C1 (1/2)
If I move fast enough, you won't be able to catch me
In the thirty-two years since the start of the competition, the Northern Army had invaded the borders of the Li Kingdom, and after half a year of war, they kidnapped the Li Kingdom Emperor who was leading the army on the battlefield.
The Li Kingdom was in chaos, the Thirteenth Prince acted as the government's representative in the face of danger, thus separating the political parties in the imperial court into two factions. One of them was led by the Prime Minister, and advocated for the old emperor to be brought back, while the other stood on the side of the new emperor, advocating for peace and keeping the old emperor as a hostage in the Northern Army.
He did not know what kind of Buddha it was, but he heard that Buddha was someone who could save a life, something that not even he could save, Luo Yi did not believe him.
The wind blew at the door, causing it to creak. Luo Yi paused just before she reached the run-down temple.
The location of this run-down temple was extremely remote. Other than and himself, almost no one else had come here, yet who knew which wind blew erroneously today?
More than one.
Luo Yi hid outside the door and peeked inside the house.
There were four people in the room, all dressed in martial arts attire, with a jade long sword at their waists – he could not tell what the quality of the jade was, but he guessed it could be sold for a good price.
Luo Yi pinched her chin and thought.
Only after a long while did they realise that Luo Yi, who had already been squatting at the door for a long time, had a cold look in her eyes. One of them directly unsheathed his sword and with a slight push on her wrist, his sword pierced through the gap of the door and landed right on the front half of Luo Yi's neck.
Luo Yi was shocked, she covered her neck and fell into the run-down temple, unable to regain her senses for a long time.
The four people in the room had already stopped arguing. At this moment, they were all pointing their swords at him as they said with a deep voice, ”Who are you?”
F * ck you!
Luo Yi fumbled the ground with her right hand, pretending to be afraid. As she retreated, he stuttered and said, ”I am just a beggar … ”I live here …”
While speaking, his fingers came in contact with a slight protrusion, causing Luo Yi's lips to curl up, and the expression on his face to turn into one of arrogance.
The four men were shocked. Before they could react, they saw the person in front of them push down the mechanism. They all jumped up and laughed. ”How dare you act so arrogantly in my territory …”
He squatted to the side and looked at the four people who fell into the trap because of the sudden pull of the floor. His delicate eyebrows slightly raised as he said in amusement, ”I think it's because they've lived too long.”
This trap was made by Lin Ting to guard against wild beasts, so he had put quite a few traps at the bottom of the cave. No matter how good their martial arts were, suddenly falling down from the sky couldn't be avoided, as all of them had been caught in a trap.
Luo Yi looked at them condescendingly. ”Do you want to come out?”
”Throw me your money bags.”
Although the trap was sharp, it was still used to deal with animals after all. It was not a big threat to those who practiced martial arts, but what made them truly helpless was that the four walls of the trap were incomparably smooth, without any place they could borrow strength from.
After thinking for a while, one of the leaders gritted his teeth and took out a money pouch from his bosom. He then extended his hand to grab the other three and threw it at Luo Yi's feet.
Luo Yi picked it up and weighed it in her palm, then satisfied, she stood up.
”Thank you!”
He waved his right hand at the men and started to walk away.
”Ai!” The people below panicked. ”Release us!”
”Release him?” Luo Yi laughed, ”Do you think I'm stupid? I can't beat you guys, what if you come out and kill me? Rest assured! After half an incense's time, a rope will fall from the position above your heads and you will be able to climb out by following it. ”
”Oh yeah,” Luo Yi took something out from her chest pocket and threw it down. ”This is medicine, although it is not as good as the ones from the doctors outside, it is more or less useful for the wounds caused by the beast trap.”
”This is a small border town with a chaotic situation. Its body is more valuable than anything else.”
They had never expected a beggar to say something like that. The four of them were stunned, and the moment they looked down, they realized that a purse had rolled down together with the ointment to their feet.
How could he go out without some money on him!
As if he had completed an incredible feat, Luo Yi hummed a song and walked out.
He took two steps back.
The sword that was previously stuck in the door was shining under the last bit of sunset. Luo Yi bent over to stare for a while, then raised her hand to remove the jade on the sword hilt.
”Hmm …” This thing should sell for a lot of money.
He took a look at the jade pendant and the silver taels before putting them away with satisfaction. Unfortunately, the smile on his face had not fully bloomed, but it had already disappeared in the next second.
The person in the shadows had been standing there for who knows how long, and the gaze that looked at him was somewhat confused.
Luo Yi subconsciously thought that this person was together with the four people in the room, as she instinctively wrapped her arms around her chest in a defensive posture: ”You want to take revenge for them?”
”No, no, no, you misunderstand.” Xu Heng retorted: ”I don't know them.”
I really don't know him.
Three days ago, he had departed from the Li Kingdom's capital and had only just arrived at the border. However, when he passed by and saw the four burly men bullying the beggar, he could not bear to see them. He wanted to help, but he witnessed a reversal.
”Really?” Luo Yi still didn't believe him.