Peach wood

"Sometimes I feel that I have forgotten something, but I will feel very embarrassed when I think about it." Shuhuai said to Mo Yun lying on the bed, hugging the pillow.

The little demon king wiped the stone table, turned his head and looked at him strangely: "Is this seems to be human nature?"

Everyone has a history of embarrassment, maybe it was something they said or something they did, even Mo Yun. Now he recalls the little black dog crying with his head in the Dragon Palace. Feel extremely ashamed.

His face flushed, and he unconsciously diverted the topic away, and his movements of wiping the table became more and more urgent: "That jade plate, there has been no movement recently."

"Really? Maybe Fengyi died suddenly." Shuhuai rolled on the bed, not noticing that his left side was not the bed board, Mo Yun only heard him yell "Ouch", and then there was a loud noise from the other side of the bed. There was a loud noise, and the person who was still lying down had already fallen to the ground.The ground of Hades is uneven, there are many protruding stones, and it is cold and hard. Shuhuai rubbed his waist, and he didn't get up for a long time. He realized sadly that he had to go out for activities.

Seeing Shuhuai lying on the ground, Mo Yun didn't come over to help him in a hurry. He washed his hands slowly before dragging him up.He gloated and said, "Usually if you don't move, you will fall if you move. A three-year-old baby is more stable than you."

Shuhuai hissed, and still didn't forget to talk back to him: "Who is the three-year-old baby, is it you? You two hundred and five, you have not been weaned for a few years, and you have taught others a lesson——"

As soon as he was free, he tried every means to provoke troubles. The ghost envoy and Mingjun knew his bad habits, so they didn't bother to talk to him at all, so he could only toss about according to Mo Yun.However, the little demon king is not a vegetarian either. He is not like Shuhuai who spends all day in the underworld. Instead, he often goes for a walk in the human world, learns a few "bad words" from ordinary people in the market, and uses what he has learned from the common people. A few words popped out of the book.

"You don't like me being weaned?" Mo Yun lowered his head, sniffing at his neck, "Are you going to fight yourself and let me go back to the weaning period?"

Shuhuai really went to push his head, cursing: "Little bastard!"

I don't know what he wanders around in the human world every day. Is there any place in the human world where he can come and go at will, and he can hear others talking?Tea houses and restaurants?Schools and colleges?Pharmacy and medical center?It can't be just watching six roads and listening to all directions on the street...

"Where do you go every day?" Shu Huai decided to ask this matter clearly, so that he could catch this little wolf cub later.

Unexpectedly, no matter how much he asked, the little demon king would not answer any more, but instead rambled and diverted the topic to other aspects, Shu became even more skeptical, and he couldn't help but get angry when he heard his three sentences about the broken jade plate in the heaven: "So concerned about that broken plate, why don't you go to Tiangong to find that bastard Fengyi to discuss it?"

This matter has nothing to do with Fengyi, Shuhuai just said it casually, but Mo Yun nodded after thinking about it for a while, and said quite approvingly: "You are really smart, I will go to Tiangong to talk to him Talk face to face."

Shuhuai: "..."

He thought Mo Yun was trying to anger him on purpose, but the latter turned around and left, leaving him alone.Through the window, Mo Yun could be seen running eastward, as if he really wanted to climb the ladder.

It was quiet and silent outside, Shuhuai jumped off the bed and ran to the door barefoot, but only saw big and small ghosts coming and going, and there was no sign of Mo Yun.He didn't think that the little wolf cub would be so stupid that he would throw himself into a trap, and if he really went to Tiangong to chat with Fengyi, he just thought that the other party might be angry.

Whoever is suffering can't suffer the child, whoever is angry can't be angry with Mo Yun, the little wolf cub can't say it, as soon as he mentions him, he starts to lose his temper gently.Shuhuai put on his shoes, flung the soft pillow that he was reluctant to let go of on the bed, and ran eastward following his memory.

The conscientious Wen Yanzhi was standing beside the Styx River, directing a group of little ghosts to repair the Naihe Bridge.Shuhuai glanced at him, and said to himself that the broken bridge has not been repaired for 800 years.

"Don't walk on the bridge!" The ghost messenger suddenly changed his color when he saw Shuhuai stepping on the Naihe Bridge, and suddenly raised his voice to call him back. Shuhuai waved his hand nonchalantly. It's okay to step on the bridge, and you won't be sent to any mother's belly.But the moment he walked to the middle of the bridge, he knew that Wen Yan's conscience was still alive, and it was for his own good not to let him cross the bridge.

A head suddenly hangs down from mid-air, impartial, just hanging in front of the book pocket.Shuhuai let out a cry, almost frightened out of his wits, at this moment, a familiar laughter came from above his head, Shuhuai finally saw who was pretending to be a ghost, he grabbed Mo Yun by the back of his neck, and pulled the little bastard dragged down.

The ghost's voice floated faintly from a distance: "I told you not to go on the bridge, but you just didn't listen..."

In fact, Mo Yun didn't want to run to the east at first, he was not even interested in the Tiangong, and the ladder was not interesting in his eyes, and since the dragon girl told him that there was a high platform at the westernmost junction of the three realms, he thought about it day by day. Thinking at night, always thinking about going to the west to have a look.

Silent things can sometimes arouse people's interest. When he was in the human world, Mo Yun often heard those mortals say that he wanted to go to the ends of the earth. high tower.But he thought about Shu Huai, but he gave up the idea of ​​risking himself. He didn't want to lose his life on a whim. It's better not to go to dangerous places.

What he is most concerned about now is the jade plate. They have been staying in the Hades for a long time. Half of the autumn in the world is over. Put on winter clothes early to resist the severe cold and harsh weather.

Shuhuai seldom returns to the human world. Although he still likes ordinary people, the accidental death of Xueyi is always a hurdle in his heart. Later, the incident of Meng Li and Qingguang also made him doubt human nature. He looked at the peaceful world. , decided to wait and see what happened, and not to meddle in other people's business.In fact, he is not lazy, but the calm accumulated over 800 years.However, Mo Yun's experience is not as complicated as Shuhuai's, and he doesn't have any special feelings for the human world, and he is impatient, so during this period of time he always runs to the human world.Shuhuai was not happy to let him go out by himself, but he couldn't speak directly, so he could only turn a blind eye and let him behave.

The little demon king wandering around the world is not all for fun, nor for learning those sweet words to tease Shuhuai, he knows what he should do, every time he goes out he carries a jade plate, just waiting for the ruby ​​on it to light up .

But it remained silent, and even the other gemstones were consistent with it, keeping silent at the same time, as if their functions were also damaged as the formations on the jade plate were peeled off. Mo Yun brought the jade plate in the I wandered around the world a few times, but found nothing.

That ruby ​​probably didn't refer to Xue Yi, and it didn't respond when it was by Xue Yi's side, Mo Yun almost thought that his own judgment had gone wrong.

This day, Mo Yun was going to take a walk in the human world again, but was suddenly stopped by Shu Huai, who straightened his clothes and said that he wanted to go with him.He glanced at Shuhuai, and pushed the man into the house. Shuhuai still thought that he was unwilling to go with him, and his heart suddenly felt a little sour. Unexpectedly, the little demon king took out a thick suit of clothes from the big box in the corner, and told him to put the clothes on his body. Replace the thin one.

"The child has grown up." While changing clothes, Shuhuai hummed and moved himself, "I know my father."

"Yeah." Mo Yun held his face and pecked lightly on his cheek, "Kiss you."

What he said clearly didn't mean that, Shuhuai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he pretended to reprimand him sternly, but Mo Yun was perfunctory, and after a while he gnawed on his face again, completely ignoring him.

Mo Yun seems to know more about the furnishings in this room than Shu Huai. This person doesn't tidy up the room very often. He calls it chaos and order, but it's actually like a big pig's nest. The little wolf cub tidies up for him without complaint. The house, so you know the situation in the house like the back of your hand.Shuhuai watched Mo Yun pull out the cloak from another box, stopped him quickly, and reminded him that it wasn't that cold outside, and he wasn't that weak either.But the little demon king ignored him, and wrapped him into a rice dumpling with a firm attitude, completely ignoring his protest.

"It's inconvenient to draw a sword like this." Shuhuai murmured for a reason, wanting to take off the layers of "Zongye" on his body, he felt a thin layer of sweat on his palms before he reached the gate of Hades.

Mo Yun let out an "oh" and clasped his wrist: "You don't need to use your sword."

"Walking is also tiring!" Shu Huai argued.

"Okay." Mo Yun smiled, "Do you want me to hug or carry it?"

Shu Huai didn't speak anymore, anyway, he couldn't say that he couldn't beat this kid, so he might as well save some energy and go on his way. Moreover, if the weather in the human world is really not cold enough to wear such thick clothes, he will throw these warm clothes to Mo Yun, The other party will never have any objections.

He was thinking like this, but he heard the little demon king laughing again, the gate of Hades slowly opened, and the biting cold wind rushed in.Shu Huai cursed, trembling and wrapped the cloak tighter, he stomped his feet, quickly hid behind Mo Yun, and said angrily, "What the hell is this place? It's so cold in autumn?"

Facts have proved that when Mo Yun proposes to go out, it is best not to question any of his arrangements. In some respects, he is more cautious than Shu Huai.Under the invasion of the cold snap, Shuhuai was a little unbearable, and even wanted to go back and add some more clothes. He wanted to slap his old self twice and tell him not to talk nonsense when he was fine.

It's not easy to draw a sword if you're wearing thick clothes, but in this damn weather, you can still draw a fucking sword!Shuhuai shivered, and decided to push Mo Yun out if something happened, and asked the angry young man to do it for him.

"Is it cold?" Mo Yun grabbed his wrist and could clearly feel him shivering from the cold.

Shuhuai sneezed, but still insisted: "It's okay."

One is okay, Mo Yun held back his laughter until his stomach ached, he took off a piece of jade pendant from his body, and stuffed it into the hand of the book pocket, the latter felt warm in his palm, as if he had grasped a small stove.

The person who was about to be frozen suddenly bumped into such a treasure, Shuhuai was reluctant to let go, but he glanced at Mo Yun, then pushed the jade pendant back: "You keep it, don't freeze yourself."

"Seeing that you are almost freezing to death, why do you still care about others?" The little demon king stretched out his hand to touch Shuhuai's face, only to feel that the place was as cold as ice, and Shuhuai's face was completely white by the cold wind. He replied tremblingly: "Even if you give it to me, I may not warm it up. You might as well bring it yourself. One warmer is better than two cold ones."

The little demon king frowned, trying to pick out the loopholes in the other party's words, but found that the unreasonable words were impeccable, but in the end he hung the jade pendant on the book pocket, complaining in his mouth: "Then You really know how to settle accounts, why don't you see me as an accountant?"

Shuhuai didn't dare to speak again, the cold wind that would fill his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth was too uncomfortable.He pursed his lips tightly, followed Mo Yun across the river step by step, slippery, halfway, but he couldn't help it anymore, he wanted to open his mouth to find something: "Why is there no bridge on this river?"

"Poor, can't afford repairs." It seemed that Mo Yun had already inquired about the surrounding situation clearly, and answered without hesitation.

Looking at the thick layer of ice under his feet, Shuhuai suddenly remembered the fake dragon that Cunxue made, perhaps because the weather was too cold, his brain was frozen into a big block of ice, and at this moment he completely forgot about himself He put the fake dragon into the sword a long time ago, and he didn't remember that Cunxue didn't have any dragon scales in his hand. He walked carefully on the ice and asked an extremely embarrassing question: "Are there any puppets in the water?"

As soon as he blurted out the words, he realized something was wrong, and quickly changed his words and asked, "I mean, are there any fish in the water here?"

The angle of this question was tricky, and Mo Yun was silent for a long time. After a long time, he took a long breath and answered very patiently: "No fish."

Across the river is a city, and a city can appear in this kind of place, but it looks dilapidated, as if it has been abandoned for many years.Why are the places in the human world more gloomy than the other, and more like the underworld than the other?Shuhuai thought of Yan Qingran's brightly lit hall, and couldn't understand it.

There are still people in the city, Shuhuai observed their clothes carefully, and found that Mo Yun was right, this place is really poor.

and so……

"Why are they so poor?" he continued.

The angles he was looking for became more and more tricky. Mo Yun has only been here two or three times. How can he know why this place is so poor?The little demon king was silent again, and after a while, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: "Because there are no fish, that's why I'm poor."

There seems to be no necessary connection between fish and poverty. Shuhuai was dumbfounded by the little demon king, and then he heard the other party explain: "This place is very cold, the soil is barren, and the grain harvest is not good. Although it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, there are no fish in the water." , and it’s been frozen all year round, making it difficult to navigate, and they can only make a living by going up the mountain to hunt—well, don’t ask me any more, that’s all I know about this city.” He hurriedly ended the topic, afraid of reading Huai asked again.

He obviously underestimated Shuhuai's ability to find problems, this person stopped asking about the surrounding environment, and began to inquire about his purpose: "Then why did you come here, is there anything special around here?"

Mo Yun: "..."

"There is nothing special about it." The Little Demon King said lazily, "It just happened to turn to this side."

Shuhuai had nothing to say, and finally calmed down, returning Mo Yun to peace.He grabbed the jade pendant around his waist, drew some heat from it, and rolled his eyes, looking at the situation around him.There are not many people in this city, most of them are in a hurry, and they look very thin. The place is indeed too cold, and the soil is too hard. I am afraid that whole grains cannot survive here. The reason why these people are yellow and emaciated is mostly Because I'm always hungry.

Sometimes it is said that my fate is up to me, but in fact it is not always the case. The children living in this city and the children living in the affluent areas of the south of the Yangtze River have completely different living conditions, and the growth environment is also very different. The knowledge and vision of children from poor families cannot be compared with those of high-ranking officials. This is the inherent gap between people.

For some reason, Shuhuai suddenly thought of Xue Yi again. Ever since their parents died in the war, the siblings had lived a life of nowhere. There may have been two young ghosts on Huangquan Road long ago, and he will no longer exist today.It is really a kind of luck that he can live for 20 years, but the misfortune before the luck was also brought to him by mortals.

Xueyi wandered with him for five years, and died prematurely. Although she is protected by the king of the underworld and her life is not in danger, she is still bound by the eternal lamp and will never be able to move freely.Wherever she goes now, she has to take that lamp with her. She has become its lamp spirit, and she has no chance to grow again.

She is naturally carefree and has an unrestrained temperament. She never feels sad, and she doesn't think that her brother owes her anything, but Shuhuai feels bad, and he wants to give her a better life.During this period of time, Xue Yi always watched Mo Yun go out, she felt itchy in her heart, and wanted to follow the little demon king outside to have a look, Shuhuai took her sister's hope into her eyes and kept it in her heart, and when it was time for Tiangong, he was going to accompany Xue If you walk around the world with more clothes, you can walk as far as you can.

Just thinking about Xue Yi in his mind, a girl with a lamp passed by in front of Shuhuai. He looked at her slightly, and found that the lamp was the same as the one where Xue Yi was boarding. He couldn't help but stop and watched the girl go away. The back is lost in thought.

"Are you eating pots and pans again?" Mo Yun frowned displeasedly, "Is she pretty?"

Just as Shuhuai wanted to say that the girl's lamp looked familiar, as if it was another one in his hand 800 years ago, he suddenly saw the expression of the little demon king change.Mo Yun took out the jade plate from his bosom, the ruby ​​on it flickered, emitting a frightening light, the red light reflected on the pure white snow, like a cloud of blood mist, made Shuhuai feel terrified.

The little demon king suddenly raised his head and looked at the girl, who happened to turn his head back and gave a strange smile to this side.