Chapter 4: A Town with Time Reversed

Fireworks are beautiful fireworks, but this beauty is also short-lived, instantaneous, and disappears in a blink of an eye. After the fireworks, the sky was covered with stars again, blinking and blinking. Xiao Ruoshui looked at the sky motionlessly, Li Yunmeng woke up from her dizziness, and also looked at the stars in the sky, but she wondered why Xiao Ruoshui would stare at the stars at this time, did he also know that it was a very romantic thing to take a girl to look at the stars. How many people are telling endless love words under the starlight of this sky, talking about the beautiful vision of the future, and privately setting a life together under the company of such a starry sky. She was almost certain that he was not looking for romance, an opportunity to talk about love, his eyes were fixed on the northern sky, the spoon-like shape, the stars around the spoon handle were what he was looking for. She followed Xiao Ruoshui's gaze, and the star seemed to have become even brighter, and it seemed to blink mischievously, as if it was communicating something with them. Xiao Ruoshui didn't have time to guess the princess's thoughts, he stared at the North Star, the star that was shining in the sky in the distance, surrounded by the Big Dipper. With it, he can find a reference point for the direction, and then he can find the way out. It is true that buildings on the ground can change, but no one can have an effect on the position of the stars in the sky, and that is not determined by human beings. In the ever-changing environment around him, the stars in the sky are the only reference point he can rely on. The bustling crowd walked past them, no one looked at them, as if they didn't exist, no one was interested in them. Li Yunmeng saw Xiao Ruoshui shaking the wine jug constantly. The sound of the water is like a clear spring flowing through it, and it seems very clear in the bustling crowd, Li Yunmeng heard the sound of this spring water like an initiation, and there are no distracting thoughts, and his heart is as calm as water. This gourd was given to Xiao Ruoshui by Zhou Ting, and Li Yunmeng was still a little unhappy when she gave it, because drinking is something that men like, but it is a little unhappy for women. All women have this kind of thought, drunk men don't have time to care about women, so women generally hate men drinking. Zhou Ting looked at her very strangely at that time. All the time looking at her. Zhilu said that she stomped her foot and left with a red face before Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed. The gourd is carved from good rosewood, and there will be an extra sandalwood fragrance when it is filled with wine, and this fragrance is the best thing to use to refresh the mind. When blended into the wine, it is more mellow and sweet. Sandalwood itself is the most widely used material in Buddhism. Most of the ritual vessels with the largest number of blessings are made of sandalwood. There is a solemn Buddhist flavor in itself. It's the best thing to keep your mind clear in this environment. Xiao Ruoshui's hands kept shaking, his eyes kept staring at the North Star in the sky, and the yellow flag under his feet kept blowing with the wind. Li Yunmeng stared at him. It's been kept up. The bustling crowd gradually dispersed, and it turned out to be out of the village, and the lights in the town gradually became scarce, and the people scattered in all directions, leaving only children and women to play and chat in front of the door. Li Yunmeng looked at the crowd that was gradually coming out, and she said, "Xiao Xiao, let's follow those people out of the city and leave this ghost place." Xiao Ruoshui's face turned pale, and he said to the princess: "No, haven't you seen the lights that have been extinguished." It is extinguished from the outside in, they can go, we cannot go. Li Yunmeng looked at the lights, she carefully distinguished, it was indeed the case, the more distant the lights became, the brightest in the middle, that is, the lights centered on them were the brightest around, and there were a little less on the periphery, and they were completely extinguished after the most dim. At this time, the long street looked like a Huangquan road leading to the underworld, mysterious and gloomy, and on this summer night, the princess looked at the fading lights, and suddenly had a cold feeling, shivered, and shivered. She leaned towards Xiao Ruoshui and hid in Xiao Ruoshui's arms, which seemed to be the warmest place. Her trembling body affected her speech, her hand pointed to the long street, and her voice was a little hoarse, "Why do I look like the Huangquan Road described in the book?" Xiao Ruoshui was still shaking the gourd in his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "What nonsense, how can there be any Huangquan Road? Don't scare yourself." He smiled on his face, but he wondered more and more in his heart, what is the reason why this town is so strange?

The princess still stubbornly said, "Don't you think it's strange? This town is the opposite of our time, and everywhere else works during the day and rests at night, but this town does work at night and rest during the day, is it that we have arrived in the underworld? Look at the child who opened his mouth and smiled, his teeth are so scary." After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes, her face turned pale, and she got into Xiao Ruoshui's arms again, not daring to look at this town.

Xiao Ruoshui forgot about the grinning child, the child was smiling at them, his teeth were snow-white, his gums were blood-red, and his teeth were obviously much longer than others, and the child stretched out his tongue and licked his upper and lower lips, as if he had seen some delicious food. He was shocked, and said with a smile: "Nonsense, just a child scared you like this." The princess secretly glanced at the child, and just when she saw the child smiling at her, she hid in Xiao Ruoshui's arms again and never opened her eyes again. She shuddered and said, "His body is so dirty, his face seems to have never been washed, and his clothes are stinking and wet, so terrible." Xiao Ruoshui smiled and said, "You will rest in my arms, and I will call you when it is dawn." After saying that, the princess sat beside him with her face facing his chest, only this heartbeat made her feel at ease, let her relax her vigilance, the sky gradually darkened, the lights gradually went out, the night entered the darkest time, at this time people have begun to cook and eat at home, the lights on the street have all been extinguished, only at home, the lights in the store are still on, at this time the whole town is eating, but Xiao Ruoshui is more and more sober, he no longer shakes the gourd, just closes his eyes and feels everything here, his perception can already feel three miles awayTwo miles away, there were only scattered people busy in the fields, and the village was about two miles away, and the princess had fallen asleep against his chest, waiting for an opportunity to escape from this town where time was reversed. He couldn't break out of the siege in the dark, the people who were eating, they could be lurking killers at any time, he didn't dare to take risks, he had to wait, if it was dawn, he could definitely break out of the town, but he had to get out of the streets, otherwise the horses and supplies would be lost, and they would not have supplies until they reached the lake in the following trip. This was the reason why he couldn't jump out of the house, he had to leave safely with the princess and the horses, so he had to wait, wait for the moment of dawn. He thinks so, the enemy does not move, I do not move, and it is more advantageous to not move than to move in the present situation. If someone wants to attack them, the night is the best opportunity, so he has to be energetic between now and the day. He waited silently, and suddenly a door opened, and the creaking sound was very clear in the night, and a sturdy man came out, carrying a lantern, and walked up to them with a blank face, and said, "Our master has invited two guests." After saying that, he walked straight to the gate and waited for them. Xiao Ruoshui and the princess stood up, the princess rubbed her eyes, and looked at the sturdy man standing at the door in surprise, this was the first person to talk to them in this town, Xiao Ruoshui put away the gourd, picked up the small flag, and led the horse and the princess towards the man. The man led the way through the gate, which was closed, and the town was quiet again, as if it had been before. It's as if these two people have never been here. (To be continued......)