Nangong City, after a long journey of two days and two nights, Xiuyu finally crossed the mountains. As soon as he entered the gate of Nangong City, he was ragged and unkempt, and the guards considered him the nearest wandering villager, and arranged a residence for him.

In the past two months, there have been frequent wandering villagers, because some time ago, in some remote mountains, there was a phantom slaughter incident, whether it was a village, a small town, or some creatures in the mountains, they were all slaughtered by the phantom, these villagers were fleeing, and Nangong City became a refuge.

It just so happened that Xiuyu was penniless now, and he was afraid that he would be on the streets when he entered the city, but with a shelter, he didn't have to worry, and followed a group of homeless people into a dilapidated alley.

He was assigned to the same room as four other people, two children, a middle-aged man, and an old man.

The two children are about six or seven years old, they look very similar, I heard the old man say, they are a pair of twin brothers, one is named A Dog, the other is called Pumpkin, the old man is their grandfather, and the middle-aged man is the second uncle.

Both Dog and Pumpkin's parents died at the hands of the Phantom, leaving only the four of them to flee here.

"Brother Xiuyu, where does your family live? Was it also ruined by ghosts?" Ah Gou blinked his innocent big eyes, puffed and looked at him, he saw the slave mark on Xiuyu's face, in the days of poverty and hardship, they received a lot of white eyes and cold eyes, so after seeing the slave mark on Xiuyu's face, he would inexplicably feel a sense of intimacy and sympathy.

Xiu Yu didn't tidy up his hair, he still let it be unkempt, blocking both sides of his cheeks, he touched Ah Gou's hair kissingly, and said: "My brother also lives in a distant village, our place is called Xiaoliu Town, my brother lives with my grandfather, but my grandfather is dead......

"Is my brother's grandfather dead...?" Pumpkin's thin face showed despair and sadness, "Our parents are also dead, and we blame that damn monster who not only ruined our village, but also killed our relatives!!"

On the side, the old man also looked lonely, and there was only endless pain in his cloudy eyes, "All dead, all dead, the village is gone, my children are gone......"

Among the four, only the middle-aged man's second uncle was quite calm, he comforted the crying old man, the two sobbing children, and said to Xiuyu: "The little brother is from Xiaoliu Town, could it be that even Xiaoliu Town was slaughtered by the phantom?"

Xiu Yu nodded, and recalled the last scene of the old man's death in the bamboo forest.

The Phantom is so cruel and ruthless...... Pulled out the old man's heart......

After a while, he was sad and said, "Everyone in Xiaoliu Town is basically dead, and I am one of the only people who escaped. ”

"Alas...," the middle-aged man sighed, "Fate is unforgiving, ordinary people are always so incompetent and helpless in the face of disasters......"

Xiu Yu saw that although the middle-aged man did not show a decadent expression, he heard a depressed attitude from his mouth, and he comforted: "Actually, don't worry, that ghost who slaughtered the village is dead, I believe that it won't be long before Nangong City will help you and rebuild your home." ”

"It's impossible to go back...... We just want to have a place to settle down......" The middle-aged man sat on the bed and took the two children into his arms.

"Alas..."Xiu Yu sighed deeply, and the four of them did not speak again.

The matter of the Phantom Slaughter Village was much more serious than he imagined, not only Xiaoliu Town, but also more remote villages were eroded by the Phantom.

But fortunately, the phantom has been destroyed, and it can be regarded as strangling this murderous thing that once set off a bloody storm in the world in the cradle.

Until the second day, when Xiu Yu was sitting in the middle of the house to cultivate, a family of four who went out to get food came back, and Ah Gou ran to him, and while chewing the rock sugar gourd, he handed him a box, "Brother Xiuyu, this is what a sister outside called me to give you, saying that you will know who it is after you read it." ”

Xiuyu finished his cultivation with doubts in his eyes.

He took the box, didn't know who it was for the time being, first took a piece of steamed bread from the table and gave it to Ah Gou, and asked, "A sister... What does that sister look like?"

Ah Gou took the steamed bun, his bright eyes were bent into crescents, and the corners of his mouth showed two small dimples, "She is a very beautiful sister, wearing cyan clothes, she is a fairy sister......"

"It turned out to be her..."Xiu Yu smiled in his eyes, and after knowing who it was, he said to Ah Gou: "Ah Gou, you go to play with the pumpkin first, and my brother will take you out for a walk later." ”

"Okay......" Ah Dog was very sensible, and he responded obediently and walked out of the door.

"The news is quite well-informed, and I know where I am so quickly, which is worthy of the Nangong family. He said to himself.

"Why do you give me a box...?" he looked at the box, puzzled, and opened the box to reveal a letterhead. He picked up the letterhead, and after opening it, he saw Juanxiu's lines of handwriting, and below the handwriting, it was the four words Nangong Ruoxi that were signed.

"It's really you. ”

He smiled, then looked at the contents of the envelope:

"Yu Gongzi, I know that you have come to the city and lived in a refugee settlement. I have put the rubbings of the music of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Great Dream into the box, only a few paragraphs, I hope that Childe can translate it, and when I arrange the affairs in the city in the next few days, I will arrange a place for Childe to live. ”

Xiu Yu put the page down and took out another piece of paper in the box. There was a fairly old handwriting on the paper, which was copied from it, not a true rubbing.

"This Nizi, you don't even say thank you, don't you feel sorry for leaving me in the mountains?"

He looked at the box, "Even the paper and pen and ink are ready," he smiled wryly, and finally waved his hand to translate.

These words are a bit old, and there is a big difference between them and the current ones, but they are much simpler than the ancient characters of the past.

Xiu Yu saw some familiar shadows on these words and musical notes, which must have been formed by the evolution of ancient characters.

In just half an hour, he completed the translation of the score, which only had a few paragraphs.

He put it in the box, thought about it, wrote a few more words on a blank piece of paper, and then found Ah Dog and asked him to return the box to the girl.

Afterwards, there was a thoughtful look on his face, "Although these characters seem to be a bit old, they are still too simple, if you find more ancient characters, you should be able to roughly calculate the time ......."

He thought about it for a while, and then made a decision.

"It seems that we have to find an opportunity to help Nangong Ruoxi translate the piano score, and I need some more ancient books. ”

Two days later, Ah Gou delivered the box to him again.

He hurriedly opened the box, and it was another letter, as well as pen and ink and paper.

He opened the letterhead and read it carefully.

"Yu Gongzi, I have received the piano score you translated, thank you for some suggestions in the piano score, Ruoxi has already sent all the remaining piano scores, trouble Childe......"

After reading a few simple words, Xiu Yu rolled his eyelids after reading it, what tricks is this Nangong Ruoxi playing? Didn't she already know that he was proficient in ancient characters, and he was able to translate a piano score, why did he make another move and play this one?

Is it fun to write letters? Or is it meaningful?

said that it was a temptation, but he didn't believe it, it must be that Nangong Ruoxi had other meanings.

On this day, in the pavilion of Nangong's house, Nangong Ruoxi, dressed in a green shirt, sat on a stone chair, and a guqin was placed on the stone table, and next to her was a woman in white, as light as dust.

The two women opened the letterhead in the box:

"Nangong girl, the piano score has been translated, there are a few mistakes in the rubbings you excerpted, and I have helped you revise ......"

Nangong Ruoxi and Bai Qianchen glanced at each other, with a smile in their eyes, "Look, I said it all, this man's piano skills are profound, and in the entire Nangong City... Or the entire land of the East is worthy of being called a master!"

Bai Qianchen smiled lightly, "Yes, yes, what you said is right, this guy does have some ability, and even a few subtle ancient characters that we have modified can be found, and it seems that he does have some attainments in the piano score." ”

"He is not only accomplished in the score, but also in the art of the piano. Nangong Ruoxi said again.

"Look below, he seems to have said a few words......"

The two looked at each other:

"Miss Nangong, if you have other piano scores or ancient characters that need to be translated, you can ask them at any time, and I will help you answer them one by one......"

"Oh?" Bai Qianchen looked surprised, and said in a low voice: "He also has a certain amount of research on ancient characters, and he must be very interested in bringing it up here." ”

Nangong Ruoxi's shallow eyebrows raised slightly, remembering some of Xiuyu's performances on the wasteland.

He knew too many ancient creatures, and he also knew the ancient giant stone mammoth clan, these are records that do not exist in the world today, where did he see it?

Looks like we'll have to keep tempting......

An old poem quickly flashed through her mind, copied it in the ancient words she could write, put it in the box, and nodded secretly.

Bai Qianchen looked at her after she finished this step, looking puzzled.

"Why did you mention this poem? Isn't that what the same person once gave you?"

Obviously, Bai Qianchen also seems to know this poem, which is very important to Nangong Ruoxi, as early as a few years ago, she was often mixed in her mouth.

"Take a look... Let's see how that guy responds......" Nangong Ruoxi's expression calmed down and asked people to send the box out.

......

In the courtyard of the refuge lane, Xiu Yu stared at a sentence on the paper in the house.

Or rather, not words, but poetry, a very old poem.

His gaze was fixed on a line of words, and he didn't say anything for a long time, and his expression seemed to be reminiscing.

Why is this poem...... Why is this poem ......"

"Why does Nangong Ruoxi know this poem...?"

"Why does anyone still know this poem......

“...... Where did she find out...?"

For a while, Xiu Yu muttered to himself, his eyelids did not blink for a long time, and he froze in place.

Ps1 Originally, this chapter was written in other ways, but after this thought flashed through my mind, it has been lingering, maybe some people don't like to write it this way, but I still wrote it, maybe it really has another charm.

Ps2 again mentions 'that person' or 'he' in the text, but it's actually a deliberate arrangement. I believe that everyone almost feels that smell, there is a person who once appeared in Nangong Ruoxi's life, but for some special reasons, Nangong Ruoxi has always hidden the figure of that person in the bottom of her heart...... This person is vaguely inextricably linked to Xiuyu...... Xiu Yu himself hasn't noticed it, but careful readers may have understood.

PS3 books will be free for a long time, that is, they will be on the shelves for a long time, but they still need everyone's support...... When it is put on the shelves in the future, you can't talk about it in the article, otherwise you will be scolded for the number of words/shame and fear