Xiao Tang's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly asked: "What's going on?"
Lu Junyi sighed and said: "Some time ago, the Nine-Headed Insects wanted to frame you and others. Your Majesty, several servants from the Xiao Family Collection, and several long-term workers from Kongsong Village were detained and tortured for interrogation. Wait until the Nine-Headed Insects all
After being arrested, the government released them, but they were fine, but my father was old and frail and had suffered a lot of torture. He couldn't stand the fatigue, so I placed him in my house..."
"Take me there quickly!!" Now was no longer a time for politeness, Xiao Tang was so anxious that he shouted to Lu Junyi. Lu Junyi hurriedly led Xiao Tang and his party to his house.
When Xiao Tang, led by Lu Junyi, rushed into the Lu Mansion and ran to the room where Father Xiao was. He opened the door suddenly and saw a doctor checking on Father Xiao's injury. Then he looked at the doctor lying on the bed.
When Xiao Tang heard about Father Xiao, his heart felt as if someone had suddenly stabbed him with a knife.
Father Xiao's face was as withered as gold paper, and there were a few bruises on his face. There were bright red blood scabs on his forehead, and he looked like he was already dying. Xiao Tang rushed forward and knelt on Father Xiao's bed.
He stepped forward and said anxiously: "Dad!"
Father Xiao slowly opened his eyes, turned his head to look at Xiao Tang as hard as he could, squeezed out a smile on his haggard face, and said forcefully: "You brat...are you okay?...That'll be fine...
.”
The doctor walked up to Lu Junyi, shook his head and sighed: "This...I'm afraid he won't be able to..."
Lu Junyi's expression changed: "What's going on? At first it looked like it was more than just a skin injury?"
The doctor sighed and said: "This gentleman hanged himself because of his own anger. I checked carefully, but after days of torture and torture, I can't save him. I'm afraid it was just to see him for the last time...
..”
After saying that, the doctor glanced at Xiao Tang. Although he deliberately lowered his voice, Xiao Tang still vaguely heard the general idea. Various emotions such as annoyance, sorrow, guilt, etc. were violently impacting Xiao Tang's heart in a turbulent torrent.
, tears were about to burst out of his eyes, Xiao Tang hissed: "It's all me who has caused you trouble!"
"What's there to cry about! What have you done to me again!?" Seeing Xiao Tang's appearance, the extremely weak Father Xiao suddenly glared and scolded Xiao Tang. He couldn't stop coughing in excitement.
With his old age, coupled with some cruel physical torture, he relied on his own stubbornness and perseverance to survive until now. Seeing Xiao Tang's eyes filled with tears, Father Xiao couldn't help scolding him and coughed again, and he was panting.
Like an old bellows.
"Dad!" Xiao Tang's heart was as sharp as a knife, but seeing that Dad Xiao didn't like him crying, he had to hold back his tears, but the tears still couldn't stop rolling in his eyes.
Father Xiao coughed violently a few more times. He coughed so hard that spittle and blood spurted out of his mouth, making his gray beard stained with bright red. He looked at Xiao Tang and said, "Ahem, you daddy.
..I’m afraid I’m going to leave...I’m going to cry...I’ll have to wait until I’m dead, otherwise I’ll be upset..."
Although Xiao Tang had just come to this world, he was 70% afraid of Xiao Tang and 30% alienated from him. After all, the sudden acceptance of this father-son relationship made Xiao Tang even more embarrassed, and the unexpected father was a stubborn and stubborn person, but as time went on,
After a while, Xiao Tang found that although Father Xiao was strict with him, whenever Xiao Tang asked him about something, there was never a time when Father Xiao did not complain about it and helped Xiao Tang point out the way. Xiao Tang could already feel that this old man
Keep all your care for yourself in your heart.
Looking at this old man who was like a candle in the wind, he was like an old wolf covered in wounds that still refused to lower its high head at the last moment of its life. Xiao Tang remembered that Father Xiao had a straight face, a stiff neck, and a stiff body.
The situation when Yiyang picked on him with a straight face and made him angry...
Xiao Tang then remembered that when he was practicing martial arts and taking care of town affairs, he used his peripheral vision to see Father Xiao smiling and nodding behind him. But when Xiao Tang suddenly turned around, the old man immediately turned his head, snorted heavily, and took three steps with his hands behind his back.
The scene when you take two steps and walk away...
Xiao Tang also remembered how after their relationship became increasingly close, he teased Father Xiao, making the old man blow his beard and stare in embarrassment, raising his crutch to hit him, and he walked away laughing...
Hot tears fell down, but Xiao Tang still forced himself to put on a smile and choked out: "Dad, this is not like you... This is the first time I have seen you lying down for so long... This little injury is nothing.
What?...If you can't even survive this...don't blame your son for laughing at you..."
Father Xiao laughed dryly twice and coughed again. After a moment, Father Xiao said: "This is like what you said...but..." As he spoke, Father Xiao's expression gradually became calm.
Come down: "I have been strong all my life...I am tired...In fact, there are some things I have been holding in my heart...I have not told you..."
As he spoke, Father Xiao stretched out his withered hand, held Xiao Tang's hand tightly and said, "Although I still scold you from time to time... having you as my son... is my pride... even if
This time...you did the right thing..."
Xiao Tang also held Father Xiao's hand tightly, nodded with tears and said: "Being your son... is also my blessing..."
Father Xiao smiled lightly and said intermittently: "When I saw you being naughty in the past... I felt as if my heart was dead... I thought about those things... just bury them in the ground for a long time... Do you remember
...There is an alabaster vase on the cabinet in my bedroom...turn it three times...lift the leather blanket on the floor...pull up the ring fastened to the floor..."
Xiao Tang didn't understand what Father Xiao was going to say, but the current situation was difficult to interrupt. When Father Xiao gradually lost the strength to speak, he sighed, "Oh... I think I'll have a look back at Daliao...
...." As he spoke, Father Xiao hummed a tune that he often sang when he was young: "The sky and the earth are vast, the original sea is vast, at the foot of Konoha Mountain, green cows and white horses... Qiqi Dun, You My Son Lang, Pack of Wolves
Galloping, who cares about wind and frost? Even if my heart is sad..." Before he finished singing, Xiao Tang felt that Father Xiao's hands softened, and he saw Father Xiao closing his eyes with a smile, and he suddenly said goodbye!
At the scene, Wu Song looked solemn, Xiao Yi also knelt down with tears, Xue Yong was filled with grief, and Su Jinniang had already cried until she was crying...while Xiao Tang lowered his head and his shoulders kept shaking. Suddenly he
He raised his head and roared hysterically, like a howling wolf calling only for his companions!
Lu Junyi shook his head and sighed, letting Xiao Tang vent his emotions. After a long time, Xiao Tang lowered his head and walked heavily to Lu Junyi, knelt down and said, "Thank you, Brother Lu, for settling down to treat my father. Thank you so much."
Xiao and Tang dare not forget each other for their great kindness and virtue!"
"Brother, don't say that!" Lu Junyi hurriedly held Xiao Tang's elbows with his hands. At this time, he couldn't help being shocked, because he saw Xiao Tang's eyes were bloodshot and seemed to be completely red, and his
His expression was so ferocious that even Lu Junyi felt shocked in his heart!
"Xiao Yi..." Xiao Tang's voice was hoarse and growled like a wild beast: "Has the government caught that thief Lei Ben?"
Xiao Yi shed tears and said: "Old thief Lei was not originally one of Nine-Headed Insect's men, so the officers and soldiers didn't pay attention to him, so he seems to have run away."
Xiao Tang hissed and gritted his teeth: "Well done! Well done! How could he be caught by the government? It's so cheap for him! How can I sacrifice my father without his head!"
Seeing Xiao Tang's eyes full of hatred and his expression crazy, when everyone was about to persuade him, Wu Song took a step forward and said, "Brother! Count me in for this matter. If you need anything, just speak up!"
"And that Li Shaohua!" Xiao Tang gritted his teeth: "If he is not caught by the government, I will find him no matter how hard it is! Kill! Kill! Kill!..."
Just when Xiao Tang was losing control of his emotions, he suddenly felt a warmth behind his back. Su Jinniang's face was full of tears, but she hugged Xiao Tang quietly from behind. Xiao Tang was startled, and the hostility and hatred that permeated his whole heart gradually dissipated.
some.......
In the following days, under Lu Junyi's arrangement, Xiao Tang and Wu Song purchased a coffin for Father Xiao, sent Xiao Yi and Xue Yong back to Xiaojiaji for preparations, and sent Father Xiao's body back to Xiaojiaji for cremation.
(Khitan people’s burial custom: In order to break up the corpse, the emperor removed the intestines and stomach, fertilized it with salt, and called it "Emperor's Rice"; in a wealthy family, if someone died, he would break the abdomen with a knife, take out the intestines and stomach, and actually use incense.
Medicinal salt and vitriol were sewn together in five colors. They were then pricked on the skin with pointed weed slips, and the ointment was drained and the blood drained away. In ordinary families, when a parent dies, he drinks wine and sings a memorial song, and then puts his body on a mountain tree for three years.
The bones were collected and burned. After the Xiao family entered the Song Dynasty and became Chinese, they did not completely copy the ancient Khitan rituals.)
"Brother Lu, thank you very much..." Xiao Tang cupped his fists and said to Lu Junyi. After a few days, his mood has stabilized a lot.
Lu Junyi cupped his fists and returned the salute: "Brother Xiao Tang, you are so polite. When your father is buried and cremated, I will definitely come to pay homage." After saying that, he ordered several servants in the house to place the body of Father Xiao on the bullock cart, and with Xiao Tang,
Wu Song and Su Jinniang walked along the inner avenue of Daming Mansion towards the city gate.
At the same time, in front of a row of stalls at the entrance of an alley not far away... Guanghui Toutuo's Toutuo attire had long been changed. He wore a headband, tied it into a bun, and also wore a big bamboo hat.
He was dressed like a warrior. But Li Shaohua's luxurious clothes had long been thrown away. He was wearing the coarse cloth of a traveling merchant. His eyes were wandering around, looking around in fear.
When Guanghui Toutuo saw Li Shaohua's appearance, he couldn't help but snorted. Without power and reliance, this kid was a complete pustule. If he hadn't been able to get a lot of money from him, Guanghui would have been impatient and cut him with a knife.
Already.
In the past few days, they had been hiding in ancient temples, under bridges, and in inaccessible dilapidated manor houses. They planned to take advantage of the chaos to escape from Daming Mansion when the news subsided. But this was different from when Xiao Tang and Wu Song took Su Jinniang to Qingzhou.
Xiao Tang and others can take many different routes as the sky is high and the sky is high, but Li Shaohua and Guang Hui are trapped in Daming Mansion. Seeing that the arrests by the officers and soldiers are getting worse day by day, they may not be able to hide for a few days if they continue to hide.
It will be discovered by the government.
At this time, Guanghui and Li Shaohua were watching at the entrance of the alley to see if they could find an opportunity to escape in the flow of cars and horses leaving the city on Damingfu Avenue.
At this moment, Li Shaohua and Guang Hui saw Xiao Tang and Su Jinniang sitting at the front of the car on the road dozens of steps away. Wu Song was walking in front, and the bullock cart carrying the body of Father Xiao had just passed by.
Li Shaohua kept his eyes open. He didn't expect to see Su Jinniang, Xiao Tang and Wu Song in this scene. These were the two unruly people he wanted to kill. Why didn't I catch you earlier!?
Seeing their sad expressions and the coffin on the bullock cart, Li Shaohua cursed in his heart: What a good death! Although Li Shaohua was like a rat crossing the street, he still felt a sick sense of pleasure when he saw others suffering.
But just when Li Shaohua was about to turn his back, Su Jinniang happened to glance towards the alley here. Although Xiao Tang and Wu Song wished to cut Li Shaohua into pieces, they had never really seen him, and Su Jinniang did not even turn to ashes.
The evil thief will be forgotten.
Su Jinniang was shocked as soon as their eyes met at a distance. She stared at the alley where Li Shaohua and Guang Hui were, and shouted in a hissing voice: "Nine-headed worm!"
Xiao Tang, Wu Song, Guang Hui and Li Shaohua were shocked at the same time. Guang Hui immediately pulled up Li Shaohua, pushed down several pedestrians in front of him and shouted in a deep voice: "Let's go!" Wu Song had fought with Guang Hui and was deeply impressed by him, although
Guang Hui changed his clothes, but when he saw his skills from a distance, Wu Song immediately knew that he was Guang Hui, the Five Evil Lord!
Xiao Tang was like an enraged leopard, and suddenly rushed out! Guang Hui pulled Li Shaohua, although there were still dozens of steps away from Xiao Tang and Wu Song, but the alley was deep and narrow, and there were many vendors and pedestrians.
Hui Ji got up and ran and fought, knocking down more than a dozen people. As soon as he rushed out of the alley, Xiao Tang was already only five or six steps away from him and Li Shaohua.
The little thief who has killed a thousand swords dares to ruin your good deeds! Guang Hui is so vicious that he stops and turns around to cover Xiao Tang, who has already rushed nearby, and chops off his head!
There was a soft sound of "cang", and Guang Hui's knife was swung heavily. Just when he felt the tiger's mouth numb, another sword light came towards him and cut him in the middle. Guang Hui's feet slipped and floated backwards. Wu Song had already grabbed him.
Between Xiao and Tang.
Wu Song clenched his sword tightly and held it in reverse. He stared at Guang Hui fiercely with a pair of moves and said in a deep voice: "Brother! Go after that thief Nine-Headed Insect! I will deal with this thief Tutuo!!"
"My defeated general dares to tease the Buddha?" Guang Hui's eyes narrowed with murderous intent!
