In the many desperate days and nights in the future, Guan Lin once thought about it, wishing that he had a high fever that day, and he had a fever until he was unconscious.

In that case, he would not have heard the conversation between his father and his colleagues, and he would not have heard from them the news of the murderer who was about to destroy his entire family.

Then, he would not make his own smart decision to arrest the criminal, and he would not be foolish enough to think that he could make a great contribution and get praise from his father.

It wasn't until he reached into the abandoned warehouse, where the prisoners were hiding, that he realized how big the difference in strength was between the two sides.

At that time, he had just posed as a messenger of justice, and before he even had time to say the prepared lines, the wooden sword in his hand was directly knocked down by the prisoner, and then, the other party grabbed his collar and lifted him into the air.

"Wow, you can't hit me, you can't hit me!" Xiao Guan Lin swung his limbs vigorously, and shouted in a milky voice, "My father is a fast catcher, he will catch you!"

At that time, he didn't have much concept of life and death, perhaps because those tragedies were too far away from him. The most terrible thing he could think of was just being beaten.

"Is your father a fast catcher?" the prisoner's expression changed a little subtly when he heard this. Then, as if he had received a great piece of good news, he excitedly threw Xiao Guan Linden up, revealing an incomprehensible smile.

"Good boy, it's up to you whether Lao Tzu can escape today!"

Then, he flew up with Xiao Guan Lin in his arms and jumped onto a rickety beam above.

Xiao Guan Lin didn't know what the other party wanted to do, and until this time, he didn't really realize the existence of danger. What he was thinking about was still fighting wits and courage with the prisoners, just like those legendary little heroes.

In the meantime, he noticed that the prisoner was communicating, and from time to time he laughed a few times, Xiao Guan Lin wanted to lean over to look, and a big knife was directly put on his neck, he could only shrink back with a dry smile, and his hands clenched the beam under him.

What the prisoner did was naturally to contact the patrol yamen directly, telling them that the son of a certain head catcher was now in his hands, and he also listened to Xiao Guan Lin's voice on the other side through the jade slip. and put forward a quid pro quo that the catchers would come and give him a lot of money, and after he got out safely, he would naturally release the child.

Originally, after the arresters quickly found out the temporary whereabouts of this prisoner, because the other party was extremely vicious, in order to avoid more casualties, they were ready to deploy and then go to arrest. But this unexpected turn of events completely disrupted their plans. At the moment, they can only bring the ransom for the time being, and the rest will be improvised.

There are two teams that enter the warehouse. One is led by the chief catcher, carrying a box to enter from the front, putting on a frank negotiation posture to attract the attention of the other party. On the other hand, Guan Lin's father took advantage of the opportunity of the large group of people to advance, and quietly detoured along a row of empty oil cans in the corner, intending to approach the prisoner from behind.

At first, the plan went well, and the prisoner did not notice the small movements of the catchers. But Xiao Guan Lin recognized his father with sharp eyes, and immediately waved his hand vigorously in the direction of his father, shouting in his mouth: "Ah, Dad, I'm here, come and save me!"

The prisoner looked in the direction he was waving, and he also found the figure that was quick to catch alone, and the spiritual power in his whole body suddenly burned fiercely.

was preemptively broken by Xiaoguan Linden, and the infiltration plan of the catchers failed, and the two sides had no choice but to start a fight in a hurry. But the prisoner had been hiding here for several days, familiar with the environment, and had hostages in his hands, and under a fierce attack, several of them were injured and fell to the ground on the spot.

Guan Lin's father has been working very hard in this battle. In his heart, there is both worry about his son and guilt for his colleagues. If it weren't for the chaos at home, things wouldn't have come to this point! He was bent on making amends for his sins, protecting his colleagues, and catching the prisoners with his own hands.

The next scene, although he had repeatedly swirled in Guan Lin's nightmare, he couldn't remember the specific picture clearly.

All he remembered was that as soon as the prisoner raised his hand, an arc of light shot towards the crowd. On the other side was the chief catcher, and he had no time to dodge...... Everything seemed to be very fast, but it also seemed to be very slow, and his father stood in front of the chief catcher, and a large amount of blood splashed from his chest......

What happened after a period of time, Guan Lime has no memory at all. Even the most tragic scene was quite vague in his mind. According to later physicians, it was a post-traumatic stress disorder in which the brain spontaneously protects the body. For the last thing he wanted to face, his memory chose to be forgotten for a short time.

Later, how those catchers subdued the prisoners, Guan Lin can't remember clearly. All he remembered was that he knelt beside his father and cried heartbreakingly.

His father slowly raised a blood-stained hand and gently stroked his face, his lips weakly closing one by one. Word by word, like the sound of the wind leaking in the cave, washed over his eardrums again and again.

"Linden, you have to remember that human life also has weight...... In a war, the meaning of keeping the lord alive will be far more important than letting a pawn survive...... That's why there are so many people with lofty ideals, who are willing to throw their heads, spill their blood, and sacrifice their lives for righteousness......"

"Your father and me...... I don't have any skills, I can't be a king, but at least ...... I can be the protector of the king and die...... can pave the way for the king's inheritance, and my life seems to have a higher weight, so I will ...... Died well deserved......"

"Linden, you also have to remember that you can't be a king, at least you have to be a general, and you have to make your life shine ......"

He didn't say to his son, protect yourself, I don't ask you to get ahead, I just ask you to be safe. Perhaps it was his heroic nature that he did not want to educate his son to be a coward who survived in the face of danger. He hopes that his son can live an upright life like himself, and in the end, even if he dies generously for the sake of righteousness, at least, he has realized the meaning of life.

At that time, although Xiao Guan Lin was crying, he didn't really understand the meaning of sadness. He was just scared, and his consciousness was in confusion when he saw his father so weak and covered in blood. He pressed his hands on his father's chest, trying to plug his wounds, but the blood gushing out of the fountain soon stained his palms blood-red.

For the first time in his life, he had seen that much blood with his own eyes. The blood was smeared on his face and body in his weeping, and he became a little bloody man.

On that day, he cried for a long time, together with other catchers, he was crying when he took his father to the hospital, he was crying when his mother came, no one paid attention to him, no one comforted him, he cried so helplessly.

However, when a corpse covered with a white cloth was pushed out of the examination room, he suddenly stopped crying.

At that moment, he suddenly truly understood the meaning of life and death.

Since then, he has been brought home by his mother, and he is like a fool. Every day, I would just sit in my room and stare at the corner, and I would look at it all day.

He had already reached school age, but due to his mental state, his mother could only temporarily let him stay at home to rest.

Previously, Nangong Fei had told Ye Shuo that there was a child in Tiansheng Academy who blindly assumed responsibilities that did not belong to him when he was a child, killed his father, and he suffered from a serious psychological disorder since then.

And that kid is Guan Linden.

(End of chapter)