Chapter 205: Past Events (Part 3)
The house was on fire, and the cellar had limited space, poor ventilation, and accumulated toxic gases, which would cause people to die quickly without any protective measures.
Moreover, there are a lot of medicinal herbs piled up in the cellar, and the fire outside is so big that it will burn in sooner or later.
So, regardless of whether the group of men in black outside have left or not, they must go out.
Mother Wen still carried Liu on her back as usual, and Nangong Mu followed behind her, holding the child.
As soon as the three adults and one child climbed out of the cellar, they were scorched by a strong heat that almost burned their skin.
The house was already crumbling, and Wen's mother rushed out quickly carrying Liu on her back.
But Nangong Mu and the child were trapped in the house by the fallen beams.
Liu begged Wen's mother to put her down and tried to rush in using her hands and feet.
Wen's mother stopped her. Seeing two vats of water in the yard, she climbed directly into the vat, soaked herself from head to toe, and then rushed into the sea of fire.
Wen's mother taught her son since he was young that people should be grateful and repay kindness, and those who don't know how to be grateful are not worthy of being human.
How could she bear not to save the only child of her savior?
Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, she will try her best.
Wen's mother rushed into the sea of fire and saw two people, one big and one small, lying unconscious on the ground.
Nangong Mu held the child tightly under her body, with a red-hot wooden beam pressing on her back.
Mother Wen rushed forward, kicked the red-hot wooden beam away, bent down, picked up Nangong Mu and the child, and rushed out quickly.
However, the structure of the house had been burned loose, and wooden planks fell down in pieces, many of which hit Nangong Mu and Wen's mother.
Mother Wen could only do her best to prevent the child from getting hurt.
Fortunately, in the end, the two adults and one child managed to escape from the sea of fire, but they were already very close to death.
Nangong Mu fell into a coma and had burns all over her body, but fortunately, she was still breathing.
Mother Wen carried her on her back with all her might.
Liu could only drag her still bleeding lower body, holding her unconscious child, and follow closely behind Wen's mother.
The blazing fire devoured the darkness and illuminated the corpses lying all over the house.
Liu hugged her daughter tightly, tears and blood streaming from the corners of her eyes, and she cried silently.
Wen's mother was also silent. The scene before her could not be called hell on earth.
After setting the fire, the group of men in black were probably worried that it would attract the attention of the people in the city, so they didn't dare to stay any longer.
Mother Wen and Mrs. Liu dragged their bodies towards the back door and did not see the man in black.
However, just as they passed by the courtyard where Liu and Nangong Lingxiao lived, they saw a tall figure with a burnt body slowly crawling out from inside.
Ten bony fingers were deeply embedded in the mess on the ground as he crawled forward with difficulty.
The moment Liu saw that figure, she staggered over with the child in her arms.
She rushed to the charred figure and called out "husband" with difficulty, her voice full of tears.
The charred figure slowly raised its head.
He looked at the woman in front of him, then at the child in her arms, a strong light bursting out of his eyes.
Not long after Nangong Lingxiao rested in the front yard tonight, he heard bursts of fighting coming from the yard.
He pulled the sword from the wall, hurried out of the room, and engaged in a melee with the men in black who were slaughtering slaves in the yard.
Nangong Lingxiao is good at martial arts, but he is not very good.
He might have a chance of winning in a one-on-one fight, but the men in black were too numerous for him to defeat.
With injuries all over his body, he didn't dare to fight the man in black anymore.
Relying on his understanding of the terrain of the mansion, Nangong Lingxiao successfully shook off a group of men in black and came to the backyard.
But he didn't see his wife.
He ran to other yards to look for her, but only saw corpses all over the ground.
My parents were dead, as were my uncles and aunts. Except for Nangong Mu, all my brothers and sisters were nothing but cold corpses.
Even the relatives and friends who were staying in the Nangong Mansion, as well as the disciples accepted by his father, fell in a pool of blood.
The men in black who were searching for him in the mansion soon caught up with him. He fought and fled all the way, but finally collapsed in his own yard.
The man in black thought he was dead, and he also felt that he was dead.
But he woke up again in the burning fire.
His obsession with finding his wife and sister forced him to crawl out.
When he saw the person he had been thinking about, he smiled.
I have no regrets as I can see them for the last time before I die.
Nangong Lingxiao looked at his skinny child, then raised his head with difficulty to look at the sky that was illuminated by the fire and turned purple-red.
He named the child "Ziyun" and made arrangements for his own funeral.
He told Liu and his sister to live well, raise their child well, and to find a reliable husband for Ziyun in the future...
He talked a lot, even telling where the most important thing in the house was hidden.
But his voice was getting lower and lower, and in the end, neither Liu nor Wen's mother could hear what he was saying.
On a night in late autumn, the howling wind carried the fire dragon, making a whimpering wail, just like Liu's broken and dying heart.
She gently stroked Nangong Lingxiao's charred face, hugged her daughter and lay on him, breaking down and crying.
Until she coughed up a mouthful of blood, her body fell limply on Nangong Lingxiao.
Mother Wen could see that Liu was probably not going to survive.
The heart is dead and the body will soon be dead too.
She wanted to say something to persuade him, but found herself choking with sobs and unable to speak.
Liu kissed her daughter's little face and gently placed her on Nangong Lingxiao's charred body.
She begged Wen's mother to take her children and Nangong Mu out, and if possible, to convey her husband's last words to them.
After saying that, she slowly closed her eyes.
Mother Wen sighed deeply and finally took Nangong Mu and Nangong Ziyun out of the Nangong Mansion.
However, she was already seriously injured, and after a whole night of exhaustion, she had not walked far from the Nangong Mansion when Mother Wen also collapsed.
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