Chapter 3: Light

Chujiazhuang is located in the deep mountains, the courtyard is open, Chu Xiaowen rushed out of the small door, and the people who saw him did not care whether it was dangerous for a child to go out alone.

Small feet, but tireless, there is no road in the mountains and forests, and few people usually enter the back mountain, and it is difficult to walk everywhere, Chu Xiaowen is running, and he just remembers the same sentence in his mouth: "Why do you want to bow your head? Why do you want to bow your head?"

It wasn't until he tripped over the vine grass that Chu Xiaowen realized that he didn't know where he was, and the sunset in the sky was getting fainter and fainter.

Chu Xiaowen grabbed a handful of dirt hard, and his finger marks were deeply left on the soft ground: "Why are you crying?

Tears finally slipped down his stubborn little face, he was not afraid of hardship, even if he was beaten by other children and bullied by those bitter women, he could hold back, but the only thing that made him sad and unbearable was that his mother lowered her head because of herself and left tears.

His sister was hidden by him, and in order to rescue his sister, his father rushed into the bandits regardless of the order, and when Uncle Li dragged him out with Jiaoxi, he had already lost his breath.

It was he who lost his sister, it was he who killed his father, and it was he who made his mother often wash her face with tears.

The little heart is pinched together, and it is unspeakably uncomfortable.

The first rays of moonlight shone and gently embraced the little boy who was crying alone in the woods, like a gentle mother holding him in her arms in distress.

The little boy was touched by this warmth, and raised his head, and in front of him was a small clear pool, and under the surface of the water, it seemed that a beautiful woman was looking at him tenderly.

Chu Xiaowen got up and walked to the edge of the pool, so that he could see more clearly.

There should be no perfection in the world, but the appearance of a woman in the water has no other adjectives than perfection.

At the age of five, he would not be confused by a beautiful woman, but Chu Xiaowen was still attracted, as if the woman in the water was the closest person to him in the world, just like his mother.

Chu Xiaowen walked into the pool, the pool water only reached his knees, and he walked in front of the woman in two steps.

The woman stretched out her hand, stretched out from the water, and slowly held Chu Xiaowen's little face covered with tears, which was moist and soft, wiped the tears from his face, and then smiled at him.

Her smile was so perfect, intoxicating, Chu Xiaowen also smiled at her.

Then the woman suddenly turned into a ray of light and flew into Chu Xiaowen's body.

Chu Xiaowen had a dream, he dreamed of his sister, he still likes to spit and play with bubbles, he dreamed of his father, he was used to practicing knives in the morning, he dreamed of his mother, and A-Niang sat at the door, watching the three of them laughing. He returned to his old small village, lived in a house that would leak when it rained, and had sweet potato bibimbap at noon, and lived the happiest days.

Just when he thought that this happiness could become forever, he awoke and stood in a waterhole, surrounded by a strange forest, and the sun had just shown one eye in the sky.

Chu Xiaowen looked around in fear, he couldn't recognize the place, but he knew that this was the back mountain of the Chu family, and the instructors told them not to enter the back mountain, not only because there were vicious and dangerous demon beasts in the back mountain, but also because there was an ancient legend that the back mountain of the Chu family was the tomb of a witch.

Ten thousand years after the end of the era of gods and demons, there are now a total of eleven major forces in the world, the most powerful royal court, eight families with a long heritage, more powerful than the small countries around the dynasty, and two sects that have infiltrated the entire country.

Believing in the Taoism of the beginning of the Taichu and preaching with Yang Shanlide, even among the royal family and the Chu family, there are many people who believe in Taoism. Another powerful and mysterious sect is in ruins, worshipping the Lack of Reverence as the only god, cruel to the infidels, and being exterminated by the rulers of every dynasty and generation because of its severe rage, but it has never been completely eradicated.

And there is a legend in this Guiru cult that the maids who once served the true body of the god of the Unknown were given the power of the gods, and this power flowed in their blood, and every thousand years there would be a saint who inherited this bloodline, with the power to surpass the warriors of the world. As soon as the saint comes out, her corpses will become mountains of bones, causing chaos in the world, so she is called a witch by the world.

The witch still lingers after her death, and there are occasional rumors that the witch ghost tries to harm people, but the Chu family discourages the children from entering the back mountain, and there has been no accident in this legendary witch tomb.

Chu Xiaowen suddenly remembered that yesterday was both like a dream and a real encounter, thinking of that perfect woman, and couldn't help but shudder all over his body, remembering that the woman was in this pool of water at that time.

How can a person be hidden under such shallow water?

The more Chu Xiaowen thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he crawled out of the waterhole in a panic, like a poisonous snake chasing after him, stumbling and running wildly in the forest, just wanting to get as far away from the waterhole as possible.

The little one ran down the hill, just as he had been when he had gone up, so frightened that he forgot his tiredness and his hunger.

Suddenly, the grass in front of him parted, and a figure appeared in front, but Chu Xiaowen ran too fast, and he couldn't hold his feet for a while, and crashed into that person.

"Hey, who is this, I thought there was a little monkey. Chu Xiaowen bumped into it, he bounced off and fell to the ground, and the person who appeared in this mountain forest for no reason lifted him up.

This person was wearing shabby clothes, and his hair was a little unstoppable, but he could still see that he was a very handsome young man, who grabbed a handful of things wrapped in white cloth with one hand, which should be a sword, and carried it on his shoulders like this, and held Chu Xiaowen's collar in one hand, and put it at the level of himself, and looked at it carefully.

"Put me down. Chu Xiaowen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that this person was a man and would not be a witch, and at this time, his fear was suppressed, and he immediately recovered into that barbaric child with a bullish temper.

"The little guy is very fierce. The young man put the little one back on the ground and asked, "This is a deep mountain and wild forest, and you little fellow is not a monkey, what are you doing here?" Didn't your mother tell you that it was dangerous?"

"I want you to take care of it. Chu Xiaowen glared at the man and wanted to go down the mountain.

The young man hurriedly stopped him and said, "Hey, boy, do you know where Chujiazhuang is?"

Chu Xiaowen glanced at him strangely and said, "I don't know." ”

"Hey, you obviously know that there will be no monkey in this deep mountain who is a member of the Chu family. The young man laughed and followed behind Chu Xiaowen, and said to himself: "That lady was really cunning last night, she ordered me to go up the mountain when she got Lao Tzu drunk, and caused me to wander in this forest all night." Wow, I'm so lucky that I didn't meet a single demon beast. ”

Chu Xiaowen turned his head, looked at him and said, "Don't follow me." ”

"The road is not yours, as long as you tell me where Chujiazhuang is, I won't follow you, how about it. The young man scratched his neck like a street scoundrel.

Chu Xiaowen frowned and asked, "What do you want to do in Chujiazhuang?"

The young man seemed to be very happy that Chu Xiaowen asked this question, straightened his waist and said, "I'm going to challenge the head teacher of the Chu family." ”

Chu Xiaowen stared at him with wide eyes, as if he had discovered a wild man in the deep mountains.

The young man raised his eyebrows at him, and said proudly, "How is it, do you think I'm powerful." ”

Chu Xiaowen sighed, pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said, "For the sake of you being an idiot, I'll help you, there is a path at the bottom of the mountain, go to the right, and it will lead to Chujiazhuang." ”

"Hey, boy, even if I'm really an idiot, you shouldn't point it out to your face, it's rude. The young man knocked Chu Xiaowen on the head and suddenly hugged him: "You are walking too slowly like this, I will take you down." ”

Ignoring Chu Xiaowen's willingness to take him to jump, he jumped on the top of an ancient tree more than ten zhang high in one step.

Looking down at the ground in the middle of the air is really not a fun thing for a child, Chu Xiaowen's little face was a little pale, but he refused to show timidity, and said, "Let me go." ”

"If I let you go, I'll kill you, I'm not famous yet, but I don't want to end up with a reputation for killing children. The young man laughed and jumped on the top of the tree, Chu Xiaowen only saw the tips of the big trees sprinting backwards, he opened his mouth to say something, but only poured a few big breaths.

It was only a moment before the two of them came to a small stone road.

The young man looked around, put Chu Xiaowen down, and walked to the right, not forgetting to turn around and wave his hand: "I'll go first, thank you, stinky boy." ”

"You're welcome, can I still stop you if you want to die?" Chu Xiaowen waved at him and said loudly.

The man walked very fast, and Chu Xiaowen couldn't see him for a while.

He walked slowly, and when he relaxed, hunger and exhaustion followed, and he had not eaten anything since yesterday morning, and now he felt his belly almost against his back, and his feet as heavy as lead.

Before he was halfway there, a voice called him came from the front of the road: "Xiaowen." ”

Chu Xiaowen saw clearly that the person who came was Dong Jiaoxi, and the best person in the Chu family to face him, except for Ah Niang, who was Uncle Li and Dong Jiaoxi, but at this time, Dong Jiaoxi, who had always been easy-going, did not look good, and he came to Chu Xiaowen in a few steps.

"Winter Teaching. As soon as Chu Xiaowen screamed, Dong Jiaoxi suddenly slapped him in the face.

"Where did you go? I've been looking for you all night, do you know how dangerous it is for you to enter the mountains as a child?"

Dong Jiaoxi looked at a stubborn child, and after a long while, he sighed, leaned over and hugged him, his voice slowed down, and said, "You are a sensible child, but do you know how worried your mother will be if you don't go home all night? Didn't I tell you many times how dangerous it is in the mountains?"

Chu Xiaowen lowered his head in shame and admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry." ”

"Alright, it's okay now. Dong Jiaoxi touched his little head and walked back with him in his arms.

Chu Xiaowen clenched his fists and asked in a low voice: "My mother ...... her?"

Although he is stubborn, he also understands many things compared to other children, and knows how scared and anxious his mother will be if he leaves home all night like this.

Dong Jiaoxi snorted: "I told your mother, you spend the night in my house, but if you really can't find you, your mother really can't live, you know that she is the only one left." ”

"I'm the only one left. Chu Xiaowen nodded and said in a low voice.

In front of the gate of Chujiazhuang, the young man who came to the main gate in a circle shouted loudly into the villa: "This great hero Wu Yuetu, come to challenge the head teacher of the Chu family, Xi Chulong. ”

The gate of the Chu Family Villa was high, like a giant beast looking down on this challenger who did not know the height of the sky, and swallowed his words into the deep belly.