The rain is not very urgent, small and thin.
The girl took the last remaining hawthorn candied haws and followed Xia Ge all the way. The two of them walked towards the ruined temple in the rain. The weather was gloomy, and the curtain of the day was about to fall.
"Are you a brother or a sister?"
the girl asked.
"Brother." Xia Ge said.
"Well, brother."
The girl repeated it, holding her little hands together, very warm, and she asked, "Where is my brother going now?"
"Go find someone."
"Who are you looking for?"
"Find… "
Xia Ge's voice stopped abruptly.
Instead, there was a shrill scream not far away!
"Brother..." The girl's mouth was suddenly covered, her light gray glass eyes widened blankly. Xia Ge's Zombie Ghost Shadow was launched, and he led the girl into the woods next to the ruined temple, and the two hid behind a jungle.
The girl didn't feel right, the screams and the smell of blood in her ears made her shudder, but she didn't feel very scared.
It's just that my brother is shaking.
The sky was dark, and there was no light.
A broken body, a demon that materialized, a demon that shreds human beings.
It is a cruel feast, a cruel blooming in the blood of the sky, the flower leading to the other side of the Yellow Spring.
Disgusting bloody smell.
Xia Ge knew what massacre was for the first time.
The little friend who had been begging together was now covered in blood, and half of his body was torn apart by the dark mist of evil spirits. The blood splashed red the ground outside the ruined temple, and the heart-piercing screams were almost forgotten. What is breathing.
"Help me—"
"what-"
They screamed and were in pain.
Xia Ge could only shrink in the corner, watching helplessly, unable to do anything.
Powerless.
Seeing others die in front of my eyes like this, I can't do anything about it, really, it's too painful.
The girl felt that the hand covering her mouth trembled slightly and released a gap.
Because it's too stiff, it seems like he's caught in a nightmare, and he doesn't even know what to do.
"...Brother." Chu Yi asked in a low voice, "...what did you see?"
Saw... what
Blood, slaughter, evil spirits with laughter, and dead companions.
… Evil Camp.
"Flowers." Xia Ge covered the girl's ears and held her in his arms with a soft voice, "There are many, many flowers over there."
The bloody smell that filled the tip of the nose, the piercing screams, and the wild laughter of the evil spirits were faintly heard.
But my brother's embrace was warm.
The girl paused for a while, then asked obediently, "...is it a beautiful flower?"
Xia Ge's voice was hoarse and her body was cold: "Well, it's a very beautiful flower."
She hugged the girl tightly, and for the first time, she felt that it was really good.
The child cannot see.
That's great.
The two were silent for a long time.
The group of demons ended their slaughter, and finally poured tung oil, put a fire on it, and destroyed the corpse.
Not far away, the firelight shining through the sky made the dark sky turn red, and even the rain couldn't wash it away.
very bitter.
Painful tongue.
The old man's words were still in his ears that day.
— "You're just beyond your reach. No one will blame you."
Now a sea of fire devours everything.
But, it's so painful.
I was about to cry.
With warm water dripping on her face, the girl raised her head, she could not see or hear.
But she knew that along the way, the rain on her body was cold.
The water that fell on his face was hot.
She tasted it quietly.
A bit bitter.
"… Did my brother cry?" The girl's voice was small.
"No." Xia Ge said softly, "I won't cry, I just think this flower is really beautiful."
so bitter.
The two children hid behind the bushes and snuggled together in the cold rain, absorbing each other's warmth. After thinking for a while, Chu Yi carefully took off the last hawthorn left in the sugar gourd in his hand, and then reached out to touch Xia Ge's face, from eyebrows to eyes, nose, and finally to his mouth.
Warm water in one hand.
Chu Yi tasted it, it was salty and a little bitter.
Brother cheated.
Chu Yi thought that she would cry only when she felt bitter, so her brother must feel bitter.
Xia Ge just stared blankly at the firelight not far away, letting the child's cold little hands touch his face, he didn't move at all.
How can there be such cruelty in this world.
Why hurt each other.
The little hand shrank back, and then a sugar-coated sweet hawthorn was carefully and firmly stuffed into Xia Ge's mouth.
After stuffing the hawthorn, the girl stood on tiptoe, wrapped her tender arms around Xia Ge's neck, and said softly, "I'll give you the candied haws, brother, it's not bitter (crying)."
The sweet and greasy icing melted on the tip of the tongue, Xia Ge took a bite unconsciously, and the sour hawthorn smell filled his mouth.
Little liar.
So sour, not sweet at all.
- Do you believe there is cause and effect in this world
Xia Ge thought.
I didn't believe it before, but now I do.
Because she met this child.
That's why she can be here and continue to walk on this road like a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.
"...Thank you." Xia Ge leaned his head on the girl's shoulder, stared at the distant firelight, choked up, "Thank you."
Good thing I have you.
The sea of fire was overwhelming, the smell of blood filled the air, and the two people hugged tightly together.
Chu Yi thought.
very nice.
This person is mine now.
- I am alone.
The evil spirits who had finished making waves were on their way back home, but heard a slight movement in the woods.
Like someone is crying
"Who's there!!"
= =
White Dream Cave.
"… elder brother?"
The girl's voice was soft and clear, "What are you thinking?"
Xia Ge came back to his senses.
A piece of fire in the memory and the ferocious face of the evil ghost were swallowed by the clouds of Baimeng Cave, and all the pain and sadness seemed to disappear with the passage of time without a single trace.
The clouds and mists of Baimeng Cave are still permeating, and the illusion of the Rain Temple has disappeared. She shook her head, "It's nothing."
Chu Yi said, "Brother Mingming is so close to me."
It's so close to the skin that you can smell it.
Her arms tightened slowly, "…Why do I still feel so far away?"
The distance of the body is not even close, but the distance of the heart is far away.
The illusion of clouds and mist in Baimeng Cave disappeared, Xia Ge carried her on her back: "It may be that we walked too short."
Short, bitter, and painful.
Chu Yi thought.
You will always be mine alone, how wonderful.
Xia Ge walked back with Chu Yi on his back. After walking for a while, there was a fork in the road in front of him.
two ways.
There was no such road when I just came here.
The one on the left is the way they just came, and if you keep walking, you will meet the green dragon. The road on the right is new, perhaps a new trick from Baimeng Point.
She thought for a while and walked the road on the right.
Chu Yi: "Aren't you going back?"
Even though there were green flood dragons, there were eight paths in the cave.
"I won't go back." Xia Ge said, "I don't want to see that Jiaojiao."
Chu Yi rolled his eyes.
It didn't take long to walk to the end, the dark cave, with two shining doors, one black and one white, with complex magic patterns on the edges, which looked quaint and atmospheric.
The white door has a keyhole, but the black door does not, as if it can be opened with a push.
A green light flashed in Xia Ge's eyes.
[The door of retrospect: a door that can be traced back to the past, and there is a key to the door of life.]
[The Gate of Life: The way out of Baimeng Cave, the key to open the door is at the Gate of Retrospect.]
The black door on the left is the door of retrogression, and the white door is the door of life.
She went to open the door, and didn't move.
A key is required.
The system said: "No wonder it is said that Baimeng Point can be traced back to the past. It turns out that the gate of backtracking is here."
Xia Ge: "What do you mean?"
System: "Entering the door of retrospect, you can go back in time and see some things in the past."
Some things from the past...
"How can I get the key?" Xia Ge asked.
System: "...I don't know about this."
Xia Ge: "… "
Chu Yi asked, "What kind of door is this?"
"The Gate of Backtracking and the Gate of Life."
Xia Ge stretched out his hand to open the retrospective door: "I heard that you can see the past when you go in."
"The key to the door is inside."
Chu Yi paused, hugged her tightly, and asked softly, "...If you go out, will the dream end?"
Xia Ge's hand that pushed the door froze slightly.
Chu Yi said, "...don't go."
After a while, she said, "No, that was the beginning of another dream."
The black door was pushed open, a brilliant light flickered, the person on her back disappeared, the light and shadow blurred, and she appeared alone in a gloomy and dark city.
Xia Ge looked up at the gloomy sky and the dead trees on both sides of the official road paved with bluestone slabs, thinking that it was really going back in time.
Otherwise, I will not come to the ghost capital again.
That day, when the evil ghost camp burned down the temple, she and Chu Yi were found and they fled all the way, exhausted.
Nightmares.
She and Chu Yi hid in a small village to rest.
"I said... There will be a butterfly effect in this way. People who shouldn't have been captured are captured, and people who shouldn't have met let me meet."
Ye Ze should not be taken away, it should be Ye Ze who met Chu Yi, not her.
The system replied to her: "Existence is reasonable. If the plot is changed due to an accident, it will be fine to change it back."
The girl in her arms heard her talking to herself, grabbed her clothes and asked her, "What is the butterfly effect?"
eager to learn.
Xia Ge said nonsense: "The butterfly effect is a particularly beautiful butterfly."
"What does a particularly beautiful butterfly look like?" Chu Yi thought for a while, "Does it look good with me?"
Xia Ge rejoiced in bitterness: "It's just like you, you are 10,000 times prettier than it, little butterfly."
Death and pain tormented her.
In those days, she dreamed of Doudou, the old beggar, Ye Ze, the partner who begged together, even the parents with blurred faces in modern times, and the younger brother who had been dependent on each other for many years.
Really Xia Wuyin.
"... Is the person my brother is looking for, Xia Wuyin?"
Xia Ge: "… "
Girl: "My brother kept calling this name in his dreams."
Xia Ge: "… "
"Does my brother have a name?"
"… "
"Why doesn't my brother speak?"
"...It doesn't matter, Little Butterfly will always be by my brother's side."
"… Um."
During that dark time, because of Chu Yi, it did not collapse.
Fortunately, we stayed together.
It was a very hard day, but there were many, many wishes.
I hope that the child's beautiful eyes can see again, I hope I can find Ye Ze's clues, I hope to become stronger and stronger, even if it becomes a puppet master that everyone shouts and beats.
At that time, eating a bun was always cautious.
She joked with Chu Yi, look at this bun, eat this, you never know where the next one is.
Chu Yi just opened her beautiful light gray eyes and smiled lightly, then hugged her neck, kissed her cheek, and told her that it doesn't matter, brother, the little butterfly will drive away the little devils.
- Don't be afraid.
The evil ghost camp is entangled endlessly, and capturing the soul is useless to the evil ghost. The system tells her that she can go to the ghost dragon jade.
Ye Ze's Ghost Dragon Jade.
"Where is my brother going?"
Chu Yi pulled the corner of her clothes and asked blankly.
"Go find what the devil is afraid of."
The girl's voice panicked, "Brother doesn't want me anymore?"
"No." Xia Ge said, "You just need to wait for me to come back."
The girl grabbed the corner of her clothes tightly, "Why don't you take me there? Little Butterfly is not afraid of anything."
Xia Ge was silent for a long time, "But I'm afraid."
"...Without you, I really have nothing."
Obviously a hoarse voice.
It is very sweet to hear, like a candy that will never melt, the sweetness in my heart.
the girl thought.
Xia Ge hugged her and said softly, "Wait for me?"
"..." The girl clutched the corner of her clothes: "You swear you will come back."
Xia Ge: "I swear I will come back."
The girl's light gray eyes looked at her, and then slowly released her hand.
However, Xia Ge heard a low sob before taking a few steps. She froze slightly and looked back, the girl's light gray eyes were full of tears.
Feeling her footsteps, she couldn't hold it anymore, jumped out of bed with bare feet, hugged her like a real child and cried: "Brother's voice is very nice, but what does brother look like? What? What's your brother's name?"
"…Why can't I see anything?"
"Why didn't my brother tell me my name?"
"Don't brother like little butterflies?"
"Brother is going to leave me, right... I swear it's all a lie, I don't believe it, I don't believe it... "
"woo woo woo woo… "
The little butterfly in my memory has always been smiling, smiling, smiling, and smiling sweetly.
Even after killing someone, he was just numb, and then twitched the corners of his mouth.
She has always been well behaved, not like a child. She always just held her hand and followed her wherever she went without crying or making trouble.
"Are my eyes too ugly?" But now she panicked, "It must be my eyes that are too ugly, my mother said that my eyes are the ugliest... Did I scare you, I Cover up... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, brother, please don't go away..."
She hugged her tightly, as if she was holding everything she lived.
It hurts.
Xia Ge lowered her head and kissed her tearful light gray eyes.
"Your mother lied to you, you have a pair of beautiful eyes, little butterfly." She said, "These are the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen, really."
The girl still hugged tightly: "but I can't see..."
If you go, I can't find you.
"You'll see." Xia Ge wiped away her tears, hugged her back, and whispered, "I'll let you see."
"I swear."
"Do not lie to you."
a long time.
The girl slowly released her hand.
"I'll wait for you to come back," she repeated. "You must come back."
…
Memories come to an abrupt end.
Xia Ge regained his senses and looked at the ghost town scenery in front of him.
That time, she settled down in Chu Yi, and then came to the ghost capital in the daytime, and went to climb the magic mountain with eight big snakes to get the ghost dragon jade.
With the Ghost Dragon Jade, the evil ghosts in the Evil Ghost Camp will not follow her, and with the Ghost Dragon Jade, she can break into the Evil Ghost Camp.
She went up the mountain in hardships, all the way, poisonous snakes, insects and cockroaches, and was awakened by the eight-headed snake who guarded the ghost dragon jade.
But even in the daytime, the eight-headed snake whose ability was weakened, she could not be its opponent, but she remembered that Ye Ze took a detour and stole the jade, and the eight-headed snake did not wake up all the way.
She's not the protagonist, so naturally she doesn't get such good treatment. Even though she detoured the path and used light energy, the eight-headed snake was woken up.
Although I stole the Ghost Dragon Jade with the help of ghost shadow fans, I was not happy that it was bitten by the awakened eight-headed snake too early, and the wounds of the two holes thought it would definitely die, but it didn't.
She woke up, holding the ghost dragon jade in her hand, the hideous eight-headed snake disappeared, and the wound disappeared, like a dream.
Xia Ge raised his head and slowly climbed up along the road of Moling Mountain that he once walked.
The system says that the back door will go back to the past.
Not a fantasy, but the real past.
"You'll see yourself, but your past self won't see you."
"No one else will see you."
"It is forbidden to change the past."
"… "
Listening to the system's introduction to the Gate of Backtracking, Xia Ge climbed up the mountain and saw the past self who was holding the Ghost Dragon Jade tightly, bit by the eight-headed snake on the waist, and gradually fell into a coma.
For the first time, Xia Ge discovered that the former self was so small and weak.
She squeezed the jade in her hand tightly, closed her eyes, and the red blood splattered all over the floor.
The eight-headed snake is dressed in golden scales, shining under the dark sky. The sky in the ghost capital is always so dark. Its eight snake heads are ferocious and terrifying. One of the snake heads opens its bloody mouth and is about to swallow people—
"… "
The octopus is still attacking her
When she woke up, she thought the octopus was just a phantom, because after waking up, there was no snake and no injuries.
Xia Ge stiffened for a while.
-what happened? Will she die? die here? dead in the past
Just when she panicked and doubted.
"Shh-"
A icy sword light broke through the dark night where ghosts will never be extinct.
"hiss-"
The head of the snake that wanted to swallow the person was cut off by the sword light! The cold blood spurted out suddenly, and the remaining seven snake heads roared wildly.
The strong coercion dissipated, and the eight-headed snake trembled in fear. One of its heads picked up the head that was cut off on the ground, and it slowly retreated, slowly retreated.
Xia Ge slowly saw the figure blocked by the huge body of the eight-headed snake.
Her pupils shrank suddenly!
The dark cloak and black hat blocked his face, he only felt that he was tall and slender, and the man was holding a cold long sword in his slender hand. The sword was stained with the cold blood of the eight-headed snake, and the blood was covered with the simple lines of the sword.
It was the man in the Temple of Rain in the illusion.
Same outfit, same hands.
-Who are you? !
People in the past cannot see the future.
The man couldn't see Xia Ge, she raised her head slightly, and the eight-headed snake fled in embarrassment. The snake was cold and vengeful, but for the person who beheaded it, she didn't even have the slightest idea of revenge.
She took out the scabbard and slowly retracted the sword.
The scabbard made of bamboo is crookedly engraved with two characters—
Inquiry.
She retracted the sword, then squatted down and fed an elixir to the child on the ground.
The action is extremely gentle.
The child was in pain, struggling, "... uncomfortable..."
"It doesn't hurt anymore." The man in the cloak touched her forehead, his voice was clear and soft, "After taking the medicine, both of them will no longer hurt."
a bolt from the blue!
Xia Ge froze in place on the spot.
-Who are you? ! who are you? ! why call her...
After a while, the effect of the medicine kicked in, and the child became quiet. The bite wound slowly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The man in the cloak didn't leave, and sat aside with his sword in his arms.
Xia Ge walked to her side, shaking her hands, trying to take off her hat.
However, before she could take it off, the man in the cloak seemed to feel it, and turned his head slightly in the direction of Xia Ge.
Xia Ge froze in place, not daring to move.
… Who are you
It was as if she heard the question in her heart.
With the breeze blowing, the man in the cloak took off his hat.
Under the dark night, that face was so familiar that it was trembling.
The picturesque eyebrows, the lips pursed somewhat coldly and tenderly, the black hair was tied up by a wooden hairpin, and a few strands of broken hair moved slightly in the wind.
She caressed the child's closed eyes softly, with a few sighs in her voice.
"… I miss you."
Xia Ge froze in place.
"Elder Sister...?!"
But... Shuangshuang? !
Identical eyebrows.
The man who looked very much like Gu Peijou raised his head and looked at the darkness of the ghost town. He slowly retracted his hand and picked up the hat, "... Time is up. I'm leaving again."
She was just about to get up.
The sleeve was suddenly caught by the child. Thin hands, holding her sleeves tightly.
"...don't go, Doudou," she muttered, with the fragility of a crying voice, "you don't go..."
Gu Peijiu stood there, speechless for a long time.
After a long while, she squatted down and said softly, "We will meet again."
"But not yet."
She slowly pulled down the child's hand pulling her sleeve, and finally set up a protective barrier and turned to leave.
Xia Ge followed as if hypnotized.
Is this person a big sister
The man in the cloak, holding the sword, descended the Moling Mountain, Xia Ge followed her, wherever she went, where did she follow.
They passed through the desolate and uninhabited cemetery, the broken streets of the ghost capital and the long quiet night. When they were about to leave the ghost capital, the man in the cloak stopped, and the surroundings were deserted. She took off her cloak and put it in the mustard space.
Under the cloak, a familiar person was wearing a pale blood-colored robe, which hurt his eyes.
Xia Ge felt that he could hardly breathe.
That blood coat...
Gu Peijiu held her inquiries, her voice cold, "How many more years do I have to stay with you? Misfortune."
After a while, Gu Peijiu's pupils shrank suddenly, her hand suddenly unsheathed, and with one stroke—
"boom-"
The fierce sword energy pierced through the sky, smashed through the void in the blink of an eye, and the dark alien space flashed away, the ground cracked with huge wounds, rumbling loudly, and the sky trembled.
"You really... don't lower your head when you see Huang Quan." Gu Peijiu sneered, "But it doesn't matter, I can still endure it with you."
The blood-stained white clothes trembled, and the shuddering coercion spread out. Gu Peijiu's complexion changed, one of his eyes suddenly turned red, and he gritted his teeth, "Do you think... she can trust you any more?!"
This tone is calamity! Controlled by misfortune!
Xia Ge subconsciously took a step back.
"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not."
- How could it not be important.
"Hahaha - do you think you can be reincarnated by splitting your soul? I see how long you can last with one soul! Anyway - she can't remember you, and you can't fight the way of heaven!"
"It doesn't matter if she remembers."
- How could it not be important
Just thinking about it makes my heart hurt to death.
"It's just that Heaven is not benevolent." Gu Peijiu opened his eyes again, his eyes were black and white, and his voice was cold, "I will fight it to the end!"
Xia Ge was behind her, his face pale.
She slowly lowered her head, a snow-white key in her hand.
= =
same month in the same year.
"This child of the Gu family is so pitiful..."
Snow-white plain clothes, wearing hemp and filial piety.
The eleven-year-old girl's eyes were dark, her skin was as tender as snow, and her lips were bright red. She knelt before her parents' spiritual seat with an indifferent expression.
"What a good boy... why is it so miserable... "
"Although this child is beautiful, he always feels that he has lost some popularity..."
"… "
The girl who kept the spirit raised her eyes, her dark pupils were cold and ruthless, like a beautiful puppet, without the slightest popularity. The person being watched took a step back subconsciously, and then remained silent.
She quietly worshipped her parents' spiritual seat, was buried, and was buried silently all the way.
Did not cry.
Not a single tear fell.
It seems to be naturally wooden, with no joys and sorrows, and no feelings.
"… Miss."
The old housekeeper of the Gu family came over and said cautiously, "You cry."
Gu Peijiu shook his head: "I can't cry."
It's not that I'm not sad, it's not that I'm not sad, it's just that I can't cry.
The old butler sighed.
"What are your plans?"
Although the Gu family is not as prosperous as the Chu family in Chang'an, nor as rich as the Chang family, nor as big as the Ye family, but as a family that is active in the underworld, the black market and dream-seeking properties are run by the family owner under the watchful eyes of Zhan. of prosperous.
But it may be that they have done too many wicked things and become ill, and they will die early. The wife's health is also not good. Although the head of the family is a little more serious, she loves the wife like her life.
Now only this child remains.
Although she is a child of the Gu family, she is not as serious as her father at all. It is simply a counter-example, and strange things happen frequently.
She didn't cry when she was born, and she didn't cry when she was spanked, which frightened the lady, thinking she was born dumb.
Fortunately, time has proven otherwise.
When choosing the name, they turned the words for a long time. The husband and wife were so worried that they broke their heads. As a result, they dreamed one night and dreamed of a poem.
Son of Belius, let me wear Jiu.
A person dreams can be said to be dreaming, and two people dream together, it is very wonderful, I think it is God's will, sharing a dream, and it is also a proof of love, so I named it Peijiu.
When the child was caught Zhou, a female Taoist priest wearing a cloak and hat and holding a bamboo scabbard came to the house. She said that she was asking for auspiciousness and came to join in the fun. The result was that the child who had been less than 100 days old was scolded by a lot of people. Yuanbao Xiaojian turned a blind eye, but grabbed the red ribbon on the woman's wrist.
The man who owns a brothel at home, although he has no face and skin, is used to it, but it is still a little embarrassing to see this occasion. The head of the Gu family pretends to be serious, "The little girl may like red..."
Mrs. Gu's face is not good-looking. Is your eldest daughter with golden branches and jade leaves a cow and also likes red.
The female Taoist priest didn't say anything, she picked the red silk and satin from her wrist to the lady, saying that it was a festive gift, and the Taoist priest left.
The second ancient clothing charm was born on the second day.
It is called Tianzhu.
The owner of the family was afraid that the tree would attract wind, so he hid this matter. When he died, the only people who knew about it were the old housekeeper and Gu's father and Gu's mother.
"I have no plans." Gu Peijiu looked at the blue sky, the red Tianzhuling rolled several times in the flour, rolled herself into white, and quietly got out from the crack of the door, trying to confuse the master who was wearing burlap and filial piety. pass.
Gu Peijiu took a step back, her eyes were quiet, "Go." Stay away from me.
Tianzhuling rolled on the ground aggrieved.
"...do you not want to take over the master's family business?" the old housekeeper sighed.
Gu Peijiu grabbed a corner of Tianzhuling, dragged it into the lake, and said with a blank expression, "I want to go on a tour."
Old butler: "… "
She turned her head and said earnestly, "Can I forget everything and go to the cloud?"
The old butler was slightly startled.
"Is there any medicine to forget everything?" Gu Peijiu touched her chest, her black pupils dilated, "I feel uncomfortable when I think of them."
Gu Peijiu looked at Tian Zhuling, who looked very happy swimming in the lake, and said expressionlessly, "Mother said that you should be happy when you are alive, but now thinking of every word they say makes me feel bad."
The old housekeeper: "... just cry, miss."
Gu Peijiu was silent for a long time, until Tian Zhuling came out of the lake and was about to pounce on her, she turned to avoid it, the sky was light and cloudy, she looked at the lotus blooming on the lake.
"But I don't cry."