A Clash of Gods - Chapter 32

Chapter 32 A Familiar Stranger
Yang Ning wondered who was in the gunny bag. The fat man in gray robe said that the man in the bag was a fool and he could claim the credit by taking the fool to the Northern Han State. So Yang Ning thought that even if the man was a fool, he must come from a rich family.

Yang Ning made a slash on the gunny bag with his icy blade easily, revealing the man inside it. One arrow was shot in the heart of the man and the other was in his neck. These injuries were fatal, so the man was unlikely to survive.

He reached out his hand to the tip of this man’s nose, and found that the man’s nose was cold and he didn’t breathe any more. He was definitely dead.

“You are really unlucky.” Yang Ning couldn’t help mumbling. The man was wrapped in the gunny bag, and was hit in the vital parts of his body by two arrows. That was rotten luck.

Yang Ning was sure that this man was dead, so he took a closer look. The man was of thin stature, which was similar to his figure. His clothes looked good, which were of good quality judging from its texture. The man even wore a purple belt, and just at a glance Yang Ning knew that he was a child of a rich and noble family.

This man’s eyes were covered with a cloth towel. It seemed that he and Yan Ning were of the same age.

Yang Ning gently picked up the cloth towel with his icy blade, and the man’s face was revealed. When Yang Ning saw that face, he yelled and showed a look of surprise.

The man was nice-looking and had good features, his face pale and his eyes closed. Yang Ning found that this man was unusually familiar at once.

Suddenly, Yang Ning placed the cutlass into his bosom and touched his own face with his hands. His pupils were full of surprise.

The dead young man’s appearance was very similar to his. No wonder the man looked so familiar.

Yang Ning naturally remembered his own appearance in this age clearly. After all, when he traveled through time and came to this age, his appearance changed greatly. After attaching his soul to a new body, he was of course very curious about his new countenance.

He never thought that the hostage in front of him would look so similarly to him. At first glance, Yang Ning found the man was familiar to him. The closer he looked at him, the more similar he felt they were.

It was really strange.

He was silent for a moment. Then he found the incense burner in the ancestral temple, and went out. He filled it with water from the pool beside the bamboo grove, and returned to the ancestral temple. He put the incense burner on the ground, glanced at the hostage, and then looked at his reflection in the water of the incense burner.

Their features and contours of face were exactly the same, just like they were carved in a mold. The only difference was that their colors of skin were slightly different. The man of the rich obviously had been pampered well, so his skin was whiter. And Yang Ning’s skin was darker.

Yang Ning sat down on the ground, thinking that this thing was unimaginably queer.

It was usual to see people who looked alike. After all, there were not a few people with similar appearances in this world.

But it was rare for two strangers to have the same appearance just like twins.

However, there was no possibility that these two bodies had any connections. One was a child of a wealthy family, and the other was a beggar leading a vagrant life during the war. Their social status and family backgrounds were totally different.

Fact was stranger than fiction. Maybe he just happened to encounter such situation.

There were corpses everywhere. The smell of blood floated in the air. Although Yang Ning was brave, he still felt horrified.

He knew that this place was remote. This ancestral temple had fallen into disuse for many years, so almost no one would come here. Although there were dozens of corpses inside and outside the ancestral temple, people wouldn’t discover them in a short time.

There must be many snakes, worms, rats, and ants nearby, so these corpses would become bones soon.

Seeing that a young man who looked like him was lying coldly before him, Yang Ning felt very uncomfortable.

“Although we are neither relatives nor friends, we look exactly the same. I can’t just leave here like this,” Yang Ning sighed, “You are really unlucky. You died a violent death. I can’t let the beasts eat you up.” Thinking for a while, he carried the man in his arms and ran into the bamboo grove not far in front of the ancestral temple.

After putting the corpse on the ground, Yang Ning returned to the ancestral temple and brought two swords. Then he walked to the bamboo grove and stood by the corpse, saying to himself, “The scenery here is pleasing, and this place is very quiet. I feel sorry for you. I don’t want you to decay in the open, so I’ll bury you here. I’m accumulating my good deeds. If you have a spirit, you must bless me and don’t pass your bad luck to me. By the way, I want to find Xiaodie and hope that she is safe. Please bless us!”

He dug a pit in the bamboo grove with the swords. When he was about to put the corpse into the pit, he placed the corpse on the ground again after thinking for a while. He put his palms together devoutly and murmured, “Little brother, if I bury you, you will owe me a favor. You should express your gratitude. You can see that I am dressed in rags and I can’t leave this place like this. Since you’re laid to rest, you don’t need these worldly possessions any longer. These things are useless for you but will help me a lot.” After a pause, he said, “I need to borrow your clothes, and I promise that I will make a beautiful tombstone for you if I become rich in the future.”

His clothes were originally worn out, and became even more tattered these days. Many parts of his body were exposed to the air. He could not tolerate his look any longer if he did not change his clothes.

Although there were many corpses for him to borrow their clothes, these clothes were too large for him. Just looking at their statures, Yang Ning knew that even if he put on their clothes, he must look fat and swollen. If he wore these ill-fitting clothes, he might draw other people’s attention after leaving this place.

Although this guy’s clothes were luxurious, there were countless sons of the rich. If he wore his clothes, these clothes would not only fit him well but also avoid attracting special attention.

He removed the hostage’s coat first and then took off his undergarment. The material of his clothes was of excellent quality. But because the hostage had been shot in the chest, there was a hole on the coat and the undergarment respectively. Even so, these clothes were better than Yang Ning’s shabby clothes, so Yang Ning didn’t mind the holes.

After all, the man was dead, so Yang Ning naturally wouldn’t wear his underwear. Besides, he couldn’t bury the man naked.

After burying the man in the bamboo grove, Yang Ning took the two swords to the pool beside the bamboo grove. He washed off the mud on his body, put on these clothes, and then looked at the reflection in the water. As the saying goes, clothes make the man. Yang Ning looked quite handsome in these clothes.

But his hair was messy, so Yang Ning pulled a clothing belt to tie up his hair back. He threw the two swords into the pool and then looked around. It was raining and blowing hard last night. He didn’t know the direction and where he was now. When he thought that the bulky man with double pupil had taken Xiao Guang to the east, he did not hesitate to head east.

He felt much more comfortable in brocade clothes than in the previous ragged clothes.

Although it was not as windy and rainy as it was yesterday, there was still cloud and mist. The thick clouds had been floating in the sky, so it was gloomy. He didn’t know if it would rain.

In less than two hours, a trail appeared before his eyes in the distance, without a soul to be seen. Yang Ning wanted to find the official road leading to the capital, but he was unable to identify the direction because the horse just ran randomly last night. He really didn’t know how to find the official road and could only follow the trail.

Yang Ning walked for a long time, and suddenly heard the clip-clop of horses in front of him. He looked up, only to see a few horses galloping toward him.

After walking on this trail for half a day, he didn’t see any one. It was until now that Yang Ning finally felt the vitality. If they were free, he could ask the way. But he was also afraid that these people were of unknown origins and might implicate him further.

The people he met these days were all weird and strange, and without exception, they all put him in danger. When he was thinking about whether to ask them for directions, they had already approached.

There were six people on six horses. Although their clothes were different, most of them wore tight and short clothes. The man heading the procession was in black and short clothes and wore a sword at his waist. He looked ferocious and tough, beef-faced.

Seeing this, Yang Ning felt that they were not good guys. He simply flashed to the side of the road and let them pass.

However, that man still approached and then held the reins. Those men after him also held the reins one after another. The man stared at Yang Ning with a strange expression on his face.

Yang Ning’s heart sank, thinking that they indeed were bad people. They must want to rob him of his silver and money when they found that he was in brocade clothes, young and alone.

Yang Ning sneered inwardly. He suddenly saw that the man dismounted from the horse and quickly walked towards him.

Fuck. They were about to take actions.

Yang Ning reached into his bosom, and grabbed the icy blade. He thought that since his opponents were six burly men, he definitely couldn’t win the fight merely through force. He could only outsmart them.

The beef-faced man walked to him first, which was a great opportunity for Yang Ning. This man must think that he was still young, and would not guard against him. So Yang Ning thought he could take advantage of this opportunity to subdue this man first. Once he controlled the man, he could threaten the rest of them, and they would not act rashly. Then he could rob them of a horse and leave.

Yang Ning had made a decision, and planned to carry it out when the burly man came closer.

That burly man was very tall. Yang Ning now saw clearly that there was a scar on his left cheek. His face was fat originally, and now he looked more malicious because of the scar.

Seeing that burly man was only two steps away from him, Yang Ning was about to move. But the burly man suddenly knelt on one knee, and said with respect, “Your Royal Highness!”

The people behind him also quickly stepped forward, kneeling down on one knee, and said in unison, “Your Royal Highness!”

Yang Ning froze for a while, and his mind went blank.

The scar-faced burly man looked up and found that Yang Ning was in a daze. But he didn’t take it seriously, and said softly before Yang Ning could speak, “Your Royal Highness, we come to rescue you too late and make you suffer a lot. We are very guilty and deserve death. Please punish us.”

Yang Ning blinked, and only felt that it was unbelievable. After a while, he said with hesitation, “What…what do you say? I…” He really didn’t know what to say.

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