02 The burly old man
As soon as Tie Liangshan came out of the gate, suddenly a sword aura attacked, and Tie Liangshan immediately rolled and dodged, not forgetting to protect Gongzi tightly in his arms.
On the thatched roof, a black-clothed assassin was armed with a soft sword, neither yin nor yang, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.
Tie Liangshan is like a great enemy, and is the top assassin of the royal spy organization "Yellow Sparrow".
The black-clothed assassin smiled slightly, his voice soft and sharp, extremely harsh.
Tie Liangshan has a horizontal sword in his chest, always on guard.
The black-clothed assassin mocked: "It's just a coachman who wants to elope with the prince's concubine, oh yes, she's still a spy in the Southern Tang Dynasty, you're really tired of being crooked." ”
Tie Liangshan snorted coldly, "It's not a man or a woman, don't want to spew blood, Mrs. was framed, and when the prince returns, he will return justice to Mrs. ”
The black-clothed assassin laughed and said, "Lady Menzi is just a Dalit traitor, and on the orders of His Royal Highness the Prince, the two of them were killed on the spot." Tie Liangshan thought that the two of us have some friendship, and I will give you a chance to atone for the crime and kill those two sluts, I will intercede with the master of the door and spare your life. ”
Tieliangshan was unmoved.
The woman stepped forward and retorted with awe-inspiring righteousness: "If I am really a spy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, why did you kill me directly without trial, it is not to kill people and kill people." The queen stole the talisman, and the prince transferred troops, which was a conspiracy. If you are faithful to the prince, and when the prince comes back and hand me over to the prince for interrogation, you will surely return me justice. ”
The black-clothed assassin smiled softly, extremely cold, "The slut who is honest and slutty, it is really a slut who can speak well and can fascinate the prince, since ancient times, the monk and the lowly life have not intermarried, and it must be a little capable to let the prince make an exception for you." Leave your words to Hades and go. ”
The black-clothed assassin turned his head and squinted at Tie Liangshan, and sneered: "Stupid thing, if you are given a way to live, you will go to a dead end, which of the dead soldiers who defected to the palace can live?"
Tie Liangshan's back suddenly chilled, he knew that it was his own reason that caused the whereabouts of his wife and son to be exposed, and there must be some kind of clue on his body that was tracked by the "Yellow Sparrow". Tie Liangshan didn't have time to think deeply, and shouted, "Madam, take the son to run, I'll take it here." ”
The black-clothed assassin sneered, "It's not too stupid, I know that I attracted the pursuers, but it's up to you to think that I can carry thousands of iron horsemen by myself." ”
Before the words fell, the soft sword was like a poisonous snake that hit the life gate of Tieliang Mountain.
Tie Liangshan drew his sword out, and the two were entangled together.
The woman carried the young man to the west, the smoke and dust were billowing in the east, and a large number of iron horses were coming, and the young man's eyes always fell on the iron uncle who was not very tall but like a mountain, and some people were separated for a lifetime.
The young man's eyes were reluctant, desperately remembering Uncle Tie's back, remembering that this was Langjia Lane.
The young man struggled to land, and said obediently: "Mother, I have the strength to eat half a steamed bun, I will run down, don't hold it." ”
The woman had no time to think, put the boy down, took the young man's hand tightly, and ran through the alleys of the house. She didn't dare to think about what to do next, she didn't know if she could see the sun tomorrow, and she didn't know how Tieliang Mountain would end?
After running desperately for two quarters of an hour, the young man fainted due to exhaustion, and the woman picked up the young man with white lips, and ran away without having time to check the young man's body.
In an instant, the alley was surrounded by the iron riders of the Black Dog Battalion like an iron bucket.
The woman hid in a deserted hut and was silent, and it was only a matter of time before she was caught.
Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside the house, and the woman did not dare to move, but dared to stare at her beautiful eyes and hold her breath.
Outside the door, a burly old man, leading a thin yellow horse with a wine gourd pinned to his waist, seemed to be tired, sat under the eaves, took off the shabby gourd and drank a big drink.
The woman thought twice, struggled to get up, and opened the door, her eyes like water, and she was pitiful.
When the old man heard the sound, he put down the gourd, turned his head to look, and the woman reluctantly put down the young man in her arms, and her beautiful eyes and tears were scattered all over the ground like beads with broken threads.
The woman decisively knelt on the ground, pressed her left hand on her right hand, and slowly kowtowed to the ground, and the burly old man slowly got up, "This lady, why do you make such a heavy salute to the old man and torment the old man." ”
The woman slowly raised her head and said solemnly: "The slave family knows that he will die today, but he begs the old gentleman to save my son's life." ”
The burly old man took off the wine gourd, took a sip of wine, and said calmly: "Could it be that the people captured by the soldiers in the city are the lady and the son." ”
The woman nodded, and bowed again: "The slave family knows that entrusting my son to you will make the old gentleman worry about his life, but my son is still young, and the slave family is really reluctant to let him die now." I beg the old gentleman to forgive the slave for being reckless, as long as he can live, I will die without regrets. ”
The burly old man slowly got up and helped the woman up, "Madam, the old man is just a person who has most of his body into the loess, if you believe in the old man, the old man will give up this rotten life and save the child." The old man is dying, and your son is fine. ”
The woman was about to bow again, but was stopped by the burly old man, who sighed, "Look at your child again." ”
The woman's eyes suddenly cried dry and surging down like a river bursting its embankment, but her expression was unprecedentedly resolute, and she handed the young man in green shirt into the hands of the burly old man, and immediately turned around and ran away, just
The old man vaguely saw a drop of blood and tears falling from the woman's beautiful eyes, as dazzling as bright rouge.
Suddenly, the young man in the green shirt woke up from his dream and called loudly: "Mother, don't go." ”
Inside the ruined temple, there were only burly old men, young men in green shirts stained with mud, and a roaring fire.
The young man's cheeks were mottled with tears, and he was silent when he woke up, but he looked into the distance stupidly, and his bright eyes seemed to see his mother who had been missing for a long time.
In fact, the boy's last memory of his mother stayed before fainting, and the rest of the things were all told by the old man, and just a few words built a clear picture in the boy's dream.
The burly old man just drank heavily, and the young man hadn't spoken for three days since he woke up, not even asking if his mother was alive. The burly old man didn't say much, he knew that the young man was protecting himself, he didn't know the answer, and he could still retain a little hope, if he knew the answer, it would be even more painful.
The next day, it snowed heavily.
Snowflakes flutter like dandelions in the sky, and like light smoke, fluttering, rising and falling in the vast forest.
The burly old man led a thin old horse to walk slowly on the ethereal snow road, the young man in the green shirt bit his frozen purple lips tightly and followed slowly, the cloth shoes under his feet were already worn, the exposed toes were as black as the muddy path, and a trace of blood oozing from the chilblains could be faintly seen.
The two of them did not have the slightest verbal exchange along the way, and when it was time to eat, the old man casually threw out a steamed bun that was as hard as a stone, and let the steamed bun fall to the ground, the young man gently picked up the dirty steamed bun, stuffed it directly into his mouth, and bit it hard, crunchy, and people who don't know it may think that this is a delicacy. However, it is not impossible to say that it is a delicacy of the mountains and seas, and the most delicious taste in the world is hunger.
The gloomy clouds gradually dissipated, and the boy saw the sun for the first time in his twentieth year, the sun was shining brightly, and the snow was getting whiter.
The boy couldn't help but slow down, the sun shone on his body and felt less cold, and his body that was frozen unconscious gradually had a trace of warmth, and together with a lifeless heart, he began to burst out with a trace of life. The boy who walked the dead for more than 20 days slowly woke up, and once his consciousness was clear, the pain hit the boy's heart like an avalanche, and finally he stumbled, and the boy in green shirt fainted on the road covered with thick snow, and a touch of sunlight shone on the eight-year-old boy, colorful.
The burly old man gently picked up the young man, took out a clean towel from the package, gently wiped the young man's cheeks, and changed the young man into a clean but huge shirt. ”
After a long time, the boy felt a warm liquid flow into his lips, and slowly opened his eyes, realizing that it was the old man feeding him fish soup. The young man pushed away the old man's worn-out wooden bowl with a mottled vermilion lacquer surface, and most of the fish soup was spilled, and the old man looked distressed and did not blame the young man.
The young man bit his lips tightly under the roasting of the fire, which were no longer purple and still sickly white, blood oozed out, and his appearance was not scary, nor did he look like a child, his eyes stared at the old man: "Why do you want to save me?"
The old man took off the gourd on his waist and took a sip of wine, "Entrusted by someone." ”
The young man struggled to get up, and a very incongruous suit was scattered all over the ground: "Is my mother still alive?"
The old man was silent and took a sip of wine.
The young man was also silent, his long narrow eyes revealed a vicious look that should not be there at this age, and a pure murderous aura spread, and before the young man knew it, the breath of the mountains and forests changed accordingly, and the birds and beasts scattered, all of which were murderous.
The young man in the green shirt looked into the distance, and the earth was vast, just like his state of mind at this time, pale and powerless. Although the old man was silent, he had already told him the answer, in fact, in his heart, he had always known the answer, but he was unwilling to face it.
My mother died.
Uncle Tie is dead.
I want to live and let the world know that Xu Tianran is here to seek justice for my mother.