Chapter 5: Nine Deaths and One Life
It was noon on the second day when Su Huang and his entourage entered Qingming Mountain, and the bright sunlight shone to the ground through the gaps in the leaves, forming beams of light, adding a sense of mystery to Qingming Mountain, which already had its own fairy spirit.
Su Huang got out of the car and walked up the hill like everyone else. Xu had just rained, the mountain road was muddy and slippery, Su Huang stumbled all the way, and when he arrived at the cemetery of Queen Ruge, the mud on Su Huang's shoes had already covered his ankles, and his hair had become messy, and he looked very embarrassed.
Mu Xize glanced at Su Huang and said, "It seems that you, the rich lady, have never walked such a mountain road before, take this bottle of water, go to the place where there is no one to change your clothes, and simply dress up." ”
Su Huang took the water bottle and nodded obediently.
After Su Huang finished dressing up, he saw that Mu Xize was cleaning the cemetery of Queen Ruge alone, and the dust in every corner was cleaned very carefully.
Suddenly, Mu Xize raised his head and said with a smile at the person in the gorgeous Taoist robe: "Does the National Master of the Northern Abyss also want to come to worship his mother?" His face suddenly sank, and he continued: "If not, I hope that the National Master will take your people to wait at the bottom of the mountain." ”
The Taoist priest looked displeased, but he no longer defended, and led the two little Taoist boys towards the bottom of the mountain.
Mu Xize lit a stick of incense, inserted it in front of the queen's tomb, knelt on his knees, didn't speak for a long time, just knelt there quietly. Su Huang felt ashamed, so he also lit a pillar of incense and knelt beside Mu Xize.
Su Huang bowed to the tombstone and said: "Su Huang knows that his father is worthy of you, and he is even more ashamed of Xi Ze, Su Huang is willing to repay it in his life, and I hope you can have peace of mind under Jiuquan!" When he got up, Su Huang saw Mu Xize staring at him, and his eyes showed indescribable emotion.
Mu Xize also stood up, put away his previous serious expression and said: "Everyone follow me inside, and after walking half a mile, we should go to the grass hut, we will rest there tonight, and return home early tomorrow morning." ”
When Su Huang arrived at the grass hut, the sun was setting, and in front of the grass hut was a crystal clear but mirror-like lake. The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the surface of the lake, like a grain of gold spread on the surface of the lake and shining, standing on the edge of the lake, you can see the sunset on the horizon of the sky wrapping the Qingming Mountain tightly, as if in a dream.
Su Huang was intoxicated by the dusty scenery here, but was interrupted by the words coming from behind.
"I was born here, and it is also such a moment, the most beautiful moment of the day in Qingming Mountain. Mu Xize stood behind her and said, there was a faint smile hidden in his eyes, but he was full of thoughts about the past.
"So, my mother named me Yuzawa, the lake at sunset. Mu Xize took two steps forward and playfully threw two or three pebbles into the lake, and the pebbles jumped a few times on the surface of the lake before falling to the bottom of the lake. "I've been living here until I was five years old, and I've been remembering it since I was two, so I still remember a lot of memories of being with my mother. The corners of Mu Xize's eyes were a little moist, "It was really an unrestrained time!"
After Mu Xize left, Su Huang had an indescribable feeling in her heart, Mu Xize had a lot to say to her today, and the previous hostility seemed to have faded a lot. But seeing his lonely and lonely expression, Su Huang felt even more guilty, if it weren't for his father, Mu Xize would have grown up happily under the love of his mother, and he would not have survived alone in the whirlpool of the deep palace at a young age, leaving his body full of scars.
If there were no such grudges between them, would Mu Xize be able to fall in love with her, and be able to spoil his wife in the palm of his hand like other husbands, and keep it on the tip of his heart. Maybe he won't fall in love with her, but he definitely won't provoke her, in that case, she will be completely dead to him, and then find a man who is good to him for the rest of his life in a few years.
However, there are no ifs in this world, and what has happened can only continue to evolve according to the established trajectory in the end.
All night in Qingming Mountain, Su Huang's heart was thinking about things, so much so that when she got up in the morning, her mood was already heavy and depressed. Su Huang heard that the scenery of Qingming Mountain was very beautiful, so she walked out of the grass hut at dawn and prepared to wash away her depressed mood with this pleasant scenery.
Standing on the verdant grass and feeling the first rays of sunlight shining down through the leaves in the morning, Su Huang felt that the air was mixed with the sweet smell of dew, which was pleasant and peaceful.
After a while, Su Huang faintly felt that something was wrong.
It's a taste that's wrong.
Is it the taste of people, or strangers.
It's an assassin.
Su Huang tried his best to run towards the grass hut where they were temporarily staying, but in the end he overestimated his strength, Su Huang ran for a long time according to the route he came, but there was no trace of the grass hut and the lake.
People panicked, just when Su Huang was terrified, an assassin with a long knife in his hand slashed at Su Huang, Su Huang rolled on the ground twice, and the long knife still cut Su Huang's left leg. I saw the second knife slashing straight towards Su Huang's neck, Su Huang closed his eyes tightly and waited for death to come, but then heard the sound of the long knife falling to the ground. What saved him from under the knife was the person Mu Xize ordered to stay away, Ji Beiyuan, the national teacher of the country.
Ji Beiyuan took the two Dao Tong to resist hard, but there were too many stabbing guests, and he could barely get a draw. "Run!" Ji Beiyuan shouted.
Su Huang dragged his injured leg and ran towards the forest with great difficulty, Su Huang could feel the warm liquid oozing from his left calf, and he could even smell a little salty. Su Huang didn't care about the pain, she still ran desperately, she felt that the assassin was behind her, getting closer and closer.
Finally ran out of the woods, and the flat area was more suitable for her disabled leg like this, Su Huang breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Su Huang found that the assassin also rushed out of the woods and approached her, she did not dare to slack off, and continued to run forward.
But God seems to have played a big joke on her, taking her life. Ahead, there is no road.
"Run, you run!" said one of the Assassins, smiling evilly.
The rest of the assassins also carried their knives and walked towards Su Huang unhurriedly.
Su Huang took a few steps back, and several gravels slipped off the cliff because of Su Huang's stepping, but he didn't hear the sound of gravel falling to the ground. Su Huang's heart was horizontal, and he turned around and jumped off the cliff.
Su Huang fell down at an unpredictable speed, his heart trembling and almost bursting due to the impact of gravity, and at this moment, a warm arm wrapped around Su Huang's lower back. Su Huang opened his eyes suddenly, and the person in front of him who hugged him was Mu Xize.
Mu Xize held the sword in his left hand and slid down the stone wall of the cliff, and finally inserted the sword in a gap in the rock, and Su Huang and Mu Xize stopped falling. At this time, Su Huang had passed out next to Mu Xize's shoulder and lost consciousness.
Run, run, the assassin is about to catch up, Su Huang ran as hard as he could, but he couldn't run fast, seeing the assassin besiege him. Su Huang was so frightened that he couldn't even speak, only to see an assassin's long knife swing and slash at his neck.
Su Huang's eyes closed, and when he opened them again, he was indeed in another place, there were no assassins, no pursuits, so quiet that he could hear the birds in the jungle and smell the fragrance of the earth mixed with the scent of wild flowers. I saw a little smoke burning in a thatched hut in front of me.
"Lady, it's time for dinner!" A familiar voice came from inside the house, and then looked at the person who came out of the hut, Su Huang couldn't help but be stunned, that person was none other than Mu Xize.
"Lady, why are you still stunned!" Xi Ze stepped forward to grab Su Huang, pulled her into the house, and continued: "Lady, you are pregnant, you need to rest more, I stewed chicken soup for you, drink it while it's hot!"
Su Huang was a little confused, and then looked at his belly, which was still deflated just now, and now it seems that she is six or seven months pregnant. Su Huang couldn't believe his eyes.
Mu Xize was very docile and kindly filled a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Su Huang, Su Huang felt that even if it was a dream, it was a beautiful dream, and it was her life's dream to be able to eat the soup that Xi Ze made for herself.
Su Huang smiled happily, took a big bite of chicken soup, and then looked up to see that Mu Xize was also laughing, but this smile quickly froze on his face. The face that was warm and lovely at the last moment has become hideous at this moment, full of scars and blood, if you didn't see Mu Xize before, you can't imagine that it is a person sitting in front of Su Huang. Ten inches of monster-like nails grew on the man's hands, and those big hands were reaching towards Su Huang.
Su Huang closed his eyes tightly, screamed, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that he had returned to his home. My favorite little brother is playing in the courtyard, my mother is showing off her handkerchief in the living room, and from time to time I raise my eyes to look at myself and Xiao Wu, and my father is also lying on a wicker chair leisurely basking in the sun.
"Dad, mother," Su Huang shouted happily.
When Su Huang stepped forward, the relatives in front of him suddenly became bloody, and some relatives who were not very close also appeared in front of Su Huang.
They were covered with blood and had hateful faces, like evil ghosts asking for their lives, Su Huang was so frightened that he hurriedly ran out, and vaguely heard them shouting "You are the murderer!" "You killed us!"
Su Huang kept running, and the people chasing her never stopped. Different scenes, different people who want to kill her, where is this?