Chapter 121: Who Dares to Go Wild
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When people have been adrift for a long time and have nowhere to go, they will only think of one place, home.
Where is home?
There is the capital of the bear country.
Is home still there?
I don't know.
And whether it is or not, it can't stop the wanderer from going home!
In autumn, it is the most beautiful season of Xiling Lake.
On the surface of the lake that is dozens of miles wide, the waves are rippling, the weeping willows are reflected, and several pleasure boats are dotted among them, just like the ink and blue paintings. In the distance, the city outline is semi-oblique, the jungle is frost-stained, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the autumn color is intoxicating!
On the tree-lined avenue by the lake, some people leaned on horses and stopped to watch.
The man on the horse was dressed in a white silk robe, with a scarf on his head, his appearance was delicate, and his eyebrows were full of heroism, full of the dress of a rich son. And he should have galloped on horseback, but now he looked depressed and lingered for a long time.
Since the moment he left Nanling and set foot in the country of bears, he seemed to be a different person, and he no longer had the previous ease and casualness, even the laziness of the past and the evil smile that appeared inadvertently at the corner of his mouth were also gone. Instead, there was only a coldness on his face, and an inexplicable gloom that came out of his body.
Now looking at the familiar Xiling Lake, he is actually in a trance. Especially when he crossed the lake and looked at the tall city walls in the distance, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and a trace of bitterness flashed in his expression.
The lake is still the Xiling Lake of the past.
The city is still the majestic and majestic city with bears.
Even the surrounding lakes and mountains are the same as in the past. But there is a kind of vicissitudes and strangeness of the years, which makes people at a loss for a while!
It's been five years!
More than five years have passed since I escaped from the capital of Arikuma Country. I didn't expect to come back one day, and after being dazed and hesitating, Wu Yi still embarked on the journey home. What awaited him, he didn't want to think too much. And once it is close to the bear capital city, all kinds of things that have been deliberately forgotten suddenly come and are difficult to get rid of.
Perhaps, it never left. It's just lurking in a corner, waiting to come again with its teeth and claws.
Blameless was silent for a long time, and reached out to pat the horse's back. The jujube red horse snorted, and "Tuo" slowly moved forward.
Bypass Xiling Lake.
As the walls approached, a tall gate appeared. On the tower of the cornice, there are soldiers in helmets and armor, and there are flaming flags fluttering, and the above big black characters, bear. On both sides of the city gate, which is two zhang wide and three zhang high, there are also armed armor soldiers, all with straight chests and concave bellies, and a murderous posture. And all kinds of people who came in and out were also calm, some drove cars, rode horses, some walked, and helped the old and the young, from the city gate to and fro.
Blameless drove his horse to the gate of the city, and looked at it with his head held high. In the two eyes under his sword eyebrows, the gloomy look was a little thicker.
There is the capital of the bear country, also known as the bear city. It covers an extensive area, no less than hundreds of miles, and the city is distinct, and the gate is strict. This is the east gate, one of the four gates of the outer city. Step through this gate and you will enter the city. And the city is even more mixed, the situation is unpredictable, if it is about the danger, I am afraid that it is not much better than the Lingshan Immortal Gate.
And whether it feeds life, or devours all things, carries the years, or destroys memories, people have no escape and have to face it. Because this is where home is, a destined complex!
Blameless secretly breathed a sigh of relief and rode forward.
"Dismount! Report the origin of the surname......"
A spear stopped the horse's head, and a fierce armorer let out a fierce voice.
He jumped off his horse, did not squint, took out a piece of gold, threw it over, pushed away his spear, and walked with his head held high with his hands behind his back.
Laughter sounded behind him: "Haha, it's really a rich man, and he has a generous shot......"
Passing through the city gate, the bluestone paved road leads straight ahead, there is no usual street scene and hustle and bustle, but a group of houses in the distance, surrounded by woods, only the stalls selling goods at each intersection, or a few shops, the place seems extremely wide and quiet. If it weren't for the towering city walls, it would be like being in the mountains and countryside.
Wu Blame did not get on the horse, and continued to walk with his hands behind his back. As if recognizing their master, the horse bowed his head and followed.
After half an hour, the houses were densely packed.
Gradually, there are many shops, streets are crisscrossed, flags are displayed, and pedestrians are weaving. The noise of buying gradually rose, and the bustling scene of the capital was spread out in an instant.
More than ten miles away, between the prosperous clusters, there are high walls surrounding, the palaces overlap, the buildings are scattered, from a distance, the wealth is magnificent and the weather is severe.
The place where he passed before was the outer city of the capital. And the location of the temple tower is the inner city of the capital. There is a difference between inside and outside, respect and humility are orderly, there is silence in the noise, and the silence seems to exude a kind of majesty that envelops the Quartet. It is awe-inspiring and hateful!
Blameless stood at the corner of the street, casting a faint glance at the high-walled building, snorting softly, and then moving on.
At this time, a woman's figure shook, and then she turned around and whispered, "Childe ......"
Blameless paused, looking puzzled.
It was a woman of twenty-five or sixteen, dressed in plain cloth, wrapped in an apron, and holding a bamboo basket in her hand, in which were the washed clothes. She looked up and down at Wu Blame, confirmed that it was correct, hurriedly approached, and stretched out her hand to pull: "Sure enough, it's Gongzi himself, I'm the little peach of Qinghuafang, you don't recognize it, come and talk in my courtyard......"
Wu Ji seemed to remember something, and did not resist, and followed the woman to the small courtyard on the street, and walked in one after the other. The jujube red horse was not bolted, and was thrown directly outside the door.
The courtyard is not big, simple and clean. Under the vines are tables and stools, and on top of them is a small embroidered basket with needles and threads.
The woman put down the bamboo basket, stretched out her hand to invite, and said happily: "Son, sit down, I'll make you a cup of hot tea......
Wu Yi picked up the hem of his clothes, sat down at the table, waved his hand and said, "No need! It turns out that you are Xiao Tao, why do you live here, this is the ......" He looked at the small courtyard, and there was still some doubt in his expression.
The woman who called herself Xiao Tao was not outside, grabbed her apron and wiped her hands, although she was plain in cloth, she still had a bit of a posture, and said casually: "I have been suffering in Qinghuafang for several years, and I have a little savings, which coincides with the pity of my man, so I redeemed the deed, and now he is in business, and the small life is light, but he also lives ......" She said a few words briefly, and she was glad to herself: "I still recognized the wrong person, I didn't think that the son was still alive, and I still remembered the little peach ......"
This little peach used to be a fireworks woman, but now she is good and light, but it is not easy!
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he nodded silently.
"I think that at the beginning, a few girls in the capital didn't know the name of the son, and the famous sentences left by the son in Xiling Lake have been recited to this day!"
When Xiao Tao said this, the admiration was spontaneous, and the emotion was unbearable, so he cleared his throat and groaned: "The breeze is not left for the white clouds, and the red face is lonely for a while...... Also: leaning on the horse to see the willows, full of spring ...... Also: Xiling plumbing, swallow shadows, toast drunk, drink the snow for another year...... And ......"
Wu Yi slowly lowered his head and raised his hand: "Little Peach, Mo Ti ...... past"
Xiao Tao has a good memory, and the poems she sings are all from a certain son, who has been widely circulated in the fireworks land of the capital and became famous. And this son was not proud at all, but seemed to have been exposed by someone, his expression was embarrassed, and he was a little painful: "Let's talk about the situation in my family......"
Xiao Tao was also understanding, and stopped talking at the right time, and then sighed faintly, and said: "Is the general's mansion asking the prince?" she sorted out her thoughts, and then said: "More than 100 people in the general's mansion were all cut off and abandoned in the city, and I also cried all night for the misfortune of the son, but fortunately, I heard later that the son escaped from the capital alone. Now, more than five years later, no one talks about it anymore. It is said that the house has long been deserted......"
And before she finished speaking, there were two more ingots of gold on the table. A figure got up and left, staggering. She stared blankly at the gold on the table, and muttered to herself: "Childe is still so generous......"
Wu Yi walked out of the courtyard gate in a few steps, looked up to the sky and exhaled a breath of turbidity, and waited for the chaotic mood to ease down a little, and then continued to move forward along the street. In addition to the jujube red horse that followed, there seemed to be a few more figures not far away. He didn't pay attention to it, just paced silently with a calm face.
After passing through several street intersections one after another, the streets gradually became deserted.
At that moment, the horses suddenly neighed, followed by screams, and others stretched out their arms and sleeves and shouted.
No fault had to stop, frowning slightly.
The jujube red horse was still restless, and more than two feet away on the ground was a man lying on the ground, with horseshoe prints on his chest, howling loudly and in pain. The three equally stout men blocked the way, and shouted: "This son, your mount kicked and injured people, and it is inevitable to see a doctor and recuperate, but I am afraid that I can't run away for hundreds of silver......"
And the man lying on the ground took the opportunity to snort miserably: "Oops...... The bones are broken...... I'm going to die...... There are still elderly mothers and young children in the family...... Don't let that ......guy go, neighbors."
At the same time, passers-by near and far stopped to watch, pointing, and hurried away for fear of getting into trouble.
Wuyi stretched out his hand and patted the jujube red horse, and walked over with his feet raised.
The remaining three men followed around, and you said to me: "Childe should break the fortune and eliminate the disaster, this is the capital, if there is an accident, regret it later......"
Wu Yi walked up to the man lying on the ground, and said lightly: "Follow me through a few street intersections, and secretly pull the tail of my mount, even if you are kicked to the ground, you are to blame!"
The man on the ground was slightly stunned, and then covered his chest for a "ahh......h
The three men on the left and right refused to be idle, and they helped one by one: "Oh, if this is grabbed by the yamen of the capital, if you don't die, you will have to shed your skin!"
Blameless let his legs be dangled, and he stood still: "How much silver do you want?"
The man on the ground hurriedly stretched out a slap: "Five hundred taels ......"
Wu Jian raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Five hundred taels is too little, I'll give you five ingots of gold!" Before he finished speaking, he grabbed five ingots of gold in his hand, and threw them down one by one with a faint whistling sound. Suddenly, the bones broke, and blood splattered.
The man on the ground was pleasantly surprised, and he was about to open his arms, but he didn't expect that his legs and feet were directly smashed out of four blood holes by the falling gold ingots, as if his limbs were all wasted. He was terrified for a moment, and howled like a pig.
The three men on the left and right were dumbfounded, and then each showed a fierce face.
There was still a gold ingot left in the hands of the blameless man, and he said disapprehantly: "Who wants gold......"
At this moment, several figures emerged from the corner of the street. One of them walked steadily, and shouted: "The capital is heavy, who dares to go wild!"