Chapter 5: Out of the City
The streets of Bingcheng are very long, all crystal clear, distributed on both sides of the street, there is no bustling street market in Fengcheng, the world here is quiet and peaceful, occasionally you can see a few people walking on the street, they are dressed in different colors, affectionate and different, some are in a hurry, some are scattered, and there are also people who talk and walk happily......
In the street, there was a man who was very eye-catching, not so much how ornate his clothes were, or how big the pomp was, but because of his own cold and arrogant momentum, and the half of the silver mask that was exceptionally bright in the sun.
"Big Ice, what's your name?" The girl in the back followed him and asked with a smile on her face.
"Ember ......" seems to carry a sigh.
"Is it the end of the dawn? How do you choose such a name? Zhong Xinyue asked curiously. These days, she has been following Ember with her, a mysterious man who has intrigued her.
Ember didn't look back, and continued to walk forward, "It's Ember of Ashes......" he said softly.
Feeling some sadness on the man's body, Zhong Xinyue suddenly shut up and continued to walk happily behind him, she touched the wall with strange brilliance for a while, and looked at a remote alley for a while, like a child who had just stepped into the world, with a curious attitude towards everything.
At noon, when the sun was at its strongest, Li Shen sat on a light blue roof, looking at the streets and alleys of the ice city with his eyes very serious, as if he was looking for something.
"What are you looking at?" Zhong Xinyue asked curiously.
Li Shen didn't answer, his eyes suddenly turned from the streets and alleys to the sky, the blue sky met into a line far, far away, if the sky and the earth can meet again, then, what about me and you? At that moment, a strong sadness permeated his heart, and Zhong Xinyue seemed to see that there were tears in the corners of his eyes under the silver mask, which were refracting bright colors in the sunlight and piercing the depths of his heart.
In the past few days, he has walked all over the streets and alleys, as if he is careless, but he always pays attention to the people passing by, what is he looking for? Zhong Xinyue seems to be very arrogant, but she has seen much more than ordinary people.
"It's time to leave......" After being silent for a long time, Li Shen suddenly sighed, as if he had succumbed to fate and given up.
Zhong Xinyue said excitedly: "Where are you going?" I'm going to be together, too. "Her attitude is tough, even if the other party doesn't agree, she will follow behind, the same as before. Yesterday she went to look for Mo Hui, but heard that he went far away, and he would come back for a long, long time, and she didn't have too much to worry about in the ice city, she wanted to see a broader world and learn more about the stories of the world.
"Whatever you want!" Li Shen suddenly returned to his original look, and as soon as all the sentimental emotions were collected, he was an expressionless, cold face like snow.
The next day, the sky was slightly bright, and Zhong Xin opened his eyes happily. I rushed into Li Shen's room next door before I had time to clean up, the room in front of me was very clean and tidy, and the brocade quilt on the bed was neatly folded, but Li Shen was nowhere to be seen.
"Xiao Er, where are the people who live here?" She screamed. Xiao Er, who was still a little sleepy, immediately woke up, ran into the room, and was stunned for a while before saying, "That boy checked out early in the morning and left, and there are ...... He...... He didn't pay the bills for the girl! Looking at Zhong Xinyue's angry appearance, the guy finished the second half of the sentence tremblingly, but hurriedly fled in Zhong Xinyue's eyes that were about to erupt into flames.
Zhong Xinyue was angry for a while, and hurriedly returned to the room to pack up her things and prepare to leave. Zidian, who was recuperating from her injuries, stopped her, "Give me back my things!" Zhong Xinyue glanced at her and ignored her.
"You still haven't paid it back?" Zidian said viciously, as if the other party said nothing, she would immediately make the other party pay the price.
Zhong Xinyue packed up her baggage and said seriously: "Follow me out of the city!" ”
"Why?"
"Han Youqi won't let you go, do you have a better choice than leaving the city?" As if he had insight into Zidian's thoughts, Zhong Xinyue said confidently.
In the end, Zidian compromised, and the two hurried to the north city gate, only to see a team of officers and soldiers guarding the door, and conducting a strict check-on on everyone who passed. Since that night, only the North Gate of the four gates of Ice City has been open, and even then, entering and exiting the North Gate requires a series of strict checks.
"What are we going to do?" Zidian asked Xinyue, this little girl has a lot of ideas.
"Follow me." Zhong Xinyue smiled mischievously and pulled her to a quiet street corner.
A short time later, an old lady appeared at the north gate with a little granddaughter. The old lady had wrinkles on her face, half white silk, limping on crutches, and the little girl in the back had two bun heads, with baby fat on her face, innocent and cute, but she was a little taller, and seemed to be much taller than children of the same age.
The old lady coughed as she walked, her body weak, while the little girl held on to her side. The officer guarding the city stopped the pair with a serious face, "Please show your identity certificate for leaving the city!" ”
"I ...... We...... There is no ......," said the little girl timidly, and the hand holding the old man trembled visibly.
"Go, go, you can't go out of the city without a certificate!" The officer looked impatient, and pushed the two away, and the old man sat down on the ground and coughed violently.
"I beg you, let's go out, my grandmother is seriously ill, and she needs to go out and find a famous doctor!" The little girl cried and pleaded.
"Get out!" Unmoved, the soldier kicked the little girl, her hands on the ground, and a blood-red spot immediately appeared on her delicate skin. The little girl's eyes, covered by messy hair, were wide open, and anger burst out from them, and despite the pain at the bottom of her hands, she clenched her fists tightly, as if she was about to explode in the next second.
"What's going on?" A sonorous thud sounded from behind, and the little girl's clenched fist loosened again.
I saw Han Jinjun riding a tall horse and coming to the city gate majestically.
The soldier hung his head, fearful of being punished. The people who were waiting to leave the city were probably afraid of being implicated, so they hid far away at once. Zhong Xinyue on the ground only hid her face and cried.
"What the hell is going on?" This time, there was a little anger in his voice.
A soldier defending the city stepped forward and said, "General Hui, these two people want to leave the city, but they don't have identification. ”
"No, it's not like this...... the little girl cried even more sadly, "General, my grandmother is sick, and the doctors in Bingcheng have said that there is no help, I will take my grandmother to other places for treatment, General, you just let us leave!" ”
Han Youqi's face was a little moved, he was brought up by his grandmother since he was a child, and later he was conscripted into the army, his grandmother was at home alone, she was seriously ill, she had no money for medical treatment, and no one to take care of her. The son wants to raise but his relatives are not there, and this kind of pain has been around him all these years, so that he often has no good sleep.
He looked at the old man and the young man, who didn't look like the assassin who was stealing in the palace, and waved his hand to let the soldiers go.
The little girl wept with joy, and hurriedly jumped up, picked up her grandmother, and went out of the city gate.
How nice it would be if Grandmother was still around, he gazed at the old grandmother's back and watched them leave. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, as if he noticed that something was wrong, the old woman with her back did walk like an old man, but when she looked closely, there was something different.
"Wait!" His voice was like a bell.
The two men who were about to step out of the city gate froze in their footsteps, and then accelerated their speed and headed outside.
"Stop for General Ben!" These two people obviously have a problem, and they are careless.
At this time, Zidian and Zhong Xinyue couldn't care about pretending, and the situation suddenly came to a big reversal, and the two of them knew that it was not appropriate to stay for a long time, so they ran with enough strength.
"Give me chase!" Han Youqi led people to follow immediately, and the footsteps of the two were naturally no faster than the horses, and after a while, they were in a melee with the officers and soldiers not far from the city gate.
Both of them are weak women, Zidian martial arts are good, but they have not recovered from their injuries, Zhong Xinyue doesn't seem to know martial arts, but her figure is flexible, and she can always effectively avoid the opponent's attack. As if she could know someone's next move, she easily dodged all the swords and rushed to the perimeter of the encirclement, ready to flee.
Unfortunately, all this was seen by Han Youqi, and before Zhong Xinyue could escape far, Han Youqi had already caught up with him. "Are you going to abandon your companion like this?" His eyes were cold and murderous.
Zhong Xinyue smiled and retorted, "Where did you see that she was my companion?" ”
Han Youqi was choked by her words, and he was angry again, "Hmph, no matter what, you don't want to leave easily today!" ”。 He turned over and dismounted, holding a sharp spear in his hand.
"Does the famous General Han want to embarrass a weak and defenseless woman like me?" Zhong Xinyue smiled lightly and asked, her messy outfit didn't quite show her original appearance.
Han Youqi sneered, and with a wave of his right arm, the spear was already on Zhong Xinyue's shoulder, the sharp edge of the spear passed, and a few strands of messy hair fell from in front of her. "There's no need to talk about prisoners!" He said such things cruelly.
Zhong Xinyue still looked at him with a smile, although she was nervous, but these things she experienced from the temple to the ice city made her understand to some extent that nervousness could not solve any problems, it was her wisdom and ability that solved the problems.
In terms of the strength of the people in front of her, she can't win no matter what. She smiled lightly, her smile in the sun seemed brighter, a pair of big black pearl-like eyes looked at Han Youqi for a moment, such deep black eyes seemed to have magic, as long as she looked at it, she was deeply attracted and couldn't move half a minute, like a black whirlpool, engulfing you deeply.