Leng Jiayun, who was sleeping soundly, slowly opened her eyes.
Perhaps she was too tired in recent days. She had no idea how long she had slept. She only felt dizzy in her head. After rubbing her sleepy eyes, the woman vaguely heard the laughter of several children outside the house, so she stood up and opened the door.
, then I realized that I had slept until noon.
The warm warm wind blows on people's faces, carrying a faint moist smell of the sea. After the summer, Qingwan is full of green colors, and the white sand on the beach also shines dazzlingly in the sun. However, Leng Jiayun
But he couldn't remember why he slept in such a wooden house near the sea last night, and he couldn't even recall where this white beach was located on the island.
The woman raised her hand to provide shade in front of her eyebrows, but she could not find anyone else on the beach except herself. The children's voices rang again, so close that she could not help but follow the voices and head towards the beach.
Walk under the cliff on one side.
The sand under her feet was as soft as a ball of cotton. As soon as she stepped on it, a horseshoe-shaped hill would rise. Leng Jiayun suddenly had the illusion that she was in the boat division camp on the outskirts of Mulu City.
Finally, in the hazy white, she saw a few short figures. They were three children about five or six years old, two boys and one girl, chasing each other and playing on the beach. She didn't know which household nearby.
Someone sneaked out.
However, to the surprise of the woman in purple, as soon as the girl among them saw her, she immediately ran over with a smile, took her hand and shouted affectionately:
"Mother, mother, come and play with us!"
Leng Jiayun was surprised, but she still knelt down to hold the other person's tender little hand, and asked with a smile:
"Little girl, how could you think of me as your mother? Have you mistakenly recognized the person?"
But before she finished speaking, she saw that the girl had a blooming begonia tied on her braid. The woman's heart suddenly jumped a few times, and she immediately realized that there was someone behind her. Before she could reply,
Turning around, a familiar voice sounded in my ears:
"Xiaojia, you didn't expect that our child has grown so tall."
The woman in purple clothes was suddenly startled, and then she immediately stood up to take a look. Only then did she realize that there was a large field of crabapples planted under the cliff next to her. Although it was not in season, the flowers on the tree were still in full bloom, as if they were burning.
The fire. And among the clusters of flowers, stood a strong and unkempt man in green clothes with disheveled hair and stubble on his face. The man squinted and smiled, with a face full of love and affection.
"Baili...how could you...how could you..."
Leng Jiayun suddenly froze, then let her tears blur her vision, and tried to touch the other person's cheek with trembling hands. But the man in green seemed to have guessed what she was going to ask, and rubbed the woman's hands and said:
"Have I forgotten, Xiaojia, that you once advised me not to be persistent, to stay away from that place of right and wrong with you, and to spend the rest of my life in peace. Although I was uneasy at first and felt that I had let down Brother Fufeng. But now I have a son and a daughter.
I slowly let go."
The man in green smiled, hugged the woman into his arms, and kissed her heavily.
Leng Jiayun's heart trembled, but she just closed her eyes tightly, fearing that the man in front of her would disappear when she opened them again. She felt the temperature of the other man's body greedily, not wanting to think about whether what she saw in front of her was real.
It was still an illusion. If everything was just a dream in the end, she would rather never wake up again!
However, things went against expectations. Before the woman in purple had a chance to express her thoughts, she suddenly felt the other person's arms tighten around her and shouted in a low voice: "Be careful!" and then rolled away with her on the spot. I quickly opened my eyes, only to see that the sky above my head suddenly changed color, dark clouds pressed in, and thunder rolled from the sky.
A thunderbolt fell from the sky, hitting the place where the two of them were standing just now. A huge wave surged in the sea among the lightning and flint, and then a huge fleet rose up from the sea. The various flags of the Erluhou Kingdom were dimly lit, and the horns were blaring. Then, like locusts passing through, a large black shadow floated low in the sky!
That's the rain of death shot from the ship!
General Qingyi picked up his beloved wife and hid behind a crabapple tree, but turned around and rushed onto the beach again. He held his three children in his arms, half-knelt on the ground, and used his body to hold them up A human shield!
Leng Jiayun also wanted to rush out to help, but it was too late. The rain of arrows was coming in an instant, and she could only watch helplessly as the iron arrows pierced the back of the man she loved deeply, stabbing him like a A hedgehog. But even so, General Qingyi still took his last breath and pushed the children in his arms towards his beloved wife:
"Quick! Take the three of them away and protect them for me!"
The woman burst into tears, but couldn't say a word. She just shook her head. The man didn't say anything more. He pulled out the Xuanchi double blades from his waist, propped up his body and charged towards the allied forces of the princes who had landed on the shore behind him. Passed by!
"Baili don't want it!"
Leng Jiayun, who was frightened and overwhelmed, finally roared, but her voice was so hoarse that she could not even recognize it. She suddenly began to hope that everything was just a nightmare, but was surprised at why she couldn't wake up. Suddenly, there was another sound above her head. There was a sound of thunder, and when I looked at the three children around me, I found that they had grown into a young boy and a girl in their prime. One had eyes like ink, one was dressed in white as snow, and the other had red hair like fire!
The woman didn't have time to think about it, so she picked up the children and retreated towards Qingwan City. However, she didn't expect that the city had turned into a sea of fire. The water gate in front of Crescent Bay was smashed into pieces, and the ground was covered with dead and wounded. The islanders were wailing and blood flowed like rivers. Those who were chasing the survivors everywhere were obviously not the previous coalition of princes, but countless ferocious murlocs with scales and firebolts in their hands!
The whereabouts of the four people were soon discovered by a group of fishmen. The woman clearly saw the pair of blue eyes staring at the other person's scaly face, and she felt cold from head to toe. She panicked. , she hurriedly picked up the children and turned around to run away, but she heard three loud "bang bang bang" sounds behind her, her hands tightened suddenly, and the three children collapsed to the ground almost at the same time, with a bowl opening in each of their chests. Big wounds.
Leng Jiayun cried and tried to stop the hot blood from continuing to pour out from the wound, but her hands were simply not enough. Soon, she was completely immersed in a pool of blood, and there was only a blank in her mind, but she didn't know what to do. Who should be saved first? We can only do nothing but watch as the children's exposed hearts gradually stop beating.
The tears on the woman's face were not dry before new tears appeared. In the midst of her sad cry, she suddenly found herself back on the white sand beach before. Under the strong wind and rain, the begonias in full bloom fell in the wind. , petals scattered on the ground, as red as blood. The red color full of bloody smell soon engulfed the entire island, and also swallowed up the three children she was holding in her arms.
"don't want--!"
Leng Jiayun finally woke up from the nightmare with a scream, and her clothes were already soaked. However, she only looked down to see if there was blood on her hands that were shaking because of nervousness. She had no way of telling what was a dream. Where is reality.
"Sister Jia, did you have a nightmare?"
Qi Ziyin heard the scream and rushed over from another room next door holding a candlestick, worry written on his face.
The woman in purple didn't look at the other party, she just sat on the couch and shook her head gently, still mumbling to herself as if she hadn't woken up from a nightmare:
"Baili, I just wanted to avoid blindly before, thinking that as long as I could avoid those intrigues and disputes over power, I could live my life with peace of mind. But now I finally understand that retreating will only make your enemies more arrogant. Will push myself into a desperate situation step by step, waiting for death. Today, I swear to the sky that even if I spend my whole life, I will decipher the secrets left by the ancestors in the White Tower, and then use my divine power to regain the flames. With those two children Ning Yue, protect them for you and protect everyone in Qingwan City!"
When she said these words, the woman clenched her fists so tightly that she didn't even notice that her nails were piercing the flesh of her palms and causing bleeding...
The appearance of the Dongli woman made Qi Ziyin feel a little sad in his heart. He closed the door again and retreated, standing outside the stone house and staring blankly at the Chanying Sea in the night.
He knew that for Xiang Baili, for Jiang Yan, Ning Yue and himself, the other party had put in a lot of patience and hard work that ordinary people could not imagine, and even more difficult to understand. When in front of others, Leng Jiayun always showed a tough and optimistic look. , even when she was drinking to relieve her sorrows all day long in the country of Fu, her heart was always tense. However, at this time, after going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers and returning to Qingwan, the huge pressure in her heart was finally completely released, making her Taking off all the disguises, revealing the heart that was deliberately hidden but already scarred.
The young man in white gave a long sigh and walked towards the foot of the mountain under the starry sky. At this time, he felt very depressed and could not think of a way to solve the problem in a short time, so he thought of going to the fish market in front of Crescent Bay. Relax your mood.
In summer, the temperature rises very quickly after sunrise, and seafood is not easy to store for a long time. Therefore, although there is still some time before dawn, it is actually the most noisy moment in the fishing market. Every fisherman will rush to prepare their best fish before sunrise. Good goods are put on the counter for sale.
Soon, Qi Ziyin stopped in front of a stall selling whale meat. Even in the whale migration bay, he had seen this kind of giant beast patrolling the sea, but he had never thought that people could actually have it. Kill them and drag them ashore for sale.
"I want to ask the store owner, how do you catch these giant whales ashore?"
"Oh, it's the boy from Ye Kingdom who came ashore with Miss Leng. He's really a rare visitor. But you have to ask me, I didn't actually kill this whale."
It seemed that because he rarely saw outsiders, the whale meat shop was particularly enthusiastic. But his answer made Qi Ziyin doubt that he had heard wrong: "Then this whale meat -"
"Boy, whales are actually just like people, they can be injured and die. This whale was severely injured with a hook and spear, and then drifted nearby with the sea currents and was stranded. We, the Qingwan people, have the salary whale as our own protector, and We will not actively hunt them. But if we encounter such dead whales, we will still drag them back. Because we believe that by eating whale meat, we can obtain part of the soul and divine power of the dead beast."
"But this whale is so huge, how can a hook spear kill it?" The young man's curiosity was obviously aroused.
"Of course, a mere hooked spear cannot kill it, and even its thick skin cannot be completely penetrated. Therefore, whale hunters usually tie buoys, boats and other objects behind the hooked spear to catch these giant beasts on the surface of the water.
When they are breathing, use hooked spears to insert into their bodies. If there are enough hooked spears, the whale will no longer be able to dive into the water, and it will become more and more difficult to swim. Eventually, it will exhaust its energy and be dragged back to the shore to be slaughtered."
"Why wasn't this whale dragged back by those who injured it?"
"This bowhead whale can be considered very strong. When we found it, it had more than 30 hooks and spears pierced on its body. It seemed that it should have struggled to escape from the vicinity of Dankou north of Jinghui Bay.
Got here."
"He is indeed a strong guy..."
Qi Ziyin sighed, and couldn't help but think again of the dark-eyed boy who had to cover his evacuation despite being seriously injured. He squeezed a bag of Siren Tears given by Sister Jia in his arms, thinking that he had once fought with Jiang Yan for these things.
Guo Feng was jealous and couldn't help but shook his head with some remorse.
However, at this moment, there was a commotion in the market. A man jumped out of a fishing boat that had just docked and shouted to the crowd in a panic:
"Come on, come on! Look what the hell I caught out of the sea this time!"
Qi Ziyin also followed the crowd and gathered towards the boat. He saw the fisherman dragging a large net from the boat. After untying the net, he saw that what was wrapped in it was a human body covered with scales from head to toe.
The corpse of the fishman!
"This is - the Kraken!"
The young man's heart trembled, and he was worried whether those half-human, half-fish monsters were planning to attack Qingwan again. Unexpectedly, someone in the crowd actually recognized the body of the fish-man:
"Hey, look at the longevity lock hanging around this fish-man's neck. Is it exactly the same as the one in Beidao Quanfu?"
After being reminded, several people around him immediately nodded in agreement:
"Yes, Quanfu's longevity lock was made by his father himself. There will never be another one in the world."
"Having said that, how did this thing get into a fish-man's body?"
"I remember that I saw Quan Fu before we went to sea yesterday. Could it be that he was plotted by a monster at sea?"
"You must have remembered it wrong. Quan Fu has been sick at home a few days ago. On the first night of this trip, I went to his house to ask. At that time, he clearly said through the door that his illness was not cured and he could not go.
of."
The crowd kept talking noisily, but could never come up with a reasonable explanation. Seeing this, the young man in white quickly pushed aside the islanders in front of him to prevent them from continuing to argue, and then rushed towards the fisherman who fished out the body.
People asked:
"Do you know how you died? Were there any external injuries on your body?"
"There are some injuries on the body's back, but they are not fatal - instead, it looks like they were scratched out by one's own hands."
As the other party spoke, he kicked hard with his feet and turned the body over, revealing a large festering and swollen wound on his back. However, other than that, there was no new discovery. Gradually, the people gathered around
The crowd dispersed again, leaving only the boy in white still standing there, seemingly thinking about something in his mind.
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