Chapter Seventy-Four: The Life of a Guardian (4)

It was another early morning, and there was a little fog in the air, and Wei Dong and Liu Wu had finished their morning exercise by the small lake. At this time, the whole Ma Mansion was already busy preparing for various prayers.

The sun was rising in the east, and a carriage outside the mansion was carrying three young ladies towards the city lord's mansion. As the personal guards of the eldest lady, Wei Dong and Liu Wu also rode horses to open the way in front.

In the morning, the streets were full of vegetable stalls and dim sum stalls, and some of them had too many customers to buy in front of the stalls, so they could only line up one by one, and the queues extended to the road.

Wei Dong was in front of the carriage at this time, shouting loudly, "Borrow, borrow, give way, give way." "I shouted so loudly that my mouth was dry. And Liu Wu had already hid behind the carriage, saying that he wanted to protect the front and rear. 'This slippery head. ’

When the group of chariots and horses arrived at the gate of the city lord's mansion, the sky was already bright. Liu Wu grabbed the three young ladies before Wei Dong got out of the car, and then stood outside the door with Wei Dong and escorted the three of them into the City Lord's Mansion.

"You kid, why don't you follow up?" Wei Dong was really a little overwhelmed.

"Brother Wei, to tell you the truth, you are the candidate for a son-in-law, but I am different, I still have to work hard, and I have to eat, no. Liu Wu said something in his heart helplessly.

Hearing this rather scoundrel truth, Wei Dong was speechless, so he could only look around and ignore Liu Wu. When Liu Wu saw Wei Dong looking up at the sky, he could only sigh in embarrassment.

Fortunately, the waiting time outside was not too long, and the three sisters of the Ma family left the city lord's mansion, and the city lord personally came out to see them off. 'Oh, there's a door. Wei Dong felt a little happy in his heart. But when the three young ladies came out, they just stood there and did not enter the carriage, as if they were waiting for something.

Liu Wu took the lead and couldn't hold back, stepped forward to ask the second lady, and learned: It turned out that the city lord was merciful and arranged for a hundred personal soldiers to go to the countryside with them to pick up their father.

After hearing the news, Liu Wu's eyebrows suddenly fluttered, and he wanted to pull Wei Dong to dance a battlefield dance together, but he was beaten by Wei Dong's hairy chestnut and got a big bag on his head.

The three young ladies all covered their mouths and snickered when they saw it. Wei Dong looked at the eldest lady, not to mention, she changed back into women's clothes, she was really bright and moving. Thinking of this, Wei Dong shook his head violently, what is this thinking?

Except for Wei Dong's cranky thoughts as a man there, the rest, including the eldest brother driving the carriage, all looked happy. In a short time, a hundred soldiers came to the gate as a whole team. The eldest lady stepped forward and whispered a few words to the captain of the team, and then entered the carriage with the two sisters, and everyone headed towards the garrison mansion.

The garrison received a heavy gift from the three sisters, and heard that the lord of the city also borrowed 100 personal soldiers to help, of course, he also waved his hand very boldly and borrowed 300 soldiers. This is two hundred more soldiers than Wei Dong originally envisioned.

A group of people, plus 400 soldiers, came to the south city gate, joined the 150 Ding guards who had been waiting there for a long time, and went out of the city together to the village where the Ma clan hall was located.

This team of people didn't talk about it for the time being, saying that the two elders and Old Man Guo returned to Ma's village overnight. The third elder and the fourth elder were found and the matter was discussed. Since the Great Elder chose to close his door and not ask about current affairs. This place is temporarily presided over by the second elder.

In the early morning of the next day, when the three sisters of Mafu visited the city lord's mansion, the three of them also contacted the villagers and tenants near the village, a total of two or three hundred people, all of whom were waiting at the entrance of the village with farm tools, and sent people out to inquire from time to time.

It was not until noon that I saw a carriage and two big horses coming slowly. Suddenly, the big bell in the village was continuously struck "dang, dang......"

Hundreds of villagers rushed up, blocking the water around the wagon. Seeing the indignation and scolding of the villagers below, Wei Dong and Liu Wu had to draw their swords and ride on their horses, protecting the three young ladies on both sides of the carriage.

Suddenly, the villagers in front of them automatically separated from each other, and the second elder and the third and fourth elders walked in the middle.

"What are you doing here? Don't you want my father? Go back, you unfilial rebels. The second elder pretended to be sanctimonious in front of hundreds of villagers, and his face was upright.

There was no sound on the carriage, and Wei Dong and Liu Wu also looked at them coldly.

The second elder became more and more energetic, and at the end of his speech, he shouted loudly: "We will smash their carriage to see that they still can't get out." ”

Hundreds of villagers brandished farm tools and rushed to the wagons without hesitation. At this time, there was a sudden burst of war drums not far away, "Knock, knock, knock, knock......"

Several elders and hundreds of villagers were stunned for a moment, 'What is this sound?'

I only saw a team of thousands of people, holding shiny weapons in their hands, charging towards here, "Kill, kill, rush, rush!"

"What's going on, where are the officers and soldiers?" the elders panicked. The villagers who were holding farm tools saw the officers and soldiers who were getting closer and closer also felt that a murderous aura was approaching them, and a few timid ones threw down their farm tools and fled, as if the plague was contagious in an instant, and when the four hundred officers and soldiers and one hundred and fifty guards rushed to the carriage, there were only twenty or thirty die-hard villagers left.

"Take them all!" said one of the captains, commanding.

With a slight symbolic resistance, the dozens of villagers were all trampled to the ground, and the guards around several elders also wanted to fight against the officers and soldiers, but when they saw Wei Dongzheng staring at them with a smile, they didn't dare to make a move.

"You are ruthless!" the second elder threw down a clueless sentence and turned to leave, and the third elder and the fourth elder saw that the general trend was gone, and they also left as if they were fleeing.

Leaving behind some of the officers and soldiers and armed men, escorting the stubborn villagers, the rest moved forward, and everyone came to the location of the sect hall in a short time.

It is a very old building, and you can imagine the glory of this place when you look at the decayed and mottled carved railings on the building.

The soldiers all stayed outside to rest, and the three Ma sisters, Wei Dong and Liu Wu, walked into the sect hall, passed through the sacrificial hall in the middle, and came to a small courtyard at the back.

The buildings in the courtyard were even more dilapidated, and in front of a house that looked like it was about to collapse, there was an old woman pouring medicine residue.

"Dad, Dad" The three young ladies rushed to the hut regardless of it, and kept calling. Wei Dong and Liu Wu also followed.

After the three girls entered the house, there were bursts of crying inside, and gradually the crying became quieter and stopped. After a long time, the door was suddenly opened, and the eldest lady Ma Yunlu came out and called: "Wei Dong, you come in." ”

After Wei Dong heard this, he glanced at Liu Wu, and could only walk into the house with a hard head. There was no light in the room, and the faint light from one of the windows made it possible to see the inside of the house.

There were no furnishings, just a small bed, a broken table, and a lame bench. It's really unimaginable that the richest man in Wild Sand City would be recuperating in such a place.

Approaching the small bed, the three girls moved out of the way to both sides, allowing Wei Dong to get closer to the edge of the bed. Looking at the old man lying on the bed, Wei Dong also felt that the tip of his nose was a little sour, this person had lost his appearance, his cheekbones were towering, his cheeks were deep, the hair on his head was sparse and falling, and his face was yellow.

The old man looked at Wei Dong with a kind face, "You, called, Wei, Dong?" asked Wei Dong after a pause.

"Well, yes. Wei Dong could only nod yes.

"Yes, yes. The old man said two good words in a row, and then closed his eyes.

The eldest lady hurriedly stepped forward to hold the old man's hands, and the old man opened his eyes again, with a tired face, and shook his head at the third girl.

Ma Yunlu understood, pulled Wei Dong out of the room, and said softly, "You wait outside for a while." With that, he turned around and went into the house again.

After a long time, the sun in heaven began to set in the west. At this time, the second lady came out and stopped Wei Dong and Liu Wu, and asked them to call some people over, ready to carry the horse master out, and then spread some bedding in the carriage.

After hearing this, the two went their separate ways, Liu Wu went to ask someone to help carry the horse, and Wei Dong went to find the futon to put in the carriage.

After a while, everything was ready, and Master Ma was also carried into the carriage, and a group of hundreds of soldiers slowly left the Ma village and headed towards Wild Sand City.

A distance that was not too far away, because there was a seriously ill old man, he had to walk until midnight, and then he came to the gate of the south city. Time has passed, the city gate has long been opened and closed, selling the face of the city lord's own soldiers, and finally made an exception to open the city gate, and a group of people entered the city.

Coming to the door of the Ma Mansion, the eldest lady Ma Yunlu distributed the silver taels that had been prepared for a long time, ten taels of silver for each soldier and twenty taels of silver for the captain.

Due to his weak body, Master Ma was tired all the way, and he had been in a coma twice on the road. Now back in his home, he was agitated and went into shock again.

Some famous local doctors were invited overnight, and after the consultation, they all shook their heads again and again, saying that they could only delay for another three to five days at most. Let the horse house go up and down, and start preparing for the future of the old man.

Wei Dong was beside him, all of them looked at it, and suddenly remembered that there seemed to be some holy pills in the world in the lotus space, and there was a bottle of life-sustaining pills, which could extend the life of the user for another ten to twenty years, such pills were completely ineffective for himself, but at this time, it was suitable for Master Ma.

Thinking of this, he stepped forward and pulled Ma Yunlu and said to her: I met a god a few years ago, and the god man gave him a life-sustaining pill, saying that no matter what kind of body, as long as you take this pill, you can continue your life for more than ten years.

When Ma Yunlu heard this, he immediately grabbed Wei Dong: "Brother Wei, is the elixir still there? Even if you make a price, I will pay it, if my father survives, then you are the great benefactor of Ma Fu." ”

Wei Dong was a little hesitant at the moment, and said, "The pill is in my room, it's just ...... I just don't know if it's true or not, but I'm really ......."

"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I want to try, if it is not good, it has nothing to do with you!" Ma Yunlu said decisively.

"Okay, then I'll go back to the house and get it. ”

"I'll go with you. ”