"Who the hell are you?" she said, looking at Xi.

"Under the Wu clan. Xi's eyes were blank.

"Is that the family that monopolizes the political department of the Xiling Empire? He sighed.

"And where is she, where is she now?"

"According to ancient records, when the Anlan Kingdom was still alive, they captured gifted children, imprisoned them in towers or underground prisons, and trained them in soul puppet skills from an early age. When the child grows up, he manipulates the puppets of the outside world in the place where he is imprisoned, killing people for the Anlan royal family or completing other unseen tasks. If they refuse to carry out the mission, they will be killed, if the mission fails, they will be executed, and if the mission succeeds, they will be killed. I'm afraid that the people of Xiling did the same, but they didn't dare to be as blatant as An Lan. ”

"This is how she ends, isn't it?" Xi lowered her head, holding Yi'er's hand and trembling.

"Puppets are made from living people, and if the soul puppet is too badly damaged, it is equivalent to the fatal injury of a normal human, and it will not be able to carry the soul, so it will lose control. But her injuries are not fatal, and her soul is still in the puppet's body, indicating that she has not lost the ability to control the soul puppet. The reason why she was unconscious was probably because she was imprisoned in Yi Sang, and the distance from here to Yi Sang had exceeded the sensing distance of the soul puppet technique. ”

"What's next for her?"

"Then you have to tell me first, what happened between you and the Wu clan?"

“······ I loved her, but my family was against it, and I broke with my family. They hired killers to entangle me and kill her. I found out and rushed over to get her away. Xi suppressed her emotions and said these words as calmly as she could.

"What is your status in the Wu clan?"

"One, general. ”

"Are you sure?"

"It's good······"

"Why are you shy at this time! Let me ask another way, if there is no such thing, who will be the next patriarch in your generation?"

“······ I. ”

"Understood, but now the best disciples of the Wu clan have broken with them. And what's worse is that the Wu clan has private contact with mercenary organizations, which is a big taboo for the empire. ”

"She's done, isn't she?"

"Nope. Once the mission is complete, she will be eliminated and the soul in the golem will be wiped out. And as you saw just now, the soul is still there, which means that she is still alive. ”

"Why?"

"Because you're still alive, cutting the grass and eradicating the roots is the only explanation. Qi Rang patted Xi's shoulder, "It's okay, you stay with me for a few days and heal your injuries first." There is no news of you from the royal family, and after a while, the mission will naturally be canceled. ”

"At that time, she will die too, right?" Xi held Yi'er in his arms.

"Yes, but it's none of your business. She was doomed to this tragic end from the beginning, it was not your fault, and you were one of the victims. ”

"How long has it been?"

"It's been three days since I found you lying in front of my bamboo hut, and you've been unconscious. ”

"Three days ······"

Xi lowered his head, Qi Rang didn't know what he was thinking, and after a long time, he had to say helplessly: "Okay, you can slow down for a while." I went to see a patient in the village in the back mountains and came back the day after tomorrow. Stay fine, don't do anything stupid, I don't want the people I managed to save just gone. ”

Qi Rang put on the medicine sachet on his shoulder, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he suddenly remembered something, and turned around and said, "Your injury is too serious, it is my luck to be able to save you." There are some external things, don't pay too much attention to them. ”

A long time after Qi Rang left, Xi came to the courtyard. The moonlight is soft, perhaps comforting, and the stars twinkle as if mocking. In the corner there is a dilapidated water tank with half a tank of clean water. Xi hunched her back slightly and staggered there. The most outstanding young man in Yisang seemed to have turned into a tired old man in an instant.

Xi propped her hands on the edge of the water tank, and a cold moon and a bandaged face reflected in the water. Xi trembled his hands and untied the bandages on his face round and round, the people in the water were strange and disgusting. A lone one-eyed, with only four holes left in its nose and ears, its mouth torn to the left, and its handsome face replaced by a pile of pinched minced flesh.

Xi was silent for a while, and stretched out his palm, as if trying to touch the face. Just as his fingertips were about to touch the water, Xi stopped, and quickly punched the disgusting guy in the water.

The surface of the water stirred, and the ripples shattered the human face. But after a while, the ugly face condensed in front of me again.

"Ahh Black flames burned in Xi's single eye, and a layer of black shadow covered his fist.

"Ahh

The heavy fist smashed into the water, and the black shadow exploded. This time, the splash did not splash out of the tank, and the force went straight to the center, condensing into a vortex and spreading horizontally in all directions. The dark energy was wrapped in the water pressure, and the wall of the water tank was shattered in an instant.

"Ahh

Xi knelt on the ground and cried out loudly into the silent night sky, and there was only echo in the empty mountains.

That night, nothing happened.

The next day, the sun pierced the mountain mist, and everything awoke from the darkness as usual. Xi hugged the unconscious Yi'er and walked out of the hospital.

"Didn't you say you'd wait for me to come back?" asked Qi Rang, leaning against a tree at the gate of the courtyard.

"Uh······" Xi raised his head and looked at Qi Rang in surprise, and was speechless for a while, "You, why are you here?"

"The back mountain landslide, the mountain road is closed, and it is impossible to climb over. Qi Rang smiled wryly and glanced at his hands covered in dirt and blood. "Where are you going? ”

“······ Get back. ”

"Go back!" Qi Rang immediately bounced up from the trunk of the tree, "Go to Yisang? are you crazy!

"It's not to send people to death, it's to save people. ”

"You're too selfless for her, aren't you? ”

"On the contrary, I am a selfish person. For her, many people will die. ”

"For her, this woman who wants to hurt you?"

"She wasn't intended, she just wanted to live. Xi looked at Yi'er, her ugly eyes full of pity and tenderness, "I also want to hate her, but I can't." Maybe she doesn't love me, but I love her, that's undeniable. Since I love her, I have to go back and save her. ”

"How do you save her. ”

"I have my way, it's just that I need time. As long as I still have use value, Shan Huaiyan will not kill Yi'er. ”

"Are you sure? In front of the emperor, no one has always been useful, and I'm afraid your fate will not be good. ”

"There are some things that you have to do. ”

Qi Rang looked at Xi and shook his head with a smile.

"Don't ask, doctor. You saved me, but you can't help me this time. ”

"Wait a minute. Qi Rang came to Xi's face, took out three copper kettles the size of fingernails from his arms, and stuffed them into his hands, "Don't forget, you are my patient." ”

"It's ······"

"The master taught me that a doctor should have the heart of hanging a pot to help the world. Qi Rang walked by Xi's side, "Find me with a copper kettle, and I can do you a favor without hurting others." ”

"Thank you. ”

······

Time flies, the sun and the moon vicissitudes. The two young men parted in the mountains, and thirteen years later met at the site of the legendary River Styx. Now both of them have passed the age of standing, their hands are full of blood and sins.

He took out a green needle and pierced it into the back of his head, his brows were bruised, and he sneered: "Xi, are you? ”

"It doesn't matter if you forget Wu, I'm afraid that Mr. will forget him. ”

"I thought we were the same kind of people, but I was wrong. Do you still have illusions about this world?"

"I hate the world, I only love the people in this world. I loved her at the beginning, and I still love her after I know the truth. And sir, after you denied the whole world, you also denied yourself at the beginning. We are indeed not the same kind of people, Xi is still Xi, and Qi is no longer Qi Rang. ”

"Qi Rang, that poor creature is dead. is the devil in Qi Rang's heart. ”

"Why the hell are you the way you are?"

"Revenge, of course. He grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, "You said, there are some things that must be done." ”