Chapter 18: Death

Spring is coming, the earth is revived, and all things are awakened.

In the dilapidated streets of the 'ghetto', a young man dressed as a black feather in a black coat with a golden feather embroidered with gold thread on the chest of the coat and a long sword hanging from his waist was heading forward.

The pedestrians on the street, when they saw the man, all looked respectful, carefully avoided it, and moved the entire center of the street out of the way.

For the inhabitants of the 'slums', the Black Feather Guards are big shots.

The young man was Zhang Tie, and after becoming the Black Feather Guard, he couldn't wait to leave the training camp and prepare to go home.

As a member of the training camp, Zhang Tie has a period of time every month and can arrange freely.

For more than a year, Zhang Tie has not left the training camp.

He entered the training camp in order to become a black feather guard! Not a black feather guard, he felt that he had no face to go home!

As soon as he became a black feather guard, he couldn't wait to rush in the direction of his home.

Seeing the children in the 'slums' looking at him, respect mixed with envy, Zhang Tie felt that life was really wonderful for a while.

Two years ago, he was no different from those children!

But now, he is also a strong man among the Black Feather Guards!

Soon, Zhang Tie returned to the front of his small courtyard and opened the door of the small courtyard with excitement.

I haven't been home for two years, and the crooked-necked willow tree in the small courtyard is pumping new shoots. The stone locks under the trees and the tables in the yard were already covered with dust.

Zhang Tie's gaze kept staring at a very small room on the left side of the courtyard.

After a long time, he walked into the room.

There is not much space in the room, and there is a table with two tablets enshrined on the table, and the top of the row is engraved: "Father's Tomb, Mother's Tomb", and a line of small characters is engraved below: "Zizhang Tieli".

This small room holds his parents' tablets!

It may have been too long since it was cleaned, and the room was already full of dust.

Zhang Tie shook his head, fetched a basin of water, and carefully cleaned the inside of the room.

After a while, the room instantly became different, without a trace of dust, clean and tidy.

The incense of the two tablets was refilled, and Zhang Tie knelt on the ground.

"Daddy, mother, the child has become a black feather guard!"

After finishing speaking, he knocked three times and kowtowed three times.

Inside his head, the parents' originally vague faces gradually became clear. Whether it is his father or mother, he has loved him very much since he was a child.

Zhang Tie's childhood was very happy.

With loving parents, parents are also powerful black feather guards. Even living in the 'slums', Zhang Tie's childhood was colorful.

Until one day, when the news of his parents' death came, Zhang Tie felt that his world had collapsed!

For the pointing and pointing of the people around him, Zhang Tie swore that he must be like his parents and become a black feather guard!

No one knows what pressure Zhang Tie has been under in his heart over the years!

No one knows how a thirteen-year-old boy spent two years in the training camp alone.

Zhang Tie knelt on the ground and told his parents about his days in the training camp.

Talking about his fears, his fears and insecurities.

How could he not be afraid of blood. If he wants to kill the prisoner with his own hands, how can he feel at ease?

He was also afraid, fearful.

In front of his parents, he unloaded his superficial strength and stretched out all his inner emotions!

As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.

After a long time, Zhang Tie wiped away his tears, kowtowed a few times again, and said to the two tablets: "Daddy, don't worry, my son has become a black feather guard, and among the black feather guards, he can be regarded as powerful." Don't worry, I'll be able to live well!"

He knew that when his parents were still alive, they never mentioned to him about the Black Feather Guards. It is hoped that Zhang Tie can spend his life in peace.

Since he has embarked on this road, Zhang Tie will definitely insist on going on!

After staying at home for a day, Zhang Tie went out.

He bought a lot of things and rushed to Uncle Li's house.

After his parents passed away, Uncle Li took too much care of him. If it weren't for the 'quenching fluid' given by Uncle Li, he would not have become a Black Feather guard so early.

For Uncle Li, he is very grateful in his heart!

Uncle Li's home is not in the 'slums'. He didn't have a family, and lived alone in an ordinary neighborhood in Duanmu City.

According to his memory, Zhang Tie found a relatively old building and walked in. If I'm not mistaken, Uncle Li should have lived in it.

"I hope Uncle Li is at home!"

The Black Feather Guards either serve the powerful or are free to take on missions to earn money. After Zhang Tie became the Black Feather Guard, he realized that in fact, the Black Feather Guard's need for money was greater than that of ordinary people!

Weapons, cheats, etc., are astronomical.

Otherwise, his family would not have had to buy a small courtyard house in the 'slum'!

He was worried that Uncle Li was not at home now.

Knock! Knock!

Finding the door in his memory, Zhang Tie knocked on it. After a moment, Zhang Tie frowned, and there was no reaction inside.

Isn't Uncle Li at home?

Knock! Knock!

Zhang Tie, who did not give up, continued to beat, and there was no response in the room for a long time.

"It looks like Uncle Li is really not at home!"

Seeing that there was no response in the room, when Zhang Tie was about to turn around and leave, Uncle Li pushed the door open a small crack in the room next door, and a small head poked out of the small crack.

"Wait a minute!"

Zhang Tie stopped, pointed at himself with his finger, and asked, "Are you calling me?"

"Uh-huh!"

The little head was like a chicken pecking rice, and it nodded its little head. Then he asked Zhang Tie, "Is your name Zhang Tie?"

"Hey, how do you know my name?"

Zhang Tie walked towards the room and looked curiously at the little girl who poked her head out.

"Come in, sir!"

The little girl leaned out half of her body and looked around, seeing that there was no one else nearby, she pushed the door of the house open and spoke to Zhang Tie.

"Good!"

Zhang Tie nodded his head and walked into the little girl's room.

As soon as he entered the house, Zhang Tie first smelled a strong smell of medicine. Immediately afterwards, I saw two boys about ten years old sitting in the hall of the house.

After Zhang Tie entered the house, the eyes of the two little boys looking at Zhang Tie were full of envy!

"Ahem!ahem!ahem!"

There was a coughing sound coming from one of the rooms in the house, and it was a woman.

"Sit down, sir!"

The girl welcomed Zhang Tie into the house, closed the door, let Zhang Tie sit next to the two little boys, turned around and walked into the house!

After a while, the girl came out with a suitcase.

Zhang Tie looked at the girl, the clothes on her body were a little shabby, her figure was thin, and she looked like she was twelve or thirteen years old.

The girl put down the box in her hand, then stared at Zhang Tie with a pair of big eyes, and asked, "Isn't it true that the adult is Zhang Tie?"

Zhang Tie nodded.

"This is what Uncle Li next door asked me to give to you!"

As he spoke, he handed the box to Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie took the box and opened it with some curiosity. There was nothing but a letter in the box.

Zhang Tie picked up the letter suspiciously, and when he saw that the mark on the letter had not moved, he knew that the letter had not been opened.

When I opened the letter, I saw lines of font. That's right, it was Uncle Li's who wrote it, and he knew Uncle Li's handwriting.

"Zhang Tie, when you read this letter, I am no longer alive......"

Rumble!

Zhang Tie felt like a thunderbolt in his mind, and the whole person stood up from the chair at once, squeezed the letter tightly, and asked the little girl next to him: "Uncle Li...... Is he dead?"

The little girl lowered her head and nodded.

"How did you die?"

A hint of coldness flashed in Zhang Tie's eyes, and his voice was as cold as ice!

"I ...... I don't know!"

The little girl was frightened by Zhang Tie, her little face turned pale, and her voice became a little choked.

Zhang Tie stood and continued to look at the letter in his hand.

"Don't go into it, how I died. The last time I saw you, I was seriously injured. Knowing that my life was short, I exchanged all my savings for a bottle of 'quenching solution' for you.

However, I don't know if I'm doing the right thing.

After all, your parents don't really want you to be a Blackfeather Guard!

You are a strong child, you don't want to live the way your parents arranged for you, you want to become a Black Feather Guard, and the last thing I can help you with is to let you join the Black Feather Guard Training Camp as soon as possible.

By the time you read this letter, you should have already been a Black Feather Guard. I believe you can succeed, you are Zhang Zhidong's son!

There is one thing that I have been thinking about for a long time. In the end, I decided to tell you. As a child, you should at least know the real cause of death of your parents!

Yes, your parents didn't die because of the mission. Rather, he was forced to die!

And the person who persecuted your parents was the Wang family, one of the most powerful people in Duanmu City!

Remember, the Wang family has a big business, even the Black Feather guards don't know how much, don't go to seek revenge!

Whether it's me or your parents, I definitely don't want to see you die at the hands of the Wang family for them!

If they know that you are the son of Zhang Zhidong and his wife, and you have become a black feather guard, they will definitely find a way to get rid of you!

Finally, if you can, help me take care of the little girl who handed the things to you, he's also a poor kid, that's all!"

After reading this letter, Zhang Tie's parents flashed in his mind, and there seemed to be a burning flame in his heart!

His parents were actually forced to die!

Originally, I thought that they died because of the mission! As a black feather guard, I can't blame anyone for dying under the mission! Since we have embarked on this road, we must be prepared to die at any time!

Black Feather Guard, it's not a safe title!

If his parents die because of the task, Zhang Tie must accept it, that is the path chosen by his parents!

However, he was forced to die!

He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and said slowly: "Uncle Li, don't worry! If my strength is not enough, I will never be sent to death!"

After staying in the training camp for so long, although Zhang Tie didn't know everything about the magnates in Duanmu City, he knew a rough idea.

There are many powerful people in Duanmu City, and the Wang family belongs to the highest-level powerful family except for the City Lord's Mansion.

The Wang family monopolized the entire Duanmu City, and all the mines were intended!

Duanmu City is a city with a population of hundreds of thousands, not to mention that the black feather guards in Duanmu City need weapons, even ordinary residents also have great requirements for iron tools and other products.

And whether it's weapons, iron tools, etc., you need to mine ore!

It can be seen from this how powerful the Wang family is!

If the strength is not strong enough, how can the Wang family monopolize such an important industry?

And that's not even the scariest of all.

The most terrifying thing is that it is rumored that in Duanmu City, in addition to the City Lord's Mansion, the second-level powerful families all practice immortal law!

What is the Immortal Law?

During this time in the training camp, Zhang Tie had a general understanding.

Let's not talk about the power of the immortal law, people who cultivate the immortal law have a much longer lifespan than ordinary people!

Take his own backstage Lord Liu as an example, it is said that Lord Liu has been in charge of the training camp since the establishment of the training camp!

The bootcamp has been established for more than 100 years now!

Lord Liu looks like a middle-aged man!

Immortal methods that can prolong lifespan, are they ordinary things?

There are too many rumors about the immortal law. Most of the people in the training camp have not seen it either, and it is all hearsay.

As the top powerful family, Zhang Tie believes that there must be someone in the Wang family who practices immortal law!

This is what makes Zhang Tie feel the most terrifying.

He didn't know how powerful the immortal law was. The unknown is the most terrifying!

He stood there and thought for a long time, until the coughing sound in the room became stronger and stronger, and then he came to his senses.

Then I saw the little girl walking out of the room where the coughing sound was coming out of a ceramic jar.

The source of that strong medicinal smell is the ceramic jar.

"Who's in the room?"

Zhang Tie asked curiously, Uncle Li said that if he could, he would help the little girl, and Zhang Tie would naturally help.

"My mother!"

"What's wrong with your mother?"

"I'm sick!"

"Why don't you go to the doctor?"

"Look, it takes a lot of money to cure. My dad passed away at work, and the monthly allowance was only enough for our family of four to feed our stomachs, so I had to keep my mom at home!"

The girl lowered her head as she spoke.

"How much does it cost to cure your mother?"

If you want to help, you will help to the end. Zhang Tie was about to pay to cure the little girl's parents, so he asked.

"Five hundred taels of silver!"

Zhang Tie thought for a while, took out a small bag from his arms, took out a small golden fragment from it, handed it to the little girl, and said, "Here are six taels of gold, cure your mother, and give him some nutrition by the way!"

One tael of gold is equal to one hundred taels of silver, and six taels of gold is six hundred taels of silver.

"Ah......h

The little girl's eyes were filled with tears, and she pulled her two younger brothers over and kowtowed to Zhang Tie a few times!

In the small courtyard of the 'slum', Zhang Tie placed a newly carved tablet next to his parents' tablet, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed three times.

Find a child from the 'slum' and give him a tael of silver every month, so that he can come here every day to clean it, and don't let the three tablets break the incense.

After arranging these, Zhang Tie left the 'slum'.