Chapter 137

Daming mansion, outside Jinxia city.

early morning.

The sky just lit up. On the official road outside the city, an old ox cart crunched towards the city under the drive of the old man.

On the ox cart, there were a load of fresh fruits and vegetables, and a little girl who was sleeping. While driving, the old man looked back at his granddaughter from time to time. When he saw that she slept soundly, he felt secure in his heart and smiled a little more unconsciously.

Daming mansion is the inland residence of Tianji Dynasty. As the former imperial capital, it has an extremely superior geographical location. People living here, let alone animal tide, have seen few monsters in their life.

The ox cart moved forward slowly. Not long ago, the old man seemed to find something in the grass in front. Even if he stopped, he pulled his old yellow ox to stop.

"Young man, wake up. Why did you sleep here..."

When the old man came forward, he saw a thin young man lying in the grass in front. He was not old, but his face was very ugly. His beard was broken, his face was decadent, his face was unusually pale, and his lips were not bloody.

Looking down, the young man's clothes are not clean, but there are many gray marks, which look like shoe prints of different sizes. There are also some unusual depressions in the ribs of the young man, which are obviously broken by someone.

The old man was startled. He stretched out his hand and sniffed. He found that people were still angry, but it was very weak. It seemed that it would go out at any time like a residual candle in the wind.

He quickly patted the young man on the cheek, pressed the man's chest several times, took the kettle, poured it into his mouth and fed some water.

The old man is a farmer who grows vegetables. He has no knowledge all his life. These means are also peeked from the barefoot doctor in the village. He didn't expect to play any role, but after pressing his chest a few times, the young man coughed twice and coughed out the water he fed him.

"I... where..."

The young man suddenly woke up, confused and confused.

"Don't panic, old man, I'm not a bad man..."

When the old man saw that someone woke up, he immediately laughed and was very happy. As the saying goes, saving people's life is better than building a level 7 floating slaughter. He also did a good deed.

Then the old man helped the man up and said, "it's just dawn, the ground is very cold, and there is dew. Be careful that the wind is cold to the bone. Come on, go to my car and have a rest. The old man will take you to the city..."

Probably he realized that the old man didn't mean any harm. After being dazed for a while, the young man took the initiative to follow the old man in the direction of the ox cart. After walking for a distance, his strength also recovered. When he got to the side of the ox cart, he got on the cart without the help of the old man.

"Well... Grandpa, are we here..."

On the ox cart, the five or six-year-old girl was awakened by the movement of the man on the bus. She immediately rubbed her eyes and asked vaguely.

"It hasn't arrived yet, Niu Niu. Go on to sleep. Go to the side and make room for other people's uncles."

The old man smiled kindly and pinched the little girl's face.

Then, he took the old scalper, his granddaughter, a cart of vegetables and the young man he had just picked up, and continued to rush towards Jinxia city.

"Did something happen to you? Why did a man fall asleep in the suburbs? "

The old man asked as he hurried along.

“……”

The young man was silent for a moment, and seemed to think of something unforgettable. His originally calm or dull look suddenly became intense, and his breathing became much heavier. On his pale face, in his long and narrow eyes, unexpected blood appeared.

His eyes swept around, and his eyes fell on the old yellow cattle. The yellow cattle was hung with a car and several small cloth bags. One of them had a hole. Under the reflection of the sun, a yellow orange light fell into the eyes of the young people.

Suddenly, the young man rushed forward and tore off the small cloth pocket.

"... hey, what are you doing!"

The old man was startled by the news. When he looked back, he was surprised because there was something in the small cloth pocket, but he had saved all his possessions by selling vegetables from morning to night in recent years.

The young man grabbed the cloth pocket, roughly opened it, and found many things in it. Finally, he saw what he wanted - a few pieces of silver and two strings of copper coins. The reflected light he saw just now was caused by the two strings of copper coins.

"Why are you robbing me, young man? Put the money down..."

The old man was worried. His dry face turned red. He grabbed the old scalper and told him to stop. Then he had to get on the bus and get the money back from the young man.

"Don't move, old man."

The young man picked up the sleeping little girl, and touched her with his other hand. He soon grabbed a short knife for cutting fruit and put it on the little girl's neck.

The appearance of this scene made the old man's sky almost collapse. The whole man's mind was almost blank. His hand holding the cow whip trembled twice, and even the whip fell to the ground.

"What are you doing! My old man saved you with kindness. Why did you do this... "

The old man's lips trembled and his hands trembled in front of his chest. His whole body bent and looked helpless.

In the simple mind of the old vegetable farmer, he could not understand why the young man wanted to bite the hand that feeds him and put a knife on his granddaughter's neck.

"Woo woo..."

The little girl was woken up again, and this time, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a bright knife on her neck, and the uncle who got on the bus held her tightly with his arm, which made the little girl almost out of breath. She was surprised and afraid. At that time, she cried.

"Stop it!"

The young man yelled at the little girl. The little girl was immediately frightened. She was pale and didn't dare to make any more noise, but her little body was still twitching.

The young man took a few deep breaths to calm his trembling fingers. Then he looked at the old man, pressed his throat and said, "I don't want to do this... But I'm in trouble, big trouble. I need money. Give me all your money, come on!"

"I have no money, it's all with you..."

When the old man saw the little girl crying, he also cried with heartache. More importantly, he was afraid in his mood.

"You're lying!"

The young man suddenly raised the volume and shouted to the old man in a voice close to roaring: "don't you want your granddaughter's life!"

The old man's body trembled. Seeing the young man holding the little girl's hand harder, he immediately remembered that his neck was red. In order to prove his innocence, he even took off his clothes and said, "no, no, really no, my old man has no money. It's all with you!"

“……”

The young man was silent. Seeing that the old man really had no money, he loosened the little girl, put it behind him, and then collected the money in the cloth pocket.

He took a deep breath. Considering the aftermath, he said, "I have to. Don't blame me, let alone report to the official. If I knew, I would..."

Before the threat was said, a faint voice sounded on the side of the road: "will you retaliate?"

"Who --"

The young man was frightened. Looking at the sound, he saw a figure in white coming towards him.

Although the young man doesn't know martial arts, he can also see from his body that he can't beat the strong figure, so he immediately picked up his knife and prepared to hijack the little girl behind him. Although he may not threaten others, at least he is at ease.

But, somehow——

The young man suddenly found that his body was disobedient. It seemed that there was some invisible force in the surrounding air, which bound him. The air seemed to become an invisible hand, holding him tightly in the palm of his hand. Any action he wanted could not be completed at the moment.

"... warrior! That's a warrior... "

The young man's heart suddenly fell to the bottom of the valley, a cold, and his eyes showed the color of despair.

In this world, the gap between ordinary people and martial artists seems to be very different. Even if it is only the lowest martial artist, it is not something that ordinary people can resist. Moreover, the figure in white is extraordinary. It is not ordinary at first sight. It can't tell how high the martial arts cultivation will be.

Chu Yun went to the carriage, glanced at the young man, picked up the frightened little girl behind and gently rubbed her hair.

"It's all right. Don't be afraid."

Chu Yun comforted him softly, and then held the little girl in front of the old man.

The old man opened his mouth with surprise and joy, but he didn't make a sound for a long time. He shook his hand and picked up his granddaughter. He immediately cried excitedly and cried with tears in his arms.

"Don't you feel guilty when you see this scene?"

Chu Yun looked at the young man and asked faintly.

“……”

The young man's body trembled for a moment, and his look became extremely complex. He smiled miserably and said: "I have also read sages' books for several years. If I am not really forced and helpless, how can I do such a thing? This unfair world, this thief, my God! Ah ah... "

As he said this, the young man's mood suddenly collapsed. He cried loudly and burst into tears. His nose and tears mixed together on his face and looked very embarrassed.

Chu Yun's eyebrows wrinkled slightly. Before he had any reaction, the young man cried and told his story.

It turned out that the young man's name was Zhao Zhi. He was a scholar in Jinxia city. The conditions at home were not good, but they were enough to eat and wear. He just married a daughter-in-law the year before last, and his life was fairly warm.

However, just a few months ago, Zhao Zhi met some people who "came out" outside. The reason was that he had a conflict with a street ruffian because he bumped into him while walking. At that time, a big gangster came forward and solved Zhao Zhi's siege.

In order to thank the big gangster, Zhao Zhi invited the other party to have a cup of tea. The two sides even knew each other. After that, the big gangster often went to Zhao Zhi to play.

And then

Zhao Zhi became addicted to gambling.

At first, he and the big gangster just went to the street stall to play. As a scholar, Zhao Zhi didn't want to touch these humiliating things, but he couldn't stand the warm invitation of the gangster's friends.

Zhao Zhi casually played a few hands and even won several games in a row. He grabbed and touched cards. He got what he wanted. He was very lucky. He became addicted to gambling for the first time.

And his bastard friend, along with him, won a lot of money from the stall owner. When he went back, the bastard friend called him brother Zhao and said that he must bring his younger brother to make more money tomorrow. All kinds of empty flattery came out one after another. He was very proud to hear Zhao Zhi.

In the next few days, although he lost and won, he won the most, and his bastard friends worshipped him more, which greatly satisfied Zhao Zhi's vanity.

Later, the bastard friend didn't seem to like the small money on these stalls, so he took Zhao Zhi to a very large gambling house.

Zhao Zhi played for so many days and won for so many days. He also thought he was a gambling God alive. Naturally, he didn't refuse the invitation to bastard friends. After they went to the gambling house together, they also lost and won. At first, they won more, then gradually became less, and then they almost lost once.

However, the tricky place is here. When he wins, Zhao Zhi feels very addicted and exciting. He wants to come again next time.

Even if he loses, Zhao Zhi is still very addicted, and even feels more addicted.

Because he knew what it was like to win. After losing, he became more and more unwilling. He also wanted to find face in front of his bastard friends, so he took money again and again and lost all his money again and again.

Suddenly one day, Zhao Zhi came home vaguely and felt something was wrong.

He couldn't find his wife.

Looking back carefully, I vaguely remembered that in the gambling last night, he lost the last piece of copper at home. In order to turn the table, he pressed his wife up

Then

Then

When he realized this, Zhao Zhi howled like crazy. He rushed out of the house and went to the gambling house to beg for his wife. The result is naturally predictable.

He was badly wounded and thrown out of the city. The other party held the words he personally pressed last night. It said that he used his wife as a chip for 50 liang of silver, and then lost. In black and white, he could not win even if he took it to the government.

The man who beat him seriously was the bastard friend who called him brother and often shouted 'brother Zhao's cow force'.

At this moment, Zhao Zhicai realized that from the beginning, it was a trap to lure him.