Chapter 44: Something to Know in a Small Town
The three of them, under the watchful eyes of the passers-by, came to a place where the crowd gathered, which was the venue for the town's acrobatic performances, and where the crowds were most crowded.
At this time, a burst of "ding bell" gong sound spread, only to see a few men in the field performed the drill fire ring, with the movement of the fire ring and continue to increase, those men like a fish leaping smooth movements, and then one by one drilled through a circle of burning fire rings, the whole action in one go, wonderful!
At this moment, the crowd in the stadium cheered one after another, and the warm applause resounded throughout the audience!
Later, I saw a young girl who walked into the performance venue with a pair of chopsticks and a bowl, and then used the chopsticks in her left hand to push the bowl up, and kept tapping the edge of the bowl with her right hand to make the bowl turn.
Then, she also took a chopstick in her right hand, only to see her left hand gently throw the bowl up, and her right hand immediately stretched out the chopsticks to catch the bowl, and the bowl still seemed to be fine, turning steadily on the chopsticks.
After a while, the girl threw the bowl up, and hit the edge of the bowl with chopsticks, making a "ding" sound, and then quickly caught the bowl with the same chopsticks, and the crowd of onlookers on the sidelines shouted and clapped their hands, and applauded!
After the performance, I saw a shriveled old man holding the gong in his hand and walking towards the onlookers with a smile on his face, and then the sound of copper coins hitting the gong sounded one after another.
Gu Nanyun, Lin Xu and Ye Lanjing, they stopped not far away and watched for a long time, only to see Ye Lanjing looking up from afar, although her expression was indifferent, but she could see from her eyes that she was becoming
I was fascinated by the scene in the acrobatic arena ahead.
She stood still, her breathing gradually became rapid, her hands trembled a little, her fair face became bitter, as if she had a painful color, even her eyes became a little red, a pair of bright eyes like autumn water revealed a sense of sadness, and tears were quietly flashing, as if she remembered something in the past......
Seeing her abnormal behavior, Gu Nanyun said to her curiously, "Senior Sister Ye, you ...... Watching acrobatics for the first time?"
For a long time, Ye Lanjing did not react to his words, but still stared blankly at the front and did not say a word.
Lin Xu next to him saw this change in her eyes, and it was the first time he saw her have such an abnormal appearance, so he asked, "Senior sister, what's wrong with you?"
At this point, Gu Nanyun and Lin Xu both wondered in their hearts, what made that cold woman so moved. After that, Ye Lanjing gradually regained her former calm, and when they looked at the silent woman again, they no longer wanted to ask questions!
At this moment, I don't know if Ye Lanjing was intentional or unintentional, she turned her head to look at Gu Nanyun's side, there was still no expression on her face, she said slowly: "No, let's go!"
Just this sentence, to put it mildly, Gu Nanyun and Lin Xu didn't know what to say for a while, so the two had to follow her footsteps as they walked away.
They had not gone long before they heard the sobbing of a child, and the three of them fled at this moment, only to see a little girl in shabby clothes squatting and crying in the corner of the street, looking very sad.
When Gu Nanyun saw this, he looked at the little girl's appearance, wasn't it very similar to what he looked like when he was a child?
He had mixed feelings, ran quickly, squatted down and stretched out his hand to wipe the tears of the little girl, and then hugged the little girl into his arms and touched the little girl's forehead.
Gu Nanyun looked pity, and he asked the little girl softly, "Little sister, why are you crying, what about your parents?"
The little girl looked at the stranger who hugged her with a pair of big watery eyes, but she didn't look scared, but Gu Nanyun's closeness made her completely let down her guard!
The little girl whispered, "Kite, my kite......"
"Kites?"
Gu Nanyun heard the little girl talking about the kite, thinking that her kite had fallen somewhere, and he looked around to search for it.
Then the little girl said, "Big brother, can you help me? My kite has fallen off a tree!"
When she finished speaking, she pointed her little finger at a large tree against the wall, where she saw a colorful kite in the shape of a butterfly hanging from the treetops.
Gu Nanyun looked up with her gestures, and after confirming that it was a kite, he wanted to get up and fly to the treetops to pick up the kite.
Unexpectedly, all I could hear was the sound of "whew", the sound of clothes flying.
Gu Nanyun saw a graceful figure floating up, flying straight to the top of the treetops, needless to say that it was naturally Ye Lanjing.
At this moment, the kite hanging from the treetops was gently grabbed by Ye Lanjing's jade hand, and it fell lightly with her figure.
After landing, she walked slowly to Gu Nanyun's side with a kite in her hand, stood in front of him, and looked at him again, her eyes were full of a different color, and the corners of her mouth moved slightly, but it disappeared after a while, and the expression on her face returned to her previous indifference.
"Thank you!"
Gu Nanyun took the kite in Ye Lanjing's hand and handed it to the little girl, the little girl was overjoyed, grabbed her beloved kite with both hands, and immediately said with a smile: "Thank you, big brother!"
Gu Nanyun stroked the little girl's face like a doter, scratched her nose with her fingers, and said happily: "Little sister, this sister took the kite for you, should you also thank this sister!"
After the little girl heard Gu Nanyun's words, she raised her head and looked at Ye Lanjing, at this time, Ye Lanjing smiled faintly, her face was a little embarrassed, she nodded slightly and walked in the direction of Lin Xu.
When she turned to leave, the little girl behind her suddenly said, "Thank you, sister!"
Ye Lanjing stopped, she didn't know what she was thinking, and she couldn't see any expression on her face.
The little girl said again: "Sister, you just smiled so beautifully!"
Gu Nanyun stood up, straightened the little girl's clothes, and said, "Little sister, now that the kite has been taken down, go home quickly, otherwise your mother will be worried." ”
The little girl smiled and nodded after listening to Gu Nanyun's words, but she didn't seem to leave immediately, as if she was waiting for something.
"Thank you!"
Ye Lanjing turned around and looked at the little girl, her face softened a lot, and the corners of her mouth cracked slightly.
After hearing Ye Lanjing's thanks, the little girl smiled and ran away towards the innermost alley.
Gu Nanyun and Ye Lanjing walked together to Lin Xu not far away, Lin Xu had been watching the situation here all the time, which made him feel a little bored in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was. It's just that when he saw Ye Lanjing and Gu Nanyun walking over together, there was a trace of unhappiness in his heart!
Floating Jade Mountain, Xuanyan Cave.
In a dark and large stone room, the whole stone room is laid out like a dojo. A man who looks like a Taoist priest is sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, the man has a strange appearance, and there is a strange and dark red lantern next to him, this person is Mr. Diyin!
At this time, a person walked in from outside the stone room, the person was dressed in a pale blue robe, and the green snake cone in his hand was lingering, and the person who came was not anyone, but Xuanwu.
"Good news, sir!" said Xuanwu to Mr. Diyin as soon as he walked in.
Mr. Diyin on the stone bed slowly opened his eyes and saw that the person who came was Xuanwu, so he got out of bed and said, "Could it be that the Holy Envoy knows the whereabouts of the pig?
Xuanwu sat upright in front of the stone table and said loudly: "That's nature, so I'm here to inform Mr."
Mr. Diyin said to Xuanwu: "I don't know where the spirit beast and the pig live?"
Xuanwu replied: "This time, in order to find the hiding place of this spirit beast, this envoy is to raise the power of the entire rudder of Yunzhou, and search comprehensively!"
He continued: "Now that the hard work has paid off, I have sent the spies below to report that the spirit beast is infested in the Yunzhou Desolate Forest, thinking that the Desolate Forest is an ancient and mysterious place, and it is not surprising that this spirit beast lives there, I heard that the Qibao Bell also appeared in that forest!"
Mr. Diyin stared at him, as if he didn't quite believe that he had this ability, and his face seemed to know something.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Xuanwu added with some embarrassment: "Uh...... Of course, finding the traces of the spirit beast and the Seven Treasure Bell is also due to the fact that Suzaku has a subordinate named Buying!"
"Hmm!"
After hearing Xuanwu's words, Mr. Diyin nodded, and he stroked his chin and beard, thoughtful......
Xuanwu saw that this Mr. Diyin only answered him, and he didn't say anything to him for a long time, but he looked a little impatient.
He said: "Now that the spirit beast is out, without further ado, we have to act quickly to find the Qibao Bell!"
At this time, Mr. Diyin walked to the side of the stone bed, stretched out his dry hand and picked up his magic weapon that looked like a lantern, only to see the red light flowing on the magic weapon, and some of the light became more abundant under his gaze, and there was a purple flame burning inside, shining on his pale face, which looked eerie and terrifying.
Then, he turned his head to look at Xuanwu, and said quietly: "Please rest assured, the old Dao will live up to the expectations of the sect leader and assist in completing the task of collecting and surrendering the spirit beasts, the spirit beasts appear in the desolate forest, presumably the Qibao Bell will not be far from us, according to the old Dao's opinion, the Heavenly Qibao Bell will be somewhere in the Desolate Forest!"
Xuanwu twisted his body, he swayed a few times from time to time, and said with a smile: "Sir is really high, then I have nothing to worry about, this envoy can send someone to inform the sect leader, and go to the Desolate Forest on a certain day!"
After Xuanwu finished speaking, he walked straight out of the stone room.
In the stone room, only Mr. Diyin was left, and I saw him holding up the magic weapon in his hand with one hand, and the gloomy light in his eyes shot out, as if hell was coming, snatching people's souls.
At this time, the red lantern in his hand, the light suddenly illuminated the entire stone room, and streams of red mist floated out of the lantern, and at the same time made a strange sound, and soon the entire stone room was shrouded in this red mist.
Looking at the red lantern again, it instantly flew into the air, spinning endlessly, and the red mist floating out of it dispersed in a spiral shape with the lantern.
Immediately, the lantern was like a flower bone that immediately stretched out in all directions, as if a blood-red strange flower was blooming in the air, gradually getting bigger, and suddenly there was a trace of demonic beauty!
Mr. Earthshade's whole body was covered in mist, and his looming figure was like the evil god of hell.
He had words in his mouth, probably incantations or something like that, and he tightly controlled the red lantern in mid-air.
"Bang ......"
With a loud bang, the red lantern turned into a blood-red cymbal, and the "buzzing" sound resounded throughout the huge stone room!