It was misty and rainy, the sun was dizzy and the girl's face was flushed red. The vast fields are green, the barking paddy fields are cut into squares and tic-tac-toe, and the men and women with their trousers and bare feet are planting rice seedlings with their faces buried. The raindrops brushed through Qi Yin's body, the heaven and the earth seemed to be whispering, listening to the inexplicable peace of mind. Bailu stood beside him, looking out at the hillside in the distance, the huangjue forest was blown high and low by the wind, the small village lay at the foot of the mountain, parked in the rain, silent and quiet.
"Why don't you let the old man Fuxi help you heal?" Bai Lu asked.
"The left and right are people who are going to die, so why waste his good spiritual power."
Bai Lu was silent for a while, then said: "I thought you forgot our agreement. After you find your stupid brother, everyone will bloom."
Qi Yin did not forget that when he fulfilled his wish, he would send Bai Lu away forever. They are of one heart and the only way is to destroy the heart. In the past, he did not hesitate to accept it because his brother was gone, and death told him that it was just a matter of closing his eyes. Now that his brother has a chance to come back, he wants to live, but he has already made a promise to Bai Lu. He simply let the dog thief accept his love. In the future, his brother will be reborn. With that kid and Cat Master to take care of him, his brother is not alone anymore.
"I don't want to go, old Bai." Qi Yin raised her neck and looked at the rain curtain that filled the sky with snow and snow, "But it seems that nothing in this world is eternal. When two people are together, either one will go first, or the other will go first. Parents, relatives, lovers and companions, walking together, you turned around, suddenly found that they had stopped, waved at you, and said that they could not be with you, and someone else would accompany you on the next journey. Then You keep walking, you keep walking, and finally one day, you stop too, and say goodbye to others like the one who waved goodbye to you in the past. There is always one person who leaves first, last time it was my brother, this time it was me. "
Both of them were silent this time, and no one said a word. Qi Yin stretched out his hand, and the raindrops passed through his transparent palm.
He didn't want to go, really didn't want to go. However, those who are difficult to understand in this world are only the moon that is difficult to grow, the bonus is not eternal, and people are separated from life and death.
Without further ado, Qi Yin turned to ask, "Where is this? Who is Wu Yuli?" His eyes wandered among the slaves working in the paddy fields. Mud legs, none of them look alike.
"This is Crescent Moon Valley, his hometown." Bai Lu breathed a long sigh of relief, "Come with me."
Going up the hillside, the raindrops poured on the mud, and the sky was full of snow and snow. The sky is the color of crab shell blue, and the low pressure is on the top of the distant mountain's head. Qi Yin followed Bai Lu across a white pond, they were actually phantoms, they couldn't touch or touch anything, but the eyes were full of soft mud and sand, and the soles of their feet seemed to be cool. Entering the huangjue forest, the leaves were beaten by the wind and rain, rubbing against each other, making a fine rustling sound. After walking a distance, Qi Yin gradually saw the shadows of several boys.
Hanging on a tree branch was a boy wearing a white deer mask, about twelve or thirteen years old, with silver-white hair and plain white clothes. Qi Yin recognized that it was Bai Lu, and wanted to ask him what he was doing at that time, turned his face to the side, but saw that Bai Lu had disappeared. Fuxi said that Bailu was afraid of memories, and although the boy refused to admit it, he was obviously stabbed in the sore spot. Qi Yin didn't care where the kid went, shrugged, and continued to watch these scumbags play the house.
"I heard that you want to be the witch of the young master?" The white deer on the tree branch spoke.
"That's right! God Bailu, choose me!" Several children stood in the mud and raised their hands.
"Okay," Bailu jumped down and floated lightly on a big rock, "if you want to be a witch, just stand in a row and sign up. Whether it's a human or a demon, each person will have a piece of rabbit meat. , let you eat fragrant and spicy, more powerful than those donkey heads in Bashan Temple!"
"Is he really the Great God of White Deer?" a short child asked quietly.
"Who cares if he is, he has meat to eat! We can't eat meat all year round, look, he has a bag!"
The children swallowed and stood up one after another, standing upright one by one.
Bai Lu carried a sackcloth bag, distributed rabbit meat one by one, asked for their names one by one, and patted them on the shoulder at the end to encourage them. The four children, a dog demon, a cat demon, and the remaining two mortal cubs, finished asking questions, and Qi Yin didn't hear Wu Yuli's name. At this time, Lin Zi hurried out a half-old child, seven or eight years old, with bare feet, a dirty face, and a pair of black eyes that were as watery as water.
"Sorry, I'm late!" The child crashed into the line and stood at the end.
"Why are you late?" Bai Lu asked seriously. He is the leader, and his team must have rules.
The boy pouted and said aggrievedly: "I told my sister-in-law that the Great White Deer had come, but she didn't believe it, she said that I lied to her, that I was disrespectful to the Great God and beat me up, so I was late. ." He groaned and touched his buttocks, "Great God Bailu, you have boundless mana, can you blow away the pain in my buttocks?"
Bai Lu was obviously embarrassed, and said, "I can't blow your pain away because of the boundless mana." He patted the boy on the shoulder and cleared his throat, "You are a person who wants to become a great witch, how can you be caught Defeated by this little injury? Great witches are not afraid of pain."
The boy was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "I'm not afraid of pain!"
"You were wounded for God, so I'll give you an extra piece of meat." Bailu took out two pieces of meat from his bag and gave them to him, "What's your name?"
The boy straightened his back, standing like a pine tree.
"My name is Little Crescent! Praise the holy name and pray for blessings from God. The witch, Little Crescent, pays homage to the Great God!" Little Crescent raised her eyebrows and smiled brightly. The pattering rain stopped outside, and the sky light penetrated the scattered clouds, pierced the gaps between the leaves and struck down, just right on the small face of this child, showing a kind of innocence unique to them at this age.
Bai Lu was shaken by this bright smile, scratched his head, and felt a little guilt in his heart. In fact, he was just teasing these idiots, how could it be so easy to become a witch. I moved my gaze to the dirty bare feet of these children, with mud dots all over their feet and calves, and some were bitten by mosquitoes on their legs, leaving deep and shallow gray-black marks. Only slave children are so sloppy. Slaves are the animals of gods, and they can never be witches.
But he was bored, and the moon wheel rolled over and over in the sky. It was too boring, and he couldn't help running to the mortal world. Either lure him with divine language, or coax him with jerky, in short, catch a few children to play with him, and send them home in a few days. He often forgets the time, and day by day, hush la la passes. When the children came home, their faces were ignorant, and they forgot about running and playing with the gods. The adults shook them and cried, thinking they were taken away by monsters. Later, this matter somehow spread to the world, and there was a rumor that Bailu eats the heart of young children.
Bailu's new team was formed, four children carried the shoulder yoke, Bailu sat lazily on it, one child carried the shovel, opened the way with a shovel, and several people swaggered onto the field ridge. The slaves stopped Tie Lei Tie Si, put their hands on the wooden handle and supported their chins to look at them.
"Where is the white-haired boy? Why haven't I seen it?" Someone asked.
"Is it from Luyao Village next door? Look at how clean his robes are, and he also wears small leather boots. He is a child of the master's family, right?"
"Little Crescent, don't play crazy, remember to go home for dinner!" A woman next door called Tianxia.
"Oh! I get it!" Little Crescent Ya turned her head in response, raised the bamboo pole on her shoulders, and walked forward with a sigh of relief. Tian Yuan, the overseer, came, and with a flick of the whip, there was a loud explosion in the air, and everyone was silent for a while, and bent down deeply to plant rice.
A group of children is not counted as a white deer, there are five in total. After removing the dog demon and cat demon, Wu Yuli was definitely among the remaining three mortal cubs. Qi Yin approached them and observed them for a long time, all of them were not dumbfounded. This one called Xiao Crescent was the most ardent, hard-working and hard-working, and he was almost an honor. At this time, Bai Lu was a real kidnapper, and a god made this appearance, no wonder Bai Yu hated him.
Having said that, the name Little Crescent is very familiar, and Qi Yin always feels as if he has heard it somewhere.
They went straight to the front of a magic circle, and Bai Lu led a few small attendants into the magic circle. In an instant, everyone went into a cave. These slave children, who have never seen such a form-shifting technique, their eyes widened, and strangely touched the blue-black rocks in the cave. Bai Lu coughed and motioned everyone to look at him.
"Do you know where this is?" Bailu asked.
The children shook their heads.
Bailu said: "Stupid, this is the mountain behind Bashan. If you can go to the ground and walk in the opposite direction of the sun, you will be able to see the moon mirror of Bashan Temple in less than a day."
"I don't believe you lied. We are clearly in Crescent Moon Valley, why did we go to Bashan all of a sudden?" A child retorted.
"I'm a god, I can go wherever I want! Believe it or not." Bailu hummed, "After the gods and witches of Bashan Temple died, their bodies were buried here. The gods and witches are different from you, you and yours When my parents died, they were buried in a pit and wrapped in a straw mat. They had to wrap their bodies in gold and silver, and wear precious jade on their hands before they were buried. Come with me if you have the guts, take their treasures home, and let you My daddy and my sister-in-law live a good life. If you don't have the guts, go home by yourself and be a tortoise with a shrinking head."
"It's not right to dig other people's graves..." Little Crescent Moon whispered.
"Then just stay here." Bai Lu said angrily. He turned his head and walked in. The other children looked at each other, and finally followed. Xiao Crescent stood alone for a long time, surrounded by closed stone caves, with a few moldy green bronze lamps embedded in the walls, his shadow was drawn long on the ground, like a ghost. Bai Lu said they could go home, but he didn't leave the magic circle behind at all. The little crescent moon flattened her mouth and wanted to cry. A gust of wind came from somewhere, caressing the back of his neck. He shuddered and followed quickly.
Walking along the pitted rock road, Bailu said that this road was dug by slaves who used to repair the tomb. What he didn't say was that those slaves were eventually filled under this road, and they were used as the foundation of flesh and blood. Qi Yin followed behind them, thinking that the children of the ancient times are so daring, Bai Lu dared to follow him if he just said a few words. Bailu took them to dig a hole, and it turned out that the round shovel was used here. At first, no one wanted to move. Bai Lu said that whoever digs fast will have the meat to eat, and everyone started to move. Little Crescent Moon is the youngest and has little strength, so he didn't let him dig, and Bailu asked him to beat his back.
A thick layer of white plaster was excavated, and they dug out a cave for one person to pass through. The tomb they entered from the south was a brick-topped stone tomb, and there was a tomb door directly opposite the entrance of the cave. When I came in, I found that several sarcophagi were empty, the coffin boards had been opened long ago, and even the corpse was not there. Bai Lu was stunned for a moment, looked up and down, and said, "Why is it all empty?"
Several children were exhausted and half-dead, lying on the ground panting. The dog demon said resentfully: "I know you are talking nonsense, what baby, you don't even have a ghost. I won't play with you anymore, I'm going home."
"Someone came here and stole our treasure!" Bai Lu kicked the coffin angrily, "Who is so daring to touch the things of the young master!"
"But it's fine to steal the baby, why steal the body?" Little Crescent stood on tiptoe and put his head into the coffin.
"My mother-in-law said that when some gods and witches died, they would stuff jade beads into their ears. Anyway, as long as there were holes, they had to be stuffed with gold, silver, jade or something. Maybe those thieves didn't want to waste it. Just carry the whole person away." A child said.
Everyone sighed, and a few children were unwilling, touching the ground inch by inch, hoping to pick up some jade beads that fell from the gods and witches. A few older children know that if you sell jade beads to the demon market, you can get a lot of rice noodles and jerky, especially the ones that flow out from the Bashan Temple, and the price can be doubled. Just as he was touching, the dog demon's ears moved, and his face suddenly turned pale, and said, "Did you hear any sound?"
Everyone shook their heads, only the cat demon shrank his eyes, "Did you hear footsteps?"
Where does the sound of footsteps come from in such a ghost place? Everyone looked at each other, counted a few people, there were many, it couldn't be their own people. Putting her ear to the ground and listening intently, Xiao Crescent also heard the footsteps, thump, thump, beating drums, getting faster and closer, as if many big feet were running here.
Looking back at the empty sarcophagi, Xiao Crescent suddenly understood, and said with a white face: "It's them, it's Master Shenwu. No one stole the treasure here, it's Master Shenwu who crawled out of the coffin by himself, and now he's back! "
The living witch corpse, everyone froze. Even a living witch would kill them if they saw their slaves trespassing in the tomb. On the contrary, Xiao Crescent is the most calm, saying: "Don't be afraid, the Great God Bailu will protect us!"
"That's right!" Bai Lu announced loudly, "Everyone listen to me and hold the door first."
He went to drag those sarcophagi. The coffins were too heavy to move for a long time with clenched teeth. Bailu called them to come and help, and the little crescent and the big guy pushed the sarcophagus with their shoulders. The shoulders were scratched and the sarcophagus remained motionless. Turning to look, I saw footsteps rumbling outside Shimen. This time, I don't need to stick it on the ground to listen, just standing in the tomb, I can feel the power of the footsteps shaking the ground.
Bai Lu ran over to hold it against the door, and a pair of bluish-white corpse hands rubbed in through the crack of the door, and the jet-black nails were as sharp as sharp blades. The corpse hand grabbed his shoulder and dragged him out. Without even screaming, Bai Lu was dragged out like a paper figurine and disappeared. The candles flickered in the tomb, shining on everyone's livid face.
Xiao Crescent cried and shouted, trying to run out. The dog demon hugged him, and shouted violently: "Don't go! You idiot, you really think he is some kind of god, you have been deceived, he is just a young master who doesn't worry about food and clothing. How can the god fight? But his sorcerer! Besides, even if the Great White Deer is really there, he won't bless the children of our slaves!"
Several other children hurriedly crawled out of the hole they had just dug, beckoning them to run. The dog demon pulled the little crescent moon and climbed out, and the little crescent moon crawled a section of the road while crying. Looking back, the hole was dark, and even the ever-bright light didn't know when it went out. What will happen to the boy with the white hair? Will it die? Xiao Crescent cried and said, "But he gave us jerky and said we could be witches."
The dog demon scolded: "The slave can't be a witch, he has been lying to us from the beginning! If you play with him for the sake of jerky, who will lose his life for him!"
Xiao Crescent couldn't help turning her head back, gritted her teeth, and said, "You go first, and ask them to come and save us!"
With that said, he turned his head and ran back to the hole, and crawled in.
It was dark inside, and nothing could be seen clearly. There was a rotten stench in the air, which I didn't seem to have smelled just now. It was silent and silent, the white-haired boy completely lost his voice, and he didn't know what happened. Xiao Crescent had just cried, and his face was full of tears. He didn't dare to sniff. It was so quiet here that even the sound of sniffing seemed abrupt. He remembered that the tomb door was on the opposite side of the cave, separated by two sarcophagi. He crouched down and crawled forward, touching the ground with his hands.
Climbing over a sarcophagus, he kept meditating on the little crescent moon, don't be afraid that the little crescent moon can't cry. But the tears were still dripping down, he was so scared, he wanted to be a mother-in-law. His hand suddenly touched a pair of feet, Xiao Crescent was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, is it the white-haired brother? He is back. He touched the calf of the person in front of him, and whispered to him, "Are you injured?"
The person in front of him ignored him, and Little Crescent gradually felt that something was wrong. The touch under the hand was cold and stiff, like hard wax. He touched it up, his height was wrong, this man was much taller than the white-haired boy. He touched a string of cold jade beads, something silently collapsed in his heart, and his whole body became cold.
This person is not a white deer, but a witch corpse.
He slowly let go of his hand, rubbing his butt and moving back a little bit. His whole body seemed to be immersed in cold water, and his fingers and toes could no longer feel the temperature. With a pause on his back, Xiao Crescent was stunned when he met another stiff corpse. Qi Yin stood by the side, shaking his head for the poor child. He couldn't see, but Qi Yin had good eyesight and could see clearly. Around the doll, six bluish-white witch corpses surrounded him, looking down at him.
The ever-bright lamp lit up with a sneer, and under the turquoise light, six stiff and cold faces suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Crescent.
Xiao Crescent suffocated her breath, kicked her legs, and fainted.
He woke up dizzy, the room was full of green lights, the semi-circular dome, and the dark blue tomb slate. He turned his face and saw a large, thin white face. He screamed and punched him. Bai Lu was unprepared and was hit straight. He bent over and covered his face, angrily said, "What are you doing!"
Xiao Crescent stayed for a while, then said, "Great God Bailu..."
Looking over Bai Lu's shoulders, he saw the six upright witch corpses, standing facing the wall, huddled together as if facing the wall. Xiao Crescent's hand trembled and pointed at the witch corpses. Bai Lu looked back and said, "Don't be afraid, there are only a few criminals." He smiled wickedly, "I know you are cowardly, there are only six criminals. It's just scaring you all to shit."
Xiao Crescent was stunned for a while, understood something, and said with a sad face: "Is this all arranged by you?"
"Nonsense, I've been to this place thousands of times, and I know how many bugs there are. How about it? Isn't it fun? I brought a few wolf demon cubs from Daxueshan last time, and there were two of them. He was so scared that he urinated his crotch. Or Snow Wolf, not even you mortals."
Little Crescent Sitting there wiping tears, Bai Lu was complacent, and after a while he realized that the child was silent, and the teardrops cracked like a broken thread.
"Why are you crying? Isn't this okay? No arms or legs are missing." Bai Lu said, lowered his head and touched his right ankle. In fact, he accidentally scratched his ankle when he let the criminals take him out, and the blood dripped into the mud, and I don't know if it had any effect. The blood of the gods can't be dripped randomly, the monsters drink into the monsters, and the monsters drink into the big monsters, and it is easy to cause troubles. He looked at it carefully, and there was nothing around him except the weeds and vines, so nothing should happen.
Xiao Crescent still had a sullen face, ignoring people like a stuffy gourd.
Bai Lu scratched his head, became cramped, and said, "Why didn't you go with them just now? Do you believe that I am a god?"
Xiao Crescent picked up a branch and wrote on the ground: Originally letter, you bully me, I don't believe it anymore.
What he wrote was the wrong book of gold. Although he made several mistakes, Bai Lu was still surprised. Slaves generally do not learn to write, but this kid can write.
"You still gold the wrong book?" Bai Lu said.
"Learn secretly." Little Crescent wrote.
"Why don't you speak, writing is so troublesome." Bai Lu asked.
Little Crescent Moon puffed out her cheeks and snorted like a puffer fish. He wrote line by line:
Because little crescent moon, no, think, reason, you!