Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 23: fire

Harrison Harbor was supposed to be quiet late at night, but a raging fire suddenly ignited. The silence and darkness that enveloped the harbor suddenly lit up, and then a surging flame engulfed the buildings.

The light from the fire illuminates half of the eastern part of the port, and is reflected on the surrounding sea surface, so that the fish at high tide are fully illuminated, and the shadows are panicking on the bottom of the sea.

Many people were awakened by the sudden light and burning smell. The father woke up the child, the wife pushed the husband to wake up, and everyone quickly ran out of the house with the most precious belongings in the house in confusion and natural fear of fire. I didn't realize that I was not wearing pants, or that my clothes were turned upside down.

"Is it the lame Ossena's house?" On the other side, sharp-eyed people quickly discovered that the scope of the fire was not large. To be precise, only one house was damaged.

The fire looked mighty, but because it rained only yesterday afternoon, only the wooden structure inside the house was actually ignited. The main beams and roof had not yet collapsed, not to mention that the wind direction did not support the spread of the fire.

This made the surrounding neighbors breathe a sigh of relief. After all, Harrison Port is a city surrounded by rivers and seas. Putting out a flame of this level is nothing at all. Someone immediately prepared to fetch water to put out the fire.

"Oops."

After confirming that his side was safe, the people who usually knew Ossina remembered the key point. The burly fisherman slapped his thigh in frustration: "It's fine if the lame is gone, Ian and Ai Lan's two children are also there!"

Orsenna's relationship with his neighbors is not very good. He seldom interacts with others, and he is not smooth in dealing with others. Even if he is of the same clan, few people care about his safety.

But brothers Ian and Elan are different.

The two brothers have the same mother and half father, not counting the foreign Canaan Moore mercenary, their parents are good local people.

Ian's father was a member of the port guards and was responsible for investigating monster lairs in various places near the sea. Because he often killed monsters to get hunting, he would distribute some meat into the water to neighbors and relatives.

The mothers of the two are even rare literate people. They can read and read bulletins for the neighbors, and they are also good at pickling fish.

But because of the severe storm that had never been seen in the South China Sea eight years ago, the convoy that happened to be going out to sea was completely wiped out - Ian's father was among them.

Almost everyone remembers it.

On that day, dense thunderbolts stretched across the sky with roars, like branches of trees, and the purple thunder light pierced the dark sky and shone on the churning sea.

Ian was born in this storm, and lost his father at the same time, and more people also lost their husbands and sons.

Many houses were blown down, fishing boats capsized and sank, and the city walls on both sides of the east and west collapsed with many gaps. Because of the abnormal storm, the entire city of Harrison Port was completely deserted. Until now, the port has not fully recovered. vitality.

Ossina is not likable, but smart little Ian is different.

Thinking of this, an enthusiastic neighbor and fellow Bai Zhimin poured a bucket of water on himself and covered his head with a wet cloth.

He wanted to get closer to the fire and see what was going on inside the house.

This person is the fisherman who spoke before. His name is Sai Nan. His skin is dark because he has been working at sea all year round. Except for his white hair, he has no connection with the white people, but his dark skin is thick and tough, just like the There is a layer of fish scales.

Sai Nan was once rescued by Ian's father from a group of reef-eating sea slugs. When Ian's father passed away and his mother was still alive, this kind-hearted fisherman often found some excuses to send him a couple of fish. Fish help.

He is indeed not afraid of fire, nor is he stunned, he has his own selfishness.

Sai Nan figured, he would go to the fire to see if he could save him, but if he couldn't, he had to show an attitude, with such a sense of loyalty, would everyone not choose him as the fisherman leader?

But just as the brave fisherman approached the burning house, he was shocked to see a familiar young figure swaying in front of the fire.

Ian held the white-haired child in one hand, and dragged the blood-stained white-haired man with the other hand. The boy stepped on the shadow of the firelight and staggered away from the groaning, about-to-collapse building. houses.

"Ian?!"

For a while, the fisherman froze in place, he couldn't imagine why such a scene happened.

But soon, he realized that the man gritted his teeth, walked quickly to Ian, and picked up Ian and Elan in his arms with one hand, while the other hand grabbed the man who was obviously unconscious. 'Ocena', then strode back towards safety.

Sai Nan has such strength, the catch he usually moves is heavier than the three of them combined, but when he was retreating, he asked in puzzlement: "What happened, how did the fire start, How did your uncle, Oceana, become like this?"

Although it was only a short glance, Sai Nan could see that there were deep bony wounds on the face of 'Osenna', and there were extremely serious knife wounds on his arms and body.

It was also fortunate that Oxenna was tall and burly, although these injuries were serious, they did not look fatal for the time being.

But why was he wounded by the knife?

The first thing Sai Nan thought about was that when the scum of Ossena was beating Ian, Ian resisted and stabbed him a few times—and he felt that Ossena was not so strong before, a little heavy!

But this thought just flashed through my mind. After all, this is too ridiculous. How can an eight-year-old child have the strength to fight with an adult and pull out so many bone-deep wounds on the opponent? Scars?

As for Oceana's weight, maybe the other party is the type who looks thinner in clothes?

But then, Ian's answer with a slightly crying voice made him feel absurd, but also felt great anxiety and consternation.

"Yes, it's a Sequoia native!"

Ian, who was held in Sai Nan's arms, was sobbing softly. He stammered and said: "A native sneaked over and wanted to take my brother and me. He has cigarettes, but I have a headache and can't sleep. I found it"

"Uncle had a fight with the natives and accidentally knocked over the brazier"

Soon, Sai Nan, who brought the two brothers and the seriously injured 'Ossina' to a safe place, roughly knew what had happened.

Ian's words were a bit confusing, and the child's sobs were included, which made the people around him feel distressed, but he unexpectedly explained the key information quite clearly.

After Ian repeated the narration again, everyone probably understood the overview.

——The aborigines from the redwood forest sneaked into the port, trying to secretly kidnap the two brothers Ian and Elan with sleeping smoke.

Elan was naturally stunned, but Ian couldn't sleep because of the head injury he suffered a few days ago, so he discovered the strangeness of Mianyan.

After Ian yelled to wake Osenna up and alarmed the natives, the crippled guy burst out with blood on a rare occasion, and fought with the natives who wanted to forcibly take the two brothers away.

Although Oxenna has limited mobility, the room is small. He was born with a burly physique, so he endured the knife wounds, and strangled the aborigines to death with a pitchfork attached to his bare hands.

While tussling and tussling with the last native, Ossina overturned the brazier used to dehumidify the house. This brazier is usually placed in the kitchen to store fire, but because the clothes in the house are moldy recently, it is placed outside to dehumidify.

The sparks ignited the clothes, ignited the algae oil lamp that was overturned and leaked oil, and then ignited the tables, chairs and floors next to it, and the fire spread quickly.

The next thing was the scene that everyone saw—Ian couldn't put out the fire, so he tried his best to bring his younger brother and unconscious uncle out.

"Good boy, strong and courageous!"

Everything happened smoothly, naturally, and logically. Sai Nan had no doubts about him. He rubbed Ian's face vigorously and praised the boy for his determination.

As long as Ian hesitates for a while, the three of them will never get out of the fire.

However, the sharp-eyed fisherman also noticed that Ian was holding a small bag tightly in his hand when he was speaking.

The style of the cyst is rough and primitive, obviously aboriginal style.

"That's it?"

Among the crowd of onlookers, an equally sharp-eyed herbal picker also noticed this.

He usually walks in the mountains and forests, and eyesight is the most important thing. He didn't pay much attention to Ian at first, so he didn't notice it.

But just now, he smelled a vague fragrance of flowers, and connected with the 'sleeping smoke' that Ian said before, this herbal picker who was worried about the fire and was wearing reverse clothes was moved in his heart: " Ian, show me that package."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Ian flinched in fear, stepped back half a step, and replied stammeringly: "But, this is what my uncle told me to keep it away."

This answer obviously made the herbal picker impatient, so he stretched out his hand.

"Show me!"