"Don't kill me, I say! I say!" Du Datong shouted in panic. The pain in his neck made him afraid like never before. He had no doubt that these people who appeared out of nowhere would really kill him.
Under the threat of death, Du Datong told everything like a bean in a bamboo tube. After hearing this, the man in black frowned tightly, "You mean that woman ran away?"
"Yes, yes, we ran away with that soldier." Du Datong nodded his head, fearing that if he spoke slower, he would cut his neck with a knife.
"Damn it!" The man cursed bitterly, with surprisingly angry eyes. He was delayed for a while because of something on the road, and then lost trace of the woman. What did those government servants do for food, and they were actually under their noses?
It was set on fire.
"Brother, do you want to kill them?" Another man in black walked up to the man and asked. When he mentioned the word "kill", his tone was as calm as if he was discussing today's weather.
When Du Datong and others heard this, they were all frightened out of their wits. They even begged for mercy. Some said they had an eighty-year-old mother at home, some said they had children waiting to be fed, and some said they were not married. In short, there were all kinds of things. Human nature is greedy.
His true nature of fear of death was clearly exposed at this moment.
Killing a few people is just a matter of hands for them, which is not a big deal. However, the man in black is obviously not in the mood at the moment. Moreover, before coming out this time, the master told him to keep a low profile and try not to cause any trouble in the local area.
Pay attention, otherwise if you trace it, it will be a small matter to expose your identity, but it will be a big deal to ruin the master.
The leading man in black sheathed his sword and said coldly: "That's all, it's important to find someone, let's go!"
"Yes." Everyone agreed and quickly disappeared into the night behind the leader until they could no longer be seen. Du Datong reached out and touched his neck. Fortunately, his head was still there. What is the origin of this group of people?
,very scary!
Not to mention here, after Shi Sheng and Ling Ruo escaped from the pursuit of Du Datong and others, they hid in the mountains where he often went to cut firewood. There was a cave he had accidentally discovered before. It was very hidden and could not be discovered by ordinary people.
They ran in a hurry and did not know that Du Datong set fire in the long alley, nor did they know that Shi Sheng's home where he had lived for more than 20 years had been burned to the ground. Even Shi's mother died in the fire and did not escape.
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"Miss Ling, why are they chasing you?" In the dark cave, Shi Sheng finally couldn't help asking the question he had been holding back all night.
Because they were afraid of attracting wild beasts and humans, they did not light a fire. The weak moonlight could only illuminate a foot of the cave entrance. Ling Ruo sat on the ground with his knees crossed, staring blankly at the weeds half a person tall at the entrance of the cave, as if he had not heard Shi Sheng's words.
I don't know how long it took, but a cold voice sounded in the cave, "They should be the ones who want my life!"
Ling Ruo had never seen Du Datong, so he naturally didn't know that those people were sent by Hou Mubai. He only knew that they were the same group of people who had been chasing him all the way.
She turned her head and looked at Shi Sheng's eyes that were still shining in the dark night, "Now you know why I have to leave. If I continue to stay, such disasters will continue to happen. Either I die or you accompany me."
Die with me. Shi Sheng, are you afraid?"
"Afraid." Shi Sheng answered honestly after being silent for a while, and then said: "But I still want to protect you."
In the face of death, few people can be calm and composed, not even Shi Sheng. He will be afraid and even tremble like a normal person. However, under such circumstances, he still wants to protect the woman who is one round older than him.
I don't want her to get hurt at all.
Shi Sheng's eyes are clean and pure, without any cover or dodge. What he thinks in his heart is what he says.
"But I will feel guilty!" Ling Ruo met his gaze and said, "You are a good person. I hope you will be safe and happy throughout your life. After tonight, we will separate and never see each other again. Shi Sheng, I will always remember you.
There was once someone who treated me sincerely."
The look in Shi Sheng's eyes gradually dimmed. He wanted to say no, but when he thought of his mother at home, the words that reached his lips could not be said.
He suddenly remembered what Ling Ruo had said before when she taught him the word "桡": It is better to forget each other in the world...
After that, the two of them didn't speak again until the crescent moon set in the west and a glimmer of dawn appeared on the horizon. Ling Ruo and Shi Sheng thought about it and decided to go back first. She came out in a hurry and didn't bring anything with her. Without money, she couldn't go anywhere without money.
It was inconvenient. Those who were chasing her probably wouldn't do it in broad daylight, but in order to prevent others from being spotted, Ling Ruo smeared a lot of mud on her face to hide it from others.
On the way back to Qingjiang Town, Shi Sheng often saw people gathering in groups of twos and threes, saying something about a fire. Because he was in a hurry to get back, he didn't listen carefully.
After hurried all the way and finally returned to the long alley, Shi Sheng was stunned. The long alley was long, narrow and dark, densely packed with houses. It had been like this for twenty years. But now it was empty and almost invisible.
The house is intact, but everywhere you look there are ruins and broken walls. Many people are rummaging for things under the rubble bricks, and even more people are holding the burnt corpses and crying. Almost everyone knows those people, they are all residents.
In the long alley...
Fire... It turns out that the place where everyone said the fire was is in Long Alley. Why? Why is it like this? Why is it on fire for no reason? It was obviously fine last night...
Shi Sheng stared blankly at all this, his mind went blank and he couldn't think. After the shock subsided a little, he suddenly jumped up and ran towards the home in his memory with a pale face, mother... mother!
The fire started from Shi's house, so Shi's house was the cleanest place to be burned. Except for a few blackened beams and broken tiles on the ground, nothing was left, at least that's what it looked like on the surface.
Shi Sheng grabbed people like crazy and asked if they had seen his mother, but everyone shook their heads when they faced his question. Every time they shook their heads, the fear in Shi Sheng's heart grew.
Where is mother? Where is she?
No one can tell Shi Sheng the answer. They are all sad about the disaster that happened to their own family, and how can they have the mood to care about other families' affairs.
Shi Sheng rushed to the ruins with red eyes, picking up the rubble and tiles with his hands, tears dripping down his eyes, "Mother, mother, where are you? Don't let anything happen to you. Don't let anything happen!" From now on, my son will listen to everything.
Yours, if you don't keep talking to you, I will marry Xuan'er if you ask me to. I just want you to live, as long as you live!
Shi Sheng dug hard until his hands bled, but he didn't seem to feel anything and kept digging until a blackened arm was exposed under the broken tiles.
"Mother!" Shi Sheng cried out sadly and dug harder until the entire charred corpse was exposed. The corpse was burned beyond recognition, and the clothes were turned into flying smoke in the fire. The only thing left was the sticky
The silver bump on the middle finger of the left hand should be a ring that was melted by a fire and then solidified again.
Shi Sheng knew that his mother had been wearing a silver ring on her left hand all year round. It was made by his father with all his savings when he got married. His mother always wore it as a treasure and was never willing to take it off. At this moment, the identity of the charred corpse
It was already clear that Shi Sheng held that hand and burst into tears.