[Fifth Personality] Farewell and meet again [Soul of Umbrella Otome

The fire burned for a whole day and night, and no one in the courtyard was spared.

People went around telling everyone how terrible and horrible the fire was, but no one discussed who did it.

It was rumored that this was because the girl in the west of the city was the lone star of the evil spirit, and she was punished by the "Heavenly Fire" for her many crimes.

While rejoicing that the fire did not harm them, most people mocked the woman from the west of the city. As the lone star of the evil spirit, she deserved to be executed by the heavens. a catastrophe; a small number of people lamented the ill-fated life of this woman, and it was a pity that she passed away at a young age.

"absurd!"

Fan Wujiu clenched his fists tightly and slammed it on the table, his nails were deeply embedded in the flesh and blood dripped out, but he didn't know it.

Xie Bi'an was silent, his face was covered by his loose long hair, and his expression could not be seen clearly.He just lightly held Fan Wujiu's hand and separated his fingers one by one, preventing him from self-harming.

They also heard more and more unbearable rumors outside, and their grief and anger couldn't be added, but they couldn't stop those who chewed their tongues like noisy sparrows.

The secular world is so ignorant, they paranoidly believe in groundless hearsay, and cast aside the misfortune of others at will; or rejoice that they are not the unlucky person, and use this as an after-dinner talk; prove it with a mentality of comparison My own sad life is not so sad. It seems that standing at the highest point and pointing at others can highlight my sense of superiority.And because the person they were talking about could no longer speak, they discussed the dead more wantonly.

The instigator of all this is naturally Zhao Chen who was instructed by Zhao Zhi.

That night they were stopped by the guards sent by Zhao Chen, and they could only watch helplessly as the fire engulfed everything.

Finally, I finally broke in, rummaged through the ruins after the fire, my hands were covered with wounds cut by debris, and I didn’t want to stop, but in the end I found only the bones of your parents, and they didn’t die until they were buried. Able to find no trace of you.

Maybe you've really been wiped out in the fire... They dare not think about it.

Judging from the wounds of your parents, you must have had your throat cut to death, and then your body was burned to death.

Cutting the throat...what a cruel and painful way to die.Watching the blood flow out of the body in severe pain, feeling the passing of life bit by bit while awake.After death, even the whole body was lost, and the bones were destroyed by the fire.

This is not the case even for felons.

Why did they want to do such a heavy hand to such a powerless woman?

Why?

"She's still at that beautiful age... She should be as carefree and happy as a girl of her age..."

Fan Wujiu's voice became hoarse.

"If...if I hadn't urged her to go back that night, wouldn't she have..."

He finally choked up, buried his face in his arms and trembled, tears dripped on the table and bloomed instantly.

Who would have thought that after that night, it would be a farewell.

"We failed to protect her..."

Xie Bi'an murmured in a low voice, his expression a little numb, with deep sadness.Tears ran across his handsome face.

"It's because we didn't protect her well——"

Fan Wujiu howled like a trapped animal that lost its dear one, and wept bitterly while hugging Xie Bi'an, all the strings of reason were broken.

Strong as Xie Bi'an and Fan Wujiu, over the past ten years, they have shed tears a handful of times, but at this moment when they lost you, they embraced and wept together.

I don't know when they started, but they made the decision to protect you for the rest of your life.

Maybe it was when you were young, maybe it was the day when you made the vow of purity ten years ago, or it was decided when you first met.

I still remember that when we first met you, you were a submissive little girl. Children of the same age loved to bully you, like to push you down and laugh at you wantonly.They can't stand it anymore and stop those children who bully you.

So you keep up with them, running behind their buttocks every day.I want to play with them but I am afraid of being disliked like before, so I just follow behind them without making noise or disturbing them, only the big watery eyes reveal longing.

Maybe it was your cute and pitiful appearance that attracted them, so they softened their hearts.So they started to play with you, grow up together, and spend a long time together until they grow up, until...

I still remember that after you got married, matchmakers came to your door to propose marriage one after another. They saw it, but they were very flustered, afraid that you would just get engaged.After your parents declined for you time and time again, the stone in their hearts fell again and again.

Only then did they suddenly realize that a seed had already taken root in their hearts, sprouted and spread, and finally became an indelible part of their flesh and blood.

"We love you. 』

So they waited silently, never expressing their true feelings for you, for fear that they would scare you and alienate them.

So they have never married a wife or taken a concubine. They just want to be in the best state to spend their whole life with you.

But they hate themselves for not being able to protect you well.

The first time was when Zhao Chen almost caused you to lose your innocence, and the second time was when they caused an incident that caused you to lose it forever.

Before I could express my feelings for you in the future, I lost you...

But they can't even avenge you, they can only hate this world.

The world is impermanent, the Sri Lankan has left forever, and your beautiful voice and smile have finally disappeared into nothingness, leaving only vague memories echoing in your mind...

This feeling can be treated as a recollection, but it was lost at the time.

However, it is not enough that you have no place to die, this matter is not completely over.

The governor of Wucheng once again put pressure on the two of them to give an explanation within the last two days.

Life is like a mayfly, how can it shake a tree?

Xie Bi'an gave a bleak smile, he had already made up his mind to use his achievements in arresting fugitives in exchange for a chance to take the blame, no matter how much Fan Wujiu tried to persuade him, he couldn't change his mind.

Fan Wujiu finally compromised, but secretly made a decision in his heart.

He invited Xie Bi'an to meet on the bridge in the southwest of the city at noon the next day to discuss the follow-up matters.

The weather that day was really not good, the sky was overcast with dark clouds, and it seemed that heavy rain was about to fall.

After Xie Bi'an handed over the redacted confession to the county government, there was already a strong wind blowing outside, blowing leaves flying all over the sky, almost blowing down the curtains of the shops on the street.Thinking of Fan Wujiu who was waiting on the Nantai Bridge, Xie Bi'an hurried back to get an umbrella before going to the appointment.

When he came out of the house, the pouring rain was already falling crazily with thunder.Holding an umbrella, Xie Bi'an quickened his walking pace and rushed to the foot of Nantai Bridge.

Surprisingly, even though it was raining heavily, many people gathered on the bridge.They talked and pointed at the rushing river under the bridge, not knowing what they were talking about.

Xie Bi'an looked over the crowd, but only saw Fan Wujiu.Suddenly there was a wave of uneasiness in his heart, and he stepped forward and asked the crowd:

"Excuse me, may I ask what happened here just now?"

People stopped discussing, and when they saw that it was Xie Bi'an, they hurriedly said:

"It's Seventh Master... oops! Eighth Master fell into the water just now, and he didn't even see a person! The water is so fast, I'm afraid it's more ominous..."

"Yes, yes, the rain is so heavy that the water has also risen."

"Sad Lord Seven..."

"How could Ba Ye fall so carelessly? Even someone who knows how to swim is probably no match for the rush of the water."

"I think..."

People started talking again.

From the moment he heard Fan Wujiu fell into the water, Xie Bi'an's mind was like thunder, and there was no other sound in his ears, only the words "Baye fell into the water" echoed.

The torrential rain ruthlessly ravaged the silent Wucheng, and the lightning flashed across the air, making his already fair face even paler.Huge thunder came immediately after the lightning, mocking, attacking Xie Bi'an's heart that was about to stop pumping.The earth seemed to be mourning and shaking, and the willows beside the bridge twisted their soft branches in pain.

A wandering artist in the distance played the Tao Xun, and the sound was humming like complaints.

Xiaoxiao Su Yu kills, and Mo Shangren is dumb.

The rain wet not only his thin clothes, but also his empty eyes.

Seeing his distraught appearance, people advised him to leave quickly, because Ba Ye is no longer here, so don't be overwhelmed.But he was kneeling on the bridge, motionless, staring blankly at the endless river.

He knelt like this for a whole day holding the black oil-paper umbrella, until Tuoli passed out and his servant finally took him back.

The next day, Fan Wujiu's confession letter written in blood was posted on the notice in the city, which read:

"Confession

The sinner, Fan Wujiu, injured Zhao Chen, the governor's son, ten days ago. His crime is unforgivable, and now he is willing to die to apologize.

March [-], Lanping Nine Years"

In the early morning of that day, he handed over the confession to the county government before Xie Bi'an, and didn't say much except for the sentence "It's useful for itself".The county government was puzzled, but still accepted it according to the words. Unexpectedly, what they waited for was the news that Fan Wujiu committed suicide by throwing himself into the river in fear of crime.

The matter finally came to an end after Fan Wujiu committed suicide.Fan Wujiu exchanged his life for Xie Bi'an's life.

Xie Bi'an should have thought earlier, how could he compromise so easily with his innocent and stubborn temper?

If he hadn't been so brave, if he had promised to bear the crime together with Wu Jiu, wouldn't these tragedies have happened...

Since the day Fan Wujiu threw himself into the river, Xie Bi'an has been completely insane. Since then, he only wears white clothes, clutches a red string with a silver bell tied to it, and holds the black oil-paper umbrella, wandering around the ruins in the west of the city and the southern terrace. Qiao, obsessively repeating your and Fan Wujiu's names.

You have a panoramic view of all this, but you can't stop it.No one can see you, you can't communicate with others, you can only let it happen in silence.

You saw that early in the morning, Fan Wujiu scratched his finger and wrote the bright red confession; you saw Xie Bi'an calmly entrusted his funeral to the county government when he handed in the confession; you saw Fan Wujiu on the Nantai Bridge With open arms, facing the wind and rain, he leaped decisively like a moth to a flame; you saw the belated Xie Bi'an knelt by the bridge for a whole day holding a black umbrella.

You also know that every night, Xie Bi'an would mutter the names of the two of you in his sleep, and then wake up suddenly.When his blank eyes touched the black umbrella and the red string with silver bells placed by the bed, there were always tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes.

People say that Mr. Xie's family is insane.But you know, he is hate, he is pain.

Until one day a month later, he was uncharacteristically.

He returned to his usual gentle and jade-like appearance, without any signs of madness. For the first time, he carefully braided his hair in front of the mirror with the silver bells and red ropes that you once wove together, and changed into the most beautiful white dress. robe.

That's your favorite way of looking at him.

You once said that this kind of dress can best show his modesty, gentleness and elegance, just like the Ninefold Star Emperor walking out of a painting, very good-looking.

After a whole month of rainy days, the sky finally broke through the dawn, and the birds called out to clear.Several early warblers compete for warm trees, singing about the good season.

He picked up the black oil-paper umbrella and went to the Nantai Bridge.

He gently raised his hand, caressing a depression on the bridge wall that was illuminated by the spring sun.

It was a poem he carved in a trance.

heavy parting

With a deep heart for guarding the ruins, weeping farewell to the impermanence of the world.

Nantai misses each other for a long time, and the future is boundless and unpredictable.

I'm afraid that when Huang Liang wakes up from a dream, I still feel pity for the sound in Jiye's ear.

Huangquan is finally reunited, but the name of the bridge is so named.

He rubbed these words repeatedly, his fingertips were bloody from the rough bridge wall, but he felt no pain at all.

Spring is really beautiful.As soon as the river water changed from its previous turbulence, it actually calmed down, sparkling under the sunshine.The spring breeze blows over the willows, holding its soft branches and dancing, just as the jasper makes up a tree high, and thousands of green silk ribbons hang down.

Xie Bi'an put the umbrella on the ground, took out a white silk from his bosom, hung it on the hollow of the bridge, and tied a knot.

"Huang Quanlong finally reunites..."

He muttered to himself in a low voice, chewed the words over and over again and then swallowed silently, then he showed a soft smile like before, and his mood hadn't been so good for a long time.

"Under the Underworld, no one can separate us."

He stood on tiptoe, held Bai Ling, and slowly stretched his neck in...

Death is beautiful if it reunites you with your nearest and dearest.

As he was dying, he saw another scene from ten years ago.

At that time, you were by the creek, looking up at the sunset, and talking about things after you grew up amidst laughter and laughter.

He and Wu Jiu told you that when they become a police officer in the future, they will definitely protect you from being bullied.

Then you hooked each other's little fingers, and under the witness of heaven and earth, made an oath:

"Pull the hook - hang yourself - 100 years, no change!"

...

I was so useless... I couldn't protect you...

So, I'm here to accompany you.

Now, can it be regarded as fulfilling that promise from childhood?

no one can separate us...

Later, people found his thin body under the bridge.But on his lifeless face, there was no painful expression that a hanged person should have. On the contrary, there was a peaceful and happy smile on his lips.

They also found poems engraved on the bridge wall, and his experience and engraved verses were widely circulated in the sighs of the world.