Volume 1 The Traveler Chapter 1 Thirteen years ago, thirteen years later
Snow fills the wasteland, and the wind is cold.
A rainbow fell straight into the wasteland, revealing a snow-colored woman.
The woman is extremely beautiful, with a temperament more heroic than feminine, more dusty than noble, holding a swaddling cloth in her arms and wrapped tightly.
She looked at this wasteland, a flash of light suddenly appeared in her dim eyes, and then her face showed a little pleading, kneeling on the ruins in her eyes, and shouted loudly, "Yanzhou Ning Qingchen, today I am willing to enter the best ruins for a hundred years, and I only ask my predecessors to save Xiao'er's life." ”
It's quiet.
The snow is like goose feathers, paving the woman's body with silver glow.
After a long time, a burst of golden light flashed in the wasteland, and an old man with a long beard appeared, looking at the woman with extremely complicated eyes, "I won't help you, please go back." ”
"Seniors, juniors are willing to exchange anything, even if it's their lives. The woman knelt forward and crawled a few steps, pleading.
"Ten years of slaughter, a hundred years of dark nights, if it is not the king's land today, do you think I will save his heirs again?" the old man shook his head.
The woman looked down at the infant child, a trace of pain flashed in her eyes, and she raised her head to meet the old man's gaze, neither humble nor afraid, "His surname is Ning, his name is Xi, and he has nothing to do with that person." ”
"Really?" the old man frowned slightly.
"Yes. The woman nodded, "Just ask for the senior's life." ”
The old man was silent for a while, and his tone softened, "Okay, but I hope you remember today's words, and he won't regret it in the future." ”
The woman closed her eyes, is there any other day?
She looked down at the child again, her eyes moistened, and after a while, she finally relented, "Thank you, senior." ”
The old man took the swaddling clothes, and at that moment, the jade pendant on his waist trembled slightly, as if it was spiritual.
A light smile appeared on the old man's face, that's right, in the dark night of a hundred years, he really came back.
The woman didn't know, she still knelt down, and begged, "If the juniors don't come out, I hope the seniors will have mercy in the future." ”
The old man nodded, "He counts you and me as a deal, and you can go." ”
"Thank you, senior. The woman let go of the last trace of concern, her face was full of determination, she took one last look at the swaddling clothes, strode forward, and there was a void distortion in front of her, and in an instant the woman disappeared.
"The best thing in the world is white?" the old man sneered, "Python eats dragons?" Yao Lingqing, you really chose your glory and wealth. ”
He looked up at the sky, the dark clouds were overhead, and the snow was like flying flotsam, "In the future, it must be very lively." ”
At this moment, the sleeping child suddenly woke up and began to cry.
The corner of the swaddling clothes was blown away by the cold wind, revealing the child's dry white hair, like snow, but lifeless.
The old man hurriedly wrapped the child tightly, and finally calmed the child down, breathed a sigh of relief, and frowned, "Falling Sun Grass?"
He grabbed the child's wrist and looked at it, a blood-colored silk thread was wrapped around the child's wrist, it seemed to be a red rope, he suddenly became angry, and snorted coldly, "Yuan Zhen Dynasty, this account, the old man wrote it down." ”
The brilliance flickered, and the old man and child quickly disappeared.
The cold wind howled and the snow covered the sky, burying all traces.
Thirteen years later......
The snow is in the eyes, the frost is spread all over the streets and alleys, and the only wine store in ten miles and eight towns is so plain and bland.
"It's a pity, let's have a pot of warm wine. A young man who ran into the door in the snow, patted the snow on his body, found a place and sat down.
"Brother Xiaohua, you are also here in this weather, it's time to quit alcoholism. The shopkeeper was a young man, and when he heard the words, he went to the counter to light the fire, but he didn't forget to tell two words, but the restaurant advised the guests to quit drinking, which was also very strange.
"Blind thoughts. The young man laughed and teased, "You have white hair, you can't say that you were worried in your last life." ”
The young man is usually old, and when it comes to this issue, he is very serious, he is familiar with the way to open the account book, "As of today, there are a total of one or two twenty-eight ......."
"Gotta gotcha, my brother said the wrong thing, when will the wine come up?" the young man waved his hand and hurriedly softened.
"Wait a minute, you're too early, and my stove isn't hot yet. The boy was good-tempered, and he didn't really care, so he said with a smile.
"That's your wine is delicious, your brother and I were driven away by this wine early in the morning. The young man was not embarrassed, and said with a smile.
The boy smiled, didn't say anything more, and looked out the window with his cheeks on his cheeks.
The cold wind is bone-chilling, even if it makes people look very cold.
The boy shuddered unconsciously.
The young man's name is Ning Junxi, he moved here three years ago, and his skin is well-known and good-looking in Shili Baxiang, but he has white hair at a young age, the old people are unlucky, and the adults also feel unlucky, so the business of the wine shop is not prosperous all year round, and he can only barely survive.
After a while, another teenager outside shouted and ran in, "Brother Xi, come quickly, come quickly, see what I have caught." ”
"Catch things from the snow again, and be careful that your mother beats you. "The youth turned back and intimidated.
"Then I'll go back and tell Sister Zhang that you came here again to steal food and drink. Not to be outdone, the boy said.
"Come on, I can't afford to mess with it. The young man bared his teeth, turned his head, and yawned, "Xiao Xi, you are really hot here, the sleepy worm has run back again, no, I'll sleep for a while, okay call me." ”
"Hmm. Ning Junxi smiled and nodded.
The boy who ran in was Yuan Xihong, this name was given to him by Ning Junxi, and the people in the village called him Yuan Ergou, who had a round face, which was different from the sharp edges and corners of the snow-haired boy, giving people a sense of fleshy joy, and it was the most pleasing to adults.
"Brother Xi, how about you take care of me?" Yuan Xihong waited for a long time, and when he saw that Ning Jun was busy with his own work, he cried out pitifully.
"What do you want to ask me for?" Ning Jun didn't raise his eyelids, and he didn't have a good temperament.
"What," Yuan Xihong immediately cried and mourned, as if he had been greatly wronged, "I originally thought that it would be your birthday in two days, but you are good, the first sentence is this, it hurts feelings, and the brothers have been in vain for the past three years." ”
"Okay, don't pretend, I don't know what virtues you have. Ning Jun didn't buy it at all, and said idly, "I'm very busy, leave quickly if you have nothing to do, don't bother me if you have something." ”
He wasn't really busy at all, and if it weren't for the terrible discomfort he had, he would have been drowsy.
Yuan Xihong immediately covered his chest and made a sad expression for the little lady, "You...... You are a bad man, you stinky and have no conscience, and other people's hearts have broken you thoroughly. ”
Ning Junxi finally couldn't stand it anymore, and looked disgusted with the past, "What's it, I'll look at it." ”
Yuan Xihong immediately smiled, "Good thing, definitely good thing." ”
A snow-white little head poked out of the boy's belly, looked around with a confused expression, and whined at the boy who was also dressed in white.
"Xue Linglong!" Ning Junxi exclaimed in surprise and took a big step back.
"What?" Yuan Xihong looked dazed, reacted again, and had an exaggerated expression, "No, Brother Xi, this is a snow rabbit, the kind that roasts a thief in the snow in this weather, don't tell me you haven't eaten it." ”
Ning Jun choked, he really hadn't eaten it, he had been resistant to this kind of furry thing since he was a child, and he grew up almost alone, even if he wanted to eat it, he didn't have this blessing.
However, this is clearly Xue Linglong written in the book, not a snow rabbit, but a legend that Xue Linglong is a divine beast in the snow, born into a fugue, but it is so powerful, how can an ordinary person be caught.
"Will you take it out and see?" he beckoned, stepping back a little.
"Still don't believe it?" Yuan Xihong pursed his lips, looked around, and pulled out the little guy from the padded jacket, which was really in the shape of a rabbit, but the tail was slender and long, like a deer's tail.
"It's no wonder that I'm injured and my transformation has failed so much. Ning Jun sighed twice and waved his hand lazily, "I look away, it's a snow rabbit." ”
Although he said this, a very bad premonition had already risen in his heart. In this huge snowfield, who has the ability to hurt it so badly except for the old man?
"Then why don't you ...... tonight" Yuan Xihong didn't know that he was holding the big murder weapon, and raised his eyebrows.
Ning Junxi shook his head again and again, "I don't go out in winter, my body can't stand it." ”
"It's also ha. Yuan Xihong scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "Then, it's just now, anyway, in your wine shop, no one knows, right?"
"There are no doors. Ning Junxi rolled his eyes, "I don't want my liquor store to be demolished by those people, they don't welcome me in the first place, if I know the law and break the law, I guess I should sleep on the street overnight." ”
The things in the snow, there is a mysterious legend in this wasteland, and the adults say that they are blessed by the gods, so they will release them if they are caught, and they will also warn them not to let children catch them, let alone roast and eat them.
Brother Xiao Hua woke up from sleep and urged again, "Aren't you okay?"
"Alright, alright. Ning Junxi hurriedly ran to the stove, touched it, and it was so hot that he touched his ears and took it off with an iron hook.
"I'll tell you a secret, do you want to listen?" Yuan Xihong also ran over, and the little guy had already been hidden in his stomach again.
"Don't talk about pulling down. "Ning Junxi is busy, so he doesn't have time to deal with him.
"I promise, they will never dare to demolish your store, believe it or not?" said Yuan Xihong, in a low voice.
"You better promise first, if you are known by the adults to steal snow rabbits, and sneak to me, you won't be spanked. Ning Junxi said casually.
"Because they are afraid of you. Yuan Xihong was not affected at all, and said twice.
Ning Jun hesitated for a moment, "What are you afraid of me doing?"
"My grandmother told my mother that there are gods, fairies, demons and ghosts in the wasteland, all of them are born with white hair, and they shouldn't come out, they don't want to see you, they just want you to go back quickly. Yuan Xihong said mysteriously.
"Look at the posture, I'm either a demon or a ghost?" Ning Jun regretted disagreeing.
As soon as he finished speaking, his hand suddenly sank, and a furry feeling instantly gave him goosebumps, and he almost threw the wine jug out, and took a few deep breaths before he said with a dark face, "Take it away!"
Yuan Xihong was frightened by such a gloomy tone, "Brother Xi, I didn't do it, it ran over by itself." ”
"I know. Ning Junxi took a few more deep breaths, and didn't expect him anymore, put the wine jug on the ground, and quickly threw the little white thing into Yuan Xihong's arms, "Hold it tight, don't let it run around again." ”
After speaking, he grabbed the iron frame and ran to Xiao Huage's seat as if he was running away.
Yuan Xihong raised his eyebrows, he seemed to know a big thing.