Zheng Qiuyuan trembled slightly. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Sometimes, life... is indeed better than death. Once you die, you don’t have to worry about anything. You don’t need to think about what you have done, and you don’t have to doubt yourself. Right and wrong."
"Death is an escape, it is the act of a coward. You have killed so many people, but you want to die, there is no such cheap thing." I said.
"I didn't want to kill them!" Zheng Qiuyuan suddenly looked up at me and said: "Their death is due to self-blame, it has nothing to do with me!"
My eyes widened. I didn't expect him to say such a thing. I couldn't help but step forward to grab his collar and said, "Do you really think I dare not kill you?"
"You dare, and you can really kill me, but even if you kill me, I have to say that their deaths were not caused by me." Zheng Qiuyuan said this in a calm tone and calmly. I can't see any guilt in his eyes.
"You took away the Soul of the Candle Dragon and attracted Chishui before they would die. You said, none of this has anything to do with you?" I gritted my teeth and said, "I thought you were just a jerk, but now it seems that you are simply Beasts are not as good! Asshole is a curse, you are not worthy of being a man at all! Not even worthy of being a mountain man!"
"Do you think that taking away the Soul of the Candle Dragon has something to do with Chishui?" Zheng Qiuyuan looked at me without fear and said, "Do you think that even if the body of the Dragon is always there, Chishui will not appear?"
I was slightly startled, a little speechless. Although I want to refute, I cannot refute it.
Because the appearance of Chishui is a sign of the renewal of the myth, and it cannot be prevented by manpower. Even if Chishui hadn't been led out artificially at the beginning, it would still appear sometime later.
Zheng Qiuyuan saw what I was thinking, and said, "Candle Dragon is Candle Dragon, Chishui is Chishui. There is no direct relationship between the two. It is not me who killed Shanren..."
"Who is that?"
"Who else can it be?"
This remark made my guess in my heart be verified.
"Executive government..."
"It's not wrong." Zheng Qiuyuan sighed again, and said: "Professor Shu needs some of the body of the candle dragon to experiment to create the biological weapons he needs. At the same time, he also needs the soul of the candle dragon to perfect the prototype experimental body. .But the mountain man in Taohuayuan is a stone. He knows that the mountain people will not agree to him entering that hill. Therefore, he will come to me."
"Why did you agree to him? Isn't you a mountain man yourself?" I asked, this question is the biggest puzzle I have ever had with Zheng Qiuyuan.
"Have Lian Dao really told you that when we were very young, I strayed into that hill?" Zheng Qiuyuan asked.
"I've said..." I nodded subconsciously. When Lien Daozhen and I first met, he told a story about Zheng Qiuyuan when he talked about it as a child. At that time, Zheng Qiuyuan was trapped. He thought that Lien Dao was really thrown into the hill, so he wanted to rescue him in the spirit of brotherhood. Unexpectedly, after returning, his temperament changed drastically. I think what Zheng Qiuyuan experienced in the hills, I don’t know I’m curious, even Daozhen really wants to know.
So, I followed up and asked: "What happened to you in the hill?"
"I saw a cave..." Zheng Qiuyuan murmured as if lost in memory: "I climbed up the stairs. I thought that Lien Dao was at the top of the stairs. However, I didn't find him. When I was When I saw the body of the candle dragon, I also saw a female corpse..."
"Miko!"
"I looked at her, and she was also looking at me. A lot of blood and flesh fell from above. I don't have to look up to hear someone screaming." Zheng Qiuyuan turned to look at me and said, "Actually, I and Professor Shu met earlier than you think. They sneaked into the hill when I was very young. It was just another passage."
I nodded silently. There were several passages leading to that abyss. When Lian Daozhen and I escaped from the pursuit of Chishui, we crawled out of Shun's grave.
"The witch will kill the humans who try to steal the candle dragon's flesh and blood, but they won't kill me. Because that hill is in the Peach Blossom Spring, and I am the Peach Blossom Spring. Do you know what the mountain guy represents?" Zheng Qiuyuan asked.
I thought for a moment, but before answering, Zheng Qiuyuan said: "Many people think that Peach Blossom Spring is a paradise, a place where ancients avoided Qin. But in fact, our existence is of special significance. Peach Blossom Spring is a suppression candle. The place where the dragon is, and the mountain people are naturally the people who guard the mountains. We... are actually the descendants of witches."
I was stunned there, and the stormy sea turned up in my heart.
The mountain people of Taohuayuan are descendants of shamans? how can that be! I subconsciously wanted to deny it, but then I remembered that the maiden's corpse flowed out of Wushan and went directly to the Peach Blossom Spring. Among them, there seems to be any connection.
Moreover, I vaguely feel that there seems to be something wrong with Zheng Qiuyuan's description.
After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly understood that he had said before that he had seen witches murder when he was a child.
But when Lian Daozhen and I explored Wushan, they clearly discovered that the maiden's body flowed into the hill along the Chishui only after a crack appeared in the Peach Blossom Spring.
"You're lying! The maiden's corpse obviously only flowed into the hill after Chishui appeared. How could you have seen her so early!"
"Could it be that the Miko can only enter the Peach Blossom Spring after death? Someone told you this?" Zheng Qiuyuan asked.
I was stunned again, unable to speak.
Yes, who said that the Miko must die before going to Taohuayuan? What if she had been to Taohuayuan before she lost her soul
With the ability of a witch, it is easy to go from Wushan to Taohuayuan, and it is absolutely impossible for anyone to find her trace.
Zheng Qiuyuan saw that I did not speak, so he continued: "We are the descendants of the witch, which was told to me by the witch herself. She also told me that the Peach Blossom Spring will be extinct, and Chishui will swarm out and flood the entire Peach Blossom Spring. By then, everything Neither will exist. She hopes that I can lead the mountain people away and don't let them all die here.
I didn't speak, but in my heart, I already vaguely understood some things.
Zheng Qiuyuan said: "I was terrified. After I came out of the hill, I found my grandfather and told him these things. However, my grandfather did not agree with Shanren to leave. In other words, no one wants to leave. In their opinion, Taohuayuan is surrounded by The mountain, where can water come in? My words are nothing more than a child talking nonsense after being frightened. As for the blood on my body... After learning that other places in the hill can be entered, Grandpa and the others are more tightly guarded there. Up."
"This matter has since become a secret in my heart. I didn't tell anyone anymore, even if it was Lian Daozhen, I never said it. Because I think no one will believe me. And as I grow up. , I understand better that the mountain people will never leave Taohuayuan. Even if they die, they will die here."
I couldn't help sighing. Zheng Qiuyuan said nothing wrong. The mountain people are too stubborn. They would rather die than surrender. Facing Chishui, they never have the fear of shrinking.
Zheng Qiuyuan saw me sighed and said: "Later, Lian Dao was really responsible for foreign affairs, and I knew that Taohuayuan was not far away, so I found a chance to go out with him. After a few times, maybe it was a coincidence, maybe they were waiting for me, anyway. , I saw Professor Shu again. He hoped that he could get my help. He needs the soul and flesh and blood of the Candle Dragon, but only Shanren can take these away."
"What benefit did he give you?" I asked.
"Freedom..." Zheng Qiuyuan said.
I sneered and said, "Do you think I will believe? If you want to be free, you can leave the Peach Blossom Spring. The sky is big and the earth is big, I don't believe they can find you."
Zheng Qiuyuan sighed and said, "There are indeed some, such as power, strength, and protection... They promised that if I help them accomplish this, they will let me join the committee. They will protect me because I know what I have What you do will make the mountain people angry. Especially Lian Daozhen, who is wholeheartedly in the peach blossom field, will never allow me to do this kind of thing. After the incident, he will definitely come and kill me."
"So, before taking the Soul of the Candle Dragon, you must get rid of Lien Daozhen first." I said coldly.
"Yes." Zheng Qiuyuan said emotionally: "He thinks too much about Taohuayuan, more like a real mountain man than me." (End of this chapter)