Chapter 8: Life for Life

"Yay!"

The armadillo passed by Mo Bai, and did not forget to glance at him, his little eyes were full of pride.

The four looked at each other, the fire in their eyes was surprisingly consistent, and the next moment it returned to normal, and the two of them tacitly agreed.

Zhao Yuanling was infected by her smile, and also followed her to jump down the mountain.

The ground was covered with fallen branches and leaves, and she couldn't see the road clearly, and her feet slipped and almost stepped on the air, but fortunately, Mo Bai was holding on to her behind.

The moment he touched Mobai's finger, Zhao Yuanling noticed that his hand was unusually cold.

With just a slight touch, the chill that seemed to freeze her made her jerk her hand back.

When he saw the bloodless face again, Zhao Yuanling was startled.

"Your hands are so cold, are you sick?"

The dark white eyes were as usual, and the tone did not fluctuate in the slightest, "I used too much internal force when I cut down the tree, and I didn't come back for a while, and it will be fine after a while." ”

Zhao Yuanling nodded as if he understood.

Back at his new home, the armadillo looked around the house.

Although the front of the house is not very magnificent, it is indeed chic. When you go in, you will find the courtyard, and then you will find the house.

Although the house doesn't look big, it has everything, and it's much more nourishing than ordinary people, and it seems that it's a rich family.

The armadillo was secretly happy in his heart, and the meal was quickly served. ,

Zhao Yuanling and armadillo sat at the dinner table. She sat up straight, her hands obediently on her knees, staring at the steaming dish in front of her without squinting.

Her eyes were round, and her eyes glowed green until Mo Bai sat down. "Gone?"

Zhao Yuanling picked up a vegetable leaf with chopsticks, "Five plates of vegetables should be enough to eat." ”

The armadillo's eyes widened, five plates of vegetables are enough to eat, but these five plates are all green vegetables!

I don't have any meat at all, and I don't know if I think I'm at the Buddhist temple!

She stiffly picked up her chopsticks and picked up a vegetable leaf, hesitated for a moment and asked, "How many years will you be sentenced for eating meat?" ”

There was a knock on the door of the courtyard, and everyone followed the reputation.

It was an old man who came in, saying that he had come in to ask for a bowl of water.

He was dressed in rags, his shoes were worn out, his lips were wrinkled, and his eyes were covered by drooping eyelids.

Zhao Yuanling handed him a bowl of water, and the moment he stretched out his hand, a string of beads was revealed on his wrist, the beads were round and shiny, and it looked like he should be playing with it often.

Taking the water, he hurriedly thanked, "Thank you girl, thank you." ”

"A bowl of water, why worry about it."

The old man drank all the water in the bowl in one gulp, "No, no, it's the water that the girl handed to the old man through the door and not someone else, which shows that you have a fate with me." ”

"A bowl of water can talk about fate, which is too far-fetched."

Zhao Yuanling lowered his eyes slightly, his expression was flat and detached, obviously he didn't want to talk to him about these deceptive things.

The old man looked up to the sky and laughed twice, unaffected by her words in the slightest.

"The grace of dripping water is reciprocated, and I don't like to owe favors, I am fortunate to see the girl's face and get a glimpse of a hint of heaven, I don't know if I am interested in listening?"

"I'm not interested."

Looking at the closed door, the old man was stunned.

The next second the door was opened, and just as he was complacent, the other party just took the bowl back and closed the door again.

He patted the door and snorted angrily: "Hey, my old man never lies, I see that the girl is not long in your life, so it is better to set the coffin as soon as possible." ”

Listening to the old man's words, the armadillo pushed the door open, "Hey, what's the matter with you bad old man, give you water to drink and curse others into the coffin, do you have to be beaten to know that we are not easy to mess with!" ”

She swept it down, and the old man was so frightened that he jumped up and down.

"Ouch, I can't help it, my old bones can't stand the toss......"

"Okay, okay, let him go." Zhao Yuanling took the broom in the armadillo's hand, and immediately there was a sudden "buzz" in his head, and he fainted without warning.

"What's going on! Did you old man secretly poison someone? ”

The old man blew his beard and glared, "Don't slander me, you girl, this girl's soul will not live for a few days." ”

"Soul repulsion?"

The burning gaze made the old man turn his head, and he sniffed with his nose and then smiled knowingly.

He raised his head to the sky and said, "Forcibly changing one's life will not be tolerated in the end." ”

His dark eyes were full of solemnity, and he paused for a moment, then bent down to salute the old man.

"I still hope that the old man will give me advice."

"It's also an infatuated person." The old man looked at him with a smile in his eyes, and the rosary in his hand kept playing with it.

"In addition to the soul, the spirit, and the soul in the human body, all three are indispensable."

The armadillo looked at Zhao Yuanling's face and muttered, "Spirit? It's not easy to take. ”

"If you can't find it, don't open meat and kill it, eat more solid herbs to alleviate it, but it's just early death and late death." The old man smiled, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Everything has its own providence......

Zhao Yuanling woke up and found that the originally bright sky had been covered with a layer of hazy gray.

Candles were also lit next to the bed, stretching the shadow of the person.

She put her hand on her head and realized that there was nothing unusual about it, but somehow she suddenly fainted.

The second time.

"You're awake." The armadillo walked in from outside the house, and it was then that she realized that Mo Bai was also outside the door.

The two of them looked worried, and Zhao Yuanling somehow suddenly remembered the old man's words.

"I see that you will die soon, girl, so you should set the coffin as soon as possible......"

"I ...... Is it going to die again? Zhao Yuanling thought she said this very calmly, but her voice still betrayed her.

The heavens and the earth are insignificant, and people are just a drop in the ocean.

Born in heaven and earth, and returned to heaven and earth, it is just a return to the original appearance.

Although she sees it lightly, she still can't face life and death calmly.

Tears flowed silently from the corners of his eyes.

She wanted to go back to the imperial city to see if the redbud flowers had bloomed.

It was her father's favorite flower, and she had to hold a bouquet and put it in front of his mausoleum.

Peach, that delicious little girl, must want to eat peach blossom cake.

And also...... The man.

She wanted to stand in front of him in person and touch his heart to see if it was eaten by a demon, otherwise how could she be so heartbroken.

……

She was not reconciled.

Silent tears let it fall. Zhao Yuanling tried his best to suppress his emotions and whimpered quietly.

"No, no, it's just a lack of courage." The armadillo looked at the two of them with a hint of undetectable vigilance, how could a mortal lack courage? This must have used the technique of restoring the soul against the sky.

She didn't know what the identities of these two people were, but it was not difficult to see from the black white eyes that this monster seemed to like this Terran woman.

Ask what the world is like, but I am afraid of life and death.

Humans and demons are two opposing species, one is kind and the other is cruel.

It is said that shemales have different paths, and the lifespan of demons can reach hundreds or even millennia, and the lifespan of people is only Erer, and no monster will like these stupid and short-lived human races.

It's just that they are the fun of a long life.

Once they get tired of playing or die, they can immediately look for their next target.

Resurrection against the sky...... The armadillo looked at Mo Bai's gaze with a little puzzlement.

"What is a spirit?" Zhao Yuanling had only heard of souls, but he didn't expect that the two could be separated.

"Souls depend on each other, and one is indispensable. Without the spirit, the body will not be controlled, and over time, the soul will leave the body, and then only the physical body will remain. ”

The armadillo sat on a low stool, his hands crossed in front of his chest, and his face was solemn.

"The moment a person dies, the soul dissipates. To find the remedy means to forcibly strip it into your body before someone else dies. ”

"Lives for lives." Mo Bai's voice was flat, and his eyes were unwavering, as if it was not a difficult task.

Zhao Yuanling's pupils shrank, and he slowly closed his eyes.

Is it life for life?

"You guys go out first, I want to rest for a while." Zhao Yuanling gave an eviction order, and soon she was left alone in the house.

The dim candle flame swayed gently with the wind blowing in from the window, and was reflected in the bedside.

Outside the window, the waning moon disappeared into the night when it hung high on the branches, and a few birdsong could be faintly heard outside the courtyard.

It's just an ordinary night, but it makes her infinitely nostalgic.

The moonlight outside the window was obscured by dark clouds, and the candle flame beside the bed was extinguished with the surging wind, and the surroundings were dim and silent.

"Ink white."

With a light call, Mo Bai's body froze in place.

"Princess."

Zhao Yuanling opened his eyes, his eyes were calm black without the slightest wave, and he didn't even move his eyebrows. It was as if he had known about his coming.

It's not so much a guess as a "smell".

There is always a cold fragrance on his body that is cold but not pungent, with a cold alienation, but he is not tired of smelling it for a long time.

Just like him.

I thought it was the incense of the clothes in the palace, but now it seems that it is his own smell.

Zhao Yuanling didn't speak, raised his head and looked at him so fixedly.

The dark eyes glistened in the darkness, and they hit his heart so bluntly.

Mo Bai couldn't help but kneel in front of her and hang his head.

"The minister wants the princess to live."

Zhao Yuanling slowly stood up, "Mencius once said: Life is also what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also. ”

The dark clouds outside the window gradually cleared, and the dim moonlight poured on her side as if gilded with a hazy light.

"The minister knows that it is wrong to take the lives of the people, if you let the princess choose, which one will you save the lives of a general or ten soldiers?"

Without waiting for her to answer, Mo Bai had already said to himself: "Whether it is the others or the ten soldiers, I believe they will choose the former." ”

The general is the commander-in-chief, who can mobilize the cohesion of the soldiers to kill more enemies at a time, and can create far greater value than ten soldiers.

The general's life is more valuable.

"In the eyes of the minister, your life is righteousness."

The long black eyebrows were twisted, and his face was solemn. Between the eyebrows and eyes, there seems to be thick ink that cannot be dissolved, and the eyes are firm and awe-inspiring.

Zhao Yuanling seemed to have returned to the palace.

She remembered that it was a cold snow moon.

"Come on, people, the ingots have fallen into the water, go and save it!"

Yuan Bao is a snow-white cat with a pair of glass-bead-like eyes, as blue as the sky.

The people of the palace loved it and treated it as if it were royal.