This nameless place is like a cage, because the people who live here have never returned, and of course no outsiders have ever come here.

At least that's what the people who live here think, the only way to get out is through the nine-story Exquisite Pagoda in the center of town when everyone reaches the age of sixteen.

It's not something you can choose, it's something you have to go, women can have a choice, men don't.

But what makes people feel sad is that those who went in never came out, and the mayor in charge of Linglong Pagoda did not say that a few people passed, and a few people did not pass through, even if they died inside, they did not collect their bodies.

In the past, there were family members who went to make trouble, saying that even if they died inside, they would give us the corpse and let them return to their roots, but it was useless, and the mayor of the town was extremely indifferent in this regard.

Someone said, isn't it that all the men in this town are dead or out, of course it won't be like this, and there is another law in the town that makes up for this, that is, every family can keep a man.

For example, if the Li San family gave birth to two male babies, then one can be left to receive the ancestry, and the other must go, and the Wang Wu family has given birth to four male babies, then only one must be left, and the one left behind cannot be decided by himself.

This cruel decision is decided by the mayor of the town every year by drawing lots and then releasing it, who goes and who stays can only depend on the will of God, in the past, people in order to keep their children, after all, they are their own flesh and blood, who is willing to do this thing to death, but without exception they all failed, and some people chose not to fight.

But they were pressed down by the mayor of the town, and the people who took the lead ended up in a miserable situation; some people chose to escape, but this cage discouraged them; some people even chose not to give birth, but the town's decree clearly said that if someone is pregnant and does not give birth, the whole family will be wiped out, and if the doctor takes over without authorization, there will be the same treatment.

There are also people who ask God to give birth to a daughter after they are pregnant, so that although the daughter is married, she will not experience the pain of life and death, but this land is like a spell, basically every family will give birth, no matter how many insurance measures are done, you will get pregnant, unless you don't do it, and at least one life is the least, some people have a pack of three children all men.

After all, there is a reason, the reason is that the mayor is so powerful, so powerful that he is like a god in this town, he can also fly on this road at will, and in an instant he can go anywhere in this cage, so some people will call the mayor the mayor.

Of course, some people will think that there will be no more after the mayor dies, and what makes people collapse is that the mayor may be changed, but it will not be anyone in this cage, every time after a long period of time, when everyone thinks that the mayor is going to die, the so-called new mayor will appear inexplicably, the same powerful, the same unfeeling, and even the same greed.

Someone wanted to go over and go through the back door, the mayor of the town took over all the gifts sent by these people, and the beautiful maids sent were all in the bag, thinking that they would let go of the horses after receiving the gifts, but when it came to the release of the list, it was still the same result, and the families who gave the gifts were very angry, but they were helpless, and no one went to this road again in the long run, and slowly accepted the decree of this land. In short, the highest criterion of this land is to live, and if you are born, you will die, but this period is a bit short.

Su Rui looked at Li Shu, who was crying in front of him, and didn't know how to persuade him, because he knew that it was useless to say it, and the rhetoric had been said in the past, Li Shu was very emotional, and she started to mention this matter when Su Rui was thirteen.

Every time I mention it, I can't help but crackle with a burst of rain, and Su Rui will persuade her at the beginning and say some comforting words, but now Su Rui is running out of words, even if he copies it over and over again, there are times when he is annoying.

Suri was annoyed now, even if he had accepted the fact, because a fatherless and motherless child like him was destined to enter the tower, and there would be a large number of children like him every year.

Why are there so many homeless orphans in such a big place? And most of them are men? The reason is very simple, on the one hand, families who have too many children cannot afford it, and on the other hand, they are destined to keep only one in a family, so what should we do?

Throw away the excess children, let them fend for themselves, at the beginning there will be people scolding this inhuman behavior, but after a long time, after experiencing the situation of white hair and black hair, there are many things to see, but indifferent, many wandering orphans will look for their families when they grow up, and what they find is nothing more than scolding at the door, sitting at the door and splashing and rolling, what can be done, it is destined to be the end.

What's even more ridiculous is that sometimes the orphans who have been wandering next to their homes for more than ten years may be their own abandoned children, and this kind of heartache for parents is not something that time can erase.

When Su Rui came back to his senses and was no longer in the fugue, he couldn't hear Li Shu's cry, and when he looked down, it turned out that the little girl was tired of crying and lying in her arms and fell asleep, looking at Li Shu in front of her, the corners of her eyes were a little moist.

He is also reluctant, very reluctant, he has experienced this kind of "life and death", how helpless the orphan who has been wandering for more than ten years seems helpless at this time, he also wants to cry, but who to find, the only brother who can talk to him and can rely on has advanced to the tower in six years, and the brother is also a wandering orphan.

Su Rui followed his brother's ass when he remembered, and in his memory, his brother was like a brother and a father, taking care of himself like a father, teaching himself the principles of being a human being, and teaching himself the reasons for living. and like his brother protects himself, he will secretly avenge himself when he is bullied, and his brother is very smart and so powerful, and every time he can let the group of people who suffer from him get "retribution".

I still remember one time, when Su Rui was "working" on the street, he asked his peers to report, Su Rui was caught and beaten, of course, people who live here know how these pickpockets came from, and they are somewhat sympathetic, but they don't mean that they don't come to me next time, but Su Rui is angry, he knows that no one will find him afterwards with his methods, someone must have stabbed him, so he went to find someone to theorize.

Who knew that the people had set up a trap over there, and they were beaten again in vain, and the brother didn't ask Su Rui anything after knowing about it, bandaged Su Rui's wounds, and asked him to wait for them to come back and apologize, and sure enough, the next day the group of people came to him to apologize one by one.

After claiming that he didn't trouble him, Su Rui at that time felt that his brother was very tall, and even if the sky fell, his brother would definitely be able to shelter him from the wind and rain, but when his brother was about to enter the tower, Su Rui still felt confused, and people as strong as his brother had to accept fate, so what about me.

The elder brother took off a beast tooth that he had been bringing to Su Rui, and the beast tooth carried his brother's name - Qin Zheng, although Su Rui was reluctant at that time, it was useless to cry hysterically.

Su Rui had just passed his tenth birthday at that time, and his brother said a lot of things to him before leaving, and he pretended to remember them, he didn't choose to remember his brother's words, but just remembered his brother's appearance over and over again, because at that time he believed that he would see his brother again, and he was afraid that he would forget his brother's appearance at that time.

The elder brother is gone, and Su Rui has become a person, although Li Shu was very young at that time, he didn't understand why his Rui brother suddenly became unhappy, and Su Rui was still in the mood of his brother's absence and did not come out, and he also ignored Li Shu.

Li Shu was very bored at that time, she wanted to go to the eldest brother to teach Brother Rui a lesson, who knew that the eldest brother didn't know where to go, and the little girl didn't know what to do at that time, so she sat on the ground and cried, Su Rui saw Li Shu crying sadly and couldn't bear to tell her

"My brother is gone, I won't see him in the future" Li Shu was even more sad when she heard it, and she cried even more, because Brother Rui was his playmate and the eldest brother was more like her own brother, Li Shu's family only had two younger brothers than him, and there was no elder brother, plus Qin Zheng also loved this little girl very much, and she was raised completely in front of her brother and daughter-in-law, so Qin Zheng's feelings for Li Shu were no worse than those for Su Rui.

For a long time after that, Su Rui did not come out of the shadow of losing his brother, Su Rui has become a little numb since Qin Zheng left, he forgot the truth that his brother taught him to be a man before, he forgot the reason why his brother told him to live before, at that time he only knew that he would not live to be sixteen years old anyway.

It's better to do something now, don't be so tired, it's good to eat and wait for death, but at this time, it is Li Shu who takes care of her brother Rui.

It is said that a woman's mature age will be a little earlier than that of a man, Li Shu because she has parents at home, so she walked out of Qin Zheng's departure after a while, she persuaded Su Rui, but the words were always unspeakable, so she always wiped Su Rui's ass behind her back.

Su Rui has also become a bit broken since Qin Zheng left, he still does the work of a pickpocket, but it seems too unprofessional, and Su Rui in the past is so that no one can find a horse's feet.

And later Su Rui can find him for anyone, so after that, there are always people in Su Rui's courtyard who come to the door to look for "trouble" until later, and Li Shu will always feel the scene for the first time, and he should lose money and apologize. This has been going on for six years.

Su Rui stroked Li Shu and thought about it, and he didn't know what nightmare the little girl had, while shouting "Brother Rui" in a crying voice, while grabbing Su Rui's sleeve, which made Su Rui's heart, which was originally worrying, turn into a twist, and the palm of his hand had clenched into a fist for some time, and his teeth squeaked.

Su Rui had a thought in his heart at this time: "I want to get out alive and come back alive." ”