"I have something for you to do." Hei Saburo looked at the old woman with his sleeves folded, and his tone was casual and brisk. But the river woman who was kneeling on the ground did not dare to be contemptuous, she lowered her head more and more, and looked respectful as if she was being sent.

"I'll give you three days." Kurosaburo smiled, "In three days, you can bring the water of forgetfulness that can make mortals forget a person." Remember, just forget one person, not all of them, and we can't use the Lethe water used for the reincarnation of the soul. ”

“…… Be. He Po hesitated and agreed.

"You can go back." Hei Saburo got a satisfactory answer, so he didn't talk to the river woman anymore.

Hearing this, He Po nodded respectfully, followed her figure and disappeared in front of Tsing Yi in an instant.

Tsing Yi turned her head and glanced at the second floor, Shanshan didn't come out, she was still in the room.

Inside the closed door, those little ladies were like a peaceful lake, without any ups and downs. They just indifferently stripped the little lady in the pink shirt of her blood-stained clothes and scrubbed her body with a clean white cloth.

The wounds that had been pierced by the sharp knives were stitched together with needles and threads, and their female red was so good that the stitched wounds looked as if they were just pasted with a spring flower-like yellow.

The blood on the ground was still emitting a slight heat, and as time passed, they began to clot and thicken. The little ladies first wiped them with cloth towels, and when they realized that they could not be cleaned up with cloth towels, they got up and pulled out a small basket of grass ash from the stove and sprinkled it thickly in a pool of blood.

All the qiē was going on in an orderly manner, the blood on the ground, the blood on the little lady in the pink shirt, her clothes, her remains...... Since the beginning, they have never talked, but calmly assigned the work, so calmly, and wholeheartedly completed their own things.

Eventually, they worked together to wrap her in clean clothes and carry her out the back door of the kitchen.

"Where are we going to bury her?" One of them asked softly, "Or can we just dig a random place?" ”

"The adults only said to clean up, so as not to be dug up and eaten by wild beasts." The other said coldly, "Anyway, it's the same everywhere, let's just dig deeper." ”

They talked about the aftermath of the little lady in the pink shirt, as if they were talking about the broken furniture at home, without any regret or reluctance.

Standing in front of the window in a daze, watching the companions who used to hug each other and lick the wounds in their hearts numbly finalize the poor little lady's funeral, after seeing them bend down and prepare to dig a deep pit on the spot, she finally couldn't help but say, "Wait-"

Everyone looked up at the sound and saw Shanshan's back flashing in front of the window.

Shanshan rushed downstairs, she anxiously ran to the little ladies' side, and then said very insistently: "It's a person who has suffered together, and we have to handle her funeral more grandly-"

"We don't know where she lives." One of them said coldly, "I don't know how old she was born, but I know that she also broke the heart of the negative person." Now we are no more at home than at home, where we can have servants and money for funerals. You say it's going to be grand, but how can we be grand? ”

"I ......" Shanshan was speechless for a moment, her mouth open, trying to convince them.

But before she could say it, she heard them say: "Life is just a red strip to come, a red strip to go, what is like a flower beauty, the world's talents, that is, there is a person who loves each other, and after death, they are just reincarnated in the Santu River." We were born in this world, but we just walked in vain, and in the end we had a cup of Lethe River and an underwater belly, no matter how deep the sorrow was, no matter how hard the love, it was just paid by the east wind. Today she is considered a lifetime, I hope that in the next life, she can be a pure person without desires! ”

With that, they began to dig the grave again.

Shanshan watched blankly as they buried the little lady in pink deep in the ground. There were no tombstones, no incense sticks, no Sutras, and there wasn't even a mound on her grave.

Death is a simple matter. Shanshan covered her slightly stinging heart, she looked at this tomb that didn't look like a tomb, and unconsciously remembered Xu Sheng again.

Xu Sheng, the cowardly Xu Sheng left her alone and committed suicide, he drowned in the icy river, staring at a pair of bulging blue and white eyes, the whole person looked terrible and ugly like dry goods that had been blistered.

His grave was the same, he dug a pit in the ground and buried it with a roll of straw mats. Her parents didn't even fill out a grave bag for him, no paper money, no incense, no candles, and no tombstones. That place is like an ordinary land, anyone can trample on it without any scruples, and pigs, sheep, cows and horses can excrete on it at will.

Poor Xu Sheng, poor Xu Sheng, will he be able to see this after he dies? Did he regret it? Or is he, as these little ladies say, going directly to reincarnation without heart and lungs?

Shanshan felt that she couldn't forgive Xu Sheng, and he didn't keep his promises, so she was ashamed to admit that she loved him.

"How are you feeling now?" Shanshan stared at their little feet that trampled on the ground and whispered, "You have forgotten your past sweethearts now, won't you feel pain for them anymore?" ”

"No, we remember." One of them said calmly, "Or rather, we remember it better than we remembered. From meeting and knowing each other to falling in love, we can remember every moment with that person. But what about that? Those memories are just like the clear water in the river we see on the road, flowing so smoothly, neither let us feel nostalgic nor heartbroken. We remember them, but they don't matter to us. ”

"Really?" Shanshan sighed faintly, she pressed her heart, and whispered as if talking to herself, "I can't see it as well as you, so I'm still in pain." ”

"That's the path you chose." They said indifferently, "That's your own choice, if you regret it, just change it." If you don't change it, it's nothing, but we will all die soon, and after death, drink a bowl of Lethe water, what you can't see through, and then it will all disappear. ”

"yes, we don't have much to live." Shanshan looked up heavily in the distance, and the endless monsters swaggered towards the inn gate, this place was like an absurd dream, which made her feel new and terrifying.

Orchid's promise has been fulfilled, and they can't get what she wants to do, so why waste her time? She has had enough of Xu Sheng, she has had enough of being tortured by Xu Sheng.

"I just don't have many days left, and I don't want to waste my time on him." Shanshan whispered, got up and walked towards the main road.

A cyan shadow slowly appeared in her field of vision, her eyes widened slightly, and she couldn't help but stop to look at the little lady who was said to be in love with the demon.

She smiled and walked hand in hand with the boy-looking Kurosaburo, as if she was very satisfied. By chance, she turned her head and just happened to make eye contact with herself.

"Are you going to find the boy?" She saw Tsing Yi frowning slightly and asked her.

She was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she couldn't help but say, "I want to pick some flowers, and every time I eat a few flowers, I can sleep peacefully." ”

"Oh? Manzhu Sahua......" Tsing Yi smiled and said softly, "That's the flower of the revenant, and eating too much will not benefit you." If you want to give up the seven emotions and six desires, it's nothing, but I suggest that you look at those little ladies again, and look at their clothing, food, housing, and behavior. If you feel that it doesn't matter if you don't feel pain, if you don't have a sense of taste, if you don't know hunger, thirst, or hardship, if you don't know how to rejoice and be happy, you can go to the boy as you like, and we won't stop you. ”

"No......" Shanshan subconsciously retorted, "I don't want to look like them......"

"Then let's wait three days." Tsing Yi stared at Shanshan's eyes and said seriously, "Three days later, you will see which one you want to choose!" ”

After that, she went for a walk with Kurosaburo to enjoy herself.

The past three days have been nothing short of torment for Shanshan. The little ladies in the same room never grieved and cried again, they became calm and self-controlled, and lay down to rest on time every day, and the rooster crowed and got up. In the silent room, she was the only one who couldn't sleep because of the resentment in her heart. She couldn't sleep at night, and every time she closed her eyes, Xu Sheng's miserable death would appear in front of her.

Then she would remember his cowardice and inaction, and her mistaken infatuation.

She regretted it again, and when the boy asked her, she should have said yes.

She should have said yes.

As soon as the three-day period arrived, the river woman arrived as scheduled. She held a bowl of something as light as water, and bent her head down to Hei Saburo.

The boy hid behind the river woman, and Baba stared at Shanshan.

"This is the water of forgetfulness." He Po explained in a dumb voice, "It's the first time I've done it for the old body, and I've tested it with a few souls, and I don't see any problems with the dead souls. Forgetful water, as the name suggests, is a forgetful thing, a cup of belly, all kinds of infatuation, will also be forgotten. ”

"The choice is yours!" Hei Saburo didn't reach out to pick up the forgetful water, but just turned his head to Shanshan and said, "Forget the water or the seven emotions and six desires?" ”

Shanshan silently glanced at Tsing Yi, and then reached out to take the water of forgetfulness.

With the rich aroma of Manzhu Sahua, this medicine called Forgetful Water is sweet in the mouth, and when it enters the throat, it will make people cry bitterly.

Yes, love is not like this, sweet and beautiful at the beginning, indulging, but after it is deeply involved, it becomes arsenic, poison, and miserable.

She tilted her head, gritted her teeth and swallowed the last mouthful of water.

At that moment, she seemed to have crossed the river of time, and under the long and lengthy years, she was like a little beast jumping out of the mountains, and saw the vast and vast world for the first time. At the same time, the bitter taste that made her heart shrink was gradually fading, and when the bitterness was completely gone, she felt as if she had been reborn, and her whole person was relaxed.

"Ah—" she sighed unconsciously, "but a poor creature, I wonder why I am so obsessed with it." ”

No one answered her words, and there was silence all around, as if the sound of needles falling on the ground could be heard.

Shanshan slowly opened her eyes, she looked serene, open-minded, she looked at Tsing Yi calmly.

Tsing Yi looked at Shanshan in shock, but in the blink of an eye, she changed from a fair lady to an old woman with gray hair and wrinkles.

"What's going on?" She couldn't help but ask, "How did she—how did she become like this?" ”

Hei Saburo narrowed his eyes, and also looked at the river woman with a questioning expression.

"For the love thing, there is no good medicine other than time." He Po replied respectfully, "The old body has tried thousands of ways in the past few days, and the only way to keep the memory of this mortal and forget the medicine of her beloved alone is this bowl of forgetful water." ”

"It's really time," Tsing Yi stammered, "If you go down to this bowl ......of water, she will become a dying old man in a twilight!" ”

"Not only has she aged on the surface, but her perception has also changed." Hei Saburo saw through the gap at a glance, his face suddenly sank, and he said affirmatively, "This is the method that other guys taught you, right?" This kind of magic is not something that you can use as a river woman. ”

He Po bowed her head silently, and did not say the name.

"That's it." Hei Saburo didn't delve into it, just clapped his hands and said, "Anyway, what you ask for is just forgetfulness, and since you have got your wish, this matter is over." Orchid, you know what to do, right? ”

"Yes." Shanshan trembled and saluted, "I will repay this kindness." ”

Tsing Yi was a little dumbfounded and watched Shanshan tremble and go out to pass the message, she didn't know how she explained to Hu Ji in the letter, she only knew that after sending the letter, Shanshan disappeared.

Later, because the boy lacked the seven emotions and six desires of one person, he began to come to the inn to pester the remaining two mortal men.

Occasionally, Tsing Yi briefly mentioned Shanshan, who had not returned, and he said: "Oh, you said that mortal who drank the water of forgetfulness!" She didn't have a few days to live, and since she left the inn, she had been lying in the place where we had planted the new flowers, and one day I didn't pay any attention, so she dug a hole for herself and drilled herself. My mother-in-law said that it was people's wishes, so she made the fertilizer for the flowers. ”

“…… That's the case......" Tsing Yi said in a low voice that seemed to be touched, "That's fine, at least, she has no regrets." ”

The boy turned his head to look at the two mortal men for some reason, and when he saw that they had no intention of being related to each other, he could only return to the Santu River in disappointment.

The Santu River is now full of ghosts. The long river bank is densely packed with souls waiting to cross the river and be reincarnated.

He Po was holding a long pestle, and there she was pounding the manju sawa in the stone scoop again and again. The scarlet flower sap was as poignant as blood, and the river woman was so absorbed in pounding her materials that she had no intention of letting the souls cross the river at all.

The boy didn't get the seven emotions and six desires of mortals, and he was a little embarrassed to go to see the river woman. He swayed around the Santu River, and watched the ghosts who couldn't see their faces, hands and feet waiting there, and he was a little bored.

Such ghosts are all mortals who have only been dead for a long time, and occasionally there are also powerful ghosts mixed in. Because the Lethe River has never been prepared, the souls of the newly deceased have slowly begun to change back to their former appearance after being stranded by the Santu River for a long time.

The boy looked left and right for a long time, and suddenly saw a familiar ten thousand souls in the group of ghosts.

It was an old woman in her sixties, and the boy remembered her because she had made flower fertilizer in their Manju Sawa a while ago.

The boy thought about it and decided to talk to her. He patted Shanshan's arm and muttered: "You see that you really died in a few days, and it would be good to give us your seven emotions and six desires at that time, otherwise you would have been reincarnated by this time." ”

Shanshan turned her gaze back to look at the river embankment, she looked down at the boy and smiled relievedly, before replying, "I just want to see if I feel better after forgetting that person, and now it seems that I was still too young at that time." ”

"What?" The boy didn't understand what Shanshan was talking about, but before he could ask, Shanshan had already tidied up her appearance and walked calmly in the direction of Hepo.

It turned out that I don't know when the river woman began to let the ghosts cross the river again.

The boy, who had not asked the answer, looked up in a depressed manner and looked at the place where Shanshan had just looked, and saw that there was a rock more than a foot high in that direction, and at this moment there was a soul standing motionless on the stone.

The surrounding souls were busy approaching the river woman, so they crossed the river early and were reincarnated, only the soul dressed as a scholar still stood there stubbornly looking into the distance.

When the boy was curious, he ran over to the spirit and said, "Hey, aren't you over the river?" Recently, the water in Lechuan has been limited, so if you don't rush to cross the river today, you don't know how long you will have to wait when you turn around! ”

"It's okay, I can't reincarnate yet." The spirit turned his head, revealing his bloodshot eyes, and the boy saw that his face was pale, and his body was faintly swollen, and when he moved, there was a faint sound of dripping water, which was obviously a water ghost.

"I made an appointment with Shanshan to be together forever." The water ghost smiled and said, "So I'm going to wait for her here." ”

As if he had thought of something, the boy's eyes widened suddenly, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at Shanshan.

Shanshan had already boarded the ferry, and the ferryman handed her a bowl of reddened Lethe water, and she took the bowl and glanced in the direction of the boy.

"Wait—" The boy couldn't help but cry out, "Don't go yet—"

Shanshan smiled faintly, then she raised her hand and drank the Lethe water in one go.

The ferry departed, and the souls of the dead who did not get on board began a long wait.

The water ghost stood motionless, looking at the end of the Santu River, waiting, waiting.

Someday, Shanshan will come, and when the time comes, he will be able to fulfill the vows he once made.

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