2. Chapter 2 A Dream of Nanke?
Gollum......
The sound of the protest of extreme hunger woke Du Long, who was immersed in grief, and he began to look at the valley carefully, obviously, this valley is not large, and the end can be seen at a glance.
This is a valley about hundreds of meters in circumference, surrounded by cliffs, there is a small pool of hundreds of meters wide in the valley, the water of the pool is clear to the bottom, faintly can see a lot of big fish swimming in it. Looking at the big fish swimming in the small pool, Du Long knew that his stomach had fallen.
I found a slender trunk, found a sharp stone and tied it to the top of the branch with a rattan, and made a simple harpoon!
Under the curious gaze of the little golden snake, Du Long began to make a difficult living as a spearfish, and after his strength reached the first level of Yunqi, not only his strength increased, but even his ears and eyes became much more sensitive.
After scraping the scales and removing the internal organs of the two large fish by the waterhole, they were strung separately with the prepared branches, and then a bonfire was built in a small cave more than two meters high where the little golden snake usually lived, and soon the smell of grilled fish wafted in the valley.
Reaching out and grabbing a grilled fish, Du Long began to eat a large piece without saying a word, and he had stayed in this valley for at least a few days, and he was already hungry before he had eaten a grain of rice.
"I ...... I'm hungry too......" Just as Du Long was trying his best to eliminate the two catties in his hand to re-grill the fish, a voice that seemed a little shy sounded in his head, which was from the little golden snake coiled in his arm.
Du Long naturally did not skimp, reached out and grabbed the grilled fish on the other branch, stuck the other end of the branch on the ground, and then smiled at the little golden snake: "Eat it! This one belongs to you, and I will keep it if I can't finish eating!"
After saying that, I stopped talking nonsense and continued to eat the grilled fish in my hand!
The little golden snake, which had been drooling for a long time, left his arm with a sigh, came to its grilled fish, opened its bloody mouth, and bit down on the fish fiercely, easily biting a piece of fish, and then devouring it.
Ordinary snakes eat food, usually swallowing food raw, this little golden snake eats a bit strangely, actually like a human, bites a piece of meat, and then bites the food before swallowing it.
This strange scene made Du Long almost forget to continue to eat the grilled fish in his hand, and shook his head, only then did he turn his attention to his grilled fish and continue to eat in large pieces.
As a result, Du Long ate a big fish, but the other was completely taken care of by the little golden snake, and even the bones did not fall, all of them were wiped out by the little guy, and even the remaining fish bones eaten by Du Long were swept away by it!
Looking at this strange golden snake that ate such a big fish, but didn't even have a belly that swelled up, countless question marks popped up in Du Long's head: "Little Jinjing! That fish is bigger than you, how can it eat into your stomach as if it has completely disappeared?!"
"Tsk......" The little golden snake sighed as if it was still in the aftertaste, and replied a little absentmindedly: "I don't know! I have never eaten such a delicious good thing since I can remember......
Its words made Du Long curious: "Then what do you usually eat?!There doesn't seem to be anything you can eat in this valley?!"
"Alas, I usually eat some grass roots and leaves, and occasionally drink some water, those things are too unpalatable, bitter and astringent......" As if remembering the miserable life in the past, the little golden snake cutely drooped its little head melon, and responded a little dejectedly.
couldn't help but reach out and touch the little golden snake's head, Du Long didn't try to comfort it, his own suffering could not be solved, how could he have the strength to sympathize with this poor little monster snake.
He stood up and watched the cave become much brighter and the rain stopped, and he strode out of the cave, and the little golden snake swooped back to his arm and coiled it tightly, and the little one seemed much closer to the human being.
Standing at the bottom of the valley and looking up at the sky, I can see that the clouds that have covered the sky for several days are finally showing signs of dissipating, and I can faintly see a trace of sunshine that I have not seen for a long time, and the gloomy mood also shows a trace of warmth.
"Little Jinjing, the rain has stopped, I have to leave this small valley! Do you want to stay here, or follow me outside for a while?!" After a long silence, Du Long made a decision, since God had given him a new life, he couldn't continue to be trapped in this isolated small valley, it was time to go out.
"Leave?!" The little golden snake obviously didn't expect Du Long to want to leave this valley so soon, although it wanted to go out and see the outside world with it, but the voice in its mind that warned it not to leave here made it hesitate.
"This ...... I...... I can't leave here......" replied the little golden snake hesitantly.
After chatting for most of the day, Du Long naturally knew what the little golden snake was hesitating, and after thinking about it, he said, "Little Jin Jing, how long have you been in this valley?!"
"It's been a long time...... "The little golden snake replied uncertainly.
"Ten years...... Ten years, the existence that made you wait here at the beginning, it is estimated that he will come to pick you up a long time ago, since you haven't come for ten years, it is estimated that something happened to you, ten years, the original crisis is estimated to have been lifted long ago, right?!" Du Long muttered.
"But...... But ...... "The little golden snake has been for a long time, and it has not come out of a reason, and it is obvious that there is a fierce ideological struggle going on in its heart.
"Let's do it! Let's engrave words in the cave, and say that you follow me to the capital of the Haotian Empire, and when the time comes, if someone comes to look for you, you can go directly to the capital of the Haotian Empire to find us!
His eyes lit up, and the little golden snake seemed to think that this method was feasible, so he replied, "That...... I'll go out with you! When you get outside, will there be something as delicious as the one just now?!"
"There is only one reason why this little golden snake wants to go out with him?!" Du Long rolled his eyes a little speechlessly, fortunately he had given the little guy something delicious just now, otherwise, I am afraid that there would really be no way to take it out of the valley!
"Of course, there are a lot of delicious things out there that are better than the grilled fish just now!" replied Du Long, looking at the little golden snake with confidence.
The whole small valley has nothing to clean up, after leaving a message in the small cave, after going out of the cave and observing it around, Du Long chose a relatively safe position and began to climb, there are more cracks in the cliff wall in this direction, there are more focus points, the strength has reached the first level of qi, plus the change of physique, Du Long can be described as light as a swallow, and climbing this kind of cliff is naturally not a problem.
In less than an hour, he climbed to the top of the cliff, looked at the deep cliff behind him, sighed lightly, and walked towards the bottom of Lingyun Mountain without hesitation......
The gate of the capital of the Haotian Empire stands majestically, and the people are boiling, because it is a time of peace, the city defense and security check is relatively lax, and there are constantly merchants and pawns, and ordinary people enter and exit at the gate of the capital.
Standing outside this familiar city gate, Du Long's heart was churning, and there was a kind of indescribable, inexplicable and unclear sadness and sorrow, looking at the city gate in a daze for a long time without raising his feet and continuing to move forward.
"Young master, young master, are you back? It's been five days, and if you don't come back, Madam will send someone to Lingyun Mountain to find you!" A familiar voice sounded in Du Long's ears as he stood at the city gate.
Looking in the direction from which the voice came, Du Long found with a puzzled face, isn't this the servant Agui who has been with him since he was a child?
"Agui?!...... Why are you here?!" Du Long looked at the familiar servant Agui in front of him a little blankly, his head was a little confused, and he felt that something was not quite right.
"Young Master, what's wrong with you?!...... What's wrong with you?!Could it be that you have been robbed in Lingyun Mountain?!" The servant Ah Gui finally saw the dirty appearance on Du Long's body, and couldn't help but exclaim.
With a head full of question marks, Du Long was pulled into the north gate of the capital by the servant Agui, walked along the familiar streets, and came all the way to this gate that Du Long could never forget, the gate of Dufu!
'This ...... Didn't Du Mansion let the house be raided?!What's going on?!' Looking at the two familiar guards standing at the gate of Du Mansion, Du Long was a little dumbfounded, in his impression, the gate of Du Mansion had been sealed a few years ago, and it was already a depressed scene of people going to empty buildings.
"Young Master, Madame is waiting for you in the mansion!Let's go in quickly!" Seeing Du Long standing at the gate of the mansion in a daze, the servant Agui hurriedly pulled him into the mansion and rushed towards the courtyard where Madame lived.
Du Mansion, East Chamber!
"Long'er, what did you encounter on this trip to Lingyun Mountain?!Why did you look like this?!" In the east wing hall, Mrs. Du Zhou looked at her only precious son Du Long with pity on her face, her hands trembled slightly on his face, and her body was caressed, obviously frightened by his embarrassed appearance.
"Mother's ......" Du Long, who looked sluggish, let his mother Zhou fiddle with it, and after a long time, Fang shouted hoarsely, and in an instant, his red eyes could no longer hold back tears like rain.
'What the hell is going on?!Is he dreaming of it?!Or is everything that happened in the past just a dream of his own Nanke?!' At this moment, Du Long's mind became a mess of porridge, tears blurred his eyes, deep down, he really hoped that this was the real world, everything in the past was just a nightmare?!