Lin Liding saw that I was in a bad mood and didn't speak, Shen Muhan just grabbed my arm silently, and it took me a while to calm down in my heart.

"Why the hell didn't the Eight Banners Guards leave here until they died? What exactly is that order? "I turned around and stopped looking at the corpses inside, feeling a little better.

"Back to the Lord, the order left by the Lord back then was to protect the Holy Spring." Lin Liding quietly pressed the mechanism and closed the door.

"Holy Spring? Is it the holy spring where the villagers get water? "I once heard Shen Muhan mention the place of Shengquan, but because he had just woken up from a coma, he hadn't moved around, and he was dragged to the ceremony at night, and then came here, so he didn't see it with his own eyes.

"Exactly."

"It's nothing more than a spring, what's worth it for you to refuse to leave until you die?" I really can't understand that these seventy-two people have left their whole lives here just to protect a spring. What is there in this holy spring that deserves this? I thought about it and felt that it was not right, if there was really something in the holy spring, how could those villagers be allowed to come close to get water, wash clothes and wash dishes, it really didn't make sense.

"As for the reason, Li Ding doesn't know, it's just the explanation of the lord, and the Eight Banners guard doesn't ask the reason, just carry it out."

Hearing Lin Liding's words, I didn't know what kind of feeling I felt in my heart for a while, I didn't know who Lin Yi'an was, and I didn't know what his relationship was with me, but when I knew that these seventy-two people had left their whole lives here just because of his words, just because they were guarding an inexplicable spring, I suddenly felt a little disgusted with this person.

"I don't know why your lord gave this order, since I'm here today, I've already taken back that lord's order, and his order is over before that." I have no way to bring those who have stayed here forever back from the dead, but since everyone says that I am the descendant of the Lin family, I have to let Lin Liding leave here no matter what, which can be regarded as reducing the debt owed by the Lin family.

"The Lord said before leaving, when you come back, it will be the time when the Lord Order expires, and since you have come here, the Lord Order will naturally be withdrawn by you, and the Lord Lord's Order will be invalid." When he said this, Lin Liding suddenly knelt down on one knee.

"Lord, the fourth-generation flag master of the Eight Banners guarding the Lizi Banner Lin Liding Dynasty Eight Banner Guards are reinstated, seven people from the Qianzi Banner, seven people from the Kunzi Banner, seven people from the Xunzi Banner, seven people from the Zhenzi Banner, seven people from the Kanzi Banner, seven people from the Lizi Banner, seven people from the Genzi Banner, seven people from the Duizi Banner, a total of seventy-two people from the Eight Banner Guards, all the staff gathered to guard the Holy Spring in accordance with the order of the Lord, and no one left halfway."

I looked at Lin Liding in front of me, and my nose began to sour, I don't know how many times they said these words before, I can even imagine the scene of the eight flag masters returning together, but the seventy-two men of the year have become seventy-one skeletons today.

I hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Lin Liding up from the ground. Lin Liding didn't look at me after he got up, he turned his head and raised his hand to wipe his eyes. I believe that the person in front of me, whether it is the former Eight Banner Guardian Lizi Banner Master, or the current old man who is suffering from a strange illness, can personally send away the brothers around him, and he must not want anyone to see his weakness when he sticks to the present, so I just watched silently on the side, and waited until Lin Liding recovered before speaking.

"It's all over, what do you plan to do in the future?"

"Venerable Lord, Li Ding hasn't thought about the future for the time being, but he has a wish right now."

"What wish?" Although I knew that with my ability, there was no way to make up for it, and I couldn't make up for everything that Lin Liding had done for the Eight Banners Guards and the Lin family, but when he said it, I still couldn't help but ask, maybe I can do something for them now, and I can alleviate the guilt in my heart a little.

"The Eight Banner Guards have been born and died together for many years, but they have not been able to wait for the Lord to come back and return to their lives in person, this is their biggest regret in this life, Li Ding wants to accompany them well and tell them that the Lord has completed the order." Lin Liding glanced at the door again as he said these words.

Originally, I thought that he would consider his illness or solve his requirements for life after going out, but I didn't expect that his wish was still inseparable from the Eight Banners Guard, and I didn't know how to persuade him, so I had to agree to him.

I probably also have an understanding of the matter of the Eight Banners Guard, the Lord Order is back in my hands, and the order that Lin Liding has been thinking about has also ended, what I want to know most now is what is so special about the Holy Spring, as for Lin Liding, I want to find a way to take him away no matter what I want when I leave here, and find the best doctor to help him treat his illness, even if it can't be cured in the end, I have to let him be buried in peace.

Since he still has a wish and wants to accompany those former brothers, it is inconvenient for Shen Muhan and I to stay any longer, and after saying goodbye to Lin Liding, we are ready to leave here. When we came out of the cabin, the sky was already white, and we could see from afar that there were already people walking around the village, and before we knew it, we had been down there for a whole night.

"Wood, I didn't expect there to be such a group of people in such an ordinary-looking village." Shen Muhan sighed as he walked.

"The Lin family owes them too much, seventy-one lives, and they can't pay it back." I was still thinking about the bones in that room, and I couldn't let go of them from the first time I saw them.

"Wood, don't feel too guilty, the Lin family has something to do with you, but after all, you didn't give the previous order, things are already like this, and you can't control the outcome, just take Lin Liding away when we leave, help him heal, and let him have a stable life for the rest of the time." Shen Muhan has always known me very well, and what I think in my heart will definitely not escape her eyes, and I feel the thoughts in my heart, and comfort me vigorously.

"Not good!" I suddenly felt a shock in my heart, turned around and ran back towards the cabin, silently praying in my heart as I ran: It's too late! Make it! But the more anxious I was, the farther the road in front of me became, and it was clear that I had just walked out of it not far, but now it became unreachable.

Shen Muhan kept asking what was wrong while chasing me behind me, I was only thinking about running forward, and I didn't have time to answer her, and when I ran into the cabin and walked down the stairs, the door of the room with the word "Kun" written on it had been opened. I looked at the open door, and my anxiety suddenly became much worse, and I began to walk a little uneasily, and I slowly approached the door while saying "no" to myself. I was eager to come back here just now, and now that the door is in front of me, I don't want to go there.

"Wood, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly run back in such a hurry? Shen Muhan finally caught up with me, and asked while wearing a rough dress.

"He probably ...... "Although I knew my guess might be right, I still didn't want to say it, and it was as if it didn't happen at that moment.

"You mean Lin Liding? What happened to him? After Shen Muhan finished speaking, he suddenly seemed to understand, and ran towards the door suddenly, and when he ran to the door, he exclaimed, and suddenly covered his mouth with his hand. When I saw Shen Muhan's reaction, I knew that the thing I didn't want to see the most happened anyway.

By the time I reached the door, Lin Liding was barely breathing, and his whole body was hanging on a shelf, and two iron hooks passed through his back, hanging his shoulder blades, keeping him in a standing position, and blood flowed down his shoulders. When he saw me come back, Lin Liding struggled to squeeze out a smile, which was the only time I had seen him smile since I met him.

I held back the trembling all over my body, slowly walked in front of Lin Liding, looked at the childish face in front of me, and asked with a crying voice, "Why?" ”

Lin Liding opened his mouth to speak, but a stream of blood bubbles gushed out and he kept coughing. I hurried forward to lower him from the shelf, but I didn't know what to do, for I saw that the shelf behind him was covered with spikes in addition to two hooks that hung to his shoulder blades, and all his internal organs should have been penetrated by now.

Lin Liding coughed for a while and opened his mouth to say a word, but his voice was too small to be heard clearly. I hurriedly walked over and put my ear to his mouth to hear clearly, the sentence was "The Eight Banner Guards live and die together." After finishing speaking, a large mouthful of blood foamed from Lin Liding's mouth, and his head hung down.

I watched Lin Liding lose his breath in front of me, and at that moment, my whole heart suddenly felt like it was about to explode, unspeakably uncomfortable, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

Although I have only known him for one night, he has only been able to stick to it for so many years because of an order made me have very complicated feelings about him, including a sense of guilt for him as a descendant of the Lin family, and admiration for his personality. Now watching him die little by little in front of my eyes, it's more of a kind of powerlessness, and I thought about taking him out anyway, but in the end I can't change anything.

"Wood, don't be too sad, this is his own choice, maybe this choice is the best ending for him." Shen Muhan came over to comfort me. In fact, I should have guessed that Lin Liding didn't want to leave here at all, but I didn't carefully feel the trace of determination and relief hidden in what he said to me. For him, the motivation for a person to stay here for so many years is the order of the year, and when the order is completed, what he wants most may be just a relief. It's just that the reason why he was able to let go of everything and choose to leave was my arrival.

I took a closer look at Lin Liding's face, and there was still a smile on it, it was a kind of relief after relief. I took a step back, bowed deeply to the seventy-two inside, turned and walked out of the room. The final destination of the seventy-two people here is their own choice, and I can only silently say to them in my heart: I thank you on behalf of the Lin family.