Wang Wende observed his words and looks, and peeked that He Xiaoduo was not happy, and he made the honor guard too big, and there were already some signs of getting out of control, so he hurriedly ordered the officers around him to urgently transfer military reinforcements to maintain order on the spot.

Yun Tianjia looked at the people on both sides, in addition to some officers and soldiers, there were many people in ragged clothes, with a skeletal shape and a vegetable face, thinking that on the way to Shizhu Island, the crops in the fields were luxuriant, and there was very little wasteland, and in the past six months, the wind and rain have been smooth, the climate is suitable, it should be a year of great harvest, why are there so many beggars and homeless?

The procession stumbled and walked for two or three miles, the people's passion faded slightly, the cheers weakened slightly, and suddenly a piercing scream pierced the long street, and the sound seemed to contain countless miserable resentments, and those who heard it were terrified, but as soon as the scream sounded, it suddenly stopped, for some reason.

The guards have not yet reported the news, and there is an uproar among the people ahead.

When I got closer, it turned out to be a woman who jumped from the stone building and fell in the middle of the road, her face down, her skull shattered, and she was already out of breath.

The deceased was coarsely clothed, patches on patches, and a stack of coarse paper was firmly tugged in the skeletal black and thin palms.

Yun Tianjia stepped forward quickly, took out the paper in the woman's hand, and took a rough look, the handwriting was neat, the narrative was meticulous, and the seals, signatures, and handprints were all available. Before I finished browsing, I felt horrified and angry in my heart, and it was difficult to control myself.

Long Yuandong saw that his expression was different, and asked, "What is written on it?"

Yun Tianjia gritted his teeth and shook his head silently.

Wang Wende led people to hurriedly squeeze into the crowd and shouted angrily: "Bold women, shameless pariahs, dare to collide with the county lord Luan with death, it is simply a crime that cannot be punished! Come on, drag me out, carefully investigate the three generations of the family, and go to the yamen to deal with it!"

Several people dragged the dead body away.

Wang Wende was particularly puzzled, and pointed to a subordinate and said: "What are you doing? Why are there still so many beggars in the city? I will limit you to three days to completely expel the beggars in the city! They just know each other and flee, and if they are stubborn, I will allow you to take violent measures! More than half of the vicious cases in the city are committed by these homeless beggars!"

The subordinate's face was red and white for a while, and he resignedly, led a group of subordinates, and turned and retreated.

Yun Tianjia's face turned pale, and he took the paper material into his arms and stepped on the horse's back.

Wang Wende suddenly remembered something, and said to Yun Tianjia: "This brother, did you pick up something just now? Can you show me?"

Yun Tianjia said indifferently: "I didn't pick anything up." Wang Wende was bored and walked away.

In this slightly awkward welcome ceremony, the county lord and his personal guard of five hundred men finally arrived at the pre-prepared camp residence.

He Xiaoduo cleaned up a little, and went to see the emperor with several high-ranking guards such as Dai Zhong and Wen Yanxin.

Yun, Long, and He are not yet qualified to meet the emperor.

Before entering the palace, Wen Yanxin had instructed: "Early the day after tomorrow, the fifty-three of you will go to Yantalin to accept the entrance assessment of the Heavenly Fire War Luo Shi and my Dao, in the past few days, many VIPs from various countries have come to the city, if there is no special matter, it is best for everyone to stay in the courtyard and not go out, so as not to cause complications and delay the major event of admission selection." ”

The fifty-three guards lived in two rooms, and the three of Yun, Long, and He, as well as the Min team and the Li team, slept in the same bunk.

In the middle of the moon, Yun Tianjia quietly turned over and got up, put on his clothes and went out.

One person asked in a low voice, "Where are you going?" It turned out that Long Yuandong was not asleep either.

"I've got something to do, go out. Yun Tianjia didn't want to hide it from him, so he stopped and said softly: "There are a lot of hidden things during the day, I want to visit Shimen Street at night to find out." ”

"You want to slip away at night, and you don't even call me brother? It's too interesting, isn't it?" He Dali, a person who usually sleeps to death as soon as he touches his pillow, actually has his eyes shining and he is not tired: "The civil army said on the way that when we arrived in the city, we would be given a day off, but because of the assessment, the leave was also canceled." If you can't go out and play, what's the difference between that and never being to Pillar Island?"

"What are you fooling about?" Long Yuandong scolded: "Go to sleep!"

He Dali smiled: "You two sneaked out to play, trying to throw me away, but there was no door." ”

Yun Tianjia thought that Shizhu Island was very strange, so he took Long and He, and he had a good response, and said, "Don't say it, you two should come!"

The three of them tiptoed out of the courtyard, through the streets and alleys, to the main road.

At this time, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, the pedestrians are extinct, and there is no sound in silence.

Long Yuandong looked left and right, and said with emotion: "The houses here are really amazing, all of them are hollowed out of boulders, strong and beautiful, when this city was built, I don't know how much water grinding effort was wasted, and it is worthy of the title of ancient miracles!"

"There are only stones on Shizhu Island, what else can I do if I don't use stones as materials to build a house?" He Dali was disappointed when he saw that the lights on the street were silent and there was no one in sight: "In a huge city, do you all go to bed so early?"

Yun Tianjia led Long and He to the place where the accident occurred during the day again.

The blood on the ground had been washed clean as if nothing had happened. There were shops on both sides, and one of them had a seal on its door, from which the woman jumped and died.

"Why is that woman looking for death here during the day?" Long Yuandong had never seen him angry like that since he met Yun Tianjia, so he was very curious about what was written on that piece of paper.

Yun Tianjia took a deep breath, calmed down, and said slowly: "This woman has a total of four children. Six years ago, her eldest daughter and second son were abducted, she and her husband took the third and fourth children, abandoned their family and business, left their hometown, went through hardships, traveled to countless cities and searched hard, and finally came to Shizhu Island a year ago, and found the eldest daughter in a hook fence.

At this time, the eldest daughter had fallen into the dust and could not redeem herself.

She and her husband went to the hook fence to quarrel, there was an argument, her husband was slashed to death, and she herself was fainted and abandoned in the wilderness.

She was fortunate not to die, and when she woke up, she returned to the city with a group of homeless people, and then met her second son among the beggars. Her second son was only eleven or twelve years old when he was lost, and he was sixteen or seventeen years old when he found him. It's a pity that his son, who was smart and lively back then, is now broken and weakened by his limbs, and his body is so thin that only a pair of bones remains, and there are scars and wounds everywhere. When I lost it, I had fifty or sixty pounds, and at this time I didn't even have forty or fifty pounds. ”

"Scum! What a scum!" He Dali saw that he had to be peaceful, gritted his teeth, and said hatefully: "The person who abducted and sold children was simply mad, if I met him, he would definitely pull his tendons, skin him, crush his bones and scatter ashes, and dismantle eight pieces!"