After walking about halfway through the alley, the voices of people in the back alley gradually disappeared. The leading man stopped, turned around, and looked back at the young man following him.
It is strange to say that even though this is the age of great knowledge, since the emperor ruled the country, all kinds of strange people have become strange. The blond and red-haired ones, the long-horned ones and the long-clawed ones, are densely embedded in their bodies. Uncle Zhang has seen a lot of those little brass string things.
But only the appearance of the young man behind him was strange. Uncle Zhang looked at him carefully twice.
Although his eyebrows are young and childish, the bones in his body are as stiff and straight as the skinny bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest after the rain, or like the pine trees pulled out of the rugged cliffs. It's grown quite nicely.
But the most surprising thing is not the body bones. This body is like a full moon setting in the river. The silvery white is dazzling, and the eyes are like thick mist covering the abyss, dark and rich with no bottom.
A large twisted scar as thick as three fingers goes straight through the left eye. It is a ferocious dragon, starting from the temples and knotting at the corner of the mouth. The entire left side of the face has been replaced by a dark gray metal thing. Where the left eye should have been, the red scar looks like a big scar. The glazed eyes of the lantern were shining brightly with the sun's rays, reflecting Uncle Zhang's dark face.
Uncle Zhang smiled nervously and obeyed the Fourteenth Master's order. He found the man, but he didn't know what he was looking for for this young man. He was hesitant to say what happened. Mr. Zhang also It was difficult to figure out how he should deal with this person, so he had no choice but to stamp his feet on the big stone slab.
But he took another look at the old gray sleeves and the leggings randomly wrapped around his legs. The rules must still be followed. Otherwise, if this brat doesn't understand everyone's rules and bumps into the masters, then so will he. To be punished.
He coughed twice and said,
"Young man, listen carefully,"
Uncle Zhang said,
"This is the residence of Mr. Ma, a powerful family in our city and the general who opened the border. He has been favored by the royal family. Just look at the big plaque on the front door. Those five golden characters are a gift from the royal family."
When the uncle saw the young man humming indifferently, he shouted somewhat dissatisfiedly,
"The Ma family is the largest family in the capital. It's not like your little country place with no shit. The doorways here can surround you to death! I usually only say this when someone takes care of me. If it weren't for——"
Hades smiled and interrupted this person,
"Uncle, just bring me in. Don't worry about anything else. I'll just follow you and won't look or say anything."
Uncle Zhang was interrupted and was about to bluff this boy, but then he thought that a boy of this age is not so calm, let alone the Fourteenth Master who came to him personally to tell him about this matter, with a blink of an eye. , and he had an idea.
Uncle Zhang's voice was more respectful. He looked at Hades carefully before speaking again,
"I made a mistake. Don't be offended. There are many rules. I was afraid that you would have crossed the line and be scolded."
As expected of everyone, Hades thought to himself, with a smile on his lips, he asked the uncle to lead him forward after greetings. Even a handyman servant was surrounded by a lot of people, and he was good at people.
Hades chatted briefly with the uncle Zhang, nothing more than some clever and vague rapport, which made Hades' heart sink even more.
He didn't want to enter the capital and be punished by the rules of his family.
Hades, who was resurrected and landed in the swamp, finally united with the villagers to kill the alien bullies within a hundred miles. He was preparing to peacefully open up the wilderness and live his own small life, but he never thought of rescuing the village bullies by himself. The good brother who emerged was a young master who was living in exile. He was found not long after he beat the local bully to death and was dragged back to the capital by force.
Good friends have gone to enjoy the hot and spicy food, leaving Hades here to work hard to open up wasteland, right?
Not really. Ever since Mortarion came to the city, Hades, who was happily working in the fields, had been receiving letters from time to time. They were nothing more than trivial matters, which day he had a disagreement with which brother, or whether there was a horse. I used Wuman's technique to push him to the ground again.
Standing at the head of the field, Hades rubbed his hands with the hem of his clothes and frowned while holding the paper still smelling of ink. Mortarion's resentment almost spilled out of the paper, which can be said to be full of strength.
Hades may understand that Mortarion is simply driven crazy by everyone's rules. He also advised Mortarion to stay calm for a few years, learn some real skills, go back to his elders to express his gratitude, and go directly to the frontier to lead the army to fight against the aliens. , it just so happens that you can also take your good brother with you. He is full of military achievements and returns to his hometown in fine clothes. Isn't this more ambitious than leading the landlords in Bacun Township?
To no avail, there is still resentment.
Finally, when Uncle Zhang found Hades from the farthest farmland of Ba Village, Hades sighed, knowing that he would have to go into the city after all.
He also wanted to enter the city. He heard that there were large sheds in Gyeonggi that were all made of machinery, and there were people like him with mechanical prostheses. Of course, Hades also planned to persuade Mortarion in the past, and he suspected that Mortarion The kind of character that An showed, I'm afraid that sooner or later, he will be tricked by his enemies without even realizing it.
So Hades and Callas drew lots, and whoever drew the right one went to the city. He won the draw, so Callas stayed to guard the countryside.
Hades's eyes flashed. Not long after walking, he saw two statues of generals standing on the north side of the street. The one on the left was heavily armored, with a spike on his helmet and a halberd in his hand. The one on the right had a blazing gun tied around his waist. , with a bunch of braids pointing upwards on his head and a saw sword in his hand.
There were about a dozen strong men with different styles of service sitting in front of the door. When they saw Uncle Zhang leading Hades, they just looked at them coldly and said nothing.
Uncle Zhang nodded slightly, and then led Hades westward from the closed main door. Entering from the corner door, he saw people coming and going, including people in gorgeous clothes, people in red robes, and many servants. In the court, the maid lowered her hands, and Hades couldn't look at her, so he just lowered his eyes and followed.
Turning, turning, turning again, crossing several doors, walking down the verandah, and turning around the interstitial screen, Hades secretly remembered the path. This was necessary. If he wanted to run away in the future, he could still leave some space for himself. road.
In the meantime, they must have passed through the courtyards of several other young masters. From the corner of his eye, Hades saw the purple gauze fragrance coming out of the blue gauze cupboard, and saw the cold light of the metal watered garden shining coldly, and I saw a pile of candles as thick as a wrist lit in the courtyard...
A hundred flowers bloom, each with its own characteristics.
Hades thought to himself, dragons give birth to nine sons, all of whom are different. Forcing them to gather together in a large courtyard with different personalities may not be a long-term solution.
Of course, he was just thinking about it in his mind. The head of the compound who was good at human affairs knew this kind of thoughts better than he did.
Finally, after many twists and turns, Hades finally arrived at his destination after passing seven courts and seven rockeries and rivers.
Hades stood behind Uncle Zhang, looking with some amusement at Uncle Zhang, who was setting the rules in front of him just now. He stood respectfully, with his back straight. Uncle Zhang waved, and a pale but sturdy boy walked away. Come over, the two of them whispered a few words, and then the boy entered the house.
The next moment, a gust of wind rushed out of the dark room, quite determined to get out of this place today.
Hades watched in amusement as Mortarion, who was dressed in mourning, suddenly stopped and established his authority in front of the servants. Mortarion said a few words and asked the servant to take care of it. Give some money to Uncle Zhang and send him away.
Hades stood there, silent, and stretched his head to look back at Uncle Zhang's departure route.
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【I want to run. 】
This was the first thing Mortarion said when he and Hades were in the courtyard, setting up a fire to roast the Ba Village sweet potatoes brought by Hades in the evening.
Mortarion gritted his teeth.
[I was captured from the house of a son-of-a-bitch monster to the house of another bigger monster, a villain who learned the art of witchcraft...]
Hades continued to roast sweet potatoes without changing his expression. He is the young master. If I roast sweet potatoes, everyone will have a bright future.
Hades said slowly,
"Under the emperor's world, where can you go if it's not the king's land?"
What responded to him was the rage in Mortarion's eyes that could set the mansion on fire.
Mortarion was still furious, while Hades wondered if the fire was a little too big.
He doesn't understand the young master's troubles.
