After entering the Central Plains, more and more mountains appeared, so even though it was winter, it was still much warmer than before on the grasslands, and there was no longer strong winds blowing every day like on the grasslands. The rising temperature and lack of wind caused the relatively humid air to form a thin layer of frost on the flowers, plants and trees on the surrounding mountains, making it look a special sight.
At this time, riding a horse and walking slowly on the mountain road will make people feel very comfortable.
But Shao Xi is indifferent to this, because he was a northerner before crossing over, and he has seen many of these things. He looked at the intoxicated look on Old Wu's face beside him, and thought that this old guy was already so old, but he was still so ignorant. It’s just rime, what’s so fresh about it?
"Old Wu, can you walk faster? How long will it take for us to arrive in Daliang City if we are dragging our feet like this?" Shao Xi said impatiently.
Lao Wu drank a small drink calmly and replied lazily: "Um, reminder, you've been urging me these past two days. Are you in a hurry to get married? You don't even know how to appreciate such a beautiful scenery."
"Both of us are obviously very good at physical fitness, so there is no need to ride a horse. Riding it can't run faster than myself. It's really redundant."
The white horse under Shao Xi's butt sneezed and shook his head vigorously, as if to say, "Who are you looking down on?"
"Quickness is of no use, isn't it tiring? If you think it's slow, just let it ride you."
Shao Xi was choked by Lao Wu's words and muttered to himself, "It's a shame that you can think of such a wicked idea."
Old Wu suddenly said: "Young master, you performed well in the battle with the leader of the horse bandits a few days ago. Whether it was the timing of the sword or the control of the energy, you were just right. To be honest, I have not taught you for ten years. Thinking that there will be such results, I hope that in the future, you will meet the guidance of an expert to make you go further."
"You'd better not praise me, I'm afraid I'll float."
"Just float. When you practice to the point where you can float, you will be able to do it."
Shao Xi was speechless for a while. This was obviously not the same thing at all, right?
While the two were walking and chatting like this, it started to snow, quite heavily. Not long after, a thick layer fell on both people and horses.
"It rained just yesterday, and it rains again today. It's really annoying. During the day, the road was muddy (Northern dialect: muddy), and at night it froze into ice, making it impossible to walk." Shao Xi complained. With.
Old Wu was no longer in the mood to enjoy the scenery, and kept mumbling, "Where is the inn? Where is the inn? I can't sleep on the ground anymore, my old waist can't bear it anymore."
As the two hurried forward, they suddenly saw several people lying on the roadside not far ahead. There were also the sounds of children crying, and there seemed to be vague sounds of fighting.
Shao Xi turned his head and glanced at Old Wu. Old Wu shook his head gently and signaled to mind his own business. When walking on the rivers and lakes, the troubles are as little as possible.
When the two came closer, they saw clearly that the people lying on the ground were two women and one man. Judging from their clothes, they should be from a well-off family. One of the two women looked young, probably around fifty; the other looked about thirty; the man was probably in his thirties. A little girl of five or six years old was kneeling on the ground next to several people. She was crying and shaking their bodies one by one. She kept shouting "Dad! Mother! Grandma! You all wake up! You all wake up." !What’s wrong with you!”
Shao Xi turned to look at Lao Wu again. Lao Wu raised his chin forward and motioned for him to look ahead.
I saw five or six more people lying on the ground not far ahead. Judging from their appearance, they looked like bandits from nearby. Various weapons were scattered around the bodies. A tall and thin man wearing a cloak and a bamboo hat was rummaging through them for something.
Hearing the sound of someone coming, the man straightened up, pulled out an iron sword stuck on the ground, and looked at Shao Xi and Lao Wu.
The iron sword was old and rusty. It hadn't been sharpened for an unknown period of time. It didn't have a proper hilt. It was just wrapped with a strip of cloth around the hilt. Holding it in the man's hand, it didn't look like a sword at all, but more like a rusty iron bar.
Shao Xi took a closer look at this man. He was less than thirty and had a very ordinary appearance. You couldn't find a word to describe him. In addition to the broken sword in his hand, the cloak on his body and the bamboo hat on his head were also very worn. I wonder how long he had used them?
"Did you kill them?" Shao Xi pointed at a few people dressed as thieves lying on the road.
The man didn't reply, just nodded.
"Did you kill this too?" Shao Xi pointed at the two women and one man lying on the roadside.
The man still didn't reply, but he shook his head.
"Is that what they killed?" Shao Xi pointed at the people who fell on the road again.
The man still didn't speak, and just nodded.
He didn't say anything after asking three questions, which made Shao Xi a little angry. He asked angrily, "Are you mute?"
The man actually didn't speak, and just shook his head.
"It's either that you're mute and you don't speak, or that there's something wrong in your heart. If you don't explain things clearly today, you won't be able to go anywhere." With that, Shao Xi jumped off the horse.
When the man saw Shao Xi dismounting and walking toward him, he raised the iron sword in his hand forward, pointing the tip of the sword at Shao Xi, signaling him not to move forward.
Shao Xi also became more energetic. The more you refused to let me move forward, the more I had to move forward, so I walked straight towards that man. Seeing that Shao Xi refused to stop, the man began to retreat until his feet touched the body on the ground.
Suddenly, the man lowered the sword in his hand to the lower left, and then swung it back to the upper right. A looming transparent sword energy flew toward Shao Xi as the tip of the sword slid past. The speed was very fast, and the energy seemed to be very strong.
"Third level! Peak!" Shao Xi quickly judged his opponent's strength.
Shao Xi did not draw his sword, but urged the vitality of the sea of qi to be released outside his body to form a solid air shield. He planned to try to take this blow forcefully.
boom……
The opponent's sword energy hit Shao Xi's air shield and disappeared instantly. The air shield was also broken by the energy, and the attack failed.
Just when the man was stunned for a moment, Shao Xi quickly activated his movement skills and rushed in front of the man at an extremely fast speed. Their faces were almost touching each other, their big eyes staring at each other. The man was a little dumbfounded at this moment, what is this? It stuck to his face all of a sudden, with a devilish smile on his face.
Shao Xi pointed to the corpses of the thieves at their feet and asked, "Then why did you kill them?"
The man finally spoke, "Evil people should be killed. If you have money, you can use it to eat."
"Are you here to punish evildoers? Or are you here to steal their money?"
"Both."
"You can punish evildoers, why can't you save that family?"
"Don't expect others to protect what you can't protect yourself."
"What kind of chivalrous person are you?"
"Neither was I."
"If it's just to kill people and get goods, what's the difference between you and these thieves?"
"Yes, I won't kill them." As he said that, the man looked at the family lying on the roadside.
Shao Xi was unhappy when he heard this, "So you watched the thieves kill this family and steal the property, and then you killed the thieves and took the property for yourself?"
"Yes."
"Damn it, then you are just trying to take advantage of others! Why are you talking about punishing evildoers?"
"Aren't they evil people?" This man actually knew how to ask back!
"They are evil people, who are you?"
“The wicked punish the wicked.”
"Oh? Since you are also a villain, then who will punish you?"
"Sooner or later there will be someone."
"Is there any difference between refusing to save someone and killing someone?"
"Yes, they did not die by my hands."
Shao Xi was completely fooled by this guy. He does not kill ordinary people, but when he sees thieves robbing and killing ordinary people, he does not save them. He then kills the thieves and robs them of the property they had previously taken from ordinary people. Is this also called punishing evildoers? What kind of logic does he have?
"May I have your name?"
"No."
"nameless?"
The man might have thought Shao Xi was a bit verbose, so he ignored him at the moment, thrust the broken iron sword into the ground again, and turned back to continue searching for the belongings of the thieves.
Shao Xi felt like he had been punched in sticky glue. He didn't do anything to the other person, and it made him quite uncomfortable.
"Actually, he was not wrong."
At this time, Old Wu's voice came from behind, with some emotion in his tone.
"Oh? When walking in the world, shouldn't we be chivalrous and help the weak?" Shao Xi was surprised that Old Wu would say this.
"That's just some people's wishful thinking. The real world of rivers and lakes is a life-and-death struggle, where the weak eat the strong. You can kill others today, and others can kill you tomorrow. There are not only pleasures and grudges in the rivers and lakes, but also a lot of dirty things that you can't see. He's pretty good. Well, despite being so depressed, he still sticks to the bottom line of not harming ordinary people, so he didn’t do anything wrong. We should also mind our own business and leave quickly!"
Shao Xi was speechless for a moment after what Lao Wu said. Indeed, in his mind, there is life-and-death and bloodshed in the world, but there are also grudges and grudges, and chivalry and righteousness. But now Lao Wu tells him that there are many dirty things in the world that he cannot see, and there are many things that are more cruel than he imagined. Jianghu is not as simple and beautiful as imagined.
Seeing the man plundering all the belongings from the thief, he packed a cloth bag and put it on the iron sword, threw it on his shoulder and turned around to leave. Shao Xi opened his mouth and stopped him.
"No name! Are you going to leave her here and ignore her? After all, you are taking other people's property." Shao Xi asked, pointing to the little girl who was still crying by the road.
"This is her life." The man dropped these words and turned to leave.
The moment he turned around, Shao Xi saw a trace of compassion and desolation flashing through the man's eyes.
Perhaps, he was once the child who lost a loved one on the roadside.
Shao Xi turned to Lao Wu and asked, "What should we do now? We can't just leave this child here."
Old Wu shook his head helplessly and said: "You will encounter many more things like this in the future. If you have to take care of it every time, can you handle it?"
"At least for the first time, I can't stand idly by." After saying that, Shao Xi walked towards the little girl.
The little girl must have been crying for a long time and was tired of crying. At this time, he was kneeling on the ground and sobbing non-stop.
Shao Xi walked over and touched her head. Although he knew it was a bit cruel, he still told her straightforwardly the fact that he had lost his parents. After hearing this, the little girl cried loudly for a while before stopping.
"How old is the little girl? What's her name?" Shao Xi asked softly.
"Six years old, called Azi."
Shao Xi sat down on the ground as if he was frightened.
"Azi? "Dragon Babu"?"
If it is really that "Azi", I can only say congratulations on "winning".
