The prison was damp and dark, and it would be an exaggeration to say that it was like a desert in the world. From time to time, a few huge rats flashed through the darkness, but they seemed not to be afraid of people. They let out a few squeaks and were quickly submerged in the darkness.
The light was dim, and there were only a few oil lamps on the stone walls, making a rustling sound. Apart from these, there was a stench that made people almost feel sick.
Su Ling and Zhang Zhiyue were locked together. Zhang Zhiyue's head was buried in Su Ling's arms, her whole body was trembling slightly, and there were some tears on her face, looking extremely miserable.
Su Ling hugged her tightly and said in a low voice: "Zhiyue is not afraid, I will take care of everything."
Zhang Zhiyue murmured: "Su Ling, will we die?"
Su Ling shook his head firmly and said, "Don't worry, even if I die, I will never let anything happen to you."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the girl in her arms suddenly shook her body even more violently, with tears streaming down her face. She suddenly shook her head vigorously and sobbed in a tone of extreme pleading: "No, no! Su Ling, you
Don't say that. The last person who said the same thing to me is dead, but he was still protecting me desperately before he died! I have lost too much, I won't let you die! I won't let you
You leave me!"
Suddenly, Zhang Zhiyue lost control, grabbed her hair fiercely, buried her head deeper, and trembled all over, as if she was suffering from boundless pain.
When Su Ling saw this, he became even more confused. He felt Zhang Zhiyue's trembling body and gently caressed Zhang Zhiyue's face. The girl in front of him was filled with tears and her eyes were filled with sadness. Su Ling kissed her gently.
On her forehead, she slowly said: "Zhiyue, Su Ling will not die. Zhiyue, grandpa, everyone will live well."
Zhang Zhiyue seemed to have calmed down a lot now, with tears in her eyes like stars and dreams, she looked deeply at this young man with firm eyebrows, and murmured: "Really? You will be good, right? You won't lie.
Am I right?" She seemed to be verifying cautiously, as if she was afraid that if she were not careful, the hope she finally saw would be extinguished silently.
Su Ling nodded and said softly: "Zhiyue, when did Su Ling lie to you? I will not die, let alone leave you."
Zhang Zhiyue nodded heavily and hugged Su Ling tighter.
The prison was silent, and you could hear the breathing of two people. Occasionally, there were a few faint screams in the distance, but they were not very real.
After a while, Zhang Zhiyue in her arms said quietly: "Su Ling, let's talk."
Su Ling hummed slightly, and Zhang Zhiyue said, "Let me tell you a story."
"There is a little girl who likes to wear a light green dress. She is innocent and lively. She likes to laugh loudly. People around her see her smile and feel that it can melt away the suffering of this troubled world. Her parents are loving and supportive.
She also loves her very much. She also has a grandfather who is very good to her. Every time the grandfather comes back from seeing a doctor, he will take out a handful of shiny candies from his arms and give them to the little girl. The little girl always
Smiling happily, she took these shiny candies and distributed them to her father and mother. The family lived happily every day. When the little girl got older, the family moved to Nanzhang County in order to improve their life.
My grandfather and my father and mother are highly skilled in medicine. Under their initiative, the doctors in Nanzhang County established a medical clinic called Shennongtang. My grandfather, father and mother go out early and come back late every day. They work hard for the hospital.
The poor people who had no money to see a doctor worked hard. The little girl gradually became wiser and knew that they were very hardworking, so she learned to cook, learn to carry water, and learned to sew. Every time the sun goes down, grandpa, dad and mom drag their feet.
When they come back with tired bodies, the little girl will prepare a table of dishes and wait for them to come back and eat together. Sometimes it will be very late, and the little girl will fall asleep in front of the table."
"Zhiyue..." Su Ling called her softly and distressedly.
Zhang Zhiyue seemed to have never heard of it, and fell into deep memories. There was a light in his eyes that he had never seen before. The beauty in that light was heartbreaking.
"Every day at dawn, the little girl gets up early to fetch water, bucket after bucket, until the big water tank in the yard is filled with water. This is what they use for the day. So day after day.
, the little girl and her grandfather, father and mother lived an ordinary and happy life. The little girl thought in her heart that such days will definitely continue, forever and ever..."
"Until that day..." Zhang Zhiyue's expression suddenly became sad, and the light in her eyes gradually disappeared, "The winter of that year was so cold, and heavy snow came to the world very early and quietly.
The snow that year was so heavy that there was a vast expanse of white everywhere. The little girl was already thirteen years old. On that snowy morning, her father and mother got up very early, and her grandfather was there, and the little girl was still sleeping soundly in bed.
, I was woken up, and my father got into a car and told the little girl that the family would leave home for a while and go to Bohai Prefecture to meet a big shot."
"Big shot? Who is it?" Su Ling said thoughtfully.
"That big shot - haha" Zhang Zhiyue's eyes were full of hatred and ridicule, "His name will never be forgotten by that little girl in her life. His name is Shen Jizhou, the great general of the Jin Dynasty, the Marquis of Bohai, and his youngest son is sick.
I heard someone say that the little girl’s family has superb medical skills, so they invited people to come. Originally, the grandpa and the others didn’t want to go, but thinking that it was a child, they agreed. In this way, the little girl’s family of four got in the car and got together.
Under the protection of the army and horses, we headed straight to the Bohai Sea." Zhang Zhiyue's expression was gloomy, telling a story that had been buried in her heart for many years.
"But the road to Bohai is so long. The little girl's family rode the carriage for ten days before they arrived at Bohai City and Bohai Marquis Mansion. There, the little girl, her father, and her mother met the man.
The sick little boy. The little boy was so pitiful. He was as skinny as a stick, with dull eyes and weak breathing. My grandfather and father immediately started to check the pulse, and later they had to administer acupuncture. The little boy cried when he heard that the acupuncture was about to be administered.
Unwilling to do so, the little girl walked over, took the little boy's hand and said, "Don't cry, the acupuncture won't hurt at all, my sister will stay with you."
Zhang Zhiyue suddenly smiled faintly, seeming to think of the little boy's obedient appearance, and said: "It's strange to say that after listening to the little girl's words, the little boy actually obeyed and didn't cry or make trouble. Grandpa and Dad were able to go smoothly.
After the acupuncture was administered, the little boy’s condition was temporarily stabilized.”
"Later, the little boy gradually got better. Because the little boy's illness was too complicated, the little girl's family was left in the house of Marquis Bohai. The little boy followed the little girl like a follower every day. The two of them
We played together, ate delicious food together, and teased the servants in the house together. It was really fun. The little boy also took the little girl to the beach. That was the first time the little girl saw the sea in her life."
Zhang Zhiyue's eyes were full of yearning, and she said slowly: "The sea is really beautiful, blue and blue, just like the deep sky. The little boy said to the little girl, sister, do you think the fish in this sea will be lonely? Little girl
He smiled and said that there are many fish in the sea. They play with each other and they must not be lonely. The little boy murmured, "Yes, yes, just like me. Before my sister came, I was so lonely. Now that my sister is with me, I
I’m not lonely at all anymore, my sister will always be with me, right? The little girl smiled at him and nodded vigorously. "
"Later... the little boy's illness ended up being delayed for too long, and the medicine and stone were useless, and there was no cure. His health became worse and worse. In the end, he could only lie in bed and could no longer talk to the little boy. The girl was playing, but he still missed his sister whom he met by chance every day. Whenever he saw her coming, he would take out a few delicate snacks from under the little pillow and say to her, "Sister, I secretly hid this." You eat, you eat." Zhang Zhiyue's eyes were already filled with tears.
"My father and mother were heavy-hearted, but there was nothing they could do. They told his father, the current General Bohai Marquis Shen Jizhou, about the little boy's short life. Shen Jizhou didn't say anything, just treated him as a grandfather. When Abba and the others turned around, no one noticed that his eyes were full of ruthless killing intent. Later, the little boy finally died with reluctance to give up on this world and his sister. Before he died, He also held the little girl's hand and murmured, Sister, after I die, you must run far away and never come back again, and you must remember my words."
"Sister, you won't forget my younger brother, right?"
Zhang Zhiyue looked sad and murmured: "The little boy kept talking like this over and over again, gradually getting quieter and quieter, and finally fell asleep. The little girl kept crying and crying, and she had never been so sad. Later. ....." Zhang Zhiyue suddenly closed her eyes tightly, as if she didn't want to recall that painful past.
Finally, he mustered up the courage and said slowly: "The Marquis of Bohai and General Shen Jizhou were angry with my father, father and mother because of the death of their youngest son, so they and the little girl were put on death row and locked up together. ..." Zhang Zhiyue's breathing became more and more rapid, "It's exactly the same as here, eerie, bloody, damp, and dark."
"This... this Shen Jizhou falsely claims to be the Fourth Generation and the Three Lords. He comes from a famous family, his life and death depend on his fate, and his wealth is in the sky. How can he offend others?" Su Ling said bitterly.
"The little girl was so scared and hated. She finally understood why the little boy kept telling her to run away and never come back before he died, because the little boy understood that his father was a What a merciless and cold-blooded person!" Zhang Zhiyue looked sad and angry, and her voice was sad.
"Finally, the Marquis of Bohai ordered the little girl and his family to pay for the death of their young son. My father finally got angry. He was already good at martial arts. He attacked and killed the cell leader while he was not paying attention, saving me and my grandfather. , when I turned around to save my grandma, she had already hit her head against the wall and died in order not to hurt us. The little girl’s grandma is gone, and the grandma who loves her the most can no longer say a word to her.” Tears. Like a line, it fell bit by bit and dripped on Su Ling's fingertips.
"My father ignored my mother and protected the little girl and my grandfather. He rushed out of the Bohai Marquis Mansion, grabbed a carriage, and rushed towards the mountains outside the city. However, when he reached the depths of the mountains, he could not walk anymore. In order to preserve his reputation as the fourth generation and the third prince, Shen Jizhou actually sent his most elite killers, the Bohai Guards and the Demon Division, to hunt down the little girl and the others."
"What! It's the Bohai Guards again, the Demon Division!" Resentment also appeared in Su Ling's eyes. He still remembered that the reason why he fell off the cliff was because of the pursuit of the Demon Division.
"So this is why you saved me?" Su Ling asked.
Zhang Zhiyue, however, seemed as if she had not heard anything and still seemed to be telling a story: "The little girl huddled up in fear in the carriage. Her father hugged her tightly and said firmly that as long as her father is here, the little girl will never
Nothing will happen. Even if my father dies, I will never let anything happen to her." He jumped off the carriage and fought with those demon killers, but my father was the only one, and he finally died in their swords.
But before he died, my father still tried his best to pat the horse's back. The horse screamed violently, rushed away from the killers at all costs, and ran forward with his grandfather and the little girl. But the little girl
The little girl's father was still there. The little girl could clearly see her father lying in a pool of blood and smiling in the direction the little girl ran away. That smile... the little girl would never forget in her life.
"
"Zhiyue..." Su Ling's heart was as sharp as a knife. This smart and playful girl, this girl who secretly cares about herself, this girl who always infects others with her most beautiful smile, has endured more than a thousand times the pain of ordinary people.
Ten thousand times!
He hugged Zhang Zhiyue tightly, feeling more distressed than ever before.
"Later, the grandfather and the little girl were rescued by an old man. The old man said that he was from Youge. He sent the little girl and the grandfather back to Nanzhang County. The grandfather and the little girl returned to Nanzhang County.
At home, there was only a family of four when we left. When we came back, only the old and the young were left. The grandpa looked at the empty house and burst into tears. The little girl had never seen her grandpa cry so sadly. The little girl also wanted to cry.
She cried happily, but the little girl understood that she couldn't cry. Even if she had thousands of sorrows, she couldn't cry, because she still had her grandpa to take care of her. She was sad all day long, and her grandpa wanted to take care of her.
How to live?" Zhang Zhiyue murmured, every word was like blood, every word was like a knife, piercing Su Ling's softest heart.
This weak girl is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.
"Later, my grandfather became a little disheartened. In this troubled world, people's hearts are cold, the world is unkind, and they regard all things as stupid dogs! Then my grandfather came to the Flying Snake Valley and lived a semi-hidden life with the little girl. Except for the people in the county,
Poor people came to see him for medical treatment, but he refused all others. In fact, this little girl was unhappy every day and missed her parents every day. However, she could only hide these emotions in her heart and carefully keep these emotions.
Wrapping them all up, she forced herself to laugh. She forced herself to play the flute and dance for her grandpa as usual. The little girl thought that maybe in this way, she and her grandpa would forget the painful pain! And later on
, the little girl rescued a little green snake. She could speak snake language, and then she realized that this little green snake was exactly the same as herself. Her father and mother were killed by bad guys. The little girl took pity on the little green snake, so she took him in.
Green Snake. In the days to come, the little girl was with her grandpa and Xiaoqing, and she gradually seemed to have forgotten the pain. In fact, only the little girl knew how she could forget the heartbreaking loss.
It feels like death. How many times has the little girl woke up from her dream, looked at the cold moonlight, and cried quietly alone. She wished that her father and mother could come in the moonlight, even if they gave her a hug,
She would also stretch out her hand, holding those shiny candies..."
Zhang Zhiyue suddenly looked at Su Ling and murmured: "Su Ling, do you know, that little girl is me, Zhang Zhiyue!"
Su Ling nodded, hugged her and whispered softly: "Zhiyue, I know, I've known it from the beginning."
Zhang Zhiyue sighed and seemed to comfort herself: "That is a past event that has been buried for many years. In fact, I really almost forgot it, but how could I forget it!"
She looked at Su Ling again and said: "Su Ling, when my uncle said you told him that you were being hunted by people from the Demon Division, I immediately thought of my previous situation, so no matter what, I had to save you. Back then
, I can’t save my parents, but you, I don’t want to give up, and I have never given up!”
"So, Su Ling, you must live well, you must, you must live well!" Zhang Zhiyue looked at Su Ling with a faint look.
Su Ling nodded. Zhang Zhiyue gently rested her head on Su Ling's shoulder. She seemed very tired. She closed her eyes gently and murmured: "Su Ling, I'm so tired. I want to sleep. You sing
Play a song to coax me, just like my father."
"Okay, okay, sing, Su Ling will sing to you." Tears flashed in Su Ling's eyes. After thinking for a moment, an old song from her past life memory suddenly appeared. Although it was a very old song, Su Ling felt that,
That song really fits.
The song is soft, desolate and touching.
"The wandering people are out there, missing you, dear mother. The wandering footsteps have traveled all over the world without a home. The winter wind, carrying snowflakes, blows away my tears..."
Tears couldn't stop anymore and burst out of my eyes.