Chapter 28: A Different Way of Living
This is the right way, this is common sense!
Which owner of the wooden bell is not eloquent? This time, there should be no exception.
The pacification envoy was not idle: "Order, in addition to closing the city gate, send six people to search the nearby official road to prevent the little beggar from escaping with the treasure." β
He interrogated the murderer of the City Lord's Mansion case, and after the other party tasted torture, in addition to confessing his guilt, he also confessed to the clues of treasures. So the pacification envoy also knew that the treasures that the emperor of Liang Guo was worried about now were likely to fall into the hands of a small servant.
This group of black-clothed people even killed the city lord, not to mention the means and resourcefulness, but they failed to catch the little beggar even two or three times.
"I'm afraid this little thing is not simple. "I suspect that he borrowed the power of the treasure to escape again and again. β
The boy was slightly moved. This man is very powerful, and he speaks as if he had seen it himself.
"What do you mean, my lord?" asked his henchman.
"Spread the word to the land temple in the west of the city, whoever sends that treasureβ" The voice of the pacifier was full of anger,
"-Kill!"
The henchman took the order and left.
This is the end of the voice relayed by the ghost-faced nest spider.
In the grove, a man and a cat were speechless.
The boy kept his face calm and dismissed the idea of going to the Land Temple to deliver something.
Chitose's smiling face also fell, and he said stupidly: "Forget it." Since the other party is determined to take the life of the little mute, he will not give him a chance to speak, and of course, he will not speak. If he died, she would be locked up for a long time.
It's a pity that her great opportunity has to be let go so lightly. "Looks like I'll have to find someone else. β
This appeasement envoy is really stupid to death!
The boy stared at her, curious.
He had a question on his mind. Chitose didn't like him so much, why did she have to help him again and again, wouldn't it be better to let him die at the hands of the man in black?
Chitose read his eyes and sneered: "Of course your little life is not worth a penny." But...... If your contract with the wooden bell is not terminated voluntarily, but forcibly terminated because of your death. Speaking of this, she couldn't help grinding her teeth, her eyes full of resentment, "It will be closed for a hundred years before it can confess the Lord again! I don't have that much time to spend - hey, what kind of eyes are you looking at?"
The boy suddenly realized.
It's no wonder that Chitose dislikes him while still protecting him and watching his life, because if he dies before the contract is terminated, she will be sealed for another hundred years.
She must have had an extraordinary past, but now she is trapped in a wooden bell and has to breathe with him to share her fate.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but reach out and touch the back of the cat's neck to show comfort.
The softness and fineness of the hand made him can't help but stroke it twice. In fact, after listening to the words of the appeasement envoy, he was more glad in his heart. If people want to kill him, he doesn't have to go to the Land Temple, and he can leave the wooden bell with peace of mind. Things are easy to move on, and this is not a disappointment to Zhu Lian's entrustment.
The presence of the wooden bell and Chitose opened a door in front of him, and there seemed to be no possibility at the other end of the door.
Those possibilities contrasted his original ignorant life into a bleak one.
He was still young and didn't know the word "ambition", but he knew that he had a chance to live in a different way.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that he didn't want to lose.
The white cat shuddered, and when he was about to scratch him, he retracted his hand.
"Don't touch me!" she was furious.
The boy pointed to his throat and quickly changed the subject. The first wish has been earned, when will Chitose start treating him?
"Don't worry. She didn't look at him, and since she couldn't catch anyone, she sharpened her claws on the tree, "Did your voice go dumb in a day?"
He shook his head, forgetting that the cat was in the basket. But Chitose seemed to be able to see his movements: "Well, it's not a day to be cured." β
In fact, the boy's original intention was that his voice was bad since he was sensible, and he couldn't remember anything from there.
Chitose urged him: "Hurry up, the pacification envoy has already sent someone to arrest you." β
An eight-year-old mute, his physique and features are too conspicuous, and he must either go fast or leave the official road, or he will soon catch up.
But if you copy the country road, one is slow, and the other is unsafe. Chitose looked down at him and said in disgust: "The legs are so short, you can't run fast, you have to find a substitute." Hmm, do you know how to ride a horse?"
The boy shook his head.
Although he had lived in the old inn for a few days, he had never even touched a horse, so how could he ride?
The white cat licked its paws: "Let's go, get a horse." β
In the wilderness, where to get a horse? Even in the Yicheng market, the price of a horse is several taels of silver.
A person and a cat glanced at each other, and they all had answers.
The forest is halfway up the hill, and from here you can see the procession out of the city. The boy squinted in the direction of the city gate, and suddenly stretched out his hand.
Chitose was a little surprised: "Pick a target so quickly?"
It's very efficient.
She saw that the group to which the boy was referring consisted of seven or eight horsemen, guarding the two carriages in the middle. The knights on the horses were all sturdy men who looked athletic. As for the two carriages, they were covered with gray-green curtains.
"It seems that the difficulty is not low. "This kid, why don't you start with the old, weak, sick and disabled?
The boy suddenly smiled at her, his smile full of flattery and ...... Calculate.
The white fur of the cat's body stood on end, and it felt a deep malice.
"What are you going to do!"
......
The six-year-old son of Mr. Xu, a wealthy businessman in Yicheng, looked out of the car window, and his eyes were full of excitement.
His father had promised to send him to play at his grandmother's Zhuangzi, but Yicheng was unexpectedly closed for several days. Today, in Kaesong, he went to his father's place to make a few coquettish sounds, and a convoy escorted him out.
Master Xu only sent his youngest son's nurse and personal maid to go with him today. The front and rear of the convoy are the Xu family's nursing homes, Zhuangzi is less than twenty miles away from here, and the son has made many trips, and it is very safe.
The car went slowly and steadily. The nurse had just fed a piece of lotus cake to his mouth, when the roof of the car suddenly "clicked" and dented a shape.
If a heavy object falls, could it be a thief who robs the road?
The nurse's hand shook, and the lotus flower cake fell, but Young Master Xu looked out the window.
"The young master can't help it, it's dangerous!"
Young Master Xu knocked her hand off and said impatiently, "Shut up!"
He probed early, and saw a white cat jump from the roof of the car, crouching in the grass on the edge of the official road and licking its paws. The fur on its body was snow-white and neat, each one at least an inch long, and even reflected a faint golden light in the slanting sun.
This cat is so beautiful! Young Master Xu stared at him and stretched out his hand: "Catch it!"