Chapter 8: The Reunion of the Dead
The rain that drenched for a while yesterday made Si Nanyue, who was already weak, suffer from the cold, and she endured the discomfort and took everyone to the Burial Spirit Valley.
Helian Du stood on the high ground and looked at the whole picture of the valley, only to see his sword eyebrows frowning tighter and tighter, and finally couldn't help but scold: "Sure enough, it is the most poisonous woman's heart!" ”
The terrain of the Burial Spirit Valley is low in the middle and high on all sides, and it is full of scorched earth, without any grass, and all around it is covered with moss, up to hundreds of feet of cliffs.
If a fire is placed here, it will be difficult for the people inside to escape unless they are light and strong.
If you look closely, you can see that there are scorched black marks of human figures on the edge of the cliff at the bottom of the valley, but there is not a single skeleton in sight.
Because the corpses that were not refined back then were later doused clean by her with bone water.
Returning to her hometown, Si Nanyue's body began to tremble uncontrollably, and the piercing cries for help from those people were still echoing in her ears, and she still remembered the smell of burnt skin and flesh clearly.
Every nightfall, they would crawl from the sea of fire to Si Nanyue's side, stretch out their coke-like arms with Martian children, and pull her into Hell together.
It was also here back then, Jiang Jifeng stared blankly at the hell at the bottom of the valley, he couldn't believe that the sick, weak and gentle girl around him would turn the Burial Spirit Valley into hell in such a cruel way, and the lives of more than 40,000 people were killed without blinking, and there was even a team of Deadpools sent by Zelu City inside!
"Young Master Jiang has seen clearly who I am today, and I believe that the young master has a clear idea of who I am today, and what I shouldn't say in the future." Si Nanyue suppressed the tremor in her voice, trying her best to look no different from usual.
After today, he should stay away from himself, so that the feelings that should not appear should be nipped in the bud.
For a man like him, the people around him should be as spotless as him, at least not like himself...... Bloody hands.
"Don't ...... Don't look...... Don't look!!! ”
Jiang Jifeng didn't seem to hear what she said, grabbed her wrist, and ran until she couldn't hear those people calling for help.
After stopping, Jiang Jifeng breathed and swallowed with difficulty, everything was beyond his acceptable range, his body trembled violently, and the panic in his eyes was clearly visible.
"South...... Month ......"
"After the young master goes back, he will forget all this, and forget me, you have taken revenge, Lingyue Villa needs you, you ......"
"Nanyue!!"
Jiang Jifeng interrupted Si Nanyue's words with a trembling voice, his eyes that were often smiling were full of horror and tears at the moment, and he was at a loss to support Si Nanyue's shoulders, saying things that had nothing to do with Si Nanyue.
"Nanyue, you...... You said you wanted to see the snow, I'll take you to see the snow, right away!! You let go of Zelu City, I let go of Lingyue Villa, we will no longer ask about the world, and we will be free in the world from now on, okay...... All right? ”
"Why is the young master obsessed." Si Nanyue lowered her eyes, deliberately avoiding his red eyes.
"Different from the young master's happiness and hatred, I was born in the royal family, and my hands have long been stained with blood, and the tens of millions of people of Zelu are my responsibility, and I am already destined to live and die with Zelu City in this life, and I can't leave."
"But there are also Nanyang and Nanxing, they can also ......"
"They can't!" Si Nanyue broke free of Jiang Jifeng's hand, and her tone became rare and urgent.
But it was only an instantaneous emotion, she realized her gaffe, took a deep breath, and resumed her usual soft words: "When looking for the enemy who slaughtered Lingyue Villa, all clues pointed to the owner of the Red Leaf Gate, but we couldn't find evidence, so I threatened him with his family, he not only admitted the murder case of Lingyue Villa, but also told the conspiracy to fight with Helian, it is precisely because of this that I can get rid of these 40,000 people today, you say, my brother and little sister, who can do as unscrupulous as me?" ”
She was smiling, but her eyes were red, "My brother, he is a man who stands up to the sky, a bloody man who would rather bend on the battlefield, and disdain this kind of ...... Villainy. Xing'er is jealous and hateful, free and easy, she is the freest person and should not be imprisoned by the royal power, and Ah Chen is still a child, only me...... Only I, who have already soiled my hands, is suitable for such a thing, so the young master should stop clinging to impossible feelings, and I will never leave Zelu City and leave with you. ”
Si Nanyue thought that what she said was clear enough, but Jiang Jifeng shook her head, tears rolled down in her reddened eyes one by one, and she looked helpless like a puppy abandoned on the side of the road.
"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have involved you in this right and wrong, it's all me...... It's all me!! ”
He hugged Si Nanyue tightly into his arms with infinite remorse, and the hoarse and choked voice fell on her ears with teardrops.
"Nanyue, I will stay with you, I will be your sword, I will be your barrier, I will not let you experience such a thing again, Nanyue, don't drive me away, let me stay......"
She felt the temperature from Jiang Jifeng's body, and her eyes were as complicated as an abyss.
There is a saying that he is wrong, it is not that he pulls himself into the game, but that he has been in the game since the beginning.
The pursed lips finally opened, and sighed: "Young master, you are persistent." ”
The noise reached his ears, and the man suddenly woke up from his dream, his eyes were red, and his handsome face was still stained with tears.
Yes, he dreamed again about what happened in the Burial Spirit Valley that year, and also dreamed of his promise to her, the promise he didn't keep......
"Owner, Brother Zhuo is back, and he has brought someone back."
There was a sudden knock at the door, and he wiped his face indiscriminately to calm down his chaotic thoughts, and cleared his dry and aching throat before saying, "Let him in." ”
As soon as the words fell, the door was hurriedly pushed open, and he looked fixedly, and it was not Zhuo Yijian who broke in, but a woman wearing Chiyuan military armor.
The woman's face was gray-black with marks, the room was too dim, and before he could see who the man was, the woman ran over crying, holding his face and looking left and right, as if she wanted to pull his head off.
"Jiang Jifeng! Jiang Jifeng...... So you're really not dead......"
He was stunned when he heard this, "Gong Ci? ”
"Hmm!"
Gong Ci nodded again and again, raised her crying red eyes, and looked at him aggrievedly, before she could speak, Jiang Jifeng scolded her with a scolding on her head.
"You still know how to cry, do you know how long I sent someone to look for you, you even ran to the battlefield to cause chaos in such a chaotic situation, in case something happens to you, how can I explain to Nanyue!! Also, didn't Brother Zhuo go to find out the news of Nanyue? Where did you find you? ”
"I ...... I ......"
Gong Ci looked at him with an aggrieved face, and he held his forehead and said helplessly: "Brother Zhuo, you come here." ”
Zhuo Yijian roughly explained the reason, Jiang Jifeng almost vomited blood after hearing this, he wanted to poke Gong Ci's forehead to see what paste was put in it.
"You've got water in your head, don't you? Those foolish people don't know Nanyue's hard work, even you are like them! In vain you grew up together, that's how you trusted her? Do you have a brain! ”
Gong Ci lowered his head and didn't speak, and only after a while did he hum and chirp in a low voice: "I admit that I don't think about it, it's good that Nanyue is fine, otherwise I ...... I ......"
Gong Ci's eyes were hot and he wanted to shed tears, no! She sniffed and wiped away her tears with her hands, she didn't cherish tea, when did she become so crying.
She then pursed her lips unconvinced, and said: "To make Nanyue angry, let's not say anything, when Nanyue is rescued, I will apologize to her, Nanyue is not as stingy as you, she likes me the most, and she will definitely forgive me." ”
"You...... Alas, forget it, you should be tired too, go and rest first, and when you come to rest, I will send someone to send you to Ganquan City, where it is safe for the time being. ”
"I'm not going!"
Gong Ci's heart was crossed, at that time, she had misunderstood her best friend by listening to rumors, and now that she already knew that Nanyue was in trouble, how could she leave her alone in the land of tigers and wolves.
"Jiang Jifeng, when are you going to save Nanyue?"
As if he hadn't heard it, Jiang Jifeng turned around and said, "It's time for you to rest." ”
Gong Ci didn't give up, stepped forward to stop him again, and asked again: "I asked when you were going to save Nanyue?!" ”
Jiang Jifeng pursed his thin lips tightly, didn't say anything, and looked at the night sky outside the house where there was no trace of light.
Gong Ci lost his mind and muttered in disbelief, "You...... You're not going to save her? ”
She couldn't figure it out, and grabbed Jiang Jifeng's shoulder tightly, "Why?" It's not that you say over and over again in front of everyone that you will definitely marry Nanyue as your wife, it's not that you ask Brother Nanyang to go to the old city lord to speak for you, isn't it that you always call the old city lord your father-in-law? How...... Why don't you care about her now? ”
The corners of his mouth twitched, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything, four months ago, he saw Nanyue's last face, he wanted to be the last barrier, go to the front line to meet the enemy, but the answer she gave was refusal.
"Why? In the past two years, I have brought Lingyue Mountain Villa on the right track according to what you said, and incorporated those soldiers who were defeated in the city, and I now have troops, why can't I take them to the front line to kill the enemy? ”
Compared to Jiang Jifeng's eagerness, Si Nanyue's eyes looking at him were still as indifferent, "Young master, how many soldiers are there in the remaining soldiers in each city and the mansion of Lingyue Villa?" ”
"110,000 people in total." He replied without thinking, and it was clear that he had already calculated it.
"110,000 ......"
Si Nanyue turned her back and sighed: "110,000 people, against Chiyuan's 400,000 troops, we can only compete with them for six months at most, and we have no chance of winning." Six months later, the Red Abyss army will enter Zelu City, and at that time, Zelu City will become a purgatory on earth, and we will never have a day to turn over. ”
Jiang Jifeng knew that she was right, even if she went to the front line with a mortal heart, there was very little time to fight.
But he often can't help but be afraid, afraid that the current situation will force the person in front of him to pay a price he didn't dare to think, he would rather fight to the death on the battlefield than make her suffer, he will never be as rational and calm as her, but......
"Nanyue, what do you want me to do?"
She hesitated for a moment and turned around, facing Jiang Jifeng and said, "After I surrender to Chiyuan City, I want you to use the identity of the Achen royal family to continue to recruit forces in the shadows and strengthen the combined forces of each city until the day when you have the strength to attack Chiyuan." ”
His face turned pale, his fists clenched unconsciously, and he didn't feel the slightest pain from his fingertips piercing into his palms, and he heard himself tremble and ask the most terrifying questions to him.
"That'...... What about you? ”