Ah Ling's own residence is in a small wooden house in the back mountain. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 However, since the elder's body began to weaken and gradually became bedridden, she also moved to the village chief's house, and set up a small couch in the compartment outside the elder's grandfather's house, and took care of her day and night.

Night is slowly falling.

The small mountain village has always been peaceful. In the evening, it is even more silent.

Suddenly.

Sima Jian's two guards rolled over from the ground and sat up. The two of them don't have a separate room, and Ah Ling can even have a small couch, so they can only play on the floor in their own adult's room. Because of this, their sudden movement also woke Sima Jian up in an instant.

Sima Jian had slept lightly, but when he opened his eyes, he saw two guards lying by the wall, listening closely. Through the faint moonlight, you can roughly see that their brows are deeply locked, their bodies are tense, and each of them has already grasped the long knife in his hand. and put the other hand on the hilt. This is an instinctive, defensive posture of a soldier. Sima Jian hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"My lord, it smells of blood. ”

"Well, and it's getting thicker. Looks like something happened. ”

"What?" Sima Jian was startled and hurriedly jumped off the bed. The two guards immediately stood up and said solemnly: "There is still a faint sound of sword soldiers." My lord, we need to get out of here. ”

Sima Jian had already rushed out of the room in an arrow step.

"Dad, mother!" The house layout of the village chief's house is two floors, only Sima Jian's room is downstairs, and Sima Die, the elder, and the village chief's and his wife's rooms are all on the second floor. Sima Jian rushed upstairs. Hearing his shout, the village chief and his wife had already put on their clothes and came out, and said suspiciously: "Jian'er, it's so late, why don't you sleep?"

"What's wrong with you?

"Dad, mother, it's too late to say, hurry, get out of here!"

"Huh? This ......"

Sima Jian rushed to the elder's house, stretched out his hand and patted it, but the door opened casually. This is Ah Ling's stay in order to take care of the elderly and facilitate the entry and exit at night. Sima Jian didn't have time to think about it, and when he saw that the door was not locked, he broke in directly.

Behind the door is a narrow soft collapse. A petite girl had already sat up, staring at Sima Jian with a confused expression and a frightened expression. It's Ah Ling. Naturally, the noise outside also woke her up. Sima Jian met her confused and helpless eyes at a glance, and couldn't help but feel soft in his heart. raised his hand and rubbed her head, and comforted: "It's okay, don't be afraid." You go first, I'll take grandpa. ”

Ah Ling was scared in her heart. But he didn't want to think about it, so he stuck behind Sima Jian and followed in. According to the orders of the adults, the two guards should have stopped them. But when I looked at Ah Ling's expression of not crying, my heart and liver were about to soften into mud. How can it be stopped?

"Miss Ah Ling, don't worry, with my brother here, I will protect it well...... Yours. Before he finished speaking, Miss Ah Ling's small figure was already like a little mouse, and she "squeaked" and slapped him under his nose and got in. And that's not all. What's even more tragic is that when he said the word "you", his eyes happened to meet the four eyes of the other side. The other guard sneered on his face, raised his hand to hook his neck, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "That dare to be kind." Good brother, you can protect me to your heart's content!"

"Get out!"

Ah Ling came to the inner room. Sima Jian could be vaguely seen standing beside the elder's bed, and the elder was also propped up with his elbows, and the two grandsons seemed to be faintly facing each other. The atmosphere froze, and no one spoke for a while. Ah Ling ran to the bed, picked up the flint and lit the oil lamp with a few "pops" and "pops", and then took the pillow and put it behind the old man, helped him to lean steadily, and whispered softly: "Grandpa, you have to be careful, don't get angry, it hurts to be angry......"

The old man's face was slightly pale. But by the dim light of the oil lamp, he looked at his grandson with a stern gaze that had never been more severe.

"Ah Jian, you say, what the hell is going on?"

"Grandpa, now is not the time to talk about this, if you don't leave, it will be too late......" In fact, Sima Jian had vaguely expected in his heart that today's disaster must have arisen because of himself. If it weren't for stalking him, how could this small village be so easily found? If it wasn't for himself, how could anyone ......

Sima Jian clenched his fists tightly. He couldn't imagine what had become of the village at this moment. He didn't dare to think about it.

The elder had a sad look on his ravine-ridden old face. With a long sigh, he said, "That's it, that's it." In my life, it is enough to have these decades of peace and tranquility......"

When Sima Jian heard this, there was a sense of discouragement in his grandfather's words. He suddenly panicked in his heart: "No, grandpa, it's still too late, let's go quickly......"

The elder had already turned his gaze to Ah Ling.

Ah Ling's eyes never left the elder from beginning to end. She didn't understand what was going on, but she just watched her grandfather reprimand Brother Jian, for fear that her grandfather would be so angry that he would not be able to sleep well all night. Yes, her big sparkling eyes were full of worry. The elder felt a sour feeling in his heart: his own pair of grandchildren, in the end, were still this little orphan girl, and in the end, they were always by his side......

Seeing that the old man had not yet made up his mind, Sima Jian was anxious, and couldn't help but take a step forward, stretched out his hand to help the old man's body, and wanted to take him away first without saying a word. Who knows, the elder suddenly grabbed his outstretched arm and said sharply, "Ah Jian!"

"Yes...... Be. Grandpa?"

The excessive action seemed to make the old man a little unable to catch up. He held his grandson's hand and took a few deep breaths, then said slowly, but firmly, "I won't leave." You, take Ah Ling with you. ”

"Grandpa!"

"Grandpa!"

Sima Jian and Ah Ling exclaimed in unison. Ah Ling threw himself on the old man, and "wow" cried: "I won't go, I won't go! Grandpa, you don't want Ah Ling! I'm here with grandpa, I'm not going anywhere!"

The old man trembled and raised his thin fingers, wiped the tears on her face, and comforted, "It's okay." Grandpa is dying. There's no need for them to kill me another bad old man. Ah Ling, you have to be obedient. ”

Sima Jian's heart was extremely hesitant. was in a daze, when he suddenly saw the old man's expression stabbing at him like a knife: "Ah Jian!"

"......" Sima Jian opened his mouth, wanting to respond "yes". But in his heart, he had already expected what the old man would say, and this voice only felt dry in his mouth, and his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't come out no matter what.

"Jian'er......" the elder slowed his tone. How I don't know the difficulty of the grandchild's heart. “…… You are a filial child. Do you think my old bones can withstand the rush along the road? is enough...... Grandpa has lived for such an age, and there is nothing to worry about. It's just Ah Ling, she, she's in this life...... In short, you have to promise me that you will not let this child be hurt in the slightest way, no matter what. Unless you're dead, you know?"

Sima Jian intuitively felt that his grandfather had not finished speaking. But at this moment, his heart was extremely chaotic, where was the leisure to delve into it? Under the burning gaze of the elder, he choked in his throat, and finally couldn't help but nod his head and responded softly: "Yes." ”

"My lord, they are near, they can't delay any longer, let's go. "The guard's five senses had been exercised, and at this time, dense and light footsteps could be heard in the fishy-sweet air. It sounded like they were all well-trained Assassins, and there were no shortage of them.

The elder said more urgently: "Just like you protect Ah Die, do you understand?"

"Yes. I understand. Sima Jian's lips trembled, and there was already a hint of crying in his voice.

"My lord, it's too late!

Sima Jian gritted his teeth, and under the stern gaze of the old man, he stepped forward and dragged Ah Ling away. dragged it, but she dragged the old man to death, but she didn't drag it. Sima Jian simply picked her up and shouted: "Don't cry! As soon as you cry, you will attract all the pursuers, what will Grandpa do when the time comes?"

When Ah Ling heard this, she quickly covered her mouth with her hands, but two strings of tears fell down in a flutter. Keep dropping. Through his clothes, big drops and big drops fell on his shoulders. It seeped into his clothes and burned his skin. The little foot was still desperately kicking and kicking him in the chest and abdomen again and again. But where did all this little pain make the pain in his chest even worse?

Sima Jian heard that the small bell on Ah Ling's neck was still ringing, so he ripped it off casually and stuffed it in his arms. looked around and asked, "Where is my father?"

"The lord and the lady have already taken the lead. ”

Outside the house, the moon was bright and the stars were scarce. The smell of blood was already strong. Sima Jian looked around, the shadows of the trees were longing, and he didn't know where the second elder had gone. He prayed secretly in his heart, his footsteps did not stop, and he picked a random direction with Ah Ling in his arms and went into the dense forest. Two guards followed behind.

Ah Ling crouched on Sima Jian's shoulder, and saw countless black figures appear behind a few people, one by two...... All of a sudden, it was so dense that all she could see was it! It seemed to have grown from a tree, and it seemed to have come out of the ground! She was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes. It seems that if you don't look at it, those terrible shadows will disappear automatically.

"Huh. The guards behind Sima Jian suddenly laughed. Ah Ling couldn't help but open her eyes. I saw two ugly-looking men with indifferent smiles on their faces. One said: "Sister Ah Ling, my brother said that he would protect you, what are you afraid of? Don't be afraid, no matter how many bad people there are, my brother will help you block them." ”

The other also smiled: "You don't brag, wait to see who is scared!"

"Hey, hey. Brothers, walking?"

"Let's go!"

The moonlight in Ah Ling's eyes couldn't help but retreat. She watched as the two tall figures turned around without hesitation, and rushed towards the black shadows that rushed in like a tide. Those black tides were blocked by their impregnable bodies, and they could no longer move forward for a while. Then, in turn, they were drowned in the end......

Ah Ling pressed her mouth with both hands. She didn't cry. Only tears fell quietly into the grass and fell to the ground.