Su Jingyang slept on the floor of the shop at night, and still felt that what he heard from Liang Lu was really incredible!
That man was called Lingli, who was almost twenty-one years old this year. He was abandoned by his family since he was a child, and was adopted by an old policeman in the town who had no family. Because Lingli is a twin, after he grew up, there were a lot of rumors about him and the old policeman in the town, and the neighbors even spit everywhere, saying that the two are father and son on the surface, but they are actually at home every day Messing around is really indecent.
The old policeman is a taciturn person, and Lingli's personality is also relatively cold. In short, the two of them turned a deaf ear to those rumors at the beginning, and never came out to respond to a word. For some reason, when Lingli was sixteen years old, he fell in love with the son of a family named Liu in the town. That man was named Liu Yue. Apart from his habit of gambling, he was quite good-looking and very sweet-talking. Will make people happy.
Although the Liu family's own conditions are not good, they can't look down on Lingli's rumored broken shoes from afar. They are very sad that their son has gone too close to Lingli. Liu Yue's father is furious and tries his best to Objecting, Liu Yue's mother was even more violent, forcing them to sever contact with each other.
After a few months of turmoil, Liu Yue, in despair and anger, made an appointment with Ling Li to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, when the distraught Liu family broke in and found the two people, the scene they saw was indeed that Liu Yue had drank poisonous wine and died completely, but Lingli seemed to have lost his soul, and fell down on Liu Yue's already stiff bed. Next to the corpse, he was still alive!
Standing beside him was the old policeman with his eyes closed and his face full of silence.
Liu Yue's parents cried out loud at the time, and then quickly sued Lingli and the old policeman, saying that they intended to murder.
This town is big and small, and once the Lingli incident happened, plus the fact that the Liu family's parents would tell everyone they met, they would pat their thighs and cry and mourn, Lingli killed the son of the Liu family viciously. The deeds soon spread to everyone, and there was an uproar. Everyone expressed sympathy for Liu Yue, an infatuated person, and felt ashamed of Lingli's despicable behavior. There were many discussions in the streets and alleys.
The parents of the Liu family hated Lingli and the old policeman very much, and they continued to sue Lingli. Later, the old policeman took the charge alone, saying that he was the one who poisoned Liu Yue, and the verdict has not come yet Before that, he committed suicide in prison.
Liu's parents were jealous, and snatched the ashes of the old policeman from Lingli, scattered them in the sewage ditch and washed them away, so that Lingli didn't even get any ashes in the end. The parents of Liu's family were not reconciled to the fact that Lingli had nothing to do, so they blocked the door every day, pinched his waist and yelled at him, and when they couldn't do it, they picked manure and poured it on his door, making it stinky. There are also other good people who don't sympathize with the Liu family's experience at all, but just join in the fun and make fun of them. Anyway, everyone thinks that Lingli is hateful, so he really shouldn't be treated well, so he also learned to live in Lingli littered the place. There are also children who, under the instigation of others, made up formulas and shouted loudly every day near Lingli's home.
Before Lingli, he had a bad reputation. Not to mention hooking up with an old man, he even partnered to kill the "young and promising" Liu Yue that his parents said. In the end, the old man accused him of the crime and died, but he was still shameless. Alive, after this, when the town mentions him as a wandering and vicious person, most of them will spit in contempt and curse: "What a heartless bitch!"
I don’t know how Lingli survived. In short, he didn’t appear in front of people for nearly half a year. Many people thought he had died in it, until one day the neighbors heard a baby crying next door. Only then did I know that Lingli had given birth to a child!
Liu Yue gave birth more than half a year after his death, so she must have been pregnant before! The Liu family's parents were immediately moved when they heard the news, as if they believed that the child was the blood of their own family. With a wave of their arms, they brought a few very enthusiastic, tall and healthy helpers into Lingli's house, and snatched the child without any explanation.
Ling Li had just given birth, and was tied to a chair when he was weak. He watched those people take the baby away.
Ling Li frantically went to Liu's house to ask for a child every day. Liu's house had warm-hearted people helping to keep an eye on him and maintain the place. Even though he was hysterical and desperate, he was weak in the end, and finally tried his best to recruit He cursed all over his body and got injured all over his body, but he failed to take the child away.
Lingli finally went all out, and even bluntly said that the child did not belong to Liu Yue at all. After being raised by Liu's parents for a few months, the child's eyebrows and eyes gradually opened. As soon as Lingli's words came out, Liu's mother suddenly felt that Lingli had insulted the members of the Liu family with a bastard, and she was so angry that she threw the child to the ground!
Lingli finally succeeded in taking the child away, and the child survived in the end, but the originally handsome and cute boy had his head broken, and he has been dumbfounded ever since.
People in the Liu family later went around saying that the child was the offspring of Lingli and the old policeman, and the old policeman helped Lingli take the blame because he wanted to keep the child.
Some people believe it, but most still don't believe it, why? Because everyone is not blind, many people have seen it before, that child is a bit stupid, but his appearance is extremely delicate and beautiful, and the old catcher's appearance is extremely ordinary, even if he is reborn again, he will not be able to give birth to such a child A child like a jade carving.
But no one said a word for Lingli, because this would only further confirm the fact that Lingli was reserved on the outside and dissolute on the inside. No one sympathized with what happened to him at all.
Because the Liu family's parents were making too much noise back and forth at that time, coupled with the frequent overturning of old accounts over the years, the people in the town couldn't forget it even if they wanted to, so that five years had passed, and Lingli still couldn't do it. Freed from the stigma, as soon as he goes out on the street, everyone will either point fingers or stay away like the plague. Basically no one wants to talk to him.
In this way, he was notorious, leading a foolish child to live in the town.
Su Jingyang heard it at the time, and found it hard to believe, but although he had only talked to Lingli a few words, he somehow felt that Lingli was not as unbearable as others said.
Su Jingyang also asked Liang Lu why Lingli didn't just take the child and leave here. Liang Lu thought for a while and said, "Probably, the ashes of that old catcher have grown into this land, so he can't leave. .”
Su Jingyang, who could sleep peacefully in the ruined temple, was tossing and turning on the floor and couldn't sleep. He thought about Lingli, and about Lingli's slightly dazed expressions and his constant coughing when he cared about him that day. Lingli's half bowl of porridge that day, and Lingli's normal tone: "Don't take it to heart, they are targeting me on purpose."
The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I feel, and my chest feels heavy.
Maybe it was intuition, or maybe his first impression of Lingli was so good, Su Jingyang always felt that there must be something hidden in it, and he really wanted to see him again.
Leaving aside other things, now that I have an advance salary in my hand, it is still very necessary to repay Lingli's kindness for borrowing the bowl.
Su Jingyang always glanced outside the store intentionally or unintentionally in the next few days, but it was a pity that he could not see Lingli passing by again.
Liang Lu came twice more, and Su Jingyang wanted to ask him about Lingli's residence, but he was afraid that he would ask more, so he forcibly held back his words.
Due to the good business in the store, Su Jingyang was very busy most of the time, and the time passed quickly, and it was going to be five days, but the red mole on his palm still did not darken.
Su Jingyang didn't know whether to be happy or sad, and because of Lingli's incident, his mood was a little chaotic, which made him feel uneasy.
He knew that it would be difficult to fall asleep at night, so he decided not to sleep. Taking advantage of the moonlight and starlight, Su Jingyang half-closed the door of the shop, sat on the hot steps and chatted with the old beggar who was sleeping outside at the door. sky.
The old beggar held Su Jingyang's half of the steamed bun in his filthy hands and gnawed on it. He looked at the night sky with his cloudy eyes, and his gaze gradually became farther away.
Su Jingyang took a closer look and immediately knew - this person must have a story.
Not to mention, he really guessed it.
It turned out that this old beggar used to be from Rongcheng. He said that he had violated the law and was evicted and could not go back. Now he can go back, but his family is long gone.
Su Jingyang sighed for a while, and asked curiously, "Where is Rongcheng?"
After he came here, it was not the first time he had heard of this Rongcheng, and felt that the place was very special.
Fortunately, the old beggar didn't care that he would ask such an ignorant question, so he snorted lightly and explained to him in a slightly hoarse voice: "There, it's a difficult place to get out and difficult to get in. "
It turns out that this Rongcheng is a city, but it has existed independently for nearly two hundred years, and now has a population of seven to eight hundred thousand. It has its own laws and systems, and its farming and business are well-organized. It is equivalent to a small country. But for some reason, although the Rong family ruled the entire city, they never became kings.
The geographical location and environment of Rongcheng are very favorable, and the product resources are rich and amazing. Moreover, it is located at the border of Dalin Dynasty. You can see the smoke curling up in the city from above. But in such a good place, the Dalin Dynasty failed to successfully incorporate Rongcheng into the country for two hundred years.
Because whenever the ruler of the Dalin Dynasty had any intentions towards Rongcheng, he would suddenly suffer from severe illness and become mentally disturbed, and an emperor almost died suddenly before attacking the city! The soldiers who were brought along were all confused and had no fighting spirit, as if they had been possessed by an evil spirit, which was very strange.
In fact, the predecessor of the Rong clan was a witch clan, and almost all the people there believed in witchcraft. Some people speculated that the Dalin Dynasty had been making troubles in Rongcheng, and it must be because of some powerful forbidden spell in that city to prevent the enemy from succeeding. , Some people said that if they attacked Rongcheng again, the people would definitely suffer huge disasters, and they were very panicked. Anyway, at that time, Rongcheng was rumored to be mysterious in the Dalin Dynasty.
After several setbacks, Da Linchao signed a peace agreement with Rongcheng, and did not have any ideas about Rongcheng, and the people in Rongcheng also took sides and never provoked trouble.
It was like this for a while.
It wasn't until more than fifty years ago, when the city lord of Rongcheng and the emperor of the Dalin Dynasty communicated in letters, that some policies began to be gradually relaxed. From the previous dilemma, to exchanging needs, Rongcheng, which had been closed for many years, finally Have frequent contact with the outside world.
However, the people of Dalin Dynasty were afraid that the people of Rongcheng would harm others if they had witchcraft, and the people of Rongcheng were also very wary of the outside world, and they were hostile to each other. It took decades to develop gradually.
However, probably in order to prevent the population loss from being too serious, the city lord at that time also issued a decree that prohibited the people of Rongcheng from intermarrying with foreigners, otherwise, they would be expelled from the city after execution and would not be allowed to return forever.
This law shocked many people at the time, because people in Rongcheng had lived and grown up in the city for generations, and their sense of belonging had been deeply ingrained. They would never offend them in order to stay in the city with their families safely. But there were also young people who were young and excited outside, and couldn't help it. The city lord at the time, Lei Ting, dealt with a group of people mercilessly, kicked out those who violated the rules, and separated them from their families. The bloody lesson is in front of your eyes, and after that, basically no one in the city dares to commit it.
The old beggar was one of the people who were kicked out at that time, but later his wife turned around and divorced him, and he lost his lover and separated from his family. Full of loneliness and desolation, he wandered for most of his life.
It was not until two years ago, when the youngest city lord of the Rong clan, Rong Ci, took over the throne, that he began to change some rigid rules. Some time ago, a new law was issued to allow the people of Rongcheng to marry foreigners. Those who were expelled before can also go back and reunite with their families.
After Su Jingyang heard this, he commented sincerely: "This is a very humane city lord." No wonder Liang Lu said that he ran out of the city calmly at the time. He originally thought that he came here specially to find a relationship with foreigners .
The old beggar laughed tremblingly. He wiped off the steamed buns hidden in his beard, and said to Su Jingyang in a deep and piercing tone: "Human kindness? I think it must be the city lord who fell in love with foreigners." Which beauty wants to marry back to be the wife of the city lord in a proper way, so she can't wait to change the rules!"