Chapter 20: Behind Ye Xiao
The most unexplainable thing in the world is the word fate.
I never thought that when I came out of Chen Chengyi, in the many cities of the dungeon, the place where I appeared was in my hometown where I was roaring at night.
I still remember that Ye Xiao once mentioned his hometown to me on the train and also said that he yearned for Qinglong City. At that time, he never dreamed that Qinglong City would be the place where his life would die, and I was sitting opposite him as the inducement of his death.
If he had let him know all this early, what would he choose?
I remembered that stubborn guy, but where does life have these if?
I paid the bill and walked out of the small town. After deliberately inquiring, I walked towards the village where Ye Xiao was.
Along the way, I listened more or less about people talking about the fighting arena. Legend has it that Ye Xiao was a big monster, or even a top noble. The closer he got to that village, the more rumors there were. Only I, who was moving forward silently, knew what kind of monster Ye Xiao was? His strength was the strength of a civilian.
In front of many bright moonlights, he was so weak that he didn't even have a light, but at the last moment of his life, he could emit such a light, leaving such a legend in the dungeon.
This is what he wished in his life, but he didn't expect it to be achieved in such a tragic way. In my heart, I really hope that he has escaped to Qiongqi City and become a gangster who wants to work hard there.
While meditating, the village where Ye Xiao was located was already close in front of him. It was a place surrounded by stones. You could vaguely see the dim light of the oil lamp in the village. It was incomparable to the city. There were also the simple houses built with stones, which were just slightly better than the work and rest area.
Before I could enter the village, I heard a wave of faint crying.
Originally, I didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but for some reason the crying touched my heart. I frowned slightly, and my steps were uncontrollably walking towards the place where the crying was.
It was a small dim plain outside the village, surrounded by extremely desertedness, only the foot of a mountain range next to it, where there were clusters of shining mosses, which added some vitality to the place.
It is here that there is a lonely grave that looks lonely. In front of the lonely grave, there is a woman with an extremely thin body, crying in front of the grave with two small figures.
It is not far from the village, no wonder I can hear the crying.
However, this place is too remote. If it weren't for the guidance of these crying sounds, how could I find this place?
I don’t know why? When I saw this lonely grave, I felt an urge to cry, and when I looked at those figures, I felt extremely sad.
With this confusion, I walked towards the lonely grave. My steps were very light. Logically, I would not have alarmed these figures, but I didn't expect that the smallest figure among them would notice me. I suddenly turned my head and looked at me with a not-so-friendly look: "Who are you?"
People who have lived in the dungeon for so many years have already made some compromises for the functions of their bodies, such as the ability to see objects in the dark. The people in the dungeon are so many times stronger than those on the ground. And I, after Nie Yan's memory, my body has become inexplicably stronger and strange. In this dungeon for more than ten days, I have adapted to this environment that is dim at any time.
So, I could see clearly what this child looked like at first glance.
He is still very young, and although he turns his head fiercely, the tears on his cheeks and the slightly trembling fists show that he is still a child and is afraid in his heart.
But when I looked at his face, my heart was shaken. This child was a little bald man. He had no characteristics of a demon in appearance, but he was seven points like Ye Xiao. If he hadn't had such a young and tender face on his face, he would have been a full-length little Ye Xiao.
The child suddenly shouted, which alarmed the two figures next to him.
The first thing I turned back was the figure of the woman. When she turned her head, I saw that she was a woman, who looked only forty or fifty years old, with white hair like an old one, sixty or seventy years old. She was completely a human woman, and there was still a shadow of a night roar between her eyebrows, but she was haggard, sad and helpless at this moment.
Subconsciously, I took the two small figures and looked at me in fear.
The other small figure is a little girl, who also has no characteristics of a demon clan. She looks completely like a human, looks beautiful and charming, and is somewhat similar to Ye Xiao.
Seeing such a scene, how could I not have realized it? I was moved like this and came over to see it casually. I actually met Ye Xiao’s family. There was a sense of sadness in my heart in the lonely grave, but I didn’t expect that the woman was holding two children and began to kneel and bow to me constantly: “This adult, we have not deliberately violated anything. Please don’t report to the official.”
As she said that, her voice choked: "Even if the sinner made a huge mistake, it is my own flesh and blood. The brother of the two children, I can't bear to have no one to pay tribute to him. So I hope that for human nature, I really don't report to the official."
How could I bear it? I walked over in silence and helped the woman up. I could see that the little boy who turned back first clenched his fists, and the anger and unwillingness in his eyes were like a little wolf. He shouted softly: "My brother is a good person."
My hands fell heavily on his shoulders and whispered: "Yes, your brother is a good person, not only a good person, but in my heart, he is also an amazing hero."
"Are you serious?" The little boy looked at me in disbelief, but there was a glimmer of excitement in his eyes.
But the woman looked at me in surprise and fear: "Sir, what do you mean? Do you know my son?"
"Ye Xiao, right?" I asked softly, then walked step by step to the front of the lonely grave, looked at the lonely grave, and turned to ask them: "Why would he be buried in such a place?"
Inside the dark stone house.
In front of me is an oil lamp that looks shabby and cannot be more shabby. In the dungeon, oil lamps are already the most important furniture for people. If people have some spare money, they will buy an expensive, beautiful one, and can burn for a longer and brighter one. If it weren't for the extreme economic difficulties, how could they use such an oil lamp? It's worse than those in the work and rest area.
I guessed that the lonely grave was Ye Xiao’s grave, and the three people who paid tribute to the grave were Ye Xiao’s family.
Ye Xiao never mentioned his family in front of me. Only once, I chatted with him. Seeing how he would make a fortune after he talked about it, he was so excited that he asked, "If you really succeed like this, what are you going to do?"
Ye Xiao had to whisper with me, but at the end he whispered and said seriously: "At least, the most important thing is to let your family live a good life."
It means Ye Xiao still cares about his family.
While sobing, Ye Xiao's mother had already told me everything and also told me some of the things about Ye Xiao.
For this family, Ye Xiao is really the only support, just because he is the only child in the family with the characteristics of a demon clan.
His father was a wolf demon and a noble man, while his mother was just a poor abandoned woman. After all, abandoning humans was not a great thing.
Among the three children, Ye Xiao was the characteristic of a demon clan, so he was qualified as a civilian. As for his mother and younger brothers and sisters, they were all quasi-civilians.
Ye Xiao hated his father very much, the wolf demon who had the status of a noble man. Now the wolf demon is in Qinglong City. He heard that he was favored by a noble banshee. He had already reached the top and had completely forgotten Ye Xiao and his son.
Ye Xiao was going to Qinglong City, one was to find a good life for his family and no longer stay in this barren and difficult village. The other was to find some names, and then stand in front of his father in a glorious way, so that he would regret abandoning the mother and son.
Ye Xiao’s wish has always been so simple, but he died in the fight.
And the earth-shaking thing in the fight field would not disappear like this because of Ye Xiao's death. In other words, such a thing is not something that a family like Ye Xiao can bear.
I heard that his father was implicated and resolutely separated his relationship with Ye Xiao, so he could protect himself.
However, I don’t know what the big man on the upper level was thinking, Ye Xiao’s body was actually allowed to be transported back to his hometown, which seemed to be quite exhausting financial resources. But the person who transported Ye Xiao’s body back was his father, or to show his attitude, he flattered the upper level. Although Ye Xiao’s father brought Ye Xiao’s body back.
However, it was announced that Ye Xiao's body must not be buried in the ancestral cemetery of this village.
Moreover, the poor mother and son were punished. They were originally going to be punished, but some of the close neighbors in the village had pleaded for mercy before they were exempted from the punishment.
In the end, Ye Xiao's father did not allow anyone to worship Ye Xiao, even the mother and son. He said that Ye Xiao was a sinner who was unforgivable and had a burial place, which was an extra kindness and he was not qualified to enjoy the worship.
After doing this, Ye Xiao's father left without even looking at the mother and son.
Looking at the dim oil lamp, my hands had already clenched into fists because of anger. I didn't expect that there would be such a story behind Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao's mother sobbed and said to me: "My only wish is that my son can be buried in the ancestral grave, where there is a stone wall to protect and special gravekeepers. Rest in the ancestral grave, it can also prevent my son's body from being eaten by the hungry beasts. The beasts underground are very terrible."
After saying that, Ye Xiao's mother cried again.
But the younger brother who looked very similar to Ye Xiao stood up angrily, clenched his fists and said, "Mom, don't cry. When I grow up, I must seek justice for my elder brother. I don't have a father, so I want him to kneel in front of my elder brother's grave to admit his mistake."
Chapter completed!