sword sentient beings

Chapter 4 Cracks
As soon as the door was closed, the hustle and bustle just now fell silent.

Tang Zhao stood in front of the door, looking up at the lintel of Xue's residence.

No matter rich or poor, Bai Ding's family without fame cannot have a lintel, but Xue Daxia is a martial artist and a criminal knight, and now the lintel is very eye-catching.

On the sandalwood door lintel, the shape of a sword is incised, like a scabbard, waiting for a sword to be hidden.

Below the shape of the sword, there are four large characters engraved:

"Suppress one side!"

Tang Zhao was in a daze, and suddenly heard a strange sound behind him.

A group of yellow shadows jumped down from the wall.

It was a tabby cat, swaying past him with unrecognizable steps.

Tang Zhao thought to himself: This cat...is so fat!Unexpectedly, there are both cats and dogs in Xue's house.

The flower cat wobbled and paced past, then turned around suddenly, squinted its eyes and looked at Tang Zhao, with a contemptuous look on its fat face.

Huh?
Tang Zhao was startled, his heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: A dog is a vicious dog, and a cat is a vicious cat!

Tuk Tuk Tuk…

There was a sound of hoofbeats behind him.

A claret horse whizzed like flying, drove straight to Xue's mansion, and reined in a foot away from the gate of the mansion.

Immediately, the knight jumped off his horse, a bright red cloak fluttering in the wind.

The person who came was a military officer. He came to the door, pushed open the door, and drove straight in.

Tang Zhao was stunned, he had seen how difficult it is to enter the gate of Xue's mansion, this man was able to break through the door in a big way, presumably he was a big shot.At that time, I took a quick glance and felt that the other party was not very old. I don't know what official position it is?
The big man entered, and the outside became quiet again.

As time went by, Tang Zhao gradually felt numb in his legs and feet.

"Zhaozi?"

Hearing Sui Feng's voice, Tang Zhao turned his head, saw him rushing over, and said, "How about we go first? We shouldn't have come here in the first place. Father told me before, to see The situation is not right, don’t make mistakes, and I will definitely take you back home. It’s okay to go back, just join us as a partner, where can’t you eat a bowl of rice?”

Tang Zhao looked up at the wide lintel, and said, "Yes. I wanted to leave just now. But he told me on his deathbed... No matter what I sent the token in, I must take it back. I was in the woods just now. If you lose one, can you lose another one?"

Hearing the sound of footsteps in the door, the old door came out.

Tang Zhao's heart sank.

It seems that the nose is not a nose, and the face is not a face.

The little old man didn't look straight at Tang Zhao, but only looked into the distance, and said, "Who was that... that... just now?"

Tang Zhao took a breath and said, "Student Tang Zhao."

"I don't care if you are Tang Zhao or Shui Zhao—" the old man's voice suddenly rose, very piercing, "You came to Xue's mansion to cheat, then you are looking for the wrong person! Open your eyes and see, what is this place? It's you!" Is it a place where poor people eat and drink?"

Tang Zhao was speechless for a while, Sui Feng stepped forward in panic and said, "Master, we didn't..."

"Snapped--"

The little old man threw a box on Tang Zhao's head, Tang Zhao hurriedly grabbed it, and held the box tightly in his hand.

Open the box to reveal a rare object in the world.Like a metal shelf for two crystal wafers.

That is a pair of glasses.

The glasses are full of cracks.

One lens had a thick crack cutting it in half, while the other was so cracked that it looked like cracked china.

Tang Zhao looked down without taking his eyes off, opened his glasses with trembling fingers, and raised them to face the sun.

Because the lens is already broken, but it is framed by the frame and gathered together so that no light can pass through.Tang Zhao's eyes were hidden behind the fragments, and he couldn't see his eyes at all, only his lips were tightly pursed into a line.

It was probably the first time the old man saw the glasses, his expression softened a little, but his tone was not slow: "Get out of here with your shit, and your nonsense letter full of nonsense!"

As he spoke, he threw the letter to Tang Zhao again, smashed it directly into his arms, and fell to the ground along the skirt of his clothes.

Tang Zhao bent down, picked up the letter, squatted on the ground, folded the glasses, and put them back in the box carefully.

The whole process was silent.

Although the old man is not tall, even if he is not much taller than Tang Zhao, who has not yet grown up, at this time he is condescending because of the difference in posture between the two.He sneered and said, "When I said get out, I didn't mean to tell you to get out of the corner somewhere outside the wall. At least get out of... Heyang County! Heyang County is not small, but there is no place for liars to stand. Just today! Tonight! Get me out of the county boundary before tomorrow! If not... you can ask who Xue Daxia is, and it’s just a matter of asking for a person’s head! It’s also your luck, my dog ​​hasn’t come back, otherwise you still Do you want to go out alone?"

As he said that, he turned around, his voice slowed down, and said resentfully: "It's really unlucky, I met two beggars a day..."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Tang Zhao who had been silent all this time suddenly said, "Please wait a moment."

The old man frowned and turned around.

Tang Zhao stood up slowly, put the letter and tokens into his arms, his face was still pale, and he folded his hands in salute.

"Thank you for the generosity of the Xue family, and thank you for your kind words, sir. I only hate that the younger generation is useless."

The old man's expression was uncertain, and he said: "Don't bully the old man for not reading, I know you guys are used to yin and yang, you are... what do you mean?"

Tang Zhao's expression was calm, and his tone was also very peaceful, and said: "As the master said, the younger generation is a useless scholar, saying anything is in vain. Respect is worse than obedience, so I had to run away overnight as you said... "

At this time Sui Feng became more and more embarrassed, he hesitated to speak several times, and finally pulled the rein of the donkey.

Tang Zhao articulated clearly and spoke loudly:
"In any case, the younger generation will keep in mind what happened today. I can do nothing today and feel ashamed. If the younger generation achieves something in the future and the house is safe as before, I will visit again. Then there will be a big reward."

The old man patted the door frame and said, "I understand. You really are mocking us! When my dog ​​comes back—"

Suddenly, someone laughed loudly and said, "This kid's words are really interesting!"

Dressed in red, a man with the appearance of a military officer strode across the middle gate, and when he passed by the old man, he showed no intention of giving way.The little old man squeezed out a few steps for him, nearly fell down, and stood sideways, with an extremely ugly expression on his face.

At the same time, Sui Feng found an opportunity and pulled Tang Zhao back.

The red cloak stood between the two of them, looking down at Tang Zhao.Because of his height, it is only natural for him to look down on Tang Zhao.Even Sui Feng is almost a head shorter than him, and no one can look at him at the same level.

Tang Zhao also faced him for the first time, and saw that he was twenty-seven or eight years old, with raised eyebrows, full of heroism, a long sword with sheath hanging on the outside of the red cloak, and a black official uniform on the inside, and it seemed that there was still hanging on his waist. There are other items that I can't see clearly at the moment.

Staring at Tang Zhao, the red cloak smiled and said, "This kid looks clever, but he's also dazed, which is very interesting."

The old man said angrily: "My lord, this is our..."

The red cloak waved his hand, and said: "Okay, don't you tell him to go away? What else do you want? Do you want this town to send him a ride?" After a pause, he said, "Is there no money? "

Tang Zhao was stunned for a moment, and said, "Students... have their own."

The red cloak said: "Could it be that I got excited and insisted on giving you something." He touched his waist casually, throwing out a little light, "I picked it up in the woods, and I'm giving it to you."

Tang Zhao caught it subconsciously, and after a closer look, he was stunned.

That golden object is his longevity lock.

Gold is still that gold, jade is still that piece of jade.

It's just that a shocking scar appeared on the jade, almost splitting the white jade in half.

It's also broken...

Tang Zhao stared at the scratch, just felt as if he was staring at the deep ravine in front of the mansion, even deeper than that moat, bottomless, staring for too long, his eyes gradually blurred, everything around him began to skew, spin...

"Zhaozi...Zhaozi..."

Sui Feng's hurried voice made him wake up a bit, but his head became heavy.

He pressed his fingers to his temples, forcing himself to remain lucid.

Looking back, the red cloak was still standing there, his vision was blurred by the headache, and even the facial features of the man became strange.

He suppressed the discomfort in his head, bowed his head and said, "Student, thank you sir...":
Suddenly his body froze.Cold sweat fell down.

I saw spots of blood on the red cloak, because the color was bright red, I couldn't see it if I didn't look carefully. After I saw it, Fang Jue's blood was dazzling!
Following the bloodstains, one can see a bloody head hanging half-hidden inside the cloak!
When his vision went dark, Tang Zhao completely lost consciousness.

(End of this chapter)