Chapter 16: The Aftermath of the Catastrophe

If there really were lonely ghosts in this world, maybe you could hear the faint wheezing sound under the damp ground, it was a heart that was still beating.

The moment she woke up, Xie Yi smelled a disgusting fishy smell, there was absolute darkness all around, she wanted to sit up, but the top of her head bumped into a hard thing, and the space was too small for her to maintain a supine position.

The stench continued to irritate her nerves, and she rolled over to suppress the desire to vomit, and touched a soft and glutinous thing in her hand, like human skin, but too soft.

She brought the thing in front of her eyes and tried to identify it, but she could only feel a stronger smell explode in her nasal cavity and mind, instinctively threw the thing out, rubbed it back in horror, and heard a "bang", something was hit and fell to her ear.

Xie Yi didn't dare to move anymore, there was a dead silence all around, she suddenly remembered the small flint in her palm, and she trembled and polished the fire.

Just as there was a sudden light in front of her, she saw herself facing a hollow skull.

She remembered that she had been dragged into the coffin by the force of the force, and the back of her head had hit the hard plank, and she had fainted.

The tooth-white yellowed skull, the empty two holes like a poisonous snake and beast, Xie Yi desperately slapped the solid coffin lid, she straightened up her waist and smashed it with her head, but there was no reaction, only warm blood fell down the eyebrow bone, Xie Yi understood, she was going to die.

Many years ago, when she saw Miss's wrist that was almost broken, she believed that she would not die. She was priced, looking at the market with indifferent or curious faces, she didn't know who she would buy, but she knew she wouldn't die.

Later, she looked at the crowd of drunk people under the green gauze tent, she also believed that she would not die, she had just entered the green building, and she was smoked by the aroma of pollen every day until she retched, she didn't know what would happen in the future, but she knew that she would definitely not die.

Only today, in this coffin where no one could see her, she knew that she was going to die.

It seemed to be raining in the forest again, and Xie Yi knew for the first time that the sound of the soil loosening could be so clear when heard in the coffin.

Xie Yi's nails cracked when she scratched the coffin, and the slightest movement was a pain in her heart, and the blood on her forehead dried up, condensing the skin on her face into wrinkles, and she lay quietly like this, letting the thin air swallow the last of her consciousness.

She gave up.

She remembered the first time she saw Mu Chu, by the bridge and on the waterside, the lanterns were like day. I think of the young Kyoto, the willow bank, and the bright moon building. The last thing she remembered was the meal she had in the courtyard with Lockdown, as if all the suffering had passed.

Life is short, and the past is full of dust.

There were suddenly two knocks above the coffin, Xie Yi didn't move, she couldn't tell the difference between reality and illusion. However, in the next second, a loud noise seemed to shatter her eardrums, and she felt herself being pounced on by the wet earth, and fresh air poured into her mouth and nose, and she finally coughed.

Many years later, when there were only two people left in Weiyang Building, Chunqiu and Xie Yi remembered the scene of seeing Xie Yi for the first time, he said, "I didn't say anything when I saw you at that time, and I thought you were really dead, and I thought about it or stuff it back." ”

There was a light rain outside the window, Xie Yi brought the freshly warmed wine to the table, and poured a cup in the spring and autumn, and the sound of the rain was clear, just like the night when Xie Yi was reborn from the coffin.

Xie Yi also poured himself a glass, "Actually, I really want to, I will die at that time." ”

"You can't die," Chunqiu smiled, he swayed his light wine cup, "You have my talisman on you, even if I don't come to save you, who dares to take you away, at most, I have to give you a soul, it's too troublesome, I don't want to." ”

Xie Yi also smiled, she thought, how good it would be if the talisman was locked down.

She remembered the lockdown, and couldn't help but turn her head to look at the night outside the window, and the lanterns of unknown houses in the distance were quietly extinguished.

Some things, believe it or not, seem like they are predestined.

"β€”Hey, get up, get up. Chunqiu shouted twice at Xie Yi lying in the coffin.

The rain gathered in the coffin, the blood stains on Xie Yi's face were quickly washed away, the scattered hair was stained with water, wet and drooping on her cheeks, a huge hat buckled her head, and Chunqiu dragged her up, "Go, I'll send you back." ”

Xie Yi saw the person in front of him clearly, wearing a gray hooded cape, childishness between his eyebrows, and clear eyes, he looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old.

She vaguely felt that this face was familiar, and when her mind turned, she remembered that this face had saved her life in prison. "It's you! you......"

"Yes, of course it's me. Chunqiu knew what she was going to ask, so he interrupted her with a look of course, unbuttoned his cloak and threw it to Xie Yi, revealing the rare dark red robe inside. "That day in prison, I saw that thing was interested in you, and I put a talisman on you to catch it, but what the hell did you come to here, the yin qi is so heavy, it almost pressed my talisman down. ”

As soon as Chunqiu waved his hand, through the long clothes, Xie Yi saw that his forearm showed a few golden characters, and he wanted to look at it carefully but disappeared.

"Let's go, I'll talk about it when I get back. ”

"Wait a minute, seal the head of the arrest ......"

"Headcatcher?" Chunqiu scratched his head, "Ah...... You're talking about the people of the official family, the people of the official family have the Son of Heaven token to protect themselves, and ordinary monsters can't hurt him, don't worry. As soon as the words fell, Chunqiu saw Xie Yi's face suddenly change.

I don't know if it's raining, Xie Yi feels that she is extremely cold, she remembers that the token of the lockdown is not on him.