In the north corner, in a half-man-high courtyard made of adobe bricks, a middle-aged woman hurriedly took the cloth from the clothesline that had been washed and dried. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Squeak!" the courtyard door was gently pushed open. The middle-aged woman looked up and continued to pat the cloth, trying to make it more supple, these were the sheets and cloths sent from the barracks, which had to be sent back after washing and drying, and she cherished this job, and it was also an important source of income. She said while busy working: "Xiao Heng is here, Ah Ugly is in the house, after you left, she has been asleep." “

"Okay, then I'll go in!" Ah Heng nodded, didn't say much, and walked into the house silently. The room was small, with a small lame table and two benches, and it felt full. There is a curtain next to it, and the inside is considered a room.

Ah Heng opened the curtain, there were two beds inside, the foot of the brick bed, covered with wooden boards, and a thin girl was sleeping inside, it was getting late, the afterglow of the sunset shone on the girl's neck, and several scars were faintly visible at the collarbone, and such scars were unknown under the clothes. Ah Heng had clearly seen that on the girl's arm, there were dense scars like fish scales, as if she had been bitten by insects and ants. What kind of vicious heart does it take to do such a thing to a girl! Ah Heng clenched his fists.

Ah Heng looked at the girl who was sleeping quietly, although her name was ugly, she was not ugly, but now, her cheeks, which should have been healthy and ruddy, had long been pale and thin, and the freckles on the tip of her nose that should have been slightly mischievous were so silent, this girl who was once beautiful and lovely, lively and cheerful, was one of his few friends. Since following her stepfather to this city, she has taken care of herself like a sister living next to her. Seeing her sleeping but still occasionally showing a painful expression, Ah Heng's thoughts spread, all from three years ago:

Three years ago, a man who claimed to be the girl's father took her away from here, saying that he would take her to the imperial capital to live a good life, and the girl's honest and kind mother did not stop her. The girl, who was full of longing for the imperial capital, said goodbye to him excitedly and reluctantly.

She is gone, and she has taken away his ignorant feelings, and after two years, he can hardly remember this girl. However, half a year ago, she returned, covered in scars and deathly silence, with a fellow countryman, and the man called Father never appeared again.

A few days ago, the girl was following her mother to make a delivery, and when she passed through the city gate, she suddenly became hysterical, and rushed madly towards a team that had just entered the city, she was kicked down again and again, and rushed up again and again, she screamed madly and painfully, and no one knew what she was doing or what she wanted to say. All this was seen by Ah Heng, and he also saw the disdainful and mocking eyes of the young man on the horse, and he understood a lot at once.

The girl was eventually tied up by Ah Heng and returned home, followed by her mother, who kept crying. In the house, Ah Heng only said: "It was a dog, and if he was bitten by a dog, we will kill him, so why bite him back." The girl quieted down and stared at Ah Heng, who nodded vigorously.

"I don't want him to die, I want him to die rather than live!" The girl looked at Ah Heng, bit her lip and said word by word, "But don't be stupid, don't do anything, I only have one friend from you." She hugged the boy in front of her tightly, warm tears wetting his shoulders. However, juvenile feelings are ignorant and impulsive, have nothing to do with love, have nothing to do with hatred, and each teenager has his own stubborn and resolute judgment.

Ah Heng returned to his residence and said to his father-in-law, "I want the son of the Inspector of Wolf City to live rather than die." “

The man, his father-in-law, his only relative, Yue Wuying, looked at him quietly, and said lightly as always: "Don't do anything, continue to wait patiently." ”

Ah Heng shook his head: "Father-in-law, what are we afraid of?"

Yue Wuying looked at the far north, and there was no trace of emotion in his cloud-like eyes: "It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm accumulating strength." Only by living can we have the last hope. You need to understand that the eternal night is coming!"

Eternal night is coming?Ah Heng clenched his fists: "I don't understand, and I don't want to understand." All I know is that my friend can't wait any longer, she's going to go crazy if she goes on like this. ”

Yue Wuying looked at Ah Heng's tall figure and resolute expression, I don't know when he started, he was no longer a child, maybe something should change. Yue Wuying was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "Then go, remember your oath and never reveal your natural skills, except - the dead!"

"Okay!" A flash of blood flashed in Ah Heng's eyes, he showed a look of pain, and silently turned to leave.

He found two teenagers who were collecting protection money on the street, Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou. Guo Wu is the son of Guo Zizhong, the governor of Wolf City, who was originally an imperial nobleman, but he enjoyed the low-level and interesting activity of collecting protection money, and it is said that the governor was heartbroken by this;

The reason why Ah Heng knew them was because when he first came to Wolf City, he was charged protection money, and then because he was poor and poor, he didn't have half a steel hammer, and he was forcibly conscripted into the army by the two of them for ten yuan, and since then he has lived a miserable charging career, with three main jobs: coolie, queen and top bag.

Ah Heng doesn't hate this kind of life, except for Ah Chou, he has no other friends, these two should be considered friends. After all, every time they were arrested and sent to the Wolf City Security Station, they didn't abandon themselves. And every time Governor Guo's personal guard captain Meng Dun came to the institute to fish for people, he was also released on bail with him. In addition, the three of them have another surprising thing in common: that is, they have no mother, but they all have an unreliable father.

Of course, there is another important reason, ten years ago, the high-ranking and powerful Governor suddenly found Ah Heng and said only one sentence to him: "Help keep an eye on Guo Wu, don't let him become bad!" When the Governor said this, his expression flashed with a trace of pain, which made Ah Heng unable to bear to refuse. However, in the past ten years, he doesn't know whether Guo Wu has become bad, Ah Heng only knows that he seems to have a tendency to deteriorate.

"I need your help," Ah Heng said bluntly to Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou.

"Yes, as long as you promise to be my little brother," Guo Wu said with a grin.

Ah Heng pouted: "No, I can only sell one body and soul."

When the words fell, he was beaten by the two, and the black hair, which was originally quite smooth, suddenly turned into a chicken nest.

"The body has been sold to you, and the soul must not be sold anymore" Ah Heng cut his hair, he actually enjoyed this unconventional way of communication.

"Hey, hey, I'm afraid of you, don't say it so nakedly," Guo Wu panted, "Say, what's the matter, be a brother's knife in your ribs."

"I want that beast from Inspector Liu's house to get out of Wolf City. ”

"This is reliable, a few days after the goods came back, it made the wolf city chickens and dogs jump, and there have been many traders who have paid protection fees to react to us, saying that they are not less oppressed by the goods. Early this morning, when I went to Dongcheng for breakfast, the old man Zhang from the steamed bun shop told me that the inspector's son was always staring at his daughter-in-law. For the sake of the reputation of our three heroes in Wolf City, we can't let this thing stay in Wolf City anymore. Fu Tianlou, who had a bad stomach, slapped his thigh and said with a wilted voice, "By the way, Ah Heng, what skills do you have to do it?"

"Uh, if you can't die, does it count if you can pretend to be dead?" Ah Heng shrugged.

If you can't die, they have already learned it, but they can pretend to be dead but have never seen it?

Seeing Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou's suspicious expressions, Ah Heng suddenly fell down softly, and his breath was retracted, as if he had lost all his vitality. The two stepped forward to give it a try, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up in unison: "It's really good"

So, at the right time and in the right place, Ah Heng just rightly teased the second ancestor, and the second ancestor was also very cooperative, and there was a scene in the alley before.

.......

The sky was getting darker, Ah Heng looked at the girl in front of him, took out the stack of banknotes he had just extorted from his arms, took out one and put it in his pocket, and put the rest in front of the girl's bed. It's almost time, and the girl should wake up soon.

Ah Heng turned around and walked out.

"Xiao Heng, isn't Ugly awake yet, won't you sit for a while?" the middle-aged woman beckoned.

"No, I'll come back next time!"

The middle-aged woman looked at the back of the young man going out, shook her head and sighed: Such a handsome offspring, Ah Ugly is destined to have no fate.