Origin

The monkey-headed sprite was full, and became more courageous, as if it had recognized Tang Zhuo as its owner, and yelled at the boatman.

Everyone was so frightened that they said in a trembling voice, "Little son, are you... a dog or a monkey? Why are your teeth so sharp and long? It's too scary."

Tang Zhuo repeatedly appeased the monkey, and said with an apologetic smile: "This is a monkey with a genetic mutation that was raised under him. It is rather naughty and likes to learn how to bark."

Tang Zhuo also knew that monkeys probably couldn't learn to bark like dogs, but he still insisted on talking nonsense. The monkey-headed sprite still barked. This time, it was no longer aimed at the boatman, but at the villagers surrounding the shore. Tang Zhuo calmed the monkey-headed sprite and pretended not to care about these villagers, but he could see from the corner of his eye. When they arrived, the villagers all had fierce eyes and glared at the monkey-headed monster.

As expected, the villagers on the shore were also dead.

After wandering around this place for so long, Tang Zhuo has already noticed that this place is called Soul Soul Village. Too many people have died, and some wandering spirits from outside have already mixed in, and those wandering spirits are unconscious, they are attached to the dead bodies on the bank of the river, repeating the death of these corpses day after day.

Tang Zhuo raised his head to look at Xuan Ziyuan, exchanged glances, and saw that he understood. At this time, the boat came to the shore, the villagers rushed up, and the two of them also got on the boat in awe.

Set off immediately.

This boat is quite spacious and can accommodate twenty or thirty people at one time. After getting on the boat, the villagers were in an orderly manner, as if they had been on the boat countless times, sitting down one by one, silently looking at each other, as if they had just fallen asleep.

Tang Zhuo and Xuan Ziyuan sat down far away from those people. The man in charge of the oars was an old man in his fifties or sixties. He was unsmiling. He swayed the oars one by one, not knowing where to take them.

The sunset was falling, the boat swayed on the water, and it was extremely quiet. Although Tang Zhuo was bored, he didn't dare to be distracted, and he almost fell asleep waiting. Suddenly, the hull trembled.

The monkey-headed sprite squatted in Tang Zhuo's arms and also shouted. Tang Zhuo immediately opened his eyes and said, "What's wrong?!"

There was a commotion in the boat, and the dead people jumped up and jumped around. Hearing a "thump", one person fell into the water at once, struggled a few times, but suddenly seemed to be bitten by something underwater, and was pulled into the water suddenly, without a trace of waves.

This time, Yinluan has to unsheath first. I saw it carrying a chill, whistling into the water.

Nothing!

Xuan Ziyuan said, "At least it's a charm."

Tang Zhuo was already in hand to ward off evil spirits, and he was about to fly out with a single step. Who knows, the boatman suddenly dropped the oars, and out of nowhere turned out two machetes, with red eyes, and slashed at Tang Zhuo!

The hard objects intersected, and with a "dang" sound, the evil spirits slashed both machetes into the water. The monkey-headed sprite suddenly slammed into the boatman's face, and the boatman was so surprised that he took a few steps backwards, and finally one fell into the water without standing still. At this time, several people came running from both sides of the boat, all of them were alive, all of them holding knives and lying in ambush here. Tang Zhuo smiled and said, "Okay, it really was murder for money!"

Yin Luan swept around with just the right strength, sweeping those people to the side of the boat. These people are ordinary people, and they must have been doing this harmful business with the boat family for a long time, but ordinary people can't match the people of Xuanmen. The two fight together, like an egg hitting a stone, only one-sided crushing.

At this moment, water splashed all over the side of the boat, and the faces of those who were knocked down were pale, and they desperately crawled into the boat. He dragged down the water, and red blood rushed up from the water. Tang Zhuo jumped into the water.

But as soon as he entered the water, the surroundings were silent, and no shadow was seen.

The monkey-headed sprite did not dare to enter the water, but jumped up and down beside the boat, barking loudly. The gems on the scabbard shone in bursts of light in the water. Tang Zhuo looked around, and there was only a cloud of turbidity in his field of vision. He was about to surface first, but when he raised his face, he was bumping into a lifeless face that was magnified several times!

The evil spirits stabbed out violently, passing across the dead man's head, causing a burst of spray. Tang Zhuo came out and saw that the monster had no shadow at all. What shocked him even more was that at this time, the water surface was already full of corpses. Tang Zhuo looked inside the boat and called, "Hyun—"

Before he finished speaking, a sharp pain hit his shoulder.

Then he was dragged into the water by an unprecedented force.

Tang Zhuo didn't come back to his senses at all, and was just pulled violently, his teeth biting his lips out of blood. The river water poured in, and Tang Zhuo's consciousness was chaotic. Only then did he realize that although his water ability was good, he was nothing compared to the monsters who specifically ambush and kill in the water!

The backhand stabbed, but who knows, this thorn actually stabbed in the air. Tang Zhuo was about to adjust his posture and strike again, but the monster suddenly bit Tang Zhuo's arm and dragged it into the deep water! And the evil spirits also let go in an instant.

Tang Zhuo had never had the experience of dealing with monsters underwater, and he was suddenly given the upper hand by this monster. Large areas in the lungs choked into the water, and the oxygen was insufficient, and the brain began to hum, and the evil spirits emitted a silver light, floating in the water without a place.

Just then, a blue shadow spread out in the water.

Tang Zhuo opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound. Immediately, he felt that the force exerted on his arm disappeared in an instant, replaced by a pair of white and firm hands that pulled Tang Zhuo and swam towards the water.

Just as it was about to reach the surface, a mass of black water came into view,

And that wasn't actually black water, but a clump of hair.

The hair was black and long, occupying Tang Zhuo's entire field of vision like a sea snake. Under the thick long hair, there is a blue face, a pair of black eyes with no whites, staring at him with no emotion, but the next moment, on that blue face, there is a smile A weird smile on the corners of his mouth.

To ward off evil spirits into the sheath. Resurfaced, Tang Zhuo took a few breaths. Xuan Ziyuan pulled him onto the boat, and the two of them were dripping wet with water. Tang Zhuo still held his hand and said blankly, "That's..."

Xuan Ziyuan pressed his shoulder and whispered, "Wait a minute."

Yinluan squared out of its sheath, and a shadow flew out. It was actually a monkey-headed beetle. I saw it shouting loudly all the way, stepping on the corpses floating on the water and jumping towards the monster.

But at the moment when the monkey-headed monster jumped up again, the monster suddenly emerged from under it.

In the next instant, the silver luan swept out and burst into waves on the water.

The monster screamed in a hoarse voice, like an old woman in her old age. It swims very fast, avoiding Yinluan time and time again, setting off a burst of water, and swimming all the way north.

Xuan Ziyuan wanted to chase, but Tang Zhuo stopped him and said, "Ziyuan!"

Tang Zhuo wanted to stand up, but there was a sharp pain on his body, and when he lowered his head, he realized that the place where he was bitten and dragged by this monster had already been bleeding.

The boat was still adrift on the water, but there was no one on the boat except for the two of them.

Tang Zhuo said: "It seems that the boatman used the monster to make money and kill him. He must have accidentally discovered the monster in the water, and then pushed the passengers into the water and let the monster bite to death, which is really cruel. But now they also fall into that The mouth of the monster is considered a reincarnation of heaven."

Tang Zhuo said this, but found that Xuan Ziyuan didn't seem to listen to him at all, just staring at himself, Tang Zhuo snapped his fingers at him: "Hey!"

Xuan Ziyuan came back to his senses, was silent for a moment, and said, "It's okay with you."

Tang Zhuo smiled and said: "Of course I'm fine, I can't die, what is this little injury?"

However, Xuan Ziyuan didn't want to listen to him at all, saying: "I said before, this monster is at least charming, what are you doing to make up your own mind and go into the water, do you think you can overturn the sky and be omnipotent even in the water? "

Tang Zhuo stared at him and said, "Are you looking down on me! I'm obviously also very good!"

"..." Xuan Ziyuan: "Oh."

Tang Zhuo widened his eyes and said, "What do you mean by 'oh'?? I finally understand, you really underestimate me!!"

Xuan Ziyuan stood up expressionlessly and walked into the cabin. Tang Zhuo sat, turned around with difficulty, and shouted at his back: "Ziyuan! Xuan Ziyuan!! Don't go, come back! Don't leave me alone!!"

After shouting for a long time, Tang Zhuo sighed and hugged himself aggrievedly. I thought to myself, I didn't expect that after so many years, Xuan Ziyuan would still be the same as before.

In the middle of the night, the two finally reached the shore.

Tang Zhuo deliberately did not speak, and still sat on the side of the boat. After a while, Xuan Ziyuan came out. He ignored him and went ashore by himself. Tang Zhuo quickly called him: "Pull me!"

Xuan Ziyuan: "Is your leg broken?"

"..." Tang Zhuo didn't expect him to speak so unfeeling, stretched out his hand to wait for him to pull, and said aggrievedly: "I'm hurt, so pitiful, so pitiful, you pull me."

Xuan Ziyuan finally came back and pulled him up.

Tang Zhuo seemed to have a standard wounded attitude. He couldn't walk on the road, and his body was not upright. He walked for a while and hummed for a while, just to make Xuan Ziyuan back, but Xuan Ziyuan had more perseverance than him, so he just ignored him. The pace did not slow down at all. Tang Zhuo sighed and said, "Alas, Xuan Ziyuan, I understand, we haven't seen each other for too long, so you should be gentle and kind to me, not only don't kill me, but praise me, but now you're annoying again. I am, you will kill me, ignore me, and don't even wait for me to walk..."

Xuan Ziyuan still ignored him.

The two walked like this for a while, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps coming from the corner. Several people in blue clothes and black cloaks came here. The first one who was walking in front of him saw Xuan Ziyuan, he waved his hand, and said, "Ziyuan! I didn't expect you to be here too—" The next glance saw Tang Zhuo, who was following behind him, with a smile on his face. , and suddenly saw the ring between Tang Zhuo's fingers, the whole person seemed to be about to shatter, and the eyeballs were about to pop out.

Tang Zhuo shrank back awkwardly.

Xuan Zikang said with a bad expression: "Ziyuan, everyone has something to look for you, and we have been waiting for you for a long time."

I saw that in the alley where the few people came, the lights of a small shop were still on, and the curtains hanging at the door were opened from time to time. It seemed that the Xuan family had also arrived in Jiangdong and had not yet gone to bed.

Everyone went to the small shop. Tang Zhuo took a few steps back knowingly, saying that he would just stay outside the door. Xuan Ziyuan glanced at him and said nothing, he lifted the curtain and stepped inside.

Along the way, Tang Zhuo was always with Xuan Ziyuan, and it was inevitable that he would subconsciously want to cover up and act out when speaking and doing things. At this moment, he was finally able to be alone, and thousands of thoughts flooded into his heart, which made him anxious, so he simply squatted outside the door hugging his knees. Although the people in the room thought of keeping their voices low, it seemed that their emotions could not be suppressed, and the voices faintly came out through a thin layer of curtains.

Obviously it was Xuan Ziyuan's voice: "What are you looking for?"

There was a long silence, only to hear someone sigh. A young man's voice sounded: "Ziyuan... It really doesn't matter if you are with that Tang family son? After all, he is... "

Xuan Ziyuan said, "I have my senses, I know it well, don't worry about me."

Another moment of silence.

Tang Zhuo listened quietly, the arms around his knees tightened tighter, and he felt very remorseful and worried. I went home to learn from my elders. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel even more self-loathing, and even thought to himself, or else, while he can't see himself now, he can quickly slip away by himself.

While thinking about it, another person suddenly couldn't help breaking the silence and said loudly: "Ziyuan, what's the matter with you?! It was clearly fine a few days ago, why did he ignore anything when he heard the news of that person? Are you gone?? Do you know that our original plan will be completely messed up as soon as you leave, and we have to find someone to take it on!"

These words contained both concern and anger, as if they had spoken out the thoughts of all the members of the Hyun family present, all of them nodded frantically in their hearts. After a few words, they all rushed to tell how vicious Tang Zhuo was, how deep the government was, how much the Tang family covered up the misfortune, and had evil intentions, all of them were impassioned. But Tang Zhuo's attention flew away early, his hands covered his face in disbelief, his cheeks were flushed, his heart was ecstatic, and the corners of his mouth rose wildly.

He thought to himself: As soon as he heard the news from me, he just left without paying attention? ?

Tang Zhuo's original messy thoughts disappeared, and he was so excited that he could not wait to dance. At this time, the sound of the discussion gradually stopped, and the sound of footsteps came from the house.

Tang Zhuo immediately adjusted his expression, put on a sad and tangled face, and squatted on the ground. It was after the discussion that everyone was still enthusiastic and kept muttering in private. At this time, the curtain was opened, and they were shocked to see a person squatting outside the door.

"..." Tang Zhuoyuan wanted to say something, but when he looked up and saw the expressions of those people, his heart really sank and he remained silent.

Tang Zhuo stood up hesitantly. The people around him had kept a distance from him before, but suddenly a big circle was vacated.

Tang Zhuo didn't know what to say or do, so he subconsciously wanted to lower his hat, but when he touched it, he remembered that he had already taken off his cloak, coughed awkwardly, and said, "Hahaha, hello everyone..."

Xuan Ziyuan naturally stood beside him for a long time, stood in front of him slightly, and gave a salute to the Xuan family members who were surrounded by a circle, saying: "Since I have finished speaking, then I don't need to stay anymore. Goodbye." I'm going to take Tang Zhuo with me. Tang Zhuo also immediately gave a salute and said, "Hahaha, then I'll go first, hahaha..."

Just as he took a step, he heard someone shout, "... Ziyuan!"

Tang Zhuo's heart skipped a beat. Xuan Ziyuan turned around and said: "Tell me about the elders in the clan, thank you for your concern. But I am an adult, I have my own thoughts, I know what I am saying and doing, and I don't need other people to interfere. If you are not used to it, then feel free to watch I'm not used to it, and I'm not afraid of 'letting down' anyone." After speaking, as if he didn't want to stay any longer, he just walked away.

Tang Zhuo felt like a sinner who was sowing discord at the moment. He followed behind Xuan Ziyuan with a deep guilty conscience. He secretly looked back at the stunned Xuan family, sighed, and said, "I feel like a sinner..."

Xuan Ziyuan said: "Since you feel like a sinner, then follow me closely and pay for your sins."

Soon, the two found the inn and went to sleep separately.

Tang Zhuo tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

I don't know how long it took before sleepiness gradually climbed up. Tang Zhuo seemed to have had some kind of dream. In the dream, he was only twelve or thirteen years old. It happened ten years ago at a hundred family banquet held in Lingxi, Lin Jiahuan...

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The next three chapters are memories again. After the memories are over, there is a chapter of vice cp, present tense.