Chapter 260: The Long-Lost Melody (Part II)
When the old woman heard this, she suddenly laughed, "If you were forty years older, or I would be forty years younger, I would have thought that you were trying to chase me." ”
Meng Lun didn't dare to answer this, so he could only smile, and the moonlight sprinkled on his face, coated with a layer of soft light.
"Enough rest, let's go." The old woman got up, but she heard the sound of rolling behind her, and she exclaimed, "The music box has fallen." ”
The paper bag toppled over, and the small wooden box ran straight out of it, rolling down the slope of the river embankment.
"It's okay, I'll pick it up."
Meng Lun subconsciously raised his hand to use his spiritual power to fetch it, but he felt a force behind him, which caught him off guard and leaned forward. He looked back in disbelief, only to see a face sunk in the shadows.
"I warned you, I'm going to think about doing it to my people."
Ji Ying's voice rang out, sending a chill down the old woman's back. The other party no longer knew when he appeared beside her, and as his voice sounded, a thin golden light seemed to envelop her like scattered fireworks.
He pinched out the golden light in his hand, and scooped Meng Lun up with the music box.
Just like Meng Lun's expression, the old woman took two steps back with some hard time believing her eyes, "How can you fly ......?"
She looked left and right in a panic, but noticed that the occasional passer-by did not notice anything strange here.
"Meng Lun, you must not have thought that Mingyue couldn't bear to let you be lonely for a thousand years, so she drove you away; Now Mingyue can push you down the river embankment in order to complete the deal with the music box. ”
Unlike the old woman's incomprehension and surprise, Meng Lun lowered his eyes, "Have you been discovered......?"
"I wouldn't have cared about that kind of thing." Ji Cheng took the music box and gently wiped the surface of the soil-stained box, "But for someone like you to be nervous, I don't think there is much time." So I went underground to check it out. "TV debut
"You didn't expect her to push you, did you? You must wonder why she pushed you, right? Ji Cheng opened the music box and put it in the hands of the somewhat confused people, "This is a branch of the loquat tree planted by Zhou Qi, as you might guess, this is also his way of collecting vitality." ”
"The function of this music box is to transfer one person's life to another, and when the vitality is injected into it, it will sound a song. And the person who broke the wooden boat was able to obtain the right to transfer his life. ”
"So, does the wooden boat mean that the soul is crossed by a boat?"
"This woman before you, when her son was born, had her husband give his life to his son; And when her grandson was born, he gave her daughter-in-law's life to her grandson. ”
"Do you think she is still the person who thought about you and was able to wronged herself for the rest of her life?"
Not only did Meng Lun's complexion stiffen little by little, but even the old woman's expression gradually stiffened, "What do you mean?" ”
"What do you mean?" Ji Ying sneered and pointed his finger directly between her eyebrows.
What this showed her was Ji Cheng's memories of the past, about the woman in the village.
"Am I the woman?" When Mingyue opened her eyes, her whole body trembled, so much so that she didn't dare to look at Meng Lun's eyes.
She finally understood why the other party said that she was willing to go out with her more.
"But that's not me."
"Of course it's not you." Ji Ying's eyes were cold, "Do you really think that Meng Po soup is an ornament?" The body has changed, the memory is gone, how can it be the original person? ”
"But someone can still get out of it."
Meng Lun bit his lower lip hard and looked at Ji Ying, "Mr. Ji, can I give her a part of my life?" I've lived as long as a human being. ”
"Do you think that the transfer of life is just a few years? Whether you are a human being, a god or a ghost, what you hand over is all your life, and the part that the other party can't bear will all be turned into nutrients for the loquat tree! ”
"Are you willing to do this for the sake of such a person who can do it to your own grandson?!"
"Wait a minute, I'm not trying to prolong my own life!" Mingyue interrupted their conversation loudly, "I'm for Xiaobao!" ”
"If it's really for him, why did you tell him about the music box?" Ji Cheng snorted coldly, "Don't you think that your little abacus can calculate me, right?" ”
"If it's really for him, why are you pushing Meng Lun down?"
didn't give the other party a chance to answer, Ji Cheng asked himself, "It's just that you originally wanted to get the life of your child, but then Meng Lun happened to send it to the door, so you chose to attack him." ”
"After all, as long as the music box has vitality injected, it's fine."
"I'm an old woman with a short life, what's the use of asking for a stranger's life?!"
Mingyue's red face looked like a person who had been framed and misunderstood, if it weren't for what Ji Cheng said next, Meng Lun would really think that Ji Cheng blamed her.
"No one thinks they've lived long enough. Even people who have lived for thousands of years are still seeking immortality, how much more so are you just a mortal? ”
Mingyue laughed, not half similar to the woman back then, "That's why you took the boat away?" Do you think I'm going to make a move? ”
"Do you have to let someone else's blood stain my hands red?"
Not every transfer of life requires killing someone on the spot. Just like the previous two times that Mingyue had witnessed, when the provider and receiver of life held the boat at the same time, under the guidance of the controller, the lives of the two would be exchanged. When the deal is made, the original boat will disappear and a new boat will manifest in the music box.
The mysterious boatman will prop up the boat and sail on the water, and the music will sound along the boat.
"Do you think that after the first two experiences, your hands will not be stained with blood?" Ji Cheng squinted at her, "After all, it's all selfish people." Perhaps you can explain the first time that the child cannot lack maternal love, so why should you sacrifice the maternal love of your little grandson the second time? ”
Mingyue couldn't answer these words.
Ji Yin's hand spread out in front of her, and I don't know when, the wooden boat that was taken down appeared in his hand, "The transaction has been opened by you." ”
"But where do I go to find someone to trade with now?" Mingyue took the wooden boat with a wry smile, and then slammed it to the ground hard.
The wooden boat seemed to be more fragile than the ceramic, and it was directly reduced to several pieces.
The wood chips turned into a little dark light and dispersed, directly integrating into Mingyue's body.
Meng Lun couldn't understand it, so he looked at Ji Ying very nervously, "What's wrong?" ”
The person who answered him was Mingyue, "To open a transaction, whether the transaction is successful or not, you need to pay a price." The way to pay the price is to destroy the canoe completely. ”
She smiled and took a few steps forward, hugging the frozen Meng Lun into her arms, "I'm sorry for ruining the image of that wonderful person in your mind." ”
Mingyue left, taking a translucent candy that Ji Cheng gave her.
And the music box was brought back to the Shanhai Pavilion by Ji Ying, and it was opened and placed on the table.
A day later, as the moonlight shone through the window on the water like a sea of stars, a cold and sad melody sounded in the shop.
"This time you have to remember that one is the same." Ji Cheng looked at the person who was nesting on the sofa and didn't want to move, and stroked the white ball in his hand one by one, "Don't indulge in the past, it's already a melting snowflake, and it has long dissipated in the air." ”