Chapter 43: Situ Ruinan
Crossing the city gate, it was as if I had traveled through a thousand years, and although I had seen the outline of the city on the mountain before, and I had some guesses in my heart, I still couldn't help but be shocked when I really saw all this.
An antique city comes into view, the town planning is shaped like a leaf, the main road connects the city gate across the whole city, a branch road connects the main road, extends in all directions, the shape is like the veins on the leaves, the cars and horses and pedestrians are endless, and the voices of the people are boiling.
The buildings on both sides of the street are relatively low, perhaps because of the proximity to the city gates, there are not many houses, and the buildings such as the bunker barracks are like ant nests, scattered all around, with gray stone pits, surrounded by high walls to cut off the view, and the entrance is guarded by strict guards.
Walking along the main road, after walking about a kilometer, the number of buildings gradually increased, and there were more and more pedestrians on the main road, not only civilians and mercenaries entering the city, but occasionally you could see a few brightly dressed sons and brothers followed by three or five servants.
The horses that were originally galloping outside the city obediently put away their wildness, and followed the flow of people step by step, going deeper and deeper into the city, Shi Xuan's heart became more and more excited, once upon a time, the ancient Yanhuang Kingdom was also like this.
Shi Xuan glanced at Bu Bu who was looking east and west, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, although Bu Bu was a tool spirit who had experienced countless experiences, but the child's innocence had not been extinguished in time, which could be seen from his love of pranks.
Most of the buildings in the castle are made of thick stones, such as bluestone roads, aqueducts, and so on.
The low-rise buildings are neatly stacked of blue-grey masonry, one meter wide and two meters long, and most of them are only three stories high, with taller buildings only visible in the center of the city.
The advantage of this kind of low brick and stone building is that it is sturdy, extremely strong, and there is no need for anything like concrete to connect, even a warrior is difficult to move these heavy bricks and stones, if it is unfortunate that the spirit beast breaks through the city gate, it is not so easy to wreak havoc, which will become the last line of defense for Guyue City.
Bubu looked around curiously, it felt like he had traveled back to the era of cold weapons, and most of the pedestrians on the road had big waists and thick shoulders, and most of them would carry their own weapons on their waists or backs, and the slightest friction would attract hostility, but in addition to staring, they could only scold twice.
As for the action, give them ten dares not dare, dare to provoke the authority of the city lord's mansion, the grave grass is old!
"Sugar gourd ~ Sweet and delicious rock sugar gourd ~"
Bubu, who was jumping on the road, suddenly brightened his eyes, his little short legs jumped slightly, and his body disappeared in front of Shi Xuan's eyes, when Shi Xuan came back to his senses from his bewilderment, Bubu's small mouth was already full, and he was still holding two strings of rock sugar gourds in his hands.
The corners of Shi Xuan's mouth twitched, three black lines appeared on his head, his hands clenched into fists, and he released after taking a deep breath.
โงูฉ(หฯห*)ูโง
"Is Lee swollen?"
The transparent saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth, and after a while, he was sucked back into his mouth by Bubu, and said to Shi Xuan vaguely.
"Is it swollen? Of course I want to beat it up! When did you develop this bad habit of buying things without paying for them?"
Shi Xuan was a little angry, it has been a while since he entered the city, and it is not as rich as he imagined, or it is the same everywhere, and there will always be only a small number of people who are rich.
These strings of rock sugar gourds may not be worth mentioning to Bubu, but for the uncle who sells rock sugar gourds, this is someone else's hard-earned money.
"Why should I pay for what I have robbed by strength?"
Bubu grunted and swallowed the rock sugar gourd into his round stomach, and then looked directly at Shi Xuan, and his momentum was even greater.
Shi Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Bubu without saying a word.
(ใ๊ฆเน ฬะ'เน)ใๅฝกโปโโป
"Okay! I was wrong!"
Bubu is like a frosted eggplant, and he is cowardly.
Shi Xuan shook his head slightly, took out two strings of sugar gourds from the old man's shoulder, and then took out a copper coin from his trouser pocket and put it in the old man's hand, turned around and left.
"It's... This ......"
The old man carrying a handful of rock sugar gourds hurriedly pulled out the strings of sugar gourds on his shoulders, his lips trembled, this copper coin was too valuable for him, enough to buy his own sugar gourd, but the guest only took two strings.
The uncle's calloused palm gripped the copper coin tightly, and then carefully put it into the pocket of the rag sewing, and then raised his hand to rub his moist eyes.
"Sugar gourd! Sweet and delicious sugar gourd!"
Shi Xuan bit off a mountain fruit and casually put a string of sugar gourds in front of Bubu.
Bubu looked at the sugar gourd that was close at hand, and suddenly turned his head to look at the old man who disappeared into the sea of people, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.
"Affection and righteousness are only a person, aren't they?"
"What are you talking about?"
Shi Xuan suddenly looked down at Bubu, and his intuition told him that this guy Bubu must be talking about himself.
"Nothing!
^ฯ^
Bubu took Shi Xuan's sugar gourd and smiled evilly.
Shi Xuan: (๋_๋)
Say I'm handsome? Hehe, I almost believed it, Bubu must be doing something crooked, it seems that you have to be careful in the next few days.
The carriage pulled by the tall head passed by, the wheels crushed against the bluestone floor and made a loud noise, and after about half an hour of following the flow of people, Shi Xuan came to a market nearby.
Although it is a bazaar, the scale is not small at all, there are stalls on both sides of the road, there are all kinds of medicinal materials, ores, and spirit animal materials, ginseng with thick arms is placed at will, and the Ganoderma lucidum with a large face is used as a stool to rest, and the root of the tooth hurts when you see it.
But after looking back, Shi Xuan was relieved again, the towering giant tree was like a sharp sword piercing the sky, there was such a huge demon beast mountain range, what wild medicinal materials could not be found? Ginseng Lingzhi was just some ordinary medicinal materials, and the elixir suitable for martial artists was the real scarce commodity.
Seeing this bazaar, Shi Xuan and Bubu glanced at each other silently, and the excitement in their eyes was irrepressible.
Shi Xuan: The supplies are gone!
Bubu: I've been hungry for a long time, and I finally have the money to eat a good meal!
Hee-hee!
A man and a spirit entered the bazaar with their own thoughts.
"First...... Sir, please wait a minute!"
As soon as Shi Xuan stepped into this street, a crisp children's voice sounded from his side, although the voice was crisp, but it gave people a feeling of powerlessness.
Shi Xuan was stunned for a moment, his center of gravity sank slightly, his fingers silently pressed against the knife, and then he glanced left and right, and slowly turned around after making sure that he was calling himself.
With cold eyes staring at the boy in front of him, who was only about eight or nine years old, Shi Xuan would not relax his vigilance just because the other party was a child.
"What's the matter!"
Situ Ruinan looked at these beast-like eyes, his thin body involuntarily took a step back, his body trembled slightly, it was obviously a pair of bright eyes, why did he feel more terrifying than the beasts outside the city?
Shi Xuan looked at the child who took a step back, his eyes flickered, this guy didn't look like a person who could threaten him, he was skinny, his eyes were sunken, his face was full of dirt, he was obviously seriously malnourished, maybe he didn't have to take action himself, a gentle gust of wind could blow him down.
"What's your name, what's the matter with me?"
Shi Xuan looked at the little boy who was trembling in fear in front of him, his waxy yellow teeth biting his lip, his fingers clenched together, obviously scared, but still refused to back down.
The little boy first glanced up at Shi Xuan, then turned his head and took a deep look at a deep alley that could only accommodate half a person, gritted his teeth, and said:
"My name is Situ Situ, sir, are you from outside?"
A powerful heartbeat sounded in Situ Ruinan's chest, and saying these words obviously drained the strength of his whole body, and his breathing was extremely short, but his small eyes were still staring at Shi Xuan.
This sentence is almost taboo in this kind of chaotic border city, no one wants to admit that they are outsiders, that will bring them big trouble, if they meet a grumpy, it is a trivial matter.
The corners of Shi Xuan's mouth twitched, and he turned his head to look at the cloth cloth beside him.
The corners of Shi Xuan's eyes twitched, meaning: "What the hell?
If the enemy is okay, fighting is forbidden in the city, at most a few taunts, but what is the matter with this kid?
Whoop, whoa, whoa!
"Do you know it's swollen?"
Bubu ate the sugar gourd and said vaguely, with a hint of impatience in his tone, and seemed a little dissatisfied with Shi Xuan always asking him questions.
"Your name is Situ Situ?"
"Huh?"
"No, my name is Situ Ruinan, and I was born and raised in Guyue City. โ
Hiss!
The skinny Situ Ruinan was a little in a hurry, and when he waved his hand, he seemed to pull the wound, gritting his teeth and inhaling in pain, beads of sweat the size of beans oozed from his forehead, and he looked up at Shi Xuan and smiled reluctantly.
Shi Xuan frowned, and only now did he see a footprint on his chest from Situ Ruinan's rag-like clothes, the footprints almost covered his entire chest, and he looked through the hole in his clothes, and his chest was black.
"I'm a native of Guyue City, do you need to lead the way, there are almost no places in Guyue City that I don't know!"
Seeing Shi Xuan frowning, Situ Ruinan thought that Shi Xuan was angry, so he silently took a step back and held back the sharp pain and said.
Shi Xuan stretched out his hand and pulled Situ Ruinan to the side of the road, squatted down and snatched the rock sugar gourd in Bubu's hand, and stuffed it into Situ Ruinan's hand in Bubu's face full of resentment.
Situ Ruinan looked at the rock sugar gourd in his hand with a confused face, once upon a time, his favorite snack was the rock sugar gourd, every time his parents came home, they would bring a string of rock sugar gourds for themselves and their sister, but now, let alone rock sugar gourds, even a bowl of clean rice is a luxury.
Looking at Situ Ruinan, whose eyes were red, Shi Xuan sighed softly, stretched out his fingers and lifted his clothes, revealing his shriveled stomach and the blackening of his chest.
Boom!
The broken knife was unsheathed for a small time, and the cold light was shining, Shi Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and it was difficult to suppress the killing intent in his heart.
In any case, this is just a child under ten years old, and what a vicious heart it takes to do such a cruel thing.
The sound of the blade rubbing against the scabbard woke Situ Ruinan up, and he looked at Shi Xuan with cold eyes blankly, this time, Situ Ruinan did not tremble, did not retreat, maybe he sensed that this murderous aura was not aimed at him, or maybe he was labeled as a good person just because of a string of sugar gourds.