(2-in-1)

"Who's that?" Lin Hu asked in surprise.

Lin Jue frowned and said to himself, "Could it be that I'm dazzled?" Why does it look like an acquaintance of mine? ”

Midori said, "Who is that?" Do I know? ”

Lin Jue shook his head, staring at the man with the hat across the street without blinking, and suddenly, the man wearing the hat took off the hat and turned his face towards Lin Jue. Green Dance screamed in fright, it turned out that the man's face was extremely terrifying, his skin and flesh were rolling, and there seemed to be several huge scars.

The man with the hat quickly put on the hat and strode forward. Lin Jue thought for a while, turned around and instructed Lin Hu and Lu Wu: "You guys go home, I have something to do." ”

Green Dance hurriedly said: "What's the matter, let's do it together." Didn't you say that you were going to West Lake to relax? ”

Lin Jue said: "If you go again tomorrow, you go home, don't come with you." ”

Before Lu Wu and Lin Hu could speak again, they saw that Lin Jue had already walked through the street and chased after the man with a hat.

Lu Wu stomped his feet anxiously and said to Lin Hu: "You go and take a look, the person just now looks terrible, maybe he is a bad person." Childe didn't know who it was, so why did he chase him, it's really worrying. ”

Lin Hu shook his head and said, "It must be an acquaintance of my uncle, otherwise how could my uncle chase after him?" Let's go home, Uncle definitely doesn't want us to know, and I'm afraid I'll be scolded if I go with him. Besides, in broad daylight, the city is now heavily guarded, how can it be dangerous. Sister Green Dance don't worry. ”

Green Dance frowned and thought about it, then sighed and said, "That's it, what you said makes sense." But I don't know who it is? It's almost time for the exam, but don't make a fuss. ”

When Lu Wu and Lin Hu slowly went home, Lin Jue was closely following behind the man in the hat. The man's feet were very fast, and he strode straight to the south of the city, and Lin Jue pulled the hem of his robe behind him and followed quickly. The two walked one after the other for about half an hour, crossed seven or eight street corners, and arrived at a block under the slope of Phoenix Mountain in the southern city. This is actually one of the slums in Hangzhou, leaning on the depression on the northern slope of Phoenix Mountain, where many of the most impoverished people in Hangzhou are gathered. In recent years, there have been several such slums in the southeast of Hangzhou, where they are inhabited by urban coolies and destitute people who do not earn a living.

The man in the hat entered a narrow, dilapidated alley with low walls and suddenly disappeared. Lin Jue hesitated a little at the entrance of the alley, but still rushed in.

The alley was dilapidated and extremely quiet. The dilapidated earthen houses on both sides block out the daylight, and the autumn breeze through the alleys brings a damp and cold atmosphere, which makes people shudder. The ground was full of ruined grass and trees, and there were some shit and cat drowning, and it smelled fishy.

Lin Jue frowned and walked forward, not knowing where the man with the hat had gone. Suddenly, a figure flashed in the dilapidated house in front of him, and Lin Jue hurriedly ran away, raised his feet and entered the courtyard. The courtyard was also in ruins, and the walls were half down. The walls of the low, thatched main house are cracked and look like they are about to fall down at any moment. The two black and crooked ones were hidden, and the black holes inside couldn't see if there was anyone.

Lin Jue walked closer, stretched out his hand and pushed it, and the wooden door was pushed open with a screeching sound. A musty smell rushed out of the room, and Lin Jue frowned and walked in. The light in the dilapidated house was dim, the thatch on the roof was broken with several large holes, and a few rays of sunlight shone obliquely, dappled on the wall in one corner. In the light, the dust flies. With the brightness of these rays of sunlight, Lin Jue could barely see the situation in the room clearly.

In the corner of the wall were bales of grass, which had been pressed into a grooved human shape, and a leather mattress was thrown aside, as if someone had lived in this dilapidated house. Lin Jue frowned and turned his head to look around, trying to find the man with the hat he was following, when suddenly, a cold and low voice came from his ear.

"Don't move, or the blade in my hand won't be long."

The voice was cold, and the back of the neck was cold, the feeling of the blade frame touching the skin on the back of the neck.

"Brother Liang, is that you? I'm Lin Jue. Lin Jue stiffened his neck and didn't move, and shouted softly.

"I know it's you, how could I not know you? But I'm not your Liang Seventh Brother. The cold voice said slowly.

Lin Jue said: "Brother Liang, of course it's you. I recognized you on the street, and you can't fool me. ”

"Hmph, I can't lie to you, I didn't say I'm not Liang Qi, I just said that I'm not your Liang Qi brother. Because...... You don't deserve to call me brother. Isn't it bad enough for you to harm my brothers and fathers and fellow villagers on Guishan Island? Dare to be cheeky and call me a brother. ”

That person is Liang Qi from the cottage of Guishan Island, Liang Qi who once followed Lin Jue to be born and died on Peach Blossom Island and did earth-shattering things.

Lin Jue pondered for a long time when he heard this, and sighed softly: "Brother Liang, I know that you hate me, and I am indeed responsible for what happened to the cottage on Guishan Island. If you can't forgive me, slash me, and I will have no complaints. After all, I have a responsibility to do this. ”

Liang Qi said coldly: "Do you think I won't dare to kill you? I killed you to avenge my dead brothers and fathers and fellow villagers on Guishan Island. ”

Lin Jue sighed: "If you kill me, I am not unjust if I die in your hands." I can't shirk that for that. But I'm telling you, I didn't know what that would turn out, and I'm very angry, let alone you. ”

Liang Qi was silent, and after a moment, Lin Jue felt the cold blade on the back of his neck disappear. Liang Qi's voice came slowly: "That's it, if you follow my temper, I will definitely kill you." But I know that the owner of the village doesn't want you to die, you are the husband of the owner of the village, and I can't kill you like this. The owner of the village will blame me. ”

Lin Jue slowly turned his head, and what he saw was Liang Qi's face covered with knife marks. Lin Jue said softly: "Brother Liang, don't worry, I will give you justice in this matter, someone is an obstacle and harms everyone on Guishan Island, I have made these things clear to the master of your family, didn't she tell you?" ”

Liang Qi snorted coldly, slowly walked to the grass and sat down, and said in a deep voice: "Of course I said it, if the master of the village didn't say it, do you think you still have the head to stand here and talk?" I took your life a few months ago. ”

Lin Jue sighed, slowly walked to Liang Qi and squatted down, and asked, "Brother Liang Qi, why are you in Hangzhou?" Didn't you say that you and your lord went to Funiu Mountain to settle down? Also, what's wrong with your face? Just now on the street, you followed me all the way to arouse my alertness, and I thought about it for a long time before I finally remembered your body and steps, and then I decided that it was you. Did you deliberately get my attention. By the way, did you come to me on purpose? Did Mu Qing send you? Mu Qing, is she okay, what's wrong with her now? ”

Lin Jue asked a bunch of questions in a row, staring at Liang Qi and waiting for his answer.

Liang Qi looked at Lin Jue quietly for a moment, then sighed and said, "Are you still concerned about the life or death of the master of the village?" I thought you had forgotten about the lord of the village. Do you know what we've been through? Do you know where we are now? ”

……

The musty smell of hay was eerily quiet in the dilapidated house, and the autumn sun shone through the holes in the roof, casting mottled circles of light on the potholed floor. Countless dust, grass clippings, and unknown dust fluttered in the light, up and down in the sunlight, left and right.

Outside, the autumn wind blew through the branches, the sound of the branches swaying could be heard clearly, and a few fallen leaves fell from the holes in the roof, swirling in the pillars of light, and fell quietly on the black ground.

Lin Jue and Liang Qi sat on the grass opposite, Liang Qi calmed down and began to answer Lin Jue's questions.

"Lin Gongzi, do you know what the lord of Dazhai and our brothers on Guishan Island have experienced in the past few months? You ask me why my face looks like this. I'll tell you, I got three stab wounds to my face and one burn wound to my face. The eyebrow bone and cheek bone were broken, and more than 30 stitches were needed on the face. Whose face can still be seen after so many injuries? But it's nothing, scars are a man's pride, I, Liang Qi, don't have these at all, all I care about is whether the Guishan Island cottage can survive and whether everyone can survive. ”

Liang Qi's voice was hoarse and low. The scars on his face are terrifying, but the temperament of the whole person gives people a sense of sharpness and toughness, and they are fearless.

Lin Jue was terrified in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, what have you all experienced. ”

Liang Qi nodded, and began to tell in detail about the encounters of the people on Guishan Island after arriving at Funiu Mountain. From being taken in by Zuo Zongdao, the leader of the Shiren Mountain Cottage, to being forced to have to exchange for the supply of grain and grass materials for Zuo Zongdao to attack other cottages, to Gao Muqing's decision to gain a foothold on his own and lay a foothold on his own territory, he told Lin Jue everything in detail.

“…… We went north from Guishan Island along the Belt and Road, and along the way, officers and soldiers intercepted, surrounded and suppressed us, and fought more than a dozen battles large and small. Finally, we arrived at the Funiu Mountain. I thought I could exist here, but who would have thought that Zuo Zongdao, a dog thing, would actually take advantage of people's danger and just want to take advantage of us. Our 400 brothers and more than 1,000 people who had fled to him were sent to the fence, and there was no place to eat or drink, so we had no choice but to agree to his request. In August, we captured three small cottages for Zuo Zongdao and four mountains for him, in exchange for a small amount of grain, grass and supplies. But we also killed and wounded hundreds of brothers, and these food and grass supplies will not last long. ”

In order to reduce our burden, the old folks went to the mountains to dig wild vegetable bark and dig roots, and tried their best to collect what they could eat. But what do those things do? Although he relied on his desperate efforts to get some food from Zuo Zongdao, it couldn't last long at all. Because of this, the owner of the village and our brothers have discussed that we must stand up for ourselves and be self-sufficient. Otherwise, sooner or later, all of us will starve to death, and even if we don't starve to death, we will all die for Zuo Zongdao. Therefore, in the middle of last month, we decided to capture Luoyan Valley and gain a foothold. ”

“…… In two days, more than 30 of our brothers died, but we finally captured the Luoyan Valley Cottage and occupied two canyons and three peaks. Took control of the passage to the east of Funiu Mountain. But it has also brought us endless revenge. We are outsiders, and we have a hard foothold. What's more, we have committed a big taboo in Funiu Mountain and become the target of public criticism. Luoyan Valley Cottage and several cottages such as Laojunling and Heishui Cottage that we captured before belong to the largest cottage in Funiu Mountain, and Beishan Dazhai is under the jurisdiction of Beishan Village. Bao Meng, the master of Beishan Dazhai, was still afraid of us because we were people from Zuo Zongdao in Shirenshan Dazhai, so he chose to negotiate with Zuo Zongdao. But now, because we decided to set up our own portal and did not hand over Luoyan Valley to Zuo Zongdao, Zuo Zongdao turned his face. Zuo Zongdao informed all the cottages in Funiu Mountain, saying that he had nothing to do with us, and whoever wanted to exterminate us, he would not interfere. This dog thief, the sanctimonious manner he said before, what he misses the kindness of the old village owner or something, it's all fucking fart......"

“…… After Bao Meng, the owner of Beishan Dazhai, got Zuo Zongdao's promise, he immediately sent troops and horses to attack Luoyan Valley. Do you know how many battles we've fought in the past month? Eighty battles. Fight every day, fight during the day and fight at night, and when you open your eyes, you have to fight hard. In the course of a month, not even a single hour was peaceful. More than 400 of our brothers were killed and wounded, and more than 1,000 people who had fled from Guishan Island also fought with them, and more than 300 people died. The scars on my face were the ones I had left over the course of a month, and I could hear the sound of bones breaking when a dog's day smashed my left cheek with a hammer. But in the end, it was me who lived, and he was kicked down the valley by me, and he was probably crushed into flesh. Lin Gongzi, everything we experienced on Peach Blossom Island, I thought it was the worst battle I had ever experienced in my life, but everything I have experienced in the past month is the real nightmare, the real hell on earth......"

“…… The owner of Dazhai is really good, without her, we can't hold on. She passed out many times from exhaustion, but we never saw her complain. When she killed the enemy, she rushed to the front, and killed at least thirty people under her sword. When we were most tired and frustrated, the owner of the village never gave up. In the past, we all complained about her, and thought that following her might not have a future, but now all of us admire her five-body throwing, we all know that the owner of the village will not care about his life for us, even if it is to die in battle. The owner of the village also suffered a lot of injuries, more than a dozen wounds on his arms and legs, but the owner of the village did not say a word, wrapped it and continued to kill the enemy. The only time I saw her cry in a panic was when her face was scratched by a feather arrow, and that was the most panicked I ever saw her. I think it may be because of you, the owner of the village is worried that he will ruin his face and will be disgusted by you in the future. ……”

“…… The battle lasted until ten days ago, when we lost two hills and kept the territory on both sides of the Lok Yan Valley. Maybe I didn't expect us to die so badly, or maybe it was because Bao Meng's men and horses were killed and injured too much. He sent more than 1,300 men and horses against us, and we killed seven or eight hundred of them. He must not be able to bear such a huge loss. In short, he ordered the offensive to be stopped. The battle finally stopped. We have temporarily gained a firm foothold and retained our foothold in Luoyan Valley. But have we won? No one dares to say that, because I'm afraid there will be more tough battles to fight in the future, and none of us knows if we can get through it......"

Liang Qi's narrative is calm, and the understatement seems to be telling about someone else's experience, rather than the purgatory-like thing he has personally experienced. But the more this is the case, the more you can feel the despair and vicissitudes revealed in his words, and a kind of perseverance and strength.

Lin Jue was calm at first, and when he heard that Gao Muqing led everyone to the cottage of Zuo Zongdao, Lin Jue immediately realized that this matter was unreliable. He didn't know the pattern in Funiu Mountain, and Lin Jue didn't know about Zuo Zongdao's invitation, and when Gao Muqing came to say goodbye that night, he didn't tell Lin Jue these things. At that time, Lin Jue was also emotional, and he didn't think to ask clearly. Otherwise, if Lin Jue knew all this, he would definitely remind Gao Muqing of this.

But what made Lin Jue's heart ache and horror the most was what Gao Muqing, Liang Qi and the others had experienced in the past month, although Liang Qi's description was calm, but Lin Jue could fully imagine the cruelty and desperation. At some point, Lin Jue's eyes moistened, tears rolled down, and his heart was full of excitement.

Between the strange and cold mountains and wilderness of Funiu Mountain, surrounded by wolves, there is no one to rely on. Countless enemy soldiers attacked the people of Guishan Island, who lacked food and clothing, round by round, and were desperate and helpless. Lin Jue had experienced that feeling, on the execution ground in the previous life, on the desert island not long ago, Lin Jue had experienced it. But that kind of experience may not be as cruel as all that Gao Muqing and Liang Qi have experienced, because they have been under this kind of despair and fear for a long time.

When Lin Jue heard Gao Muqing crying because of the injury on his face, Lin Jue was even more embarrassed, and tears rolled down. At that time, Gao Muqing was still thinking about herself, and she was still worried that she would be shameless and disgusted by herself after disfigured her appearance. And he couldn't stand by her side when she was most helpless and desperate. Even what they have experienced, they can't get rid of their responsibilities, and the kind of self-blame and guilt is really indescribable.

Liang Qi looked at Lin Jue's tearful face, and the expression on his face relaxed a lot. Even though he had a lot of resentment towards Lin Jue in his heart, Liang Qi also understood in his heart that Lin Gongzi was not the culprit who caused them to be so miserable. Lin Gongzi is actually kind-hearted, hoping that the Guishan Island cottage can have a new life. It's just that it backfired, the cottage on Guishan Island was destroyed, and Lin Gongzi must be sad in his heart.

Liang Qi silently took out a rag from his arms and handed it to Lin Jue, Lin Jue reached out to take it, and wiped the tears on his face indiscriminately. I sighed and calmed down.

"Lin Gongzi, I told you everything you want to know, this is what we have experienced in the past few months." Liang Qidao.

Lin Jue nodded and said, "I didn't expect you to go through so many hardships and hardships, you should kill me, my fault hurt you." ”

Liang Qidao: "If I could kill you, I would have done it a long time ago, but unfortunately I can't do it, and I also understand that all this mistakes can't be completely blamed on you." ”

Lin Jue looked up at Liang Qidao and said, "Brother Liang, why did you appear in Hangzhou?" Did Mu Qing call you here? ”

Liang Qi slowly shook his head and said, "No." The lord of the village didn't know that I had come to Hangzhou, I just told the lord of the village that I was going to inform the brothers and people who were going to defect to our Guishan Island, asking them to take a detour to the passage on the east side of Funiu Mountain to enter the mountain, and not to enter the mountain through the mountain pass in the south, because Zuo Zongdao and the other people from the cottage would kill them. I went to Hongze Lake to do this, and I should have gone back immediately, but I still sent a ghost to Hangzhou......"

Lin Jue thought for a while, nodded and said, "You're not here to kill me, you're here to ask me for help, right?" ”

Liang Qi was silent.

Lin Jue said: "Brother Liang, you have to tell me the truth, because I think your current situation is very dangerous. Although you have temporarily stabilized the valley of Luoyan Mountain, those bandits will not give up. Besides, you have killed and wounded nearly half of your men, and your strength has been greatly reduced. I guess your supplies and grass must be very scarce, and I guess you won't be able to survive this winter. The winter in the north is extremely harsh, and perhaps the reason they stopped was not because they could not defeat you, but simply because they wanted to wait for winter to come, when you were starved of food and fell into a land of desperation, and then you would have no choice but to die. ”

Liang Qi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "You are right, these big village masters and we have taken it into account, but we have no way to deal with it. You may not know that Funiu Mountain is now very cold this season, and people will freeze to death at night. Locals say that snow falls in the mountains at the end of September, which means that even wild vegetables and fruits cannot be collected in the mountains and forests. And it is true that our food will not last for a month, let alone next spring. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "I guess it's the same, what are you going to do?" ”

Liang Qidao: "The lord of the village said that he really took a risk, and went out of the mountain to the two counties in the east to grab a batch of materials into the mountain before winter. That's the last resort. ”

Lin Jue hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Absolutely not, doing this at this time is tantamount to asking for a dead end." Since it is in the county town near the left side of Funiu Mountain, there must be heavy troops stationed. In the county seat, even if there are only 500 officers and soldiers stationed in the county, you will suffer a great loss, and if you don't do it, a group of people will die. This risk must not be taken. ”

Liang Qidao: "Yes, I don't think it will be possible, but we can't freeze to death and starve to death, and it won't be possible to surrender to other cottages, they will never let us live." I don't hide it from my son, I entered Hangzhou City two days ago, and this trip is to find Lin Gongzi. On Peach Blossom Island, I admired Childe's ability very much. In the mountains, the lord of the village has always said that it would be good if you were by her side, and you must have a way to solve the current predicament. So I thought about coming to see Lin Gongzi, Lin Gongzi will definitely not stand idly by, right? I'm not asking Childe to follow me to the grass, I want Childe to give me pointers, what should we do now? ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "You should have come to me a long time ago, how could I stand by and watch?" ”

Liang Qidao: "After I entered the city, I knew that it was the day of the autumn exam. The city is heavily guarded, and there are many people guarding your forest mansion near me, so I didn't dare to go to you easily for fear of revealing my identity. No, I found a place to stay in this dilapidated house in Nancheng, and wandered outside your Lin family's house during the day, wanting to see my son. But you never went out. It wasn't until I heard that the government was going to issue floating tickets today, and I estimated that you would definitely go, so I waited around the government and finally saw you. But I didn't dare to show up on the street, so I had to draw your attention, and I knew that if you recognized me, you would follow me here. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "It's hard for you, the city is indeed very heavily guarded, and it is not easy for you to get in at this time." This is not a place to live, so you come home with me, and we will have a good discussion tonight, and I will come up with a solution. ”