The entire village was covered in dark clouds and rain, which washed over and over again the blood stains in front of the house. The sound of the rain overshadowed everything, all words, all birds and beasts, all sorrows, all daring and anger. Everything was covered in the sound of rain.

Gu San stepped up the steps, she searched the room, she looked through the boxes, and finally pushed open the attic door.

The windows were wide open, and the rain fell in, wetting the ground under the windowsills. She walked over to the clutter and slowly moved the things off the ground. Chests, farm implements, sickles......

Move away the same.

Then she lifted the old cloth in front of her and lifted the basket.

Xiao Sui'er curled up with her legs in her arms, she raised her head and looked at her with a pair of red eyes. Gu San stretched out his hand. Suddenly, the child grabbed her wrist and bit her on the tiger's mouth.

She was like a little beast biting Gu San's tiger mouth hard, tears rolling down her eyes, but she didn't even make a sound. The smell of blood gradually spread in her mouth, and Gu San looked down at her bloody palm, and did not make a sound to stop it. She just remained silent, silently waiting for the child to vent all her sorrows. What more can I say at this moment? It's already happened, and even an apology won't help. Children are well aware of everything that is happening, and they have nothing to lie about.

She hid here, heard the gunshots, heard the massacre, and she had witnessed a tragedy with her own ears. The pain gradually became clear, but Gu San never retracted his hand.

She was just silent.

Silent.

It wasn't until the girl finally ran out of strength and slumped to the ground that Gu San picked her up and took her out of the attic.

She carried Xiao Sui'er back downstairs, and Murong Yuhua walked into the rain with a shovel and began to dig a grave for his old friend in the courtyard. Gu San stood in front of the door with Xiao Sui'er in her arms, she originally raised her bloody hand to cover her eyes, but she held her hand and looked at the corpses of her parents with fixed eyes.

The heavy rain seemed to drown out everyone's voices temporarily, and in addition to the sound of rain in the courtyard, there was only the sound of Murong Yuhua holding a shovel and lifting the dirt over and over again, throwing it to the side. He dug until sunset, when the rain had stopped, and finally dug a tomb where two men could lie down.

Gu San and Xiao Sui'er arranged the clothes for Mu Yong and his wife. Xiao Sui'er put the wilted little flower in her mother's hair, and then watched the two adults lift her father and aunt, and then carried her into the deep pit full of earthy smell and dampness.

The rain had completely stopped, and it was completely dark.

Gu San lit an oil lamp and put it in front of the door, and buried the couple who sacrificed for them with Murong Yuhua. Xiao Sui'er also followed them to sprinkle the soil on her parents' bodies, and a pair of small hands held the soil over and over again and sprinkled it in, repeating this simple action over and over again.

A little moon shadow looms behind the clouds. At midnight, three men sat on the steps in front of the hall, their hands dirty. Xiao Sui'er's originally naked little feet put on Gu San's red embroidered shoes. It's only a little bigger, and if you tie the cuff with a rope, it's not easy to fall off.

She sat between Gu San and Murong Yuhua, looking at the two new tombs in front of her courtyard, and after a long silence, she finally spoke.

Spike said, "Will it be cold underground?" ”

"Yes." Murong Yuhua also looked at the tomb, they didn't even have yellow paper money that could be used for worship and burning, so they could only look at it like this after burying them, "But with such a thick soil, it shouldn't be too cold." ”

"Will there be snakes?"

"No, it won't."

"Will there be bug bites?"

"Nor will it. Your father and mother are good people, and those snakes, insects, rats and ants will not bully them. ”

Xiao Sui'er wiped away her tears with her sleeve and looked at him, "But since they are good people, why do those bad people bully them?" ”

"Because ......" Murong Yuhua lowered his head, and couldn't even find an answer to answer her for a while.

"Because we rebelled against this bunch of bad guys. We've overturned the bad guys' immutable rules, and they're angry and want to wipe out everyone who might have the same intentions. And those who rebel against the bad guys are, of course, the good guys. Gu San replied to her, "But no matter what, these things are caused by me, whether you hate us or curse us, I will listen." ”

"So if you don't resist, the bad guys won't kill my father and mother?"

Gu San nodded, "Yes." If I hadn't resisted at first, nothing would have happened to your Daddy and Auntie. ”

Xiao Sui'er seemed to want to say something, but she still didn't understand all this, and instead looked blankly at her father's grave, "But if they are still there, they must not want to listen to me." ”

After all, how can rebellion against the wicked be judged wrong? If all revolts are abandoned because of the bloody repression that must be faced, then no one will dare to speak the truth and use violence to drive out violence.

But that's just the way it is – the vicious ones brutally take the lives of others with weapons, without hesitation. And good people, good people can't even say a vicious curse.

The three of them seemed to have attended a humble funeral like this.

Gu San looked up at the moonlight, stood up and said, "Let's leave it at that." Walking alone is always a smaller goal than three. If you take this little spike, you can still avoid some pursuers and be safer. I hid my previous luggage in the place where we had been sheltering from the rain. You take Spike to the mountain road, you can avoid some ears and eyes. ”

Murong Yuhua said, "Do you want to be separated from us?" ”

"You and I have already brought enough disasters to others."

"I don't deny that. I do regret bringing those pursuers here. But I don't regret walking with you. Murong Yuhua then got up, "Any great rebellion is bound to be bloodily suppressed. This is timeless. But that doesn't mean we were wrong in the first place. I will be saddened by the loss of my comrades, and I will be outraged by the loss of these innocent people. But that's exactly what we should get back with those guys. ”

It was not the first time he had encountered such a sacrifice, nor was it the first time he had seen death. It's just that no matter how many times he has experienced such a situation, his pain will not be attenuated in the slightest. But even if it is painful, the pace of progress should not be stopped. No one can make it all the way.

When he chose to use violence to confront violence, he was no longer qualified to define his suffering in the traditional sense of good and evil. The wicked choose to deprive others of their lives, and in the name of rebellion, he is just killing people from different camps again and again. Aren't those who died innocent?

It's just that when everyone is on opposite sides, the spread of hatred, the difference in their positions, everything is simplified, and they are all encapsulated in a bloody world by violence.

Murong Yuhua knew that his compassion and kindness were superfluous. He didn't say these words, just sighed. On her side, Xiao Sui'er clenched her fists and stood up, "I'm going to get it back for my father and aunt." ”

"Are we three of us on the road? A foot injury, a five-year-old? All we have are these guns, bullets and daggers. ”

"We've lost enough, which just means we can't separate now." Murong Yuhua took Xiao Sui'er's hand, and at the same time stretched out his other hand towards Gu San, "Do you know how I understand the combination of the three of us?" A sharpshooter, a think tank, a kid who can confuse everyone and let them down their guard. For me, no one is going to be a burden, and it's a perfect combination. ”

Gu San looked at his hand hesitantly.

"And the most important thing." Murong Yuhua said, "We all have to get everything that was taken back from the hands of the group of guys surnamed Li." ”

This journey is about revenge. It's about dodging, killing, and gore.

They eventually set out on their journey again in the moonlight. Xiao Sui'er solemnly took the key and lock and closed the door with the help of Murong Yuhua. She was only five years old, but after this night, it seemed like she had suddenly grown up a lot. didn't cry or make trouble, carried the small bag that Gu San packed for her, and kowtowed twice in front of her father's and mother's grave.

Her voice was still a little childish, but everything she said was loud, "Daddy, Auntie, Xiao Sui'er will avenge you." I will not spare any of those who have killed you. ”

With that, she knocked her head on the ground hard.

By nightfall the rain had long since stopped, the haze had lifted, and the moonlight was shining into the stream. The three of them washed the dirt and filth on their bodies in the stream, and Gu San took off the straps on his feet, washed away the blood, and bandaged them again. The journey began in the moonlight, and the wind blew the smell of grass and trees in the mountains and forests, and a faint smell of blood could still be faintly smelled.

And the smell of blood obviously will stay with them for a long time on this journey.

They found their luggage in the rain before, and when deciding on the escape route, Murong Yuhua made a new plan. He said that no matter where they went now, the army would spread out, and sooner or later they would still be able to find them.

"So our plan is simple – the most dangerous place is the safest place. Let's go back to the city. ”

Gu San pondered for a moment before agreeing to his plan. At present, it is very likely that the soldiers and horses under Commander Li were all sent out to look for Gu San's traces between the mountains and the countryside, but they neglected to guard in the towns.

However, there will definitely be soldiers guarding the place in and out of the city, and it is not so easy to sneak in. Murong Yuhua was not in a hurry and pointed in one direction, "Don't panic, just enter the city, as long as you go in the direction of the return trip, I still have a few hiding places to use." ”