Chapter 30: Guilt
When she raised her head, Ziyu felt like she had a long dream, the sky in the dream was still as blue as when she was a child, she and Xu Chong held hands, walking under this blue sky like sea water, and her heart was full of indescribable joy.
This mood was so real that when she woke up from the dream, the heavy joy was still condensed in her heart and could not be dissipated for a long time.
Ziyu licked his bloodstained lips, reluctantly opened his eyes, and stared at the blood-stained official robe on the snow for a long time, before finally realizing what he had just done, so he fell backwards and fell into the dusty snowdrift.
"Huh...... Swish...... Who......"
There was a strange sound behind him, and Ziyu turned around and saw Xu Chong squatting on the ground, grabbing the snow on the ground, and wiping the blood stains of Wu Yuanli on Shang Fang's sword. The sword was quickly washed clean by the snow, and the shiny blade reflected his face, slightly distorted.
Ziyu felt that this face was terrifyingly cold, although he was smiling at her, the smile was amiable, exactly the same as when he was a child.
"Finished eating?" "The right time," he said. ”
"What?" Ziyu was stunned, not knowing what this sentence meant, but his heart suddenly panicked, as if he had a premonition.
Xu Chong put a finger in front of his lips and motioned for her to be quiet, "Shhh, listen, the footsteps are getting closer, they are coming," After saying this, he smiled at her again, raising his eyebrows, "I forgot to tell you, my little brother, is very thoughtful, if he sees the corpse, it will definitely suspect me." If I push the corpse into the cliff, he will not stop, and he will still be more or less suspicious of me. ”
He lowered his voice, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, "Xiaowan, I didn't expect you to help me, you ate him, who else would know that Wu Yuanli was killed by me?" ”
Ziyu didn't react to what he meant by this for a while, but when she heard the footsteps getting closer and closer, and someone called out Wu Yuan's name, she suddenly understood.
The air around her seemed to be frozen, she lowered her head, looked at Wu Yuanli, who had been sucked into a pool of blood, and her blood-stained hands, and laughed tremblingly.
"Xu Chong, do you want me to take the blame for you?" For the first time, she felt the smell of blood a little pungent, and almost choked her tears, but she had to hold back desperately.
Xu Chong slowly stood up, and the corners of his lips twisted into an ugly smile, "You can escape, you have such a beautiful pair of wings, where can you fly?" Xiaowan, you know what? Sometimes, I really envy you monsters, everyone thinks that you are inherently evil, so even if you do evil, it won't cause a stir. Unlike me, they lifted me up and held me high, but they crouched in the shadows to see me fall from the sky. ”
His eyes were even colder, but the corners of his mouth were still full of laughter, "I don't want them to see jokes, after winning for so many years, I can't lose." ”
When he said this, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the people behind had already discovered them, and Ziyu heard them calling Xu Chong's name, one after another, and it was full of excitement.
Yes, as he said, she could have escaped, turned into a phantom butterfly, and flew to the sky, which was an easy thing for her. But for some reason, she didn't want to leave, she felt very tired and tired, the night she ate her adoptive parents, and the years she was chased by the government, it seemed that she had never been so tired. In those unbearable days, there was always a little light that supported her to keep going, but now, this light disappeared, turned into the most painful scar of her life, and she didn't know where the road ahead was.
Ziyu sat in place, watching the crowd rush towards him, and they circled around Xu Chong, shushing him and asking for warmth. He is still their idol, a hero who shelters the people of the city, and she is still the murderous and bloodthirsty monster.
None of this has changed, it has never changed.
Ziyu also learned from Xu Chong's appearance and laughed.
"Lord Xu, who is she?" A little official found Ziyu, pointed at her and asked, while also seeing Wu Yuanli's official robe, he screamed in fright, "Lord Wu, what's wrong with Lord Wu?" ”
Several swords pointed at Ziyu at the same time, and the little official led by him was so panicked that he couldn't finish his words, "Xu ...... Lord Xu, what's going on? Lord Wu, he ......"
"She's also out of helplessness, don't ......" Xu Chong's eyes flickered a few times, making a look of defending Ziyu.
"Wu Yuanli was eaten by me, and the Wan family was also eaten by me, I am a monster, come here, come and kill me." Ziyu raised her tone very high, overpowering Xu Chong's hypocritical maintenance, she didn't want to hear his voice again, not a word.
"She ate Lord Wu, she ate Lord Wu...... She's a monster ......."
The crowd was boiling, but when they saw Ziyu's red-dyed clothes and hands, they didn't dare to move forward with their swords one by one, but only surrounded her in the middle, and closed them in little by little.
Xu Chong still stood far away, his face expressionless, as cold as if everything that happened here had nothing to do with him. Ziyu met his eyes, only to feel a huge sadness covering her from her head, so she smiled sadly and raised her neck at the officials who were getting closer and closer, "Kill me, avenge Wu Yuanli, come, kill me." ”
The fearless light on her face seemed to shock Xu Chong, and he lowered his head, not wanting to see the upcoming scene.
The officials roared, they were going to lynch, although Wu Yuanli was not smart enough, but he was usually good to his subordinates, these officials regarded him as a big brother, and now seeing him killed, and he died so miserably, he was naturally filled with righteous indignation, and he couldn't wait to kill the real murderer.
Xu Chong knew that he could stop this from happening, and he could comfort them and let them take Ziyu back to the yamen to be imprisoned first, so that she would have a chance to escape.
But he didn't want to, he didn't want to take the risk. That's her choice, isn't it? She is bent on death, so let it all end at this moment. After a few days, when the limelight passed, he would come back and dispose of the corpse on the edge of the cliff, and completely reset this matter to zero.
No one would know what was going on here, everyone who knew was dead, and he was the only one left.
Xu Chong, he is still the admired hot hand catcher.
"Kill her and avenge Lord Wu." The sword flashed, and the roar came and went.
"Xu Chong, you won." Ziyu smiled sadly and raised his head to meet his own fate.