boy and bone

On a dark night with continuous drizzle, a group of men with tattoos of iron dagger lizards on their arms gathered on a roadside where no one passed by. A public screw sensor without any tracking function, the rain wet their livid faces, from The icy coldness emanating from each of them is unsettling.

The leader of the iron dagger lizard picked up the old screw instrument and quickly drew a star map on it. The earpiece in the shape of a grass golden bell became hoarse and broken due to the accumulation of dust, making the soft voice of the other party Even more confused: "I've been waiting for your call."

The leader moved the corner of his mouth: "That kid has brought a helper, we are in a little trouble."

The other party calmly said: "No need, I don't need him anymore. You have worked hard these days, you can go home tonight and sleep peacefully, and I promise I won't disturb you again."

The leader forbearance said: "Then my subordinates... when are you going to let them go?"

"Our previous agreement was one thing for one thing. You bring the person I need to me, and I will return the person you need. Now you haven't brought the person I need, please forgive me The promise of an exchange has not been fulfilled.”

"you you……"

"It's a bit of a rogue, isn't it?" The other party chuckled: "I think so too. Sorry, I've been too complacent recently. I just made a joke, I hope you don't mind."

The other party said unhurriedly: "I will send your friends back to you. How about at the opening ceremony of Green Lake Ting next month? I invite you to watch the performance of Green Lake Ting together. I have already booked the seats. I hope to take this I can get your forgiveness, forgive me for being rude to you before."

"...Okay, I hope you fulfill your promise."

The other party said: "Sure, see you then. I wish you a good dream."

The leader put down the microphone, his expression clouded.

Someone beside him reminded: "Leader, be careful it's a trap."

"Our brothers are still in their hands, so I can only promise him." The leader said heartbroken.

The companion next to him said angrily: "We are too passive and have been played by them all the time."

The leader sneered and said, "After replacing the brothers, you guys quickly take them away. If the rest of you find traces of that red-haired bastard in the theater, kill him. I won't let him go."

In a small restaurant that is about to close, there are very few customers.At a table by the window, Kurlis put the wooden microphone to his ear and did not put it down. After he hung up on the opposite side, he quickly hooked up a star road map on the star sand plate of the thread instrument, his tone He said softly, "My little girl, how are you?"

"I have prepared a big dinner for you. Next month, Green Lake Ting. I think you will like it." Curriss said, the waiter in the restaurant brought a cup of strong coffee to his table .

Curris smiled at the waiter, and said to the other side of the microphone: "No hurry, you can deal with your own affairs first. If you need my help, don't be polite."

Curris finally put down the microphone and said to the waiter: "Thank you for your screw instrument, which helped me a lot."

"Haha, it's okay." The waitress in the restaurant seemed very cheerful and talkative: "If you run out of it, I'll move it away?"

"Exactly." Curris moved away from the table to make room for the waiter to pick up the bulky instrument without bringing other things on the table.

But unfortunately, the waiter didn't hold it steady, and she knocked a stack of toilet paper on Curris's desk to the ground.

"Excuse me." The waiter hurriedly put the Luo Xunyi at his feet, and bent down to pick up the straw papers.

On the straw paper, the facial expressions of sleeping, doubting or laughing were outlined with light-colored ink, but these expressions all belong to the same face, a young and round face.

The waitress replayed the packed toilet paper in front of Kuris: "This kid looks so cute, is he your brother?"

Curris smiled without saying a word. He took a sip of the slightly bitter taste in the cup, and after a long aftertaste, he said, "No, he's not."

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One month later, Felicity Day.

Felicity is the middle day of the year, and it is an ancient festival with a hint of mystery.Legend has it that on this night people can receive blessings from the deceased.On this day, people hold candles and go out all night without sleep, and the carnival scene of patrolling the streets is very lively.People will hold a candle in their hand and silently say the name of the dead person they want to see in their hearts, bypassing the house, the woods, the stream, the blacksmith's shop, the cloth shop, the tavern, the spice shop, that is, bypassing all the people who have passed away. The place where the dead were once familiar, send the candles to the front of the cathedral before the candles are extinguished, build a candle tower and burn it until dawn, and wait until the next day The dead who have left will be at the door of those who miss it Putting a rain flower stone in front of him means that he will be given good luck for a year.At the same time, people set four taboos on this day: Do not bully the elderly; Do not tease children; Do not deceive women; Do not provoke men.If you violate these few rules, you will be entangled by the deceased of another family for a whole year and will not live in peace.

Of course, the real Fuling Festival is not so evil. At most, the market is open all night for people to have fun. People will prepare candles and rain flower stones in advance, and put the candles on I went to the church to pray, and when I got up early in the morning, I used a small bag to pack the Yuhua stone that had been laid at the door overnight and hung it on my wrist, that is, to wear "Fu Ling" on my body, and went to the street Make a fool of yourself.This is how the festival after festival ended.

Looking down from a high place, there are candles floating in the forest at night, and the joyful and dense firelight in the hands of the night watchmen complements the galaxy in the sky.

"Do you believe in love at first sight?" The ferret walking with the crowd, holding a candle holder in his hand, seemed to be talking to himself.

Holding his own candle, Man Man said with distaste: "Anyone who can ask such a question is an experienced flirt. You, a young sprout, can't stand it."

"You've been moaning and chirping for nearly a month. If you really have any thoughts, tell her directly." Graben was afraid of fire, so he let him hold the candle all the way. "Liao" man, he firmly held the candlestick that was dripping with wax, keeping it away from himself.

Gray said again: "But I guess she won't really fall in love with you at first sight, maybe it's just for fun."

Man turned around and gave a gesture of approval to the trembling child who was following behind holding a small candle, then he walked backwards to catch up with the back of the ferret, and patted him comfortingly. shoulders.

Hearing this, the ferret smiled to the two people behind him: "Both of you seem to have a lot of experience in this kind of thing?"

Man anxiously stated: "I didn't, I am very innocent."

Seeing the contradictory attitude, Gray felt puzzled: "Love at first sight is not a bad thing, it saves time and effort, two people can get married as soon as they meet, there is no need to procrastinate for three or four years, and even touching a small hand is awkward." .”

"..."

"Have you ever fallen in love at first sight?" Looking at Grai's clean mouth without even a beard growing.

"Of course!" Gray immediately said: "He is quite an attractive person, anyone who meets him will like him very much at first sight."

Seeing a child who is not as tall as an adult's waist talking about "love at first sight" with certainty, as if it was true, the ferret full of another adult beside him whispered: "I plan to send him off next spring." Go to a good wisdom church to study, so that he will not be bored in the attic all day long."

The ferret who was also worried that Gray would have a tendency to paranoid quickly responded: "I agree."

"What are you two talking about?" Gray covered his candle with his other hand, protecting his frail candle from the breeze from all directions.Although Gray is afraid, he also wants to have a little bit of good luck. Regardless of whether the legend of the Fuling Festival is true or not, he always has a little bit of hope.In fact, on the way Gray held the candle, although he didn't see anything on the surface, he kept silently reciting Curris' name in his heart. He really wanted to see the ghost of the deceased very much.

Ever since his bones were no longer full of vigor, Grai has become unable to lift up his energy to do things.Just like at this moment, the bones were not carried by him in the attic hut as close as before.Until he finds out the 'cause' of his bones, before his bones come back to life, he can no longer let it run around with him, after all, it is the only relic left to him by Curris, can he pray , praying for Bones to stay with him longer than Curris had been with him...

The noisy children who occasionally passed by the roadside, when they saw a boy who was not younger than them carefully guarding the candle in his hand, they started to play tricks and quietly went around to Gray, trying to poke Mouth blows out his candle.

The first time Gray blocked it with his hand, but the second time, the third time...

The playful children next to them gradually became more playful, and they persevered in blowing on Grai's candle, and finally succeeded.

They blew out the candles that Gray held in their hands.

Gray couldn't bear it anymore, he grabbed one of the troublesome boys, squeezed the boy's immature neck and pressed him to the tree, and said ruthlessly: "If you blow my flame again, I'll set your hair on fire, Use you as a candle! Do you understand!"

"Understood, understood..." The boy nodded fearfully, his round fleshy face bobbing up and down slightly.

The adults who were also parading around looked here one after another. Seeing that something was wrong, Man and Ferret rushed to pull Grai away.The nuns who were the caretakers of the children also rushed over.

After repeated apologies from Man and the ferret, the nun led the children away like a scourge.

Seeing this, Man said worriedly: "Forget it, let him get a private tutor..."

The ferret also sighed, with a helpless expression as if he was disappointed with his child who didn't fit in and had violent tendencies.

At the night market, among the crowded crowd, Tai Qiao kept close to the holy deer knight in front of him. His worried eyes did not dare to aim randomly, and he stuck to Kerns' tall and straight back, for fear that the bustling crowd would overwhelm him. Break up with Kerns.

Kerns noticed that his companion was overly nervous, so he stopped and waited for him: "Take it easy, you don't look like a victim, but like a thief preparing to steal."

"If you can save your life, let me be a thief." Tai Qiao promised.

Dovkafu held the candlestick in one hand and put Kerns in the other, mockingly said: "Are you really a descendant of Yechidouan? Your ancestors are the mentors of heroes, the top swordsmen, why are you like a fool?" .”

"Miss Dovkaff." Kerns reminded the girl in the white robe to pay attention to her words in a deep voice.

Tejo accepted her sarcasm, after all, she wasn't the only one who laughed at him like this: "It's okay, Miss Dovkaff is right, I'm indeed an idiot, cowardly, timid, lazy, gullible, refusing Without temptation, I occupy all the most humble parts of human nature... I am not good at all aspects, and I don't have a single talent that I can show. My life is doomed to only look up to others and envy others..."

Dovkafu saw Tejo's instantly sluggish look, and after getting along for a while, she couldn't bear it: "Don't say that, I think you have a good temper, really, few people can bear my anger." Willful, you never said a harsh word to me, you still thought of me when Kerns abandoned me. You are a good man, Tejo."

Tai Qiao smiled bleakly: "Besides being a good person, he is nothing. What's the use of having a good temper? You can't make a lot of money, you can't give happiness to those you like, and you even have to trouble others to save your own life..."

Dovkafu said: "Being a good person is enough. Many people say that I'm bad, and other clan ladies all secretly say that I'm a flirtatious, flirtatious person, and love the other when I see one, but this is beyond my control. It’s because they are so good, I just like them! The servants and housekeepers said that I was tricky and self-willed, and I would get angry when I was slightly dissatisfied, but this is not something I can control. My parents said that I am domineering, and no one wants to be friends with me. They all think that I am a very bad person. The worst thing is that I can't change these bad things. This is beyond my control... I hate myself more than you. I can't even become a good person..."

Why did they all self-examine all of a sudden? Seeing the two people's consciousness suddenly sinking, Kerns didn't know which one to comfort first...

"Kearns?" A familiar female voice appeared behind him.

Kerns Rumored Amnesty: "Golly!"

When the pedestrians strolling in front of the shops in the market passed by Goli with their lights in their hands, the overlapping and mottled halos were reflected on the black and white maid costume of this demure and gentle woman, making her stand out from the pedestrians. The figure in the countercurrent became flickering.Golly was pushing a simple wooden wheelchair in front of her. On the wheelchair was an elderly man with a pair of round reading glasses stuck on the bridge of his nose. Even though the environment was not quiet, she was still drowsy with heavy eyelids.

"Are you working?" Kerns came to Golly and saw that she had changed into the maid's attire.

Golly nodded. She glanced at the old man in the wheelchair and said, "Mrs. Laminster goes to church to pray every Felicity Day. It's a pity that her children are working in the outer city and cannot be with her."

At this moment, the old man in the wheelchair suddenly raised his head, and said in confusion, "Phila! What time is it?"

Golly smiled helplessly, and she whispered loudly in the old man's ear, "Madam, it's eight o'clock in the evening. I'm not Fella, I'm Golly."

The old man said in a hoarse voice: "Oh", then lowered his head again.

After Goli replied to the old man, she glanced at Kearns who looked surprised. She pointed to her head and said, "Her consciousness is not very clear, she is always confused. Feila is her eldest son. "

Suddenly, the old man raised his head that had just been lowered, and said in a drawn-out tone: "Berry! Haven't we arrived at the church yet!"

Golly went on: "Not yet, ma'am. I'm not Berry, I'm Golly."

The old man said slowly: "Oh." But this time the old man did not fall asleep again, but fidgeted and swayed in the wheelchair from side to side, as if he was looking for something: "Where is my candle, where is my candle."

"It's in your hands." Golly said.

When the old man was rummaging, he accidentally let go of his hand and threw the candle out of the armrest of the wheelchair.When Kerns saw it, he quickly reached out to pick it up, but Golly was more timely than him. She caught the candle body in the mid-air of the candle's fall, and the wax oil on the candle body still slightly burned her palm, but she endured it. He didn't say anything.

The candle's flame was extinguished by the wind as it fell, which was not a good omen for an old woman who adhered to the holiday tradition, so Golly quietly wrapped two fingers around the blackened candle before Mrs. Laminster noticed. In the candle wick, a bit of magical power with a whitish illusory color was injected into it, and the flame rekindled in an instant.

This kind of magical power that presents a unique color is the sixth element, and it is also one of the most difficult to control the magical elements in the world. Few people in the world can use it as freely as Golly once did.When Kerns saw this, she couldn't help feeling hopeful in her heart. Ever since Golly's "illness", her use of magic power would be limited by the illness, and the effect of the sixth magic element could not be exerted at [-]% of the usual level. St. Because of this, Deer Palace persuaded Goli, who had greatly weakened his ability, to leave his position as a knight.But today, it seems that Golly has been able to release a bit of the magic element she used to be the most handy. In Kerns' eyes at this time, Golly, who is using a little white light to rekindle the candle, is exactly the same as the high-spirited girl in his memory. The silhouettes of the Knight Commander who single-handedly suppressed the two high-ranking magicians with his unique rune skills intersected and merged.

Feeling that her body had improved, Kerns looked at her with relief.

Golly delivered the perfect candle to his wife.The old man took it with confidence: "Thank you, Kate."

Golly said, "You're welcome. I'm Golly, ma'am."

Dovkaf has been watching, and he couldn't help sighing: "Goli, you are so patient." She was tired of hearing the name repeated so many times. If it was placed on her, she would definitely think that this old lady did it on purpose. To make things difficult for her, push a wheelchair directly into the river.

When Tai Qiao saw Goli, he felt a sense of respect, and he stepped forward to say hello: "Miss Goli."

Seeing that the two men beside him seemed to be very familiar with this maid, Dovkafu asked strangely, "Do you all know her?"

Taijo said: "She is the former knight commander of Kearns and Miss Gilly Ma's sister." Then, Taijo's eyes flickered, and he glanced left and right beside Golly: "Miss Gilly is not with you?"

Golly said: "She's going to perform on stage tonight, and she's probably rehearsing in the Green Lake Theater right now."

Tai Qiao excitedly said: "Green Huting! Is Miss Gilly going to perform? Great, we happen to have theater tickets."

Golly said unexpectedly: "You mean the seat tickets in the theater?...It's very expensive, right?"

Dovkaf raised his toes and looked arrogantly: "One of the owners of Green Huting, the Tusunta clan, is my ally of Mufeng. I just need a message to go. It's a trivial matter to ask for a few seat tickets."

Just as he was talking, a gorgeous and ethereal figure walked towards the most crowded part of the crowd, and the crowd couldn't help being amazed.

Gilly walked towards Goli with a starry blue gauze dress in one hand and a heavy cloth bag in the other. When they first met, she asked angrily: "Did my amber forehead chain fall into your house? I just now It wasn't in my suitcase during rehearsal."

But Golly said: "Just before the performance started, I found out that my things were missing, like a knight who has not put on his sword before going to the battlefield. He is not far from failure."

"...I don't have time to quarrel with you." Gilly tried to maintain a good demeanor: "Give it back to me."

"I didn't see your forehead chain. If you think it was left in my house, you can find it yourself. You have the key to my house."

Gilly's tone left room for pleading: "I'm still rehearsing, I can't get away..."

"I'm working, too," Golly retorted.

Gilly had nothing to do, and turned around angrily.Before leaving, she remembered the cloth bag in her other hand, and angrily stuffed it into Golly's arms. Golly didn't expect that she would suddenly give her something, and her arm didn't hold Gilly firmly. The heavy cloth bag was handed over, the mouth of the cloth bag loosened, and the bottles and cans inside spilled all over the floor.

Gilly wanted to help pick it up, but when she thought that it was almost time for her to start and her makeup was not yet finished, she acted angrily and didn't make any move to help, and was about to leave: "Maybe I was too late that day. When I got angry, I stuffed the things at home in the luggage. This pile of clay pots is not mine, and it is heavy and heavy. I will return it to you. I am leaving."

Seeing Ji Li turning away, Tai Qiao couldn't help saying: "Go slowly, Miss Ji Li, I wish you a successful performance."

Gilly smiled at Tage to express her gratitude, and hurried away.

Kerns knelt down to help Golly pick up the clay pots scattered on the ground. Seeing this, Dovkafe felt that she should not be too ignorant in front of Kerns, so she also knelt down and rolled towards the bricks on the street. Clay pots in low-lying places chased after them.

Kerns picked up the clay pot, and when he noticed the pattern of special taboo symbols engraved on the pot, he asked in surprise, "These are... the detoxification potion?"

Kernes weighed it with his hands, the bottle inside was not empty, and the beeswax sealed on the mouth of the clay pot was not damaged at all, which proved that no one had opened them at all.Kerns looked down at the clay jars in his hand, including those he had picked up, all of which were sealed medicine jars.

Kerns raised his eyes and stared at Golly: "You haven't used the detoxification medicine that Sacred Deer Palace regularly distributes to you every month? What about your body?"

Golly put the pot that Kerns picked up into a cloth bag, and said, "I've found another way."

"any solution?"

"It's enough for you to know that I'm fine now." Golly stood up, determined not to be entangled here anymore.She fastened the cloth bag, put her hand on the handle of the wheelchair, and said goodbye: "Let me say goodbye first, everyone. I wish you a good night."

When Dovkaeff turned back with two pots in his hands, Golly had disappeared from the crowd.

"Don't want her things?" Dovkafu asked strangely.

Two seven-storey candle towers rise in front of the cathedral, and those who come to pray have filled the vacant space on each candle tower with candles, and you can feel the heat of that layer as soon as you get close. People who come late can only place the candles in their hands on a circle of church floor tiles around the tower.

It is said that the closer the candle is placed to the candle tower, the sooner God can hear the prayer it carries.At this time, there were no more vacancies on the candle tower, so the open space under the tower became the most important battle position.

When Dovkaf was bending down to place her candle in a corner, unexpectedly another candle took the place she was looking for.

Dovkaf looked up, but found a familiar face.She wanted to argue with others, but she immediately swallowed back her fierce words.

Seeing that the people around him turned around to leave as if they hadn't seen her, Dovkafu suddenly seemed to be left out, and called out to the other party, "Are you blind? Didn't you see me?"

Hearing the sound, Gray turned around, and at a glance, he saw this white-robed girl who was particularly capable of bluffing angrily standing where he had just passed.

"Is something wrong?" Gray asked impatiently.

"You took the place of my candle." The white-robed girl said.

"Really? I'm sorry." Grai waved his hands, not wanting to argue with the girl any further.

"Don't go, you pull out your candle." Dovkaf said relentlessly.

Man and Ferret had just wandered around in the nearby shop, and when they came out, they found Gray was arguing with someone again.

The ferret doesn't care about 21, just go up and take Gleila away first.

Gray argued: "What are you doing, she was the one who picked it first."

It was only then that Man discovered who was arguing with Gray: "Dovkaf? Why are you here?"

"It's you again, Guilanzhi." Dovkafu said angrily.

The ferret saw that he had just pulled one away, but the other was in a tense situation. The ferret persuaded: "The opening ceremony is about to begin, we have to go to Green Lake Ting as soon as possible."

Dovkaeff laughed and said, "Yes, hurry up and take up a small bench on the lawn outside Green Lake Ting, there will be no seats in a while."

Mandao: "Sorry, we have internal seats."

Dovkafu scorned and disbelieved: "Don't be so vain. Where did you get the money? A poor last son of the clan who was kicked out of the house."

Manzheng wanted to retort, but was dragged away by the ferrets, one on each side.

Dovkafu snorted and muttered: "A group of poor ghosts can actually buy seats in the Green Lake Garden."

"Miss Dovkoff, let's go." Kearns and Tejo called from a distance.

"Here we come." Dovkafu happily returned to the two of them.

"Why did it take so long to place a candle? We thought you were missing again?" Tejo said.

"It's nothing, just met a group of poor ghosts and annoying spirits." Dovkafu said.