Chapter 28 Chapter 103 The Boy

"You have come to my place too many times in the past few days." The old shopkeeper of Xiangjiuju looked helplessly at Wang Zongjing who was sitting on the table next to the wall, and said this. Wang Zongjing ignored his complaints, glanced at the empty alleyway outside the window, and said, "You didn't go to Ba's house last night?" The old shopkeeper shook his head, and said, "No." The old shopkeeper shook his head and said, "I didn't go." Wang Zongjing glanced at him in disbelief, the old shopkeeper snorted, and said, "I gave you all my own fragments, why go to the Ba's house to join in the fun, are you desperately trying to grab another piece and give it to you?"

Wang Zongjing was silent for a moment, then said: "The Ba family was wiped out last night and died a miserable death." The old shopkeeper frowned, paused for a moment, then sighed softly, and said, "It's their bad luck." "Unlucky?" Twitched slightly, then glanced at him, and said, "The Ba family's extermination is almost because of the rumor that they got a piece of the secret scroll, but who spread the rumor, do you know?" ? Why are there so many sects from aristocratic families, but they are the only ones chosen?" The old shopkeeper took an ounce of bad wine, put it in front of Wang Zongjing, and said calmly: "There are as many rumors as there are people in Liangzhou City. How can we find the root cause of every one?"

Wang Zongjing frowned and glanced at the jug in front of him, and said, "I don't want to drink this wine." After speaking for a while, he said softly, "At the Ba's place last night, did anyone get anything?" The old shopkeeper still shook his head and said: "Last night was too chaotic, and the time was too short. There was no news, and even if someone has gained something, the smartest way now is to keep silent." Wang Zongjing nodded slowly, thinking that it would be the same if it was him himself. At the same time, the appearance of Ba Le, the only escaped blood of the Ba family, appeared in his heart, and he was thinking about whether to mention it to the old shopkeeper. Bian suddenly shrank back again, and replaced it like a ghost: "It seems that someone is here at home."

The old shopkeeper glanced at him, but saw that Wang Zongjing's face was pale, and he didn't seem to show any other strange expressions. After pondering for a while, he said, "Yes, I heard that there are quite a few people here." Wang Zongjing frowned, and said, "Not a lot?" After a while, he said in a low voice, "I was in the city yesterday, and I only saw Guan Gao and Feng Heng." The old shopkeeper nodded, and said: "The two of them were the two most outstanding people in the Qingyun test back then. They practiced the fastest and the highest, so they were the first to walk down the mountain. I'm afraid they are the ones who came to Liangzhou. My own choice." As he spoke, he seemed to glance at Wang Zongjing intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "It's been five years since the Qingyun trial, and there are indeed many outstanding talents in that group of disciples. Now it should be time to walk down the mountain."

Wang Zongjing turned his eyes and looked out of the window. In that quiet small courtyard, the small pond was calm and the poplars were tall and straight, chickens and ducks were frolicking and looking for food, and there was a peaceful atmosphere.He didn't say anything more, but after sitting for a while, he stood up without saying a word, walked out, and left Xiangjiuju. In the dilapidated earth temple, Ba Le sat silently in a corner, his eyes were a little loose, he looked around aimlessly, occasionally staring at a certain place for a long time.At the entrance of the temple, Ao Kui, who was left to guard the young man, sat impatiently. He took out the huge black mace by his feet and put it there in a very mighty manner. He glared at Bale several times with fierce eyes, as if threatening him not to run away.

It’s just that this kind of movement seemed to scare Ba Le a little at the first few times. Later, I don’t know if Ba Le gradually got used to it or remembered some other sad things. After a trace of mourning flashed across his face, he became numb. Kui's teasing and intimidation did not respond any more, which made Ao Kui feel a little bored, so he didn't bother to look at him anymore. He was sitting with his back leaning against the door frame, and the sunlight fell from the poplar tree outside the temple gate and fell on his body. It was warm and comfortable, and made him wish to fall on the ground and sleep for a while, but Ao After all, Kui is also a person who has followed Xu Menghong for many years. Although he is a bit straightforward, he is definitely not the kind of ignorant and reckless man who has no brains. After shaking his head, he threw this temptation out of his mind.

For some reason, he always felt that he didn't like the boy Ba Le. Even though he knew that Ba Le's background was extremely miserable, he still wanted to bully him and intimidate him. When he saw Ba Le frightened, After doing so, Ao Kui would feel a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart. Although, even he himself didn't understand the reason for such a strange mood. But he does know that he is still uncomfortable, and it's better to tease the kid again, so as to make himself happy.Anyway, as long as they don't kill him and don't hurt him, even Xu Menghong and others won't do anything to themselves after they come back.

Thinking of this, Ao Kui stood up straight, looking like a pagoda of giant spirits, with extraordinary momentum, when he turned around, that huge figure even covered half of the temple from the door.The movement was so loud that Ba Le, who was in a trance, was taken aback. When he came back to his senses, he saw a grim smile suddenly appeared on Ao Kui's face, and a bit of fear suddenly appeared on his face. Ao Kui felt satisfied for a moment, but in a trance, he remembered that many years ago, when he was just a child from a slave family in a certain place in Liangzhou, he was surrounded by those young masters and whipped him severely. The well-dressed children around him laughed and surrounded him, and the whip that he beat was getting more and more painful.

He shook his body and woke up from the memories, his face became even more ferocious, he stepped out and walked towards Ba Le.Ba Le subconsciously sensed that this terrifying big man had malicious intentions, and shrank back. However, he had nowhere to escape in this earth temple, so he could only hide in the corner desperately, trembling, with a pale face. Ao Kui couldn't help laughing out loud, he laughed so heartily that he was out of breath. "Wow!" Suddenly, in the midst of his laughter, there were several sounds of dog barking from somewhere, Ao Kui's body shook, the laughter stopped, and his huge body rushed to the ground of the Earth Temple with unimaginable lightness. Beside the door, he grabbed the huge black mace on the ground with one hand, and stuck out the temple door with the other hand, looking out.

In the past few days, there has never been any trace of wild dogs here. Outside the temple gate was a small open space, and a little further away was the winding path leading to the street outside, but as far as he could see, it was empty, without a single figure, and of course, there was no shadow of a dog. "Could it be that I heard it wrong..." Ao Kui frowned, a trace of suspicion flashed across his face, but he quickly denied this guess. Normally, he didn't have any auditory hallucinations. The dog barking just now He could hear it clearly, so it was impossible for him to hear it wrong.The situation outside the temple gate seems a little weird, but his experience in traveling the rivers and lakes told him that there are probably some problems in this kind of time.

His face darkened, the mace in his hand was clenched even more, and he slowly walked a few steps outside the door.There was silence all around, except for the soft sound of the slowly shaking branches and leaves of the two tall poplar trees next to it being blown by the wind. Suddenly, Ao Kuiruo felt something, looked forward, and saw a yellow shadow flashing at the corner of the path, and after a while, a big yellow-haired dog slowly walked out.This dog is very tall and huge, three times bigger than ordinary dogs, almost as high as a human's chest. It is really the biggest dog Ao Kui has ever seen in his life. Ao Kui's complexion changed slightly, and he stared at the big dog for a while, the big yellow dog obviously quickly noticed that there was a big man looking at him with ill intentions, and he didn't seem to be afraid, but instead turned sideways head, and stared at Ao Kui with piercing eyes. Ao Kui's thoughts turned, this dog is so huge and extraordinary, most likely it is a monster kept in captivity in a monk's house, then behind it, there are probably people behind it.Thinking of this, he sneered, clenched his mace tightly, but walked forward slowly, a dirt dog was just a bit bigger, how could he be afraid? It's just that he was walking forward slowly, but he didn't realize that above his head, behind the branches and leaves of the tall and straight poplar tree, a head suddenly poked out. He stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and glanced at the big man under him who didn't know it, and then his eyes flickered, but fell on the huge black mace in Ao Kui's hand. ※※※ Ba Le huddled in the corner, and was relieved when he saw Ao Kui suddenly turn around and walk out the door, but his heart was still beating fast, and the trace of fear just now had not completely faded away.Before last night, he was just a happy but innocent child who grew up in the love and care of his parents. He had never really experienced the cold and harsh winds and frosts in the world. However, in just one night, his world seemed to be completely turned upside down. . He could only grit his teeth and try his best to learn, but at least for now, he still didn't make much progress. After Ao Kui walked out of the Earth Temple, the place fell into silence. Ba Le waited for a while, but he didn't wait for Ao Kui's return. up? However, after a while, even though he was not very old, he knew that this was just an illusory fantasy. He tightened his body, and the faces of these four people floated in his mind, and he found that the one he was most afraid of was undoubtedly the big man Ao Kui, and the person he liked the most, or who felt relatively safe and gentle, was Xiao Wang. of young people. He suddenly looked forward to Wang Zongjing's return soon. At this moment, he suddenly heard a "bang" sound from outside the temple gate, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground, and when he was still in doubt, he only heard a few dog barks mixed with it. In another strange sound of "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi", suddenly a figure jumped in from outside, with a round head and short hair, carrying a blue cloth bag on his back, it looked like a boy about the same age as Ba Le, With a smile on his face, he turned his head and looked around, and then he saw Ba Le, who suddenly seemed to be taken aback, "Hey", and said in amazement: "Who are you, why are you here?"