The kappa moved very quickly, and by the time I tried to stop him, it was already too late. He cut off half of his palm, and the pain was imaginable. His face twitched from enduring the pain, and he dragged his bloody hand and raised his hand.
Look in the direction where I am.
I don’t know what he wants to do, but the kappa is more emotional than that woman. When I see his frown and the slightly twitching corners of his eyes, I suddenly feel that there seems to be an extremely strong feeling in his blind eyes.
The breath of longing. After standing like this for a moment, the kappa began to speak. His expressive ability was not strong, but I still understood what he meant.
He told me that the king and he were both going to die, and that I was the only bystander when they were about to die.
"The respected king cannot bear to let the new life be buried here." The kappa said: "Please take her away and let her live."
I immediately understood what the kappa meant. Sure enough, he wanted something from me. Because he was afraid that I would not agree or was worried, the kappa arbitrarily cut off his own palm and reached an agreement with me in this ancient and bloody way.
.
"You don't have to be like this." I held the cute white and fat baby girl and said to the kappa, "Even if you don't do anything, I will keep her alive and do my best."
The kappa's frown suddenly relaxed, as if he could no longer feel the pain of his severed palm. A smile appeared on his lips, and he turned around and said a few words to the woman.
The situation changed too quickly. Not long ago, this woman and I were still in a hostile state. But by chance, I became a client not long after. Her expression was not much, but at this moment, she clearly had a kind of...
She was indescribably grateful. She slowly stretched out her hand, took the knife from the kappa's hand, took up her black hair, cut off a strand, and handed it to the kappa.
The kappa held this lock of hair in both hands and handed it to me. I didn't know what it meant, but I took it anyway.
Holding the baby in my arms, my thoughts couldn't help but start to wander. What does the king mentioned by the kappa mean? Is this woman the legendary Queen Mother of the West? But after thinking about it, I feel wrong. The most likely possibility is that she is Yuan Yuan.
The king of Tu. The Yuantu nation has disappeared in history. It is normal for them to leave guardians behind in order to protect some things on the land where they lived. But what is the purpose of their king Ye Chen staying here?
?
However, this is not the most important thing. After I entered this underground space, I witnessed the death of the phoenix. Now, the kappa and this woman are also going to die. The lives left here are disappearing one by one. Is this a coincidence? Or is it a metaphor?
Others? I can't guess.
At this time, the woman lying on the spot was already very weak. Her words gradually became lower and lower, and her voice became smaller and smaller. The kappa knelt beside her and listened. After that, he relayed to me what the woman wanted to say.
"Don't be afraid of death. At any time and in any place, death is not the end, but just a new beginning. Your life is not only once. Death does not mean anything. There is no need to be afraid of it. Every life is eternal.
Maybe you can't see it or think about it, but they are always there..."
When I said this, I suddenly remembered the seemingly nonsense story that the old monk Wu Nian told me. The protagonist in the story returned from a trip and found that his dead grandfather and father were all standing in front of him alive. He was surprised.
When asked, the other party told him that this was the case.
What is it like?
I couldn't fully understand these words for the time being. As the kappa relayed them to me, tears fell from the corners of his eyes drop by drop, and the sadness in his emotions could not be concealed. I don't know why he suddenly shed tears again, but after he finished speaking,
Suddenly he turned around and knelt down beside the woman, sobbing uncontrollably.
Finally, I discovered that the woman was lying quietly on the spot, motionless. Her breathing disappeared, her heartbeat disappeared, and she left the world silently in silence.
I couldn't help but look down at the baby girl in my arms. Her mother was very strong. I don't know what that woman relied on to survive in this darkness, but I thought that if this new life hadn't been born suddenly, then the woman might still be able to live.
a period of time.
I was speechless, unable to think of any words to comfort the kappa. In his heart, this woman was not only his king, but also the last tribe member he could trust and be close to in this world. They had the same blood, and in their hearts
Have the same dream.
The kappa sobbed for a moment, then slowly turned around. He was completely exhausted, and his child-like face showed all the vicissitudes of life. He gently lifted the woman's still-cold corpse as if he were holding up the most precious thing in the world.
Hug it up.
"This is the king's tomb. The respected king will sleep forever. Don't disturb her." The kappa walked towards the low stone altar.
Only then did I realize that this unknown building that had been carefully repaired by the Yuantu people was the royal tomb of King Yuantu. The cultural customs of Yuantu were completely different from those in the mainland. They chose the royal tomb regardless of Feng Shui and the structure.
It is completely different from the tombs in the mainland. As a person who once worked in the cultural relics institute, I know that this discovery will cause a big sensation in the academic community and be of immeasurable value. But now, I don’t care about thinking about it at all.
When the kappa walked to the entrance of the royal tomb, he turned around again. At this moment, there is no need to say anything, I understand his heart. He sent the woman's body into the royal tomb, then stood at the entrance and faced this way
Kneel down.
The baby girl in my arms started crying again, and her two little hands grabbed my collar. The cry was not loud, but it represented the separation of life and death, and it sounded heartbreaking. I was powerless to change anything, and I was powerless to let death
When a woman is reborn, all I can do is keep my promise and do my best to keep her alive.
"The king and I can't wait for that day." Kappa cried. His life was long and endless, and he had experienced all the sufferings that ordinary people in this world have experienced. His tears may have dried up long ago. At this time, he
All the blood dripping from his eyes was stained with blood. He worshiped the baby in my arms and hit his forehead heavily on the stone on the ground. The blood was flowing freely but he didn't care: "Let the young king live, please."
..."
"I will keep my promise." My heart became extremely heavy. Even though I was just an outsider and a kappa, I felt the same.
The kappa's forehead hit the ground hard for the last time, and then he silently retreated behind the gate of the royal tomb. The heavy and simple stone door was closed, and the baby girl in his arms stopped crying.
With tears in my eyes, I watched all this with curiosity.
There is no point in staying at this place. I held the baby girl in my arms and slowly turned around. No matter whether she can remember it or not, I just want this place where she was born to leave a faint memory in her heart.
Mark. I held the baby girl and walked back slowly. The abyss was very long. I didn’t know where to go to find the right way. Fan Tuan and Su Xiaomeng might still be looking for me anxiously. I didn’t want to waste time.
On the other side of the stone bridge, you can climb up along the undulating stone walls.
As I walked, I shouted loudly. Although the abyss was more than thirty meters deep, the sound could be heard far away. Soon, I got a response from Fan Tuan. I walked to the edge of the stone bridge, and Fan Tuan came from above.
I threw down the rope. I wrapped the baby girl tightly in my arms, grabbed the rope, and climbed up the stone bridge along the stone wall.
The baby girl in my arms is a living being. If I want to take her with me, I can’t hide it from other people. This may cause some trouble, but I have no choice. Sure enough, Fan Tuan and Su Xiaomeng were shocked the moment they saw me.
Silenced, the baby girl babbled and scratched with her little hands.
"It's so cute!" Su Xiaomeng was so happy that she almost forgot to ask me where this baby girl came from, and snatched the baby girl from my arms.
"This... is too sudden." Fan Tuan was more rational than Su Xiaomeng. He swallowed and said, "Where did the child come from?"
I briefly said it, and Fan Tuan became very worried. Lao An hasn't come back yet, so let's not mention it for now, but Biaozi in the team is a troublemaker. If he really finds out about the baby, he will probably come to me.
trouble.
"Let him." I didn't care about that. I only remembered the blood and tears in the Kappa's eyes when he said goodbye. I promised him that I must do it if I want the baby girl to live.
"She knows how to eat! She knows how to eat!" Su Xiaomeng shouted happily over there. She mixed some milk with some water and put it on the baby's mouth. The fragrant and sweet milk made the baby very happy and grinned.
She smiled and looked very cute: "Call her Niuniu, call her Niuniu, I like this name."
"Look at you like that." Fan Tuan grinned and said, "If you like, just give birth to one by yourself."
Su Xiaomeng and Fan Tuan laughed and cursed, and little Niuniu seemed to be infected, kicking her legs and giggling non-stop. I was not in a happy mood, and little Niuniu smiled so cutely, but she didn’t know that she was carefree.
In her smile, the most precious maternal love in the world has been lost.
She and Qingqing are both pitiful.
The two of them quarreled for a while before they remembered that Lao An had never appeared. More than three days have passed now. Lao An is a person who does things in a measured way. If there is no compelling reason that hinders him, he will definitely return on time.
Thinking about it this way, I felt that something might have happened to him inside.
I am very afraid that he will die. I am not worried about his life safety. I just feel that it would be a pity if the situation inside is cut off due to his death.
The three of them waited for a while, and a light appeared from the other side of the stone bridge. The light moved very quickly, crossing the stone bridge and walking toward us. I could tell that Biaozi was leading people here.
.
Seeing Biaozi, Fan Tuan and Su Xiaomeng were a little nervous, and subconsciously wanted to hide Niu Niu. But a good person, who can cry and laugh, couldn't hide it at all. When Biaozi and the others came over, they saw Su Xiaomeng's arms as soon as they came over.
Niu Niu inside.
"What's going on?" Biaozi frowned. He and I didn't deal with each other in the first place, but once something happened, he would immediately point the finger at me: "What are you making a fuss about?"