Li Li stood there in confusion. He didn't understand why after he asked those words, not only the person he pulled, but also everyone around him turned their heads and looked over.
This made this little demon very puzzled.
He looked carefully at the expressions on everyone's faces.
But he felt that he might not be able to see anything.
It wasn't until someone looked at him, probably hesitated for a long time, that he said, "What are you looking for her for?"
Li Li thought for a while, took out the letter from his arms, showed them the rat head logo on the letter, and said: "She asked someone to bring me a letter, so I wanted to come and see her. "
It is not only the dusk that is silent, but also the river and the long street, and then the pedestrians standing there with complicated thoughts.
So some people felt that something was too cruel and it would be better not to see it than to see it, so they said that she left the city this morning and didn't know where she went.
Some people also think that many stories must have a beginning and an end. Life, old age, illness, death, love, hate, separation, life will always meet, so she is here.
People talked a lot, and then fell silent in an unusually tacit understanding after hearing the answers from others.
The expression on Li Li's face was still very calm and indifferent. He looked at the people with a smile and said, "So, should I go out of the city to look for them, or should I stay?"
But his voice was a little choked.
There were tears in the corners of his smiling eyes.
So people probably understood something, and slowly made a way out in silence.
When something is covered up with lies and modified with silence.
In fact, the truth of the story is already very clear.
Shushu's body had been dragged up by people and was lying quietly in the snow beside the riverbank guardrail. The young man's sword had also been pulled out.
The blood stains flowing on the ground were like a bright red flower in winter.
Shushu lay on it, his face blurred, just his eyes open.
Those demonic powers are slowly dissipating. When the demonic powers are gone, this story may not be so cruel.
What was left in the snow was just a little mouse.
When people moved out of the way, Li Li saw Rat Rat lying there.
He didn't cry or laugh.
No madness, no hysteria.
He just stood there, holding the letter in his hand tightly, and sighed softly: "So you are here!"
So everything seemed to be waiting for Xiaoyao's words.
When these words fell, the dusk began to fall completely, and the night fell towards the world like a decadence.
People were there wiping their tears with sighs and sorrow.
Li Li was still watching and thinking quietly.
Are you a Feihong or a slushie?
Are you a thousand piles of snow or a long street?
Maybe it's nothing.
He was just a little demon who wrote two letters in Li Li's life.
Start with the first letter and end with the second letter.
There was just a long and boring wait in between.
So the story ends quickly.
...
Shushu's death quickly spread throughout Nanyi City.
People sometimes think that this little mouse demon wanders on the Nanyi River every day. Maybe one day when he is sleeping, he will accidentally capsize off the boat, and maybe he will drown in it.
But no one thought that she would eventually die in the hands of the human sword sect.
Mei Quming, who was playing cards, was stunned for a long time when he heard the news. Then he hurriedly put on his clothes and walked out in the snowy night. He walked to the ferry at the entrance of Jianzong and untied the cable - because of the heavy snow, he It had been a long time since I had gone on a ferry on the river, and the ropes and pennies that tied the boat were frozen to the wooden beams and sides of the boat.
So before Mei Quming untied the ropes, he saw Hu Lu, with blood on his face, dragging his sword and walking back in the snow with his head lowered.
Mei Quming stopped in a daze, looking at the blood on the young man's body, and believed what people were saying.
The young man probably heard the unquiet breathing of the man at the Jianzong ferry. He raised his head, looked at Mei Quming, and called out with tears in his eyes: "Senior brother..."
Mei Quming let go of the untied cable in his hand and walked quickly to Hu Lu. He looked at him with a complicated expression for a long time, then sighed and raised his hand to wipe the blood on the young man's face.
"Why did you kill her?"
Hu Lu looked down at his sword and his hanging hand. There was blood on the sword, as well as on the knuckles. The blood had seeped into the gaps between his fingers and might not be wiped clean in the future.
"I don't know." Hu Lu raised her hand, wiped her tears, and just murmured.
"I don't know, senior brother."
"what do I do?"
Hu Lu let go of his sword at the door of Jianzong, hugged Mei Quming tightly, and cried.
Mei Quming sighed, hugged the fifteen-year-old boy with one hand, and patted his back slowly with the other.
The senior brothers who were playing cards in the concierge also heard the cries and ran out. They stood under the eaves of the Jianzong entrance and stared blankly at this place.
Naturally, they all heard the story of Nanyi City.
But they didn't take it seriously.
In their hearts, Hu Lu was still just that ignorant young boy who didn't show any shame even when he lost at cards. How could a young boy who honestly shaved his head kill Shushu?
Of course they don't believe it.
But looking at the scene in front of them, looking at the young man covered in blood, they all fell silent.
There are many people in the snow in the distance looking at this side.
Such a matter naturally needs to be explained to Nanyi City.
But before that, even the senior brothers of Jian Zong need to know what exactly caused Hu Lu to take such a step.
So all the senior brothers hurriedly brought Hu Lu back to the Sword Sect, while another senior brother Jiang Ye walked out and headed towards the place where the incident happened in Nanyi City.
There's probably too much movement here.
When Mei Quming and the others returned to Jianzong, even Cong Xin was standing on the garden path, tilting his head and looking at the young Hu Lu.
"what happened?"
Hu Lu sat on the steps holding his sword and said nothing.
Mei Quming said softly: "Hu Lu killed Shu Shu."
Cong Xin was stunned for a moment and looked at the young Hu Lu with his head lowered and his face stained with blood.
Although Cong Xin rarely leaves Jianzong, she also knows the story of the mouse demon on the Nanyi River. This is probably because Chen Huaifeng had a good relationship with Shushu before he entered the human world - Chen Huaifeng once I entrusted Shushu to record his annual income from charity.
Everyone looked at the young Hu Lu in confusion.
After a long time, the boy's cries slowly subsided. He sat on the steps with his legs spread wide and looked silently at the snow in Jianzong. The paths that were once covered with white snow were littered with many footprints.
So the young man quietly told the story he knew about a certain night.
It was an ordinary night in Nanyi City before chaos broke out in the world.
The fog has not lifted yet in the big swamp.
The senior brothers in the Sword Sect are still addicted to playing cards.
"Senior Brother Huai Feng killed Liu Sanyue who came back from Daze."
"Shu Shu knows about this. Senior brothers have always been curious about why Shu Shu has been going against Jian Zong these days. It is also because of Liu Sanyue's death."
"I thought she wouldn't tell the people from Qingtian Dao about that."
Hu Lu said in great pain.
"But Senior Brother Huai Feng told me in the afternoon that people from Qingtian Dao are here and they are in Lingnan."
"I'm probably crazy."
Hu Lu lowered his head and lay on his knees.
There was silence in Jianzong.
"Did Liu Sanyue die at the hands of senior brother Huai Feng?"
Mei Quming said in a daze.
They really didn't know about this.
Even these Sword Sect brothers didn't know something, but Hu Lu knew it.
Maybe that's why this tragedy happened.
"Senior Brother Huai Feng did leave the Sword Sect this afternoon. But I didn't know it was because of this incident. I thought he was just going to wander around in the twilight of the human world as usual."
Jiang Hehai, who had been playing cards in the concierge, said softly.
"In this case, Senior Brother Jiang Ye may indeed have some trouble."
All the senior brothers looked at the young Hu Lu sitting on the steps in silence.
At this point, they also understood why Hu Lu suddenly did such a thing.
Liu Sanyue's death in the Sword Sect can be known to Qingtian Dao, but not to the world.
Qingtian Dao naturally knew that the real entanglement with the Human Sword Sect would only plunge the world into turmoil.
So even if he knew it, he wouldn't really do anything drastic.
Just like when Qin Chu came to play cards in the small town of Shanheguanxia.
It is naturally best if matters in the world of spiritual practice can be resolved in the world of spiritual practice.
But if the world knows about it, the general trend of the world will force Qingtian Dao to stand up and confront the Human Sword Sect on this matter openly.
Naturally, the Human Sword Sect is in the wrong, but if they surrender like this, many gaps will arise between the World Sword Sect and the Taoist Sect.
After all, the sword-sharpening cliff cannot be seen today, and the sword sect in the world represents the face of the sword sect to a large extent.
They may be able to relent, but Jian Zong will inevitably have complaints in his heart.
Liu Sanyue's death can only become a story that both parties know well.
But it cannot be revealed to the world and known to the world.
Chen Huaifeng left Jianzong with a big problem.
Hu Lu also left one behind - how to explain today's events to Nanyi City.
Mei Quming sat down next to Hu Lu, looked at Hu Lu for a long time, and then said slowly: "Do you know when Shushu told the people of Qingtian Dao this news?"
Hu Lu shook his head silently.
Mei Quming frowned, but said nothing. He just patted Hu Lu on the shoulder, looked at Cong Xin not far away and said, "Cong Xin, please take him to wash in a stream first. "
Cong Xin nodded and took Hu Lu to a pond.
Mei Quming frowned and looked at Hu Lu's leaving figure for a long time.
Nan Dequ and others stood aside, looked at Mei Quming and said, "Do you think there is a problem?"
Mei Quming nodded, looked at Nan Dequ and said, "Senior brother should have dealt with Shushu before."
Nan Dequ said softly: "Yes."
Although Shushu looks like a little girl, she is a human demon and naturally lives a long time.
Just like what she said to Nan Dao, she has been drifting on the Nanyi River for twenty years.
Shushu is just a girl from the demon clan, not a girl from the world. Naturally, these senior brothers from Jianzong have dealt with the mouse demon.
"If she really wanted to take revenge on Jian Zong, she would not wait until November from April."
Mei Quming said slowly.
"But we know too little about this story." Nan Dequ said softly.
Qu Shaming and the others on the side also looked confused.
The snow in Jianzong's garden is very thick.
Some stories are buried deep, too.
Mei Quming and the others didn't listen to the wind in the past, so they couldn't see the leaves falling to the world in the past, so they could only look at the footprints on the snow and guess a lot of things.
"Perhaps we have to wait until Senior Brother Huai Feng comes back to know what happened." Although Jiang Hehai was leaning against the concierge, he was no longer interested in playing cards. He looked at the sparse path leading to Yichi, "I mainly I'm worried that this kid Hu Lu will be severely affected by this. Ultimately, this is our dereliction of duty as senior brothers."
Compared to senior fellow apprentices like Mei Quming who lived in the human world, Jiang Hehai, a senior fellow who often played cards in the concierge, was more familiar with Hu Lu.
When Nan Dequ heard this, he said calmly: "People will always do many wrong things in life. No one can guarantee that he will take every step correctly in his life. Only by being able to step out can he complete his transformation."
"It's just that this transformation may be too cruel."
All the senior brothers fell silent.
"If something happens to our junior brother, he is naturally to blame." Mei Quming said softly, "Everyone should play less cards during this period."
"Um."
...
Jiang Ye carried the sword on his back and walked through the bloody night of Nanyi City. When he reached the river bank, people were still gathering around and talking.
Shushu's body has disappeared. It is said that it was taken away by a little demon from Lingnan.
After the demon power dissipated, it was just a small one, so naturally there was no need to put in any effort. The little demon just held it in his hand and left here.
So there was only some blood on the river bank that was smudged and frozen in the snow.
Jiang Ye leaned on the guardrail by the river and looked down not far away. There was a small boat parked there, an overturned stove, burnt and uneaten roast chicken, and the wine had long been spilled. There was a broken wine flask, and then there was a large area of blood pouring from the bow of the boat to the ice on the river.
Then there was that place, the ice covered in blood.
Jiang Ye thought about the blood on Hu Lu's fist and the blood on the sword, and might have guessed the direction of this story.
Hu Lu should have put down his sword once. But in the end, he might have been irritated, so he raised his fist - there was a sunken and cracked place among the blood, which should be where the young man was pumping his fist.
What did Shushu say at that time?
Ginger Ye can also guess some.
He knew that Liu Sanyue died at the hands of Chen Huaifeng.
Jiang Ye stood quietly by the river with his sword on his back, watching the people over there discussing today's events.
After a long time, someone probably finally noticed the Jianjian Sect disciple over there who was carrying the sword on his back, so his voice gradually became quieter, he looked at Jiang Ye and said nothing more.
Jiang Ye walked toward the crowd with his sword on his back and stopped at the river bank. He looked down at the place where Shushu's demonic power finally dissipated.
It's also bloody here, but compared to what's below, it's peaceful.
The little demon parading on the Nanyi River was here to quietly dissipate her demon power and truly end her life.
Jiang Ye looked at it in silence for a long time.
The people in Nanyi City didn't speak, they just looked at themselves carefully.
A thousand glances naturally have weight and power.
So Jiang Ye stood there with the sword on his back, feeling very heavy in his heart.
If the Sword Sect in the human world is a place where people can do whatever they want and do evil, then such a story can naturally cover up the past at will.
But the Human Sword Sect is not.
Maybe in the world of spiritual practice, they do have some influence.
But not in the human world.
In the human world, in the eyes of the world, the Human Sword Sect is stable and a symbol of peace and tranquility.
It should represent a lot of justice that shields the wind and rain.
Probably because Jiang Ye had been silent for too long, someone finally asked uneasily: "Brother, what happened today?"
The whole story of lies begins with the first lie.
Jiang Ye also wants to tell the world that today is because Shushu went crazy.
But when the words reached my lips, I couldn't say them out.
This senior brother who used to hang out in the food market in Nanyi City wriggled his lips for a long time before finally speaking softly: "Something has happened in Jianzong. Hu Lu is uneasy and may have seen something wrong - this matter... ..Sword Sect will give an explanation to the world in the future.”
People probably still believe in the Human Sword Sect.
This sword sect has existed in the human world for more than a thousand years in Nanyi City, spanning almost half of the history of the avenue.
So when Jiang Ye walked out of the Sword Sect with a sword on his back, took over the story from the young man who killed someone, and gave some explanations, the people in Nanyi City didn't question anything.
People still feel a little sad when they think that in the future, there will no longer be that little girl holding a boat on the Nanyi River, looking at the sad people coming and going with a smile and saying that you look a little troubled.
There was some movement in the river behind me.
People looked towards the river and saw that the small boat blocked by the ice on the river was slowly drifting downward, probably blown by the night wind.
With the extinguished stove, the burnt chicken, the slumped wine flask, and the dull sound in the cabin with a lot of money that was still unspent, it slowly drifted towards the lower reaches of the Nanyi River. go.
"Jianzong does make some mistakes sometimes."
Ginger Ye's voice sounded again by the river.
Everyone looked back and saw that Jiang Ye, who was supposed to be peacefully wandering around the world until no one remembered him anymore, just like the disciples of the Sword Sect, quietly looked at the small boat going with the current, his eyes wide. There seems to be some light flashing in it.
People can't see it clearly, so let's call it some kind of light.
"Perhaps Jian Zong did something wrong in this matter."
Jiang Ye's voice was gentle and peaceful.
The people in Nanyi City listened quietly.
"If one day, you find that the Sword Sect in the world has deviated from its proper path."
Jiang Ye took out another sword from behind.
He always carries two swords.
One is his own green vegetable sword.
One is Huai Min's Sleepless Sword.
The sleepless sword was taken down, unsheathed, and stuck on the river bank, where Shushu died.
Amidst the crisp sound of the sword, Jiang Ye walked towards the world.
"The world can draw its sword against us."
The river is silent.
The word "Sleepless" on the sword shone brightly in the night.
The world may not sleep tonight.
