09 The hatred of the lost shadow
Jielan wanted to ask, but at this time, she had no intention of asking these things anymore. She didn't want to face the mutilated corpses of the villagers, but now she had nothing to do for them but to lay them to rest.
When Jielan and Qixue came out of the house, they saw that the corpses on Baitong were gone, and the suspicious Jielan hurriedly left the courtyard, but saw that in the open space outside the courtyard, corpses were neatly arranged together, and it seemed that someone was dealing with their corpses.
But who?
Jielan raised her eyes and looked into the distance, when she saw the man in a white robe with long hair like black jade walking over carrying a corpse, Jielan was a little surprised and couldn't believe it, was that person Chengfeng? Why would he?
When Chengfeng approached and threw the corpse on his shoulder to the ground, he raised his eyes to look at Jielan and said coldly, "Don't think I'm helping you, I just hate the smell of rot!" ”
Jielan, who had been stunned for a long time, said slowly: "No matter what... Thank you! ”
"Hmph, I don't accept the words of a person who will die at my hands sooner or later!" The cold language still has no temperature.
Jielan didn't want to reason with him, she just looked at this corpse, but when she looked at all the corpses, she didn't find the remains of the petite child, Jielan was a little anxious, she confirmed it over and over again, but still didn't, "What about the other corpses?" ”
"That's all there is to it!" Bearing the wind back.
"No, it can't be, there's still one left, is she still alive!" Hope suddenly ignited in Jielan's heart.
"Blue, who are you talking about?" Qi Xue was a little surprised to look at Jielan like this.
"Shadow, Shadow, there is no body of her here, then she must be alive!"
"Hey? I may have been eaten by the wild wolf demons in the vicinity, and these demons are especially fond of children's meat! Chengfeng mocked Jielan.
The gratitude she had for him was gone at the moment, and Jielan wanted to teach him a lesson, but what she cared about now was Shuying, the child who cared about her the most.
She frantically searched along every part of the village, but she never saw her figure, Qi Xue looked at Jielan like this, and was a little unbearable, "Lan, don't be like this, there can't be anyone alive here." ”
Jielan didn't listen to Qi Xue's words, she still searched along every house, she always believed that Ying was still alive, because she said that she would come back to see her again, so why didn't she wait for herself to come back?
However, when the paper crane lying quietly in the pool of blood met Jielan's eyes, she finally stopped her frantic search, but slowly walked to the paper crane and picked it up, she knew that this was the paper crane of the shadow, which she gave to the shadow herself, but why it was here, why it was stained red with blood, Jielan didn't want to believe it, and she didn't dare to think about it, she fell to her knees and sobbed.
Qi Xue looked at Jielan who was so sad, and wished that she could grieve instead of her, she walked behind Jielan, also knelt down, took the paper crane from her hand, and said: "I think even if this child leaves, she doesn't want to see you so sad for her, because you are so sad, it will only make her still nostalgic, and reluctant, Lan, let her go without worry!" ”
Jielan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, stood up from the pool of blood, and looked up at the low sky, "If you don't find the person who killed her to take revenge, Shadow will never be at ease, didn't you hear her screams?" She was telling me to avenge her and all the people in this village! ”
Looking at the cold blue, the hatred in her pupils was like frozen water, paralyzing her heart little by little, and in the end, losing her color, leaving only a pale.
She walked back in the direction of her courtyard, Qi Xue followed behind her, looking at her cold back, only to feel that the two seemed to be separated by two worlds.
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The two walked back to the open space in front of the courtyard, Chengfeng looked at Jielan, who was unusually calm, and felt a little surprised, but he didn't ask, nor did he show concern, and still said coldly, "You've done enough, you can do the rest yourself!" ”
"Blue, what are you going to do? Is it to bury them? Looking at so many corpses, Qi Xue couldn't help but ask.
Jielan didn't answer, she just moved the firewood and grass that had been piled up under the house, covered the corpses, and then took flint velvet and lit the firewood.
The beeping sound from the fire came out with the smell of burning her body, cutting Jielan's nerves like a sharp blade, but she was still expressionless, just watching the sky full of fire reflect the sky red, as if it was about to burn to the zenith, it was those grieving souls leading to the realm of gods!
The light of the fire did not fade until the early hours of the next morning, and at last only white ash remained, which drifted into the air as the morning breeze blew by, and everything was gone.
Jielan returned to the courtyard and looked at the dry white sycamore, her heart full of sadness and doubts.
Qi Xue and Chengfeng looked at the dead tree, not knowing what Jielan was thinking.
"You know what? When I left the village, the villagers thought I was a demon and wanted to kill me, but it was this sycamore that saved me. ”
Qi Xue was a little surprised, although it was not strange that the tree was spiritually rich in life because it absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, but it was a little strange to be able to appear such a tree in this small village.
"I didn't expect there to be a spirit tree here?" Qi Xue was a little amazed.
"It said that it didn't know who gave it powerful spiritual power to resurrect it, and the purpose of resurrecting it was to save me, you know, it is so powerful spiritual power, it is absolutely difficult for ordinary demons to get close to it for half a step, let alone ......"
"You're saying you suspect that the man who resurrected him ended up destroying everything in the village!" Sakiyuki was a little incredulous.
"People? He's nothing but a demon, a demon who has lost his humanity. ”
Qi Xue's expression suddenly became solemn, she looked at Jielan, and the sorrow began to linger in her heart, Qi Xue clenched her hands, looking so uneasy. Chengfeng on the side looked at Qi Xue, and suddenly sneered, Qi Xue felt Cheng Feng's somewhat strange expression, as if she had seen through her heart that she was trying to hide, and involuntarily trembled and panicked. And Chengfeng didn't say anything to the somewhat frightened Qixue, which made her even more confused.
Jielan took out the paulownia leaf from her arms, and the water leaching out of the paulownia leaf was like morning dew, and it hadn't suppressed the pain of losing its body! Jielan threw it into the air, and the paulownia leaf flew to the dead wood and returned to the branches.
The old paulownia tree supported the ruined body, as if in order to insist on his own spiritual leaf return, when this only remaining wish was completed, as if he was a ninety year old man, he chose to leave this world without regrets. I saw only the last light of the white sycamore, which lit up the sky, and when everything was revealed to the extreme, it disappeared into the air like a broken particle of light, and everything fell silent.
And the first rays of sunshine in the early morning began to pour down, as if to tell Jielan that a new day was coming, and she was about to start her own journey, that unpredictable long journey.