Sealing Sword

Gu Xiao stayed in the Weeping Blood Cave for three days.

Here, as He Lianyu said, there is no water or food, even the light is pitifully dim, and it is like a mind full of holes, it is difficult to find a way out, and there will be people and animals to attack him at any time.

Gu Xiao had an injury on his body, although Helian Yu sent someone to hastily applied medicine, but when the medicine was applied, he didn't feel any pain immediately, so he cried out in his heart: "That's bad."

Judging from the wounds on his body, no matter how good the miracle medicine was, it would not be able to achieve immediate results. Even if there was one, Helian Yu would never be willing to use it on him. This medicine can relieve the pain immediately after applying it, which only shows that... it is very painful. May be poisonous.

He was thrown into the Weeping Blood Cave with only a rusty long knife beside him. Before he recovered much strength, the human animals kept in the cave smelled fresh blood.

In this place there is no propriety, justice, shame, right and wrong, only the fight between the prey and the hunter, and all the duels in the end are simply life and death.

Gu Xiao thought several times, I might as well die like this.

If you die, you'll be fine. There will be no hunger, thirst, or pain. Even if the corpse is eaten by these people and turned into a bare bone frame, it doesn't matter. At worst, it's better to give yourself a knife first, and go away quickly. It's better than suffering such torture. .

But if he is dead, what will Gu Yaofang and Duanqing do?

The master and his wife have worked so hard to bring him up so much, and before they have time to repay a little bit of kindness, I am afraid that he will be a cow and a horse in the next life when he is with the king of hell.

What's more... After death, everything will come to nothing, and those who live in vain will find it hard to calm down.If he really died here, He Lianyu would not let his master and his wife go, but instead made them waste their hard work, lose their heart and be in danger, how could he do this?

Gu Xiao gritted his teeth and endured it. While dealing with the human sacrifices that might appear at any time, he explored the complicated Weeping Blood Cave, trying to find a way to escape.

He found the secret room with a secret door, but tried many methods but couldn't push it open. He once boasted that he was a hero with extraordinary talent when he was young, but now he can't do anything about a door.

Gu Xiao knelt down in front of the door with no strength, his body was burning, his brain was buzzing, the wound where the medicine had been applied was like countless ants crawling over, it was numb and itchy, he was paralyzed on the ground like a river that would die soon after leaving the water. The fish that was about to dry out barely retained a trace of sobriety.

The medicine used on his wounds is the same as that used for domesticating animals, but the weight has been lightened to prevent him from losing his mind quickly. However, in an environment like the Weeping Blood Cave, he is being driven into insanity step by step. , step by step from a human being to a beast supported only by the desire to kill.

He desperately wanted to keep his final sobriety, but in many cases, manpower could not resist the number of days, and reason eventually lost to instinct.

Gu Jianfang's heart-piercing cough, and the hand that fell on the corner of his eye, pulled him out of the abyss of madness, but when he just raised his head, what caught his eyes was always like a mountain. The majestic and unfallen master... looked bloody all over.

The edge of the knife was no more than an inch away, but the handle was tightly held in his hand.

At that moment, Gu Xiao felt that he might as well be really crazy, at least he didn't have to realize so deeply... It was he who gave Gu Huafang a fatal stab.

His whole body was like being struck by lightning, he didn't know what expression he had, what he said, what he did at that time, his mind was sober and confused.For a while, he picked up the Jinghong knife and split the blade, and put Gu Yufang down from the cave wall, and for a while, he suddenly went crazy and didn't recognize her, so he raised the knife and chased her to kill.

When Gu Yufang desperately pushed open the secret door with both hands, he dragged his Jinghong knife and pressed forward step by step, blood was reflected in his eyes.

She was stabbed four times, one on the chest, one on the left arm, and two deep wounds on the back.

Gu Xiao could see clearly, and tried desperately to stop, but her body was like a puppet controlled by a wire, raising the knife uncontrollably.

When the blade slashed at Gu Yufang's neck, she had no strength to hide any longer. Gu Xiao's eyes were shattered, and blood was about to drip from her eye sockets, but she just couldn't stop her hands and feet.

Fortunately, Duanqing stopped him.

When Gu Xiao lost his balance and knelt down, the mania in his mind suddenly receded like a tide, and a pair of bloodshot eyes stared blankly at Gu Yufang.

Gu Yufang almost lost the strength to even look at him, she was prostrate on the ground, the ground under her body was stained red with blood, from Gu Xiao's perspective, she could clearly see that a piece of her body had been cut off. The left arm of flesh and blood.

Staring blankly back at the blood-stained Jinghong knife in his hand, Gu Xiao has been used to throwing blame since he was a child, but now he can't even find a reason to excuse himself.

When he was struck down by Helian Yu's palm, Gu Xiao instinctively plunged the knife into the rock, barely hanging on his body. At this moment, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the cold wind scurrying across his back like a poisonous snake made him feel horrified.

He was still at a loss, but Duanqing had already stepped forward.

Gu Yufang was seriously injured, he didn't dare to move her casually, and seeing that Gu Xiao was in danger, he rushed to the edge of the cliff first, leaned out with most of his body, and stretched out his hand to pull him up.

Gu Xiao watched the hand getting closer and closer to him almost numbly, Duan Qing was anxious all over his face, and seemed to be saying something, but he couldn't hear a word.

The remaining effect of the medicine seemed to be onset again, his mind was in a daze, and suddenly he saw an extra person on the edge of the cliff.

Helian Yuju looked down at him, and the silver mask was like an impermanent grimace at this moment, mocking all his stupidity and powerlessness.

The voices of sneering came into his ears in a thread, and the words were so clear that they were unforgettable: "Gu Yaofang is going to die, it was you who killed her... Well done bullying the master and destroying the ancestors."

At that time, Duan Qing's hand was about to touch him, even if Gu Xiao didn't do anything, he still believed that his wife would definitely pull him up.

The voice smiled deeper: "It's lucky that he wants to save you... But what else can you do besides dragging them down? Oh, by the way, you can also pick up the knife and kill them again."

Gu Xiao raised her head and looked at Duanqing's pale face.

Duanqing's situation is not good, he is worried that Gu Yufang will come to rescue Gu Xiao again, and he has to beware of Helianyu's troubles around him, so that his forehead is covered with cold sweat.

He had never seen Duanqing who was as immobile as a mountain.

Probably because his face was too ugly, Duanqing went to hold his hand while comforting him: "Don't be afraid, I will pull you up."

At the moment when the two hands were about to touch each other, Gu Xiao pulled out the Jinghong Saber, leaned back, and fell down.

He turned his back down and faced the sky, but the night was not reflected in his eyes, only the face of his mistress suddenly shrunk, and then quickly disappeared from sight.

Gu Xiao thought at that time, I deserved to die a long time ago.

But probably God didn't want to let him go, Gu Xiao rolled down the cliff, but he didn't die.

This cliff is not very high, with old trees growing in the middle, and there is a forest and a river below.Gu Xiao was slowed by the tree a few times on the way, and finally rolled into the river with injuries all over his body, and was washed away by the water.

When he woke up, he found that he was in a place he didn't know at all, and the people taking care of him were also strangers.

The man said that his surname was Lin, and he was the court captain who was captured by He Lianyu, and he picked him up when he was escaping.

"I didn't want to meddle in these nosy things when the disaster was imminent, but I saw the knife in your hand..." The man smiled and pointed to the Jinghou he was holding firmly, "The knife was still in the hands of a woman before, and she Mizong Ridge saved my life and asked about the whereabouts of a young man... When I saw you holding this knife tightly by the river, I guessed that the person she wanted to save was you."

Gu Xiao listened to him dumbly, without the slightest expression on his face, and even his heart was empty, silent, with tears streaming down his face.

There is no expression in this world that can bear the true meaning of life and death.

As soon as her injury recovered, Gu Xiao left the town under Captain Lin's sigh. She didn't have much money on her and couldn't ride a horse. She went all the way like a beggar. She spent more than half a month in the wind before returning to Feiyun Peak.

Gu Xiao thought about many possibilities along the way, thinking that the master is so powerful, he will definitely be able to survive this test, and when he got home, he picked up the broom and beat him up, and scolded for three hours non-stop .

He also thought that his master was gone, his wife would never love him again, and hated him as a traitor who bullied his master and exterminated his ancestors, and when he returned, he would take him to the master's grave to receive his punishment, and he would be beaten and slaughtered without hesitation .

Gu Xiao thought about it so much, but never thought that...he has no home.

Feiyun Peak embraces green and green, it is a paradise-like place, Gu Xiao has lived here for six years, dozing against the trees in spring, fishing in the water in summer, picking fruits in the mountains in autumn, and hunting animals with a bow in winter, little by little. It took more than 2000 days and nights, but now there is nothing left.

The whole mountain was burned by fire, not a single blade of grass was left, the soil and rocks were scorched, and several places were dry and cracked. Gu Xiao walked blankly on the scorched mountain road, looking at the charred tree trunks beside the road and the corpses of birds and beasts that were cooked alive on the ground. , For a moment I almost thought I was in the wrong place.

But when he saw the burnt wooden house, he fell to his knees, unable to deceive himself any longer.

Gu Xiao dug in the ruins for a while, but found nothing.

Gu Xiao didn't know how he got down the mountain at all, nor how many times he fell along the way, or even where he was going.

He finally became a prodigal son with no fixed place. He had nothing but Jing Hongdao, and he was at a loss. Sometimes he was bullied by hooligans and bullied, but he didn't see the youthful madness before.

Until one time, a few beggars wanted to grab the Jinghong Dao, thinking that it could be worth three or four taels of silver. He seemed to wake up from a nightmare, and knocked them all to the ground with one punch and one punch.

After the beating, he sat in the mess all over the floor, holding the Jinghong knife and crying loudly, sobbing uncontrollably.

After wandering for more than ten days, Gu Xiao returned to a familiar place - the inn in Jinshui Town.

Looking at the signboard of the store, he remembered the last time he had a serious relationship with Gu Fangfang here, listened to her rare and serious reprimand, and waved goodbye to her on Qingshi Long Street.

The waiter in the shop didn't recognize him as the previous generous customer, so he just regarded him as a beggar, and chased him away in a hurry. Gu Xiao took out the last silver horn on his body, and said to him: "I don't stay in the shop even if I don't get a tip. I'm going to see the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the backyard, I'll just stay for a while and leave."

He still remembered that the sweet-scented osmanthus tree was very tall. Sitting on it, he could see the room that Gu Jianfang lived in. Maybe there were other people now, but even if it was a closed window, he still wanted to see it. After that... I gave up.

The waiter was greedy for money, and took advantage of the shopkeeper's absence, he agreed, but said: "There are distinguished guests in the store, you are not allowed to disturb them, at most you have to leave after a cup of tea."

Gu Xiao didn't care, he just glanced left and right, and thought carefully, the flowering period of that tree should be over.

But when he got to the backyard, he saw someone unexpected.

The sweet-scented osmanthus on that tree is indeed about to fall, and the small golden and reddish flowers fluttered in a dense circle on the ground. A child in warm yellow clothes was squatting on the ground, picking up the flowers one by one with his chubby hands. Osmanthus fragrans.

There were still a few people guarding beside him, and when they saw Gu Xiao, they immediately drew their swords and scolded him. The child turned around when he heard the movement, and was startled by this sloppy man, but quickly recognized his dirty and dirty face. s face.

"Gu Xiao!"

The child jumped over on the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers all over the ground, stepped on an emergency stop, and looked at him with distaste, but in the end he still reached out and tugged at the corner of his clothes, half complaining and half coquettish: "You are finally back."

Gu Xiao looked at Chu Yao in a daze: "You...haven't you gone home?"

"I said I want you to be a master, but if you don't agree, I won't go back!" Chu Yao was a little annoyed when he mentioned this, he kicked Gu Xiao's calf, not very vigorously, and lost his temper with the kitten Same, "I don't know where to find you, so I had to go back here and wait... I've been waiting for you for a month, and no one has dared to do this to me before!"

Gu Xiao suddenly squatted down, hugged Chu Yao, and pressed his little head into his arms.

"It's time to take a bath and change clothes, I hate it!" Chu Yao was bouncing around in his arms, but suddenly felt a drop of warmth splashing on his face, he froze for a moment, then looked up into Gu Xiao's eyes, "You...why are you crying? "

"..."

"Don't cry!" Chu Yao was a little at a loss, raised his hand to wipe his tears with his brocade sleeve, and racked his brains to recall the appearance of his mother and concubine coaxing him, "Don't cry, I, I will give you Eat sweet-scented osmanthus candy, it's so sweet!"

Gu Xiao was stuffed with a finger-sized candy by him, and the rich scent of osmanthus was in his mouth, not a strong sweetness, but it made him come alive from the inside out.

He hugged Chu Yao, stared straight at the familiar window, and said hoarsely, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

Chu Yao also said that it was because he kept him waiting for a long time, and felt that he was already a little adult and needed some patience, so he also patted Gu Xiao on the back lightly like an adult, and said: "It's good to come, wait a little longer It doesn't matter for a while, I don't blame you."

As soon as the last four words came out, Gu Xiao hugged him even tighter, and tears welled up in his eyes.