Volume 1: The Seven Stars of the Twilight of the World Chapter 13 Things are not people
When it was dawn the next day, Xiang Bei woke up again. He gritted his teeth and sat up, seeing Su Su on the side still lying on the table and napping.
He knew that Su Su had suffered a lot along the way, and he was worried about waking her up, so he simply leaned on the head of the bed and quietly watched Su Su start.
The sunlight just came in through the crack in the window, and spread diagonally on Su Su's back, and from Xiang Bei's perspective, the jet-black hair was scattered over his shoulders, and the sunlight was inlaid with a circle of shining gold.
This silly girl.
Xiang Bei originally wanted the most powerful archer in the world to take off his uniform, put on female red, and hide in the rivers and lakes from now on, away from disputes. Unexpectedly, this stubborn Su Su actually disobeyed the order, and in order to save himself, he appeared in front of the overlord again, and offended those holy envoys from the Western Fan Kingdom.
is also stubborn, and the taciturn old man, the ghost claw greedy wolf......
Thinking of the clarity that he was arranged by Su Su along the way, Xiang Bei couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
Suddenly, the pain in the depths of his body hit violently again, and Xiang Bei felt that it was probably the immortal worm that was gnawing at his body again. I don't know how long my flesh and blood can last, and he even sometimes secretly cuts his wrist with a dagger to see if any worms will come out. But seeing that the wound healed quickly, there was not even a trace of blood to be seen.
Along with the pain, there is also a stiffness throughout the body. Xiang Bei tried his best to look relaxed in front of Su Su, not wanting her to see her pain, Su Su was also in front of Xiang Bei, pretending to be relaxed and indifferent. But he would run to the side alone and secretly wipe away his tears.
In this world, there is a kind of life, which is suffering. But Xiaobao's mother's insistence made Xiang Bei and Su Su understand that that kind of painful perseverance is also a responsibility.
"Are you awake?" Su Su woke up and looked at Xiang Bei on the bed for the first time, and found that Xiang Bei had already sat up, and he seemed to be in a little more energetic, and he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
She walked to the side of the bed and touched Xiang Bei's forehead, the fever had subsided, and she breathed a sigh of relief, but she instantly remembered the scene from last night, and her cheeks immediately rose red clouds.
Xiang Bei had no impression of his nonsense when he was in a coma, and he didn't know where the blush on Su Su's face came from, he just struggled for a while, and asked Su Su in a consultative tone,
"Susu, can we take a stroll around Yecheng before we set off?"
Su Su was stunned for a moment, she had long been accustomed to the categorical direction when Xiang Bei gave orders, and it was a little difficult to adapt to the tone of this kind of discussion when she suddenly heard it, she originally wanted to refuse to say that it was important to hurry, but when she saw that there was no longer the murderous aura in the eyes of the Seven Kills, there was only a sincere expression left on her pale face, just like the little brother next door begging for candy from her sister, she couldn't help but feel sour in her heart and nodded.
Relying on each other along the way, Xiang Bei has told Su Su about his life experience.
The best archer in the world is now the most competent groom. Su Su set up the carriage in the yard, and added a layer of cotton cloth cushion to the carriage, and then sent Xiang Bei, whose legs had become more stiff, into the carriage.
The horses pulling the cart also seemed to be resting well, and the wheels seemed much lighter on the flat road. Xiang Bei added a thick cushion under his body, and felt that the pain that tortured him had been reduced a lot.
The carriage slowly walked to the center of Yecheng, and there were scattered stalls on both sides of the road, Su Su couldn't help but stroll, Xiang Bei saw through the car window that she had bought a few new hair ribbons, and stopped in front of a candy shop.
"Xiang Bei, look, there is a sugar gourd here!" Su Su's surprised expression was like an innocent little girl, but she was only one year older than Xiang Bei, and it was indeed a good year for the girl Cardamom Shaohua.
Su Su's smile made Xiang Bei's heart tremble inexplicably, who would have thought that such a sweet smile would come from a killer who was a peerless master like the three-armed Yama. He didn't like sweets, but he had no resistance to the sugar gourd handed over by Su Su, so he took it and squeezed out a stiff smile, "Thank you." ”
Xiang Bei's politeness made Su Su a little unhappy, and he rolled his eyes, "Thank you, there are many places where you should thank me." ”
This white eye made Xiang Bei's heart tremble again, and he secretly wondered, "What's wrong with this girl today?" I always feel that something is wrong. ”
The carriage walked slowly and leisurely through the most popular central street, and finally stopped in front of a house in the west of the city. At that time, more than 300 heads rolled down, and the house and corpses were burned clean by a fire, and the exterior walls still seem to be scorched black, and even the alleys around the house are dead silent.
It's been fifteen years, and this murderous house hasn't changed?
Xiang Bei stared at the dark courtyard wall, trying to recall something, but he didn't feel anything. Standing at the scene of the murder that year, just like stepping on the land of Nanjun and Beiliang after leaving the Great Xia Kingdom, the only thing Xiang Bei could feel was the strangeness of a foreign land.
Su Su was originally worried that Xiang Bei would be in love with the scene and it would be difficult to control himself, but when he looked secretly, Xiang Bei stared at the courtyard wall expressionlessly, as if he was just in a daze, and the two of them had been silent for a long time.
"Susu, thank you. Xiang Bei finally came back to his senses from his contemplation.
"Why are you so mother-in-law now?" Su Su also felt that Xiang Bei was a little abnormal today.
Xiang Bei didn't refute, but stared straight at Su Su with both eyes. Until he looked at her blushing and lowered his head. "Su Su, I thought that when I saw this, I would want to kill the enemies of the Xiang family. ”
"And now?"
"I suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. Because here, it's no different from the places where bones are buried along the way. ”
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In Yecheng, echoing with the ruins of General Wuwei's mansion, is an old mansion in the east of the city. At this moment, the daughter who was married far away had just returned to the door, and the person at the door saw the young lady's sedan chair, hurriedly opened the door, and then ran to the yard.
"Master, master, it's the second miss, the second miss is back......"
A tall old man, wearing an earthy yellow coat and wide cuffs behind his back, scolded the panic of his subordinates, but involuntarily sped up his broken steps and greeted the door.
The plaque on the lintel had already been taken off according to the old man's instructions, but the people of Yecheng knew that the one who lived in this nameless mansion was the former minister of Beiliang, the eldest grandson Wujiang.
The second lady who came back today is the eldest grandson of the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson who married Xiqiang.
"Father. ”
The second lady who had just gotten off the sedan chair saw the eldest grandson who came out, and before the words fell, two lines of tears could not stop flowing.
"It's good to be back, it's good to be back. "The eldest grandson has seen the wind and waves in the end, so he held back the excitement in his heart and let the second girl into the mansion.
Just as the old man was about to reflexively go home, an old man named Hanako with a bamboo cane suddenly came out behind the second lady's sedan chair. The old guy's eyes were gone, leaving only two terrifying black holes and a deep scar on his face. Gray hair stained with blades of grass and dirt, curled haphazardly at the back of his head to complete a small bundle.
Hanako, the old man, sang loudly while knocking on a broken bowl in his hand,
"But if General Wuwei is here, why die in Beiliang, a ...... of heaven"
"You don't have long eyes, what are you talking nonsense?" The eldest grandson's family member was furious when he heard the old man's recitation, and he rolled up his sleeves and was about to come up and start bombarding people.
The eldest grandson Wujiang looked at the back of the sedan chair suspiciously, and found that Lao Huazi was the only one, and asked the eldest grandson, "Second girl, when did this flower follow you?"
"I don't know. Immediately, Gongsun Li looked at the two sedan chair men, but the sedan chair drivers also shook their heads.
"Forget it. The eldest grandson Wujiang stopped the two family members from drinking, "Give him some copper plates and let him leave." After speaking, he followed the second lady into the house.
Think about the general Wuwei who used to be a minister in the same hall has long been turned into dust, the former Northern Liang has also been ravaged by the surrounding powers, and the former emperor has no body, but he is still able to live in the world. The eldest grandson has his own reasons.
"Mother, my daughter is back. The eldest grandson rushed straight to the chamber of the eldest grandson, and saw that his mother was already gray-haired, because her legs could not go down to the ground, so she could only sit on the bed and wait for herself. The anxious appearance of the mother made the two hug each other, and there was a burst of bitter crying and grief.
The old woman cried and counted the old man Wujiang who followed up, "It's all your fault for being a dead old man, and you have to marry Li'er to that short-lived thing." How much suffering I have suffered from my son. ”
turned to gently pat the back of the eldest grandson with his hand, "Okay, okay, just come back from Li'er, see who dares to kick you out of the house in the future, my mother will definitely fight with him." ”
The eldest grandson Wujiang always has a straight face in front of outsiders, but he looks very helpless in front of his wife and daughter. He had to sigh behind the mother and son, but he knew in his heart that these two women were the only people who could be trusted and trusted him.
When the eldest grandson had just turned sixteen, the matchmaker had already broken through the threshold of the eldest grandson's family.
Although the North Liang has been broken, and the eldest grandson Wujiang has already returned to his hometown, he can retreat in the troubled times, and he is still a tree with deep roots, and there are naturally many people who want to climb and make friends.
The eldest grandson, the second daughter who regarded it as the pearl in his palm, was finally promised by him to Yebucuo, the marquis of Xiqiang. Yebutso is in charge of the most powerful iron harrier heavy cavalry in Xiqiang, and although he is not confused, he is fierce and fierce. It's just that Xiqiang is in the northwest of Beiliang, and the eldest grandson is far away from marrying Xiqiang, and the eldest grandson's wife is worried.
The clinker people are not as good as the sky, and the invincible Iron Harrier Heavy Cavalry of Xiqiang was unexpectedly defeated by the light cavalry of the Ranger Country that invaded the south not long ago, and the whereabouts of Yebutso in the chaotic army are unknown. Xiqiang values success but cannot tolerate failure. Even though a famous general like Yebucuo fell in battle, he was still cut off as a marquis by Xiqiang, and his family was reduced to a commoner and became an ordinary person.
Xiqiang was originally barren and thin, and the Yebucuo family, who had no money, even had three meals a day.
"Master, it's almost the New Year, you go and discuss with Kong Zhan, let the two of them come back for a reunion. ”
The old lady said that Kong Zhan is the little prince of Nanjun, and the husband of the eldest lady of the eldest grandson family.
Thinking that the old lady's body was getting twilight, the eldest grandson Wujiang couldn't bear to refuse, but his heart was full of helplessness, he seemed to be disarmed and returned to the field, but he knew the situation outside.
After Xiqiang was defeated by the Ranger Country, it was the turn of the ownerless Beiliang and the empty Nanjun, and years of conquest had made the iron armor of these two countries lose their iron armor, and the majesty was no longer there. The threat of the Ranger Country is getting stronger and stronger, and the little prince of Nanjun is definitely unwilling to come to Yecheng, which may be trampled by the iron hooves of the Ranger Country at any time.
Outside the eldest grandson's mansion, the subordinate Xiaoshan took a few copper coins from the housekeeper, and wanted to support the blind old man called Hanako according to the master's instructions.
"Get out of here, old immortal. As he spoke, he raised his foot and wanted to kick the old Hanako.
Unexpectedly, Hanako suddenly bent over, and then turned her face to face the hill, not only dodging the attacking flying feet, but also as if she was staring at the hill with the eye sockets of two black holes, and the hill was hairy.
"Give it, take the money and leave. Xiao Shan was a little reluctant to take out the copper coins from his pocket and throw them into the bowl called Hanako, hoping to send him away.
Sure enough, the old man Hanako fumbled and kicked the copper coins in the bowl into the pocket of her rags, although she no longer sang, but her mouth was saying in fragments, "Pity you poor people with eyes and no beads, and you don't know it when you die." ”
"What did you say?" Xiaoshan couldn't really hear it, and wanted to catch the old Hanako and ask for an understanding, but the old Hanako laughed like a fool and continued to sing to himself.
"Mo Dao is in troubled times, people's lives are cheap, the eyes of heaven are not opened, the soul is not dispersed, the Yama is not crossed, the demons are not crossed, and hell is not empty and cannot become a Buddha......"
The old man called Hanako's light steps didn't look like a blind man at all, Xiao Shanzi couldn't help but stare at his departing back, until the back disappeared for a long time, then he came back to his senses and secretly cursed,
"This old blind man doesn't know what to say. When I turned around and went back to the house, I suddenly became happy again, the second lady came back for such a big happy event, tonight the host will definitely order the kitchen to prepare some exquisite food to celebrate.