57 A general with a broken family (2/2)
Qing Nan and a few of her brothers stood side by side in front of Shangguan Yong. At this time, Qing Nan could finally stop pretending to smile.
Looking at the faces of his brothers that were filled with sadness, Shangguan Yong already knew the answer, but he still deceived himself and asked Qing Nan: ”Where are they?”
”Big Brother, I'm sorry,” Qing Nan said. ”Eldest Sister-in-Law, Little Nephew, Little Rui, and Ning'er are all gone.”
Shangguan Yong raised his hand to hit Qing Nan. Since his family was not here, why did this man pull him here?
Qing Nan said, ”Big Brother, give me a good beating.”
Shangguan Yong raised his hand, looking at Qing Nan for a long time, ”Hit you, will they come back to life?” Shangguan Yong suddenly asked Qing Nan.
Qing Nan shook his head.
Shangguan Yong turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
”Big brother!” This time, a few people rushed forward and hugged Shangguan Yong.
”Big brother, we've already asked around, the fire was started at home,” Qing Nan followed up and shouted. ”No one came out alive at home. By the time it started, sister-in-law and the others were already dead!”
”This is impossible!” Shangguan Yong used brute force, shaking off a few of their tugs and dashes as he dashed out of the yard.
Qing Nan was thrown to the ground by Shangguan Yong, he could not catch up with him anymore, so he sat on the ground and followed up to Shangguan Yong by shouting: ”This time, shouldn't you be thinking about revenge?!” If you're dead too, who's going to avenge them? ”If you don't take revenge, how will you meet with your wife in the future?!”
Shangguan Yong halted his steps for a moment, then ran out.
”Are we going to chase him or not?” The few people in the courtyard didn't know what to do.
Qing Nan jumped up from the ground, touched his face and said, ”It's good that he's not crazy. Let's follow him and don't let him be targeted. ”Let's go!” Seeing them still standing there in a daze, Qing Nan shouted at them, ”Who can be more sad than him at this time?!”
A few people chased after him out of the inn, and Shangguan Yong's figure was nowhere to be seen on the street.
”He must have gone back,” Qing Nan urged the people behind him as he ran towards the south of the city. ”All of you, hurry up!”
By the time Qing Nan and the rest had caught up to the old alleyway on the south side of the city, the two alleyways' entrances had already been sealed by the bailiffs of the justice courts.
”Our home is inside,” Qing Nan said to the bailiff, who had stopped him from entering the alley.
”This alley has been sealed,” the bailiff said as he pushed Qing Nan backwards.
”I can't even go home?”
”Where is your home?”
In the ruins of an alley, there was not a single intact house.
Qing Nan was at a loss for words. He immediately shouted at the bailiff, ”Aren't there so many people in here?”
”I don't care about the people inside,” Although the bailiff kept pushing Qing Nan around, his attitude wasn't bad. He said to Qing Nan, ”This is the order from the superior, I have no choice, let one person in and it will be our dereliction of duty, don't make things difficult for us.”
”It's not over yet,” Qing Nan still hadn't given up. When he wanted to argue with the bailiff again, a brother pulled his clothes and said, ”Look at our left side.”
Qing Nan looked to their left, separated by five or six people. A tall man stood there. His clothes were ordinary, but his eyes were very bright. It was obvious that he was an expert in internal energy.
”There are a few more behind us,” the brother said to Qing Nan. ”Could they be the culprits?”
”Damn,” Qing Nan whispered, ”If you ask me, how would I know?”
”Keep your fucking voice down,” the brother said. ”The boy's looking at us.”
Qing Nan said, ”Let's go first.”
”Then Big Brother is still inside!”
”Aren't these people unable to enter as well? ”What are we afraid of?” Qing Nan turned and squeezed through the crowd. ”Let's go first.”
”What if these people follow me?”
”Follow?” A fierce look flashed across Qing Nan's eyes. ”Then we will avenge our eldest sister-in-law!”
The people running around in the old alley didn't notice a man kneeling in front of the ruins of Shangguan's house.
Shangguan Yong had looked at the place where the corpses were kept, the corpses after they were burned were incomplete, it was hard to tell if they were alive or not, he did not know if there were his family members there or not, but looking at these corpses, Shangguan Yong's heart died and all the blood in his body seemed to be frozen. He even doubted if he was still alive in this world.