A big bird with red eyes and gray feathers penetrated the clouds, fluttered its wings and swooped over the tall and thick city wall.
Buzz!
The bowstring vibrated, and arrows shot out from the city.
The flying arrow rose into the air and turned into a thin golden line, as fast as a stream of light.
In the blink of an eye, it penetrated his torso and brought out a bunch of blood flowers.
grumble--
The big bird let out a shrill scream.
He fell headlong into the city.
The city is dominated by gray-white buildings, with towers and pavilions standing in all directions, and cornices of different heights.
In the middle, there is a square square paved with bluestone.
Some people in ragged clothes gathered around the square. They raised their heads with hungry eyes, but there was a trace of fear on their faces, and they did not dare to get too close to the square.
The big red-eyed bird fell at a very fast speed and hit the ground with a "puff".
Some blood stains were scattered.
However, the body was not damaged at all.
"Where are the government troops?"
As a majestic voice sounded.
Two men in armor came forward.
Each person lifts one place, picks up the big bird and leaves the square.
The slightly quiet crowd returned to its usual noisy state.
Although people are accustomed to this, they still talk about it a few times.
"City Lord Wei's archery skills are truly unfathomable!"
"This evil vulture looks so big, I'm afraid it weighs more than 100 kilograms..."
Cao Su stood outside the crowd and watched from a distance as the two soldiers carried the bird corpse away easily.
He is 1.7 meters tall, wearing burlap cloth, rotten straw sandals, yellow complexion, and skinny bones. He is no different from the people around him. He can even be said to be extremely ordinary.
After the soldier entered the inner city, he left like the people around him.
The environment outside Pingcheng is harsh, and there is a subtle smell of corpses.
Wherever I go, there are some malicious eyes staring at me unscrupulously.
Cao Su tightened his collar and quickened his pace.
Hiding in the crowd, he suddenly turned around and walked in the opposite direction, then walked through a small alley.
He pushed open the courtyard door and quickly closed it, returning home.
The house is small, a little dark and damp.
After hearing Cao Su enter the door, the man lying on the wooden bed sat up.
"Asu, are you back?"
"Um."
Cao Su responded without saying much.
Then there was a long silence, and the man lay down again.
Cao Su took out the two copper coins in his arms and placed them on the table.
Silently walked to the stove, skillfully began to chop wood and light a fire...
He is not a person who likes silence, but at this moment, in this situation, he really can't say anything. In addition, since he has just arrived, he is afraid of making mistakes if he talks too much, so it is better to practice silent meditation.
Cao Su had been a taciturn person before, so he didn't attract much attention.
Cao Su occasionally raised his head and saw the man on the bed looking towards him.
The two looked at each other and then smiled.
The man on the bed was much stronger than Cao Su, but now he had a broken leg and had difficulty moving.
He is Cao Su's eldest brother Cao Xing, who is just twenty years old this year.
Cao Su didn't know how to evaluate this elder brother.
At first, I thought he didn't understand the general situation and only knew how to show off his cruelty and fight, which hurt his body and made everyone suffer.
But as my understanding of this world deepens, I find that people are really in the world and can't help themselves.
In such troubled times, it is a blessing to be able to save one life.
Even today, I know that this world is too dangerous.
Warriors are everywhere, flying over eaves and walking over walls, with strength exceeding a thousand kilograms is the norm.
Birds are bigger than people...
And after he replaced Cao Su's soul with an outstanding young man from Earth, the first thing he discovered was that his parents were still alive and his family was harmonious. Apart from being a little poorer and a little ordinary, he didn't have the slightest bit of Best Actor status.
The face of a conqueror.
The only thing that made him feel a little relieved was that he also had a neighbor girl friend who was very talented in spiritual practice.
Just last month, this girl next door was admitted into the [Zhao Xin Sect], one of the five gangs and three sects here.
Then this neighbor moved out of the outer city and moved into the inner city under envious, jealous, and indifferent eyes.
If the girl next door grows up and is good-looking enough in the future, and can even attract a few random bees and butterflies, that will be even more exciting, indicating that his aura as a leading actor is still there.
From this incident, Cao Su saw two social hot spots.
First, there is a huge difference in life between the inner and outer cities, and second, the status of a large number of disciples can change the fate of ordinary residents.
Therefore, you still have to practice martial arts.
You must find a way to become a truly strong person, otherwise you will end up being slaughtered by others.
Cao Su continued to chop firewood for a while. After a while, there was some movement outside the house.
A man with a medium build and a square face and a middle-aged woman with rough skin walked in and put down their poles and baskets.
These are the biological parents of Cao Su and Cao Xing. They earned a meager income by doing odd jobs for businessmen.
"Axing Asu, we are back." The woman shouted.
Cao Su stood up, and Cao Xing sat upright on the bed again.
"The government troops are practicing today, and the curfew has been brought forward, so they came back a little early."
The government army is the official force of Xing'an City, responsible for the city's bodyguards, public security and other tasks.
Cao Su knew that the two soldiers he saw in the square today were the soldiers of the government army.
After Cao's father sat down, Cao Su brought him a bowl of water. He took a few sips and talked about some things.
"These days seem to be a little different from before. Today I heard Lao Wang say that the Zhang family living at the end of Zhulin Lane was robbed by a group of thieves and two juniors were beaten to death."
"Thieves? Junior is dead?" Cao Su's expression changed.
"They must be people from the gang. I have worked for them before in this house. It is a good household with spare money."
"Gang struggles are getting more and more intense, especially among our gangs in outer cities. They have no control at all. Even the government troops don't want to ask questions. Ordinary people don't have force to get close to them, so they will inevitably be targeted by gangs." Cao Xing used to be involved in gangs, and there are
Some understanding.
"When Ah Su goes out to do things, he should be more careful and don't get into conflicts with others." Mother Cao was a little worried about her taciturn little son, so she gave a few more warnings.
"I know." Cao Su nodded.
Cao Su secretly lamented that life was too stressful, and he never expected that he would be severely beaten by society after traveling through time.
After Cao's mother made a simple meal, she went out to wash the clothes of the three elders.
Cao's father continued to talk about what he had seen and heard, and Cao Su listened most of the time, occasionally interrupting to ask questions.
My understanding of the world becomes more clear and three-dimensional.
When night falls.
City curfew.
The entire city was as quiet as a crawling beast in the dark night, silent but cold and penetrating.
The cold wind howled outside.
A family of four huddled together on the same bed to keep warm.
For some reason, Cao Su tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
Open your eyes.
Staring at the roof beams in a daze.
He was thinking about these memories in his mind. Judging from the reality he was seeing at the moment, the picture in his previous memory seemed like an illusory dream, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false.
If what happened before is true, then why does he appear here now and how did he get here?
Unexpectedly, Cao Su fell asleep immediately and started to ask himself deep philosophical questions.
"Who is he? Where does he come from? Where is he going?"
Coming from the Eastern Land and the Tang Dynasty, heading to the Western Heaven...
So where is his monkey?
It's obviously time to go to sleep, but the more I think about it, the more I think about it.
"Mandarin ducks and butterflies fly together. The spring scenery in the garden is intoxicating. I quietly asked the holy monk..."
Suddenly it entered the single cycle stage again.
Severe insomnia warning!
Cao Su turned over again, his mentality exploded.
He forced himself to count the dumplings, but found that the more he counted, the more awake he became.
Later, it seemed that hallucinations appeared in front of my eyes, and scenes similar to those in a game appeared.
To be honest, I really miss Qwer a little bit.
Um?
He suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Staring straight ahead.
In the dark night, a dimly lit character panel appeared out of thin air in front of me.
Name: Cao Su
Identity: An ordinary citizen in Pingcheng
What do you mean by ordinary people? Are you polite?
Although he felt offended, Cao Su still burst into tears.
Although the plug-in will be late, it will never be absent.
Facing such a ridiculously simple panel, Cao Su was immediately attracted to it. He felt that he could do it again, as if he could open mountains and fill seas tomorrow and break through the sky.
Then it was another round of turning over in bed.
I thought too much in the first half of the night and too much in the second half of the night...
In a daze, I heard the sound of my parents getting up.
At this time, it was still dark.
It was dawn and Cao Su got up.
Cao Xing also woke up and struggled to get up.
Cao Su helped him wash up, go to the toilet, and then went out.
The alleyway was still dirty and messy, filled with a stench that had not been dealt with for a long time. When I turned a corner and walked onto the street, I heard sparse shouts.
The noisy voices seemed to cover up a trace of depression in life.
The entire outer city area is a mixed bag of fish and dragons.
When I walked to the entrance of the bamboo forest alley, I heard the sound of mourning.
The atmosphere was solemn, with yellow paper scattered in the air and figures wearing hemp and mourning appearing from time to time.
Cao Su saw a few beggars in ragged clothes and touched them.
It can be seen from his clothes that a man like him is relatively clean in simple clothes, and his living conditions are slightly better than those of a beggar.
Cao Su didn't stay long. After crossing a stone bridge, he came to a large courtyard with green bricks and white tiles.
Before they even got close to the courtyard, they heard cheers coming and going.
The plaque on the gate of the courtyard reads: Wang's Martial Arts School.
Four large black characters.
The middle door of the martial arts hall was wide open. After entering the hall, a tall young man couldn't help but complain.