Chapter Eighty-Seven: Joys and Sorrows
said that she was asleep, but in fact, Xue Ning was afraid that her sister would worry about her, so she deliberately pretended to be asleep to confuse her sister.
Seeing the figures of her sister and Zimo disappearing into the dark jungle and running into the distance, Xue Ning's heart also hung high, she was very worried about the safety of Sister Ziyan and Brother Zimo, and she couldn't wait to catch up with the two of them immediately and go with the two of them, but when she saw Zijin beside her, she had to persuade herself to be calm and focus on the overall situation.
Zijin is already asleep at the moment, his small body is curled up, lying next to Xue Ning, his white cheeks as white as jade, emitting a faint and soft luster in the night, the breathing sound from his small and delicate nose is so even, so soft, if it weren't for this dangerous night, seeing the sweet appearance of Zijin sleeping, Xue Ning would definitely be very happy.
Zijin, who was asleep, seemed to have a dream, his hands waving in the air, nervously as if he were about to grasp something, and a muffled sound came out of his throat. Seeing this, Xue Ning hurriedly used her warm hand to hold Zijin's little hand tightly, and the little guy found a long-lost sense of security, so he turned over and leaned on her to fall asleep again.
Looking at Zijin's cute little appearance, Xue Ning, who was tormented by the loss of her relatives, couldn't help but feel distressed, she had tears in her eyes, sat on her knees in the dark night, and secretly swore, "Zijin, poor child, I will definitely protect you well and let you live happily." ”
In Xue Ning holding back her sleepiness and anxiously waiting, Ziyan and Zimo had already sneaked into the city safely, far away, there was no one around, and the body of the queen mother was still hanging on the high city tower, gently swaying in the wind in the night.
Zimo was about to go when he was pulled by Ziyan.
She shushed and pointed around, as if there was an ambush.
"I'll go to save people, you lead the ambush away first. Ziyan whispered to Zimo in fox language, and Zimo nodded decisively. Then he ran towards the place where the corpse was hung not far from the city.
A minute later, a loud bang suddenly came from the direction where Zimo disappeared in the night, followed by a thick smoke, and a raging fire suddenly burst out.
"It's a fire, it's a fire! Zimo shouted not far away.
As soon as the shouting fell, I saw several groups of soldiers running out of the hidden corners of the city gate, hurrying towards the fire point.
Zimo lit a corner of a gatehouse several stories high in the city, and the wind helped the fire, making a crackling sound. If the fire is allowed to burn, the consequences will be severe.
Seeing that the sound of the east and west really worked, Ziyan hurriedly took advantage of the cover of the night and approached the hanging place of the corpse, but before he could reach out and raise his sword to cut the rope that tied the body of the queen mother, a man in black had already taken the lead in approaching the corpse, only to see a glimmer of light in the air, and the corpse was easily put down from the city wall by the man in black, and quickly fell downward, and the man in black followed the fluttering clothes, flew over, and took over the falling corpse with a slight spin.
This scene happened so quickly that Ziyan was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth, and when the man in black was holding the body of the queen mother and wanted to leave quickly, Ziyan suddenly came to her senses, she flew over, blocked in front of the man in black, and asked the other party in a low voice, "Who is coming? Why did you steal the body of the queen mother? She is a person who died in vain, and she is kind to me, can you hand over the body to me, and I will bury it properly." ”
When the man in black heard the sound of purple smoke, he snorted coldly and squeezed out a mocking word from the corner of his mouth.
"It's up to you, not worthy. With that, he lightly carried the corpse on his shoulders and flew away.
The soldiers who were busy fighting the fire not far away saw the sudden loss of the body of the queen mother, and immediately shouted.
"Oh no, the body of the demon woman has been stolen, chase after it!" shouted and suddenly shocked many people to look here.
In order to snatch the corpse, half of the people stopped fighting the fire and hurriedly ran over to prevent the man in black from taking the corpse away.
At this time, Zimo had already completed the task of luring away the soldiers, and hurriedly ran to meet Ziyan, only to find that the body of the queen mother was actually snatched away by a man in black.
Seeing the pursuers arrive quickly, Ziyan, who considered the overall situation, commanded Zi Mo and said, "I'll track down the whereabouts of the man in black, Zi Mo, you are responsible for luring those soldiers away, and we will meet in the old place." ”
Zi Mo nodded hurriedly in agreement, he was not afraid to pounce on the chasing soldiers, and easily beat several pursuers with the spiritual power of the fairy fox, unable to get up, and then attracted the pursuers to flee in the opposite direction.
Ziyan followed the man in black closely, chasing forward, the man in black carried the corpse of the queen's mother, and was unable to move, although she was very good at light work, but she was still chased by Ziyan.
On the way to catch up, Ziyan had already relied on her previous experience to identify that the man in black was none other than Miss Yu'er.
Just now, because of the panic, Miss Yu'er opened her mouth to taunt her, and deliberately changed her voice so that she couldn't recognize it, but now, she recognized this figure.
Thinking that it was Miss Yu'er, the Purple Smoke Girl no longer felt afraid, and the man in black took the corpse of the Queen Mother, and ran wildly all the way to a secluded place, trying to get rid of the Purple Smoke Girl, but the Purple Smoke Girl knew that she had a heavy responsibility on her shoulders, so she opened her eyes wide, went all out, and kept an eye on it.
Towards the suburbs, Mo chased out more than ten miles, in order to paralyze the other party, the purple smoke girl deliberately pretended to be pulled down, and let the man in black go away.
Not far ahead, is an ancient cemetery deep in the valley, there is a house in a corner of the cemetery, there are people who watch the tomb, at this time, because it is more late at night, the people who watch the tomb have already slept soundly on the bed, and they do not notice at all, someone has quietly sneaked into this cemetery.
The silent cemetery, with its cypress forests and knee-high grass, is full of stone statues of tombstones and sculptures.
Ziyan carefully followed the man in black here, and as soon as she stepped into the cemetery, she felt a cold wind blowing in her face, and goosebumps rose all over her body.
This place is extremely cold, probably a treasure of feng shui surveyed by a master, very suitable for burying the dead, and many tombs are built here, which makes it even more eerie and terrifying.
For the whereabouts of the queen's body, Ziyan couldn't be afraid or retreat, she rushed in.
Turning around a few tall stone tombs, she saw the man in black sneaking around, touching the mouth of a stone lion in front of a stone tomb with his hand.
The man in black stretched out his hand to the stone lion, as if he had touched a certain mechanism, and the stone tomb suddenly opened a corner, and the man in black carried the corpse and quickly dodged in.
Seeing this, Ziyan couldn't hesitate and be afraid, and also chased after her, in order to find the trace of the man in black, she tried to put her hand into the mouth of the stone lion, and found that in the mouth of the stone lion, there was a circular wrench like a mechanism, she tried to turn it, and the mausoleum in front of her really quietly opened a stone cave, and she quickly flew into it.
It was only in the darkness that she had just seen the situation inside the tomb with the sharp vision of the spirit fox, and she felt a chill on her neck, and a long sword had been pressed against her throat.
Ziyan was taken aback, and immediately gasped.
"Who are you, what do you want?" she steadied herself and asked the other in a sharp voice.
"Sister, by all means. Suddenly, a scream came from the tomb, followed by a familiar figure rushing towards him.
"Sister, it's all your own people, please don't kill Miss Ziyan. ”
When Ziyan heard the voice, she recognized that the black shadow that pounced on her and tried to save her was the third elder brother.
"Get out of the way, Chenhua, today this woman sneakily followed me all the way, and tried to snatch the body of the queen's mother, I think she is in league with the bad guys. Yu'er said in a tough tone.
"No, Sister Yu'er, you want to kill her and kill me together. After the third elder brother finished speaking, he stood on tiptoe and put his neck across the sharp blade.
Seeing this, Yu'er sighed helplessly, "The road is narrow, third elder brother, why do you have to mix with her, just take back the sword." With that, Yu'er waved her hand and withdrew the sharp blade into the sword box.
Seeing that Yu'er had withdrawn her sword and was no longer her enemy, Ziyan breathed a sigh of relief, and then she said to the third elder brother excitedly, "Third elder brother, fortunately you are still alive, and now your poor brother Zijin finally has relatives in the world." ”
At the mention of Zijin, the third elder brother asked in surprise, "Zijin, where is Zijin?" Sister Ziyan, tell me his whereabouts quickly, I will bring him back and bury the queen mother together. ”
Seeing Chenhua asking about Zijin's whereabouts, the purple smoke girl hurriedly comforted him.
"Zijin, he is very good and safe, and now he is staying with my sister Xue Ning, don't worry about him. ”
"Great, the queen mother is in the spirit of heaven, and she blessed me and my brother to be safe and sound, but the poor queen mother died in the hands of the villains in this way, and in the end, she was slandered as a monster by those villains. Thinking of the tragic death of the queen mother and the humiliation she suffered, the third elder brother was sad and indignant, and his voice choked.
He walked into the depths of the tomb in a daze, fell to his knees with a thud, and said tearfully to the body of his mother, "Queen Mother, Zijin brother has been found, you can rest assured to go under Jiuquan, Queen Mother, you can rest assured, I will definitely take Zijin brother and let him grow up healthily." Queen Mother, you are the mother of a country, but you were hit by this flying disaster, and died overnight, it was useless for your sons, and they failed to keep you safe. Queen Mother, don't worry, I will definitely pay a good visit, find the real culprit who killed you, and personally slash the enemy to avenge your hatred. After the third elder brother finished speaking, he solemnly kowtowed on the ground three times, and then stood up with Yu'er's support.
"Purple Smoke Girl, can you take me to Zijin?"
"Okay, it's just that Miss Yu'er doesn't have to follow us, I'm afraid that if she impulsively puts a knife on my neck again, I won't be able to bear it. ”
After hearing this, Yu'er said angrily, "Don't worry, call this girl to go, this girl is not happy, but now that there is chaos outside, you must protect Chenhua's safety, if he has any accidents, I will definitely ask you first." ”
Hearing Yu'er say this, Chenhua hurriedly thanked her, "Thank you Sister Yu'er for your success, after I and Miss Ziyan went to find Zijin, we will return immediately, and ask Sister Yu'er to take care of my mother's body for me." Chenhua arched his hand, said goodbye to Yu'er, and followed the Purple Smoke Girl towards the entrance of the ancient tomb.
The two came to the exit of the ancient tomb, turned the mechanism on a stone lion on the side of the wall, and the tomb door opened again silently.
The purple smoke girl took the third elder brother, in a hurry, and walked towards the woods by the river where Xue Ning was hiding, along the way, the two of them chose a remote and uninhabited road to walk, but there were no pursuers to chase after them, and after a few teas, the two finally came to the hiding place of Xue Ning and Zijin.
When he came to the forest and saw that there was no one around, Ziyan gently called Xue Ning's sister a few times, and Xue Ning took Zijin out of the depths of the forest.
When Zijin and Xue Ning saw a familiar person standing next to Ziyan who fell from the sky, they were immediately stunned, and immediately after, Zijin waved his hands and cried.
It has been a long time since he has seen his mother, the little guy thinks of his family, and when he sees his brother at this moment, he is naturally overjoyed and has mixed feelings.
"Brother!" Zijin called out to Chenhua in a childish voice.
"Brother, my good brother, I finally found you. The third elder brother saw that Zijin's younger brother was unscathed and safe and sound under the protection of Xue Ning, and immediately rushed over in surprise and hugged his younger brother tightly in his arms.
"I want a queen mother, I want a queen mother, and my brother takes me to find my mother. Although Zijin was young, he could barely speak some short sentences, and when he saw his brother, the first thing he thought of was his mother.
He pleaded with his brother with tears in his eyes, hoping that he would take him to his mother soon.
"Brother Zijin, be good, my brother will take you to see the queen mother, but you have to promise my brother that after seeing the queen mother, you are not allowed to cry, you are not allowed to make noise, the queen mother is tired and wants to sleep quietly, so Zijin must listen to his brother and not wake up the queen mother to sleep, okay?" The third elder brother endured the grief in his heart and comforted the young and ignorant younger brother.
He was worried that he would frighten Zijin when he took Zijin to see his mother for the last time, so he told him again and again.
"Well, Zijin has written it down, brother don't worry. Let's go, let's go to the queen mother right away, can we?" Zijin shook Chenhua's hand and begged pitifully.
"Okay, as long as Brother Zijin listens to his brother and doesn't cry or make trouble, my brother will take you to see the queen mother later. ”
While the two were talking, Zimo happened to rush back, and when he saw that the third elder brother was safe and sound, he appeared in front of him, and immediately screamed and ran over.
"Third elder brother, you made me worry to death, it's really good to see that you're okay, you don't know, in order to find out your whereabouts, I secretly searched for many times in the city where you usually stayed, but unfortunately there are broken walls everywhere, and I can't find your whereabouts. ”
Hearing Zimo say this, the third elder brother said guiltily, "I'm sorry, I made you worry about me, it was Sister Yu'er who saved me in time and saved me." It's a pity that the queen mother and uncle have been killed by traitors, my uncle was burned alive in the house by the fire, and there are no bones left. After speaking, the third elder brother, who thought of the tragic encounter that night, added anger and sad thoughts to his heart.
He lived with his uncle that night, but in the middle of the night, a fire broke out in the courtyard of the house, and the housekeepers and servants who guarded the house were poisoned, and they were all unable to move and could not come to the rescue. Uncle and he were locked in different rooms, and when the fire was blazing, the smoke quickly woke the two who were sleeping soundly on the bed from their dreams, but when they woke up, the smoke and flames that swarmed made the two anxious like ants on a hot pot, and there was nowhere to stay.
The two were anxious to flee for their lives, but no matter how they shouted, no one came to the rescue, and they opened the doors and windows with their hands, which were hot and scorching, and they could not be opened.
Uncle and he soon fell unconscious and lay on the ground.
Later, when he woke up, he found himself sleeping on the grass in the wilderness, and Sister Yu'er was sitting beside him, watching over him with a concerned face.
That night, when Yu'er's sister heard the news of the fire, she snatched him back from death, but her uncle, who treated him like father and son, died.