Flower Moon

Chapter 23

As Tao Yue'er said, tears welled up in her eyes, and snot and tears flowed down her face.

Hua Ling looked at her, still expressionless, and said calmly: "Even without this fire, they would not live long."

"So you can watch them burn to death with peace of mind?" Tao Yue'er roared, "If possible, I really hope that they will all turn into demons and kill all those who killed them!"

"They won't become demons." Hua Ling said indifferently: "Under my upbringing, they have already looked down on life and death, and they no longer have any obsessions."

"So they disappear from this world forever? They're just kids! They haven't even had a look at the vast sky outside!"

"They knew early on that they would never have the opportunity to see the outside world again. They never expected it. If they didn't expect it, they wouldn't be disappointed. If they weren't disappointed, they wouldn't become demons." After Hua Ling finished speaking, Tao Yueer remained silent. up.

In fact, Tao Yue'er also understood that they would not live long.

But what can be done?In addition to themselves, they also carry Tao Yueer's hope.

The meaning of almost all her life is in those children.

But now they are gone.They turned into charred corpses and were carried to unknown places for burial.

What about her?

What should she do for the rest of her life?

As the bones of the last child were carried out, the gate of the epidemic center was locked again, and no one was allowed to enter or exit.

The crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only a piece of scorched earth between heaven and earth.Everything in the past no longer exists.

Tao Yue'er's heart was more than half empty, and she didn't respond for a while.Even Hua Ling took her hand suddenly, but she didn't notice it.

Hua Ling led Tao Yue'er forward, not far away, when she came to the mountain, she saw a man hanging from a big tree with crooked neck.The man was wearing a black robe, with a long sword on his back, and a rag was stuck in his throat.

It was Ji Hanyu.

Hua Ling pointed to Ji Hanyu and said, "If you are angry, then pour it on him."

Ji Hanyu struggled around, but his hands were tied, no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't use his strength.I can't even cry out.

"How did he get to the tree?" Tao Yue'er was dumbfounded.Tears were still in the eyes, but after seeing him, even the sadness was temporarily forgotten.

Hua Ling didn't answer quickly, but just took the saber he had fallen aside, the long sword came out, and with a flash of cold light, the rope in his hand was cut, and Ji Hanyu fell to the ground with a "bang".

head to the ground.

Ji Hanyu's forehead hit a stone, and although he didn't bleed, he tore a large piece of flesh and immediately swelled up a large lump.Both funny and pathetic.

Tao Yue'er is cowardly, and when she sees a weak person, no matter how heinous they are, she will always soften her heart first.

She hurriedly helped him up and asked, "You, are you okay?"

"Uh...uh..." Ji Hanyu wanted to speak but couldn't speak, so Tao Yueer took out the rag from his mouth again.

As soon as Ji Hanyu was able to speak, he immediately cursed at Hua Ling viciously: "You, what did you sprinkle on me?!"

Hua Ling said lightly: "Fragrant powder."

"You are despicable!" Ji Hanyu became even more impatient, and roared: "What kind of skill is a sneak attack? If you dare to let me go, let's compete again! You have raised a bunch of..."

Before Ji Hanyu could finish his sentence, Hua Ling kicked him again, kicking him so that he couldn't stand up.

Tao Yue'er was dumbfounded, she never expected that she could kick the tall and strong Ji Hanyu so weak that she couldn't stand up.

"How did you do it?" Tao Yue'er was surprised.

"It's not difficult to find the acupuncture points." Hua Ling said indifferently, her eyes were indifferent, her movements were precise, and she was really unpredictable.

Ji Hanyu was in so much pain that he couldn't even hum, and bent his knees, unable to speak in pain.

Hua Ling felt that it was unnecessary to even look at him.

"What are you going to do with him?" Hua Ling walked up to Tao Yue'er, took out a dagger from her bosom, and handed it to her: "You can kill him or cut him up. No one will know."

"Kill, kill?" Tao Yue'er turned pale with shock, unable to recover for a long while.

Ji Hanyu was also surprised, and hurriedly looked at Tao Yue'er, with disbelief written in his eyes.

Hua Ling said indifferently: "He was the one who told Jiufangliao about the Epidemiological Institute. Although he didn't set the fire, he was indirectly the murderer who killed everyone."

Tao Yueer dared not take the dagger for a long time, Hua Ling took her hand directly, put the dagger in her palm, then pointed to Ji Hanyu's backside, and said: "Just stab here, you can give the children Revenge."

Tao Yueer hurriedly waved her hands: "But, but..."

"Don't you dare?"

Tao Yueer nodded: "No, I dare not."

"You don't even dare to kill people, and you still want to seek revenge from the government?" Hua Ling snorted coldly, looking at Tao Yue'er with a bit of teasing in her eyes.

Tao Yueer frowned, thought for a long time, and finally handed the dagger back to Hua Ling in Ji Hanyu's frightened eyes, and said: "But if you kill him, the children will not survive. He has done his own job , and want to save me, it’s not a bad person.”

"Oh?" Hua Ling laughed and said, "Then are you going to take revenge?"

Tao Yue'er thought for a while, then finally shook her head and said, "No."

"Oh, forget it then." Hua Ling put the dagger back into the scabbard and put it in her bosom.

In just a quarter of an hour, Ji Hanyu experienced life and death.He who had escaped the catastrophe didn't know whether it was pain or nervousness, he couldn't hold on any longer, rolled his eyes, and passed out.

Seeing this, Tao Yue'er was in a hurry: "He, he fainted, what should I do?"

Hua Ling wanted to find a place to bury him, but seeing Tao Yue'er's appearance, she probably would not agree to do so, so she said: "Throw it here, I won't die of hunger."

"..."

"Although, but, even..." Even if he survived the hunger, he might get sick due to the cold night. What if it rains again?

"Listen to me, he can't die."

After Hua Ling finished speaking, she took Tao Yue'er down the mountain directly.

To the south of the mountain is Jingcheng, the capital of Jingguo.In the city, the fireworks are at their peak and very lush.

In the past, Tao Yue'er had been living in a slum, and rarely came to West Street, and the few times she just passed by.

Every time she passes by here and sees the flowers blooming like brocades in the square, and the streets full of balsam, she will feel very envious and yearning, but today, she is not in a happy mood.

This prosperity has nothing to do with her.What is related to her are the little friends who were burned in the Salesian Bureau.

They are as lonely, helpless, and have nowhere to go as she is.

Tao Yue'er found a pawn shop, pawned some silver with her coat, and then bought some incense paper from the incense shop, and returned to the epidemic center with Hua Ling.

In the ruins of the epidemic institute, it was scorched and black.The paper money floating all over the sky is Tao Yueer's last memorial to them.

The small figures they glimpsed one by one, although short-lived, as long as someone remembers it, it has existed in the hearts of others, and the moment is also eternal.

(End of this chapter)