suspicious of the drowning man." ”

Xiao Yao smiled and said, "Fool! With your little ability, you can't fight with Qi Qi for thirty rounds." Everyone was amused and laughed, and Qi'er glanced at someone inadvertently, and happened to be discovered by him, and his heart beat inexplicably.

Granny Su instructed the children not to spread the news for the time being, so as not to cause panic with false rumors, and then try to catch the thief in the future. After a while, she asked again: "Qi'er, you can tell me about the thief's skills and physical characteristics later." ”

"Hmm. ”

After breakfast, Su Qian came to her uncle's house alone. Since she came back from Lingxiaoguan, she would come here to clean up in the first two days, in order to borrow Fengwu Caixia, she was afraid that her uncle would be angry when he found out about it. While cleaning, she found a handful of withered yellow hair and some blood stains on the ground in the house where the magic weapon was placed, which should have been caused by the guards in the room. So he took the hair and blood stains home and discussed with his adoptive mother how to catch the thief.

A few days later, Su Mo came to the woodworking shop very early, and it was not yet lunch. Li Zhongqing asked the reason. She replied, "Today is the day of returning to the valley." Zhong Qing looked at her smiling face like a flower, and asked puzzledly: "How do you say it when you return to the valley?" Su Shi, who was busy with a carving knife on the side, patted his forehead and said, "Alas." Look I'm so busy that I've forgotten everything. He closed the door of the store and led Zhong Qing and his sister out of the city wall.

On the way, Su Mo explained to Li Zhongqing: "The market period of Forget Worry Valley is divided into large and small, and under normal circumstances, it is a small market period. Zhong Qing asked: "What does this have to do with the day of returning to the valley?" Xiao Mo looked at him who knew nothing and couldn't help but laugh, she said: "We have a valley day here once a year, four times a year, there is no fixed day, all of them are randomly selected under the witness of everyone. There were only eight places in each village, and there were more than thirty people in total, plus the accompanying escorts, who formed caravans for the purpose of trading with the outside. This is a big deal for us, and every day of the valley is a very solemn send-off for the caravan. It's very lively. If you need to buy or sell anything, you can ask the grain workers in your village to help. ”

Li Zhongqing nodded while listening, and Su Shi walked in front and said, "You guys go faster." Xiao Mo agreed, and then said to Zhong Qing: "The day of returning to Gugu is agreed by the caravan before departure, sometimes it is ten days and half a month, sometimes it is two or three months, and I don't know what the specific reason is." On the day of the Huigu day, it is the market period, and the caravan will bring the goods from outside to sell in the market, and it must be crowded and lively. There are many more goodies to buy. Zhong Qing was unconsciously infected by Xiao Mo, and the corners of her mouth showed a long-lost smile. He thought to himself: Do you want to buy something for Sister Qi.

As they spoke, the three of them soon came to the outside of the city wall, where a dozen or so young men were already waiting. When they saw Su Shi coming over, they greeted them warmly.

"Brother Shi is coming, everyone still says you won't come. ”

"Why did Su Laoshi come so late this time. ”

"Brother Shi, you were the earliest in the past, what's wrong with this time. ”

Su Shi greeted everyone, turned around and said to Zhong Qing: "Xiao Li, we will transport things back to the village later, we are responsible for carrying the goods, these are extra jobs today, can you settle the salary after the salary is finished?" It's just that coming and going is doing some disgusting heavy work, which makes him feel helpless, and he reluctantly nods perfunctorily.

Waiting for the gap before the caravan arrived, Zhong Qing carefully looked around, only to find that there were mountains and rocks in front of him, and there was no road leading to the outside, which was very strange, and he thought to himself: There is no way to get in and out of this road. Thinking of this, he looked up, and the mountains were taller than the high-rise buildings, and if he could really fly, it would be difficult to fly in with the goods, and a cloud of doubt immediately added to his heart.