But how can we get this brother to run away with him?
Thinking silently, he looked out through the crack in the dilapidated wooden door. Outside was a large courtyard with a ring of stone walls that were three meters high.
A pile of white bones was piled messily in the corner of the wall, which was particularly scary under the pale sunlight.
The large, dilapidated tile-roofed house a dozen meters away is where diners are entertained.
Next to the tile-roofed house is a simple kitchen, with several large steamed buns steaming on the stove.
The old Liu Tou, a skinny, hunched-backed man with a wrinkled face, was running around serving steamed buns to customers. Although this guy looked dirty, he was quick and strong, and he was clearly a ruthless butcher.
The laughter of Chu Erniang and her guests could be heard in the tile-roofed house, which was unbearable.
This is hell on earth.
…
Zhang Yi turned around and asked: "Brother, where is your family?"
"I'm an orphan," the young man shook his head. "My name was given by an old man. It's called Niu Ben, after a group of cows. No one except the old man can write it."
"This is a good name, Niu Ben, which means you are a person as strong as an ox." Zhang Yi said in surprise, "You can't even write the word ox?"
"I can't write. It's not a shame. Not many people in Mopan City can write. The old man refuses to teach them, saying that they are inferior to beasts." Niu Ben sighed, "Once the old man dies, no one will write about me." Name."
Wow, there are not many people who can write in a city. Could it be said that civilization has declined to the point of knotting strings to record events?
"I will write your name, Brother Niu Ben."
"Isn't it?"
There was an expression of disbelief on Niu Ben's face, which clearly meant that a savage who escaped from the mountains could not write.
Zhang Yi suddenly had a good idea.
There is a chain of discrimination in this world. Illiterate people living in the city look down on the savages in the mountains. However, people who can write obviously have a special status in this era.
Zhang Yi thought, since he couldn't understand Niu Ben's reasoning at the moment, he might as well use his awe to rescue him first.
"Brother Niu Ben, let's negotiate a condition. I'll write down your name. From now on, you will listen to me and follow me."
Niu Ben thought carefully and then nodded.
Zhang Yi picked up a piece of hemp rope and dipped it in the water in the potholes on the ground, and wrote two big words on the wooden table where he was lying: "Niu Run".
Niu Ben's eyes shone with surprise. He couldn't write, but he saw the old man had written these two words. Yes, that was his name.
"Oh my God, I have to call you Brother Zhang Yi!" Niu Ben admired him, "I am a rare person, and I am so handsome. Isn't it like a savage who came out of the mountains?"
Zhang Yi couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Brother Niu Ben, how can I be a savage? I know everything about astronomy and geography, and I have read more than a thousand volumes..."
Stimulated by the word "savage", Zhang Yi said this sentence smoothly, but when he saw Niu Ben's body bending down, he was about to kneel down to him.
Zhang Yi hurriedly held Niu Ben's hand to prevent him from kneeling.
Just listen to Niu Ben's excited voice.
"Brother, I am a rough man, I don't understand astronomy and geography, but I can catch birds in the mountains, catch fish in the rivers, and I am also good at fighting. From now on, brother will be my new master. I will listen to him and follow him. Brother, let’s go!”
"Brothers!"
Zhang Yi was overjoyed, but the word master hurt his heart. He would slowly teach Niu Ben to get rid of his slave mentality and become an upright man.
It was time to escape, but it was a step too late.
…
Boom!
Suddenly, the wooden door was kicked open.
The thin, hunchbacked and wrinkled old man Liu Tou stood at the door, holding a rusty boning knife in his hand. Two wolf-like fierce lights shot out from his triangular eyes. The muscles on his face were twitching and shaking, and he said angrily. .
"Niubeng, you are a dog slave, how did you get the rope off the two-legged sheep?"
Chu Erniang appeared behind Old Liu Tou.
She is a young woman in her 30s, wearing a green cloth with a dried wild flower in her hair. From the previous aesthetic point of view, she was very vulgar and ugly. But from the perspective of the wasteland world, she can be regarded as a four-legged woman. A beautiful woman with normal facial features.
When he met her in the morning, Zhang Yi was almost fainting from hunger. If he looked carefully, he could tell from the woman's thick eyebrows and fierce eyes that she was not a good person.
Now, Chu Erniang's face is as gloomy as a Rakshasa ghost, and her face is ferocious and looks extremely vicious. This is her true face.
"Old Liutou, I asked you to kill two people a long time ago. You are so lazy in everything you do. If you come late, you will let the lamb jump over the wall and run away." Chu Erniang cursed.
"It's okay, Er Niang, it's not too late to take action now." Lao Liutou said with a smile.
It seems that Chu Erniang, a tough woman, usually has the final say.
But see.
Zhang Yi and Niu Ben looked at each other and smiled calmly.
It would be easy for the two brothers to join forces and kill this pair of bastards.
The laughter of the two people angered Old Liu Tou, and he rushed into the house brandishing a sharp knife.
Bang!
Niu Ben stepped forward and punched Lao Liutou in the face. Blood spurted out from his nose. He fell backward and was supported by Chu Erniang.
Whizzing!
A flash of cold light flashed, and Chu Erniang pulled out a short sword and slashed at Niu Ben. However, Niu Ben, who was thick and strong, moved very quickly and took a few steps back to avoid the attack.
"I've rebelled against you, damn Niu Ben. You are a hard-working slave bought by me, have you forgotten?" Chu Erniang shouted, "And you, two-legged sheep, you were caught by me based on your ability, you are so special Do you still want to escape?"
Niu Ben was speechless for a moment, scratching his head and ears. Fighting was okay, but when pressed by the sharp-tongued Chu Erniang, he didn't know where to start.
Zhang Yi took two steps forward and glared at Chu Erniang.
"Chu Erniang, please be more careful with your mouth. I am a free man. You lied to me about exchanging a snake skin for a piece of corn. The two of you are seeking wealth and murder. It is simply lawless!"
The running of cattle is like waking up from a dream.
"Yes, my sworn brother is right. There is no rule in the world about arresting free men. You are wrong in trying to take advantage of my sworn brother."
There are no laws in troubled times, but where there are people there are rules, which are some customary habits of people. Slaves can be bought, sold and slaughtered, and lose the right to control their own destiny, but free people cannot kill at will.
"You fart, bitch slave, do you have the right to speak here?" Chu Erniang rolled her eyes and cursed, "This guy named Yi Ge is a savage who ran out of the mountains. He is not from Mopan City. To him, There are no rules to follow.”
"He's just a savage, no different from an ox or a sheep." Old Liu Tou mocked as he wiped his nosebleed with his sleeve.
"You guys know a hammer," Niu Ben said angrily, "My righteous brother knows everything about astronomy and geography, and has read more than a thousand volumes... My righteous brother is not a savage, he is much stronger than the beasts in Mopan City!"
"Don't brag, this kind of person would have died a long time ago," Old Liu Tou yelled, "I will kill you, a dog slave, first!"
He rushed at him fiercely with a knife, but Niu Ben showed no sign of weakness and fought with him with his bare hands. Old Liu Tou stabbed the air repeatedly with his sharp knife, and angrily called Chu Erniang for help.
Chu Erniang rushed up with her sword, but Zhang Yi hit her in the face with a piece of blood-soaked hemp rope.
Snapped!
There was a crisp sound, causing Chu Erniang to spin around.
You know, Zhang Yi is a snake catcher from three generations in the barren mountains and deserts, and has developed a set of solid hunting and fighting skills.
Chu Erniang was afraid of being beaten. She was cunning by nature, and she was sure to fall into the hands of two young men today. She turned around and ran away, saying "I'm going to call someone", and disappeared in a flash. Bi Ye The rabbit is still fast.
Old Liu's head was covered, and the girl ran away at will, leaving him alone to deal with the two young men. He beat him while retreating out of the door.
Zhang Yi quickly pulled a noose, threw it around his neck, and pulled it.
thump!
Old Liu gnawed the mud and fell to the ground.
"It hurts me so much that all my teeth are knocked out!"
Old Liu Tou screamed like a slaughtering pig.
Niu Ben laughed loudly, jumped up and sat on Old Liu Tou. He wanted to chase Chu Erniang, but he was worried that Zhang Yi could not deal with Old Liu Tou alone.
"Oh my god!"
Old Liu screamed with a headache and spat out a mouthful of dirty blood, along with his two front teeth.
Zhang Yi picked up the bone-picking knife from the ground.
"Don't kill me. I beg you two gentlemen, you can take away the gold beans and broken silver, but leave me alive!" Old Liu Tou begged bitterly, and then threatened, "My bun shop is covered by Uncle Liang Dingtian. Come on, if you kill me, you won't survive! It's better..."
"I'd rather send you to hell with one knife!" Zhang Yi roared angrily.
The knife stabbed into Old Liu Tou's heart unstoppably, and when he pulled it out, blood splattered all over him.
Zhang Yi has never killed anyone, but today he is going to kill someone. This is to avenge the unjust death of the "two-legged sheep". This is a declaration of war against the beasts of the wasteland world!