Chapter 22: Rumors of Murder

He digs under the trees, feeds the sheep with hay, and uses branches as firewood...... Calculating the time of darkness, he carried a large bundle of hay and branches on his back, found the mark left on the tree, and slid slowly back through the forest along the mark, and when it was dark, he walked out of the woods. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info walked through the woods, and in the dimly lit snowfield, he sped up and slid in the direction of home.

There was home ahead, and he felt a little relieved and slowed down. Suddenly, in the silent snow, there was a howling sound. The voice sounded close. His first reaction was that it was the cry of a wolf. Yes, the wolf is neighing in front of the sheepfold, and it doesn't sound like a single one yet. In the past, I have heard Coach Hu Ren say that there is nothing to eat in the grassland in winter, and it is very scary to meet hungry wolves, especially wolves, no matter how capable you are, it will be difficult to escape!

What should I do? Su Wu was stunned for a moment. He froze in place, his mind blank. Suddenly, a black shadow came up like a sword in the snow in front of him. He shuddered, instinctively raised his stick and hit the object, and the stick missed, but he fell into the snow with a skateboard on his feet, and the bundle of firewood and straw behind his back smashed on his body. He couldn't get up in a hurry, and the wolf stared at the bundle of wood and straw with green eyes, thinking about what to do.

It seems that it is also afraid. Su Wu secretly looked at it waiting for the green-eyed under the bundle of firewood and straw, thinking of a way: he had to let himself be unrestrained. He slowly pulled his arms out of the haystacks, his feet rubbing against each other's skateboard-bound shoes...... Suddenly pushed away the bundle of firewood and straw, jumped up barefoot and waved his stick at it. It stared at him with green eyes and its mouth wide open, staring at him fiercely, waiting for his moment.

His feet were frozen with the snow next to the snow, so numb that he could not move or dare to move. Fire!Fire!I need fire!!! For a moment, the flames grew larger, but the wolf retreated step by step...... The fire grew louder and louder, and finally, the wolf roared: "Ahh Then, several dark shadows in front of the sheepfold followed.

He breathed a sigh of relief, separated his feet from the snow with fire, put on his socks and shoes while it was hot, tied up the unloaded firewood and grass separately, and took up his scepter and pulled the firewood and skateboard back home.

In winter, the snow is not very dark in the light of the night. He did not prepare an oil lamp, and even if he had a lamp, he had no oil to support it. He threw some hay into the sheepfold, went back to the house, lay down on the bunk wearily, chewed the grass seeds, and gradually fell asleep.

The government has not sent food. In order to find something that could satisfy his hunger, as long as it was not a stormy wind and snowy day, Su Wu was running for the lives of himself and a few sheep. He gradually went into the depths of the primeval forest, locked up the branches of vines and grass between the trees, and looked for food and firewood. In some places, evergreen pine and cypress trees grow in the leeward part of the place, and there are pine seeds and cypress seeds on the trees, and sometimes they can really catch a mouse or a rabbit or something, and come back to roast and eat it with a fire, and use the fishy meat to beat the tooth sacrifice. But this was only a rare thing, and most of the time he spent his stomach chewing on tree seeds and grass seeds. In his spare time, he collects a lot of birch bark and writes down some interesting things he has experienced here.

Wei Lu not only did not send food to Su Wu on the grounds of heavy snow and fiefdom, but also spread rumors that Su Wu was dead. The rumors reached Chang'an for the Spring Festival, and when they reached the ears of Su Wu's mother, it was already February after the Spring Festival. Of course, the family did not dare to tell the old man, for fear that the old man would be too sad.

When Su Wu's mother heard the news of her son's death, she recalled that there had been no news for most of the year, and she was sure that it was true. Excessive grief and bedridden.

As long as Li Ling returned to the court, he would come to visit the old man. He came back after the festival to report the situation at the border to the imperial court, and he came to visit the old man. At that time, Su Lin, the son of Su Wu's third brother, accompanied his grandmother.

As soon as the old man saw Li Ling, he asked with tears in his eyes: "Eldest nephew, your brother is no longer there, is this true?"

He shook the old man's skinny hand and comforted him: "Auntie, the border pass and the imperial court have not received any news from the Xiongnu officials, this is just a rumor. Don't believe this, old man! Brother is such a smart man, he will not die!"

"But, hopefully, so be!" said Su Wu's mother in a choked voice. The old man thought that if his son was not alive, the family would be finished! The grandson Su Yuan, if he did not seek advancement, would inherit the title of the family, and he would not be able to develop up. The third son in front of him, Su Lin, who has passed away, grew up in pampering, cowardly and not tough. As for the son and daughter-in-law, she has been pampered since she was a child, and the woman who marries in the middle of the road will not stay at home.

Just as Li Ling was comforting the old man, Su Wu's daughter-in-law, Chou'er, came in with tears in her eyes and saw Li Ling, and asked, "Brother, your brother is gone, do you know?"

"Sister-in-law, these are all rumors!" Li Ling said, "Please believe my brother!"

"There is no wind and no waves, this person has not heard from him for more than half a year, and I am afraid that he is not there, yes, it is true!"

When Su Wu's mother heard her daughter-in-law speak like this, she said angrily: "Daughter-in-law, this can't be nonsense!"

Although Chou'er is named Chou'er, she is not ugly, she is still one in a hundred beautiful, she has to look good, she has to have a figure, although she is almost thirty pairs of women, because she has never given birth to a child, plus, Su Wu's doting, she looks only about twenty years old. He was Gongsun Ao in his thirties before he had this only baby daughter, and according to the folk customs of his hometown, he gave him a cheap name in order to support the child.

She burst into tears and said, "I don't want my husband to be like that, but everyone in Chang'an says he, he-"

She began to cry bitterly.

"Don't cry! We have to figure out the situation about this matter!" Although the old man himself was very sad, he had to persuade his daughter-in-law hard.

"This house is lifeless all day, I want to go back to my parents' house!" she wiped her tears and said to her mother-in-law, "Your son is no longer here, I won't go back to my parents' house!"

Without waiting for her mother-in-law's permission, Chou'er left.

"Y-you-"

Li Ling hurriedly stroked the old man's chest and called: "Auntie, aunt!"

Old Madam Su was so angry that she didn't come up in a breath, and died with her eyes staring.

Su Lin cried and shouted, "Grandma!"

Li Ling asked him to quickly tell his family to prepare for the future, and hurriedly entered the palace to report to Emperor Wu of Han.

The emperor immediately issued a holy decree and allocated two pieces of silver, and asked Li Ling to host the funeral of Mrs. Su. Of course, Li Ling did his best, not only buried the old man beautifully, but also distributed the remaining silver taels to Su Wu's three brothers. Chou'er's father, Gongsun Ao, also knew that it was his daughter's mistake, so he didn't make any requests to the Su family, and after sending his daughter to attend Mrs. Su's funeral, he went home with his daughter and her clothes.

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