When I look at Guo Waichun during the cold food season, I can see that wild people are everywhere without hurting their spirits.
——Cloud watch
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[Part1·Funeral Expenses]
Things started a few days ago.
Two tall and handsome men walked out of Zhaojiazhuang. They were a pair of local brothers from Taiguang County.
Zhao Dalang's name is Jianying, and Zhao Erlang's name is Jianxiong. There are four sons in the Zhao family. When the genealogy is turned to the character "Jian", the character "hero" is used.
It was a good time for spring to warm up. Zhao Da pulled the cart out of the village. Looking back, he saw his second brother slumped beside the cart, panting.
"Second brother!" Zhao Jianying shouted: "Can you walk? If you can't walk, just rest for a few more days."
Erlang's face gradually turned rosy, he poked his face out of his deerskin scarf, showed a pair of bright eyes, and responded in a deep voice.
"Brother, if you don't leave, you will stink."
Let’s look at the corpses on the bullock cart. They are the parents of the Zhao family, as well as the third and fourth brothers, Swordsman and Swordsman.
The two younger brothers were weak and left with their parents. It was cold in the twelfth lunar month, so the family kept them in the main room without fear of getting stinky and rotten. When spring came, the brothers could not raise the funeral expenses. The second brother Jianxiong's illness
It's not over yet, Jianying alone can't accomplish anything.
So the eldest brother took charge of the family and sold his ancestral home and two acres of paddy field in exchange for some travel expenses. He planned to take his second brother to Zhuzhou for medical treatment and find a geomantic treasure land halfway there to bury all the family members.
Zhao Da went to the Chenghuang Temple and bought a cow. He tied the animal to the cart. He had just reached the official road of Taiguang County and was about to enter the mountain road. He was still worried.
"Are you feeling better?"
"It's just that my throat is itchy." Zhao Er immediately responded: "Drinking water a few days ago was like swallowing iron nails. I will come to help you when you have some strength."
Zhao Da held the leather bag and water bag and led the animal forward one foot deep and one foot shallow. Looking at the deep mountains and old forests, his leather boots sank into the mud of grass and leaves, and a fishy smell of mud came out when he stepped on them. Moisture condensed on the ropes.
There was a layer of dew, the sun had just climbed up from the back slope of the hills, and a layer of white steam floated in the mountains.
"Old man Wu who sells road guides knows that our family is in trouble."
Zhao Er immediately said: "What did he say?"
Zhao Da then walked forward, carefully holding the cow's rope: "I gave him two bottles of wine in exchange for silk gold."
"Silk gold?" Zhao Erlang was only sixteen or seventeen years old and didn't understand the term silk gold.
Occasionally there are funerals in Zhaojiazhuang, and the young and strong eldest son is required to help. The money given to attend the funeral is called silk gold. The weak and young second son or girls are not allowed to see the dead, which is also a taboo against the plague.
This time there was a great epidemic in Taiguang County. Nine out of ten families in the villages and towns died and became extinct.
Of the six members of the Zhao family, only the eldest and the second child survived. It was these two brothers who were strong and able to endure the pain and suffering.
Zhao Da said: "It's just giving money to the deceased's family."
Zhao Er: "Everyone is dead, what's the use of asking for money?"
Zhao Da: "That's different, second brother. Villagers need to help each other, and the silk money can also be used as funeral expenses."
Zhao Er: "Are you arriving soon? Do you only have two bottles of wine?"
"There are not many left, they are all dead." Zhao Da stopped talking after saying this.
Relatives and neighbors in Zhaojiazhuang in Taiguang County have all been poisoned by the plague to some extent. Every household is doing white things at the beginning of spring. Some families with some food and money can still set up a mourning hall to worship, but those who can attend the funeral,
There should be very few left.
Old man Wu was an official in charge of the road administration in the county government. Seeing the misery of the two brothers Jian Ying and Jian Xiong, he could only search out two bottles of hard currency in his cellar. Wine and fermented wine were a rarity in all the counties in the southeast, and only those with abundant food
Brewing is only possible when the situation is right. Whether the two brothers use it to sell it for money or drink it to keep warm on the road, it is a precious gift that lasts a long time.
After leaving the fields and farmhouses around Taiguang County and entering the mountains, the road became increasingly difficult to walk.
The mountains are full of strange rocks and woods, and it is difficult for an oxcart to find its way. Zhao Da first went to explore the road and listen to the wind, and then came back to drive the livestock through the mud and across the stream. On the third day, Zhao Er was finally able to walk a few steps, so he followed
The eldest brother changes shifts and catches the bus together.
Just after noon, we arrived at a dry mountain col. After leaving Lion Rock, we saw a clear yellow field plain.
Zhao Da felt happy that he should be not far from Zhuzhou, so he took all the cow dung he had saved in the past few days, flattened the cloth bag and placed it in the hot sun to dry.
Zhao Er also came to help. Knowing that his elder brother was going to light a fire, he ran into the forest. His breathing gradually became smoother, and the pain on his body seemed to be completely healed. He took off his coat and deerskin scarf, only wearing an inner garment that was convenient for movement, and fetched it.
Use your slingshot to shoot birds for fun.
In just half an hour, Jianying cleared away the grass and leaves, dug two small pits, brought firewood and cow dung to dry the firewood. The weather in the south was like this. He pinched the branches he picked casually.
You can squeeze out a handful of water, but you can't start a fire.
When Jianxiong came back with two plump waterfowl, he was still shouting excitedly.
"Brother! There is a lake! There is a lake! I don't have a pole! Otherwise I will fish for you!"
"Hahahahaha!" Jianying saw that her younger brother was healthy, and her heart fell back into her stomach. It seemed that everything had color again: "That's it! I'll roast the bird to eat!"
The two brothers were squatting in front of the fire pit, while Jianying was warming firewood, while Jianxiong plucked the feathers and decapitated the prey, cut its neck to bleed it, and also dug a wind channel for the fire pit where the food was cooked to make the flames stronger.
After skewering the waterfowl on green branches, Jianying fiddled with dry firewood, fetched tinder from the cow dung fire pit, and blew on the haystack fire. The fire suddenly rose. He quickly folded the bamboo tube and returned it to his old man.
I'm afraid this precious fire source will be destroyed.
He did not dare to speak and stared closely at the fat meat on the wet branch, fearing that the good meat would be burnt. After a while, he saw an oily sheen coming out of the skin of the bird meat, and it gradually became darker.
Yellowish brown.
The same goes for Jianxiong. He hugged his legs and coughed a few times from time to time due to the smoke from the fire. Perhaps his illness was not completely cured and his lungs were still itchy.
The two brothers, who looked like savages with scruffy beards, just waited for the food to be cooked.
At this moment, Jianying's nose was brighter and he asked.
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Jianxiong didn't understand, he still couldn't smell it: "What's so smelly?"
Jianying: "Is it smelly?"
As he spoke, Zhao Da brought the roasted bird to his nose and smelled it carefully. There was no strange smell.
"I can't hear it, brother!" Jianxiong was covered in sweat. He had just walked a few miles to find his prey. He spent a lot of time catching the waterfowl. When he returned to his brother, he was already a little cold. When he went back to look for clothes,
, glanced at the bullock cart.
At this glance, Jianxiong was almost frightened to death.
Why does the barbecue smell so bad?
The old ox pulling the cart ran away long ago, and the ropes pulling the cart were chewed by several animals! Look at the several black figures crawling on the cart, with their arched backs and shiny hair, they are clearly wolves!
Zhao Er shouted: "Wolf! Wolf!"
The stench comes from the corpse. These wolves have bitten the belly of the corpse, ripped out the intestines and bit the heart and liver! How can it not stink?!
The Zhao brothers were too frightened to move at first. The fear in their hearts was gradually overshadowed by anger. Jianying dropped the roasted bird meat and ran towards the bullock cart carrying two burning logs.
The cattle had long since disappeared. These cunning wolves and dogs knew that the cattle were blunt and stubborn, so they bit off the ropes to drive them away, and then they dared to jump on the cart and gnaw at the carcasses.
Jianying threw herself on the cart, waving a torch to chase away the wolf, and saw that all the internal organs of her younger brother Jianjie had been eaten away. The eyes of the corpse were also opened! It seemed that he would not rest in peace!
The seven-foot-old man was so angry that his eyes were splitting. He also saw two wolves that seemed to be starved and were still fighting for his mother's body. They wanted to remove the old mother's hands and feet, dragging the body and tipping it under the car.
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——When the beast saw the fire, it immediately retreated to the rear of the car. The slow-running female wolf called Jianying kicked her in the belly. There was only a "click" sound, and the waist of this big wolf of seventy or eighty kilograms was also kicked.
It broke, and some black blood spurted out from the throat. It hit the thick branches of the tree hard, rolled to the ground and lost its breath.
"Beast!"
Jianying roared, took away the hunting knife from the cart and rushed forward.
The wolves and dogs that were still feasting suddenly fled in all directions. How could Jianying catch up with these wolves? He could only watch helplessly as these beasts fled back into the dense mountain forest.
He chased him for half a mile, and Jianxiong also followed his elder brother all the way forward. The slingshot in his hand was used to throw stones. The hits on these big wolves were not painful or itchy, and the stones hitting the backs of the wolf dogs would only hurt.
He heard a whimpering bark, then clawed at the mud with his four paws, and ran faster.
The two of them couldn't catch up, so they returned to the cart. The corpses of their relatives were more or less bitten by the evil wolves. The third brother Jianhao died the earliest, and the corpse was also thoroughly rotten, but it was the most complete.
My parents and my little brother Jianjie lost their arms and legs, and there was not much left in their stomachs without the protection of bones.
Seeing such a tragic situation, Erlang of the Zhao family collapsed, leaned on the bullock cart and began to cry in mourning.
Zhao Da did not speak, as if he was infected by his younger brother's emotions——
——He didn't dare to cry, he was afraid that if he cried, Erlang would lose his soul and would be unable to move forward.
"There is no way to go on like this. I will dig two pits and bury my parents. The third brother and the fourth brother will be buried in another pit. This way, they can be clearly distinguished for worship in the coming year and it will be easier to arrange the incense altar tributes."
"Are you going to leave them here?! Brother?" Jianxiong's face was already covered in mud and blood, and now with tears in his eyes, he seemed to be unable to see anything clearly. "You're leaving? You're leaving."
Already?"
This innocent and upright second brother seems to have not noticed it yet or reacted——
——My parents and two younger brothers at home are all dead. But the bodies have not been buried yet, and Jianxiong seems to have not accepted this yet.
Just one winter, but more than eighty days ago, this family was gathered in front of the stove, listening to their father and mother telling stories together, telling stories about foreign goods from Sendai Prefecture, about Taoist priests from Wuling Mountain slaying demons.
Orion's skills in plowing paddy fields and shooting yellow leather, and talking about the shooting skills of street buskers, my father would also brag, saying that he also used guns when he was young, and he was the one with the best skills in the land security team.
Zhao Da remained silent and sent a bottle of wine to the old man.
"If you feel uncomfortable, drink a little."
After that, the eldest brother went to find a conspicuous place on the ground, preferably with a stone platform to protect him from wind and rain, and then dug two tombs.
Zhao Er still couldn't pass this test. He sat next to his little brother and saw Jianjie opening his eyes. He wanted to close his eyes, but it seemed that the canine teeth of the wolf dog were affecting the spinal cord of the corpse, and he couldn't close the eyes no matter what.
"Brother is useless...brother..."
Jianxiong opened the wine jar but was reluctant to drink it, so he just said it foolishly.
"Children are unfilial...Children are unfilial..."
At this moment, the test Zhao Jianying faces is even more difficult and difficult——
——All his belongings were staked on that ox. This beast could be exchanged for more than 30 silver coins. It was a pity to run away like this. He wanted to find the ox back by searching for the tomb.
He followed the grass blades crushed by the hooves for more than an hour. Seeing that the sun was about to set, Jianying hurried back and finally gave up the idea. He probably couldn't find it.
Back near the cart, Jianying called out to Jianxiong, but Jianxiong didn't respond.
He thought that maybe the second child was drunk and fell asleep.
He ran to the trolley again to look for it, but still couldn't find it. At this time, Jianying finally became vigilant.
He retrieved another hunting knife from the side of the vehicle, which was just a foot-long woodcutter. It paired with the lawnmower in his hand and could barely be called a hunting knife.
He groped next to the car and looked under the car. After searching several big trees, his second brother was still nowhere to be seen.
When I returned to the fire pit, I saw a huge black bear dragging Jianxiong's clothes into the haystack.
Jianying stared angrily and ran forward——
——The hair on the black bear's body is so thick that its eyes are almost invisible. The long hair on its head has covered its eyes, and there are also some white hairs that grow backwards. It can be seen that it is very old.
Jianxiong's whole body smelled of alcohol, his face was red, and he was drunk to the point of unconsciousness.
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[Part2·Misfortunes never come singly]
The elder man of the Zhao family was exuding scalding heat and roared at the prostrate beast. He wanted to scare the blind bear away.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But it was no use. Xiong Xiong’s ears seemed to be inoperable. His round ears only trembled for a moment, and then he let go of Jianxiong’s legs.
, the claws were slightly removed, leaving three bloody wounds on the prey's legs and feet. When it smelled the blood, it immediately became more awake and stood up.
The moment the black bear stood up, Zhao Jianying felt the pressure doubled.
It was almost two meters tall, with two paws hanging down in front of its belly, and a streak of white hair on its chest. It leaned forward and used its nose to identify its location, shaking its head and head, still looking for prey.
Jianying did not hesitate, he leaned closer to Zhao Laoer, his eyes widened, his legs and feet were shaking, his teeth chattering, and he touched Jianxiong's shoulder and neck. At the same time, Blind Xiong knelt down again and faced the wound on Jianxiong's ankle.
Licking it hard.
At this moment, Jian Xiong woke up from the pain. He watched helplessly as his leggings came loose, his trouser legs split, and a piece of flesh was licked off by the black bear!
"ah!!------"
The sudden scream made the black bear alert, and he wanted to stretch out his paws to hug and drag him. When Jianying came back and forth with Zhao Er's clothes, Luffy retreated!
Zhao Dalang couldn't turn around, Zhao Er couldn't get up, and he couldn't move away from him when he was chasing and escaping. He didn't dare to shout out, for fear that if he shouted out in one breath, he wouldn't have the strength to escape. But Jianxiong couldn't die here!
His parents and brothers are all dead, he can't lose this younger brother again!
Not knowing where the strength came from, Jianying simply threw away a knife, let go of Jianxiong's shoulders, and rushed straight towards the black bear. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his head and neck, as if the sky was dark and the earth was dark, as if he had hit a mountain!
As soon as the mouthpiece was sweetened, blood spurted out of his mouth. He knocked the blind man to pieces and became dazed. When he came back to his senses, he only saw six more holes in his deerskin scarf and cold clothes.
Blood was constantly flowing out, and his head was tilted to one side. His body had not completely collapsed, but was lying on the side and it was difficult to move!
The blind bear was frightened by such a collision. It's eyes widened, and it leaned forward and jumped into the air. When its two paws left the belly of the Zhao family boss, they still carried some minced meat, and a half-cut knife was stuck in his heart.
, gasping for breath from his throat, it seemed that his heartbeat had stopped and he could no longer exert any effort.
It had half a piece of deerskin in its mouth. It was originally aiming for the prey's throat, but in the end it only bit the piece of leather.
After about ten seconds, neither the man nor the bear dared to move. The pain came so late, so late. The black bear finally wailed in pain, let out an angry roar, got on all fours and flew into the forest.
Zhao Laoer finally came to his senses——
"——Brother!"
Boss Zhao clutched his stomach and shouted: "Leave me alone! Kill it! Kill it! Exchange it for wealth!"
Zhao Laoer was limping and without thinking much, he followed the blood trail into the forest.
Hearing the gasps echoing in the mountains and forests, Jianxiong finally found the dead prey. When he found his elder brother again, it was already late at night.
The two brothers made simple bandages, buried their parents and brothers, and carried the prey to Zhuzhou County Government.
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At this moment, the watchman had just returned to Si Yaojun's inspection shop (firefighting station) when he heard the excitement in the county government office.
In the Yamen compound, the county magistrate and his godson called the leather tanner to process the bearskin.
The county magistrate's name was Wu Chengzhang. He was a eunuch and had no heirs.
The godson was the culprit who framed the Zhao brothers, so he changed his surname to Wu Chengzhang and became Wu Xiuwen.
The craftsmen were busy working in the courtyard, and the magistrate and his son just watched the excitement and talked about the Zhao brothers without any scruples.
"Godfather, I didn't expect these two brothers to be so stupid. As long as the godfather used a little trick, they would be fooled!" Wu Xiuwen squatted next to Wu Chengzhang's chair and said with a smile: "Godfather, you will be more useful in the future.
Wearing a bearskin cloak, your good son will be a bear-fighting hero!"
Wu Chengzhang still wanted to save face, and a high-pitched voice came out of his throat: "There are outsiders doing things, so don't tell them loudly."
"What's this! In Zhuzhou County! Every drop of rain falling from the sky! It all belongs to our Wu family!" Wu Xiuwen shouted: "These two hunters came to offer treasures? Bah! They are clearly stealing from your godfather's territory.
Hunt! Am I right?"
Wu Chengzhang responded in a low voice: "That's true, but Xiuwen, since these two hunters can kill bears, aren't you afraid that they will cut off your head? I didn't know there were such powerful hunters in the county government.
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"Where are they? Do you rely on these people to catch people with wine and rice bags?" Wu Xiuwen became more energetic. At this time, he said proudly: "Isn't your good son prepared for a rainy day? Please ask Empress Zhuzhu and King Baimu to send a retainer.
! This disciple is very skilled in swordsmanship - I took him to fetch people, and as soon as he made a move, the thumbs of the two wild men were cut off! They couldn't even hold the hatchet! How could they resist?"
"So you went to seek help from the gods." When Wu Chengzhang heard about this, he immediately laughed and said, "Are you successful and want to support me until the end of your life?"
"I don't dare!" Wu Xiuwen immediately clasped his fists and half-knelt: "I am doing this for my godfather!"
"Where is this retainer you mentioned? Bring him here." Wu Chengzhang pushed the cup and poured tea for his godson: "Just say that the magistrate wants to see him. Such a heroic and extraordinary immortal, I must treat him well.
ah."
Wu Xiuwen did not dare to disobey the order, so he immediately blew the whistle to summon the carrier pigeon and sent an urgent letter to the immortal.
After a while, a strange man in white clothes came in from the main entrance of the county government office and walked silently.
This man's beard and hair are all white, he has the appearance of a child with white hair, a deep aura, and a steady walk. Although Wu Chengzhang does not practice martial arts, he also knows that this master has deep internal strength. He wants to subdue the two bear-killing savages. It is true, but he still has to talk.
After confirming, this godson has been talking sweet words around the magistrate all day long, and he, the godfather, is almost becoming suspicious.
"Are you the hero who apprehends the criminal?"
"I am a disciple of King Bai Mu. I have given up my real name. The county magistrate calls me by my Taoist name. Just call me Yuzhen."
Wu Chengzhang asked: "Taoist Priest Yuzhen, how did you subdue those two hunters?"
"My little friend hurriedly asked for an audience last night." Taoist Yuzhen paused and then said: "It was said that two criminals raped a common girl and committed a murderous act, so I picked up my sword and followed him to the county government office.
In the side room next to Yaopu, there are indeed two village men having fun with a woman."
Wu Xiuwen reminded: "That's..."
"Oh! They want to harm people." Taoist priest Yuzhen finally turned his head: "So I taught them a lesson and cut off their fingers with a sword. They already had wounds on their bodies, and soon they were so painful that they lost strength.
He was captured without hesitation."
"It's so good! It's so good!" Wu Chengzhang smiled and said, "It's just a pity..."
Yuzhen: "What a pity?"
Wu Chengzhang: "It's a pity that he soiled the Taoist Master's sword. Is that dog-like thing worthy of dirtying the Taoist Master's magic weapon?"
"Hahahaha..." Taoist Priest Yuzhen said with a smile: "It's because of the good deeds and good deeds I have made with my master that I have traveled across mountains and rivers to Zhuzhou. It's just a matter of effort - if the county magistrate would say so, it's just a matter of time."
Damn me, morality and morality, how can a cultivator not do chivalry and justice just because of such a small thing? Even if it is really a dog, and it goes wild and commits murder on the magistrate's territory, I will still kill it!"
Yuzhen changed the subject.
"It's just that when those two people were arrested, they still talked in confused words."
Wu Chengzhang was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he quickly asked: "What did those two savages say?"
Taoist Priest Yuzhen chuckled: "They lost their thumbs and said that the blood of father and mother should not be discarded. They knelt down and begged me to pick it up for them."
Wu Chengzhang breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that the Immortal family would hear something they shouldn't hear.
"Oh...those fingers..."
Yuzhen Taoist priest waved his sleeves gracefully——
——Pointing to the outside of the Yamen.
"The magistrate's house keeps a few dogs, so I feed them. The nursing dogs must recognize human blood, otherwise they won't be ferocious enough."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Wu Chengzhang clapped his hands and applauded: "Well done, Taoist Master!"
Wu Xiuwen also shouted: "Okay!"
Wu Chengzhang immediately said: "I don't know what I like...my...my...ah..."
The magistrate of Zhuzhou doesn't usually interact with these immortals, so naturally he doesn't know what the Hundred Eyes King's faction likes.
These two hunters are strong and strong. It is really not a simple job for the Yamen to fetch people. With the Immortal Family taking action, this matter will naturally go smoothly and we cannot let them work in vain.
"If the magistrate can do it conveniently..." Taoist Priest Yuzhen decided to go straight to the point: "I wonder if I can send male and female workers to the master's house, preferably boys..."
Before he finished speaking, the leather tanner's scream came from outside the door.
Taoist Priest Yuzhen immediately stretched his neck to look -
——I saw a burly man with a fair face and no beard coming in from the side door of the government office.
This man was wearing a Western robe and had short black hair. He was holding a nursing dog. He cut open the big dog's stomach with just his fingers and took out two relatively intact thumbs from the stomach. He cut them open.
Stuff it back into the doctor's bag.
Jiang Xueming could clearly count the knuckle bones.