After an unknown amount of time, when Tang Zhao was completely frozen, he vaguely heard someone's voice outside the well.
The human voice was very noisy, and it didn't seem to be the voices of Sui Feng and two or three others.
Tang Zhao, who was almost freezing, didn't care about all this. He supported the wall of the well and shouted loudly: "Help! Help! There is someone in the well!"
His voice was hoarse and trembling. Staying in the well for a while had exhausted all his strength.
The sounds outside were chaotic, and he didn't know if anyone had heard him, so he had to shout as hard as he could until he couldn't make any sound, and then he paused.
Suddenly, the surroundings became quiet.
Someone above the head said: "Is there anyone down there?"
Tang Zhao cleared his throat and shouted with all his strength: "Help!"
The mouth of the well lit up, obviously someone was shining a light on it.
Someone cheered: "He's a little man. Haha, I'm afraid we've caught the real owner! He's hiding in the well!"
Tang Zhao was horrified and asked in surprise: Catch me? Catch me for what I did?
However, it was not his turn to think too much. Since he had the intention of catching people, people from outside came very quickly. Someone immediately lowered the rope and climbed down to the bottom of the well. Without any hesitation, he grabbed Tang Zhao and said with a smile: "Ah, skinny half-year-old, it seems you are right! You can hide in the well." Have you passed?"
Tang Zhao's heart moved, he had already guessed the beginning and the end, but he stopped talking.
No matter what, let him get himself out first.
After being lifted out from the well, Tang Zhao narrowed his eyes.
It's too bright outside.
The mouth of the well was surrounded by torches and a large circle of people gathered around it. Tang Zhao glanced at them and saw that they were all government servants in official uniforms.
Tang Zhao secretly wondered: What did he do? Is he a fugitive murderer?
With a plop, Tang Zhao fell to the ground, his eyes turned white, and a sharp blade lay in front of him.
I heard someone sneer: "Why are you running? Can you run far with two dolls?"
Tang Zhao's heart tightened, and he suddenly asked: "Are you going to involve the children?"
The person who spoke was a middle-aged businessman. The blade of the knife in his hand was only an inch away from Tang Zhao's eyebrows. Tang Zhao's skin trembled with chills as he said, "Be honest and come with us. I won't look for your younger siblings. If you If you move around, no one big or small can escape. Boy, do you know the reputation of the District Inspector?"
Tang Zhao's mind was spinning, hesitating and tangled with countless thoughts, and finally closed his eyes and said: "I will go with you."
…
Surrounded by a group of people, Tang Zhao didn't know the direction, so he walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Suddenly, everyone stopped, and Tang Zhao felt that the surroundings were getting brighter. There seemed to be more torches and more people here.
Someone ran forward, and after a while, someone said, "Oh, there's another one?"
Tang Zhao's heart tightened and he thought to himself: "Oops?" !
The crowd parted, and the firelight shone directly in their faces.
A tall horse stood face to face, and immediately someone stood tall and said slowly: "The world is different today. In the past, when we looked for people, we couldn't find anyone. Now it's better, we only look for one person, and two or three appear. Mushrooms grow faster after the rain. Could it be that our reputation as a land inspector is too useful?"
Tang Zhao looked up and saw that the man on the horse was wearing a red cloak, his sword eyebrows were raised, and he was sneering.
It’s over!
They are actually acquaintances!
This man was actually the red-cloaked military attaché he met in Xue Mansion. He had also given him a longevity lock, which could be said to have saved his life. But now is definitely not a good time to say thank you. Instead, it is extremely embarrassing.
At this time, he can see the other party clearly, and the other party can also see him clearly.
"Huh?" Probably because the other person has a good memory, it seems that he still remembers him, slightly surprised, "This is the right age. What are you doing here?"
"This is the right age" made Tang Zhao think about it carefully and broke into a cold sweat.
His heart was in a mess, and Tang Zhao couldn't form words, so he blurted out: "I don't know."
"You don't know, you just come here if you don't know? What a bastard!" The military attache suddenly became furious. At the end of his sentence, he became so angry that he reached out and grabbed Tang Zhao by the collar, lifted him up and said, "You ignorant and cunning people." Citizens, what do you think you are? A great knight with righteousness? What do you think this town thinks? A mad dog who robs men and dominates women? Or the stupidest kind? I will be deceived by you once, twice, three times!"
Tang Zhao was speechless. When he came here, he was just out of his mind and didn't know anything, so he couldn't say anything.
Seeing Tang Zhao's panic and confusion, the man in red slowly calmed down and said: "Forget it, you ignorant and stupid people are not worth mentioning. I'm looking for someone else, not you."
Tang Zhao blurted out: "Are you sure it's not me?"
The man in red was half impatient, half ridiculous, and said: "Stubborn? Come on -"
He reached out and drew the sword from his waist.
There is a tassel and a bead hanging from the sword.
He moved his wrist slightly, and the beads were facing Tang Zhao's eyes.
The beads were yellow and clear, and there seemed to be circles of ripples inside.
Tang Zhao was startled and felt that he was looking into one eye.
That bead is not only an eye, but its gaze is extremely sharp, just like the substance, and the circles of ripples are constantly rotating like a whirlpool.
A feeling of déjà vu is about to emerge!
He immediately recalled the feeling of being mentally shocked twice in one day, and instinctively pressed his head with his hands.
But this time, nothing unusual happened.
Only he covered his eyes, and a line of golden patterns flashed across his dark vision.
The pattern was very strange and flashed so fast that the brilliance disappeared in the blink of an eye.
strangeness……
While he was secretly surprised, the bead opposite lit up.
Although it is a pearl of rice, its brilliance is not only like the light of a lamp, it is almost like the bright moon!
I heard someone say: "It seems that I sometimes make mistakes. Not bad, Tang Zhao."
Tang Zhao put aside his hand and saw that the brilliance of the beads had been extinguished, leaving only a faint fluorescence.
The red cloak continued: "Since you have thrown yourself into a trap, you are just letting me handle it. How can you have no regrets and treat others like no one else?"
Tang Zhao smiled bitterly, what could he say at this time?
Immediately afterwards, Tang Zhao felt his body swaying, apparently being carried forward by the man. There were firelight and all kinds of eyes on both sides, and he couldn't help but close his eyes.
After a while, Tang Zhao sank down and landed on a wooden board.
He opened his eyes and took a closer look. It turned out to be a cart.
Wait, isn't this his own truck?
And that donkey... is also a good old friend!
Three feet in front of him, someone looked at him in surprise.
It was the young man who met in the temple.
When Tang Zhao saw this young man, he was surprised, and a surge of anger rushed to his head - not only did this boy cause such big trouble, but he was caught so early!
Didn't you tell me earlier if you were caught? Make me stupid and take the blame for you!
Although the other party did not let him take the blame, Tang Zhao was still very angry.
Partly angry, and partly scared.
Not only was he afraid of the danger of his situation, but he was also afraid that his heroic decision would be worthless.
I heard the man in red above him say: "That boy, you are very popular, and one or two of them are willing to sacrifice themselves for you. If I hadn't caught you earlier, I would have let you run away. I think you are suitable to be the king of the mountain, and your subordinates are all loyal." figure."
The young man jumped up like a spring, pointed at Tang Zhao and opened his mouth to speak, but was speechless. He knelt down on the car again, kowtowed and said, "Sir, this villain just met them by chance and we don't know each other at all. It's just that I was obsessed with it before, fooling them into hiding for me and trying to escape. Now that the net has been restored, the villain has been brought to justice anyway. He is about to die and can't bear to do any more evil. Please see that he has been deceived and let him go this time."
Tang Zhao was stunned, and the man in red laughed and said: "You two really don't take this town seriously, I will arrest whoever you want, and let whoever you want me to let go - you treat me like a fool." Is that so? If you know that a person is about to die, just stay patiently with me." After saying that, he rode off.
At this time, the men and horses started to move, and the donkey also pulled the cart of the two young men forward. There were policemen with swords in front, back and left, and it was really hard to fly.
The young man raised his head, dazed, and suddenly turned back and gritted his teeth and said, "What on earth do you think? I don't even know you!"
Tang Zhao's anger had already dissipated when he took the blame for himself. Now there was still a little bit left, so he simply threw it out and said harshly: "We can do whatever we want, it's none of your business?!"
The young man was stunned and involuntarily weakened and shrank. He was already humble, he was humble when he smiled before, but now the shame mixed with pain made him even more humble.
Tang Zhao felt soft in his heart, sighed, and said: "Actually, I am also desperate and have nowhere to stay. I want to break the can, but I just want to break it beautifully. A friend of mine once said that I have a long He has a clear face, but he is actually a fool who will seek death sooner or later. You don’t need to take it to heart."
The young man lowered his head, and after a while, he said: "I know what you mean, you are moved by compassion, and you can't bear to lose three of my lives. You villain... we brothers and sisters really can't bear it."
When Tang Zhao heard "you", he hurriedly asked: "How is Brother Feng?"
The young man said: "They let him go. When they came to arrest me before, the eldest brother asked me to take my younger siblings and leave first, and he was arrested instead of me. After I hid Ying'er and the others, I turned back and surrendered. Even though the lord was angry, he still let the elder brother go."
Tang Zhao felt relieved. He was not surprised by Feng Ge's choice. He had said before that if women and children were in front of him, Sui Feng would never ignore it. Fortunately, Brother Feng was luckier than himself and could still escape.
Then I thought: Although the man in red can kill people, he is not too evil, and he was kind to me before. I don’t blame him for being angry now... He had already let Brother Feng go once, and I did it again. Although we didn’t communicate, it was like playing tricks on him.
Of course, even if the men in red are not evil people, they are still noble people who are superior to them, and they can take life and death with one word. You can save his life in the heat of the moment, or you can take their head in the heat of the moment.
The wind was very cold, and Tang Zhao shrank up when he was soaked all over. He involuntarily moved closer to the torch, hoping to borrow some light to keep warm. The flame looked bright, but it was useless in the cold wind.
He hugged his knees and sat in the car, looking through the flickering firelight at the night in the wild - as black as ink, just like their hopeless road ahead.
The depression in his heart almost exploded. At this time, he really missed his family, relatives and friends.
If his father is here, if Mr. Chen is here, he will naturally have someone to rely on.
If Sui Feng were there, although he would be cautious, he would still stand in front of him.
Even if his best friend is around, the optimist, even if he's feeling impatient, can make some wisecracks so that he can relax just by sitting still.
But now there is no one else but himself.
He had no choice but to become the oldest and strongest person on the field.
Tang Zhao turned around and asked, "Did you entrust your younger siblings to Brother Feng before you left?"
The young man lowered his head and replied: "You are shameless."
Tang Zhao was relieved - after all, there was great luck in misfortune. A relaxed smile appeared on his stiff face blown by the wind, and said: "Okay, then you have no worries. My brother Feng is a truly good person. He I promised you that I will take care of you to the end. Don’t worry.”
The young man still lowered his head and said, "I know. If I were the only one here, I would really die without regrets."
Tang Zhao smiled and said: "I have no regrets. I have no relatives and no worries." At this point, he unconsciously touched the glasses in his arms.
The touch is still so familiar.
For a moment, a doubt suddenly flashed through my mind.
Did he forget something?
Um……
Golden light... fairy... glasses...
Confusing thoughts were swirling in his mind, with a sense of absurdity intertwined between reality and illusion. Because there were so many weird things, he couldn't tell which thought he needed to think of.
He took out his glasses and looked at the moon again.
Saw? !
The lens is completely clear, and there are no more cracks than before.
Can a broken mirror be reunited?
The shadow of the fairy in the water flashed past, and the sense of intertwining reality and illusion became clearer.
Will broken glasses turn into good glasses if they fall into the water?
The fairy tale says that you will turn into gold glasses and silver glasses.
but……
How can a hundred gold or silver glasses compare to the repair and return of the original glasses?
That was the regret that Mr. Chen never forgot before he left.
Now the regret can be made up, but the person is gone.
It was obviously a moment of surprise, but then it turned into sadness.
Holding the frame of the mirror with his hand, he whispered: "Thank you."
The moonlight is too bright tonight.
The person taking the photo was dazzled.
Because of the direct moonlight, he ignored the flash of golden patterns on the lenses.
Lowering his head and widening his eyes, he said: "Before, you said that you were a broom star, which was very unpleasant to me. You still have two younger siblings, so you said that you are unlucky. I have no relatives, so who am I?"
The corner of the young man's mouth twitched slightly, as if he was smiling, but his voice was full of tears: "Then you are a bad star now. Maybe I was unlucky enough to meet you by chance. But you were unlucky enough to meet me as soon as you went out. I."
Tang Zhao sighed silently and asked again: "Can you tell me the truth now? What did you commit? Was it murder and arson, or rebellion and rebellion? Was it killing or beheading?"
Considering that this young man was so thin, he wouldn't believe him if he said he could kill people and set fires, but he might be involved in some major case. After all, some cases implicate the entire family, and even the remaining children cannot be spared. This person from the Prosecution Department was very impressive, and he believed it when he said it was a major case of rebellion.
The young man whispered: "I don't know."
Tang Zhao said "Huh?" and frowned.
The young man said anxiously: "How could I hide it from you now? If I want to know, I will tell you everything in order to make you understand. But I am still a fool! I was thinking just now, why did this happen? First of all, I thought of home - no. Although my family suffered, it was not connected to a crime, and we would never arrest people thousands of miles away. That was on the road..."
"This journey... is not without conflicts with people. But I am weak and only people bully me. How can I harm others? The most thrilling time was when I met a human trafficker and was chased by him. Embarrassing..."
Tang Zhao said: "Human trafficker? Is he a fat man?"
The young man frowned and said, "That's not true. She is an old woman. She looks kind and kind-hearted, but she hides her fangs."
Tang Zhao understood that there were so many human traffickers in the world. He saw a cockroach. Is there only one cockroach in the world?
"If those miscellaneous people arrest me, it won't be surprising no matter what the reason is. But I really don't understand if I get into trouble with the officials! Along the way, I would rather beg for a living and not take any of the ill-gotten gains, but I just want to have a clear conscience. .There is the sky above, and there is the earth below. We can learn from the sky and the sun!"
Tang Zhao said: "In that case...are they really official officials?" He lowered his voice at the last sentence.
The young man said without hesitation: "Yes. For one thing, there is public service to prove it. For another thing... they behave upright and are first-rate and reasonable. This is why you and I can still live well. There are better thieves in the world." A lower official, but the upper limit of a thief must not be high." He grabbed Tang Zhao's hand and said sincerely: "I am grateful for your righteous deed today, but please don't do this again in the future. If we weren't so lucky, Heaven, if you encounter an 'ordinary' official, you will be dead."
Tang Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "Do you really think that I am a great hero and a great knight who sacrifices his life for righteousness? Do I not care about my life? Sometimes, this is a matter of a thought. Who wouldn't do something stupid at the moment?"
If he hadn't seen two children...if he hadn't seen chained children all over the ground in a deserted village, if he hadn't felt so confused and desperate with no way out, he wouldn't have had the urge to sacrifice for them.
Perhaps, this is the greatest hero he has achieved in his life.
The young man said: "You are a great hero. The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough grass knows the hero. What do heroes and knights look at when they are not in danger? But you should not be ruined here. It is not my intention to drag the gentleman down. It's over. At this point, I hope...I hope I will be less involved so that I will not die in peace."
Tang Zhao suddenly laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "What's the point? Since we're not at the end of the road yet, don't lose heart. What if it's not a bad thing?"
