I won't be afraid of strong enemies, but now I can't help but feel like numbness, my father's tragic encounter, the desolation of the old ghost, the loneliness of my grandfather, and Xiao Jiuhong's teary eyes, constantly shaking in front of my eyes, this is a difficult thing to choose, let me sway left and right, I can't make up my mind.

"Jinshui, you let her go, let her go, she's my mother" Xiao Jiuhong held my leg while pulling my arm hard, but my arm was as hard as iron, and the harpoon in my hand did not move at all, always facing the throat of the red lady.

One thought after another, constantly flying in her heart, the red lady's face was dead, and Xiao Jiuhong couldn't stop crying. Listening to her cry, my heart suddenly softened, and the past and the past were constantly impacting my determination. My hand gradually loosened, and the harpoon slowly moved inch by inch from the red lady's eyes.

"Near the water, let her go, and we will never get involved in these things again in the future, okay?" Xiao Jiuhong saw that I had the intention of loosening, and immediately stood up, hugged me tightly, put his face on my chest, and said: "I know, you have nothing to do with the woman in Jiuli, I have forgiven you in my heart, but I don't know what to say, near the water, near the water knows that you are still alive, I am very happy, we don't care about anything, okay?" Where are you going, I'll accompany you, we'll plant some fields, I'll do your laundry and cook, and give you a baby, okay? ”

Her words are like a fantasy beauty, with a hot kang head for his wife and children, which is what every riverside person longs for and longs for all his life. My heart softened, followed by a sourness, looking at Xiao Jiuhong, the sourness in my heart was really indescribable.

Aside from anything else, just by virtue of the blood relationship between us, what she said will be a dream after all, and it is not the past now, although the river beach is remote, but the cousin is destined to not be married. I glanced at Xiao Jiuhong astringently, things have come to this point, she shouldn't be unaware of the relationship between us.

"It doesn't matter, I don't care, I really don't care." Xiao Jiuhong looked at me, as if she knew what I was thinking, she tried to squeeze out a smile, and said, "As long as I like it, I don't care about anything, I am your cousin, but I am willing to be your woman." ”

I was moved in my heart, and I was moved by the blood surging, and I just wanted to say something, but I suddenly remembered that the person I saw in the Wusumu holy coffin that looked like me turned into a cloud of smoke, and before it dissipated, he said that the red dust and lead bloom could not be washed away.

Children are long, can I let go?

"Near the water, let's go, let's go and don't pay attention to these anymore, ignore it" Xiao Jiuhong hugged me and wanted to leave. My footsteps moved, but then I stood again, and the harpoon, which had been loose in my hand, was lifted again and placed in front of the red lady's neck.

Because, I think of the huge man who has been trapped in the Usu wood for decades, and I think of the old ghost who has been alone in the river for fifty years. They are all human beings, they are all flesh and blood people, they don't know suffering, don't they know pain? They gave up everything just for the sake of the stability of the river.

The life and death of a red lady may not have a reversible impact on the current situation, but this is a test of my life and beliefs, it tests my principles, and my bottom limit. Once upon a time, I always felt that I couldn't do big things after all, but when the burden really fell on me, I knew that even if I didn't want to do it, I had to do it.

Troubled rivers, no matter near or far, they will be killed!

I raised the harpoon, Xiao Jiuhong seemed to feel that my murderous intent was suddenly thick again, she opened her eyes wide, looked at me and said, "If you kill my mother near the water, I will hate you for the rest of my life!" ”

"That" I didn't want to look directly into her gaze anymore, held back the soreness and pain in my heart, and said word by word: "Then you will hate me." ”

burst

The sharp harpoon stabbed forward suddenly, passing through the throat hole of the red lady, blood splashed, the red lady's gaze was dull all of a sudden, and the vitality passed rapidly with the wound on her neck, she struggled with all her strength, the throat was chaotic, and she twisted her body spasmodically, leaving only a slight trembling. Her life continuation diagram has been used up, and this death will be a complete death.

Xiao Jiuhong didn't cry, at that moment, she seemed to be lost in her soul, looked at me blankly, and turned her head to look at the red lady who had lost her breath, and the tears in her eyes rolled down like a broken thread.

I threw away the harpoon in my hand, and my heart ached, and I could barely breathe in pain. Xiao Jiuhong, Xiao Jiuhong, I just feel sorry for her, but I can't have a soft heart.

"Chen Jinshui!" Xiao Jiuhong suddenly threw herself into my arms and cried loudly, the cry was heartbreaking, my arms stiffened, I didn't know what to say, how to comfort her.

Suddenly, Xiao Jiuhong, who was in pain, opened her mouth and bit my shoulder and bit down hard. Her teeth bit through the flesh, blood flowed down her clothes, and I didn't move, holding back the pain, and let her cry like mad and bite. Time seemed to freeze, and there was only Xiao Jiuhong's unstoppable cry in his ears. I stood still, the only thing I could do to compensate her.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Jiuhong stopped crying and broke free from my arms, she wiped the tears from her face, and her expression seemed to calm down at once.

"I know, that beggar, it's you, right?" Xiao Jiuhong reached out and took out the blood-red Heavenly Master Talisman from the place close to him, handed it to me, and said, "I don't want your things." ”

"It's yours, stay." I couldn't say anything else, turned around and walked slowly, the wound on my shoulder was still bleeding, but I didn't feel pain, just a heart that burst into countless cracks.

It was probably the toughest test of my life, and I didn't know if I was doing the right thing, but I didn't have a choice. Red dust and lead, three thousand love silks, I have cut it off with one knife.

I endured the soreness and pain in my heart, straightened my waist, there were still people on the two big ships, but with the death of the red lady, these people were already cold, and no one dared to come out to stop me. When I walked all the way to the bow of the boat, I couldn't help but look back at Xiao Jiuhong, who was sitting on the deck in a daze, slowly wiping the blood stains on the red lady's corpse.

At that moment, I knew that I had lost her, forever. It was Xiao Jiuhong who gave me the feeling of liking and loving for the first time in my life at the age of twenty, but all this came to an end at this moment.

"Chen Jinshui, let it go, let it all go." I turned around, jumped into the water, swam to the big boat opposite, and silently said to myself, "You must always look down on this river, you are a dragon among men."

The boat didn't dare to stop it anymore, we quickly left here≡ Ran Dao did not advocate killing, the vicious fight just now made the old pedant silent, and I can't say anything more. When the big ship docked, the old scholar was about to leave, and before parting, he said to me: "This is not your fault, the general situation is forced, you still have a long way to go, the Holy Lord of the Holy Land, the Elder of the Temple, and the Miao Zun of Jiuli, that is not what you can deal with now, you have to awaken the reincarnation seal." ”

"Is there a way?"

"Only by finding the person who can awaken your reincarnation seal." The old pedant said: "That person, it is very likely that he has already appeared." ”

Leaving these words, the old pedant turned to leave, and I pondered alone for a while, and began to arrange the rest of the itinerary. I want to go to Jiuli, not only to save the old ghosts, but also for myself, it is also a kind of training.

Jiuli, that is a more secret place than the Holy Domain, is rumored to be in the deepest part of Southern Xinjiang. I don't have any map of Jiuli, it's completely unfamiliar. The Big Head Buddha and Jin Dashao were both discussing who they wanted to go with me, but I didn't agree, I couldn't predict what kind of twists and turns there would be when I went to Jiuli this time, and I didn't want to drag anyone down.

I made some preparations and went on the road alone, this was my first trip south, the long journey was quite smooth, I went south from the river beach, to Ma Yao Mountain in Tongxiang Village, it is said that this is the only way to Jiuli. The mountains here are completely different from the mountains on the river beach, they are simply a sea of mountains and mountains, and you can't see the edge at a glance. In this kind of place, you can't walk through it without the strength and perseverance, and you can't get out if you get lost in the mountains and seas without the guidance of familiar people.

I inquired in the local area, the entrance of Ma Yao Mountain is a river, and the people of those years have not yet had the habit of traveling, especially in this kind of wild place, which is inaccessible, but there will be some guides who occasionally haunt and take people into the mountain. When I arrived at the pass of Ma Yao Mountain, I saw at a glance that there was a small makeshift shack there.

I wanted to go over and ask first, but before I got to the edge of the shack, the little door creaked open, and a thin black old man poked his head out and looked at me, and behind the old man was a little boy of six or seven years old, hiding behind the old man and looking at me timidly.

It was hard for people to understand my northern accent here, and it took me a long time to talk to the old black man, and when I asked, he was indeed the guide, and he had been here for two months, with little business, and was about to leave. I talked for a long time with the old man outside the shack, and he didn't need money to lead the way, because there was money in this place and it couldn't be spent, so I gave some practical things, and the old man agreed happily.

"Ready, ready, let's get on the road." The old man turned to the children in the room and said, "Shanwa, pack your luggage." ”

When he entered Ma Yao Mountain, he had to cross the river first, and the old man's boat was placed not far from the shack, and he turned around to tug the boat, and the child's eyes that remained in the house turned for a while, as if he was very afraid of the old man, until the other party was far away, and the child hurried to me, looking at me with a pleading face, and said, "Help me!" ”

"How?" I was momentarily surprised and began to look at this child, who was only six or seven years old.