Chapter 2: The City of Evil (2)

The girl reacted, shrunk back, shook her head, and muttered, "No, no, no......"

Lan Zhi looked at her quietly, and her voice became softer: "Are you afraid?" You can also see that my sword is fast and will not make your death painful. She turned her head to look down the mountain: "Your father and mother have just left, so leave with them, isn't it?" โ€

The girl finally stopped moving and sat down, but when she lowered her head, she suddenly burst out with a roar: "Not good! She raised her head and stared at Lan Zhi, her voice was depressed and strange: "You don't know...... Half of my mother's head fell to the ground, but she still held on to the foot of the soldier who killed her, and refused to let go! Just for ...... Help me hold the soldier back for a moment......"

Speaking of this, her lips trembled, and she gasped intermittently: "My father and mother want me to live!" If I'm going to die like that...... Just died......" Her tears fell one by one, as if refuting Lan Zhi, and as if questioning herself: "...... So what are they?!! โ€

Lan Zhi was silent. The girl wiped the tears from her face, but the tears couldn't stop: "No matter how much you are bullied, your life will be sad...... I'm going to live too! I want to live well and fulfill their last wishes...... And then someday...... Someday! I will avenge them! โ€

The girl was in tears, covered in blood, her body couldn't help but tremble, looking at the wolf bรจi unbearable, but her eyes were unusually black and bright. Something was burning in it, that kind of hatred and obsession, almost set Lan Zhi on fire.

Lan Zhi only felt that her heart was hit hard. This girl may be weaker than her, but she is braver than her, stronger than her, and naturally more qualified than her to live. Lan Zhi stood up, walked to the girl's side, and stretched out her hand to her: "Don't cry...... Get up, and I'll take you into the city. โ€

Lan Zhi took the girl and embarked on the last leg of the road to Haotian City. In the middle of the moon, the two found a family to spend the night. The girl was so tired that she went to sleep in the wood-room, and did not even bother to take a sip of hot water.

The purpose of staying at someone's house is to let the girl have a good rest. As for Lan Zhi herself, she didn't expect a good night's sleep. But this night, she fell asleep too. In the middle of the night, low sobs entered her ears, and she slowly opened her eyes. The girl curled up beside her, sleepy and tear-stained.

Lan Zhi looked down at the girl for a moment, gently wiped the tears from her face with her fingertips, and sighed in her heart: Is it a nightmare to cry like this?

Lan Zhi also often has nightmares. Since the fall of the Central Plains two years ago, she has never slept well. In the past two years, her dreams have been filled with earth-shattering killing sounds, corpses everywhere, and endless mourning. As soon as the general in iron armor gave an order, the heads of his adoptive father and adoptive mother were hung above the city gate, and more than 100 members of the family were slaughtered! The splendid palace was also burned, and along with the flames, her clever and mischievous brother was also engulfed in flames......

In the past four months of traveling north, the nightmare has been all the way

Why is this happening? Is it because ...... Coming to Skyland?

In a trance, a man's deep voice sounded in her ears: "Ah Zhi, you have a demonic obstacle in your heart, and I can't solve it." Let's go to the imperial capital of Uyuan Kingdom...... Maybe there, you'll understand what you want to do. โ€

Lan Zhi stood up and walked slowly to the door of the firewood room, silently thinking in her heart: That person has always been right. The walk along the way was dull, but it made her see her heart clearly. Before she arrived in Haotian City, she already knew that she wanted to kill the general who had slaughtered her all over the house, and she wanted revenge.

How sarcastic, she is a Woo Yuan person. The thugs who ruined her home were actually her kind. And this land she set foot on for revenge is actually her real hometown.

At noon the next day, Lan Zhi took the girl to Haotian City. Walking slowly down the streets, Lan Zhi finally understood why the homeless people called the city "Promised Land". The streets of Haotian City extend in all directions, with rows of houses, a dazzling array of goods, and bustling pedestrians. If there was one word to describe the city, it would be "bustling".

But the strange and noisy environment made the girl uneasy, and she held Lan Zhi's hand tighter. Lan Zhi saw her fears clearly, but she could no longer accompany her. In Zhongyuan Street, where the Central Plains people live in the city, Lan Zhi sent the girl to the neighborhood, gave her five taels of silver, and said to her something that is rarely said to people: "Live well." โ€

Leave it at that.

Lan Zhi is not worried about girls, but everyone has their own ambitions. The girl has chosen the path to take, and she has something to do. In addition, the person she wants to kill was once a general, and now she can only be more powerful. She couldn't be with this child anymore, for fear that if she missed, she would be involved with this child. She wandered around the streets for a while, and then she collected her mood, and planned to find a cheap inn to stay in, and then go to find news.

But I heard a commotion in the streets. Someone shouted, "Hey! Attention! The person in front of you gives way! โ€

Lan Zhi turned her head to look and saw a carriage dragging a few tree trunks over. Pedestrians on the street dodged, and Lan Zhi also stood on the side of the street, making room for the carriage to pass by.

But when the carriage approached her, Lan Zhi saw clearly that the cut in the trunk of the tree was faintly glowing with a faint blue cold light. I was shocked in my heart: this ...... It's clearly a cut left by her sword!

When Lan Zhi was 7 years old, her adoptive father gave her a sword. The sword looks simple, but it sharpens iron like mud and blows hair off. What's even more amazing is that this sword is cold, and when it is unsheathed, the sword intent is awe-inspiring, and if it cuts something, it will leave a light blue cold light at the incision of things.

- What about these trees...... Could it be that she cut it down yesterday to deter the soldiers of Yuyuan Kingdom?

Lan Zhi counted the trees, no more, no less, exactly five, and sure enough, the number she had cut down yesterday. It seems that her guess is correct.

But why was the tree she cut down yesterday sent to the Vast Sky City today?

Lan Zhi couldn't dodge being caught by the branches, and while trying to tear the branches apart, she talked to the coachman: "Uncle! These trees are so big, why are you sending them into the city? โ€

The driver slowed down: "Don't you know? This tree has a solid texture, and has its own fragrance, which can prevent insects, and the saint ordered someone to plant a batch a few years ago. Today, the garrison went to check on the mountain and found that five trees had been cut down! If the saint wants something, it will be cut down, and you can't throw it away! Naturally, it had to be sent to the city. โ€

Lan Zhi complained bitterly in her heart: Why did she just cut Emperor Yuyuan's things! In case the emperor is unhappy and orders to track it down, she doesn't know how much trouble she will get into!

Although she was worried, Lan Zhi didn't ask any more questions, and just followed the carriage from a distance. Although this tree is the emperor's belongings, the emperor is busy with everything, so he must not have time to take care of these trees. She wanted to see who would give the trees to and what they would do with them.

The carriage traveled for a while and stopped at the gate of a yamen. Lan Zhi looked at it from a distance and saw a few big characters of Hu Weiwei, which turned out to be the government of the imperial city garrison. There was a tea shed on the street, Lan Zhi went in and sat down, and asked for a pot of tea. But when he saw the coachman make an announcement, he waited at the gate. After about half a pillar of incense, a tall young man walked out.

The man was about twenty-eight or nine years old, dressed in an ochre-colored suit, with a long figure and a handsome appearance, and a pair of eyes that were like the river on an autumn night, glowing with a cold streamer. He asked the coachman a few words without hurry, and after a little thought, he said, "The side hall of the palace is being repaired, and these trees happen to be usable." You send them to the palace gate, and someone will answer them. โ€

This is not to be pursued. Lan Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. The coachman should have left, but the horse had only run a few paces, and the man suddenly frowned again, and shouted, "Wait! โ€

The coachman stopped: "Deputy Envoy Duan, what's the matter?" โ€

Deputy Duan didn't answer, but walked slowly to the tree and leaned over to look at the incision. From this angle, Lan Zhi couldn't see his expression, and she couldn't stop speculating in her heart. After a moment, he saw that the deputy envoy straightened up, turned his head and said to the guard, "Give me your sword." โ€

The guards brought their swords. Deputy Duan drew his sword out of the sheath with his backhand, and then he simply slashed it with a sword!

The man's face was calm, and his movements were smooth and unhindered, but the five trees were actually cut off by him in unison! Lan Zhi saw it from afar, and while she was puzzled, she was slightly shocked: This man's martial arts are far above her!

In the muffled sound of the wooden stake falling to the ground intermittently, Deputy Envoy Duan returned the sword to the guards and said to the coachman: "There is some mud on the bottom, just send it to the palace, you will be scolded." โ€

The coachman had an epiphany and thanked him repeatedly. Lan Zhi's heart also landed again. A bowl of tea quickly bottomed out, Lan Zhi touched a copper plate and handed it to Xiao Er, got up and prepared to leave, but unexpectedly saw that Deputy Envoy Duan did not return to Huweiwei, but stood by the yamen with his hands in his hands, looking at the street. Lan Zhi's gaze was unintentionally facing him, Deputy Duan's expression remained unchanged, and Lan Zhi also looked away with a calm face.

Lan Zhi left, but Deputy Envoy Duan stood for a while, and asked people to carry the stake away and burn it, and then returned to Huweiwei. He took a few of his henchmen and rode his horse to the hillside where the trees had been cut down, and once again carefully examined the broken parts of the five tree stumps. Yesterday's assassination was discovered from the clues, and the soldiers defending the city were traced.

Thinking they were in serious trouble, the soldiers fell to their knees and pleaded in fear. But Deputy Envoy Duan didn't blame him at all. The man just said gently: "The person who cut down the tree is Yuyuan?" Or a woman? He looked down the mountain and squinted slightly: "If you see her again, you might recognize her?" โ€