Bird Reimu Dance · Returning Night

The wind was strong, and the naked woman knocked down the lights in the courtyard rampantly as if she couldn't feel the pain. No one dared to approach her, and the flames quickly sprang up, and soon there were red lights everywhere.

The five men in black looked at Wei Chen who had fallen to the ground, and then glanced at each other. They all ran towards the gate of the courtyard immediately.

Murong Yan supported her injured body, clenched the short blade tightly, and threw herself at the crazy woman who was covered in flames.

Wei Xinyue stumbled to Wei Chen's side, knelt down, and panickedly clutched the blood gushing out of his chest, her voice was hoarse as if swallowing the hottest charcoal, "Father... you will be fine the... father..."

"Cough cough cough... Xinyue..." Wei Chen coughed and vomited blood, and raised his hand weakly, wanting to touch his daughter's cheek, but he seemed to have no strength to reach it anymore.

Wei Xinyue hurriedly grabbed his hand and stuck it on her tearful cheek, "Father... my daughter is here..."

"Did dad make a mistake..." Wei Chen asked angrily, "Father's love...is it still a big mistake..."

Wei Xinyue couldn't cry anymore, and didn't know how to answer, so she had to hold Wei Chen's cold palm tightly in pain.

"Xinyue... Dad seems... I haven't seen you for a long time..." Wei Chen barely wiped the tears from the corners of his daughter's eyes with his palm, and asked almost pleadingly, "Can... can you Let dad...take another look at you?"

Wei Xinyue nodded with tears in her eyes, carefully lowered Wei Chen's arm, and slowly raised her blood-stained hands.

Wei Chen stared blankly at his daughter taking off the disguise on her face, staring blankly until her eyes became sour.

"Xinyue..." He raised his arms with the last bit of strength, caressed the beautiful face that was incomparably similar to his memory but more upside-down than his memory, and smiled bitterly and sweetly, "Your name... is one of her favorite songs... Mountains have trees and trees have branches... Your heart is happy and you don't know..."

"Father was wrong...maybe it's better to...don't know..."

A line of turbid tears fell silently from his gradually lax eyes, and his arm fell heavily to the ground.

Wei Xinyue stared blankly at her father who was no longer moving, feeling that the whole world suddenly became bloody.

Suddenly, large expanses of red surged up in front of my eyes, like blood, and black like an abyss, like death.

It was as if something was dragging her consciousness desperately into the darkness.

It wasn't until her wrist tightened that she suddenly came back to her senses.Raising her head, she met the red eyes of the man staring at her, "Xin Yue, we have to go..."

Only then did she realize that there were dancing flames and thick black smoke everywhere, and the pavilion had already collapsed, accompanied by soft burning noises.

She broke away from Murong Yan's hand, lowered her head, gently closed her eyes for Wei Chen, and shook her head, "You go, I will stay here with father, and I won't go anywhere."

But in the next moment, Wei Xinyue yelled, "You...what do you want to do?!"

It turned out that Murong Yan suddenly carried Wei Chen's body on her back, and shouted hoarsely at her, "Go! Your father can't stay in such a place!"

Wei Xinyue could only follow her towards the Moon Arch at the entrance of the courtyard.

Unexpectedly, just after running out of the burning courtyard, both of them were stunned, because there were five corpses of men in black lying on the ground, all of them were full of bows and arrows.

Murongyan said badly in her heart, and when she looked up, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she quickly pushed Wei Xinyue away, "Be careful!"

And she couldn't dodge in time, and she was shot by an arrow in her arm and thigh.

The two retreated back to the entrance of the courtyard, leaning against the wall, Murong Yan struggled to lift the short blade out, and through the reflection of the blade, she saw a masked man in black with a bow and crossbow lying on the eaves. People, it seems, are shot and killed once they get out.

The surrounding area is getting hotter and hotter, and the fire is slowly spreading towards the courtyard gate.

Wei Xinyue has never felt so hopeless.

In the front, there was a cold arrow that was hard to guard against, and in the back, there was a threat of fierce fire. His father died, and that person seemed to be on the verge of dying...

She looked at Murong Yan who was leaning weakly against the wall beside her. She had been hit by two arrows, and it might be difficult for her to stand up, let alone run for her life.

But for some reason, her heart suddenly calmed down a lot.

"It seems... I still can't save you... I'm afraid we all have to die here." She stared at her and sighed softly.

"Don't say such frustrating words..." Murongyan didn't look at her, but just lowered her head and broke the arrow handle that hit her leg forcefully, "It's not yet time...I won't die in such a place. ..." Enduring the pain, she broke off the arrow handle on her arm, "I won't let you die here either."

She struggled to stand up against the wall behind her, then smiled faintly at Wei Xinyue, "I will protect you both."

At that moment, the brilliance of the stars and the moon seemed to pour down all of a sudden, accompanied by the soaring firelight, as if thousands of golden threads were falling down, falling on the faint figure who was obviously injured but still smiling.

Wei Xinyue only felt her eyes heat up, she bit her lip, and finally couldn't help asking, "Why...why did you come back?"

"Why does everyone ask me this question?" Murongyan smiled wryly.

"Because you can obviously retreat to the outside of the Great Wall, sit at night and listen to the wind and sleep in the day to listen to the rain, or go boating on the river, and die peacefully in mist... You can obviously live a better life than now...You can... "The tears were stored too full, and finally fell down.

"Xinyue..." Murongyan interrupted her with a heavy raised hand, and sighed slightly, "Looking back on my life, fate mercilessly pulls me forward hastily, and the years... the cruelest years use Swords, blood and power force me not to turn back. But my heart is not made of a mirror after all. I can't hold everything safely. I have experienced so much, and I can't bear it after all. I can't forget it. The life of the wild cranes you mentioned was once within my reach, but unfortunately, I'm afraid I don't have such a good life in this life. Do you know..." She slowly pressed her heart, "Since After I left, there was always some dull pain in my heart, which made me feel uneasy day and night. I really couldn't let go of everything and just ignore it."

While sharpening the tops of the two arrow handles with a dagger, she lowered her voice and continued as if she was muttering to herself, "I don't care about life or death anymore. But the important thing is, I must be worthy Your own heart. If a person has to lie to his own heart for the rest of his life, it would be too sad, right?" She slowly raised her head and looked at the bright moon in the sky, "So why should I die? But I hope you understand that the reason I came back is because I still have a wish--if the world is still in chaos, I am willing to die, but I hope that the future will be peaceful..." She turned her face to Wei Xinyue Word by word, "you are safe."

After saying this, she rushed out without hesitation.

"don't want!!!"

Wei Xinyue rushed forward and desperately reached out to grab it, but she was still a step too late.

Caught nothing but scorching wind.

Murong Yan's figure was like a sharp sword unsheathed and jumped in the air. While revealing her figure, she also raised the three sharp weapons in her hand.

shoot! !

The two men in black on the left and right fell down in response, but the assassin in the middle was only shot in the shoulder.

He let out a muffled snort, and raised the pistol again after suffering the pain, pointing at Murongyan.

At this moment, Murong Yan also fell heavily to the ground, and really couldn't stand up anymore.

At this moment, a slender figure ran forward, opened his arms, hugged her tightly, and blocked her with his slender body.

"Get away...get away!" Murong Yan struggled to push her away, but the wounds on her body were like thousands of steel needles being nailed to her body at the same time, making her extremely weak in pain.

Wei Xinyue clenched her lips, didn't say anything, just hugged Murongyan tightly, tightly grabbed the robe behind her, and stubbornly remained motionless.

"Then let's die together!" The man in black growled in the middle, stabilized Nu with both hands, and aimed at them.

Murongyan closed her eyes in despair and unwillingness.

In the next moment, there was a sharp 'whoosh', piercing the air suddenly.

There was a sound of 'bump', as if something fell heavily from a height.

Murong Yan opened her eyes, first she stared blankly at the newly appeared corpse of the man in black not far away, then lowered her head suddenly, and finally felt relieved when she saw that Wei Xinyue was not hit by an arrow in the back.

She just felt that the night was too long, and in a trance, she saw the door being pushed open, and a bearded man in a dirty robe walked in slowly with a bow in hand.

"Oh, why didn't I come late? The property of the Wei family is well hidden... It's a pity that there is water here... Otherwise, it would be really hard to find... Don't blame me."

Murong Yan pulled the corners of her mouth into a forced smile, but finally couldn't hold it anymore, she tilted her head, and passed out completely.

"Master! Master!" Wei Xinyue shook her nervously.

Duan Wuyou also stepped forward quickly, put his finger under her nose, then raised his eyes and said to Wei Xinyue, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm still angry."

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After accompanying Wei Xinyue to put Wei Chen into the coffin, Duan Wuyou realized that this beautiful and inconceivable girl was actually the daughter of Duke Wei.

At this time in the hidden inn, he watched her keep changing the dressing and wet veil for Murong Yan who was seriously injured and started to get hot, so he couldn't help asking, "Little girl, you should take a rest yourself anyway."

He thought that this girl had just experienced the pain of losing her father after all, but she still insisted on taking care of Murong Yan non-stop. If this continues, she might collapse if Murong Yan wakes up.

But Wei Xinyue just shook her head without saying a word, her gaze was always on Murongyan.

"It's terrible." Duan Wuyou picked out his ears, stepped forward, and said carelessly, "I see you are a beautiful little girl, why do you have to like this guy?"

But Wei Xinyue didn't stop what she was doing as if she didn't hear it.

"Hey! Did you hear me?" Duan Wuyou was a little impatient, so he reached out and grabbed her wrist, "Stop!"

Then he was taken aback for a moment, because he saw the tears rolling in Wei Xinyue's eyes, but she resisted the tears.

"Hey, what are you crying for? If you don't know, you think I'm a big man bullying you... Hey, I said she won't die yet... Don't worry about it..." Duan Wuyou had no choice but to withdraw her hand in embarrassment. , can not help but feel a little headache.

He took a closer look at Wei Xinyue, and couldn't help but think inwardly, "It's terrible... This little girl's appearance is even worse than that of Leng Lange ten years ago.

Even though he didn't like women, he didn't dare to stare at them for too long, so he took a step back, raised his head and sighed, half-jokingly said, "Otherwise, since I like it so much, I'll make arrangements for you, just let you and She flew away together?"

She shook her head silently again.

"Hey, that's really strange. I said, aunt, why do you only know how to shake your head?" Duan Wuyou really had no choice but to leave with a flick of his sleeves. Come, let her speak to you herself!"

Before leaving, Duan Wuyou paused, turned around again, and said in a rare and serious tone, "Little girl, I really advise you, you are still young, and you still have many choices in life. Unlike us, who are already old, There is no choice left, only a dead end to fight to the end. It is better to leave as soon as possible."

After Duan Wuyou left, she stared at her profile, listening to her gradually steady breathing.After a long time, he slowly took out a plain brocade handkerchief from his bosom, on which the pattern of pear blossoms fluttering in the wind could be vaguely seen.She silently bent down, and carefully wrapped the handkerchief around Murong Yan's arm.

On this side, she embroidered the veil five years ago, and she never knew when and how to give it to this person.Even during the time when Yanmenguan followed her alone, she failed to send the veil out.But here and now, she wanted to give it to her, even if this person couldn't even notice it at all.But she had to give it to her.

When she stood up, she lowered her head and smiled at her, but the clear light in her eyes that had been rippling finally fell down.

She said, "Thank you."

Then she left.