The Frontier Years Chapter 42 Righteousness
Several people carried Hu Youde's body and carefully placed it on a platform made of wood.
Most of the dead bodies of death row prisoners are abandoned in the wilderness, and the desert steppe is filled with vultures, wild wolves, and fierce beasts, which quickly eat up the corpses, and the wilderness is a natural burial ground for death row prisoners.
Lei Shaoxuan naturally couldn't let Hu Youde abandon the corpse in the wilderness, and set up a platform to spark Hu Youde.
Hu Youde is not a death row prisoner, for this loyal and courageous servant, the sergeant of the death row camp is full of respect, Lei Shaoxuan wants to cremate Hu Youde's body, and no one in the sergeant door embarrass them.
Beside the fire, Yuan Wenbo, Zhang Qing, Fat Gu and other people in the 36th camp tent were sitting around, in addition, there were some people who were familiar with Hu Youde, and even a few sergeants who had fought with Lei Shaoxuan came to salute.
It is not easy for them to be fortunate enough to meet a loyal person, and it is an honor to know him. Surviving in troubled times, struggling in desperate situations, how many people can still maintain their true nature?
The raging fire gradually burned Hu Youde's body to ashes.
Lei Shaoxuan felt that this fire seemed to have ignited something in his heart, just as Lei Shaoxuan himself was burned in this fire, in the firelight, Lei Shaoxuan saw his own figure, ethereal and illusory, like wind and fog, so weak.
Suddenly, Lei Shaoxuan's heart was shocked, and he suddenly remembered a verse given by the monk in Hongjue Temple: Buried when encountering a slope. This verse is not for himself, but for Hu Youde, who is destined to die in Luolongpo.
Lei Shaoxuan couldn't help but feel terrified, and couldn't help but feel the unpredictability of life and the insignificance of heaven. Under the way of heaven, people are as weak as ants, and everything is controlled by mysterious fate and cannot be freed.
A deep sense of powerlessness hit Lei Shaoxuan's heart again.
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"Master?" Lei Shaoxuan asked, "How much is a life worth?"
"In troubled times, it's worthless, and people die every day in death row camps. Yuan Wenbo said casually.
Lei Shaoxuan said sadly: "That year, Uncle Hu's child was ill, and Hu Youde was injured at that time, and he was unable to make money, so he was forced to sell his house and sell his daughter to save his child. His mother gave him ten taels of silver to treat his illness, and his grandfather also asked him to come to the mansion to guard the gate and become a servant in the mansion. His life was actually bought for ten taels of silver, but if I can bring him back to life, I am willing to give everything I have. ”
"How much is a human life worth?" Lei Shaoxuan muttered, "Can you measure it?"
"Master, every time I kill someone, I don't feel the slightest discomfort. Human life is obviously fragile and humble, but why am I so sad in my heart now, ah...... Ah......h
Yuan Wenbo persuaded: "There are ants under the way of heaven, and there have been wars at the border for many years, with countless casualties and bones, and no one takes human life seriously. ”
Yuan Wenbo's tone changed, and he said: "But for everyone themselves, don't you hear that 'human life is related to heaven'? Don't look at the lives of people around you with the eyes of heaven, for example, Hu Youde is more important to you than the sky, but every person you kill is not more important than heaven to his wife and children? Therefore, in the future, you should treat the people around you well, and you must not treat human life as a mustard, unless you have to, you must not kill without permission, let alone kill by killing, and do not use killing to solve problems such as right and wrong, right and wrong, good and evil. Especially if you are born in a death row camp and kill to survive, you should cherish your life. ”
In the past, Yuan Wenbo's words often made Lei Shaoxuan feel verbose, and sometimes he couldn't help but secretly sneer in his heart. Today's words made Lei Shaoxuan's heart sink, yes, can killing solve the problem?
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The vast grassland, the green stretches to the sky, colorful wildflowers, dotted with stars, dotted with grasslands, the blue sky is thousands of miles, the white clouds are falling, and the eagle strikes the sky.
On the slope of Luolong, five men in the tents of the thirty-six camps stood.
Lei Shaoxuan put the jar containing Hu Youde's ashes into a soil pit, filled the pit with handfuls of soil, piled up a grave stone by stone, and the five people collected a lot of flowers and sprinkled them on the grave.
Lei Shaoxuan knelt in front of Hu Youde's grave, unwilling to get up for a long time, he still couldn't recover from his grief, he regretted and hated that he didn't follow Hu Youde closely.
The grave is where Hu Youde is buried. Looking at this small dirt bag, Lei Shaoxuan knew that this grave also buried his past self.
Lei Shaoxuan was thinking wildly, his mind was dazed and hesitant.
"Young Master Lei," Yelu Qingshi came to Lei Shaoxuan's side and said slowly, "I have inquired, and it was the four sergeants of the Hu Ren death row camp who set the trap and shot you. ”
"Why?" Lei Shaoxuan asked a little strangely, "Death row prisoners have always only fought with death row prisoners, when will a sergeant set a trap for a death row inmate? In the eyes of the sergeant, a death row inmate is worthless at all. ”
"Your martial arts are too high, too many death row prisoners have died at your hands," Yelu Qingshi said, "The Hu Ren death row camp manager felt that he had no face, and dispatched four sergeants, disguised as death row prisoners, to take your life. ”
Cao Aoran interjected beside him: "This kind of thing is very common. A few years ago, a rebellious centurion of the Hu people was assigned to death row. This person is strong in martial arts, brave and brave in the three armies, and the death row camp is invincible, and the camp manager of the Northwest Army death row sent a sergeant to pretend to be a death row prisoner to besiege and kill this person. ”
Lei Shaoxuan's face turned pale, and he remembered Yuan Wenbo's words and his faint anxiety before the war.
"Young Master Lei," Luo Hao looked at Lei Shaoxuan cautiously and said, "It's not that we don't follow you, it's that we can't keep up." ”
Lei Shaoxuan said viciously: "Are you blaming me for rushing too fast?"
Luo Hao was trembling, resigned, and didn't dare to make a sound.
"Hu Ren is eyeing you, you have to be careful in the future. Cao said proudly.
Cao Aoran said solemnly: "If you die, most of my stay in the death row camp will not last long, without you saving me many times, the people here don't know how many times they have died." However, two fists are hard to beat four hands, the evil tiger is still afraid of wolves, Young Master Lei, Hu Youde is gone, why don't we do it with you. ”
Ling Jun also said: "We can live better in a group, there are many people and great strength, how about taking care of each other?"
Luo Hao's eyes were even more eager, and Shen Xiaobao also stared at Lei Shaoxuan expectantly.
Although Lei Shaoxuan is the youngest in the 36th Battalion, his martial arts are the highest, he does not stick to the rules, he does not bully others, and the most important thing is that Lei Shaoxuan attaches great importance to love and righteousness, which is convincing.
People in the rivers and lakes, righteous words are the head.
Lei Shaoxuan looked at the five people, and each of them looked at him with eager eyes.
Looking at Hu Youde's grave, Lei Shaoxuan's heart moved. At that time, if there were five people on the battlefield to take care of him, Hu Youde would not have died at all. At that time, although the Hu people were eyeing themselves, they did not pay much attention to them, and only sent four sergeants to deal with them, if there were two more, it would be impossible for him to survive.
"As soon as you enter the death row, you will die. We are here to kill the enemy, survive, and be reborn, just looking at the present regardless of the past, how about living and dying together and sharing weal and tribulation?"
"Little chubby face, you are not happy, you are afraid that others will know what happened to you? Luo Hao pouted and said.
Ling Jun said: "Everyone has things they don't want others to know, so you don't have to force them. When we entered the death row, we had nothing but our lives, and we waited together to save our lives. However, if you just want to live, you just need to practice fighting and cooperating more and take care of each other. ”
Ling Jun was a little excited, and said eagerly: "I have an idea, we have experienced a lot of life and death together on the battlefield, how about we worship brothers?" It's just that except for Young Master Lei, we are all heinous criminals, I wonder if Young Master Lei still looks up to us?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Lei Shaoxuan.
"I'm going to live. Lei Shaoxuan said slowly, glancing at a few people, "Otherwise, I'm sorry for my mother, I'm sorry for Uncle Hu." As long as I can live, I will hold hands with the devil. It's just that there are no rules, and there is no circle. What should I do about this?"
"Naturally, we share life and death, weal and wor, and wealth together. Ling Jun said.
Shen Xiaobao said lightly: "Compared to life, what is tribulation? Wealth is even more of a floating cloud, life is gone, wealth is as ethereal as smoke." I can do it. ”
Cao Aoran said angrily: "The word of righteousness is the head, and life and death are shared." ”
Yelu Qingshi said: "Okay." ”
"In that case, let's worship brothers today. Lei Shaoxuan said.
A group of people knelt in front of Hu Youde's grave, poured soil into incense, and swore together.
"Although the six of us Yelu Qingshi, Cao Aoran, Shen Xiaobao, Ling Jun, Luo Hao, and Lei Shaoxuan have different surnames, they are brothers at this time today, and swear in front of Brother Hu's grave that since they are brothers, they will live and die together, share weal and woe, and be rich and noble. The emperor's thick earth is proof that if you are ungrateful, God is disgusted with ghosts and abandoned, and heaven and earth are destroyed together. ”
"Finally able to rank ahead of Xiao Liu," Luo Hao said proudly, "Every time I am scolded by Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, call the fourth brother to come and listen to me." ”
Lei Shaoxuan listened and looked at Luo Hao: "Is it a small or loud shout, now or will you call later?"
Luo Hao's face turned pale, and he quickly shook his head: "Anytime, anytime, or call it when no one is around." ”
"Hit!" Lei Shaoxuan spat out a word.
Everyone has long known Lei Shaoxuan's habits, and when they swarmed up, there was a burst of punches and kicks, and Luo Hao wailed: "You are all sworn brothers, why are you still fighting?"
Everyone burst into laughter.
"Little white face, since we are brothers, tell me how you got in?" Luo Hao asked Ling Jun.
"It's all said, don't ask about the past. Ling Jun waved his hand.
"I couldn't ask just now, but now I'm a brother, of course I can ask. But you can also not say it, just don't say it, when the elder brother beats the younger brother, it is also the right thing to do. Shen Xiaobao leaned over.
"I said, I said no? Actually, nothing. Ling Jun said, "I got along with my neighbor's sister, I never thought that she actually had another relationship, and she was seen by her seriously ill husband, so I had no choice but to let my husband die of a serious illness, but she framed me, and I was unlucky." ”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then laughed, this is simply the biggest unlucky guy in the world.
Looking at Ling Jun, whose face was flushed, Shen Xiaobao quipped: "Did you kiss your mouth and go to bed?
"Brother, you are really a little white face! Come and kiss my sister. Luo Hao said in a sharp voice, making everyone lean forward and lean.