Chapter 4

Su Jingyang fell asleep on the floor of the shop at night, and still felt that what he heard from Liang Lu was unbelievable!

That person is Ling Li, who is almost 21 years old this year. He was abandoned by his family since he was a child, and was adopted by an old man in the town who had no family. Because Ling Li is a twin, when he grew up, there were a lot of rumors about him and Lao Chau Kuai in the town, and the neighbors even spit on Xingzi everywhere, saying that the two appear to be father and son, but in fact they are at home every day Messing around is really indecent.

Lao Zhu Kuai is a taciturn person, and Ling Li has a colder personality. In short, both of them turned a deaf ear to those rumors and never came out to answer a word. don't know why, when Ling Li was 16 years old, he fell in love with the son of a family named Liu in town. That man was named Liu Yue. Apart from his gambling problem, he was a good-looking person and was very eloquent. Will make people happy.

Although the Liu family's conditions are not good, they are far from looking down on Lingli's broken shoes, which are rumored to have been worn out. They are very distressed that their son has come too close to Lingli. Opposing it, Liu Yue's mother was even more violent, pressing each other to death, asking them to cut off contact.

After several months of fussing like this, Liu Yue, in despair and anger, made an appointment with Ling Li to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, when the anxious Liu family broke into the door to find the two of them, what they saw was indeed that Liu Yue had already drank poisoned wine and died, but Ling Li seemed to have lost his soul, and fell on Liu Yue's already stiffened body. Next to the corpse, it is still alive and well!

Standing beside him was the old catcher with his eyes closed and his face dead.

Liu Yue's parents burst into tears at the time, and then sued Lingli and Lao Zhukuai to the official, saying that they had deliberately murdered.

This town is said to be big or big, and it is also small. When Lingli happened, and the Liu family’s parents would say it to everyone, they would pat their thighs and cry bitterly. Lingli killed the Liu family’s son with viciousness. The deeds quickly spread to everyone, and there was a lot of uproar. Everyone expressed their sympathy for Liu Yue, an infatuated lover, and they were ashamed of Ling Li's despicable behavior, and there were many discussions in the streets and alleys.

The Liu family's parents hated Ling Li and Lao Zhukuai to the core, and they continued to sue. Later, Lao Zhukuai took the charge alone, saying that he did the poisoning of Liu Yue, and the verdict has not yet come down. Before that, he committed suicide in prison.

The Liu family's parents were red-eyed with hatred, and robbed Lao Caikuai's ashes from Lingli, scattered them in the sewage ditch and washed them away, so that Lingli didn't even catch any ashes in the end. Liu's parents were unwilling that Lingli had nothing to do with him, so they blocked the door every day, pinched his waist and scolded him. 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. Anyway, everyone thinks Lingli is hateful, so he really shouldn't be treated well, so he also learned to live in Lingli. The place is littered and scribbled. There are also children who, at the behest of others, made up a formula and shouted loudly every day near Lingli's house.

Lingli had a bad reputation before, not to mention hooking up with the old man, and cooperating to kill Liu Yue, who was called "young and promising" by his parents. In the end, the old man charged him to death, but he was shameless An Ran. Alive, after this, when the town mentioned him as a slutty and vicious person, most of them would spit in contempt and scolded: "What a ruthless bitch!"

I don't know how Lingli survived. In short, he didn't appear in front of people for nearly half a year after that. Many people thought he was dead inside, until one day the neighbor heard the baby's cry from next door. Only then did know that Ling Li had given birth to a child!

Liu Yue was born more than half a year after her death, and she must have been pregnant before! The parents of the Liu family were immediately moved, and seemed to believe that the child was the blood of their own family. The helper broke into Lingli's home and robbed the child without any explanation.

Ling Li had just given birth, and when he was weak, he was tied to a chair and watched as those people took the child away.

Lingli went to Liu's house like a madman every day to ask for a child. There were warm-hearted people in Liu's family who helped to watch and support the scene. Although he was hysterical and desperate, he was ultimately weak, and finally tried his best to recruit. He was scolded all over his body, and he was so wounded that he failed to take the child away.

Lingli finally gave it up, and even bluntly said that the child was not Liu Yue's at all. The Liu family's parents had raised them for a few months, and the child's eyebrows and eyes gradually grew. Unlike Lingli, he did not touch the Liu family's side at all. There was suspicion. As soon as Lingli's words came out, Liu's mother suddenly felt that Lingli had insulted their Liu family members with a wild breed, and a wicked anger rose up in her heart, and she threw the child to the ground!

Lingli finally succeeded in taking the child away, and the child survived by luck, but the boy who was originally handsome and cute was broken in the head, and he has been dumbfounded ever since.

People from the Liu family later said that the child was the son of Lingli and Lao Zhukuai. Lao Zhukuai was trying to save the child, so he helped Lingli to commit the crime.

Some people believe it, but most still don't believe it. Why? Because everyone is not blind, and many people have seen it. Although that child is a little stupid, his appearance is extremely delicate and beautiful. Hu Kuai's appearance is extremely ordinary, and even if he is a child again, he will not be able to give birth to such a jade-carved child.

But no one said a word for Ling Li, because this can only further confirm the fact that Ling Li is reserved on the outside and debauched on the inside. No one sympathized with what happened to him at all.

Because the Liu family's parents were making too much fuss at that time, and the fact that they turned over the old accounts from time to time over the years, the people in the town couldn't forget them even if they wanted to, so that it had been five years, and Lingli still couldn't. Freed from the pillar of shame, as long as he hits the street, everyone will either point at him or stay away like a plague, and basically no one is willing to talk to him.

In this way, he was notorious, with a stupid child in the town to live hard.

When Su Jingyang heard it at the time, he thought it was unbelievable, but although he had said a few words to Lingli, 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 out of here, Liang Lu thought about it, and then said, "Probably, the ashes of the old catcher grew 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, unable to fall asleep. He thought about Lingli, the dazed look on his face when he cared about Shi Lingli that day, and his non-stop light cough, thinking about it. Lingli's small 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 thought about it, the more uncomfortable heart became, and chest was heavy.

Maybe it was intuition, or maybe his first impression of Lingli was too good. Su Jingyang always felt that there must be something hidden in it, and he really wanted to see him again.

Not to mention other things, now that I have advance wages in hand, it is still very necessary to repay Lingli's kindness for borrowing the bowl.

In the next few days, Su Jingyang always glanced outside the store, intentionally or unintentionally, but unfortunately, he couldn't see Lingli passing by again.

Liang Lu came twice again. Su Jingyang wanted to ask him about Ling Li's residence, but he was afraid that he would ask more questions, and he was forced to hold back his words.

Due to the good business in the store, Su Jingyang was very busy most of the time, and time passed quickly. It was about five days later, 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 affairs, he was a little confused, which made him feel uneasy.

He knew that it would be difficult to fall asleep again at night, so he simply stopped sleeping. Taking advantage of the moonlight and starlight, Su Jingyang left the shop door ajar and sat on the hot stairs to chat with the old beggar who was sleeping at the door. sky.

The old beggar's dirty hands took Su Jingyang's half of the steamed buns and nibbled it, his cloudy eyes staring at the night sky, his eyes gradually became distant.

Su Jingyang fixed his eyes on it, and immediately knew—this one must be someone with a story.

Not to mention, he was really guessed by him.

It turned out that this old beggar used to be from Rongcheng. He said that he was expelled for breaking the law and could not go back. Now he can go back, but his family is long gone.

Su Jingyang sighed for a while, and couldn't help asking curiously, "Where is Rongcheng?"

After he came here, it was not the first time he had heard of this Rongcheng, and he felt that the place was very special.

Fortunately, the old beggar didn't care that he would ask such a question without common sense, he snorted, and explained to him in a slightly old-fashioned voice: "There, it's a place where it's hard to get out, and it's hard to get in. "

It turned out that this Rongcheng is a city, but it has existed independently for nearly two hundred years. Now it has a population of 700,000 to 800,000. 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 unknown reason, although the Rong family ruled the entire city, they never became king.

Rongcheng's geographical location and environment are very favorable, and its products and resources are abundant and amazing. Moreover, it is located on the border of Dalinchao. It is also separated by mountains and rivers from the town where Su Jingyang is now, standing on the highest tower in the town. From the top, you can see the curling smoke of the cooking in Rongcheng. But in such a good place, for two hundred years, Dalin Dynasty failed to successfully incorporate Rongcheng into the country.

Because whenever the rulers of Dalin Dynasty started to have any intentions for Rongcheng, they would suddenly get sick and lose their minds. There was also an emperor who almost died suddenly before attacking the city! The soldiers he brought along also all He was confused and had no fighting spirit, as if he had been hit by an evil spirit, very strange.

In fact, the predecessor of the Rong clan was the Wu clan, where almost all the people believed in witchcraft. Some people speculated that the Dalin Dynasty had been making troubles on the issue of Rongcheng. It must have been some powerful forbidden spell in the city that prevented the enemy from succeeding. , Some people say that if they go to attack Rongcheng again, the people will definitely suffer a huge disaster, and they are very worried. Anyway, at that time, Rongcheng was rumored in the Dalin Dynasty to be mysterious.

After several setbacks, Dalinchao signed a peace agreement with Rongcheng, and did not fight Rongcheng's idea again, and the people in Rongcheng were on the side of peace and never picked things up.

It was so peaceful for a while.

It was not until fifty years ago, when the city lord of Rongcheng and the emperor of Dalin Dynasty exchanged letters, that some policies were gradually relaxed. There are relatively frequent contacts with the outside world.

However, the people of the Dalin Dynasty were afraid that the people of Rongcheng would harm others if they had witchcraft. The people of Rongcheng were also very wary of the outside world and were hostile to each other, so the effect was not ideal at first. developed gradually over the decades.

But probably in order to prevent the population loss from being too serious, the city lord at that time also issued a law that prohibits the intermarriage of people from Rongcheng and foreign races, otherwise, after the execution, they will be driven out of the city, and they will never be allowed to go back.

This decree shocked many people at the time, because the people of Rongcheng have lived and grown up in the city for generations, and their sense of belonging has been deeply ingrained. In order to stay in the city safely with their families, they will never offend. But there is also no lack of young people who are out of love, and can't help it. The city lord at the time, Lei Ting, handled a group of people mercilessly, and drove out those who violated the rules, so that they and their families were separated from each other. The blood-like lesson is in front of you, and after that, basically no one in the city dares to commit it.

The old beggar was one of the people who were driven out at that time, but later his wife turned around and divorced someone else, and he lost his lover and was separated from his family. Full of loneliness and desolation, he wandered for most of his life like this.

It was not until the first two years that the youngest city lord of the Rong clan, Rong Ci took over the throne, did he start to change some rigid rules. Some time ago, a new decree was introduced, allowing the people of Rongcheng to marry foreigners. Those who were expelled in the past can also go back and be reunited with their families.

After hearing this, Su Jingyang commented sincerely: "This city lord is a human being." No wonder Liang Lu said that he ran out of the city calmly. .

The old beggar laughed and trembled, he wiped the steamed buns hidden in his beard, and said to Su Jingyang in a deep and penetrating tone: "Humanity? What beauty wants to marry back to be the wife of the city master, so I can't wait to change the rules!"