Satsuki became a mystery.

Who is she? Where does she come from? What does she have to do with the man in black who killed Enshin? Why does she seem weak and yet extremely cruel? Why did she leave so suddenly?

All this planted deep doubts in my mind.

However, what I couldn't have imagined at that time, and what I didn't dare to imagine, was that the later Satsuki would become the most important woman in my life.

No matter who she is, no matter what she does, no matter how many years have passed, Satsuki's name will be deeply imprinted in my heart.

Can't erase!

After confirming that we had escaped from Satsuki's control, Li Xiaoqian and I set out on our way to the Shaolin Temple again. The night of horror made our already nervous mood even more worried.

We have to rush to Anji County before dark, buy two fast horses there, and strive to get to Shaolin Temple as soon as possible, complete the task assigned to us by YTO, and then return to Lin'an as soon as possible.

Although, it's just called Lin'an.

When we came to Anji, we were sadly surprised to find that we couldn't see a horse, not even a donkey.

Li Xiaoqian grabbed a pedestrian and asked politely: "Big brother, where can I buy a horse?"

The man seemed to hear a big joke and said, "What did you say? buy a horse?!"

Li Xiaoqian said: "Yes, buy a horse!"

The man suddenly sneered and said, "You might as well go buy someone!"

I got angry and said, "We're not buying people! We're going to buy horses!"

The man said, "The horses have been requisitioned by the government, where are the horses?"

Li Xiaoqian asked: "Why does the government want to levy horses? Is it going to fight with the Jin State?"

The man took a sip and said, "Fighting?! The imperial court still has the heart to fight?! I heard that the imperial court was afraid that the people would form an army privately, so they took all the horses away, and the people were forbidden to raise horses in the future!"

Li Xiaoqian asked: "Then what should we do if we need mounts when we go out?"

The man said, "What are you doing with your long feet?" ”

I don't understand where this person's anger comes from, and the tone of his speech is very unfriendly. I was about to reason with him, but Li Xiaoqian pulled me away.

I asked, "What are you pulling me for? Look at the tone of the man's voice, isn't he looking for a beating?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "The key issue now is to find the horse, not to find fault. ”

I asked again, "Where to find the horses?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "Didn't you listen to him, the horses were all requisitioned by the government." ”

I was shocked and said, "You want to rob the official mansion?!"

The tragedy of Yandang Mountain reappeared in my mind. Provoking the government is undoubtedly a dead end. But Li Xiaoqian didn't think so, he said: "Do you really want to walk to Shaolin Temple?"

I said, "After crossing the Huai River, we will be able to buy horses when we reach the territory of the Jin Kingdom!"

Li Xiaoqian did not speak again. He turned his head in a direction that I didn't know where to go, and I asked, "Where are you going?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "It's going to be dark, go rob the horse!"

"Damn!" I scolded. Li Xiaoqian suddenly stopped, turned around and extended a thumbs up to me, and said, "Dan Bing, you have more and more potential to be a modern person!"

Li Xiaoqian insisted on going his own way, and I had no choice but to accompany him to the county office.

An ordinary county yamen is not as grand as the yamen seen in Lin'an Mansion, and the courtyard walls built of blue bricks are painted red, and under the moonlight, it looks a little terrifying.

As soon as Li Xiaoqian and I arrived at the gate of the county office, we smelled a pungent smell of horse manure. The two of us looked at each other and smiled, and it was clear that these horses were in the county office.

I asked Li Xiaoqian, "How do you get in?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "Enter from the main entrance!"

I glanced at the closed entrance, a black crack in the middle of the red door, and I couldn't tell what was going on inside. I said, "Are you crazy, how do you get in from the main entrance?" I pointed to the two-person wall next to me and said, "Go over it!"

Li Xiaoqian said: "I will take a look at you when you turn it over!"

I was silent because I couldn't turn it over. However, this does not mean that we can enter through the main entrance.

Just as I was hesitating, Li Xiaoqian had already gone to slam on the door.

"Knock knock!

Li Xiaoqian used very hard force, and the knock on the door shook through the night, and it also shook my fragile heart.

I felt weak. The scene of the rockets shooting into Yandang Mountain came to my mind again, the raging fire, the roar of purgatory, and the bloody killing...... Those images intertwined in my mind.

After a dizziness, I turned around and ran. Almost uncontrollably frenzied flight. Along the way, the wind howled wildly, brushing my ears, and I heard the bandits of Yandang Mountain screaming in pain.

I heard my brothers screaming in despair in the midst of the raging fire: "Dan Bing, save me, save me, save my ......."

I ran, until the last of my strength was stripped from my body, and until my last breath was exhaled heavily, I felt like I was lying on the ground as if I were dead.

Am I dead?

I really wish I was dead.

Because, dead. Those images will not come to my mind, and those voices will not ring in my head.

"Knock rub, knock rub ......"

I lay limply on the ground, and I don't know how long it took for me to hear the sound of horses' hooves approaching. My heart tightened, thinking that the officers and soldiers were chasing, so I hurriedly sat up, but I saw Li Xiaoqian stopping in front of me, and he was holding another horse in his hand.

Behind him was an endless darkness, gloomy and quiet, not like anyone followed.

I asked, "How did you get the horse?"

Li Xiaoqian scolded me: "Ji Danbing! Your uncle's is so unrighteous! You actually left me and ran away!"

I wanted to explain, but I couldn't explain it, and I didn't know how to explain it. I don't want to tell anyone about what I went through, it was my shame and pain.

I struggled to squeeze out a smile, and even I felt like I was smiling far-fetched. I asked, "How the hell did you get the horse out?"

Li Xiaoqian threw a horse rope in front of me and said, "Stop talking nonsense! Just follow me!"

I said, "Where are you going?"

Li Xiaoqian's gaze moved into the distance, his gaze seemed to penetrate the deep darkness of the night, and saw the distance that I could not see. He said lightly: "Shaolin!"

I said, "Now?"

Li Xiaoqian sang: "Let us live a chic life with Hongchen as a companion, gallop on horses to share the prosperity of the world, sing the joy in our hearts to the wine, and vigorously grasp the youth...... Ah~ah~"

The lyrics and songs are heroic, which makes me feel surging. I stood up suddenly, turned on my horse, and was about to gallop north with him, but I saw a white shadow flashing in the darkness, like a ghost!

"Who?!" I yelled.

The white shadow in the darkness suddenly stopped, and the man tilted his head, as if drinking turbid wine into his throat, quite spicy. He let out an intoxicated cry and said, "Good wine!