While Kan Wenxiao was in a trance, Jian Xiuyun escaped from his confinement and walked to the stream.
The originally clear creek has been completely dyed red.
Jian Xiuyun looked in the direction of the source of the stream, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
That direction is Jiangbei.
There is a lot of water in the north of the river, and the underground rivers extend in all directions, and most of them are connected.
It is still ten miles away from Jiangbei, if the blood came from Jiangbei.
Jian Xiuyun didn't dare to think about it for a while.
His expression became serious, he turned around and strode back.
Kan Wenxiao seemed to have understood it, and didn't ask any further questions. He just followed behind him, his eyes darkened, and his fingers holding Bai Yuzan slowly tightened.
Just as Lin Liaoting put a piece of mung bean cake into his mouth, Jian Xiuyun came back with disheveled hair.
He almost choked, coughed a few times, stood up and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
Only then did Jian Xiuyun remember that her hairpin was still in Kan Wenxiao's hands.
With a bit of embarrassment on his face, he said perfunctorily, "The hairpin accidentally fell into the water."
"You are too careless." Then, Lin Liaoting took off his hairpin and handed it to him, "Master, you can use mine first."
Jian Xiuyun shook his head, handed the water bottle in his hand to Xiao Xi'er, then tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes, and tied up his hair casually.
After finishing, Jian Xiuyun turned to him and called, "Liao Ting."
"Um?"
Jian Xiuyun considered his tone before continuing: "Jiang Bei, something may have happened."
The three walked with swords.
The closer he was to Jiangbei, the more Jian Xiuyun's heart arose.
However, what surprised him was that there was no such scene as he had imagined, with corpses lying everywhere and bleeding oars.
The towns and cities seen along the way are rich and the buildings are intact, but along the way, there are not many people seen.
Soon, they reached the border of Jiangbei.
The city wall in Jiangbei is nine feet high, paved with blue-gray bricks and stones, which looks magnificent and dignified.
However, at this time, there was no one on the city wall, the city gate was wide open, and there were no soldiers guarding it. From time to time, a few people hurried past with their heads down.
Jian Xiuyun turned her head and glanced at Lin Liaoting, only to see that his expression was still calm, but his brows were slightly wrinkled and his lips were tightly pursed.
Even he could see the strangeness of Jiangbei, and Lin Liaoting would not fail to see it.
"Go in?" Jian Xiuyun asked him.
Lin Liaoting turned his head and forced a smile at him, grinning as usual: "Let's go, our servant must have been waiting at the gate of the city."
After finishing speaking, he took a big step and walked towards the city first.
Seeing this, Jian Xiuyun led Xiao Xi'er to follow.
Kan Wenxiao was at the end, with a cool look on his face, and followed leisurely.
They entered the city gate.
There were no servants like Lin Liaoting mentioned, and there were only a few of them, with their heads bowed and their footsteps hurried.
Although the shops are open, most of them are deserted.
Jian Xiuyun glanced at Lin Liaoting.
Lin Liaoting scratched his head, turned to look at him, and asked for proof: "Master, do you think they haven't received my letter?"
Jian Xiuyun saw his panic, nodded cooperatively, and said in agreement: "It should be."
"Really, there must be something wrong with the carrier pigeon that delivered the letter. Maybe it was caught and eaten. I said that I didn't confiscate even one reply letter. They should send a letter to remind me before I set off on weekdays..." Lin Liao Ting chattered Nagging, while striding forward.
Jian Xiuyun understood his worry.
After all, he knew how precious Lin Liao Ting was to the Lin family. When he was sent to Xu Mou, there were hundreds of people who sent him alone.
His parents even came to talk to him in person and complimented him for a while, so that he could treat Lin Liao Ting well.
Moreover, Lin Liaoting hadn't been back for several years. When he said he wanted to come back, it stands to reason that both the head of the Lin family and his wife would come in person. How could there be no one to pick him up.
But of course he wouldn't say it, he just said: "Yes, some people are so careless now that they even eat carrier pigeons."
As soon as his words fell, a sneer came from beside him.
Upon hearing the sound, Jian Xiuyun turned his head and glared at Kan Wenxiao.
Kan Wenxiao didn't make another sound, but there was still a smile on his lips.
For some reason, Jian Xiuyun felt that his smile was a bit cold.
Mrs. Jiangbei, they walked for almost half an hour before finally reaching the boundary of the Lin family.
The Lin family is the richest man in Jiangbei.
The real wealth is invincible.
Jiangbei is divided into four parts: east, west, north, and south. There is a saying that the east is rich and the west is rich, and the south is poor and the north is forest.
Beilin means that the entire northern part belongs to the Lin family.
After arriving at the border of the Lin family, and walking ten miles forward, I saw its gate.
The Lin family was built on the hillside, with walls extending outwards on both sides, which cannot be measured. The indescribable wealth and majesty.
Lin Liaoting stopped in his tracks.
The tall and heavy vermilion gate of the Lin family was tightly closed, and no one was guarding it.
Jian Xiuyun sniffed lightly in his nose, and there was a faint smell of blood.
Jian Xiuyun let go of Xiao Xi'er's hand, and pushed her to Kan Wenxiao's side, intending to knock on the door for Lin Liaoting.
However, in the next second, he was held down by Kan Wenxiao.
Kan Wenxiao didn't look at him, his eyes fell on the gate of Lin's house, his expression was indifferent, "Master, I'll go."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for his answer, he went straight forward.
Lin Liaoting stood still, but followed him closely.
Kan Wenxiao walked to the door, but instead of knocking, stretched out his hands and pushed the door open.
The thick wooden door was slowly pushed open, and a thick bloody smell rushed over.
Lin Liaoting strode forward.
Jian Xiuyun frowned slightly, hugged Xiao Xi'er into his arms, covered her eyes with his hands, and then walked over.
Entering the door is a courtyard with lush vegetation and a hundred flowers blooming in full bloom. There is no one in sight, and there is no blood on the ground, but the air is full of bloody smell.
Lin Liaoting's legs were weak, he supported the rockery beside him, panted suddenly with his head down, and after a while, he suddenly got up and ran in.
While running, he shouted, "Father, mother, uncle, cousin, Song Qi, where are you? Is anyone there?"
Jian Xiuyun hurriedly followed.
Lin Liaoting was crazy, he opened the room when he saw it, and ran in when he saw the door, but the gold, silver and jade objects in the room were still there, but there was no one there.
I don't know how long I ran and shouted.
Lin Liaoting's voice was already hoarse, and his voice was hoarse, but he didn't dare to stop.
Everything is so weird.
Where are his parents? What about his relatives? Where are the thousands of servants of the Lin family
The Lin family taught their servants very strictly, so they were extremely careful when they walked and walked, and they didn't make much noise.
The Lin family is always quiet.
But not dead silent.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Lin Liaoting's voice was completely hoarse, and his legs felt as if they had been filled with lead.
But he kept on walking.
The Lin family is too big, maybe today's father and mother gathered them all in one place on a whim.
Yes, that might be the case.
When he ran to Jingyuan, Lin Liaoting stopped suddenly.
Seeing this, Jian Xiuyun hurried over and asked, "Did you find..."
His voice stopped abruptly, as if someone had suddenly strangled his neck.
Immediately, the hand that was already covering Xiao Xi'er's eyes was even stronger.
The garden is full of corpses.
Men, women, old, and young are densely piled together, and people are piled on top of each other, forming a mountain.
Everyone's clothes were wet, and their blood was drained and flowed to the ground, converging into small rivers and flowing into the pool in Jingyuan.
The water in the pool was so red and black that they couldn't see if there were any dead bodies at the bottom.
You can only see the dark red pool water flowing out through the wall.
Jian Xiuyun looked along.
That was the direction they took their lunch break.