Volume 1 The Death of the Arrows Chapter 4 The Lion's Pupil
It's late autumn season
The boy felt the darkness, and just after the middle of the day, he ran out of a ruined temple.
Since escaping from Yan Lingjue's mansion, the young man has tried to get rid of this shameless Qin Yinruo. But it backfired, Qin Yinruo saw that the relationship between the two had improved, so he crossed the line and tried to pull him into the gang and cooperate in cheating. But how could the young man agree, he had long been accustomed to doing some sneaky business alone, how could he tolerate the two of them splitting the silver taels in half?
He could still vaguely remember that Qin Yinruo screamed last night and said that the two of us will be good sisters in the future! It's going to be difficult, dog! Phew, what a good sister, what a difficult share. It's kind of heartwarming to be blessed to share him!
After a while, he no longer ran, but turned into a low wall. This is the border of military service, and further north, it is the territory of the Jia family in Heyu District.
It's an unwritten rule to call Hanako also divided into regions. If the boy violates the rules and crosses the line to interfere with the action of calling Hanako in Heyu District, he will suffer hard.
But the scene in front of him made him quite puzzled. The gate of the military service was opened, and groups of beggars mixed with broken merchants slowly moved south from the territory of Heyu to enter the military service, and most of them dragged their families with their families. There are elderly people who are physically exhausted and stop halfway, and there are children in the general corner who cry and cry, but there is no response. Several guards stood in the aisle outside the city gate to check on the beggars entering the city.
It stands to reason that although the status of the governor of Heyu District is not as good as that of Yan Lingjue, he is also a businessman and has the ability to govern the world. It is under his development that the economy of Heyu District has been able to flourish. But now the situation is very different.
"Uncle, what's going on?" The boy walked through the crowd and went to give water to an old man who was sitting on the ground resting.
The old man drank the water slowly, panting weakly, but he couldn't say a word for a long time, presumably because he was trapped along the road and had not eaten for many days. The young man sighed, stood up, and tried to ask Hanako, who was on the way.
"Boy, I'm thirsty too, lend me water to drink!" Behind him, an extremely old voice sounded, and the sheepskin bag around the young man's waist was violently pulled away before he could react.
Startled, he turned to find the source of the voice. But I saw a sloppy old man with a wooden stick, a pair of broken straw sandals on his feet, and a weed in his mouth to quench his thirst. He slowly lifted up the sheepskin bag with his free hand, spat out the weeds, and grunted.
"Old man, you're really familiar!" The boy folded his elbows in his hands and frowned.
"Hey, boy. I'm just thirsty to drink some water, I think you're only a year old, how can you have a big temper? The old man threw the sheepskin bag to the young man, wiped his mouth, and thought about leaving.
"Old man, drink my water, pat your ass and leave?" The young man stepped forward to stop the old man.
"Yo? The old man was sick just now, and the old man put down his face when he saw you feed him water to drink, and begged you to give me saliva! Now you're messing around again, and I'm thinking that I don't have any money to buy your water for drinking? What is the rationale for this? ”
The young man laughed angrily, this sloppy old man is really the same on the outside, not only is he unkempt on the outside, but he is a scoundrel on the inside. He stood in front of the old man, and he didn't know how to speak.
"Young people, don't be so perverse!" The old man raised his hand to push away the young man, and said with a grumbling voice, "Before! There is also a child like you, who is hot-tempered and unreasonable! But the old decay still can't help her! It's so old! ”
His figure faded away, and the boy realized that the old man was running away.
"Old boy, don't mess with me! Master, I'm not a boy who is engaged in relief! The young man followed the old man, and grabbed his rag robe, and did not let him go.
"There's something I want to ask you!"
"Hey, I mean, what's the matter with you, young man?" The old man hurriedly pulled back the hem of his clothes, "You still rely on me, don't you?" Is it just because I drank two sips of your water? If there is anything, you can quickly say it, if it is a matter of silver taels, then I am really sorry, this rag is worth a lot of money all over the body! ”
"I'm dirty when you wipe my belly with your rag robe!" The young man pouted, "Old man, I'll ask you." Why did you so many beggars and merchants suddenly go south from the northern Heyu District to enter the military service area? ”
"Whew! It's not just the current events! War! Dead man! Who doesn't expect to have a good life! But those brutes don't want to! The more the old man spoke, the louder he became, "Damn! I just want to live a few days of peacetime! ”
"Guangcai's gang of dogs have already hollowed out the northern border! Burning, killing and looting, Heyu District has become a granary for Guangcai dogs! Who would dare to stay there! The old man's roar stopped the yellow-skinned passers-by beside him.
They looked at the impassioned old man in amazement, like staring at a mad lion. In his chest, there was an unwilling anger, which burned up, as if it was about to sweep the land of Luzhou.
The young man was also stunned, he never thought that this scoundrel-like old man would have such a mind.
"Yes...... In the thirtieth year of Emperor Wai, Guangcai was still at war with Yan Ruo, and only scattered a small number of troops to invade the northern border of Youya. Why is it that now only a year later, Guangcai has broken through the northern border of Youya? This...... How is this possible! The boy clasped his hands resentfully, his nails digging deep into the flesh.
"There's nothing impossible. Emperor Guangcai's strategy has always been unpredictable. He said, "I think that when the old man was still a Luoyin, he witnessed the cruelty of the Guang Dish dog. ”
"At that time, every time they captured a city, they would set fire to the governor's palace and kill all the old and useless old men! Hang their heads on the city walls and demonstrate to Emperor Luoyin! After that, they sent the governor to the imperial city. This is a great shame for Luo Yin, who respects filial piety! ”
The old man suddenly pressed the young man's shoulder, "You know what? It's a yellow flower girl as big as you. All of them were called together and distributed to generals and soldiers in batches according to their exploits. Let them cry! Let them make trouble! Just press on their bodies so hard! They can only pray! At their age, they should be shy to snuggle up in the arms of their favorite husbands, and talk about love with love! But what? They can only weep bitterly! ”
The young man was dumbfounded by the old man's shoulders, his ears surrounded the old man's crying and angry roar, and his thoughts were gradually drawn back to his childhood.
The place where the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the breeze and the moon shine.
As early as seven years ago, the teenager hated the country of Guangcai. At that time, he was just an ordinary child.
Every day he likes to climb on the roof, lie on it, and look at the clouds in the sky. His elder brother would always lie beside him and tell him the story of Canglong, the lord of the Southern Wilderness in ancient times. The eloquent narration always makes him concentrate. The elder brother patted his forehead lightly and asked the boy if he was okay? He nodded like garlic, and his brother laughed.
Until, the soldiers arrived......
In just half an hour, his home was devastated.
All dead, that's his only memory. He even forgot his name.
Blindly weaving through the ranks of the homeless, he heard the sleepless cries, curses, grievances, and anguish that went back and forth around him.
All these reasons point directly to Guang Cai.
The boy slowly wrote down the things about Guangcai, and gradually came to the Youya of Luoyin. The situation only allowed him to flee in all directions, and he had no survival skills, so he started the business of calling Hanako and stealing.
He snapped back to his senses, but he happened to meet the old man's eyes.
It was a pair of lion-like eyes, with no sparkle in the pitch-black pupils, and the whites of the ivory eyes were covered with spots. The boy was startled and shivered fiercely.
The old man didn't have any expression, he slowly turned around and blended into the crowd. When the young man looked again, the old man was gone.
Someone behind him was suddenly patting him vigorously, and he subconsciously turned around. found A-Niang standing there smiling softly, calling his milk name in her mouth.
What is it? He wanted to know, but he couldn't hear it! He pounced and hugged A-Niang.
"Qin Gou'er, what are you doing! Spread out! Spread out! The crisp sound of a silver bell came, and he lowered his head, only to see that it was not his aunt in his arms, but the angry Qin Yinruo.
The boy stumbled backwards and almost fell. Qin Yinruo stepped forward and pulled him back, and his right hand hooked his neck vigorously.
"Qin Gou'er, you want to die!" The girl was a little suddenly frightened, and the hug just now was almost going to pinch people to death.
"How are you?" The boy frowned and shrank back.
Well, if you didn't make it, you shouldn't have told that crazy old man so much useless nonsense.
"Why can't it be me?" Qin Yinruo looked at the young man with a grin, "We just cooperated to escape from the Governor's Mansion!" We're friends of life and death, dogs! ”
"him, we're just outlaws from the same ruined yard and the same dog hole!"
"Eh, let's not talk about that! How can you only know to say some inexplicable negatives! The girl looked at the young man's beautiful face, "Just now, you ...... What's wrong? ”
"It's none of your business, is it?"
"As a colleague, I have an obligation to care for my men!"
"Bullshit colleagues. I'm really worried about your survival, it's not easy. ”
The girl was stunned, and her slightly bulging little face seemed to be angry.
"I just want to leave you."
"Why?" The girl asked subconsciously. She covered her forehead with her hands and looked up into the distance.
"I think I've said it many times." The young man raised his head and stared into Qin Yinruo's eyes, "I'm different from you. ”
A few ravens flew from the north, their wings fluttering like black arrows. As their wings folded, they clasped the walls with their sharp claws, their pitch-black beaks opening and closing uneasily, and occasionally opening their mouths to scream.
The girl looked at the ravens on the city wall in surprise and shouted, "Hey the dogs, look, it's birds!" She didn't hear the boy say anything in the second half of the sentence, and only looked at the big black bird she didn't recognize.
The boy recognized it as a raven. Can...... Raven, how can it fly from north to south at this moment?
In the twilight of that day, he seemed to see the hesitant figure of the girl, her eyes seemed to have tears, and the bleak north wind stirred up her long hair, she was still very beautiful. The boy's heart was a little low for some reason.
Since then, he has never seen Qin Yinruo again.
The boy breathed a sigh of relief, and from then on, there was no more chattering girl around him to affect his thoughts. No one will call him such a stupid name as Qin Gou'er anymore, he can rest assured.
The late autumn season is slightly cold.
The ruined temple could not withstand the fierce north wind and began to crack. The boy didn't care, he had experienced too much of this kind of thing, so he naturally got used to it. It's just the difference between the last broken temple and the next broken temple, and it's the same wherever you live.
At night, he packed his bags and fell asleep in a hasty kimono.