In the southern city of Lin'an, there is a cold and dilapidated city god temple.

Due to the lack of incense, no one took care of it, so it fell into disrepair, making the temple more and more dilapidated. Everything of little value in the temple was swept away, and even the red paint on the pillars of the main hall was scraped off with a knife. Except for the crumbling ruins and broken doors and windows, all that remains is weeds and dust.

However, decay also has the benefits of decay. Although no one cares about good men and women, it has attracted many homeless beggars to settle down here.

Although the temple is broken, at least it can shelter from the wind and rain. The beggars find a corner in the hall and spread a straw mat, which can escape the heat in summer and keep out the cold in winter, which is far better than sleeping on the streets.

Over time, this temple became a "famous" beggar's residence. Ordinary people dislike its dirtiness and avoid it.

In the past few years, the Lin'an Mansion occasionally sent people to expel and disperse, but with the withering of people's livelihood, the country is in trouble, there are more and more homeless people, and there are more and more frequent visitors to the City God Temple, so that they are inexhaustible and endless.

In the past two years, the government simply ignored them, as long as these beggars did not make trouble, most of them turned a blind eye and closed one eye.

Gradually, the beggars who have lived here for a long time have formed a tacit understanding that they go out to earn a living and beg every morning, and return to the City God Temple every evening to spend the night, each with its own place, and most of them will not disturb each other.

After so many years, the City God Temple is still the City God Temple, but the poor people who live in this temple stop and go, coming and going. Almost every three or five months, some people leave and some people come in despair. However, most of the people who really live here for a long time are the old and weak women and children who are powerless.

Cold comes and summer, spring goes to autumn, this city god temple does not know how many people have been taken in, and how many people have been sent away.

Qiu Han and Ding Chou, who left Tianji Pavilion, are the "newcomers" of this City God Temple.

When Ding Chou came to the City God Temple with Liu Xunyi, it was already late, and a red sunset hung high in the sky, dividing the day and night of yin and yang into two, half of the golden black fell and half of the jade rabbit rose eastward.

Walk carefully along the crowded and narrow alleys, among the crooked beggars, looking at the men, women, and children in ragged clothes. Listening to the cry of the baby, the chaos and noise of the autumn insects chirping. Smelling rotten, moldy, disgusting unpleasant smell. The more Liu Xunyi walked, the more panicked he became, the more shocked he became, and the more he walked, the more unpleasant he became.

"Little Dingzi, this time ...... You've always lived in this kind of place?" Faced with the devastation, Liu Xunyi couldn't bear to look at it directly.

"I didn't have to worry about food and clothing in Tianji Pavilion before, but I never thought that there would be such a hungry and cold place in the world. Ding Chou showed a familiar smile at Liu Xunyi, and laughed at himself, "Dirty, messy, damp, crowded, often woken up by snakes, insects, rats and ants in the middle of the night." Hehe, I was really not used to living when I first came, but after staying for a while, I found that it didn't seem so bad here. At least...... There is a clear distinction between good and evil, good people are good, bad people are bad, you can tell at a glance. Unlike in Tianji Pavilion, on the surface, they are all righteous men and gentlemen, who share weal and woe, but behind the scenes, they are intrigued, and their means are more despicable and obscene than the other. ”

With such a miserable life, Ding Chou said it easily in a ridiculous tone, and Liu Xunyi suddenly felt a pang in his heart, and he couldn't say anything sour.

"Little Dingzi, what you just said...... It's not like it comes out of your mouth. Liu Xunyi forced himself not to pay attention to the pitiful gazes around him, and asked meaningfully, "Did Qiu Han tell you?"

"Lord Liu is worthy of Lord Liu, and I can't hide anything from you. Ding Chou smiled miserably, "Actually, there is another reason why we live here, to eliminate disasters and avoid disasters, and to make a living." ”

"This ......"

"After all, no one could have imagined that the powerful Tianji Pavilion Shaobao in the past would now be willing to become a beggar and hide in this kind of ...... A place of destitude. ”

"Just now, Chu Mao said that Qin Wei had given you some coiled ......" Liu Xunyi's heart was as confused as silk, and his words hesitated.

"When we came here, Lord Qiu couldn't bear to watch some women and children starving, so he gave them the money. It is precisely because of the generosity of Lord Qiu that the people here are willing to give up a hut for us to settle in. ”

"With Qiu Han's martial arts, why ......"

"Lord Liu, we're here. ”

Unknowingly, Ding Chou led Liu Xunyi to a hut in the backyard. The room had no windows, not even doors, except for a rag that had been picked up from nowhere to act as a curtain, barely separating the inside and the outside of the house.

When Ding Chou turned to look at Liu Xunyi, his eyes suddenly turned red.

"Little Dingzi, you are ......"

"Lord Liu, Lord Qiu, he ......" Before Ding Chou's words were finished, tears had already burst out of his eyes.

"This ......" Liu Xunyi was shocked, and a hint of foreboding arose in his heart, "What's wrong with him?"

"You'll find out when you go in. ”

After that, Ding Chou wiped the tears from his face, and then dragged him into the hut with Liu Xunyi's stunned gaze.

The sudden darkness made Liu Xunyi's eyes darken, and then, an unpleasant and pungent musty smell came to his face, causing his stomach to churn, his throat tightened, and he subconsciously held his breath.

"Isn't it...... Little Dingzi is back?"

When Liu Xunyi calmed down and adapted to the darkness, a voice like a gossamer quietly came from the corner.

"Lord Qiu, who do you see coming?"

Ding Chou was familiar with the road in the dark, and he took out half of the candle from somewhere and lit it.

Suddenly, a faint yellow lit up in the darkness, making Liu Xunyi gradually see the true face of this hut.

Sure enough, this was once a firewood house, no more than a foot in circumference, and some rotten and moldy firewood was still piled up around, and there were bursts of snakes and rats drilling from time to time.

In the southeast corner of the hut was a bed made of weeds, on which lay a bloodless man with a dying breath. Although he was unkempt and overgrown with stubble, Liu Xunyi could still identify his identity through his deep eyes, it was the former Tianji Pavilion Shaobao, Qiu Han.

When Liu Xunyi cast his unbelievable gaze on Qiu Han, Qiu Han also looked straight at Liu Xunyi with his melancholy eyes.

The moment they looked at each other, the expressions of the two changed dramatically.

The shock without words is the same emotion between the two. In addition, Liu Xunyi's eyes were full of sorrow and pity, while Qiu Han's eyes were more excited and murderous.

His killing intent was not aimed at Liu Xunyi, but hoped to use Liu Xunyi's hand to avenge himself.

"Hatred...... Brother Qiu......"

I don't know how long the silence lasted, Liu Xunyi suddenly woke up from his chaotic thoughts, rushed to the front with an arrow step, looking at Qiu Han with sad and angry eyes, and his body couldn't help but tremble violently due to the excitement in his heart.

"Brother Qiu, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Xunyi threw himself beside Qiu Han, and couldn't wait to ask repeatedly: "Where is the injury......?"

"No!"

Facing the anxious Liu Xunyi, Qiu Han's eyes were stubborn, he clenched his teeth and shook his head tremblingly.

The scene in front of him was quite weird, Qiu Han's facial features were hideous, his breath was short, and he seemed to be emotional. However, only his head kept shaking all over his body, and his torso and limbs hung down in the haystack like broken flowers and willows, as if they were out of touch with his head.

"Brother Qiu, you ......"

"Lord Qiu was seriously injured, his internal organs were all disabled, and the eight veins of the Qi Jing were completely destroyed, Lang Zhong said......" Ding Chou endured the grief in his heart and choked up, "It's a miracle that he can survive until now, he is eighty percent...... Not to survive this winter. ”

"What?"

Ding Chou's words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, which made Liu Xunyi's heart tremble and be abrupt.

"How...... How could this be?" Liu Xunyi's trembling hands gently brushed over Qiu Han's body, his eyes were red, his face was pale, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Who did it?"

"After Qin Wei expelled us from the Tianji Pavilion, he sent someone to 'escort' in the name of beauty, but in fact he sent someone to 'monitor' and drove us all the way out of Lin'an. Ding Chou recalled, "Unexpectedly, Qin Wei's people left with the front foot, and a group of black-clothed people of unknown origin killed with the back foot, they were numerous and powerful, and Brother Qiu couldn't concentrate on protecting me, and finally outnumbered the crowd......"

"What do you say...... What do you mean?" Liu Xunyi was in a trance and muttered, "What ......do you mean?" Qin Wei sent someone to ambush you?"

"We can't think of a second person but him. Ding Chou said angrily, "There can't be such a coincidence in the world." Except for Qin Wei, no one knew when we would leave Lin'an, let alone that we would appear in the woods on the outskirts of the city that day. Those men in black are well-trained, and when they saw that we didn't have half an explanation, they shot directly, and the move was fatal, as if they were prepared......"

"Wait!"

Liu Xunyi frowned, and hastily interrupted: "Since you said that those black-clothed people came prepared, then they have no reason to hurt Big Brother Qiu...... Let you go out in peace?"

"We are alive today not because of their compassion, but because of ...... Rescued. Qiu Han said intermittently, "If it weren't for someone to help, Xiao Dingzi and I would ...... It's already a dead time. ”

"Someone to help?" Liu Xunyi was taken aback, "Who is it?"

"I don't know. Qiu Han shook his head slowly, "Those people are covered in black scarves and can't recognize their faces. I only remember that the head ...... It seems to be a woman. ”

"Woman?" Liu Xunyi was stunned for a moment, his thoughts becoming more and more chaotic, "What woman, why did she save you?"

"I don't know. Qiu Han's eyes flickered, and he gradually fell into memory, "They are as mysterious as those men in black, not only did they appear without warning, but they never said a word from beginning to end, and even ignored my gratitude. ”

The more Qiu Han explained, the more confused Liu Xunyi became: "It's really a strange thing......! What did they do out of the ordinary?"

"Yes!" As for this, the corners of Qiu Han's mouth suddenly raised a bloodthirsty smile, "They are fast and ruthless, not like a simple road to see injustice and draw a knife to help." It's more like ...... He has a grudge against those men in black. ”

"How so?"

"Because the men in black who ambushed us eventually ...... None of them left alive. ”

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