Chapter 117: Farewell
The stalactites falling on the dome made the people on both sides of the deep ditch panic. On the side of the deep ditch www.biquge.info the pen "Fun", the perpetrator who threw the explosives had quickly retreated and disappeared into the passage leading deeper into the mountain. On this side of the deep ditch, the warriors with weapons in their hands are also quickly retreating, evacuating the area where the stalactites are falling.
"Lu Tingxuan!" Han Ling, who shouted loudly, was the first person to discover that Lu Shaoyun was in danger. It's a pity that among all the fighters, he is closest to Lu Shaoyun, and he still needs to dodge stalactites and run for more than ten steps to reach his side. Therefore, Xia Shuanghan, who was holding a wrist by Lu Shaoyun at this time, had no possibility of climbing the deep ditch with the help of others.
The falling stalactites shattered on the rocky ground with a "crackle", and Lu Shaoyun, who was firmly fixed on the road, slightly tilted his head and glanced at several of his comrades-in-arms who ran over with Han Ling to rescue him, and then turned his head and smiled at Xia Shuanghan: "Shuanghan, if you hold on a little longer, you will be fine soon, you know?" ”
"......" looked up at Lu Shaoyun, whose face was as pale as paper, and beads of sweat were rolling on his forehead because of pain, Xia Shuanghan wanted to say to him, "Tingxuan, don't laugh, you laugh more ugly than crying", but, no, she didn't have time to say this. Because, if she delays any longer, Lu Shaoyun will die here because of her.
Xia Shuanghan, who looked up, saw that on the dome directly above Lu Shaoyun's back, several sharp stalactites with a radius of more than five feet were crumbling.
In the current situation that Lu Shaoyun is fixed on the road, if you want him to avoid the falling stalactites and avoid the tragic ending of being poked and killed, then Han Ling and the others who rushed forward would not have time to rescue Xia Shuanghan. After all, it was not an easy task to pull out the javelin-like stalactites that pierced Lu Shaoyun's left shoulder in a short period of time and take him out of a distance of more than five feet.
However, as long as Lu Shaoyun is still holding Xia Shuanghan's wrist and there is still the possibility of rescuing her, then even if he is poked and dies here, Lu Shaoyun will choose to give Xia Shuanghan the chance of life, let her comrades rescue her, and take her to a safe place as soon as possible.
"Ting Xuan, I can't say anything that will let you die here. Therefore, you must live well with my share. This is the decision Xia Shuanghan made in his heart the moment he realized that he and Lu Shaoyun must have someone die here.
Finally, he glanced at the face he loved deeply in front of him, raised his right hand and gently put it on the back of Lu Shaoyun's right hand Xia Shuanghan, and smiled with tears: "Tingxuan, if there is a next life, then I will definitely marry you." ”
The words fell, and at the moment when Lu Shaoyun didn't realize that the stalactites were about to fall above his head, and then couldn't predict her next move, Xia Shuanghan broke free of his right hand with all his might, and then fell into the bottomless ravine with a smile.
"Frost!" Lu Shaoyun, whose right hand was suddenly empty, didn't understand why Xia Shuanghan suddenly broke free of his right hand and chose death with a smile. After all, even if he didn't have the ability to pull her up because of the injury on his left shoulder, Han Ling who came later would have rescued her, wouldn't they? "Frost! Frost! ”
"Lu Tingxuan, let's go!" Han Ling, who came to Lu Shaoyun's side at the moment when Xia Shuanghan fell into the deep ditch, didn't have the heart to pay attention to a stranger who had already died nine times out of ten. Throwing down his sword, he and his comrades-in-arms who also rushed over held the stalactite that ran through Lu Shaoyun's left shoulder, and then pulled it out with concerted efforts.
"Frost! Frost! Lu Shaoyun, who was gushing blood from his left shoulder, was picked up by his comrades, and quickly dodged the falling object and left the edge of the deep ditch. He kept shouting about Xia Shuanghan's name, and it was not until several falling stalactites on the dome that he had just crouched on the bloodstained stone pavement that he had further caused the road to collapse, that he finally realized that he was dead because Frost was trying to protect me!
Lu Shaoyun, who was carried out by his comrades-in-arms to withdraw from the falling range of stalactites, only realized that at this time when his heart was about to crack, everything in front of him seemed to have disappeared.
Between the two simple and simple tombs, the summer frost and cold sprinkled with blood on the placket appeared in front of him again. And looking at Lu Shaoyun, who was looking at the illusion of his previous life, such a thought surged uncontrollably in his mind - I want to avenge the frost and cold!
Between the scenes of the past and present lives, Lu Shaoyun, who was holding the sword again, could no longer figure out where he was. Only he clearly knew that he had parted with Xia Shuanghan again, but he just obeyed his inner impulse, performed light exercises, and jumped to the road opposite the deep ditch.
"Lu Tingxuan, Lu Tingxuan, you're back!" On the other side of the deep ditch, the eager shouts of Han Ling and the others were left behind by Lu Shaoyun, and he only knew that he needed to deal with the rest of the matter quickly. After all, only by avenging Frost and Cold could he go underground and reunite with her openly.
Lu Shaoyun, whose eyes were red and wielding his sword quickly, couldn't tell whether the blood that had soaked through his clothes came from himself or from the criminals. The silver light swept over, and the criminals who had scratched their limbs glanced at Lu Shaoyun's blood-colored Shura's appearance, and they all sighed in their hearts, what a fortunate situation it was that they did not lose their lives but only suffered some flesh wounds.
The soldiers who poured in from different entrances and exits slowly reconciled with Lu Shaoyun on the road. After the criminals were forced into the predetermined cave by the soldiers one after another, the blood-soaked sword in Lu Shaoyun's hand could finally be put down.
With excessive blood loss and overload to control the enemy, Lu Shaoyun, who was blackened in front of him, finally couldn't support it, and completely fell under the nose of Lin Xuran, who came from the rest of the routes.
Before sinking into an uncontrollable stupor, Xia Shuanghan's last smiling face flashed in front of him, and he couldn't help but murmur: "Shuanghan, I know you don't want me to kill innocents indiscriminately because of anger, so I didn't kill them, but just subdued them." After I have investigated them according to the law and truly avenged you, I will go down to accompany you. So, do you have to wait for me to know? ”
In the dream world of constant switching, Lu Shaoyun, who was immersed in his sleep, finally solved the two mysteries that had been haunting his heart.
First, the dreams he had in the past were not omens but real facts, sporadic memories of his past lives that he had somehow obtained. Second, Xia Shuanghan said that she would not be able to tell him the secret until their wedding night, in fact, she also had memories of her past life, or simply the circumstances of her rebirth.
It's a pity that he solved these two mysteries too late, and he came to this life too late, just like in his previous life, he also failed to prevent Xia Shuanghan's accidental death and rewrite the tragic ending of their life and death.
"Frost, you say, if I follow you, will we still have a chance to meet? In this life, I really don't want to be as lonely and old as in my previous life, so whether we can meet in another time and space, when I find your body, I'll accompany you, okay? ”
The murmur of Lu Shaoyun, who fainted in the cave due to excessive blood loss, Xia Shuanghan could not have heard it, because at this moment, she had already drifted out of the mountain along the water.
When Lu Shaoyun broke the right hand that was holding her left wrist, Xia Shuanghan was ready to part with him in life and death. For Xia Shuanghan, who had already died once, dying again didn't make her feel so afraid or afraid.
After all, in Xia Shuanghan's opinion, if he can use his life to save Lu Shaoyun and let him live healthy and healthy, his sacrifice will not be in vain. It's just a pity that she still has so many words to say to him, which should be a regret that she can't end in her past life and this life.
"Tingxuan, I'm sorry, I'm going to leave before you in this life. Even though I knew it would be uncomfortable to watch my lover die again. But I guess even if your heart hurts so much, you don't want to blame me, right? So, even if you feel pain, please live well, and don't let all my efforts go to waste. ”
Looking up at Lu Shaoyun's handsome face that was quickly moving away from him, Xia Shuanghan who fell into the deep ditch with a smile on his face, was glad that he fell fast enough. Otherwise, she believed that the last expression she saw on Lu Shaoyun's face would no longer be a smile containing comfort and relief, but the surprise and grief he showed after he realized what she had done.
"Tingxuan, let me go with your smile, and at the same time, I also hope that the last appearance you remember about me is also a faint smile."
The "whirring" air currents blew Xia Shuanghan's dress and braids, and she fell into the darkness ready to die, but soon after she couldn't see Lu Shaoyun's face, she fell into the underground river below the deep ditch.
In the loud sound of falling water, the summer frost that was submerged in the splash of water only felt as if I had hit a thick wall. Fortunately, despite the unusual physical pain, the speed of the fall was not enough for her to suffer a serious injury such as a broken bone the moment she came into contact with the water.
Helplessly, he waved his limbs to the surface of Xia Shuanghan, and coughed and exhaled hard, but then, before she had time to congratulate herself that she still had the possibility of escaping, a huge whirlpool that hit her head-on rolled and quickly left the place where she fell into the water.
The water that pushes the floating and sinking Natsushuanghan in an unknown direction is hot spring water that can barely accept its temperature, which is originally a good thing for Natsushuanghan, who accidentally falls into the water at night during the ice period. After all, in a short period of time, as long as she is not drowned, then, she will not freeze to death in the river due to the low water temperature and body temperature loss in the hot water.
It's just that although freezing to death will not freeze to death, for Xia Shuanghan, who was hit by a stone bridge chip on his back and cut several wounds, it is not something to be happy about not being able to go ashore after soaking in hot water. This is because a wound soaked in running hot water cannot clot naturally. Therefore, if you continue to lose blood like this, Xia Shuanghan will still not be able to escape the word "death".
In my ears was the "whooshing" sound of the tumbling water, and the summer frost and cold, who was pushed by the current and kept hitting the stones along the way, and then turned in circles and continued to move forward, while desperately trying to maintain normal breathing, it was impossible to distinguish the direction in the river where I couldn't see my fingers.
In the river, where the terrain became steeper and the water became more and more turbulent, Xia Shuanghan held up his strength and tried to hold on to the rock he hit again. It's a pity that the surface of the rock covered with algae is unusually slippery, so even if Xia Shuang is cold and works hard with her hands and feet, a wave hits, and she can't pick up the rock, so she drifts in the current again.
"If you continue to drift, you will be able to go out of the mountain. After all, judging from the information on the map and the direction of the water under the stone bridge, this should indeed be the case. So, should I give up the struggle, wait quietly for the river to take me out of the mountain, and then find a way to save myself? ”
"But what if, if I give up saving myself, and there is a huge waterfall along the way, causing me to die with a whimper? But on second thought, even if I didn't want to be swept away by the current, I couldn't fight the river, what should I do next? ”
Xia Shuanghan, who was choking and coughing while desperately trying to maintain her consciousness in the torrent, had one thought after another flashing through her mind like lightning, and she didn't have time to think it through carefully. Because, in the next moment, she was driven by the whirlpool to twist her body, and was pushed by a sudden turbulent current to hit a relatively flat rock. Then, with a pain in the back of her head, she was completely unconscious in the rushing river.
Xia Shuanghan, who was immersed in a coma, didn't know how far he had drifted with the current, and he didn't know how long he had been asleep. Because, when she woke up in the open air in the ice and snow, and laboriously opened her eyes with Xiaoice crystals condensed on her eyelashes, everything in front of her was blurred into a cloud of color blocks that could not see the details.
The sky is white, the earth is white, and when you look up, you can see that there is almost nothing but the overwhelming whiteness of the summer. Xia Shuanghan, who was still swaying with the water flowing in his ears, was lying on the bank of the river with his upper body, and his lower body was still soaking in the river and couldn't stop swinging with the water, knowing that there was probably something wrong with his eyes.
Frozen body, almost completely disobedient. In the winter day, I was very afraid of the cold of the summer frost, and I only felt that every time I moved, my body was painful and stiff, as if it would fall apart at any time. Xia Shuanghan, who was slowly moving his legs ashore, sat up on the river bank with his body propped up. She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, but she still couldn't see anything in front of her.
The bitter cold wind whistled by, making the soaked Xia Shuanghan shiver. She staggered to her feet, only to feel that the wounds on her body had almost been frozen by the river water floating with small pieces of ice floe, she raised her hand and took off her coat, wearing only her middle coat and pants, and walked a few steps away from the river bank.
The soaked winter coat is cold and heavy, if the middle coat and pants worn by Xia Shuanghan are not the dark red that is conspicuous in the ice and snow, and then it is easy to be found, she can't stand the cold, and she would have stripped herself off a long time ago.
Xia Shuanghan, who was white in front of him, and could not even make out the direction and time, dragged his feet on the snowy wilderness for a few steps. Then, from not far away, there was a continuous howl of wolves, completely killing the joy of the rest of her life that had not yet budded.
Injured and bleeding, weak and alone, Xia Shuanghan can be said to be the most suitable prey for wolves to hunt in this vast wilderness.
Judging from his current situation, Xia Shuanghan knows very well that whether he is escaping or resisting, he is not the opponent of the wolves. Therefore, the only thing she could do to avoid the wolves that might attack her next was to find a place where the wolves couldn't reach her.
Looking into the distance, Xia Shuanghan's hazy vision could barely distinguish its appearance, and the only thing that might help her was a pile of rubbles not far from the hill not far away.
Natsu Shuanghan, who dragged his numb legs to the point of being unconscious and approached the pile of rubble, did not hold out much hope, but after a while, he was overjoyed to find a huge rock that could come in handy.
The huge rock in the shape of a triangular pyramid as a whole, even if the top corner is missing, is still much taller than Xia Shuanghan's stature. On the smooth trapezoidal sides of the rock, there are only a few shallow depressions, which also provide the focus point for the summer frost to climb.
Xia Shuanghan, who had climbed up the rock with great difficulty with both hands and feet, curled up in a ball and sat on the section of the rock with no top corner in his knees.
Then, shortly after she had sat down on the unusually narrow section with a sloping slope, the sporadic trails of blood that had been dripping from the creek as she moved along quickly attracted the wolves that were roaming not far away.
In the wolf pack with seven members, except for the three wolf cubs whose body size was significantly smaller, the remaining four, Xia Shuanghan vaguely deduced that they were two adult male wolves and two adult female wolves. Following the trail of blood all the way to the rocks where Summer Frost was perched, the wolves began to surround her, trying to attack her.
The howling male wolf sprints and jumps, trying to climb the rocks or tear off the summer frost that is huddled at the top of the rocks. Curled up, almost completely frozen, Xia Shuanghan looked down at the male wolves who were constantly climbing and jumping on the side of the rock, although they knew that with their jumping power, as long as they did not get off the rock, there would be no danger, but they still couldn't help but feel panic and fear.
The male's fierce howl kept hitting Xia Shuanghan's eardrums, and she didn't want to think about how long they would have to stay before they left, or whether she would fall uncontrollably down the rocks and become food for their mouths before they left.
The soaked clothes were clinging to Xia Shuanghan's skin, which could no longer feel the cold, and she rested her head on the arm around her knees, only to feel that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and her body was getting more and more sleepy.
"No, you can't fall asleep." Knowing that he couldn't bear the blood loss and low temperature, and that once he fell asleep, he might never wake up again, and he kept cheering for himself in his heart.
In order to prevent herself from falling asleep, she almost bit off the flesh in her cheeks, and she no longer had the spare energy to pay attention to the wolves that were still circling around her.
The damp hems, trouser legs, and hair tips were already frozen in the cold wind. Summer frost and cold white ice crystals appeared on his eyelashes again, knowing that he was not far from the end of his life. "Could it be that I finally saved my life after falling into a deep ditch, but now I have to freeze into a 'human monument' on this stone?"
Laughing silently at himself in his heart, Xia Shuanghan comforted himself: "It's better to become a 'human monument' and leave a body for Ting Xuan who came to find my corpse than to become a wolf pack, isn't it?" So Tingxuan, staying on the rocks is already the last thing I can do. ”
Xia Shuanghan, who was once again ready to die in his heart, completely closed his eyes and began to lose consciousness gradually. But at the moment when she was about to enter eternal sleep, the rescuer who confirmed the old saying "the road of heaven is endless" suddenly fell from the sky and completely rewrote her next fate.
The feathered arrows flew sideways with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and in a whistling moment, they hit a male wolf trying to climb the rock. The male wolf fell to the ground, and in the continuous whimpering, several other arrows were fired one after another, forcing the other six wolves around their dying companions to leave helplessly.
Xia Shuanghan, who was already half-sunk into a coma, could not see the blood gushing from the male wolf's body, nor could she hear the call of the archers as they strode towards her. Her consciousness was no longer clear, and she did not realize that she was out of danger and ushered in a situation of vitality. It wasn't until she was frozen on the rocks that she was pulled into her arms by the man who rushed to rescue her, and she was hugged horizontally that she finally realized that she was saved.
"Miss Xia, hold on, we will take you into the city soon and take you to see the doctor. So, you have to hold on, you know? ”
In the shaking of the running bumps, the young man's eager words wasted a lot of effort before he really entered Xia Shuanghan's consciousness, and triggered her to think further: "Miss Xia? Why, did the young man who rescued me know me from me? Isn't it, this is Ting Xuan bringing someone to me? ”
Lu Tingxuan...... I...... To see ..... Lu Tingxuan ...... "Xia Shuanghan, who was struggling to gather the last bit of strength, said such a sentence weakly. Subsequently, she thought that she had conveyed her thoughts clearly, and finally fell into a deep stua with peace of mind and steadfastness because of a sigh of relief.
It's just that the young man who ran and hugged Xia Shuanghan, who had fallen asleep, quickly approached the carriage not far away, in fact, it was not Lu Shaoyun's comrade-in-arms who she wished to do, but Li Qinglan, the personal guard of the prince of Xiangyang that she avoided. (To be continued.) )