Chapter 45: A Place Outside the Law

After returning to the palace, Si Ming's thoughts were surging.

Why did Zheng Ergou come all the way to say this to himself? Is it really just out of kindness? No, it won't. No one can be so stupid.

Yesterday's Ah Zhong and today's Si Ming have forgotten how to write the word kindness.

He couldn't figure it out, and the tense nerves he had been tense for days made him have a splitting headache. Zheng Ergou's words worked, and he became uneasy.

He suddenly asked loudly, "Where will the four families be?"

The relatives next to him said: "On the orders of the prince, they all perform their duties and inspect the house." ”

Simaki was a little relieved.

As soon as the strings in the heart are loosened, people are tired. He leaned against the desk, confused.

But at this moment, a cold wind hit, and Siming woke up violently, shouting, "Sword...... Where's my sword?"

He took the sword again, and he fell asleep groggily.

The dream is bizarre. He dreamed that he was sailing on the sea, sometimes being thrown into the air, sometimes being swept into the abyss. In the waves were the faces of countless strangers, who said to him, "It is better to go back, it is better to go back!"

He drew his sword and slashed it in all directions. For he saw a castle rising on the distant horizon. That was his goal, and he had to stick to it.

The waves in the sea suddenly turned into pages, and the sound of the waves came "Zi said: Learn and learn from time to time, not to mention ......"

He threw away his sword and prayed to the sky, "Let them stop!"

Siming suddenly found that this was Huangzhou City, and the flames were burning.

He woke up to find that the sunlight had fallen diagonally on his desk.

Simon quietly clenched the sword in his arms. The surroundings were quiet, just as usual. The "extrajudicial land order" has been in effect since childhood. People don't really kill each other, do they?

A cold sweat ran down his face.

Finally, Siming plucked up his courage and called in a dry voice, "Someone is coming, ......"

A pro-soldier came quickly, knelt down on one leg and said, "Here!"

Just this one word made the stone in Siming's heart put down. He let out a sigh of relief, "It's okay. ”

He suddenly felt a little amused. It's the equivalent of telling a sheep: You can eat people at will. But will the sheep eat it? Not at all. Because sheep eat grass. Even if you put your hand in its mouth, it won't take a bite.

I was still panicking for a moment, which was really unseemly.

Here, Simaki makes two common-sense mistakes: First, sheep in some cases not only bite people, but also eat people. Second, the people are not sheep.

The soldiers wanted to go down, but he suddenly waved his hand and said, "Slow, prepare a set of civilian clothes." I'm going out. ”

Siming changed into a royal blue satin shirt and a azure crane pattern jacket, then took a folding fan, and walked out of the secret passage in a dashing manner.

He wants to pay a private visit and go to the street to see if there is any situation.

When he first entered the palace, his subordinates told him that pork stuffed buns were sold for three dollars of silver. But he always knew that the eldest son of two pennies could buy six.

When people are in the house, it is easy to listen to and believe partially, and if they want to know something, they will go outside to inquire about it, which is his habit.

The streets were full of people, and everything was the same as before, without any difference. Siming was in a good mood, bought three steamed buns stuffed with pork and green onions, drank a bowl of Babao Gaiwan catechu in the teahouse, and then slowly walked forward. He still has to go to the theater troupe to listen to the play. I've been so tired lately, so let's relax today.

At this moment, he suddenly saw a man pointing at a peddler and scolding: "You thief who deserves a thousand cuts! Lao Tzu has told you hundreds of times that you are not allowed to set up a stall here, and you are still fucking sore! Are you deaf or have sores in your head? You speak, you speak!"

The peddler's clothes were disheveled, his teeth clenched into his lower lip, and his eyes were on fire.

But the errand officer was still not enough, and a slap was scraped on the face, and a handprint floated.

There are more and more people, and they have fire in their eyes.

I don't know who shouted: "This place is already outside the law, and you don't have to pay for your life if you kill someone!"

The servant craned his neck: "Fart, you people dare to ......" Before he finished speaking, his voice was broken. Because a fist was smashed into his mouth. Not one punch, but dozens of punches.

The officer soon lost his words, and after a while he lost his breath.

Si Ming just smiled, this kind of thing happens every day, it's not worth making a fuss. However, someone just mentioned the "place outside the law", which made him feel a little disgusted. He secretly thought that when he returned home, he would send a sergeant to arrest everyone on this street.

Killing someone is no joke. A squad of sergeants patrolling the streets soon arrived. The chief asked, "Whose hand did it?"

The crowd was silent.

The chief waved his hand and said, "Don't say it, do you?" "If it's in normal times, it's a morning guy. But at this moment, it was as if he had been under a fixation spell, and he didn't move at all.

The commander repeated, "I say, arrest them!"

I saw that the vanguard suddenly looked back and said: "Jiang Tou'er, I ask you something on behalf of the brothers: Where did you get the pension money for Hou Laosi and Lin Ada?"

"What do you mean?"

"It doesn't mean anything. No one in the whole team knew that you had withheld military rations, and you were greedy for the silver that those two people had exchanged for their lives. On weekdays, you are an official, and we are afraid of you. But now there is no royal law on the boundary of Huangzhou, and it is okay for us to kill people. So ......"

"Brothers, I ...... I'll give you money......"

"Useless ......" the soldiers turned their fingers, "that dirty money can't buy your life!"

The spear pierced through his chest, stained red with blood.

The evil spirit in people's hearts has finally been hooked out.

Siming was suddenly horrified to find that everyone around him was fighting each other like crazy.

Back to the palace, only there is the safest!

But as soon as he turned around, he saw puffs of smoke rising over the palace.

He reacted extremely quickly, immediately stripped off his gorgeous coat, smeared some dirt on his face, raised his fist, and blended into the raging crowd.

A bonfire is blazing. Zheng Ergou, who is a fire worshipping monk, knelt in front of him and prayed. By the way, his current Dharma name is Metta.

"O Supreme Lord, I did everything I could to save a friend, but failed. I beg you to show him the utmost mercy and set him free!"

With that, he pulled out a bloody ring knife.

Behind him were more than a dozen tall and vicious monks, and Ciguang ordered: "Go, let's open the killing ring." ”

Lying on the ground are the corpses of the monks of the Great Thanksgiving Temple.

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A hundred steps outside the borders of the land outside the law. There was a faint shout in the wind and sand, and before they arrived in Huangzhou City, people met each other. Liu Banxian stood in the wind, full of grief and unwillingness. During this time, he mediated between the various sects, either through letters or in person, in an attempt to persuade them to settle outside the law.

However, the dignified and decent, without exception, chose to watch from the wall. Including the Kunlun faction that he still regards as his home.

Is there still salvation in such martial arts? Is there still justice in such rivers and lakes?

Liu Banxian didn't expect an answer, he wanted to do what he thought was right.

Fortunately, there are still two children by his side, which gives him some hope. But he won't let them go along. It's getting dark, and they still have a long way to go.

"Li Remnant!"

"In vain!"

"In my capacity as the head of the sect, I order that you be expelled from the sect immediately. Thou shalt not come after me. Li Yan, do you understand?"