The junction between Beijing and Huai'an County is a continuous mountain. If you leave Beijing, there is a winding mountain road. If you want to take a shortcut to Huai'an County, you have to climb over the mountains. Between the mountains is a place called Wuli Peak.
Not far from there is a steep cliff. Looking from the foot of the cliff, it looks like straight into the sky. There is a cave in the middle of the cliff.
There was a bonfire burning in the cave, and two pheasants were roasting on the stand. Some messy hay was spread beside it. A pair of dwarfs and Ximenhai were sitting on the hay.
Ximen Hai leaned against the rock wall and looked at the burning bonfire with dull eyes.
"Brother, is this kid stupid?" One of the dwarfs patted the other and said, "Look, does he look like a living dead?"
"Living dead? Have you seen a lot of corpses in tomb robbing?" Another dwarf snorted, "He is not stupid. If he was stupid, how could he do that kind of thing with a woman? Don't forget that this kid was very happy that time.
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"Alas," the first dwarf sighed, "They say a man can get pleasure from a woman, but we don't even know what it's like to be a woman."
"Women are a disaster, we don't know it is our blessing." Another dwarf said disdainfully, "Don't forget that the Lord originally planned to disrupt the situation from that woman. Before, Yuehua Kingdom and Ximen Jingyu didn't get it from a woman.
Ximen Hen found a flaw in his body and reported it to Ximen Jingxuan? Fortunately, our master made arrangements in advance to save this boy, otherwise Ximen Jingyu would really have cut off his descendants like the two princes back then."
The person who said this was the brother Thumb who dug a tunnel to rescue Ximen Hai and the one-eyed man that day. The eldest brother was called Big Thumb, and the second brother was called Little Thumb.
"Yes." Little Thumb nodded after listening to Thumb's words, and stood up to see the roasted pheasant.
Ximen Hai stood up awkwardly and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
"Hey, what do you want to do?" Little Thumb asked.
"Come out and get some air." Ximen Hai said dullly. Are they still afraid that he will run away? But he still expects them to protect him.
"Don't worry about the second one, he will follow us honestly." said Thumb.
Ximen Hai walked out of the cave, and it was dusk again. He left the capital after a sudden burst of darkness. It was already the fourth dusk, and it was also the fourth day after his father Ximen Jingyu died.
He clearly remembered the appearance of his father when he died. He was leaning next to Ximen Jingxuan and suddenly vomited blood and died.
He died in the hands of Ximen Jingxuan!
Ximen Hai couldn't help clenching his fists, biting his lips and shaking constantly. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore. Facing the empty mountains, he shouted loudly, like a young lion roaring, "
ah--"
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you calling! It's so unpleasant, I can't stand it!" Little Thumb ran out of the cave and yelled at Ximen Hai.
After shouting with all his strength, Ximenhai squatted down, hugged his head and cried.
Ximenhai stayed here for four days in a row, except for being in a daze, eating something that was brought to his mouth, shouting like this, and crying bitterly. He didn't know when it would end.
"That's what happens when your father is dead. If you knew your mother was dead too, would you jump off this cliff?" Little Thumb curled his lips.
"You are not allowed to curse my mother!" Ximen Hai stood up and said angrily to his little thumb, staring with eyes red from crying.
"Tsk, tsk," Little Thumb clucked, looking up at Ximen Hai without any sign of weakness, "To be honest, we really couldn't bear to see you yelling and howling, so we hid the death of Madam Marquis from you.
My son, in fact, your mother died suddenly on the way to the palace, without even entering the threshold of the heavenly prison. It is said that the third prince of Cuizhu Pavilion is still offering incense to the Marquis and his wife, and guarding your soul, which can be regarded as
There are still people who are thinking about your parents."
"No, my mother will not die." Ximen Hai seemed to be hit by a thunderbolt again, his face turned pale, and he stumbled to the ground.
Little Thumb lowered his head and looked at Ximen Hai who was lying in front of him. He snorted disdainfully, so what if these people were taller? Lying on the ground, they were like ants that he could crush and trample on.
Little Thumb turned around coldly, no longer looking at Ximen Hai who was lying on the ground, unable to get up, and returned to the cave.
"You're so talkative. You tell him what to do, and you don't think he's annoying?" Thumbs up scolded.
"Sooner or later, we have to know. The earlier we know, the sooner we will worry less." Little Thumb said impatiently, "Let his hatred reach the extreme, so that he can concentrate on doing things for the Lord as soon as possible."
"Father, mother--" Ximenhai lay on the ground, clenched his fists and beat the ground, crying bitterly.
The ground was filled with hard stones and uneven edges, which pricked his hands.
Ximen Hai looked at the blood stains on the stone, which looked like the blood his father vomited before his death. That was the flesh and blood of his parents!
"Father, mother, the child is unfilial!" Ximen Hai cried.
Watching his parents die tragically before his eyes, he didn't even burn a stick of incense, and couldn't even do the most basic vigil on Qiqi. He is the most useless and unfilial son in the world. Fortunately, he still has the blood of his ancestors and emperors.
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Ximenhai suddenly stopped crying and his red eyes fell on the blood on the ground. His beaten hand felt no pain at all. His heart had been torn apart and he was experiencing the worst pain.
Why? Why can they stand high and live a dazzling life because they are the descendants of the ancestor emperor? Why should he have his family ruined and become homeless? Is his father at fault? No! They are all the descendants of the ancestor emperor. He
Why can't dad fight for it?
His father was fighting, but failed and died, so he who is left behind - he should no longer be cowardly, he should avenge his parents, and he should live a different Ximen Hai!
Ximenhai slowly got up from the ground and stood up straight. As soon as he fell down, his mentality had changed drastically.
In fact, when he obeyed Brother Thumb's message from their master and usurped Lin Ke'er who was sent to him, his heart had already begun to change. At this time, it only became clearer.
"What? Have you figured it out?" Thumb walked out of the cave at some point and stood in front of Ximenhai.
He is only as tall as Ximen Hai's waist, and he needs to raise his head to see people, but their thumb brothers never think that they are inferior to others. Instead, they are tried every means to win over them with their unique skills. Their current master is treating them
A man who was very determined and spent a lot of effort to get the two brothers to work for him.
Therefore, although they are still obeying orders now, they still think that they are superior to others and cannot be compared with those slaves.
"Yes, I figured it out." Ximen Hai wiped away the tears on his face, and his still red eyes looked more like a devil reborn from the ashes. "I will obey any arrangement of your master, as long as it allows me to take revenge and eradicate Ximen Hai."