Chapter 26 Dawn

Jiang Xinian went north out of the village and saw Jiang Si waiting by a small river.

Jiang Si quickly came to her side and stretched out his hand to her. Jiang Xinian stared at Jiang Si's face, his eyebrows softened, and he put his hand on Jiang Si's wrist.

"Go home, Ah Si."

"Yes, Miss."

Jiang Si opened the way for Jiang Xinian and walked forward in the dark.

The snow stopped.

Now there was no moon in the sky, they dared not light torches, and could only move forward in that direction by instinct.

Jiang Si's ears moved, and he heard human voices.

Those villagers were much more familiar with this maze than they were.

When they were surrounded, Jiang Xinian was not surprised, because there were not as many people coming as last time, and Yu Chi and Gu Jue did not keep up, they were covering themselves.

Tonight, she must go.

"A Si, don't leave any one alive."

The torches held by the villagers illuminated the surroundings, and the dancing flames reflected in Jiang Xinian's eyes. She was still holding the broken sword.

Yu Chi's medicine blocked her pain, which was a good thing and a bad thing, but she didn't know how long the effect of the medicine would last.

Her actions were decisive, and her sword fell with a rise in her hand. She, Jiang Xinian, has never been a delicate, fragile canary that needs protection. Her father is a general, and her brother is also a general.

She believes that she can't be a general, but she is tough and free.

Break through the cage and fly into the sky.

Even if she dies, she will never accept her fate, nor will she surrender.

She, Jiang Xinian, is not an object that can be bought and displayed by anyone!

The blood stained her skirt red. She looked up and saw the old woman who followed the crowd and beat and scolded her all day long.

The old woman was afraid of Yu Chi and Gu Jue, so she followed some people to chase Jiang Xinian.

But Jiang Xinian was standing in front of her at this moment, like a bloodthirsty devil, exuding the smell of blood.

"You should regret not letting your son beat me to death after I escaped several times. You are right about one thing, this world is unfair..."

Her eyes were fixed on the old woman. A torch fell beside the old woman. She picked it up and threw it at Jiang Xinian's face.

Jiang Xinian sneered, and casually used the broken sword to pick up the torch and flew aside. The sword tip turned and fell in front of the old woman again.

"Time has changed, now it's my turn..."

Jiang Xinian turned around, and the old woman behind her fell to the ground and stopped breathing when she lifted her foot to leave.

Jiang Si put away his sword and knelt on one knee at Jiang Xinian's feet.

"Miss, it's all solved."

"Then let's go, it's time to go back."

She subconsciously raised her hand to grab Jiang Si's wrist, but her hand went straight through Jiang Si's hand, very cold.

"Ah Si?"

Jiang Si raised his hand again. The firelight and shadows around were so dim that Jiang Xinian could not see clearly, and Jiang Si's face was a little blurry.

She did not hold Jiang Si's hand again, but looked at Jiang Si deeply and walked in front.

...

"Asi, Asi, can ghosts die too?"

"Yes, miss."

"But ghosts are originally transformed from people after death, can ghosts die?"

"Maybe, I've never died, I don't know, miss."

...

When she was a child, she had touched those hands, and the temperature was much lower than that of ordinary humans.

Those hands helped her release paper fins and played with her with flower ropes. She remembered the temperature of those hands.

The moment she fell, it was so cold.

Jiang Si followed Jiang Xinian without saying a word. Not long after, Jiang Xinian felt the pain in her body return.

Maybe the effect of the medicine had worn off.

Her body became very heavy and her steps slowed down.

Jiang Si walked forward silently, squatted down, and wanted to carry Jiang Xinian on his back. Jiang Xinian was silent for a while and just patted his shoulder.

"You are in more pain than me now, right?"

Jiang Si said, "I'm not in pain."

Jiang Xinian walked forward.

"It doesn't hurt me either."

Jiang Si felt sour in his heart. He remembered that the young lady used to be very afraid of pain.

She listened to Yu Chi's words and headed north, but when she reached the end, she saw a cliff.

When she looked down, there was a cloud of mist and darkness. She couldn't see clearly and didn't know how deep it was.

They didn't know if anyone would catch up with them. Jiang Xinian took a step towards the cliff and was caught by Jiang Si again.

His expression was so flustered that he felt as if Jiang Xinian had been bewitched by something and actually walked towards the cliff.

Jiang Xinian was pulled by Jiang Si, but her feet had already stepped out.

She didn't step on air and landed on solid ground.

In an instant, the cliff disappeared, and the blocking clouds and mist dissipated, revealing a secluded path.

She patted Jiang Si's hand, motioning him to rest assured, everything would be fine.

She continued to move forward, and when she walked into the path, she found that Jiang Si did not follow her, but stood still.

Jiang Si understood that this was the way out. He had been trapped in this mountain forest for more than a month just for today.

Jiang Xinian looked back at him.

The night sky was clear at this time, the heavy clouds dispersed, and a crescent moon appeared in the sky, and

the hazy moonlight fell on Jiang Si.

"Miss, go home, Jiang Si, we are here, Miss."

He didn't know what supported him until today. He was already seriously injured last time, and then he had a fight with Gu Jue.

Just now, it was easy for the villagers to deal with him because they knew what Jiang Si was.

He just wanted to see the young lady return home.

He had waited for a year, and it was finally coming to him.

The end of the path was the exit, and he couldn't hold on any longer. At least, he could watch the young lady leave.

That was good enough.

Jiang Xinian and Jiang Si looked at each other, her lips moving as if she wanted to say something, but she felt her words were pale.

Finally, Jiang Xinian lowered her head.

"Ah Si, I want to eat peaches."

"Miss, there are no peaches in this season."

"I just want to eat them. You once said that you would help me find whatever I wanted to eat. Now, I want to eat peaches."

She walked up to Jiang Si with a silent look, pulled his sleeve and walked away. Her messy hair covered her eyes, making her look less ferocious.

"You have to find them for me. I'll be angry if you can't find them."

What to do? Ah Si was most afraid of the young lady getting angry.

The young lady won't smile when she's angry, but he likes to see the young lady smile, and when the young lady smiles, his mood will also improve.

...

The broken sword stuck in the ground, and Jiang Xinian was sweating in the cold winter night.

Half of it was tiredness, and half of it was pain.

Jiang Si had been silent on her back for a while, and she was a little panicked.

"Ah Si, you've become so light."

He was so tall, but on her back he was very light, not at all like the weight of a big man.

But the lighter Jiang Si became, the more panicked she felt.

...

"Ah Si, do ghosts have weight?"

"Miss, ghosts do have weight, and that is the force that ghosts exert on people."

If the weight of a ghost becomes lighter and lighter, it means that he is not far from real death.

...

Jiang Si's obsession was gone. From that day when he met the old Taoist priest, he had been declining. It was this obsession that supported him to move forward.

He wanted the young lady to be safe. He

wanted the young lady to go home.

Jiang Xinian didn't want to abandon Jiang Si. From childhood to adulthood, except for the elders and brothers in the family, there were only two people who had always been with her.

One was a little maid, and the other was Jiang Si.

The little maid's whereabouts are now unknown, and her life or death is unknown.

She can't abandon Jiang Si again.

Jiang Si's hands are very cold, especially cold.

"A Si, don't sleep, talk to me, A Si..."

She just picked up a seriously injured person and took him home, but later she found out that it was not a person, but a ghost.

She hid the ghost at home and raised it well. After it was raised, the ghost willingly stayed by her side and let her do whatever she wanted.

She didn't know Ah Si's age, but she knew that Ah Si looked like this when she was a child, and he remained the same when he grew up.

Ah Si would take her to fly paper eagles.

Bring her candied haws.

Accompany her to play with flower strings.

He would also pick the sweetest persimmon on the top of the branch for her.

Ah Si was not only a secret guard, but also a family member.

"We have to go home together."

...

The fire ahead was getting closer, and Jiang Xinian quickened her pace.

"Xi Nian!"

Someone was calling her.

The voice of Xi Nian seemed to be separated by thick fog, and it was not clear, hazy and blurred.

Just when she thought she was hallucinating.

There was another voice.

"Xi Nian!"

The call passed through the dense forest with the light of dawn, piercing the thickness of the night and bringing hope to her.

She raised her head and looked at the sky through the gap in the tree shadows.

The morning light was dim and the sun was rising.

It turned out that the day had dawned.