Black Wind Village.
In the dark hut, the boy opened his eyes and climbed out of the straw pile when he heard the rustling sound outside.
The light of the torch crept into the closed room through the tiny window, vaguely showing the body lying on the ground and the body of the only young man rushing towards the door.
The door was locked tightly, and the boy could only see the bandits coming and going hurriedly outside through the crack in the door. It seemed that something was wrong in the Black Wind Village.
Any movement in the small space was quite obvious. The people on the ground raised their eyelids and took a look at the guy who disturbed their sleep in the middle of the night.
As soon as he saw that it was the new inmate who came last night, he didn't even look at him for long, and just closed his eyes and listened.
The new boy is still too young. He wants to run away after coming in?
It is difficult to go up the mountain and down the Black Wind Village. People who don’t know the way can’t get out. The people here have tried to escape, but they were all caught in the end.
It would be better to stay here honestly. At least the bandits are greedy for money, and they won't kill them after taking all the money from their homes.
Compared with those people next door who have no money and power and can only do hard labor and suffer humiliation in Black Wind Village, they are treated much better.
Ding Shang had heard these words when he was first thrown into this room.
However, he is different from those who have been imprisoned here for a long time and have lost the chance to return to normal life. He was imprisoned only yesterday and has not given up hope of escaping and ascending to heaven.
He came here with Governor Ma, and Governor Ma would not leave him alone, not to mention that Yan Cheng was here.
After all, he and Yan Cheng had a wonderful schoolmate friendship. Yan Cheng shouldn't give up on him, right?
Ding Shang thought so at first, but after a day, he was still locked up here, and even only had one meal of porridge that day.
When he was extremely hungry, he couldn't help but wonder if it was because he had treated Yan Cheng badly in the past and often mocked him in front of Yan Cheng, so Yan Cheng deliberately took advantage of him when he was in trouble and didn't let anyone come to rescue him.
This thought only appeared in his mind for a moment, and was thrown behind him the next moment.
If Yan Cheng was really such a person, he would not have hated Yan Cheng so much before, and would not have tried to make his presence felt in front of Yan Cheng from time to time.
Ultimately it's jealousy that's at work.
Although Yan Cheng is the adopted son of the Yan family, he has a delicate appearance, a smart mind, a strong body, and is proficient in both literature and martial arts at a young age. Like Yan Zhuo, the eldest son of the Yan family, he is a child from another family.
The name Yan Cheng often appeared in the homes of officials in Yulin Prefecture, and each time he appeared as a perfect control group.
In some families, whenever a child makes a mistake, the elders will talk about how smart, capable, polite and sensible Yan Cheng is.
Since he was a child, Ding Shang has heard countless praises of Yan Cheng from his elders.
Although his father never used Yan Cheng as a control group, the expression on his face when he mentioned Yan Cheng was always one of admiration and envy, which was completely different from the look in his eyes when he looked at him, which was just as long as he was happy.
Ding Shang was unhappy. He wanted his father to look at him the same way he looked at Yan Cheng, and he wanted to be his father's pride.
But he found that his brain was really not working well. No matter how hard he tried, Yan Cheng always stood in front of him like an insurmountable mountain.
So he often deliberately targeted Yan Cheng, wanting to see him break down and change his expression.
But this goal has never been achieved. Yan Cheng is too calm and doesn't seem like a child younger than him.
Because he paid enough attention to Yan Cheng, Ding Shang despised himself after realizing his subconscious thoughts.
Yan Cheng is such a noble and upright man, a gentleman who is as good as a bandit. How could he possibly play tricks on this small character behind his back? Maybe Yan Cheng is thinking about how to save him at this moment.
No, he couldn't just wait for others to rescue him, he had to find a way to save himself.
It's embarrassing enough to run out and play and get kidnapped by bandits, and it's even more embarrassing if you have to wait for someone to rescue you.
Ding Shang pressed his face against the door, trying to see more.
What's happening outside?
It seems that the bandits are all very anxious. Did something big happen in Heifeng Village?
Ding Shang struggled to use his rusty brain to think of a way out, ignoring the other people lying in the room.
They were willing to live a life of idleness and wait for death, but he didn't want to. Why should they wait for death in the small Black Wind Village when they could enjoy a good life outside the mountain?
We are not all the same kind of people, so why force ourselves to talk together?
He will definitely find a way to escape!
Ding Shang tried hard to think, and then his legs went weak.
Ah! I can’t take it anymore…
Ding Shang, who had vowed to escape on his own just a moment ago, slid weakly to his knees at the door three seconds later.
“Gugu——”
No, I’m too hungry.
Too hungry to think.
Forget it, he should just wait for someone to rescue him!
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Yan Cheng, who was not thinking about how to rescue Ding Shang, said: "Aqiu——"
With a furry cape draped over his shoulders, the man who was used to wearing all black appeared beside him.
"Tonight's events have come to an end. The night wind is cold, so it's better for the young master to go to bed early."
It would have been fine if no one reminded him, but someone did. Yan Cheng calculated the time and estimated that it was already eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening.
I realized belatedly that I was sleepy, yawned, and tears welled up in the corners of my eyes.
Want to sleep.
But not yet.
"I haven't had time to read the things I borrowed from Master Yu before. I'll flip through them briefly. I want to confirm a guess."
Yan Cheng shook the list in his hand, and under the candlelight, Leng Yan saw the words "Xiaolin Village" on the cover of the book.
Leng Yan said no more and found a few more candles to light.
Yan Cheng said he would just flip through it a few times, but he actually read it for half a minute.
Before he went to bed, he yawned and asked in a hazy voice, "By the way, is Ding Shang okay?"
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