Abandoned woman's glory

Chapter 204 Nangong stabs me with a sword

He wasn't too surprised, as if he already knew that I would ask this question, but those eyes were hidden in the dim light, but he couldn't see his mind clearly at all, just kept silent.

The surroundings are also very quiet, there is a strange feeling, like the calm before the storm, I can't even hear the familiar sound of the waves, when he stands in front of me, I can only hear his heavy breathing.

Up and down, like his heartbeat.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly took a step forward and walked in front of me, but looked down at the baby Mufeng, and said softly, "I thought you wouldn't want this child."

My eyelashes trembled slightly, and I looked up at him.

"I thought you would give up this child because you hated—hate that person."

Yes, I did think about giving up. He appeared when I was in the most pain, and I have experienced so much along the way, especially after I misunderstood Young Master Ling, I did have impulsive thoughts.

But in the end, I couldn't do it.

"I really don't want him."

When he heard me say this, his fingertips trembled slightly, his eyes showed pain, and he even breathed heavily. After a long time, he said dumbly, "Then why—"

I lowered my head and looked into the child's innocent eyes: "Because I know what it's like for a child to be abandoned by his mother."

During the eight years in Wangyun Temple, Haoyan was with me all the time, and my father visited me every year, but what I look forward to the most, I can't say, I hope that the woman standing quietly in front of the Buddhist hall will have a little mercy With a heart, I came to visit her daughter, because every day I climbed on the wall and waited for her, my palms were worn out on the rough stone surface, and the whole bluestone brick was stained red with blood.

But no matter how painful it was, she didn't come.

"I was abandoned, so I don't want to abandon my children."

He looked at me silently, and he didn't know how long it took before he spoke, but his voice was trembling: "So—you ask this question, have you already, forgiven—forgive that person?"

My heart trembled slightly, listening to his almost humble tone, for some reason, a little pain gushed out from the bottom of my heart.

"Can you forgive him?"

"..."

"Forgive him for doing that to you? Forgive him for hurting you like that?"

"..."

"Are you ready to forgive him?"

His voice was getting deeper and lighter, as if he really wanted to humble himself into the dirt. For some reason, he remembered the tall figure in the sunset in front of the Azure Dragon Hall, with sword-like eyebrows like ink, and phoenix eyes. , awe-inspiring arrogance flashed across his brows, recalling that person, his heart felt sour.

Who pushed him step by step into the flames of Shangyang City?
He gave me the deepest pain in my life, but what about me, how much pain did I give him?
I slowly raised my head to look at the mask, and said with a choked up voice: "I—"

But before I finished speaking, suddenly, there was a huge wave on the river, rushing towards the boat. Before I could react, the ghost face rushed up and hugged me: "Be careful!"

I was caught off guard by a familiar embrace, and I was dumbfounded for a moment, my cheek was pressed tightly against his chest, the cold river water poured in and drenched him all over, but he tightly protected me, every drop of water It didn't touch it, but the hot body temperature made me a little dazed.

Only then did he lower his head and look at me nervously: "Isn't it wet?"

I raised my head and saw that his whole body was soaked, and even his hair was a little messy. Water droplets dripped down the cold mask, fell into my eyes, and slowly slid down like a tear trail.

At this moment, he looked at me and seemed to be stunned.

I don’t know how long we’ve been staring at each other silly like this, it’s like reuniting in a lifetime, we’re so familiar, we used to be in harmony, but now we’re so strange, it’s as if our sympathy is the thread that separates the Ten Thousand Mountains, I don’t know when it will break, I don’t know When will we never meet again.

He looked down at me, his eyes flickering as if they would be shattered at any moment, a trembling hand slowly lifted up, and gently caressed my cheek, with such force, as if he was afraid that he would accidentally smash me into pieces , It seems to be afraid, afraid that I will push him away in the next moment, afraid that this is the last closeness.

"Xingsi..."

When the hoarse voice called out my name, it was obviously a little choked up.

Once, at the most dangerous moment in Guigu, I heard this voice call me "Xingsi" out of desperation, but this time, he called me after careful consideration, as if it had been a lifetime ago.

"I……"

"Clap clap clap!"

There was a sudden burst of applause, which made me and him wake up suddenly from this dreamlike staring at each other. When we turned around, we saw Shui Xunyou slowly walking out of the cabin, with that beautiful face full of smiles. With a mocking expression: "So gentle, so lingering, really affectionate."

I frowned, why did she suddenly appear here at this time?
But before I thought about it carefully, I heard her sneer and say: "Mizhen, don't you believe it now? If you still don't believe it, then it can only prove that Xuanyuan Xingsi is really a woman who is easygoing."

My heart sank, and I saw that familiar figure slowly walking out of the cabin. When he looked at me, his pupils were completely black.

"What do you mean?"

"Hmph," Shui Xunyou sneered: "It's nothing interesting. I just admire you. Ling Chufeng is dead. You can seduce Mizhen. Mizhen marries me. You can also make Yu He from Guigu work for you. Now Yu He is gone too—it's finally his turn."

I suddenly became a little nervous - it is indeed not wise to tell Nangong about Yu He's whereabouts today. With Yu He around, at least Shui Xunyou can be suppressed, but now I only have this man behind me, even with the guards and Shadow Guard, against this pair of martial arts couples, they might not have a chance of winning.

Are they planning to kill each other?
Just as I was thinking this way, Nangong had already walked up step by step, but this time, his eyes did not fall on me, but on the ghost face holding me.

"It's you!"

His voice was so low, like a blade, that even I could feel the chill inside.

"It really is you!" He approached step by step, gritted his teeth and said, "Xunyou has been reminding me that if you are still alive, you will definitely find a way to get back to her. I should have thought of it a long time ago. In Ghost Valley, you Just being so nervous about her, and that set of swordsmanship that specifically restrains me, you taught her when she competed with Guan Guan back then, right?"

At this moment, the arms holding me also stiffened, his breathing became a little disordered, and after an unknown amount of time, he slowly and dryly opened his mouth——

"Nangong."

"It really is you!" As soon as those two words came out, Nangong's eyes immediately showed a rage: "What did you promise me!?"

"...I promised you to protect her."

"anything else?!"

"Never, never force her, never hurt her..."

"That's right, never force her, never hurt her!" Nangong gritted his teeth and looked at him: "You promised me, so I kept her in the palace. I believe you will treat her kindly, but what you did to her What!?"

"..."

"What did you do to her?!"

Nangong's roar was like thunder, piercing straight into people's hearts. Looking at his almost crazy anger, I suddenly felt a feeling of suffocation.

This is the original agreement between him and him?

Never force me, never hurt me?
That's why he refused to even see me for the last time, and left Qinglong Palace like this. At that time, he was useless in martial arts, no doubt useless, so he left me behind, and he asked that man to promise to protect me.

However, on that night...

There was a sound of metal rubbing, and a cold light flashed in front of my eyes. When I looked up, I saw a long sword slowly drawn out from Nangong's hand. In the night, it was like a pool of cold water, shining brightly. The tip of the sword pointed at the man behind me.

"If you still remember this agreement, then you should remember that I said—" He gritted his teeth and said solemnly: "If you hurt her, I will not stop."

As soon as his words fell, dozens of figures immediately appeared on the large deck, all of them rushed up, vigilantly: "Queen Mother!"

It was the shadow guard, Ling Si and the others immediately appeared as soon as they saw the sharp blade, but at this moment, no one dared to act rashly. After all, it was Nangong who raised the sword. If he wanted to kill someone, no one here could stop him. he.

The long sword was like ice, pointing at the person behind me in his rock-steady hand, approaching little by little.

And the man behind him couldn't even breathe.

With a flash of cold light, Nangong's wrist trembled, and the long sword moved with full strength, like a poisonous snake that came out of its hole, piercing the sky fiercely and whistling, the tip of the sword pierced straight at the man's chest!

"No!"

At this moment, I turned around abruptly, spread my arms and stood in front of him.

Nangong opened his eyes sharply, the long sword in his hand was full of thunder, and he could hardly stop, it was about to pierce my body, his canthus cracked, and he suddenly roared, all his strength was withdrawn, and the tip of the sword was stiff stopped on my chest.

A close call!
I opened my eyes wide and looked at the man in front of me. Suddenly, a strange feeling surged up——

Why, why was that scene so familiar just now?Seems like it ever happened?
Nangong raised his sword and looked up at me in disbelief. At this moment, his rock-solid hand trembled, as if he had received some serious blow: "Xing Si, you protect him?"

"..."

"He hurt you like this, and you still want to protect him?"

"..."

At this time, his eyes suddenly changed: "You—— fell in love with him?"

When I heard that word, the man behind me and I both trembled at the same time.

No, I don't, I won't fall in love with any man anymore, because my heart has already followed that man, locked into Tanglin, out of sight, I just—

"I can't watch you kill him."

"is it?"

Nangong looked at me with a cold face.

At this moment, a cold light flashed, and I suddenly felt a cold thing piercing my chest, which seemed to freeze all the blood in my body into ice for a moment.

I opened my eyes wide, looking at the sword on my chest, which had pierced into my body, and a burst of tearing pain hit me.

how can that be?

I slowly raised my head in disbelief, and the man in front of me was also in disbelief, looking at me with wide eyes.Nangong, how could he, how could he - the whole world seemed to be distorted by this sword, and the mountains shook.

No, it's not like, it's true!

The mountain really shook, the boat under our feet shook violently, the sword in his hand pierced deeper and deeper uncontrollably, I almost heard the sound of flesh and blood being torn apart.

The severe pain in my chest was getting worse and worse. I just wanted to scream, but at this moment, something flashed in front of my eyes——

It's also such a late night, it's also such a sword piercing through the heart, and it's also such an earthquake...

Why so familiar? !

As if, as if this had ever happened?

If, all this really happened, it happened to me, but I didn’t have a sword wound on my chest, the one with the sword wound was——

A lot of things suddenly popped up in my mind, as if something exploded in my head, I couldn't bear it at all for a while, when I was about to scream, my throat was blocked by a mouthful of fishy hot stuff, and I opened my mouth, wow He spit it out, and sprayed Nangong's bright red ideas.

Blood!

"Xingsi!" A low roar suddenly sounded from behind, and at the same time, Nangong drew his sword violently!

In the dark night, a piece of blood stained my eyes. At this moment, I couldn't feel anything. My whole body seemed to be sucked out of something. I saw the blood spraying from my chest. The piercing pain seemed to kill me. People are pierced the same.

I watched Nangong retract his sword, and rushed towards me like crazy, but before he could get close, there was another violent shaking, and the hull seemed to make a sound of breaking.

what happened? !
I was so jolted that I couldn't stand still, I stumbled and bumped into the fence of the big ship. When I turned my head, I saw a huge black shadow at the stern of the ship. When I looked closely, it turned out to be a big ship!
That ship is hitting our ship!
This section of water is already close to Huyue Gorge, and the current is extremely turbulent. It seems that the speed of that big ship will be several times faster than ours, and our ship is not enough manpower, because of what happened here just now, all the people rushed to the bow. , No one even noticed that there was a boat following us!

And in the night, I suddenly saw a familiar figure standing on the bow, holding a strong bow and arrow in her hand, aiming at me!

Xi Yuying! ?

That beautiful and cold face was full of deep hatred, she looked at me viciously, as if she wished to tear me to pieces, Yingfeng suddenly roared: "Xuanyuan Xingsi!"

The moment he saw her, a cold smile appeared on Shui Xunyou's face.

I suddenly understood that Xi Yuying had left Guigu, and the Baihu Kingdom was destroyed, Xi Yumen died because of me, Xi Yuying must seek revenge from me, but not many people know about this journey, unless —Someone betrayed my line to someone else!
After all the calculations, I missed the water and found a tryst to have a secret relationship with her!

At this moment, the severe pain in my chest, the remorse in my heart, and the turbulent memories in my mind came like a raging tide. I heard the broken scream of the ship under my feet. The people on the boat were completely panicked.

Xi Yuying's arrow was aimed at me, let it go!
A ray of cold light pierced the night sky, and shot towards me like a fast lightning bolt. I could hardly dodge it. Just waiting for the arrow to pass through my heart, the hull of the boat suddenly tilted, and I staggered. It flashed past my eyes, and I had fallen face down.

"Do not--!"

I only heard two furious roars, and the two figures rushed towards me fiercely.

It was too late, I fell like a kite with a broken string, but the moment I fell off the boat, a faint cry suddenly sounded in my arms.

child!My Mufeng!
At that moment, enduring the tearing pain in my chest, I violently threw the crying child in my arms upwards. In the darkness, it seemed that several hands caught him at the same time, and a trace of pain appeared on my face. With a faint smile, I can't feel any cold or tingling pain, I only see those familiar faces and that familiar shout in the night.

A burst of cold darkness suddenly surged, as if countless hands were desperately pulling me, pulling me to hell.

My eyes went black and I passed out.

Chest hurts so much...

Before waking up, I seemed to be soaked in cold water, but after a while, it seemed that my whole body was roasted on the fire, and my body was hot and cold, as if I was repeatedly tormented by ice and fire.

I didn't have anything to hold on to anymore. The torn wound on my chest made me cry. Even though I was unconscious, I kept struggling and moaning.

Am I dying?
But, I don't want to die, my child is still waiting to be fed, my family is still waiting for me to go back, Shaoyu, Qinglong Kingdom, I can't leave all that behind, I can't...

Especially what I can't leave behind are the people I see when I close my eyes.

No matter love or hate, I don't want to end like this.

I want to give them an explanation!
Thinking of this, the wound on my chest became more and more painful, and my face was covered with a layer of dead gray.At this time, a crisp female voice rang in my ear: "Father, is this girl going to die?"

"What is not dead?"

"Look at the wound on her chest, which has been soaked in water for so long, I don't think it can be saved."

"Don't talk nonsense."

The second voice sounds indifferent and calmer, giving the impression of being indifferent and distant.

"That's right," the girl seemed to be thinking about something, and murmured, "I heard that the son-in-law was also injured so badly at the beginning, and he was still soaked in the water for several days and nights before being rescued by the princess, didn't he also survived?" .”

princess... consort...

I heard this in a trance, but I didn't seem to be able to fully understand it. I desperately wanted to open my eyes, but I couldn't move my eyelids after all. I just heard the girl looking at something quietly, and suddenly said: "Father, Is she waking up?"

At this time, a burst of warm breath hit my face, and after a while, I heard the middle-aged man say: "I can't wake up, but she can probably hear us."

"Oh?"

"If she can persist until now, she will definitely not die. After a few days of rest, she can open her eyes!"

Hearing him say this, for some reason, I seemed to feel relieved, no longer struggling, just so sleepy, and fell asleep again.

When I became conscious again, I heard a very clear thrush's cry, which seemed to be close to my ears. The pleasant sharp sound pierced the sky and spread to people's hearts, and an indescribable force surged.

Gradually, the abandoned limbs and objects came back to life. I seemed to be able to feel a little light through my eyelids, and I even smelled a faint fragrance from the tip of my nose—the fragrance of bamboo leaves.

A gust of wind blows, the bamboo leaves rustle, the dew falls, and the sound of a piece of music is like music.

I slowly opened my eyes.

In front of me is a bed curtain that has been washed white. Through the curtain, I can see an exquisite and simple bamboo house. Almost everything in the room is made of bamboo splicing, bamboo tables, bamboo chairs, and bamboo cups. , Even the little bed I lay on was made of green bamboo.

here is--

Just as he was thinking suspiciously, he heard a creak, and the small door next to him was pushed open, and a girl in a short jacket and short skirt came in from outside with a bamboo basket on her back.

She put down the bamboo basket and was picking up the cup on the table to drink water. As soon as I heard the sound of drinking water, I immediately felt a fire in my throat, and subconsciously opened my mouth: "..."

I haven't spoken for a long time, and I can't make a sound, but the girl found something immediately, and hurried over to lift the curtain.

"Yeah, are you awake?!"

Only then did I see clearly that this was a little girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but at the age of twelve or thirteen years old, her slightly pouted mouth looked a bit playful, and her jet-black hair was scattered behind her head, like a whole piece of black shiny hair. silk.

"Father! The girl is awake!"

She immediately shouted at the top of her voice, and after a while, there was another sound of footsteps outside, and a tall man walked in.

This man looked to be in his 30s, dark and thin, with a handsome face, but his brows were too rigid, making him look very indifferent, and his whole person had a bit of abstinence chill.He glanced at me and told the little girl: "She is thirsty, Xiao Man, give her some water."

When the girl named Xiaoman heard this, she hurriedly came over with the cup to support me. Although there was still a dull pain in my chest, I didn't care about it. Holding the cup, it was like having nectar, and I gulped down it, almost choking. The girl patted me on the back and said, "Be careful, drink slowly."

After drinking enough, I breathed a sigh of relief and slowly looked up at them: "Thank you, thank you."

"You're welcome. My dad always taught me that saving someone's life is very valuable." The girl was careless, holding the cup and not putting it down, she lay down beside the bed and looked at me: "Speaking of which, why did you lose your life?" Did you get hunted down by your enemies when you got into the water? You know when Papa brought you back, tsk tsk, it’s really scary..."

This little girl was lively and generous, but the man she called Abba seemed very indifferent.

After standing calmly for a while, he said, "Xiao Man, go cook. She can't eat dry food, make some porridge for her."

"Oh well."

Xiaoman nodded, and walked out obediently. The man glanced at me, but didn't ask any more questions, he just said "have a good rest, you still need to recuperate", then turned around and left, seeing that he was about to go out , I endured the pain in my chest and said softly: "This big brother."

"Ok?"

"Excuse me, where is this place?"

He glanced at me: "Suzaku Kingdom."

Although this man is indifferent, but his eyes are like a torch. He must have seen at a glance that I am not from the Suzaku Kingdom, so he answered me like this, and I can't imagine that I fell into the water from the mouth of the Tiger Leap Gorge. After drifting past the Yuzui River Weir and following the waters of Xiagu, he went down the river and finally arrived at Zhuque Country.

I really don't know how I survived.

I heard from Xiaoman that when I was carried back by her father, I was covered in blood, and the wound on my chest was badly rotten. She was really shocked when she saw it. Fortunately, her father recovered my youth and rescued me from the Palace of Hades. Li was pulled back.

What a fate, listening to it afterwards, I also have a feeling of gratitude.

Although my life was saved, it still took some time to heal my wounds. In the following days, I would lie in bed every day and wait for the wound to heal. I would either wait for Xiaoman to change my dressing, or wait for her father to bring me a bowl. I don't know what kind of black soup it is, and after drinking it, my mouth is full of indescribable bitterness.

My body recovered very slowly, but it was useless for me to be anxious. Sometimes it hurts even to breathe, let alone do any movements or get out of bed.

I don't know how the man who suffered such trauma to his chest twice survived.

Although I am very worried about them, I also know that Xi Yuying's thoughts over the years are that she will not hurt that man. As for Nangong——

I can only smile lightly, maybe he can live better without me.

The body is getting better day by day.

During these days, I also heard many things from Xiaoman. She is a carefree little girl with no intentions. Neighbor, I have been awake for at least ten days, and I haven't heard the voice of the fourth person. I think this little girl is also very lonely. If someone is willing to listen to her, it is of course a wish.

Xiaoman told me that this is Sangqiu, just across the river from Qujin, the capital of Suzaku Kingdom.

Her father's name is Yayoi, father and daughter depend on each other for life, and they usually make a living by planting a few acres of land, hunting and gathering herbs. That day, because she suddenly wanted to eat fish, Yayoi went to the river to catch fish. When I caught it, I caught a living dead me.

"The way you looked at that time scared me to death, but after Dad cleaned you up, it turned out that you were still a great beauty. Although there was a scar on your face, you were also very beautiful, as beautiful as our princess."

My heart trembled slightly.

The princess of Suzaku Kingdom——Mu Liusha.

Looking at this innocent and lovely little girl in front of me, I feel a little sour in my heart. She is only twelve or thirteen years old, she seems innocent and straightforward, and has a childlike disposition. But I think back to those teenagers in Guigu back then, She is obviously at a flowery age, yet she has lost such innocence.

I smiled faintly: "Your Princess Mu Liusha is a very beautiful woman."

"Well, it's beautiful," Xiaoman nodded earnestly, and suddenly remembered something: "I don't know why, such a beautiful princess has to marry—"

Before she finished speaking, there was another familiar sound of footsteps outside the door.

During the period of living here, I have become familiar with their early departure and late return, and I am also familiar with Yayoi’s usual seating. Now he came back after going up the mountain to hunt, the door was pushed open, and I saw him carrying two colorful pheasants Walk in, throw the pheasant to Xiaoman: "Go make soup."

"Oh."

Although Xiaoman is careless, she is very obedient. Yayoi usually speaks very little, but she will do it obediently as soon as she is told to do something. Seeing her walk to the door, Yayoi said again: "Put less salt, more salt." Put a handful of mushrooms."

"Okay!"

Xiao Man ran out with two chirping pheasants, and Yayoi and I were left in the room.

Although Suzaku Kingdom is located in the southern barbarians, the people here are actually southern barbarians to the people of the Central Plains. Although their lives have been exaggerated by the Central Plains culture for many years, they still have the spirit of mountains and rivers, and the folk customs are uncivilized. It can be said to be barbaric.In many ancient books I have read, it is also mentioned that the relationship between men and women here is very chaotic, and there are even cases where the fathers of the groups are not known.

However, this Yayoi does not seem to be that kind of southern barbarian. Although he is dressed in simple clothes, he behaves very well. He does not feel like a porter in the mountains, but more like a son of a family traveling in the mountains and rivers.

So I wasn't embarrassed to be alone with him.

At this time, he walked slowly to the bed and looked down at me: "Get up, get out."

"Well?"

I looked at him, but saw that there was no joke on his face, so I slowly stood up while supporting the bedpost, and looked at him.

"During dinner, Xiaoman will call you."

It turned out that I was asked to go out for a walk.

I don't know why I can't laugh or cry. This Yayoi is very skilled in medicine, but he is not very clever in his behavior. It seems that it is difficult for him to say a word. It has caused some misunderstandings several times and made people suffer.

However, I really want to go out for a walk. I have been banned by them before, and I have never even gone out. Today I can finally get out of this small bamboo house and see what it looks like outside.

When I walked out of this small room, I couldn't believe my eyes.

I know that this is Suzaku Kingdom and Sangqiu. I smell the fragrance of bamboo leaves and hear the rustling of bamboo leaves every day, so I imagine that what I can see should be bamboo forests all over the mountains and plains.

But what I saw was a huge manor.

For a moment, I seemed to be back in the Central Plains, those carved railings and jade, those pavilions, those winding corridors, those winding paths, and a lake as calm as a mirror in the distance, and the colorful flowers in the garden. Everything is like an overly beautiful fine brushwork painting, suddenly jumping out from the dream.

Isn't this the Suzaku Kingdom?Why is there such a beautiful manor!

I stood blankly on the small attic, looking at all of this. Among all the scenery, the only disharmony is that this small bamboo building seems to be purposely built to live in, while the other exquisite rooms are all empty , no one, no popularity.

How is this going?

Why do Yayoi and Xiaoman build a small bamboo house and live here when there are so many good houses?
I became more and more puzzled, and slowly walked towards the back of the manor. There is a large bamboo forest, all over the mountains and plains, everywhere I can see, it seems that even the sky and even my pupils are dyed green, and there is a boundless expanse in front of me. The bamboo forest is verdant and green, the bamboo leaves reflect the sun, and the dew is dotted on the tip of the leaves, exuding a green and tender brilliance.

There are birds flying by in the forest, and thrush's a cappella rang in my ears from time to time, clear and melodious.

Just when I was obsessed with this beautiful scenery, I suddenly heard rustling at my feet, and looked down, it turned out to be a little squirrel, climbing on my ankle, looking at me eagerly.

I froze for a moment, and immediately remembered that I still had a few peanuts that Xiao Man gave me to grind my teeth, so I took them out and threw them down. The little thing immediately ran over to pick it up, held it with two small claws, and brought it to my mouth, click, click, click Biting it, the cheeks are bulging round.

so cute!
I laughed and looked around, this exquisite manor, the lush green bamboo forest, the thrushes, you can also feed the pine trees leisurely, what a pleasant life...

Looking at all this, I suddenly felt an indescribable familiarity.

(End of this chapter)