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The alley got deeper and deeper, and the noisy voices gradually disappeared.

The two walked one behind the other, leaving only the sound of footsteps and breathing.

Focusing all his attention on the person behind him, Ah Po sensed the tension of Qiu Lingfu being alone with him, and he smiled in a place where Qiu Lingfu couldn't see.

He stopped suddenly, and when he turned around, he saw Qiu Lingfu shrinking back vigilantly.

"Why are you nervous?" Ah Po laughed.

As if unwilling to be at a disadvantage, as soon as Ah Po said this, Qiu Lingfu straightened his back, and wanted to take advantage of it: "You are too ugly, I am afraid that you will scare me when you turn around."

Ah Po paused and said narrowly: "If I look good, won't you be nervous?"

Qiu Lingfu didn't speak, Ah Po took a deep look at him again with a smile on his face, and walked forward as if nothing had happened.

His tension can always bring surprises and freshness to himself.

Turning around and turning around a few times, Qiu Lingfu raised his eyes to look at the familiar narrow streets, and suddenly thought of where it was coming from.

He has been to this place before, and the last time he came was the first night of Ziyudi.

The place where he was held hostage by Ah Po is called Back Alley.

The west alley is for sundries, and the east alley is for homeless people.

What did this Ah Po bring himself to this place where the debris is piled up?Could it be that there is something strange for me to see?

As I was walking, I heard the sound of children playing. The houses in this West Lane are either leaking, or dilapidated and dilapidated. How can people live in them? Is it because the children come to play, are they not dead?

Walking past a dilapidated house with broken windows, Qiu Lingfu saw that the dust accumulated inside had covered the sundries beyond recognition, and he felt a sense of silence and bleakness.

Under the blue luminous light at night, this feeling of bleakness will probably turn into a mysterious and strange dream, right?

Messy footsteps came towards them, such hurried and vain footsteps, but a child, Qiu Lingfu was not nervous.

"Xiaobao, don't run too far—" The voice came from another footsteps following closely.

The child named Xiaobao finally appeared in Apoqiu Lingfu's field of vision. It was a short six or seven-year-old kid in ragged clothes, holding a worn-out cloth ball in his hand, but his face was flushed with happiness.

"Ah Po!" The child saw the two of them.

The older child behind him chased after him and paused when he saw the two of them: "Ah Po!"

In response to all calls, the children in the distance rushed over when they heard the yelling of the two, yelling "Apo, Apo" incessantly.

Alleys full of little beggars, alive and kicking.

"Have you brought any food?" A child with a runny nose asked eagerly, and looked eagerly at the mountain-high food in Qiu Lingfu's hands, hoping that it was Ah Po who brought it to them.

Qiu Lingfu had already seen through the child's mind, and snorted, "No! This is mine, I want to eat it and steal it myself."

Ah Po leaned closer to him and lowered his voice, so that he was the only one who could hear the words: "This steamed stuffed bun pancake won't taste good if it's cold, how about sharing it?"

As if deliberately against him, he smirked and said loudly: "Everyone take it yourself, this little brother is here to give you food."

Ah Po said it was a gift, and it was a gift.

After receiving the order, the children rushed forward like little monkeys ordered by the monkey king, completely ignoring the anger and protest on Qiu Lingfu's face.

Qiu Lingfu couldn't beat four hands with two punches, he was in a hurry, and just as he tore the child off violently, two or three little hands stretched out over there.

If he can't beat the child, then Qiu Lingfu's Suxin swordsmanship for many years will be for nothing.

But he wasn't idle, and Ah Po certainly wasn't idle either.

Qiu Lingfu wanted to punch the kid who snatched his bean cake, and Ah Po melted his strength with his palm; he wanted to kick the drooling child away, Ah Po tapped a numb point, his legs became sore, and they became limp I can't even stand still.

Ah Po tried his best to obstruct it, but in an instant, the children full of snacks were snatched away by the loud and hilarious children.

His clothes and hair were ripped apart, and he was a beggar again. Qiu Lingfu was in a panic. While toggling his clothes and hair, he took advantage of the gap to kill A Po, but he didn't dare to act rashly—he knew how powerful this person was. Strong, you can subdue yourself in an instant.

The children in shabby clothes ran to the distance laughing and snatching food, but Ah Po said loudly: "Sister Xiaoru will come back later today, and I will go fishing with this little brother who delivers food, are you going?"

He obviously came to take the children to find food, but he said he was taking himself to play. This person is really shameless.

Some children who were playing would not let it go, the voices of promises kept coming and going, and they were scrambling to be the first, as if they were afraid that they would not be able to go if they answered late.

At that moment, Ah Po was really like the king of the mountain.

Ah Po seemed to have no sense of guilt for Fang Cai's bullying of Qiu Lingfu, and smiled at him: "Let's go."

Just as Qiu Lingfu was about to speak to express that he was not interested in catching fish, someone tugged at his sleeve, and looking down, it was a child chewing his own snack.

Qiu Lingfu was about to get angry and push him away, but the child said softly, "Thank you little brother, this bean cake is delicious!"

"Thank you little brother!"

“The pancakes are delicious too!”

"And rice krispies!"

The children over there also shouted one after another.

Qiu Lingfu's hand to vent his anger hesitated for a moment, but he still pushed the child away.

The child took a few steps back and was about to fall to the ground, but was supported by Ah Po, but the child's small face was also pale from the sudden change.

Qiu Lingfu said viciously: "That's not bean cake, that's peanut brittle." But he didn't look at the child's tear-filled eyes.

He murmured again: "I really don't know much."

Frustrated by vicious competition for the food he loves, and the sudden thought of forgiving the little criminal, he is puzzled and angry.

He flung his sleeves and left, leaving Ah Po and the child behind, without looking at them.

The arrogance and ruthlessness he established by relying on his carelessness is so vulnerable, like an individual traveler who never asks his mind to spend time in the world.

A' Po can see his unfamiliarity with dealing with the emotions in his heart.

Ah Po shook his head, sighed, and comforted the heartbroken child in his hand.

The walls of this purple domain are almost useless.

The people sent by the imperial court are arrogant and self-sufficient in many places, but they can only do the most powerless superficial kung fu in Ziyu.

Needless to say, a chivalrous man with high martial arts skills, leaped over the wall and walked away with a single leap of Qinggong. Unexpectedly, there is a secret way out of the city in this back alley.

Those children didn't need Ah Po to guide them, they walked through the back alley one by one like mice, and soon saw a hole the size of a dog's hole, next to the mossy old city wall.

It seems that the imperial court has let go of this purple domain.

I don't know who chiseled out the opening of the hole. After being abandoned, it will be cheaper for others.

Soon we arrived at the backwater lake.

Qiu Lingfu also knew about the stagnant lake outside the city. There were no fish, it was peaceful and quiet, and the water was bottomless and lifeless.

The lake is also hundreds of acres in size, but no one knows where the water in the lake comes from.It may be from an underground river. Anyway, walking along the bank, the water is clear, but the center of the lake is dark, which seems to be very deep.

Walking along the lake, you can feel the cool air in the lake on your ankles, and you can't help shivering.Even the children, who were laughing and playing, all became quiet when they came here, as if they were afraid of disturbing the tranquility of the lake.

I didn't expect that it would be closer than I imagined to get out of the city from that back alley.

There are not even dead branches, leaves, lotuses, dead insects in the lake. Qiu Lingfu has only heard about this lake, but has never really come to see it, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Of course, this stagnant lake is not the destination, and there is a forest around it, and the surrounding landscape gradually becomes more beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the weather seems to be much clearer, and the children have regained their vitality one by one, and start playing around.

Qiu Lingfu sat on a rock sullenly, and when a child passed by him, he kicked it lightly.

After being kicked, some children covered their buttocks and watched Qiu Lingfu run away in fear, but some children were kicked lightly, thinking that he was playing with themselves, pulling Qiu Lingfu with a playful smile, and holding Qiu Lingfu's body with their dirty little hands. Clothes are full of prints.

That child is the child named Xiaobao.

"I caught you!" Xiaobao said playfully.

Qiu Lingfu squinted at Xiao Bao and grabbed a part of his clothes: "I'm just sitting here, do you feel a sense of accomplishment when you catch me?"

Xiaobao pouted innocently: "If you catch you, you lose, don't play tricks, and catch people instead!"

The surrounding children also gathered around and shouted, urging Qiu Lingfu not to play tricks with the power of the public.

Qiu Lingfu snorted disdainfully: "It doesn't count if you catch me, you have to beat me and catch me and throw me out, that's fine, just like this—"

As he said that, he picked up the whole small bag with lightning speed and threw it out——

But the intensity was deliberately controlled, the child's fat and tender body rolled a few times on the gravel road, but it was painful, and tears rolled out in anger.

The older child who followed Xiaobao in the back alley before helped Xiaobao up, and Xiaobao cried: "Ah Ze—"

But after a while, three or five children were made to cry, and the children all protested angrily.

Qiu Lingfu ignored Xiao Bao's crying at all, and said, "Shut up! You see, I can catch you and throw you out when I catch people, but when you catch me, you just pull your sleeves like this, you say Is it fair?"

The children obviously don't have much knowledge, and their brains can't make a turn. They really think that's the case when they are scared by him.

Buffed by this nonsense, the children responded blankly: "It's not fair..."

Qiu Lingfu flicked his sleeves impatiently: "So I didn't lose, you go play in the mud yourself, if you can't beat me, don't mess with me."

Suddenly a gust of wind hit, and there were only two words in Qiu Lingfu's mind: Come again.

Taking a quick step aside, turning to one side, while the clothes were flipping up, he saw Ah Po coming towards him.

I don't know why I provoked him again, making things difficult for myself everywhere.

Just as he was about to draw the sword from his waist, Ah Po had already leaned forward, and with a nasty smile, he pulled Qiu Lingfu by the collar—this force was merciless, and Qiu Lingfu spun around in the air, trying to get rid of the thrown sword. He landed with strength and stability, but suddenly felt a chill.

Where is the ground, that Ah Po is obviously going to throw himself into the lake.

With a sound of "wow", the cold lake water poured into his clothes, and Qiu Lingfu choked hard, unable to open his eyes.

The crowd of children became lively, and their admiration for Ah Po couldn't be higher.

Looking at the thumping figure in the lake, Ah Po also smiled.

Explained a few words to the children: "When you go down to the lake, it's on the shore, don't go to the center of the lake. Just catch any fish and shrimp, and eat fish at noon today... Hey, those of you who are younger Don't go down."

The children cheered, the taste of this fish can be dreamed of every night, but Shen Xiaoru doesn't let them come to the lake by themselves, and they can only eat something they begged for on weekdays.

The children are also sensible, and of course they are happy if they can have a meal from time to time.

Ah Po unbuttoned his belt, and his torn clothes, which had not been changed for a long time, were easily torn off, revealing his lean, wheat-colored muscles.

He jumped into the lake like a graceful and nimble leopard.

The cheers from the bank could be faintly heard. Qiu Lingfu struggled in the water for a while, then raised his head and wiped off the water from his face. Then he saw the older children on the bank plunge into the water one by one.

There was no sign of Apo on the shore.

The sun is sunny today, but at this moment, the sense of crisis wraps around him like a lake.

A swift shadow leaped up from the water like a water snake, dragging Qiu Lingfu into the water like a small animal waiting for an opportunity to peek at a wild beast!

Qiu Lingfu took another big sip of water, opened his eyes with difficulty in the water, the tiny white air bubbles in front of his eyes dissipated, and between the clothes floating like water, Qiu Lingfu saw the body that was forcefully clamping himself with both arms. people.

His upper body was bare, with well-proportioned and firm muscles wrapped under the wheat-colored skin, but a pair of sharp-shaped eyes were as black as starry night.

Their hair was intertwined, Qiu Lingfu stared at the stain on the man's face, the stain was so ostentatious in front of his eyes, as if he was about to reach out and wipe it off.

He had an evil thought, and with all his strength, he jumped at the man in the water.

The hand that clamped him broke free better than expected, and facing his invasion, Ah Po just floated back gently with his body, watching the man swimming like a fish quietly.

The loose strands of hair from Ah Po's temples floated in front of his face, Qiu Lingfu brushed them away, and wiped away the thick dirt on Ah Po's face with all his strength.