Chapter 22: Discovery I
Just after lunch, before she could clean up, Aunt Wang next door came over to ask Mu for help. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info her daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and she needs to buy all kinds of things she needs, and she can also take a hand when she calls the Mu staff officer.
Mu explained to Liu Yong, and then went out with Aunt Wang.
Liu Yong reluctantly sent the dishes and chopsticks to the well, looked at the loofah pulp used for washing dishes in the basin and saw that it was a little unshapely, so he threw it aside, took out another one in the kitchen, dipped it in some soap and brushed it.
Before he finished brushing, Liu Yong heard a small sound of picking the door at the door, and when he looked up, it was his mother who did not close the door tightly, revealing a crack in the door that was more than one width of the door. Looking out through the crack in the door, I saw the yellow dog lying at the door of his house, holding the door with one paw, and sticking out his tongue.
Liu Yong put down the dishes and chopsticks, walked to the door, and opened the door.
"Aren't you afraid that my mother will beat you with a broom?"
Liu Yong looked at the lame yellow dog, regardless of whether it could understand it or not, and glanced at the broom standing on the courtyard wall next to him and asked.
The lame yellow dog seemed to understand, turned his head to look in the direction Mu Shi left, and wagged his tail.
Liu Yong stuck his head out of the door, looked at the place where the lame yellow dog was looking, was stunned, and muttered in a low voice:
"This dog is still a good ......"
"Haven't you eaten enough? I'll get you another steamed bun. But you can't go into the yard, and if my mother finds out there's dog hair in the yard, I'll be out of luck. ”
Liu Yong leaned down and touched the yellow dog's head and said to it. Then he turned around and prepared to go back to the kitchen to dig out some more food and take it out.
"Whew!"
When the lame yellow dog saw Liu Yong turn around to leave, he gently bit Liu Yong's trouser leg and barked softly.
"What are you biting my trouser leg for? I'm going to get you something to eat. ”
Liu Yong took half a step forward, and found that the yellow dog still didn't let go, so he turned around and asked.
The lame yellow dog bit Liu Yong's trouser leg and dragged it out of the door, and when he found that he couldn't drag Liu Yong, he let go, barked twice, and ran to the end of the alley. After running two steps, he found that Liu Yong did not follow, so he turned around and ran back, yelled at Liu Yong twice, bit Liu Yong's trouser leg and continued to pull out.
"You mean to let me go with you?"
Liu Yong pointed at himself, then at the yellow dog, took two steps out in surprise, and asked.
When the lame yellow dog saw Liu Yong walking out, he let go of his mouth and ran to the end of the alley.
Liu Yong looked surprised, he locked the door, and followed behind the yellow dog, who was limping on a hind leg and limping but still fast.
The lame yellow dog took Liu Yong to turn left and right, and after a while, he crossed Maiji Lane and walked towards Tongyu Street.
"You... What are you bringing me to the private school for? I'm not going to school today! ”
Liu Yong followed behind the lame yellow dog, sweating profusely, panting and stopping on the side of the road, wiping the sweat on his head with his right hand with his sleeve, and said with some complaints and some curiosity.
"Wow!"
When the lame yellow dog saw Liu Yong stop, he also stopped and barked at Liu Yong.
"Alright, alright, I see, let's run slower, okay?"
Liu Yong took two deep breaths, said weakly, and then trotted behind the yellow dog who was running again.
"I don't know how fast you can run when you're not lame......"
Liu Yong ran behind the yellow dog for half an hour, and walked around the streets and alleys of Tokyo for a long time, running from outside the Suzaku Gate in the south of the city to a place where he could see the outer city wall.
"Where did you take me there?"
Liu Yong saw that the yellow dog stopped, so he found a stone pier on the side and sat down, panting and asking.
The yellow dog barked softly, then looked to the side.
At this time, Liu Yong looked at the surrounding environment. This is a small alley with a back street, not long, surrounded by a low bungalow, the alley is chaotic, the houses are also dilapidated, there are traces of fire, cobwebs and dust are all over, very dilapidated, there should not be many people living around. Not far away, you can see the outer city wall of Tokyo Castle, and looking to the southeast, there is a group of towering buildings, like enlarged steamed buns on the ground, and a sign with the word "Guangji" written on it.
"Obediently, what are you doing with me next to Guangji Warehouse? My dad said it was a mess over here. ”
Liu Yong looked at the yellow dog and said questioningly.
Guangjicang is located in the southeast corner of the outer city of Tokyo, facing the Bianhe River, and not far from the East Water Gate. There are many "wives" who rely on their strength to eat on the docks nearby, and because they are far away from the city in a corner of Tokyo, the rent and living expenses are low, so many down-to-earth scholars and rural people who have just arrived in Tokyo like to settle here.
However, a few years ago, when the official family first ascended the throne, it is said that there was a major case of hundreds of lives here, and the murderer set a fire in order to avoid pursuit and eliminate the traces, burning three or four chambers near Guangjicang, and it took three days to completely extinguish it. Guangji Cang was not spared, most of the hundreds of thousands of stone grain stored in it were burned, and the officials were furious, and ordered Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the case within three months and arrest the real culprit. But until today, the era name has been changed to the third one, and the case is still clueless, and the real murderer is still missing.
Since the fire in the first year of the founding of the Yasukuni Dynasty, the area has become even more dilapidated, and many residents have moved to other places, so there is such a bleak scene in the city of Tokyo, where every inch of land is at a premium.
However, because this side had been burned and could not be rebuilt for a long time, the officials of the various yamen in Tokyo City saw that there was no oil or water here, so they did not like to go here, but it became a paradise for bandits and beggars. Fights and injuries happen from time to time.
The yellow dog turned his head to look, stopped making a sound, sniffed around, and then ran into a courtyard where half of the walls had collapsed.
"Hey, wait for me."
Liu Yong hurriedly stood up and followed.
There are more than a dozen rooms in the courtyard, but each one is not large, and the courtyard is only two-thirds the size of Liu Yong's yard, which is a typical small courtyard rented to outsiders.
The walls of the house were blackened, the tiles were incomplete, the floor was overgrown with weeds, black ash and dust mixed together, and not long away lay a long, charred log, as if the beams of some house had fallen.
"This house won't collapse suddenly."
Liu Yong looked at the roof beams on the ground, his heart seeped for a while, and he suddenly took two steps back, for fear that the "dilapidated house" in front of him would suddenly collapse and smash himself.
"Plop-dong-"
A voice suddenly sounded from behind him, which immediately startled Liu Yong.
Liu Yong hurriedly turned around, and after a closer look, it turned out that the courtyard wall that had long been broken suddenly collapsed.
Liu Yong touched his chest, calmed his little heart that was scared half to death, and he didn't dare to approach the room even more.
To be continued......