In the courtyard outside, Yun Yueqi looked at the beautiful silhouette of the candle flame on the window, although there was no expression on her face, her eyes were reluctant to move away for a moment.

For many years, he has been guarding the window like this, protecting her safety.

She has no sleep, and neither does he!

And they are the ones who have no sleep tonight.

In the Cuixiangju in the distance, Zhao Ting stood in the courtyard with only single clothes, and he wanted to tell her countless words.

"It's a long time coming, maybe it will be better to talk about it in a few days! Always give her a little time, the woman will always be a little more reserved......"

He thought......

His body was covered with morning dew, and he looked up at the sky that was gradually whitening.

The red hosta was still tightly pinched in his hand.

After dawn, Zhao Ting pretended to be a businessman and went out with He Chong and others.

In the past two days, it was found that there were not many troops in the city, and the soldiers were loose.

Walk around the city. I wanted to go around the city to see the life of the people of Shu, so I went out of the city, walked and walked, and walked to a remote road.

"Your Highness, this road seems to be just a small road, not an official road."

"Well, let's go back!" Zhao Ting said and turned the horse's head.

"Woo woo woo ......" came a faint cry in front of him.

He Chong listened to it, "There seems to be a cry." ”

Zhao Ting had already heard, "Go over and take a look!" ”

The four of them dismounted and walked over.

After walking a hundred paces, I saw a large open space in the woods in front of me, and at this moment there were many people scattered in it, divided into several groups, and in front of each group of people stood a small new grave, which seemed to be a temporary new construction, and there were no tombstones, a total of ten.

There are many similar graves in the mountains and forests in the distance, but they don't look new.

These people are burning paper and worshipping in front of the new grave, burning incense and praying, some crying, some sighing.

The four of them led the horses in, and the grief-stricken crowd turned pale with fright when they found the stranger who had suddenly appeared. Some timid women and children hurriedly hugged each other, and they didn't dare to cry anymore.

A big man stood in front of his family and boldly asked, "...... you guys Who are you? ”

Zhao Ting felt strange and hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, we are just passing merchants, and we came to see when we heard a cry." ”

"Merchant?" Everyone was slightly relieved when they heard this.

The strong man turned to the crowd and said, "It's all because you cry too loudly." Hurry up and pack up and go back! Don't make any more trouble. ”

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Everyone packed up their belongings and panicked.

"This eldest brother, why is he here to worship his relatives? How can there be so many new graves? Zhao Ting asked.

The strong man said helplessly: "You are just passing by, so let's go quickly!" Don't meddle in your business and get into trouble. I didn't want to say any more, so I helped my family clean up casually, and left in a hurry.

The paper money that had not had time to be burned in front of the graves was blown around by the wind, and the food brought for worship fell to the ground and could not be lifted up.

Zhao Ting looked around and saw a piece of clothing exposed behind a new grave in the corner.

gave the three of them a look, slowly gathered around, and He Chong brought a person from behind the grave.

"Ah, who are you, don't catch me, don't catch me!" A shrill female voice shouted.

Seeing that it turned out to be a middle-aged woman, He Chong hurriedly let go.

The woman's hair was unkempt, her clothes were shabby, and her hands were scratching around.

Zhao Ting saw that she was different, took a closer look, noticed that her eyes were scattered, and waved her hand in front of her, but the woman did not react, she still grabbed around, trembling, and frightened.

It turned out to be a blind man.

"This sister-in-law, you don't have to be afraid, we are just passers-by, and we just heard the crying here and came to take a look. Don't be afraid, we have no ill will. Zhao Ting said.

"Passers-by?" The woman was skeptical, and then she gradually calmed down.

"Yes, we are passing merchants. I'm just curious about who you worship here? Why are so many people dying at the same time, and you are so panicked? ”

"Whom do you worship? Hehe...... "The woman sat down on the ground, not knowing whether to cry or laugh. With sadness and helplessness on his face, he reached out and touched everywhere, touching the new grave where he was hiding just now.

The woman leaned over and leaned her face against the new earth, holding it as if she were a relative.

Tears flowed from Godless' eyes.

Zhao Ting asked again, "This sister-in-law, I don't know who you are buried in?" You can't see with both eyes, how can I help you? Just tell me. ”

After several consecutive questions, the woman ignored them, just stared at her unfocused eyes and kept crying.

She was very pitiful, with chapped lips and a yellow face.

Zhao Ting couldn't bear it in his heart, and said to He Chong: "Bring some dry food and silver." ”

He Chong took some out of the bag on his horse's back. "Master, I don't plan to travel far, so I don't have much dry food, but I have the silver."

Zhao Ting took all the dry food, took a few ingots of silver and wrapped them together, stepped forward gently, and put the package in front of the woman.

"This sister-in-law, here are dry food and silver, you can take it and go home! Everyone is gone here, and it is not safe for one person in the wilderness. ”

I still don't respond.

I had to sigh, stood up and turned around and walked just two steps, only to hear the woman behind me mutter, "Good man...... My Hong'er is also a good person. ”

Zhao Ting turned around and squatted in front of her and asked, "Who is Hong'er?"

"Hong'er...... She was only fourteen years old, why did King Yama take her? If there is any sin, it should be borne for the mother, why my Hong'er? Why ......?" said the woman, somewhat nonchalbly.

Zhao Ting thought to himself that it was this woman's daughter who was buried here, "Hong'er is gone so young, I don't know what kind of illness she had?" ”

"Sick?" She muttered, "My red child is so lively, how can she get sick?" Why did the Ghost Realm Emissary take her away? Why does the king of Yama want her to atone for her sins, it must be my sins, and I want my Hong'er to bear it, it must be because of me, woo woo woo ......"

Zhao Ting's brows furrowed, it seems that this woman is normal, but she is overly sad.

Let He Chong take the kettle from the horseback and hand it to the woman. "Drink some water! Tell me about anything you're sad about. You'll feel better if you say it, too. If there's anything I can do to help, I'll do my best to help. ”

The woman suddenly snatched the kettle and drank half ......of the kettle in one go, but she was afraid that the water and rice had not been eaten for a long time.

"Sister-in-law, where are there any ghosts and gods in this world. The mourning is smooth, and the body is important. He tried to comfort him.

The woman drank the water and regained her spirits, and said sadly, "You are a good person! ”

"You are just the right age, why are your eyes already ......"

The woman sighed, "Since Hong'er's father died, she has wept day and night, and finally her eyes have broken out. ”

"Why bother, you have to take care of yourself, and your husband will be at ease." Thinking that the woman's husband and daughter were dead, Zhao Ting was very sympathetic.

"Just because Hong'er's father died tragically, I always think about how it doesn't make people sad."

"Tragic death?"

"A few years ago, the imperial court forcibly recruited Hong'er's father to build a palace, but what was later brought back was a corpse. The official said that he was crushed to death by the collapsed beams of the house. But when he wiped his body, he found that there were countless whipping scars on his body. ”

The woman began to weep again as she thought of the situation, "The slave guesses that he must have been forced to work, unable to rest properly, and often whipped before he died. ”

"How can this be reasonable, it's just a matter of careless human life?" Zhao Ting said angrily.