CHAPTER XXIII
"But if you don't like me, I will never beg you, and I will never reluctantly put this heart in your hands. www.biquge.info"Miss Tao straightened Lin Nan's eyes," said Miss Tao, "I know your family doesn't like me very much." I am not afraid, and I am willing to make every effort to cope with all difficulties, but are you willing to respond to my determination and work with me? - Answer carefully. for, if thou wilt say yes, I will henceforth give thy life into thy hand; If you shake your head, I'll leave and I won't be in front of you again. β
Lin Nan was silent for a long time.
A year ago, his hand did not hold the girl's life, so now......
"Yes, I want to grow old with you." He said.
Miss Tao took a long breath, and her eyes suddenly became wet.
"Lin Nan. Remember, you promised me. She turned her face away and sobbed.
The Lin Mansion and the Tao family were officially engaged. The Tao family spent all their efforts to curry favor with the Lin Mansion, not only sending things directly to the Lin Mansion, but also attaching importance to the strategy of saving the country with a curve. In the end, even the old lady of Mrs. Lin's mother's family came over, and the girls of the Kuatao family were docile and filial to their elders, and Mrs. Lin was really blessed to have this daughter-in-law. Therefore, Mrs. Lin gradually rejoiced in Miss Tao.
From then on, I just waited to get married.
It was a beautiful day, and there was no sign of anything.
Suddenly, the family began to gather and whisper. Lin Nan bumped into it, and casually picked up a girl and said, "Come in." So the girl came in. Lin Nan asked, "What's the matter?" The girl muttered for a long time, and asked him if he knew: Miss Tao's eldest brother relied on the strength of the Lin Mansion to find an official vacancy at the border, and Miss Tao sent him to his post with his father and mother a few days ago, and went over there to see his relatives by the way. Lin Nan slapped the table: "Nonsense, of course I know." Getting to the point! β
"I heard that there was a war over there, and there was a fight with the officers and soldiers, and the Tao family was trapped in the city halfway, and now I don't know whether they are dead or alive."
Lin Nan fell and never got up again.
Is it still impossible to keep such a kind person?
Again, he did not eat and lay on the bed. Just muttering, I don't know whose name I'm calling.
In the middle of the night, the autumn rain opened the curtain, and a person walked in quietly. His whole body was wet and his cheeks were pale, but he was a slave.
Lin Nan got up and held her hand: "You're here?" Are you a goblin or a ghost? Can you help me? β
Jingnu looked at him and didn't speak.
"Please help me!" Lin Nan shouted. "Please bring her back! I can't live without her, you know? β
Jingnu looked at him for a moment, nodded, and walked out.
Lin Nan didn't notice that there were not traces of water under her feet, but traces of blood.
He couldn't guess at all that the soul in this small body was originally surnamed Lin, and his single name was a cloud character.
Her body was so dilapidated that day that her soul could no longer remain in her sick body. No matter how unwilling the voice of the people called, how unwilling Ren was in his heart, he still floated out, and unconsciously arrived at a farmhouse, and saw a little girl lying on the bed, moaning in pain. Lin Yun is envious of her: You are not dead yet, if you hold on, maybe you will be saved. People say that the head of the family will come to administer justice! Hold on and win!
As a result, the little girl was so afraid of the pain that she cried out that it hurt, and she died. Lin Yun touched her body. I found that the body was still fine. It seems that the little girl is in too much pain, so the soul will leave. It's not that the body itself is so dilapidated that it can't hold the soul. Lin Yun was overjoyed and lived in her body.
The whole process was fast and quiet, from the girl's death to Lin Yun's resurrection. There was no one around. That is to say, no one found out that this girl had just died, and she borrowed someone else's soul to come back to life. She quietly manipulated her body to go out, found Lin Nan's boat, and became a quiet slave, even if she had to endure severe pain in her body every moment, she was still smiling. Accompany him.
for he pleaded with him not to give his breath.
She kept her last breath and never spit it out, so that it could stay in the girl's body, but she didn't dare to open her mouth again. Because she found that if she made a sound, her soul would drift out - anyway, she knew that she was a monster, and she was ashamed to open her mouth, and from then on she became an eternal slave.
The girl's father brought her back, and she still came from thousands of miles to wear through the soles of her feet, and it didn't matter, because she felt that his heart was calling for her.
Unexpectedly, Lin Nan opened her mouth and asked her to save another woman.
Lin Nan waited until his fiancΓ©e returned.
A scarred, almost inhuman-shaped man carried Miss Tao back, stepped through the door, let go of her hand, and Miss Tao immediately threw herself into Lin Nan's arms, telling how she was afraid of being wrapped in the chaos of the people, and how a little child covered in mud like a ghost suddenly appeared in front of her, without saying anything, just carrying her on his back, wading through mountains and rivers to rush back, no matter what injuries he suffered, he did not fall down, like a zombie.
The broken body stood by the door, staring at Lin Nan, who was hugging Miss Tao, smiled lightly, and said, "I think my business is over?" β
The last breath she reserved for him, just like that, spit out.
Lin Nan watched as this body fell to the ground with a bang. This man, who had never turned his back on him in any way, fell to the ground in an instant, his bones piercing through his flesh.
He covered Miss Tao's eyes, afraid of scaring her.
He had no idea what was going on with Jingnu, and he didn't know how she had fulfilled his wish.
At this time, he probably forgot that quiet afternoon a few days ago, when he broke Jingnu to perform a puppet show with a sword doll. What were the lines of those two dolls, he never remembered to ask.
- In that silent pantomime that no one knows, the sword doll says, "Sister, I miss you so much." How I love you. Do you love me? β
The doll said, "Yes." Still, I don't think you'll ever need to know for the rest of your life. β
Lin Yun floated out, thinking that she was about to melt into the water spirit, but someone caught her.
"Hey, I made it." Manshu said happily.
"Great, great!" Hua ribbon jumps.
"What's going on?" Lin Yun was confused.
Manshu apologized to her first: "I'm sorry, even you have been poisoned, and it is too late for me to come to the rescue." β
"Are you the head of the Xi family?" Lin Yun was immediately stunned.
Clever girl! Manshu appreciated.
Hua Tape corrected: "No! This is our boss! Without our boss, there would be no current Xi family. β
"This ......" Lin Yun couldn't think of it. What kind of relationship is this?
Manshu said: "In short, it was I who saved you too late. "It turned out that when Manshu arrived, Lin Yun was already dead. Jingnu disappeared from her biological parents' house. Manshu hears that the disappearance is suspicious and wants to find out. But the war on the border is also related to her great cause in the Fire Spirit State. After she initially calmed down the war, she tracked it all the way, and saw that Lin Yunxiang's soul was faint, and her skills were itchy for a while, and she used her current ability to really catch it in her hands!
It's not just about catching souls. Manshu now finds another body, and it is estimated that he can fit Lin Yun into it. So. She really has the ability to bring the dead back to life.
But this ability, compared with Mu Di's ability to "rejuvenate", is still different. Mu Zhen is to make things that have been destroyed rebuild and bloom with new vitality. This is the inverse reaction of the decay process. It's her unique secret skill. Not only can't the hearts of the eyes such as Silent Hitomi. Manshu can't either.
Manshu's ability to bring the dead back to life can only be regarded as old wine in new bottles - if the old bottle is broken, another bottle will be brought from another place and the wine from this side will be poured over there. Where's the original wine over there? I can only pour it out!
Lin Yun was kind-hearted, and when he heard this method, he was shocked: How can this work? How can I break someone's life and save my life?
"It's not to save your life to spoil someone's life." Hua tape mouth fast.
"What do you say?" Lin Yun was puzzled.
"Ahh Although Hua Daizi is small, he knows a lot, "Some people don't want to live in the first place!" Drop a body and put it away, and it can be used for you. β
"Then where did you come from to do this?" Lin Yunqi said.
- Ah, by the way, until now, Manshu hasn't told me about his monsters. Since Lin Yun asked himself, Hua Daizi proudly boasted to her. Lin Yun can be heard it! Youkai!
"What are you demons doing to save me?" Lin Yun was surprised. She thinks that there is nothing special about her, even if the demon wants to tempt people to fall, she can't be tempted by her!
"Chance," Manshu smiled. "We'll do good things, don't you believe it?"
Lin Yun didn't believe it.
Alas! In fact, after Manshu solved the poisoning incident, he used his human way to treat his body, and tortured the poisoned enough.
The one who is poisoned is the poison of cold algae. Manshu took advantage of this to melt the cold algae into the spirit move and hit a poisonous move. But he saw that the algae full of cold air surrounded the house, quickly condensed into a lump, and then shattered in an instant, turning into a yellow mist that surrounded the house, and instantly invaded his spleen. He was in such pain! It is also enough to compensate for the pain suffered by Lin Yun and others.
That guy hurts so far. It's enough to endure hardship. He himself kept asking Manshu for mercy and directly killed him. His body...... Maybe it can be used by Lin Yun?
- Lin Yun categorically refused again!
Is it to look down on the body of that stinky man? Neither nor not! Her reason, if the defenders heard it, they would frame it with gold for commendation! She said. Don't demonize, let her die.
"Ahh Are you so afraid of demons? "Hua tape is really weird.
"If you are afraid...... Lin Yun looked at Manshu, and he didn't feel that he should be particularly afraid...... But forget it! "Let it be done for me. Can't I get in touch with you? β
"I see." Manshu said.
"What do you know?" Lin Yun's heart jumped.
"It's come to this, you can't die anymore." Manshu Dao.
That's the case, if Lin Yun doesn't die, what if Lin Nan is called to Miss Tao? Lin Yun died. They are sad and confused, but they can be considered happy and sweet. Even if Lin Nan is sometimes "uneasy", it is like sleeping alone in a red gauze tent, thinking of the bright moonlight in the past, he is still a little stunned, but he is still asleep. But Lin Yun is not dead, but he is not alive, how to arrange this love account? For the convenience of the living, it is better for her to die.
"But we can't make it convenient for others, so let's die if we want to." Manshu disagreed.
"Each has his own opinion." Lin Yundao. She suddenly realizes that she doesn't need Manshu's permission to die. Everything else, she has no power, no power or power, and she has to be decided by others. But only death can be done by yourself. Isn't it just a life? Just let it go! As soon as you put your hand down, it's easy.
The so-called death is nothing but homecoming. The ocean of spiritual power was originally everyone's home.
And so she died.
It was rare for Manshu to come to the rescue in person, and this girl was still unwilling. That can't be helped. It can only be handed over to the Mercy Star as a material for the novice roll.
After the poor star finished writing, it was only a few lines of words:
- I love you, this is what I promised you, so please don't cry, my dear. Between us. It's just as simple as that.
The Black Fork Forest Lord picked up the scroll and looked at it.
Lian Xing smiled: "Love love, but my daughter's family likes it, how can you see it in your eyes?" β
The black fork forest lord said: "According to this, what does the boy's family like? Fight and kill. Thousands of years from now, what will the spirits above look like? It's just that the wind blows and it blows. β
Listening to this, Pian Xing also sighed: "Really, people come to the world once. What is it? β
Don't say that the two couples sighed, but said that the border of Huoling Prefecture had an accident again.
Manshu is in Huoling State, and he is taking the path of vertical and horizontal. didn't exert much of his own strength, just sowing discord! The battle on the border of Huoling State, when the battle was over, he left, leaving a mess, and he didn't bother to clean it up.
It's just that she didn't clean up. Leave some living ghosts behind.
It's all fought too badly. Those warriors, death is death, but the soul cannot go smoothly and transcendentally. Still trapped in the world, called living bones - the skin and flesh may be rotten, only this skeleton can still walk, and you still think that you are a living person, and you still want to walk in the world, you say it's horrible, right?
The living bones are no longer able to see humans. They yearn for their hometown and have returned, but they turn a blind eye to anything, and they walk through the streets like walking in the desert, and they get nothing but endless wandering. To make matters worse, they are still impregnated with the miasma of the mountains. Walking will spread the terrible plague to people.
No wonder the local county king hurriedly dispatched manpower to seal this group of living bones in the mountains on the spot, and then solve it!
How do you want to solve it...... Alas! Out of humanity, in general. You can't get rid of living bones directly like you do with demons, so it's best to be able to go over.
The way to go beyond is to weave a dream net. Trap the living bones in their dreams and let them die willingly.
It's a pity that this batch of living bones is a bit of a problem, and it's not easy to overdo it. The fighters had no choice but to be in the blockade of the mountain passes. Keep a close eye on them.
June is already a hot season for Yu Jun. The soldiers' leather armor and clothes were stuck to their skin with sweat, and it was uncomfortable, but no one dared to loosen it.
Beads of sweat also dripped down Gu Qingzhong's black crow's eyebrows. He was about to blink when the cold wind of his skull burst out. The sweat has not yet dried up, and it has become cold in an instant, sticking to the human skin like thousands of small needles pricking.
But seeing the bright red flag waving at the forefront of the position, thousands of arrows immediately shot out towards the dark mountain pass. The black grin, which was as thick as a demon's hideous smile, was moving something white inside, and as soon as it appeared, it was torn apart by the sharp arrows that scrambled to be there.
It is precisely because Montnets is not easy to weave that it is too difficult for this large number of living bones to be exceeded. So, in spite of their sympathy for them, the people had no choice but to wait in front of the mountain pass, and as soon as they saw the living bones escape, they immediately shot arrows into pieces.
If that alone solves the problem, that's fine. It's a pity -
The bright red flag shook in fright, and then waved wildly. The archers continued to shoot furiously, ready to retreat.
There was a white shadow, in the midst of the chaotic arrows, slowly and tenaciously out of the dark shadow of the mountain pass.
Some living bones, the grievances are particularly deep, so invulnerable, if they go to the world, the plague spread is also particularly terrible, called "bone demons." β
Yu Jun's children refused to sleep at night, and made trouble with their mothers, and if their mothers coaxed, they said: "The bone demon is here!" Bao Xiaoxiao trembled into his mother's arms, and he didn't dare to make a fuss anymore. It's so intimidating.
The white shadow pierced Gu Qingzhong's eyes. He involuntarily closed his eyes. Suddenly, the world fell silent. Only the gold chains hanging from the eaves of the throne swayed heavily.
It's over! He thought. Not only did a wave of new living bones gush out of the mountain pass. Unfortunately, there's a bone demon among them.
At this time, the Dream Weaver finally weaved the dream net and reinforcements came up!
Three dreamweavers!
The so-called dream weaver, the clouds of Huiwang Mountain are silk and woven into a net. That special cloud was created after King Hui fell asleep, as thin as the spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River, as light as a girl's green hair, only the most skillful hands can straighten them out, and only the gentlest eyes can see their veins, and then weave into a web. This net can catch the bone demon and net the bone demon into the dream world together. The Bone Demon will see his quest for his hometown in his dreams, and he will fall to the ground with a bang, ending his wanderings and spreading the plague.
But some of the bone demons are particularly stubborn. Unwilling to fall into dreams easily, this requires the dreamweaver to also enter the dream net he weaves and guide the bone demon well. If the Bone Demon still doesn't give in, all the Dream Weaver can do is to escape from the dream as soon as possible. Otherwise, the jade will be burned, and the fish will die and the net will be broken.
Those who can become dreamweavers are top talents, and it is easy to be exhausted by this work. Early retirement. Now get three. It's not easy!
Gu Qingzhong immediately sent them up.
As a result, the first Dreamweaver was defeated by the bone demon and fled in disarray. Gu Qingzhong reluctantly comforted himself, thinking that this dream weaver was just old and had lost his good sense of touch. He brought another Dream Weaver into the field.
After three Dream Weavers were defeated in a row, panic began to spread. And someone recognized this bone demon, who was an old dream weaver in his previous life, but later he was physically and mentally exhausted, and he could no longer weave a good cloud dream net, so he left his job. It seems that he was later captured by the mountain spirits. When he was released, his former skills made him immune to Montnets, making it difficult for him to comply.
The worst has finally happened! The Bone Demon is going to enter the world. Even the Dream Weaver can't stop him!
When King Yu heard the news, he sent a death order to the Yamaguchi army: If you can't stop this bone demon, you will die in your duties!
Gu Qingzhong tightened his eyebrows: As a soldier, death is a talent. He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of death and death in vain.
The dreamweaver who came over again was just an apprentice. The senior masters have all been defeated. The trainee's hands trembled and his teeth striking, and it was useless to see it. At this time, a soldier reached out and took the rope of Montnet.
This soldier, Gu Qingzhong recognized.
He was the lowest soldier in the army of King Hui's mountain pass. But Gu Qingzhong is a good commander. Almost all of the people under him can recognize their names. He knew that this soldier, called Hu Axiao, was relatively thin. But he was particularly willing to fight, and he was ranked in the forefront of the archers.
This casting a net was not originally a matter for Hu Axiao. But he reached out.
No one has laid down a rule that whoever casts the net must be the one who weaves it.
The trainee was useless, and the little soldier reached out to Montnets. It's like reaching out for a bow and arrow, as a matter of course, and there is no turning back.
Gu Qingzhong took a deep breath and stretched out his hand to grab the net.
He is a general, a commander here. Staying here and dying here is duty.
He couldn't get the little guy back.
They finally weaved that dream together.
It turned out that Hu Axiao's father was an old weaver who was shocked to leave, that is, this uncontrollable bone demon. He prides himself on being a genius, and he has put all his hard work in his dreams, and he can't bear the fact that he can no longer weave, so he left home to join the army and died here, with deep resentment and turned into a bone demon.
Hu Axiao, whose original name was Hu Die, disguised himself as a man after learning of his father's whereabouts in order to join the Yamaguchi army, and took up a bow and arrow in his own hand. Because she, as the daughter of a dreamweaver, knows what happens to living bones. If she had to be shot, she hoped that her dear father would not die at the hands of strangers.
However, she didn't expect her father to turn into a bone demon and become immune to Montnets, so that she and Gu Qingzhong worked together to weave dreams to ensure that the overall situation was settled.
In this dream, after gold and silver treasures, and even conjuring up a beautiful woman to tempt Daddy Hu - Hu Die deeply blamed himself for making this decision against the truth of being a daughter - in short, this is not the point. The point is that Daddy Hu is still unmoved, still bored, and still complaining that "what I'm looking for is not here!" β
That's how all the Dreamweavers were defeated by him: he didn't want anything! Then how can you tempt him to stay in his dreams and die obediently?
Gu Qingzhong fought hard and suggested that he be allowed to ascend the throne, but he also failed miserably. Hu Die reflected: "Could it be that we are not realistic enough?" So you didn't coax him? Gu Qingzhong looked at it more openly: "Even if it is the real throne, there should be people who don't like it, it's not a matter of the authenticity of our compilation." "It seems that I can understand Daddy Hu quite well.
Understand and understand, if you can't hold back Daddy Hu, it's useless! He continued to slump his face, his depressed mood affecting the stability of his dreams, and the air trembled, gradually condensing into wings. The bird was about to end his dream with his neck crooked, and he refused to stay here and die. It's not going to happen!
Gu Qingzhong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Hu Die: "When the bird came, I hugged his leg and didn't let him go." If you are lighter, you will jump on the bird and urge it to walk and sing quickly. Maybe it will work. β
Hu Die stared straight at him: "What about you?" β
"It's all about ......me," Gu Qingzhong raised his eyebrows and glared, "I'm a general!" β
The bone demon fell to the ground with a bang, and together they came back from Dreamnet without incident. King Yu cordially received them and gave Gu Qingzhong continued to be promoted and rewarded. At that time, the identity of the daughter of "Hu Axiao" was also already a goof. King Yu stroked his white beard and asked her kindly, "What's your name?" It's not really called 'Ah Xiao'. Good girl, your surname is Hu, isn't it a fox who turned into a human body to save us Yujun, right? He laughed out loud.
She replied, "No." My name is Butterfly. β
Butterfly, in the ancient text thousands of years ago, was written as "Hu Butterfly". King Yu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "If you are a man, I will call you 'Butterfly Shuai'." β
King Yu was originally a pity that she was a daughter and could not be crowned a marquis. However, Zhang Jun in the north heard that there was a bone demon rebellion, and Yu Jun suffered heavy casualties and the people's hearts were in turmoil, so he took the opportunity to send troops to attack. The front line of Yujun was unfavorable, and Hu Die took the initiative to ask for help.
At that time, she had washed off the yellow powder she had applied to her skin when she was pretending to be a soldier, revealing her original appearance, as bright as a rose. The queen couldn't put it down, and said that she would recognize her as her daughter. She wants to go on the expedition, and King Yu feels unreliable: "Are you successful?" β
Hu Die replied: "Although I don't know. But if no one else makes it, then let me try! β
Although there are no grandiose words, it is so reliable.
So King Yu named her handsome. The three armies and the people have called her "Butterfly Shuai" since then.
When King Yu personally hung the seal for Die Shuai, the sunlight reflected in the gold seal was not as bright as Die Shuai's face. So much so that King Yu, who was full of harem and knowledgeable, was stunned, and blurted out a stupid sentence: "Qing can be described as the three armies of the Yanguan." β
Hu Die was stunned at the time, and his face was not very good. If it weren't for the throne, Hu Die would probably want to kick him in the face.
The courtier next to him coughed, and King Yu also woke up, and hurriedly made a round of play. But the reputation of Die Shuai, the "Three Armies of the Crown", still spread.
Hu Die was so depressed that he led his troops to the battle, fought for five years, and finally beat Zhang Jun back to the north. During this time, Gu Qingzhong has been firmly holding the Huiwang Pass. Yu Jun's henchmen, with his efforts, did not cause Hu Die any worries.
When Hu Die finally became a teacher, King Yu was in a good mood, and just announced a heroic plan: since Zhang Jun was defeated and retreated, Yu Jun should fight over! Anyway, the land in Yujun is not good enough. Wouldn't it be great if we could eat Zhang Jun and move the center of gravity of Yu County to Zhang Jun?
Hu Diexian didn't know about it yet. On her way back to Beijing, she met with Gu Qingzhong. The two of them took the wine, first talked about some military and family affairs, and in the depths of their pride, Hu Die was slightly drunk, and sang praises to Gu Qingzhong: "You guard the mountains and rivers inside, and I am outside the iron horse Jingoββ"
Gu Qingzhong was also about to be drunk, and he actually said: "I can't ask for ...... even if I get together all night."
The singing came to an abrupt end. No one dared to look into the other's eyes. After a moment of silence, Gu Qingzhong thought of something to break the embarrassment, and said to her cup: "Lord Zun is a master of dream weaving, I didn't expect that carving stones is also good?" β
This cup was also carved by Daddy Hu back then.
Gu Qingzhong looked at her face and said hurriedly, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention Lord Zun to make you sad." β
"He asks for mercy." Hu Die was not good at words, and after saying five words, he lowered his head and hesitated. Suddenly, a soldier came to report: "The palace envoy is anxious to announce the commander!" (To be continued.) )