On the way back to Xixia Town, Han Qing encountered rebels in a big battle, and fought against Su Yanjun, both of them were defeated, and Han Qing was captured by the rebels.

Duan Feng returned to Xixia Town with ghost fireworms to refine medicine and save the dead.

After Han Qing and Duan Feng separated, they returned to Xixia Town alone, and along the way, there were displaced people, and the entire northern border was occupied by rebels.

When passing through a place called Qingniu Town, it was already approaching evening, and Han Qing had rushed for a day's journey, ready to rest for another night, so he found an inn.

The population of the town had declined dramatically due to the war, and most of the adult males had been drafted into the army, and the rest were old, weak, sick and disabled, and the inn was owned by a woman, and the second child was filled by her little grandson and daughter-in-law.

Han Qing had dinner and returned to the guest room to rest, saying that it was a guest room, but it was just a temporary vacated tile room, and the whole inn was also rebuilt from the courtyard of an ordinary house, with three main rooms and two partial rooms as guest rooms, and a temporary wooden room at the door of the courtyard was used as the guest hall and the master's residence.

"In this chaos, our women's family can't do heavy work, so we can only rely on this to make a living. ”

Obviously, the conquest of women

Duan Feng looked at the old woman and his daughter-in-law, the old man was only about fifty years old, but the surroundings of her face showed that she looked like she was seventy or eighty years old, and her daughter-in-law was only about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a thin figure and a sallow face, but it could be seen that she was also a beautiful embryo, but she was tortured by this miserable life to become like this.

The old woman's youngest grandson, about eleven or twelve years old, was even more emaciated, his eyes were blank, and he looked badly malnourished.

Duan Feng didn't have time to pity them, he had already seen a lot of this kind of thing along the way.

He was the only guest in the inn, and there were very few pedestrians in the whole town, and he didn't know if the inn would be able to sustain the family's livelihood, so he planned to give them more money when he left.

Although it was during the war, the night in the town was still very quiet, as if the war in the distance would never reach here, the sound of insects outside the window came and went, and Han Qing gradually fell asleep with the sound of insects.

Suddenly, a slight knock on the door woke him up from his sleep, Han Qing rubbed his confused eyes, wondering in his heart, who would it be so late, listening to the sound, the knocker seemed to be very careful, for fear of being heard by others.

Han Qing lit the lamp, walked to the door with a candle the size of a bean, and when he opened the door, he saw that it was the daughter-in-law of the old woman, with a white handkerchief on her shoulder.

The woman didn't wait for Han Qing to speak, she lowered her head and walked inside.

"Wait!" Han Qing stopped at the door, a kind of sadness suddenly arose in his heart, he didn't want to blame the woman for anything, he just felt that she was very pitiful, if she wasn't forced to a dead end, no one would want to do such a thing.

Han Qing returned inside, took out a piece of silver of about four or five taels from the package, and handed it to the woman, the woman's face was flushed, her head was lowered, her breathing was a little short, she took the silver tremblingly and continued to walk inside.

Han Qing grabbed her thin arm, sighed, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm going to rest, please go back." ”

The woman raised her head slightly and glanced at Han Qing, then she put her head on the ground, and kept rubbing the silver in her hand with her hand, hesitating.

"Hurry up, I'm really going to rest. Han Qing said again.

Perhaps feeling that Han Qing's tone was too resolute, the woman was a little flustered, and in a hurry, she knocked down a stool next to her and stumbled out of the room.

Han Qing watched the dim lights on the opposite side suddenly go out, and the surroundings returned to calm again, so he closed the door and continued to sleep, but lying on the bed, Han Qing could no longer sleep, and the shadows of the woman and the old woman and their young children kept flashing in his mind.

Maybe it's because his husband has died in the war, she will do this kind of prostitution, he despises the most in his life is prostitution, but for some reason, he just can't hate the woman just now, he began to wonder if there is a problem with his morality, but in this kind of war and chaos when the people are not living, whose morality is not a problem?

Approaching the fourth watch, Han Qing began to fall asleep, and in a trance he seemed to see Su Yanjun's shadow, and then he dispelled this thought, she had already left, maybe forever.

Suddenly, there was a commotion on the street outside, followed by cries and screams, and Han Qing suddenly sat up from the bed and listened attentively.

It was a group of soldiers who came to catch the strong men, he could clearly hear the cries of a group of children outside, the war has reached this stage, both sides have canceled the age limit of the soldiers, as long as they can hold the sword, they have to go to the battlefield, war is regardless of age.

Han Qing was hesitating, whether he wanted to go out to rescue those children who were caught, in the past, he would have rushed out as soon as possible, but today, he hesitated, could he get it, the world is so big, how much can he get, even if he saves them today, what about tomorrow, what about the day after tomorrow? Maybe before he made a move, those children had already been killed, and they could not be used by me or the opponent, this is the purpose of the two sides of the war now.

Suddenly, a cat meow came from the window, and a black cat suddenly jumped onto the windowsill with a golden glow in its eyes.

Han Qing felt that he had seen this cat somewhere.

"Meow!"

The black cat squealed charmingly, slowly jumped off the windowsill, and walked inside.

Han Qing looked at the black cat curiously, "This is a spirit beast!" He could clearly feel the aura emanating from the cat's body.

Han Qing jumped down from the bed and reached out to grab the dragon slaying whip at the head of the bed, but the black cat suddenly jumped on the head of the bed, lying on the dragon slaying whip with its paws, and looked at Han Qing vigilantly.

Han Qing's hand was scratched by the black cat with three blood marks, and it was as painful as a hot one.

The black cat walked back and forth on the head of the bed, and it didn't mean to attack, just guarding the dragon slaying whip under its feet.

"Western Regions Spirit Cat!" Han Qing then remembered, it was the Western Regions Spirit Cat in front of him, they were agile and had sharp claws, but their combat effectiveness was not strong, so they rarely took the initiative to attack.

He suddenly remembered Su Yanjun, because Su Yanjun's spirit beast was the Western Regions Spirit Cat, "It can't be such a coincidence, right?" Han Qing thought to himself, Su Yanjun now belongs to the rebel camp, if the people outside are really brought by her, it will be troublesome.

"Meow meow!" the Western Regions civet has been hovering around the dragon slashing whip, seemingly waiting for its owner to appear.

Han Qing suddenly grabbed a stool beside him and threw it at the civet.

"Meow!"

The civet jumped and dodged the attack of the stool, Han Qing took advantage of the situation to retrieve the dragon slaying whip, and the civet cat saw that the dragon slaying whip was retrieved, so he jumped over the beam of the house and jumped out of the house in three or two steps.

Han Qing rushed out with a dragon slaying whip, and the street was already in shambles, the houses on both sides were on fire, and the cries of the old people and children on both sides came and went.

The civet cat ran all the way east along the street, and Han Qing hurriedly chased after it.

Out of the town, about three or four miles east, he came to a wood, most of which had been cut down, and only low stumps remained.

After the civet cat reached the woods, it lost its trace, Han Qing walked towards the depths of the woods with a whip, at this time the sky in the east had turned white, and the fire in Qingniu Town behind him was still bright, but the cries of people could not be heard.

"Meow!"

Suddenly, the civet cat pounced on Han Qing from behind, Han Qing's body flipped forward, dodging the attack of the civet, and the dragon slaying whip in his hand was thrown out.

"Smack!"

The dragon slashing whip splits an ancient tree from the center, and the civet cat is once again gone.

"I haven't seen you for many days, and your spiritual power has grown again. A woman's voice came from behind her, and Han Qing was suddenly shocked.

"I didn't expect to see you again. Han Qing said calmly.

"Maybe it's better than not wanting to see me. ”

"No, I just don't know how to face you. ”

"Why? Because I'm a rebel?"

"It's not. ”

"Because I'm dirty?"

"No!" Han Qing's calm heart suddenly made waves, and he closed his eyes slightly, "I have never blamed you for this. ”

"Humph!" "Really?"

"Yanjun" Han Qing turned to look at Su Yanjun, his eyes were full of sadness, "I just don't understand why?"

"Why?" Su Yanjun sneered twice, "Why did I become a prostitute, or why did I leave you?"

"Do you know what I mean?" Han Qing yelled, he couldn't hear those two words now, although he knew that it wasn't her fault, but he just couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart.

Su Yanjun took a deep breath, smiled bitterly, and said, "There are some things that we can't decide, don't you also endure killing your father and enemy as your master?"

"It's different!"

"It's no different, our fate has been arranged a long time ago, from the night your whole family was killed, you were destined to walk this path, and I, Liu Nanchun, redeemed me from Xiangchun Tower, I was destined to be his person. ”

"But now we can all choose again, you can choose to open Liu Nanchun by yourself, leave this land of right and wrong, we can go together, what the Three Realms are for him, what Demon Venerable he is!

"It's too late, there are some things that can't be turned back, like you owe someone, and then you want to make up for it desperately, only to find out in the end that no matter what kind of effort you make, it won't help, wrong is wrong, not an apology can solve the problem. ”

"Then what is the purpose of your coming today?" Han Qing said in frustration, "Just to catch those children and send them to death on the battlefield?"

"From the moment they take up arms, they are not children, but warriors, and your kindness will not do them any good, but will only give them hope to live, a hope that will never be realized, and this hope will kill them on the battlefield. ”

Han Qing suddenly laughed a few times, this is no longer the Su Yanjun he knew at the beginning, he doesn't know her anymore, maybe he never knew her.

"If you don't listen to me, why do you come to see me?"

"I want you to join us. Su Yanjun walked behind Han Qing, stroked Han Qin's chin with that Qianqianyu hand, and blew a sip of fragrance in his ear seductively.