Chapter 12
The monk who came with him was originally named Zheng Mang, nicknamed Manger, who was originally from Guanzhong Xifu. When he was young, he was sent by his father to a carpenter's house in a nearby town with the surname Wang to learn carpenter's work.
Zheng Mang stayed at his master's house for five years. In his youth, Zheng Mang was handsome and extremely intelligent.
The two brothers who studied art with him were the last one, but the one who learned the most skilled. In less than three years of learning art, they were able to independently build carriage and horse equipment.
At that time, the master's family had a young daughter named Wang Cui'er. Both of them were young men and women, and they were fucked by fire and fire. They got along in a short time.
Cui'er is the white moonlight in Zheng Mang's mind and is extremely caring. He has always been planning to confess this to his master and be a son-in-law.
But before he could say this, the second senior brother discovered the good things between him and Cui'er. Seeing that Cui'er, whom he had never been able to get, was sitting in Zheng Mang's arms, he was jealous, so he accidentally revealed in the master's ear that Cui'er's life was indecent.
In anger, the master betrothed Cui'er to others. Cui'er got married, and the most painful thing was Zheng Mang, but the road was already done, and Zheng Mang suppressed the anger in his heart.
But the matter was not over yet. After Cui'er got married, the second senior brother went to Cui'er's house again. On the day of her wedding, the incident of Cui'er having an affair before the marriage was circulating.
Cui'er's husband didn't see Hong at night when he first got married, so he completely believed the rumors. So Cui'er, who had just got married, was tortured to death by her in-laws' family.
Cui'er was tortured to death, but her husband's family still couldn't relieve her hatred. She rolled the skinny Cui'er's body on a broken straw mat and carried it back to the Wang family.
The Wang family also felt that this was embarrassing, so they rolled the straw mat and threw it into the mass grave.
Poor Cui'er, before she could experience the taste of life, she became a delicious meal in the mouth of a wild dog.
Zheng Mang ran to the mass grave in the middle of the night, but found only half of Cui'er's arm. He dug a tomb for Cui'er with tears in his eyes and buried Cui'er.
He cut his fingers and wrote on a wooden board the tomb of his beloved wife Wang Cuier!
It rained heavily that night, and the words written in blood were quickly washed away, but the words seemed to be engraved in his heart.
In front of Cui'er's grave, Zheng Mang vowed to kill his enemy and avenge Cui'er.
Originally, Cui'er's in-laws quickly married a new wife to her son. This time, the man generously held the wedding banquet, and even invited the opera troupe for seven days.
On the night of the man's wedding night, Zheng Mang hid under the newlyweds' bed with a sickle. After the newlyweds finished drinking wine and blowing out the candles, he crawled out of the bed.
He originally wanted to wait for the newcomer Yunyu before starting. At that time, the groom was the most tired.
But the hatred in his heart made him unable to wait to raise the sickle in his hand. He wanted to make the man and woman unable to even realize the last joy.
After swinging the sickle, the red wedding tent became even more gorgeous. Zheng Mang took out the flint, lit the curtain, and disappeared into the night with the fire.
Later, he killed his second senior brother with his own hands, which was truly avenging Cui'er.
However, it was also exposed and the official issued a shop chasing order. He had to escape from his hometown, turn into a monk, and settle down at the Sanguan Temple near Bailuyuan.
It is not easy to be a monk these days. Because of the oppression of the county, he has not been able to beg for alms in the past few months. Zheng Mang responded first to the previous farming movement and followed it all the time.
It was at that time that Bai Jiaxuan noticed Zheng Mang. This fake monk also had many scenes in the original work. Later, he became the leader of a bandit, and he was a man who dared to love and hate.
Bai Jiaxuan saw this monk for the first time and fell in love with him. Later, he asked Lu San to contact him, which led to this trip to the Demon City.
This time, I took Lu San and Zheng Mang to the Demon City, so I naturally wanted to give them more knowledge.
Zheng Mang chose to leave with Bai Jiaxuan, and he thought about it. He had previously exchanged farming exercises, and Bai Jiaxuan's courage convinced him. Zheng Mang asked himself, if he had done it himself, he would definitely not have such great courage.
Moreover, he, a fake monk, was also a monk who rang a bell every day, and had no future. When Lu San went to find him, he made a clear statement that his boss had a fancy to him and was willing to give him a job.
As for what kind of work, Lu San didn't know, but if Zheng Mang was willing to do it, he would wait at the designated time and place, and first go out to see it with his boss.
Zheng Mang thought about it and finally agreed, so he had this trip to the Demon City.
Except for Bai Jiaxuan, the other two people had almost never traveled far away. Although Zheng Mang's hometown was more than 200 miles away, he fled to the scene and was just aimlessly. He was here and asked him to divide it into the southeast, west and north, but neither of them could tell them.
When going to the Demon City, the three of them had to take a carriage first, then take a steamboat, and finally take a train to go. The journey took more than a thousand kilometers, and it would probably take ten days.
Bai Jiaxuan didn't have much money on him, so he had all the money at home, so he saved some money and the trip costs for the three of them were almost the same.
But he didn't have to worry. The medicine powder brought by the three of them could be sold at a high price in any big city.
Zheng Mang's monk's dress was a bit annoying. Bai Jiaxuan changed his clothes, with a big bald head and Bai Jiaxuan's flat head. Finally, Lu San cut it himself. The three of them were carrying a burlap bag on their backs, which made them look annoying.
However, the freshness of the first time traveling far away diluted the tension. It was the first time that both of them were so far away from home and had seen many novel things that they had never seen before.
Apart from being reserved, all the rest was excitement and uneasiness.
Bai Jiaxuan is quite familiar with this era and is considered to be the tour guide of two people. The three of them blew the wind all the way, and finally took the train to the Demon City on the eighth day.
When the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, there were nearly 10,000 kilometers of railways and railway lines in China, and it was already spread throughout many big cities.
Taking the train in this day and age is indeed a rare thing for ordinary people. The main reason is that there is not much population movement in this era, and most ordinary people do not need to travel far away. Those who travel far away are either doing business or have special identities.
However, even those who do business are divided into levels. The carriage is divided into three levels, and in fact it is divided into four levels. The special carriage is only open to high-ranking officials or foreigners. The first-class carriage is either rich or noble, with Western wine, luxurious double rooms, etc.
The second-class carriage and the third-class carriage are not treated so well. The second-class carriage, with four people and a small private carriage, is at least clean and has seats. The third-class carriage has a worse environment than the green trains in later generations, and is crowded, like a can.
There is another disadvantage of third-class carriages, that is, there is no seat arrangement on the ticket, which means that whoever gets the seat will be said to sit. The only advantage is that it is cheap. Of course, this kind of cheapness is compared to other carriages.
The treatment of several carriages is different, and the prices are of course different. Most poor people choose third-class carriages. Some small businesses or small officials who do business on business also choose second-class carriages.
Bai Jiaxuan didn't have much money, but he wouldn't choose to buy tickets for the third-class carriage. After all, he had a day and one night trip. He originally thought of finding a pharmacy nearby to sell some medicine powder, but Lu San took out a small bag from his arms, which contained copper plates and silver dollars. This was his entire possession.
Bai Jiaxuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, said, and went back to pay it back, then took the purse and bought three tickets for the second-class carriage.
Lu San and Zheng Mang took the train for the first time. Looking at the crowded passengers at the train station, they were as nervous as two children traveling far away, following Bai Jiaxuan tightly.
Passengers in suits at the station are very common. At first glance, these young people have received Western education, and their families are either rich or noble. They are also rich and wealthy. They wear brand new silk robes, top hats, and a large group of servants. Their expressions are obviously rich people from the old society.
Chapter completed!