Daoist Liyue, I live in the Hall of Rebirth!

The calming spell cannot be used frequently, and it has been cast on ordinary people twice in just one day, which is already quite taboo, after all, it is not something for people to use.

Seeing this situation, Shen Ming felt a little sentimental, but Hu Tao was very quiet, did she see it too much, or was it because her indifference to death made her unable to have much empathy.

I'm afraid there are all of them.

But her serious attitude towards death gave her the ability to cope with such a scene. After soothing everyone softly, Hu Tao began to prepare for the funeral process.

The death ceremony was arranged for tonight, and the emotions of the two old people gradually calmed down. They said they were calm, but in fact they didn't have the strength to be sad anymore.

The middle-aged man's name is Li Nian, who used to be an intelligence worker of the Qianyan Army. Unfortunately, he was exposed during a mission. Although he was completely evacuated, his body was also left with irreversible injuries.

Shen Ming is seriously writing Li Nian's life, which will be used during the funeral.

From early morning until the sun was shining, at noon, a figure strolled outside the door.

"Nianzi! Nianzi? Are you there? Look what this is, I brought my newly-made..."

His comrade-in-arms came, carrying a pot of sweet potatoes, but as soon as he entered the door, he felt the sad atmosphere.

"what happened......"

He quickly put down the basin, stepped over the fence and ran into the house. The moment he entered the house, his body gradually became stiff.

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From stunned at the beginning to gradually silent.

These old comrades-in-arms are all aware of Nianzi's physical condition, and they also know that he has only been around for a few days.

But he still didn't expect that the age would pass so fast and so suddenly.

"Nianzi... When did he leave?"

"Last night." Hu Tao said while seriously preparing for his death.

"Did he... say something last night?" He crouched by the threshold, scratching his head.

"Let's go and take a look at the tomb on Tianheng Mountain. If possible, we can also see the owner of the tomb off and hold a decent death ceremony." Shen Ming walked over and squatted beside him.

"Brother, what's your name?"

"Zhao Si." He said in a muffled voice.

"Are you comrades in arms with him?" Shen Ming cleaned up the ashes behind his buttocks.

"The one who worked on intelligence together is now retired." Zhao Si rubbed his face, trying to wake himself up.

----

After that, no one in the room spoke, waiting for the walnuts to be ready.

Time passed, and at night, candles illuminated the dimly lit hut, and a coffin lay quietly inside the room, inside the coffin was Li Nian's body.

The small lamp was always burning, and the flickering light shone on his wife's haggard face. The old man sat on the kang in a daze, and the old woman silently pushed the bamboo basket and put the child to sleep.

Chapter 210 Six Tombstones on Tianheng Mountain

Another day later, Hu Tao and Shen Ming left the house of Li Nian's family early in the morning.

Li Nian's family will have a three-day vigil, Shen Ming and Hu Tao are not suitable to be there, as long as they come over three days later for the final ceremony.

Yesterday's comrade named Zhao Si did not stay overnight at Li Nian's house, but left Li Nian's house and informed his relatives instead.

Although after various incidents, these relatives no longer had much contact with Li Nian's family, but when the news was really told to them, many people came one after another.

They are still relatives after all.

With the care of their relatives, Hu Tao and Shen Ming didn't have to worry about the two old people's right and wrong, so Shen Ming and Hu Tao decided to fulfill Li Nian's wish and go to Tianheng Mountain to find the tombstone of his comrade-in-arms.

If the two of them are looking for it, they don't know when they will find it, but luckily they have someone they know.

It happened to be Zhao Si who was sweeping the grave of his comrade-in-arms today. They set off from Li Nian's house and walked all the way to the top of Tianheng Mountain.

"You don't know about Shao Yuan yet." Zhao Si said as he went up the mountain.

"Shao Yuan, he is our colleague, but what is better than us is that he already had a happy family during his tenure, although his son is indeed suffering from illness." So saying, Zhao Si also helplessly laughed at himself.

"After saying this, I realized that our family life is not very good. Shaoyuan's son is mentally handicapped, and Nianzi's wife has a voice problem. I...I didn't even find a wife. "

"Actually, we have been wondering. We heard that if Li Nian's illness could have been helped by immortals, he should have been able to avoid the current situation." Shen Ming said, "I heard that someone had helped their family find a way out. but......"

"Nianzi refused, right?" Zhao Si said with a sigh.

Shen Ming and Hu Tao nodded.

"Actually, I don't know what to say about this matter." Zhao Si's expression was complicated.

"Shaoyuan's death...is a big blow to Nianzi. After all, he was the one who got the information that Shaoyuan exposed in advance. He didn't dare to contact the exposed Shaoyuan rashly, so he risked his life and passed the news to Shaoyuan. wife, prepare her."

"But he failed to save Shao Yuan, let alone his wife. On the contrary, he was exposed in advance because of this action. Although he didn't die, he also lost half his life."

"When talking with Nianzi before, he also talked about why he didn't want help from immortals."

"In his words, the Xian family can't save all those who are suffering. If you can choose, please save Shaoyuan's family first. If you can't, then he is not eligible to enjoy the favor."

"In his opinion, compared to Shaoyuan's family who have both died and left only Xiao Jiang alone, it is really not a tragedy for him to be alive."

"Failing to save Shaoyuan and Duanya left him nowhere to vent his unwillingness. He has no power to change anything, so he can only express his resentment towards himself in this way."

"Or maybe there is still a little bit of dissatisfaction with the Xian family hidden? After all, when he learned that Shao Yuan's exposure might be in danger of his life, he begged the immortal gods countless times, but in the end Shao Yuan and Duan Ya still died. , no god heard the response."

"However, he is alive and has the chance to save the immortal family through his relationship, even though this relationship is not his."

"What is this?" Zhao Si sighed in a low voice, "Privilege? Or is it that ordinary people's voices are destined to be difficult to reach the ears of the immortals?"

Hu Tao and Shen Ming were silent one after another.

This is not anyone's fault, it is purely because the distance and gap between the immortal gods and the ordinary people of Liyue is too huge and long, so long that the understanding of each other between the ordinary people and the immortal family has serious deviations, and has lost communication channel.

And this phenomenon is caused by Dijun alone, and it will continue to be farther away in the future.

It is a gradual process for Liyue to go from being ruled by gods, to being ruled by humans and gods, and then to being ruled by humans. The most direct manifestation is that the immortals retreated into seclusion, ignored worldly affairs, and guarded Liyue in an invisible way.

But no matter how long this transition lasts, it will inevitably cause all kinds of problems, both social and personal, and what happened to them is just a microcosm.

"Of course, I'm just expressing emotion. I also understand that the Xian family must have difficulties with the Xian family. Maybe it's communication, or there are some rules and taboos. In short, the Xian family may really just not hear us. Voice, not privilege." Zhao Si waved his hand suddenly.

"You guys understand, I'm just an ordinary ass. When life is difficult, it's normal to yell at this and that. I just complain, and I'm sure I can tell right from wrong."

"Brother Zhao, you don't need to tell us these things." Shen Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Zhao Si smiled awkwardly, then sighed.

"I can think so because I was not the one who suffered, but he was different in his age. I only found out about Shaoyuan's family later, but he was a participant and paid a heavy price for it."

"For so many years, I have listened to his countless ideas, but I never thought of persuading him to let go of anything. I am not qualified to do so." Zhao Si said self-deprecatingly.

"After all, don't persuade others to be kind before they suffer."

"I said so much just to let you know more about Nianzi. He is really... quite bitter."

"After being paralyzed in bed, his mental state has undergone obvious changes. In our words, the spirit tortured by the disease is not normal."

"You know what he said the last time he talked to me?"

"How?" Shen Ming asked while walking.

"He said, let me die. Only when I die can the family survive. If I die, my parents will not take money to treat me for nothing. After I die, I am scared by the funding hole for medical treatment. Only the relatives of my family will have the courage to continue supporting my parents and wife.”

"I'm dead. Money is money. It's a useful thing that can be used to improve the lives of my parents and wife, not a waste thing that can be used to treat my illness."

"Nianzi's heart has been dead since then." Zhao Si said sadly.

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Talking and talking, the road in front of me has become flat at some point, and there are scattered huts on the side of the road.

"It's almost here." Zhao Si said.

There is a small yard beside Tianheng Mountain. In the yard, a fat little brother is sitting on a stool in a daze.

In the field behind him, two tombstones stood alone.

"Hey, uncle, you came to play with me again?" The little brother raised his head and said with a silly smile.

"Yes, I'm looking for you to play." Zhao Si pursed his lips, inhaled, nodded, and suddenly raised his hand and put the lunch box on the table, "Come, let's see what delicious food I brought you!"

"It's your parents' favorite home-cooked food! Like it! Haha!"

Chapter 210 Seven, what will you do in the future, child?

[Jiang'er's mental problem, I have already gone to Bubulu to seek medicine, and I think there will be results in the next few days. 】

[When I finish the last task, I will resign from Qianyan Army, and then we will move, so we don't have to live so cautiously anymore. 】

[I have spent most of my life in the Qianyan Army, and now I want to enjoy the blessings, the General Affairs Department will not be too unkind. 】

【If they don't agree, at worst I'll take you and Jiang'er away from Liyue and go to another place to live our happy life. 】

[However, I am still the Qianyan Army now, and I have to stand on the last post, there will be no problem, you stay at home with Jiang Er, and wait for me to come back. 】

......

There are only the following words written in the old diary, and the rest is impossible to verify, but these are enough to describe the outline of a father who is trying to make his wife and children live a better life.

But at the same time, he is also an employee of the Qianyan Army. He is trying to find a balance between the country and his family. He couldn't do it before, but now he is trying to do it. I can definitely do it myself.

It's a pity that he failed to survive this last mission, and was forever buried in the intelligence battlefield, and his wife died tragically because of it. What he was determined to do would never be able to do it.

"Wow, Uncle, you brought so many delicious food again, it's great!" Xiao Jiang waved her arms, but soon became distressed, "But I can't finish all these."

"Put it in the room if you can't finish it, and eat it when you're hungry." Zhao Si patted Xiao Jiang's head.

"Thank you, Uncle!" Xiao Jianghan smiled, lowered his head to open the package, and began to gobble up the dishes.

"It's still a familiar taste, and it's indeed the home-cooked dish that mom and dad are good at!" Xiao Jiang's mouth was full of greasy food.

"However, I haven't seen my parents for a long time. When will they come back?"

Xiao Jiang's words made the corners of Zhao Si's mouth twitch continuously.

Take a deep breath, turn your head away, and don't look at Xiao Jiang's face.

"Your parents...are engaged in secret work abroad, so they won't be able to come back for a while."

"What kind of job is it?" Xiao Jiang was curious.

"...It's been said that it's a secret job, so there's no way I can tell you." Zhao Si pushed Xiao Jiang's back, "Okay, eat quickly."

Xiao Jiang obeyed obediently.

10 minute later.

"Uncle, what's in the bottle you're holding?"

Zhao Si looked down at the bottle in his hand, "This is wine, if you can't drink it, don't look at it."

"Got it, Uncle." Xiao Jiang buried her head in cooking, "Before my mother left, she told me to listen to my uncles more. Xiao Jiang is very good, so Xiao Jiang obeyed."

Xiao Jiang's unpretentious words were like a knife piercing Zhao Si's chest, his face twitched from the pain, but he didn't dare to react too excitedly.

They could only call Shen Ming in a muffled voice, and the two went to the ground behind, where there was their tombstone for Shao Yuan and Duan Ya.

While looking at Xiao Jiang, Hu Tao flipped through the notes left by Shao Yuan during his lifetime. Some were about life, some were about Xiao Jiang's condition, and there were even love poems for Duanya.

The only thing is that there is no record of their work. They are secret workers, and their actions cannot be left in handwriting.

Shen Ming and Zhao Si found a fairly clean piece of land and sat down. In front of them was the tomb of Shao Yuan and Duan Ya, and the weeds were barren under the desolate stone tablet.

Zhao Si opened the wine bottle, took a few bowls, and gave one to Shen Ming, one to himself, one to Shao Yuan, and one to Duan Ya.

"Before Shaoyuan's accident, he was the most enviable among our group of people. He got a wife at a young age, and he was so beautiful and a lady."

"If it wasn't for the exposure of that mission, the current Shaoyuan might already be living beautifully somewhere in Liyue Port with his sister-in-law and Xiao Jiang."

"At that time, Liyue's general affairs department's retirement paperwork was already going through the process, and I just waited for him to submit the task before he could reunite with his family, alas..."

"We veterans can't save much money, even if we have, it can barely cover our family."

"But after all, it's Nianzi's wish, and it has to be done if it's compact. Even if it's not too high-end, we can't afford that money if it's too luxurious." Zhao Si took a sip of his wine and said in a muffled voice.

"Shao Yuan and Duan Ya are not very face-saving people. As long as they are decent enough, it can be regarded as an explanation."

Shen Ming nodded silently, and drank some wine accompanied by Zhao Si.