The sky was spinning, and the wind was howling in the distance.

The stick struck down and hit his head with a thud, and his teeth were filled with the smell of rust. People surrounded him and dragged him away, sticks, fists and feet fell from time to time, he didn't resist, he laughed.

Blood spilled out of his mouth, and he was bound by ropes, and he staggered forward looking particularly embarrassed and hideous.

A group of men dragged him towards the rugged col ahead......

The road that accompanied the beatings was muddy and potholes, and the stench of muddy water accompanied by filth was wrapped around the body, and relatively speaking, the beating on the body seemed weak, and at this moment, the pain and abuse were weak. He lowered his head, still smiling, staring at the gap in the footsteps of the large crowd.

Spring has arrived, the mountains are gray, and in the past six months, the hungry ghosts gathered here have cut down all the trees nearby, burned everything that can be burned, and eaten up all the animals that can be eaten between the mountains and rivers.

He looked at this side, and in his eyes, there was a dead silence.

Wu Jianshuo 10th spring, February 12.

My name is Wang Shitong.

This is my home......

……

The weather was cold and damp, and the ragged men, armed with knives and sticks, grabbed their captives, beat and cursed all the way, and went up to the hill on that side.

The mountains are gravel, and the trees have long been cut down, which is not suitable for habitation, so if you look around the wilderness, you can not see any trace of hungry ghosts. Beyond the other side, there was a dilapidated wooden house as far as the eye could see. This was the farthest point the hungry ghosts had patrolled and set up, and in front of the house, a group of people were waiting. The first four, tall and short, were the leaders of the hungry ghosts, and they waited for the crowd to drag the beaten and bloodied Wang Shitong to the open space in front of the house and throw him into a puddle.

Wang Shitong's head was immersed in water, and after a moment he suddenly rolled to his knees, coughing and spitting out mud.

"How's anyone seeing?" A boss had already asked secretly, and the minions replied, "Kill them all...... This surnamed Wang didn't dare to fight back, so he was defeated and tied up by us......"

"Didn't fight back?"

"Yes, yes...... yes......"

The leader's face changed suddenly, and he commanded, "Take a look around." Then he pulled out his knife and kicked Wang Shitong, who had just stood up, over.

Wang Shitong fell to the ground, coughed twice, and laughed: "Ahem, what? Xiuguo, scared? If you're scared, let me go......"

"You surnamed Wang don't bluff! You are in our hands, we are afraid of you-" The leader named Zang Xiuguo pointed his knife at him, Wang Shitong sat up from the ground, Zang Xiuguo took a half step back, this action made Wang Shitong laugh again and look around.

"Wu Ding, Chao Yuan, Uncle Dayi, hehe...... It's you. ”

"Grass you mother! Pretend to be a ghost! Hearing Wang Shitong speak like this, the leader named Wu Ding rushed over, raised the stick in his hand, and swung it towards him, Wang Shitong's body rolled on the ground a few times, spit blood out of his mouth, he curled up, Wu Ding was about to rush over, not far away the old man with a white turban put the wooden staff in his hand on the ground: "Okay!" ”

Wu Ding spat and turned to leave. Wang Shitong curled up on the ground for a long time, his body twitched for a while, and gradually stopped moving, he looked at a sprouted grass on the wasteland in front of him, and was stunned, until someone pulled him up, and he looked around again: "Hehe." ”

smiled, as if thinking of something, his expression was lowered, and after a while, he said, "Since you have arrested me, you have also arrested others, right?" ”

"It's good to know!" Wu Ding said and waved his hand, and someone opened the door of the wooden house behind him, and a woman in a single dress stood in the room, being held with a knife, and her body was trembling. This is Gao Qianyue, who has accompanied Wang Shitong for a winter, Wang Shitong turned his head to look at him, Gao Qianyue is also looking at Wang Shitong, the terrible leader of the hungry ghosts, at this time his whole body is tied, his nose is blue and his face is swollen, and his body is full of blood and mud stains, but his gaze at this moment is calmer and warmer than ever.

"Brother Wang." An old man named Chen Dayi spoke.

"Huh?"

"It's a decaying idea to really decide to do it to you......"

"Got it, got it." Wang Shitong nodded, turned around, and could see that although he was the biggest leader of the hungry ghosts, he still respected and valued the old man in front of him.

"It was the Jurchens' idea to get rid of you, and you know that, right?"

“…… Ah, I know, I know, I know......" Wang Shitong looked at Gao Qianyue, lost his mind for a moment, and then nodded. The reaction of such a single person as him, Wu Ding and several other leaders all showed puzzled expressions. The old man's lips quivered.

"We ...... Why do you know why? ”

"Yes." This time, Wang Shitong replied very quickly, "...... There's no way out. ”

Hearing this, the old man sat down on the stake behind him: "This should not be what you said. ”

"There's no way out."

"—that's not what you're supposed to say!" The old man clenched the wooden staff and stood up suddenly, his voice shook the surroundings, and after a while, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Wang Shitong, "Brother Wang, this is not what you should say!" You say there is a way to go, and when you say there is a way to go! You told everyone...... Brother Wang, you ...... You saved my life, you saved my family's life! ”

"Xiao Yao is still dead."

"But you saved my family's life! My daughter's death is not your fault! Brother Wang, the Jurchens are here, I didn't think about it...... I didn't think I'd actually kill you......"

When the old man said this, Wu Ding and the others next to him changed their faces: "Old man Chen! The old man crossed his hand: "Shut up for me!" ”

His majesty was noticeably higher than that of the people around him, and as soon as his voice fell, someone near the house drew his sword and confronted each other. The old man ignored this, turned his head and looked at Wang Shitong again: "Brother Wang, the sky is going to get warmer, you are smart, righteous and responsible, you really want to die, the old man can die for you at any time, I just want to ask you a word...... How to go next, you say something, don't hide in a woman's nest like before! The Jurchens are here, the snow is going to be gone, and it is time to make a decision on whether to fight or fall—"

"There's no way out." Wang Shitong looked at him calmly, and even had a smile on his face, which was both calm and desperate, and the air around him seemed to be suffocated for a while, and after a while, he said: "Last year, after I killed Brother Yan, I knew that there was no way...... Brother Yan also said that there was no road, and he couldn't go on, so I killed him, and after killing him, I knew that I really couldn't go on......"

He laughed, laughing with a crying voice: "Before...... In Zezhou, Mr. Ning advised me not to go south, and he asked me to concentrate everyone in the Central Plains, fight one battle after another, and finally fight a group of people who can survive, he is ...... The devil is a brute. Where does he get his qualifications to determine who will survive - none of us are qualified! It's human! It's a living human life! How could he say such a thing—"

At this point, tears were already streaming from his roar: "But he was right...... We went all the way south, burning all the way. All the way to harm and eat people, to the end, there is no way to go. In this world, don't give us a way, millions of people, what did they do wrong? ”

Wang Shitong cried, it was a man's cry of grief to despair, then he took a long breath, blinked his eyes, and held back his tears: "I killed everyone, hehe, Uncle Chen...... There is no way, you ...... Surrender to the Jurchens, surrender, but there is no way to surrender......"

"If there is no way, you will fight a way! Just like you said before, we'll kill you! Just a word from you. The old man's cane paused several times. Wang Shitong shook his head.

"No, you can't kill it, Uncle Chen. I...... I am tired. ”

Over there, Wu Ding tilted his head back, and the leader named Zang Xiuguo licked his lips, and it was only at this moment that they finally knew the reason why things were so smooth this time, and the reason why the violent and ferocious ghost king who had led them over the years had become so easy to subdue.

Only the old man looked at him in a daze for a long time, and his body seemed to be half a head shorter: "So...... You know what we do, what they do......"

"Hey, hey, a bunch of idiots."

"You don't want to live anymore......"

“……”

"But you still want to live......"

Wang Shitong lowered his head, stunned, and said in a low voice, "Go live......"

"You ......" the old man walked over, raised the wooden staff and slammed it on Wang Shitong's head, Wang Shitong's body deviated, the old man paused the cane, and finally turned around and left: "I will fulfill you!" ”

"Old Chen."

The old man looked back.

"Let me do it myself."

"Hehe, you ......" The cold wind blew between the house and the mountain, and the old man was very angry, and then waved his crutches, and the entourage around him rushed over, drew their knives and cut the rope for Wang Shitong. After this was done, the old man took the people and left, and Zang Xiuguo immediately followed, Wu Ding and the leader named Wang Chaoyuan glanced at each other and said, "I watched him die!" ”

Wang Chaoyuan tugged at the corners of his mouth: "I'll keep half of the people." ”

Wang Shitong didn't pay any attention to the surrounding movements, he tore off the rope and slowly walked to the wooden house not far away. When I turned my eyes to the surrounding mountains, the cold wind was blowing every year, as always, every year, and in the farthest mountains, there seemed to be trees sending out new branches.

In this world, he is no longer attached to it......

He walked in and hugged Gao Qianyue, but there was too much mud and blood on his body, he then let go again, took off his ragged coat, and the clothes inside were relatively dry, he took them off and covered the other party.

"I'm sorry, I've come this far...... Wang Shitong said, "However, it doesn't matter, we are together, I will accompany you, don't be afraid, it's okay......"

He pulled the gag cloth for Gao Qianyue, and the woman's body was still trembling. Wang Shitong said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it won't be cold for a while......" He walked to the corner of the house, opened a secret compartment, and there was a bucket of pine oil in the dark compartment, Wang Shitong opened it, poured it into the room, and poured it on his body, but then, he was stunned.

Gao Qianyue ran out of the door, and the exclamation came from outside, and he walked to the door and shouted to stop. Outside the door were overlapping people, who surrounded the place, here to watch the suicide of the ghost king. These people were already hungry and thirsty for a winter, and when they saw Gao Qianyue running out on their own initiative, someone stopped her, and someone wanted to pull her, Gao Qianyue hugged her body and had no way out.

"It's fine." In the room, Wang Shitong comforted her, "You...... You're afraid of this, I'll ...... I'll send you away first, and I'll stay with you. Don't worry, it won't hurt, you come in ......"

With tears on his face and a smile on his face, he opened his hands and spoke in his mouth.

"You're back, ...... Asatsuki"

At this moment, all the people outside were not in his eyes, only the crying, frightened woman in his eyes, that was the only thing he had left in this world, the only thing with light.

"You're back......"

He cried.

"The outside and the inside...... It's the same—"