Chapter 16 The dove occupies the magpie's nest
"What is this?" When he said this sentence in a panic, Zhao Zimai felt his body light, and the thing that wrapped him loosened the restraint on him.
Wan Wan's figure reappeared in front of him, but the body that was already close to transparency was now so shallow that it was almost invisible, and it was quickly drifting forward with a gust of wind that suddenly rushed from behind, and disappeared into the vast world before Zhao Zimai could stop him.
"Don't scream, he's been in the world for too long, he's been in pain for too long, it's time to go, it's better to let me give him a ride." It turned out that the gust of wind just now was blown by Sang, but now, it stopped blowing, and there was a sense of sympathy in its tone.
"But I still haven't figured out what's going on? Great Immortal, you are too anxious. Zhao Zimai reproached it in a hurry, and felt that it was inappropriate, so he quickly stopped talking.
Sang didn't annoy him, he only sneered, "Zhao Gongzi is so smart, haven't you understood the cause and effect of the matter?" ”
Zhao Zimai got up from the ground, patted off the dust on his clothes, and just wanted to ask it to have something to say, but a white light suddenly crossed in his mind.
"Could it be...... Could this be the story of a dove occupying a magpie's nest? His eyes widened and he snorted, "There has never been a second child, and the Wan couple treat that monster as their own child, and ignore their own flesh and blood, why...... Why is this happening? ”
Sang clapped his hands approvingly, but there was a chill in his crooked smile eyes, "It is worthy of Zhao Zimai, who understands the cause and effect of the whole thing through a fragment." You guessed right, this is indeed a story of a dove occupying a magpie's nest, and the protagonist of the story, Wan Wan, is a phantom butterfly. ”
"Phantom-butterfly?"
"The South China Sea butterfly was born in Haishi, also known as the 'Hundred Illusion Butterfly'." Sang tilted his head slightly, his gaze crossed Zhao Zimai's shoulder, and landed on a corner of the courtyard, "Everyone in the world thinks that the reason why the Hundred Illusion Butterfly gets its name is because its form changes endlessly, but in fact, it is not. Zhao Zimai, let me test you, what does 'illusion' mean in addition to the meaning of change? ”
"Deception, confusion." Zhao Zimai had already guessed seven points of truth at this time, so he quickly said the answer, and his fists were clenched: It's just that this truth is stained with blood, which is unbearable.
Sang nodded slightly, "Yes, Phantom Butterflies never raise their own children, but they have their own way of survival. When it comes time to lay eggs, Phantom Butterfly will find a family with a newborn, lay the eggs, and then leave without looking back, and the chosen family will be miserable. Because of the heart and eyes of the phantom butterfly, the parents of the newborn child will regard the eggs of the phantom butterfly as their own children, and their real children will be neglected, forgotten, and abandoned. ”
Zhao Zimai's heart trembled, "How did Wan Wan die?" ”
Sang glanced at him, "If nothing else, he should have been starved to death, a newborn baby, without the care of his parents, it should not be difficult to guess what the ending will be." ”
"That'...... Then how do you know that Wanjia's child was secretly replaced by Phantom Butterfly? ”
Sang's gaze had been fixed in the corner of the courtyard, and now when he heard Zhao Zimai ask this sentence, it raised its chin slightly towards the corner, "I saw the skin that faded before it turned into a pupate." ”
Zhao Zimai felt a sudden chill on his back, and when he turned his head, he saw the thing that was pressed under the stone, a thin layer of silk, with blue textures outlined on it, of different thicknesses. But when he ran over, the skin magically disappeared under his nose as if it would be invisible.
"The skin of the phantom butterfly can also blind people's eyes, don't think so much, move the stone away." Sang commanded him from behind.
Zhao Zimai then laboriously moved the boulder pressed on it, and when he reached out, he first touched the slippery skin, and then touched something under the skin, which was so hard that his hands were like ...... Bone.
He jerked his hand back and gasped, "This...... It's a ......."
With a "swish", the invisible skin was uncovered by the mulberry who came over, and inside was a small skeleton, as if it belonged to a human baby.
"It's hiding the real Wanwan here." Zhao Zimai's heart sank, although he had guessed Wan Wan's ending, he didn't expect that his bones would always be in Wanjia.
"When the child starved to death, he was wrapped in skin by the phantom butterfly and hid in his own home. No wonder after so many years, he is reluctant to leave. Sang lowered his head to look at the yellowed skeleton, and smashed his mouth silently, "Miserable, really miserable, but it's all so miserable, and it hasn't turned into a ghost, so it can be seen that this Wan Wan is really a good-hearted person." ”
"It's a pity that people are good and are bullied, and the world will not pity a person for his kindness, but sometimes they will ask for it endlessly." Zhao Zimai's face was cold, but when he saw Sang looking at him with interest, he cleared his throat and changed the subject, "Great Immortal, you see Wan Wan, she was already dead when she was a baby, but why is the soul we see a middle-aged man in his thirties?" ”
Sang was still staring at him, the light in his eyes was dim, "One thought of good, all is good, one thought of evil, all is evil." Zhao Zimai, once the malice in his heart can't be suppressed, it will be like a flash flood, all pouring out, don't go down a road of no return. ”
Zhao Zimai was stunned for a long time by his words, he didn't know how much it penetrated into his heart, but it was suddenly exposed, but the taste was not comfortable at all. He stood there in disagreement, his face blue and white, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
Fortunately, Sang let him go, and it turned its gaze to Wan Wan's bones again, and its voice sank a little, "You want to know why the soul grows up?" In fact, it's not that he has grown up, but that his mind is too strong, so strong that it even affects his appearance. He may not even know he's dead, or he may know but don't want to admit it. As a person, he has to grow up with the increase of years, Wan Wan is a child of the Wan family, so he must also grow up, although his parents have never said a word to him, although, he has never been cared for by a trace of family affection. ”
Zhao Zimai closed his eyes, "So, the Wan couple didn't know until the day they died, that their real children had already been replaced." ”
Speaking of this, he opened his eyes suddenly, "Great Immortal, how did the Wan family die?" Where did the Phantom Butterfly go now? ”