Chapter 23: The Wind Shakes the Oriole
Fifteen-year-old girl, although Cheng Linyun is a little playful like ordinary girls, she is worthy of the name of everyone's lady. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Under the teachings of her grandfather, she is not only familiar with poetry and women's training, but also knows how to speak and speak with virtue, and she is still young about human feelings, but she also understands a truth.
Murder is to pay for life.
"Grandpa, Xu Yan has killed someone! He is in the same group as those thieves!"
There was no response to the first sentence, Cheng Linyun shouted again in the carriage, and the old man in front of the car moved his eyebrows.
Wow!
The mountain road was uneven, the horses stumbled under their front hooves, the carriage fell to the ground with a bang, and the bleeding horses puffed out their eyes and struggled weakly, but they could not get up.
The old man who was thrown to the side of the road got up and hurried to the front, pulling out all the women in the car one by one, and seeing that only the old wife's face was bruised, and the others were safe and sound, Cheng Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xu Yan, there was no killing. ”
The old man looked at his granddaughter and said a strange word, which made Cheng Linyun stunned.
"I saw it with my own eyes, he killed Uncle Zhao!"
The girl twisted her eyebrows and bumped into the old man in all sorts of puzzlement, if it was hearsay, she wouldn't be like this, but the scene that just happened was what she saw with her own eyes.
"Girl, come and see. ”
Cheng Yu didn't explain, but pointed to the steel knife on the horse's buttocks, and said: "The knife is one foot in, the tip of the buttocks is fat, it doesn't hurt the tendons, it doesn't touch the bones, such a knife, do you think it's unintentional or intentional?"
Grandpa's question made the girl even more confused, and in front of this stern and kind elder, she didn't dare to lie, so she had to shake her head.
"You've been to Old Tomb Mountain too. ”
Cheng Yu's words, the girl's heart jumped, Cheng Linyun pinched the corner of her clothes, and replied in a low voice: "I've been there, just once." ”
Grandpa didn't allow her to enter the mountain for the sake of her safety, but the curiosity of the young man made the girl secretly go to the old tomb mountain with a group of friends, but she didn't dare to go a second time.
"Have you seen Xu Yan's stone, can he hit it accurately?" Cheng Yu asked again.
"It's accurate. Cheng Linyun thought of Xu Yan's flying stone, temporarily forgot the previous murderous scene, blinked his eyes and said: "Once I saw a yellow bird in the tree, let Xu Yan beat it down, don't hurt the bird, he really beat it down, and the bird is still alive, I raised it for many days." ”
"Grandpa remembers the oriole. Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Do you know why the bird was knocked down under the tree and still survived unscathed?"
The last question, the old man did not wait for the girl to answer, but slowly explained: "Because of the wind, there are flying stones passing in front of the oriole at a very fast speed, and a gust of wind formed stings the oriole's eyes, and the bird can't fly when it closes its eyes, it can't stand, and it can only fall from the tree." ”
Looking at his granddaughter with her small mouth open and an incredulous expression, Cheng Yu smiled and said: "That yellow bird, was it blown down by the wind, not by the middle stone, do you think this knife is intentional or unintentional." ”
The old man no longer pointed to the steel knife on the horse, but asked as if it had been a knife that had pierced the horse's rump, or a knife that had pierced the servant's heart.
"Intentional ......"
As if she had realized something in an instant, the little girl covered her mouth, and there were fears and tears in her eyes.
"Yes, intentionally, they are trying their best to get the old man's family out of trouble. ”
The old man's calm eyes flickered, and he whispered as if he were talking to himself: "Xu Daoyuan's apprentice, how can he be an ordinary man......
"Then, that Xu Yan was captured by the mountain bandits, will he die?"
Cheng Linyun's tears were about to flow, when she really learned the truth of the matter, she felt extremely guilty for her indifference before, that stupid little Taoist priest was not greedy for life and afraid of death, but was trying his best to fight for a life for his family.
He did it, but he was also in a bandit.
The old man didn't answer his granddaughter's question, because he couldn't see Xu Yan's fate, but such a seemingly stupid, but actually intelligent child, even if he was in a bandit, he should be able to live.
On the side of the car, she found some old women with her bags, looked at the appearance of the pair of grandchildren and smiled bitterly, she knew that in this world, some truths can be seen through, and some cannot be seen through.
The family, who lost their carriage, soon after ascended a low mountain, and in the distance, a flat river.
Drive!
Thundered!
On the side of the mountain, there are iron hooves rushing wildly, hundreds of iron guards, one by one iron armor and steel helmets, shot in the crotch of the horse, majestic.
The movement of the war horse surprised Cheng's family again, and when he saw the outfit of the comer, Cheng Yu's heart finally relaxed, and he took his family down the low mountain and greeted the cavalry.
Hundred iron horses, the leader of the people in the distance of the old man ten zhang away from a rein, the tall war horse sigh the law of manpower up, the hundred horses behind him are even more action, the first moment is still the war horse galloping, the next moment is completely fixed in place.
"Daddy!"
The man in heavy armor stepped in front of Cheng Yu, grabbed the old man, and looked up and down.
"Why did you leave Linshan Town in advance, what about the carriage, why are you walking?" Seeing the abrasions on the old woman's face, the man exclaimed: "You are injured, did you meet a gangster!"
"Don't worry, my mother and your father are fine. When the old woman saw her third son, she smiled from ear to ear.
"Third Uncle!" Cheng Linyun knocked on the iron armor of the incoming person, looking very novel, this is the first time she has seen the appearance of the third uncle wearing armor, very majestic.
The name of the person who came was Cheng Yu, the third son of Cheng Yu and the third uncle of Cheng Linyun.
"If you encounter some bandits, it's no longer a problem. Cheng Yu glanced at his son, and then looked at the hundred horses who were still waiting in the distance, and a rare trace of approval appeared in his eyes.
That is the elite of the Great Pubian Army, and it would be nice if all the armies of the Puguo had such courage and strength.
The old man thought so, his son didn't do it, Cheng Yu twisted his thick eyebrows, and said angrily: "Who dares to rob my Cheng family, father, what is the origin of the other party, the child will take out this evil breath for you!"
Cheng Yu, who has been guarding the border all the year round, has the aura of a soldier, usually he doesn't dare to speak in such a tone in front of the old man, but when he heard that his family had encountered mountain bandits and grass bandits, he was immediately furious.
"Yuan cottage. ”
Cheng Yu frowned and said: "The border pass is important, if there is a general's warrant, the border army can be mobilized, Cheng Yu, you must focus on the overall situation." ”
The meaning of the old man's words was to warn Cheng Yu not to send troops without authorization, because his third son was only the deputy general of the Zhenxi Army.
"Dad, don't worry, if I have the chance, I will ask for a talisman, and the child will slaughter the Yuan cottage with his own hands. Cheng Yu said coldly.
Cheng Yu nodded, suddenly remembered something, looked straight, and said: "You remember, if you see a little Taoist priest named Xu Yan in Yuanshan Village, don't hurt him, we can escape and ascend to heaven, it is all the credit of that little Taoist priest, he is your father's savior." ”
"Xu Yan?" Cheng Yu was stunned and said: "The child remembers, Yuanshanzhai is not to worry, now it is still the father's entry into Beijing as the priority, the child has a military order and cannot stay away from Qiyuan Gorge, these hundred horsemen will escort his father into Beijing." ”
"Iron cavalry at the border pass, do not leave the station unless the war happens, this is an iron law. Cheng Yu's face was gloomy, and his tone was heavy: "Take them back, just leave me a few horses, Yongning Town is not too far, and someone will naturally escort me into Beijing when I arrive at the post station." ”
"What's the use of that group of rice buckets at the carriage and horse station!" Cheng Yu suddenly became anxious when he heard this: "The closer you get to the capital, the greater the power of the Taiqing Sect, and the old horse of the national teacher ......"
"Shut up!" Cheng Yu's face sank, and he scolded: "You are not an official, don't talk about important ministers, just guard your border pass." ”
With a swing of the sleeves of his robe, the old man took his family to the front, and the hundred horsemen in the distance had already vacated a few war horses.
Facing the stubborn father, Cheng Yu was also helpless, after a little groaning, he rolled his eyes and shouted to his subordinates: "Hey, any of you who still have family leave, use it,"
The general spoke, and his subordinates immediately understood, more than half of the sergeants in the hundred cavalry dismounted and unloaded their armor, shouting that their home leave was useless, so they took leave and went home.
In half a month, he was almost able to escort Cheng Yu to the capital, but after coming back, all these forty or fifty soldiers had to be beaten.
The elite of the Zhenxi Army, there is no fear of being beaten, a group of military men only carry swords with them, and come to the old man with a smile, and there is a humane: "Old man, you enter Beijing, coincidentally, we also go to Beijing to visit relatives, you walk in front, we follow behind, by the way, hehe, by the way." ”
Cheng Yu glared at his son and snorted, but this time he didn't say anything else.
He is not a pedantic person, the third son seems to be reckless, but this hand is the essence of the officialdom.
Looking at the old man who was far away and his niece who waved goodbye to him, Cheng Yu gritted his teeth fiercely and whispered: "Even my Cheng Yu's old man dares to rob, Yuan Shanzhai, hum! Wait until the battle between the two armies is over this time, see if I don't trample you into ashes!"
"By the way?" In the bandit village deep in the mountains, Xu Yan, who was holding his stomach, said helplessly to the mountain bandits beside him: "I'll go to the latrine, donor, you are all on the way?"