Although Xie Xuan was a little strange, thinking about what happened to Jin Se and Jin and his two sisters and brothers, he couldn't help but sympathize, so he replied: "It's the first year of Yongchang. ”

Jin He looked at Xie Xuan suspiciously, it was obvious that he was unfamiliar with this era name. So he asked Xie Xuandao: "The first year of Yongchang?" So, how many years are it since the sixth year of Xianqing? ”

Xie Xuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Xianqing, that's Taizong's year name, right?" It's been more than 30 years now. ”

After saying this, Xie Xuan suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him changed instantly. The original fresh aroma of plants and trees began to have a more rotten stench. The lights that were originally on in the room were also extinguished at this time, and the cloudy wind rose from the ground, and wisps drilled into Xie Xuan's neck, making him feel a chill down his spine. He looked at Jinhe and asked with concern: "Jinyou, are you okay?" ”

Jin He slowly raised his head and looked towards Xie Xuan. Then in the faint moonlight, Xie Xuan saw Jinhe's face. The originally handsome face was gone, and only a snow-white skeleton was born, but on top of the skeleton there were two dripping and rolling eyes.

Jin He looked at Xie Xuan with those two eyes, his upper and lower jaws were closed one by one, and he made a somewhat sad voice: "It turns out that I have been dead for so many years!" ”

The door behind Xie Xuan opened, and Jin Se stood at the door holding the bone flute. She just glanced at Jinhe lightly and said, "Jinhe, it's not too early, go back to the room and sleep." ”

"Sister!" Jinyo's mouth continued to open and close: "It turns out that Jinhe has been dead for so long!" ”

"Is time important to Jinyo?" Jin Se's eyes were slightly red: "As long as Jin He remembers, Jin He is accompanying his sister." So, one year, ten years, one hundred years, and ten thousand years, there is no difference between Jinhe, isn't it? ”

Nishiki was silent, then turned around and moved towards his room step by step.

Jin Se walked up to Xie Xuan and said, "Childe don't be afraid, Jin He is a good boy, he won't hurt you." When the sun rises tomorrow, he will forget about today's events and he will be fine. ”

It is false to say that you are not afraid, but once people are afraid to the extreme, they will not be so afraid. Xie Xuan only felt that there was a river and sea in his abdomen at this moment, and he ran to the side and vomited fiercely. Jin He is a dead man, a person who has died a lot of people, so what is it that Jin He gave him to eat?

His eyes were closed, and he didn't dare to look at what was on the ground.

"Childe rest assured, although Jinhe has been dead for a long time, when he forgets the time, he is a normal child. The food was also picked by me myself, and it was fresh. If you don't believe it, Childe can open his eyes and take a closer look. Jin Se said behind her, her voice was neither light nor heavy, not in a hurry, as if what happened to Jin just now was just a prank.

Xie Xuan opened his eyes, and sure enough, what he spit out was ordinary food, except for some gastric juice, it was all fresh and not spoiled. He stood in place, did not look back, covered his stomach with his hand, which was still tumbling, and asked, "You are Jinhe's sister, so what about you?" Are you like him? ”

"If I can be the same as Jinhe, I don't have to live so hard with him." Jin Se sighed slightly and asked, "Childe, do you know the mountain ghosts?" ”

"Mountain ghosts? There seems to be a relevant record in Chu Ci, saying that the mountain ghost is a beautiful, honest but infatuated girl. ”

"My mother is a mountain ghost. She is indeed a beautiful, straightforward, and infatuated woman as Chu Ci said. My father is a hunter in this mountain. He accidentally injured his leg during a hunting trip and was stranded in the mountains. For seven days and seven nights, just when my father was about to die, my mother appeared. My mother said that she was a sleeping mountain ghost in the mountains, but she woke up because she heard my father's prayers. My mother saved my dad and fell in love with him. ”

"Then, does your father know that your mother is a mountain ghost?"

Originally, he didn't know. But later, I was born, and my complexion was different from all the people around me, and my father looked at it, although he didn't suspect my mother, but he was still uncomfortable in his heart.

So, my mother looked for a day and told my father that she was a mountain ghost. My mother also told my father that because she is a mountain ghost, I have ordinary blood in my body and is also a mountain ghost, so I will be different from other children. My father was surprised and scared, but then he was relieved.

Because my father loves my mother very much. For him, the fact that my mother is a mountain ghost is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that my mother will leave because of his fear. Later, as I grew up, my complexion was different from that of ordinary children, and my mother was very beautiful, and those people with different hearts began to gather together, or talk about us behind our backs, or make up stories to exclude us, and later, even began to attack us.

Even if my mother is a mountain ghost, what can I do? She is gentle and kind, and has never harmed anyone. But those villagers, although they are human, their hearts are more terrible than demons. My father had no choice but to take my mother and my sister and brother to hide in the mountains, but those people still refused to let us go. They chased after us, constantly crusading, persecuting, and even setting fire to our house. ”

"Your mother is a mountain ghost, why don't you take your father and your sister and brother to escape? Are you just watching the villagers set fire to you? ”

"Run? Where can we flee to? Besides, this mountain is my father's home. Although the mountain ghosts are demons, they don't have much mana, they just live a little longer than ordinary people. Besides, they arrested me, forced my father and my brother into the house, locked it, and sealed the doors and windows around it. I watched my father and my brother being burned alive.

I suffer, I struggle, I pray, but what's the use? Not only will they kill my father and mother, but they will also sacrifice me to the mountain. It's also a shame that they didn't burn me to death, but chose to use me to sacrifice to the mountains and forests. I am the daughter of the mountain ghost, and I am also the daughter of this mountain forest, so I was saved, and those vicious villagers have also received the punishment they deserve. ”

"What about Nishiki? Why did he become like this? ”

"After I escaped, I went back home and looked for my father and my brother. Father and mother were burned beyond recognition at that time, only the younger brother, because he was protected by his father and mother, barely left a body of embarrassment. I originally wanted to bury my brother with my father and mother, but at that time, a Taoist priest came, and he told me that he could help me keep my brother and let him live with me forever as a living person. There's no way I can resist such a temptation, so no matter what the cost, I'll agree. ”

"That Taoist priest, what kind of price do you pay?"

"Actually, it's nothing. He is a good man, and he only asks me to guard this mountain forest forever, and tells me that I must not let my brother go out of this forest. It wasn't a request at all for me, so I said yes, and he didn't lose his word.

My brother is alive, and Jin can be by my side forever. It's just that he can never grow up again, but fortunately, I also have half the blood of mountain ghosts, so my lifespan is hundreds of years longer than ordinary people, and the speed of aging is also very slow. At first, Jinhe didn't know that he was dead. But the Taoist priest's spell, no matter how magical it is, can't hide the truth that his brother has died. His skin, starting to fester, a little bit, **. In the end, I can only watch myself turn into a walking human skeleton. ”

At this point, Jin Se began to cry softly.

"Jin He begs me, begs me to let him die quietly, let him do what a dead man should do. Living people turn into bones, although it is not painful or itchy, but watching their skin, again and again, festering, falling off, is not the pain that ordinary people can bear. Although I was reluctant, I was also distressed, so I buried him according to what Jinhe said. Jin Se said, raised his hands, and asked Xie Xuan: "Childe, have you ever buried a person alive?" ”

Xie Xuan was silent at first, and then nodded lightly.

"Is it your relative?" Jin Se asked again.

Xie Xuan shook his head: "No! It's an enemy, someone who has come to kill me. ”

"Then you won't have pain. But, I have! Jin He is my younger brother, my own brother. Although he was turned into bones, he could still walk, he could speak, and he could call my sister. Even, his eyes can still turn. I put him in a coffin and sprinkled the loess down one by one. When the dirt covered his body, chin, and even face, and only those eyes remained, I couldn't stand it and sat on the ground crying loudly. Although I begged the Taoist priest to let Jinhe live, I forgot to ask him how to let Jinhe die like a normal person.

Jin He felt sorry for me, and he crawled out of the grave again. He told me that he was not afraid, that he would rather repeat the scene of the living man turning into bones every day, and that he would be with me. He said that if he also left, leaving his sister alone in the world, his sister would be very pitiful and sad. ”

"So, over the years, Jin and him have always been" Xie Xuan admits that he is not a good person, but what happened to Jin and he still can't help but tremble slightly.

"Yes! It has always been, only in the past few years it has gotten better. Jin Se said, sniffing, looking up, and a smile bloomed from the corner of his mouth: "All these years, I have been looking for a way. In the mountains and forests, in addition to me, there are many mountain spirits and ghosts next to me. I didn't find a better way to alleviate Kinyo's pain, but after a year of trying, he was able to last longer, and I stumbled upon an herb that would allow him to forget what he had done after waking up after a night of pain. Therefore, Jin and he never knew how much time was outside. ”

"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have told Nishiki about that era name."

"It's okay, when he wakes up tomorrow, he'll naturally forget about it." Jin Se said, looking up at Xie Xuan: "It's not too early, son, let's go back to the room to rest early." ”

"Jinse!" In my memory, this was probably the first time in the long night that Xie Xuan took the initiative to call Jin Se's name: "If I mean that if I go out and find that Taoist priest, or some other high-ranking person, can help Jin You, are you willing to go out of the mountain?" ”

"Out of the mountains?" Jin Se looked at Xie Xuan suspiciously.

"When a person dies, he will be buried in the earth after all. As a younger brother, Jinhe has been with you for many years, and I think it's time for him to leave in peace. As for Jinse, I hope that I can take care of Jinhe instead. So, Jinse, would you like to? ”

Jin Se shook his head: "Although I believe that in this world, there is as sincere as my father to my mother, but Jin Se may not have that blessing." Although Jin Se is a mountain dweller, he can also see that Gongzi is not an ordinary family, so you are only curious about Jin Se, and maybe there is pity. Childe's heart, Jin Se knew, and he was very grateful. But when the sun rises tomorrow, the fate between Jin Se and Childe will be over. This trip is far away, and I hope that the son will cherish it a lot! ”

"Xie Xuan!" Seeing that Jin Se was about to return to the house again, Xie Xuan hurriedly spoke: "Words thank you, Xuanqi Xuan, my name is Xie Xuan." I don't want to say what I promised, but I hope that when I come back, you can come with me! ”

Jin Se raised her eyebrows and smiled, her smile, in the faint moonlight, looked unusually gorgeous and good-looking, she looked at Xie Xuan's eyes and said, "Good!" If you come back, Jinse will be with you for the rest of your life, and you will never leave you! ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)