The story that Zitao told happened in Qishan.

This incident was about six or seven years ago, when Xiao Hese was not the demon girl on Qishan, after Brother Cong Kunlun Mountain betrayed, he lived in the rivers and lakes, and did not come to Qishan until a few years later.

At that time, there was a drought in Qishan, the crops in the fields were dry, and as far as the eye could see, there were some withered and withered trees and winding cracks on the ground.

One day, their village chief invited a Taoist priest, and the Taoist priest was very evil, and his whole face was gloomy and pale, and he didn't look like he was practicing the righteous path at all.

The Taoist priest said that it was the villagers of their village who had offended the gods in the sky and needed to pay tribute to the gods to show their sincerity so that the rain could rain and alleviate the drought.

So the villagers gathered supplies everywhere, set up a decent altar, and prayed to the gods for rain, but unfortunately they prayed for almost half a month, and did not see a drop of rain falling.

At this time, the Taoist priest said that this immortal is not an ordinary immortal, and the ordinary immortal only collects money and livestock, but this immortal, as long as the female dependents are like flowers and jade, the villagers have no choice, so they have to choose female relatives from the villagers to sacrifice.

But the question is, flesh and blood, blood is thicker than water, who is willing to sacrifice their daughter as a sacrifice to the gods?

In a dilemma, someone came up with a way to write the names of the daughters of each family who had not yet come out of the cabinet on bamboo sticks, and the lottery decided who would be the sacrifice for rain.

Coincidentally, the first one to draw out was the daughter of a famous landlord in the village, and the landlord was reluctant to give up his daughter, so he donated some money, and the bamboo stick was not counted.

The villagers started to draw lots again, and coincidentally, the second one to draw out was the daughter of the village chief, and the village chief was also reluctant to donate his daughter, and he didn't even donate money, just glared at it, and the bamboo stick didn't count.

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The bamboo sticks were drawn out one by one, and then they were not counted one by one, and finally it was the turn of a daughter of the Orion family, and looking at the bamboo skewers with the name of the daughter of Orion, the villagers hesitated.

The Orion family had no money, and they lived in isolation, not counting the people of their village, who had moved from other places, and had no deep affection for their local villagers.

The gears of fate stopped at Orion's daughter, who was considered beautiful and intelligent, and was fit to be the wife of the gods.

But this family, not including the Orion husband and wife, they found the village chief, found the landlord, and begged to let them live, but the village chief and the landlord did not agree, and said many righteous and awe-inspiring words to them.

As a mortal, it is a good thing to marry a god, and what is a god to pray for rain, for the sake of the whole village, the glory of life and death.

Seeing that Orion and his wife did not agree and obstructed their worship activities, the villagers became angry and beat them to death in front of Orion's daughter.

Later, Xiao Hese passed by Qishan, learned about it, rescued Orion's daughter, and killed all the villagers in that village.

It was also from that time that Xiao Hese no longer wandered on the rivers and lakes, but settled on Qishan Mountain, becoming a terrifying demon girl.

But the good times didn't last long, and other famous and decent people heard about Xiao Hese's killing of the villagers, and felt that this person was ruthless, and he didn't have their decent and philanthropic mind at all, so they organized several sieges of Qishan, and there were more and more disciples who got in, and the hatred between the two sides became deeper and deeper, until in the end, it evolved to the point where either you die or I die.

Because we had walked in the mountains and forests for too long and felt a little tired, we sat on a big rock to rest, the voice of the purple pottery sounded in our ears, and the story she told was also embarrassing.

I always felt that this Xiao Hese was not the same as the demon girl described in the Kunlun Gate of the Tianheng Dao Sect.

Zi Tao smiled coldly and said, "You see, those decent people did not appear when the Orion couple died, and they didn't jump out to uphold justice until someone killed the villagers, do you know why?" ”

I subconsciously asked, "Why?" ”

Zi Tao stared at my eyes and said faintly: "Because no matter what the Orion couple says, there are only two people, for the lives of two people, it is obviously not cost-effective to fight against everyone, and those villagers, it is not a pity to die, but those decent people are still willing to stand up for them, after all, to seek justice for a group of people, the momentum is huge, it looks reasonable, and it can also appear that they are very righteous." ”

I was silent for a moment, and then asked hesitantly: "However, I heard that Xiao Hese is on this mountain, often gouging out people's tongues and cutting off people's ears for no reason, isn't this the behavior of the demon girl?" ”

"That's because you don't know the pain in her heart, and how many of those who were hurt by her are really innocent?"

Zi Tao said lightly, shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, I said too much today." ”

After walking in the mountains and forests for a long time, it was already late, and we planned to rest for a while and go to the top of the mountain tomorrow morning to have a look.

Found a clean and flat place, Zitao and I went to pick up branches, senior brother and Shen Xingshen caught fish by the stream, fortunately it is autumn, there are many dry branches in the mountain forest, and after a while, I picked up a bunch of them.

In the evening, I lit a bonfire and sat next to me to grill fish, and my brother found a pot of wine out of nowhere, and I sat next to him and pestered him for a long time before he would give me a sip.

Full of wine and food, he slept on his brother's lap, and in the middle of the night, he heard unusual movements.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that my senior brother and Shen Xingshen had woken up, but the girl named Zitao was gone.

I was curious and asked, "What about the purple pottery?" Could it be that they were scared and left us and ran away, right? ”

The senior brother let out a low sigh, raised his chin, and motioned for me to look at the woods not far away, only to see a figure disappear in the bushes and disappear in an instant.

Senior Brother and Shen Xingshen glanced at each other and said, "Chase." ”

Seeing that I also wanted to follow, my senior brother stopped me and said, "You stay here." ”

I thought for a while and said, "Senior brother, have you ever thought that my martial arts skills are not high, what if the purple pottery girl turns back after a while and wants to be unfavorable to me, and she still threatens you?" ”

Shen Xing was silent and said, "Let's go together." ”

Follow the figure of Zitao to the deep mountains, but unfortunately we just came to Qishan, and we are still very unfamiliar here, but Zitao is very familiar, taking us around, and finally lost her.

In desperation, I had to look for it separately, given that my martial arts skills are not high, I may not be Zitao's opponent, so I can only follow my senior brother, while Shen Xingshen separated from us and searched for half the night, but I still didn't find Zitao's figure.

Seeing that the sky was bright, my senior brother and I gave up searching, and it took a lot of effort to find the place where we rested last night, but we didn't see Shen Xingshen.

There was no choice but to sit where he was and wait, but when the sun rose, it was almost noon, and Shen Xingshen still didn't come back.

This is not the first time this has happened, so my senior brother and I reluctantly concluded that this Shen Xingshen must have run away with Zitao again.

"Senior brother, do you think the person Zi Tao said will be herself?"

In the woods of Qishan, I followed behind my brother, picked up a branch from the side of the road, and asked him while knocking on the bushes on both sides.

The senior brother said angrily: "How do I know? ”

I was a little depressed, and sighed in frustration: "But I always feel that Xiao Hese is not a bad person?" ”

The senior brother yawned and replied lazily: "Whether it's a good person or a bad person, she has killed so many people, she has to give an explanation." ”

I don't understand why a man who kills a wicked person is called the eradication of evil, and kills many wicked people, but it becomes a sin that must be countered with his life.

If this is the case, then what is the Kunlun Gate, which gathered martial arts people, besieged Qishan, and killed so many sect members?

When I told this question to my senior brother, my senior brother explained: "Do you think that the Kunlun Gate besieged Qishan to eliminate harm for the martial arts? ”

He paused, and sighed again: "Over the years, the conflict between the decent and Xiao Hese, both sides have taken in a lot of disciples, it is no longer possible to reconcile, it is no longer important who was right and who was wrong, the important thing is that there is hatred between them, there is bound to be a break, and Xiao Hese was a disciple of Kunlunmen, if Kunlunmen did not express his position on this matter, those famous and decent people will inevitably feel that Kunlun is raising tigers, and they are quite resentful, but now, by Kunlunmen, gathered a large number of martial arts people to eradicate the demon girls on Qishan, one to clean up the portal, and the other to give an explanation to those famous and upright. ”

I reacted and asked, "So, they want to kill Xiao Hese, completely out of their own personal grudges?" ”

Senior Brother smiled low and said, "Maybe." ”

The trees are shady, the sunlight pours down through the foliage, and the autumn breeze carries an indescribable freshness.

The senior brother raised his hand, his fingertips touched the light that penetrated through the cracks, and muttered: "Those people always have the ability to reverse right and wrong, black may become white, white may also become black, this Jianghu, there is never right or wrong, only grievances, shouting and killing all day long, but a group of people in order to get what they want, isolating and sacrificing another group of people, the winner is the teacher of justice, and the person who loses will naturally become a demon cult." ”

"So what are we doing here?"

Originally, I thought that my senior brother was on the side of Kunlunmen and Shen Xingshen, but now it seems that he is a little biased towards Xiao Hese, but if he is on Xiao Hese's side, it doesn't seem right.

The senior brother stood still, withdrew his hand, his expression retracted, and after a moment, he replied, "Come and find an answer." ”

I complained slightly: "Then are you on Shen Xingshen's side, or Xiao Hese's side?" ”

Senior brother was silent for a moment, pulled his lips and chuckled, leaned close to my ear, and said inaudibly, "Your side." ”