Chapter 310 Alima's Story
Luosang obviously didn't expect Xiao Yu to ask this question right away, and it took him a long time to answer: "I've finished killing them."
"That's good. Now that you have no regrets, it will be much easier for us to talk."
Xiao Yu pulled over a chair and asked Xu Chuchu to sit down, while he leaned beside her.
"Losang, tell us how your sister, Alima, died?" he asked. "Don't tell me she was killed by wild beasts in the mountains. If it were that simple, someone like you wouldn't have killed so many people."
Luosang shuddered when he heard this: "What do you know? How did you find out about Alima?"
Xiao Yu took out the earring and the blood-stained cloth fragment and said, "For the past three years, Mr. Ma Jiang and Sang Ji have been burning incense to worship Alima's spirit, praying for her forgiveness. They are worshipping these two things that belonged to Alima."
Luosang said nothing and lowered his eyes, not looking at them.
"Tell me, Luosang," Xiao Yu said calmly. "It's been three years since Alima left. Why did you wait and do nothing until recently? Did you discover something new, or did you suddenly gain some power?"
Luosang was silent for a moment before finally speaking out: "I thought she was really killed by a wild beast."
"After she got into trouble, I heard it was the three Daba brothers who took her up the mountain. I was so angry I asked for an explanation. But they said it was Alima who asked them to take her up the mountain so she could collect herbs to supplement the family income. Her best friend, Sangji, also testified to this. Although I was angry, I let it go."
"Until a month ago." Anger began to burn in Luosang's eyes. "I discovered the truth."
"How did you find out?" Xiao Yu grasped the key question.
Luosang glanced at them and took something out from behind him.
Xiao Yu and Xu Chuchu focused their attention on it and found that it was a black ring, about the size of an ordinary plate, with an upward-curling pattern in the middle, like a stretched cloud. Looking closely, they could see fine lines on the ring.
It looked very worn out, like charcoal that would crumble if squeezed, but both of them knew that the ring must have come from a very complicated place.
"Is this a crown?" Xiao Yu suddenly said, "The crown that leaders of remote ethnic groups would wear."
Luosang nodded: "You are indeed well-informed."
"I fished this out of the stream over a month ago while fishing," Luosang said. "The moment I held it, I felt a fatal temptation, tempting me to put it on."
"I knew there was something wrong with this temptation. I resisted it for three days, but I couldn't control myself and put it on my head."
"It's a good thing I wore it." He suddenly gritted his teeth, "I just realized that my sister died so tragically, it's not at all like they said!"
"Did the crown tell you?" Xiao Yu asked, "How did it let you know?"
Luosang looked out the window reluctantly: "Then let me turn into an eagle on the Tianshan Mountains and see everything in those days with my own eyes."
Luosang slowly recounted what happened that year.
Three years ago, in order to buy a piece of jewelry that she liked, Sangji agreed with the three Daba brothers to go up the mountain to collect herbs together and share the harvest after returning.
But because the three Daba brothers were notorious, she was afraid of being teased and bullied by them, so she pretended to be sick and begged her good sister Alima to go in her place.
Alima is more beautiful than Sangji. Sangji feels that if Alima can come back safely this time, she can cooperate with the three Daba brothers with confidence.
Alima was innocent and kind-hearted by nature, and she valued friendship. She agreed to Sangji's request immediately and enthusiastically sent Sangji the medicinal herbs she had at home.
After following the three Daba brothers up the mountain, Alima was indeed teased by them. Fortunately, the three brothers still relied on her to collect herbs and did not cause her any substantial harm.
The four climbed halfway up the mountain and met Mr. Ma Jiang who was being chased by a bear cub.
Mr. Ma Jiang begged the three brothers to save him. The scene was in chaos. Alima was scratched by the bear cub's claws and the sleeves of her coat were torn. The three brothers and Mr. Ma Jiang worked together to kill the bear cub, divided up the valuable parts of its body, and threw the rest off the cliff.
So when the villagers went up the mountain to search at night, they saw Alima's clothes and a large amount of blood and mistakenly thought she was dead. However, the blood was not from Alima, but from the bear cub.
After dealing with the bear cub, the three Daba brothers had another evil idea. They forced Mr. Ma Jiang to take them to a higher place on the mountain on the pretext of saving their lives.
They thought that the higher up the mountain, the more valuable treasures there would be, but only Mr. Ma Jiang knew the way up.
Mr. Ma Jiang had no choice but to agree.
The three brothers thought it was a burden to bring a woman like Alima up the mountain, so they sent her back home by herself.
But it was already dark, and Alima didn't know the way down the mountain. There might be wild beasts around smelling the blood of the bear cubs, so she had no way of going home alone.
Mr. Ma Jiang couldn't bear to leave Alima to die, so he offered to take Alima up the mountain with him.
The three Daba brothers didn't want anyone to die, so they agreed.
Mr. Ma Jiang brought them to a place on the mountain close to the snow-capped mountains, thinking that they could just walk there, because the clothes they were wearing were not very warm and it was impossible for them to go into the snow-capped mountains.
Unexpectedly, after a few turns, a road appeared in front of them that Mr. Ma Jiang had never seen before.
The road extends and winds up the snow-capped mountains. There is ice and snow on both sides of the road, but there is no wind or snow in the middle of the road, and there is no feeling of cold at all.
They all felt that they were lucky and rushed up dragging Alima.
We arrived at the top of Tianshan Mountain.
"They reached the top of Tianshan Mountain so easily?" Xiao Yu frowned. "Why did such a road appear?"
"I don't know." Luosang shook his head. "It might be a gift from Tianshan, or a punishment from Tianshan."
"What does that mean?" Xu Chuchu was puzzled. How could it be both a gift and a punishment?
Luosang did not answer, but continued to tell them what happened next.
The top of Tianshan Mountain is very beautiful. There is no wind or snow, no cold, but a warm and green place.
Standing on the grass, they could see the beautiful water of Tianchi Lake from afar. It looked like a piece of jade inlaid among the mountains, making people want to touch it.
However, people had no time to appreciate the beauty of Tianchi because the top of the mountain was full of treasures.
The trees on the mountaintops don't have fresh green leaves, but golden leaves. The stones scattered along the roadside, when you peel away the dust, are all crystal jade...
There is money everywhere, and there are treasures everywhere.
The three Daba brothers and Mr. Ma Jiang were like crazy, stuffing treasures into their bags desperately, and even took off their clothes to put them in, wishing they could take back the entire mountain.
Alima did not pick up a single leaf. She was just scared. She felt that everything in front of her was so incredible. She was also afraid of the three Daba brothers and Mr. Ma Jiang who had red eyes.
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