If Yi Xiaotian hadn’t planned to come to West Market, he wouldn’t have seen this——
But now that he already knows, he won't sit idly by.
——
Under the escort of Zhong Yao, Mr. Chen took Yi Xiaotian and his party out of the city.
…
Only twenty miles south of Chang'an City, there is a village called Kangping. It is a small village with a history of many years. Over the years, many wars have not ruined this village. However, due to some inexplicable suppression recently, Kangping Village has
Many people have moved away.
The declining village was supposed to be a lifeless place, but what turned out to be different from what Yi Xiaotian thought was that these people actually still had the heart to fight in their nest.
What is going on?
Mr. Chen returned to the entrance of Kangping Village, holding the only good horse in his family. He had been raising horses for many years, but the only breed that he could really use was the breed of sweat-blooded horses - this made him
I made a lot of money when I was young.
But unlike most people, Mr. Chen really devoted himself to raising horses, and the money he earned was reinvested in the cost of raising horses. Until he found the bloody horse from the Western Regions, Chen
The old man’s horse-raising journey has always been smooth and smooth.
It's just that...that time...after he rejected the request of a big family in the city to buy a horse, the big family in the city actually used the method of raising land taxes around Kangping Village to squeeze the income of the entire Kangping Village people, forcing the people of the village to compete with
Mr. Chen and his family are in conflict.
As a result, Mr. Chen has a stubborn temper. No matter whether the people in the village use soft or hard horses, he doesn't care. He just wants to create a better horse breed. The result is - after so many years, Ben
The people in the village who were supposed to trouble the big family in the city scolded Mr. Chen and his family all the way, and slowly, they all moved out of Kangping Village.
Mr. Chen doesn't intend to explain this...after all, this matter has nothing to do with him.
He has no obligation to help others reduce land taxes... However, what happened recently may be the breaking point that has been accumulated for decades - finally breaking the old man's back, forcing him to bow to those big families.
"The excellent stallion at home has been sold, and the hardware has been sold, but it is far from enough to cure my son's leg - medicine, ointment, all the money was spent in the blink of an eye."
Mr. Chen led the way. In order to avoid taboos, he did not let Zhong Yao follow. Yi Xiaotian and his group slowly followed the old man, saying that they wanted to take a look at the injury of Mr. Chen's son.
However, along the way, Yi Xiaotian finally saw how much the people in the village hated Mr. Chen when they looked at him.
"Mr. Chen, haven't you ever thought about explaining to these people so that they don't hate your family?"
When Zhen Luo thought about the history of the decline of Kangping Village that Mr. Chen just told them, she became extremely angry. Coupled with the strange looks in the eyes of the surrounding villagers, Zhen Luo said angrily.
"Explain? There's no need... Girl, do you think this group of people dare to cause trouble for the big families in the city?"
"How sad would they be if I didn't even let them scold me and took away the only reason they had to rely on?"
Mr. Chen's words made Yi Xiaotian sigh helplessly - things are like this sometimes.
We are all poor people, farmers who have been exploited by the big families in the city. Mr. Chen did not undermine them and pointed out their unreasonable behavior, which is the greatest kindness to other people in the village.
Not long after, along the winding path, everyone went straight up to a high slope in the corner of the village.
On the slope is a dilapidated yard. Of course, it looks dilapidated from the outside, but inside, apart from the houses for people to live in, the stables for horses are definitely not bad.
"Son, we have a guest... The horses were not sold today... but your legs..."
"Son... don't lie down in the house all the time. It's better to come out and bask in the sun..."
Putting aside the cold ridicule he suffered today, Mr. Chen was actually quite happy that Yi Xiaotian was willing to stand up for him. Not to mention, he heard from the prefect that the Mr. Yi next to him was a man with superb medical skills.
, maybe it can really cure his son’s leg disease——
As a result, as soon as everyone entered the courtyard, after Mr. Chen called several times but heard no sound in the house, everyone felt something was wrong.
"Son...where are you? Are you asleep?"
Mr. Chen was a little confused and kept calling out - but Yi Xiaotian instinctively felt that something was wrong...
Bypassing the old man's body, Yi Xiaotian rushed towards the house. As soon as he entered the house, he heard the sound of someone gasping in pain. It took a few breaths for his eyes to adapt to the dim light. Yi Xiaotian looked around.
As a result, I really discovered an amazing scene!
"you!"
On the beam in front of the bed, there is a hanging ring made of a bed curtain stretched across the beam - as expected, the young man who should be Mr. Chen's son is currently lame with one leg and struggling to step on the table. He has obviously already moved the bed.
His neck was hung in a circle——
Yi Xiaotian didn't hesitate. He rushed forward in three or two steps, pulled out the sword from his waist, and directly cut off the white cloth on the beam.
The young man's face was a little blue, but no matter how you looked at it, he had just completed these preparations - the young man lost his balance and fell on the table, making a dull sound.
Everyone who heard the noise outside the door rushed in. Mr. Chen saw the white cloth on the beam at a glance, and immediately understood what was going on. He cried and rushed towards his son, desperately
Hug the young man.
"Son! How...how could you do such a stupid thing!"
"Son, if you die, how will your father survive?"
Zhen Luo and Huang Yueying covered their mouths and looked at all this in shock.
Yi Xiaotian silently stepped aside, leaving space for the two of them——
As a result, the young man finally regained his breath. He seemed to feel his father's reluctance for him, and he burst into tears with regret:
"I'm sorry dad... dad... the kid is unfilial... baby... the kid really can't find a reason to live... rather than stay at home and be a burden to dad..."
The two hugged each other and cried. It was sad enough without any explanation.
At this moment...everything is unspeakable...A family in extreme difficulties will always have some complex feelings that people cannot let go of...
——
"I'm sorry, Mr. Yi...for making you...have troubled you..."
Mr. Chen's son's name is Chen Kang, which is the name of the village. He is limping on one leg and sitting in front of the bed, apologizing to Yi Xiaotian not far in front of him.
"If anything, you should say that we are quite destined. I happened to be carrying a sword when I entered the house. Otherwise, I really don't know how to save you."
"Then again, in addition to taking a look at the horses, I also made a special trip to take a look at your leg disease. If you really dare to hang yourself, maybe... you really went to the underworld, and...
I have to report with one leg lame..."
Yi Xiaotian said half-jokingly, but when these words fell in Chen Kang's ears, they sounded like thunder.
"You...you are not teasing me, are you? Could it be that...could it be that my leg disease...you...do you have a way to cure it?"
As a result, if Yi Xiaotian hadn't stopped him, Chen Kang would probably have knelt down to Yi Xiaotian like his father did.
