Chapter 1: No Life
The stars are bleak, the moonlight is as bleak and cold as a sword, the sky has just turned dark, but there are no lights in the city of Handling, except for the cries of a few crows from time to time, the city is dead and silent everywhere, like a ghost town.
"Gui'er! Gui'er! A man's voice came from an alley, his tone full of anxiety and worry, but he deliberately lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being targeted by something.
Lao Shen's mood at this time was as anxious as fire, Gui'er was his youngest daughter, she was just four years old this year, she ran out to play by herself after dinner, and she didn't come back until now. Lao Shen's forehead was already covered with sweat, but at the same time, his back was in a cold sweat
Hanling is the capital of Huiguo, and last year the new king succeeded to the throne, and the first order he issued was to implement a night ban. Lao Shen was looking for his daughter, and at the same time, he had to hide from the army patrolling the night, and he didn't even dare to use the lantern, so he could only grope in the dark night, calling twice from time to time, hoping to let his daughter hear.
"Gui'er, Gui'er......" Lao Shen had almost searched all over his home within a mile radius, and a few traces of despair rose from his heart, and he suddenly remembered some rumors he had heard recently.
Yesterday at noon, when Lao Shen and his second brother were having dinner, I heard the second brother say that there were unclean things in Handling City recently, and many people heard a sound that seemed to be a person crying and a wolf howling at night......
Thinking of this, Lao Shen intuitively felt goosebumps all over his body, and his breathing became shortness for no reason, but his worry about his daughter still overcame his fear, and he made up his mind to continue to touch the wall of the alley and walk gently, while calling his daughter's name softly.
"Gui'er, Gui ......" Suddenly, Lao Shen's call stopped, because he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something in front of him.
Lao Shen was walking by the moonlight, and at this time, the faint light at the mouth of the alley seemed to be blocked by something, Lao Shen's eyes became even darker, and he could clearly perceive that something was looking at him less than five steps away from him.
Lao Shen only felt that the two legs no longer belonged to him, and he remembered the rumors that the second brother had said, at this moment, he even hoped that the officers and soldiers in front of him were patrolling the night, but the officers and soldiers patrolling the night would shoot lanterns, and the things in front of him were completely hidden in the dark.
"Ah...... Not! Old Shen finally couldn't hide the fear in his heart, he wanted to scream to make those frightened legs regain consciousness, but as soon as his mouth opened, he felt that something was covering him, and at the same time his body had been controlled, something was covering his mouth head-on, and it also firmly grasped his shoulder.
Lao Shen was close to collapse at the moment, but the huge fear stimulated Lao Shen's potential strength, Lao Shen burst out with the greatest strength, wanting to get rid of the control on his shoulder, but no matter how hard he tried, even if the slightly thin arm was already bruised, but he couldn't get rid of it at all, even if he moved his shoulder, he couldn't do it, he even felt that his shoulder didn't belong to him anymore.
A sense of powerlessness and fear came to his heart, and Lao Shen still wanted to shout, but he kept trying to shout loudly regardless of whether his mouth was covered or not, and the sound of "wooing" came out of his throat, but he couldn't make the slightest sound.
Lao Shen was desperate, he had already anticipated his fate, the haze of death clouded his heart, and he was even about to close his eyes, but at this time, a voice sounded in his ears.
"Lifeless."
This hoarse voice is like the best natural sound in Lao Shen at this moment, even though this name Lao Shen was afraid of it when he heard it before, but now it is indeed extremely kind.
Under the cover of night, there will only be three kinds of people in the whole Hanling Tomb, one is the watchman, the other is the night patrol, and the other is the lifeless guard.
Wusheng has existed since the establishment of Huiguo, and its duty on the dark side is only to protect the safety of the palace and the national capital, but he is secretly doing a lot of things, and he is the most feared existence of Huiguo from the generals to the people.
"I'm looking for someone." Li Qun's voice is very soft, neither humble nor arrogant, but there is always a trace of oppression, which makes people unconsciously have a sense of awe, but awe is different from fear, and Lao Shen feels a little relieved for no reason.
"Yes......" Li Qun's hand covering his mouth had already let go, and Lao Shen also spoke softly, and at this moment he realized that his throat had been a little tearing because of the force just now.
"Daughter?" Li Qun continued to confirm.
"Yes, four years old, called Gui'er" Lao Shen already had some premonitions in his heart, and his tone was slightly excited. Li Qun pouted his head slightly, and Lao Shen realized that there was someone not far away.
Zeng Li was holding the child, his right hand was still stroking the child's back, and at this time Gui'er was already asleep in Zeng Li's arms, with a few tears on her pink little face, obviously crying.
Zeng Li took two steps, gently put the child in Lao Shen's arms, and felt that Lao Shen had held it steadily, so he let go of his hand.
"Let's go, the officers and soldiers are on Huanbei Street, you run a few steps. Hurry home. As soon as Li Qun's words fell, Lao Shen felt that the two people around him had disappeared into the night.
He hadn't seen the two of them from beginning to end, and he didn't even know what clothes they were wearing, the moonlight lit up again in the alley, Lao Shen cast a grateful glance at the night, wrapped Gui'er in the beige kudzu cloth he was wearing, and walked home briskly with him.
On the roof of a house, two figures are hiding in the night of Handling.
Li Qun sat on the ridge of the room, his rough face was as calm as water, his sideburns were reflected silver by the moonlight, and at this time he had already taken off the wine gourd on his waist and poured it in a big gulp.
Zeng Li was still standing upright, his eyes scanning the surroundings, seemingly very serious, but his mind was full of thoughts, countless questions appeared in his mind, and two different memories were surging and blending in his head like a river.
Today is his first day in the world.
Zeng Li's original name was Fan Shuo, a history teacher who had just graduated from a graduate school in Huaxia on Blue Star, and he came to this world magically after a car accident.
Zeng Li unconsciously glanced at the man on the ridge out of the corner of his eye, and a different feeling rose in his heart.
On Blue Star, Fan Shuo is an orphan, he grew up in an orphanage since he was a child, and the real owner of this body is also an orphan, the difference is that Zeng Li was raised by Li Qun since he was a child, and in Zeng Li's memory, Li Qun has always been like a father.
In the face of this family affection that does not belong to him, Zeng Li didn't know what to do.
"Zhongping, what happened today?" Li Qun's voice suddenly came, Zhongping was Zeng's character.
Li Qun's eyes did not look at Zeng Li, but at the dark sky, and the wine gourd had been put back on his waist.
"Huh? Nothing happened. Zeng Li made his tone as calm as possible, but in fact, he was very apprehensive in his heart, as the closest person to Zeng Li, Li Qun was the most likely to find himself different.
There is no better son than father
But strangely, Li Qun didn't continue to ask
"It's okay." Li Qun just nodded slightly, and his eyes never looked at Zeng Li.
"Hmm." Zeng Li replied lightly, in the blue star Zeng Li didn't like to speak, and the memory of the original owner showed that he was also a taciturn person, this cold answer was more in line with Zeng Li's character.
But Zeng Li's heart has been surging like a river.
"What did he find?" Zeng Li kept thinking about his actions, exposing himself.
With apprehension and anxiety, Zeng Li completed the task of night duty.
The sun is shining, and there is no life to hide.
Li Qun and Zeng Li wandered around the city, and finally walked into an inconspicuous courtyard.
The courtyard looks nothing special from the outside, there is even some moss on the wooden gate, but there is a hole inside, the houses are like sitting, many people in black clothes are constantly moving around, here is the outer gate of Wusheng, Wusheng is divided into two gates, the inner door is in the palace, guarding King Hui, supervising the officials in the court, and the outer gate is used to supervise the people of Hanling, and is responsible for the night ban together with the night patrol officers and soldiers.
Li Qun is the owner of the outer gate.
"Hungry?" Li Qun asked Zeng Li, but Zeng Li just shook his head slightly.
"Then you go to sleep for a while, and I'll call you when we eat." After speaking, Li Qun ignored Zeng Li and walked inside.
Zeng Li looked at his back, and his eyes became complicated for a while.
Zeng Li walked towards his house with a tired face, and he didn't greet anyone during the process, Zeng Li is this character, and so is Fan Shuo himself.
Zeng Li pushed open the familiar and unfamiliar door, walked in slowly, and locked the door carefully.
The room was small, only a bed, a chair, a wooden table, and a bronze lampstand on the table, Zeng Li sat on the bed, and the tiredness disappeared in an instant, replaced by a serious and thoughtful expression, his hand reached under the pillow, took out a fragment of a dark gold ornament, and looked at him, Zeng Li's eyes became deep.
The night before, Fan Shuo had a car accident, and he had already felt the blood in his whole body slowly cool, and his consciousness gradually dissipated.
But suddenly, a light of indescribable color appeared in front of his eyes, followed by a different kind of warmth, and the scenery in his eyes gradually became blurred, and the world seemed to become distorted.
Endless pain came from Fan Shuo's head, as if thousands of needles had pierced his brain in unison, the pain made him want to scream, but Fan Shuo couldn't control the sound of his throat at that time, and he couldn't even sense his body anymore.
I don't know how long it lasted, the stinging pain finally subsided, Zeng Li felt as if he had a body again, Fan Shuo wanted to try to open his eyes, but he couldn't do it anyway, suddenly he felt as if he was holding something in his right hand.
He tried to move the fingers of his right hand, and suddenly, a strong energy came from his hand, it seemed to pour into Fan Shuo's blood vessels, or rather, the meridians, the terrifying energy seemed to blow up Fan Shuo's meridians, and the pain came in an instant, and Fan Shuo was about to shout.
Suddenly, the indescribable light appeared again, it enveloped Fan Shuo, and the energy became strangely calm, and slowly flowed into Fan Shuo's abdomen.
Even though Fan Shuo was still confused at that time, he knew that the location was the dantian.
I don't know how long it took, no more energy came out of Fan Shuo's hand, and the warm light disappeared, Fan Shuo seemed to have gone through a trial, and he had no more strength, and in a daze, Fan Shuo slowly fainted and fell asleep.
When he opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him was this room.