The night has been dark, the blood and remnant sun in the west have already fallen, fortunately, Han Shu and Lu Zhen rushed into the city before the naked eye completely disappeared from the road, and finally entered the territory of Zizhou.

It's just that whenever I see Lu Zhen's eyes blank, I always sigh in my heart. The two found a small inn that looked fairly clean to live in, and had a simple dinner. Han Shu couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, so he was going to pull Lu Zhen to the street to take a look, although he hadn't arrived in Ziyun City yet, he had just entered Macheng in Zizhou. But Han Shu looked at it well, how magnificent this city gate was, how clean this inn was, and how delicious the food was. Lu Zhen didn't agree or refuse, and asked about Han Shu's plans for the future, Han Shu said: If you want to go to Zizhou College, aren't you also admitted, and we will be classmates in the future. Lu Zhen shook his head and said calmly: I don't want to go to Zizhou Academy, I now clearly realize that scholars, useless scholars, defenseless, can no longer protect themselves when danger comes, let alone kill, can only shed tears, if the tears can drown the enemy, but I can't do anything, I can only watch, I don't even have the courage to rush out, I want to join the sect, pick up the sword, and take revenge.

Han Shu looked at Lu Zhen, who still had a calm face after saying these words. There was nothing to say for a while. But for some reason, there was a little throbbing in my heart, especially when I heard the word murderer. Exhaled heavily, and the atmosphere froze a little for a while. Han Shu finally said: Where did you get the sword, do you have any money, I gave you the money for your stay and dinner. After saying that, I felt a little stupid, and I still didn't know how to ease the atmosphere, so I rubbed my cheeks. Lu Zhen turned his head and glanced at him, just this glance, which made Han Shu happy, no matter what, in his opinion, this glance was alive, no longer so lifeless. Make him feel like he's no longer alone. The white eyes that I felt in an instant were so pleasing to the eye that I almost didn't let Lu Zhen roll one

Lu Zhen got up and said to Han Shu: Don't you want to go out for a walk, let's go, take you to have a good look. Han Shu hurriedly followed in small steps, for fear that Lu Zhen would regret it in a blink of an eye.

Along the way, Lu Zhen didn't say anything, and kept turning left and right. Han Shu originally wanted to enjoy the night view, but there were still a lot of people on the road compared to the daytime, and the number of buildings made Han Shu look full of joy, no different from the hillbilly entering the city. But seeing that Lu Zhen didn't stop, he didn't dare to say much. After turning an unknown number of corners, I stopped at the mouth of an alley, which was relatively narrow and long, and the whole wheel was covered in darkness, and the moonlight could not penetrate at all. The people in the alley are standing or sitting, there are men and women, there are old people, there are young people, all wearing masks, in the dark of the night, what appearance can not be distinguished at all, seeing that Lu Zhen did not move, Han Shu did not dare to move, like a little daughter-in-law who had just entered her mother-in-law's house. The people in the alley seemed to be talking and crying. made Han Shu, who was already weak-hearted, want to turn around and leave immediately. It's not that I'm timid and cowardly, I haven't seen much of the world since I was a child, and I'm a poor bastard, so I don't want to make extraneous branches.

Lu Zhen looked at these people, took a deep breath, and began to say: These people have gathered here for some special reason. They may not know each other, and even if they do, they can't tell each other after wearing masks, and everyone here has their own story. Or they don't meet talents, or they don't meet people, or they linger, or they regret the past, or they hate themselves, or they are overwhelmed by the pressure of life, most of the people here are people with lofty ideals, not to mention whether they have talents, they are all people who want to live a good life.

Han Shu asked: If you have ambitions, why are you gathered here, and there are even people crying, it is futile to just say and not do it, what is the difference between hanging verbally all day long, not moving a step, and daydreaming.

Lu Zhen sighed: How do you know that they have not acted, how do you know that they are just verbally talking, how many students yearn for the officialdom of the DPRK and China, stand on the side of the king, guide the country, scholarly and angry, and scold Fang Xuan, but they don't understand the officialdom's personal contacts, don't know how to respect the superiors, don't know how to scrape the people, don't know how to follow the so-called trend, and can't end their ambitions. While listening, Han Shu was also thinking, if he didn't know how to collect the people, he would not be able to respect his superiors, let alone carry out personal exchanges. frowned tightly, and didn't talk, he hadn't heard these things in the environment he was in before, and the highest level he had been in contact with might be Mr. Teach, and Mr. Teacher didn't dare to talk about national affairs, so he couldn't understand the sadness too much. But the simple truth is still heard.

Lu Zhen suddenly felt a little angry for some reason, but he was controlling himself tightly, and said with a slight tremor in his voice: Do you know why they are wearing masks, except for retaining their last bit of dignity, I don't know how many eyes of the Shuangguan Mansion are staring at this periphery. The gathering of these people here is an injustice to reality, and to a serious case, it is disrespectful to the emperor. The government wants to watch here, as long as there are remarks that exceed the bottom line, I am afraid that none of these people and their families will survive. But how many such people are there, thousands of them, and it is impossible for the emperor to kill them one by one, so they put on masks, and the government pretended not to recognize who it was, just staring, but this is not a silent compromise.

You can also understand why they chose this location, because many years ago, there was a scholar here who was beaten to death by the descendants of the government, and the reason was because the descendants of the government took a fancy to his sister's appearance, and the temptation was not successful, and the scholar followed all the way, and was beaten to death here. Shizi's parents learned the news and wanted to go to Zizhou to sue the emperor, heh, just out of this city, he died inexplicably, the official government Sheng Chen was robbed of money by the thief when he took his name, special mother, this kind of words, really have the face to say it, not to mention whether there are bandits now, just the poor old man, a dress that can only avoid the body, the bandits will rob it? Are the bandits blind? Lu Zhen's emotions have been a little out of control, but he still clutches his clothes tightly, and he doesn't dare to let his voice be heard by a third person.

Han Shu stood aside and stopped talking, Lu Zhen calmed down after a while, and cleared his throat: You were born in a remote Liangzhou, isn't it a kind of luck. As soon as the words fell, Lu Zhen turned his head and walked out, Han Shu followed and walked out, without saying anything all the way, the two returned to the inn.