Li Huaijin's hairs stood on end, and the last dam of his young heart was ruthlessly washed away by the masked man's cold words. The mood is completely shattered, and I don't know what to do.

Sitting on the ground dejectedly, he kept muttering: "I don't want to die, I don't want my parents to die." ”

The masked man didn't intend to let go of the poor young man, he took out the saber hanging from his waist and put it on Li Huaijin's neck, his words were cold and without any emotion.

"Either your parents die, or the family of three goes on the road together. I don't have much patience, no limit to obsolescence. ”

Seeing that the young man who had been frightened was repeating a sentence repeatedly, the masked man's brows under the black cloth were tightly locked. The saber in his hand was slightly forced.

After a while, bright red blood oozed from his neck, and the masked man's eyes were more and more full of excitement. Looking down at Li Huaijin condescendingly, he asked coldly: "Have you thought about it?" ”

The young man who was awakened by the stinging pain reached out and touched his neck, feeling the warm wetness, and the bottom of his heart was instantly chilling.

Li Huaijin couldn't cry silently and intermittently, squeezing out four words between his teeth: "I don't want to die." ”

The masked man was not excited when he heard this, but was so disappointed that he lost the heat in his eyes. Yixing Shan threw out the saber in his hand and fell to the ground with a clang.

"Pick up the knife and learn to kill from your parents. ”

Li Huaijin looked up at the masked man, and the plea in his heart was choked back by the cold eyes, and he couldn't say a word.

Looking at the saber that flickered in the night, Li Huaijin involuntarily moved back. Choosing between the death and fear of parents, adults are still in chaos, let alone a teenager.

Just when Li Huaijin was at a loss, a cold and impatient voice came again: "You still have half a pillar of incense to choose." ”

Li Huaijin wants to make time stand still, and wants to turn back time back to when he left the town. But he doesn't have the ability to manipulate the river of time at will, all he can do is accept the present.

Li Huaijin wanted to close his eyes and faint and forget everything, but the tingling pain in his neck was always reminding him that the consequence of closing his eyes was the separation of the corpse.

The time of half a pillar of incense, for the young man in the night now, seems to be as long as a lifetime, wandering in death and fear.

It seems to be fleeting, too short to procrastinate, no more time to think and choose.

The young man has remorse, regrets that he regrets his parents, why didn't he listen to Mr. Su's words.

The young man blamed himself, why didn't he understand the mistakes in the book until now, don't complain. The heart is not right, and the road is biased. If the road is deviated, the line will be wrong.

The young man was full of regrets, but there was nowhere to turn back. When the countdown to the masked man's unkindness sounded, Li Huaijin knew that it was time to make a choice.

The slender boy got up slowly in the night, and because of fear and helplessness, the boy was really weak. The slight night breeze blew, and the young man's body was crooked and he almost fell.

The boy picked up the saber on the ground, and the saber more than half a foot long weighed a thousand pounds in the boy's hand. Just dragging it to the grass drained the boy's remaining strength.

The piercing tremor of dragging the long knife against the ground was more like a black-and-white impermanence soul bell, piercing the young man's heart and scaring the Li family's parents.

The young man is like a walking corpse, and he doesn't know how to raise his saber, and he doesn't know how to fall his saber. The boy closed his eyes, and all he wanted was to live.

The barren mountains and mountains outside Qingyang Town ignited a fire for no reason, and the flames soared into the sky, and Qingyang Town, which was more than ten miles away, was faintly visible.

The boy did not look at the fire, but stared directly at the masked man, and the killing intent in his eyes was undisguised.

The masked man didn't care, ignoring the boy, but looked fixedly at the sea of fire in front of him. Disappointed that he didn't get his hands dirty with blood.

Gradually, I heard a voice from the direction of Qingyang Town, obviously the fire disturbed the town, and a strong person came to investigate.

The masked man said coldly: "After you become a child of darkness, you will be very satisfied with today's choice, and you will be grateful to me as a guide." ”

The two figures, one large and one small, gradually moved away from the sea of fire and disappeared into the night.

The first to arrive at the fire were Mr. White and the blacksmith in black shirts. The two sighed and disappeared into the night. The people from all walks of life who rushed to the fire scene later did not need to be cared about. This is over, and people cannot be resurrected after death.

In the evening, Mr. Su visited Xu Haoran's house, like an old acquaintance without gaps, and as soon as he entered the door with two jars of wine, he said: "Brother Xu hasn't seen him for a long time, do you have time to have a drink?" “

The Xu family had not yet been born, and Xu Haoran, who did not go to the blacksmith shop because of the private school holiday, rushed out first. took a wine jar and staggered in his arms.

"How come Mr. Su has time to come to my house, I thought that after the last incident, Mr. would never drink with his father again. ”

Mr. Su rubbed Xu Haoran's little head: "Silly boy, you still don't understand adult things, what you should do now is to study hard and learn more knowledge to enrich yourself." ”

Xu Haoran nodded at the little head melon: "Well, well." ”

Mr. Su quickened his pace to meet the Xu family's parents, who went out later.

The mother of the Xu family was the woman who was called away by her son in the private school in the town that day. is usually silent, but was refuted by his son that day, and he never spoke out against it.

The father of the Xu family is a hunter, and he has developed a strong physique by hunting in the mountains all day long. Tall and burly, he also has a big grin.

"It should be that I allowed someone to come to the door to apologize, where was I embarrassed to let Mr. Su bring wine. It's embarrassing for me. “

"When I went back, I took two wild dog thighs with me and opened meat for my younger siblings and Qingyi. ”

Mr. Su patted the wine jar in his hand and responded with a smile: "It's easy to say, I only brought wine and food in a hurry today, and my sister-in-law was smoked and roasted with more oil." ”

The man of the Xu family pushed the woman next to him, and almost pushed the woman down.

"The old lady should do laundry and cook, what is not worked. Hurry up and make some snacks, and turn around and punish yourself with three glasses to apologize to Mr. Su. ”

Mr. Su hurriedly walked between the couple and put the Xu family woman behind him. Make a look and let the Xu family woman prepare the meal.

"Brother Xu lightly touched it, sister-in-law, a woman who can't stand your thick arms and strong legs. “

The big man of the Xu family didn't care: "Why don't you think about today when you collect people's money and property, I originally wanted to lead the losers to the blacksmith shop in the past two days, and let Mr. Su punish him." Mr. happened to come to the door today, and you will say how to fight in a while, and I will do it. ”

Mr. Su smiled helplessly: "Brother Xu, I came to drink and chat with you, not to ask about the guilt." The eldest brother is like this, and this meal can't be drunk. ”

"Okay, okay, don't mention it, it all depends on what Mr. Su means. ”

"I just want to have a good drink with Brother Xu. ”

In the summer, the house is hot, and in the evening, the farmhouse courtyard is cooler with the majestic wind. Therefore, the Xu family put the table in the courtyard and put a plate of freshly fried peanuts.

In the Sleepy Dragon Continent, there is an unwritten rule that when men drink and chat, women and children are not allowed to serve at the table.

Mr. Su didn't care about this, and pulled Xu Haoran to sit down. If the guests do not object, the Xu family will naturally not object.

After sitting down, Mr. Su shouted at the house: "The sister-in-law of the Xu family is not too troublesome, and it is good to have a plate of peanuts." ”

The man of the Xu family on the opposite side feigned anger: "What's the matter, Mr. Su looks down on our family? Although there is not much money, there are a lot of delicacies in the mountains." ”

"There are wild mushrooms and pheasants that have been picked at home. Let the mother-in-law make a pheasant stew with mushrooms, a scrambled egg with green onions, and ......"

Mr. Su hurriedly interrupted the bold man: "Enough is enough, don't break the bank anymore." There is wine, meat, and peanuts, and the small days are like fairies. ”

Xu Haoran next to him muttered quietly: "Mr. Su said that wine produces poetry and books, and poetry accompanies wine." I also want to try it in two sips. ”

Mr. Su immediately objected: "No, you are still too young, and you will drink again in two years." ”

The man of the Xu family was very happy: "Okay, well, if you want to drink wine and write poems while hunting, I will pour wine for my son." ”

As a result, the young man who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth learned to be an adult to take a sip of it, and immediately his little face turned red and coughed and wheezing. The two adults burst into laughter.

Xu Haoran made an excuse: "I'll help my mother cook, and Mr. Su and my father will chat first." ”

The big man of the Xu family debunked on the spot and said: "You don't have the face to stay here, right? ”

Mr. Su took out two books in his arms at the right time, one "I am good at raising Haoran Qi" and one "Tao Te Ching". These two books have overflowed a lot to Xu Haoran, so they must be read carefully.

The latter was very grateful and caught it with both hands, holding it in his hand like a treasure for fear of melting, and putting it outside for fear of the wind. Can't wait to trot back to the room.

Seeing his son leaving, the big man of the Xu family suddenly changed his usual arrogance and should whisper.

"Mr. Su, have you heard of the fire ten miles away from the town last night? Two charred bodies were found in the fire, and they were firmly the Li family and his wife."

"It is said that the death is miserable, and the head is divided, and the fracture is uneven. It's like being slowly chopped down by a blunt knife, or a person who has no strength, slashing one after another. Not to mention, the husband and wife each have dozens of wounds of different depths. ”

"Although the Li family is usually not good, it is a bit pitiful to be tortured to death like this. I just don't know what happened to their child, Li Huaijin?"

Mr. Su was blunt, and it was for this time that he came.

"You care about the misery of the Li family and his wife, and I care about the people behind the scenes. I guessed that it was related to the trouble in the private school a few days ago, and these people were vicious and did not leave a living. As for Li Huaijin, it may not only be miserable now. ”

The big man of the Li family is not stupid, and he is still straight: "What Mr. Su means is that the four major families did it." The first is the Li family, and the next step may be my Xu family. ”

Mr. Su took a sip of the sake in the bowl and blamed himself: "Maybe I hurt the Li family, if I don't give them the money to leave Qingyang Town as soon as possible, I won't be calculated so quickly." ”

The big man of the Li family drank most of the bowl of liquor in one gulp, and sandwiched two peanuts to cover the heat in his mouth.

"How can you blame Mr. Su, you have a good intention. It was their Li family who did evil first and colluded with the four major families, how could such an adult not understand the truth of seeking skin with the tiger, in the final analysis, it was caused by greed. ”

Mr. Su sighed: "Having said that, I still can't get rid of the relationship. ”

The big man of the Xu family: "Hey, everyone has their own destiny, and Mr. Su doesn't have to blame himself." ”

The latter asked: "I came this time to let Brother Xu move to the blacksmith shop to live." Don't look at me as a scholar, but I have the ability to protect myself. You can move in to be safe. ”

The big man of the Xu family: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I have the strength to let them go and never return." ”

Mr. Su reminded: "Two fists are the enemy of four hands, not to mention my sister-in-law and Haoran, who are powerless. ”