Seven bitter flowers

Chapter 4: Who crushes the fireworks in the dream

The proverb goes: When snow falls, there will be sunshine, and auspicious snow will herald a good year.Since Zhanzhao Dingxiu and the two left Beijing, it has been snowing heavily for several days, until today the snow stopped, and it turned out to be a sunny day.The pale golden sun hangs far away in the sky, long and cool, as if it had been cut by a craftsman and carefully pasted on the horizon. Even the outline can be seen clearly, and the sky is increasingly blue.

When Ding Xiu and Zhan Zhao came out of the inn, the sky was already bright, but the cold winter sun shone on their bodies, and it was still cool.Ding Xiu tightened the fur cloak around her body, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's really cold, no wonder people say 'It's not cold when it snows, and the snow melts and freezes to death', look at Zhan Zhao, the sun is out and it's still not warm at all .”

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to turn up the collar of the fur cloak for her. The soft silver fur surrounded her face and itched her face. Ding Xiu shrank his head, raised his head and smiled, "Zhan Zhao Zhao, actually Ah Jiu doesn't live very far away, so let's walk there."

Zhan Zhao glared at her: "You live not far away and you said you couldn't make it there yesterday?"

Ding Xiu grinned: "We've been driving for so many days, we must take a good rest, besides, it's hard to come to Daming Mansion, how can it be done if we don't take a good look around?" After speaking, he took Zhan Zhao's arm and walked While walking on the street, he turned his head and said, "Let's go over now, and we can have a meal with them when we go. Don't think that Yu Fei is not good at martial arts, but his cooking skills are first-rate, especially the pastries and snacks he makes. Tsk tsk, just thinking about it makes people drool..."

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Until the sun rises to the middle of the sky, Ding Xiu hasn't heard anything yet.It was only then that Zhan Zhao realized what the "not far" in her mouth really meant.Ding Xiu's interest was very high, and he chatted non-stop along the way, telling Zhan Zhao about his childhood.It's just talking about it, it's nothing more than wandering and playing in the mountains, being disciplined by the master and wife to practice martial arts and medicine.

After walking for another Li Xu, the population gradually became less and less, and Ding Xiu hesitated a little when he knew his way, stopping from time to time to look around.Seeing her hesitation, Zhan Zhao was at a loss, and asked her, "I said, you forgot your way, right?"

Ding Xiu chuckled: "It was when Ah Jiu got married last time. It must have been four...five years. Originally, Ah Jiu lived in a house that wasn't so far away, but she didn't want to live in Shangguan Yingyang's house, so she I built a thatched hut farther away. The place is dilapidated, but she is quite happy living there." She suddenly stopped talking, jumped up from the spot, jumped high and then fell Come on, said with a smile, "Yes, this is the road, you can see that thatched cottage by jumping up."

Zhan Zhao smiled and shook his head: "I'd better go over there and see."

Ding Xiu blinked, and said: "I haven't seen her for so long, I really miss her, it's been five years... I don't know if she has a baby..."

Just as Zhan Zhao was about to speak, Ding Xiu beside him suddenly stopped in his tracks. Zhan Zhao turned his head to look, and saw that in just a moment, Ding Xiu's face had completely changed, and the blood on his face faded away completely. There was a look of extreme fear in his wide eyes.

Zhan Zhao was frightened by the expression on Ding Xiu's face, reached out his hand to hold her arm, and asked her in a slow voice, "Axiu, what's wrong with you?"

Ding Xiu couldn't stop trembling, when she looked up at Zhan Zhao, her face looked as if she was about to cry, she said, "Zhan Zhao, I smell blood."

Zhan Zhao was shocked, and subconsciously thought of the night when Ding Xiu first came to Kaifeng half a year ago, but he still comforted Ding Xiu: "Don't think too much, maybe...they just killed chickens, it's important for us to go there quickly."

Ding Xiu let out a "hmm", and flied out in a blink of an eye. Zhan Zhao followed her closely, and saw her running with all her strength, almost running without touching the ground. Worried that her internal injuries hadn't healed, she stretched out her hand Holding her on her waist, taking a deep breath, stepping harder, the two of them walked several times faster, and in a blink of an eye they could already see the hut standing alone in the forest in the distance.

Ding Xiu didn't notice that Zhan Zhao reached out to help, she stared blankly at the front, but everywhere was just white, and she couldn't see anything. The smell of blood seemed to seep into his breath.

There was a rumble in Ding Xiu's mind.

... That's right, the same as 20 years ago, white snow, red blood, and the smell of blood ... Later, A Niang hid her, there was no light around her, and she couldn't see anything. I can't even hear it, only the bloody smell that makes people crazy, I can't drive it away, I can't escape...

Zhan Zhao didn't know when he pulled her to stop, she tried to open her eyes wide, the white fog in front of her eyes finally dissipated, she saw the familiar thatched hut, same as five years ago: a log fence, A path paved with stones, a simple but delicate thatched hut, and a chicken coop next to the hut, five or six chickens with their heads up and their chests upright, wandering around leisurely...

Ding Xiu's heart fell into the ice cave all of a sudden, she didn't know how she opened her legs, she staggered towards the house, Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to pull her away, but she broke away.She walked over slowly and pushed the door open, then stood there blankly.

In the room, Shangguan Jiu and Yu Fei fell to the ground, the blood on the ground fainted a lot...

Zhan Zhao stood behind Ding Xiu, seeing the scene in the room, his heart sank.Both Shangguan Jiu and Yu Fei were killed without warning, because the tables, chairs and benches in the room were all placed securely, and there were even three cups of tea on the table.

Obviously, the person who came was an acquaintance of Shangguan Jiu or Yu Fei. Before he made a move, the three of them were drinking tea and chatting, so with his sudden blow, Shangguan Jiu and Yu Fei didn't even have a chance to evade resistance. No.The fatal wounds of the two people were cut to the throat, clean and neat, except for the big puddle of blood on the ground, there was not even much blood splattered on the wall. It's about killing people with one blow.

Moreover, the frightening thing is that two crosses were cut deeply with a sharp knife on the faces of Shangguan Jiu and Yu Fei!The person who cut the knife seemed to be harboring some deep hatred, the skin and flesh of the cut was opened, and the blood was splattered.Next to the bodies of the two men, there was a short dagger, which was still stained with blood, obviously thrown away by the man after the murder.

Ding Xiu looked at the corpses of Shangguan Jiu and Yu Fei, her body felt chills intermittently, but there seemed to be a fire burning in her throat, the pain made her speechless.She subconsciously turned her head to look for Zhan Zhao, looking at Zhan Zhao's face, Ding Xiu felt like a string in her heart was broken suddenly, she choked her voice and asked Zhan Zhao: "Zhan Zhao, why is this happening?"

Zhan Zhao felt uncomfortable at Ding Xiu's words, he subconsciously put his arms around Ding Xiu, wanting to comfort her, but he didn't know what to say.

Ding Xiu felt at a loss in his heart, tears fell down, and his throat hurt even more.She slowly stretched out her arms to hug Zhan Zhao, her voice was so soft that it would break if touched: "Zhan Zhao, why did this happen?"

Zhan Zhao's eyes were a little bit astringent, and after a long time, he leaned into Ding Xiu's ear and said softly, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Ding Xiu trembled all over, curled up in Zhan Zhao's arms, and cried slowly.

The author has something to say:

I am so heavy writing this chapter, no, I have to watch a movie to recuperate...