Chapter 2: Fireside Night Chat
Xi Ruo's hand was soft and a little wet, Jing Fei grabbed Xi Ruo's hand in a daze, how could there be hair?
Jing Fei woke up from his dream, a hairy face was licking his face with his wet tongue.
Jing Fei gasped, and finally fell into the hands of the demon beast.
Hurriedly got up and retreated, bang, the back of the head hit the wall, this knock seemed to make the mind clearer, looking up, a big yellow dog front legs on the side of the bed looked at himself stunned, the wet stone shook softly, saw that he woke up, and ran out with a smoke.
Raised his hand and touched the right side of his face, sticky, and felt nauseous in his heart.
It was a very sunny room, with blue brick walls, a flat bluestone floor spotless, a carved wooden cabinet against the wall, a soft wooden bed underneath, simple and harmonious carved decorations, and a wood-colored square table in the middle of the room, on which were stacks of neat clothes. Touching the back, the hot feeling disappeared, but a large piece was missing from the back of the clothes.
Moved to the side of the bed and found his shoes, the shoes were washed, and he got out of bed with his shoes on, his legs and feet were soft and his steps were frivolous.
"Wake up, are you hungry, just in time for dinner. The old man came in with a basin of water.
The old man was wearing a clear cloth robe, with a kind face and a slight smile, and it was difficult to associate the calm and vigorous figure of the day before yesterday.
Jing Fei clasped his hands into fists, imitated the etiquette of the ancients, bent down and thanked: "Thank you for the old man's life-saving grace." ”
"You really have to thank me for this, if it weren't for you, you wouldn't have attracted demon beasts, Seon lost his horse, I don't know if it's a blessing, and it's unpredictable. The old man shook his head and said something that made Jing Fei inexplicable.
"This is the clothes I found for you, wash up and change your clothes, and then eat first. With that, the old man turned and walked out the door.
How did the three of them escape? What happened to them after they fell unconscious? After thinking about it, they couldn't guess it, so they cleaned up and walked out the door.
The yard is not big, boxy, on the left is an unknown tree with red leaves, the tree is not tall, the leaves are red but not evil, there are a few red fruits hanging sparsely on the tree, and a deck chair is swaying lightly under the tree. The courtyard on the right is paved with green bricks, a weapon rack against the wall, a complete range of swords, guns, swords and sticks, and the wooden stake sandbag stone lock next to it looks like it has been around for some years, and it is not clear that the old man's family is quite solid.
"You're awake. The little girl was now dressed in a jujube red dress, and was walking out of the kitchen with a plate, and greeted Jing Fei happily when she saw her.
"Well, I have to thank your grandfather for saving his life, by the way, what's your name?" Jing Fei asked.
"Zhang Guo'er, you can call me Guo'er, come to this house for dinner. After saying that, Guo'er turned into a larger room.
On the dinner table, there are not many dishes, a stack of peanuts, two pickles, a pot of stewed meat, a pot of wine, the aroma of wine and meat is overflowing, stimulating Jing Fei's taste buds. The big yellow dog squatted next to Guo'er and wagged his tail and stuck out his tongue, exchanged a few words of greeting and began to move chopsticks, and the old man helped Guo'er clamp a piece of meat and said with a smile:
"This is a rare good thing, and your grandfather and I are also eating it for the second time. ”
Jing Fei was curious about what kind of meat was so precious, so he put a piece in his mouth, the meat was a little rough, chewy, and the taste was not like a cow, sheep or pig, and it slid into the stomach to warm and bake, which was a kind of fragrance that he had never tasted.
Jing Fei asked what kind of meat, and Guo'er said that it was the demon chasing us.
The chopsticks stretched out for the stew suddenly stopped in the air.
"Demon beasts can also eat it?" Jing Fei asked.
"Demons can eat people, why can't people eat demons? Guo'er said with big eyes.
"Demons eat people, and people eat demons again, isn't that equivalent to people eating people? "Jing Fei is not a native of this place after all, and he is a bit more true in this logical point.
It seemed that the words about cannibalism affected the old man's appetite, and the old man said with a calm face:
"People are people, demons are demons, how can they be mixed up, don't eat and pull down, the fruit is the time to grow the body, make up more. Then he added a few pieces of meat to the fruit bowl.
Jing Fei ate the rice silently with pickles, and the atmosphere on the table became a little dull. Guo'er looked left and right, sandwiched a piece of meat and put it in Jing Fei's bowl and said:
"Eat, this is not something that ordinary people can eat, eating it improves physical fitness, and it has infinite strength, and I heard that it is also helpful for cultivators. ”
"Can this thing improve cultivation?" Jing Fei keenly grasped the word.
"That's what my grandfather said. Guo'er said.
Jing Fei glanced at the old man, but the old man ignored it, hesitated for a moment and followed the meal, comforting himself in his heart, just follow the local customs. Soon a pot of stewed meat went to most of it, and the old man knocked the back of Jing Fei's hand with chopsticks, Jing Fei was in pain, and then he realized that half of the pot of meat had entered his belly, smiled awkwardly, and lowered his head to pick up the rice.
As night fell, the smoke curling outside the window seemed even more illusory in the autumn wind. After being full of wine and food, Jing Fei and Guo'er cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and the three of them sat down around the table. There is a thick white wax in the corner of the table, and in the middle of the table is a two-foot-high yellow copper stove, which is burned with heavy jujube wood, according to the old man, the heavy jujube wood is as heavy as bluestone, resistant to burning and smokeless, and the people in the town use this.
Jing Fei started and chatted casually to warm up the scene, the old man's name is Zhang Jingchang, when he was young, he served as a team leader in the Wuwei Wei Tianfeng Battalion, refining the second-order cultivation, familiar with all kinds of demon beasts, and often chopping wood and collecting medicine in the mountains and forests to pass the time after returning to the field, Jing Fei thought to himself that it was no wonder that he could escape under the pursuit of third-order demon beasts, and he was really not an ordinary person.
"What happened yesterday after I fell unconscious?" Jing Fei asked.
"Yesterday, you kid was in a coma for three days. Zhang Jingchang sneered.
The big cigarette stick instigated, and in the smoke, Zhang Jingchang talked about what happened after the three of them jumped into the pool.
The people under the rule of Hanyuan City, both men and women, must be conscripted into the army at the age of the year, and after three years of service, they will receive a marching bag at that time, and there will be a marching bag in the bag, which contains a demon record, a demon charm, a demon blood bottle, a demon crossbow, and a letter arrow.
The demon record is divided into two volumes, the upper volume is the method of identifying demon beasts, and the second volume is the demon beast illustrated book, the demon charm can identify the demon beasts below the third order, the demon blood bottle can be identified as the fifth order, the demon crossbow can kill and injure the demon beasts below the second order, and the letter arrow is the signal support.
There is a god protection house in Chengping County, and there are five people in the house, one third-order monk, and four second-order monks. Speaking of this, Zhang Jingchang asked Guo'er about Article 10 of "Demon Appreciation Record", and Guo'er replied: "When the demon is in danger, quickly pull the letter arrow, take revenge and pension, earn it alive, and earn it when you die." ”
Zhang Jingchang instigated a cigarette and explained, when encountering a demon beast, the letter arrow will be pulled first, and the Divine Protector Mansion will rush to support as soon as possible, and those who find it after killing the demon beast can get 20%, and if they are killed, they will allocate 50% as a pension, and the market price of a first-order demon beast is 100 taels of gold, the second-order 10,000 taels, and the third-order 1 million taels.
You must know that an ordinary family of five can worry about a few dozen taels of silver a year, but ordinary people often die when they encounter demon beasts, so don't want this money. Speaking of this, the old man sighed for a while.
All Zhang Jingchang had to do was to delay the time after Guo'er pulled the letter arrow, but fortunately, the Shenhu Mansion arrived in time, and the battle finally killed the beast.
The tongue of the beast is a raw flesh thorn, which can hurt people in 50 zhang, and the tongue thorn is highly poisonous, and ordinary people are killed by tea. It was also thanks to Lord Zhao Mingde of the Divine Protector Mansion that he was able to save his life by removing the poison in time. At that time, Lord Zhao had checked your body when he was detoxifying you, human blood, inferior physique, and superior sense, and the beast liked to eat people with a strong sense of consciousness the most.
Hearing this, Jing Fei knew that the day before yesterday was dangerous, and as for his strong sense, it should be related to his long-term dreaming.
Zhao Mingde, a third-order monk stationed in the Shenhu Mansion in Chengping County, Jing Fei firmly remembered this name, and he would be rewarded if he had the opportunity in the future.
"Those two demon beasts were killed?" Jing Fei said curiously.
Zhang Jingchang glanced at Jing Fei in surprise, he was also the Divine Protector Mansion who knew that there were two after killing the beast, but he didn't expect this kid to observe so carefully, and unconsciously rated him a few points higher.
Found that the third-order demon beast can get two percent, after this experience, although it is extremely dangerous, it has also been richly rewarded, Jing Fei thought of what Zhang Jingchang said before, and it turned out to be this meaning. The life-saving grace was reciprocated, Jing Fei didn't ask what he had gained, and he wouldn't ask in the future.
After that, Jing Fei asked many questions, and he also had some understanding of this world, and he finally determined that he had come to a strange world.
In the end, Zhang Jingchang mentioned that he would go to the county government office tomorrow to report, and Jing Fei's identity still needed to be carefully examined, and told him to rest early. Jing Fei answered and went back to the room, lying on the bed and looking out the window at the moon star, suddenly feeling that none of this was real.
Because of the lucid dream, I can see you again, and now because of the lucid dream, I have come to this strange world, maybe all the answers are in the dream. Jing Fei slowly closed his eyes, and in the continuous autosuggestion, the conscious and the subconscious reached a balance...
A graceful figure on the golden sand stopped to look into the distance, the white waves kissed the tips of the woman's toes one after another, the white scarf was blown off her shoulders by a gust of wind, the woman smiled and turned her head and said:
"You're here. ”
It was a beautiful heartbreaking face.
Jing Fei stepped forward, took Xiruo's hand and kissed it gently.
There wasn't much to say, the two just stood quietly on the beach, watching the clouds rise and fall in the sky and the tide in the sea.
"Remember that glow, behind the glow is a whole new world. "For a long time, Jing Fei said.
"You know, it's an interesting world, but the world is rejecting our dreams, you see. ”
Snowflakes suddenly floated in the sky, and as she spoke, she reached out to catch a snowflake, and the snowflakes fell to the ground through her palm, and when she raised her palm, there was a hexagonal hole in her palm.
Jing Fei looked a little distressed, grabbed Xiruo's palm and fingertips and brushed it gently, and the hexagonal hole was quickly filled. "Don't worry, this is a supernatural world, maybe one day our dreams will become reality, and then, you can walk into reality," Jing Fei comforted.
It's a pity that if you hold Jing Fei's face with both hands, Jing Fei doesn't dare to meet her eyes,
"I know you're comforting me, and even if that day happens, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait. I know your heart, your love for me is my love for you, but have you ever really understood what is true and what is false, this is a beautiful world, danger and miracle coexist, it is time for you to take a real step, and meeting you is the greatest happiness in my life. ”
Dense cracks began to appear in Xiruo's body, then became transparent, and finally dispersed with the wind in the heavy snow.
"It's a pity. Jing Fei knelt on the beach, tears soaking his clothes, and his shouts were heart-rending and painful.
That night, the dream shattered;
That night, if you are not there;
That night, Jing Fei couldn't sleep all night......