C16 Come Again Young Man

I.

Under the sun, in the ice puddle on the lake, a few people were digging with all their might. Suddenly, they all felt the sound of ice shattering. They couldn't help but stop. The dull thud of heavy objects on ice came from far away. In an instant, several people hurriedly threw things away, climbed out of the pit, and ran back. The surface of the ice caused these people to fall one after another. They struggled to get up and run, and then fell again. They fled in such a sorry state.

There was a village surrounded by a wall of earth, and the people inside were sparsely scattered. There were dozens of houses with earthen barriers inside the walls. Many of the houses had already been destroyed. Beneath a ruined house, several pieces of charred wood lay on the broken wall of the house. There was a thing lying in the pile of grass. It was something that had a bit of tiredness to it. From the shape it looked like a pig, unmoving.

"You even gave it to him? He didn't even have anything to eat. "What a prodigal woman." "On the earthen wall, an elderly woman, seeing a woman with a small, tight body, passing by with an unrecognizable cake, began shouting curses at the top of her voice.

"Don't make it sound so bad? Her brother is the village chief. " "The woman beside the old lady reminded her." Pfft. You picked it out. They are foreigners. If it wasn't for us taking them in, would they grow up to be like this? It is only right to do something for the village. "

"You should keep some decency. "If it weren't for her brother, our village would have been wiped out long ago." Yo! Yo! If he chose my man, would the village still be able to eat or drink? He was clearly in front of a large lake, and it was sufficient as long as he fished out a fish. "Didn't my man do the same thing last time to let the village get by?" There weren't many mounted gangsters at the time, and there weren't many from the Zhuri City — "" Look, there's no conscience. See my man bring back the fish, don't give you a dime. "You just wait for your village chief to bring back some food." Don't! "You are serious about just some idle chatter."

Below the broken wall, a person stood up from the pile of junk. The disheveled youth grabbed the food on the ground, which had been placed on dry grass mats, and immediately swallowed it. "After the youth finished his food, he once again emptied his bowl into the clutter." Lv Ying, save your rations for him every day. It had been seven or eight days. It's really not over yet. " "Lv Ying, stop them!" A passing teenager said angrily as he approached the person in the grass and was about to teach him a lesson when he was stopped by Lv Ying. Looking at his appearance, it would be better to just die early, lest he suffer in the human world and implicate others in his suffering. When the Village Chief returns, I will definitely have him be chased away. "

"Clang clang clang!" The two women on the earthen wall hammered against the suspended iron. Immediately, the few people in the village acted as a reflex and quickly ran towards their own homes. After that, they closed their doors and hid. Only the youth below the broken wall was still entangled in the pile of trash and grass.

After a while, a few people ran into the village wall, which no longer had a door. "What's going on?" "The woman who had been waiting for a long time asked." "Chasing — Chasing — Zhuri City." A middle-aged man who couldn't catch his breath said. "Quick -- quick, go down to the kiln -- quick." The group of people ran back to their own homes.

An hour later, over ten cavalrymen entered the village. After searching for a while, not a single person could be found.

"Damn it, this time we are out on patrol and we won't be able to find anything." I heard that the people from Tiandu Country and Sun Moon Mountain have finished their battles with the Zhongshi Country? " It seems so. "It seems like in the future, it will be hard to think of a way to do business." Tsk. So what if the fight was over? Would he be able to manage this place in a short period of time? " It was not a matter of managing the situation. It's just that there's no end to it. "

"Shit." I burned all the torches here. "Hold me, what for?" "Are you really stupid?" "You dare to call me stupid?" That's right, everything that we can steal has been snatched up by us. "If they burn everything up, how can the lower class live on?" "What does their life or death have to do with me?" "They're all dead, who wants us to continue fighting over them." What he said made sense. Leave it. In any case, even if we kill them all, we won't be able to redeem their military merits.

"Our little tricks are all left over for the bosses to play." Then they began to pay back -- "" Everything is a limit, isn't it, too much for anyone? " "No wonder the last time I cut more than ten heads and went back, I got a military staff." You are too greedy. "I have long since said that I will not listen to the words of the old man." Alright, you're right. "But that..." a soldier asked, breaking a corner of the wall with a finger. "Kill him."

"Star Thief, who are you spying on? Sister Yue'er, chase after her through the sky. Did you catch up? Did you catch him? "Hahaha …" As the soldier drew his sword, the sound of a heroic, tongue-tied song came from beyond the wall. The voice made the boy sitting up under the broken wall suddenly sit up and run away from the wall.

"Hurry up and leave." the cavalryman warned as his horse grew more and more restless. The sound of hooves blocked the gate. The cavalrymen pulled on their reins and galloped away towards the back of the village. When they returned to the gate, there were quite a few swordsmen. For a moment, the horsemen faced each other.

"We are the patrol team, who are you?" "What happened?" A knight stepped forward and asked. We? "Haha." The swordsmen all laughed. "Of course it's the swordsman." Due to the countless annual wars, Midfield s were everywhere, as well as mercenaries. Those who were hired were called mercenaries, while those who were not hired were called swordsmen.

"That is to stay within the boundaries of the river. "Make way." The cavalrymen immediately regained their courage and shouted loudly. However, after three consecutive sounds, none of the swordsmen blocking the door had any intention of giving way. "From the beginning to the end, he only smiled at them or looked at them mercilessly. However, his eyes were filled with an ominous glint. Take off your clothes, leave everything behind, and you can go. " A swordsman said coldly. The cavalrymen pulled out their waists at the same time. At the same time, a dozen or so swordsmen charged forward like ferocious wolves. Beneath a dozen horses lay their original owners. The swordsmen peeled their clothes skillfully.

"We'll spend the night here. Go on east tomorrow. Zhuri City's territory is just ahead, if you want it, go and snatch it yourself. " A man with a scar on his face ordered.

"Which one of you is from the eagle Mercenary Group?" A youth's voice sounded. The swordsman that was about to make his move stopped in his tracks. Their gazes were all gathered on the young man whom they had looked at with sympathy and had not paid any attention to all this time.

"Yo!" You're quite knowledgeable, I, was once a hawk's Mercenary Group. But now he changed his name to Dao Ba Mercenary Group. What? You want to join. "Haha …" The scar-faced man laughed, causing many of the swordsmen to laugh. "Alright then." The youngster turned to Dao Ba and said, "Go out from this village." "What?" All the swordsmen could not believe that the young man was the one who said it. Take your men and leave this village. " As soon as the youth finished his sentence, a dozen or so swordsmen simultaneously pulled out their sabers and slashed at him. The youth always escaped danger a second before their blades hit him, and never made any unnecessary movements.

A dozen swordsmen fell. They didn't know how they died at all. The other swordsmen did not understand either. It felt as if the youth had never come into contact with any of them, as if he had just passed by a dead swordsman.

"You are …" Dao Ba seriously looked at the teenager, "Dragon … Haha, it really is you." "Haha." Dao Ba laughed again. The other swordsmen who were laughing this time were completely baffled. They were all speculating on his plans for the next step. At this moment, everyone took out their weapons, fully alert and alert. You've really put me in a difficult position. If I don't kill you, it'll be hard to convince the masses. If I don't kill you, I will let down my brother in Mercenary Group even more. If I don't kill you, who would know my reputation as Dao Ba? "

Loong Yu did not say anything. Why did you have to protect this village? " Dao Ba asked as if jumping. Even the swordsman couldn't figure out his intentions. The life of a swordsman and a mercenary was very simple: Quest, collect money. "There's so much bullshit to say." This village, I ate their food for eight days, no, even today is nine days. "I ate their food for nine days." Hahaha, you are becoming more and more worthless. Nine meals is equivalent to nine days of watching over and protecting the family. "

"No, you're lying to me." Dao Ba looked at the corpses of the soldiers. The moment Dao Ba finished his words, his men and his blade arrived in front of Loong Yu. Dao Ba's blade was fast, steady, ruthless and accurate. This caused the group of swordsmen to admire him, and they all respected him. Loong Yu's figure still looked like he was strolling leisurely. Before the blade approached him, he would move his body away at a steady pace and when Dao Ba was unable to change his moves …

When the stars filled the sky, the village was quiet. On the ground, the skins of more than twenty corpses were covered in a layer of frost, forming a layer of ice.

Under the broken wall, Loong Yu tiredly stared at the starlight on the wall in front of him with wide open eyes. At this time, the sound of a flute came from the wall. Loong Yu slightly tilted his head and continued looking at the sky. Suddenly, he seemed to understand what Xiao Ming meant: a youth was holding a sword in his left hand and a flute in his right. Under the starlight, he was walking on the Heaven's Edge facing the cold wind. He desperately wanted a companion. But over the years, his companions had only been the sword and the flute.

Loong Yu understood the meaning of the flute, and his eyes became deeper as he looked at the sky.

The sound of the flute attracted the attention of the entire village. They stood under the starry sky, looking at the youth who was playing the flute on the wall and pointing at him. He was not in the mood to enjoy the beautiful sounds of the flute on this beautiful night. They wondered who the youth was. What did he come here for? What does it have to do with dead bodies on the ground?