Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2128
Yi Haoran is cold and hungry, he has been squatting in the ruins for a long time.

This was originally a small temple under the city, and it is unclear which god is enshrined, but anyone who travels from the city gate here will go to the god's main card in this low and small temple with only one couplets. Xiang prayed and prayed that he could have a safe journey.

The small temple was half destroyed by the bombardment of the Fubo army, and Yi Haoran hid in the half of the ruins where there was only room for him, lingering on his last breath.

Last night he wanted to get out of the city among the refugees, but he never thought that the gangsters would bombard the city. A bomb landed on the street, killing dozens of people in an instant, and the team was in chaos.

After hearing that there were kun thieves intercepting and capturing refugees at the gates of various cities, Yi Haoran had the idea of ​​organizing troops and kun thieves to "fight house to street and die from exhaustion".

However, he was already alone, and the family team trained with Jiang Suo had disintegrated, and he could not command the other troops. Let alone "street fighting", it was impossible to break out of the siege and escape.

In the rebellious army, all the servants and servants around Yi Haoran disappeared, even Jiang Suo disappeared.He fled to this ruined temple alone, ready to hang himself.

But facing Fang Liang, Yi Haoran didn't want to die anymore.I had escaped from Liaodong with untold hardships back then, and traveled thousands of miles to come here. How could I die in such an obscurity without making any achievements!
If you want to die, you have to die vigorously—at least you have to end up with the gangster bound to the execution ground.

Since you are not dead, you have to think about the next step.When Yi Haoran came out from the governor's office, he had already changed into the old robes, and he also brought some money, half a skin of water and a few pieces of dry food, barely able to survive a day or two.

Hiding in the ruins is not a long-term solution: it is very close to the city gate, and the bandit soldiers are close at hand.And as soon as they entered the city, they began to organize strong men to clean up the rubble and ruins.

After making up his mind to live, Yi Haoran made up his mind.He squatted motionless in the ruins, fearing to alarm the thieves, he stayed there until the dead of night, and then quietly sneaked out of the ruined temple.

It was impossible to leave the city. Although the city gate was dilapidated, it was tightly guarded. The torches and lanterns illuminated it brightly, and the bayonet reflected the cold light.Yi Haoran didn't dare to hesitate, and hurried to the city.

Fortunately, due to the chaos a few days ago, the street fences everywhere were damaged, and the army was in chaos.The patrol team and watchmen have lanterns, so they can be seen and avoided from a distance. Yi Haoran stopped and walked, passing several streets in a row.

He was at a loss as to where to go.He was not familiar with the place where he lived in Wuzhou - he and Jiang Suo had been training troops in Guangxi, until Xiong Wencan fled to Wuzhou before he led the team to Wuzhou. Except for the officials and Xiong's staff, there was no local acquaintance. People, let alone friends.

The people I know, with the identity of "Xiong Wencan's staff" on their backs, will not take them in if they go to anyone, not to mention that they are hard to protect themselves, and they may have escaped or been arrested by the gangsters.

Find a hiding place ASAP!
He thought, there must be an empty house where the owner escaped or died.No matter the size, find a room to hide in first.

Yi Haoran saw a yard here, with an iron lock hanging on the door.The courtyard wall is not high, and it looks like a middle-class family's house.Although Yi Hao is over fifty years old, he has practiced martial arts all year round, and his legs and feet are very flexible. He kicked his legs up to the wall, and he climbed up the wall with his hands.

The yard was dark and deserted.There was no dog barking, Yi Haoran was secretly happy, and immediately jumped off the wall.

He has been in the military for a long time, and he has rich experience in fleeing from refugees, so he does not act recklessly.After looking at the base of the wall for a while, he quietly moved towards the side of the room.

When I touched the wall and the window, the paper on the window was so torn that it was rustled by the wind.Yi Haoran straightened up slowly, turned sideways and looked in from the window.

Seeing this, he was startled, it turned out that in the middle of the main room, there was a thin-skinned black lacquered coffin.Beside the coffin is a "upside-down lamp", which is like a bean.

Before he had time to recover, he heard the slightest cry of a woman in the room. The weeping sound came faintly in the dark night, it was indescribably desolate and terrifying.Yi Haoran was stunned - he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but there was crying, there must be an owner in the room, and his plan to find an empty room to hide himself was in vain.

Judging from the situation, this is a family that has recently suffered a funeral.During the few days when Wuzhou was besieged, many innocent people were killed by shelling outside the city and riots inside the city.

It's just that Xinxin suffered a funeral. Although it was in a state of chaos, it was inconvenient to handle it, and the door would not be locked upside down, and the lights would be extinguished, leaving only such an oil lamp.

Sure enough, the crying suddenly turned into a soft pleading, and a man lowered his voice to threaten.Yi Haoran knows that there must be something strange here - he is hiding, one more thing is worse than one thing less, it is better to leave quickly.

Just as I was about to leave, suddenly the lights went dark, but a man ran out from the back room.Yi Haoran yelled that it was not good, he quickly retracted his feet and retracted his head, and only asked the other party to finish what he had to do and go back to the back room, so that he could climb over the wall and get out.

But he heard the sound of a woman crying bitterly in the room, and after a while, there were two loud slaps, and the man's vicious but lowered voice:
"I'll make you cry! I'll kill your baby first, and then I'll chop you into pieces!"

Yi Haoran was taken aback: This man did not speak the local Wuzhou dialect—Wuzhou dialect is similar to Cantonese, but the official dialect in Guiliu area!

He couldn't help but look around slightly, but saw a short and thin man in the main room, wearing an ill-fitting blouse, with his chest exposed, holding a messy woman's hair in a bun, cursing and slapping her.The woman was bleeding from the corner of her mouth, and although she was struggling, she couldn't move under the man's arm.Just kept crying.

From the conversation between the two, Yi Haoran knew that the woman should be the head of the funeral, but this woman did not obey filial piety, she was wearing silk and smeared with makeup, and she was furious: This woman is really shameless, her husband's bones are not cold, and she was at home with this adulterer before he was buried Hook up and commit adultery.Sure enough, the world is going downhill!It's no wonder that there will be such a monster as the Kun thief born to cause trouble in the world!

However, he couldn't leave at this time, so Yi Haoran could only restrain his voice and wait quietly.

In the main room, the woman was crying and said: "You thief, you have taken all the money and jewelry at home, where can I get the money?"

But the man said: "Don't come here! I know the details of your family. Although your dead man is just a poor scholar, your natal family is rich. Isn't that silk shop on West Street owned by your natal family? After losing my father, I went back to my mother’s house to ask for help, and if I got one or two hundred taels of silver, wouldn’t it be easy to get?”

Yi Haoran thought to himself: "Sure enough, they are a couple of dogs!"

I only heard the woman say: "Although my natal family runs a shop, the capital is only a few hundred taels of silver. Besides, I'm a married daughter. It's not easy to ask for a few taels of silver. What's more, it's easy for you to open your mouth." One, two hundred taels!"

The man grinned grimly and said, "It depends on your ability, doesn't it? If you cherish your baby's life, you can borrow money from me at dawn. If not, I will kill him first, and then unload your damn man." Eight yuan!" After that, he snorted again, "Go back to the room, repaint it with some paint, and then serve the master well! I am happy to serve the master, and I will give your baby an extra bite tomorrow—— Otherwise, I will send him to see his father first!"

The woman just sobbed and said nothing.Only to hear the man say again: "Have my armor and weapons been hidden?"

"It's all in the shed in the backyard." The woman sobbed.

"Little lady," the man's voice slowed down, "I am a military officer of the imperial court! You have to sue! This will be bad luck, hang out with your house for a few days, and wait until the master survives this hardship, and he will still be prosperous and rich. Even if you are a widow, the Lord will not dislike you, and will still give you the status of a concubine... Hahaha..."

The woman just kept crying bitterly.

Yi Haoran was furious, he had roughly understood that this man was probably a rout of the Guangxi guest army, he ran into this family while taking advantage of the chaos, and occupied the woman who had just lost her husband.

Just now he was still contemptuous of why this woman didn't kill herself, and was willing to be humiliated and serve the thief.At this moment, she knew that she was begging for perfection for the sake of her son, and she felt that it was justifiable to suffer humiliation for the sake of the continuation of the clan.

"It's just that if the son can start a family and start a business in the future, this woman should also commit suicide and apologize."

However, whether he is injustice or admiration.This place is a place of evil, and it is not suitable for me to get involved - he no longer has the spirit of "holding the sword to the end of the world" when he was young, and he just wants to get out and change places.

He took a step back and was about to leave, but he didn't know what he kicked, and there was a bang.The man in the room immediately shouted: "Who?!"

Yi Haoran groaned secretly, turned around and was about to run.But there was a creaking sound from the door of the main room, a black figure rushed out suddenly, stopped in front of him in three or two steps, and swung his hand with a knife.

Yi Haoran was caught off guard, fortunately he practiced martial arts at a young age and practiced continuously for many years, his skills are still called nimble, so he managed to avoid it.Turn around and pull out the sword.The opponent's sword technique is obviously a martial art in the military, and he knew that his guess was correct.

He was extremely angry: he wanted to take people's lives without asking indiscriminately, this is really abominable!
He hurriedly said: "My friend, don't do anything, I'm just passing by to find a hiding place!"

The other party saw him dodging in the past, with his sword in his hand, he couldn't help being taken aback, and said solemnly: "No matter where your friend is from, stay here tonight and don't leave!" After finishing speaking, he slashed again.

Yi Haoran originally wanted to talk to him, but everyone went their separate ways.Unexpectedly, the other party immediately wanted to take his life.He didn't dare to be careless, and immediately swung his sword to fight back.

In the dead of night, the two men fought with swords, and after a long time, they would definitely attract watchmen and thieves on patrol.Therefore, the two of them showed no mercy, and all their moves were fatal, in order to kill each other as soon as possible.

After all, Yi Haoran was old and frail, but after three or four moves, he was at a disadvantage, and he was almost at a loss.
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