ass flowering

Chapter 24

The ripples on the surface of the water became denser and denser, and the water inside suddenly began to churn strangely, and the water in the pool suddenly slapped on the edge of the pool, leaving water marks in pieces. When the surface of the pool was calm When it came down, the surface of the water was gray, as muddy as a well-reconciled glazed water, and it was impossible to distinguish the scene inside.

Tu You couldn't help frowning. The Mirror Flower Water Moon Pond is the only sacred object in the mountain, which is owned by Tu You. It is used to heal the wounds and cure the cold, and to see the world. There has been no mistake in a hundred years. How could the water suddenly become so muddy? .

Tu You pursed her lips, but suddenly saw something black in the water flashing past, like the corner of a person's clothes, or like roof tiles, vaguely visible, and quickly engulfed in the gray mass middle.

His face changed, and he tapped lightly on the water surface with two fingers.

No, it's not muddy water, it's...

The thick gray color dissipated like smoke, like glaze water that had been deposited for a long time, and suddenly became clearer.The surface of the water gradually reflected the familiar signboard of the rice store, the small teahouse he had stepped into countless times, and the cloth store where he bought clothes. These were the lively places in Armpit Town in the past, but now they are all lifeless.

When the picture became clearer, Tu You realized at this time that the large area of ​​gray that he saw just now was not because the water in Jinghua Shuiyue Pond had become muddy, but the thick smoke floating over Armpit Town. One layer, dyed the whole day black and gray.The black that flashed before was neither the corner of the clothes worn by people, nor the tiles of the roof, but the smoke that slowly drilled into the sky after the trees and houses were burnt.

The bustling Armpit Town in the past has become deathly silent. Looking down, there are many people lying on the street, their eyes glazed over, with red blood flowing from their bodies, but looking through the thick smoke It doesn't look like red, it looks like black.The doors and windows of every house were closed, and they looked very depressed. A group of men in neat military uniforms with long guns on their waists walked through the street.

The sound of neat footsteps resounded in the streets and alleys.

The body collector from the town came. He was hunched over and wearing a tattered padded jacket with many patches. His face was full of pockmarks and his lips were chapped and peeled. He was pushing a small cart with boxes and straw mats on it. , Seeing that group of soldiers, he managed to squeeze out a flattering smile, and shouted at the leading soldier: "Grandfather..."

The leading soldier sneered, and said to a soldier next to him, "Look, he is so ugly. There is no one who can see him in this poor mountain."

The little soldier laughed a few times, teased the pockmarked man sharply, and kicked him in disgust, intentionally making him look ugly, causing a burst of laughter.

The man knelt down tremblingly, and the leading soldier waved his hand and told him to go to work quickly.

The pockmarked man breathed a sigh of relief, wiped off his sweat, and began to wrap the scattered corpses on the ground in straw mats, put them in boxes, and put them on the car.The small stroller was not big enough to hold two adults. He put a dead body, saw that there was still room in the cart, looked around, and piled a child on top.

It was a little girl, not very old, who was still looking at him with her eyes open when she died. He swallowed, pushed the car and drove out of town.

There is a large cemetery outside the town, where many people have been buried. A man with a pockmarked face pushed the cart over. Someone was digging in the cemetery. The man was also wearing patched clothes, his hands were exposed and were red from the cold. The age doesn't seem too old.I don't know how long he dug, but he was already sweating.Seeing the pockmarked man pushing the cart over, he nodded at him and asked, "How much is left?"

The pockmarked man wiped the sweat from his forehead, let out a long breath, and said, "It's not much, just pull it twice and it'll be gone."

The man sighed, "I really don't want to do this job a second time." He paused, shoveled the soil heavily, and said viciously, "If it weren't for the money that the official gave Come on, whoever wants to do this damn job of Zheyangshou."

The man with the pockmarked face sighed, "That's right, I don't treat people as human beings, and just now I met a group of people who said I was ugly, really... oh..."

He shook his head, and leaned over to lift the corpses on the cart, but the big one didn't fall off, and the small one fell off first.

The man dug up and down, turned his head and glanced at the child who had fallen from the car, suddenly his face changed, he put down the shovel in his hand, and ran over stumblingly, the pockmarked man was taking the rest of the car away. The body fell down, and before he could react, he was pushed to the ground.

"Go away!"

The man with the pockmarked face was just when he was exhausted, and was suddenly pushed to the ground by a strong force. He was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, but when he straightened up to look, he saw the man in front of him hugging the corpse and crying.

"Xiaoyu..."

There was a lot of dust on the face of the corpse, and he stretched out his hand to wipe her face clean, but his own hands were also dirty, getting blacker and darker.

The pockmarked man paused and asked, "This is..."

The man didn't seem to have heard what he said, holding the little girl's face, his fingers trembling, "Sister...you wake up...brother hasn't saved enough money to take you back..."

"Wake up...Brother will take you home..."

"Wake up..."

The man who was scolding his mother just now cried and wailed, the pockmarked man was stunned, looked at the stiff corpse in his arms, then at him, finally just sighed and said nothing.

He pushed the cart and went to pull the rest of the corpse, leaving the man staring at the corpse blankly, hysterical like a madman.

The picture gradually faded, Tu You's heart trembled, and he couldn't help clenching his fingers together. Before he could react, ripples appeared in the Mirror Flower Water Moon Pool again and again.

When the ripples dissipated, he saw a very familiar face, the man was limping and stumbling into the ruined temple.

The roe deer spirit was originally asleep, but when she woke up, she saw Tu You lying beside the Mirror Flower Shuiyue Pond, frowning, not knowing what she was looking at.

He leaned over to take a look, pointed at the person inside, and asked with a look of surprise, "Hey, isn't this the ticket seller at the gate of the theater?"

That's right, it was Sun Erfu who stumbled into the ruined temple.

The roe deer spirit glanced inside and asked, "Why did he come to the temple?"

Tu You didn't speak, his eyes were fixed on the water.The scene reflected on the water gradually became clear. Sun Erfu, who was originally welcoming guests in Chaotian Garden in a dignified manner, was now covered in dirt, his shoes were covered with wet mud, and his arms were trembling violently. Looking outside the gate of the ruined temple, he let out a long breath.

"I ran so far, I probably can't find me..."

He squatted down on the ground, raised his eyes and saw the Buddha statue in front of the hall, with an expression on his face like madness and madness, he spat at the Buddha statue, took off his shoes, and threw himself On that Buddha statue.

"Hey, what did you say about the immortal Buddha, saving all sentient beings, thanks to the fact that I have worshiped you at home for many years, what is the result?"

The wet muddy shoes hit the Buddha statue and slowly fell on the Eight Immortals table below, until the incomplete tribute dish was also smashed to the ground.

The porcelain plate fell and shattered into pieces.

He laughed suddenly, as if he was crazy, until he had no energy left, Tu You heard him say.

"It's gone, it's gone, it's gone..."

He was very distraught, after a while, he turned his head again, suddenly thought of something, crawled two steps on the ground to the Buddha statue, squeezed out a smile and said: "Buddha...Buddha...forgive me...it's me Made a mistake..."

His tears and nose flowed together, "Buddha, for the sake of my belief in Buddha for so many years, you should show your magical powers and save us. Aren't you the most merciful?"

He himself was choked with crying, and his speech was a little incoherent, he just said intermittently: "The armpit is gone, the mayor doesn't surrender, and he will be shot at Caishikou tomorrow..."

"I don't care...I don't care about that..."

He kowtowed twice and said, "You... please help my brother, my brother is just a theater troupe leader, and he was taken away by that villain. Those officials insisted that the play we heard yesterday was advocating rebellion , the conscience of heaven and earth, we have sung that play for almost ten years, what kind of rebellion did we create..."

He wiped his tears with his sleeve, and put the broken porcelain pieces back on the Eight Immortals table one by one.

When Tu You heard what Sun Erfu said, his complexion changed immediately.

Roe Zijing was looking at Sun Erfu intently, when suddenly Tu You beside him disappeared.

He only felt a gust of wind blowing, turned his head, and saw the figure of Tu You, he looked around the cave, but he couldn't see anyone, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.It's just that when she lowered her head, she saw Tu You appearing on the water.