When The Flowers Falls, I’ll See You Again

Chapter 44

The barren county, located on the border between Lizhou and Pingzhou, is home to less than 800 households, and it is sparse and desolate. In the evening, the smoke from the kitchen was everywhere. The street is not wide enough, the dust is heavy, there are low wooden houses on both sides, and there is rarely a decent house at the end, with a high-walled gate, this is a famous squire's house in the county. The old man, as well as the two servants with their heads wrapped in cotton cloths and wearing blue jackets, all looked in one direction with anxious expressions, probably waiting for someone.

In the distance, a woman in Tsing Yi walked towards this side, her hair in green jade hairpins, neat and neat, with a long sword on her back, against the setting sun, her whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of soft gold.

If the old man was rescued, he went up to meet him: "The girl is finally here."

The woman looked up at the high wall and smiled faintly: "It's been a long wait."

The old man couldn't be polite: "This old man's whole family is counting on the girl to rescue him. As long as this thing is excluded, he will definitely be grateful." Seeing that she had only a long sword on her body, she suddenly woke up and regretted: "I should call them to pick it up, the girl wants it. I'm afraid it's too late to go back now, what kind of instruments should I use, why don't I make a list, and the old man asks them to buy them for you." Turning around and instructing the servants to fetch the pen and ink.

The woman interrupted him: "Well, let's go and have a look first."

When something big happened at home, the old man was already anxious and wished she could say this. Hearing that, he hurriedly asked her to have tea in the hall, and everyone went in together.

A woman in white stood in the corner, looking at this scene, frowning slightly, thoughtfully.

She suddenly disappeared from this world, and suddenly reappeared half a month later. Where has she been hidden during this time? The land city gods everywhere couldn't find any trace of her. He must have set up a delusion. When he came back this time, his expression was different from usual. Mei Xian was unwilling to say anything.

To be sure, he treated himself more and more distantly and politely.

The jade hairpin at the fingertip was broken and half fell to the ground.

"Why are you here?" A familiar voice came from behind.

Her thoughts were interrupted, and Lu Yao couldn't help but be surprised, the coldness in her eyes quickly changed to a gentle smile, and she turned around: "A while ago, she suddenly disappeared, and now she has again, so I'm surprised, I'll stop by and have a look. ."

Jinxiu looked at the broken hairpin in her hand.

Lu Yao bowed his head: "I accidentally bumped it just now."

Suddenly remembering that someone broke the hosta in front of her and swore it was finally fulfilled, Jinxiu was silent for a moment, then leaned over and picked up the other half of the hairpin on the ground and handed it to her: "I set the barrier."

The hosta was reassembled into one piece, which was perfect and seamless. Lu Yao raised her face and looked at him for a while, then smiled slightly: "I said, it must be your arrangement."

It was a foregone conclusion, and she might be safer by speaking up. Jinxiu nodded and said, "I thought she would have an epiphany if I asked her to see her past life with her own eyes. Who knows that she is still obsessed with human love. Now that I am about to be promoted, I can't use my magic power at will, and I will send her back after I return to the throne. You... "

Everyone knows his affectionate reputation, but all the goddesses and immortals who are closely related to him know about his usual behavior. He is very casual in this regard, and even so for his fiancée. When will he spend so much for a mortal woman? thought? Just relying on the word "guilt" is too unreasonable, and he has not been able to forget it after falling into the mortal world, so can he be relieved by sending it back?

Lu Yao slowly looked away, covered her expression, and said softly, "Am I such a small thing that I can't hold people? If she's not a mortal, it's okay to stay by your side."

Jinxiu didn't say much, just nodded lightly and said, "It's good to think so."

Something strange happened to the Liang family recently. Every night someone disappeared for no reason. The whole family couldn't sleep. They hid in the room at night. The two sons and the eldest daughter-in-law had accidents one after another, and their whereabouts are still unknown. Mr. Liang was in pain and anxious. He hurriedly sent his grandson to live in someone else's house. It was amazing, so he hurriedly sent someone to invite her over.

In the dead of night, Hong Ning lay on the bed with her eyes closed, not daring to relax at all.

Why do you need to insist on what you have obtained? After this life, everything here in the future, including the skills you have learned for more than ten years, will be forgotten. In this case, you should cherish the present and do what you like. In this If there is something left in the world, it will be worthwhile to follow Master for so many years, and it will not be worthwhile to come to this game. More importantly, in the future, you can follow the path of your own design.

I heard from a housekeeper that on the night of the eldest son's accident, he just got up and went to the thatched hut. When he passed by the room, he saw the shadow of something hanging on the beam reflected by the lights inside. The next day, the door was open, and the eldest son inside Also disappeared. At first glance, this matter seems to be a ghost, but the disappearance of people is inevitably a bit unreasonable. Which ghost will drag people to a corner to slowly abuse them?

Just thinking about it, a "squeaky" sound suddenly came from the beam, as if it was bearing some heavy load, and the whole beam was shaking.

Since he was a child, he worked with Wenxin Bai Ling, and he had already developed a high level of vigilance. Hong Ning still lay motionless, but his right hand clenched the sword secretly.

The sense of crisis is getting stronger...

Suddenly, the top of the bed shook violently, as if something was attached to it.

Something is approaching! Hong Ning swiftly turned over and jumped up, and at the same time, the sword in her hand stabbed fiercely towards the position where she was lying. The sword stabbed on something, and the skin was a little hard, but I could still feel the tip of the sword pierced into it.

It wasn't an expected result, Hong Ning was a little surprised, knowing that the monster would definitely attack next, so she jumped out of bed without thinking much.

With a "bang", the whole bed should have been hit violently, followed by the sound of the bedpost breaking.

Hong Ning was born in a cold sweat. Since this monster came at night, she must not be afraid of the darkness, and the darkness is obviously not good for her. Because she is afraid that it will attack again, she quickly dodges to the wall, leans her back against the wall, and draws her left hand out of thin air. After a few moments, the talisman paper already placed on the table immediately lit up, and everything in the room was clearly reflected.

Except that the bed was out of shape, nothing else had changed.

There were a few drops of blood on the ground, exuding a strong fishy smell.

In his hand is a rare treasured sword, which is extremely suffocating and terrifying for ordinary monsters, but this thing was only slightly injured. It can be seen that, as guessed, it is not a spiritual body, but a monster.

Hong Ning thought for a moment, then looked up at the transom above her head

There is a forest behind the yard, weeds and rocks in the woods, and it seems that few people go there on weekdays. With a sword in hand, he followed the trail. Every now and then, there would be bloodstains left on the grass or on the rocks next to it, probably because the monster didn't get much on it when it escaped. Passing through the woods, the trace stretches straight into the mountains next to it.

It further confirmed the previous guess, Hong Ning smiled, this monster has not yet taken off its true form, indicating that the cultivation is still shallow, and it should not be difficult to deal with. Originally, she thought about calling for more people to come at dawn, but after thinking about it, she still followed the trail. Going to the mountain, I plan to explore the strange lair first.

The talisman light reflects the path.

Since entering the valley, Hong Ning felt that something was wrong, and secretly stepped up his guard. The mountains on both sides were dead silent, and it was unusually quiet. It could be seen that there were some powerful things in this area, which made other beasts avoid it.

The bloodstain in front suddenly disappeared!

Knowing something was wrong, Hong Ning instinctively stopped and glanced around.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly rolled up, with a faint smell of heat and fishy smell, and then a long black shadow appeared in the bushes next to it!

Fortunately, Hong Ning was well prepared and dodged.

The black whirlwind blew past, the monster was very nimble, it quickly turned back as soon as it missed, and raised its head high, but seeing that it was as thick as a small wooden barrel, the scales on its body shimmered a little bit, and the mouth was "hissing" spitting letters. It's a black python.

Indeed it is! Hong Ning sighed, the reason why the Liang family disappeared was not that they were taken away by some ghosts, but that they were all buried in the belly of the python. The night the eldest son had an accident, the servant saw something hanging on the beam, but it was nothing. Hanging the ghost for his life, this big snake came down from the beam through the transom, devoured the eldest son, and then slipped away through the door. It can be seen that it already has aura, but it has not yet grown into a human form.

To deal with such a cumbersome thing, of course, you can't use your flesh and blood to fight it recklessly, so before it pounces again, Hong Ning squeezed a trick, and her figure disappeared from the place, turning into a white light that escaped not far away. On the tree, quietly lying among the branches without making a sound.

The talisman still burned itself, the person in front of him disappeared out of thin air, and the giant python froze for a while, and then it seemed to sense it, and quickly turned around and swam towards the big tree.

Just when he was escaping, Hong Ning had taken the opportunity to seal his anger. How could he think that he could detect it? It was obvious that he had underestimated it. How long has this beast been practicing? She became more and more surprised, and was busy chanting tricks, and there was a faint sound of thunder in the clear sky.

After all, that giant python was a wild beast. It was afraid of the might of the heavens.

Hong Ning shouted: "Murdering people's lives is not tolerated by the law of heaven, so you still don't bow down and confess your guilt?"

She was originally pity that this giant python was not easy to practice, and wanted to take the opportunity to persuade the seal, but before the words fell, the hesitant python suddenly rushed towards her as if he had received some instructions.

The thunder continued to roar, and most things with a little spiritual energy were afraid of thunder punishment. At the beginning, even the dragon in the Evil Dragon Pool was fooled, but the mere python was not afraid at all. Is he so powerful? Hong Ning frowned, seeing that its ferocious temperament has no chance of persuading it, so no matter how soft-hearted, she decided to strike first, jumped down from the tree quickly, chanted the tactic to drive the sword into the air, and nailed it fiercely!

The sword did not reach the handle, and the python was nailed to the ground alive.

Hong Ning shook her head and stepped back.

The python was in pain and anger, desperately flapping its tail and struggling, sweeping up countless dust on the ground, with so much strength, how could a mere sword be nailed, it broke free in three or two strokes, and frantically attacked Hong Ning with the sword.

Hong Ning was helpless and sneered: "If you don't change your fierceness, you will find your own way of death."

Driven by the formula, the sword pulled itself out of the python, flew high, and stabbed it again. Repeating this many times, the blood splattered all over the place. The snake was almost stabbed to pieces, and lay on the ground with its dying breath.

Hong Ning sighed softly, estimating that it was about time, walked over to draw the sword, took out a handkerchief, carefully wiped the blood, and put it back into the sheath, thinking that since it is haunting this area, the nest should be not far from here, it is better to go back first , and wait until dawn to find more strong men from the county to come and look for it.

When he turned around, a thin red shadow flew out from the mouth of the dead snake on the ground.

There was numbness in the right calf, followed by severe pain, Hong Ning knew something was wrong, and he slashed with his sword.

The red shadow was extremely fast, avoided the sword's edge, landed at a distance of two feet, and turned into a fiery red snake two or three meters long and the thickness of a small bowl, but it had a disheveled woman's head, rushing into the red congealingly. laugh

The strange way, the python is not deep in practice, but can sense where he is hiding. It turned out that she was instigating the mischief, and he used the python's demonic energy to hide his body. The python swallowed the Liang family, and it should have been instigated by her. Snake Belly Hidden Snake! Where did Hong Ning expect such a strange thing to happen, she felt a chill in her heart, secretly regretted it, and immediately took out the medicinal pill she carried with her and swallowed two pills, but she still felt unbearable pain in her right leg.

Sweat dripped from her forehead, she reluctantly calmed down: "It turned out to be you, you arbitrarily took human essence and blood to cultivate the inner alchemy, you will be punished in the future, it is better to change it and return to the right path, otherwise it will only be broken in vain under the catastrophe. practice."

The snake girl just laughed.

It turned out that she couldn't speak yet, and Hong Ning was stunned. The pain in her right leg gradually turned into a numbness, and she couldn't lift it up again. The poisonous and ordinary medicine in her heart would definitely not be able to solve it, so she should be subdued first and then worry about it.

Just as she made up her mind to shoot, Snake Woman suddenly twisted her body and disappeared into the grass.

I think it was because she had seen her ability and was reluctant to fight recklessly. Anyway, she would die sooner or later if she was poisoned, and there was no reason to attack a dangerous mortal person. Hong Ning quickly understood the reason and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Disobedient, he had to sit down on the ground, seeing the black wound on his calf, he hurriedly tore a piece of cloth from the corner of his clothes and tied it up, then pulled out the hairpin and stabbed the wound.

The stench of black blood flowed out, and at the same time, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The more blood flowed, the more black it was.

I really should have said hello to the Liang family first, but I don't know if they found out that it was impossible for anyone to come into the mountain in the middle of the night, so I'm afraid it won't last long. I poured it all into my mouth and swallowed it, and then moved back along the road little by little with the strength of my left leg and both hands.

Save or not, it's better than sitting still.

But soon she was desperate again.

The numbness in the right leg began to spread, to the left leg, and then to the whole body, and finally even the two hands lost consciousness.

Unable to support her body, Hong Ning fell to the ground, her eyes closed helplessly.

Life or death is up to fate, so there is nothing wrong with leaving silently like this. Although I have only lived here for less than twenty years, my experience is richer than many people in the world. Besides many demons, I have rescued many people. There is nothing to fear in death, she will be reincarnated soon, and she will never remember everything here in the next life, and start a new life again.

Consciousness became more and more blurred, and the past events came up one by one, the smiling Wen Xin, Bai Ling walking around holding her hand, Duan Fei who seemed to be dreaming and real, and even Yang Zhen's disdainful eyes and fiery eyes. Lips, as well, that wide, always scented embrace.

Sorry, I forgot about you in advance.

The pictures in front of him were erased page by page, and Hong Ning smiled, letting her consciousness disappear.

"Hong Ning, Hong Ning." In the dimness, someone hugged her tightly.

Haven't died, don't know how the soul leaves the body? After an unknown amount of time, consciousness gradually recovered, Hong Ning tried to move, and found that she was still firmly bound to this body.

When she opened her eyes, she saw the snake girl

A fiery red bead swirls around, emitting a red light, covering the wound on the leg. The color of the wound has turned to tender red, and the swelling has subsided. After the wound is completely healed, the Snake Woman takes back the inner alchemy and swallows it. The people next to him kowtowed.

His face was calm: "There are too many sins, and you will eventually suffer the consequences. Go back."

The snake girl nodded quickly, and after two more bows, she swam into the grass and disappeared.

He leaned over to help her up: "Why do you still do these things."

Hong Ning didn't refuse. In his impression, no matter what happened, he always had such a calm attitude. Was that anxious voice just a dream or real?

She looked at him for a long time, then smiled and said, "I always want you to save me, and I will treat you as the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva who saves the suffering."

He smiled slightly: "That's the snake mother."

Seeing that the injured leg can move freely, Hong Ning felt relieved, lowered her head and patted the soil on the front of her clothes, and said casually: "I didn't mean to cause you trouble, I only learned to do these things, just to make a living, not to mention the subjugation of demons and demons. Do good deeds, you don’t have to always come to save me, I am a mortal, and I will be reincarnated when I die.

In this way, I won't remember this world anymore, and Jinxiu didn't say anything.

Hong Ning sorted her clothes, raised her face and smiled: "Of course, now that you have saved me, I will still cherish my life until I die of old age, thank you very much!"

Jinxiu said softly, "Is this good?"

Hong Ning smiled: "You brought me here, so you want to protect me comprehensively, I understand what you mean, but since I chose to stay and spend the rest of my life, I don't plan to care about the past. Why do you do this, do you need to save me every time I am in trouble in the future? In the two worlds of immortals and mortals, mortals have their own way of living, life and death have their own lives, and immortals should not interfere, just let the flow take its course."

Jinxiu was silent for a moment, then smiled: "I will not interfere in your way."

After changing her life against the sky, she still couldn't escape her fate. She tried to rescue her, but she was barely able to keep her memories of this life for a while longer.