A few days later, the sky was clear and sunny.
Yiling City, the southern suburbs.
Ling Yunzhi slowly walked out of the horizon, and Ling Ye, who was slightly behind, also slowly revealed his head.
Ling Ye was tired from the long walk. The fatigue on his body was nothing, except that his feet were a little heavy when he lifted them, and they shivered a little when they landed.
Although it is not the time for long-term inspection of the morning switch, there are still many pedestrians and merchants coming in and out of the city gate. However, the city guards stationed at the city gate will only stop and investigate when they see someone who is dressed abnormally or has a guilty conscience.
The journey was not long, but when Ling Yunzhi approached the city gate with a steady gait, Ling Ye, who was following behind, could no longer walk.
"Heh...heh..." Although Ling Ye was holding his knees and breathing heavily, he kept looking at Ling Yunzhi in front of him, and his expression was dull and even more tired. However, Ling Yunzhi had no plans to stay.
"Heh...heh..." Ling Ye gasped weakly for two times, and then took steps with difficulty, from a wobbly step to a steady step, to a rooted step, then two more steps, to a vigorous trot, and then he chased after him.
At the same time, at the city gate.
The captain of the guard had just watched a Jianghu guest enter the city. Now he just turned his head and saw Ling Yunzhi walking from outside the city.
"White hair..." The guard captain couldn't help but frown, but the young man who suddenly chased him from behind attracted his attention.
"Huh——" As soon as Ling Ye ran behind Ling Yunzhi, he held his mouth and slowed down his steps. However, just following a few simple steps made him breathe deeply and tiredly: "Huh——, chant--"
Seeing the young man's appearance, the guard captain frowned, then shook his head slightly and turned to observe other passers-by.
Ling Yunzhi kept his eyes expressionless and lowered his eyes. He didn't see anyone or pay attention to anything along the way. Even when he came here, he didn't even stop and walked directly in front of the guard captain.
Ling Ye followed after him. Although he held his mouth shut, his breath could be released from his nose: "唪——"
The captain of the guard couldn't help but shook his head and sighed. This boy was clearly the child of the white-headed man, but he couldn't understand why he was so indifferent.
But, nothing has anything to do with it.
And the people involved...
"Stop!" The sudden shout from the guard captain immediately stopped Ling Ye, but Ling Ye only kept silent for a moment before stepping up to keep up with his father in front of him, because the other party did not stop and would not wait for him. . And the departure of the two of them could not attract the attention of others.
As for the person who was called to stop?
The man stood motionless outside the city gate. His fur hat and scarf looked like hunting attire, and he held a cloth bag behind his hands. He is six feet tall, and his footing is only one foot or two away from the city gate line. He only needs to take one step forward to step out of the shadow under the tower and face the dawn that is slowly brightening ahead.
At that time, he was drunk.
nervous? Possibly, both hands slowly grasped the entangled lace.
silence? It is true that if you keep your head down without looking up, you will not be silent for a long time.
The guard captain frowned slightly and looked at the other person for a few times, then slowly raised his hand to hold the saber at his waist: "I seem to have seen you somewhere."
Wow.
The other four gun guards not only tightened their grip on the spears in their hands, but also deliberately increased their strength to straighten the spears, causing it to make a loud noise of movement.
Seeing this, a group of outsiders and outsiders near the city gate slowly backed away and consciously distanced themselves. But he chose to protect himself wisely and stayed away to watch.
"..." The backpacker was silent. Although he couldn't see more details because of the scarf covering his mouth, it was not difficult to tell from the muscles on his cheek that this person was slowly gritting his teeth.
The abnormal reaction will naturally attract special attention. The captain of the guard slowly frowned during the inspection, and then he grabbed the handle of the knife with his right hand and walked lightly: "He is six feet tall and has a square foot. Thick, thick eyebrows...you..." But he walked three feet behind the backpacker, stopped, and said gloomily: "Meishan's repeat offender, Luo Qingshan?"
Uh-huh!
As soon as these words were spoken, the four gun guards suddenly glared angrily and suddenly turned their gun-holding wrists, tilting the spear inward slightly. It seemed that they would rush forward as long as they pressed down hard.
squeak--
The backpacker was grinding his teeth so deeply that there was a friction sound. Before the guard captain could grit his teeth in a dark tone, the backpacker suddenly turned around, jumped back, and angrily threw his backpack at the guard captain's face.
puff!
The guard captain drew his sword and cut it in two, but instead of pursuing him, he shouted angrily: "Hold him!"
As soon as the order was given, the four gun guards suddenly moved. They just took a sideways step and threw the spears in their hands with all their strength.
call!
The backpacker had just staggered to the ground, and before he had even taken three steps back, he raised his head angrily and was greeted by the sharp points of four spears.
Puff puff!
Looking closely, there were two bullets that penetrated his clothes on both sides of the body, another one missed his neck, and the last one directly nailed the toe of his right shoe.
In the blink of an eye, the backpacker was pinned there, unable to fall down or retreat.
All this sounds nonsense, but from beginning to end, it only lasted five or six meetings.
Hey - the guard captain calmly sheathed his knife as he walked forward, and as soon as he reached the backpacker, he slapped his backhand directly on the backpacker's chest.
Stab!
The guard captain's palm came out and was quickly retracted, enough to send the backpacker flying several feet away before he saw him kneeling on the ground. As for the clothes on his upper body? Now they are all hung on spears.
"Hey!" The backpacker covered his chest and muttered, but when he looked up, blood started to flow from the corner of his mouth. At this moment, the guard captain had already stopped in front of him.
"Hey, poof." The backpacker choked and bleeds again due to the pain, but the captain of the guard didn't care. He had a sense of the severity of the opponent's injuries, so he looked at the opponent condescendingly and said, "What do you have to say."
The backpacker was silent for a moment, and then laughed scornfully: "Huh."
The captain of the guard frowned slightly, then looked sternly at the other party and asked: "In Gaoping Town, Meishan, there are seventeen members of Zhao's family. How dare you abandon someone now?"
The backpacker fell silent for a moment, then closed his eyes deeply, lowered his head slowly and said, "I have a cold body and an ant's life is cheap. I won't exchange it for the Wang family's two taels. - I have nothing to say."
The captain of the guard frowned, then grabbed the opponent's left shoulder blade, lifted the person up on the spot, and took him back to the city: "Which is right and which is wrong will be judged by the Ministry of Justice! I will give you justice and pardon." Whether it is light or caring for the deceased, I have no right to interfere."
There were quite a few onlookers inside and outside the city, but the stern words of the guard captain when he brought people in made everyone in the way retreat in fear: "But you - it was your fault that you shouldn't have killed everyone!"
Wow——
The uproar can only be the beginning of a smooth road, and I don’t know what will happen next...
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The long street in the north of the city is lively, but the south of the city is noisy.
Ling Yunzhi's steps were light and steady all the way, neither fast nor slow nor avoiding anyone. His eyes were not confused and he did not look at the road ahead or the outside world.
"Huh..." Ling Ye breathed softly with his mouth closed, but before he could speed up his pace and follow closer, he saw a beggar in the distance.
The old beggar was located in front and left of Ling Ye, but still far away. The reason why Ling Ye noticed him inadvertently was because the old beggar was looking at Ling Ye.
Look at other people, sitting on the ground with a crutch, a broken bowl without any money.
Ling Ye fell silent for a moment when he saw this. Now that his eyes touched, the silence could only become deeper.
The old beggar looked at Ling Ye silently for a while, then put away the broken bowl, then turned and walked towards the alley behind him.
Look at that time, the steps were lame, the people were in poverty, and they were just passing by without any worries.
Ling Ye silently watched the other party leave, but he couldn't help but see the figure of Zhang Shaotian, the beggar brother, in front of his eyes, but the two could not overlap in any way.
"That's right...Brother Beggar wouldn't be in such a miserable state." Ling Ye shook his head in his heart and muttered to himself, and then he followed his father in front of him.
At this time, Ling Yunzhi had already reached the door of a tavern.
"Borrowed it..." The old woman rushed out of the building with a bowl of steamed buns and leftovers, but she fell to the ground because she hit Ling Yunzhi's left arm. Although she protected the rice bowl very well and covered the two cold steamed buns in the bowl, the leftover rice and leftovers from this bowl were scattered all over the floor.
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry..." As soon as the old woman got up, she lay down and scooped the food on the floor directly into the porcelain bowl. She was anxious and panicked, and it was a pity that she was so busy. As for Ling Yunzhi who was parked next to her, she could only apologize verbally: "I didn't mean it, don't be offended, don't be offended..."
Ling Ye stopped and watched, but he remained silent.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." After collecting all the food on the ground that could be put into bowls, the old woman bowed to Ling Yunzhi and apologized again and again. Then she got up in a panic and ran to the small alley diagonally opposite.
There, two children, a boy and a girl, were hiding.
They were holding on to the corner of the wall, not daring to show their heads too much, and looked at the old woman with a mix of joy and worry, but more panic.
"I've borrowed it, I've borrowed it..." Ling Ye watched the old woman running there with her rice bowl in her arms. She was in a hurry whenever she saw someone, and she kept asking people to be patient all the way, which made Ling Ye's thoughts sink.
"Ha!" Seeing grandma coming back with food, the two little guys jumped up and down with joy and clapped their hands, applauding grandma for her ability and prowess. But grandma hurriedly pulled them into the alley, and then she knelt down on the ground. She first divided the steamed buns between the two little guys, and then fed them food: "Come...eat slowly, eat slowly, don't Choking..."
"Yeah!" The boy nodded vigorously while holding the big steamed bun in his hand and took a big bite. The girl also raised her little head cheerfully and laughed: "It's delicious."
"Huh..." The old woman couldn't help but laugh out loud, and it was only then that she relaxed her tense heartstrings and body.
"Yeah!" The boy happily took a big bite of the white steamed bun, and then broke off a large piece and handed it to his grandma: "Grandma eats it too, it's very delicious." Although he couldn't hold it with one hand. That steamed bun is also smart - just hug it.
The old woman choked when she heard those words, but her eyes slowly became wet with pain, but the girl also handed over the steamed buns she was holding in her arms: "Grandma, eat first."
The old woman shook her head in deep pain and was already in tears. The boy was already well-behaved, but now when he saw his grandma crying, he subconsciously reached out to wipe her tears, but he forgot that he was holding a piece of steamed bun in his hand.
The wife held back her heartache and sorrow and slowly shook her head. Then she wiped away the tears on her face with her right hand, then took away a large piece of steamed bun from the young man's hand and started eating it.
The two little guys smiled happily, and then happily gnawed the steamed buns. If grandma hadn't bit the steamed buns with her mouth and freed her hands to feed them vegetables, they might not have remembered that there was still food to eat.
Looking at the warmth there, Ling Ye fell silent and couldn't help but slowly lowered his eyes.
The patch seemed to be a mark on their bodies. It cannot be erased in a lifetime.
That mess seems to be a symbol of their status. It cannot be cleared away in eternity.
But this patch and this mess cannot pollute their pure and simple hearts.
This long street, all the people, the hustle and bustle that left them there, and even everything here... were just passing by, unable to cover the happiness and joy on their faces.
However, no one looked there, not even Ling Yunzhi. He just stood there motionless.
Ling Ye lowered his head deeply and did not look up. He was a little reluctant to see everything there, and even did not dare to see it.
How much darkness there is in the misery of this world...
