The Lotus Lantern is with you

The sand and soil were flying, and from time to time there was a man's resolute killing cry, and the collision of weapons produced traces of sharp white light.

Ding Xiang stood on the high platform with her hands behind her back. She looked down at the soldiers below and listened to the reports of the subordinates around her.But she was in a daze. She was thinking about the glazed cup she found a few days ago. Subconsciously, that thing contained too many secrets.

She ordered the practice to continue, only to hear the continuous killing sound from below the stage, the loud sound shook the world, Ding Xiang nodded in satisfaction, looked at it for a while, pointed a few times and walked towards the house.

She has been here for several years. In the past few years, she has been disguised as a man to live with these people. At first, she would feel a little uncomfortable. After all, men and women are different. Gradually, even she herself forgot, Still a woman.

Some things were sealed deep in her heart along with her feelings, and reason made her more determined and strong. After so many years, no one insisted on recognizing her true identity.

Ding Xiang walked all the way, and from time to time someone would salute her respectfully, she nodded lightly and said a few words of encouragement, and then walked towards the house under the admiring gaze of everyone.

The place where she lives now is a temporary residence, not very big, not even very well-equipped. There are constant wars in the border area, and there is nothing to enjoy. A blue glass cup with brilliant brilliance.She has been studying this thing for a while, but she can't figure out why.

This glazed cup is very special, with exquisite texture, it feels cold and smooth to the touch, and the delicate patterns reflect different brilliance.

It was in that village that she found it. Ding Xiang supported the glazed cup when she heard someone outside the house asking to see him, and it was the person she sent out to investigate.

Ever since she discovered the strangeness of the death of her uncle and aunt, she specially sent people from all over the country to investigate the matter. She especially told them to confuse these people in the surrounding villages and check to see if there were any survivors. Before Shen drove them all to death, Heavenly Court had already sent someone to stop them.

It's just that the survivors around the village have all fled. This mortal world is so big, finding someone who knows the truth from the vast crowd is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

But luckily, the people she sent searched the area for hundreds of miles, and indeed found an old man in a small ravine.

It was an old man who was already at the end of his life, with gray hair and empty eyes. Ding Xiang knew that the old man was already blind when she saw her. She walked slowly in the yard with a cane.

Ding Xiang stood at the door, she hadn't made a sound yet, but the old man said hoarsely, "Is there a guest?"

Ding Xiang was taken aback, she thought the old man couldn't see her, but she just arrived when the old man noticed her.

"Old man, the junior's surname is Ding, and I came here specially to visit you." Ding Xiang said with both hands.

The old man was silent for a while, and then slowly said, "Come in, old lady, I don't have anything good to entertain you here, and I hope the guests don't feel disgusted."

The old man tremblingly walked towards the house again, Ding Xiang was afraid that she would knock, and wanted to step forward to help her, but unexpectedly the old man walked steadily, feeling the door open without a doubt.

The room was very simple, but very tidy. The old man asked her to sit down first, and then walked slowly to the opposite side to sit down.

Ding Xiang hesitated for a moment, and then organized her words, "Old man, I'm really sorry that this junior visited you abruptly, but it has something to do with an important person of this junior, please forgive me."

The old man sighed, her gray, empty eyes staring blankly in one direction. "The guest is so impatient, it seems that it is really important. It's just that I am old, and I don't know how I can help."

"Elders don't have to worry, the younger generation just wants to ask something."

The old man seemed to have expected it, and there was a very shallow pity on his face.

"The junior would like to ask you, did you live in Wuye Village before?"

Hearing these three words, a trace of sadness appeared on the old man's face. She closed her eyes, touched her crutch, and sighed, "Yes, I did live there, but it has been destroyed and there is nothing left. , hey... I don’t know what you are doing there?”

Ding Xiang frowned, "Old man, to be honest, I want to ask you about three people. Do you know Liu Yanchang's family in the village?"

"Mr. Liu?" The old man sighed regretfully upon hearing the name, "You really came here for their family, these three people, what a pity..."

Ding Xiang listened to the old man recalling little by little, "That family was very popular in our village when they first came to our village. They are all kind people, and everyone in the village likes them very much. Later, the war spread to our village. The village, many people died in the village, after that, a strange disease came from nowhere, this strange disease killed many children in the village, it is really scary when I think about it now."

Strange disease?Ding Xiang's face darkened, obviously she thought of that strange glazed cup.

"Is... what kind of strange disease?"

The old man stroked his cane and sighed, "The strange disease came for no apparent reason. At first, only children contracted this strange disease. After staying there, some adults in the village also contracted this disease. Finally, the people who died There are more and more. But the Liu family is really kind-hearted, and they are willing to treat the villagers. Everyone is grateful to them, and they keep shouting for the living Buddha. But I don’t know when, a person came to the village, It is said that the strange disease in the village was brought by the Liu family. The Liu family's daughter-in-law is a demon. She once angered God, so God brought the disaster to this village. trying to drive that guy away."

Ding Xiang frowned, and asked eagerly, "What happened next? Who is that person?"

"Hey... Later, the man said that he wanted to prove that he was right, so he cast a strange spell. This thing is really amazing. I can see the three members of the Liu family. Although I can't see it, I can hear it. From what everyone said, it seemed that the three members of the Liu family were not human. The girl Xiaoyu turned out to be a vixen, and the daughter-in-law of the Liu family turned out to be a monster who ate people without spit out bones. I heard that those children were eaten by the wife of the Liu family. People in the village at that time They were all terrified, and then some people died inexplicably in the village. Everyone thought it was the three of Liu's family who did it. Later, the man said that this natural disaster was God's punishment for their family, and now they are in our village If you want to appease the wrath of God, the only way is..."

"Only what!?"

The old man sighed sadly, "The only way to get rid of their sins is to sacrifice them to the sky and burn them with fire. As long as the wrath of the sky is appeased, the village will be restored to its original state."

Ding Xiang felt cold all over for a moment.

"The guest is their friend. Although I can't see it, I can feel it. You must be an unusual person. I heard that the village was in chaos at that time, and I can still hear the sound of the burning fire... It’s something I’ll never forget for the rest of my life.”

Ding Xiang stayed where she was in disbelief, did they die like this?

Just a rumor and die?

Ding Xiang suddenly felt pain in her heart as if being tormented by a flame. She just had a cut in her hand, and the pain was unbearable.Then how much pain should they have when they are burned by fire.

Ding Xiang covered her mouth, her eyes blurred with tears.But he tried not to cry out.

As gods, they were tied up as sacrifices by mortals who were dedicated to guarding them, and died in such a humiliating way, how helpless should they be?

Ding Xiang closed her eyes, and tears fell on the table unstoppably. She thought of Mo Chen, seeing her parents die so miserablely but helpless, what kind of mood did he feel?How miserable he must be.

Her mother can still be reincarnated, but her uncles and aunts... are all lost!

What kind of mood did Mo Chen go to the Underworld to arrange for her mother's reincarnation, and what kind of mood...to comfort her.

Ding Xiang clenched her hands, trying to calm the sadness in her heart, and she wiped away her tears.

"Old man, can you tell me about them again? You just said that someone rumored that they were demons, who do you remember?" She asked bitterly.

The old man shook his head, "My blind old woman, how can I know what that person looks like? However, that person said that their family is a demon, but I don't think that person is a good person."

Lilac shocked "You..."

"Hehe, old lady, although I am blind, I am not blind in my heart." The old man stood up unsteadily, holding on to his crutches. The blind old woman didn't see how scary the three members of the Liu family looked, and they would be called monsters. But I can feel that there is absolutely no filthy aura on them."

Ding Xiang was overjoyed, "Then what do you know?"

To her disappointment, the old man shook his head slowly.

Ding Xiang could only sigh, "I'm really bothering you, old man."

"Are they... important to you?" The old man suddenly asked.

Ding Xiang smiled sadly, "They are like my parents, and Xiaoyu, she is my good sister, besides father and mother, they are my dearest and most beloved people."

The old man was silent for a while, hesitating a bit, "You mentioned Miss Xiaoyu, but I have a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Please tell me"

"That girl... she has a strange smell on her body."

"!"

"There's also this village, which is very weird. Don't kid me, I've been blind for most of my life, but this feeling has always been accurate. I have lived in the village for more than ten years and have never seen such a weird thing. Once I When I went out, I smelled a strange smell in the village, and the next day someone in the village became ill, and then for some reason, the temper of the villagers became very irritable, as if they had changed."

"what do you mean……"

"I don't want to think too much, but the people in the village suddenly seemed to be possessed by evil spirits, and I was also afraid. Later, they wanted to arrest Liu's family, and I couldn't persuade them, so I wanted to remind them in advance, but unfortunately only the girl Xiaoyu was there. , She said she already knew about it, and I thought I had reminded them, so I took my granddaughter and escaped from the village... I don't know... Hey, good luck tricks people."

Ding Xiang suddenly opened her eyes wide, feeling a gust of wind blowing over her back, she asked with difficulty, "You said, you told Xiaoyu, her?"

The old man said slowly, "This is what I find strange."

Ding Xiang seemed to be nailed in place, and her mind was a little confused.

Xiaoyu, does she know?Why doesn't she go!She subconsciously took out the glazed cup from her sleeve and stroked it. This strange thing, the strange poison, the strange disease in the village, the strange person who suddenly appeared...

Suddenly, there was a sweet call from outside the door, and a pink girl with a bun tied her head carelessly ran in.

"Grandma! Ye'er is back. Ye'er picked a lot of mushrooms today, and Ye'er caught a little white rabbit. Grandma... eh? Big brother, who are you, why did you come to my house? "The girl tilted her head and asked curiously, while putting the basket in her hand on the ground.

"Ye'er, don't mess around, this girl is a guest, why do you call each other big brother?" The old man let the girl pass while talking.Touched the girl's little face, "Look at your little face covered in dust, you kid, did you go to the mountains again today?"

The girl giggled, "Grandma, all the animals in the mountains recognize me, don't worry about me!" The girl looked at this man, obviously he was the big brother.

"Ah! So big brother, you also have this strange cup." Ding Xiang was stunned, and found that the little girl's eyes were fixed on the glazed cup in her hand. She asked eagerly, "Little sister, where are you?" Ever seen this thing?"

"The last time my grandma took me to Uncle Liu's house, I saw that sister Yu also had such a beautiful one, but sister Yu wouldn't let me touch it." Ye'er pouted with some displeasure, "She said, It is used to hold medicine, so you can't just play with it..."

Xiaoyu!

Ding Xiang's face turned pale in an instant, and she stared at Liulizhan in disbelief, this thing... actually belonged to her.

"Little sister, what you said...is it true?" This sentence was almost squeezed out between the teeth.

Hearing her voice with anxiety, the old man couldn't help feeling ominous, "Ye'er, you have to think about it."

"Ye'er won't admit his mistake."

Ding Xiang felt as if she had stepped out of icy water, trembling all over, she didn't even know how she left.

This must have been a mistake, Ding Xiang clutched the glass cup and sat at the foot of the bed in a daze, it couldn't be Xiaoyu, it must not be her, she was also killed, someone must be trying to frame her.

Must be.

She hugged her trembling body and shivered.

She had a dream. In the dream, there seemed to be a beautiful woman in a pink skirt looking at her with a half-smile.

She opened her eyes suddenly, breaking out in a cold sweat.

It has been three days since that farewell, she looked at the glazed cup in her hand, and made a decision to rush towards the old man again, but she didn't expect that a huge change was coming.

……

The scorched land that had been scorched by the fire gave off a faint smell of decay, and the surroundings were cold and silent. Only a few crows could be seen passing by in the low sky, and the dark sky was even more strange.

A woman in a purple wide-sleeved robe slowly walked into a courtyard. She looked at a certain location in the courtyard, and there was a familiar human breath coming from there.

The shadow suddenly twisted, and a black figure appeared in front of the woman. It whispered something in her ear, and then quickly disappeared.

The woman's seductive blue eyes narrowed.Then, she seemed to think of something, and a strange and cold smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

The darkness spread silently.

……

Ding Xiang hurried on the road, the path where it rained was a bit muddy, the surrounding was eerily quiet, there was a faint smell of rust from the soil, this smell made her feel even more depressed, suddenly she heard a strange cry, Ding Xiang raised her head quickly , and found that it was a black crow looking at her with its head tilted, its blue-green bean-sized eyes staring straight at her, which made her feel ominous.

Until she reached the gate of the old man's house, it was too quiet. The old man lived in a very remote place, just in this ravine, and there were only a few scattered families in this area. Ding Xiang found that there seemed to be no strangers along the way. breath.

She pushed open the wooden door vigilantly, and the person she saw made her widen her eyes in fright.

The seductive woman leaned on the imperial concubine's couch, her raised phoenix eyes carried a hint of ghostliness. She was wearing a lavender red-patterned robe, and her black hair was casually scattered on the soft couch, which was carried by four strong men. The woman turned her eyes lightly, fixedly looked at Ding Xiang, her red lips curled up seductively.

"You are finally here, Lilac."

Ding Xiang backed away in horror, her heart was struck by nine days of lightning, under the tree not far from them, the old man who was joking with her before was thrown in the dirt at random, and had already passed away, while the old man she had seen before The girl with a sweet smile opened her empty eyes wide, bleeding from her orifices, and her black and blue face was facing her.

Such two lives, unexpectedly just... died!

Ding Xiang covered her mouth, only feeling a nausea rising from her stomach.

"It's you!!" Ding Xiang glared at each other, pointing her snow-white sword at the woman on the soft couch, "Why, why is it you! Xiaoyu, why did you do this?" She shouted, "Why did you kill them, they is innocent!"

The woman straightened up lazily, waved her hands lazily, and several black-clothed "people" appeared in the air out of thin air. Xiaoyu's eyes widened and she was dumbfounded when she saw this.

She recognized them.

"Demon... Demon Race!" The last two words were almost screamed out.

"You! So it was you that time, it's impossible, it's impossible!" Ding Xiang stepped back step by step, and she noticed that a large amount of black mist suddenly appeared around her. exactly the same.

Ding Xiang remembered the demon attack decades ago. She and Ao Chun had been separated from Xiaoyu for a while. At that time, they were always guilty of losing her, but they didn't expect that this person was connected with the demon clan from the beginning to the end.

The glazed cup is hers, the herbal medicine is prepared by her, maybe the person who spread the rumors is also arranged by her... Lilac's face was pale, she let this person live with her uncle and aunt for more than 20 years, what happened to them all these years? How much?

"Lilac girl...you were wrong this time."

The woman sat up from the imperial concubine's couch and walked down. The long skirt was sprinkled on the ground forming a perfect arc, and her bewitching blue-purple eyes exuded a strange brilliance.

No, no, Ding Xiang suddenly remembered every little bit of getting along with Xiaoyu in the past. She knew very well that Xiaoyu was pure and kind, and she would not do such a thing.Then there is only one possibility, "You are not Xiaoyu!" Ding Xiang suddenly shouted, "You are not Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu would never do such a thing, who are you?"

"What a smart girl." This time the woman's voice was a man's voice, which shocked Ding Xiang.

She saw the woman's lips opening and closing, saying something, and everything became clear in an instant.

"I won't let you succeed..." Ding Xiang stepped back in fear, she was going to tell Mo Chen and Yang Jian that she was going to...

It was too late, all she saw was a strange pattern suddenly appearing in the woman's blue eyes, and at the end of her consciousness, only the woman's cruel smile remained, the knife rose and fell, splashing a beautiful blood flower that reflected the sky red Chaoyang.

……

"Ah!" Ao Chun suddenly opened his eyes, clutching his chest in pain, he was panting with sweat profusely, his face was pale, just now, he seemed to dream that Lilac died.

She was wearing a blue men's short jacket, bleeding from all seven orifices, looking at him ferociously, her eyes were full of unwillingness and despair.Ao Chun covered his head in fear, the scene in the dream haunted him like a nightmare.

How could he have such a dream? It's Lilac... Did something happen to her?Ao Chun got out of bed in a panic, and wanted to go out with her clothes on, when she heard someone knocking on the door.

He opened the door in a panic, only to see a man in a black robe with gold patterns looking at him sadly.

"Mo... Mo Chen..." Looking at the man's expression, Ao Chun felt that his heart seemed to be tightly grasped. His lips were trembling, his hands were trembling slightly, and his voice was also trembling. "Mo Chen...I..."

"The Eighth Prince... I just received the news." Mo Chen's expression became more and more sad. "Lilac...she died in battle...you...go and see her."

In an instant, Ao Chun felt that the whole world lost its color.