Volume 1 A Dream in the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 21 The waning moon is like a hook
Zhao Yu suddenly hated that he didn't study medicine in the first place.
"Zhuo Bo, don't leave me alone." The young man tugged at the old man's sleeve and sobbed.
The old man touched the young man's head with difficulty, and gasped: "Girl, the old man's life is resting, and I ask the girl to do the old man a favor, and the old man will definitely be a cow and a horse to repay the girl in the next life." ”
Zhao Yuzheng blamed himself, and when he saw the old man saying this, he hurriedly said: "The old man is serious, if there is anything the old man just asks, I will definitely do it." ”
"Girl, the old man can't take care of the young master anymore, and ask the girl to help take care of the young master in the future, the old man is grateful." The old man looked at Zhao Yu with hopeful eyes, as if he was looking at countless jewels full of desire.
Zhao Yu was stunned. She is adrift by herself, helpless, and has low martial arts, and she is difficult to protect herself every time she encounters danger, and if she brings a child who is powerless, the road ahead must be even more difficult. Also, if one day she can't protect this child, won't she be worthy of her promise to today. So she was a little embarrassed for a while.
When the old man saw her hesitation, he knew that he had embarrassed her, but he was seriously injured, and now he couldn't get by. His only hope now was the woman in front of him.
"Girl, the old man knows that this request makes you embarrassed, but the old man can only ask you for help at the moment, and ask the girl to help the young master for the sake of his young age and loneliness."
The old man finished saying this in one breath, pulled the wound, and spat out another mouthful of blood. The frightened boy burst into tears again.
Zhao Yu saw the scene at this moment, even if she didn't agree, not to mention that this young man was only eleven or twelve years old, and she couldn't bear to ignore him.
"Uncle, don't worry, I will take good care of him." Zhao Yu sighed in his heart and said.
"Thank you, girl, thank you." The old man couldn't help but be overjoyed, and even burst into tears. He replied to the young man: "Young master, Zhuo Bo is gone, you will follow this sister in the future, you must listen to your sister's words, you know?" ”
"No, I don't want it, Zhuo Bo, don't leave me." The young man just took the old man's hand and kept crying.
The old man looked at the young man in front of him who was crying and his eyes were red, he couldn't help sighing, raised his hand and touched the young man's head, endured the pain, and said gently: "Young master, you must live well." After speaking, as soon as the original condensed true qi dispersed, it passed away suddenly.
The hand that caressed the boy's head slipped and gradually lost its temperature.
The young man was suddenly a little stunned, as if he didn't believe that the person who was fine just now had lost his life at this moment. After that moment of stunnedness, the young man threw himself on the old man's body and cried heartbreakingly again.
Zhao Yu looked at this heartbroken teenager, thinking of his tragic parents and the entire Heavenly Ghost Sect, his heart ached, and he burst into tears.
"Don't cry, don't cry······" Zhao Yu held him in his arms, but didn't know how to comfort him, just repeated these three words over and over again, as if reminding himself again, reminding himself to forget those heart-wrenching memories.
But some memories are deeply ingrained in my heart, and I can't forget them. Once saw the scene of the tragic death of her parents and the heavenly ghost gate in a sea of fire, she also cried heartbreakingly, and there was only one person left helpless in the vast world and the world, and later the betrayal of the person she loved was a fatal blow to her. She thought she wouldn't survive, but thankfully she did.
Since then, she has understood that tears will not solve any problems, and only by making herself strong can she achieve the goals she wants.
"Sister, my father and mother are all dead, and I will be alone in the future, I'm so afraid." The young man sobbed, his voice so desperate, so helpless, just like when she had trekked alone through mountains and rivers to the Essence Palace to seek the refuge of that person.
"Don't be afraid, you still have me, I will always be with you and protect you." Zhao Yu hugged him tightly and choked up.
She comforted him, but the tears could not be controlled. She once hoped that someone could comfort her like this and give her the strength to live. It's a pity that all she feels is the darkest side of this earthly world, and she knows too well the pain of surviving alone in the rivers and lakes where swords are like dreams. So she wouldn't leave him struggling alone.
Xu is Zhao Yu's words made him feel a little more relieved, and the young man stopped crying, still cowering in her arms in fear.
Zhao Yu also calmed down, looked at the sky that was getting darker and darker, and a hazy lack of moon faintly revealed his figure, sprinkling a faint light.
"Let's let the old man be buried in the ground." Zhao Yu let go of the boy and sighed.
The young man's eyes were astringent, and tears fell again, but he still nodded silently and got up to help Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu found that her abdomen hurt badly, she pressed her abdomen with her hand, and barely stood up straight, but unexpectedly, her internal breath flowed, her throat was sweet, and she spit out a mouthful of blood. A sharp pain struck, and she screamed and fell to the ground.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Seeing this, the young man screamed and hurriedly ran over to support her.
Zhao Yu was sweating profusely in pain, his body couldn't stop shaking, and his consciousness gradually blurred. In a hazy way, she grabbed the young man's hand with her backhand, and her intermittent voice was full of pleading and longing: "Master Hou······ Give me medicine, give me medicine. ”
In the faint moonlight, the black marks on her face became more and more intense. The black marks were like wriggling snakes, slowly spreading towards her white jade-skinned neck.
The boy screamed in fright at her actions and countenance, and hurriedly broke free from her hand, but he couldn't break it off, and he was so frightened that he burst into tears again.
"Don't cry." The clear and warm voice seemed to be soaked in the moonlight, and it seemed a little ethereal.
The boy stopped crying and looked up.
Zhao Yu's vague consciousness was disturbed by this wind-like voice, and he instantly became a little sober. She turned her head and watched in a daze as a blue figure came from a bright moon, like an immortal who had descended into the world.
The man's clothes flew up, and in a blink of an eye, he bent his waist slightly, rescued the young man from Zhao Yu's hands, and then quickly sealed several big points on Zhao Yu's body, and took out a pill to feed her to swallow, before he said gently: "It's okay, you heal your injuries first, and I'll deal with other things." ”
Zhao Yu's consciousness was not yet sober, because of the backlight, she couldn't see his face clearly, she just felt that he gave people a reassuring atmosphere, and his gentle voice was more like an elixir to soothe the pain, Zhao Yu nodded involuntarily.
The man gently lifted her from the ground, then picked her up horizontally, placed her on another rock beside her, and motioned for the boy to follow. Then he turned around and went back to dispose of the old man's body.
"The notorious "Jiangbei One Knife" can now die for loyalty, and it is worth it, go well. The man sighed in a low voice, his voice seemed to be filled with infinite emotion, and he took off the flask from his waist and poured it all on the grave.
Zhao Yu looked at him sluggishly and was busy. Who is this person and why is he at this moment? Could it be the gods in the heavens who are here to pick up these wandering souls? Ah, will you take me away, then I will also die like an old man? If you die, it would be fine, there is too much pain in this world, and you will be happy if you go to heaven, right?
When she was thinking nonsense, the man had already taken care of everything and returned to her side, and seeing that she was still stupid, thinking that it was caused by excessive sadness, he couldn't help but sigh softly, picked her up, and said softly: "Sleep for a while, just sleep for a while." ”
The gentle and gentle words lingered in Zhao Yu's ears, her consciousness became a little chaotic, and she thought groggily: "Are you really here to pick me up, are the immortals in the sky so gentle?" If so, take me away. ”
In a breath of reassurance, Zhao Yu slowly closed his eyes.
When Zhao Yu woke up, it was evening, the sun was like blood outside the window, and a dead tree was floating with a few residual leaves. She walked to the window a little dazed, pushed the wooden window wider, the evening breeze invaded the room, and a bleak late autumn breath came to her face, and she couldn't help but shiver.
It seems to be a farmhouse, with a golden wheat field and smoke rising as far as the eye can see. She took a deep breath and moved her somewhat sore body, only to find that the injuries on her body had healed, and even the black clothes on her body were changed into a water blue wide-sleeved skirt by someone, she couldn't help but be stunned, thinking of the blue figure she saw in the haze of the moonlight, the warm breath like jade, the gentle words like water, and she was a little stunned for a while.
Stunned for a moment, she suddenly ran out of the house. Who was it, who saved her? At the moment, she just wanted to know who had saved her.
At this moment, the door was opened. The young man walked in with a basin of water, and when he saw Zhao Yu waking up, he said happily: "Sister, you finally woke up, are you okay?" ”
The young man had already washed up and changed into a set of clean coarse cloth clothes, faintly revealing a hint of luxury. With clear eyebrows and handsome eyes, red lips and white teeth, he is a beautiful young man.
When Zhao Yu saw him, he remembered that he was no longer alone from now on, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and said softly: "It's okay, what about the benefactor who saved us?" ”
The young man said: "The big brother who saved us said that he had something very important to do, and he has already left." ”
"That's right." Zhao Yu's tone could not hide his disappointment.
"Sister, wash up, my mother-in-law is cooking, and I can eat it later."
"Mother-in-law?" Zhao Yu asked.
"It's the owner of this house."
"I see."
When Zhao Yu came out after washing, the old woman was cooking, and the room was filled with the smell of rice and smoke.
"Girl, you're awake, but what's wrong with you?" The old woman's wrinkled face was full of concern.
Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel warm in his heart when he saw the concern that couldn't be hidden in the old man's cloudy eyes, and shook his head and said, "Thank you mother-in-law for your concern, I'm fine." ”
"That's good, that's good. Take a break and you'll be ready to eat later. ”
"Yes, yes, sister, my mother-in-law fried a lot of vegetables today." The young man smiled like a spring breeze, but the panic in his eyes revealed the uneasiness in his heart.
Zhao Yu sighed lightly, but still smiled: "Then you can eat more." ”
The meal will be good after a while, and the three of them are eating around the wooden table, talking and laughing. A meal is a pleasure.
After eating, they rested.
But Zhao Yu was lying on the bed, but he couldn't sleep. On the opposite bed was the sound of the boy's subtle breathing, outside the house was the chirping of autumn insects and the sound of the evening breeze stirring the branches, and the cold moonlight flowed on the head of the bed, which was a kind of chilling coldness.
Zhao Yu hugged the quilt that was not thick, thinking about this young man and recalling the scenes that happened in the past, which made people feel distressed. She felt even colder, and couldn't help curling up, but she still couldn't resist the refreshing chill. Her mind suddenly flashed with the peerless figure of Baili, as well as the temperature on his body.
Zhao Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Whenever this time she thinks only of him, the man who has turned his back on her. She hated herself like this, even though he hurt her deeply, she still couldn't forget him, and even relied on him involuntarily as before.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but lift the quilt, turn over and sit up, wake up the young man, tidy up her clothes, leave the silver on her body, step on the moonlight, and float away.
Since you can't sleep, since all you think about is him, it's better not to sleep. Although it was cold and lonely at night, at least she could forget about him and only remember her hatred.
In the moonlight, two figures drifted away.