15. The Garden of the Barrens

Xue Ling'er didn't know why, Shen Zhongan said in a cold ink voice: "You have been hungry for three days, and your body is still weak." Besides, the garden has been burned down, what are you doing there?"

Han Moyu frowned, as if trying to suppress the tears that came out of her eyes, and she said, "I just want to go and see." ”

"The flowers and plants there are charred. Now it's a scorched earth, there's nothing left. Shen Zhongan said.

"I know. Han Moyu wrinkled his eyebrows, and then got out of bed with the wooden pillar. Xue Ling'er hurriedly helped her put on her coat.

"Take me there. Han Mo said.

Shen Zhong'an no longer stopped him, but gave Xue Ling'er a look, and then leaned over to recite Han Moyu: "Come on, I'll carry you." ”

"I can go!" Han Mo said coldly. Shen Zhongan had no choice but to stand up and follow Han Moyu out the door.

……

The Mandala Garden is not long in coming.

In the distance, everywhere the eye touches, it is scorched black. The trees outside the garden were unscathed, and thin lines hung from them, and yellow charms hung on them, enclosing the garden that had been reduced to ashes. Stepping through a freshly hewn two-meter-wide fire-fighting ravine, Han Moyu's feet stepped into the scorched black earth.

There was a dead silence in the garden, and nothing seemed to be alive except the scorched earth. There were no courtyard gates, no thatched huts, and no more delicate flowers in the garden, only some ruins and broken walls that had been burned black by the flames, and a lonely new tomb standing in the center of the courtyard. It was a joint burial of the bones of all those who had been buried in this garden. No one could have imagined that this dead land. How vibrant and brilliant life it used to be.

Han Moyu looked at this garden that had turned into a dead and scorched earth, and felt chills all over his body.

On that day, the Shogun made a burial for these people with his most cherished mandala flower, and ordered the garden to be burned down, and when the fire was extinguished, all the ashes were collected and buried here. Shen Zhongan said softly, stretching out his hand and holding Han Moyu: "Let's not go any further, just stand here." ”

Han Moyu looked blankly at the yellow spell not far behind him. He asked, "Why?"

Shen Zhongan nodded. said: "There are so many people who have died, and there is no one who is not afraid." Everyone was terrified, and they all said that the garden was haunted. But the Shogun didn't believe that. This spell was made by Steward Nie who knelt on the ground and begged the general for two days and two nights, and the general agreed to hang these charms. I also did a ritual that day. ”

"But I'm not afraid. I just think...... I just feel sad ......," Han Mo said. She looked at the lonely grave. I walked like I was enchanted. Shen Zhong'an's eyes are quick and his hands are quick. One handful of them grabbed her firmly.

"Don't go any further! I always feel a little bad about what is going on in this place. Shen Zhongan said, "What are you going to do here?"

"Look for it. Mother's bones may still be here. Han Mo said, a layer of mist welling up in his eyes.

"No, can you be sober?!!It's all burned to ashes!And then it's been buried in a handful of earth!There's nothing left!," Shen Zhong'an didn't know why he was so easily angry. However, when he finished yelling, he regretted it a little. He said in a gentle voice as much as possible, "Young Master Moyu, let's go back." Okay? It's windy here. ”

Han Moyu looked straight at the new tomb, stood for a long time, and said, "She must be very unhappy here, right? I know she must not like it here." I want to take her back to where she belongs. ”

"I'll definitely help you with this!Young Master, let's go back first!" Shen Zhong'an said.

"Young master?haha~~~~ Haha~~~~~" Han Moyu suddenly laughed, laughing a little out of breath, laughing for a long time, she turned her head and said: "Don't call me that anymore! This will make me feel disgusted! I have nothing to do with this family, please don't call me any more young master, young master or something." Call me by name, call me Moyu. ”

"Young Master, why do you say that?Han family, no matter what, it's your home......" Shen Zhongan said.

Han Moyu turned his head coldly, "Can't you?"

"Yes, of ......course," Shen Zhongan hurriedly replied, "I know that you are very sad to lose Aunt Lan, but ......"

"Also, do you know where my mother is buried?" Han Moyu asked, turning his head.

"Perhaps, it's a mass grave in the north of the city...... It was originally a cemetery, and when many poor or slaves died, they could not afford to bury them or had no families. I vaguely heard the servants of the palace talk about it. Shen Zhongan frowned and said, he really couldn't think of a more euphemistic way to describe the rumored hell on earth.

"I'm going there. Han Mo whispered, and was about to turn around and leave. She couldn't let Mo Chunlan's body be scattered in two places after she died.

"Han Moyu!" Shen Zhong'an grabbed Han Moyu and pulled her down: "Don't look like this, okay? Aunt Lan has been dead for more than a year! After a long and bitter winter, an unexpectedly cold spring, and an autumn, do you think her bones will still be there?"

"Even if she was really there, she would have already been taken away by the hungry beasts!What kind of place is the mass grave?!Do you understand?!To put it bluntly, it is a heavenly burial ground!" Shen Zhong'an couldn't suppress his anger this time.

He stretched out his hand and hugged Han Moyu tightly in his arms: "Don't toss anymore, Aunt Lan definitely doesn't want to see you like this! Isn't it nice to just not become an adult? Why do you have to become a human......

Han Moyu stood dumbfounded, letting Shen Zhong'an hold him tightly. Her tears poured out like a gushing tide. At first, she just let the tears flow, but gradually she began to sob, and later, it turned into a howling cry.

Shen Zhongan hugged Han Moyu, who was already standing upright, and made her fall on his lap and cry. He gently stroked Han Moyu's hair while whispering comforting words in her ear.

Han Moyu didn't know how long she cried, she gradually got tired, and then the crying gradually became smaller, and finally only sobbing remained. Shen Zhong'an raised his head to look at the moon that had just risen, hugged Han Moyu, who was already asleep, into his arms, and then got up gently.

"Mo Yu, don't worry, I will definitely build a tomb for Aunt Lan, even if it is a well-dressed ......tomb," Shen Zhongan said. (To be continued......)