Throne Steps

In the early morning, the sun was just beginning to shine, and people began to appear on the streets of Soyang after the overnight curfew ended.

"what!!!"

A scream suddenly broke the silence of the street, not only waking up the old neighbors of Farah's house, but also attracting the patrol team that was approaching the corner.

"What happened!" The patrol captain led the team and ran all the way, pushing aside the civilians gathered in a circle, "That's...!"

A head!

The patrol team was sent by the Southwest Army. They have been on the battlefield and seen the real thing.One look is all it takes to be sure this creepy thing is real!

The human head was roughly cut by an extremely sharp blade, and the flat cut made it face a gate, where it stood firmly.The tightly closed eyes, the gray face, the forehead, the corners of the mouth and the incision with dried blood, all of these seemed to scare the person who opened the door out of his wits.

Next to this thing, there is a pair of small shoes.

The patrol soldiers who came back to their senses finally stepped forward to check, but they didn't dare to touch it lightly for the time being, they just observed: "Captain, this should be a male in his early 20s. Judging by the amount of blood, he should be beheaded after death." Yes. And here's . . . probably a child's shoe."

"Find something and pack it up and take it away." The patrol team Zhang Chen ordered, and then looked up at the house in front of him, "Where are the people in this house?"

Such a big movement, no one came out to see?

The onlookers reminded: "This is Farah's former home..."

"Farah?" the captain asked. "You mean...the missing rebel general?"

"Exactly." Neighbors said in unison, "Their family has moved out a long time ago, probably more than two years ago. This house has been empty, no one lives in it, and no one will come out to see it!"

There are also daring troublemakers, who slowly slipped to the front of the head, took a closer look, and said in a low voice, "Isn't this Major Dali!"

What he said caused several people to boldly look at it, and then they all stared in agreement: "It's him!" "That's right!" "I recognize it! I recognize it!"

These neighbors are too familiar with Farah's family situation, and some of them were quick-witted, staring at the pair of shoes and saying: "Could it be... this is Farah's son?!"

The head of the younger brother and the shoes of the son, for a while, the most terrifying images have been staged in people's minds.

Somewhere in Soyan's mansion.

"Big brother!"

A young man rushed into the house, waved away the waitress who was serving breakfast, and quickly closed the door.

An upright and middle-aged man was sitting at the head of the table. He just picked up the tableware, and when he heard the words, he stopped his movements: "What?"

The young man walked quickly to his side, opened his mouth, and somehow closed it again.He looked at the other party steadily, seemed to take a deep breath, and said, "I found a human head this morning... at the gate of your mansion."

"The head is at the door? Why didn't I hear..." The man was puzzled, paused suddenly, and his expression changed accordingly, "Wait, you mean Lejia Street?!"

The young man didn't answer, but his expression already expressed affirmation.

In an instant, all the terrifying plots flashed through the man's mind. He seemed to realize something, but he still couldn't help asking: "Who is that head?"

"Not sure yet..."

The young man's words gradually disappeared in the man's urgent eyes. He was silent for two seconds, and said hesitantly, "Someone said it might be... Dali."

Dang!

The man stood up suddenly, and the tableware fell under the table, but no one bothered to pick it up.The man pushed the young man away, and strode towards the door with a sullen face.

"Wait, wait!" The young man hurriedly shouted, "Where are you going? The identity of that person has not been confirmed yet, and Le Jia...he is no longer in Le Jia!"

The man stopped suddenly: "Where is he?"

"After the patrol team found out, it has been sent to the City Lord's Mansion..." The young man paused, and suddenly decided to say everything, "Except for the head...and a pair of children's shoes."

As soon as the word "child" passed through his mind, the man's reaction seemed to be instinctive, and he walked away subconsciously.The young man wanted to grab him, but couldn't stop him.

"You can't just go like this! Brother... Lieutenant Colonel!"

The young man didn't care about pronouncing himself, his identity, or lowering his voice, and hugged the man desperately: "You can't go! This is probably a trap! Someone is already eyeing you, and this is to make you mess up so that they can kill you with one blow." hit!"

"I have to go!" The man grinned, "That could be my brother! My child! Get out of here!!"

"I understand you, and I'm also worried about Major Dali, but...!" The young man grabbed the man's arm with all his strength, preventing him from breaking free, "But it's not necessarily the major, is it?

"Taking a step back, even if someone finds them, but they haven't found you, it means that they are protecting you, Lieutenant Colonel! Wouldn't it be a waste of their hard work for you to go out so easily?"

"I'm a man, why do I need the protection of the whole family!" The man threw the young man away, "If something happens to them, what's the point of everything I do?!"

"Wait, wait!" The young man threw himself on the door, using his body to prevent the man from opening the door, "I have already asked the servants of the city lord's mansion about the shopping time, and it will be here soon. You can pretend to be our purchasing servant first , go to the market to meet the servants of the City Lord's Mansion, and then borrow them to pretend to be servants of the City Lord's Mansion and enter the City Lord's Mansion!"

"City Lord's Mansion, City Lord's Mansion!" The man's eyes were red, "What are they doing! Why didn't anyone protect my family, why didn't I notice it before, why didn't there be any news?!"

"If they can still rescue your family, you can't just run there. Once the City Lord's Mansion is implicated, there will be no hope!"

"If Dali is dead, is there any way for others to live!"

"If they have suffered misfortune, what you should do is not to go out and throw yourself into the trap, but to calm down and avenge them, isn't it?"

Why don't men know the words of youth?He just couldn't control his emotions and didn't want to.He stood in front of the young man, slowly covered his face, and squatted down slowly.Strong unease and uncontrollable despair welled up in his heart. He was a military general, but he was unable to kill the enemy or protect his family with his own hands.

The windows were clear, and the room was so bright, but there was only darkness in front of his eyes.

Suoyang City Lord's Mansion is now under the control of the Southwest Army.When the royal court issues a new appointment order, the City Lord's Mansion will be given up by the Southwest Army to welcome a new owner.

Although times are tough, life goes on.The people of Suoyang started to go out to work, spread out early, and spread out piecemeal.Occasionally, there are some small cars selling "exotic treasures" among the ordinary stalls, and the effect of the black market is becoming more and more obvious.

A shopping cart drove slowly across the street.

It is not very eye-catching, the driver is waving his whip leisurely, and behind him is a large cart of vegetables and two men.As the carriage walked, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on it. In the end, only three or two pedestrians could be seen walking past the carriage.Finally it turned into an alley and entered through the back door of the Santo's Mansion.

On the main street facing the alley, pedestrians were walking slowly.

In a hotel room in Soyang, there were two people having breakfast.

"Running all night, neither eating nor sleeping." Li Chen stuffed a piece of fried egg into his mouth, "The bones are about to be knocked apart."

He has strengthened his physical skills, but in the end it is no better than the warriors who come and go in the wind and rain.However, Farah arranged for his family to be far away. Without the nearly [-] hours of galloping, it would have been impossible for him to arrive this morning when the city gate of Suoyang just opened.

Although it is hard work, the "gift" for people should always be "fresh", isn't it?

The captain of Black Swan accompanied him for breakfast. He saw that Li Chen was in good spirits, but his face could not hide the exhaustion from the day-to-day running, and said, "You should rest first. The matter of Farah will not happen at this moment." There will be results."

"No, I'll wait until the truth comes out." Li Chen picked up the knife and fork again, "Otherwise something goes wrong halfway, and I won't be able to rest at all."

Black Swan paused after hearing the words, and said helplessly: "I think you are alluding to me."

"No. You've dealt with the four people, why should I be dissatisfied?" Li Chen glanced at him, then picked up a piece of bread, and ate it with a hot drink.

Black Swan's body was lingering with a faint smell of blood, and the hostility in his eyes had not disappeared, but his expression was very calm.He turned the knife in his hand: "Four people were dealt with, but one was missed, so you are dissatisfied."

"It wasn't me who kicked the search house team members away, it was you."

Li Chen gnawed the bread slowly: "I really want to get angry, but you've been playing 'bitter tricks', how can I be ashamed to be angry?"

"'Bitter trick'? God knows, I really wanted to kick those bastards to death." Black Swan recalled that time, and the violence in his eyes couldn't stop, "The child hiding under the bed board, such a simple mechanism, they didn't Discover!"

"It's just by accident." Li Chen glanced at him, "If the woman hadn't given him sleeping pills and wrapped him in a blanket to lower his breath, you wouldn't have missed a three-year-old child. After all, If Wiggins doesn't get involved with that kid, he'll be suffocating pretty quickly, too."

The black swan looked at Li Chen with half-closed eyes: "You actually let Mr. Zong Si take him away so easily, what is your plan?"

"I don't have any plans." Li Chen put down the half-eaten bread and took a sip of his drink, "What does the chief executive want to do, can I stop it?"

"But you threatened him: 'be careful that the child will die as soon as you take your eyes off of him', isn't it?" Black Swan raised his eyebrows, "If it weren't for your words, the chief executive might not have said that The child was adopted directly to the temple, in case you make trouble where he can't see."

"If he wants to show kindness, let him do it." Li Chen sneered, "It's so interesting to wait for the child to grow up and know that his biological father was 'found' by the chief executive!"

In the past, the "relatives" drew their swords and faced each other. This scene was really lively.

"It was he who 'found', and you who 'killed', be careful." Black Swan squinted his eyes, "...my kicks were still light, they should have directly killed the child the moment the child was carried out. strangle it."

"What's the use of the cannon in hindsight..."

dong dong!

There was a knock on the door, and the black swan stood up, answered the signal in a few words, and went to open the door.

When Akye opened his mouth, it was good news.

"Identified."

Akeye staggered away from the black swan and walked into the room.He is tall, and his physique alone can give people a sense of oppression.When he approached the dining table, Li Chen felt as if he was covered by a dark cloud.

Li Chen put down the tableware: "So fast? How sure are you?"

"Basically [-]%." Akeye replied, "He was the only one who entered the City Lord's Mansion just now."

Early in the morning, apart from the patrol team who rushed to the Mansion with their things, only the servants of the Mansion could enter and leave at the gate of the mansion.Someone sweeps, someone buys, and someone cleans up.However, even in such an ordinary picture, the black swan also captured the strangeness.

The day before, after being identified by Wiggins, Black Swan quickly confirmed the person who gave Dali the medicine and funds, and their possible online.After cross-comparing the relationship between these people and their past "resume", only four families remained the most suspicious.

The person disguised as the City Lord's Mansion entered the mansion, and it seemed to go smoothly, but it couldn't help that this person had been followed since he left the house.

"It's more impatient than I thought. That's right, my brother is dead, and my son may also be in misfortune. Who can sit still?" Li Chen squinted his eyes, "Has the person who collected the net arranged?"

Akye nodded and said, "It's been arranged, but it will be midnight tonight at the latest."

What this means is that Farah will not live past midnight.

"That's good." Li Chen laughed, picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth.

"A 'reunion' must be done as soon as possible!"

[The author has something to say]: The most important thing about a family is...

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