Chapter Ninety-Seven: Out of the Illusion
When it was dawn, the people in the street had returned to their rooms to prepare for the long day, when everyone stood on top of the tower and watched the street gradually empty, and no one spoke.
The breeze swept across his face, Xu Zhaohua came back to his senses, and knew that the time had come, so he looked at Sui Feng. Sui Feng closed her eyes at this time and leaned against the pillar next to her to take a nap, she thought about the old lady's affairs and told him that although the old lady was imprisoned by Sui Chen now, her life was not in danger at the moment.
Zhou Shengcuobai saw Xu Zhaohua looking at Sui Feng and pouted a little jealously, and his voice with Su Mingtuo deliberately raised a lot, Sui Feng slowly opened his eyes and met Xu Zhaohua's gaze, he got up and looked at the street below and found that there was no one left, and looked at the sky again, it turned out that it was the time of Pingdan, and it was time to act.
Nodding at Xu Zhaohua to indicate that she was ready, the ghost lady stood in the corner of the tower and said faintly: "The night is coming to an end, the time has come." ”
When the words fell, everyone looked at Xu Zhaohua. Xu Zhaohua looked in the direction of the back mountain, and said with a firm gaze: "Let's act." ”
As soon as they went down, they all started to act according to what they had agreed last night.
Xu Zhaohua and Amu began to write a note to give up the position of mayor to Amu, Sui Feng and Su Mingtuo went to the mouth of the canal to release the blood of the Gu King, and the ghost lady went to the back mountain to prepare to cast a spell to open the illusion, and Zhou Shengcuobai followed the ghost lady to assist her in casting a spell.
Xu Zhaohua picked up the pen and began to write the note, she stopped halfway through writing, looked at Amu next to her and said, "Amu, have you really thought it through?" ”
"Figured it out." Amu nodded solemnly, he knew that if he didn't do this, Xu Zhaohua and they would be trapped here forever, in case one day any of them couldn't stand it and instigated the ghost lady to open the back mountain, everyone in the shadow town would disappear.
Only he can take Xu Zhaohua's place to protect the safety of the townspeople in Shadow Town, he is the gatekeeper of Shadow Town, and it is also his mission to protect them.
"But if that's the case, you'll never be able to get out of this illusion, don't you want to see the world outside?" Xu Zhaohua put down the pen and didn't continue to write, she didn't force Amu, if Amu repented at the moment, she would immediately stop all activities.
Amu hesitated for a moment but shook his head: "In the past, I really wanted to get out of Shadow Town, but then more and more people came to Shadow Town, and I slowly saw that they changed from people of all colors to the same people, and I hated this place in my heart. But then I don't think there's anything wrong with it, the world out there is full of uncertainty, it will make people greedy and murderous, but that's not the case in Shadowtown, every day is very ordinary and peaceful, and I still like this kind of life. ”
"Write it."
Xu Zhaohua listened to Amu's words and had to start writing again, and a note was written in two or three clicks, she cut her finger and pressed a handprint, and then Amu also left his own handprint on the note like her, from this moment on, he is the mayor of Shadow Town, and he lives and dies with Shadow Town.
"Amu, drink it." Xu Zhaohua brought a bowl of water to Amu, this bowl of water had Sui Feng's blood in it, and Amu would not disappear when the back mountain opened after drinking it.
Amu looked at the bowl of water in front of him and sighed a little, in the illusion Xu Zhaohua is the mayor of Shadow Town, but Amu guessed that her identity must be extraordinary outside the illusion, and it can be seen from the attitude of the people around her towards her. And some people call her Queen Xu, he has heard the word queen mentioned by people who have just come to Shadow Town, they say that the woman who is the queen is the most noble woman in the whole country, and her status is very light.
She brought him a bowl of water, which flattered Amu. He solemnly took the water, tilted his head and drank it in one gulp.
After that, Xu Zhaohua walked to the back mountain, ready to join everyone.
Sui Feng and Su Mingtuo had already arrived at the mouth of the canal at this time, holding a knife and cutting a hole in his hand, the blood suddenly gushed out, and there was an old scar under this new scar, which was left by the blood last night.
Sui Feng felt that his eyes were blurry at this time, and there were many black spots floating in the air, and he couldn't stand steadily, which was a sign of excessive blood loss. Su Mingtuo on the side noticed Sui Feng's strange appearance and hurriedly helped him up, Sui Feng waved his hand to show that he was fine, and continued to drip blood into the canal.
Xu Zhaohua has always had to do everything he could, as long as she is safe, she is happy wherever she is, as long as she is happy, she is also happy.
Su Mingtuo was a little touched, originally he didn't like to see Sui Feng, after all, he was the royal family of Daduan, and in the final analysis, he was also the opponent of Dongqi, but now seeing Sui Feng so desperate, he felt that he had taken the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
"Lord Feng, it's okay." Su Mingtuo said.
"It's not enough." After saying that, Sui Feng continued to drip blood into the canal, Su Mingtuo shook his head, knowing that he couldn't stop him, so he had to help him on the side.
After a while, Sui Feng finally couldn't support it, Su Mingtuo said that he helped him to rest on the side of the stone, and there were snowflakes floating outside the illusion, but it was completely different in the illusion, it was still green, and the sunlight was sprinkled through the leaves, mottled on Sui Feng's forehead.
"Lord Feng, there is a question that I don't know if to ask?" Su Mingtuo said.
Sui Feng lay on his back on the stone and looked at the sky: "The general can ask whatever he wants." ”
"What do you think of Zhaohua?"
Sui Feng didn't answer immediately after hearing this, and after thinking about it, he pointed to the clouds in the sky and asked Su Mingtuo: "How does the general look at the clouds in the sky?" ”
Su Mingtuo raised his head along his hand, and the crown of the tree was wrapped around a circular space, and at this moment there were white clouds floating on it.
"Unattainable." Su Mingtuo said.
Sui Feng leaned sideways and propped himself up with one arm: "Xu Zhaohua is that kind of existence, absolutely beautiful, but unreachable." ”
Su Mingtuo sighed, Sui Feng got up immediately, and the two slowly walked towards the back mountain. Along the way, Su Mingtuo and Sui Feng talked a lot, such as what Xu Zhaohua was like when she was a child, how she personally solved the people who plotted against her and her mother one by one, what grievances and grievances she had with her biological father Xu Qingshan, and how Xu Zhaohua and Zhou Shengcuobai knew and loved each other......
Regarding these, Sui Feng only smiled faintly and nodded every time he heard something, and there was no other word. Su Mingtuo is to let Sui Feng know more about Xu Zhaohua and it is not in vain that he is so infatuated, firstly, to satisfy his wishes, and secondly, he also has his own private message, that is, to let Sui Feng know that Xu Zhaohua is more powerful than he imagined, and the story of her and the emperor has also touched many people. He wanted Sui Feng to retreat and die of this heart.
Of course, Su Mingtuo's thoughts Sui Feng had already expected it, from what he said, Sui Feng had already guessed his thoughts, but Su Mingtuo was too worried, he and Xu Zhaohua could never stand side by side, the hit was the distance between one and the other, he just needed to look at her silently behind her.
"Lord Feng, I've always wanted to know why you have the blood of the Gu King flowing on your body? Could it be that there is some story here? Su Mingtuo finally asked, not only him, but Zhou Sheng Cuobai was also very curious about this question, the blood of the Gu King is obviously something that can only be had outside, as a royal family with authentic blood, why does Sui Feng have this kind of blood on his body?
"General Su will know in the future that the most important thing is for us to get out of this illusion now."
Sui Feng didn't tell Su Mingtuo the ins and outs of the matter in the end, he didn't want too many people to know about this matter, and his mother didn't even know about it, so how could he casually talk to outsiders? Except for her.
As for the Ghost Lady, her original identity was not simple, and she was proficient in witchcraft, so it was easy to identify the blood on his body as the blood of the Dead Gu King, which he had confessed to her when he went to find the Ghost Lady.
When Xu Zhaohua arrived at the back mountain, the ghost lady was doing it, Zhou Sheng Cuobai stood aside, did he hand her something according to the ghost lady's request, but it could be seen that he was some distance away from the ghost lady, firstly, because there was some danger when performing witchcraft, it was best not to approach others except for the wizard, and the ghost lady had always had a problem with Zhou Sheng Cuobai, and she didn't want Zhou Sheng Cuobai and Sui Feng and their royal children to be close to her.
Since this time it did not wait for the time of rain, the Oni Lady had to perform two sorcery, one to pray for rain and the other to gather thunder and lightning. This is a great test of the skill of the sorcerer, and such a task cannot be accomplished by any random wizard. The Ghost Lady has this strength but it is still very laborious to do, and if she is not careful, she is likely to fall short, not only will the witchcraft fail, but it is very likely to hurt her body, after all, it is not so easy to fight against nature, and even more so, they will stay in this illusion forever.
Soon after, Sui Feng arrived near the back mountain with Su Mingtuo's support, and saw that Xu Zhaohua and Amu had arrived, and Su Mingtuo waved at them to indicate that the task on their side had been completed. Xu Zhaohua was a little worried when he saw Sui Feng, who was weak in Su Mingtuo's body, but he thought that he was about to leave the illusion, and some things couldn't be delayed any longer.
For example, the old lady was captured and imprisoned by Sui Chen, and this matter will have to be told to Sui Feng sooner or later.
So Xu Zhaohua was quietly waiting for an opportunity, and with the gradual effect of the ghost lady's witchcraft, a dark cloud soon gathered in the sky, and then there was a rumbling thunder, and a rainstorm was coming. Since none of them brought oil-paper umbrellas, they decided to find a cliff to shelter from the rain.
When running to the cliff next to the back mountain, Xu Zhaohua instructed Su Mingtuo to let him find two oil-paper umbrellas and give them to Zhou Shengcuobai and Mrs. Ghost, the two of them were casting spells, so they couldn't move around at will, as for Sui Feng, she could first help him to the cliff to shelter from the rain, and when the two of them arrived at the bottom of the cliff, their bodies were already wet, Xu Zhaohua found dry firewood under the cliff, took out the flint he carried with him, and lit the fire. Ever since she learned that the soldiers of the Great End were afraid of fire, she had developed the habit of carrying flint with her.
The two of them sat in front of the burning fire and were speechless, one was hesitating how to tell the other party about the old lady being taken away by Sui Chen, and the other was still sad about the things that separated the mountains and seas and the mountains and seas that they loved.
"Sui Feng." After a long time, Xu Zhaohua spoke.
Sui Feng looked at him, his hands were still baking the clothes that were already soaked, Xu Zhaohua did not take off the clothes outside at this moment, probably because he was afraid of the difference between men and women. Seeing her hair wet on her face, there was something different from her usual beauty.
"The old lady, she was captured by Sui Chen a few days ago, and now she is imprisoned in the palace under the West Third Palace." Sui Feng stopped flipping through his clothes, afraid that Sui Feng was too worried, Xu Zhaohua then added: "But don't worry, she is not in any danger to her life for the time being." ”
Sui Feng's face slowly calmed down from the initial shock, and Xu Zhaohua knew that this meant that he had accepted this reality: "Why are you only telling me now." Sui Feng looked directly at Xu Zhaohua's eyes and said.
Xu Zhaohua met Sui Feng's eyes: "Because I've been looking for an opportunity, I really don't know how to speak to you, the order was given by Sui Chen, but the person who held the old lady hostage was me." ”
After saying it in one breath, Xu Zhaohua turned his eyes elsewhere, some things have to be said sooner or later, and some people have to face it after all.
"It's you." Sui Feng said slowly, Xu Zhaohua was waiting in her heart for Sui Feng's blame and even hatred for her, she would not have the slightest complaint, but the other party did not speak for a long time, Xu Zhaohua slowly raised his eyes to look at Sui Feng, at this time Sui Feng was squatting on the ground, his arm between his knees, and his head buried in the middle of his arm, Xu Zhaohua could not clearly see his expression, but at this moment, Sui Feng's heart was undoubtedly painful, and Xu Zhaohua felt more and more that he owed Sui Feng more and more to pay it off.
"It's okay, you lost consciousness at that time, I don't blame you, the matter of the mother concubine will be solved when you get out of this illusion." Sui Feng still didn't raise his head, but buried it in his knee and said.
"However, the old lady's body is ......." Xu Zhaohua suddenly stopped after seeing Su Mingtuo, who was already about to walk to the cliff, and swallowed the rest of the words back into his stomach, the old lady's body is getting worse day by day, and they must rescue the old lady as soon as possible.
"It's raining so hard, how did you find all this dry firewood?" Su Mingtuo asked while shaking the water on his body.
"Uncle, come over and bake your clothes, this firewood was found in the corner of this cliff, maybe it was left by the people who took shelter from the rain here in the past." Xu Zhaohua explained.
Su Mingtuo sat by the fire, took off his coat and began to bake, and after the three of them said some plans for the next step, they looked at the back mountain, at this moment, the dark clouds over there were gathering more and more, and they had begun to thunder and lightning.
Zhou Sheng Cuobai and Mrs. Ghost in the rain are waiting for the time to come, at this time Zhou Sheng Cuobai is holding an oil-paper umbrella in his hand, and the other hand is holding an umbrella for Mrs. Ghost, Mrs. Ghost is very unaccustomed to it, even if she is not used to looking at the children of the royal family, and Zhou Shengcuobai's identity is not ordinary, he is the king of Dongqi, the lord of a country, it is not easy to put down his identity to hold an umbrella for her, but because the rain is too strong now, and she has to use witchcraft to gather thunder and lightning, so it can only be like this.
There is a person standing on the tower in the distance, that person is Amu, he stands alone on the edge of the tower and quietly looks at the situation in the back mountain, once the back mountain is opened, it is also a challenge for him, although he can't get out of this illusion, but at least he can save the lives of everyone in the shadow town, and the shadow town can also stay, continue to exist in the form of illusion, and he can also take a look at the outside world at the moment when the illusion opens, is it as dangerous and interesting as those who have just come to the shadow town.
At first, there were only a few lightning bolts in the sky, like the thread that the Weaver Girl had just put on the loom, and a few muffled thunderbolts would help them. As the witchcraft slowly unleashed, there were more and more lightning, the loom began to run, and the sky was split into countless small plates by many lightning bolts, and the muffled thunder sounded like a mouth opened a little. Then there were more and more lightning, the speed was getting faster and faster, the loom shuttled back and forth, the thunder was louder and louder, and Amu was stunned in the distance, he had never seen such a scene in this shadow town for so many years, not only Amu, but also Zhou Shengcuobai and Xu Zhaohua and others were also stunned, and here I had to sigh at the power of witchcraft and the changes of nature.
Finally, the lightning in the sky began to run towards the top of the mountain one after another, where Xu Zhaohua and the iron tools they had collected, not only that, Xu Zhaohua also found a long iron rod and stuck it vertically on the top of the mountain, surrounded by other iron tools. She had observed that it was easier to attract lightning.
Sure enough, when a certain number of lightning bolts had gathered, a terrifying thunderclap sounded, followed by a loud roar and the sound of stones tumbling, which everyone knew was a symbol of the opening of the illusion.
Xu Zhaohua, Su Mingtuo and Sui Feng didn't care about the pouring rain outside and ran to the back mountain, along the way, Xu Zhaohua and Su Mingtuo took turns to help Sui Feng, and then they didn't walk for a while, Su Mingtuo simply put Sui Feng on his back and ran towards the back mountain with him on his back. When they arrived at the back mountain, they didn't see the mountain that was still standing there at that moment, but what caught their eyes was some piled up large stones, and on the other side of the stones was a piece of ice and snow, which was in stark contrast to the green around them at this time, and it was beyond the illusion!
"That's the way out of the illusion, go!" Zhou Sheng Cuobai shouted excitedly, so everyone stepped on these stones and walked outside. At this time, the townspeople of the other side of the movie town all heard the movement outside, many people went out to see what was going on, as soon as they went out, they saw such a heavy rain in their hearts, they were a little surprised, they themselves suddenly became in a trance, surprised, this is a feeling they haven't had for a long time, and now they suddenly have joy, anger, sorrow, seven emotions and six desires, and regained their previous consciousness, looking at the sky, they saw the ice and snow outside......
Amu witnessed this scene from the top of the tower, he tiptoed to look outside, it was white, and if he looked closely, he saw a street like Shadow Town, there were many children on the street who were having snowball fights, and the expressions on people's faces were different, some children were very happy and all smiles, some were angry by Dazhong, and some were angry because they didn't know who had attacked them. He was stunned, and it made him a sight he had never seen before, that people could have so many expressions, that there were so many people on the streets outside in the daytime.
Xu Zhaohua, who was walking outside, stopped and looked behind her, she saw Amu watching them from the tower in the distance, so she bowed like Amu and waved her hand in the direction of the tower, then turned around and continued to walk forward, she was very grateful to Amu in her heart, if it weren't for him, it was very likely that their group would still be trapped in the illusion now. Amu looked at all this blankly and waved his hand to Xu Zhaohua, but at this time, Xu Zhaohua did not see Amu's action, and gradually the shadow of the tower became smaller and smaller, and it became smaller and smaller, and the illusion was closed again.
Thank you, Amu. Goodbye, Amu.
Amu looked at the gradually closing illusion and muttered: Goodbye, the outside world.
After walking out of the illusion, Xu Zhaohua and his party only felt as if they were in a different world, as if they had spent decades in the illusion. Now when they came out, they saw the lively street market in winter, and many children were having snowball fights, and everyone laughed.
Su Mingtuo put Sui Feng down from his back injury, and everyone immediately prepared to find a pharmacy to treat Sui Feng, he lost too much blood at once, and he couldn't make up for it for a while without taking some medicinal materials.
But Sui Feng seemed to be very reluctant, Xu Zhaohua knew that he was worried about the old lady, and he didn't want to adjust his body, and wanted to rescue the old lady immediately, at this time she was holding Sui Feng's left hand and secretly pinched his wrist to signal, Sui Feng immediately understood that this was Xu Zhaohua's hint, and after thinking about it, he reluctantly agreed to heal his body.
It's easy to find a medicine hall, there seem to be a lot of people in it, it can be said that it is overcrowded, Xu Zhaohua is a little curious, is there so many people who have been sick recently?
"Do you need anything?" An old man with a long beard asked, "Probably this is the doctor of the medicine hall."
"Doctor, our brother accidentally cut his hand on the way, and now he has lost too much blood, is there any good way to make up for it?" Xu Zhaohua said.
The bearded old doctor glanced at Sui Feng carefully and said: "This little brother is pale, his forehead is sweating, it seems that the injury is not light, and he needs to be treated well, are you willing to follow the old man to the attic room to see the little brother alone?" ”
Xu Zhaohua nodded: "Since this is the case, then it will be troublesome to the doctor." ”
After speaking, everyone helped Sui Feng to the top of the attic, and the old doctor instructed several apprentices in the medicine hall to take care of the patients and then went upstairs.
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