Chapter 21: The Soul Returns
The two men returned to the cave, where Asuka was feeding the woman water and wiping her face with water.
Only then did Chen Jianqiu see clearly the original appearance of the Indian woman, according to Asuka's age, his mother should only be in her forties, but her face that had been through the vicissitudes of life made her look at least fifty or sixty.
Asuka settled his mother and turned to the cave by the campfire.
At this time, Chen Jianqiu and Sean had already carried the lieutenant to the side, Chen Jianqiu first used an axe to cut off the arrow, then held the root of the arrow with his hand, and pulled out a whole arrow with all his might.
"Ahh A scream was heard, and the lieutenant woke up from a sharp pain.
Chen Jianqiu held him down, put the foamed yarrow on his wound, and then simply bandaged him to stop the bleeding.
"Kill me! Kill me! The lieutenant twisted his body frantically, and as soon as Chen Jianqiu let go, he fell to the ground, staring at the three of them, extremely vicious.
"You ordered my people to be slaughtered?" Asuka asked.
"Yes, that's right, it's me, you filthy, vile, savage inferiors, do you think I'm chasing you here from Northern Utah just because of the Army's orders? You lowly people"
"And you, Chinese, I met a group of Chinese guys in Utah who were repairing railroads, and they fell to the ground while repairing, panting like dogs and then losing their breath."
The lieutenant had fallen into complete madness.
With a "bang", the lieutenant was punched by Chen Jianqiu and the whole person fell backwards, and blood splattered for a while, covering his entire face.
"I don't even let go of the old, weak, women and children." Asuka's gaze grew cold.
"yes, I should have slaughtered your mother at the time." The lieutenant's face was covered in blood, and his mouth was covered in blood, and his speech was slurred.
"Poof"
This time it was a left hook, and the lieutenant flew out with his teeth, and he stopped provoking and pouting, leaning against the stone wall and snorting.
"Kill him, this is the greatest mercy to him right now." Chen Jianqiu said to the bird.
Asuka lifted the lieutenant out of the cave, and in a few moments, screams continued to be heard outside the cave.
Ten minutes later, the screams subsided, and Asuka walked in with a blood-dripping object in his hand, kneeling in front of his mother.
"My father's enemies and the enemies of my clan have already paid the price, but unfortunately not all of them are birds, please allow me to sacrifice my people with the scalp of one of them."
Asuka's mother nodded.
They performed simple but ancient rituals around the campfire, which they believed would bring the soul to rest.
After the ceremony, everyone found a place to rest.
I don't know if it's because I'm too tired in the past two days, Chen Jianqiu quickly entered the dream realm.
In a mansion, a woman dressed in the late Qing Dynasty sits in a delicate pear wood carved chair. Chen Jianqiu found himself becoming a four- or five-year-old child, snuggled in her arms.
Outside the door, the sky was filled with gunsmoke, and the sound of killing could be faintly heard.
A man rushed in with a group of soldiers.
"Second lady, the eldest lady has already taken Tianbao out of the city, I will quickly escort you out in disguise! The enemy army has entered the outer city. The city will soon be destroyed. ”
The woman took Chen Jianqiu in her arms and stroked his hair gently, tears slowly flowing down her cheeks.
She muttered: "Although Changluo is not my own child, but he has long been in love with mother and son, the king died two years ago, I have no intention of living in the world, you quickly take Changluo away!" ”
With that, she released Chen Jianqiu from her arms, straightened up and stood in front of her, and wiped the ash marks on his face with her sleeve.
"In the future, your mother will not be by your side, you have to listen to your uncles, live well, learn to be brave, and learn to be strong."
"Don't, mother, don't, I don't." Chen Jianqiu's vision gradually blurred.
The woman was ruthless and pushed him to the kneeling man, who gritted his teeth, picked up his sword, and rushed out of the door with a group of soldiers.
The woman's figure grew smaller and smaller until she disappeared through the door.
"Mother! Mother! ”
"Mother! Mother! ”
The voice gradually became real, Chen Jianqiu felt that his face was a little wet, he opened his eyes, and found that the bird was shouting loudly outside the cave.
Chen Jianqiu hurriedly got up, and Sean was also alarmed and followed.
"Chen, my mother is gone." Asuka was anxious.
"Let's go up to the top of the hill and have a look." Chen Jianqiu immediately took out his weapon from his horse and ran along the path towards the top of the mountain.
At this time, it was already dawn, and it was not far from the cave to the top of the mountain, and the three of them arrived at their destination in a short time.
By this time, the sun had jumped out of the horizon, and the morning light was shining on the earth, bathing in the vast forests and rolling peaks.
And she sat down on a rock on the edge of the cliff.
"Ouch, I'm scared to death, I don't want you to play like this, hurry down, hurry down." Sean patted his chest, gasping for air.
But neither Chen Jianqiu nor Asuka spoke, and they noticed something unusual.
The woman looked to the north-east, her expression serene, but her face was shabby and old, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.
"Mother!" The bird is about to move forward.
The woman beckoned to him and let the bird come to her
"You've finally grown up." The woman looked at the bird kindly, "My bird has grown up at last." My injuries are too serious, the time is almost up, I was supposed to breathe this breath only to be able to see you, but now that the person who killed your father is dead, and the revenge for killing your people, I should also leave. ”
"Mother!" Asuka got down on one knee.
The woman took Asuka by the hand and said to him, "From now on, follow that Chinese, repay him for his kindness to our tribe, learn more from him, and entrust you to him, I am assured." ”
The woman then turned to Chen Jianqiu and made the same gesture as she had done in the cage last time.
"Thank you, you." The woman said in English, not very proficient.
"My soul will go after your father." The woman sat upright on the stone, smiled, and closed her eyes.
Her soul returned to nature, to the winding river Ripabriken, to the majestic Mount Braque, where her soul would be immortalized.
Chen Jianqiu and the three of them found a place to bury Asuka's mother.
On the way back to the cave, Asuka suddenly said to Chen Jianqiu: "Chen, if you are willing, I swear by my soul that I will always be loyal to you and repay your kindness." ”
Chen Jianqiu patted him on the shoulder: "You are my good brother, and so is Sean." ”
Sean grinned, a crescent moon white.
Suddenly, Chen Jianqiu looked at a forest not far from them for some reason.
A gust of wind blew, and several deer scurried out of the woods.
Chen Jianqiu and the bird glanced at each other, and immediately flew towards the woods.
When they reached their destination, they found two half-smoked cigarettes on the ground.
"Ran away?" Asuka looked at Chen Jianqiu.
"Well, I ran away"
……
"What a hang, head, how did they find us so quickly?" On a mountain road not far away, a well-dressed man with a tie rode a horse and carried a gun and asked another man beside him.
The man straightened his hair and put on his gray dome of politeness, his face could not be seen under the brim of his hat, but the hooked nose showed that the man was not getting along well.
"Head, why don't I gather my men and get them back at once." The tie man suggested.
The hooked man looked back at him, and with just one look, the tie man immediately shut up.
He lifted the reins in his hand.
"No, you first go and check the details of that Chinese."