Li Yunze was woken up by the knock on the door, he frowned and barely opened his eyes, only to find that the daylight had already penetrated through the window, illuminating the room brightly white.
Last night he slept very poorly, tossing and turning all night, and only barely fell asleep when the rooster crowed.
But in the dream, he came to Lian Tizuka again, and came to the black hole where Xiaotong's brother disappeared.
It was not blocked by stones, but it was so big that it was facing itself, without concealing it at all, as if it was about to swallow itself at any moment.
Suddenly, he heard a slight movement in the cave, staggering, as if something was crawling outside against the cave wall.
He stood there quietly waiting, not knowing that he was afraid, nor did he think of escaping, as if he had been waiting for a long time, and his body and mind were numb with fear.
Suddenly, the dark shadow at the entrance of the cave moved slightly, and something swooped up, wrapping around his face and throwing him deep in the grass.
His mouth and nose were so blocked that he couldn't breathe.
His lungs shrank smaller and smaller, and his chest ached more and more, bringing pain into every part of his body.
When he was about to die, there was a whimper in his ears, as if many people were lying around him and weeping, and after a while, the cry turned into a woman's desolate laughter, like a boneless snake, slowly burrowing into his head.
If it hadn't been for the knock at the door that saved him, I'm afraid he wouldn't have known what kind of torture he would have suffered in his dreams.
"Childe, I'll send you early, can you come in?"
His consciousness was still in Hongmeng, but his ears were first awakened by Zou Xiaotong's voice, so Li Yunze quickly got up and put on his clothes, cleared his throat, and said outside, "It's okay, you can come in." ” The door opened from the outside, and Zou Xiaotong walked in, holding a bowl of porridge with a steaming oil cake on the edge of the bowl.
"Childe, you can really sleep, my father and mother are about to come back from working in the field, and you have just woken up."
He put the bowl on the table as he spoke, then walked to the side of the bed and helped Li Yunze to sit down at the table.
Li Yunze was hungry for a long time, his stomach was empty, and when he saw the burnt crispy and fragrant oil cake, he couldn't wait to grab it and stuff it into his mouth, while sucking and drinking hot porridge.
"Is it delicious?"
Zou Xiaotong lay on the table and looked at him, and swallowed his saliva involuntarily.
He is growing up now, he already eats a lot, and he eats breakfast early, so when he saw Li Yunze's greedy appearance, he was also hungry.
Li Yunze smiled and pointed his hand at the bed, "There are still a few pieces of snacks in the package, you can take it yourself." ” Zou Xiaotong couldn't ask for it, hurriedly walked to the bed, opened the package and reached in, touched a piece of dim sum and stuffed it into his mouth, and praised while eating, "It's delicious, the first time I eat such a sweet thing when I'm so big, my mother will only make some pasta, it's delicious, but if you eat too much, you will inevitably get tired" Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, his eyes fell on the stack of exquisite paper-cuts in the package, and he couldn't move away for a long time.
"Childe, did you cut these up?
Can I take a look?
” Li Yunze replied while eating, "Look, just don't break it, these paper-cuts are delicate, and they will be torn by accident." ” Zou Xiaotong wiped his hands vigorously on his clothes, and then carefully picked up the stack of paper-cuts and looked through them carefully one by one.
These paper-cut knives are fine, the colors are bright, the kinds of fish, insects, birds and beasts, flowers and trees, pavilions and bridges, and some vivid life scenes, each one is full of composition, vivid shape, simple and delicate, delicate and delicate, delicate and delicate, fresh and flexible, unique.
Zou Xiaotong picked up a piece of "Peacock Like a Flower", only to see a peacock standing on the branch, spreading its screen-like feathers, and the peach blossoms full of trees also bloomed with light petals, as if they were comparing beauty with each other.
Zou Xiaotong couldn't help but applaud, "Childe, are these really cut by you?"
This bird looks like it's coming back to life, it's so beautiful. ” Li Yunze raised his head, "Do you like it?"
If you like it, I'll give it to you. ” Hearing him say this, Zou Xiaotong jumped up happily, covered the paper-cut on his chest, but said in his mouth, "No, no, my father said, you can't just ask for other people's things." ” Li Yunze was amused by his duplicitousness, he picked up a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll tell your father." ” Hearing this, Zou Xiaotong smiled so much that he couldn't see his eyes, and hurriedly went to the house to get his wooden box full of "treasures", for fear of neglecting this precious paper-cut.
However, as soon as he opened the door, he saw a group of people hurrying past outside the courtyard, each with a wooden face, and even worse, holding a wooden stick for self-defense, looking like a great enemy.
Zou Xiaotong stood still, his face full of confusion, "Childe, what are they going to do in such a hurry?"
” Li Yunze also saw the villagers rushing over like a tide, he groaned slightly, then raised his head and said, "Something must be wrong, Xiaotong, you can go out with me to take a look." ” A large group of people from Wuyang and Wuyang gathered next to Lian Ti Mound, and Zou Xiaotong took Li Yunze around the tightly crowded human wall for a few turns, and finally found a place with few people and drilled into it with all his might.
But as soon as he came inside, Zou Xiaotong regretted it, he exclaimed, hid his head in Li Yunze's waist, grabbed his clothes with both hands, and didn't dare to move.
Li Yunze stroked his hair with one hand, but his eyes were fixed on the man who fell next to the stone tablet: the man was facing the sky on his back, his arms and legs folded into a strange shape, just like the Taoist word "swastika", his eyeballs were gone, and the blood in his eye sockets had coagulated, turning into two lumps of jet black, which looked extremely weird.
"Childe, those two women came out to harm people again, didn't they?
Why do they gouge out people's eyeballs, my brother is like that, and so is this person" Li Yunze hugged him a little tighter, "Xiaotong, have you ever seen this man?"
” Zou Xiaotong didn't dare to look back, only shook his head desperately, "I haven't seen him, he's not from the village, I don't know him." ” Li Yunze nodded, his eyes swept around the stele: the soil and rocks were flat, the grass was barren, and there was no sign of being excavated, but on the side of the stele, there was clearly a worn-out cloth bag and a bloodstained shovel, and in the grass, an iron drill broken into two sections was faintly visible.
He muttered in his heart: This person is obviously here to rob the tomb, but for some reason, he suddenly suffered a catastrophe and was gouged out of his eyeballs.
But how could the two women buried in this mound be so fierce, not only to kill people, but also to brutally gouge out people's eyeballs.