Volume 1 Mystery Chapter 3 Departure
"Guys, keep it up, we're almost there!" a leading young man turned and yelled.
Haolin ran forward, trying to look ahead, and vaguely saw a lot of houses and cooking smoke. "I see the houses in the town!" Haolin's roar caused the children in the crowd to run forward, and the crowd suddenly sped up.
"Wow, that's beautiful, these houses are much better looking than the houses in our village!"
"Look, this road is so wide, and it seems to be paved with such neat stones, it's so smooth!"
"Look, there, someone is selling a lot of small animals, look at what that furry thing is, why haven't I seen it in the mountains?"
"Look, there's a lot of new clothes in that store!"
Haolin's friends kept sighing, most of the children of the same age as Haolin came to the town for the first time, and they were dazzled by the bustling streets and all kinds of shops. "Is this Moqiu Town?" Haolin and Qian'er looked around excitedly, they were also here for the first time, and now they have no time to talk, so they want to take a good look.
"If you want to sell mountain goods and buy something, hurry up and go, and gather here to go back together from time to time. The village chief roared, and went to find a place to sell mountain goods with a basket on his back, and the crowd dispersed into the flow of people in the market.
Wang Tianyuan sold Monroe flowers, and bought new clothes, snacks, and toys for the two children, which made the two children excited. No one found two pairs of thief eyes, staring at Qian'er not far away.
The Spring Festival is coming soon, as in previous years, put on brand new clothes in the morning, go into the mountains early to worship, and you can eat a lot of delicious food when you come back, the difference is that there is one more person in the family this year, Haolin is still very happy.
"Qian'er, after the Spring Festival, you will be 10 years old, and I will be 11 years old, in a few more Spring Festivals, we will become adults, and we will be able to go to Moqiu Town alone. Haolin said while nibbling on a snack.
"Brother Haolin, no matter where you go, Qian'er will follow you and follow you for the rest of your life. Qian'er was also stuffing something into her mouth, raising her chin slightly, looking at Haolin and saying.
Haolin looked at Qian'er, and suddenly felt that Qian'er seemed to look better than before, "Well, when we grow up, let's go outside the mountains together, and I heard that the city is more fun." ”
The village is very lively, on this day we don't have to work in the field, we don't have to go into the mountains to hunt, it is the most relaxed day of the year, from time to time someone comes to visit Wang Tianyuan, there is only Wang Tianyuan in the small village, usually everyone has been treated by him, so in this festival day, everyone will come to visit.
Happy times are always short-lived, the night does not stop because of joy, the bonfire dance ends early, the small village has long since returned to tranquility, and Haolin and Qian'er have slept deeply.
Two figures sneakily appeared at the head of Xiaohe Village.
"Zhao Wu, let's go separately, you start from there, I'll start from here, be careful not to alarm others, do you remember the appearance of the little girl?"
"Don't worry, I've remembered it a long time ago, I don't know how much the young master will reward us this time. ”
"Let's get the people in our hands first, be careful, the people in the mountains are strong, don't alarm them. ”
The two figures parted and moved towards the small mountain village.
Haolin was dreaming, dreaming of a lot of delicious food, his mouth couldn't help chewing, he didn't find a glimmer of light next to the bed, it was the light of the night pearl, soft and not dazzling, reflected on the face of a masked man, one hand covered his mouth, he slept more deeply, the night pearl shone on his face, the black shadow walked to the bed on the other side of the room, the same hand covered Qian'er's mouth, and illuminated it with the luminous beads, the black shadow trembled slightly, suppressed the joy in his heart, and even picked up Qian'er with the quilt and quietly went out.
The black shadow hid at the entrance of the village and waited for a while, "Zhao Wu, it's done, let's go!" The black shadow whispered to another black shadow that was walking towards him, and quickly ran towards the outside of the village. They didn't notice that there was a person standing on the roof of Haolin's house, with a somewhat rickety back, but his eyes were so deep that he could see what they were doing clearly.
"Hey" sighed softly, and the people in the room suddenly disappeared.
The sun was already high, and Hao Lin shook his somewhat drowsy head, he had never felt this way before. Looking at the empty bed next to him, "Qian'er didn't call me when she got up so early, she was helping grandpa cook breakfast, right?" Haolin got up and came to the kitchen, the stove was cold. "Grandpa, grandpa, Qian'er, Qian'er..."Haolin shouted, as he walked towards his grandfather's room, pushing open the door, and it was empty.
"Grandpa, where have they been?" Haolin was full of doubts and uneasiness, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a piece of paper on his grandfather's bed, so he picked it up and looked at it, it was a letter, which was left by his grandfather, and his grandfather taught him to read and write since he was 5 years old.
"Haolin, grandpa is gone, went to a far away place, Qian'er is also gone, don't you worry, grandpa has a box under the bed, haven't you always wanted to see it, now it belongs to you, you can see it to your heart's content, there is a jade pendant in the box, that is our family heirloom, you wear it, you must take it with you, don't lose it, and don't show it to others." Remember to dispose of the books in the box after reading them, and don't show them to others. In the cellar of the kitchen, grandpa has prepared a lot of things, don't go hungry yourself, the villagers should take care of you too. Remember what your grandfather taught you since childhood, manhood, to be a man and do things, to stand up to the sky, at any time, don't lose your conscience and responsibility, don't read it. ”
Bang, pop, the big tears fell from Haolin's eyes, falling on the paper, and the feeling of helplessness instantly surrounded Haolin, he couldn't understand why his grandfather and Qian'er wanted to leave, or left quietly, as if he didn't want him anymore, just freed from the grief of Aunt Zhang's departure, and now his only relative, grandpa, has left him again, and his best partner Qian'er is also gone.
Just took the letter like this, cried for I don't know how long, grandpa and Qian'er have left, and I still have to live.
Haolin wiped the tears on his face, dragged out the big box under his grandfather's bed, the box was covered with dust, it should have not been opened for a long time, opened the box, a box full of books, there was a jade pendant on it, shaped like a circling snake, but it looked a little strange, there was a small hole in the snake's mouth, a thin line of unknown material passed through it, Haolin picked up the jade pendant, and started with a cold, but not cold, Haolin put the thin thread around his neck, stuffed the jade pendant into his clothes, and pressed it tightly to his chest, feeling the coldness of the jade pendant, Haolin patted it through the clothes, which was left to him by his grandfather。
Pick up a book and spread it on the bed, "Arithmetic", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Book of Medicine", "Danshu", "Medical Skills", etc., Haolin picked up a book of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and opened it to see.
"Gazetteer"
"It is rumored that the universe was born, chaos was not opened, and heaven and earth were not divided......"
"Chenlan Star, the darling of the universe, at the beginning, there was a vast continent, surrounded by water, after calamities, the land was divided into two, one was the Yanwu Continent, and the other was the land of Siyuan..."
Haolin was deeply attracted by this book, and read it hungrily, growing up in Xiaohe Village, he seemed to have discovered a new world that he had never seen before.
Xiaohe Mountain, Back Mountain, Haolin found that near the cliff where Monroe Flower was found, in a thick green mist, there was a cave looming, and there was an old man standing by the cave, looking up at the sky slightly, his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the green fog and see the distant sky. "Haolin, you should have read that letter, don't blame grandpa, grandpa can't help himself, can't watch you grow up, I hope you can live well! As for Qian'er, I still hope you never see each other again." ”
Wang Tianyuan could see that there was a hazy affection between Haolin and Qian'er, but the two children didn't know it yet.
Wang Tianyuan had divined hexagrams for two children before, but the results were not good.
"Alas..."sighed deeply, the old man reluctantly turned around and walked towards the cave, with a slight wave of his hand, a huge boulder at the entrance of the cave, made a huge roar, accompanied by the tumbling dust slowly falling, and finally merged with the cliff next to it, no matter how good the eyes are, no matter how good the person is, he can't find a clue, as if the cave mouth never existed.
Haolin was immersed in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Haolin, are you there?" came the shouts of his good friend Xu Ermao at the door, "Yes!" Haolin hurriedly went out and closed the door of his grandfather's room. opened the courtyard door and saw Xu Ermao and a group of friends standing at the door.
"Shall we go play together?"
"That's right, Haolin, we didn't play enough yesterday, let's continue to play today!"
"No, I'm a little uncomfortable, let's go play!" Haolin thought about the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in his heart.
When the friends left, Haolin couldn't wait to close the courtyard door, quickly ran back to his grandfather's room, and opened the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" to read it. Before I knew it, it was already dark outside, and I couldn't read the words on the book clearly. Haolin then remembered that he hadn't eaten since the morning, and he suddenly felt hungry and panicked, so he went to the kitchen to make it himself, and usually followed his grandfather to see a lot, at least it was no problem if it was cooked.
Haolin climbed into bed, he still wanted to read, but the lamp was a luxury for the villagers of the small mountain village.
Lying on the bed and thinking about what I saw today, Haolin's memory is very good, this is forced out by his grandfather, from the beginning of reading ten words must be remembered immediately, and now he can remember a lot of books when he reads a large number of books, Haolin has suffered a lot, and if he remembers a word wrong, he will be punished by his grandfather, spanking, and standing in the corner of the wall for a day is considered light.
Haolin remembered that the stars in the sky were like the sun he saw, and there were many planets of different sizes around the sun, and he was in Chenlan Star, which was one of the endless universes, and there were two continents on Chenlan Star, Yanwu Continent and Siyuan Land, and the rest of the city was water, and he didn't know which continent he was in. There are many countries on each continent, and each country is made up of many cities, and there are small towns under the cities, and there are all kinds of small villages under the small towns.
Thinking back to the knowledge he saw in the book, he gradually became sleepy, Haolin fell asleep, and there was still a tear in the corner of his eye, probably because he missed his grandfather and Qian'er...