Chapter 62: The Grave
The Church of the Mandate of Heaven in front of it has been abandoned for a long time, with broken bricks, burnt stone pillars, collapsed beams, moss-covered stone steps, and the interior of the church has been seriously burned, the former bishop's platform has been seriously deformed, and some chairs have been turned into broken wood slag, but it is incomprehensible that the local government has not tried to demolish this dangerous building.
For Shen Fangli, the Church of Destiny is the place where her calamity began, because of the prophecy of Father Comet, she has suffered so many misfortunes, how good it would be if she was born in an ordinary family, she is afraid of bearing this fate, so she denies everything, but now she realizes that even Father Comet can't escape her fate, what is this accident? It means the injustice of the goddess of fate, Lena Turnney, why do good people always have no good ending?
The statue of the goddess of fate in front of her had broken a wing, but her gaze was still embarrassed, and the smile on her lips showed indescribable determination.
"Why did you bring me to this place. Shen Fangli walked around the bishop's platform and came to the statue of the goddess, she caressed the base of the statue and turned to Qicai behind her.
"Because I want you to face your future. Colorful walked forward a few steps with her hands behind her back, "Do you remember the prophecy that the comet gave you?"
"Remember, but didn't none of the three signs of the prophecy happen?"
"No, there are two of the three signs. Seeing that Shen Fangli was a little surprised, Qicai paused and said, "This second article, 'Hate the world without a way, support the righteous, your youthful love.'" 'It's the first person you liked since you came to Middle-earth, and I think you know exactly who I'm referring to, this is the first one......"
"Who is the first one?" Shen Fangli felt her heartbeat suddenly speed up.
"The first, 'Resentment of God, disobedience to God, thy fateful love.'" Colorful smiled smugly, "Hehe, this person is standing in front of you right now." ”
"You ......" Shen Fangli stretched out her finger and pointed at Qicai, and said angrily, "You don't joke anymore, I won't like you." ”
The strange thing is that Qicai was not angry, he put away his smile and said lightly: "Whether you believe it or question it, the fate that is decided will not be changed so easily." ”
Shen Fangli didn't understand what Qicai was talking about anymore, but she knew very well that this person was extremely bad, and she just liked her just to take advantage of her, and now if she wanted to find out what conspiracy he had, she had to pretend to obey him.
So Shen Fangli pretended to be very impatient and changed the topic: "Okay, where are we going next?" Anyway, I can't run, so I can only follow you." ”
"Well, you must be tempted to meet the departed souls. Colorful looked heavy.
So the two walked along the path leading to the outside of the city, where houses and pedestrians became less and less sparse, replaced by large dense woods, from which the sunlight passed through the leaves of the trees could clearly see the endless mountains in the distance, and the mountainside was covered by a dense purple pupil flower, where Shen Fangli used to come when she was a child, and in a corner of the purple pupil field buried her most beloved mother.
Now, on one side of my mother's tombstone, there are three more tombstones made of granite, on which are engraved the names of Tong Yi, Salmo and Shen Yunzhao.
The old-timers in the memories of the past were buried by these two or three lines, and even the last trace of breath left in front of the mound of earth was weathered with the years.
Shen Fangli cried in front of her father's grave, her red and swollen eyes were full of anger and unwillingness, her loving father was lying here now, and she couldn't even see each other, she wanted to tell her father that her daughter had come back in accordance with the agreement and wanted to save her father.
Everything was already too late, Shen Fangli couldn't forgive Mo Ran, the hatred came so quickly that it almost drowned the pain in his heart, she caressed the words on the tombstone, and found that all three of them died on the same day, in the year 768 of the Glowing Star Era, that is, when she was nine years old, a major event must have happened on Glaze Island.
Shen Fangli, who had calmed down, quickly wiped away her tears, turned to Qicai and said sternly: "You'd better tell me the truth, father, Father Tong, and General Salmor, how did the three of them die?"
"Even if I say it, I won't be able to heal your pain, but now I have to say it. Qicai sighed and pointed to the purple pupil flower in front of the tombstone to mourn the deceased, "I was responsible for the burial of the three seniors, and I originally planned to leave their bodies without leaving their whole bodies after they were executed, but I ordered my subordinates to snatch their bodies from the execution ground and bury them next to your mother, you must be curious why I always know everything about you, in fact, since you were a child, I have been collecting information about you, and I know that this sea of flowers is your favorite place, so burying the three seniors here can rest their souls." ”
"You haven't told me what Mo Ran did that year, and how did he kill my father?"
"Because the revolution failed...... Qicai smiled and closed her eyes, "After Mo Ran usurped the position of the patriarch of the island, General Salmo led the old department to fight unremittingly against the government's regular army, but in the end, due to the disparity in power, the revolution was suppressed, and on August 8, 768 AD, the day known as the 'Double 8' incident, the arrested leaders of the revolutionary army, Salmo, and your father, Shen Yunzhao, the former patriarch of Glaze Island, were hanged in the city center for treason. ”
"What did my father say before he died? Did you mention me?"
"He said he hoped you would live well. Qicai reopened her eyes, "This is the reality that must be faced, this world is not equal, countless blood and lies have made up history as we know it now, so you must rethink your way of being." ”
"Do you mean you want me to live in a 'mask'? Shen Fangli stood up angrily, "Even if this is a hypocritical world, I have to be my true self." ”
"Really? I guess you won't think that way anytime soon. Colorful laughed and said, "Let's make a bet, if one day all your memories are gone, will you be able to be yourself again?"
"I believe I can. Shen Fangli turned her head firmly.
"Don't jump to conclusions yet, I want to take you to meet someone before making a bet. Qicai put away her smile, "He should be your only relative in this world." ”
Qicai's words made Shen Fangli instantly think of who it was, all the memories about him quickly turned in her mind, and she rushed forward excitedly and grabbed Qicai's sleeve: "You mean my brother is still alive? Where is he now? If you dare to hurt him, I will never let you go." ”
Again, I still don't trust me so much, if I really wanted to hurt you, I wouldn't have given you so much time to talk to me. Qicai shook off Shen Fangli's hand and said lightly, "Let's go." ”
Shen Fangli didn't get up immediately, she knelt in front of the three tombstones with her hands folded and bowed three times: "General Salmo, Father Tong and Father, I will definitely avenge you, and today I swear to sacrifice your souls in the sky with unstained blood." ”
"Don't think about revenge, I'll do it for you in the future. Qicai snorted coldly.
"What do you mean by that?" Shen Fangli frowned.
"Meaning...... You'll find out with me. After saying that, Colorful walked along a dirt path on the side of the road.
Shen Fangli hurriedly followed, this road seemed to feel a little familiar, judging from the footprints on the mud, this is a shortcut to be artificially dug for people to go up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs, due to the frequent rainfall, it has formed a very difficult muddy road.
Walking such a road, Shen Fangli was already disgusted to the extreme, but Qicai looked indifferent, and couldn't help but make Shen Fangli's face full of surprise, but Qicai designated to go here, and she didn't dare to disobey, carefully avoiding the dirty water in the potholes was the best strategy, otherwise her skirt would end up like shoes.
The muddy trail stretches deep into the forest, and as the two step into the jungle, the light gradually dims, the tall shrubs make the sight distance shorter, the path gets narrower and narrower, and sometimes even the dense weeds have to be pushed away to move on, and it's easy to get lost without colorful guidance, and if you're unlucky, you'll encounter man-eating monsters.
Qicai was very familiar with this area, and he stopped after taking Shen Fangli to a spacious place.
Shen Fangli found some weeds from nearby to wipe the wet mud off her shoes, she found a boulder to sit down, and then took off her shoes, the shoes were surprisingly heavy, and it seemed that it took a lot of effort to clean them.
Just as Shen Fangli lowered her head and wiped her shoes, Qicai suddenly turned to her and said, "Do you still have an impression of this place?"
"What's your impression, where is this?" Shen Fangli raised her head and asked disapprerovingly.
"This is Puling Valley!"
As soon as the colorful voice fell, Shen Fangli jumped up from the stone, she patted her skirt and looked around carefully, the lilac mist filled the waist-high tree trunks, the sound of insects made people uncomfortable, and there was a dark cave ten steps away, and a bewildering breath came from the hole, as if as long as you got close, you would be sucked in.
Shen Fangli finally remembered what kind of place this was, the Lianfu Cave in the Puling Valley, the forbidden land of Glaze Island, where she almost died when she was a child, and the sense of fear in the moment she remembered it at first time had not disappeared, and she couldn't help but be alert.
Why did Colorful bring her to this place?
"The Ripple Cave is the branch altar of our Tianzhao Sect, which is called the Ripple Altar by the disciples, and we used this to ensure that it is hidden from outsiders. Qicai took out a necklace from his pocket, with an orange round spar inlaid in the center, and he pointed to the spar and said, "This dream stone, one of the ancient relics, according to legend, in order to punish the sins of human beings, the supreme god Jena has to destroy the world once every thousand years, and the ancient relics are the fragments left after the destruction of the world, with powerful divine power, because the human beings who are reborn in the creation of the world will search for the ancient relics at all costs, because once they have them, reputation, rights and status are at their fingertips." ”
"Tell me all this, I'm not unfamiliar with ancient relics. Shen Fangli pursed her lips contemptuously.
"Because this is the secret of our Ripple Altar, using the divine power of the Dream Stone to make the trespasser fall into an eternal nightmare, and finally collapse and die, of course, we who know the spell will not be in any danger. Qicai said and turned to face the Lianfu Cave and said, "The remnant dream is annihilated, and only the dust remains." ”
The brilliant orange light of the Dream Stone suddenly shot into the cave, and with the light shining brightly, the aura of temptation that originated from the cave finally disappeared.
"Let's go, come in with me!"
Shen Fangli was somewhat reluctant to be led by Qicai into the cave.