Chapter 42 The locust withered
"Don't worry about so much, go over and ask, since there are blood red locust flowers here, there must be some around, don't go over and ask." Probably thinking that time was running out, Wei Qi suggested.
I thought he had a point, and the two of them walked over.
It was a very thick locust tree, about the thickness of a man, the bark was gray and black, like scales, and the tree was densely covered with red flowers, and the small tree that reminded me of the girl's grave was not comparable at all.
Standing at the door of this courtyard, Wei Qi and I were a little hesitant, after all, we had never been to the underworld, and we really didn't know what kind of person would come out after knocking on the door.
After a little hesitation, I started knocking on the door anyway, and there was not much time to waste.
The black door, with a tiger's mouth and nose ring, knocked twice, and the door really opened, poking out a delicate face. The girl glanced at the two of us, "Who are you looking for?" ”
The voice is very good, with the softness of the southerners, like a spring breeze.
"When we passed by here, we just wanted to ask if there were any locust trees like this around, the ones with red flowers were not very tall." I said as I measured it with my hand.
The girl raised her eyebrows and looked up at me; "Who are you? What for? ”
"We are human beings, and our souls have come to the underworld out of our bodies in order to find the owner of the blood-red locust tree, and we have something important." Time is pressing, I don't have time to talk nonsense, so I have to tell the truth.
"The world? Person? I seem to have seen you two, did you two chase me that night? The girl said as if she had realized something, staring at me with a pair of almond eyes.
When she said that, I seemed to understand. Could it be that this girl is the female ghost who was followed by me and Wei Qi that night? Could this tree be the little tree we see?
"You, you won't be...... That night's ......," Wei Qi said with some embarrassment.
"It's me, in a hundred miles of land, there is only this locust tree, what are you looking for me?" The girl was quite direct, and she didn't mean to be afraid.
After confirming that this girl is that girl, this house is the grave, and this locust tree is the locust tree, I suddenly felt hopeful. Wei Qi explained the purpose of our trip as quickly as possible.
The girl sneered; "You two are so ridiculous, come to match me with a yin marriage, do you think I am the one who needs a yin marriage?"
This girl is beautiful, has her own romance, is different, and ordinary men are really not worthy of her. But we didn't have a better way to come up with this notice for the sake of Blood.
I said with a sneer; "Since you don't want us to marry Yin, can you lend us the blood amber to use, and once we find the blood lingzhi, we will send the blood amber back to you." I'm not playing tricks now, that's what I really think. Borrow the next one.
The girl's face turned grim; "I'm sorry, I can't lend it to you, because my corpse is nourished by blood." After saying that, I was about to close the door, and I hurriedly reached out to block it, and the black gate squeezed my hand. It hurts!
"What? Are you going to rob? If someone trespasses into the underworld without permission, and as soon as I say hello, a messenger will come and arrest you, and you will never go back. The girl smiled lightly.
I hurriedly apologized, saying that I really didn't mean it, the purpose of coming this time was to save Wang Ying. The girl listened to my words, and her cold face softened slightly, and her lips like rose petals twitched; "Actually, I'm quite moved, you are doing this for your lover, it can be seen that you are a man with affection and righteousness, but I really can't give it to you, my body is raised by blood, my fiancé went to help me find the elixir, with the elixir I can come back from the dead, and we can be together."
The girl's words surprised me and Wei Qi, if I believe in ghosts, is there really such a thing as resurrection, I really haven't seen this thing!
"Is there such a thing? Who is your fiancé? ”
"My fiancé is Ziyi, the prince of the Langya Kingdom, I was poisoned by the back of the Hejun Gate, and when I was about to die, Ziyi gave me a blood pearl, saying that if I wait for him, he must find an elixir to bring me back to life. So my soul stayed on the corpse, sleeping with the blood, and a few days ago someone went to the grave of the wedding and washed my soul, and my soul was freed. So I can't give you blood, I'm going to wait for Ziyi. The girl said seriously.
Oh my god! There is such a thing, the ancient capital of Linyi is called Langya, is it the territory of Langya at that time, but the king of Langya belongs to the Han Dynasty, thousands of years from now. What else is the meaning of the child? There is no elixir to bring the dead back to life!
"Do you know what dynasty it is?" Wei Qi leaned forward and asked cautiously.
The girl shook her head; "I don't know, I don't know how long I've been asleep, I woke up and went out at night to look for it, but now it's completely different from before, those buildings in Langya are gone, and I haven't found my fiancé." A hint of melancholy crossed the girl's face.
Wei Qi turned his face to look at me, showing a wry smile, and then looked at the girl; "Girl, don't you really know what dynasty it is?"
The girl was stunned for a moment; "What dynasty, no matter what dynasty, Ziyi will come to me."
Wei Qi shook his head; "Girl, it's been more than two thousand years since the Han Dynasty, and your Ziyi is long gone!"
The girl was stunned again, and the expression on her face became nervous; "What? What did you say? More than 2,000 years now, you say? You said Ziyi wouldn't come to me? The girl's eyes were red, and she looked very sad.
I thought that my feelings for Wang Ying were touching enough, but compared to this girl, I was too far behind. Their relationship is too tragic.
Looking at the girl's sad appearance, I really don't want to tell her the reality, but it is a cruel thing to hide the reality, and we told the girl about the change of dynasty as quickly as possible. The girl who listened straight burst into tears.
The girl cried for a while, and as she wiped her tears, she quietly opened the door. "Come in, since Ziyi is no longer there, he must have been reincarnated dozens of times, even if he sees me, he doesn't know me, and he doesn't remember me, what's the use of me keeping this blood, you two take it away."
Follow this girl in, it is a small house, not a courtyard, but there are east and west wings, which makes me feel quite surprised, in the world, this is just a mound of earth, but in the underworld, it is another world, no wonder some foreign scientists say that we live in the sixteenth latitude space, if you look at it this way, it is true.
The room is not big, and there is a green light. The room was very bright, with a white bamboo bed and white curtains, and a girl was lying on the bed, the same as the girl standing in front of me. This is her corpse, and in the position of her chest, between the delicate dragons, rests a piece as red as blood, shiny, transparent, like blood, like jade. This is probably what Li Danian said about blood amber.
The girl pinched her slender fingers, picked up the piece of blood, handed it to mine, and said sadly; "Here you guys, let's go?"
"What are you going to do when we're gone?" Wei Qi turned his face to look at the girl.
"You don't have to worry about it, it's useless for me to keep this corpse, then let's go, true love is not easy once, take it." The girl lowered her eyebrows, a sad face. I don't feel good about it.
"Otherwise, let's give you a ghost, so you can have a companion underground." Wei Qi, this buddy, is also very kind in his heart, and seeing that the girl is quite lonely, he suggested again.
"Thank you, no, although Ziyi won't come to me, but he has always been in my heart, I can't forget him, if you two have nothing to do, it's time to leave." The girl never looked up, and her words were much lower, and the news we told her made all her dreams and hopes disappear.
When I walked out with that piece of blood, I couldn't tell what it felt in my heart, as if I saw a living Wang Ying standing in front of me, but what should I do with this girl? What should a man do alone in the underworld? After so many years, there is a soul, but the bridge can't be crossed!.
Just when I hesitated, Wei Qi tugged at my clothes, turned around and walked back. Come to the girl; "Girl, my name is Wei Qi, his name is Wang Dachuan, we are both yin, why don't you go to the world with us, although you can't let you return to yang, at least you won't be so lonely, and his blood can support you." The soul will not dissipate. Wei Qi pointed at me and said.
The girl was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Wei Qi with a little gratitude; "Big brother, thank you for your kindness, it's really useless, you guys go quickly. Time is running out. ”
This kind of thing, you can't force it too much, whether it's a person or a ghost, she's a woman, and she talks too much, making people think that we have that kind of suspicion. When I walked out and walked back, I asked Wei Qi with a smile; "Uncle Seven, do you like this girl?"
Wei Qi immediately denied it; "No, I don't like ghosts, I like people."
Looking at his serious appearance, I can't joke anymore. I walked back quickly along the original road, and halfway through, I remembered that I didn't even know the girl's name, she was our benefactor, how could I not know her name!
I wanted to go back and ask, but time was really running out, and Li Danian began to call us in the yang world.
Following those two bright lights, we came back very easily, and when we returned to my house, Wei Qi and I slowly lay on our bodies, and then fell asleep in a daze. When I woke up again, it was already dawn.
Li Danian sat on the sofa and meditated, Wei Qi had already woken up, thinking there with a click, I hurriedly got up, and found that I was holding a blood-red stone in my hand, which was redder and more moist than bloodstone, this is blood.
Looking at Wang Ying on the side, how I wish she could wake up like me! But this is impossible, even with Blood Amber, she will not wake up, unless it is with Blood Lingzhi.
Li Danian saw me wake up and instructed me to put the blood on the chest of the corpse, and then he sighed; "Dachuan, with the blood amber, the body and soul are temporarily sealed, and there will be nothing to do in the past half a year, you can find the blood Lingzhi with peace of mind."
Wei Qi came over and started talking about last night's incident, and Li Danian asked us what happened to the underworld? We described it to him, and when it came to the underworld, I thought of the girl whose name I didn't know, and now Wang Ying has kept it for the time being, but I don't know what happened to this girl.
Li Danian suggested that I buy some yellow table paper to burn, which is also a courtesy, but also a gratitude, I think it makes sense, so I went to the village entrance to buy some paper, cut it, and walked out with Wei Qi, and walked out to the street, Wei Qi came back again, and insisted on taking Li Danian to the lonely grave to see, so that he could see what the girl looked like underground.
Coming out, looking at everything familiar around me, thinking about the strange scene last night, I was curious and puzzled. Is this a parallel world? The world and the underworld coexist, and there is no conflict at all!
After crossing the bridge, when I reached the lonely grave, my original happy expression suddenly darkened.
The locust tree died overnight, and the blood-red locust flowers on the tree fell to the ground and spread there like blood, and the original green leaves dried up and shrunk there.