C437 Grief for both Parents
While kneeling at the edge of the pit, Tieh Hua stared straight at the person in the pit. Suddenly, she kowtowed nine times and slowly picked up a handful of soil and carefully sprinkled it into the pit. Blood gushed out of her eyes again and she opened her mouth. But there was no sound. Suddenly, Tieh Hua waved her hands. She pushed the soil that had just been dug out into the pit and buried the person in the pit in an instant. In just a moment, a mound was piled up there.
After planting the last handful of soil, Tieh Hua casually picked up a knife and waved it out. She picked up a five foot long wooden board from a thick tree trunk beside her.
After some minor repairs, Tieh Hua threw away the knife in her hand and bit her right index finger that was already dripping with blood. She seemed to want to use her own blood to write on the wooden board, but the blood on her hand seemed to have already flowed out. No matter how hard she tried, she could not find a single trace of blood on the wooden board. Tieh Hua could not help but let out a dry howl. Suddenly, she exerted her strength and wood splinters flew out. She actually used her finger that had already seen the bones to carve out several lines of words on the wooden board.
Tieh Hua respectfully inserted her own tombstone in front of the grave and took three steps back. After looking at it for a long time, she suddenly bent her knees and knelt there, unable to get up.
Everyone looked up and saw that there were two rows of large words written on the wooden board. On the right was "Father: Ke Zhongyuan's Tomb" and on the left was "Mother: Ling Yuhuan's Tomb." The signature was: "Unfilial daughter, Ke Ling, weeping and standing."
When they saw the tombstone, everyone knew that Tieh Hua's surname was Ke, Ling. At this moment, her shoulders, which were prostrating in front of the tombs of Ke Zhongyuan and Ling Yuhuan, were constantly twitching, as if she could not stop her grief and despair, and she was crying. However, there was no sound. Everyone knew that Ke Ling had forcefully endured the great grief of losing her loved ones for the past day. She had been injured in both body and soul. Now that her loved ones were finally buried, her sad and heavy heart was finally relieved. The grief and indignation in her heart was also about to be vented, but at this moment, she wanted to cry but had no tears. She wanted to cry silently.
What could the crowd do in the face of such a scene? They could only secretly accompany Ke Ling in sadness, sadness, and also taste the despair of losing their loved ones. They could endure the heart-wrenching pain together.
Suddenly, Ke Ling's body, which was lying on the ground and trembling non-stop, suddenly stiffened. Immediately after, she softly fell to the ground. When everyone saw this, they could not help but feel pain in their hearts. Huang Yinhua hurriedly rushed to her side and as she helped Ke Ling up, she cried out with concern, "What's wrong with you? Hey, are you alright? Hey... "
Wen Wenya followed closely behind Ke Ling and after a slight inspection, she sighed," After she suddenly lost her family, she endured her grief and used her anger and suffering to torture herself. Even her mental and physical exhaustion temporarily caused her to faint. Just treat it as if she was fine and let her sleep well for a while. Sigh! Things have already come to this point, why did she torture herself like this?"
Grabbing Ke Ling's wrist, Huang Yinhua cried out in pain, "You guys take a look. Is this still a person's hand?"
When everyone heard this, they looked towards Ke Ling's hand and saw that her hand was covered in mud from east to west. Under the cover of the thick wet mud, the bones of the fingers could be seen. That appearance was indeed very eye catching.
Looking at Ke Ling's hand, everyone's heart hurt again. Wen Wenya hurriedly tore off two pieces of cloth from her inner clothes and carefully tied Ke Ling's bag up. Then she helplessly said, "Her hands must be washed and applied medicine, but I don't have any medicine. There is also no water nearby and it is unable to help her wash, Young Master. Let's find a town to buy some medicine, or else... She won't be able to keep her hands. "
Along the way, everyone gradually relaxed their vigilance. However, they all knew the purpose of this long journey, so... Even though they didn't intentionally conceal their journey all along the way, they'd never stayed at the capital city's Dahu to rest with great fanfare either. It was just that when it was necessary, Ren Dongming would bring one or two people to a relatively remote small market to purchase some daily necessities and dry rations. After crossing the Yellow River, they were even more focused on walking towards unpopulated places. They did not expect that they would encounter Ke Ling being surrounded and attacked here. Du Qi naturally would not leave her to die, not to mention that those bullies were despicable in their actions. With seven against three advantages, they still launched a sneak attack and killed Ke Zhongyuan and Ling Yuhuan, who seemed to be not familiar with martial arts, first.
Ren Dongming thought it was very risky to help Ke Ling. After the matter was over, he originally wanted to urge Du Qi and the others to leave immediately, but he saw that everyone and Ke Ling were immersed in grief. He did not say anything. At this moment, he heard Wen Wenya's words. Although he knew that it was inappropriate, he had no reason to stop her. He could only look at Du Qi with the crowd.
Du Qi understood in his heart that he could only treat the injury on Ke Ling's hand. He had to go to the big town, or even the county town to find all the necessary medicines. With her current situation, she might have to stay there with her for a few more days. In this way, their whereabouts would be completely exposed, and those who wanted to find him would swarm over. Their hard work and tiredness during this period would all be in vain, and what was worse was that there would be no more peaceful days in the future.
Du Qi was not afraid of trouble, but he did not want to provoke girls anymore. Especially beautiful girls! Ke Ling was undoubtedly a beautiful girl with a unique charm. She was even more beautiful than Looh Miaoer, Ma Yuxiao, Wen Wenya and the other girls. She was even more alluring. Du Qi was even a little afraid to look at Ke Ling. He was afraid to see her beautiful face that moved his heart like a flower.
If it was in the past, he would have met a beautiful girl like Ke Ling. Du Qi would definitely think of ways to stick to her, even if there was no chance at all. He wanted to get close to her at all costs, but his recent encounters were too wonderful. Almost all the women he met followed him. At first, he was complacent and proud of himself. However, as things developed, Du Qi felt more and more uneasy. At this very moment, he didn't know what to do with them. He also didn't know what the situation would be like in the future, so he could only warn himself. Don't provoke girls anymore, no matter how beautiful a girl is!
Now facing Ke Ling, Du Qi felt deeply troubled, but looking at her hand that was wet and no longer looked like a hand, feeling her sudden loss of family, Du Qi's heart couldn't help but soften. He immediately threw all his worries and warnings to the back of his mind and ordered, "Elder Ren, let's not delay any longer. Take us to the nearest town!"
Hearing Du Qi's words, Huang Yinhua cheered and lifted Ke Ling up to act. Seeing this scene, Ren Dongming knew that he could not stop it and could not help but sigh in his heart. Helplessly, he said, "Going over that mountain top is the immortal market. Hopefully there is medicine needed there. Sigh!"
Holding Ke Ling who was still unconscious, she followed closely behind Ren Dongming and struggled to move between the brambles and grass. Huang Yinhua asked while panting slightly, "Just now we just need to walk along the main road and it will not be hard for us to reach the big town. Why did Elder Ren lead us to this desolate mountain trail?"