Chapter 280: Accompaniment
Compared with the bloody rain and bloody wind that will come outside, the boundary city is still very peaceful and peaceful, when Meng Feiyang led the troops into the city, he did not harm the innocent people, those people found that the rebels were not as ferocious as they imagined, so they continued to live their lives with peace of mind, the boundary city is still prosperous, and it has not been shrouded by the shadow of war at all.
Lu Wanwan asked Meng Feiyang to help find Liu Shi'an and the two children, Meng Feiyang naturally arranged the most suitable Shadow Guard to investigate, and soon the Shadow Owl brought their news.
Some people said that they had seen the three of them near the gate of the capital, and the shadow owl guessed that they might have entered the capital now, the capital is so big, it may not be so easy to find the three people, and they are now like frightened birds, they must have found a place to hide, and their whereabouts will not be exposed.
Li Chengyou searched in the forest for ten days, and after looking for Meng Feiyang and the others to no avail, he withdrew his troops from the mountain, leaving only a dozen people to patrol around the village to search for some fish that had slipped through the net.
The shadow owl guessed that if Liu Shi'an made any moves, he would definitely choose this time, the guards in the village weakened, and he only sent the shadow guards to guard the village at all times, as long as he saw others, he would immediately bring him back.
After waiting for a few days, the shadow guards really found Liu Shi'an's trace, he disguised himself as a woodcutter chopping wood, and slowly went up the mountain, seemingly taking every step carelessly, but there seemed to be something mysterious. The Shadow Guard had been watching in the shadows, and when he reached the vicinity of the village, he saw him take out a black clay pot from the basket behind him, and set it on fire with a fire breaker. Thrown out of the village, only to hear a loud bang, the shadow guard who was following him only felt a ringing in his ears, and his eyes couldn't help but close, and when he opened his eyes again, the place where the clay pot had been thrown was already a cloud of black smoke, and the few soldiers who had been patrolling there had been reduced to bloody corpses.
The shadow guard was stunned and stunned for a while, and then he remembered to search for Liu Shi'an's figure, but at this time he had long since disappeared.
The Shadowguard immediately told the Shadowlord about it. The Shadow Owl thinks this is a serious matter. He immediately told Meng Feiyang.
"You mean, Liu Shi'an threw out a black jar at that time, and then the jar exploded?" Meng Feiyang listened to the truth of the matter and pondered for a moment. Fang Cai asked.
"Yes. Eleven said he saw it clearly. It's just a black jar, because it's far away, and I don't know what it's in. Just throw it out like that and it blows up. Shadowlord replied.
Meng Feiyang touched his chin and thought for a moment, then ordered with the shadow owl: "Let the shadow guard go into the village to find it, then Liu Shi'an can't run away under Eleven's nose, he shouldn't have gone down the mountain, but hid in the village, and after finding the person, bring it back." ”
The shadow owl immediately received the order, and Meng Feiyang went to see Lu Wanwan and told him about it.
Lu Wanwan was also very surprised after hearing it, and asked in surprise: "What did you say was that black jar?" So powerful. ”
"I can probably guess something, when I was studying with Master, he mentioned something to me, called black powder, which is said to have been invented by an alchemy Taoist priest in the previous dynasty, because it is brown, and some people call it brown gunpowder."
"Why haven't I heard of anything like this?" Lu Wanwan felt that she had read a lot of books, but she had never heard of things.
"The Taoist priest was refining the elixir of immortality for the emperor of the previous dynasty, and accidentally discovered the black powder, because of its great power, the emperor at that time was deeply jealous, so he killed the Taoist priest and destroyed the formula of the black powder, but the emperor was negligent, so that a little Taoist boy next to the Taoist priest ran away, and the Taoist boy has been helping the Taoist alchemy, and he has long been familiar with the formula of black powder, but he has retained this amazing thing, but then the little Taoist boy did not know where to go, and this black powder naturally no one mentioned it again.
"Then your master knows the recipe for this black powder?" Lu Wanwan always felt that Meng Feiyang's master was such an omniscient god, so he asked.
"My master knows the main ingredients of the black powder, but he doesn't know the ratio between them, because this thing is very dangerous, he doesn't dare to try it easily, I only heard him mention it once, and I know that the black powder contains sulfur and charcoal, this mixture is extremely easy to burn, and it burns quite fiercely."
"Then it seems that what is in the black jar should be black powder, but how can Liu Shi'an know the formula of black powder, and his jar is so powerful, I'm afraid it is not ordinary black powder." Lu Wanwan guessed.
"My master also said that if black powder is wrapped in paper, cloth, skin, or stuffed in clay pots or stone holes, when burned, due to the sudden expansion of the volume and increases to thousands of times, it will explode, and it will be extremely powerful."
After Meng Feiyang finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Wanwan, and both of them read the meaning in each other's eyes.
"It seems that this Liu Shi'an is not as simple as it seems on the surface." Lu Wanwan's expression moved slightly and said.
"I don't care what he's hiding, I just know that if this man is used by me, it will be a great help." Meng Feiyang said.
"Let's find someone first, and then ask him well, I thought he was a simple identity and a good match for Shishi, but now it seems that I have to ask him carefully." Lu Wanwan planned not to tell Shishi about this first, and then wait until everything was clear.
As Meng Feiyang expected, Liu Shi'an was hiding in the village, and the patrolling soldiers had temporarily withdrawn because of the sudden explosion, and the Shadow Guard did not alarm anyone when he took people away.
Liu Shi'an was very surprised when he saw Meng Feiyang and Lu Wanwan, but he quickly calmed down, just looked at the two of them with gloomy eyes, and slowly asked, "Is it because of you?" Will the villagers be killed? ”
When Lu Wanwan heard what he said, his expression was dark, he considered his words for a while, and said slowly: "I know that it is in vain to say anything now, and I don't want to defend myself, I have caused the villagers ......."
Liu Shi'an didn't speak, his eyes were a little red, and he stared at Meng Feiyang and Lu Wanwan for a while. Only then did he say hoarsely: "What about the poets and poets? Probably not dead, right? ”
"Shishi was saved by us and now lives here." Because of guilt, Lu Wanwan didn't dare to look directly into Liu Shi'an's eyes, but just lowered his head and replied.
"Hehe......" Liu Shi'an suddenly smiled miserably, "Hehehe, the people who died are all from the village, you all live well, live well...... Now the whole village is left with me and Erya Dahu......"
Lu Wanwan glanced at Meng Feiyang, a little worried about Liu Shi'an's situation at the moment, Meng Feiyang reached out and held her hand. Let her calm down.
"Liu Shi'an. You should figure out that the real murderers of those villagers are the current prince Lee Seung-woo and his imperial soldiers. Meng Feiyang didn't have any expression on his face, and said lightly.
Liu Shi'an still had a sneer on his face, looked at Meng Feiyang and said coldly: "I knew when I saw you that you couldn't be a businessman. If I had known who you were. I won't let you into the village anyway. There are more than 100 lives in my village, don't you think it has nothing to do with you, and do you feel even a trace of guilt for the death of those villagers!? ”
"Mr. Liu. Don't get excited, we are also sad about the death of the villagers, and we will definitely make amends for their deaths......" Lu Wanwan knew that Liu Shi'an must be uncomfortable in his heart, and hurriedly persuaded him.
"Compensation? What do you have to do to make amends when people are dead? Liu Shi'an stared at Lu Wanwan with a cold expression.
Lu Wanwan was suddenly dumbfounded, looking at a loss, and didn't know what to say to persuade him.
Meng Feiyang's expression has never changed, he is not so sympathetic to people, "Liu Shi'an, I know that you are unhappy now, but I hope you don't lose your mind, if you want to help those villagers avenge, I can help you." ”
"What you say is really nice, help me get revenge? If it weren't for you, how could the villagers have died! Liu Shi'an's eyes became redder and redder, and his fists were clenched, as if he was about to lose control.
Meng Feiyang seemed to be a little impatient, and was about to say something more, Lu Wanwan held his hand, shook his head at him, and then said to Liu Shi'an: "We are indeed responsible for the death of the villagers, just say what compensation you want." ”
Liu Shi'an calmed down a little and replied coldly: "I don't need your compensation, and I don't need you to help me take revenge, I remember all these lives, and one day I will recover this debt from you." ”
After Liu Shi'an said these words, he turned around and wanted to leave.
Lu Wanwan immediately said anxiously: "You are now alone and with two children, how can you talk about revenge, I hope that even if you don't think about yourself, you also think about those two children, do you want them to live in hatred with you?" ”
Liu Shi'an's footsteps froze and stopped, as if Lu Wanwan's words touched him.
"And Shishi, don't you want to see her again, then the words you promised at the beginning were all false?" Lu Wanwan was also angry about the poem, and couldn't help but ask.
Liu Shi'an finally turned around and looked at Lu Wanwan with a complicated expression, "I have already found someone to take care of the children, revenge is my own business, I will not involve them, as for Shishi, I can only say that I have nothing to do with her, I can't ...... If I am with her again, even if I lose her. With that, he left without looking back.
Lu Wanwan saw that he had really left, so he was a little anxious, took Meng Feiyang's hand and asked, "Really let him go like this?" ”
Meng Feiyang patted Lu Wanwan's hand and said comfortingly: "This Liu Shi'an is too stubborn, if I force him to stay, it is impossible to know what I want from his mouth, it is better to let him go, I will send the Shadow Guard to follow him secretly, he should return to the capital, according to his character, what should he do next, I will let the Shadow Guard try to protect him and prevent him from having an accident." ”
Lu Wanwan listened to Meng Feiyang's words, and only then did he feel a little relieved, and sighed lightly and said: "It is said that he will become like this, and we also hurt him, but Shishi's side...... I really don't know what to say. ”
"Let them make it clear to themselves, I've already had Shishi tell Shishi the news of his return, and now the two of them should have met."
As Meng Feiyang guessed, Shishi and Liu Shi'an had already met, Shishi knew that Liu Shi'an had entered the house, so she hurried to wait outside the gate of the main courtyard, and when she saw Liu Shi'an with a depressed face coming out of it, she immediately greeted her.
"Shi'an......" Shishi walked to Liu Shi'an and stopped, and carefully called him.
Liu Shi'an raised his head in a daze, and looked at the woman in front of him in a daze, his eyebrows were like daisies, his eyes were like stars, and a dark cloud-like green silk was tied up in a bun at will, and his posture was like a weak willow in the wind. The lights flickered around her, the girl was just an ordinary dress, but it was still difficult to hide her bright eyes and bright teeth, jade and beautiful, indescribably bright, when he saw her for the first time, he was also overwhelmed by her appearance, but if life was only as first seen, how good it would be, now, even if he still has love for her in his heart, it is impossible to be with her.
Liu Shi looked at the poem steadily for a while, and then walked past her. Shishi wanted to say something, but she choked in her throat, she quickly turned around and shouted at Liu Shi'an's back: "Liu Shi'an, what do you mean by this?" ”
Liu Shi'an's shoulders trembled slightly, and he said in a cold voice: "It's not interesting, Miss Shishi, please take care of yourself, don't pass this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance to see you again in the future." ”
How could Shishi not understand what Liu Shi'an meant, she burst into tears in an instant, she threw something in her hand towards Liu Shi'an, and cried loudly: "Liu Shi'an, you bastard!" You just said that you would leave, what the hell did you think of me! You're back! You come back to me and make it clear! ”
Liu Shi'an's footsteps froze in place, looking down at the things at his feet, it was a pair of thick-soled mille-feuille shoes, with fine stitches and simple style, similar to the ones he wore on weekdays, he could imagine how much effort Shishi used to make these shoes, how to sew it out stitch by stitch, he once heard Shishi say that what she hates most in her life is to do needlework, and she can always poke her fingers into several holes when she takes the needle, so unless she is her future husband, she will never sew things for others... … Liu Shi'an looked at the shoes, his eyes gradually moistened, he tried not to let the tears flow, forced himself to withdraw his gaze, and then strode away without looking back.
Shishi looked at Liu Shi'an's back farther and farther away, she couldn't cry, she squatted on the ground, covered her face and cried silently, her weak shoulders shook like leaves in the wind, she cried for a long time, and suddenly raised her head, the beautiful eyes that were very beautiful are now swollen like walnuts, but her expression is extremely resolute, she staggered to her feet, and chased in the direction where Liu Shi'an left. (To be continued......)