Record of ups and downs in troubled times

It was raining and the dirt road was muddy.

Three beggars walked along a dirt road, all in rags, barefoot and on crutches.Only a tall and strong man followed at the end, who didn't even have a broken bowl in his hand. Among all the crooked beggars, he could be called the "most" downcast.

A group of people walked backwards and ran towards the broken Taoist temple with three rooms and two rooms not far away.The four skinny legs in front splashed out mud spots like waves, and most of them landed on the person at the back.When the three of them rushed into the Taoist temple, the man hurriedly tore off the rags covered in mud and threw them aside.

Regardless of the pig manure and chicken excrement in the mud, the stinky feet of those two stinky beggars really made him feel sick: such a down-and-out and so particular, it seems that he is not a real beggar.

He took off his clothes and exposed his hairy chest. He felt extremely comfortable in an instant, and he sighed in satisfaction, sat down leaning against the doorpost, and stretched his legs.At this time, he had no time to think about those two noisy "companions", and he couldn't help but look in the middle of the Taoist temple in surprise, only to see two beggars standing around the three-person-tall clay fairy, looking at a what.

Food is the paramount necessity of the people.Didn't these two hungry skinny ghosts pick up the food left by others?

Thinking of this, the tall and strong man hastily turned over and moved over.

Since his bag was stolen, he has been starving for many days, thanks to the help of these two beggars, he was able to come here with some breath.If there is something to eat, he will get some points.

At the foot of the clay sculptured old fairy, leaning timidly against a fair-faced girl.She was holding half a white bun in her hand, and she was protecting a big bulging package in her arms.Judging from the description, it probably contains food for the road?

The tall man walked with the two poor beggars all the way, knowing that they never shy away from robbing.The hesitation at this time was not due to conscience, but because he was afraid that the girl might have some companions nearby.The two of them were still watching and listening to all directions, and suddenly felt that there was someone behind them. Out of their usual small-minded nature, they were afraid of being preempted by others, so they rushed towards the girl.

There was a resounding "Ah!", and the two skinny beggars grabbed the things they had snatched together and turned around and ran, accidentally bumping into the tall man who was watching behind him, knocking him staggering !

He took a few steps back, but before he could stand still, another person rushed up.After such a collision, his feet were no longer stable, he reluctantly retreated a few steps, and sat down on the ground.He was tall, and when he fell backwards, he smashed the old beggar who had just run a few steps and fell to the ground with his face facing the loess.

Before he could stand up, a woman's showy foot stepped on his face and pushed him back to the ground.

I don't know what valuables are in the package, but the white-faced girl stepped over him and rolled with the dirty beggar.

The tall man got up from the ground, and saw that only the old beggar was left fighting with the woman, and the other one had already run away without looking back.He scratched his head for a while, seized the opportunity, grabbed the package from the hands of the two struggling, lifted it up, threw it into the woman's arms, and pushed the old beggar who was persistently rushing forward, Throw it in the rain.

"Forget Eight Eagles! I will provide you with food and drink, but you fucking eat it?!" Seeing that he was on the order, the old beggar probably couldn't get any bargain, so he simply spread his legs and started cursing in the street.

Pei Ying.That was the name of the tall man.

He doesn't feel how domineering and awe-inspiring the name is now, but when he is named "Kuo Mu Ye" by a fool many years later, he will know how to miss the present.

The old beggar was cursing and cursing on the ground, until the white-faced girl couldn't take it anymore and pulled another bun out of the package, then stopped his stinking mouth.At this moment, Pei Ying saw clearly what was in her package.

Exactly, that's nothing.

It was an unusually white doll.

Pei Ying understood that this girl was on the road alone with a doll.

At that time, he hadn't lived in the country for many days, and he didn't know that there were other ethnic groups in the country besides Han people, so he only regarded this woman as a Han girl who was fairer than ordinary people.Later, when he got acquainted with her, he realized that this woman was originally from the Mu clan of Yundian County.

The Mu family's ancestral home is in the Beifan area, because of their Yin-loving habits, and they are especially good at using Gu, they are quite at odds with the Beifan people who advocate heroism.The two parties fought many times in private, and the Mu family always suffered the disadvantage, and the Mu family was not stupid, so they simply left the Fan clan and moved to Yundian County.It was rumored that the Mu clan's blood was rare and their whereabouts were secretive. This time, Pei Ying actually met a real girl from the Mu clan.

This little girl named Mu Lian dared to carry a child on the road, so naturally she had some skills: she was going to the capital city, and she encountered a lot of troubles like Pei Ying along the way.At this time, seeing such a strong man with a good conscience who is willing to stand up for a stranger he met by chance, he couldn't help but move his mind to go with him.As for how to guard against the safety of her and the child, there is also a way that looks like Mu's style: she planted a Gu worm on Pei Ying's body.

Later, the reason why Pei Ying went to Yundian County was because of this Gu worm.The reason why Kuomu now prays to the wolf head god to see the mother and son again is also because of this Gu worm.

This Gu worm, according to Mu Lian, that is, the woman from the Mu family, is a heart worm, one of which was planted on the baby in her arms, and the other was planted on Pei Ying's body.There is something weird about this worm, one worm has two hearts, like two grasshoppers hanging on the same rope, they live and die together, they are closely related.

In other words, if Pei Ying dared to touch the child, Pei Ying would surely die.

In fact, this trick is superfluous, with the conscience of heaven and earth, Pei Ying is not a vicious person, let alone have the idea of ​​touching a baby who is not yet born.He has been puzzled, could it be that he looks too vicious?Impossible, if I really described it as fierce, then Liu Zheng, a fool, wouldn't get close to him like that at a glance!

Kuomu also glanced at Liu Zheng, who was sleeping peacefully in his arms, patted his forehead, and thought of the Yundian woman who bewitched him again.

Mu Lian is not a villain, he knows this very well.He himself has a mother and no father, and he understands that his mother is willing to pour out her whole heart for the child, and Mulian takes the child to the capital to find a husband alone, so it is right to be on guard.What's more, after he cast Gu, he also made an agreement with Pei Ying that he would help him take out the Gu worms.

It's just that Pei Ying waited until the sun went down in front of the Qiansuo Broken Bridge outside the city gate as agreed, but he couldn't see her either.

Is it because I saw my husband?Did he stay in the capital, or did he return to Yundian County?Could it be that he was unable to come as promised because he encountered some dangerous situation?Pei Ying didn't know.All he knew was one thing: the baby who was planted with the same heart-linking gu as him must still be alive.

Thinking of the baby in Mu Lian's arms, even though it has been many years since the last time, Kuomu Ye still had tiny bumps all over his body.

This child, perhaps a dead one?Kuomu also hesitated to confirm.The baby looked fine from a distance, blinking and reaching out like ordinary young children, but he can use the head on his neck as a guarantee, he can be sure that this child has no breath.

It's just that there is no breath, so let it go.Perhaps the Mu family has a unique turtle's breathing magical skill that he has practiced since he was a baby, or it may be a gu worm. Anyway, from Pei Ying to Kuomu Ye, he has opened a lot of horizons, and he has practiced mental methods to achieve silence. There are still facts to test.But isn't it terrible that people live without a heart sound?How can it be justified?

Suspicion arose, and they colluded little by little with details that they hadn't paid attention to before: when the old beggar snatched the package, the package fell on the ground several times, and the baby inside didn't even cry; even when Mu Lian was holding the baby, Sometimes it is so tightly wrapped that even the head is not exposed, as if the child does not need to exhale or inhale.

This kid is dead.Otherwise, could it be a humanoid Gu worm?Kuomu also thought of this, and couldn't help panicking.

He knows that Gu worms are not only bad, for example, the one in his body saved his life: when he went to Yundian County to find the descendants of the Mu family, he fell between two rocks in a canyon, I got stuck in it and couldn't extricate myself for three full years.If it weren't for this Gu worm's human nature, which would flap its wings and make noises to attract birds to throw themselves into the net, he would have been a starving ghost long ago.

But even if he had the grace of saving his life, Kuomu couldn't bear the possibility that he might have hugged a humanoid Gu worm.

He had to figure it out.Besides, he and Mulian were called siblings back then, and he promised to help her protect the baby. If the little guy didn't die, he had to keep his promise and find the big one and the little one first.

Kuomu also went through his own affairs in his mind, he was determined to shake his mind from time to time, and then thought of the matter that the old patriarch entrusted him to find Ling Qing'er in Chaodu.

Of course, he didn't even see Ling Qing'er.

It wasn't that Ling Qing'er didn't give him face, but that Ling Qing'er had a good relationship with her luthier and left Beijing ten days before he appeared in the imperial capital.Some people said that they went back to Beifan, some said that they went far away, and some said that they went to search for immortals and ask for medicine, and they went to be a couple of gods and immortals.

In all these possibilities, Kuomu only hoped that they would not go back to Beifan Moon Mountain.If they went back to Moon Mountain, they would definitely be implicated in the war, so the two could fly side by side and be a loving pair of skeletons in the tomb.

What's so good about it?Kuomu also often wants to comfort himself in this way, even though he has already tacitly accepted the worst situation in his heart.What's so good about going back to Moon Mountain?The old patriarch has a big temper. He fights every day, and people often die. He also has to watch the Han people ruin the treasure land left by their ancestors...

What's so good about Moon Mountain?It's just that the girls are more beautiful, and the wine is more energetic than other places...

Moon Mountain is so beautiful.No matter what time of the day, no matter what season of the year, Moon Mountain is just like the bright moon in the sky. What a coincidence.

Kuomu also felt that something heavy in his eyes was about to fall, so he quickly raised his head to make it flow back.When I looked up, I happened to see the bright moon hanging high in the sky from the open round window.

Moonlight as water.

The moonlight in his eyes couldn't be held back anymore, it slid down his rough cheeks, passed through his thick beard and hair, and dripped onto the cheeks of Liu Zheng who was sleeping in his arms.