In the seventeenth century, a lush primeval forest surrounded the Blecheno estate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The estate was inhabited by the Count of Saxony and his daughter Natalie. The Countess died when Natalie was a child. Growing up, Natalie is young and beautiful, and she was born in Wangmen, which is quite popular with young gentlemen. With handsome facial features, blond hair draped over her shoulders, wearing a sky blue dress, and a pair of red shoes with long tips, the whole person looks like a figure in a mural.

In the sixteenth year of Natalie, she met Prince Charming Mazko, a handsome hussar and nephew of the Duke of Frodica. He rode a tall black horse, with slightly curly hair, deep blue eyes, and ruddy cheeks. He wore a gold belt around his waist, and with him hung a small sword in a gold-trimmed ivory scabbard.

The two young men and women soon fell in love, but the good times were short-lived, and in early 1654, Russia mobilized 100,000 troops to attack Poland, and Poland mobilized only 60,000 troops to resist the Russian invasion. As the most elite cavalry in Poland, Matsko was obliged to participate in the war and rush to the forefront of the war. Outnumbered, Poland was defeated by Russia not long after, and the whole country was in dire straits, and countless people died in the war.

Although Natalie prayed day and night for Matzko's safe return, she was saddened and desperate to learn that Matzko had been killed in battle. When her comrades brought back his cold corpse, Natalie was so grief-stricken that she almost fainted.

The war has left many cities bloodied and corpses strewn across the field. People piled up the bodies in the empty square. The smell of death permeated the entire square. The gray sky was over, and occasionally the terrifying crows of crows skimmed.

Matsko's body was also placed in this square. Natalie stayed by his side and kept crying, and then the tears dried up. She did not eat or drink, and when she was sleepy, she lay down on the corpse of Matzko and slept, and woke up sad and grieving. People passing by all looked sadly at this infatuated girl.

Around midnight, Natalie fell asleep again on top of Matzko. A burst of melodious music woke her up. She looked up and saw a woman dressed in black standing in the middle of the square, playing a melodious piece of music intently.

The woman in black stood in the middle of a pile of corpses, her face as white as paper, her eyes brown, and her lips bright red as vampires. With a beautiful rhythm, the corpses opened their eyes and stood up from the ground, and then formed a group and walked into the distance. Natalie was saddened to find that her lover Matzko did not open his eyes and was still lying on the ground motionless.

She couldn't help but feel sad and began to sobble again.

The black woman heard the crying from the pile of dead people and exclaimed, "Who is crying there?" ”

"It's me." Natalie stopped crying and whispered.

"Who are you?" The black woman asked again.

"My lover Matzko died in the war. I'm sad and sad. ”

"Oh," the black woman said as she approached Natalie, looked at Matsko lying on the ground, and said, "He's gone, which means he has no soul." ”

Natalie burst into tears, and her desperate cry moved the heavens and the earth, and the woman in black was also moved, asking, "How long have you been crying?" ”

"I don't know how long I cried, I just know from dawn to dark, and then from dark to dawn."

The woman in black said, "If he still has a soul, my spell can bring him back to life." It's a pity that he has no soul anymore. ”

Natalie stopped crying, and with a look of anticipation in her eyes, she asked, "If I can find his soul, then you can bring him back to life?" ”

The woman in black shook her head and said, "You can't get his soul back. ”

"Why?"

"Because his soul has dissipated."

"Is there no other way?" Natalie looked at the woman in black, sad and desperate.

"Do you love him?" The woman in black asked.

"Of course."

"To what extent?"

"I'd rather exchange my life for his."

The woman in black hesitated for a long time, and said, "Follow this road all the way to the south, and at the end of the road is a lush primeval forest, and there is a castle in the depths of the forest. When you enter the forest, in the middle of the night you will see a black carriage driven by a white horse, and you will get into the carriage and it will take you to the castle. Maybe the owner of that castle will be able to save your lover. ”

"Thank you, I will remember it, who are you?"

"No thanks, I'm a wizard, and my job is to use music to guide souls where they need to go. However, when you go to meet the owner of the castle, cut off a strand of your lover's hair and bring it to the owner of the castle. The sorceress said.

Natalie wiped away her tears, and before she had time to straighten her clothes, she cut off a strand of hair from Matzko's head and carefully tucked it in the most secret part of her clothes, ready to express her gratitude to the wizard once more, and then run to the forest.

But when Natalie turned around, she found that the witch had disappeared.

The inky sky began to light up in the early morning. The moon was retreating before that light, and the light was getting more and more pink and brighter. The dewy, sleepy, happy world has awakened. Natalie's world also awakens.