Climbing over the third hill and crossing a stream, Qiu Xiao led the falcon to an abandoned stable.

After observing the surroundings to make sure that there were no ghouls, Qiu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and said to the falcon, "It's here." ”

The falcon looked around, but didn't see any crypts.

"Follow me." Qiu Xiao walked to an abandoned dry well at the back of the stable.

He removed the thick slabs of stone covered with dust and fallen leaves over the dry well, and the falcon saw that the rope used to draw water at the mouth of the well was as thick as an arm.

"So it's really secretive here." After seeing Qiu Xiao grasping the rope and sliding down, the falcon also followed his footsteps and went down to the bottom of the dry well.

At the bottom of the well is a semi-circular space, and there is a staircase going down the stairs step by step, and after walking for about a minute, the two finally came to the crypt passage, and then they walked all the way along the crypt passage.

There was a cave dug on the left side of the cave passage far away from the two of them, and ten meters into it, there was a square room, and a wooden fence was blocked at the door of the square room.

The cave hadn't been dug for long, and the dirt at the mouth of the cave had not been cleared.

There were dozens of people lying and sitting in the square room in the cave, and the faces of the people huddled together were full of despair, and there was not much food and water left at the moment, and it was a hellish world outside.

Click...

The people leaning against the wooden fence heard the faint sound of footsteps outside.

He leaned close to listen, and as the footsteps got closer, his heart began to beat faster, and his body began to tremble, and he whispered to the man lying on the ground waiting to die next to him, "Hey! Did you hear that? There are footsteps! ”

The young man with dark circles under his eyes asked worriedly, "Those monsters won't come here!" ”

"It's over, it's over, I don't want to be torn apart by those monsters, what can I do?" A woman began to sob.

The man leaning against the corner closed his eyes and said to himself: "You have to die early or late, it doesn't matter, just die, you will die, you will still be a good man in the next life." ”

A fat man with a fat head and big ears stood up and said, "Who said that it must be a monster coming, in case it is a rescue sent by the imperial court!" ”

"Come on, how can the court have time to care whether we untouchables are dead or alive." The man in the corner was very depressed.

Fat Dun resolutely decided: "I'll take a look." ”

He firmly believed that the imperial court would not give up on these people, just as his dead sect leader father said, the imperial court would definitely send someone to save everyone.

Fat Dun gently moved the wooden fence away, and he tried his best not to make a sound, but there was still a slight clicking and rubbing sound.

On the passage outside the cave, Qiu Xiao and the falcon were walking, and suddenly heard a faint sound of wood rubbing in front of them.

"There are ghouls!" Qiu Xiao hurriedly drew his sword.

The falcon also raised its crossbow vigilantly and slowly walked along the wall to the mound in front of it.

Fat Dun immediately jumped out of the corner after hearing Qiu Xiao's voice, he beckoned to Qiu Xiao and the falcon and said, "It's not a ghoul, it's not a ghoul!" It's people! ”

Fat Dun lit up the torch in his hand, Qiu Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief and then put the sword into the sheath.

Fat Dun looked at the person in front of him and felt very familiar!

"You are? Fat Dun stared at Qiu Xiao's face by the firelight, and quickly flipped through the memories page by page in his mind.

Seeing Fat Dun's face, Qiu Xiao's eyes suddenly widened, and he pointed at Fat Dun and said, "Haiyue! ”

Qiu Xiao was the first to recognize Fat Dun, isn't this the little Fat Dun who caused himself to be caught by Sister Huaihua's male guest back then!

"You are. Qiu Xiao! Fat Dun Haiyue also remembered the young man in front of him, the change was quite big, he used to be a pigtail and loved to have a runny nose; likes to follow Qin Zheng's ass behind the heel worm.

"Everyone thought you were dead!" Haiyue looked at Qiu Xiao in disbelief.

It turned out that everyone thought that only Qin Zheng survived the encounter in Shenshuling eight years ago, and Qin Zheng himself said the same, Qiu Xiao died in the belly of the snake.

Then Haiyue's eyes lit up with a fire of hope, and he asked Qiu Xiao excitedly, "Is it safe outside?" Aren't we allowed to go out! ”

I saw Qiu Xiao shake his head in embarrassment, Haiyue got the answer and was lost again.

The people in the cave heard the conversation outside and came out one after another.

A woman ran to Qiu Xiao, who was talking to Haiyue, held Qiu Xiao's left hand tightly with both hands, and said excitedly with tears flashing in her eyes: "Are you here to save us out!" My father-in-law and the child were killed by the monster that killed that day, woo woo woo ..."The woman couldn't hold back and began to sob.

The man looked at Qiu Xiao and asked, "Are you sent by the imperial court?" Can we get out of here? ”

"yes, is it safe outside?"

"Those monsters have been wiped out by the imperial army, right?"

"I can finally go back to Mangzhou, I miss my lady so much!"

"Yes, I haven't seen my father and mother in the family for three years, and the child is not filial!"

Everyone poured out their bitterness, which shows that they really want to escape from this hell on earth and return to their families.

Qiu Xiao looked at everyone and promised, "I will save you out, but I still have one more thing to do before this." ”

One person in the crowd didn't make a sound, just stared at Qiu Xiao tightly, as if recalling something.

It was the young man with dark circles, and he saw Qiu Xiao's face clearly in the flickering firelight, and he was shocked in his heart: "This is impossible!" How so? He's not dead?! ”

Thinking that day, after pushing Qiu Xiao towards the blue snake, he really didn't look back and just ran away, but wasn't death an inevitable result in that case? As for what happened later that day that caused Qiu Xiao to survive, Qin Zheng is unknown.

Now he just wanted to escape, with his head down, step by step to retreat behind the crowd, and then quietly turn and walk towards the cave.

Qiu Xiao noticed him, and the moment he turned around, Qiu Xiao saw the face of the young man with dark circles...

It's Qin Zheng!

It is said that time can dilute everything, and hatred is also in it.

Over the years, although Qiu Xiao has often remembered the incident eight years ago, when Qiu Xiao really saw this down-and-out Qin Zheng, the hatred in Qiu Xiao's heart seemed to disappear again.

Haiyue looked back and said to Qiu Xiao: "That's Qin Zheng, you haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

Qiu Xiao chased after him.

Falcon wondered, "Why are you going?" Then he followed.

Qin Zheng hid in the corner, facing the wall.

Qiu Xiao held the wooden fence in his hand, standing at the entrance of the cave and watching Qin Zheng's back carving.

Then Qiu Xiao spoke: "Don't hide, I know it's you." ”

Qin Zheng in the corner did not respond.

Qiu Xiao said: "I have been following you and watching your back since I was a child, and now I have only seen you for so many years, do you want me to continue to look at your back?" ”

Qin Zheng's body trembled, kneeling in front of the wall, his hands clutching the dirt on the ground, sobbing and saying, "I'm sorry... Qiu Xiao, I shouldn't have done that to you before, I don't have the face to see you! ”

So far, he still didn't dare to turn around and look at Qiu Xiao.

Over the years, Qiu Xiao has been like his nightmare, always appearing in his dreams, and the guilt of "killing" Qiu Xiao has always been in his heart.

"Brother Qin Zheng, where are we going to play!"

"Brother Qin Zheng, what's delicious?"

"Brother Qin Zheng!"

Qin Zheng's brother......

One after another, flooded his dreams, and every night he was so scared and remorseful that he couldn't sleep at night, and the dark circles under his eyes were so deep.

Qiu Xiao smiled and said:

"I forgive you."