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Chapter 13 Xueying
"Old man, why not!" Ran'er trotted to catch up with the old man, and then asked, could it be that the female ghost, um... is more suitable to be called Xueying!Could it be that Xueying's mana is so powerful that this old man is not her opponent?It's not like, I just fought against her, the resentment is strong, but I don't have much ability.

"I don't have the ability to cross her, but I can't bear to destroy her." The old man's answer stopped Ran'er from thinking.

"Ah?" Ran'er was stunned again, why did the old man always say something so weird, making himself completely confused, unable to cross her ability but couldn't bear to destroy it?I don't know why.

The old man ignored Ran'er, and walked forward quickly by himself. Although his hair and eyebrows were all white, the pace under his feet was so fast that Ran'er had to trot to keep up with him.

After walking for a while, a house could be vaguely seen ahead.

Hmm... It looks like a strange building, but it should be a house.Ran'er has no idea about this oriental building. The old man said his house earlier, so this house should be his house.

After getting closer to see clearly, Ran'er was dumbfounded, this is a house!

Surrounded by stone walls on three sides, there are no doors, and the tiles on the roof are dilapidated and about to collapse at any time, completely unable to block the rain and light.

And inside, it can accommodate up to three standing people, and they should not be too tall. If they are like Uncle Zhang or Xia He, they will not be able to stand upright at all.

"Old man, this...is this your home?" Ran'er asked with wide eyes in disbelief.Suddenly, I saw a stone tablet in the so-called house. It should be a long time ago, and the content engraved on the stone tablet can no longer be seen.

"Why, what's the problem?" The old man still smiled.

"...No problem!" Ran'er was a little dumbfounded, "But, didn't you say that Yunyun was lured to sleep in your house by you!" Xia Yun's shadow was there in this clear house.

"Little girl, you didn't observe carefully!" The old man shook his head while pointing to the corner and said, "Look, she didn't sleep well there!"

Ran'er looked in the direction the old man pointed, there seemed to be a corner of red clothes by the wall, Ran'er ran over quickly, rounded the corner, and saw Xia Yun sleeping soundly by the wall.

"Yunyun!" Ran'er knelt down and called softly.

"Don't call her now, she won't wake up in a while." The old man came over and reminded.

"Then what should we do now?" Ran'er looked at the old man and asked helplessly. There were too many doubts in his heart, but he didn't have any answers.Fortunately, being able to stay by Xia Yun's side at this moment can be regarded as a lot of peace of mind.

"It's okay, let her sleep for a while, she will wake up naturally when she has enough sleep." The old man still had a grinning expression on his face, "You must have a lot of problems in your heart, while this girl is not awake, I will give you Tell a story!"

"That's good!" Ran'er was curious about this, the old man's story should be able to solve some doubts in her heart.

The old man nodded, walked to a larger stone not far from the corner and sat down.

Ran'er also got up and went to sit next to the old man, "Old man, please tell me!" Ran'er couldn't wait.

"This was six or seventy years ago. I don't remember exactly how old I was, but it doesn't matter.

At that time, Xueying was not only beautiful, but also a very happy girl. She was born in a wealthy family and was raised by her parents. A man, a husband and wife love each other, and the zither sings in harmony.

It's a pity that the war in the Central Plains still spread to Qingshui Town at the foot of Yuanbi Mountain. When a general surnamed Pan passed through Qingshui Town, he caught Xueying's eyes and was shocked. He couldn't help but snatch Xueying away. make it their own.

In order to solve future troubles, General Pan killed Mr. Xueying's husband and his family.

After Xueying was robbed, she would rather die than follow her. Later, when she heard that her whole family was killed by the person who robbed her, she was so sad and indignant that she wanted to follow her husband away.

However, Xueying was a weak woman who couldn't even commit suicide and was stopped every time. When Xueying was extremely disappointed and was about to go on a hunger strike to show her ambition, she discovered that she was actually pregnant.

That is the only flesh and blood of Xueying's husband's family. In order to keep the only blood of her husband's family, Xueying can only be wronged and surrender to General Pan, only to be able to give birth to the child safely.

It didn't take long for General Pan to discover that Xueying's belly was getting bigger. Of course, he knew that the children in Xueying's belly had been killed by himself. Naturally, he would not allow such a child to be born in Xueying's husband's family.

Under Xueying's begging, the bloodthirsty and murderous general Pan actually allowed Xueying to give birth to the child smoothly.

Under the humiliation, Xueying finally gave birth to the child with difficulty. Watching her son Haoer grow up day by day, Xueying's heart that had died with her husband gradually regained vitality. When it comes to hope, it becomes the driving force for her to live, no matter how hard it is, as long as she has her son by her side, she can bear everything.

Time passed quickly, many women were added to General Pan's side, Xueying had already been left out in the cold, and Xueying and Hao'er depended on each other, life is hard but they can still go on.

When Haoer was five years old, General Pan was sent to guard the desert because he was excluded by his colleagues.

General Pan could only take his family and lead his remaining subordinates to set off for the desert.

On the way, Hao'er started to have a high fever. This time, no matter how Xueying begged, General Pan would not ignore it, and he was determined to let him die by himself.

When passing Yuanbi Mountain, Haoer had a high fever and was about to faint, Xueying begged General Pan to stop in this dense forest for a little rest, so that Haoer could have time to breathe.

Hao'er was originally the person General Pan didn't want to stay, let alone delay his trip for him. Seeing Xueying knelt on the ground crying and begging herself, she suddenly became angry and sent someone to hug Hao'er and throw her away. Go to the juvenile tower at the foot of the mountain.

Xueying tried to stop it like crazy when she heard that, but in the end she could only watch helplessly as her child was taken away.Distraught but helpless, Xueying finally crashed to death under a tree. "

Ran'er listened quietly, without interrupting but couldn't help but burst into tears.

The originally happy life has suddenly undergone tremendous changes. To survive, a weak woman, in this troubled world... Ran Er dared not imagine anymore, and said softly: "Maybe death is a good destination and relief for Xueying."

The old man also sighed regretfully and said, "Yes, it would be good to escape into reincarnation after death and forget the pain of this life."

"Then what happened after that?" Ran'er asked, since Xueying had turned into a ghostly existence, something must have happened again.

"This is God's will. Originally, Xueying's hometown was Qingshui Town at the foot of the mountain. Xueying committed suicide on Yuanbi Mountain, and her soul returned to her hometown. If General Pan had a little compassion at that time, he would bury Xueying and let her go to the ground for peace. , and all this will not happen again later." The old man also felt a little emotional, is it really God's will.

"What happened later?" Ran'er was curious about what happened later.

"Later, General Pan saw Xueying crashed into a tree and died, but he didn't want to stay any longer, so he led his troops and left the place, leaving Xueying's body to sleep under the tree.

The moment Xueying died was filled with resentment, and coincidentally, the tree she bumped into was a tree that had been in the mountains for hundreds of years and was about to turn into a spirit.

If Xueying's body was buried first, and then the ghost messenger came to collect her soul, that would also end the grievances in the world.

But there is no if in this world.

Xueying's resentment began to absorb the aura of the century-old tree from the moment she died, and her soul also blended with the aura of the tree, thus avoiding the ghosts who came to collect her soul.

The hatred of killing her husband, the hatred of killing her family, the pain of being separated from her family, Xueying's resentment is getting stronger and stronger under the aura of the century-old tree.

Xueying's bones also gradually merged with the hundred-year-old tree. Because of the aura of the tree, it didn't rot. Until a year ago, her resentment was so strong that it formed a thick fog that enveloped the dense forest, and her body could Move freely in the fog. "

Hearing that it was a year ago, Ran'er said in horror: "A year ago? Could it be the time when the Xiahe caravan encountered thick fog?"

"A caravan happened to pass by, and this girl was among them. It should be the caravan you mentioned. In the chaos, they could think of a way to use blood from the tip of their tongue and fingertips. At that time, Xueying was just waking up. , this method can indeed be restrained." Then, the old man suddenly laughed again, pointed at Xia Yun and said: "This girl, standing on the trunk with a big tree in her arms, bit her middle finger several times , I didn’t see her biting the blood out of her fingertips, Xueying was already behind her, and she hadn’t bitten her middle finger yet.”

"What, Xueying was behind Yunyun at that time!" Ran'er was shocked.

"At the beginning, Xueying used illusion to fascinate another girl in the caravan. That girl actually saw Xueying's real body in the illusion created by Xueying. She was so frightened that she fainted. Then she watched again. Get on this girl." The old man pointed at Xia Yun and continued: "This girl is lucky, her brother came to take her down the tree in a crisis, and Xueying didn't dare to approach them because of the blood sprayed around her tongue, so they went smoothly. Get out of the jungle."

Ran'er looked at the old man and smiled softly: "Old man, even if Brother Yunyun hadn't come to take her down the tree, you wouldn't have died without saving her, would you?"

The old man shook his head and said, "No, no! It all depends on chance!"

Uh... Ran'er was taken aback, "What is a chance!"

"I think you are Xue Ying's chance!"

Ran'er was taken aback again, and said, "What does the old man say?"

"Xueying is also a poor girl, but decades after her death, she made such a fuss in this ape-arm mountain." The old man said helplessly: "How can you say that this world can tolerate the existence of such evil spirits that harm the world, mage, A lot of eminent monks have come here, and they all want to kill her, I really can't bear to see her being beaten to pieces, her soul flies away!"

Ran'er understood instantly, and realized: "After I fought with Xueying, I have been wondering why Xueying's own ability is not strong, so why has no one been able to deal with this thick fog this year? It turns out that you have been protecting her, old man. ah."

The old man replied faintly: "This poor child has long lost her mind, this resentment, this illusion, all that supports her is the obsession deep in her heart, the obsession she cannot let go."

"Could it be that Hao'er is her obsession?" Ran'er asked with uncertainty, although the old man explained the reason lightly, but whenever he thought of the scene of mother and child being separated at that time, Ran'er would feel pain in his heart.

The old man looked at Ran'er appreciatively, "The little girl is a smart person!"

Ran'er smiled a little embarrassedly, and asked again: "What about Hao'er, you said that General Pan sent someone to throw him into the Zhizi Tower, what is this Zhizi Tower?"

The old man explained: "On the edge of the desert, the lives of the people are quite difficult. If a child is born with a congenital deficiency, or suffers from an incurable disease while growing up, they will be sent to the child tower and let them fend for themselves. "

"How could this be!" Ran'er said in disbelief with tears in his eyes.

"The life of the common people is too hard. One more child and one more mouth. Many times, there is really no way to do it!" Although the old man explained casually, he felt helpless in every way, but what can he do? What to change.

"Then Hao'er was thrown in?" Ran'er didn't want to believe it.

"Yeah, it's been thrown in for five or sixty years!" The old man returned.

Ran'er asked sadly: "Xueying transformed into thick fog to hinder the caravans and confuse people's hearts. Do you want to keep expanding the range of the thick fog until one day the thick fog can fill the Zhizi Pagoda at the foot of the mountain, so that she can go to Go to Zhizi Tower to meet Haoer."

The old man nodded and said: "That's right, Xueying just wants to create more dense fog. As long as he enters the illusion created by Xueying, it will arouse the desire deep in his heart, and after asking for it, he will not be able to generate resentment. Those who have entered the hallucination for too long will lose their minds, and finally go crazy and die."

"In this way, if things go on like this, Xueying will also become a person who has committed a lot of crimes!" Ran'er was in a deep heart, and she couldn't tell who was right and who was wrong in this grievance.

"I don't want to see her disappear, but I also don't want to see her hurt people." The old man said, looking at Ran'er as if he was relieved, "I tried my best to resolve Xueying's hurts in the past year, and someone came to deal with her. Xueying is unfavorable, and I will try my best to protect her. I only hope that God will take pity on her, and there will be a destined person to rescue her!"

"Why me?" Ran'er still couldn't figure it out.

"Because you are the only one who can't see her real body in her phantom, and you can see me too." The old man said seriously.

"What?" Ran'er was even more confused.

The old man explained: "Humans and ghosts have different paths, and they cannot see each other until they reach a certain level."

Before the old man finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ran Er: "Old man, you don't look like a ghost!"

"You girl!" The old man almost got angry, "Although I don't have any abilities, I am still the mountain god of this mountain. It's just the same reason. I don't have enough skills to show my real body. Ordinary people can't see it." mine."

"Wow, old man, you are a mountain god!" Ran'er exclaimed, but her eyes were full of admiration. The mountain god was really heartbroken for Xueying and to avoid hurting innocent people.

"So you girl can see both Xueying and me, and you are definitely not very human." The old man shook his head and continued: "But it's not important, what's important is that I can tell you about Du Xueying. method, and you can do it!"

"Is it related to Zhizi Tower?"

"That's right, Du Xueying's root is Haoer from Zhizi Tower!"

"Hao'er is in the Zhizi Tower, how can he survive?"

"When a person dies, the soul is still there!"

"What? Old man, you don't want me to bring Haoer's soul to Xueying, do you?"

"Yes, I just want you to bring out Hao'er's soul!"

(End of this chapter)