I recovered a bit, and sat side by side with Miao Yu, her face full of apologies, and she tried her best to slow down her tone between words, as if a heavier voice would affect me. I comforted her, while thinking silently.

I haven't remembered a lot of things, but it can already be speculated that this person lying in the coffin died in Lianlian Mountain back then, and it was Miao Yu who brought him here and put him in the rumored Wusumu who could be resurrected from the dead, hoping that he could be reborn, but Wusumu did not have the miraculous effect in the legend, he had been lying for so many years, and he was still a corpse.

This undoubtedly also shows that this Wusu wooden coffin was not made for this person. So, who was originally buried in the Jiuli Ancient Palace? Why didn't he go away?

We sat for a long time, and I thought for a long time, then slowly stood up, and when my eyes were once again on the man in the coffin, my eyes were suddenly renewed. The man's eyes had been closed for I don't know how many years, and at this moment they seemed to be open, and he looked at me silently, without speaking, and his gaze was as light as autumn water.

I don't feel afraid, I don't feel terrible, I only have an indescribable sadness in my heart. I don't think anyone has ever experienced that feeling: watching my own corpse with my own eyes, watching it decay little by little, shrinking little by little. Before I knew it, my eyes were filled with tears.

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When the tears filled his eyes, the silent Wusumu tree coffin suddenly shook, and the corpse in the coffin seemed to be about to be reborn, surrounded by an invisible flame, and the corpse began to blur sharply, ethereal, as if it had been burned into ashes, and little by little it drifted away from the eyes and disappeared. In the haze, I heard a voice echoing between the void and my ears.

"I live for the river, die for the river, that silk, I keep chopping, red dust and lead, I can't wash it, you come, I'll leave"

With this sound, the figure in the coffin completely turned into a piece of dust, and I wanted to reach out and grab him, but as soon as I stretched out my hand, the dust exploded, mixed into the air, and slowly drifted away, never to be found again.

"He's gone" Miao Yu looked at me pitifully, holding my hand very tightly.

At this moment, I suddenly understood in my heart, and completely understood a truth, some things, missed, will not come back, some people, lost, will not be again, that is a complete loss, which makes people panic. I couldn't help but hold Miao Yu's hand tightly, looking at her face covered with tears, my heart was a little sweet and a little bitter. I don't know what happened in the past, but I can feel that the woman in front of me has endured all the hardships that I can't bear for me, and has borne all the tiredness that I can't bear.

The hands of the two people were clasped tightly together, and even their hearts seemed to be close to each other without a distance. I thought that she could be good, happy, and worry-free.

"Let's go." I looked at the empty ancient hall and had no intention of lingering.

We left here the same way, there were still occasional strange sounds of rustling in the darkness around us, but there was no accident from beginning to end, leaving from the Jiuli Ancient Temple, standing in the old road that had dried up for a long time, I suddenly lost my goal again. It seems that it is not easy to recover those pasts.

"Where are you going?" Miao Yu refused to let go of me and asked, "Do you want to go with me?" ”

"Okay." I thought about it, there are still a few days left on the day agreed with Maitreya, so I accompanied Miao Yu to travel back slowly in the big river, and the time was just right.

We bought a small boat and floated slowly down the river, like countless boats running around the river on both sides of the river. When the current was strong, I drove the boat myself, and when the current eased, I let the boat float on the river by itself. I sat at the bow of the boat, Miao Yu leaned on my shoulder, as if she was slowly asleep, her cheeks reflected a little blush of the setting sun, and in her sleep, there was a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth.

The waves shook, the boat shook back and forth, and Miao Yu woke up, although she woke up, she still leaned on me. I enjoy this feeling, it is the feeling that the love of grandpa and dad cannot be replaced, maybe it is this year, I have experienced a long time, I have been wandering for a long time, I feel helpless, like duckweed, always want to have roots. I thought, it is a beautiful thing to be close to her on the boat like this, and walk slowly, even if it is a lifetime.

This season, there are more boats on the river, coming and going. Gradually, a big boat appeared in sight, at that time, there were not many big boats on the river beach, and the boat was very eye-catching as soon as it appeared. The other party came quickly, but it didn't seem to be coming at us, and my heart immediately stabilized.

The big ship rode the wind and waves, all the way fast, in a short moment to the eyes, until the big ship approached, I suddenly panicked, on both sides of the big ship, there are two inconspicuous small flags, the small flags are too far away, not clear at all, but as soon as you get closer, you will find that it is the mark of the line of the ship.

A platoon of ships? I looked up and saw that the big ship didn't seem to be doing any business on the river, and there were a few people standing at the bow of the boat, and as soon as I saw clearly, two conspicuous red balls came into view.

I don't know what to say, because I saw the red lady at a glance, and Xiao Jiuhong standing beside her. I have been with Miao Yu for a few days, and I want to suppress all the complicated feelings in my heart, but the moment I saw Xiao Jiuhong, that kind of emotion, as well as the faint contradiction in my heart, suddenly couldn't be suppressed.

Miao Yu is willing to work hard to save me, why not Xiao Jiuhong?

It's been a long time since I've seen Xiao Jiuhong, she stood at the bow of the boat, staring blankly at the riverbank, she seemed to be thin again, and there was no trace of blood on her fair face. She has lost her former cheerfulness, her former straightforwardness, like a bird locked in a cage for a long time.

There are people in charge of watching the wind at the bow of the boat, those people have super eyesight since childhood, and the big boat is close, so I don't even have a chance to dodge. The red lady on the bow of the boat raised her eyes and saw me and Miao Yu, her expression was slightly stunned, and then she showed a sneer, patted Xiao Jiuhong, who was losing her mind, and motioned her to look this way.

When Xiao Jiuhong turned her head, her eyes, which were originally dull, suddenly opened. What did she see? She saw Chen Jinshui, who made her think about it for a long time, walking next to another young and beautiful girl in the big river.

"Jiu'er, see for yourself, what are the people you think about every day doing?" With a mocking and cold smile, the red lady turned her eyes to look at Xiao Jiuhong: "You remember him, you can't forget him, but what about him, can he remember you?" ”

Xiao Jiuhong couldn't say a word, her eyes were very round, as if she had seen the most incredible thing, and her mouth opened and closed slightly, as if frozen.

"Squeeze them to the shore!" The red lady turned around and shouted.

The current of this section of the river was gentle, and the big boat immediately turned around, and the speed of the small boat was not as fast as the big boat, and it was immediately squeezed and rushed to the shore. The hull of the boat shook and rushed onto the river beach, Miao Yu and I couldn't stay in the boat, and jumped down.

Until this time, Xiao Jiuhong's eyes were still looking straight at me, she didn't say anything, but she cried.

"Silly girl, do you know who that girl is?" The red lady said to Xiao Jiuhong: "That's the granddaughter of Jiuli Zhangtan, Miao Buyi's daughter, the same identity as Princess Jiuli, Chen Jinshui will leave her, thinking of you?" ”

"Near the water" Xiao Jiuhong hesitated for a long time, sluggish for a long time, her lips were trembling, after listening to the words of the red lady, her tears were like beads with broken threads, and they fell under her feet, her voice was astringent, and she said, "Is it true?" Tell me, is it true?"

At that moment, I remembered that in Sangyuan Village, Xiao Jiuhong faced the people up and down the door of the 36th side of the big river beach, and shouted: I am Chen Jinshui's woman! Chen Jinshui is dead! Xiao Jiuhong will never live alone!

Thinking of this, my heart softened like a lump of mud, but after a glance, I saw Miao Yu beside me again.

What am I going to do? What to do!? My heart is in turmoil, two women, both as heavy as a mountain in my heart, I can't bear to hurt either one, and I don't want to leave either behind. But I can't face this situation, and I want to die now.

"Tell me, is it true?" Xiao Jiuhong stood at the bow of the boat, her body was already unstable, she held the red lady beside her, and said in a trembling voice: "Is it true?" ”

I couldn't say a word, I was speechless. The red lady sneered beside her: "He doesn't have the face to talk to you, can't you see it?" ”

"I don't believe it! Unbelief! Xiao Jiuhong shook her head desperately, tears raining down: "He would rather lose his life and go to Sangyuan Village to find me, he won't do this!" No! ”

"Wake up! Silly girl! At that time, he went to look for you, but he didn't know the woman of Jiuli! Now he has a woman of Jiuli! How can I still remember you! The red lady accentuated her tone, helped Xiao Jiuhong, and said, "People, they all change!" ”

Xiao Jiuhong seemed to be completely unstable, her body was weak, and the person next to her hurriedly reached out to support her, she gasped slightly, trying her best to hold back her tears and not let it drip again. She looked at me, the look in her eyes was uncertain, melancholy, resentful, deeply loving, attached, reluctant, forgetful

"Chen Jinshui, I will never see you again!" Xiao Jiuhong finally broke out with the most painful cry: "Never see you again"