Chapter 121: Wind and Dust

The world is big, and the four seas are home.

Nine heavens have been farewell, and several years have passed since counting.

In this way, Feng Xi took the long-cherished wish of Ji Qingfeng, how many seasons have passed, and how many people have seen the cold and warm in the world.

Counting such a long time, in fact, in terms of the Nine Heavens, it is only a few days.

Although Feng Xi has no demon power, in the eyes of the world, he can be regarded as an immortal.

But she never stays in one place for long, she wants to go to the next place, to see other people's lives, to find her own direction.

has been in the world for a long time, and Feng Xi has gradually become one with them.

Many people saw her a little girl alone, some of them were kind enough to give her food, and some of them wanted to sell her......

No matter how bad she is, she is also a demon king.

She will give her the most sincere thanks to those who treat her sincerely, and for those who are hypocritical, she will just run away and wait for God's justice......

She has seen too many people, like Shen Yan, like Guido, like Bai Luoqing......

But in the end, she still understood a truth, even if two people are similar, they will feel different after getting along for a long time.

It is impossible to find two people who are exactly the same in these three realms.

I have to say that time is the most effective way to make a person forget.

She felt that she had finally let go completely, and the faces of those people, as if they had been washed by time, gradually began to blur.

She has walked through mountains and rivers, through prosperity and remoteness, through bright spring and cold winter......

Now I look at the yellow sand in front of me, the scorching sun on my head, the houses on both sides of the street, the broken and rotten, and the people lying on the ground covered in blood, crying bitterly......

Feng Xi didn't know where he had gone, but he just looked at the desolate scene in front of him, and was sure that there was a war.

Over the years, Feng Xi has not seen such a thing.

In the border war, the soldiers went door to door to catch strong men to fill the army, and even sometimes, whether they were old or young, they were all arrested to fill the number.

The women at home all said that they didn't know for decades, sighed, and didn't know when they would meet again.

At that time, Feng Xi stood there expressionlessly.

She seems to have finally become a heartless, selfish person.

As long as it doesn't involve her, she never asks.

Before parting, she didn't hear the quiet voice of the city at night, but she heard it but didn't want to pay attention to it.

Even though she had seen the sad parting, it was the first time she had seen such a change in the wind and dust with a river of blood.

A gray-haired old man, leaning on crutches, limped past Feng Xi.

I saw that it was a clean girl who was completely different from their flesh and blood.

The old man kindly mentioned it and said, "Alas, girl, you go quickly, the barbarians will come over again later, and the above doesn't care about us!"

He was full of sorrow, but he was helpless as if he was resigned to his fate.

"What is this?"

Feng Xi was not afraid of any barbarians, but was just curious about everything in front of him.

The old man didn't seem to be willing to talk to her in detail, but seeing that she didn't know the specific situation, she wouldn't leave, so she finally sighed and found a stone platform to sit down.

This small city is located in the Kyaukjie area of Biansai and the Central Plains.

Since ancient times, the Central Plains and the outside have never achieved long-term tranquility. As long as there is a disturbance, they will suffer.

They have already endured a lot of small fights, but who knows that this year's battle is bigger than any before.

Seeing that they could not be defeated, the monarchs of the Central Plains were about to abandon them in exchange for a short period of peace.

So the general, with his barely breathing soldiers, signed a peace agreement with the barbarians.

The price of peace is their border city.

Everyone could see that the barbarians were consuming the Central Plains little by little, but the monarch was willing to be blind in exchange for a short period of peace.

"It's really hard to fish!"

Halfway through the conversation, the old man couldn't help but take a sip.

And Feng Xi just smiled faintly, the monarch did this, probably because of his own reasons.

What she has always believed is that everyone has their own reasons for making his choice, even if outsiders are not optimistic, but she must be firm in herself.

It's like when she left the Nine Heavens, she also had a reason why she didn't want to talk about it.

The old man continued.

Ever since their city was ceded out, the barbarians have come and burned and plundered them every now and then.

At first, they will resist, but how can the few good citizens withstand the bloodthirsty demons?

After several robberies, their homes were completely destroyed.

If you say that you will sleep in the open in the future, this is all fine.

But the demons not only snatched all the food, but also beat them all over their bodies. Even the beasts that ran on the ground were better off than they were.

As he spoke, the old man wiped his tears and snot, which should be the deepest scar in his heart.

"Their brutes...... Before I left yesterday, I said that I would come to perform a 'big show' today......"

There is still some truth to the saying of "rejuvenation" in the world.

Just like at this time, a person of such an age, crying at this time, is like a child who has been wronged.

But Feng Xi was still unmoved, and then asked, "Then why don't you run?"

"Run?" The white-haired old man seemed to hear a big joke, and his voice rose a little higher, "We want to run too, but don't you see those people outside, thin and tight, only in and not allowed out!"

He seemed to be protesting against the injustice of God, "When the city was first locked, those young cubs ran away and scattered, and now all we are left behind!"

Hearing the old man say this, Feng Xi noticed that the people on the street, at a glance, were all elderly.

The old man howled for so long, but finally calmed down. I guess I understand, no matter how much I struggle, it's useless.

His moist little eyes glanced at the indifferent Feng Xi, and couldn't help but sigh: "That is, you stupid girl alone, you were deceived into this Longtan Tiger's Den." ”

Thinking about it this way, she was indeed tricked in.

At that time, she asked for directions on the street, and a sharp-beaked monkey cheek, who looked very strange at first glance, pointed her in this direction directly.

Now when she heard the old man say this, she suddenly reacted.

Seeing that Feng Xi didn't speak, the old man looked at her and asked, "Eh, girl, you came from Chang'an!"

Feng Xi was taken aback, but he didn't expect this old man to have some vision.

She laughed, "Exactly." ”

Without waiting for Feng Xi to ask him how he knew, the old man sighed to himself,

"My little boy, when he came back from Chang'an, would bring me a string of that kind of red beads. ”

As he spoke, the old man pursed his mouth and gestured to the string of red tassel beads around her waist. At that time, I just saw that it looked good, so I bought it.

"He said that the beads are abundant in Chang'an, or how beautiful Chang'an is, and when he makes a lot of money, he must take me and my old woman to go on a trip......"

"If it weren't for them......"

The more the old man spoke, the more choked he became, his little eyes blinked, flashing brightly, "If it weren't for me, I would have gone to Chang'an a long time ago!"

The last sentence turned sharply, and he didn't follow up on the previous words, as if he was making a final struggle with God.

Feng Xi looked at the teary-eyed old man, and couldn't tell how he felt. She wanted to say a few words to comfort this old man who had experienced many vicissitudes, but she didn't know where to start.

After all, she's just an outsider.

The old man didn't care about her anymore, but he said in his mouth, "Let's go, let's go......"

Then he picked up his old crutch again, limping only his back......

But as the old man said, since she has come in, she can't go out easily.

Feng Xi was not in a hurry to leave, because she was still curious about what tonight's 'feast' would be.

She crouched in the corner of the wall and waited until the desolate sunset, which stained the whole lonely dead city red.

This is a group of big men, each carrying a big knife with a cold light, walking in in a domineering manner.

The man who took the lead in front of him glanced around the empty city with a grim gaze.

He looked at the middle-aged and elderly people on the ground covered in wounds, as if he were looking at animals in captivity.

"Search!"

At the sound of the order, the eyes of those like him behind him were filled with greedy longing for a moment.

Scatter around and look for those who are still well, or those who are not very badly injured.

So Feng Xi was ready early in the morning. She followed the example of the people on the ground, wiped two handfuls of blood from the ground everywhere, covered her face, found a tattered garment to put on her body, and lay down in a pile of dead people, and waited until evening.

I saw that they would handcuff the people they had searched everywhere one by one, lead them with thick hemp ropes, and line up and didn't know where to go.

The barbarian, who had rummaged around in the pile of dead people, only glanced at her in confusion in the end, but her aura was very well hidden, and she escaped this catastrophe.

"Girl, wake up!"

Just as she was about to take a breath, an old woman who jumped out of nowhere, lowered her voice and called her anxiously.

Seeing Feng Xi open her eyes quietly, the woman seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief, and quickly pulled her up.

She glanced around and said, "Girl, hurry up and follow me, it's too dangerous here!"

Feng Xi looked at her coldly, she was still wary of such an inexplicable person.

But I don't know what such a woman who survived in the mass grave wants to do, so in the end, Feng Xi still followed her, avoiding the sight of those people all the way, and finally arrived at a dilapidated small temple.

There was also an old man inside, and when he saw that the two of them had finally returned, he hurriedly brought two large bowls of steaming wild mushroom soup.

......

That night, Feng Xi stood at the door, just in time to see the place where the fire was soaring.

In that bleak moonlight, their greedy appearance was the ugliest appearance Feng Xi had ever seen.

Their 'feast' today is probably the burning of the living.

Vaguely, she seemed to see the old man she met during the day.

He was thrown into a sea of fire, but with a relieved smile.

Feng Xi suddenly remembered the words he choked up and didn't finish during the day.

He didn't go to Chang'an, maybe because his wife was not there, and his son was not there.

It's just that whether this is the act of barbarians or misfortune, Feng Xi has no way of knowing.

Feng Xi couldn't say how he felt in his heart, just watching him being swallowed by the firelight like that, it was pity and a blessing.

The old woman came up behind her at some point, and quietly put on a cloak for her.

"It's cold outside, let's come in when you've seen enough......"