Chapter 36: Return to Castle Peak City
Luo Qiushui and his party returned to the tent first, packed their bags, and then asked the captured Beiban captives to carry all the dead and wounded people here and march towards the Sui River.
Although the guest dies in a foreign land, he must return to his roots.
Looking at the smoky tribe behind him, he looked at the Sui River like a silver ribbon in the distance. Everyone sighed that so many things had happened in only half a month.
Life is impermanent, and who can control it?
Xu Fan walked on the avenue in the appearance of a beggar, just staggering with the large army.
Almost one before and one after the other, both of them missed perfectly.
Looking at the dome looming in the distance, Xu Fan said in his heart that it was the tribe that Sang Li was talking about.
He had a knowing smile on his face, the kid must have gone somewhere in the tribe to sneak a peek at his family.
From the marks left along the way, Xu Fan could conclude that Sang Li passed by on this road.
After walking forward for a few more miles, Xu Fan's brows furrowed, there was no war along the way, but there was a corpse in front of him.
With a sense of foreboding in his heart, he hurried forward and walked in front of the corpse.
The familiar clothes wrapped around the child's body, and there was no blood flowing out of the neck, and a head fell there quietly not far from the corpse, looking at Xu Fan with wide eyes.
The pupils of those eyes dilated and lost all color, but Xu Fan clearly saw the question from inside: Big brother, didn't you promise to cure me?
Xu Fan squatted down in pain, his body trembled, he tore his hair with both hands, and he was extremely remorseful in his heart, if he took him with him, he wouldn't be only seeing his corpse now.
He trembled and stretched out his hand to caress Sang Li's cheek, but he couldn't reach it only a stone's throw away.
He indirectly killed this innocent child who saved his life.
There was a sound in his throat, and his mouth squirmed, and he couldn't say anything.
He looked up at the sky, and at some point a cold wind blew in the originally clear sky, blowing chills all over his body.
After hesitating beside the corpse for a long time, Xu Fan finally closed Sang Li's eyes through his clothes, and felt a sadness in his heart.
I subconsciously thought that one day I would die like this?
Picking up his thoughts, he poured all his strength into his hands and slapped them towards the ground, as if to break the ground.
After resting, the surging internal force was all out, and a huge pit appeared in the ground in an instant.
He pushed Sang Li's body and head into it, and then used internal force to precisely control the two parts together.
The underground cave saved his child and lay quietly inside.
Rest in peace, and you will never have troubles again.
With a wave of his hand, Xu Fan buried Sang Li and formed a grave.
He took his short sword and cut down a tree, splitting it in two, leaving half of it.
I just wanted to pick up the sword and engrave the words, but suddenly stopped there.
What would happen if his parents and family saw his name, and what would happen if they were seen by a witch cult disciple.
He burned the ancient cave himself, and he didn't believe that the disciples of the witch sect would follow the clues to find Sang Li. At that time, whether Sang Li's family learns of Sang Li's death by themselves or is approached by a witch disciple, it will not end well.
Therefore, Xu Fan finally slapped the half of the wood into the ground, and the exposed section was not empty.
There is no word tombstone, and only one of you will know who was buried here in the future.
After saluting at Sang Li's tombstone, Xu Fan continued to walk towards the Sang tribe, but his steps were heavier than when he was up.
I was speechless all the way, and I didn't run into anyone else.
After arriving at the Sang tribe, those northern barbarians saw that Xu Fan was in tatters, and they actually opened their mouths to care, and even took out food for him.
You know, they themselves are struggling to get by, and they don't have enough to eat.
At this time, he was so enthusiastic about treating a beggar, and Xu Fan hated the witch cult that provoked the war in his heart.
For the first time, he had such a strong dislike for an organization that he wanted to kill it as quickly as possible.
"Auntie, I would like to ask, is there a group of strangers here?"
After Xu Fan repeatedly refused an old woman's alms, he asked.
"Young man, you're talking about the group of Central Plains people. Not long after they left, a fire burned down the rudder of the Witch Cult, and it must have been a few hours now. ”
Hearing this, Xu Fan asked curiously: "Auntie, forgive me for being presumptuous, why can't I hear the disgust for the Central Plains people from your mouth?" ”
The woman smiled: "Although the Central Plains is powerful, they have never bullied us, but they trade with us, so that we can get the food and culture of the Central Plains, so that we can survive, why hate them?" ”
"But they've invaded your home!"
"Young man, you are also from the Central Plains, although you are wearing the clothes of our clan, and your face is close to our clan, but your tone of voice is not as accented as our Beiban. It's just that there are some people on our side who are not very restless and take the initiative to provoke, and they want to destroy this difficult peace, and they are just here to destroy those people, which is not an invasion for us. ”
After listening to his words, Xu Fan was silent for a long time.
Then she inquired about Sangu's residence, and the woman pointed forward: "From here, you will count to the seventh Sangu family." ”
The houses here are too simple, with mud and earth mixed with branches and leaves, and they are randomly fenced off as a place where several families live.
"Hello, does Sangu live here?"
Xu Fan asked outside the door.
After a while, he saw the honest man walk out, although Xu Fan was now in tatters, but Sangu recognized him at a glance.
"It's you, from the Central Plains, come in."
Compared to when he crossed the river, Sangu became a little more enthusiastic at this moment.
"This is the clothes I brought from my sister, you can put them on quickly."
Seeing Xu Fan's ragged clothes, Sangu quickly pulled out a new set of clothes from the box.
Xu Fan repeatedly refused, but he couldn't resist this straightforward man, so he simply changed his clothes, and then took out the silver to him. Sangu is still stubborn, thinking that this is just a help between people, and he refuses to excuse himself.
"The Witch Cult has withdrawn, and our tribe has a period of peace again."
That's why Sangu became happy.
Looking at the joy emanating from the bottom of this man's heart, Xu Fan said in his heart that this is the life and satisfaction of ordinary people.
"It's just my poor baby, I don't know when I'll be able to come back?"
After listening to this, Xu Fan asked, "Brother Sangu, didn't you just say that your wife and two children went to your mother's house to save their relatives?" ”
Hearing this, Sangu said angrily: "It's because my eldest son is lost, and some children of the tribe are missing at the same time. So, just in case, I sent them all to the neighboring tribe, and I heard that it was relatively peaceful for the time being. ”
Xu Fan chuckled in his heart, and a trace of bad premonition appeared in his heart.
He gathered his mind for a moment and asked in a calm tone, "Brother Sangu, how did your eldest son get lost?" ”
At the mention of this, a dark cloud appeared between the originally cheerful Sang Gu eyebrows, and he said bitterly: "My Ali has been in good health since he was a child, and his head is bright, he is the leader of the children here, and after the reactivation of the witch rudder here a few months ago, I heard that people are missing from time to time. I also told him not to run too far, and who knew that when they went to play together, they never came back. ”
When he heard the word Ali, Xu Fan's mind was shocked, and the words behind Sangu were like a book from heaven in his mind.
In the conversation just now, Xu Fan learned that the Beiban is an uncivilized primitive tribe relative to the Central Plains, so the names are all taken from each name, and even the newborn baby and the deceased ancestor have the same name.
Providence is flickering, and creation makes people.
Xu Fan no longer had the courage to talk, he just wanted to leave here as soon as possible, he didn't even dare to look up at the honest man in front of him.
"Brother Sangu, what I have done here is done, can you send me across the Sui River?"
Seeing that the Central Plains man's face was gloomy, and he thought that it was a big deal, Sangu patted his chest heartily and agreed very happily.
He set up a carriage and drove Xu Fan towards the Sui River quickly, but when he passed by the newly raised grave, Sang Gu said to himself in confusion: Why is there an extra grave here?
Hearing these whispered words, Xu Fan sat in the bumpy carriage without saying a word.
Sangu could not have imagined that the grave contained his eldest son, whom he had been longing for for a long time, and that it was the man behind his carriage who had buried it with his own hands.
When leaving, while Sang Gu was not paying attention, Xu Fan put all the silver taels on his body in his home.
Looking at the lonely boat on the Sui River gradually moving away, Xu Fan's eyes were stunned, the water surface of the Sui River was calm and waveless, how good would it be if the world was as calm as the water surface?
He had already recovered his strength, without the slightest pause, he just wanted to release all the depression in his heart, and with all his strength, he poured his true qi in, and galloped all the way through Bishan Town without the slightest pause and ran directly to Qingshan City.
Coming to the city gate again, Xu Fan no longer had the majestic and shocking feeling when he first came down the mountain to see it, and intuitively felt that it was like a cage.
If this happened, he decided to go home to visit his mother, and then set foot on the rivers and lakes with Li Haotian, looking for a way to continue his life, while doing chivalrous deeds.
After gathering his mind, he prepared to enter the city.
"Stop, identity recommendation, what's the matter here?"
Unexpectedly, when I entered this time, I was intercepted by the soldiers guarding the city, and unlike the lazy scene of the soldiers who came here for the first time, the soldiers this time had serious faces and strict military discipline.
Xu Fan took out the identity token of the disciple of the Floating Cloud Sword Sect from his arms, and after the soldiers guarding the city checked it again, he put him into the city.
I don't know what's going on and why it's so strict about people coming in and out.
Xu Fan entered the city with doubts, and the scene inside was the same as before, bustling.
Just when he entered the Tongfu Inn, he bumped into Li Haotian, who was in a hurry out.
Ouch –
Li Haotian, who had a cold face, was full of concerns, but he didn't expect to be hit when he went out, and he was irritable, and after hearing this voice, he suddenly became happy.
grabbed Xu Fan's shoulder and asked in surprise: "You kid, where did you go, when I came back, I found that you were not there, and I didn't know if I asked the shopkeeper." ”
Xu Fan looked at Li Haotian and remembered everything that had happened in the past month or so, from beginning to end, only Li Haotian was sincere to himself.
Thinking of Su He, Senior Brothers, Nian Shuiyin, Thinking of Sangu, Thinking of Sang Li, Yue Qingshan, Sanji, the old man, etc., his consciousness was churning.
In the end, he was only full of calmness, and a pure smile appeared on his face: "What's the matter, looking at your worried look, can I lose such a big person." ”
After saying that, he grinned with his teeth on his face, and joked: "You are worthy of being a master, if you use a little force, my shoulder blades will be crushed by you." ”
Li Haotian hurriedly let go, his face flashed with urgency, and he hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm too anxious, are you okay?" ”
Who knew that Xu Fan on the other side actually showed a grimace and laughed: "I lied to you, haha." ”
"You kid, you're getting more and more ghostly."
"Each other, each other."
The two played and laughed all the way into the inn from outside the door.