freenovelworld Chapter 100 Untitled
Chapter 100 Untitled
After asking about the general situation, Zhou Lingke declined the consul's invitation to move back to the city.The consul hesitated for a moment, and said that even if they didn't come today, he would send someone there.The consul also understands that the conditions in some aspects of the city are really terrible, but the state of the Kados is not stable recently, and they live alone outside, which is more dangerous.
When he said this, Zhou Lingke and Xia En understood that the situation outside was not right, and they could all see it, let alone this civil servant whose main job was management.Those who can be sent to this kind of place to make preliminary preparations do not need to think about it and know that it will not be a wine bag.
If Zhou Lingke is still in a coma, even if there are pies and pizza waiting, Xia En will pack him and bring him into the city just in case.But he is awake now, although his body is still a little weak, but no matter how much chaos there is at this time, it is just to deliver food to them, so there is no need to go to the city again.
The consul nodded and didn't try to persuade them any more. He just asked the two of them what they needed, and talked about some trivial matters that they should pay attention to. He also said that there is a market today, and they can go shopping if they have nothing to do. Zhou Lingke and Xia En took the initiative to say goodbye.
"Would you like to go to the market?" Now is the time when the sun is at its best, and the nose can no longer smell the stench. To be more precise, Zhou Lingke's nose can no longer smell anything. He stood under the sun, I stretched my waist, but dared not take a deep breath.
Standing beside him, Xia En tilted his head and looked at his lover who had regained his vitality although his face was slightly pale. He couldn't help but put a smile on his face.At this time, a small thing crawled along his back to his shoulders, and rubbed against Xia En's neck. Xia En froze and touched it before realizing who it was.
Zhou Lingke also looked over, and raised his hand to touch this little thing: "I almost forgot about it, this is the messenger mouse he left for Xia En when he left."
"That's right." Hearing what he said, Xia En suddenly felt a little sullen, "You kept it for fear of me just in case? In the end, you lay down by yourself."
Zhou Lingke grinned, he didn't expect that he just used those semi-finished magic tools to set up a magic circle, but he almost lost himself: "Go to the market, go to the market." It was just asking, but now it has become a urging, Zhou Lingke pushed Xia En with a look of "Don't bring up the past again".
Xia En didn't mean to cling to this matter, but just gave him a helpless look, and then walked towards the market.
The establishment of a market here is not decided by the local administrators themselves, but by a higher-level license. The license has strict regulations on the size and business scope of the market.The bazaar here is a grocery bazaar. It sounds ordinary, but in fact, this kind of bazaar where all kinds of goods can be traded is very high-end. This is probably because this is a lower-level city that is destined to become the capital. Soon to be able to get that license.In addition to the warehouse, the west side of here is a uniform-sized sales shed, which is also the location of the market.
In this era, although there are merchants wandering around, they are only small merchants who want to buy more goods. Some small shops without their own channels must rely on this kind of market if they want to buy goods.Especially after the war has just subsided, most of the small and medium-sized businessmen who boldly resumed business have run out of survival.Therefore, the merchants who come here to ship and purchase goods are not only from this city, but also people from many other surrounding cities. Many people even come here a few days in advance to take advantage of the news of the opening of the market. s position.
Of course, this kind of place cannot do without soldiers to maintain order and documents to manage transactions, so although it is crowded and noisy, there is also order inside.Zhou Lingke and Xia En actually have nothing to buy, and the two big men have nothing to go shopping. On the surface, they came here to cover up their embarrassment, but in fact they both came to relax, so they asked the patrolling guards where food was sold here. There are the most small vendors here, so they simply go to satisfy their appetite.
There is a separate small street here, which is full of vendors selling all kinds of food. Of course, the food culture in this place is not as good as Huaxia, but those who make a living by it have the ability to press boxes.There are barbecues, snacks, and soups here, but probably to prevent people from drinking and making trouble, there is no place to sell alcohol.But the two of them didn't come to drink, they just started from scratch and ate one by one.The two of them didn't eat fast, and most of the time they didn't even talk, they just looked at each other, that sense of satisfaction was much more comfortable than the bloated stomach caused by eating and drinking...
"Ah—help—this man is going to abduct me—" The two of them just came out of the store when they heard screams from behind, and it was the voice of a child. They turned their heads subconsciously, and all they saw was an angry face The burly man grabbed a young subhuman boy about eleven or twelve years old.The little boy's two ears are like fish fins, and his eyes are also like fish's eyes, very round, and the pupils are just a little black in the white of the eyes.Because of his fright, his pupils shrank even smaller, and it seemed that only the whites remained in his round eyes.The strong man who grabbed his shoulder had a stern look on his face.
The boy's scream attracted the attention of many people, including Zhou Lingke and Xia En. After the child's scream, the face of the ferocious strong man turned red: "This is a thief!" There was shouting all around.However, no one jumped out to seek justice at this time. About half a minute later, patrolling soldiers came over and took the two of them away, and the crowd dispersed.
Just as Zhou Lingke was about to go to the next restaurant with Xia En to eat, he found that Xia En pulled him in the opposite direction.
"what happened?"
"There are a few other children who smell very similar to the boy just now."
The smell that Xia En refers to is close, that is, at least they know each other, or even a family.But when the boy shouted that he was kidnapped, those people did not come out to rescue or testify, but became silent bystanders. Zhou Lingke subconsciously asked, "Theft gang?"
"Not sure yet." Xia En nodded, but his footsteps stopped suddenly, "The smell has stopped."
"Then we can be sure now." Zhou Lingke raised his eyebrows, and the children managed to cover up their own scent, so that Xia En couldn't track them down.Apparently this wasn't specifically for Sean, but generally for covering the noses of demihumans with a good sense of smell.The uncertainty just now has become a certainty now, "Do you want to talk to the higher-ups?"
"It's better not to say it." After thinking for a while, Xia En shook his head.Mangtan's laws are extremely strict. Although men and women have different criminal laws for certain crimes, there is no distinction between age and age.For example, stealing, once caught, one hand will be cut off, the mark of "stealing" will be branded on the forehead, and you will be punished to work in the mine as a coolie. Nine out of ten such coolies will die on the way to the mine.The rest of the children, Xia En saw, should not be more than 14 years old. In a few months at most, children under the age of 17 in the occupied areas will also enter different camps to study. This is a unified arrangement of the country, and It is one of the roots of recklessness. Even if there must be an adult controlling them behind them, no matter whether that person is their family member or not, these children will inevitably break free from their control.Xia En couldn't tell what their future would be like, but at least they would be freed from their current lives.
Zhou Lingke's thinking in this aspect is not as good as Xia En's. Hearing that he said no, he was taken aback for a while before he understood, and then nodded: "Shall we go home?"
"Want to see the boy's trial?"
As a great mage, Zhou Lingke has the privilege of "pardon". No matter what crime he committed, he can use his privilege to exempt the other party from the crime.Although there is only one quota per year, if Zhou Lingke wants to save someone, he won't care if it runs out or there will be no more.
But to Xia En's surprise, Zhou Lingke shook his head decisively, but Xia En didn't need to take the initiative to ask, Zhou Lingke had already explained the reason himself: "I haven't seen the other children, but the little boy who was caught , I saw a strong dead air in him, not as heavy as yours, but better than yours..." Zhou Lingke thought about how to use words, "Gloomy. Don't look at his young age, his hands are already Many people were killed, and the death of the other party was not so open and aboveboard. This is probably the new ability I have after waking up this time."
After Zhou Lingke finished speaking, his mind was still a little depressed.His point of view is that he is evil at a young age. There may be various reasons, but it cannot be dismissed just because he is ignorant.As for reforming... Zhou Lingke also saw that boy when he was arrested.Although the boy was screaming and struggling, he was obviously acting. He played himself out as the weak and the victim, but he didn't have any regrets for what he had done.Maybe cutting off his hand was too cruel for this young man, but Zhou Lingke really didn't have the desire to use the only pardon on him.
"Go home." Xia En could see Zhou Lingke's depression, even though his reason told him that he did nothing wrong.
"Ah."
After entering the house, Xia En pulled Zhou Lingke and fell on the bed: "Is it okay?"
"I'll just let you know if I can do it." After more than three months of separation, how could it be impossible.
The tenderness after a long absence is too wonderful to describe in words.I don't know how long it took, the two hugged each other naked and tired, and were about to fall asleep, but they didn't want to fall asleep. They just held each other's hand, clinging to each other's limbs, quietly enjoying the body temperature of this moment.But suddenly, Zhou Lingke moved and sat up, and he felt the sudden heavy breath of death.Xia En also woke up from the tenderness, but what he smelled was the breath of death.
Zhou Lingke opened the window facing the city, looked at it twice, closed it again, and went back to bed: "Sleep, it's okay."