Shengshuiyuan

Chapter 57

On a sunny afternoon, a blond teenager sipped his tea and looked out the window at the soft sunlight.

Suddenly a goshawk flew towards the pale blond boy from far and near, put down the teacup, and untied the letters bound on the goshawk's feet to unfold.A mysterious and ghostly pattern was clearly drawn with charcoal on the palm-sized paper. The next moment, after a burst of blue flames passed, the letter in the pale gold boy's hand instantly turned into flying ash in the blue flame.

Looking at the pale blond boy who was frowning tightly, a man with white hair and animal ears behind him put down the fruit he had peeled, walked towards him, and asked with worried eyes

"What's the matter, why is Hao Duan Duan's complexion so bad?"

Exhaled lightly, Rantiyer said

"Just now a goshawk sent a strange pattern, and the next moment, the pattern was destroyed by Lan Yan."

Raising his eyebrows lightly, leaning against the window with one hand, Li Muyan said

"Oh? A weird pattern?"

Going to the table, picking up an apple slice and taking a bite, Lantiere said with great interest

"The breath left on the letter is also familiar to you and me."

Instead, Lantiere faced the door of the room and ordered softly

"Lan Nuo told everyone to prepare. We will leave for the north tomorrow."

Outside the door, Lan Nuo lightly responded and left quickly.

A small town in the extreme south of Mogana in the north

In front of a flower shop, a werewolf man with silver hair all over his body was full of helplessness, he sighed softly, looked at the red-eyed werewolf man who broke the flowerpot No. 20 times and said

"By the way, are you here to help, or to cause trouble?"

After taking the wet towel handed over by Joan to wipe off the dirt on his hands, the red-eyed werewolf man nodded with embarrassment in his eyes.

"Didn't I promise to help you take care of the flower shop two days ago?"

Taking a sip of the scented tea that Joan handed over, Muks thought for a moment and said

"If you don't smash all the flowers here, it's already very good. How about it, go and help me buy some freshly baked croissants next door."

With a light head, the red-eyed werewolf ran out of the flower shop with an "oh" to buy bread.

After Xumi passed, the red-eyed werewolf returned to the flower shop with a large paper bag and freshly baked fresh milk croissants.

Just as the three of them picked up the croissant and were about to eat it, a refreshing male voice said,

"There's something delicious, why don't you invite us to join us?"

The three of them searched for their reputation, and a pale blond boy walked slowly into the flower shop with a smile on his eyes and several people of different heights and looks behind him.

Seeing the person coming, Muks stood up with eyes full of excitement and said

"Your Highness, why are you here?"

Before Lantiere could say anything, behind Lantierre, a burly man with blond hair and sharp ears, faced Mux, laughed heartily, and stretched out his hand to say hello.

"Hey, are you the werewolf that His Highness rescued a few years ago, who can control puppets?"

Smiling lightly, holding Queld's thick arm, Mux said

"Hi, my name is Mux."

Instead, Rantiyer put down the scented tea that Joan handed over, looked at Muks and introduced the two people in front of him.

"The two of Muks are the commander of the northern border city of Mork, the Duke of Queld; and this white-haired lion-faced man is from Fowle, and he has been the commander of the guards of the capital since he was born, Viscount Reg."

After dinner, several people chatted happily, and handed a piece of butter milk cake to Lantier, and Mux asked curiously

"May I ask, what is your Highness and your friends here for?"

Taking the pastry and taking a bite, Lantiere said slyly and mysteriously with a narrowed smile

"We are here this time to meet a friend."

Quickly finished his mouthful of pastries, Naz raised his hands curiously

"Friend? What kind of friend is it, Your Highness?"

Beside Naz, Mu Qing rolled her eyes and slapped Naz on the back of the head and said

"Eat your pastry, so much nonsense!"

After the heavy snowfall, in a quaint two-story building, a man with white tiger and animal ears was holding a medicine jar, and he looked suspiciously at the boy with squirrel and animal ears who was squatting in the corner of the corridor, clenching his wrist, wondering what he was doing. road

"What are you doing?"

Hearing the voice behind him, the boy with squirrel ears squatting on the ground turned around with eyes full of horror, hid his wrist behind him and said,

"No, nothing! I didn't do anything!"

Seeing the young man who ran away in a panic after finishing speaking, the man with white tiger ears who has always been gentle, frowned slightly, and tightly held the medicine jar in his hand.

Ten years ago

On a snowy winter day, pedestrians on the road ran forward quickly because they could not see the heavy snow ahead.

A man with white hair and white tiger ears, about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a thick cloak against the cold, holding a light blue umbrella, walked slowly on the road with eyes full of indifference.Suddenly in an unobvious corner on the street.A small snowdrift attracted the attention of the man with white tiger animal ears, and he walked slowly towards the snowdrift with eyes full of curiosity.

Just as the man with the white tiger animal ears stretched out his hand and was about to touch the snowdrift, the snow accumulated on it slowly slid down, revealing a huddled body frozen by the heavy snow, thin and thin in clothes, with gray hair and animal ears about twelve or three year old boy.

Eyes full of surprise, he quickly brushed away the snow, the man with white tiger ears raised his finger and approached the boy's nose tentatively, the next moment, his eyes were full of regret, and he shook his head lightly.They were going to find a place with a better environment to bury the gray-haired boy with animal ears.

Just as the man with white tiger ears straightened up and picked up the boy carefully, the long and curly eyelashes of the boy in his arms trembled, and he slowly opened them. He looked at the man with white tiger ears in a daze, squinted his eyes and smiled lightly, and the next moment, The young man tilted his head and fell into a deep sleep.

The man with white tiger ears looked at the heavy snow and the deserted streets, sighed softly, carried the cold boy in his arms away and walked to his residence.

Two days later, the young man who had almost recovered his complexion quickly ate up the thick porridge and pastries in front of him like swallowing dates, raised his wrist to wipe his mouth, and looked gratefully at the man with white tiger ears and said,

"Hey, thank you for saving me!"

Looking at the grey-haired boy with animal ears, who was full of food and drink, the man with white tiger ears remembered that he had tested the boy's breath two days ago, and he was obviously not grateful for a breath, so he frowned slightly. The man with white tiger ears looked at the boy and asked himself in doubt.

"I remember when I met you two days ago, you were obviously out of breath, why can you recover so quickly now?"

Hearing the question asked by the man with white tiger animal ears, the gray-haired boy with animal ears who was in a good mood lowered his head, hesitant to speak but stopped

"Well, what I'll say later. You have to be mentally prepared, because... I'm afraid to scare you..."

Swallowing saliva lightly, the man with the white tiger's animal ears said

"You say it."

Sighing lightly, the gray-haired animal-eared boy gritted his teeth and said

"Actually, I don't know why. My parents took me to almost all the medical clinics in the north when I was young. I asked many doctors and they didn't know the reason. Later, when I was 12 years old, my parents died for some reason. I was killed by my uncle. adoption...."

Looking at the young man whose face was still pale as paper after two days of treatment, the man with white tiger ears continued to ask

"What is your illness?"

Closing his eyes tightly, as if he had made up his mind, the gray-haired boy with animal ears suddenly pulled the wrist of the man with white tiger ears and placed it on his chest. The next moment, the boy smiled wryly, and said to the shocked man with white tiger ears.

"As you can feel, I have no heartbeat, no pulse, and... I am obviously alive, as I grow older, my sense of taste, touch, and pain are slowly disappearing, even if the wound is big, it will automatically recover... .Actually, I am already 13 years old, but my appearance is still at the age of [-], and I have never grown up. Everyone around me regards me as a monster and dare not approach me."

After listening to the words of the little boy in front of him who claimed to be old, the man with white tiger animal ears was not sure.

"How can you be sure that what you say is true?"

Closed eyes lightly, opened them slowly, the gray-haired animal-eared boy picked up the sharp fruit knife on the wooden table, and quickly stabbed his palm amidst the exclamation of the white tiger-beast-eared man. To the astonishment of the man with the white tiger animal ears, the wound on the palm of his hand healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing the young man lift up his intact palm, the man with white tiger ears couldn't react for a moment.

Just when the gray-haired boy with animal ears thought that the man with white tiger and animal ears would look at him with strange eyes just like everyone else, and was about to stand up and leave.The young man's left wrist was held by someone, and he turned his head. The gray-haired animal-eared boy looked at him in surprise and asked the white tiger-beast-eared man who was holding his wrist tightly and hesitated to speak.

"why?"

Pursing his lips lightly, the man with white tiger animal ears said softly

"You don't have a place to go, do you? You've also seen my house full of herbs. I'm a person who grows all kinds of herbs. If it's convenient, would you like to stay and help me take care of these, herbs?"

After listening to the words of the man with white tiger animal ears, the gray-haired boy with animal ears was full of gratitude, and nodded vigorously.

"Well, I would like to stay!"

It was a rare sunny day after the snow, and he took a light breath of refreshing air. Marquis Luno walked to the second floor of the tavern, and looked at Lantier, who was leaning on the fence and playing with the black jade flute in his hand leisurely.

"The weather is nice today, why don't you go down and have a drink with everyone?"

Before Lantiere could answer Marquis Luno's words, Marquis Luno looked outside the fence on the second floor of the tavern, and a strange pure black pattern suddenly appeared on the ground. Just as Marquis Luno blinked in shock, the pattern disappeared. Marquis Luno turned to look at Rantiierdao

"A mysterious ghostly pattern just appeared on the ground, did you see it?"

Lantiere stopped playing with the jade flute in his hand, he was noncommittal, squinted his eyes, and smiled evilly.

At night, in the quiet two-storey building, the room of the man with white tiger animal ears suddenly made a depressing roar like a beast. Hearing the strange sound, the gray-haired boy with animal ears pushed open the room of the man with white tiger animal ears. The man with white tiger ears was pale, kneeling on the ground, eyes closed, teeth clenched, eyes full of pain, trembling all over.

Eyes full of worry, the gray-haired animal-eared boy was about to get close to the white tiger-beast-eared man, when the man suddenly stretched out his palm, and a gust of wind forcefully knocked the gray-haired animal-eared boy out of the room door, hitting his back against the fence, almost breaking the fence fall down.

Realizing that his subconscious behavior had hurt the young man, he staggered and stood up while holding onto the bed rail. The man with white tiger ears looked at the young man who had stood up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said with self-blame.

"I'm sorry, I... I didn't mean to..."

Patting the dust on his body from the impact, the gray-haired boy with animal ears looked at the painful and sweaty back of the white tiger's animal ears, and turned to say:

"I'll get you some water."

Looking at the young man walking away, the man with white tiger ears closed his eyes lightly and clenched his palms tightly.

Two days later, the gray-haired animal-eared boy brought some medicinal soup to the white tiger-eared man. The man's complexion was obviously much better, and his whole body didn't feel as painful as it exploded like a few days ago.

Putting down the medicine bowl, the man with the white tiger animal ears looked at the medicine bowl with doubts in his eyes, and asked himself in doubt.

"What kind of herb did you use for this medicine? I feel much better recently."

After receiving the medicine bowl, his eyes were a little flustered, and he turned to hide his expression. The gray-haired animal-eared boy squinted his eyes and said with a bright smile.

"Who am I? I've known you for so long, and I've read a lot of herbal medicine books. This kind of thing is just a trivial matter!"

On the ground not far from the two-storey building, a huge ghostly black pattern, shining with a faint blue light, disappeared in an instant.

In the early morning, the man with white tiger animal ears was sleepy, and was awakened by a hasty knock on the door.

Habitually let the squirrel animal-eared boy open the door, a pale middle-aged man in navy blue clothes outside the door, with panic-stricken eyes, ran into the room quickly, looked at the suspicious-eyed white tiger-beast-eared man and said

"Mr. Descartes, come with me to my house to have a look. My son was fine last night, but for some reason this morning, he drank a bowl of water and suddenly seemed to be decades old! He has become an old man. !"

After simply tidying up his belongings, the man called Descartes quickly followed the man in dark blue clothes and left the two-story building.

Seeing the two running away anxiously, the gray-haired boy with animal ears clenched his palms and followed closely behind.

Quickly rushed to the man's house in navy blue clothes, and looked at the weak child who was lying on the bed and aged several decades in an instant.

The man in navy blue raised his head and suddenly looked behind Descartes. The nervous young man smiled in satisfaction, then put away his expression and looked at Descartes.

"Mr. Descartes, why have you looked so much better recently? Did you eat something?"

Descartes turned to look at the nervous-looking boy with gray hair and animal ears, recalling the past few days, every time he saw the boy with gray hair and animal ears acting mysteriously, Descartes frowned tightly, held the boy by the wrist, and led him out of the room , whispered to the gray-haired boy with animal ears,

"Did you put something in when you secretly prepared the medicine for me recently?"

Looking at the boy who lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him, Descartes looked solemn, raised his voice and raised his finger to point to the room behind him.

"This child became like this, did you do it!"

Shaking his head vigorously, the gray-haired boy with animal ears took two steps back and explained

"No, I'm just doing it for your own good!"

Hearing the boy's words, he didn't go into the details of what the gray-haired beast-eared boy did for his own good. Descartes, who was stunned by anger, grabbed the boy's neck with one hand before the gray-haired beast-eared boy could react. , threw it a few meters away, and turned away from the bloody mouths of the gray-haired boy with animal ears cut by various agricultural tools on the ground, turned around, and said angrily

"I always thought you were a kind-hearted person! I didn't expect you to be such a vicious person! Get out! Get out now! I don't want to see you again!"

Hearing the sound of the gray-haired animal-eared boy staggering and knocking over objects and leaving because of his heavy injuries, Descartes clenched his palms and did not turn around.After Xumi passed, Descartes turned around and saw that the gray-haired boy with animal ears was bleeding blood all over the ground because of his anger. Descartes, his eyes full of pain, trembled slightly, and he clenched his palms tightly.