Chapter 181: Flower Lantern Night Buys a Lonely Soul

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This volume is in the past tense, and the timeline is the first time Xianle was demoted after the fall of the country. Take the second volume. not too long~

Xie Lian woke up in shock.

He broke out in a cold sweat, sat up suddenly, and covered his face.

The reason for waking up was a dream. In the dream, his father and mother committed suicide by hanging behind the beam. He saw it, but there was no joy, no sorrow, no tears to shed, and he prepared to prepare a white silk for himself. A man in white with a sad and happy face sneered at him, startled, the rope tightened, and bursts of suffocation hit him, and he woke up.

The sky outside the window was already white, and a voice came from outside: "Your Highness! Are you awake?"

Xie pity said casually: "Wake up!"

After breathing heavily for a while, he realized that he was not on the couch, but a straw mat on the ground. Although it was filled with a lot of straw, it was unusually soft, but it was still not very comfortable for him, and he still couldn't get used to such a simple bed. This is not an inn palace, but a dilapidated Prince's Temple. The place where he lies is the apse that has been smashed and evacuated.

It was Fengxin who just called out to him, and went out early in the morning to bring back food, and he was still urging him to go out to eat. Xie Lian responded and got up.

The suffocation in the dream was too realistic, and his hand involuntarily stroked his neck. The original intention was to confirm that there was no hanging white silk or a fatal streak, but who knows, I actually touched something.

Xie Lian was startled at first, and rushed to the mirror that was thrown on the ground not far away. He picked it up and saw that a black collar was placed between his fair necks. At this point, he finally calmed down and remembered everything.

Curse.

Xie Lian's fingers tentatively touched this thing.

Once demoted to a mortal, there is no more privilege except that the aging will be a little slower than ordinary people. But when Jun Wu put this curse on him, he still left his love and opened the door of convenience.

Although this curse shackles his mana, it also locks his age and body, making him immortal. And, Jun Wu said to him, if you can soar again, how to write off the past, this thing will also be taken down for you.

However, wearing this thing on the body is like a sinner with tattoos on the face of a prisoner, which is undoubtedly a shame. Thinking of this, Xie Lian stretched his hand to the side, grabbed a white silk and put it on his head. When raised arm, suddenly remembered the fear of the neck being slowly tightened in dream. hesitated for a moment, but finally wrapped it up, wrapping neck and the lower half of face meticulously, and then went out.

Fengxin and Mu Qing are already waiting for him outside. Fengxin came back with steaming steamed buns, and Mu Qing was eating slowly. Fengxin handed two to him, but Xie Lian saw that the clumsy food that was dry and dry had no appetite, so he shook his head and didn't pick it up. Feng Channel: "His Royal Highness, you have to eat something in the morning. What we have to do next cannot be dealt with by sitting still."

Mu Qing's eyelids did not lift, and said: "Yes, there is nothing else to eat if you don't eat this. If you faint again, you have to eat this."

Fengxin glared at him: "how did you talk?"

Xie pity has been flying for a few years, and I have long forgotten the taste of eating. A few days ago, I almost fainted one day, only to remember that he had not eaten anything for three or four days, and this is what Mu Qing said. Xie Lian didn't want the two to fight again early in the morning, and changed the topic in time, saying: "Let's go, I don't know if I can find it today or not."

The original Xie Lian was not only golden branches and jade leaves, but also the body of heaven and man. But now, if he is said to be a prince, the country of Xianle is gone, and if he is said to be an immortal, he has been demoted long ago, and he is basically the same as a mortal, so naturally he has to worry about how he will live his life. Daoist cultivators are of course catching ghosts and doing things, but it is not every day that there are ghosts and ghosts for you to catch or do for you, so most of the time, they still have to find some odd jobs, such as helping people unload Unloading, out of foot force or something.

But even this kind of scattered work, it may not be able to grab it. Because today, too many poor people are displaced. These poor people don't need to pay wages when they see that they have a job. They are willing to do it if they give a steamed bun and half a bowl of rice. Once they come up, how many people here can grab them? They also feel that others need that life more than they do. Sure enough, after shaking for a long time, I found nothing. Admiration: "Can't we find a more stable and decent job?"

Feng Channel: "Bullshit. I can find it long ago. Can a decent person not be able to see his face? Who does not recognize the face of His Highness, and who is recognized by others, is it safe?"

Mu Qing stopped talking. Xie Lian wrapped Bai Ling, who covered the lower half of her face, even tighter. Indeed, if anyone recognizes who he is, they will either run away on their own feet, or they will be beaten away. For example, escorts, who would be at ease to let people with unknown origins and unwillingness to show their faces become escorts? They can't be black thugs who kill others, so their choices are very limited.

It is impossible for God to be troubled by not having enough to eat. But people have to eat. Xie Lian didn't have to think about this kind of thing since he was a child. It was more than ten years ago, and this problem really bothered him. And if God doesn’t even know what it feels like to be hungry, how can God know the feelings of hungry believers? How can He empathize with them? Up to now, it can only be regarded as an experience. .

At this time, there was a sound of gongs and drums not far away, and a large group of people came over. The three of them also followed the crowd and looked at them. Several warriors and clowns were shouting vigorously in the crowd, but there were warriors. In show business. Mu Qing proposed again: "It's really not good, let's go to the show."

Xie Lian was also thinking about this, and before he answered, Feng Xin looked at it and said: "What nonsense, how can you do that kind of thing with your highness?"

Mu Qing rolled her eyes and said: "The bricks have been moved, is there any difference in performing arts?"

Wind channel: "Moving bricks is to rely on one's own strength to eat, but performing arts is for people's entertainment, and it is a joke for others, of course it is different!" Said, the jumping clown fell, everyone laughed, he He got up again, bowed his head and nodded, and picked up a few coins on the ground. Seeing this, Xie Lian felt a sense of resistance in his heart, shook his head vigorously, and crossed the road of "performing" from his mind. Seeing it with admiration, he said: "Okay. Then let's treat it as something."

Feng Channel: "I've already become a lot of things, otherwise I won't be able to hold on to now, and the rest can't be used anymore."

Suddenly, there were bursts of exclamations from the rear of the crowd, and someone shouted: "The soldiers are here! The soldiers are here!"

As soon as the soldiers were coming, the crowd watching the excitement dispersed. Not long after, a line of soldiers, armed with swords and new armor, swaggered across the street, with bright new armor and majesty. The three hid in the crowd and listened to others talking:

"Who is this arresting?"

"Don't worry, it's not for us. I heard that it's for the Xianle royal family who absconded."

"It is said that someone saw a suspicious person near here, so the investigation has been very strict in the city recently."

"Truly? It's incredible, you actually escaped to us!"

Hearing this, the three exchanged a few glances, and thanked and whispered: "Go and see."

The other two nodded. They left the crowd silently, and walked unnoticed for a while before they converged and ran away.

When ran to a small remote forest, Xie Lian saw a thick smoke rising from the forest from a distance, and heart was horrified. Could it be that the soldiers of Yongan have already found this place and set fire to it?

As I ran closer, there was a dilapidated hut hidden in the woods. I don’t know it was the house left by a hunter when he was guarding the mountain in the past. The thick smoke was wafting out of the house, and thank you for the pity: "Mother! What's going on? Are you there?"

After shouting, a woman greeted her and said happily, "Huang'er, are you here?"

It is the queen. She was dressed in commoner clothes and had lost a lot of weight, which was slightly different from the appearance of the noble ladies in the past. Seeing that her mother was fine, her face was full of joy, and there was no abnormality. Xie Lian was relieved and asked: "What happened to the smoke?"

The queen said embarrassedly: "...It's okay. I want to cook some food today..."

Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Farewell! What's the meal? You should eat what Fengxin Muqing sent them every day. This smoke is too eye-catching. If there is smoke, there will be people who will recruit Yong'an soldiers. We are just now. We have already met them in the city, the city will be under martial law, and we have to change places again."

Fengxin and Mu Qing went into the house to put out the smoke, and the queen did not dare to be careless and went to the back of the house to discuss with the king. Fengxin came out and whispered: "His Royal Highness, don't you go and see His Majesty the King?"

Xie Lian shook his head and said, "No."

The two of them, father and son, one is the emperor of the subjugated country and the other is demoted to the gods. It is impossible to say who is more boring and has no face. If they have to sit down face to face, they will only stare at each other, and they will not have a good heart-to-heart talk, so they can not see will not be seen. Thanks for the pity: "Mother, you will pack up later, we will leave today. Come and pick you up at night. We will go first."

The queen hurriedly came out again and said, "Huang'er, you are leaving now? Why did you leave as soon as you came after so many days?"

Thanks for the pity: "I have to go to practice."

In fact, they still have to find work, otherwise they will not be able to get enough food for so many people. The queen said, "Have you eaten in the morning?"

Xie Lian shook his head. All three are hungry now. The queen said: "This is the worst health. Fortunately, I just cooked a pot of porridge. Come in and eat."

Thanks for the pity: "You cook a pot of porridge, how can there be so much smoke, like burning a palace..."

The queen said to Fengxin and Mu Qing again: "You two children also come and eat together."

Fengxin and Mu Qing did not expect that they could still have this treatment, and repeatedly refused, but the queen insisted. The two of them had to sit down at the table cautiously, and they were a little flattered. Surprise is surprise.

However, their surprise turned into horror after the king got back on the pot.

After returning to the city, Mu Qing's nausea has not stopped, and he stumbled: "I thought...that porridge smells like bran water, but I didn't expect it to taste like it!"

Fengxin gritted his teeth and said: "Shut up! Don't force people to recall that pot of things! After all, the queen is... the body of ten thousand gold... never cook... This is already... vomit!..."

Mu Qing hummed: "Did I say it wrong? If you don't think it's like stewed bran water, you... go and ask the queen to reward you with a bowl! Vomit!..."

The two vomited, Xie pity grabbed them, patted their backs, and said: "Don't vomit! Look, the front... It seems that there is work to do!"

Sure enough, the three of them staggered forward, and there were a few bright little bosses on the street, shouting for help, the pay was not bad, and there was no limit to the number of people, and the three hurriedly responded. , mixed in with a group of ragged, skinny poor people, came in droves to a muddy clearing. It looks like someone is going to build a new house here, so it's time to start repairing it, so fill it up first. The three of them worked so hard that they were covered in muddy water. Fengxin transported soil while scolding his face and covering his stomach: "...I'm fucked! I feel that the pot of stewed bran water has become fine in my stomach!"

Xie pity turned back with a basket of soil on his back, and whispered: "Can you still hold on... Do you want to sit next to me first?"

Mu Qing said to Xie Lian: "You should stay by the side."

Thanks for the pity: "No. I can still persevere."

Mu Qing rolled her eyes and said, "Don't insist, I have to wash your clothes when you get dirty, I'd rather do your job together." Someone shouted not far away: "Work hard, Don't talk! Don't be lazy! Do you still want to get paid?"

Fengxin was very tenacious, but he continued to persevere, and he carried twice as much soil as before, saying: "I don't have much money, is it worth making such a fuss and making a fortune?"

With great difficulty from the day when the sun is hanging high to the sunset, you are finally done. Physically, the three of them weren't exhausted, they were just so tired, but they were more tired than their bodies because of their modest wages and rations. They were finally free, and rested on a slightly cleaner piece of ground, when another group of people came, noisily. Several men carried a stone statue and walked slowly.

Xie Lian raised his head slightly and said, "What is that like?"

Mu Qing also glanced at it and said: "The new statue of the town here."

Thanks for being silent.

If it was in the past, there is no doubt that the statue of Zhendi's first choice must be the statue of his prince, but now don't know which god it is. Most of them are Jun Wu, or it may be a new priest.

After a while, Xie Lian couldn't help but want to see who would replace him, so he reluctantly got up and went to the crowd in front of him to have a look. The stone statue had its back turned to him, and his face could not be seen clearly, but it seemed to be kneeling. This made him even more curious. Which priest's statue would be kneeling? He circled around again and turned a corner to see.

Seeing this, his entire mind went blank.

The face of that god statue is actually himself!

The kneeling statue was placed on the ground, and someone on the side rudely patted its head and said, "It's finally here, this grandson is quite heavy!"

"Why do you get such a statue? It's ugly, can't you get a Shenwu Emperor? Isn't that who..."

"That, isn't it? Now, isn't it said that he will be unlucky if he worships? Do you still dare to worship? It was specially shipped here..."

"You don't understand this, right? Worshiping the God of Plague is indeed bad luck, but this stone statue is not meant to be worshipped, but to be stepped on. If you step on the God of Plague under your feet, won't you be able to bless yourself with good luck and evergreen?"

Everyone suddenly realized, all said: "Good meaning, wonderful meaning!"

Fengxin and Mu Qing also noticed something was wrong, and when they came up, they were speechless. Fengxin was about to explode on the spot, and Mu Qing grabbed him, his eyes warned, and whispered: "The prince didn't shout, what do you want to shout?"

Xie Lian did not make a sound, Feng Xin was not sure if he had other considerations, and it was not easy to act rashly. Finally, someone muttered: "Is this...isn't it a bit wrong? After all, he is a god, His Royal Highness."

"Hey, Xianle is dead, but the Prince is still there."

Even more humane said: "This statement is not good. Not only is there nothing wrong with us stepping on the god of plague, but he has to thank us for it."

Xie Lian suddenly said: "Oh? Why should I thank you?"

The man plausibly said: "Have you seen the threshold of a temple? Thousands of people stepped on it, but don't you see how many rich people rushed to buy a temple's threshold as a substitute for themselves? Because every time you step on the threshold, that The threshold will atone for them, pay off a debt, and accumulate a virtuous virtue. The meaning of the kneeling statue is the same. Every time we step on his head or spit, we are not Accumulate merit for his prince? Therefore, he should thank us for..."

Xie pity can't listen anymore.

When the man said the word "thank you", he raised his hand and threw a punch.

The crowd immediately exploded: "What are you doing!" "Beating!" "Who is making trouble?!"

Fengxin wanted to beat people for a long time, and he also shouted and joined the battle. I don't know whether it was invested by myself or affected by it. All in all, the three of them started fighting. During the melee, Xie Lian was almost ripped off his face several times, but fortunately he didn't. The three of them are very skilled, but the other party is numerous and powerful. In addition, the admiration grabbed the two people later, warning them if they wanted to kill mortals and add more crimes. This fight was extremely embarrassing. In the end, although It was a good fight, but the three were also kicked out.

After walking along a river in embarrassment for a while, the three of them slowed down. With a bruised face, Mu Qing said angrily: "I worked hard all day, and finally got into a fight, and I didn't get anything!"

Fengxin wiped the blood on his mouth and said, "You still withdraw money at this time?"

Admiration said: "It's because of this time that you have to withdraw money! When is this? When you can't eat enough! Even if you don't admit it, it's useless, you can't have money! Can't you bear it?"

Thanks for being silent. Feng Channel: "How can you bear it? It's all made into that kind of kneeling like someone stepping on your face! It's not you who dare to be stepped on your face. It's so easy to say."

Admiration said: "From the defeat to the present, it is not the first time that this kind of thing has happened, and there will be more in the future. If he can't learn to take it for granted as soon as possible, I'm afraid he won't have to live."

Fengxin said with disgust: "Get used to it? Get used to what? Insult to others? Get used to mortals stepping on his face? Why should you get used to this kind of thing?"

Xie pity said irritably: "Okay! Stop arguing. Is this kind of trivial thing worth such a big quarrel?"

The two shut up in unison.

After a pause, Xie Lian sighed and said: "Let's go. Find a car and go to pick up the mother and them. We will leave the city tonight."

Wind channel: "Okay."

The two walked side by side for a while, and suddenly found that the feelings did not follow. Xie pity turned back and wondered: "Admiration?"

After a while of silence, he said with admiration: "His Royal Highness, I want to say something to you."

Thanks for the pity: "What's the matter?" Fengxin said impatiently: "What's wrong with you? I said that I won't quarrel with you, what else do you want?"

Admiration: "I want to leave."

"..."

Although Xie Lian had an ominous premonition before he spoke, Xie Lian still held his breath when he really opened his mouth to say this.

Fengxin suspected that he had heard it wrong: "What? What did you say?"

Mu Qing straightened her waist, her eyes were fixed like obsidian, and she said calmly: "Please allow me to leave."

Feng Channel: "Leave? What if you leave His Highness the Crown Prince? What will they do with the King and Queen?"

Mu Qing opened his mouth and finally said, "Sorry, I can't do anything."

Feng Channel: "No, you make it clear, what is powerlessness?"

Admiration said: "The lord and queen are the parents of His Royal Highness, and I also have my own mother, and she also needs me to take care of her. I can't say that I will take care of others and their parents, but not my own mother. So, please forgive me, I can't continue to follow you any longer."

Xie Lian felt a little dizzy and leaned against the wall beside him. Fengxin said coldly: "Is this the real reason? Why haven't I heard of you before?"

Admiration said: "This is just one of the reasons. Another reason is that I think we are all in a predicament right now, and we have different ideas on how to get out of the predicament. With all due respect, if it goes on like this, 10,000 Nian can't get out of this predicament. Therefore, different ways do not work together."

Feng Xinqi laughed, nodded, and said to Xie Lian: "His Royal Highness, did you hear it? Remember what I said at the beginning? If you were demoted, he would definitely run away first. I'm not wrong. Bar?"

Mu Qing seemed to be slightly irritated by him, and said softly: "Please don't kidnap me. I'm just telling the truth. Everyone has their own masters, and no one is born with the right path and the center of the world. Maybe you like it. Revolve around another person who may not be the same as you."

Wind channel: "Where do you come from so many secretive and sour words? I'm too lazy to listen. I'm just ungrateful to say it directly, why not?"

"enough!"

Listening to Xie Lian's voice, the two both stopped. Xie Lian took his hand away from his forehead, turned to Mu Qing, stared at him for a while, and said, "I don't like to force others."

Mu Qing pursed her lips, still standing upright.

Thanks for the pity: "You go."

Mu Qing glanced at him, said nothing, bowed to him, and turned away seriously.

Watching his back gradually disappear into the night, Feng Xin said in disbelief, "Your Highness, did you really let him go like this?"

Xie Lian sighed and said: "Otherwise? I said that I don't like reluctance."

Wind channel: "No? This kid! What is he doing? He really left?! Run away? I'm fucking!"

Xie pity squatted down by the river, rubbed his eyebrows and said: "Forget it. Since his heart is no longer with us, what can he do when he stays? Tie him with a rope and let him wash my clothes for me?"

Fengxin didn't know what to say, so he squatted down together, and after a long while, he said: "Damn, this kid can share wealth, but can't share weal and woe, he ran away when something happened, he doesn't remember your kindness to him at all! "

Thanks for the pity: "I said don't let him remember, you... don't talk about it."

Feng Channel: "Then he can't take it seriously, can't he? I really fucked up! But don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely not leave."

Xie Lian forced a smile and was speechless. Fengxin stood up again and said, "Are we going to pick up the lord and queen? I'll find a car, you wait here first."

Xie Lian nodded and said: "Trouble you. Be careful."

Fengxin responded and left. Xie pity also stood up and walked along the river for a while, and the whole person was still a little fluttering without real feeling.

Mu Qing's departure really shocked him.

At first, he never thought that a person who was so close would leave if he left. Second, Xie Lian always believes in "forever". For example, friends are forever friends, and they will not betray, deceive, or break. There may be a time of separation, but it should never be for the reason of "too bad to live".

It's like a story where heroes and beauties are a match made in heaven, and they should stay together forever and ever. Even if it can't, it must be because of the tragic death, not because the hero loves meat and the beauty loves fish, or because the hero thinks that the beauty spends a lot of money and the beauty thinks that the hero has bad habits.

In an instant, he stepped on the air and fell to the ground, and found that he was still in the world. It doesn't taste good.

After walking around for a while, a lot of dazzling gold stars suddenly floated in front of him. Xie Lian came back to his senses, and after a closer look, he found that it was actually a lantern, floating on the water, slowly coming here with the river. There are also a few children, laughing and playing by the river.

Thanks for the pity: "Ah, today is Zhongyuan."

In the past, grand pujas would be held in Huangji Temple during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I started looking forward to it early, it is impossible to forget. Now I don't remember at all. He shook his head and moved on. At this time, a voice came from the roadside ahead: "Little doll, do you want to buy it?"

This voice was extremely old, and it was full of ghosts. Xie Lian instinctively sensed something wrong, looked up, and saw the two children holding the lights in their hands, parked on the side of the road, curious and timidly looking at something.

In the darkness opposite them, there was a person sitting. It seems to be an old man in a black robe, dirty and integrated with the night. He held a lantern in his hand, and said to the two children sullenly: "The lamp I have here is different from the ordinary lantern in your arms. These are all rare treasures. Make a wish and keep the results. ."

The two children were suspicious: "Really, really?"

The old man said: "Of course. You see."

The lamp in his hand was clearly not lit, but it suddenly emitted an ominous red light. And the dozens of lamps on the ground are also, the faint green light appears and disappears, which is extremely strange.

The two children saw it strangely, but Xie Lian saw it clearly. What kind of strange treasure is that? It's clearly the phosphorescence of the dead!

That lantern must be sealed with the spirit of the little ghost, and it will emit that kind of ominous light on its own. And this old man must be a half-assed wild Taoist priest. I don't know where such a group of unfortunate lonely ghosts were captured and turned into lamps. The two children didn't know why, and they clapped their hands happily and wanted to buy it. Xie Lian walked up quickly and said, "Don't buy it. He lied to you."

The old man glared and said, "You brat, what did you say!"

Xie pity said bluntly: "That lamp is not a treasure, it is a demon weapon, and there are ghosts in it. If you take it back to play, you will definitely be entangled by ghosts."

When the two children heard that there was a ghost, they dared to stay, "Wow", and ran away crying. The old man jumped three feet high and became furious: "How dare you ruin my business!"

Xie pity said: "How can you buy and sell in such a place? Don't talk about such an ignorant child, even if the adults bought your evil lanterns, it would be bad luck, and maybe they would be entangled by the ghosts. Wouldn't it make a big mistake? Even if you have to sell this kind of thing, you should go to a special place to sell it."

The old man said: "You said it lightly, how can there be a place that sells these! Isn't everyone just looking for a place to set up a stall on the roadside?" to leave. Thanks for the pity: "Wait!"

The old man said, "What? What are you doing? Do you want to buy it?"

Thanks for the pity: "No, you really plan to continue selling elsewhere? Where did the ghosts in your lights come from?"

The old man said: "It was caught on the battlefield in the wilderness, everywhere."

Isn't that the wandering souls of the soldiers?

Hearing this, Xie Lian couldn't ignore it, and said solemnly: "Don't sell it. Today is Zhongyuan, if something happens, it's not fun. And these are warrior heroes, how can you take them away? To sell as gadgets?"

The old man said: "When a person dies, it's just a wisp of smoke. What is the heroic soul or not? Of course, my old bones are more important. Everyone wants to make a living. Don't let me sell me to drink the northwest wind? You are so enthusiastic. , did you spend money to buy it?"

"you……"

In the end, Xie Lian conceded defeat and said, "Okay, I'll buy it." He put his hand into his pocket, searched all corners, took out a few small coins, and said, "Are these enough?"

The old man glanced at it and said, "It's not enough! How can this be enough?"

Xie Lian didn't really understand how much a dozen lanterns cost. He never looked at how much he bought things before, but in desperation, he learned to bargain without a teacher: "You don't look good on these lanterns. , it's still very unlucky, let it be cheaper."

The old man said, "You still call me cheap at this price? I've never seen someone poorer than you. It's too embarrassing!"

Thanks for his pity, his face was a bit unbearable, and he said: "I am the prince, and no one has ever said that I am poor and sour?" As soon as the words fell, he regretted slightly, but the old man did not take his words seriously at all. , smiled: "You are the prince, then I am the emperor!"

Xie Lian was a little fortunate, but also a little embarrassed. He simply broke the jar and said frankly: "Sell it or not? I have no money."

After a lot of calculation, the two finally made a deal. Xie Lian used the pitiful money to buy more than a dozen ghost lanterns and carried them to the river. The old man threw the money and ran away, Xie Lian sat by the river, untied the knots of the red thread wrapped around the lanterns one by one, released the little ghosts who were sealed by the spell, and performed a simple ritual for them by the way. .

The faint ghost fire of the stars floated out from the lamp. These souls are all new ghosts who have just died. They are confused, have no consciousness of their own, and are still very weak, so they were caught by the old man. After they were released from the narrow lantern, they all surrounded him and thanked him for pity. Xie Lian stood up and said softly, "Let's go, let's go."

After being gently supported by his hand, the ghosts rose higher and higher, floated to the sky, and gradually dispersed. This is also the so-called, the soul returns to heaven and earth.

Xie Lian stared at the starry night for a long time, and suddenly heard a small voice behind him.

The voice said: "His Royal Highness..."

Xie Lian was stunned, and then he looked at the place where the sound came from. Only then did he realize that there was still a small group of ghost fires left.

It seems that this little devil is stronger than other little devils, not only has his own consciousness, but also can speak. He walked over and said strangely, "Are you calling me just now? You...recognize me?"

He noticed the little ghost fire, and it seemed to be very excited, jumping up and down, and listening to the sound, it seemed that he was also a teenager. It said: "Of course I know you!"

Xie Lian remembered that he was now covered in mud, and he was so embarrassed. He clenched his hand into a fist and put it in front of his mouth. After a while, he said seriously: "Why are you still here? Didn't I pass you through? Did I miss a step?" Otherwise, how could there be one left after the ritual?

The unknown ghost floated in front of him, not too far away, and replied, "No. You have done nothing wrong. It's just that I don't want to leave myself."

Xie Lian thought about it and said, "Do you still have unfulfilled wishes and obsessions?"

The unknown ghost said: "Yes."

Thanks for the pity: "So, tell me, what is it? If it is not difficult, I will try my best to help you."

The unknown ghost, behind the three thousand floating lights flowing with the night, said: "I have a loved one who is still in this world."

After a moment of silence, Xie Lian said: "So it is. Is it your wife?"

"No, Your Highness. We are not married."

"what."

The unknown ghost said: "Actually, he probably doesn't remember me very much. We didn't even say a few words."

Thanks for the pity: "I haven't said a few words? In this case, why did you become the 'beloved' who detained your soul in the world? What kind of national beauty is this?"

After pondering for a moment, he said, "So, what is your wish?"

The unknown ghost replied: "I want to protect him."

Usually, the ghost's wish would be "I want to tell her that I like her", "I want to be gentle with him", or something scarier: "I want her to come down with me". "Protection" is really rare. Xie Lian was stunned and said: "But, you no longer belong to this world."

The unknown ghost said: "So what?"

Thanks for the pity: "If you stay strong, you will not rest in peace."

The unknown ghost was nonchalant and said, "I wish to never rest."

This lone soul turned out to be very stubborn. It is said that such a paranoid ghost is extremely dangerous, but for some reason, Xie Lian did not feel any murderous aura in it, so he was not worried, and said: "If your loved one knows that you have nothing for yourself. Rest in peace, I'm afraid I'll be apologetic and troubled."

The unknown ghost hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I will not let him know why I didn't leave."

Thanks for the pity: "If you see more, you will always know."

The unknown ghost said: "Then just don't let him find out that I am protecting him."

Hearing this, Xie Lian's heart couldn't help but move slightly, thinking that this person's "love" is not just a talk.

These lanterns are filled with stray ghosts captured by the old man from the battlefield in the wilderness, and this one must be a young warrior. He said slowly: "This war made you leave your loved one... I'm sorry. I didn't win."

The unknown ghost said, "It is my supreme honor to die for you."

Xie Lian was stunned for a while.

"To die in battle for the prince is the supreme honor of being a soldier of Xianle." This sentence is a slogan used by a general of Xianle to teach the soldiers, in order to stimulate the morale of the soldiers, claiming that even death, They will also die well, and go to Wonderland when they die. Of course that is a lie. Unexpectedly, this young warrior has died, and his soul is wandering in the world, but he still remembers this sentence firmly. Moreover, the answer was cherished and solemn.

Suddenly, Xie Lian's eyes became hot and his vision blurred. He said, "Sorry, forget it."

The flame of the unknown ghost became brighter and said, "I won't forget it. Your Royal Highness, I will always be your most loyal believer."

Xie Lian choked back and said: "...I have no believers anymore. Believing in me will not do anything good, and it may bring disaster. You know? Even my friends have left me."

The unknown ghost swore, "I won't."

Thanks for the pity: "You will."

The ghost insisted: "Trust me, Your Highness."

Thanks for the pity: "I don't believe it."

I don't believe in others, and I don't believe in myself anymore.