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Chapter 16
"Uncle Zhang..."

"Uncle Zhang..."

Seeing Uncle Zhang fall from the tower, Xia Yun and Ran shouted at the same time.

Xia Yun was so frightened by the sudden evil wind and hostility that he was at a loss, except for screaming, he couldn't even cry.

Suddenly, Uncle Zhang climbed to the top of the tower and fell down. His feet seemed to be nailed to the ground. He wanted to run over, but he couldn't take a step.

Seeing Uncle Zhang fall, Ran'er yelled and rushed towards Uncle Zhang against the wind.

Although the tower is not too high, it will be a big deal if it falls down.

It was too late to say it, but it was so fast at that time, the moment Uncle Zhang was about to land, Ran'er saw a flash of someone in front of him.

boom!With a sound, Uncle Zhang landed on the ground.

It was the steward who caught Uncle Zhang, and they fell to the ground together.

"Uncle Zhang, are you okay!" Ran'er rushed to Uncle Zhang, knelt down and asked anxiously.

Uncle Zhang sat up and waved his hands, indicating that it's okay.

Seeing that Uncle Zhang was fine, Ran'er finally heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the steward reacted quickly and caught Uncle Zhang. If Uncle Zhang was injured because of this, he would die of guilt.

Uncle Zhang handed the soul-suppressing talisman in his hand to Ran'er, and said, "Miss Yang wants this old man to take it."

Ran'er took the soul-suppressing talisman and looked at it seriously.

This soul-suppressing talisman is not as simple as a piece of yellow talisman, but is made of silk and embedded in the top of the child's tower. No wonder it can maintain its power all the time.

If it is not taken down today, it is estimated that in a hundred years or so it will still be intact on the top of the tower, trapping the souls of countless poor children.

"The flying stone missed the top of the tower, and I suddenly saw this yellow thing, which made Uncle Zhang tired." Ran'er apologized.

"Miss Yang, don't you know what this is?" Uncle Zhang still felt that Ran'er knew something.

Ran'er shook her head, then looked at the soul-suppressing talisman in her hand, the soul-suppressing talisman was missing a corner, it must have been torn when Uncle Zhang pulled it.

But the soul-suppressing talisman has been destroyed, why is the wind still blowing sand and stones, blowing more and more violently.

Ran'er was blown by the wind so hard that she could barely keep her eyes open, and her face was in pain from the rolled up sand and stones.

"Uncle Zhang! What should we do!" Ran'er is now in disarray, Hao'er, Hao'er is there, and he can't see the souls of the children.

In fact, even if she saw it, she didn't know who Hao'er was.

"It's too dangerous here, let's go back first, and then find a way to help the young master and the others out of their difficulties!" The steward helped Uncle Zhang and said, silently thinking: "This is the most evil place in a radius of a hundred miles. Close, believe it or not. This is great!"

Ran'er stood up and followed behind Guan Shi and Uncle Zhang, thinking how to find Hao'er.

Suddenly remembered that the branch that the mountain god took her to fold was still in his arms, whether it was in his clothes or not, Haoer couldn't feel his mother's breath.

Ran'er quickly took out the branch and held it in her hands.

Suddenly, Ran'er felt that she was hit hard by something.

"Ah...!" Ran'er yelled and flew out, then fell heavily on the ground, unable to get up in pain.

Ran'er only felt a dark wind swirling around him, and after a while, the world suddenly calmed down.

The scorching sun was still in the sky, and there was no more weirdness. All the evil wind, all the voices, all the flying sand and rocks were all hidden.

Ran'er propped up her body with difficulty, and looked around, everything was so peaceful as if nothing had happened.

Hao'er should have sensed his mother's aura and followed her quietly.

Although she couldn't see it, touch it, or feel it, Ran'er firmly believed that Hao'er was already by her side.

She looked at the branch she was still holding in her hand, quickly put it in her arms, and saw Xia He walking towards her, squatting down on one leg.

"Why are you so careless!" Xia He said as he gently lifted Ran'er up and hugged him in his arms, his eyes were full of worry, and he asked softly, "Did you fall there, did it hurt?"

Ran'er shook her head, but for some reason, her face felt a little hot.

"I'm fine, let's go and see Uncle Zhang, he just fell from the Zhizi Tower." Ran Er said to Xia He, wondering if he noticed.

"What's going on?" Xia He asked in puzzlement. The sultry wind seemed to swallow him before he gave up. At that time, he had no time to do anything else, but he became so calm in an instant as if nothing had happened. It is really puzzling. .

Ran'er handed the soul-repelling talisman to Xia He, and told him the story.

Xia He also wondered what it was. After studying it for a while, he was not sure: "I look like a talisman, but I don't know what it does."

As he said that, he saw Xia Yun and the steward supporting Uncle Zhang to walk in front of him, and Chen Sheng and Xu Huwei on the other side also walked over.

Xia He helped Ran'er stand up, and said to Uncle Zhang: "Uncle Zhang, are you okay!"

"I'm old, my legs and feet are not flexible. Thanks to the steward, I didn't break my old bones." Uncle Zhang joked.

"Uncle Zhang, it's all my fault for being too anxious!" Ran'er said guiltily.

"How can I blame you." Uncle Zhang said.

"It's good that everyone is fine, but you guys frightened me." Seeing that Uncle Zhang was fine, Ran'er was fine, and brother was fine, Xia Yun said with lingering fear.

Seeing that everyone was fine, the manager hurriedly said: "This place is very evil, don't let it calm down, if something happens later, we'd better leave first."

"Yes, yes, let's leave now!" Xia Yun was still feeling terrified, and said, "Don't let a kid really appear in a while, it won't scare people to death."

Now Xia Yun no longer thinks that there will be little ghosts coming out when the sky is bright and white.

Ran'er couldn't help thinking of Hao'er, and sighed: "The person you are afraid of may be the person that others want to see but can't see."

"Whoever it is, let's get out of here quickly." Xia Yun didn't pay much attention to what Ran'er said, she felt terrified looking at the Zhizita beside her, and now she just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.

But Uncle Zhang gave Ran'er a deep look. If he didn't feel the words, how could he say them...

……

As soon as he got on the horse, Xia Yun began to worry again: "What should I do now? I feel that this childish tower has returned in vain, and I can't push the tower. What is the connection between this tower and the dense fog? Oh...Father It’s not clear, it really is!”

Everyone was speechless, just pretending that they didn't hear, and they didn't say a word.

Xia He handed the soul-suppressing talisman that Ran'er handed him to Uncle Zhang, and said, "Uncle Zhang, I have been researching this thing for a long time, and I think it should be a talisman, but I don't know what it is for."

Uncle Zhang took it over, held it in his hand, weighed it carefully, and said, "The talisman maker has a heart. They painted it on silk and embedded it on the top of the tower. It must be for the purpose of maintaining its efficacy for a long time, but It seems that it should be some years old, but I don’t know what it is for.”

"This General Pan who kills a thousand swords." Ran'er thought, feeling extremely indignant in her heart.

"Uncle Zhang, do you think the dense fog on the Yuanbi Mountain has something to do with this talisman in your hand?" Ran'er tentatively suggested, "Uncle Zhang, Xia He, why don't we go there again while it's still early?" Let’s take a look at the Monkey Arm Mountain.”

Ran'er wanted to take Hao'er to Yuanbi Mountain as soon as possible, but he didn't know if he followed him well, it would be a night full of dreams, the sooner he sent him, the better.

Before Uncle Zhang and Xia He could speak, Xia Yun said first, "Let's go now!"

Judging from his tone, Xia Yun didn't want to go at all, he was probably really scared.

Ran'er pretended not to understand Xia Yun's tone, and said solemnly: "Yes, it's still early anyway, so it's okay to go and have a look."

"Uh...but I'm tired and hungry now!" Xia Yun found an excuse.

"We have dry food prepared, we will find a place to eat, rest for a while, and then go directly to Yuanbi Mountain." Xia He decided.

"What...!" Xia Yun had a mournful face, his mouth was pouted, what's the matter, when he wanted to go, he was not allowed to go, but now he didn't want to go, and he insisted on going.

"The caravan is about to leave, so we can't delay any longer. It would be great if we can solve the problem. If it can't be solved, then we have to arrange a detour as soon as possible." Uncle Zhang also agreed with Xia He's decision, and he didn't forget to ask Ran The son said, "What do you think, Miss Yang!"

"Now you can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor!" Ran'er didn't know why such a sentence suddenly popped up in her heart.

……

Ape Arm Mountain, the thick fog remains.

After getting off the horse, Ran'er saw the mountain god walking out of the thick fog from his hometown, looking at him with satisfaction.

"Should we still go in?" Xia Yun was really timid and didn't want to go in at all.

"Don't go in." Uncle Zhang didn't want to take any more risks, "We're just by the edge of the dense forest, where the fog isn't thick and we can see it."

"Then what can be seen." Xia Yun was puzzled, it would be great if he didn't go in, but could he see anything?
"If we find nothing in a while, we will go back." Xia He said bluntly.

I have tried my best.

The inexplicable Zhizita also went there, not only adding more doubts, but also various dangers for everyone.

I can't take any more risks, just take a detour, this thick fog is so bizarre that I can't explain it.

Especially when I saw Ran'er fell on the side of the Zhizi Tower and couldn't get up, I was not only distressed, but also extremely flustered, for fear that Ran'er's fall would cause her injury to recur again.

Chen Sheng and Xu Huwei walked ahead vigilantly holding their knives.

They can be regarded as people who have traveled all over the world for many years. They have traveled back and forth on the Silk Road alone. They have seen many strange things, but this is the first time they have encountered such a puzzling thing.

Xia Yun moved his steps carefully and slowly, folded his hands together and said as he walked: "Father, please bless us with the spirit of the old man in the sky. We have also gone back to Zhizi Tower, but how can this thick fog be broken? I beg you, old man, to show up again Tell us!"

Ran'er saw Xia Yun smiling so nonchalantly, and at the same time admired the mountain god, how could he create the illusion that Xia Yun missed his father.

But I don't know that illusions are born from the heart.

Just thinking about it, she saw Xueying flying towards her from the thick fog, Ran'er only felt that the cold air emanating from her body was extremely unstable.

Xueying's speed was so fast that Ran'er had no time to dodge, she was about to bump into each other.

At this time, the mountain god also flew towards Ran'er, and stretched out his hand to block between Xueying and Ran'er.

Ran'er only felt a flash of silver light, and the surrounding area was shrouded in thick fog.

After a while the dense fog gradually cleared away, only to see Xueying and Shanshen standing not far in front of him, Xia Yun Xiahe and the others had disappeared, and at some point beside him there was a child about four or five years old .

The little boy was thin and small, with a pale face and a somewhat messy braid on his round head.

His small black eyes fixedly stared at Xueying in front of Ran'er, and Ran'er felt incomparably pity and distressed when looking at those eyes.

"Mom?" The boy called out timidly and a little doubtfully.

... Xueying froze there without responding.

"Mom...!" The boy called out again, the person in front of him felt different from the mother in his memory, but he couldn't be wrong, this must be the mother he had been thinking about day and night.

A stream of tears flowed from Xueying's deeply sunken eyes, and the expression of resentment disappeared from her pale melon-seeded face. She opened her green lips several times, and finally called out hoarsely: "Hao'er!"

"Mother...!" The boy no longer hesitated, and ran over to hug Xueying's leg tightly.

"Mother...! Mother...!" The boy buried his head between Xueying's legs and kept calling.

Xueying slowly squatted down her withered body, hugged Hao'er tightly in her arms, and said hoarsely: "Hao'er, my poor Hao'er, Hao'er, mother is sorry for you, mother did not protect you well, Hao'er...Hao'er...you really miss your mother..."

Ran'er, who was standing by the side, couldn't help but kept crying. For decades, he missed him day and night. Even though his body had long since died, his soul was still persistently thinking about him in solitude, refusing to let go.

The mountain god was also relieved, and said to Ran'er with a smile: "Little girl, you have done a good job. Now that Xueying's wish is over and her resentment is gone, this dense forest can finally see the light again."

"Then what should they do?" Ran'er looked at Xueying's mother and son, and understood in her heart that after all, they are people who should no longer exist. Because of this obsession, they have been stubborn for decades and have done many things that should not be done. However, now I am afraid that the mother and son will meet again, but it is also the time of the real farewell.

"Wait a little longer, the old man will send Hao'er into reincarnation." The mountain god couldn't bear it, so he might let them stay for a while longer.

The years in the mountains are easy to pass, and the separation of mother and child's life and death is still vivid in my memory, but now things are different.

"That's right, there are also the souls of those poor children trapped in the childish tower, what should they do?" Ran'er suddenly remembered, what should those children do.

Shan Shen said: "The soul-suppressing talisman has been removed, and those children came out with ghost messengers to guide them back into reincarnation."

Ran'er felt relieved when she heard that, she had seen the power of those children's souls under the Zhizi Tower, if they were allowed to wander around in the world, there would be another disaster.

"Also, what about Xia He and the others?" Ran'er just remembered to ask.

"You little girl, you still have a lot to worry about." The mountain god smiled and said, "They're fine. I temporarily let them enter the illusion I expected in my heart, just like a dream, and it won't do them any harm."

"That's good, thank you, old man." Ran'er thanked sincerely. At the beginning, she was always worried about that, but it seemed that it was superfluous. The mountain god had already planned everything.

Xueying and Hao'er are still cuddling tightly together, telling each other their parting thoughts.

The mountain god is also reluctant to give up everything. It is his best effort to bring their mother and son together, but Haoer's soul is really not suitable to stay in this world for a long time.

The mountain god walked up to Xueying's mother and son. Before she could speak, Xueying understood the mountain god's intentions.

She let go of Hao'er's hands, stood up, bowed deeply to the mountain god with her withered body, and said hoarsely: "The great kindness of the mountain god, Xueying, is unforgettable. Xueying knows what to do." There are many things that hurt nature and reason, and I don’t know if there will be an afterlife here, and if there is an afterlife, even if I am an ant, I will never forget your kindness, and I will definitely repay you.”

The mountain god sighed: "You are also a poor child. Now that the obsession is gone, the grievances and grievances in this world have nothing to do with you."

"Mother...!" Hao'er called out, holding Xueying's hand.

What is mother talking about?Hao'er seemed to understand, he was afraid, he didn't want to, and when he didn't want to, he would be separated from his mother who had been missing him for decades in the dark day and night. He wanted to stay in his mother's arms all the time.

Xueying bowed to the mountain god again, her green eyes were full of reluctance, but she still said hoarsely: "Master Mountain God, please send Haoer on the road first!"

The mountain god nodded.

Xueying knelt down and touched Haoer's head and face again with her withered and pale hands, a string of tears flowed from her sunken eyes again, "Haoer, mother is sorry for you, mother did not protect you well, In the next life, find a good family to reincarnate, and mother only hopes that you will be happy in every lifetime."

"Don't, mother..., don't, Hao'er don't leave you." Hao'er cried and hugged Xueying, didn't they just meet, why didn't he want him again.

"Hao'er, as long as you can return to reincarnation and reincarnate as a human being, mother is willing to go to the eighteenth floor of hell...!" Xueying also hugged Hao'er tightly, this farewell is forever.

The mountain god walked up to Hao'er, tied his hands into a knot, and silently chanted an incantation that Ran'er could not understand, and saw a silver light enveloping Hao'er, then the silver light gradually shrank, and disappeared into the air in the blink of an eye.

"Hao'er...!" Xueying cried hoarsely, reaching out to embrace the place where Hao'er disappeared, except for Hao'er's crying still echoing in her ears, there is no day to see each other forever.

After a long time, Xueying stood up slowly, came to Ran'er, bowed deeply to her, and said hoarsely: "No matter who you are, please accept my bow, thank you for allowing me to see Hao'er for the last time."

Ran'er wanted to say something, but she saw Xueying's body began to dissipate like smoke.

Presumably the obsession has disappeared, the resentment has been resolved, and there is no Xueying left in this world.

When Xueying's body was about to dissipate, Ran'er heard Xueying's hoarse voice.

"Originally I hated everything in this world, hated its injustice, hated its cruelty, I hated, I wished that this world would be destroyed, but now, because of you, I have a glimmer of hope for this world, I only hope that every one in this world Kind people can be treated with tenderness..."

……

The dense fog gradually began to melt and gradually thinned.

From the top of the mountain, there was a faint breeze, and a corner of the veil was rolled up, revealing the blue sky, which was dazzlingly blue.
Everything was wiped clean, and the sun shone down to every corner of the dense forest...

The road leading to Luoyang is gentle and wide, the road is cleared, and the footsteps to go home are closer...

(End of this chapter)