(2-in-1)

"Who is that?" Lin Hu asked in surprise.

Lin Jue frowned and said to himself: "Is it because I'm dazzled? Why does he look like an acquaintance of mine?"

Lu Wu said: "Who is that? Do I know him?"

Lin Jue shook his head and stared at the man in the bamboo hat across the street without blinking. Suddenly, the man in the bamboo hat took off the bamboo hat and turned towards Lin Jue. Lu Wu screamed in fright, it turned out that

The person's face was extremely terrifying, the flesh was rolled up, and there seemed to be several huge scars.

The man in the bamboo hat quickly put on the bamboo hat and strode forward. Lin Jue thought about it, turned around and told Lin Hu and Lu Wu: "You guys go home, I have something to do."

Lu Wu said hurriedly: "What's the matter? Let's go do it together. Didn't we agree to go to the West Lake to relax?"

Lin Jue said: "Go again tomorrow. When you go home, don't follow me."

Lu Wu and Lin Hu were still waiting to talk, but they saw Lin Jue walking across the street, chasing the man in the bamboo hat.

Lu Wu stamped her feet anxiously and said to Lin Hu: "Follow and have a look. The man just now looked very scary. He might be a bad guy. The young master didn't know who he was, so why did he chase after him? This is really worrying."

Lin Hu shook his head and said: "He must be an acquaintance of my uncle, otherwise why would he chase me? Let's go home. My uncle definitely doesn't want us to know. I'm afraid he will be scolded if we follow him. Besides, it's broad daylight in the city now.

The security is tight, so there is no danger. Sister Lu Wu, don’t worry."

Lu Wu frowned and thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Well, what you said makes sense. But I don't know who it is? It's almost time for the exam, so don't let anything happen."

When Lu Wu and Lin Hu slowly returned home, Lin Jue was following closely behind the man in the bamboo hat. The man walked very fast, striding straight towards the south of the city. Lin Jue pulled up the hem of his robe and followed quickly.

After walking in tandem for about half an hour, we passed through seven or eight street intersections and arrived at a neighborhood at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain in Nancheng. This is actually one of the slums in Hangzhou, leaning against the depression on the northern slope of Fenghuang Mountain.

Many of the extremely poor people in Hangzhou City gather here. In recent years, there have been several such slums in the southeastern part of Hangzhou City. The people living here are city coolies and extremely poor people who have no livelihood.

The man in the bamboo hat suddenly disappeared into a narrow and dilapidated alley with low walls. Lin Jue hesitated for a moment at the entrance of the alley, but then he dived in.

The alley is dilapidated and extremely quiet. The dilapidated adobe houses on both sides block the sunlight. The autumn wind passing through the alley brings a damp and cold atmosphere, which makes people feel a little chilly. The ground is full of dilapidated vegetation and some dog feces.

Things that cats drown have a fishy smell.

Lin Jue frowned and walked forward, wondering where the man in the bamboo hat had gone. Suddenly, a figure flashed in a dilapidated house in front of him. Lin Jue hurriedly ran over and entered the yard. The yard

It is also in dilapidated condition, with half of the surrounding walls falling down. The walls of the low thatched main house have been cracked, and it seems that they will fall down at any time. The two dark and slanted doors are ajar, and it is so dark inside that it is difficult to see clearly.

Is there anyone.

Lin Jue stepped closer and stretched out his hand to push. The wooden door made a harsh creak and was pushed half open. A musty smell rushed out of the room. Lin Jue frowned and walked in. The light in the broken house was dim.

, there were several big holes in the thatch on the roof, and a few rays of sunlight shone down diagonally, dappled on the wall in one corner. In the light, dust was flying. With the brightness of these few rays of sunlight, Lin Jue reluctantly

I saw clearly what was going on in the house.

There were several bundles of random grass spread out in the corner. The grass was pressed into a grooved human shape, and a leather mattress was thrown aside in a mess. It seemed that someone was living in this dilapidated house. Lin Jue frowned and turned around.

He was looking around, trying to find the man in a bamboo hat who had followed him, when suddenly, a cold, low voice came from his ear.

"Don't move, otherwise the weapon in my hand will not be able to see."

His voice was cold, and the back of his neck was also cold. It was the feeling of the weapon rack touching the skin on the back of his neck.

"Brother Liang Qi, is that you? I'm Lin Jue." Lin Jue stiffened his neck and called out softly.

"I know it's you, how could I not recognize you? But I'm not your brother Liang Qi." The cold voice said slowly.

Lin Jue said: "Brother Liang Qi, of course it's you. I recognized you on the street. You can't fool me."

"Huh, I can't lie to you. I didn't say I'm not Liang Qi. I just said I'm not your brother Liang Qi. Because... you don't deserve to call me brother. You have harmed all my brothers and fellow villagers on Guishan Island.

Isn't that miserable enough? You actually dare to call me brother and sister with such shamelessness."

That person was none other than Liang Qi from Guishan Island Village. He had followed Lin Jue through life and death on Peach Blossom Island and had done shocking things.

Lin Jue pondered for a long time after hearing the words, and sighed softly: "Brother Liang Qi, I know you hate me, and I am indeed responsible for what happened in the Guishan Island village. If you can't forgive this, just kill me with a knife, and I will do the same."

No complaints at all. After all, this is my responsibility."

Liang Qi said coldly: "Do you think I dare not kill you? I killed you to avenge my brothers and fellow villagers on Guishan Island who died."

Lin Jue sighed: "You can just kill me. My death in your hands is not unjust. I am fully responsible for that matter. But what I want to tell you is that I didn't know what the outcome of that matter would be, and I was very sad."

Angry, let alone you."

Liang Qi was silent. After a moment, Lin Jue felt that the cold blade on the back of his neck disappeared. Liang Qi's voice came slowly: "That's all, if you follow my temper, I will definitely kill you. But I know you will be killed."

The leader of the village doesn't want you to die. You are the husband of the leader of the village. I can't kill you like this. The leader of the village will blame me."

Lin Jue slowly turned his head, and what he saw was Liang Qi's face covered with knife marks. Lin Jue said softly: "Brother Liang, don't worry, I will give you justice in this matter. Someone is causing trouble."

, harmed everyone on Guishan Island, I have made these things clear to the leader of your village, didn’t she tell you?"

Liang Qi snorted coldly, walked slowly to the grass and sat down, and said in a deep voice: "Of course I said it. If the leader of the village didn't say it, do you think you still have the head to stand here and talk? I said it a few months ago

It’s going to take your life.”

Lin Jue sighed, walked slowly to Liang Qi, squatted down, and asked: "Brother Liang Qi, why are you in Hangzhou? Didn't you say that you and your village master went to Funiu Mountain to settle down? And, you

What happened to your face? Just now on the street, you followed me all the way and aroused my alertness. It took me a long time to think about your figure and steps, and then I decided it was you. Did you attract my attention on purpose? By the way,

Did you come to me specially? Did Mu Qing send you here? Is Mu Qing okay? How is she now?"

Lin Jue asked a series of questions and stared at Liang Qi, waiting for his answer.

Liang Qi looked at Lin Jue quietly for a moment, then breathed out and said: "Are you still concerned about the life and death of the leader of the village? I thought you had forgotten the master of the village. Do you know what we have gone through? Do you know that we are now

situation?"

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The dilapidated house that exudes the smell of musty and hay is extremely quiet. The autumn sun shines through the holes in the roof, casting mottled circles of light on the bumpy ground in the house. Countless dust, grass clippings and unknown dust are reflected in the light.

Dancing wildly in the sun, up and down, left and right.

Outside, the autumn wind blew through the branches, and the sound of swaying branches could be clearly heard. A few fallen leaves fell from the holes in the roof by chance, swirling in the beams of light and falling quietly on the dark ground.

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Lin Jue and Liang Qi sat opposite each other on the grass. Liang Qi calmed down and began to answer Lin Jue's questions.

"Master Lin, do you know what the leader of the village and our brothers on Guishan Island have experienced in the past few months? You ask me why my face looks like this. I tell you, my face looks like this.

He was stabbed three times and burned once. His brow and cheek bones were broken, and he needed more than thirty stitches on his face. Whose face can still be seen after enduring so many injuries? But it’s nothing, the scars belong to men.

Pride, I, Liang Qi, don't care about this at all. What I care about is whether the Guishan Island cottage can survive and whether everyone can survive."

Liang Qi's voice was hoarse and deep. The scars on his face were terrifying, but his whole temperament gave people a sense of sharpness, toughness, and fearlessness.

Lin Jue felt horrified and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, what have you all experienced."

Liang Qi nodded and began to describe in detail the experiences of everyone on Guishan Island after arriving at Funiu Mountain. From being taken in by Zuo Zongdao, the leader of the Shirenshan village, to being forced to attack other villages for Zuo Zongdao in exchange for supplies of grain and grass materials, to then

Gao Muqing decided to establish a foothold on his own, to establish his own territory, and told Lin Jue everything in detail.

"...We went all the way north from Guishan Island. Along the way, officers and soldiers intercepted and suppressed us, and fought more than ten battles. Finally, we arrived in the Funiu Mountains. We thought we could stay here, but who would have thought that we would be left here?

This bitch Zongdao actually took advantage of others' danger and just wanted to take advantage of us. Four hundred of our brothers and more than a thousand people who had defected to live under the shelter of others with no food or drink, so we had no choice but to agree to his request. In August, we attacked on behalf of Zuo Zongdao.

We descended three small villages and captured four hills for him, but in exchange we only received a few grains and supplies. However, we also killed and injured hundreds of brothers, and these grains and supplies could not last long at all."

"The leader of Dazhai is frowning every day. In order to reduce our burden, the villagers go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, tree barks and tree roots, and try their best to collect edible things. But what use are those things? Although we work hard

We got some food from Zuo Zongdao in exchange, but it couldn't last long at all. Because of this, the leader of the stronghold discussed with our brothers that we must build our own stronghold and be self-sufficient. Otherwise, we people will all starve to death sooner or later.

Even if they don't starve to death, they will all die working for Zuo Zongdao. Therefore, in the middle of last month, we decided to attack Luoyan Valley and establish a foothold."

"... In two days, more than 30 of our brothers died, but we finally captured Luoyan Valley Village, occupied two canyons and three peaks, and controlled the passage to the east of Funiu Mountain. But this also attracted us

We have suffered endless revenge. We are outsiders, and it is difficult to gain a foothold. What's more, we have violated a taboo in Funiu Mountain and become the target of public criticism. Luoyan Valley Village and Laojunling and Heishui were captured by us before.

Village and several other mountain villages are under the jurisdiction of Beishan Dazhai, the largest mountain village in Funiu Mountain. Bao Meng, the owner of Beishan Dazhai, was previously afraid of us because we were from Zuo Zongdao of Shirenshan Dazhai, so he chose it.

We were negotiating with Zuo Zongdao. But now, because we decided to set up our own business and did not hand over Luoyan Valley to Zuo Zongdao, Zuo Zongdao fell out. Zuo Zongdao informed all the cottages in Funiu Mountain that he had nothing to do with us and whoever wants to destroy them

We and he will not interfere. This bitch, what he said before was sanctimonious, and what he said about expressing his gratitude to the old village master, is all fucking bullshit..."

"... Bao Meng, the leader of Beishan Dazhai Village, immediately sent troops to attack Luoyan Valley after receiving Zuo Zongdao's promise. Do you know how many battles we fought in this month? Eighty battles. We fought every day.

Fighting during the day and at night, you have to fight with all your strength as soon as you open your eyes. In this month, not even a single hour is safe. People are dying every day. Half of our more than 400 brothers were killed or injured. A group of people who came from Guishan Island

Thousands of people also fought hard with them, and more than 300 people died. The scars on my face were left in this month, when a stupid guy took a hammer and smashed my left cheek.

I could hear the sound of bones breaking. But I was the one who survived in the end. He was kicked down the valley by my kick, and he probably fell to pieces. Mr. Lin, everything we experienced on Peach Blossom Island, I thought

It was the most brutal battle I have ever experienced in my life, but everything I have experienced in the past month is the real nightmare and the real hell on earth..."

"...The leader of the Dazhai is really good. Without her, we wouldn't be able to survive. She passed out from exhaustion many times, but we never saw her say a word of complaint. When killing the enemy, she rushed to the front,

She killed at least thirty people with her sword. When we were most tired and frustrated, the leader of the village never gave up. In the past, all of us complained about her and thought that following her might not have a future, but now we

Everyone admired her. We all knew that the leader of the village would risk his life for us, even if he died in battle. The leader of the village also suffered many injuries, including more than a dozen large and small wounds on his arms, legs and body.

The wound, but the leader of the village didn't say a word, just wrapped it up and continued to kill the enemy. The only time I saw her cry in panic was when her face was scratched by an arrow. That was the furthest thing I've ever seen her.

A panicked time. I think it may be because of you. The leader of the village is worried that his appearance will be ruined and he will be disliked by you in the future..."

"...The battle lasted until ten days ago. We lost two mountains and kept the territory on both sides of Luoyan Valley. Maybe it was because we didn't expect us to be so desperate, or maybe it was because Bao Meng's men and horses suffered too many casualties. He sent
To be continued...