[Sword Three] Begonia is still

On the second day, Haitang was dragged by Hu Ruozi to the side of the canal.

The colorful buildings along the canal have begun to disappear, and the workers are dragging away the dismantled pieces of wood and bamboo poles, some of which are directly sent to Zailai Town to be used as firewood by the people, and some are dragged to Yangzhou City for their own use. .Hu Ruozi pulled her to the side of the irrigation river that connects Zailai Town, "Haitang, I heard that there are turtle eggs here, lucky to be able to touch a little turtle!"

"...Senior sister, when did you become so interested in pets?"

Hu Ruozi rolled up his sleeves, with an angry expression on his face, "Brother Lan touched a little turtle in Luodao. It was so precious that he refused to show it to me. But I didn't touch it for a long time, and he laughed at me. I heard that there are also ones in Yangzhou, so I want to touch them too, if I touch one that is rarer than his turtle, and touch more than him, I will piss him off!"

Haitang laughed loudly, "Senior sister, you must be too unlucky!"

"Ye, Hai, Tang!" Hu Ruozi was angry, she had never fought over such a trivial matter, but the other party was Lan Zhiyuan, and her tone and attitude were so annoying, she felt that she couldn't get angry.Haitang understands this feeling, she also thought the same way when she was ridiculed by Zhang Yue before, but fortunately Zhang Yue couldn't beat her, so she was often ridiculed by her afterwards.

"Senior sister, let's say yes first, I touched a turtle for fifty copper coins."

"You might as well grab it."

"Hey, do you want me to help?"

"want."

The two buried their heads in frantically touching, but what they saw along the way were pebbles, not turtle eggs, which made them somewhat discouraged.Haitang looked at the shore with some despair, and suddenly saw another "turtle egg", she intuitively felt that there must be a little turtle hiding there.Hurry up and reach out your hand, what you encounter is not a turtle egg, but a human hand.

She followed her hand and looked, "Ah!"

It was yesterday's child.

"You are the drowning boy yesterday." Haitang withdrew her hand and greeted him with a smile: "I remember your name is... Liang?"

The boy stood up and cupped his hands, "Dongfang Liang, thank you for saving my life yesterday."

Haitang squatted and cupped her fists in salute, "My name is Haitang, you can just call me Sister Haitang."

This kid is so mature.

Dongfang Liang squatted down and touched the tortoise egg that Haitang gave him, as if he really touched something, with a happy face.Haitang moved her head closer, "Did you touch it?"

In the palm of Dongfang Liang lay a tortoise shell safely, the tail has not been fully retracted, it looks very cute.

"Great." He breathed a sigh of relief, "Great."

"Is it important?" Children's thoughts are always unpredictable.

"Well, she likes little turtles very much." Dongfang Liang stood up, holding the turtle in both hands, unable to salute, so he bowed, "Xie Haitang lady for letting this thing shine."

After saying that, he jumped and left. Haitang got up and looked at his back disappearing on the bank of the canal, always feeling uncomfortable.He seems to be older than her—maybe older than Ye Ying, but he is obviously a child, so why does he have such a mature atmosphere?

"Have you found Haitang?"

"I found it."

"Really!" Hu Ruozi rushed over, Haitang pointed at the direction where Dongfang Liang disappeared, "It was taken away by a little old man."

"...What little old man, are you stunned?" Hu Ruozi thought she was joking, but she shook her head to indicate no.Talking to Hu Ruozi about the child's characteristics, Hu Ruozi pondered for a while, and said: "You won't meet an 'old boy'?"

"Huh?" Why does this sound so pervasive?

Hu Ruozi looked serious, "When I went to Luodao, I heard people say that the canal in Yangzhou is connected to the sea, and there is an island on the other side of the sea, called Children Island. There are many children living on this island, but they They are not ordinary children, but 'old children' who have lived since the time of Qin Shihuang. It is said that in order to maintain their children's bodies, old children will transform into the land in the middle of the night to steal human spirits. Many people live well during the day They died suddenly overnight, because they ate the spirit, and people died."

Hearing this story, Haitang was a little apprehensive, "Senior Sister, don't scare me."

Hu Ruozi teased: "Why, Haitang, who is not afraid of anything, is also afraid of this?"

How can that be the same?Ordinary ghost stories Haitang knows that this is scary, there are no ghosts in the world, but this child was rescued by Ye Ying, and she has also touched it firmly, it is a real person!And he gave the impression that he was really not an ordinary child, of course she was afraid.

The tortoise was not found in the end, and after hearing Haitang say this, Lan Zhiyuan became interested: "There is no 'Children's Island' around here. But there is an island, and the people around here call it 'Kou Island'. There is Not interested in going to see it? I know a few local Datang people, and I can guarantee your safety."

"Okay, okay!" The voice belonged to Hu Ruozi.

"Farewell?" The voice belonged to Haitang.

In the end, Haitang still couldn't stand Hu Ruozi's nonsense, and agreed to go to Kou Island.

The weather was fine on the day of the trip, and there was no storm on the sea.It is said that the distance between Kou Island and Yangzhou City took a year to travel, but now the sea has become much narrower, and it only takes a few days to reach it.The three boarded the boat with dry food and clothes. The boatman was an old man. There were only a few men rowing the boat but they were not talkative.

When the three of them landed on the shore, the speed at which the boatman tied the boat to the shore and then disappeared, really made Haitang's heart shudder.Are they unwilling to stay here?This place is indeed a strange island!

"Oh my, I haven't been back for a while."

"Yes."

"Oh, there are newcomers here on this island?"

"where?"

"Over there."

The three heard the voices of two children talking, but the content of the chat was like two old men.

"Oh, there are people there. Would you like to have some fun?"

"Okay, you go."

"Why do I go! I won't go alone!"

The voice became smaller and smaller, as if they were walking away, but Haitang suddenly reacted, tugging at the sleeves of Lan Zhiyuan and Hu Ruozi and whispering: "The boy I saw that day also spoke in the same tone!"

Hu Ruozi's hairs stood on end, thinking that Kou Island is the Island of Children, right?

The three waited for a while, and someone came from a distance and waved to the three.Lan Zhiyuan seemed to see an acquaintance, he also waved back, and then stepped forward.Haitang and Hu Ruozi didn't dare to walk slowly, so they hurried to follow.It turned out that the person who came was indeed an acquaintance of Lan Zhiyuan, named Bian Xiong, who was doing some small business on Kou Island—mainly the business of the locals. Quite respected.

Hearing that he was a doctor who sold medicine, Haitang's eyes brightened immediately, and she boldly asked, "Doctor Bian, do you know that there is a legend called 'Children Island'?"

Bian Xiong led the way and took them to his home—the clinic is closed today because a friend is coming.He greeted the three of them to the table. The tea leaves were not boiled, but boiled in hot water. While greeting Haitang, he said, "Ah, I've heard of it. It's here."

Haitang was stuck in her chest and couldn't go down.

Bian Xiong laughed loudly, "Don't think too much, they are not malicious, they are just ordinary people."

Can people who survived the era of Qin Shihuang still be called ordinary people?

"The island I'm on is separated from the big island that I just landed on. Normally, there is no communication between the two islands, so only a few people from Tang Dynasty nearby know about them." He simply said Scoop out the tea leaves and pour the boiled tea into a bowl, "This place is no match for Tang Dynasty, and the tea can't be made into tea cakes properly, so just drink some water."

Just as Bian Xiong wanted to continue talking, the door was knocked desperately, and the voice Haitang had heard—it was from Dongfang Liang.She suddenly became nervous, she would not be afraid if she was an ordinary person, how can this old demon who has lived for a thousand years compare with ordinary people!

"Here we come." Bian Xiong opened the door, and there was a boy in simple clothes, holding a pottery bowl in his hand: "Doctor Bian, please help me take a look, it is about to die..."

Bian Xiong looked puzzled: "Well, I don't know how to treat animals... Mr. Dongfang, you are embarrassing me."

The boy left with a disappointed face, Bian Xiong closed the door, and Haitang hurriedly asked, "Is this the boy?"

"That's right." He sighed, "I've been here for less than five years, and I've known him for five years. I've never seen him so nervous about certain things. In fact, for them, it doesn't matter whether they don't keep animals, they will eventually Die before them, and they will live on forever, don't know when it will be the end."

"How can you be sure that they must have lived for a thousand years?" Hu Ruozi really couldn't understand, Bian Xiong shook his head, "I didn't believe it at first, but they knew too many details about that era, and from Qin They are very clear about what has happened so far..."

"It's also possible that after reading a lot of history books, you can naturally say something." Hu Ruozi still didn't believe it, and Bian Xiong spread his hands, "I can't explain it either. Anyway, believe it or not, just treat them as ordinary people. Otherwise it would be too heartbreaking, wouldn't it?"

"Maybe it's not necessarily fake." Haitang was dazed, got up, and opened the door. The boy didn't go far away, but sat on the rock, his lonely back was in no match for his small figure.Haitang didn't notice the three people behind her poking their heads to watch, and walked slowly to Dongfang Liang's side, and then sat down.

"Master Dongfang, why do you care so much about this little turtle?"

She used honorifics.

Dongfang Liang's surprised eyes fell into Haitang's line of sight, but his eyes were only intertwined for a moment, and he quickly lowered his head, looked at the turtle that had turned over, and said slowly: "Why did you say such a cautious sentence to a child? .”

"Haitang thinks that Mr. Dongfang is an excellent adult, so he will definitely not call himself a child."

"You have heard."

"I heard it a little bit, I'm very sorry."

He stood up, but he was only half a head taller than the sitting Haitang.Even though he is a child but his hands are behind his back, he looks like a weather-beaten old man.His immature voice spoke vicissitudes of life: "The country I live in is Qin, not Tang. But when we noticed, the dynasties had changed for a long time. The first time I returned to my homeland, the country had changed to The Kingdom of Wei is gone. It was then that I realized that none of my companions and I could grow up anymore."

He didn't say why it became like this, he just turned around with a smile, and facing Haitang, he didn't look like a child at all, but was completely adult, "I don't know your surname?"

Haitang stood up and clasped her fists and replied, "Ye, my surname is Ye."

He smiled, "It doesn't have to be like this. Although I've grown up with you for thousands of years, I'm still a child after all. Let's relax a bit. I'm from Qin, so I call you Ye Ji. I don't know what to do?"

Haitang naturally agreed.

Dongfang Liang talked at length about the difference between the Great Qin Dynasty and the subsequent dynasties, and summed it up in one sentence: I, Great Qin Dynasty, prefer that your younger generations are scumbags.But when he talked about Datang, he paused, obviously not as critical as before, but nodded, "If I grew up in Tang, I wouldn't have suffered like this."

With a playful smile, he said, "Emperor Shi Huang wanted to live forever, so he took me and other children to refine the elixir. The father who led us there persuaded the first emperor, saying that we should go to Penglai Xiandao in exchange for the elixir. However, this We don’t know if it is Penglai Fairy Island or not. The storm on the sea is terrible, and we were so hungry after we landed by luck. At that time, maybe it was a gift from the gods, and there were big and red peaches somewhere, just for the number of people. One person ate one by one. Dad probably died in the sea. We started living on this island. I don’t know how old it was. Gradually, everyone felt that something was wrong, and no one grew up. So everyone wanted to go back to Daqin to see how many years had passed. .It’s just that we couldn’t get there after all. When people from the other side came over and asked, we found out that the dynasty had already changed and the Great Qin had died.”

Those who wanted to live forever died, and those who were forced to flee for their own lives unexpectedly became immortal.

He picked up the porcelain bowl, and the little turtle inside had already died.

"This little turtle is the favorite animal of the daughter of the owner of Hoshino Shrine on Hoshino Mountain on this island. Her name is Guidie." A smile that doesn't match the age appeared on the childish face, with surprised eyes at Haitang, and a mocking look at the corners of his mouth. And then deepened. "I think Ye Ji already understands."

"you……"

"That's right, I'm in love with Gui Die." Dongfang Liang admitted quickly, "She is thirteen years old, and I look like I'm only ten years old."

She looks ten years old on the outside, but she is already a thousand years old on the inside.

Dongfang Liang walked away slowly with the little turtle in his arms, and Haitang quickly grabbed his gun to follow.The two came to the cliff by the sea, and the waves were splashing under their feet. If one accidentally fell off, they would be crushed to pieces.Haitang thought this way, but Dongfang Liang stretched out his hand beside him, slightly let go of the palm holding the porcelain bowl, and fell to the bottom of the cliff in an instant, was swept away by the sound of the waves, and could not even hear the sound of breaking.

"Didn't you tell Miss Guidie?" Haitang felt very sad.

"I told you that she only took it as a child's joke and never took it seriously." He smiled, "When Dr. Bian went to the shrine earlier, someone came to ask about the name Najib. I didn't know that she had already promised someone. Married at fifteen."

Haitang felt that she could hardly breathe.

She knew this feeling well, she mentioned it to Ye Ying during the Dragon Boat Festival, but at that time he said some sweet words and was fooled.Haitang understood that Master Ye didn't like her background, so how could he accept her as his daughter-in-law?Although she liked Ye Ying, she never had the idea of ​​spending this life with him—not because she didn't want to, but because she didn't dare.

If you think too much, you are afraid of losing, and when you lose it, it will be very painful.Don't think about it at the beginning, just understand that if you can't get it after all, at least you can be happy every day.

There was a call from behind, a clear female voice: "Xiao Liang, is Xiao Liang there?"

The little adult next to her smiled at her, "Now that I have said these words, Liang feels much more comfortable in his heart. Please also ask Ye Ji to keep the secret and don't tell anyone, especially her."

Turning around, he patted his face, and his tone seemed to change, "Gui Die!"

"Really, if you want to call Sister Guidie, you can't call the elders by their names directly, you understand?"

"I don't want it. Did Guidie bring something delicious?"

"That's right, it's my Tang cuisine. It's the first time I cook it today. You must have never tried it!"

"Gui Die's skill can only pinch rice balls."

"You brat!"

The conversation faded away, Haitang turned around and looked at the direction where he fell the little turtle, her tears were uncontrollable.

The sea breeze blows the breath of early summer, but it makes people feel as cold as late autumn.

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