Chapter 398: Thunder Wakes Up a Thousand-Year Dream
On the top of the mountain, on the snowfield, I don't know what year and month, a young girl was frozen under a thick layer of snow, and as the glacier flowed, the girl in the depths of the snow layer was gradually exposed.
Plain face and delicate face, skin snow race. The sky blue long skirt is frozen in the moment when it is frozen, and the swaying posture of the skirt is like a lily in the wind. The hand on the wrist is always swaying, and if you listen carefully, you can seem to hear the ringing of a bell looming above the snowfield.
On the plateau in early summer, the night is dark, and unexpected thunderstorms fall from the sky.
A long flash of lightning was followed by a deafening thunderclap. The thunder not only woke up the many sleeping aborigines on the plateau, but also split the ice and snow that engulfed the beautiful girl. The girl's body, as the ice and snow broke, suddenly fell into the icy snow water.
When the first rays of sunlight rose in the morning, the girl in the snow slowly opened her eyes. As if she couldn't feel the coldness of the snow beneath her, the girl stared intently at a cloud drifting in the blue sky. Thoughts go back to a long, long time ago.
Summer evenings in the highlands are the coolest time of the day. Xia Yun and Xia Yi sisters wore the new clothes that their parents had just bought from the market yesterday, held hands, and came to the stream in front of the village. Xia Yun was thirteen years old and Xia Yi was ten years old. Xia Yun has liked blue since she was a child, while Xia Yi likes white. My father and mother have always loved the sisters very much, and although the countrymen are not rich, they still take care of the sisters as pearls in their palms. Yesterday, my father and mother went to the market to sell three sheep, took out nearly half of the money, and first bought a dress for each of the sisters, Xia Yun is sky blue, with a white pleated neckline. Xia Yi is wearing a long white dress. The rest of the money was used by my father and mother to buy some daily necessities necessary for the family, such as oil, salt, rice, etc.
The sisters enjoyed the cool evening breeze and cooled under the willow trees by the stream. The stream flows down from the snow-capped mountains, and the water is so clear that even in this hot summer, putting your feet in the stream will still feel a little biting. Summer and Xia Yi each wore an identical gold bracelet on their wrists, and a small bell was tied to the bracelet. The mother told them that this pair of bracelets was the mother's dowry, and the grandmother gave it to the mother when the mother was about to get married. Whenever the sisters have free time, they like to shake their wrists and listen to the melodious ringtone.
Sitting under the willow tree by the stream, stretching their feet into the stream, the sisters gently shook their hands. The melodious sound of bells, and the sound of the babbling stream, in the cool evening breeze, came far away.
"Xia Yi, sister."
Xia Yun, who was lying in the snow, sat up suddenly. called the name of his sister Xia Yi in his mouth. However, what caught Xia Yun's eyes was not the stream, green willows, and melodious bells in the depths of his memory. Xia Yun looked around blankly, hoping to see the shadow of his sister in a white dress, as well as the familiar mountain village and familiar house. However, except for the glacier in front of me, and the blue sky overhead, and the rising sun, there was nothing, not even the slightest thing familiar to me.
Xia Yun was once again caught up in the memories of the past.
Xia Yun and Xia Yi had been sitting by the stream until the sun set, and when they saw the mountain village in the distance, curling smoke began to rise, and the night had already emerged from all directions. Xia Yun said to Xia Yi:
"Sister, we should go back, my sister is going to help my mother cook dinner."
"Okay, I'll help my mother too."
The sisters stood up, held hands, and walked slowly towards the village. He had just reached the halfway point when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the west side of the village. As the sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, Xia Yun and Xia Yi could already vaguely see that it was a long line of horses. The figure of the horse is getting clearer and clearer, looking at the sunset, the long knife in the hand of the person on the horse reflects a dazzling light, Xia Yun pulled Xia Yi and ran to the village, saying as he ran:
"Sister, it's not good, it seems to be a horse bandit. Let's go and inform Daddy. ”
Despite running with all their might, the sisters fell behind the horse bandits when they returned to the village. As soon as I arrived at the edge of the village, I heard the screams and pleadings of many people. Ignoring this, the sisters hurriedly ran towards their small courtyard. When they came to the door, they saw two horse bandits smashing in their house, and they kept yelling at them and begging their father. When the horse bandits saw Xia Yun and Xia Yi who suddenly appeared in front of the door, they suddenly showed a greedy expression like a treasure.
"Brother, the big one is mine, and the little one is yours."
Without waiting for Xia and Xia Yi to react, two horse bandits rode to the door, one by one, reached out and picked up the two sisters who were standing on the ground, crossed in front of the saddle, and galloped away. Summer clearly heard the heart-rending cries of her mother and the angry scolding of her father behind her. It's just that as the horses under him run, the voice of the father and mother became farther and farther away, and became weaker and weaker. In an instant, all Xia Yun could hear was the sound of the wind whistling in his ears and the sound of hurried horses' hooves.
Xia Yun, who is already thirteen years old, can still predict the fate of being robbed by horse bandits. Xia Yun never wanted to fall into the hands of horse bandits and suffer their ravage. Xia Yun twisted his body vigorously, hoping to slip off the horse's back. The horse bandit seemed to sense Xia Yun's intentions, and knocked Xia Yun on the back with the back of the knife in his hand, threatening:
"Beauty, don't try to escape, go back with the master obediently, if you are satisfied, you will naturally be allowed to follow the master to eat and drink spicy food, otherwise, Hugh blames the master for not knowing how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade."
Xia Yun knew that he couldn't come hard, so he stopped twisting his body for the time being. Seeing that his words had frightened Xia Yun, the horse bandit couldn't help but laugh proudly. Xia Yun endured the bumps brought by the galloping horses, looking for an opportunity. Ignoring the misty eyes of the sand raised by the horses running ahead, Xia Yun tried to observe the situation on the side of the road. When the horse turned a corner and galloped up a mountain road, Xia Yun knew that this was his last chance. Gathering the strength of his whole body, he pressed his elbows the horse, and suddenly propped up his upper body, and his legs sank hard, and he suddenly broke away from the horse's back and slid down the hillside. The slope of this section of the hill is very steep, and Xia Yun, who has just fallen to the ground, involuntarily tumbles down the mountain. The horse bandit who was confused by Xia Yun's obedient behavior just now didn't have time to react at all, so when Xia Yun slipped off the horse in one go, the horse bandit who had just reacted didn't have time to grab her at all. Seeing Xia Yun rolling down the valley, the horse bandit grabbed the reins, stopped in place and looked down.
"Phew, the beauty in the mouth is gone like this, it's really unlucky."
The horse bandit saw that the mountain was steep, not to mention that a delicate girl rolled down, even if she rolled down by herself, she was destined not to have her life. I had to give up looking for it, and as soon as I took the reins, I was gone.
The memories of before the ice of summer are gone.