I miss you

Although he was mentally prepared, Zhou Jiayu still felt his heart shake when he heard what the residents of the town said about Sheshan.

The residents of the town seem to have a good relationship with the Xu family of Sheshan, and when they talk about this incident, they are all full of regret.

"The night before yesterday, everyone in the town heard a loud noise." It was the aunt of the guest house who spoke, she was wearing a thick padded jacket, and sighed, "Then black smoke began to rise in the sky, and it was very dark at that time. It was late, no one noticed it, and when it was discovered, it was almost morning..."

"Has the fire been extinguished?" Lin Jue asked.

"It should be extinguished. I could see the open fire before but now I can't see it. Sheshan is far away from here, and the mountain road is rugged. Even if there is a fire, there is no way to go up for a while." The aunt said, "What is it like up there now? No one knows..." When she said this, she shook her head, "Now there are a few people from the Xu family, but they are all in the hospital, and most of them are unconscious, so they can't ask about the situation above."

Lin Jue asked for some more information, and finally thanked the aunt, and they hurried to the hospital in the town.

This small town is located deep in the mountains, and the medical facilities are not advanced, only the most basic treatment can be done.After they arrived at the hospital, they saw the people from the Xu family that the aunt said came down from the mountain. Most of these people were relatively young, and the oldest one seemed to be no more than fourteen or fifteen years old.They were lying on the hospital bed, all in a coma.

"The doctor said that he inhaled poisonous smoke." Before Lin Jue came in, she inquired about the situation of these people as a relative, and she said, "We are not the only ones who came here. I heard from the doctor that there were also several groups of people who came here before." Pass."

"En." Lin Zhushui said, "The people who are closer to here arrived first, and they should have already gone up the mountain." He checked several members of the Xu clan who seemed to be in a coma, and confirmed that they were indeed caused by inhalation. Toxic smoke, not something like a bewitched spirit.

"Let's go too." Lin Jue said, "Hurry up as soon as possible. After all, not everyone who comes here is so kind." Xu's paper control skills are well-known in their industry. Dare to use your brain, but at this time of such a catastrophe, it is inevitable that some people will save some crooked thoughts.

"Okay." Lin Zhushui agreed.

So they immediately decided not to wait any longer and went straight up the mountain on foot.Fortunately, the temperature was not too low at this time. Although it was snowing, it did not hinder walking.

A group of people hastily made preparations and started to rush up Sheshan.

The billowing black smoke became the destination, and along the way, the little paper figurines curled up in Zhou Jiayu's arms, weeping sadly, which made Zhou Jiayu very distressed but unable to comfort him.

The mountain road was difficult to climb, but they didn't dare to slow down, because they found traces of other people coming by the side of the road. Obviously, someone had already climbed the mountain first and went to Sheshan.

Zhou Jiayu prayed in her heart, hoping that there would be survivors on Sheshan.

Starting in the morning, they finally arrived at their destination when it was getting dark in the afternoon.

When he reached the end of the winding mountain road and saw the place where he used to live turned into ruins, Zhou Jiayu stopped in his footsteps and choked for breath.

Shen Yiqiong and Shen Musi had also been here before, and when they saw the scene in front of them, they both showed expressions of intolerance.

"How could this be?" Shen Yiqiong said blankly, "Isn't their paper indestructible? Why are they all gone..."

The cardboard house that should have easily withstood the fire turned into black ash, and the white snow fell on it, mixing with the ash to form a blood-chilling mottled color.

The only good thing is that they were in the ashes and did not see the corpses of the Xu clan.

"Since he didn't see anyone, he might still be alive." Lin Jue turned to Zhou Jiayu with a complicated expression and said, "Jiayu, ask Xiaozhi to see if Xiaozhi has any clues."

Zhou Jiayu took the little paper out of his arms, and the little paper shrank into a ball, sobbing all the time, looking very sad.

"Little Paper." Zhou Jiayu patted its head to calm its emotions, "Xiao Zhi, can you feel where the others are?"

Xiaozhi shook her head and said in a low voice, "It's gone, it's gone."

From the time it arrived at Sheshan, it seemed to be repeating this sentence. Zhou Jiayu opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Lin Zhushui interrupted him softly.

"Go and see the ancestral tree." Lin Zhushui said, "People from the Xu family will protect the ancestral tree even if they sacrifice their lives."

That's true, Zhou Jiayu nodded.

"Stay here and see if there is anyone else. Zhou Jiayu and I will go there and have a look." Lin Zhushui ordered, "That is Xu's forbidden area, it is best for ordinary people not to go in, check the surroundings , and see if we can find anything."

Lin Jue said, "Go, be careful."

Lin Zhushui took Zhou Jiayu to the direction of the ancestral tree. When Mr. Xu took them to the ancestral tree before, he let the paper figurine pull the sled as a means of transportation. Now that the paper figurine was gone, Lin Zhushui was in the He found a few pieces of dead wood in the woods next to him, then took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket, and folded them into the shape of a paper crane.

The paper crane fluttered its wings, flew under the dead wood, and lifted it up. Zhou Jiayu sat on the wood and was lifted up by them.

"Let's go." Lin Zhushui ordered, and the paper cranes rushed out. Their speed was so fast that Zhou Jiayu had to bend down to hug the wood under him so as not to fall off.

Lin Zhushui was behind him, and the two rushed towards the place where the ancestor tree was.

Zhou Jiayu didn't know how long he had been on the log, anyway, when the log stopped, his whole face was numb, and he couldn't help rubbing his cheeks with his hands while breathing heavily.

Lin Zhushui quickly checked the surrounding situation, then frowned: "Someone has been here."

Zhou Jiayu said: "Someone went in?"

Lin Zhu was noncommittal and just walked forward.

Soon, the two arrived at the cave where the ancestral tree was where Mr. Xu took them a year ago.As soon as he reached the door, Zhou Jiayu gasped, because the huge iron door that was supposed to stand at the entrance of the cave had been destroyed.The door seemed to be knocked open by something abruptly, revealing an irregular hole big enough for two people to pass through.

Xiaozhi jumped out of Zhou Jiayu's arms all at once, and rushed in towards the door.

"Little paper!" Zhou Jiayu didn't catch it, and watched it run forward at an extremely fast speed. Zhou Jiayu chased after it, and also entered the iron gate.

Behind the iron gate was a winding tunnel. Zhou Jiayu remembered that Mr. Xu once said that these tunnels were a measure to protect the ancestral tree. If he went the wrong way, he would never be able to get out again.But Xiaozhi's speed was really too fast, but in the blink of an eye, Zhou Jiayu lost it.

"Xiaozhi!!" Zhou Jiayu was anxious as he called Xiaozhi's name, and his voice echoed in the tunnel.

Gently pressing his shoulders with both hands, Lin Zhushui's voice came: "Zhou Jiayu."

"Sir, Xiaozhi ran away." Zhou Jiayu worried, "Will it get lost?"

Lin Zhushui said: "No, Xiaozhi is a child of the ancestor tree. He is born with his own senses, so he won't get lost." He took Zhou Jiayu's hand casually, "Follow me."

Zhou Jiayu felt relieved.

Lin Zhushui led Zhou Jiayu forward. Along the way, Zhou Jiayu didn't see anything strange. There was no one from Mrs. Xu or any outsiders. The tunnel was extremely silent, and he could only hear them stepping on the ground. footsteps.

The environment here is very similar, and there are forks everywhere. If someone who is not familiar with it comes in, they will definitely get lost in it.But Zhou Jiayu had great confidence in Lin Zhushui.He held Lin Zhushui's hand, and followed his footsteps, heading in the right direction.

After about ten minutes, a huge rock that looked familiar came into Zhou Jiayu's eyes. Zhou Jiayu remembered this rock, as if he could see the ancestral tree growing in the big pit just by going around it.

"Xiao Zhi!!" Zhou Jiayu called Xiao Zhi's name again.

However, when he slowly walked around the huge rock and reached the edge of the cliff where the ancestral tree should have grown, Zhou Jiayu was stunned by the scene in front of him.

I saw the deep pit where the ancestral tree should have grown, but now it was empty, the thick towering tree disappeared, and there was no trace of it related to it.

"The ancestral tree is gone??" Zhou Jiayu was in disbelief, he quickly ran to the edge of the cliff and looked down.

It was still dark under the cliff, and I couldn't see the situation below, but the only thing that was certain was that the lifeblood of the Xu clan, the huge ancestral tree, was gone.

Zhou Jiayu stood there dumbfounded, unable to comprehend the scene in front of him for a while.

Lin Zhushui also walked to Zhou Jiayu's side, but he didn't seem to be paying attention to the bottom of the cliff, but tilted his head slightly, his eyebrows twisted into an unpleasant arc.

"Xu Jinghuo." Lin Zhushui suddenly said.

Hearing this name, Zhou Jiayu looked in the direction Lin Zhushui was facing, and actually saw a figure slowly revealing himself in the dark.

"Long time no see." Xu Jinghuo's voice was hoarse, and he stood against the light, making it difficult for people to see his appearance clearly.

Zhou Jiayu asked sharply: "Xu Jinghuo, did you do all this? Where did you get the ancestor tree? Where is Xiaozhi?!" It was the first time he felt such strong anger towards a person, He even wished he could roll up his sleeves and beat him up.

Xu Jinghuo laughed out loud when he heard the words, but the laugh was worse than crying. He said: "I, Xu Jinghuo, was born as a member of Xu family, and died as Xu's ghost. Everything I do , all of them are worthy of their own Xu."

Lin Zhushui said: "I believe in you."

Zhou Jiayu didn't expect Lin Zhushui to say this, and was about to ask a question, but heard Lin Zhushui continue: "If you betray Xu, you will never have the chance to be resurrected again."

So that's the case, Zhou Jiayu vaguely remembered that Lin Zhushui had said this before, but he had almost forgotten it.

Just when the few people were talking, Xiaozhi, who didn't know where to go, appeared behind Xu Jinghuo, holding Xu Jinghuo's leg and crying, like a wronged child.

"Little paper—" Zhou Jiayu called out to it worriedly.

Hearing Zhou Jiayu's call, Xu Jinghuo reached out and patted Xiaozhi's head lightly. His voice sounded a little gentle, and he said, "Go."

The little paper didn't move.

"Go." Xu Jinghuo said, "The ancestral tree is gone, and there are only branches left by your father, which are enough to support you to grow up..."

Xiao Zhi heard Xu Jinghuo's words, opened her mouth and cried a few more times, and finally moved slowly towards Zhou Jiayu.

Zhou Jiayu hurried forward to catch it, hugged it tightly in his arms, and said it was fine.

"The Xu family is gone." Xu Jinghuo said, "I've expected this day." His eyes cast his eyes on the bottomless abyss, "But fate is like this, you know what will happen, But there is nothing you can do." He said, showing a smile, "Man conquers nature, what a joke."

Lin Zhushui frowned: "Xu Jinghuo, what happened to you?"

Xu Jinghuo said: "Mr. Lin, have you counted that the Xu family will have such a catastrophe?"

Lin Zhushui shook his head.

Xu Jinghuo said: "The catastrophe that even you can't calculate has happened." He said, "But I knew it a long time ago, I knew it a long time ago, I told Mr. Xu, and he knew it, but he did it. Wrong choice." He growled, "No matter how important the ancestral tree is, it is just a tree. If people are gone, they are all gone—even if Xu can't control the paper? Without the paper, you can't live. Already?" His shoulders shook violently, and it could be seen that his emotions were extremely intense at this time.

"Where did the fire come from?" Lin Zhushui said.

Xu Jinghuo said: "The fire from the sky will destroy the ancestral tree." He said hoarsely, "Mr. Xu could choose to leave, but they didn't. They wanted to protect this tree, but they died here in the end." He Speaking of this, he seemed to understand something, "That's right, this is fortune theory, it's the way of heaven, no wonder no one can figure it out—"

But Xu Jinghuo found out about this fate that should have been known to no one.

Listening to the conversation between Xu Jinghuo and Lin Zhushui, Zhou Jiayu felt that there was too much information hidden in it, and his mind was a little confused for a while.

Lin Zhushui sighed softly, and he said: "Xu Jinghuo, for some clans, losing their roots means losing everything. The Xu family has controlled paper for a hundred years, and paper is their root." He pointed at Zhou Jiayu's arms. Xiao Zhi said nothing, "What would you do if you saw these paper figurines turn into ashes in front of you?"

After Xu Jinghuo's expression froze for a long time, he moved his lips slightly: "I was wrong?" He looked at the small paper, and then at the abyss in front of him, his breath began to become extremely weak, as if What a huge blow, this blow even made him lose the desire to live.

"Fire comes from the sky, enters the ancestral tree, and burns Xu's family." Xu Jinghuo said, "Man-made disasters can be avoided, but natural disasters can be avoided. Finding a way to control stiffness, the body of a mermaid, and the bond of ghosts are all unavoidable... "

Lin Zhushui frowned: "Even to understand Xu's misfortune, you have taken too many lives on your hands."

"I know." Xu Jinghuo said, "I know, I did what I should do and what I shouldn't do, but it's useless, useless." After he finished speaking, he took out a transparent Zhou Jiayu saw that the bag was full of black ashes, which looked like it was formed after the paper was burnt.

"My paper figurines are gone." Xu Jinghuo said, "They have been with me for 26 years." He slowly bent down, pressing the bag tightly to his chest, "I am the last adult of Xu family, Mr. Lin, I have something to ask."

Lin Zhushui said: "You say."

Xu Jinghuo said: "For the sake of Mr. Xu, please take care of the few remaining members of the Xu family. They are still young and can integrate into the secular world..."

Lin Zhushui asked, "Where are you going?"

Xu Jinghuo didn't respond.

Lin Zhushui seemed to be about to say something, but the sound of running footsteps came from the depths of the tunnel. Zhou Jiayu looked towards the entrance of the cave, and saw a few people in Taoist clothes appearing at the entrance of the cave. They were inside, also showing surprised expressions.

"Mr. Lin." The leader with white beard and white hair, holding a whisk, stepped forward and called out.

"Zhang Daoist." Lin Zhushui's tone was a little cold.

"You're so fast." The person called Daoist Zhang by Lin Zhushui walked in slowly and saw Zhou Jiayu, "Did you find anything?"

Zhou Jiayu turned his head to look at the place where Xu Jinghuo was originally, but found that he who should have been there was gone.

"No." Lin Zhushui said, "Let's go, Jiayu."

Zhou Jiayu hummed, and followed Lin Zhushui.

The Taoist's eyes turned to Zhou Jiayu. He saw the paper figurine in Zhou Jiayu's arms, and his eyes suddenly became hot: "Mr. Lin has found a way to control the paper?"

Lin Zhushui casually pointed to the cliff behind him.

Zhang Daoren said: "Mr. Lin, what is the meaning of this?"

Lin Zhushui said, "You can find it by jumping down."

Zhang Daoren: "..." His expression twisted when he heard the words, obviously he understood that Lin Zhushui was deliberately mocking him.

"Mr. Lin..." Zhang Daoren was about to say something, but Lin Zhushui had already led Zhou Jiayu out. Although he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to fight Lin Zhushui, so he could only order The disciples checked around to see if they could find any clues about Xu Jiakong Paper.

Zhou Jiayu followed Lin Zhushui out of the cave where the ancestor tree was, and said, "Sir, is it okay to keep those people inside?"

"En." Lin Zhushui said, "The ancestor tree is gone, let them go."

Zhou Jiayu asked, "What exactly do they want?"

Lin Zhushui said: "Whenever a family of the ancient clan falls, some people are like vultures circling in the sky, wanting to share a piece of food. Although these people are annoying, they are unavoidable."

Zhou Jiayu understood, and his impression of those people inside suddenly became extremely bad.

After Lin Zhushui led Zhou Jiayu out of the cave, he went straight to the river connected to the underground river in the cave.In the frozen river.Zhou Jiayu actually saw the corpses of members of the Xu clan.

Of course, the number of these corpses was not many, but Zhou Jiayu saw Old Xu inside, the patriarch who gave him the small paper.

The moment Xiaozhi saw Old Xu's body, she lay down by the river and began to cry. She cried very sadly, and her tears fell on the ground.When leaving the Xu family, although Xiaozhi followed Zhou Jiayu since childhood, this land was its source after all.

Zhou Jiayu touched it, but didn't speak, he knew that his words would be pale at this moment.

Lin Zhushui took out a piece of talisman paper, lit it and threw it into the river.The flame on the talisman paper entering the water did not go out, but directly ignited the corpse in the river, and then burned it to ashes.Zhou Jiayu saw that the ashes were not washed away by the current, but slowly sank below the river bed.

Lin Zhushui's lips pursed into a straight line, his expression was full of solemnity, and finally he nodded slowly towards the place where the ashes in the river were.

"Let's go." Lin Zhushui said.

Zhou Jiayu hummed.

On the way back, Zhou Jiayu asked Lin Zhushui, saying that the ancestral tree was so big, even if there was a fire, there shouldn't be some debris left.

Lin Zhushui just said that the feasibility is very small, because as long as the branches are left, there must be corresponding paper figurines still alive.

Zhou Jiayu touched the little paper when he heard the words, feeling a little complicated. He had always thought that the ancestral tree branches that Mr. Xu gave him were too precious, but now that he thought about it, he felt that Mr. Xu might have expected that Xu's family would be happy today. The catastrophe.

It's just that he didn't understand the specific meaning of the natural disaster Xu Jinghuo mentioned.

They left the ancestral tree and returned to where Xu's family was to meet Lin Jue and the others.Zhou Jiayu didn't expect that when they went back, there would be many more people on the top of the mountain. Judging from the clothes of these people, most of them should be from a family of Fengshui, and their hurried expressions obviously came here.

Lin Jue was talking to someone. Zhou Jiayu looked over and found that Xu Ruwang and his family had also come. Lin Jue was talking with Xu Ruwang's master Xu Jian.

"I'm back." Seeing them, Lin Jue turned around and asked, "Did everything go well?"

Lin Zhushui shook his head.

Lin Jue sighed, knowing that something must have happened to the ancestor tree, she said: "How could this be..." With the ancestor tree gone, the Xu family is completely over.This clan will be crossed out from the roster of Fengshui masters. Although the method of controlling paper is still spread among the people, the disappearance of the largest line is probably a foregone conclusion.In a few years, those miraculous paper figurines will probably only become legends that future generations will doubt.

"Let's go, go to the town to see those children." Lin Zhushui said.

"Okay." Lin Jue nodded.

They were about to leave, but they were stopped by Xu Jian: "Mr. Lin."

Lin Zhushui said: "Yes."

Xu Jiandao: "Mr. Lin, I have something to ask."

Lin Zhushui said, "You ask."

Xu Jiandao: "Ms. Xu is in such a difficult situation, is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?"

Lin Zhushui said: "A natural disaster."

His answer made Xu Jian look surprised. Obviously, he didn't expect that the Xu family was wiped out because of a natural disaster. "Mr. Lin, can you tell me what kind of natural disaster it is?"

Lin Zhushui raised his eyes slightly: "I can only guess one or two, maybe it's Tianhuo." But it doesn't matter what it is now, they can't seek revenge from God.

"So what?" Xu Jian sighed, "It's really a pity..."

Lin Zhushui nodded to Xu Jian and planned to leave.It’s just that the people on the mountain seemed to want to ask Lin Zhushui something. At first, when a few senior people approached Lin Zhushui, Lin Zhushui reluctantly evaded it, but when the people behind surrounded him, Lin Zhushui was cold Without saying a word, Lian continued to walk forward with a few apprentices.

Lin Jue was also very annoyed. On the way down the mountain, she kept cursing in a low voice, saying that she would not be afraid of retribution for eating dead food.

Lin Zhushui didn't answer, but told Lin Jue to contact the hospital outside. He wanted to transfer the remaining minor Xu clan members out for treatment.

Lin Jue said hello, but he was a little worried that those people on the mountain would disagree. After all, these people might have kept Xu's last secret.

"I need their consent?" Lin Zhushui sneered, "I want to see who dares to stop me."

The author has something to say: Zhou Jiayu: Be good, Xiao Zhi is not sad, touch, touch.

Lin Zhushui: I'm not happy either.

Zhou Jiayu: Then, then I'll touch it for the husband too?

Lin Zhushui said: Help me touch where?

Zhou Jiayu's face flushed instantly.