Cold Spirit City, the border of the territory

Since leaving the slave mine, Qiye rode his horse all the way for three days before finally arriving at the remote mountain range where the Cold Spirit City and the Water Ghost City intersect.

Along the way, there are refugees who have fled from Cold Spirit City and are preparing to go to Water Ghost City to avoid disaster. And the invading army of the Water Shadow City is marching towards the Cold Spirit City, plundering gold and silver wherever it passes.

When I arrived at the junction of the two cities in the seventh night, I saw the checkpoint where the soldiers of Shuiyoucheng were stationed on the mountain ridge in the distance: hundreds of soldiers lined up majestically at the ramp, one by one checking the refugees who were queuing through. The ridge on which the checkpoint was built is flanked by high mountain cliffs, and there is no road to go other than this road.

Qiye led the horse, followed the flow of people into the ramp, and when he just walked into the inspection site, he saw an eye-catching wooden sign erected on the side of the road:

"One silver coin per person who enters the realm. ”

Qiye read out the content on the wooden card word by word, and through the devouring ability of the black demon flame, now Qiye is no longer a little illiterate who was illiterate before, but has become a 'little prodigy' who is now well-read and rich.

A few big characters are naturally difficult for seven nights, but what surprised him was that the improvement of his literacy and hyphenation ability, all these changes, were so natural, so natural that it seemed to be a congenital talent.

"Hmph, the Water Ghost City is actually here, taking advantage of the chaos to make a windfall... It's really hateful!" Qiye snorted coldly in his heart and sneered, obviously very dissatisfied with the behavior of the Water Hidden City. But now, I am not ignorant, I can only scold in my heart for this kind of thing, and I don't want to cause trouble.

The chaos in Cold Spirit City is imminent, and the refugees will carry a large amount of gold and silver. If everyone could collect a certain amount of tolls, it would be a lot of money.

As the saying goes: taking advantage of the fire to rob, the refugees want to enter the water city to escape the war, they have to pay the toll, if they don't go back now, the rear cold spirit city is afraid that the war is all over the place, and then it will be even more miserable to die in the chaos. Therefore, although the toll of a silver coin is really painful, no one will be stingy compared to their own lives.

"Grandpa, we didn't bring any money, what now...... Woo."

In the crowd, a little girl who looked to be six or seven years old, unkempt and emaciated, supported a skinny, staggering old man, and asked in a slightly crying voice.

"Alas, I didn't expect these soldiers and bandits to be hateful now! It seems that our grandfather and grandson are destined to be unable to escape today. It doesn't matter if grandpa dies, it's just that I pity my Diao'er......" The old man caressed the little girl's head lovingly, his face full of infinite sadness.

"Grandpa, Diao'er is not afraid, Diao'er must be with Grandpa forever, and Grandpa should not leave Diao'er...... Woohoo......"

The little girl clenched the old man's withered arm with both hands, and could no longer hold back her crying. Teardrops dripped down, making the people around them unbearable to look at directly.

Qiye looked back with a cry, and not far behind him, there was a pair of desolate grandfathers and grandsons standing in the flow of people. The surrounding refugees walked past the two of them blindly, and in the chaos, everyone tried to protect themselves, who would care about the others?

"Hey..." I watched for a while, but saw that no one reached out to help. After hesitating for a while, Nanaya sighed and withdrew from the group.

"Old man, let me take you there..."

stepped forward, Qiye said a few words softly, and directly explained his intentions.

"Really... The old man said in disbelief.

"Well, anyway, it's no different between me alone and two more, so let me take you there. Qiye whispered lightly again, with a look of indifference with a raised hand.

"Thank you, thank you...... Come, Diao'er, let's kowtow to this son and thank you......"

The old man tugged at the little girl's sleeve, and her dry and cloudy eyes glistened with tears. As if he saw a ray of light in despair, a life-saving straw stretched out to him by God, although people have already seen through life and death in their twilight years, but what can make him cry more than the survival of his granddaughter.

"Diao'er thank you!" The little girl who was crying on the side, after hearing that Qiye was willing to help them, was grateful, and she was about to kneel and kowtow with the old man.

"You don't have to be polite..."Seeing this, Qiye stepped forward and leaned over to hold up the old man and the little girl.

And the reason why he chose to help is also because from them, Qiye seems to see the days in the slave camp, where he and Grandpa Luo Mu are snuggling together. The oily feeling is a kind of touch:

If there were people who could help their grandparents and grandchildren at that time, maybe Grandpa Luo Mu would not have died tragically.

"Lao She's name is Lan Shanchuan, and this is Lao She's granddaughter: Lan Shan Diao'er. We fled from Cold Spirit City and came here, I don't know your surname?" the old man stood behind him slightly and gave a brief introduction.

"The word son, the younger generation doesn't dare to be it, the old man calls me 'Ah Qi'..."

In fact, Seven Nights is not a person who walks the rivers and lakes, and does not want to tell his name truthfully. The title 'Ah Qi' is the nickname I used in the slave camp, and I am used to being called too much, and it doesn't matter what my real name is.

"Oh, it turned out to be Ah Qi Gongzi, Diao'er, I've seen Ah Qi Gongzi soon!" the old man once again urged the little girl to teach her a lesson.

"Diao'er has seen Ah Qigongzi......" The little girl wiped her tears with a smile and politely bowed.

"Sister Diao'er doesn't have to be polite, if you don't dislike it, call me 'Brother Ah Qi'. Are you two the only ones going to the Water Hidden City?" Qiye looked at the two of them to confirm.

"Well, it's just our grandfather and grandson, Diao'er's parents died of illness in the early years, and this lonely girl and my bad old man are left to depend on each other, and now Lao She and I am also half cut into the ground, I don't know what to do with this girl after Lao She leaves?"

The old man couldn't help but be sad as he spoke, and his already dying countenance was full of sadness at this time, which made people feel even more sad when he saw this. In the twilight years, I care about my children, and parting affects my liver and heart.

"Grandpa......" Blue Mountain Diao Er comforted the old man on the side, and wiped his tears alone.

Looking at this scene, Qiye couldn't bear to talk about anything else, thinking of the future of this pair of grandchildren, a sense of powerlessness filled his heart. Now I am also weak and helpless, unable to give others stable shelter. This also makes Nanaya more determined to become stronger, only then can he have the strength to protect more people, so that the weak can have the right to live on their own even if they are humble.

After some careful comfort, Qiye and his grandfather and grandson gathered again in the flow of inbound people.

At the entrance of the checkpoint, the soldiers of the Water Shadow City were yelling and inspecting the fleeing refugees one by one.

"You, open the bag!

A soldier with well-developed limbs is carrying a saber to check the baggage of a refugee. The weak man who seemed to be a scholar was so frightened by the savage momentum of the soldier that his legs trembled, so he had to tremble and pull away the burden, and when the package was fully opened, a delicate jade bottle lay quietly on several neatly stacked clothes.

"This, take it!" After the soldier saw the jade bottle, his eyes showed undisguised greed, and he couldn't help but say, and he grabbed the jade bottle firmly in his hand with a quick hand.

"Military master, military master, absolutely not, absolutely not! This is a small ancestral heirloom, please raise your noble hand!" The scholar was completely panicked, and his face was full of pleading to meet and try to retrieve the jade bottle from the soldier's hand.

"Go to TM..."The soldier raised his hand and grabbed the jade bottle, kicked out unceremoniously, and kicked the scholar to the ground heavily.

"Master Jun, the little one, please be merciful, give back to the little one, please..." The scholar was kicked to the ground, still ignoring his injuries, and prostrate and pulled the soldier's trouser leg and prayed sadly.

"Die!" the soldier shouted, and the saber in his hand slashed at the scholar's head.

"Ahh

"Hahahaha......" Seeing this scene, the surrounding soldiers burst into laughter, like an interesting performance, enjoying this scene of slaughtering the weak, it was extremely comfortable.

"Hey..."In contrast to the fiery atmosphere of the spectators on the other side, the refugees queuing up here saw this cruel scene, some sighed with a sense of time, some chose to ignore it indifferently, and some stood in the line with righteous indignation in their chests but dared not speak angrily, and the women screamed and covered their faces. The whole team was oppressive, silent, and the atmosphere froze.

Giggles... There was a crisp sound of finger bones squeezing, and Qiye stared angrily and clenched his small fists. For what these soldiers of the Water Shadow City did, Qiye saw it with hatred in his eyes.

As a weakling, only the fate of being killed seems to be taken for granted in the eyes of these people.

Just when Qiye was furious, a cold and gentle touch came from his right arm, and he was stunned for a moment, and then turned his head blankly, only to see Lan Shan Diao'er holding his arms with both hands, teary eyes and a sad face.

"Brother Ah Qi, don't go..."Diao Er seemed to see Qiye's impulse, and begged in a low voice, trying her best to stay.

"Yes, Ah Qi Gongzi. There are so many of them that you will lose your life if you rush forward like this. Lan Shanchuan behind Diao Er also patted Qiye's shoulder and said earnestly.

In Lan Shanchuan's eyes, the seven nights in front of him are also the same as his granddaughter, he can't help but be weak, and he will definitely die in the end. Now that the city has been destroyed, everything is all right if the lives of the refugees can be saved, and the current situation can only be forbearance, not stupid impulsive acts. In fact, Lan Shanchuan also has a little selfishness: if something happens to Qiye, then who will take his grandfather and grandson across the border.

"Don't worry, Brother Ah Qi won't be impulsive. Qiye, who calmed down, patted Diao'er's hand and said with peace of mind.

Qiye also understood that he was indeed a little emotionally out of control just now, and even almost rushed out with his spiritual power. But thinking that after being impulsive, he would implicate two or even more people behind him, and he also promised Diao Er to send him safely across the border, so he had to restrain his anger and give up for the time being. Then he looked at the soldiers of Shuiyoucheng at the checkpoint meaningfully, turned his head and continued to walk forward along the flow of people, and soon it was his turn.

"Stop!" a rough order, and a soldier stopped in front of Qiye.

"How many of you?" said the soldier, glancing at him.

"Back to the soldiers, the three of us crossed the line" Seeing that Qiye didn't answer, Lan Shanchuan behind hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Open the package and let Lao Tzu see it. The soldier pointed to the bulging package on the old man's shoulder.

"Master Bing, it's just a few tattered clothes, and they're worthless. It's hard to escape, and I didn't bring anything..."As he spoke, Lan Shanchuan unabashedly opened the package. There were a few simple cloth clothes and a few pieces of dry and hard pancakes stuffed inside, and there was nothing.

"Hmph, poor sour. Three people crossed, three silver coins. After glancing at the burden, the soldier said with a look of disdain when he saw that it was unprofitable.

"Yes, yes, yes..."Lan Shanchuan nodded hurriedly in agreement, and then turned his gaze to Qiye. Although Qiye promised to take his grandfather and grandson across the line just now, the old man still had some worries in his heart at this moment.

Behind him, Qiye handed out a gold coin to Lan Shanchuan with a flat face. According to the conversion, one gold coin is equal to ten silver coins. There are no silver coins on his own at all, and this gold coin is enough. In fact, Qiye didn't plan to give out a single gold coin, and these soldiers and bandits still had the honest disposition to make change. Therefore, there is no difference between being alone and bringing two people.

Seeing the gold coin, Lan Shanchuan's face, which was still a little worried just now, suddenly became surprised, but he didn't expect that the young man in front of him who was plainly dressed and had a simple face was gold as soon as he made a move.

And when he saw a golden coin, the soldier's eyes lit up, like a hungry wolf seeing a lamb. Lan Shanchuan didn't have time to take it, so he put aside the old man and took the first step to drag the gold coin in Qiye's hand. After confirming it with joy and gritting his teeth, he turned his head and stared at Qiye with shining eyes.

"Where did this gold coin come from?" the soldier asked Qiye meaningfully, he didn't believe that the seven or eight-year-old boy in front of him, dressed plainly, had the strength to take out the gold.

"Own. Qiye stared at the soldier without fear and said lightly.

"The commander of this soldier suspects that you stole it, come on, search for me!" the soldier casually made up a reason, and then issued a search order without saying anything.

Seeing this, the two surrounding soldiers stepped forward with excitement on their faces, and searched the seven nights from top to bottom, inside and out. Qiye didn't resist, he raised his hands very cooperatively, and the corners of his mouth showed a subtle chuckle.

"Report, no. After a careful search, the two soldiers replied with some disappointment.

Could it be that this kid really only has one gold coin? The soldier muttered in his heart, finally thinking that he could slaughter a fat sheep today, but now the facts are very disappointed.

"Alright, leave the horse, you three pass...", the soldier waved his hand very frustratedly and ordered, since he couldn't get more money, at least he had to get something back, in line with the exploitative nature of plucking the feathers of the goose.

"You..." After hearing the soldier's order, the fire in the heart that had not disappeared after seven nights was ignited again.

Just as he was about to step forward, a big hand on his shoulder pressed his impulsive body in time again, and Lan Shanchuan, who had been quietly watching the incident, took the first step and blocked in front of Qiye and said:

"Thank you for your kindness. Childe, let's go..."After the old man finished replying to the soldier, he turned to Nanaya and winked.

"Okay..."Qiye understood the meaning of Lan Shanchuan, and thinking of the situation in front of him, he had to calm his anger again. Then the three of them walked through the checkpoint without saying a word and stepped into the territory of the Water Hidden City.