Chapter 52 Chapter 51 Why don't you go back

He quickly found the entrance to the secret passage.It's a pity that when he found it, he heard a loud "boom", the saltpeter sand scattered everywhere, and the tunnel was sealed. In a few moments everyone had evacuated the area and reached a sparsely populated village. These killers who were able to kill people like weeding in the blink of an eye just a moment ago have all turned into good citizens who will never attract attention.When the twilight approached, they dispersed one after another, like a handful of dust falling into the ashes, and suddenly disappeared mysteriously.

Who doesn't know if they will see them in the future?Who doesn't know if they will recognize them when they see them in the future? They are people who have no "after".There is no "future" and no "past". There is wind, and the wind is outside the window. Yellow dust flies.The wind and sand hit the windows made of thick cotton paper, like heavy rain hitting plantains. There is wine.The wine is in the bottle, and the person is in front of the bottle. But Xiao Fang didn't drink, not even a drop.Panchabana didn't drink either. They both have to be sober, and they want each other to be sober.Because one of them has much to say and many things to explain, the other must listen carefully.

The person who said it was Panchabana: "I already knew that Huabula and the big cigarette bag had been bribed by Lu San, so I asked you to go to that caravan." Some people never beat around the bush when they speak, and just get straight to the point when they speak. Panchapata is that kind of person. "Because I'm the same as you. I can't find Lu San either, but I must find him." Panchabana said: "So I can only use you to lure him out." He and Xiao Fang can be regarded as friends, but when he said the word "utilize", he never felt ashamed at all.

Xiao Fang didn't show any pain or anger either, he just said lightly: "He was indeed lured out by me, you really did not miscalculate on this point." "I rarely get this wrong." Xiao Fang stretched out his hand, gripped the wine glass tightly, and then let go.He asked word for word, "Where are his people now?" It was very difficult for Xiao Fang to ask, because he didn't want to ask such a question. Panchabana just replied lightly: "Now he has escaped." "After you use me to find him once, will you be able to find him in the future?" Xiao Fang asked again.

"no." Ban Chapa said: "I still can't find him in the future." "So you can say that you have done nothing at all." "It seems to be like this." Xiao Fang stretched out his hand to hold the wine glass again: "For you, it's just a useless thing, but what about me? Do you know what I paid for this thing?" He asked harder.It seems that all the strength has been used to ask this sentence. Panchabana's answer was only three words: "I know." With a "bang", the wine glass shattered and shattered. Ban Chabana still looked at Xiao Fang with the same indifferent eyes, still showing no sign of shame or guilt.

"I know you will hate me. To do something for me that even I am not sure I can do will not only cause you a lot of hardships, but also implicate your mother and Sunshine." He continued coldly: "But if you think I will regret it, you are wrong." Xiao Fang clenched the fragments of the wine glass tightly, blood oozed from his palm. "You don't regret it?" "I don't regret it at all." Panchabana said: "If there is such an opportunity in the future, I will still do it." He went on to say: "As long as I can find Lu San, no matter what I am asked to do, I will do it. Even if I am sent to the eighteenth level of hell, I will not frown."

Xiao Fang was silent. Panchabana looked at him and said, "I believe you can understand what I mean, because you must have gone to hell yourself." Xiao Fang couldn't deny it. He couldn't understand this person Panchabana and what this person was doing at all, but he couldn't deny it either. No one can deny this, everyone has a time when they are willing to go to hell. The wine glass in his hand is broken, but there is still wine on the table.Just like your relatives and lovers have passed away, there are still countless relatives and lovers of others in the world. One day, maybe you will be as close and intimate as your former relatives and lovers were to you.

——So as long as a person can live, he should live. Since you want to survive, you don't have to blame others. Since there was still a glass of wine on the table, Pan Chapa refilled a glass for Xiao Fang. "You have a drink first, I still have something to say to you." "What else is there to say now?" "Have." "Okay, I'll drink." Xiao Fang raised his glass and drank it all, and said, "Say it." Panchabana's eyes were as deep as the sinking water under the Baizhang cold pool, no one could see what he was thinking in his heart.

"Now do you fully understand what I mean?" He asked Xiao Fang. "yes." Xiao Fang's answer is absolutely yes.Panchabana shook his head: "You don't understand, at least there is one thing you don't understand." "Which point?" "Since I want to use you to lure Lu San out, of course I have to keep an eye on you." Ban Chapa said: "No matter where Lu San is or where you are, I will keep a close eye on you." Xiao Fang believed it. If it wasn't because Ban Chabana had been keeping a close eye on him, how could Lu San lose so badly today?

Ban Chapa's eyes were still the same cold and indifferent. "Since I've been watching you very closely, how can I not know where the person closest to you is?" He asked Xiao Fang coldly: "Why do you think I don't know?" Xiao Fang has always hoped that he can be like Bu Ying and Ban Chabana, no matter what the situation is, he can remain calm and composed. But now he was completely out of control.He jumped up, nearly knocking over the table.He firmly grasped Panchabana's arm. "You know? Do you know where they are?" Banchabana nodded slowly: "Now they have all arrived at an absolutely safe place, and they will never be disturbed again."

"Where did they end up?" Xiao Fang asked: "Why didn't you let me meet them?" Panchabana looked at Xiao Fang's hand that was holding his right arm tightly.It wasn't until Xiao Fang let go that he replied, "Sunshine has been greatly frightened and needs to recuperate. You'd better not see her for the time being." "Did she mean it? Or did you mean it?" Xiao Fang became excited again. "No matter who it is, it's all for her own good." Ban Chapa said: "If she sees you, it will inevitably cause some sad memories, and it will be very difficult to restore her emotions." ——What method did Lu San use to torture her?How could she be hurt so much? Xiao Fang's heart hurts. "I see." He said: "I did her harm, and it will only do her good if she never sees me again." Panchabana actually agreed with him. What he said was the truth, a fact that hurts more than needles, arrowheads, and blades. Xiao Fang clenched his hands tightly and asked after a long time, "But what about my mother? Shouldn't I go see her too?" He hissed and asked, "Are you also afraid that I will hurt her?" "You should go see your mother, but..." Panchabana stood up, facing the window blown by the wind and sand: "It's just that you'll never see her again." Xiao Fang seemed to want to jump up again, but all the muscles and joints in his body were frozen and stiff in an instant. "Did Lu San kill her?" His voice sounded like cloth being torn: "Is that Lu San?" "Is it the same for Lu San?" Panchabana said: "Everyone is bound to die. For a tortured person, only death is the real rest." What he said was also true, but what he said was too cruel. Xiao Fang couldn't help but rushed over and punched his expressionless face. But he was not wrong, Xiao Fang knew that he was not wrong. Panchabana went on to say, "I know you still want to see someone, but you can't see her anymore." Of course he was talking about Susu. "Why can't I see her again?" Xiao Fang asked again: "Is she dead too?" "She's not dead." Ban Chapa said, "It would be better for you if she died." "why?" "Because she is Lu San's woman. She treated you like that just to get back a son for Lu San." The wine is in the bottle, but where are the tears? no tears. Even the blood is so cold and dry, where are the tears? Xiao Fang looked at the empty glass that had been drained, and felt that he was also like this empty glass, that there was nothing left. What Panchabana said is absolutely true.Although what he said was more cruel each time, the fact could never be changed. "Most people in this world are like you. They all endure the pain of life and death for their parents, wives, friends, and relatives!" Ban Chapa said, "It's just that some people can endure it, and some people can't." He stared at Xiao Fang, and suddenly his eyes showed the same fiery expression as when Lu San mentioned "Galdu Goldfish"! "If a person wants to achieve a certain goal, if he wants to do what he wants to do, he has to persevere." He said: "No matter how much pain he has to endure, no matter what he has to sacrifice, he has to endure it." ——What is his goal?What is he trying to do? Xiao Fang didn't ask these questions, he just asked Panchabana: "Can you hold on?" "I can." Panchapa's tone of voice was like cutting off a copper nail with a sharp knife. "I must hold on!" He said: "Those who follow me must also stay with me. But you..." He suddenly asked Xiao Fang: "Why don't you go back to Jiangnan?" Xiao Fang's heart began to ache again, this time it was stabbed by Panchabana. "Why do you want me to go back to Jiangnan?" He asked back: "Do you think I can't stay with you?" Banchabana didn't answer this question directly, but said lightly: "You are a good person, so you should go back to Jiangnan." He didn't let Xiao Fang ask again: "Why?" His voice was as cold as spring water from melting ice and snow. "Because Jiangnan is also a good place. A person who grows up in the watery and affectionate Jiangnan is always more gentle and affectionate!" He said coldly: "This is a ruthless land. The people here are more ruthless than you imagined. You will never be able to adapt to the life here. There is no place for you to miss anymore." He asked Xiao Fang again: "Why don't you go back?" The wind howled outside the window. There is no such wind in Jiangnan.This kind of wind blows on the body, as if cut by a knife. What Panchabana said also resembled this kind of wind. Xiao Fang's eyes seemed to be closed by the wind and sand, but he suddenly stood up. He tried to keep himself upright. "I'm going back." "Of course I'm going back," he said. When Xiao Fang Saber went out, Jia Da had prepared his horse and was waiting for him.The sword is his own "magic eye", and the horse is his own "red dog". What he lost, he has now regained. He came to this place with this sword and on this horse.Now he rode back with his sword. Although this land is cruel and ruthless, he is still alive.Should he be happy and content?Did he really get back what he lost? And who knows what he really lost? Gada handed over the reins to him, and looked at him silently, as if he had a lot to say, but he only said one sentence, three words. "You've lost weight," he said. Xiao Fang was silent for a long time before replying: "Yes, I lost weight!" Neither of the two spoke again.After saying this, Xiao Fang jumped onto the saddle. The night is coming, the wind is more urgent, and the earth is dark. By the time he jumped into the saddle, Gada's men had disappeared into the darkness.Only a faint back was left, looking weak and tired. He really wanted to tell Jiada: "You have lost weight too." But at this time, "Red Dog" had neighed and rushed into the boundless wind and night. There seemed to be joy in its hiss.Although it is a good horse, it is only a horse after all, and it has not yet understood the loneliness and sorrow in the world. But although it is just a horse, it still hasn't forgotten the old master's kindness to it. "I didn't expect you to recognize me." Xiao Fang bent down and hugged the horse's head tightly.No matter what, he still has a friend in this world after all, a friend who will never give up. —What does it matter if it’s a horse as long as it’s a true friend? Jiangnan is still far away, as far away as a dream.The long night has just begun.At this time, even the slight shadow of the back has disappeared, but there is already a little starlight in the distance. Although the earth is ruthless, the stars are gentle and bright. The starlight in Jiangnan is also like this. - You are a good man, but you are too weak.People like you are of no use to me. ——Now you are useless to Lu San, he can get rid of you at any time.I also don't have to go to the trouble of protecting a useless person, so you better go. Panchabana did not say these words, nor did he need to say them.Xiao Fang himself is very clear about his weight in the eyes of others. Panchabana has been nice to him.From the first time they met, he knew they would never be friends.Panchabana never considered him a friend. Because Panchabana didn't look down on him at all. Except for Bu Ying, Panchabana probably never saw anyone else in his eyes in his life. ——Bu Ying, where are you? Long pavilions and short pavilions, where is the return journey? Jiangnan is still far away from thousands of rivers and mountains.But Xiao Fang was not in a hurry, he didn't want to rush to the south of the Yangtze River to live in Liuchun. ——So what if you go back?Who can keep the spring? The snow in the distant mountains has not yet melted, but the road is already muddy.Although there was a town in sight ahead, it was already dark. A young man who seemed not strong but very strong pushed a wheelbarrow ahead.His wife and daughter were sitting in the car, while old boxes and bags were piled up.The wife looked at her husband who was struggling to push the cart in the mud, her eyes were full of tenderness and pity. Such wheelbarrows are rare here.The couple undoubtedly came from afar, most likely from Jiangnan.I want to come to this strange place and exchange my labor for a new life. They are still young, they are not afraid of hardship, and they still have ideals and ambitions unique to young people. When Xiao Fang drove past them on horseback, he happened to hear his wife asking her husband, "Anong, do you want to take a breath?" "No, it doesn't matter." The husband didn't care about himself, he only asked his wife, "Is Yigezi dead?" What they are talking about is the authentic Jiangnan Xiangbai.The local accent caught his ears, and Xiao Fang's heart was immediately filled with warmth. He could hardly bear to stop, and asked them about Jiangnan's news, and asked if they needed help? But he didn't stop.He suddenly had a strange and terrible idea in his mind. ——This couple may also be the killers of Lu San's subordinates. The husband may have a deadly weapon hidden in the handlebar of his wheelbarrow, and the wife may have a deadly hidden weapon in her daughter's hand at any time, killing him Shoot before the horseshoe. Only the most paranoid people would have such thoughts, no matter who they saw, they should be on guard. Xiao Fang was definitely not this kind of person.But after so many terrible incidents, he could not but be extra cautious. So he didn't stop, and he didn't look back.He just wants to drink a glass of highland barley wine that can quench his thirst but not get drunk. This town is a very prosperous town.When Xiao Fang arrived in this town, it was already full of lights. Next to the road into the town, there is a small wine shop.It was the first liquor store he saw, and it was also the place where everyone who wanted to enter the town must pass. After drinking two cups of light highland barley wine, Xiao Fang suddenly felt that his horrible idea just now was ridiculous. ——If the couple were really the ones sent by Lu San to assassinate him, they would have had a good chance to strike just now. Xiao Fang suddenly felt a little regretful.In this place thousands of miles away from my hometown, it is not easy to meet someone from my hometown. He chose this small wine shop, maybe because he wanted to wait for them here.Even if you can't hear the news of your hometown, it's good to hear the local accent. He didn't wait for them. There is no fork in the road at all.The couple obviously came to this town.Although they walked very slowly, but Xiao Fang counted the distance, they should have entered the town already. But they never came. As a stranger in a foreign land, it is inevitable to have a subtle feeling for the people in the hometown that no one but the prodigal son can understand. Although Xiao Fang didn't recognize the couple, he was already worried about them. —Why haven't they arrived yet?Is there any accident? ——Is it because the husband who has traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers finally collapsed?Or is it because the lovely little daughter has a sudden illness?Xiao Fang decided to wait a little longer, and if they still didn't come, he would go back along the way to see what happened. He waited for another half an hour, but still did not see their shadows. There are very few pedestrians on the road, because it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the road at this time. Xiao Fang is not an ordinary person, his eyesight is much better than ordinary people. He didn't see the couple.But he saw a single woman coming towards him on a green mule. Although the sky was already dark, he could still see that this woman was not only young and beautiful, but also very graceful. She seemed to be no more than sixteen or seventeen at the most.Wearing a short blue padded jacket, he sat sideways on the saddle.Hold the reins with one hand and gather your hair with the other.When he saw Xiao Fang, he seemed to smile, but he didn't seem to smile. A horse and a mule passed quickly.Xiao Fang didn't see it very clearly, but he felt as if he had seen this girl before, but he couldn't remember where. ——She is not Bowa, not Susu, not "Sunshine", nor those women who had an old relationship with Xiaofang in Jiangnan. --who is she? Xiao Fang didn't think about it any more, nor did he particularly care about it. A prodigal son with no roots, he would often meet some women who seemed to have known him before. The tired bird has entered the forest, and the traveler has lodged.This road, which was already very quiet, was suddenly not quiet. Suddenly there were commotional voices coming from the front of the road, and there seemed to be children crying among them. Walking a little further, you can see lights flashing on the side of the road, and you can hear someone saying in a panic, fear and angry voice: "Who is so cruel? Who is it?" The voices were noisy, and more than one person spoke.Xiao Fang didn't hear what they said clearly. But he already had an ominous premonition in his heart, as if he had seen the young couple from Jiangnan lying in a pool of blood. This time his hunch was right. Sure enough, the couple had fallen down, by the side of the road.Although the limbs of the body are not completely cold, the breathing and heartbeat have already stopped. A donkey cart and two scrawny horses were parked beside the road.Six or seven belated travelers gathered around their bodies.Their youngest daughter had already been picked up by one of the well-meaning men, who stopped her crying with a piece of rock candy. She cried, but because she was frightened, not because of grief.Because she was still too young to understand the grief of life and death, and she didn't know that her parents had been murdered.So now just a piece of rock candy will stop her from crying. But after a few years, as long as she thinks about it again, she will wake up crying in the middle of the night. At that time, even if all the rock candies in the world were piled in front of her, there was no way to stop her from crying. ——If a person is "ignorant", there will be no pain and no sorrow. ——But "ignorance" itself is the greatest pain and sorrow of mankind. There was no blood on the ground, nor on their bodies.No one knows how the young couple suddenly fell dead by the roadside. It wasn't until Xiao Fang separated from the crowd and walked in, borrowing a lantern in one's hand, that he saw a little blood on their chests and skirts. The fatal wound was on their hearts.It was a wound stabbed by the sword edge, and one stab was fatal.This sword is not only clean and neat, but also accurate and effective. But the blood flow was not much, and the wound was not deep. ——A stab with a sword, if calculated correctly, it will be fatal, so I will never use any more strength. What a precise swordsmanship, how terrifying. Xiao Fang suddenly thought of two strange people in the legend, "Ximen Chuuxue" and "Central Plains Dianhong". "A little red in the Central Plains" is a person of Chu Liuxiang's era.He was the scariest assassin of that time, and also the scariest swordsman of that era. "Killing without blood, a little red under the sword". He would never use any extra strength when he stabbed with a sword, but it was absolutely accurate and effective. Ximen Chuuxue is Lu Xiaofeng's respected friend, and also the master Lu Xiaofeng fears the most.