Volume II: Embers, Chapter 80
Wu Cai, who was holding a pile of official documents, walked across the official road, and when he approached the gate, the guard in front of the door suddenly stopped him with a gun, and his eyes were full of danger.
"Brother Guan, what are you doing here?" Wu Cai looked at the guard's half-pushed spear and was slightly stunned.
"Go back!" The guard coldly ordered, "This is not the place for you!" ”
"What happened?"
Before the guards could explain, a group of people dressed in a large body suddenly poured out from inside the gate. The guard hurriedly stopped his mouth, and the half-pushed spear was also retracted, but his eyebrows were still constantly signaling Wu Cai to leave quickly.
"Let's go!" The guards gave a very low scold.
"Brother Guan, you ......" Wu Cai couldn't resist him, so he put down the official document and walked back.
"Boy, stand there and don't move!" The black man at the front stopped the sneaky Wu Cai and pulled him back, "What are you doing?" ”
"I ...... I'm a poor guy here. Wu Cai raised the official document in his hand and carefully told a lie.
"Yes! My lord, this kid is a new kid and doesn't understand our rules. I will discipline the little ones well in the future! The guards hurriedly went up to play the round.
"Poor?" The man glanced at Wu Cai deeply, finally pushed him away, and walked forward, "Then hurry up and do your thing, and don't linger on the official road!" Even newcomers can't be so presumptuous, wild seeds that violate etiquette will be held accountable after all! Got it!? ”
"Dutong?" Wu Cai was a little strange and muttered very lowly.
"This kid! Dumbfounded! The guard slapped him vigorously and pressed his head down, "Thank you Lord Yan yet!" ”
"Thank you...... Thank you, Lord Yan! Wu Cai hurriedly bowed down, "Boy, remember Lord Yan's teachings. ”
The man at the head did not respond, but just walked farther and farther away.
But at this time, Wu Cai suddenly saw the team behind the man, carrying two things covered with rags, trembling slightly with the bumps.
He was a little frightened, because he knew what was under the cover. On the dark cloth cover, there are faint traces of blood.
"Who are they? Why haven't I seen these soldiers before? ”
"Don't ask so much! Hurry up and report to Director Yi! It's too late and it's all over! Just go! The guard roared low.
After a pause, he didn't hear Wu Cai say a word again. So I looked strangely at the half-crouched child and wondered what he was doing. When he leaned over to look, he found that the child was clutching a greasy smoking gun in the palm of his hand.
He understood everything at once, and it was obviously too late to hide it from this clever boy. And providence is like that.
"I was still wondering why Brother Guan, you are so afraid that I will come back to the division. I thought I had made some mistake again," Wu Cai's words were filled with tears, "So that's ......"
"I didn't want you to know, but paper can't hold the fire. You're still young, but you have to face it eventually. The guard sighed deeply.
"I see. Thank you, Brother Guan. ”
The guard was stunned, he wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in his throat and could not go up.
Wu Cai solemnly put the cigarette gun into his belt, wiped away the tears on his face, and ran towards the northern suburbs of Lie Xun without looking back.
It's rare for the guard to feel so lonely, he thinks he's too useless to even care for a child, "Run!" Run...... It's late...... It's already late. ”
His hands were trembling slightly, and it was as if a boulder had been hammered into his chest.
The death of Guo Jie and Jiang Xi means that Lie Xun's ears and eyes have collapsed, so it also means that Wolf Gu has taken over Lie Xun City in an all-round way, and Lu Chi is bent on treason.
And he is still the eyes and ears, and he has the next inevitable move. Assist Yi Yu to successfully escape from Liesun City, then they will be able to pull back a game and block Liesun City on all fronts. And the Liesun soldiers cruising on the border will all be ordered to be in the hands of the royal domain, and the entire Liesun City will be truly elevated.
At that time, whether it is Wolf Gu or Tiger Si, when the overall situation has been decided, they can only flee in panic.
……
Halfway through noon, jade is like a street
Two young people, one in front of one and one in the back, walked in the streets, turning left and right, as if looking for something.
At this time, Sikong Xi suddenly stood still, he slowly retreated, stopped in front of a small stall, and shouted at the busy vendors in the stall.
"Shopkeeper, serve us two bowls of noodles!"
"What are you kid doing! We didn't come out to eat! The footsteps that Gu Key was about to take turned around again, and grabbed Sikong Xi who was standing in front of the stall.
"Alas, senior brother. Everyone has to eat! ”
"I'm going to stop all the wolf scouts here. This is not the Governor's order, and you don't need to obey me," he leaned over to look at the two of them, "If you don't want to die, follow the groom and leave the official road!" There, there will be someone to protect you. ”
Yi Yu seemed to have made great determination to say this. But the enemy he had to face was Guangcai's Wolf Gu Si, an almost invulnerable army. How can he alone stop Wolf Gu's edge? This is tantamount to using the mantis arm as a car.
"Director, this ...... What is the meaning? Sikong Xi's voice trembled.
"Pretty clear, I'm going to die here." Yi Yu's voice was quiet.
"But he didn't let you do such a senseless act!" Gu Key suddenly interjected, his brows furrowed, "Du Du will never allow any of his subordinates to do this act of sending him to death!" ”
Yi Yu raised Yinyuan to his chest, and his faint eyes followed the blade of the sword, "This is the inevitable end, from the moment I hold this Yinyuan sword, I should accept the death that will come at any time." And now, the hour has come. ”
"Director, do you really think that the Death Wolf Gu will make the Governor feel relieved if he stops them?" Gu Key glared at him.
"There is no need for this, everyone in Yuji is dead, I have survived so far, I am very satisfied, I should be happy to be able to use this Yinyuan to cut off the head of Wolf Gu."
But does that really work for the situation? If you can kill a team of wolf Gu, can you still kill the entire galloper? ”
Yi Yu slowly stopped his gaze, and his hand was very tight, "When I was young, I always thought, why do people kill people? Is it because the two sides are hostile? But since ancient and modern times, before the hostility, people have always been friends, close relatives of the blood, how could they have lifted the butcher's knife and landed on people's necks? ”
"I later found out that if you don't lift the knife and kill someone, someone else will take your knife and kill you! You have no right to choose at all, and as soon as you stop, the knife will fall on top of your head and cut off your head! ”
Yi Yu suddenly laughed at this time, and his smile always had a sad taste, as if he would never return to the person, so the person turned against him. But he didn't want to reveal it easily, so he only hid it in the deepest part.
"My life belongs to the governor, my position is the director of Yu under the command of the governor, and the evil sword in my hand that should not be in the world was also given to me by the governor." Yi Yu tilted his head, as if crying, "Du Du has already guessed this day, he has long understood that with Lu Chi's heart, he will easily believe in Wolf Gu's bewitchment." But he doesn't understand, and he won't understand......"
He closed his eyes, "This country of rotten wood is already full of holes. Lord Yan Ling is a great leader in the army, but he doesn't know how to maintain a country! ”
The distant and hoarse shouting and selling slowly drifted from afar, and the sound through the wilderness was much faster than the hawkers. The blood-like afterglow reflected everyone's face, like a face full of blood. When he left, the morning light was still dawning. And now, it's past sunset.
The cries of selling are getting closer and closer, but they can be found, but they are nowhere to be found. At this moment, a small dot suddenly appeared in the direction of the city, and the speed of the small dot was not slow, but it was not fast.
Sikong Xi squinted his eyes and saw clearly the hawker who had arrived. It was an old man driving a donkey cart who was unhurried, and from his shouting, it could be vaguely known that this old man was a melon seller who went north out of the city to the military service. It's just that in this harsh winter season, what kind of melons can be harvested?
"A few generals, but are you going north to the military service?" The donkey cart finally came, and the old man raised his whip to stop the lazy donkey under his crotch.
Yi Yu stared at the things on the donkey cart covered with dark rags, a dozen round ones, just as the old man shouted, these were the few pumpkins that had been snatched up.
"Exactly." Yi Yu's eyes always wandered on the old man, and he was suspicious. The old man was wearing a black coat, but the small hood just covered most of his face. He bowed his body, making it more difficult for people to see the eyebrows hidden in the shadows, "It's just old man, why did you go out of the city to the north at dusk?" ”
"It's a sad day!" The old man's hoarse voice was like a "rustle" sound made by the wind blowing the leaves, which made people shudder when they heard it, but the rarely undulating tone always made Yi Yu a little inexplicably familiar.
"Having a hard time?" Sikong Xi's face was a little strange, "In this barren mountains and mountains, no matter how difficult life is, I don't sell melons in the city, but go out of the north of the city to go to the military service, isn't this asking for trouble?" ”
"Uncle, how do you sell this melon?" Yi Yu glanced at Sikong Xi and interrupted him with something to say.
The old man was stunned, obviously he didn't expect Yi Yu to ask the price of this melon, "This melon ...... But it took a lot of effort for the old man to take it back, and if you want to ask the price, what should it be...... Ten silver and one tael. ”
"The general...... Do you want to buy an old pumpkin? The old man stroked the round pumpkins with his hand, and a chapped smile flashed on his thin lips hidden under the hood.
"Ten silver!? Or is it just one or two? Sikong Xi whispered and slowly approached Yi Yu, "Director, do you really want to buy a pumpkin that doesn't even look real?" And...... In this harsh winter, even if it is a pumpkin, there will be no harvest......"
Yi Yu still stared at the old man without moving, his iron-blue face tensing his muscles. Gu Key leaned in front of the carriage, looking at the darkening sky in the distance, and his anxiety rolled up. He stepped forward and grabbed Sikong Xi, "You kid come over first." ”
"Yo, it's getting dark...... the old man took out a tube of candles from the groove on the donkey cart, light