Chapter 388: The Raft of the Deceased
The snow is all over the Tianshan Mountain, but at this moment the Red Lotus Hall is a different scene, the walls and corners inside are already full of red blood lotuses, each lotus is almost more than a meter high, obviously the owner here did not take care of them well, let them grow so big, it is estimated that after a while, they are almost to the roof.
"At this point, you can't go in, either wait outside or go back. Chu Tongyu turned around and said, Ye Yan clutched his robe all the way, never letting go, and he couldn't figure out what this kid wanted to do.
Ye Yan realized that he was a little too rude, so he loosened Chu Tongyu's clothes, rubbed his palms, and said shyly: "I'll just wait for you next to here, anyway, I have nothing to do." β
"Okay, whatever you want. Chu Tongyu stopped talking nonsense with him and entered the Red Lotus Hall alone.
Dugu Lin was in the encirclement surrounded by lotus flowers, Chu Tongyu leaned his neck and slowly approached to see him clearly, the old man was sitting on the tatami with a melancholy expression, and there were three green teacups on the board in front of him, plus a letter, Dugu Lin pressed his hand on the letter, the letter seemed to have just been opened, I don't know if there was bad news from somewhere, he was not in a good mood.
"Chu Tongyu, I've seen the head of Dugu. Chu Tongyu first saluted the old man.
Dugu Lin woke up from his contemplation, only to find that the Red Lotus Hall had entered the people, he waved his hand, signaling Chu Tongyu not to be polite, and his melancholy expression instantly squeezed out a smile, but this smile was very stiff, Chu Tongyu felt quite uncomfortable after seeing it, it was okay if he didn't laugh, he forced himself to laugh like this, it looked weird.
"Sit down, Chu Tongyu," Dugu Lin made a gesture of please.
On the opposite side of his board, Chu Tongyu sat down in response, expressionless throughout the whole process, her body was straight, and she looked at Dugulin respectfully, she was so serious about everything, she rarely smiled, and talking to the head of Tianshan on such an important occasion as the Red Lotus Hall was a matter of seriousness in itself.
So much so that Dugu Lin felt that he was interrogating an emotionless killer, and this killer spoke coldly, and every sentence and word that came out of his mouth conveyed the message that he wanted to kill you immediately.
"How was today's rally?" Chu Tongyu opened the conversation.
She naturally knew in her heart that it would definitely not be a good thing to hold such a meeting, but when she entered the mansion of the head of the Tianshan Mountains, it was of course very impolite to ask him about herself first, and she had to greet others first.
"Alas, I'm afraid you also know that the power of the Shushan faction is getting stronger and stronger, and the pressure exerted by the Tianluo Temple on the seven major sects is very great, and we have signed a common destiny contract between these forces since hundreds of years ago, this contract allows the seven major sects to unite, it will only take effect when Lanzhou is in danger, and we don't have any alliances between us on weekdays, and now it has taken effect," Dugu Lin shook his head and sighed, picking up the teapot next to him as he spoke, filling each jade cup with hot water, and putting tea leaves in it," But the Shushan faction has become the only rebel among the seven major sects, the contract is invalid on its side, and the Tianluo Sect collects the strategic policy from the other five major sects, and the Tianshan Sect is also ready, and it will be teleported over tonight, once the strategic policy of all the sects is sent to the Tianluo Temple, the Tianluo Temple will choose the most suitable plan, and unite the five major sects to deal with the Shushan faction, this battle, I always have an ominous premonition, many people will die, the Shushan faction has been planning for so long, it is impossible not to know that we will unite to deal with them, they must be fully preparedγ β
"Then what should I do, are you going to fight?" asked Chu Tongyu.
Dugu Lin's brows were furrowed from beginning to end, which shows that this war will definitely sweep the entire Lanzhou, and it may be more terrifying than any war encountered by Tianshan Gate in the past, yes, many people will definitely die, no one is not afraid of war, even if that person is the hall master of Tianluo Temple, he has actually looked at Shushan unpleasantly for a long time, but he just doesn't want to provoke a war, and the war is not good for you and me.
"I'm afraid it's going to be hard. Dugu Lin suddenly shook his head and said with his eyes closed.
He pushed the tea in front of Chu Tongyu, who looked at it stunned and didn't move.
This answer surprised Chu Tongyu, how could it be? Dugu Lin was the head of the Tianshan Gate, if he didn't go to the war, would the people of the Tianshan Gate honestly go to the war? At this moment when everyone was in the midst of life and death, Dugu Lin didn't look like the kind of person who was timid and retreated.
"Don't get me wrong, it's just ...... There have been too many things that have happened recently, and I can't tell you about it," Dugu Lin was afraid that Chu Tongyu would misunderstand, "Actually, it's all because of it." β
Dugu Lin took a sip of tea and pushed it in front of her according to the envelope on the table.
"This ...... Can I open it and see it?" Chu Tongyu hesitated a little, the envelope was a private item after all.
"Look at it, it's not something to see anyway. Dugu Lin took a sip of tea, slowly exhaled the heat, leaned his head against the wall, and looked at the skylight above, the thin layer of glass was already full of snowflakes.
Chu Tongyu opened it curiously, his eyes changed slightly, there was indeed no appalling content in it, but it was incompatible with the tense situation he was in now, there was only a piece of paper in the letter, which was full of words, these words were beautifully written, and could even be described as delicate, every word was like a butterfly flying, as if it would fly out of the paper at any time.
This is the handwriting written by a woman, and no rough man can write such a beautiful handwriting.
Because there is too much content, Chu Tongyu only read the main content carefully, and the other content is all inconsequential life trivialities, and some of them are still with Dugulin's past memories, this letter writer has a special relationship with Dugulin?
"Xiaolinzi, after many years of inquiry, I learned that you have moved to Lanzhou, what is the environment there, and which one is better than Leizhou......
"I have bad news to tell you, I have a terminal illness, the doctor said that my time may only have a week, so many years, I really miss you, you seem to be a beautiful dream of my youth, because the separation is too long, I even doubt whether the boy named Dugulin is real, but I have never forgotten you, in the last journey of my life, I have only one wish, that is, I hope you can come to see me, if you still have a place left in your heart for me, then please come to see me, I really want to say goodbye to you......β
Next, Chu Tongyu didn't continue to look at it, his eyes swept to the end, the name of the letter writer was Jiu Yuexi, sure enough, he guessed correctly, it was indeed a girl, and it can be seen from the letter that this girl called Jiu Yuexi and Dugu Lin are childhood sweethearts, and they can barely say so, but for some reason, they dispersed very early.
This girl used to love him very much, after Dugulin separated from her, he was looking for someone to inquire about him all his life, even if he was near the end of his life, he still did not give up his wish to meet the former boy.
"You must be surprised, Chu Tongyu," Dugu Lin said with a wry smile, "There are still people who care about me as a lonely old man, but if it weren't for her back then, I would have started a family a long time ago, and I wouldn't have gray temples and still be alone." β
"Miss Jiu, is it your former confidant?" Chu Tongyu asked, to be honest, seeing the content of the letter, even the indifference to her heart was touched.
"Compared to the safety of Lanzhou and Tianshanmen, I now want to go to Leizhou to see her for the last time, this is also my life's wish, I have given up, but now hope appears in front of me, I must not give up, so many years, I finally found a little bit of the feeling of being a normal person. Dugulin sighed.