Chapter 190: Wild Dogs and Wild Cats in the Broken House, Mu San, the Eunuch in the Palace
Chang'an City is too big, so no matter how prosperous it is, there are still places that look shabby in the most secret corners. There is an abandoned house at the end of 16th Street in Dongcheng. It is said that it was once the residence of a noble family. Later, the family failed and could no longer survive in Chang'an City, so they transferred the house to a wealthy businessman at a low price. Not long after, a murder occurred in the wealthy businessman's home, and his family was poisoned to death. Although it was later found out that the real murderer was his business competitor, no one lived in the house anymore, and it was unknown how many years it had been abandoned.
Because Chang'an City is so big, it would be too hard to give all the streets elegant names, so to simplify the distinction, the streets running east-west are called strips, and the streets running north-south are called streets. The shop Fang Jie rented was in Dong 23rd Street, which was still some distance away from East 18th Street where the house was located. It would take at least an hour to walk.
A cloud blocked half of the moon, and the fragmented moonlight shining into the house from the broken window looked even more fragmented. During the day, there might be brave children climbing over the ruins to play in this place. At night, it's so gloomy that someone might come in and scare themselves.
The snow has not completely melted, especially under the remaining wall, which is still almost as it was on the day of heavy snowfall.
An ownerless wild cat squatted on the wall and huddled in a ball. It was so cold in the middle of winter in Chang'an City that it couldn't find any warmth. I don¡¯t know whether it was because I was so hungry that I lost my energy, or because I was too cold to move. When the black shadow like a big bird flew in the sky and landed in the yard, the wild cat didn¡¯t react at all. When the black shadow slowly floated in, When he hit a piece of wood in the house, the wild cat was frightened and screamed miserably before running away.
The shadow ignored the wild cat, shook his robe and got in through the half-open door. The place was private enough that he seemed satisfied.
The room was so dark that it was almost impossible to see. Except for the moonlight that filtered in through the broken windows, it still had a touch of human nature. The rest of the place felt like the underworld.
But the shadow didn't seem to hate this deep darkness at all. He slowly turned his head and glanced a few times, then chose a corner covered with some straw and walked over. When he was about to get there, he suddenly stopped and looked at The two faint cold lights suddenly appeared in the corner. It was a wild dog, and there were still a few puppies lying in the straw-paved kennel that had not yet opened their eyes. Those two cold gleams were the fierce and vigilant eyes of the bitch.
The moment the bitch opened her mouth to reveal her sharp fangs and was about to roar, the man suddenly opened his eyes wide. The female dog protecting her cubs was so frightened that she whined a few times and lay on the ground shivering.
The shadow walked slowly to the bitch and squatted down, reaching out and stroking the bitch's dirty long hair.
The bitch lay on the ground, seemingly paralyzed with fear.
The man's eyes gradually softened, and he stretched out his hand to hold the bitch's mouth. The bitch wanted to open her mouth but couldn't, and squeezed out a few low moans like pleading. His hand holding the dog's mouth shook suddenly, and the dog's head suddenly broke off. It was all disconnected from the neck, but strangely, not a drop of blood came out.
Under a ray of moonlight, you can faintly see crystal ice on the broken part of the bitch¡¯s neck.
He threw the dog's head aside and kicked the dog's body away. The moonlight shone on the face of the man squatting beside the doghouse, and he could faintly see that he did not seem to be very old. His face was dirty, and there were black stains all around his mouth. It looked like he had just finished chewing a greasy pig leg, and there were still a lot of residue left on his face.
But, he didn¡¯t eat anything, he just hadn¡¯t washed his face for a long time.
What was left on the corners of his mouth was not oil stains, but blood stains.
Sitting down in the straw kennel, he picked up a puppy that could only make a faint bark, and held it in front of him and stared at it for three minutes. Then he sighed quietly, put the puppy to his mouth, and bit its neck.
"What's even weirder than breaking the bitch's neck is that the puppy was bitten to death, and the blood was not frozen but not a drop fell. The man greedily sucked all the slightly hot dog blood into his mouth like a big gulp of wine. In the darkness, his Adam's apple floated up and down, and a sound like gurgling water came out of his throat.
¡°After about two minutes, he sucked all the blood from the puppy¡¯s body.
He seemed to enjoy the food, his blood-red tongue sticking out and licking his lips as if aftertaste. Then he started eating meat. Even a puppy, no matter how small it is, still has fur, but he was like a vicious wolf, tearing open the dog's skin and starting to swallow the sticky internal organs.
In the silent darkness, the chewing sound was so clearly audible.
He ate slowly and carefully, not wasting any flesh and blood.After stuffing the whole puppy into his stomach except for the skin, he pinched a still tender bone and wrote a word on the wall with the remaining blood. Then he stretched out his waist comfortably and shrunk. Lying naked in the doghouse, he seemed to enjoy the remaining warmth left by the bitch.
Although the remaining two pups smelled the smell of blood, they were still hungry and cold, so they slowly crowded next to his head in search of warmth. In this way, the two puppies and the man who had just eaten the puppies cuddled together and fell asleep.
I don¡¯t know when, the wild cat returned to the wall. It glanced at the huddled figure in the dilapidated house in fear, and after struggling for a long time, it escaped again. Maybe it saw the dog's head, or maybe it saw the puppy's skin.
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When there was at least an hour and a half before the sun rose, Fang Jie had already taken a punch in the small garden of Sanjin Houfu. His single clothes were soaked with sweat, and if you looked carefully you could see a pale white heat coming out of his body. After his body warmed up, Fang Jie simply took off his upper body clothes. The moon hung very low, and the moonlight reflected a faint brilliance on his strong body.
There is a layer of fine beads of sweat on the angular chest and abdominal muscles, which looks like it has a dark metallic sheen.
Fang Jie pulled out the broken sword from the ground, first with his right hand and then with his left hand. After half an hour of practicing the one-style sword, his breathing was still very slow and even. After practicing the sword technique, he habitually sat down cross-legged and tried to feel the Qi sea in his Dantian. Five minutes later, he opened his eyes and smiled, and he was not disappointed.
It has become a habit, so there is no disappointment.
Still can¡¯t feel the sea of ??qi.
He has asked many people that when they feel the sea of ????qi, their inner energy will swirl in the sea of ????qi, and there will be a warm feeling in their lower abdomen. This feeling is a luxury for Fang Jie.
Lifting up his clothes, Fang Jie walked slowly to the well, shook up a bucket of cold and bitter water, soaked the towel and wiped himself carefully. After everything was done, the sky turned darker. The darkness before dawn always seems to be deeper than in the middle of the night. At this time, most people are sleeping soundly.
Fang Jie returned to his room and changed into a clean uniform of the Yanwu Academy. He did not wake up Da Quan and the others. He went straight out and found the coachman waiting at the door. The carriage was ready. The coachman patted the horse on the butt. , the horse snorted and blew out two puffs of white air, stepping on the last piece of moonlight and accelerating forward.
Many officials had already arrived outside the gate of Tai Chi Palace. It was still some time before the palace gate opened. The adults got into the cars of acquaintances and chatted together. Outside the palace gate, two rows of imperial guards stood like nails in flying fish robes. The guards in bright red cloaks held horizontal swords in their hands, as motionless as stone statues.
Fang Jie asked the coachman to find a place to stop. He calculated the time and estimated that the palace gate was about to open. He did not let the coachman suffer the cold with him, but asked him to go back first. The coachman thanked him and drove the carriage to follow the instructions. It was still early and he could catch up on some sleep after he returned.
This was the first time that Fang Jie took a close look at the Tai Chi Palace at night. Forbidden soldiers on the palace walls were patrolling back and forth holding torches. In the distance, the sound of banging can be heard faintly.
It was a very quiet and peaceful scene, and Fang Jie was fascinated by it.
This kind of scene is vaguely familiar, but it only exists in the scenes of those costume TV dramas in my memory. Fang Jie couldn't help but look down at the hospital uniform he was wearing, wondering if he would become a TV character in a few years? This feeling is boring but wonderful, and random thoughts can always pass the time.
After waiting for another twenty minutes, the adults got out of the car and stood outside the palace gate according to their rank. Fang Jie watched them all warm their hands with the hot air, and then looked at his own clothes, feeling a little proud. After a person reaches a certain level of cultivation, he will not be afraid of the cold or heat. It is only when he is unable to practice but his body is good enough that he will not feel as cold as ordinary people in the middle of winter.
The palace door creaked and someone pulled it open from inside. The eunuch on duty came out and sang a few times as usual, and then led the adults to file in.
Fang Jie waited for them all to go in before walking in and found that the young eunuch Mu San was already standing in the doorway waiting for him.
"My slave, please pay homage to Master Xiaofang."
The little eunuch, whose face was red from the cold, looked at Fang Jie's tall and straight figure with envy, wondering if he really wasn't cold in just a single suit?
"My father-in-law, why should I be so polite? I'm sorry to have to wait."
Fang Jie returned the gift with a smile, and when he walked forward, he put a bag of things into Mu San's hand: "When I came, the Sunji Diaolu Shaobing from Dong Ertiao was already cooked, so I brought some for you by the way. , Eat it while it¡¯s hot, it¡¯s delicious.¡±
The little eunuch Mu SanweiAfter checking the weight of the small package, I knew it was definitely not just a few worthless hanging stove biscuits. He did not refuse, stuffed it into his sleeves and walked out to lead the way: "Your Majesty barely slept last night. General Zuowuwei Yu Manlou, Minister of War Zong Lianghu, and Minister of Huangmen Pei Yan just came out of Dongnuan Pavilion not long ago. ¡¡±
It¡¯s like chatting, but the voice is very soft.
"Your Majesty seemed to have lost his temper last night and threw something When Mr. Zong Lianghu went in, he was holding a thick stack of official documents, but he didn't know what they were. General Yu Manlou came out to use the toilet, and his expression was not very good. Looks good. But Mr. Pei hasn¡¯t spoken to me much and has no different reaction.¡±
"Um"
Fang Jie nodded, thinking in his mind what attitude he should have in front of His Majesty?
PS: I have never taken the college entrance examination and have never experienced that kind of atmosphere. But I can understand the mood of the students. They have studied hard for twelve years and struggled in these two days. Come on, I wish all the young people taking the college entrance examination will get their wish, and I wish you all the best.