Chapter 80: The Human Heart
In the Moon Shadow Pavilion, after Han Fengge fled, two figures landed in the pavilion with the momentum of wind and thunder.
After Xiao Wenshan, the head of the Xiao family, fell into the pavilion, he immediately threw himself at Xiao Yuchuan, who was lying on the ground holding his legs and howling in pain, hugged him into his arms, and comforted him in a trembling voice: "Yuchuan, don't be afraid of Yuchuan, Daddy is here!"
And Xiao Wenhai, the second master of Xiao who was standing in the pavilion at this moment, looked at Xiao Yuchuan who had his legs cut off, and shouted with anger on his face: "All the children of the Xiao family are all dispatched, immediately block Gusu City, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and the whole city searches for that Kunyu Mountain disciple Han Fengge, if you live to see people, you must see corpses when you die! Anyone who provides clues to my Xiao family, ordinary people will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold, and those who have cultivation qualifications can enter the Xiao family, give Xiao the surname, and the Xiao family will provide exercise materials to help them cultivate." ”
Xiao Wenhai's angry words resounded in the sky above the entire Gusu City like rolling thunder, and he glanced at Xiao Yuchuan, who was held in his arms by his eldest brother Xiao Wenshan, and then stomped his feet angrily, and then took off into the air and chased in the direction where Han Fengge had fled earlier.
Xiao Yuchuan, whose legs had stopped bleeding, sat on the ground in a daze, gritting his teeth and enduring the severe pain, not knowing what he was thinking.
Seeing his son like this, Xiao Wenshan said sadly: "Yuchuan, don't worry, your second uncle has already gone to chase that little beast, even if the entire Gusu City is smashed, Daddy and Second Uncle will definitely find out that little beast and break it into thousands of pieces to avenge you." ”
Xiao Yuchuan looked at his sad and weeping father, and squeezed out a smile on his pale face and said, "Father, do you say that the child usually relies too much on that sword, so he ended up like this? My cultivation and character are indeed inferior to his, and I deserve to have my legs cut off by him. ”
When Xiao Wenshan saw him say this today, he thought that he had his legs cut off and was so sad that he lost his mind, and comforted him: "Don't be sad Yuchuan, don't forget our Xiao family's dry glory." When Daddy cultivates the Kurong Jue to the highest level, you will definitely be able to grow your legs again. ”
Xiao Yuchuan looked at his broken legs on the ground, smiled sadly and comforted his father: "Father doesn't have to worry about me, I'm fine." It's just that the moment when my legs were cut off, I figured out a lot of things. I used to be too dissolute, I did a lot of wrong things, and I didn't think about cultivating, so the legs that he cut off can be regarded as cutting off my past. What do you want those legs to do again? Do you want them to run away? Maybe only when I don't have legs to run away will I find a way to get stronger and stronger, and it's better to have it than not to have it. ”
After speaking, Xiao Yuchuan stretched out his trembling hands and grabbed the two broken legs on the ground, and the two broken legs were grabbed by him. Then Xiao Yuchuan's face showed a fierce smile, and the spiritual power of his hands sucked the flesh and blood on the broken leg clean, and then he simply threw the legs with only white bones on the ground at will.
Xiao Wenshan stood aside and looked at his son in a daze and didn't speak, only feeling that Xiao Yuchuan, who had his legs cut off now, was really his son, and he had finally grown up.
At this time, the Kurong Sword, which had been suppressed by the Ancient Sword of the Destroyed City, had regained its spirituality again, and flew into Xiao Yuchuan's arms leisurely, emitting a soft green light, as if it was comforting Xiao Yuchuan and itself.
Xiao Yuchuan took the Kurong Sword in his hand and said softly: "It's okay, it's okay, I don't blame you, I know you were frightened just now, don't worry I won't abandon you." ”
As he spoke, he stroked the blade of the Kurong Sword with his left hand, and a strange smile appeared on his face: "It's just that your courage is too small, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to fight side by side in the future." ”
Xiao Yuchuan clenched the hilt of the Kurong Sword for fear that it would escape, and then a dazzling green light suddenly erupted from his hand, and he began to frantically absorb the clumps of turquoise or withered yellow spiritual power in the sword. The withered sword began to tremble violently, wanting to steal it, but it couldn't break free from Xiao Yuchuan's palm, and it was not until the last time that the sword body became dim and dull before it gradually stopped struggling.
Xiao Yuchuan smiled and picked off the turquoise gem inlaid on the hilt of the sword, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it into his abdomen, bursts of green or yellow light flashing alternately on his face.
Xiao Wenshan saw that his son swallowed it, released the suppression of the sword, and his figure flashed to Xiao Yuchuan's back, and put his palm against the back of his head to help him refine the spiritual power contained in the gem and the withered sword.
Xiao Yuchuan endured the severe pain in his abdomen and said, "Since I am reluctant to abandon you, I have no choice but to let you be a part of me, so that you will not be afraid in the future." ”
Soon after Han Fengge escaped from the Moon Shadow Pavilion, he heard the angry voice of Xiao Wenhai, the second master of the Xiao family, that resounded throughout the entire Gusu City, and the rich bounties listed showed Han Fengge that the Xiao family was determined to avenge Xiao Yuchuan by breaking his body into pieces.
Han Fengge fled towards the southwest of Gusu City, and smiled bitterly in his heart: "It seems that this time the Xiao family will not let go of themselves no matter what, it is impossible to get out of the city, so I have to find a place to avoid the limelight first." ”
Xiao Wenhai's voice resounded throughout the night sky, and the entire Gusu City was woken up by him. Whether it is the Xiao family's compound in the east city or the homes of ordinary people in the west city, the lights are lit up one after another. The brightly lit city of Gusu echoes with the dots in the sky on a summer night. It's just that although Xiao Wenhai offered such a generous reward, the streets of Gusu City still did not become crowded, and the whole city searched. Those ordinary people only turned on the lights, but where did they dare to go out to the street to search, not only did they not go out, but every household also closed their doors one after another. Why is such a rich bounty still unable to move people's hearts? The people in the market naturally have the wisdom in the market, and tonight the city is full of turmoil, so that the Xiao family does not hesitate to lock down the city and use all their strength to hunt down and kill the searcher, how can it be a general person? It can't be said that he is a ruthless demon who kills people without blinking, if these flat-headed people bump into it, let alone take good luck and soar to the top of the world, as long as it is not bad luck and loses his life, he will have to burn high incense. So ordinary people should stay at home honestly, let you make a storm in the city tonight, and get up early tomorrow, shouldn't the people work and eat?
Although the vast majority of ordinary people chose to close the door, there were still sparse figures who walked out of their homes to search for Han Fengge, who was rewarded. Most of these people are young people from poor families who have nothing to worry about. Although they also knew that this was very dangerous, but so what? No matter how dangerous it was, the reward offered by Second Master Xiao was really tempting. The common denominator of these young people without exception is: poor background, thin foundation, but not willing to be ordinary, usually there are not many opportunities for this kind of carp to jump over the dragon gate, but now God has given the opportunity, and the rest depends on whether you dare to work hard.
Han Fengge fell to the ground in a remote quiet alley in the southwest, and now he no longer dares to fly in the sky, the children of the Xiao family have already poured out of the nest, and three or five people are a team to search back and forth, and now if the sky is bumped around in the city, it is simply a self-defeating practice.
Han Fengge changed into an ordinary peasant dress that he wore when he was chasing and killing Song Qiuhong, fortunately, Han Fengge didn't throw away this set of clothes at that time, it is really a good habit to be diligent and thrifty.
Han Fengge, who was sneaking through the criss-crossing alleys by night, carefully avoided the children of the Xiao family who flew through the open flames in the sky from time to time. During this time, there were more and more Xiao family children who came here to search, and Han Fengge hid in the shadows against the wall, waiting for another wave of Xiao family children above his head to leave.
Han Fengge, who had escaped a wave of searches, complained bitterly in his heart: "No, if you continue like this, you will be discovered sooner or later, you must find a place to hide first, and then find a way tomorrow." ”
Han Fengge listened carefully for a while, and after confirming that the children of the Xiao family had left, he turned left and right in the alley to find a dilapidated and simple courtyard. Although the yard is very simple, it is well organized and tidy by the owner of this house. Han Fengge lightly jumped on the wall, lay on it, observed the situation in the courtyard with bated breath, and after confirming that the owner was asleep, he gently jumped into the small courtyard.
Han Fengge looked around in the courtyard, there are only three old houses in this house, it seems that this owner is not a wealthy family, and although the house of this house is old, it is still strong, even some damaged places have been repaired by the owner very carefully, which shows that the owner of this family must be a very diligent person.
Han Fengge knew that the people's lives were not easy, so he did not sneak into the room to disturb the master, but hid in a pile of neatly arranged firewood stacks by the courtyard wall.
I don't know how long it took, Han Fengge heard the sound of rustling in his hazy sleep, and suddenly opened his eyes, and the sky had begun to light up.
The owner of the house was a young man, and after the young man who had gotten up early had gone to the hut to sprinkle his first morning urine, he was yawning and dragging his sleepy steps back. When the young man walked past his stack of firewood, he accidentally glanced at it and found a pair of eyes staring at him in the stack. The young man was taken aback, took a step back, and opened his mouth to scream.
When Han Fengge saw the young man open his mouth to shout, he happened to hear a noisy footsteps outside the courtyard. In a hurry, Han Fengge's figure flashed behind the young man, covered his mouth, and whispered in his ear: "Don't be afraid, don't shout, I'm not a bad person, and I won't hurt you. ”
The young man who was covered by Han Fengge's mouth had already seen Han Fengge's appearance clearly before, his eyes were slippering, he would look at Han Fengge with his eyes for a while, and then he nodded himself, although he was very obedient and cooperative, he didn't make any sound, but the expression in his eyes was very wonderful and rich.
Han Fengge couldn't see his expression behind him, just quietly covered his mouth and listened to the movement outside the courtyard. After the voices outside the courtyard were far away, Han Fengge whispered to the young man: "I won't hurt you, I'll take my hand away now, don't shout, if you can, you can nod." When the young man heard Han Fengge's words, his head nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
Han Fengge slowly took away the hand covering his mouth, the young man really didn't shout, and he didn't have any overreaction, he stood with his back to Han Fengge for a while before he gently asked, "Can I turn around now?"
Han Fengge stood behind him and agreed, "It's okay, thank you for your help just now." ”
The young man turned around, his expression was a little excited, and he said to Han Fengge very carefully and in a low voice: "Han Gongzi is really you." ”
Han Fengge looked at the young man in front of him who had left a deep impression on him and said, "This Gusu City is really small, I will hide in your house." ”
It turned out that the excited and cautious young man in front of Han Fengge was the chattering junior in the Yuelai Inn yesterday.
Seeing that Han Fengge recognized him, the junior second runner was overjoyed, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a girl's voice outside the door shouting to the courtyard: "Brother Chen Xu, haven't you gotten up yet? Hurry up, otherwise we will be late for work, and we will rush to the store to clean up the tables and stools." ”
The runner named Chen Xu in the courtyard opened his throat and shouted: "Xiaolan, you don't have to wait for me today, I'll get up a little tired this morning, I'll go to work by myself in a while." ”
The girl outside the courtyard gate heard that he was unwell and said nervously: "Brother Xu, are you okay, open the door and I'll go in and see you." ”
Han Fengge's head was big for a while, and he glanced at Chen Xu. Chen Xu knew that the reason he had found before was a little inappropriate, so he spoke again: "Xiaolan, you don't have to worry about me, now I'm still bare-assed, you hurry up and go to work, otherwise that evil woman will embarrass you again." ”
Standing outside the door, the emaciated girl who was wearing an old coarse cloth single dress but was clean and tidy thought of the fat and fierce evil woman, and felt a chill in her heart, although she was still a little worried about the body of the little second brother who was very good at talking and could always make herself happy, but she still ran towards the outside of the alley, shouting as she ran: "Brother Xu, you pay attention to your body, if you really can't hold on, you will rest for a day." ”
Chen Xu, who was in the courtyard, shouted in his throat with a warm heart: "I know, you can go quickly." ”
After the silence was quiet, Chen Xu, the second junior in the hall, hurriedly said to Han Fengge: "Han Gongzi, is it really you who made such a big move last night?
Han Fengge shook his head and didn't answer his question, but asked him rhetorically, "You are not from the Xiao family?"
Chen Xu smiled bitterly and said, "Where do I have such a good surname Xiao." However, Han Gongzi, you are really powerful, you actually let Second Master Xiao personally order the entire Xiao family to arrest you, what did you do?"
Han Fengge smiled lightly and said, "I abolished Xiao Yuchuan." ”
Chen Xu looked at him with a shocked face and said, "Master Han, you are really not an ordinary 'distinguished guest'." ”
Chen Xu, who was a junior in the hall, remembered that he still had to go to work at the Yuelai Inn, so he said to Han Fengge: "Han Gongzi, you are hiding in my house now, I will go to work, otherwise I will be suspected by the shopkeeper, but he is really surnamed Xiao." ”
Han Fengge thought about it and had no place to go anyway, so he nodded and said, "You can go." ”
Chen Xu said to him again: "Master Han, I only have myself, you can choose one of the three rooms to live in, and I will go to work." ”
Han Fengge, who hadn't rested all night, picked a north room and lay quietly on a clean bed, quietly combing through what had happened this day and night.
Chen Xu hurriedly ran out of the courtyard gate and crossed an alley, but then the pace of running became slower and slower.
Han Fengge's eyelids, who were lying on the bed, gradually became heavier, and just as he was about to fall asleep, there was a noisy footstep outside the courtyard.
Han Fengge heard the sound of commotion outside the courtyard and immediately got up and rushed to the door, and found that at this time, the walls and roofs around the courtyard were full of people, and they were full of people from the Xiao family.
The courtyard door opened, and a burly middle-aged man walked into the courtyard, followed by the running hall junior who bowed his head and didn't dare to look at Han Fengge.
The one who walked into the courtyard was Xiao Wenhai, the second master of the Xiao family, who was full of anger and wanted to eat Han Fengge alive.
Xiao Wenhai stared at Han Fengge at the door and said, "Little beast, look where you are fleeing this time!"
Han Fengge ignored him, but looked at Chen Xu, who was bowing his head and silent, angrily and said, "Why, why did you betray me?"
Chen Xu, the second junior in the running hall, raised his head and said with tears on his face distorted when he asked like this: "Why? Because I'm poor and afraid! I don't want to be a junior in the running hall anymore, I don't want to nod and smile at people every day, I don't want to watch my father slowly die in front of my eyes every day because he has no money to see a doctor and buy medicine, I don't want the girl I like to wait for me to save enough money to marry her, and I don't want her to be bullied again." I want to enter the Xiao family, I want to cultivate, and I want to be a big man like you who I have to look up at and bow my head to serve. Are these reasons enough?"
After listening to him, Han Fengge sighed: "Enough, these are enough." ”