When Li Dai arrived in Jingdu, the capital, it was not yet dawn, which showed how fast she was.
The sword fell on the outskirts of the city, and the Duye Sword turned into a stream of light and flew into her body. Li Dai took her hair and sensed it carefully. Yes, her friend's child was nearby. He didn't seem to be in the real world. within the city.
Li Dai looked for the private manor in the suburbs and walked north until she reached a small dilapidated temple on a mountain col that was blocked behind the woods. Before she got close, a rustling sound suddenly came from the small dilapidated temple. somebody is coming.
Li Dai did not show up in time, but waited for the group of people approaching.
Yes, it’s a group!
"Quick, it's inside. I saw it that day. They looked just as dirty as us. Unexpectedly, after being washed like that, they turned out to be white and handsome. They were even more handsome than the little brats who often come to Aunt Wang's house. "
It was a voice that was a bit gloomy and a bit like a drake's throat. It was particularly unpleasant. Maybe it was about doing something, and the voice seemed particularly excited.
"Humph, boy, you better not lie to us. If we are really two treasures, you will be indispensable." Another voice replied. It was the voice of an adult man. It was high-pitched and uncomfortable to listen to. .
"Haha, who are you Brother Turtle? I don't dare to lie to you even if I have such a heart as a leopard. I swear, I really saw their appearance. They are really beautiful. If I were not a woman, if I were a little Madam, I can’t help but pounce on you.”
"Okay, we've got it. If we can really sell it at a good price, you must be part of it." The man named Gui Gong shook the dry pipe in his hand and said.
"Okay! Come with me, this way, this way..." The man with the duck voice was obviously very excited. Just thinking about selling those two people, he would get a lot of money, and he could live happily for a while, and he could get drunk. When Chunlou fell in love with the beauty that Brother Kaizi talked about, he was filled with energy.
"Humph, you have a bright future. Those two poor people seem to be just like you. They have been begging for so many years. I heard that you two have a good relationship. Why did you sell these two brothers in the blink of an eye?" The turtle man suddenly said, obviously he came to buy. How could a person, especially one who buys someone from a small turtle, fail to find out the situation clearly?
He knew that the Guanyu Temple, twenty miles outside Kyoto, had been abandoned for a long time. It could have been decades or hundreds of years. The exact period was not clearly stated. He only said that the Guanyu Temple was once glorious. , after the decline, even the road into the temple was paved and covered with weeds, and I haven't come this way for a long time.
However, after the Great Jing Dynasty was in chaos and the people were in dire straits, more and more refugees fled everywhere, and more and more refugees died. Their young children either died or became beggars, and they became as ruthless as wolves at a young age. It's the same, either someone with a good skin will become the personal favorite of those high-ranking officials. These are the three fates, and there is no other.
And because of the troubled times, those beggars and children also gathered outside Jingdu City. They gathered together, large and small, and became their own gangs, calling themselves the Beggar Gang. As for the weakest, abandoned, and unable to survive beggars, I heard someone said that they were rescued and settled in this dilapidated Guanyu Temple.
Therefore, the Guanyu Temple can now be said to be a beggar's den, or the smallest and weakest little beggar's den.
And from today on, this beggar's den will no longer exist.
Mr. Turtle thought that he would find out the good stuff inside and sell it to Guan Guan Building, so that he and his brothers could benefit from it and become a promising young man.
As for this little naughty kid who betrayed his life-saver, he thought he wanted to sell him for money because he was so slick and smooth in front of them, haha...
Little Kouzi didn't know that he and other ugly people were already dead in front of Mr. Turtle. At this time, he was still drunk and dreaming about death. If he could think of getting some money, he must take care of himself first, and then go to Zuichun Tower to find him. It is said that the most beautiful woman, Xiao Hong, was in ecstasy, but she didn't know that her death was approaching.
Speaking of which, Xiao Zongzi is tactful and knows how to get things done. If he is not too vicious and selfish, he is really a talent. Precisely because he is a first-class flatterer and good at talking, he and Gong Jue and Xiao Ran, who have the pseudonyms of Da Lan and Xiao Lan. The more we are acquainted, the better the relationship seems to be.
In fact, his little cleverness had been seen through by the precocious Gong Jue and Xiao Ran. They did not have a close relationship with him. They also saw him fighting for food with wild dogs when he was hungry. He was almost bitten to death when he failed to win, so they saved him. After driving the wild dogs away, Xiao Jiezi regained consciousness and realized that he had nowhere to go, so he pestered the two of them back to Guanyu Temple.
And by chance, I saw two people taking a bath in the water in the wild, washing off the mud all over their bodies. Xiao Biezi saw their faces. Although they were still thin, they were really beautiful, with fair skin. , outstanding temperament, not like a beggar at all.
After seeing the true appearance of the two of them, he sold them without hesitation for long. After all, in such a troubled world, one cannot survive without being ruthless or vicious. People who do not seek justice will be punished by heaven and earth. It is because he was too kind-hearted in the beginning and saved them. Only a white-eyed wolf was killed by the white-eyed wolf in the largest gang of beggars. His legs were broken and he took away the position of deputy gang leader. He was almost bitten to death by a wild dog because of a steamed bun, so he had such an experience. So even though Big Lazy and Little Lazy were kind to him and tried to find medicinal herbs to heal his legs, he could walk again. Although he was still limping, it was much better than at the beginning, but he didn't feel like it in his heart. fluctuation.
He understood that in order to live a good life, he had to be as ruthless and vicious as the white-eyed wolf, so he had killed many people over the years, including the three-month-old boy who was picked up by the lazy boy. children.
It was raining heavily that day. Da Lan picked up the child who was about to die, and then went with Xiao Lan to find a beast with breast milk. While the two were leaving, he instigated another five-year-old child from Guanyu Temple to kill the three The one-month-old child was thrown away. The pouring rain threw the child into the haystack, and I wondered what would happen to him.
At that time, his only thought was that he was still injured and couldn't beg. He couldn't get one more ration. The three-month-old child couldn't do anything and he had to raise it in vain for a few years. So he should give the child a little more in the next few years. There are less of them as adults.
He was only seventeen years old that year, that's all.
Later, the lazy boy found that the child had been thrown away, and there was only a pool of blood when he found it. He was so angry that he beat the five-year-old boy hard and drove him away. He was very satisfied with the result.
After the little kid hurt the three-month-old child, his behavior became more and more vicious, he became more and more easy-going, and his life got better.
Now he is twenty-one years old and is the eldest brother of Guanyu Tower. Even the older one and the younger one are much younger than him, one is thirteen and the other is only twelve.
He has been in Guanyulou for four years. The boy he joined was only nine years old and was the oldest child in Guanyulou. Precisely because of his young age and his damn sympathy, the children he picked up were all four or five. Of course, the children who are four or five years old can still beg, which is not useless. The youngest one, who is three months old, was killed by him four years ago with a borrowed knife.
But everything ends tonight.
These horrible days are coming to an end.
From now on, he will live a life of being hugged by a woman every day!
Thinking of this, Xiao Jiezi couldn't help but laugh out loud. As for whether the other people in Guanyu Tower were alive or dead, it was none of his business.
When he was kicked off his horse and left as the second leader of the first beggar gang, he no longer had a self or a name. He could become a Buddha or a demon with just one thought, nothing more than that.
And because of his lameness, everyone calls him a kid. Just let him be a kid. Who cares?
In Li Dai's consciousness, a young, thin beggar in his early twenties led a tall, thin man with an inverted triangle with small eyes, and three or five strong thug-like men, and rushed towards the ruined temple in great excitement.
In his consciousness, the people sleeping in the ruined temple were a group of ragged beggars. They were all extremely thin and had yellow faces. The oldest one inside was only twelve or thirteen years old, and he was the one with the hair reaction. The others were His bone age is probably eight or nine years old, but he looks like he is only five or six years old, and he is hungry.
Because of the strong spiritual consciousness, Li Dai heard their conversation from afar, and naturally knew what they were going to do. Li Dai hid in the weeds of Guanyu Temple and was not in a hurry to show up. She just wanted to take a look. How would your friend's children handle this situation?
But, before that...
Li Dai ejected a burst of spiritual energy directly into the ruined temple. In an instant, the seven or eight children who were sleeping soundly in the temple immediately woke up. They felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on their brains, and they fell asleep for a while. Was driven away.
A group of sober little luotou didn't know what was going on, but they were startled by the rapid footsteps outside.
The eldest child, Gong Jue, also known as Big Lazy, immediately jumped up and looked out through the leaky door. Under the dim and mottled moonlight, Xiao Zongzi led a few big men and a human trafficker to rush in. His expression changed drastically, and he said in a low voice:
"No, there are robbers coming and we are in danger."
"Brother, what should I do?" Xiao Ran, the twelve-year-old lazier and the one who had the best relationship with Gong Jue, couldn't help but asked nervously.
Gong Jue gritted his teeth and immediately pushed the Buddha statue with half of its head in the temple, shouting, "Quick, come and help!"
After he finished speaking, a group of children immediately joined in. The shorter ones climbed up the broken pillar and pushed up together.
When Li Dai saw this, she raised her eyebrows and sighed with her consciousness under the Buddha statue. Her eyes were surprised, so it turned out to be like this.
Under the cushion of the Buddha statue is the entrance to a secret passage. Inside is a long secret passage, which may lead to other places, or a basement.
However, such a place is indeed a way to solve the current dilemma.
It's just that those people are less than 500 meters away from the small ruined temple. They will break in in three minutes at most, and those little guys may not be able to push away such a big Buddha statue in three minutes.
Li Dai sent another burst of spiritual power over, and the Buddha statue, which weighed as much as a thousand kilograms, suddenly opened, revealing the secret passage below.
"Quick, get in quickly!" Gong Jue urged immediately.
The other children also knew that the situation was dangerous and rushed in to jump in. In the end, only Dalan and Xiaolan were left. Gong Jue said: "I'll stay and you can go in too." He said to Xiaolan Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran shook his head, "No, let's go together!"
"No!" Gong Jue frowned, "Someone must delay here, not to mention I'm in, how can I close this door?"
"Then I'll stay too!"
"I won't leave. Close it soon. There is no time. If you hesitate any longer, the other children will die." Xiaoran said firmly.
Below are the frightened eyes of the five children. Gong Jue asked them to take care of themselves in the future and escape from the secret passage without wasting time. Regardless of the crying eyes of the children, he immediately pushed the Buddha statue back.
As for Xiao Ran, he couldn't persuade him anymore. Just like he said, he didn't have time.
What's more, Xiao Ran is different from others. He can't survive if he leaves here. If his face is exposed, it will be an endless pursuit. Even if Xiao Ran knows some boxing and kicking skills, it will be useless. Facing the real killer, they still too weak.
It was him who initially learned some boxing and kicking skills from his master. Later, the master sought refuge with Xiao Ran's father, King Yongzhong, and wanted to plan a future for him in troubled times. Unfortunately, both the master's and King Yongzhong's plans failed and they were not eradicated. That one, they themselves died. From then on, he and Xiao Ran, who were still young at that time, became beggars. They could only survive by hiding their faces. Even if they had some little ability, they couldn't do anything else.
Even a beggar cannot join a gang of beggars or be exposed to too many public eyes.
And after so many years, Xiao Ran looks more and more like King Yongzhong. He occasionally showed his face when he was half a child, but now he dares not to show it.
The reason why they did not leave the capital city of Jingdu and pray far away from Emperor Tiangao was because they could not let go of the past. One wanted to avenge their master and the other wanted to avenge their father. They did not want to leave this enemy too far away, even if there was no such thing. They don't want to, because they believe that only here can they get first-hand information about the enemy.
If the enemy has flaws and weaknesses, maybe they can...
Although this is just wishful thinking, they really think so.
As for Gong Jue, his memory before he was three years old seems to have been covered or erased by something, and he can't recall anything.
That's right, if Li Dai knew the specific situation, she would probably sigh. It turns out that the 'immortal' the old man mentioned, the 'immortal' who dealt with Concubine Mei, was not Gong Jue's master, the old Taoist priest.
This is exactly what Qu Shiyou said about the old Taoist friend whose longevity is approaching and who has no hope of a breakthrough.
As for Gong Jue's memories before he was three years old, since he was to be a mortal, those memories from the world of cultivation no longer need to exist, so the old Taoist friend sealed them directly for him.
Because of this, Gong Jue even forgot who his parents were, and believed the old Taoist priest's words that he had picked him up.
Although he did not teach Gong Jue to practice, he still taught him some martial arts to strengthen his body. He was his and Xiao Ran's common martial arts teacher.
The two of them also learned it in too short a time, and the old Taoist priest and King Yongzhong failed. Otherwise, if they had to learn it for two more years, they would not be as good as the three-legged cat, and they would not be able to deal with professional killers.
The two of them had only studied with the old Taoist Priest for less than half a year. At that time, the old Taoist Priest had just arrived here where mortals gathered. Seeing the suffering of the people, he joined the forces of King Yongzhong, thinking that his longevity would be almost over anyway. He was about to die, and it didn't matter whether he interfered in mortal affairs or not. It was at that time that he found time to teach the three-year-old Gong Jue and the two-year-old Xiao Ran how to practice martial arts. Unfortunately, they only learned martial arts for half a year. One day, they were sent away by their loyal servants. After leaving, it took a long time to realize that my master's father was dead.
Not to mention those,
No one knows the true origins of Gong Jue and Xiao Ran except each other, but because they had learned martial arts for half a year, even if they became beggars, they could deal with ordinary gangsters with ease. Some poorer children were picked up.
As for the kid who was much older than them, he came back with them shamelessly, not the two of them.
Now seeing Xiao Jiezi leading so many people back, and the people who came here were evil, Xiao Ran was so angry that his eyes were red, "That bastard, knowing that he is not a good person, should not have saved him in the first place and let him be bitten to death by wild dogs." The skinny beggar boy scolded, while he and his eldest brother Gong Jue pushed the Buddha statue back with all their strength.
Just when they thought it was too late, the door was knocked open, and the Buddha statue, which could not be pushed, went back on its own.
Both of them thought they were too nervous and had an illusion.
But now was not the time to think so much. The door was kicked open, and the two teenagers pretended to be trembling and retreated to the corner in fear.
Xiao Jianzi shouted excitedly: "It's them, two little calves. They obviously have such good-looking faces, but they have been hiding them all these years, but I have suffered a lot."
"superior!"
The turtle man gave an order, and all the three or five big men rushed over to catch him.
Little Turtle rubbed his hands excitedly, "Hey, Brother Turtle, look at the goods. Is the money..."
"You want money?" Mr. Turtle threw away the pipe in his hand and walked towards Xiao Biezi, showing a ferocious smile.
The little boy suddenly felt something was wrong and shook his head quickly, "No..."
Before he could say anything, his whole body was suddenly grabbed by the ghost master, and a dagger was inserted into his heart.
Little Turtle's eyes widened. He had done bad things for so many years, but at the last moment, he unexpectedly lost his life.
"ah!"
The killing of Little Turtle obviously also stimulated Gong Jue and Xiao Ran. They both screamed in panic. Li Dai looked at it and frowned. Just when he was about to take action, the three or five big men who approached the two were sneak attacked. The two of them each took out a long needle from their arms at some point, pierced it directly into the big man's critical point, and instantly put it in place.
The expressions of the other three changed drastically, and the swords on their waists were drawn out, and they struck at the two of them.
The two immediately started fighting with the three of them.
Li Dai watched and prepared to attack as soon as the situation was not right, but she didn't expect that the two people's kung fu was not very good, but their moves were extremely sharp and their movements were flexible. When the two were covered with injuries and were finally replaced by three more, they no longer had the strength to fight. .
"Ah……"
The Turtle Master watched the scene and found out that he and his men were killed unexpectedly. He was not angry. He just looked at Gong Jue and Xiao Ran and narrowed his eyes. "I thought they were two good-looking young men. You unexpectedly hid your skills. In this case, it seems that your identity is a problem." At this point, Turtle Gong's eyes were filled with murderous intent. As a beggar, it is impossible to learn any advanced martial arts, and What the two people used just now, although simple, is an extremely advanced martial arts entry method. He has met many people in this industry and has good eyesight. Now he thinks that the two of them will be a beggar incognito. Their identities may be a big problem, and Those who can get into big trouble are undoubtedly those remnants who were defeated at the hands of Concubine Mei.
Such people are absolutely unacceptable.
As soon as Turtle Gong's murderous intention appeared, his body's internal energy surged, and he struck at the two of them through the air.
But I didn't expect that among this group of people, Mr. Turtle was the real master.
"boom--"
The Buddha statue shattered in response to the sound and turned into pieces. With the utmost strength, Gong Jue pulled Xiao Ran and narrowly avoided the thunderous palm.
However, more violent thunder palms continued to come, and this time, the two of them could not escape.
The fate will be repaired!
The two of them realized this clearly and turned pale.
"I'm sorry." Suddenly, Gong Jue heard a low voice choking from the person next to him, and then while his mind was still confused, he was pulled in front of Xiao Ran.
Gong Jue's eyes widened, and the look in his eyes before he died was completely unbelievable and even more hurt.
He thought that everyone would betray him, but not him.
did not expect……
[I'm sorry, I can't die. I still want to avenge my father. I have fulfilled my wish and brought peace to the world. I commit suicide to apologize to save your life...]
From his eyes, he understood this.
At such a critical moment, Gong Jue felt that he had been living a useless and miserable life. He said he wanted to avenge his master, but he had no ability and could not do anything. In the end, he had to die like this...
Just when he thought he was certain to die, suddenly, there was a louder "boom", and the entire Guanyu Temple was shaken to pieces by some terrible force. The turtle man who was still ferocious just now and his afterimage of thunder The palm seemed to be frozen, and in the next moment, the turtle man flew backwards. The palace prince saw a fairy concubine, an incredibly beautiful person walking towards her.
She was filled with so much confidence that the two young men were stunned.
"Are you Gong Jue? Come with me." She said in a heavenly voice.
