Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 118 I Woke Up from the Dream (4)
Xue Ji patted her shoulder lightly, did not speak, but all his emotions seemed to be poured into those still bright eyes.At that moment, An Xingmian seemed to have an illusion. He felt that the person sitting in front of him was not the shriveled and ugly "Ji Lao San", but the handsome young prince 20 years ago.

"Then, what happened to your mother's betrayal?" Xue Huaiqing finally asked again, "Did it happen after you left Ningnan City?"

Xue Ji's eyes stared blankly at the dark night in front of him, and the expression in his eyes gradually dimmed: "After helping Feng Baimu fulfill his last wish, I ran out from the back door of the garden and hurriedly took some belongings. I hurriedly escaped from the palace, and the feather people really regarded me as the biggest suspect and began to hunt me down. I am not afraid, as long as I join my wife and have the Cangyin Moon in hand, at least it will not be a problem to deal with these pursuers. As for Sa Xijialuo, we can only talk about it later. This time I can’t get Saxigaro because the situation in Ningnan City is too tense, and I can’t find a breakthrough, and I believe she will forgive me.”

"But I never thought that after our meeting, those unexpected changes would happen. After the meeting, she didn't ask me if I was injured. The first sentence she asked me was whether Feng Baimu agreed to hand over Sa Xijia Luo. When I told her not only that Saxigaro could not be obtained, but also that I myself had become a suspect in killing the lord, her face changed drastically, she looked very disappointed, and there was some faint anger, but she did not open her mouth to reprimand Instead, I returned to my normal state and began to care about everything about me. She told me that destroying these two magical artifacts is a long-term matter, don’t rush it for a while, as long as people are fine.”

"These words made me feel very relieved, but her disappointment and anger at the first moment also made me suspicious. After staying in such a complicated environment as the palace in Nanning City for several months, I became more and more wary of people. It was getting heavier and heavier, even if it was Qing'er. At that time, I pretended nothing happened, and ran away with her on the road, and stayed in an inn in a small town at night. I pretended to be asleep, but I kept paying attention to Qing'er's movements. Sure enough, In the middle of the night, when she heard my snoring evenly and my breathing was steady, she thought I was fast asleep, so she got up and sneaked out. Naturally, I followed behind. At that time, she already had an ominous premonition in her heart. I am afraid that Qing'er has a lot of important things. things are hiding from me."

"Qing'er ran to the stable at the back of the inn, wrote some words on a piece of paper with the eyebrow pencil that he brought with him, and then blew a whistle, and a big and healthy bird flew in the sky immediately. I can Recognize it, it is the legendary Xundiao native to Yunzhou. Although it is fierce by nature, once it is domesticated, it is the best communication tool, faster and safer than carrier pigeons. It is extremely difficult to domesticate the Xundiao, and the whole Kyushu can find it. There are only a few people who can use Xundiao to send messages, but I didn't expect Qing'er to be one of them."

"Qing'er took out a thin rope and was about to tie the note to Xun Diao's claws. I knew it would be too late, so I took advantage of her unpreparedness and jumped out, using the Yu Clan's grasping technique to catch her wrist unexpectedly. , snatched the note. Seeing that it was me who was the attacker, she panicked and rushed to snatch it, and she used a merciless killer move! Only then did I realize that to her, I was just a person who could be used. What she really cared about was what was written on that note. In that short moment, I could roughly guess that what she did was undoubtedly for Saxigaro."

"This is a strange Qing'er, or in other words, this is the real Qing'er. The wife I knew in the past just kept hiding herself under a false shell. She was originally trying to use me To try to get Saxigaro, the sweet life of two people together is also a disguise. Of course, if it’s just to deceive me, that’s all. Looking at her swollen belly, I thought that this child might be The tools she used suddenly filled her mind with panic and anger, she lost her mind, and became ruthless in her attacks, treating her as a real enemy."

"I couldn't hold back my anger any longer, and my moves became faster and faster. She used to be about the same skill as me, but it was really inconvenient to be pregnant. Before she had time to use the Cangyin Moon, I knocked her down. Cangyin Zhiyue was in my hand. Only then did I have time to read the note, which read in scribbled handwriting: 'The plan failed. I will continue to follow Xueji and use him to find the next opportunity.' "

"These words clearly explain everything, and I don't take any chances anymore. The facts are very clear, she obeyed others, approached me premeditatedly, and tried to use me to take away Saxigaro, what destruction It is undoubtedly a big lie that two magic tools stop the killing. It is ridiculous that I have no doubts about her from the beginning to the end, and I have been playing with her hands. At that time, I looked at her lying on the ground, and saw that she had no With a frightened but emotionless face, the thought in my heart is, if I know how to use the Cangyin Moon, I must suck her soul away, because she has insulted my soul. Of course, I can do it without the Cangyin Moon He simply killed her with a knife to vent his anger."

Xue Huaiqing held her breath.Of course she knew that her father hadn't killed her mother, otherwise she herself would never have existed.But when she heard this, she still couldn't help being very nervous.

"But in the end I didn't do it. I had drawn the knife, but I couldn't do it," Xue Ji murmured, "My reason told me that she is not my lover, she is a liar, she is using me, I should have killed her with a knife. But when I raised the knife, all I could think about was the happy days I spent with her in the past half a year. Those happiness were so real, even though I knew she was just acting, I still can't help but indulge in it. Yes, she lied to me, but what she gave me at the same time was the happiest time in my life. What's more... she still has you in her belly, even if she is heinous But the child is innocent, if I stab him with a knife, it will be a dead body and two lives."

"Suddenly I lost all my thoughts and didn't think about anything anymore. I dropped the knife and threw Cangyinzhiyue on the ground in front of her. Qing'er grabbed Cangyinzhiyue, it seemed unbelievable. I smiled wryly , and said to her: "I really want to kill you, but I can't do it. It's better to let you take my soul with the silver moon, at least I won't be in pain from now on.""

"As if she didn't know me, she stared at me for a long time, and held up the Cangyin Moon with some hesitation, but in the end she didn't make a move, but turned around and left. I didn't chase her, my heart was full of confusion, I always feel that everything in the past few months is like a beautiful fantasy dream, but now, I have woken up from the dream."

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When telling all this, Xue Ji's face was always calm, and her voice was also very steady, as if there was no ripple in her heart.But both An Xingmian and Xue Huaiqing could see the indelible sadness in his eyes.Xue Huaiqing couldn't help thinking, if this happened to me, I would kill him without hesitation, right?But she quickly thought again that it is impossible to get accurate answers to many things without being personally on the scene.No matter how imagined in advance, in the end, everyone will succumb to the true heart.

"So this explains why the two of you parted ways later," An Xingmian said, "Everyone thought you were deliberately splitting up, but no one thought there would be such a change. Later, she killed you with the Cangyin Moon." You killed the Yuren who chased her, hid in a small mountain village, gave birth to a daughter, and you... went to the Gobi in the southwest?"

Xue Ji nodded: "I have been chased too closely. If I have been wandering around the city, it is difficult to escape their pursuit. I can only venture to some dangerous places, hoping to use the changes in the natural environment to get rid of them. Starting from Ningzhou, the nearest dangerous place is the Southwest Gobi. Anyway, I was depressed at the time and thought it would be okay to die in the desert. With this in mind, I came to Simu Town and bought it in a hurry. I took two camels, some water, and a crude map, and set off without a guide."

"The first few days went well, but from the fourth day, a strong wind blew up in the desert, and it became extremely difficult to move, not to mention that you could hardly see the direction, even if you could see the direction, the camel would not obey , I finally realized how stupid it is to act alone in the desert, but it was too late to regret. I lost my way very quickly, and lost a lot of water in the sandstorm, and I was about to fall into desperation At this time, a person I met by accident changed my fate. I saw that person after a sandstorm. The person was probably blown by the strong wind and fell unconscious in the desert. The skin bag also had a hole, and all the water flowed away, if no one came to rescue him, in such a deep desert, he might be dead."

"At that time, I thought, Zuo Zuo was dead, and it would be nice to have someone to accompany me, so I took out a bag of water from the only two skins left and fed him half of the bag. After he woke up, he was naturally kind to me. Thank you, I told him with a wry smile, it would only make him live for a day and a half longer. The two of us only have such a little water, and we will die in the desert sooner or later. But he laughed and said that it seems to be a god I don’t want me to die too early. I saved him with good intentions, but I saved myself. I don’t understand what he meant. He told me that if it was someone else, he would undoubtedly die if he was trapped in this vast sea of ​​sand. It's fixed, but he's different, he's got a 'nest' around here."

"I suddenly came to my senses, and asked quickly: 'Are you from...the nomadic tribe that is said to take in people who have nowhere to go?' He nodded and said to me: 'I see you going deep into the desert alone, I think so too A person who has nowhere to go, why not go to the tribe with me. Our tribe accepts newcomers, and never cares about what he has done in the past, even if he is heinous, as long as he can help each other in the tribe. Give me the only water you have left, I think you should be qualified.'”

"I thanked him for his kindness and told him that a group of enemies were chasing me very closely, and I didn't want to hurt anyone. He asked me about the specific situation. I can't tell anyone about Saxigaro and Cangyin Moon The stranger could only vaguely make up a lie, explaining that this group of feathered people would never let me go, they wanted to see people when they were alive, and they wanted to see corpses when they were dead. Find something and give it to me. It's a black pill, it doesn't look like much at all."

"'This medicine is made from rot heart grass, which is a specialty of Shangzhou. After eating it, it can make people suspended animation,' he said to me. The quicksand looks very dangerous, but it is not deep. In fact, there is one of our tunnels behind that sand mountain.'”

(End of this chapter)