The decision to leave the ruined temple was the decision of the boy when he woke up in the middle of the night, and he did not expect that this temple that had cracked at first sight would be so vulnerable, and the cold wind of early winter had already caused it to disintegrate rapidly.

He quickly carried the things he had packed up last night behind him, and walked aimlessly into the mountains.

There is no place for him in the military service area.

Although the so-called head of the back house is not very powerful, it is obviously not difficult to send someone to find a young man like him who has not yet reached the crown. There was no need for him to take this risk and continue to do what he called Hanako in the city.

After all, there were many other old beggars who didn't mind betraying him to get the silver taels from the head of the house. In order to survive, no one will let go of this trick that can quickly get silver taels.

This ruined temple on the border is obviously uninhabitable, which means that he can only go south to the imperial capital to continue his work.

At this moment, the light of day is already beginning. The misty mountains and fields gradually became clearer. The moist soil was a dark red, and the boy stepped on it, sinking deep into the footprints. He came to the South Gate.

He clutched the few copper coins in his hand and cautiously knocked on the guard's door. Attempt to alarm the guards with this movement.

For a moment, no one answered. He didn't dare to do anything out of the ordinary, and pushed his hand forward slightly, only to be surprised to find that the door was not locked by the deadbolt. He quietly pushed open a crack in the door to check the situation, and found that the guard was not sleeping soundly, but sitting in front of the desk and doing something.

Beside the guard was a bed made of blue brick with a thin quilt on top. The lamp, still smoky, rested on the front of the shop, had been extinguished by the guards. A wall with a broad-bladed knife is fastened. The guards, who were busy with their work, twitched quickly with their instruments without making a sound.

The boy heard what seemed to be a bone cracking.

"Boy, it's not a good habit to stand at the door and eavesdrop." The guard turned around and spoke slowly.

The boy was startled, but running away was obviously not the best strategy.

He stood obediently in front of the door, looked up at the guard, and opened his mouth to plead guilty, but suddenly found that the guard did not look like a soldier at all.

On the contrary, his demeanor is quite scholarly. The young man had learned about the distribution of sergeants and soldiers in the army before, and knew that there were Confucian generals in the army, but just the guards guarding the city gate had such a bearing, which was really suspicious.

The non-commissioned officers in the military service area are all assigned to different posts after strict screening. Most of the small officials stationed at the city gate will only choose veteran soldiers and martial artists who are enough to serve the public, and it is absolutely impossible to choose such a weak scholar who is difficult to even carry a sword.

The young man's back was soaked in cold sweat, and the silver in his hand was held tighter.

"Right...... I'm sorry, Lord, I'm leaving! ”

"Stand there and don't move!" The guard growled, "Boy, listen. It's not a place where you can come and go. ”

"Your Excellency, I'm ...... I just want to get out of the city gate, don't you see that you are still resting, I dare not disturb you......"

"You're still resting, aren't you?" The guard turned around and pointed to the light that had been extinguished on the plan board behind him, "It's already midday, and the guards like us who guard the door will go to work at the end of the day, so why not rest." ”

"Okay, you want to get out of town, right?"

The boy breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he had thought too much. His voice became higher and he said, "Yes, Lord Guan, boy, I want to go out of the city to find my clan uncle in the southern imperial capital." ”

"Yo, go looking for your uncle?" The guard said, "But if you go out of the city, you have to pay taxes." Is your father and mother there, go and let them vouch for you, I don't think you're too old. Maybe he smuggled out of the house. ”

When the young man heard that he had to be vouched for by his father, wasn't it appropriate to embarrass him?

"Official, my father and mother are dead!" He said hurriedly.

"Dead? Your dad died? You little ghost, you are so unfilial, and you dare to curse your father and mother to death? ”

"Your Excellency, what I said is true! My father and mother died when I was five years old, and I have been a beggar for ten years. Maybe you're a new guard, and you don't know about our military service. In the past, we told Hanako to go out of the city regardless of age! ”

"It's called Hanako!" The guard seemed to understand, and patted his head, "Look at my memory, I've been in office for a few days, and I haven't figured out the rules of our military service." Boy, pay your taxes! I'll let you go after that. ”

The young man laughed with him, and he had doubts in his heart, how many days did he first take office? But he didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly reached out and handed the one or two pieces of silver he was holding in his hand to the guard.

The guard looked at the silver, counted it, and said, "I said, boy, you don't seem to have enough money!" ”

"Not enough? Your Excellency, you must be a noble person who forgets things, I have ten copper baht! "The teenager is alert.

"Ten copper baht? You kid really can't fool me? The guard approached the boy, "Just a little copper baht, you just want me to open a dog hole for you to climb out, I'm afraid it's not enough!" ”

The boy retreated, his mouth open but unable to utter a word.

The guard frowned and grabbed him by the collar sharply, "The entry and exit of the city gate are not the same as the road tax!" Got it! ”

"That'...... How much copper baht does that cost? ”

"At least," said the guard with a smile on his finger-pale face, "fifty!" ”

"Fifty!? Even if you kill me, I won't be able to pay so much copper baht! Big...... My lord, it doesn't seem like that was the way it used to be, right? Are you mistaken? "The boy still wants to struggle.

"Impossible, rules are rules, I remember them all clearly!" The guard was close to the young man's face, "If you want to get out of the city, you must pay these fifty copper baht!" ”

The boy was shocked and realized that this might not be a real guard, and he couldn't get slaughtered because he couldn't get out, so he was snickered and wanted to turn back. But the guard got closer and closer, and when he took one step back, the guard took two steps forward.

He jerked the guard away, and tried to run. Unexpectedly, he was tripped and fell to the ground by the guards who had prepared in advance.

"Yo, boy, you're a little capable." The guard lifted him up and threw him into the dormitory, and reflexively locked the door bolt, "I just want to charge you more silver, what are you afraid of, I won't kill you!" ”

After this fall, the young man felt that his whole body seemed to be scattered, and he rolled on the ground in pain. But the guard didn't give him a chance to react, and he leaned sideways to remove the long knife fixed to the wall.

Is that...... Sabre.

The young man stared widely, only to realize that it was a saber that could only be seen during the march!

The dazzling light approached the dark face of the guard, and his slightly lit neck was wrapped around two red and black snake tails, and at the same time, his identity was also revealed, the wolf Gu Si of Guangcai.

It was an army of 1,000 scouts, the most cunning of the soldiers captured by Guangcai, who survived only by relying on the right and left. The warrior kings of Guangcai valued their ability to obtain information accurately and with great force, so they were appointed as scouts.

The guard tore open his chest, revealing the full picture of the python inside. The red python with its mouth wide open crouched on the black python and spat out the tentative; And the black python was entrenched between the guard's chest, and the snake's tail almost flung to the guard's jaw, and the bewitching snake eyes were fierce.

"Isn't it spectacular?" The guard's hideous smile gradually reduced the previous weakness.

"You...... It's a wolf Gu ......."

"Oh?" The guards were stunned. He rolled the saber in his hand, and the curved blade body was amazingly reflective. He jerked his saber diagonally into the crack in the brick floor.

"Original...... You know me. He reached out and pulled the boy lying on the ground in front of him, "Can you tell me how you know my identity?" ”

"Chest...... Two red and black pythons on the chest. There is only the wolf Gu Si of Guangcai...... to be eligible for this tattoo. The young man suddenly coughed up a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and his injured lungs had to exert a lot of strength to gasp.

"The scout division of Guangcai, even a kid like you can know." The guard pinched the young man's neck and clasped it tightly, forcing him to gasp for breath with more difficulty, "Tell me where you got the information, and I'll consider whether to kill you or not." ”

The boy seemed to hear hope in the guard's voice, and coughed violently, "Yes...... That's right, not long ago, I went to Yan Lingjue's mansion to do some stealing, and I accidentally saw information about you in a book that seemed to be secret. ”

"Secret?" The guard groaned, his free hand pulling his saber out of the crack in the ground, "Very good, little ghost, you said it well! I gave up thinking about whether or not to kill you. ”

He loosened his clasped hands.

The boy was surprised to think that the guards were going to let him go, so he relaxed his strength. But he was wrong.

"So, let's go on the road with confidence! I'll arrange for Guangcai to leave you a well-dressed grave. The guard aimed his saber at the boy's neck.

"Your Excellency...... Didn't you say you were going to let me go? Do you mean that your words carry so little weight? ”

"Hahahaha! Boy, I just said that I would give up thinking about killing you or not, but I didn't say it...... Let you go! Are you still naïve to think of me as a pawn watching the gate! The guard lifted him up suddenly, "Take a good look! Stuff on that board! ”

The boy followed the board and looked. It was a long-lost head, drained of blood, resting in a box like a small dark red clod.

"The rest of them were all thrown away by me when I got tired of playing with them. Except for this. He said, "This pawn's head is the best one I've ever made." In the future, when you drink with the soldiers, you can use it as a wine vessel to hold wine! ”

"Last night, when he first found me, he wanted to resist. It took a lot of effort for me to bring him down, and maybe he used to be a captain in the army. But since I've put the effort into subduing him, I'm going to have a good time. ”

With that, the guard slammed the boy on the bed, punched him in the abdomen, and then ripped the lid of the flask open and poured him a few sips of spirits. Forcibly sober up with only a slight trace of consciousness so that he could listen to what he was saying.

"After that, I'll do the same, feed him the spirits that wake him up, and when he's about to wake up, I'll slam him in the abdomen and put his life hanging by a thread again." The guard gently touched the boy's neck, as if looking for a suitable incision, "and then slashed off his hands and feet with the saber." Got it? It's to cut off your hands and feet, and that taste is not pleasant! ”

"When he roared that he was going to kill me, it scared me! A man with broken hands and feet is still thinking about revenge! He really deserves to be a strong man who came back alive on the battlefield! It's really singing and crying! ”

"Hey, boy, don't fucking sleep! Wake up for Lao Tzu! The guard slapped the boy in the face, forcing him to wake up, "Listen, what I said will also be used on you, you have to understand how you died!" Got it? ”

"Then the wretched man died of blood loss. I admire his perseverance, and he persevered for three hours! I was so excited that I immediately cut off his head with a knife and threw away all the useless organs except for the head. Even with only one head left, the strong man's eyes were staring straight ahead. I gouged out his eyes with a knife. It's much better now, and in the hole of the black hole, there is still a slight outflow of blood! ”

At this moment, the door that locked the deadbolt shook slightly, and the jagged knocks continued one after another.