Cannibalism

After Xie Sheng finished distributing the food he brought, he found his sister who was kneeling in front of the stone statue and worshiping with the people.

The God of Plague has been sealed by Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in a Dharma Cave near Fanchuan.Today, the sky in Lucheng is as clean as a cloud, and the clouds that shrouded it when the God of Plague came to the world have long since dissipated.As the evening approached, there was a smoky ray of light in the sky, which was golden and surrounded the horizon, and it was very brilliant from a distance.

The stone sculpture erected by the people for Xie Xuan was placed on the river bank. At this time, the sun cast a crooked and long shadow on it, which happened to fall on the position where Xie Gan knelt down.Xie Sheng approached Xie Gan, and his figure was immediately covered by this shadow.

Xie Sheng looked up at Xie Xuan's statue.Within half a day after Xie Xuan died of illness, the people of Lucheng, thinking of his kindness, worked together to drag out a huge rock from the valley, and carved a statue about five or six people tall in a short period of time.After the face of the stone carving has been polished, it seems to be carved out of the same mold as the appearance of Xie Xuan, the ninth son of the Xie family.

He looked up at Xie Xuan standing still on the river bank, his eyes suddenly became wet.Brother Nine has always treated him and Xie Gan very closely, and he treats them well in different ways.For example, Xie Sheng doesn't like to eat fruits and vegetables, so Ninth Brother beat those unpalatable carrots and grapes into juice, and then mixed it with a lot of hawthorn honey for him to drink; Find out some of them and turn them into grass rings and wear them on her head, and then exaggerate her cute appearance, like a fairy descending to earth.

Thanks to the love of these city residents, they were able to drag their Ninth Brother back from the hands of the King of Hades.

"Sister." Xie Sheng also imitated her movements and knelt down on his knees, moved to her ear with small steps, and asked, "Where is Brother Ten?"

Xie Gan had already removed his makeup, and put on a black mourning dress with his swollen eyes.She kowtowed her head on the ground before she stood up and said, "Brother Ten said that he would pack up the belongings that Brother Nine left in Lucheng and send them home. He also told me that even if Brother Nine becomes a god and revives later, he should He is the god who guards Lucheng, and these folks should be sent back to Tianyan Mountain."

Xie Sheng felt complicated for a while, and said, "I see."

Xie Gan suddenly covered his heart, pursed the corners of his pale lips, and said with a little anxiety: "Brother, there is always something stuck in my heart, and it seems that something bad is about to happen. Tell me, Brother Nine won't come back No……"

"No." Xie Sheng patted her on the shoulder, "Ninth brother is worshiped by all, so there will be no mistakes this time."

"However, right now, those monster clan members are spreading rumors that the heavens will not allow our Xie Tiger Clan to become gods and immortals, because the heavens are afraid of our appeal in the demon world, and they are afraid that we will become queens of gods and endanger the lives of the gods. Their supremacy."

"These rumors are pretty good, so don't believe them all." Xie Sheng lowered his head and glanced at Xie Gan, fearing that what he said would offend her. "Actually, I can understand this statement. Look at the world The emperor is worshiped by thousands of people, and he sends people everywhere to ask for immortals to ask for the law of longevity, but didn't they also fail to ascend?"

"How can they be compared?!" Xie Gan's eyes widened angrily, and he wanted to open his mouth to refute, but he knelt there thinking for a long time and couldn't come up with a reason. Let’s talk about Brother Six. Brother, tell me, can those emperors who are greedy for power in the world compare with our dead Brother Six? Feisheng, I heard that he was reincarnated as a countryman!"

Xie Sheng didn't know where Xie Gandu heard the rumors, he touched his head, hesitantly said: "Sixth Brother is indeed a pity. Sister, where did you know about Sixth Brother's reincarnation?"

Xie Gan didn't answer, she lowered her head and choked with sobs and said, "I never understood why the Heaven Realm doesn't allow the Yaozu to go to the Ghost Realm to inquire about the whereabouts of relatives and friends after reincarnation. I miss Sixth Brother, Eldest Brother, Third Brother, oh... "

Xie Sheng has never pinned his emotions on the theory of reincarnation handed down from generation to generation, he sees it more clearly than Eleventh Sister.He persuaded: "Sister, in fact, the souls of the brothers have nothing to do with us, it's just that in this life we ​​happened to have a relationship where blood is thicker than water, and we happened to spend a period of sharing joys and sorrows in our good years, which made us Cherish the brotherhood. When they drink Mengpo soup and reincarnate, these memories and blood relatives will no longer exist. Sister, if you go to find the reincarnation of your brothers, not only will you not gain anything, but it will disturb him. life for a lifetime."

He has never held such an idea.It is the successive births and deaths that make family love in the world extremely precious. If reincarnation and reincarnation are just dispensable nodes in life, then who would cherish the present and this life?

What's more, a new life who drank Mengpo soup should not be disturbed by the joys and sorrows of the previous life.

This is respect for life.

The way of heaven operates so naturally, so there is a reason for its operation.

But Xie Gan had already been brought up by the sorrow of parting in the past at this time, and he couldn't listen to Xie Sheng's eloquent words at all.She lowered her head and wiped her tears, and said, "Brother, go help Brother Ten and leave me alone."

Xie Sheng knew that Xie Gan didn't want to listen to him anymore, so he nodded, got up and left.

The bodies of some people around the stone statue have not yet fully recovered, their faces are still pale and green, and they are coughing continuously while rubbing their chests.

Xie Sheng thought: Brother Nine should have left some herbs, and then he will give some to the people.

He quickly found his tenth brother Xie Nan.Xie Nan was standing in front of a stone tablet with an iron chisel, carving inscriptions.

"Brother Ten? What are you doing?" Xie Sheng thought it was Brother Ninth's epitaph at first, but when he got closer, he realized it was not.

As soon as the iron chisel was struck, a lot of choking white ash fell down. Xie Nan stretched out his hand and slapped it in front of his face, and continued to carve with the other hand.

"I'm writing epitaphs for the people of Lucheng who died in the plague god chaos." Xie Nan looked focused and meticulous, "During this disaster, Lucheng suffered heavy losses. The heavens sent people to help us a few days ago. The reason."

Xie Sheng glanced at the respectful people around Xie Nan, and continued to ask: "How many people have been killed or injured in Lucheng?"

Xie Nan said: "9000 people were killed in the torrential rain and mountain torrents at the beginning, and then another 3000 or 3 people died of the plague. Up to now, only 1 people have survived in a city of 3000 people. wounded. Only [-] people survived the plague uninjured and diseased.”

"They are really pitiful." Xie Sheng bowed his head in regret, "I hope that the deceased will not suffer such pain in the next life."

"By the way, Ah Sheng." Xie Nan put down the drill and chisel in his hand, and handed Xie Sheng a bundle, "Here are the relics left by brother Jiu, including the medicine box that has been with him all the time, help me send it back to heaven." Yanshan."

"Okay." Xie Sheng responded, and suddenly remembered those people who were still coughing just now, and asked again, "Brother Ten. Did Brother Ninth leave any extra pills?"

"Yes, it's all in the baggage." Xie Nan glanced at him, the light in his eyes was very bright, "Today I have distributed the elixir to the people who have not yet recovered, and you will give the rest tomorrow."

"Then I'm leaving. Brother Ten, pay attention to your body."

After listening to Brother Ten's instructions, Xie Sheng immediately used the technique of vertical cloud, flew into the air, and disappeared in a flash.

Xie Nan watched his younger brother shrink into a black dot in the air, then took the tool in his hand and continued to compose and engrave the epitaph of Lucheng.

Xie Shengfei came out of Lucheng, caressing Qing Yun beside him, and when he didn't pay attention, the burden in front of him suddenly disappeared.

He looked at the empty palm in surprise, smelled a faint smell of the river, turned his head, and found a figure running away.I finally realized that I met a pickpocket.

This is the relic of Brother Xie Sheng Jiu!He had to chase it back, so he immediately turned around and quickly chased after that figure.

The figure ran fast at first, but after a short period of time, it slowed down at a speed visible to the naked eye, probably because its physical strength was gradually exhausted.She jumped onto a small island with dense grass, and rolled twice on the ground holding Xie Xuan's burden, and was grabbed by Xie Sheng in the next moment.

The one who stole the bag was a woman in ragged clothes. Her facial features were fairly delicate, but she looked a little strange.Her face didn't seem to be covered with dust, but her face was gray again, and even the whites of her eyes were covered with streaks of gray, like a half-dead zombie.

Xie Sheng snatched the bundle from her, and said angrily, "Where did the thief come from! How dare you steal from your grandpa Xie Sheng? Are you impatient?"

"Shit!"

This woman's clothes are inappropriate, and the words that come out of her face and mouth are also dirty words.Big stars of saliva sprayed on Xie Sheng's face, Xie Sheng closed his eyes, stepped back, and let go of his hand holding her.

The woman took the opportunity to flip forward, creating a distance of three zhang between Xie Sheng.

Xie Sheng carried the bundle, wiped his face with his sleeve, and said, "Who are you? Why did you steal my ninth brother's belongings?"

"Hmph, your Ninth Brother?" The girl sneered, "Your Ninth Brother is that sanctimonious and ruthless 'Miraculous Doctor Xie', isn't he?"

"What dirty things are you swearing about?" Xie Sheng never hit women, but he seemed to be making an exception now, he resisted the urge to raise his fists, and kept his eyes on her every move.

The girl didn't care about her image at all, and raised her head to face him with her nostrils in a high-spirited manner: "You are right, that dog genius doctor is a dirty thing!"

"You!—" Xie Sheng couldn't bear it any longer. He swung towards the girl's shoulder with three-point strength, but just as he touched the girl, the fist went directly through the girl's shoulder, as if punching her. to the air.

At first, Xie Sheng thought that the girl had used some ghostly tricks, but when he saw the gray face of the girl and the unbelievable expression on her face, Xie Sheng suddenly realized——

"Are you about to disappear?"

Xie Sheng adopted a tactful way of asking.In this sentence, disappearance is equivalent to death.

"Hahaha……"

The girl laughed wildly, her chaotic eyes flicked around: "Let me tell you, I was originally the river god who guarded Lucheng, but Xie Xuan brought his plague god here. He is not a miracle doctor at all! Thank you!" Xuan is the chief culprit who killed tens of thousands of people in Lucheng, everyone was deceived by him!"

How could Xie Sheng easily believe that this unknown woman framed his ninth brother, and immediately retorted: "You are talking nonsense! My ninth brother is not the kind of villain you said."

The girl smiled and her eyes filled with tears. She lowered her head and stared at the faintly visible legs under her body, and laughed at the doctor: "He wants to become a god, and he also wants to break the rumor that the Xie family will never become a god. He knows that the gods Unable to catch the plague, he let the plague water merge with me, turning me into a monster that everyone shouted and beat. Later, I couldn't explain it, the people no longer worshiped me, and my godhead gradually faded. Blocked by the enchantment cast by the spell, I can no longer get close to Lucheng and take a look at my people, and the plague has invaded my body. Yes, you are right, I am about to disappear, maybe I can last Tomorrow, perhaps in half an hour, I shall be dead."

Xie Sheng held the burden, his head went blank for a while, and he was still muttering: "I don't believe it..."

"If you believe it, you have to believe it. If you don't believe it, you have to believe it." The girl sat on the ground, looking at the sun that had been lurking in the sky for many days, "Your Brother Ninth is such a despicable person! Very trustworthy people!"

"Then, why did you steal my luggage?" Xie Sheng thought he had found a loophole, and tried his best to defend Brother Nine, "You are a thief, and Brother Nine is a good person."

"Hehe, are you really stupid or fake?" The girl sneered, "Even if he is killed by the trap I set up now, the spell barrier he set has been stuck around Lucheng, and I can't get close to Lucheng to find it. The evidence of his harm can only be obtained by stealing this package. Just now I found the breath of the God of Plague in this package, if you don’t believe me, open it and have a look?”

Xie Sheng's hands were trembling, and the knot on the burden was pulled several times without tearing it off, and finally tore it apart with the last twist.

There are some clothes in it, and a medicine chest.Xie Sheng opened the medicine box and found a drawer full of pills inside.

"Here, these are the pills, which should be given to him by the God of Plague. I guess he didn't even realize that these pills are only useful for ordinary people. But he is not afraid at all, because he knew that the people in the city would Start enshrining him after his death, and he can come back from the dead."

The river god girl wanted to reach for these pills, but the pills all passed through her palm.

Her hands are gone.

Looking at the protruding wrists, the River God said to himself: "He can come back from the dead and be loved by others, but I am going to die. Tell me, why?! Why!! Why should I be killed? Your Xie Tiger Clan has made you look like this? Why are you doing it!!!"

She roared hysterically at Xie Sheng, beating Xie Sheng's body desperately.She can't beat anything.

"Where did I go wrong to be humiliated like this?! What's so good about Xie Xuan?! If you can kill half of the city's people with peace of mind, aren't you afraid of falling into the [-]th floor of hell after death!"

Xie Sheng was completely lost in thought by her yelling, and fell to the ground in a daze.

The girl's body disappeared faster than she imagined.

In just half a stick of incense, she was so weak that only her neck and head remained, and her black hair, which was many times longer than her neck, hung in the air, looking extremely bloody and terrifying.

Tears of blood flowed from the girl's eyes, pattering down on the grass, mixing with the fragrance of the soil.

She laughed while crying, "If you still don't believe me, just show these pills to the God of Plague."

Xie Sheng looked up at her without saying a word.

"However, for the gods related to disasters, the road to becoming a god is abnormal. They don't need many people to love them, because they can also parasitize on people with strong spiritual power. Half of the spiritual power comes from the incense that is worshiped, and half of the spiritual power comes from the gods. The host, the host can even change at any time." The girl's voice became softer and softer, "This pill is a connection between your ninth brother and the plague god, he must have agreed to the plague god's request, such as how much incense to give him."

"Tell me, do you want to ask the God of Plague?"

The dying river god seemed to know that Xie Sheng was able to enter the Bodhidharma cave where the plague god was imprisoned.

After saying this, the girl's head disappeared, together with the blood dripping from the grass blades.

The warm summer wind blows slowly, shaking all the green grass on this small island, and half of the bulging sunset has fallen down the hill.

There are no more thieves and pickpockets around.Except for Xie Sheng's pale face, everything was normal as before, as if the plague that swept across the city had never appeared.

Xie Sheng staggered up from the ground, and quickly fled the island.

The sun was setting in the west and the sun was rising in the east. After half a day, Xie Sheng came back from Tianyan Mountain.

This day was still a sunny day with a clear sky, but the originally unclean river in Lucheng was completely dyed black.

Xie Gan, Xie Nan, and those ordinary people with able-bodied hands and feet knelt in front of the stone statue, kowtowed and bowed devoutly, hoping that Xie Xuan would return soon.

Xie Sheng went to the Bodhidharma Cave last night, and he answered all the questions the River God asked him to ask.

He knelt not far from the crowd, looked at the people who were almost displaced, and recalled the scene of Xie Nan digging the epitaph yesterday.

"9000 people were killed in the initial torrential rain and flash floods," Xie Nan said.

Behind is a mass of dead Lucheng River, so dark that you can never see through it.

"Later, another 3000 or [-] people died of the plague."

The people kneeling in front of the stone statue were sincerely awing their Divine Doctor Xie.

"Up to now, only 3 people have survived the city of 1 people, including those with missing arms and legs."

Those who have broken their legs are clasping their hands together on the bed, looking forward to the early return of Dr. Xie.

"There are only 3000 people who survived this plague without injury or disease."

Ah, there are still those people who have not recovered from their illnesses, waiting for him to distribute the elixir left by Brother Nine.They believed that it was this elixir and Doctor Xie that saved their lives.

They are grateful for this and are devout.

At this moment, a thunderbolt suddenly fell from the white sky, and the towering stone statue was split in half in the blink of an eye.Immediately afterwards, there was another thunder and lightning, and Xie Xuan's statue was completely cracked, and the broken stones fell to the ground.

After a moment of dead silence, the surroundings suddenly became full of voices and became a mess. Some people knelt down and wailed loudly, some cried out in surprise, and some were yelled at by the cracked stones.

Everyone is talking.

Xie Gan unbelievably picked up a piece of stone that fell on his feet, this time, he couldn't even cry.She looked at the clear blue sky resentfully, her eyes were full of grief and unwillingness. .

Xie Sheng, who was kneeling not far away, put down the arm that cast the spell.He kowtowed in the direction of the stone statue.

He pinched the flesh in his trouser legs, turning his fingertips into purple.

"I'm sorry, brother nine."

"Ninth brother, I have no choice."

Xie Sheng's head was bleeding, and his eyes were filled with gold stars. He couldn't see the blue sky above his head, and he couldn't see the despair and disappointment on the faces of the people, Xie Nan and Xie Gan, but he knew that these things were all there. Even if he can't see or touch it, it's still there and won't change.

He did such a thing, how should he explain it to Xie Gan and Xie Nan?

Do you want to tell them that it was I who sent down lightning and knocked down Brother Jiu's stone sculpture?

Said, it was me who prevented Brother Nine from being brought back from the dead?

In other words, I discovered that our most kind-hearted brother Jiu is actually a heinous villain. He is not a miracle doctor. He brought the plague god and killed thousands of innocent people in Lucheng?

He couldn't speak.

"I'm sorry, brother nine."

"Sorry……"

"Xie Sheng?"

Seeing that Xie Sheng was sweating profusely and talking in sleep, Yuanshiren stretched out his hand and pushed his back.

Xie Sheng woke up suddenly, and after seeing Yuanshiren's face clearly, he suddenly jumped up from the ground, hugged Yuanshiren's waist, and buried his head in it, like an ostrich fleeing.

"What's wrong with you?" Tobishiren stroked the back of his head lightly, "Are you having a nightmare?"

"Yeah." Xie Sheng closed his eyes and replied vaguely, "Let me lean on for a while, just for a while."

Yuan Shiren saw that the other party was so bored that he didn't have the mood to talk, so he sat there quietly, letting Xie Sheng snuggle up like a child.

At the same time, on Tianyan Mountain, in Xie Nan's courtyard.

It is rare for Xie Nan and Yong Chuan to have a drink under the moon.

The mountains, the bright moon, and the sound of insects.

Where there is a place for drinking, there will be purity and elegance.

When the revelry was in full swing, Yong Chuan suddenly said: "You brothers have a good relationship. Xie Shishi's name was given by Xie Shengqi, so did you come up with Xie Sheng's name?"

Xie Nan bent his lips and smiled: "You guessed it right. In our family, the former brother often names the younger brother."

"Oh? It's so easy to guess right?" Yong Chuan finished drinking the wine in the glass, poured another glass for himself, and raised his glass, "Thank you to the Tiger Clan."

Xie Nan said: "I gave the twelfth brother a single name, in order to hope that he can rise up and become a master in this life. Therefore, this name puts my expectations for him as a younger brother."

"Then what is Xie Sheng's expectation of Xie Shishi?"

"He wants Xie Shishi to be an ordinary and comfortable person." Xie Nan shook his head, "Xie Sheng doesn't expect much from his younger brother."

Yong Chuan asked again: "I want to know, what are your expectations for Xie Sheng, specifically?"

Xie Nan looked forward, looked at Yong Chuan's refilled wine glass, and his face turned cold: "For example, there are some things, I know I can't be ruthless, so I have to let him do it. Xie Sheng's faith and courage Never disappoints, he is truly the king of the tiger clan."

Yong Chuan focused his attention and asked curiously: "What is it that even you can't be ruthless? I have never heard of it, and I can't even imagine it."

Xie Nan raised his head and drank the glass of stale wine, and the corners of his lips curled up just like that.

"I won't tell you. Because—these things, even he was kept in the dark."