[349] Death deserved
"Good work. The ghost mother stood behind the palace gate directly south of the Yuque Palace, and looked at Mu Xian'er and Yingying with a smile on her face, and walked quickly to the opposite side of her.
When Mu Xian'er and Ying Ying heard this, they nodded in unison and bowed slightly to the ghost mother.
Behind Mu Xian'er and Ying Ying, the entourage of sergeants who also stopped their progress surrounded a car made of some kind of black and green metal. The shape is the same as that of a chariot, and it is also a rectangular carriage on four wheels. It's just that the left and right sides of this car have a pair of iron wings more than the chariot, like the wings of a bat.
The team they led immediately headed north after spotting the flying car. After more than a month of trekking through mountains and rivers, he finally transported the flying car back from the war zone, and then escorted this hard-won flying car to the capital day and night.
All the forbidden soldiers guarding the palace gate were still standing guard without squinting on the surface, but they still couldn't help but inadvertently peek at this strange-shaped car.
"Well, that's a flying car. The ghost mother then guarded the flames in the brazier next to the palace gatekeeper, but glanced at the strange car, and immediately recognized the authenticity, and showed off a little proudly: "Thousands of years ago, I had many dealings with this thing. The demons also relied on it to almost turn the tide of the battle and dominate the entire underworld. ”。
"Then we will send it to Mrs. Lai, so that she can immediately organize research and imitation. Ying Ying took out a scroll from her sleeve and handed it to the ghost mother with both hands: "The thing is returned to the original owner." ”。
The scroll is the soul of the painting.
"Hmm. After the ghost mother took Ruyu, she turned sideways and said to them: "Everyone is happy, let's go to rest after the flying car arrives at the ordnance prison; ”。
"No. Under the leadership of Ying Ying and Mu Xian'er, the team with the secret mission bowed down to the ghost mother in unison, and slowly walked into the brightly lit palace with a flying car.
In the sound of footsteps, after seeing them enter the palace, the ghost mother smiled lightly.
The discovery of the flying car has allowed the military strength and military technology of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to go one step further, which is the most exciting good news for the ghost mother today.
Just as Mu Xian'er's team disappeared from her sight, a fungus man suddenly burst out of the flowers and plants not far away, stumbling towards the ghost mother's side.
Seeing that he was anxious, the faint smile on the ghost mother's face slowly stiffened as he approached.
The fungus people are responsible for conveying immediate affairs in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and they are generally important matters such as military intelligence and military orders. The fungus man was so anxious, his face was full of panic, and it must have been a good thing to come to report.
"Mother of the Nation, please take a step to speak. The fungus man had just stood still, and he gasped roughly.
The ghost mother was slightly stunned, and after quickly recovering from her senses, she nodded and left Chen Ruo and other accompanying female officials, and followed the fungus man to the corner of the drum tower not far from the palace gate and stood still.
"Something happened to the lord, General Yingzhao didn't dare to hide it, let us pass the news to you quickly. After making sure that there were no other ghosts around, the fungus man raised his head and whispered to the ghost mother: "He was hit by the soul breaking arrow on Shuoyue Island, and he is still unconscious and in danger." ”。
The ghost mother in the shadow was stunned as if she had been electrocuted, her ears were ringing incessantly, and her whole body trembled suddenly, her face instantly turned as white as paper, and her whole body was stiff as if she had been filled with lead; in the blink of an eye, she prayed in her heart a thousand times, she heard it wrong, she must have heard it wrong.
"Is this a joke?" asked the ghost mother, who had eased up a little, with a sad smile and a cautious trembling voice.
In exchange, the fungus man shook his head silently.
With the shaking of the fungus man's head, the ghost mother suddenly felt dizzy and the sky was spinning, and in an instant, her weak body swayed from side to side and sat on the ground, her eyes blackened for a while.
"Stand down. After a while, she settled down, and the ghost mother waved her hand to the Chenruo who saw her fall and hurriedly rushed over to check, and said weakly: "I'm fine." ”。
And the hands that were holding the floor and holding the crumbling body trembled even more.
Although Chen Ruo was puzzled, he still hesitated for a few seconds, and then retreated into the distance step by step, turning his back to the ghost mother. The fungus man also hurriedly turned around and left the ghost mother.
When there were no more ghosts around, the ghost mother took out a thick yellowed scroll from her sleeve tremblingly, and quickly opened it with a trembling hand.
It wasn't until she turned to the page where everything about Xiao Shizhu was written, and she saw that Xiao Shizhu's name was still there, and her handwriting was clear and not blurred, that her fast-beating heart slowed down a little.
After taking a closer look at it and making sure that Xiao Shizhu's name was indeed still on the page, she closed the book and took a long breath, and two lines of hot tears could not help but flow down her eyes; the ghost mother raised her hand to cover her mouth, and muttered indistinctly: "Great, great! He is still alive, still alive." ”......
Shuoyue Island, Exquisite Fragrance Garden.
After nightfall, the garden was much quieter, and all the talismans on the ground were no longer shining, which meant that the seven candles of the Big Dipper had burned out, leaving only seven piles of dry yellow wax that bloomed on the ground.
Xiao Si sat peacefully on the ground opposite the bed, her back straight, her eyes tightly closed. The whole ghost is immersed in darkness and merges with the tranquility of the house. His skin looked much paler than it had been a few hours ago, and there was no trace of life, but his serene face was still vivid.
Xiao Shizhu, who was lying on the bed, suddenly moved his fingers, suddenly opened his eyes, and two shining golden lights burst out from his eyes to fill every corner of the room, illuminating the room. The golden light overflowed from the carved window grille, making the ghost who had been waiting outside the house disappear without a trace after a moment of blinking.
After Ying Zhao was stunned for a moment, he couldn't rub his eyes and strode forward, and resolutely pushed open the closed door.
Through the light of the blue moon in the air behind him, he saw Xiao Shizhu sitting up from the bed opposite Xiao Si who was sitting on the ground.
Ying Zhao was stunned again, his lips opened slightly, but he wanted to speak again. Ju Mang and Xiao Lingling, who followed closely behind, looked at it, and they all saw Xiao Shizhu, who was bathed in the moonlight, and some of them had not been able to calm down, and they were stunned.
"What are you looking at?" After a while, Xiao Shizhu opened his mouth to say a word in the Northeast dialect of the world, bent his right foot on the edge of the bed, stretched out his left foot on the edge of the bed, put on a hanging appearance, tilted his head slightly and smiled at them, and asked, "Don't you know me?"
"Big brother, you're finally awake. Ying Zhao raised his hand and rubbed his already red eyes indiscriminately, walked forward quickly and walked into the house, lit the lampstand and stood by the bed looking at Xiao Shizhu and smirked.
"Senior sister is amazing. Xiao Fuling, who was relieved to see that her father was safe and sound, also walked in, with a little expectation in her eyes, she slowly squatted down beside Xiao Si, gently hugged the other party's stiff and cold body, and said with a light smile: "I saved my father in a few hours, but it is much more powerful than those ghost doctors recruited by Uncle Yingzhao." ”。
After all, Xiao Si, who is a human soul, is still in his body, and in addition to being excited, Xiao Fuling actually didn't even use his perception skills, so he subjectively thought that Xiao Si was just too tired to sit and fall asleep. It was definitely not really exchanged for Xiao Shizhu's life with his own ghost life.
As soon as these words came out, except for her and Xiao Si, the other three ghosts all lowered their heads silently. Especially Xiao Shizhu, a look of guilt suddenly appeared between his eyebrows.
Even though they hadn't seen Xiao Si cast the spell with their own eyes, they could clearly feel that the soul qi in Xiao Si's body was empty, and all that was filled was lifeless. The opposite of the serenity that appeared on her fair and delicate cheeks.
"Father, when my sister wakes up, you can treat her to a big dinner. Xiao Fuling looked at Xiao Si for a moment, then turned her head to look at Xiao Shizhu and shouted: "And she needs a lot of food, she is so tired for you." ”。
But before these words landed, Xiao Shizhu, who was about to speak, swallowed all the words that came to his mouth.
He kept saying that he wanted to fight for the peace and stability of the ghosts in the underworld, but he let a young imp pay for his life and lose his future, and this self-blame was deeply imprinted in his heart.
"Niece Poria, your senior sister is a medicine ghost in the human soul. After a while, Ying Zhao lowered his head slightly, and whispered: "Medicine ghosts, medicine ghosts are very rare, they, their physique is relatively special." ”。
"Is it amazing?" Xiao Fuling, who didn't know the reason, was suddenly curious when she heard this, turned her head and asked with a wink. Ying Zhao and Ju Mang turned their heads silently, dodging the inquiring gaze in her innocent eyes without saying a word.
"The medicine ghost does not lose his body after death. In the end, Xiao Shizhu, who was still in pain, quietly choked slightly, and then slowly spoke, and explained to her intermittently: "You, your senior sister, in order to save me, sacrificed her ghost life." ”。
Xiao Si could see death without saving her, no ghost would blame her, but she still chose to save Xiao Shizhu. This made Xiao Shizhu's tone when he said this a little empty and bleak and unreserved, he was like suddenly losing his courage, he had lost the wind and rain in the past, and under the guilt churning in his chest, every word he spit out was a severe punishment.
After finishing speaking, under Xiao Fuling's gradually widening eyes, Xiao Shizhu lowered his head again.
Reality gave Xiao Lingling a head-on blow, although she knew that it would cost her life to perform the Soul Renewal Medical Array, and she thought that she would be very mentally prepared for the fact that her senior sister was dead, but she still silently had red circles in her eyes, and immediately began to cry in the blink of an eye.
There was no wailing, no crying, and the house was still quiet.
"Your senior sister is a good ghost. The corners of Xiao Shizhu's mouth trembled slightly, wanting to comfort his daughter, but a thousand words finally turned into such a sentence.
"Yes. Xiao Fuling, who was crying with tears on her face, choked up and focused on her head, and hugged Xiao Si a little tighter.
The room was once again covered in silence, and it was eerily quiet.
Xiao Shizhu watched her daughter cry silently, and her eyes were filled with sadness that she had never felt before. He propped his hands on the edge of the bed and tried to get up. But he had been unconscious for too long, and his body was still a little stiff, so he stood up on his feet and stumbled.
Fortunately, Ying Zhao next to him was quick to move, and hurriedly reached out and grabbed his arm to stop him, so that he could not fall to the ground one by one.
After Xiao Shizhu cast a grateful look at Ying Zhao, he turned his head to look at Xiao Si with a peaceful face, and slowly walked forward under Ying Zhao's support, standing in front of her.
The night breeze blew and blew Xiao Shizhu's robe.
When his ears echoed in his consciousness, Xiao Si said to him: "The King of the Nine Shadows, please promise me that when you wake up, you will work hard to make all the ghosts in the underworld live with dignity." ”。 I secretly swore in my heart that I must help Xiao Si realize this last wish.
"Xiao Sizhong is loyal to the liver and gall, and righteousness is thin and cloudy. Her sacrifice was a well-deserved death, and let us mourn in her honor. After saying this softly, Xiao Shizhu, who looked serious, did not hesitate to bend down and bow his head, bowing deeply to Xiao Si's body.
The same is true for Ying Zhaojumang. In addition to mourning, I suddenly admired this little female ghost full of courage in my heart.
Even Fan Jinhong, who had been hiding in Xiao Lingling's shadow, also appeared and bowed deeply to Xiao Si.
In silence, the night breeze poured into the house and swirled gently, carrying Xiao Shizhu's sorrow out of the house again, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground and spinning and drifting into the distance.