Anthology of Gu Long: End of the World, Bright Moon, Knife

Chapter 21 Where is the bright moon (2)
——The long and narrow blade is slightly curved, with a sharp edge and a not-so-deep blood groove. Except for the black handle, this knife looks no different from other knives.

Zhuo Yuzhen exhaled lightly, and said, "No matter what, I finally saw your knife. Should I be grateful to this person who died under your knife?"

She spoke very softly and slowly, as if she was talking to herself, but of course she wasn't.

She just wanted Fu Hongxue to understand that what she wanted to do could always be done.

But as soon as she said this sentence, she immediately knew that she was wrong, because she had seen Fu Hongxue's eyes.

Those eyes, which were tired and sad just a moment ago, suddenly became sharper and colder than blades.

Zhuo Yuzhen's body couldn't help shrinking back, and asked in a murmur, "What did I say wrong?"

Fu Hongxue stared at her like a wild leopard staring at its prey, ready to pounce at any moment.

But when the blush on his face faded, he just sighed and said, "We were all wrong, and I was more terribly wrong than you, why should I blame you?"

Zhuo Yuzhen asked tentatively, "Are you wrong too?"

Fu Hongxue said, "You said the wrong thing, and I killed the wrong person."

Zhuo Yuzhen looked at the corpse on the ground: "You shouldn't have killed him? Did he just want to kill you?"

Fu Hongxue said: "If he really wants to kill me, the corpse on the ground should be me."

He lowered his head, eyes full of regret and sadness.

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "He didn't kill you, is it because he repayed your kindness for not killing him last time?"

Fu Hongxue shook his head.

——That is definitely not repayment. No matter whose hand you cut off, the only way for that person to "repay" you is to cut off your hand.

——Maybe it's just a kind of inexplicable gratitude, thank you for letting him know something that he never thought of before, thank you for saving a little bit of personality and self-esteem for him.

Fu Hongxue understood his feelings, but couldn't express them.

There are some complex and subtle emotions that no one can express.

The blood on the tip of the knife has dripped dry.

Fu Hongxue suddenly said: "This is the first time and the last time."

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "I know, this is the first time you killed the wrong person, and it will also be the last time."

Fu Hongxue said coldly: "You're wrong again. A murderer may kill the wrong person at any time."

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "Then you mean—"

Fu Hongxue said: "This is the first time you saw my knife, and it will also be the last time."

His knife was finally sheathed.

Zhuo Yuzhen plucked up her courage and said with a smile: "This knife is not pretty, it's just a very ordinary knife."

Fu Hongxue didn't want to continue talking anymore, and just as he turned around, his pale face tightened again: "How can you see this knife?"

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "The knife is right in front of me, I'm not blind, how can I not see it?"

She was right, but she forgot one thing.

There are no lights here at all.

Fu Hongxue began to practice his eyesight when he was five years old, in the dark and stuffy secret room, with the flickering incense head, day after day, year after year.

He practiced hard for ten years before he could see the mosquitoes and ants in the dark room, and now he could see Zhuo Yuzhen's face.

Just because he has practiced, he knows that this is by no means an easy task.

How could Zhuo Yuzhen see this knife?
Fu Hongxue's hand clenched the handle of the knife again.

Zhuo Yuzhen suddenly smiled and said, "Maybe you haven't thought of it yet, some people are born with night eyes."

Fu Hongxue said, "You are?"

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "Not only am I Yeyan, I can also see through other people's minds."

Her smile was very dim: "Now you must be thinking again in your heart, am I the real Zhuo Yuzhen? Of course you don't think I am a monster, but it is very likely that I am a spy sent by Gongsun Tu and the others. Famous female killers, even Ming Yuexin were probably betrayed by me, because no one else knew we were here."

Fu Hongxue couldn't deny it.

Zhuo Yuzhen looked at him, with tears in her eyes again: "Why do you always disbelieve me? Why?"

Fu Hongxue was silent, and it took a long time before he slowly said: "Maybe you shouldn't be so smart."

Zhuo Yuzhen said, "Why not? How could a man like Qiu Shuiqing find a stupid woman to bear his child?"

Fu Hongxue closed his mouth.

But Zhuo Yuzhen refused to stop: "The child I give birth must be smart, so I will never let him be born without a father, and I can't let him suffer and regret for the rest of his life."

Fu Hongxue's face was twitching.

He understood what she meant, no one knew better than him, and he was also a child born without a father.

A clever child without a father is a tragedy in itself, and when he grows up, he will surely cause many tragedies for others.

Because there is far more hatred in his heart than love.

Fu Hongxue finally sighed, and said, "You can find a father for your child."

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "I have already found one."

Fu Hongxue said, "Who?"

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "You."

It was even darker in the basement, Zhuo Yuzhen's voice seemed far away in the darkness!
"Only you are worthy to be the father of my child. Only you can ensure that this child grows up. There is no one else but you."

Fu Hongxue stood stupefied in the darkness, feeling that every muscle in his body was gradually becoming stiff.

Zhuo Yuzhen did something that surprised him even more.

She suddenly grabbed Zhao Ping's curved sword: "If you don't agree, I might as well let this child die in my stomach right now."

Fu Hongxue lost his voice: "Now?"

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "It is now, because I feel that he is coming soon."

Although she was trying to bear it, her face was distorted with pain.

The pain of a woman's childbirth is one of the most intolerable pains for human beings.

Fu Hongxue was even more surprised, and said, "But you said you were only seven months old!"

Zhuo Yuzhen smiled, and said: "Children are disobedient in the first place, let alone the child who is still in the womb, when he is about to come, no one can stop him."

Although her smile was painful, it was full of an indescribable maternal love and tenderness.

She continued softly: "Maybe it's just because he is eager to see the world, maybe it's because I was shocked by those people just now, so..."

She didn't go on, the labor pain made her whole body start to convulse and twist.

But she still held the curved sword tightly in her hand, just like Fu Hongxue had been holding his saber just now.

She had clearly made up her mind.

Fu Hongxue said: "I...I can be his adoptive father."

He seemed to have used all his strength to say these words, even his voice was hoarse.

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "The adoptive father cannot replace the father, absolutely not."

Fu Hongxue said, "What do you want from me?"

Zhuo Yuzhen said: "I want you to let me be your wife, and my children are your legal children."

The labor pain came again, she gritted her teeth, forced a smile and said, "If you don't agree, I will never blame you, I just ask you to bury our corpses in the cemetery of Peacock Villa."

Could this be her last sentence?If Fu Hongxue refuses to agree, she will die immediately!

Fu Hongxue was already stunned.

He has encountered the most terrible enemy, the most dangerous crisis.

But he had never encountered such a problem.

Qiu Shuiqing can be said to have died because of him, and Zhuo Yuzhen can be said to be Qiu Shuiqing's wife.

Now that Qiu Shuiqing's body is still cold, how can he agree?How can such a thing be done?
But looking at it from another perspective, since Qiu Shuiqing died because of him, and the 400-year foundation of Peacock Villa was also destroyed overnight because of him, now that the Qiu family has only this bit of flesh and blood left, no matter how much he sacrifices, he should protect it. She, let her give birth smoothly, and protect her children from growing up.

How could he not agree?

If this happens to you, what would you say you should do?
The interval between labor pains has gradually shortened, and the pain has become more intense. The sharp edge of the curved sword has pierced her clothes.

Fu Hongxue finally made a painful decision: "I agree!"

"Promise to be my husband?"

"Yes."

This decision is correct.

No one can judge, nor can he himself, but at this moment, he has no other choice.

If you were him, would you do the same?

Panting, groaning, shouting...all of them stopped suddenly, becoming deathly silent.

Then there was a loud cry of a baby, piercing the silence and bringing new life to the earth.

Fu Hongxue's hands were stained with blood, but it was the blood of life!

This time, what he brought with his own hands was life, not death!

Life is throbbing.

Looking at his hands, he felt his heart beating strangely.

Zhao Ping's body was still lying there, and he had died under his knife. At that moment, he had already taken a person's life.

But now a new life is born, a more vivid and active life.

The pain and sorrow just now have been dispelled in the baby's first cry.

The sinful blood of just now has been washed away by this new blood.

In this short moment, he sent away a life and welcomed another life.

This wonderful experience brought him an extremely vivid and strong stimulation, and his life has undoubtedly become more lively.

Because he has passed the baptism of blood, like a phoenix that has been baptized by fire, it has obtained a second birth.

Although this kind of experience is painful, it is the most precious and indispensable in the growth of life.

Because this is life!
The old dies, the new is born, that's what life is all about.

It wasn't until this moment that Fu Hongxue really had a new understanding of life, a correct understanding!

Listening to the beating of life in his embrace, he suddenly felt an unprecedented tranquility and joy.

He finally knew that his decision was correct, and there was absolutely nothing in the world more important than the birth of life.

Isn't the true meaning of a person's life to be to create life that continues in the universe!
Zhuo Yuzhen was asking with a weak voice: "Is it a man? Or a woman?"

Fu Hongxue said, "It's a man, and it's also a woman!"

His voice was surprisingly cheerful: "Congratulations, you have given birth to twins."

Zhuo Yuzhen sighed contentedly, a happy smile appeared on her tired face, and said, "I should also congratulate you, don't forget that you are their father."

She wanted to reach out and hug her baby, but she was too weak to lift her arms!
At this moment, there was only a loud "bang rumbling" sound, like Mount Tai collapsing, thousands of catties of stones fell down and hit the underground secret room, and the broken stones shot out of the big hole in the stone wall like arrows. enter.

Then the only way in and out was blocked again.

Fu Hongxue could hardly bear to let out a wild cry.

A new life has just been born, is he going to face another death?
(End of this chapter)