Manzhushahua·Banhua

Chapter 4 Blood Baby

The sound of the flute came from the wooden building in the middle of the stockade.

That dilapidated wooden building used to be the Juyi Hall in the prosperous period of Fufeng Village.However, most of it has collapsed at this moment, and the unique dense greenery of southern Xinjiang has swallowed it. Weeds are overgrown, vines are climbing, and the wooden building is surrounded by layers.

However, Nangong Mo stopped in front of the building——around the wooden building, there were actually large areas of that weird red flower blooming!
The moonlight was bleak, and the zombies roared in the distance. There seemed to be flames jumping in front of my eyes, and those flowers bloomed so wanton and crazy.In the fruit that had grown, there was something vaguely twisting, as if trying to break free from the shell.

"Which monster is pretending to be a ghost here?" Not wanting to take risks easily, he stopped on the path, trying to use words to motivate the piper inside to come out, "Come out if you have the ability, and let Master Nangong's Soul Slayer Sword be seen!"

As soon as the words fell, the resentful flute sound suddenly stopped.

"Mie Hunjian?... Nangong?" There was a long silence before a voice in the building repeated it softly. It was actually an immature child's voice, but the tone was so old-fashioned that he suddenly sneered, "No wonder I can hurt you." My black sheep used to use the soul-destroying sword... Hey, Dingjiange Nangong family? Are you here to marry a bride again? You can't marry the second lady of the Ye family again - sooner or later she will become my black sheep Son."

"Black sheep? Are you talking about those people?" Nangong Mo heard such a voice, and for some reason, his heart skipped a beat. The chill penetrated to the bottom of his heart, but he couldn't help but murderous aura surged up, "Demon girl! You use black magic to kill those people. What's wrong with people?"

"What's the matter?" The voice in the building laughed softly, "They are very good, they become my black sheep, they will not feel pain, nor will they feel sad, and they don't need to hack and kill with swords anymore. , go to bed quietly and take a walk every day—isn’t it better than being a quack?”

Sure enough, she is the creator of the group of zombies...the shepherd who herds death.

Taking advantage of the moment when the voice was whispering, Nangong Mo didn't hesitate anymore, took a breath, tapped his feet and flew over, and used the last move in the Butian sword technique "Stone Breaking Heaven", and raised the sword straight to the wooden building, and the voice came stab it!
That move was fierce enough to break through any barrier.

However, there was only a slight flute sound from the wooden building, as if an invisible force manipulated it out of thin air, and all the fruits of the red flowers burst in an instant!Countless tiny things shot out from the flower seeds, roaring and hitting Nangongmo who was in mid-air.Such dense rain of death made it impossible for him to avoid it.He retreated sharply, turned over and fell back to the original place, drawing his sword to protect his whole body.

That's great! ——she prevented him from taking a step closer without moving a finger?What kind of witch is she?
"Young Master Nangong, I advise you not to struggle, just obediently be my black sheep." In the dark night, the child's voice came softly, smiling, and the door creaked open.It was actually brightly lit inside, and a small figure was sitting under the light, wearing bright red clothes, with his face hidden in the shadows, stroking the piccolo: "Look at these flowers...these beautiful manjusawa. You don't like Is it?"

"Manzhushahua?" Nangong Mo glanced at the clusters of red flowers from the corner of his eyes, blocking those small things flying over like rain, and repeated in a low voice, "Those flowers eaten by zombies?"

"Hee hee... This kind of flower that grows in the damp cemetery is called the flower of the dead or the flower of the other shore - but people in Tianzhu call it Manjusawa. Don't you think this name is beautiful?" The voice of the child in the building was laughing, explaining without haste, and suddenly the flute rang again shortly, and before Nangong Mo could react, those little things that kept bumping into his sword suddenly turned back , condensed into a black lightning bolt, roaring and rushing into the door.

The little child sat under the lamp, opened a clay pot at hand, and continued to play the flute, making those strange little things fly into the pot in a line.Small hands covered it, and closed the lid with a clang.

"Manzhushahua?" Nangong Mo repeated subconsciously, vaguely remembering that he had heard about this kind of flower from Tianzhu mentioned by the doctor of ink in Dingjiange, so he couldn't help but sneer, "Nonsense, Manzhushahua's sexual preference is damp." It grows in the cemetery, but it is not poisonous, how could it be like this!"

The lights flickered, and the child's face was hidden in the shadows, but there was a strange smile on the corner of his mouth: "How can the manjusawa I planted be ordinary things? It is the real flower of the dead! ——It can make those who are originally Those who should rot are resurrected from the ground and become black sheep for me to drive."

"Relying on those bugs?" Nangong Mo sneered as he kicked a red flower with bursting fruit on the side of the road with his toe.

"Hey, I'm so ignorant, what kind of bug? That's an illusion Gu—how many strange things that martial arts people can't see in their lifetime!" The clay pot shook.Although it was far away, Nangong Mo was startled, fearing that those monsters would be released again, he immediately raised his sword to protect his body.

"Hee hee... It scares you." Under the light, the little man laughed like a silver bell, holding the clay pot, "My phantom Gu is the most obedient, I won't let them come out , They will not move around. They just need to be released once a day to eat the flower seeds of Manjusawa."

Nangong Mo looked at the clumps of Manzhushahua along the road, and suddenly understood: "You are a Gu mother! Isn't it? You raise illusion Gu, let those Gu parasitize these flowers - wherever the flowers bloom, they will Where do you spread the Gu poison! Those people who are poisoned by you are controlled by you, because there are Gu parasitic in their bodies, so they have to eat flowers for a living?"

Such a series of rhetorical questions made the people in the wooden building silent for a while, and suddenly they giggled again: "Yeah... Unexpectedly, Mr. Nangong is quite smart. I thought you were a fool who didn't use any brains!"

"Who are you?" Nangong Mo finally figured out where this catastrophe came from. Anger and chills poured out of his heart. He put his hand on the sword and asked in a low voice.

"Heh, heh..." The child in the building smiled and replied unexpectedly, "Want to know who I am? Come and see me and you'll know?"

"Okay, let me see if you are a human or a ghost!" Unable to guess what kind of scheming was contained in such a provocative invitation, Nangong Mo replied bluntly, and stepped on the stone path—— How, if you can get close to this witch, you should be more sure of dealing with her, right?

The injury on the left shoulder has long been numb, and the numbness has even spread to the armpit, touching the heart.Tonight, even if this life is sent here, this witch must be killed—otherwise, if she is allowed to act recklessly, there will be endless disasters in the future!
Seeing that the other party went to the invitation generously, the girl showed a smile on the corner of her mouth and sighed softly.The pale little hand moved slightly, and the left hand was raised horizontally. Suddenly, many black shadows swayed in the shadowy lights and surrounded her.

Expressionless faces protruded from the light, and the candlelight cast a blush on those pale faces, but the heavy shadows cast by them made those faces even more weird and distorted.There are so many zombies gathered in the wooden building!Those ambushing zombies seemed to have heard the silent command, and they walked over without a sound, and clustered behind the little girl under the lamp, like a group of tamed black lambs.

One of Nangong Mo's feet had already stepped on the steps of the wooden building, and the rotten wood made a crackling sound. However, when he looked up and saw the zombies gathered behind the girl, he couldn't help being slightly shocked.

Recognized... Two of them are actually Luo Baihui and Shi Jie, among the four famous swords in the Sword Trial Villa!

This group of zombies is different from the ones outside. Although their faces are pale and expressionless, their eyeballs are still black and white, and some temples are slightly raised. It is obvious that the internal martial arts has a certain level of cultivation.And the group of former martial arts masters quietly surrounded the girl under the lamp at this moment, waiting for orders with their hands down, with cold faces.The night wind blows through, and the bamboo curtains hanging around the building flutter, and the moonlight silently penetrates into the wooden building and shines on the group of tamed beasts.

The lights swayed in the night wind, the girl was wearing a bright red pleated skirt, her black hair hung down long, her face was hidden in the deep shadows, and she was holding the clay pot full of illusion Gu in her pale little hands.

Such a strange situation made Nangong Mo feel in a trance that was not human.

However, he just paused for a moment and continued to climb up the stairs.

Seeing the man in Tsing Yi walking towards him with a sword under the eaves, perhaps overwhelmed by the death-like determination on the other side's face, the girl's murderous eyes suddenly dimmed slightly, slightly raised her pale little hand from the clay pot, pointed I clicked the door.

"Crack", before Nangong Mo stepped into the gate, two swords interlaced, and two expressionless zombies stopped him.

"Nangong Mo, listen to me." There was a short silence, as if the other party was hesitating, the girl's voice sounded again, coldly, "For your sake, turn around now and leave Fufengzhai , Go down the mountain along the same road - I will not only give you the antidote, but also promise to make the black sheep stay where they are."

Such words, instead, made Nangong Mo startled, and sneered: "So good?"

"Why bother to die? Even if I let you go to the Sword Trial Villa, you will never return - sooner or later it will become a cemetery, and no one will survive!" The girl's hand gently rubbed the clay pot , the Illusion Gu inside seemed to feel the murderous aura surging in the master's heart, and immediately boiled inside, the child's eyes in the shadows were as sharp as a knife, "If you turn around now, you will pretend that you have never been here, then I will be with Luo Fuye's family next time." Things have nothing to do with you. If you take one step forward, there is no turning back!"

"Really?" Nangong Mo felt that the numbness under his shoulders was getting closer to his heart. He knew that if he didn't make a decisive decision, he would have no time to hold on. He put away his sword and said with a smile, "How can I get out of my body? Then I Of course you won’t be so stupid that you have to die.”

"Heh." The lights flickered, and a sharp smile appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth.That kind of answer obviously aroused strange fluctuations in her heart, but she finally calmed down.With a sneer, he raised his little hand slightly, and a green pill had already been thrown into Nangong Mo's palm, and then he pointed out the door: "Go!"

"Thank you for the medicine." The medicine only stayed in his palm for a moment, and then he swallowed it immediately. Nangong Mo hugged his fists and walked away immediately without being polite.The zombies in the room obviously received the master's order, and stood still in place, letting him go out.The girl looked at Nangong Mofuye and walked away in a hurry, muttering as she walked, "It's really unlucky to meet such a witch..."

The moment his footsteps stepped out of the threshold, his toes suddenly touched the ground, and his figure turned back like lightning!
He drew his sword in mid-air, and with a shocking move, he stabbed at that girl like a thunderbolt!
This time, it was only a distance of ten feet.His sword can pierce the witch's eyebrows in just an instant.Even if she immediately ordered to mobilize the zombies to protect herself, he could kill her before the spell came out of his lips!

The girl said "ah".However, the sound hadn't come out, the hands of those zombies had just been raised, and at that moment, the Miehun Sword had already howled, piercing the air and piercing her eyebrows!

That childish and beautiful face finally had an indescribable expression, and the black hair was blown away by the sword energy, revealing her face.Under the lamp, the girl raised her head and faced the sharp sword that pierced the air, with a vague smile on her lips.

That look up and that smile were like lightning strikes, making Nangong Mo momentarily lose his soul.

That's not, that's not—!
His eyes were fixed on the childish smiling face raised under the lamp, and his hands suddenly became weak.

When the sword stabbed in front of her, the power of the sword was exhausted, and the girl sat motionless under the lamp, but raised her hand with a smile, and clamped the sharp sword that pierced between her eyebrows.Looking up against the bright long sword with dark eyes, and looking at Nangong Mo's shocked and incredible gaze, a strange smile appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth: "I can't stab anymore, can I? You like this little girl very much, Isn’t it? So you’re desperate to go to Luofu Mountain?”

"Worshiping the Moon? Demonic Law!" Nangong Mo saw a strange sneer on the familiar face, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a crescent moon on the girl's face hooked with gold powder. He suddenly understood, snarled, and turned around. The long sword in his hand wanted to stab out again.

However, countless zombies had already surrounded him, stretching out pale hands to grab him.He wanted to struggle, but after taking the antidote, the numbness of his heart suddenly became more intense. As soon as he grasped the Miehun Sword with his fingers, his eyes suddenly went dark.With a clang, the long sword fell to the ground.

Another long nightmare, chaotic, dark and hopeless.

Ever since he entered the Luofu Mountains, he seemed to have stepped into an illusion, and countless weird and absurd things appeared in front of his eyes.When he looked around, he couldn't see any light, only the zombies all over the mountains and fields. When he drew his sword, he needed to keep cheering himself up—if there was the slightest wavering, his mind would collapse under the cold eyes of the girl in red. inside.

Drowsy, passing through the bloody iron-like night, what I saw was the distant past.

The phoenix flowers on Luofu Mountain are in full bloom, like red clouds surrounding the mountain, and the fallen flowers under the flower trees are colorful, which are the remaining flowers stirred up by the sword energy.The shadows of two teenagers and a child brighten up in the yellowed memory.The boys in white and green are only sixteen or seventeen years old.

The girl with surprisingly big eyes was sitting on the phoenix tree, twirling her fingers around her hair and watching with a smile as she dangled her legs.

He slowly remembered... that was practicing swordsmanship with Tianzheng in the past, right?When they were teenagers, they were such congenial friends that they could live and die together.There is no sect in the rivers and lakes at all. Although the two teenagers come from different families, they unreservedly exchange and learn from each other's unique skills, and share every bit of progress.Such beneficial exchanges, coupled with their outstanding talents, may be the foundation for them to become rookies in the Central Plains and overlords in Lingnan after they grow up, right?
There are winners and losers in such competitions, but every time Tianzheng wins a move and a half, the little girl will clap her hands and cheer, and praise her brother vigorously; The next rotten fruit.

Although he was never pampered, he was born in a family after all, and he received attention and admiration since he was a child - but in the eyes of that girl, except for her brother, he could not see anyone else at all.He was secretly unconvinced and tried hard to surpass Tianzheng in all aspects—but no matter whether he succeeded or not, in the eyes of that girl, he would always be a bad guy who robbed her of her brother's time and prevented him from playing with her all day.The anger and resentment in my heart burned day after day.

On the day when the marriage was settled, that girl actually jumped up and beat him like this, asking her brother not to let him go—at that moment his anger finally broke out, and he grabbed the little girl, but he didn't know how to teach him a lesson .

For a moment of hesitation, he saw that the child's still childish face actually had a layer of fine hair under the bright sunshine-the so-called "wet girl", probably like this?He suddenly couldn't help laughing, feeling that that flushed face was like a big juicy peach, which made people want to take a bite.

However, with such a distraction, his wrist was immediately bitten, causing pain to the bone.

"I want to marry my brother! I don't want you!" Fleeing away, the girl glared at him fiercely, made a face at him, and threw herself into her brother's arms.At that moment, he didn't know what kind of anger made him put his hand on the sword.

At that time, the young man suddenly understood: It turned out that for many years, he had been fighting against that girl, angry at her and bullying her, because only when she was angry could he see himself in his eyes, instead of just looking at the only girl as usual. brother.

There was inexplicable anger in his heart, that time, for the first time, he did not say goodbye to Tianzheng, and left proudly down the mountain alone.After I came down the mountain, I regretted it—but after all, I wanted to save face and never turned around to apologize.

That farewell lasted for many years, during which Luo Fuye's family had countless changes.

First of all, I heard that the Miaojiang Moon Worshiping Cult and the Jianjian Mountain Villa had fought, and both sides had suffered huge casualties—it was inconvenient to travel between the Central Plains and Southern Xinjiang. When the news spread, my father was quite worried, and immediately asked the guardians in the cabinet and his son to lead the team.However, he was procrastinating.

Didn't that girl say that her brother is the most powerful?Why did you want him to take action this time?While thinking like this angrily, the young man was worried about the safety of that arrogant girl, so he rushed to Luofu Mountain thousands of miles away without stopping.

However, when the group arrived, it was already a bloody battle.Most of the old acquaintances in the villa suffered casualties, and traces of burning fire could be seen faintly among the broken walls. It is said that the Moon Worship Sect once attacked the Jianjian Pavilion, but was finally repelled by the old owner and the young leader.

Although the owner Ye Lao defeated the evil cult, saved the sword test villa, and once again won the reputation in the Guangdong-Guangzhou Wumeng League, he was also seriously injured in this dramatic battle.Not long after the people from Dingjiange arrived, news of the death of the old master Ye came out before he even saw his elders.Overnight, the second young master of the Nangong family felt the blood and impermanence of the world for the first time.

At the funeral, he saw that girl again, her appearance was still the same, but her face was no longer as rosy as before, she followed her elder brother to kneel before the coffin with downcast eyes, and returned salutes to all the martial arts figures who came to express their condolences.When he was offering incense on behalf of Zhongyuan Dingjiange, she didn't look at him, but just bowed and lowered her head.

Seeing that girl's expression for the first time, his heart suddenly filled with pity that he had never felt before, and he glanced at his friend on the side, with a hint of anger and pride: It's useless for her to rely on you wholeheartedly, after all, you failed to protect her well ——If Xiao Yezi marries into the Nangong family in the future, this kind of thing will never happen again!
After the funeral, he saw that she had always had a pale face, as expressionless as a puppet doll in a daze.My heart was suddenly stung, and I couldn't help but want to talk to that girl.That idea was so strong that Mr. Nangong, who always wanted to save face, didn't care about being rude, and went to the backyard to find Tian Lai, who was already his fiancée, along the familiar path in the past.

However, when she saw him, she just let out a scream, covered her face with her sleeves, backed away again and again, and immediately called a maid to drive him out.

Has it really improved?In the past, he beat people by himself, but now he knows how to command his servants?
He sneered, but refused to leave.When the quarrel was in full swing, the eldest son of the Ye family came, with a vague expression of panic, he pulled him out of the boudoir, gathered himself together, and scolded: "Tian Lai is 14 years old, and will soon be... Jiji, the Nangong family and the Ye family are both martial arts families, it's better not to be too presumptuous."

He looked at his friend in surprise, never thought that Ye Tianzheng would put on the big hat of etiquette to overwhelm him, he was speechless to refute for a while, but just sneered: "Okay! Then I will come to marry after Xiao Yezi reaches Ji next year."

Ye Tianzheng's body shook suddenly, his eyes were complicated, and after a long time, he finally said calmly: "My father passed away, and it takes three years of filial piety to be a child, so it is impossible for Tian Lai to leave the cabinet recently anyway."

As if he could hear the unnaturalness in his best friend's tone, he looked up coldly, but Ye Tianzheng had already turned and walked away.

Unspeakable embarrassment and coldness appeared for the first time between two close friends who grew up side by side.Nangong Mo lived in Luofu Mountain for a few days and helped to take care of some chores after the robbery of the villa. He was surprised by the heavy casualties in this battle of the Moon Worship Sect.However, he always felt that from Ye Tianzheng to the few remaining elders in the villa, everyone looked at him with hidden meaning, as if they were hiding something important.

He is a person with a high spirit and a straight heart, and he couldn't stand the indifferent and obscure atmosphere here, so he turned and left.Unexpectedly, there was no one in Jianjian Villa to keep him, not even Ye Tianzheng, who was close to each other.He took his men and horses and left.

After that, another eight years passed.Eighteen changes in the female college. In those years, people said that the second lady became more and more beautiful, her temper became more and more gentle, and she was more capable in handling things. She helped her brother take care of internal and external affairs, and let Jianjian Villa survive the death of the old owner. The reputation has not fallen, leading the Liangguang Wumeng, and the Dingjiange in the Central Plains echoing from the south to the north.

In a blink of an eye, he was already 26 years old, and the second miss of the Ye family should be 22, and she had already reached the age to leave the cabinet.

During such a long period of time, Dingjiange sent people to try Jianshan Villa to marry the second lady more than once, but they were rejected by various excuses.Father Nangong said that he was a little angry, but because of his friendship with Jianjian Villa for many years, he tolerated the young owner's rudeness one by one, and postponed the marriage time and time again.

However, there is always a limit to everything. When rumors about the two brothers and sisters in Jianjian Villa began to gossip in the martial arts world, not to mention himself, even his father, who had always been calm, couldn't sit still.

"In any case, before the year ago, Miss Ye must be invited out of the cabinet. Otherwise, the marriage will be forfeited." When he sent Dharma protector Zou Shilong to Lingnan to marry again, his father frowned and ordered in a low voice, with an irrefutable decision, "Tian Zheng This child is a smart person, he will not be ignorant of the rumors outside - please think clearly about the pros and cons, otherwise his reputation will be ruined, not only the Luo Fuye family, but also the Nangong family will be implicated."

He secretly listened to such resolute whispers in his heart, and he couldn't help feeling pain like a knife.

How... how could it really become like that?Absolutely not.

It's just that girl has no brains all the time, but Tianzheng is a sensible person, and he will never be stupid enough to do such a thing that ruins his reputation.

However, even though he thought so, there was a poisonous snake biting in his heart, which made him restless day and night.Finally couldn't help it, and made an excuse to go to Ezhong, saying that he was going to deal with the Yan family's affairs, but in fact he wanted to drop by to try the sword villa.

Unexpectedly, when I came to the foot of the mountain, I saw such a nightmare.

(End of this chapter)