In the Yuqing Mountain Range, where Xuanqing Gate is located, there is a small village in the southwest direction of dozens of miles away from the big city "Luohe".

"Mingjia Village".

As the name suggests, the reason for this name is naturally that the people in the village are surnamed "Ming", the village is not large and there are more than 30 families, the location of the village is relatively remote, but there are mountains, rivers and forests nearby, self-sufficiency is not a problem, and occasionally you can go to Luohe City to buy some items, and it is only a few days to go back and forth.

"Stop, don't run. ”

"Stinky boy, don't run if you have the ability" A few shouts came from a group of children around ten years old, and the target of the scolding was a teenager they were chasing.

The boy's name was "Ming Fan", and he was ten years old like the group of children chasing him, but the difference was that Ming Fan's body size and height were obviously stronger and taller than those children behind him.

"Haha, you have the ability to catch up. Ming Fan turned his head and shouted as he ran, and at the same time gave them a defiant look.

"When we catch you, we must give you a bitter taste" After saying that, these children used enough strength to chase.

"Ha, let's catch up" chuckled, and after seeing the children behind him speeding up, Ming Fan also quickened his pace.

The physical strength of the teenage children is limited after all, and they can't run after chasing for a while, but Ming Fan in front of him does seem to have endless physical strength, seeing that the speed of the children behind him is gradually slowing down, he also gradually slows down, and after a while, the physical strength of the children in the rear has recovered a little, and when he begins to accelerate again, Ming Fan also suddenly sped up, as if intentionally or unintentionally controlling the distance between himself and the children behind him, so that these children have a feeling that they can catch up as long as they run a little faster, but in fact, as long as Ming Fan and them keep the same speed and run forward, then they will not be able to catch up with themselves。

It's as if this child named Mingfan is deliberately letting the children behind him run after him.

So he ran in front and chased behind, and this situation lasted all afternoon.

"Xiaojun, it's not early, hurry up and go home"

"Ah Wei and Ah Jun are back for dinner"

Time passed as the children chased after each other, and the sun slowly set.

The mothers of these children naturally came out to ask their children to go home for dinner, but Ming Fan was not included.

"How many times have I told you, stay away from that child of unknown origin"

"But mother, that Mingfan snatched my little straw man away"

"It's okay, go back and ask your father to make another one for you, come home. ”

Looking at the backs of the children who were chasing them home with their parents gradually moving away from him, he was looking at the little straw man in his hand.

"Cut"

I wanted to throw the straw man away, but the hand that had just been raised stopped in mid-air, and finally grabbed the straw man in his hand and walked in the direction of the grass hut where he lived.

The thatched hut where Ming Fan lives is located in the southern corner of the village, and a little further southwest is the barren valley where Ming Fan was picked up.

Ten years ago, an old man in the village went to the barren valley near the village to pick ingredients and herbs, and stumbled upon a crying baby, so he took the baby back to the village to raise, and named the baby "Fan", hoping that the child could live an ordinary life, which is now Ming Fan.

There were some different opinions in the village, and some people complained about the old man casually adopting an abandoned baby of unknown origin, but most people in the village did not have a big opinion on this matter, after all, no one could watch a baby be abandoned in the middle of the wilderness. In addition, the old man "Mingchen" is an elder in the village, and he is kind and kind, so the people in the village were very good to Mingfan at the beginning.

But after a long time, the people in the village realized that something was wrong, although the old man Mingchen was old, and his body was not said to be old and strong, but it was also tough. As the days passed, everyone found that the old man's physical condition was getting weaker and weaker, and even the doctors in Luohe City could not give an answer to this matter, so they could only prescribe some decoctions to regulate the body to the old man, but the old man's body was still getting worse and worse.

Finally, in the fifth year after adopting Ming Fan, the old man's weak body still couldn't hold on and died.

Gradually, the people in the village said that it was because of Mingfan's relationship that the old man's body became weaker and weaker, and he finally passed away suddenly.

"It's all said, there must be a ghost in this kind of unknown child, who told Uncle Mingchen not to listen, alas. ”

"Yes, how good the uncle's health was before he confiscated that child, his body and bones have been getting worse and worse for no reason in the past few years. ”

After all, this child was picked up in that "barren valley", who knows if it was some kind of demon or monster, maybe he sucked the anger out of the old man's body. ”

Rumors like this have also spread slowly in the village, so Ming Fan has been alienated by most of the people in the village since that time, and most of the people in the village have gradually agreed with the words "ominous person", "monster in the valley", and "sucking people's essence", and even some people privately proposed to drive Ming Fan out of the village, but no one has ever said this idea in front of all the villagers, after all, they will only chew their tongues in private. People who speak ill of others do not necessarily have the courage to propose to drive a child out of the village in front of everyone.

What's more, not all villagers believe these rumors.

Outside, there was silence and the moonlight was cold

Inside the house, the candle flame is faint, and there is a lonely shadow

In the past, the old man was accompanied by him, even though the grass hut was slightly dilapidated, but he never felt difficult, because he knew that he was accompanied by relatives, but now he is alone.

Sometimes even Ming Fan is wondering if the relatives who raised him really died because of his own reasons, although the gossip in the village is private, but Ming Fan has been deaf and clear-sighted since he was a child, even if the villagers speak in private with a small voice, passing by Ming Fan can hear it clearly.

At first, Ming Fan didn't care, but as time went on, he began to suspect that those rumors might be right, or maybe he was really a ominous person to the people around him.

The longer he thought about it, the more dull his heart became, and Ming Fan suddenly felt some discomfort in his chest.

"Strange, why do you suddenly feel that your breathing is not smooth, is it too stuffy in the room?" Ming Fan wondered

"Let's go outside and breathe," he said, and left the house.

The night sky was dim with stars, leaving only a full moon hanging alone in the sky, accompanied by the moonlight, to a small mountain peak not far from the village.

"Whew~~, I feel much better" Ming Fan came to the top of the peak, breathed the air, and felt the labor pain in his heart gradually disappear, and then sat cross-legged on the grass, took out a bead from his arms and put it in the palm of his hand.

The volume of the bead in Ming Fan's hand is only half the size of an ordinary bead, and the color of the bead is not the same as that of ordinary beads, ordinary beads are generally crystal clear bright white, but the color in Ming Fan's hand is translucent off-white.

This bead was given to Ming Fan by the old man Ming Chen before he died, looking at the bead in his hand, Ming Fan recalled what the old man said to him when he was dying.

"Grandpa, grandpa, don't leave me. Ming Fan looked at the old man who was getting weaker and weaker on the bed.

"Alas, birth, old age, sickness and death are the norm in the world, and the only thing I'm worried about is you," the old man's weak voice said slowly, "Fan'er, you go and remove the cabinet by the wall, I have dug a dark hole in the wall, and you take out the contents inside." ”

"Hmm. Ming Fan wiped his tears and replied.

The cabinet itself is not big, and there is nothing in it, although Ming Fan was only five years old at the time, but his strength is much greater than that of ordinary children, so it is not difficult to move a cabinet, after removing the cabinet, Ming Fan took out a small wooden box from the dark hole.

"Grandpa, is this the box?" After taking out the wooden box, Ming Fan returned to the bedside.

The old man took the box and opened it, and inside was a translucent bead, and the old man took the bead out of the box and said in a weak voice

"Fan'er, you put this bead away, this is what I found on you when I picked you up in the barren valley" The old man put the bead in Ming Fan's hand, "I originally planned to wait for you to grow up and then give this bead to you, so that you can find your own background, but now it seems that grandpa can no longer continue to take care of you, you must live a good life by yourself in the future." ”

Looking at the beads in his hand, he recalled the old man's last instructions,

Above the mountain peak, under the cold moon, I only feel lonely and sad.