Qingzhou, Canglu Mountains, a secluded mountain forest, is a good place for hermits.

"Where is this?"

The fool woke up, wrinkled his nose, and looked at the room full of the smell of medicine, there was a row of medicine shelves on the left side of the room, and a row of medicine jars on the right.

As if hearing a voice from behind, the black-robed man turned his head, his voice gloomy, and said, "Wake up?"

"It's you!" it turned out to be the black-robed man with a hooked nose, and the fool asked in surprise, "where is this? Why did you get me here?"

The black-robed man ignored him and continued to fiddle with his medicine jar, and the fool was momentarily embarrassed, looked left and right, and saw a door on the left, and wanted to go out and have a look. As soon as I reached the door, I heard a gloomy voice behind me, "Where are you going?"

The fool turned around and was startled, the black-robed man appeared behind him silently, like a ghost, he couldn't help but be a little timid, "I...... I want to get out. ”

The corners of the black-robed man's mouth turned up slightly inexplicably, and he said, "Yes, but you have to drink this now." He took out a porcelain vase, which was still steaming, and a strong medicinal fragrance emanated from it.

The fool swallowed and said, "What is this?

"It's a miracle medicine, and drinking it will make you feel like you're going to be immortal. The black-robed man stared at him unquestionably and said.

The fool avoided his eyes, and his eyes pierced into his heart like a sword, as if all the secrets in his heart were seen through by him.

He took the medicine bottle with a hard head, and the black-robed man watched him swallow the potion and said, "You can go out now." ”

"Oh" the fool was still a child after all, and no one had ever put so much pressure on him, and he was a little timid in his heart, and involuntarily did as he was told, and obediently turned and walked towards the door, and before he had taken two steps, there was a sudden cramp in his stomach, and he fell to the ground clutching his stomach, howling and rolling.

"Giggle~hey, the feeling of wanting to die is like this!Hock~Giro~" The black-robed man laughed darkly, and then, quietly looked at the fool, like a dog, until the fool passed out, he slapped the fool a few times, and after making sure that the fool was not dead, he lifted the fool with one hand, walked out, came to a fence, and threw the fool in.

"Sister Xiaojuan, that villain has caught another person. An unkempt five or six-year-old girl looked at the fool on the ground and said sympathetically.

"Well, Xiao Miao, let's go over and take a look. The girl named Sister Xiaojuan was thirteen or fourteen years old, and she was unkempt, so she stepped forward, probed the fool's snort, and said, "He's still alive, let's move him over." ”

After saying that, seven unkempt little boys, ranging from eight to thirteen years old, came to help, and it seemed that she still had quite authority among this group of children, and even the youngest five or six-year-old seedling just now came up and moved the fool to the only straw pile where he could get warmth.

Two hours later.

"Wake up, he's awake, Sister Juan. Xiao Miao exclaimed in surprise.

The fool opened his eyes and found a group of children his size around, although he was a little confused, but he had an inexplicable sense of identity, and asked, "Who are you?"

Sister Xiaojuan said: "Don't be afraid, we are all the same as you, we were caught by that villain, my name is Xiaojuan, what is your name?"

"My name is Fool," Fool replied.

Sister Xiaojuan pointed to the youngest little girl next to her and said, "Her name is Xiao Miao, this dog baby, this little four, this ......" She introduced all the children around her, so that the fool was very integrated into their group.

"Do you know where this is?" asked the fool.

"I don't know, even if we do, it's useless, we're all orphans, no one will come to save us, and I don't know what that scoundrel caught us for. Sister Xiaojuan said in frustration.

What are you doing here? The fool suddenly remembered that the black-robed man had asked him to drink the potion, and remembered the feeling of being in pain, and couldn't help but shudder.

"Haven't you drunk the potion?" asked the fool.

"No, what potion to drink? We were all caught yesterday and don't know anything. Sister Xiaojuan said.

"You haven't drunk a potion!" the fool was surprised, thinking that he might be the last to be caught, and he must have just happened to be used for experiments. He hesitated, was silent for a moment, but decided to tell them the truth, only to hear the fool say, "When I was caught, the man gave me a bottle of potion, and then I had a stomachache and fainted, and I suspected that he had taken us to test the medicine." ”

"Brother stupid, that bottle of potion must be poison, so it will hurt when you drink it. Xiao Miao is very little adult's analysis.

Xiao Miao's sentence of "Brother Silly" made the fool lose his mind for a while, and looked at Xiao Miao in a daze, and in a trance, Xiao Miao overlapped with the figure who was thinking about it, and muttered: "Soft ...... Rouer"

"Brother stupid, my name is Rou'er, my name is Xiaomiao. Xiao Miao said aggrievedly.

"Ahh ”

"Silly brother, it's okay. Xiao Miao said sadly, she knows the pain of leaving her relatives, she has to suffer such a tribulation at a young age, she is stronger than other children, she silently does not shed a single tear.

Time

Everyone stopped talking, because everyone was a sympathetic person.

The same loss of loved ones, the same loneliness, the same suffering in the world.

The sky at dusk was a bleak red.

Nine small figures, encircled like animals, the afterglow shone on their bodies, reflecting a very cold shadow.

The black-robed man came to the circle, glanced at them, dropped a bag of steamed buns, and turned around and left.

The next day.

The black-robed man came to the pen and carried a boy away, and after that, the boy never came again, and they knew that the test was dead.

Day 3.

Another boy didn't come back, and there were seven more in the pen.

Day 4.

Another boy didn't come back, and there were six more in the pen.

Day 5.

In the early morning, the pen looked depressed, I don't know who it will be today, will it be me? After three days of death and depression, the young psychology of these children has already collapsed, and everyone's heart is full of fear of death, and since the first boy did not come back, those boys have stopped talking.

Except for the small group of fools in the grass nest and Xiao Miao and Xiao Juan, the three of them are more dependent on each other.

The black-robed man came as scheduled, and he slowly walked into the circle, and every time he walked beside a person, that person trembled with fear, and when he walked past him, he would let out a long breath, glad that he had lived one more day.

When the black-robed man stopped beside Xiao Juan and Xiao Miao, the two little girls hugged each other tremblingly. However, without winning any sympathy from him, he stretched out his hand to Xiao Miao, and suddenly, the fool next to him stood up and said, "I'll come, I'll do it for her!"

"Huh!" the black-robed man was surprised, and everyone was surprised.

"It's funny, there are people who are not afraid of death, but why should I change people, use this little girl the same. The black-robed man said.

"Because I didn't die last time. The fool affirmed

The black-robed man pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, it's up to you, see if you can survive the second time?" After speaking, he picked up the fool and went out.

The fool smiled at Xiao Miao blankly, he didn't know where he got the courage, but he just didn't want the little girl in front of him to suffer, so he stood up.

"Hmm...... Sister Xiaojuan, stupid brother, was arrested in order to save me!" Xiao Miao cried heartbroken in Xiao Juan's arms.

Sister Xiaojuan didn't know how to comfort her, because, at that time, she was already frightened by the fear of death, and she didn't expect that the fool would go for Xiao Miao, if it was her, she would definitely not be able to do it.