She stopped her hurried steps, tears could no longer be held back, and her eyes burst out.

She knew that her grandfather was gone forever.

He used his last life to resist the catastrophe from the General's Mansion for his granddaughter. Guarded, the secret of the Hai clan's century-old inheritance.

A month after the funeral, a shocking news came.

The general proposed to the Hai family!

She was on the vigil and her face turned to ashes for a moment after hearing the matchmaker's excited remarks.

Everyone in the town knows that the Hai family has a beautiful granddaughter, and the people who come to the door to propose marriage have never been cut off, but Hai Hotaru's grandfather has all refused, and now the only head of the family has died, and the bones are not cold, no one expected that the general, who has always been famous for not being close to women, couldn't wait to start the action.

"Miss Hai Ying is really beautiful like a fairy, and the general's vision is really good!"

"How many girls are in love with the general! The general just fell in love with you, Miss Hai Ying is really blessed! ”

"I heard that the general is a beautiful man! Young and promising, with a prominent family, Hai Hotaru will definitely not suffer a loss if she marries in the past! ”

For a moment, all eyes and mouths in the town pointed to the gate of the Hai family.

"The dowry given to you by the general, you almost have to buy this town!" The matchmaker dangled in front of her and kept persuading her bitterly, "Miss Haiying, you are a general, this is a blessing that other girls can't cultivate in their lifetimes!" ”

"No need, please tell the general that my status is humble and I am not worthy of the general. Please ask the general to find another lover. Hai Hotaru said lightly.

“…… What the?! The matchmaker was shocked as if she was about to fall out of her eyes.

Since that moment, the matchmaker has been talking about her for three whole days, from good words to persuasion to aggressiveness, Hai Hotaru has kept her head down, responding to all doubts and dissatisfaction with silence.

Finally, the general couldn't hold back and came to the Hai family in person.

Hai Hotaru looked at his grim side face and knelt down silently. Her voice was hoarse, but she was also very stubborn, "General, I hope you can raise your noble hand and let go of the people's daughter." ”

The general looked coldly at her in filial piety clothes, and said contemptuously, "You know, I don't want to marry you." But you have to marry me, the secret that your Hai clan keeps should be made public now, and you don't want your grandfather to die in vain. ”

"Are you going to force a marriage?" Hai Hotaru raised her head and raised her voice sharply.

The general slapped her, his face was angry, and he snorted without pity, "Are you talking to your future husband?!" ”

Hai Hotaru covered her face and looked at him quietly, never speaking.

The general was furious by her emotionless eyes, and he angrily threw down a sentence: "Anyway, I will marry you in five days, and I will not let you go even if you are a corpse at that time!" He strode out of the sea house.

The general sent troops to make the sea family impenetrable, cutting off her from contact with anyone. Every day, a maid is assigned to take care of Hai Hotaru.

Umihotaru

Kneeling alone in the mourning hall without sleep, facing his grandfather's coffin, washing his face with tears over and over again. She thought it was all over, but he was still pushing her, forcing her to make a choice.

She just felt that her heart was very cold, so cold that she was chilling to the bones in this summer heat.

There was another sharp pain in her stomach, and she hugged herself and fell into the cold mourning hall. This heart-rending pain has become more and more frequent in the past few days, and each time it almost crushes her to plasma.

Could it be that in this day and age, everything will come to an end?

She stared at the sky with empty eyes, but she couldn't shed a single tear.

There was a dark shadow, projected on the moonlit ground. It seemed to float from the moonlight, and came to her silently.

His gorgeous clothes were already stained with blood, and although his originally ruddy face was already sickly pale, it was still as warm as jade.

He hugged her cold body, his body trembled violently, and the strength of every word seemed to be engraved on her heart, "Hai Firefly, you come with me!" ”

She looked up at him, his eyes that were originally as black as inky jade were now as dazzling as stars, as if they were enough to dispel all the gloom until they reached the bottom of her originally cold heart.

She nodded, her eyelashes, as thin as a cicada's wings, as fragile as butterfly wings, the warmth of his palms slowly melting hers, and in his arms, her thousand words turned into silent chokes when they reached her mouth.

It's this time, I want to believe, even if this idea is illusory and not real, I want to rely on it, even if suddenly this warm embrace turns into a cold sword.

He hugged Hai Hotaru, who had lost his strength due to five days of sleeplessness, kicked open the door of Hai's house, and walked out.

"Miss Hai Firefly......" The person in charge of the door was suddenly stunned, "You are ......"

"Get out of the way." Ruan Jing's voice was extremely faint, but with suppressed anger.

"Who are you! Where do you want to take the young lady? Don't you know that she is the future general's wife? Someone!! The person in charge shouted with some fear.

All the soldiers who were guarding the surrounding area hurried over and surrounded them with swords.

Ruan Jing lowered his head, looked at the pale woman in his arms, and hugged him more gently, "It's okay, everything has me." ”

Hai Hotaru nodded lightly and closed her eyes.

There was a loud scream and a rush of wind in his ears, but his hand was always tightly holding her and not letting go, and the scorching temperature almost burned her. However, she suddenly felt that the things that had been entrenched in her heart were no longer important at this moment.

Because of the temperature of this embrace, she was already greedy and couldn't get out.

After a long time, the noise in her ears had faded away, and she opened her eyes to find that they had escaped from the encirclement.

She looked at him, her fingers climbed up to his angular face, he looked down in surprise, and smiled slightly, "I've said it all, it's okay, I won't lie to you." ”

She smiled faintly, and he looked at her fixedly, leaning down as if he were distracted, and imprinted a cold kiss on her forehead.

"I'm sorry, I probably can't take you away." He said in a low voice, laid her on the grass, turned her head and began to cough violently, she was shocked to see the blood gushing out of his mouth, splashing in the grass, scarlet like blooming blood.

"Ah...... I'm fine, like I've just been shot by an arrow......" He looked at her, and with one last smile, collapsed on the lawn.

In the darkness, noisy steps approached them, and the general stood behind them with a few men.

"The last descendant of the Hai clan, do you want to save him?" The general looked at her coldly, "Then go and open the lock, or I will kill him in the name of him kidnapping the general's wife." ”

She raised her head with all her might, tears hung in the corners of her eyes in the dark night, and her long black hair fluttered slightly messy, but it added a touch of sad beauty. Her pale, almost transparent fingers caressed the resolute side of his face, her eyes hollow and barely focused. After a while, he lightly opened his red lips, and his voice was as cold as a sharp dagger, "Okay, I promise you." ”

At night, the green hills were even steeper and craggy, and her body was weakened by torture, and every step she took was as painful as stepping on the edge of a knife. I don't know how long it has been and when the skillful journey has become so long, but she still held on, with an incredible stubbornness on her face that made everyone who followed behind her unbelievable.

The long journey finally reached the end, including the soldiers who galloped on the battlefield, they were exhausted, but Hai Hotaru still tried to walk to the stone gate, the dead grass around the stone gate had been shoveled, the gate was full of deep dent marks, and the lock had been twisted into a strange shape.

Her fingers caressed the broken lock softly, as if soothing it.

They threw the tools to her, and Hotaru just sneered and took out the hairpin, but after a long time, she collapsed to the ground, closed her eyes and said resolutely, "This lock can no longer be opened." ”

"Can't open?!" The general shouted angrily, took out his long sword and put it against her forehead, and his face was hideous, "You stinky bitch, I won't believe your nonsense!" ”

Hai Hotaru didn't struggle, and still said flatly, "The keyhole has been twisted, and even if the key is found, it won't be able to open." ”

"You!"

"You let her go!"

A suppressed angry shout interrupted the general, Ruan Jing struggled to get up from the grass, but his originally gentle eyes were now filled with black haze, almost setting off a violent storm, instantly startling the ruthless general.

"Hehe, want to die? A couple of adulterers and adulteresses, who happened to die together, also did your wish! The general was furious, and lifted Hai Ying and threw it to Ruan Jing.

"Hotaru, are you okay, are you hurt?" Ruan Jing hugged her nervously and asked.

Hai Ying only shook his head lightly, Ruan Jing's face suddenly softened, and he said as if he was a little relieved, "That's good, it's okay...... it's okay."

"Anyway, now you're useless, even if I bombard this broken chain, I'm going to blast it open! Give me death! The general pointed his sword at him

Hai Hotaru roared.

Ruan Jing stared at the general's bloodthirsty expression, finally lowered his head, and said to Hai Hotaru, "I can't escape here with you now, Hai Ying, you go and open me......"

Hai Hotaru looked at the general's long sword expressionlessly, and her voice did not fluctuate a little, "I said, this lock can no longer be opened, even if it is me, there is no way." ”

"Hai Hotaru ......" Ruan Jing was almost pleading with her, "You will die here, even if I disappear, it will be fine, but I don't want you to be hurt a little......"

Hai closed her eyes and couldn't say a word again.

"Since that's the case, then I have to do this......" Ruan Jing turned his face, protected Hai Ying behind his back, and said firmly, "As I said, everything is with me." Even if I die, I will die before you. ”

Holding back the tears that were about to take her eyes, she held her breath, her knuckles so hard that they were almost blue.

She still couldn't say those words, no matter how much she suffered from the pains of lies, she fell into those abysses one by one, knowing that she would fall to pieces, but still, she tried to grasp every trace of illusory spider silk, hoping to redeem herself.

(End of chapter)

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