"I used to play by the river." Duan Ling turned to Wu Du and said.
Wu Du glanced around and said, "I'll control the reins, you tell the place."
Wu Du was worried that there was an ambush here, but even if there was a shadow team, they probably didn't know that they came to Runan.
"When Zhao Kui asked you to arrest me, did he mention coming to Runan?" Duan Ling asked him in a low voice.
"No." Wu Du replied, "He doesn't know where your mother is from, or even that the late emperor has a son. He only guessed it based on Lang Junxia's whereabouts."
"The shadow team shouldn't know." Duan Ling said.
"Shh." Wu Du motioned to Duan Ling not to speak. Standing beside the Ma River, the surroundings were quiet, only the sound of water flowing.
"Did you hear that?" Wu Du asked.
"No." Duan Ling looked blank. He had never been trained as an assassin, and his ears were not as powerful as Wu Du's.
"There are still people in the city." Wu Du replied, "It may also be the wind."
This lower section heard the sound. The sound came from a far alley. At the end of the far alley, there was a soft "click" sound, as if someone was moving something.
"It could also be a lynx, or a wild dog." Duan Ling said.
Wu Du made a silent gesture, the two dismounted, and stopped Ben Xiao on the side of the road without tying it. Ben Xiao wanted to follow, but Duan Ling raised his hand to stop it, and Ben Xiao stayed there and waited. The two entered the alley lightly.
Deep in the alley, there was another soft sound, which was much clearer this time, and Duan Ling also heard it.
It was the sound of the door closing.
Wu Du held the sword in his hand and intertwined Duan Ling's fingers with the other hand, and walked slowly to the end of the alley.
"Crack" was heard again, and Duan Ling's heart immediately lifted.
"This is the Duan family." Duan Ling said in a low voice.
Wu Du glanced at Duan Ling, as if hesitating, but Duan Ling urged him to leave. Turning into another alley, the sound of "click" sounded again, and Duan Ling was startled involuntarily.
"No one." Wu Du held the unsheathed sword, pushed it open against a wooden door behind the courtyard, and then withdrew, the wooden door made a "click" sound.
It was the sound of the wind blowing. Every time, the wooden door would be blown open, and then leaned up crookedly, making a sound.
Duan Ling was puzzled and stood in front of this backyard.
"What's wrong?" Wu Du said.
"It's not here, what's going on?" Duan Ling's memory was already confused.
"What's not here?" Wu Du asked.
Duan Ling said: "The road outside the alley... obviously leads to Duan's house, but when was this door... built? Even the courtyard wall is different? I remember there used to be a pond here, but it's gone? There's nothing left? How did this become another family?"
Wu Du: "..."
It felt like when I was going home, I was walking along the same road, but when I got a place, I found that it was not my home, and even the layout had changed.
"Could it be that they moved away?" Wu Du assumed.
"But has the courtyard wall been demolished? The house next door is different." Duan Ling said.
Not only the Duan family, but even the two houses adjacent to the Duan family have completely changed their appearance. What the hell is going on? Duan Ling felt a chill in his heart.
Duan Ling looked inside and out, and Wu Du followed behind him, not leaving an inch.
This is not the Duan family he knew, from the inside to the outside, it is full of strangeness.
"Did you remember correctly?" Wu Du asked.
"No." Duan Ling frowned, "I will never remember wrong."
It is not surprising that the memory of a six-year-old child may be biased. Maybe they entered an alley that looked exactly the same, or the Duan family took some money and renovated the house from beginning to end.
But Duan Ling always insisted that it was impossible. Even if the house was repaired, the pattern would not change. He walked this alley countless times, until Venus appeared in the sky, and he came out of the alley with his head down and dejected.
Wu Du had a smile on his face, and Duan Ling asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"It turns out that you are also stubborn." Wu Du said.
Duan Ling was the most open-minded in his life, and it didn't matter if he said that. The only possibility is that there is only one family who bought the Duan family's house. They disliked how bad it looked, so they demolished the house and built a small and dilapidated new house on the original site.
Later, the Yuan people invaded, and the people of Runan City went to the empty city overnight, leaving this lonely and broken house, not even a memory of myself.
"I want to see my mother's grave." Duan Ling said.
"Eat something first." Wu Du said, "Drink some water, then rest."
Duan Ling was a little sleepy and a little sad. There was too much dust here, so he stood on the street and rubbed his eyes.
Wu Du poured him some water to drink and asked, "How to get there?"
Suddenly, a gust of wind sounded, and Duan Ling hadn't reacted. At the dawn of dawn, a long sword stabbed Wu Du from behind!
Wu Du immediately pushed Duan Ling away, the long sword in his hand was unsheathed, and when he turned around, his robe fluttered, holding the sword that stabbed at the back!
Duan Ling saw that the assassin was a nine-foot-long man in black. He was as fast as a gust of wind. When they fought against Wu Du, the two of them turned to their sides. At that moment, as if it was intuition, Duan Ling blurted out almost subconsciously.
"Changliu-kun!"
When he shouted, the tall assassin had already slashed at Wu Du's shoulder with a sword. Wu Du flicked his hand and pointed at the tiger. The steel between his fingers locked the White Rainbow Sword. Pan was very uncomfortable, and Wu Du turned his sword in an instant.
A red sun was rising, reflected on the fiery light sword, and a strong light hit the assassin's eyes. The eyes under the hood squinted slightly. The assassin realized that something was wrong, and quickly backed away. The hood was almost caught by Wu Duyi. Sword picked up!
"Hey hey hey."
The assassin made Changliu-kun's usual voice.
Duan Ling: "..."
"Hey, don't fight!" Changliujun just made a sneak attack and wanted to try martial arts. Wu Du didn't say a word, he followed him like a shadow, his long sword slashed diagonally, and Lord Changliu roared, "Can't you just play?!"
"Okay, okay," Duan Ling urged.
Only then did Wu Du withdraw his sword, and Lord Changliu replied, "I've been following you for a while, and I saw you two have been standing there."
Duan Ling suddenly froze in his heart and asked, "Where are you lying in ambush?"
Changliu-jun pointed to the inn outside, where Duan Ling rubbed his eyes.
"Changliu-Jun." Wu Du said in a cold tone, "Don't play like this again, or Master Wu will be poisoned."
Changliu-jun didn't answer, and looked at Duan Ling with his eyes behind the mask, and said, "Can I still deceive my master and destroy my ancestors?"
"Who knows what's in your stomach?" Wu Du mocked.
"Apprentice, why did you come here?" Duan Ling saw Changliu Jun again, and a storm surged in his heart. Could it be that he came to the Duan family on Mu Kuangda's order? Hope you don't get caught by yourself.
Changliu Jun retracted his sword and replied, "Follow me."
what to do? Duan Ling glanced at Wu Du when he actually saw Changliu-jun here. Wu Du held Ben Xiao with one hand and Duan Ling with the other, his palms clenched tightly, meaning don't worry.
Duan Ling and Wu Du exchanged glances, and Changliu-jun walked in front without saying a word. This place was originally a dead city, and everyone didn't speak, and the atmosphere became more and more strange.
"Master." Changliu-jun looked back and said, "Why did you see me, you don't seem very happy."
Duan Ling didn't smile either, nor did he stern his face. After a while, the corners of his mouth twitched and he said, "Can you change the way you say hello next time?"
"Come here." Changliujun stretched out his hand to pick up Duan Ling, Duan Ling turned his head to look at Wu Du and signaled with his eyes that it was too strange to keep silent, so he took the initiative to lean on Changliujun's side and let him rest his shoulders.
Changliu-jun is the tallest of the four assassins, and he and Duan Ling crossed his shoulders, like pinching a puppy, and asked, "How is the prefect?"
"Alright... okay." Duan Ling said, "What the hell are you doing here?"
Changliu Jun replied: "Master Xiang asked me to find someone, by the way, why did you two come?"
Duan Ling replied that he and Wu Du came to the border of Liao to cut down trees. He was hungry in the middle of the night and wanted to come to Runan to buy some food, but when he came here, he found that it had become a dead city. Lord Changliu thoughtfully replied, "The city of Runan has been plundered by Yuan people several times, and moved to Anxi. Going northwest along Luoyan Mountain, it is their new city."
What I said... Duan Ling felt a little hope in his heart. In other words, the Duan family may have also moved away. Wait, Changliu-jun said that Mu Kuangda asked him to come and find someone. Who was he looking for
Duan Ling suddenly raised his heart to his throat, until Changliu-jun stopped outside an abandoned tea shop.
"Sir, who have I met?" Changliu-jun shouted.
Inside the tea shop, a man was lying on a broken mat, he got up sleepily after hearing the words, and said, "Wang Shan?"
"Mr. Long Hired!" Duan Ling was immediately surprised.
Wu Du frowned and said, "Permanent employment?"
A quarter of an hour later, Lord Changliu boiled the water, Wu Du distributed some dry food, and everyone had a broken tea bowl and drank some boiled water, accompanied by dry food, for breakfast.
"I wanted to rest in Runan for a day, and then go to Yecheng to find you for help." Although Changpin was a complete loser, he still spoke slowly, with his hair disheveled, which was quite comical.
When he was passing by, Duan Ling let go of his heart again, and his tone became a lot lighter after he relaxed, and said with a smile, "Why did Mr. Changpin come here?"
"It's a long story." Changpin replied helplessly, "When you go back and see the shepherd minister, you can ask him carefully. He will tell you the cause and effect."
Duan Ling said helplessly: "How can I go back in three or five years?"
Changpin said with a smile: "You have made military exploits. Although the officials of the capital have been in office for three years, the court and the middle are just at the time of employment, and the three tripod armors do not have to stick to the rules. The two of you go back, otherwise there won't be enough manpower."
Wu Du rested his elbow on the tea table behind him, dangling around with his feet crossed, and said, "What if you don't want to go back?"
"Yo." Changpin wasn't angry, and teased, "General Colonel is a fourth rank, and we are all grass people, but we offended."
Changpin was about to stand up and bow to Wu Du, but Duan Ling knew that this fellow was full of bad water, and he didn't know how to be punished if he offended him. This ceremony was absolutely unacceptable, so he hurriedly held him down and said, "Changpin Let’s get straight to the point, sir, we are all a family, we don’t need to be aggressive.”
Emperor Changliu of Wudu Dynasty asked, "Are you here to find Zhenshanhe?"
In addition to Zhenshanhe, Wu Du really couldn't think of any task that could take Changliujun and Changpin, the two arms of Wen and Wu, away from the minister.
"Zhenshanhe?" Changpin replied blankly, "Of course not, you two, it's too much trouble to explain, since you've had breakfast, please come with me."
Where are you going? Duan Ling complained bitterly in his heart. He couldn't help himself from midnight today. First he was brought to Runan by Wu Du, and then to the tea shop by Changliujun. Now Changpin doesn't know where to take them, so he brought them here. Yes, it made him dizzy.
Rao is so, Changpin has already got up, this is not enough to help, so he has to follow him.