latent body

Chapter 14
"...I...I'm old." This should be the reason Yang Ligeng thinks he can convince the other party after thinking secretly.

Ling Zihan looked at him calmly.

On the way back from escaping the garbage mountain, he kept thinking.

The reason why Wang Chao blackmailed himself must be someone who tipped him off.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Wang Chao to know that he and Liao Qiu made five silver dimes from the last trip to the mountains to pick goods.

The key is who betrayed himself?

Ling Zihan suspected Zhong Jun at first, but this thought only flashed in his mind before being completely rejected.

As Zhong Xiaowei said, reputation is the key to opening a store in a place like Yazi Town.Ling Zihan didn't know exactly when Zhong Jun started selling pass cards, but he remembered very clearly that since he came to settle in the town, he had been relying on buying brands from Zhong Jun to make a living.

There's no need for Zhong Jun to secretly report to the Boneshards just because of five silver horns.

The seller is someone else.

Ling Zihan narrowed the focus of suspicion to the guests who were in the tavern that day.

He remembered clearly that there were three people sitting around the table in the corner.

He wasn't sure if the person who betrayed him was Yang Ligeng.

Liao Qiu was impatient, rushing into the tavern in a hurry and making a fuss, which attracted everyone's attention.Everyone gathered around to watch the fun, but Yang Ligeng was the only one who was still sitting in his seat and drinking wine leisurely.

Is this a sign of guilty conscience?
Or have you already looked down on life and are not surprised by any changes?

Ling Zihan decided to give it a try, starting with Yang Ligeng, bluffing and threatening. Unexpectedly, the vicious appearance and verbal questioning made the old man with not very good psychological quality reveal his flaws.

"Can I do whatever I want when I'm old?" Ling Zihan asked flatly, his standing posture remained unchanged, like a cold steel sculpture.

The old man's face became paler, and he didn't dare to move while sitting on the chair. His whole body was extremely stiff, and his whole body fell into a strange and uncontrollable trembling.

"...I...I need money." His voice was much softer than before, and through the rhythm and tone of his speech, he could feel that his heart was in a fierce struggle at the moment.

"That's not a valid reason." Ling Zihan shook his head slowly, his voice still cold and emotionless: "There are many ways to make money, but you chose the dirtiest one."

Yang Ligeng did not answer.

He lowered his head and stared at the wine glass in front of him.There was still half a cup of cassava wine left in it, and the color was cloudy, like unclarified mud.

After a long time, he began to mutter to himself.

"I also stayed in the wilderness before. I killed many wild animals, sold skins, sold bones, roasted meat and boiled oil...everything."

"At that time, my greatest wish was to have a woman by my side. She liked me and was willing to live with me, the kind who knew what was cold and what was hot. I was saving money desperately, trying to find a suitable place to settle down and have a home...as long as there was a home, everything would be hopeful."

"Later, I picked up a woman in the wilderness. At that time, only half of her was left, her right hand and left leg were gnawed off by sawtooth rats. She escaped from the evil place in the north. She used to be a mob woman. When she fled, she encountered a large group of rats. Her entire face was almost gnawed, and her body was useless. When I found her, she was almost unable to hold on. She begged me to give her a knife and died quickly."

"I gave her some food and water, and managed to bring her back to life. I took her to build a hut in the ruins near the Cuihong Building, and we lived together."

"According to the rules of the Yinsha Gang, only women can settle in the Cuihong Building. If it is a man with a woman, it is fine, but men are not allowed to enter the town. Couples can find a place to live in the ruins next to the town. The reason why I saved her is actually to build a relationship with the Yinsha Gang."

"I spent 11 years with her. Those were my happiest, happiest days."

The old man picked up the wine glass and drank the rest of the wine in one gulp.The strong smell of alcohol intensified his outward emotions mixed with fear and strong unwillingness.

"Once I went out hunting, and I couldn't find her again when I came back. The house was turned into a mess, and nothing of value was left behind."

"I searched in the wilderness for more than a month, and finally found her right hand in a mountain depression."

"I learned later that the mob does not allow members of the group to leave the evil place. All mobs have a signal emitting device similar to a signal tracker in their bodies. When I rescued her from the wilderness, she made up her mind to live a good life with me, so she tried to dig out the device from her body behind my back."

"But even this doesn't work. Because when she took it out many years ago, the positioning signal had already been sent out. Although the mob couldn't find her at that time, they kept sending people to search repeatedly in the positioning area until later..."

"I once found my faith, but I failed to keep her. I lost the most precious thing in my life, and now..."

Yang Ligeng raised his head, his tired and indifferent eyes met Ling Zihan's directly.He leaned back on the chair, spread his hands, and unsuspectingly exposed the most important fatal part of his chest.

"Young man, you are very accurate. That's right, I was the one who secretly told the news to the Bonebreakers. Wang Chao promised to give me a silver horn when the matter is completed."

"I'm old, and I can't do many things even if I want to. When I was young, I was better at playing than you, and then I gradually lost my thoughts on this aspect."

"I won't say "I'm sorry" to you. If you want to kill me, just come! Anyway, I have nothing to miss. You can chop off my head and sell it to the United Doctors Association. This is the most valuable thing in me."

He seemed very calm, but his tone of voice seemed a little difficult.

The people present fell into silence.

Liao Qiu opened his lips a few times, but finally said nothing.

Ling Zihan sized up Yang Ligeng carefully with probing eyes, as if he wanted to see through this old and decayed body thoroughly.

A regular customer in the tavern couldn't bear it any longer. He walked up to Ling Zihan, and whispered with a look of resentment on his face, "This matter... just let it go!"

Ling Zihan glanced at him calmly and did not speak.

This seemed to be a special beginning, and another drinker also expressed emotion: "It is not easy for everyone to live these days. I have known Lao Yang for so many years, and this is the first time I know these things. If you want me to say, Lao Yang revealed the news to the Bonebreaker Gang. This thing is really unreasonable. But looking back, he was also forced."

The person before nodded in agreement: "As long as there are two coins in the pocket, I believe that Lao Yang would never do such a thing."

He patiently persuaded Ling Zihan: "Young man, you have to forgive others and forgive others. Take a step back, and you have nothing to lose anyway, so forget about it!"

The other person also continued to persuade: "Yes! We all live in the same town, and we usually don't look up and look down. I'll ask Lao Yang to admit his mistake to you later, so please forgive him this time!"

There are more and more voices of persuasion from around.

Yang Ligeng's cloudy eyes shone with hope.

Ling Zihan waited patiently until the surrounding sounds gradually disappeared.

His gaze stayed on Yang Ligeng all the time, without shifting at all.

"The Bonebreaker Gang has a lot of people, and it was because of my luck that Aqiu and I escaped from the garbage mountain. If we were unlucky and died at the hands of the Bonebreaker Gang, no one would ever know about it."

Ling Zihan turned around slowly, and glanced at the faces of the persuaders with strange and cold eyes: "Why do you let me just forget about it?"

"It's hard for him to live, but is it easy for me?"

"I admit that he is old and getting old. But you can fool me by just making up a story? Anyway, I have lived in Yazi Town for more than a year and nearly two years. Why didn't I find that you are all such kind people before?"

"Which one of you has never had a human life on your hands? How dare you say that no one has done such messy things as selling human brains and parts?"

These words were heartbreaking, and the alcoholic who stood up to persuade him before couldn't bear it. His face was full of anger, his face was livid, and he pointed at Ling Zihan and repeatedly reprimanded: "Young man, you really don't understand the heights of heaven and earth. Lao Yang is already like this, you still don't intend to let him go, your heart is so cruel?"

Ling Zihan stared at him and sneered: "Do you dare to say that you have never killed anyone?"

The man was speechless for a moment, and a look of embarrassment turned into anger instantly floated on his face.He strode up to Yang Ligeng's side, held the back of the chair tightly with his right hand, and uttered bold words in a somewhat rogue manner: "I will protect Lao Yang even if I go all out today. Boy, let me leave my words here. If you dare to touch Lao Yang with a finger, I will let you..."

A deafening roar suddenly came from outside the window, completely interrupting his words.

"Who are Ling Zihan and Liao Qiu? Get out of here immediately!"

At the same time, it was accompanied by the sound of heavy and chaotic footsteps.

Ling Zihan and Liao Qiu's expressions suddenly changed by coincidence, they turned around and squeezed out of the crowd, pushed open the door of the tavern, and came outside to the empty and dilapidated road.

As many as hundreds of wilderness wanderers are slowly walking towards this side from the entrance of the town.They wear all kinds of clothes, including Chinese tunic suits, suits, and jackets. The same thing is that they are all worn out, and the dirt on the surface has been deposited for an unknown period of time.Countless pairs of mechanical feet stepped on the road, striking with different rhythms, and the dust they stirred up covered the electric lights they carried. In the gray and dark world, only dim light clusters and blurred figures could be seen in the distance.

Yan Shangzu walked in the front.He holds an electronic loudspeaker, loud enough to wake the best dozed-off people on the spot.

People in the tavern came out one after another, looking at the team with shocked and horrified eyes.

Suddenly, Yang Ligeng ran wildly at a speed that did not match his old age.

(End of this chapter)