As soon as Su Ren stepped into the threshold, Hu Ji's wife immediately knelt on the ground, banging her head on the ground, crying and saying thanks. Su Ren quickly helped the poor woman up. Huo Qian knew how
The man must have something to say, so he helped the woman out.
Hu Ji tried hard to get up, but Su Ren held him down: "Don't move, just lie down and talk!"
Hu Ji's eyes were so moved that his eyes were red. He knew from Huo Laosi's words that it was Su Ren who saved his life with his miraculous medical skills. Hu Ji was extremely grateful to his master.
"What happened? Who hurt you like this?" Leng Jun asked first.
Hu Ji wiped his eyes with his sleeve and calmed down his mood: "It was Wu Tuzi and the others who did it!"
"We were doing a good job that day, and it was almost lunch time. Suddenly, dozens of people emerged from the woods, each with weapons in their hands, and they started beating anyone they saw. Everyone was frightened. Finally,
We were imprisoned in the warehouse where the salt was kept, and we asked who was in charge. I said I was in charge, and they pulled me out."
Hu Ji wiped his tears as he spoke: "Those people said they were Wu Tuzi's subordinates. One of them was named Erye, and my arm was broken by him. Those people didn't want money or food. They asked me to come back and report the news.
I walked for three days and walked out of the woods. I was about to come back when the second master came out of nowhere. Before I could react, he slashed my chest with a knife. I endured the pain and tried my best to move towards a crowded place.
I ran away, and then I fainted and didn’t know anymore.”
Hu Ji cried like a child, with tears and runny nose running down his face: "Xian Zuo, you saved my life and the lives of my whole family. I am a rough man. I have nothing to thank you for. I will do a good job in the future. As long as the county magistrate
Zuo still trusts me, and when I get better, he will go to the brine spring to boil salt."
Su Ren nodded and helped Hu Ji wipe his tears: "Okay, take good care of yourself and I will handle the rest."
As soon as Su Ren stood up, Hu Ji quickly said: "By the way, they asked me to tell the county magistrate that you should go to the brine spring within three days, otherwise, everyone who stays there will die!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely rescue all our people!"
When they came to the courtyard, Leng Jun and Huo Laosi also followed them out.
Leng Jun said quickly: "Are you really going to the bittern spring? That Wu Baldy kills people without blinking an eye, aren't you going to die?"
Huo Laosi also said: "Yes! Director Leng is right, why don't we report it to the official? We give so much money to the county magistrate and county captain every month, they should also contribute something, something happened here.
It doesn’t do them any good.”
Su Ren smiled: "Believe them? These guys are as slippery as loaches. Even if they agree to send government soldiers there, they can only collect the corpses of the neighbors."
"Shall I go with you?" Leng Jun looked at Su Ren.
Su Ren shook his head: "No, this Laojun Temple is our foundation. Nothing can happen. You should stay and look after the house. I can do it alone."
"I'll go!" Hawking suddenly appeared behind a few people and waved the spear in his hand: "I'll go with my eldest brother. I want to kill the person who hurt Uncle Hu."
"Go away, sir, don't interrupt!" Huo Laosi kicked Hawking on the butt.
Su Ren chuckled: "Don't fight, I will go alone, everyone else will stay at home. As long as nothing happens to this family, there is still a chance for everything, do you understand?"
Leng Jun and Huo Laosi nodded quickly.
That afternoon, Leng Jun took some dry food and water and went into the mountain alone. Everyone saw each other off at the door. Leng Yue's eyes were filled with tears. Su Ren smiled at him and gave everyone a fist in the air: "Let's go.
!Take care of our home!”
Su Ren's death was very tragic. Even Su Ren didn't know why he did this. Those people were not his real neighbors, and they were not even casual encounters. In Su Ren's eyes before, he
Everyone he saw was an NPC in the game. Later, after he had been in contact with these people for a long time, he also knew that they were people with feelings. Since they were people with feelings, he couldn't stand idly by and let them fend for themselves.
.
As the saying goes, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Su Ren did not have such a sense of superiority before. After coming to Dahan, he suddenly felt like a god. This feeling of being superior to others was very good. It was this feeling that made Su Ren
Ren unknowingly shouldered a responsibility that he didn't expect. This time, he asked for it.
Su Ren looked up to the sky and sighed, why was his life so difficult and now he had to face the test of life and death? As he walked, he started to blame the sky and the earth, just like an angry youth. In fact, he was an angry youth.
Turning around the foot of the mountain, Hawking was sitting on a bluestone in front of him. Su Ren was stunned: "Why are you here?"
Hawking chuckled: "I'm here to protect you. If anyone dares to touch you, I'll stab him to death." He then picked up his spear and stabbed forward with all his strength.
"Go back quickly! This is no joke."
"If you don't go back, you are my eldest brother, and I will follow you to protect you. If anyone dares to harm you, I will fight him to the death."
Su Ren was speechless. This Hawking was just a ten-year-old child. In his eyes, he should be a little bad guy who played with urine and had snot and tears. At this time, he actually became his own protector. Thinking about it, he was shocked.
Feel embarrassed.
Hawking was very stubborn, and he didn't trust a ten-year-old child to stay in this barren mountain. In desperation, he could only say: "Follow me, just listen to me. If I don't say anything, just be honest."
Wait, or go back now."
Hawking quickly nodded in agreement.
Su Ren sighed. Although he was just a child, he was still a companion. He was finally not as uneasy as before.
The road to Bittern Spring was very familiar to Su Ren. In the past six months, there have been more and more people walking back and forth, and a mountain road has been trodden by people. While walking, I talked to Hawking, and the walk was not that boring. It took only two days.
One day, they arrived at the brine spring.
Originally, Su Ren planned to check the situation first. Before he could reach the edge, there was a whistle from the woods on both sides, and four or five big men appeared in front of Su Ren with weapons in hand.
Someone who knew Su Ren chuckled: "Isn't this Su County Assistant? I didn't expect you to come just two days later. The second master really guessed it right, but you are also quite brave. You really dare to come.
!Hey, you even brought a little follower, hahaha, what do you want to do with this thing?"
They escorted Su Ren and Huo Jin into the small salt-making village. This place is no longer as desolate as it used to be. Hundreds of people eat, drink, and live there. Along the mountains, many large and small thatches have been built around the brine springs.
The biggest hut in the middle is a warehouse for storing salt. When you come, you put the grain in it, and you eat the grain while storing the salt. When the grain is used up, the salt is full, and then the salt is transported out, and then the grain is transported in.
.Now, that warehouse is full of villagers who cook salt.
On the flat ground in front of the warehouse, there were more than a dozen men of various colors standing. The man who was using a dagger to slice meat from a hairy wild boar must be the second master they called him. This second master was actually so thin and small, sitting on the barbecue.
The back of the pig was half blocked by the roasted pig. The face was as disgusting as it was. Not to mention the pockmarks all over the face, the nose was still crooked. It had two eyes, one big and one small, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He smiled at Su Ren, revealing
Two yellow teeth.
"Eat something?" Er Ye cut off a piece of meat from the wild boar and handed it to Su Ren.
Su Ren shook his head. The wild boar was obviously undercooked, and the cut meat was still dripping with blood.
The second master snorted coldly: "What? You don't want to give me face? You can eat if you are told. If you don't eat, we don't need to talk."
Huo Jin glanced at Su Ren, stood up suddenly, snatched the meat from Erye's dagger, stuffed it into his mouth with big mouthfuls, chewed it loudly, and the blood from the corner of his mouth flowed into his neck.
The second master looked at Hawking and chuckled: "Okay! He's really a bit like Fan Kuai back then. He's a good boy. Will you follow me from now on?"
Hawking raised his face and said, "Why should I follow you? I have no interest in doing such a sinful thing!" After following Su Ren for a long time, Hawking also spoke in the modern dialect of "Laozi" and "Jiaoye".
"Hahaha..." The second master laughed loudly, and the men next to him also laughed together. Halfway through his laughter, the laughter stopped suddenly, and he stretched out his little hand: "Have you brought what I want?"
Su Ren took out a roll of bamboo slips from his cloth bag and weighed it twice in his hand.
"Bring it!"
Su Ren dodged, dodged the second master's hand, and raised the bamboo slip in his hand towards the fire: "Why are you in a hurry? I need something before the matter has been discussed. How do I know that I gave you this salt-making method, and you will
You won’t really let my people go?”
"Boy, don't talk nonsense. Believe it or not, Second Master, I will kill you?"
"Xin, you can definitely kill me, but if you kill me, you won't get the method of making salt." Seeing someone about to rush over, Su Ren quickly took a step back: "Don't come over here, keep going.
One step forward and I will throw it into the fire."
The second master glanced at the man, who immediately stopped where he was. The second master said happily: "Okay, you still have some skills, tell me, how can you be willing to hand over the method of making salt?"
Su Ren let out a long breath. What he did just now was a test. If these people really came here for the method of making salt, it would be easy to deal with. If their purpose was not here, he would really not be able to survive.
Now it seems that I made the right bet.
Su Ren also smiled: "Let my people go first, you can't chase them. There are twenty-five of your people here. Before dark today, if there is one less, I will burn it!"
"Okay! Let him go!" The second master waved his hand, but kept his eyes on Su Ren: "They say that Su County Assistant of Wenshui County is very smart, and he is indeed well-deserved when we see him today. But have you ever thought about what will happen when you take this person away?
How will I treat you after I hand over the method of making salt?"
Su Ren smiled: "That's your business. I don't have to think about it. What I have to consider now is how to let my people leave safely."
"Hahaha, that's good!" The second master nodded: "That's what I said, I will save face for Su County and let him go. No one is allowed to chase him before dark. Bring two jars of wine. I want to fight with him.
Let’s have a few drinks with Su Xian.” (To be continued)
