Chapter 15: Emptiness

Feel the hand on your shoulder slip weakly. Ling Xiaoxiao immediately grabbed it, half-squatted, and carried the person on his back, his eyes were firm, and he did not waver at all, "A-Niang, don't sleep, we can go out soon......"

Seeing that the gate was close at hand, he saw a log glowing with fire falling from the beam of the house, and he couldn't dodge, so Ling Xiaoxiao could only stretch out his hand to block it.

"Yes." With a muffled snort, he was smashed back a few steps by the impact of the log, and Ling Xiaoxiao hurriedly tugged at the hands on his shoulders, not caring about the injured arm at all.

After she successfully escaped, after a while, the room behind her had begun to slowly fall apart, turning into ruins, and the sky was filled with the smell of gunsmoke.

"A-Niang, wake up, we escaped...... Ling Xiaoxiao put down the person on his back for the first time, and called for the person on the ground, but he couldn't wait for any response.

"A-Niang, open your eyes and look at Xiaoxiao, A-Niang, wake up, I'll listen to you in the future, okay, wake up......" fell on A-Niang's body and cried bitterly, no matter how she called, the people on the ground just refused to open their eyes.

The surroundings are silent, the air only echoes the sound of leaves "rustling~", the original mirror-like bright moon has been covered by dark clouds at this moment, and the silver brilliance has slowly faded At this time, the figure of the person lying on the ground finally stood up slowly, swayed and walked a few steps, and then sat on the ground, picked up the shovel in the courtyard and began to dig, a little soil and a little soil to dig out, to the end, crying directly with both hands, full of blood, I can't tell whether it is A-Niang's body, or her own.

In the moonlight, I fetched a bucket of water from the well, tore off a piece of my clothes, soaked it, slowly wiped A-Niang's face, and muttered while wiping it: "A-Niang, you always say that I don't like to be clean, I don't look like a girl, but you don't know, what I like most is to see you fierce and fierce to me, since I was a child, others have laughed at me for being a wild child with a mother and no father, when I hear this, I will fight with those people, but every time I fight, you punish me severely, I don't accept it, until one time, I watched you secretly wipe your tears behind your back, and from then on, no matter how much those people scolded me, I didn't do anything, and you praised me at that time, do you remember? ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and many memories floated through his mind at this time, never so clear as now, some happy and some sad.

Picked up Ah Niang's hand and wiped it slowly, and replaced it with his left hand after wiping his right hand, but at this time, he found that Ah Niang's hand seemed to be holding something tightly, and he tried to break it, but it was a token stained red with blood.

"Why is A-Niang holding this thing tightly in her hand?" She had never seen this thing before, and suddenly, a strange thought formed in her mind, could it be that tonight's fire was deliberately caused by someone, Ling Xiaoxiao had never been so sober as now, after thinking about it, when she saw this fire when she came back, she didn't hear any cries for help, and there was no movement at all, as if someone was going to quietly step on this place, but who would have a grudge against this village......

Picking up A-Niang's placket, a distinct wound on her chest, Ling Xiaoxiao sat on the ground, a cold air came out of the soles of her feet, and she denied herself, no, no one knew that she lived here, it was definitely not because of Li Fude's matter, but if it weren't for this, who would have a grudge against a small mountain village......

Looking down at the token in his hand, it seems that if he wants to know the answer, he must find the owner of the token in order to find the real murderer who killed A-Niang and the entire village.

It was already early in the morning, and Ah Niang was placed in the courtyard and kowtowed three times, "Ah Niang, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you!" Ling Xiaoxiao swore to the sky, made an oath here, remembering A-Niang's words before she died, Ling Xiaoxiao stood up, walked leisurely to the tree in the courtyard, picked up the obscured leaves, and took out an iron box from the tree hole, which was heavy.

Some broken silver, as well as some headdresses that Xiao Anzi had brought to A-Niang before, turned to the end, wrapped in a yellow cloth, turned over, but it was a golden phoenix hairpin.

Ling Xiaoxiao wondered, their family was poor, how could they have such a valuable thing, and she had never seen A-Niang wear it, so she packed up her things, looked back at the place where she had lived for seventeen years, and wiped the tears on her face.

"A-Niang, you wait for me to come back-"

At this time, in a closed secret room, a low, enchanting voice sounded in the room.

"Did you find someone?"

"Back to the sect leader, no." In the center of the room knelt several black-clad masked men, who were trembling in reply, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

"No?!" The man sitting in the upper hall leaned on the couch, turning the ring in his hand, while watching the man in black tremble and frightened, "I didn't complete the task, what do you think I should do with you?" The corners of his mouth curled in an arc, and he smiled at the few people kneeling on the ground.

"The sect leader spares his life, the sect leader spares his life......" The man's words like Yama made these black-clothed people kowtow to spare their lives.

"Hehe......" The man chuckled, his fingers moved slightly, and suddenly, one of them fell to the ground instantly, leaving only the man in black kneeling in the center, seeing that the man's fingers were about to be raised again, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly kowtowed.

"Sect Master, my subordinates have another matter to report."

"Say—" Lowered his raised hands and continued to stroke the turquoise ring on his hand.

"Subordinate... His subordinates inquired that Li Fude died tragically at the hands of a bandit, and maybe if they found the bandit, they would be able to find out the news of that person. Cold sweat from his forehead dripped to the ground, and the man in black did not dare to raise his forehead against the ground, and the tragic death of his companions around him kept hovering in his mind.

"Maybe?? That is uncertain? ”

"Sect Master, please give his subordinates a ...... to atone for their crimes" Before the words were finished, the man in black looked at the blood gushing out of his throat in disbelief, and before he could say anything, his body fell to the side uncontrollably, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he stared ahead incredibly.

"Bang-" There was a burst of applause in the room, "The sect leader's killing methods are still as sharp as ever." ”

The man raised his eyes and looked at the man, "Why are you here?" There was a hint of impatience in his tone.

The person who came didn't care at all, but chuckled: "I have long heard that the Bamboo Ghost Sect is the number one cult in the rivers and lakes, and killing people is invisible, but this incident makes me feel that your sect is not as rumored, and there is no way to do a little thing, but it is almost ......exposed" Before he finished speaking, the person who came felt a rapid surge of air in the air, and he turned sideways to dodge.

"What I promised you will definitely be done for you, so don't let me pretend to slip here."

The corners of his mouth curled, "Okay, then I'll wait for good news." ”