Chapter 43: The Broken World Is Broken (Part II)
The distance between the two towns of Longmen Feijia is less than forty miles, but there is no so-called only way, and the yellow sand is a way for thousands of miles. It's just that compared to those traces that are easily smoothed out by the wind and sand, there is indeed a flat shortcut, and people often take it.
Over time, I walked a lot, and then it became a road.
The villagers of Huzhou and Feijia Town went out to purchase goods every other month, and they went this way.
Hu Lai lay leisurely on the bumpy car, crossed his legs, humming a strange song, and suddenly felt something hit his lower back, so he reached out and groped.
After a while, he held up the strange thing in the shape of a copper bottle, looked at it and said, "Uncle Jin, who in our town will love this thing?" I guess you took the opportunity to play with it yourself......
The elegant man who was escorted across the horse next to the convoy smiled: "Don't underestimate this thing, but it's worth a lot." ”
Hu said, "What is it used for? Is it okay to hold wine?"
The man surnamed Jin said: "We don't have such good wine in Tianxi." ”
Hu Lai said boringly: "It's Uncle Jin Liu! When I was young, I traveled far away and saw some worlds beyond the yellow sand. If it were Daddy, he would not even want to exchange the price of half a hare. ”
The man surnamed Jin laughed heartily: "It's worth the money, and it varies from person to person......"
……
The moon is dark and the wind is high.
When the bustling town gradually became the background of the desert, and the four fields became cold and silent, it seemed that the moon in the starry sky began to hide its whereabouts and play hide and seek.
In the Tianxi world, this kind of weather is not uncommon.
And it's very popular.
As the saying goes, the moon is dark and the wind is high and the night kills people, such a beautiful day, if you don't take the opportunity to rob your house and make money and set it on fire, won't you live up to the good will of God?
No matter what others think, that's what the Great Banner Gate and Evil Wind Valley think anyway.
As a time-honored brand in Tianxi, the legend of the longbow chasing the wings of a hundred ghosts at night. It is believed that Longmen Feijia and the surrounding neighboring counties and towns within a radius of hundreds of miles have heard of it for three-year-old children.
Because they are horse thieves.
The strange thing is that two groups of horse thieves, who have coexisted with water and fire for many years, joined hands tonight for the first time.
In the dark night, the left wing of the hundred horsemen carrying longbows, and the right wing of the hundred ghosts wandering in the wilderness, the two go hand in hand, and there are only ten miles away from Feijia Town.
……
At the head of the town monument, Hu Lai jumped out of the carriage.
Said hello to Daddy
After that, he pulled the doctor who was not in a good state along the way, and did not dare to delay for a moment to run towards his house.
As for the remaining uncles and brothers, they need to stay in the town, take stock of the goods needed by each family, and deliver them one by one. According to Hulai's knowledge, within half an hour, Daddy couldn't leave him.
Remembering Brother Luo's injury, he couldn't wait.
Like the usual countless late nights when you couldn't see your fingers, the flickering lights of Feijia Town sank into a dream, and the surroundings were extremely quiet except for the whirring wind.
Hu Lai didn't care about any of this.
"Auntie, I'm back. ”
"A-Niang, have you slept? Brother Luo, is he okay?"
Pulling the doctor to lift the canopy, Hu Lai glanced roughly and saw A-Niang lying sleepy in front of the lamp. The young man felt guilty, made a boo gesture to the doctor who was wiping his sweat, and then took off the fur hanging behind the door canopy, and quietly walked over to cloak Ah Niang.
Inadvertently touched A-Niang's cold, and the young man shouted softly for fear of freezing his body: "A-Niang, A-Niang wake up." It's too cold here, so I'm here to help you stay. ”
After pushing lightly for a while, there was no movement, and Hu Lai suddenly felt that his palm was slightly sticky. He withdrew his hands, and saw a stain of blood in the lamplight.
The young man was shocked and shook Ah Niang vigorously, but how did he know that the latter fell like this.
Hu Zhou, a middle-aged man with a national face, rushed over, pushed away the doctor who was in the way, rushed into the tent, and happened to see this scene.
……
The young Hu Lai's aunt died, and died inexplicably. Such cold corpses can be found in every tent and barracks in Feijia Town.
Those who went out to buy found that the head of the town had died, and they rushed to their homes.
So some people hugged their wives and children and wept, some hugged their parents and wept, and some hugged their brothers and sisters. The remote and secluded town was soon drowned out by mournful cries.
What happened so that the entire Feijia Town was slaughtered without a single life? This question hangs in everyone's mind. But who should they ask?
Uncle Jin Liu, who was the most sober-minded in the town, soon had an answer.
Naturally, it's nonsense.
Because he left the town at the end of the day, everyone was safe and sound at that time.
Uncle Jin Liu came over.
Everybody came looking for it.
They gathered with red eyes, as if they wanted to ask the teacher for their guilt. When Hu Zhou, who saw the face of the national character, walked away with his sleeping wife
When he came out, everyone led by Uncle Jin Liu stopped.
Uncle Jin looked at the sluggish and dazed young man, and the thought of questioning suddenly disappeared. He thought that if the child knew what was going on, how could the third sister-in-law ......
Something doesn't seem right!
A certain thought flashed in Uncle Jin's mind, and he was suspicious when the sound of horses' hooves came from the corner of his ear.
The first thing that the beating torches shone out was a large red flag waving in the wind, on which was painted a silver spear.
Immediately afterwards, there was a dazzling rainbow of dark money flying in the sky, and a black dragon-patterned coffin was engraved on the dark money.
Looking again, there are countless ghosts whimpering and whimpering interspersed with fast horses. On horseback were young men dressed in green clothes and carrying longbows.
"The longbow chases the wings, and the hundred ghosts walk at night. "Uncle Jin is well-informed, and he instantly saw the origin of this group of uninvited guests.
"It's the Great Banner Gate!"
"And Evil Wind Valley!"
"It turns out that the murderers are them! These murderous brutes have fought with them. ”
The corpses of the dearest relatives are not cold, and now they see that the culprit is still showing off their might, and the angry people begin to gear up to take materials on the spot, as if they are fighting to the end.
But they have lived here for generations, and they are really accustomed to hearing the fierce thief name of the longbow chasing the winged hundred ghosts at night, and the seeds of fear have been planted in their hearts unconsciously, and they keep shouting for revenge, but they have hidden behind Uncle Jin Liu and no one has led the way.
"Calling ......"
"Appeal ......"
The winged chasers galloping in the night stopped one after another, interspersed with the hundred ghosts that wandered in the night, flickering and flickering, and then they were swallowed up by the night.
With a light drink, the young master of the banner gate with a longbow in Tsing Yi slowly stepped forward. Before he could speak, an arrow broke through the wind and came at him.
The young master, who was about in his early twenties, chuckled and drew his sword.
Then retract the knife.
The arrow is broken.
His gaze swept over Uncle Jin Liu's group and others, and his contemptuous gaze finally fell on the young Hu Lai.
Hu Lai held the old bow in his hand.
His hands trembled a little.
It's not fear, but the excitement caused by the burning of hatred in the hot blood, this excitement makes him inexplicably nervous, otherwise the arrow just now will not let the other party easily break it.
The boy clenched his bow and stared at the young man on horseback with a proud face.