naive rivers and lakes

77. The loneliness of life and death

I managed to maintain my sanity, but I couldn't bear the anxiety. The urgent movement of my throat that I didn't dare to scream leaked out. I didn't dare to make a sound, lest I accidentally roar out. Stupid, I know, I know, I've been trying so hard to keep my sanity.

When I went up the mountain as I wished, I saw a large group of people in black, brown-clothed monks, green-clothed Taoist priests, white-clothed Emei, and a group of black-clothed people. Those people were chatting loudly, and the black smoke billowed in the distance and burned the sky. , I barely grabbed the three souls and seven souls and yelled at myself: "Calm down, calm down, calm down." Frankly speaking, I really want to kill everyone here. , A bunch of mosquitoes and flies buzzing around are entangled and refuse to let go.

There is no way to go.I thought, rushing forward, grabbing a monk's shoulders and going straight up, pointing a bunch of bald heads with lightness kung fu, the view from the top is really wide, and I can see that I am trapped in a small open space in the middle, very familiar Apricot red single clothes, a monk in yellow robes and red cassock and several Taoist priests chatting endlessly around her, and a person on the other side is quite embarrassed, with blood all over Wugou's white clothes. If life is just like the first time I saw it, I think, Ignore the exclamations of the people around you and the heads looking over.

I fell down in a flash, and when I fell, I happened to hear the monk admonishing bitterly: "Girl, if you don't go away, we will attack. The white laughing fox is notorious..." I met the opposite Qingyi In the eyes of the old Taoist, the Taoist exclaimed, and I kicked the monk directly. I have practiced the Nine Laws of Heavenly Disability for many years. It’s fine if I can’t kill the Seventh Prince. The monk in front of me is still comparable. How can people stir up this muddy water and do such stupid things.

"Is it plausible for a few people whose combined age is over two hundred years old to bully a little girl around? Is this what you decent families do?" I tilted my head and sneered at the monk. The moment I saw Tian Qing from a height, I Unable to bear it any longer, Tianqing looked at me with a pair of godless peach blossom eyes, holding the old man tightly in his hand, the sword was covered with blood, the crowd exclaimed, countless swords came to parry, the tall one in the middle The man holding the hatchet made a restraining movement, and those people dared not move.

"This is what I owe you, and I will never owe you any more." The man said, I recognize that face, I helped him four years ago, and I was the one who kicked him off when he confronted Hua Fan, and now He became the leader of the martial arts alliance, oh, he might also be a puppet.

"No need, I don't need others to pay back the favors I give out." I laughed, and being watched by a group of people, it seemed like a thorn in my back, but I didn't care, I just felt that my internal organs were about to burst. Now, it seems that what flows in the blood vessels is not blood but something else, so hot, it should be boiled water, all pouring into the heart, the heart is about to explode, and it seems a little hard to breathe.

Something overflowed unstoppably, I gritted my teeth and couldn’t help it, I saw a dazzling red when I roughly wiped it with my sleeve, the whole world was shaking, as if it was about to shatter, no, It was me who was dangling, I thought, kneeling down on one knee, the sky was looking at me with red eyes, tears fell one by one, dripping down the narrow chin, like round jade beads, such big drops, I have never seen her cry like this, I have never seen her really cry, her eyes are always full of tears, but not a single drop of tears will fall out of her eyes, and she has a soft posture that wants to be coaxed.

She gritted her teeth, her face was pale, only her thin lips were red - biting so hard that she bled, and she refused to cry out, as if all her strength had been exhausted by the wail just now, and the tears were not enough. The money slammed down on the person lying on her lap. If he was alive at this time, he would wipe the person's face with a handkerchief in distress, and said in a soft and coaxing child's tone: "Oh, don't Cry, my darling, who bullied you, you tell daddy, daddy will back you up, if daddy is wrong, don’t you think I’m here to coax you? Little ancestor, don’t cry, my heart breaks when I cry Well, I’ll give you whatever you want.”

But now that person closes his eyes forever, and can no longer do anything for Tianqing. I even think it's ridiculous that this old man will not die, and he doesn't deserve to die if the whole world dies, but he just died.

"Tianqing is crying like this, why don't you go to coax her." I smiled, touched the man's face, pushed him, wanted him to get up, and he would pretend to be graceful when he got up He looks like a fan of calligraphy, painting and paper, and can kill all directions. He can protect Tianqing and me majestically, and lead us out of the crowd. The scarlet color is the most suitable for his arrogant and loose posture. The gesture and the killing is a rich and colorful painting.

"Brother——" I heard someone calling me, and when I raised my head in a daze, I realized that the person was Tianqing, whose voice was so hoarse that it was about to break, it really shouldn't be the voice that Tianqing could make, she should just speak softly Learning Wu Yin's accent at a young age, making a soft gesture of not being able to hold a sword, one should only be pampered and arrogant, and all one's wishes should be granted.

"The old man is gone. When he was fighting with Bai Qinglian, he was assassinated by Shi Weiwei, and Shi Wei was killed. It was only a serious injury. When the old Taoist priest of Xiaolang Sect made a sneak attack and was about to be beheaded, Bai Qinglian, the eldest disciple of Xiaolang Sect... "Tianqing paused as she spoke, and smiled with her lips parted. She looked at me with eyes full of sorrow, and tears fell all over her face, like transparent scars that didn't hurt the flesh. The smile couldn't be brighter. Yes, with this bright smile, she continued: "The current head of Xiaolang Sect, Daoist Bai, gave a fatal sword."

"Tian Qing, you know that's not my intention. The two of us planned to stop. The current head is my senior brother who has raised me for more than ten years! My senior brother died at your hands, isn't that enough? "Bai Qinglian asked, trying her best to restrain herself, her voice was trembling, her tone was full of panic, the kind of sadness of fear of losing something.

"It's just like this between you and me. I've pestered you for so many years. Now you can get your wish and seek relief. Xiao, Lang, Jiao, Bai, Da, Zhang, Men?" Tian Qing laughed, like She was not the one who cried so much that she was about to shed tears for hundreds of years just now, her long eyelashes fluttered when she curled her lips into a smile, shaking off the last tear, her tone soon returned to normal, with her usual sarcasm in her voice Being mean, she became cold and sharp, she has always been so piercing, the hedgehog glanced across her hands.

I shook my sleeves and wiped the tears on the person's face with my hand. After finally cleaning the person's face, someone said: "Master Bai, this person has nothing to do with you. Let's cut off his head and let's talk about it. Back then, it was said that this man was utterly dead, but you see, this man is still alive. Tian Ruoshui is not a good person, and neither are the two children he raised. Daoist Bai, you are Bewitched by that witch, for the justice of the world..."

I stood up with a smile, threw out a dagger, and gave it to the person who is for the righteousness of the world. The person stopped him with a dagger and stood with several people. A monk's sleeve said loudly: "Senior brother Shanbai, the elder brother said during the retreat that he should not interfere in this matter. Everyone, come back with me. Have you forgotten the commandment of Shaolin Temple not to care about worldly affairs? If anyone refuses to accept it, find I, Liansheng, are all for it, or do you want to go back and face the board one by one?" The man said with a smile, glanced at me, and gave me a look that you take care of, little friend.

"Luo Gan, the Shaolin Temple has withdrawn from this matter. You shouldn't be bewitching Senior Brother Shanbai, and you don't dare to fan the flames of this so-called demon-elimination and defense. The Thousand Poison Sect has withdrawn, and the Huajing Palace is gone. You want to let Luo Is the Shajiao family dominant? Or can you take the initiative to go and get rid of the Rakshasa? You keep saying that the girl is a witch, but what did she do to suffer such slander?"

"You blind people, let's see who that girl looks like—" Monk Liansheng said loudly, I know what he wants to do, he is probably afraid that the scene will be more chaotic when Huafan comes Isn't everyone punished after coming out?Maybe there is also an element of sympathy, but it doesn't matter.

"Why do you want us to believe that Monk Liansheng, that man, is entangled with your son Huafan, right? He must know where Huafan is, why don't you torture these two people, the child raised by Tian Ruoshui It must be a demon cult, that elder brother, but he has practiced the cult skills such as the Nine Laws of Heavenly Disability and the Snake Dance." Fang Gan said sharply, pointing the sword in his hand at me.

I seem to have never heard of it, just immersed in the sorrow of losing everything, trapped in a swamp and unable to move, I don't know why my uncle Tian Ruoshui betrayed the righteous way back then, and what incident my father was involved in back then , how did he die, but I think at this moment, when all the people in the rivers and lakes responded to Fang Gan's voice and shouted to eliminate demons and defend the way, when they raised their blades at the two of us and were about to rush over, I understood, what should be seen through should not be See through everything.

Love is parting, I can't be greedy, I gave up everything, pretending that I still have emotions and desires, it is still a fresh posture, but in fact I lost everything early, just relying on the obsession to protect the people around me. , I want to be with Huafan and have no worries for a hundred years. I want to be strong and protect the old man. I also want to protect Tianqing. I want her to break through the verdict of what should be done, to be happy and full of children and grandchildren.

The love-hate entanglement between Huafan and me is too deep. I decided to break up in order to become stronger. The old man who raised me for more than ten years died, and Tianqing was also half-dead. There is nothing worse than death in my heart. Everything I want to protect is gone. Can't help it, the whole Jianghu people only listen to one-sided words, and are blinded by the words of exorcising demons and defending the way. My parents are the most upright, but because they believed in Yun Shen, they died a good death. The ashes were buried under the tree in the yard where the old man often admired flowers.Among all the people in the Jianghu who shouted to eliminate demons and defend the way, who ever thought about my parents?

Life and death are lonely, and the world is the most ruthless. Love and hatred are turned into gossip conversations.

"Floating life is only for respecting the former elders, and the road of Chang'an is full of snow." I recited a line of the old man's favorite poem, drew my sword, and the monk Liansheng had already retreated. Come on, Tian Ruoshui, who is a white laughing fox, used the most ruthless move. I have practiced that move for a long time, but I have never swung it. The old man said that I am not allowed to show my face when I am not home. I swung that sword. Like a full moon, my old man called it, Frost Moon Zhan.

Those people pushed away all at once, and the few people in front were already injured. I sneered and said, "You say I'm a crooked sect? Then do you recognize this trick?" I laughed and slashed at Fang Gan. Sword Lai, at that time my father Tian Ruoshan used a trick called Qiushui Changtian, but the artistic conception of the misty waves became murderous when I made it, naturally it is murderous, the sky is broken by nine methods, I have already done it. After the cultivation is completed, the last bit of nostalgia, with the death of the old man, melts into the soil together with the azure tears.

I pointed at an old Taoist priest in blue with a blood-stained sword, and pointed at the person and asked: "Old Taoist Priest Xiaolang Sect, you are old enough, tell me, why do you allow your eldest disciple to get entangled with the demon girl? Who does that demon girl look like?" I picked my chin and asked with a sneer, "Don't you guys look familiar?"

"Medical Sage Han Bingxin, the two of them are the children of the medical sage Han Bingxin and the previous martial arts leader. They have been taken care of by their uncle Tian Ruoshui and have grown up." The old Taoist said calmly, but his voice diffused, and everyone could hear it. Then, I put the sword forward, and asked in a cold voice: "Can Daoist Yun Shen owe my uncle, my father? Daoist, you know it, I don't believe that no one in Xiaolang sect knows, if If no one wants to say it, I will kill the Xiaolang Sect."

"Now I don't know anything. All I know is that my uncle joined the cult because of Yun Shen, and my father was killed by Yun Shen. Are the two brothers also separated by Yun Shen?"

"Don't talk about the righteousness of the Jianghu with me. My parents died because of the righteousness of the Jianghu, and my uncle was also killed by the righteousness of the Jianghu."

"Yes, Yun Shen alienated Tian Ruoshan and Tian Ruoshui, and forced Tian Ruoshui to join a cult. The death of Tian Ruoshan and his wife was also because of Yun Shen. I am Yun Shen's master, and I did not teach my disciples well. If there is any crime, it is fine for me, and I hope that the benefactor will not hurt the innocent." The old Taoist said indifferently, dressed in a neat Tsing Yi, standing indifferently.

"Senior Brother Duanmu, no, brother is kind..." I pointed my sword at the other person and said coldly, "Shut up, I don't want to hear it."

I turned back, knelt down on one knee, picked up the long-dead man, and said in a low voice: "Old man, it's time for us to go back to the villa. I'll take you back."

"Let's go, why don't you give up?" I asked, looking at Tianqing standing there, she smiled at me and said nothing, she pulled a red thread from her neck, and the most ordinary piece of jade fell from the red thread She put the safety buckle on the ground, together with the two blue bracelets on her wrists, and pulled out the hairpin engraved with magnolia flowers on her head, leaving behind the azure earrings like water drops. , one on the ground, azure color, that should be a set.

The last time she came home, she seemed to be in the same way. Obviously, this girl's favorite color is apricot red and carmine. She has never liked the light and pure color of Tianqing, even if there is a word "pro" in her name.

"Brother, let's go, go home." She walked in front of me, holding the elder in her hand, facing the group of people in front of her.

No one blocked, consciously parted ways.