18. Encounter with the princess
"Are you all right?" After the group left, the sun immediately walked in. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The toddler was still weeping, but when he saw him, he stopped crying. When Sunshade winked at her, she laughed again.
"We're all right!" the adamant-like blacksmith put down the child and walked into the shop. He reached for the spear beside him, took a piece of cloth, and wiped it silently.
"That's a good gun!" said Sun. The blacksmith carefully rubbed his gun, but did not answer his words.
He walked over to the little girl, crouched down, and magically passed a half-dried flower from his hand.
The little girl carefully took the flower and grinned happily.
The sun crouched there, watching her play with the flower with pleasure: sometimes she lifted it above her head, sometimes she turned her body, and for a moment she forgot what had happened.
Looking at her happy appearance, the sun also sank into it.
Sometimes, such a pleasant scene can really be infectious.
Looking at the little girl, the sun suddenly fell silent again. He unconsciously felt a pain in his heart. That scene kept coming to his mind.
It was also a little girl, a toddler dressed in a white and red suit, just like this little girl now.
She's such an elf, so cute. A man was holding her, she was no more than a year old at most, and she was just able to stand up. And that man, on the other hand, was going to die.
Before he died, he hugged his daughter tightly. The daughter sat there playing without knowing anything. He lay there miserably, and said sadly, "Son, I am dead, what will you do?" The daughter looked at him with wide eyes, but she could not understand. She turned her face and babbled again, grabbing a branch on the ground and playing, gesturing at him from time to time. He was talking in a cobbled voice, but he was already in tears.
What could be more tragic in this world? He was going to die, and she was the only one left. She was still so young and helpless, and she would undoubtedly die too.
With all his might, he reached out and stroked her little head. She was wearing a very white and neat set of flowers, and her clothes were white and red. It makes her look even more cute. He was on the verge of death, and he had to take good care of her, and he would rather be in tatters than suffer as much as he did.
On her neck and chest, there is also a cloth bag hanging in which there are a few clean steamed buns that she begged for. He himself was so hungry that he was skinny, but he put all the steamed buns on her. He deliberately placed the steamed buns in front of her so that she could reach them. She doesn't understand personnel at all, and it is even possible that even if the steamed bun is behind her, she will starve to death because she can't find it. A few steamed buns, how long will they support her? Of course he wouldn't be unaware. What would happen to her? His tears were raining down, and his heart was like a knife, but it was not because he was about to die, but because he was worried about her.
When his last breath came up, he reached out in pain, trying to touch her little head again. But halfway through his hand, he had no strength. The little toddler screamed, saw him stretch out his hand, and also stretched out the steamed bun in his hand to him. She thought he wanted it, maybe she wanted it for him. But his hand hung down.
When he died, his eyes were still on his daughter.
He didn't blink an eye.
He leaned under the trunk of his own tree, his eyes full of sorrow, sadness, concern and helplessness.
This scene is tragic enough, but what is even more tragic is that the little toddler sits there, completely unaware of what is happening around him. She had no idea that the dearest, the only one who could protect and take care of her, was dead. She'll be alone all her life.
When he was passing by to collect medicine, he happened to witness this infinitely sad scene under the tree.
- Returning to his thoughts, he couldn't help but sigh again.
He stood up, looked at the little girl, and smiled. Then he slowly retreated.
When he walked down the street alone with a basket of herbs on his back, his mood was much more relaxed. Looking up at the sky, the weather is bright. He likes the sunny and cool weather. Such good weather will always bring people a very comfortable feeling.
As he stood on the street, he was confronted by a man who was walking and the sun in front of him suddenly appeared in front of him, almost knocking him along. The man was taken aback, looked at him more closely, twisted his face again, shook his head, and then he left.
With a smile, he still walked to the Tingshui Bridge, and the Wangjiang Pavilion was under him.
The willows on the bank of the river were green, and he stood against the bridge, looking at it all.
The catkins are flying, floating in front of you.
Shade stretched out his hand, took a small piece of fallen flowers, and looked at it carefully.
"The world is cold, you are so involved in this land, floating to the ground-people say that falling flowers help sorrow, it is really reasonable, am I worried at this time?" he said for a while, and then suddenly, "Although a person is unrestrained, but suddenly there is no way out, and those trivial things, it is strange not to worry!"
"It doesn't seem to be the case—"
"Fallen flowers return to their roots, fallen leaves return to the ground, the ground may not be cold in their eyes, but it is where they belong. They rise from the ground and eventually return to the earth - but what about this man?" he looked up: a flock of geese flew north, fluttering.
"It's a pity that this bird is black, if only it were the white one I had imagined—"
"It's like them, but it's much bigger than them. Let people sit on its back, fly over the woods, over the peaks, over the lakes, and over the surface of the little river. Far away from the mortal world, everything is under you, and there is no dispute with yourself. It's like in that fairy tale, with that joyful tune floating in my ears. By day, at night, the silver-gray night, the lights appeared in the houses of the woods by the river, and it was the House of Silence—the land of the sky, above which the birds soared slowly, and let the ghost and devil swim in the vast sea below. Villages, towns, seas, mountains, and rivers flow slowly underneath you. The birds are among them, the people are in them, and they are unobstructed, how beautiful!"
He looked down at the catkins in his hand again, and said, "Heaven has a heavenly realm, and people have a human realm." People, in fact, also have their benefits. Wandering in the city in the sky all the time may inevitably make people feel lonely. Where will it end in the end? Where will it end? Will it be the same as this catkins-" He smiled again at the thought of this, "This beautiful fantasy is really a pitiful merit of man. But anyway, it's always good. It always makes people affectionate and full of comfort. ”
"But people are still people, real people. Reality always reminds people of something at any time, melancholy things. ”
He smiled, held up the herbal flag in his hand, and waved it.
"For example, until now, no one has been willing to buy my medicine or see me!"
He smiled and shook his head: "...... Sell medicine, see a doctor, and get rid of good medicine as soon as it arrives. Specializing in the treatment of all kinds of diseases, large and small, and selling all kinds of herbs ......"
Lively street markets, he interspersed them. All the way through.
Along the way, only one person asked him, or asked him how to treat the disease and how to use medicine. Whenever he met these people, he would speak to him with great enthusiasm.
Sometimes he even deliberately told others what amount of medicine to take, what medicine would be more effective when combined with it, which medicine would go through which meridian, or what pulse would be produced by that symptom......
He walked forward with his head down, but he did not gain anything, and when he was looking for a place to rest, he looked up and saw the prison camp. This camp is where the yamen holds prisoners.
"How did you get to this place?" said to himself, turning and walking back.
At this moment, several people came out of the door of the barracks. The leader is the Cangyue Sheng.
The cell is an important place in the government, with strong guards, and it is in the quietest place in the city, and there are few pedestrians at the door. This sun walked there, so that the public could not wait to look at it a few more times.
"That lamb wanted to die several times, and even hit his head, and it was useless for him to be punished, he just refused to recruit!"
Cang Yuesheng's face was gloomy, and even his voice was low: "If he wants to die, let him live, as long as he lives, there will be a chance." No matter what method you use, I just want his confession!"
The man immediately understood: "Don't worry, we will treat him well." No one who has come in has not yielded, no matter how hard his bones are, we have a way to make him soft as soon as possible, and I believe that soon, I will present his confession to adults as soon as possible. ”
That Cang Yuesheng explained a few more words, and took two people to walk over there.
As soon as he saw the prison camp, he wanted to leave quickly, but as soon as he had taken a few steps, the man standing at the gate called out to him. Sunshade stopped, looked left and right, and pointed to himself, meaning to call me?
The leading duke nodded: "It's you!"
Suncover never thought of going to jail.
And no one would ever think about going to jail. Because everyone knows that kind of place, there are no people staying.
However, even if no one wanted to go, there were still a lot of people who were sent there.
No matter how beautiful you used to be, no matter how arrogant you used to be, it was as easy as pinching an ant to death. But when you get here, you feel like you're not as good as that ant.
Maybe you've never felt what fear is, but here, you'll know what the word fear is.
It was dark and musty, mixed with the kind of depression and torment of not seeing hope and losing freedom.
And in the eighteen-story hellish prison, the prisoners were unclothed, and the pigs and dogs were lying on the filthy and foul-smelling ground.
There are also bruises and mutilations all over the body, and there is pus and blood flowing on the body. And the broken hand, which is still hanging from the arm, and when the other person moves, the hand swings there like a swing.
"You're in, whatever you used to be, you're a dog now!" In front of the torture chamber, several people gathered around the man as if he had been crucified, one poured a scoop of hot water on him, and the other hooked him in the ribs with an iron tong, and inserted a pipe through his mouth......
Anyone who sees this may be shocked and gag.
As he looked at the prison with eighteen layers of iron gates and high walls, he felt as if even the air around him had become gloomy. He left without looking back, even though the man was asking if he would see a doctor.
“…… Sell medicine, see a doctor, and get rid of good medicine as soon as it arrives. Specializing in the treatment of all kinds of diseases, large and small, and selling all kinds of herbs ......"
The bustling street market always gives people a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
The wonderful juggling of a charlatan on the street attracted a group of onlookers. The lion stood on two tables, and to the sound of the cymbals, he flew up and down, and a few of them rolled in the air, and everyone applauded. I couldn't help but admire when I saw it.
The two girls looked even more frowning.
From time to time, they leaned on each other and happily watched the interesting things in the lively street market. Among the dazzling goods on both sides, silk scarves and antiquities were played, and they also reached out to caress them from time to time.
"Miss, this is called the Bird's Nest, and as soon as the clamshell is opened, a few of the little birds in it will call, and they will have fun. Look!" the vendor saw that she was interested in a golden-decorated glassware with a beautiful appearance, and opened it for her to see.
Sure enough, as soon as the "crystal glass" opened a small crack, there was a sound of "chirping" like a chirp from inside. The young lady was very amused, and when she looked closely, there were really a few small chicks with their pale yellow transparent mouths open, as if they were calling.
The young lady took it in her hand and said to the maid with a smile: "Look, this is so funny!"
The vendor said, "If Miss likes it, just buy it, only 80 yuan!"
The maid tugged at her sleeve and whispered, "Miss, we have no money, do you still want to buy it?"
The young lady stopped laughing, and put the bird box down, looking unhappy.
The maid took her and left.
The vendor shouted, "Why, why doesn't the young lady want it again?"
The maid turned around and said, "We don't want it!"
The vendor was unwilling to say: "This way, I'll be cheaper, sell you one, seventy yuan a piece!"
The maid said, "No need, we don't want it!"
The vendor held up the bird's nest and said, "Why don't I reduce it a little more, how about sixty wen?" Come back quickly, miss, sixty wen is sold, open a business, and don't make money!" However, the two of them have already walked away.
He walked up to the vendor and looked at the bird.
"Guest, take a look, maybe there is something you like!" the vendor left them and hurriedly beckoned him again. When he saw the sun looking at the little bird, he lowered his head and picked it up. "This boy is really a good eye, this little plaything is not only exquisite, but also fun and beautiful, and the workmanship is ......" When I looked outside, the person was gone. He hurriedly poked his head and opened the streets left and right: people came and went, and there was no trace of him. He wiped his eyes: "It's weird, it's still there, why is it gone!"
Indeed, the sun is far away.
The desolate man also went away.
It was only then that everyone noticed that the white silver, because of his departure, was completely exposed to the cart. At this time, most of the people were no longer curious and frightened because of the head, but nine out of ten people talked about the cart of money. When did they see so much money, enough for any of them to eat and drink for most of their lives, and the eyes of those who looked at it were about to fall.
"He's exposing his possessions so openly, he's going to get into trouble sooner or later. Two strong men looked at the two things wrapped in cloth beside them.
"Of course there is trouble, but after two years, it should be a miracle that he can still keep the money for this car without dying. ”
"He can kill someone like Li Batian, and he can escape from the hands of death, of course ordinary people will not be his opponents, but there should always be some exceptions. ”
"He's a great swordsman, and the person who can be his opponent is not interested in his belongings. But who would be interested in his appearance? Otherwise, he wouldn't be down to this day. ”
"Some people don't care about his money, but you see, these boring people, their eyes are wide open. ”
"This person is too bold, so much money, isn't he afraid of people robbing him?" The onlookers next to him also discussed.
"In broad daylight, who has the courage to do it within the jurisdiction of Lord Cang? I don't think he wants to live!"
"Of course you don't dare!" but you see, these people--ah-" Before he could finish speaking, the people saw five or six big, disheveled ruffians coming out of nowhere. They surrounded the car, and one of them was standing on it. One person went up directly and led the horse, while the others stared fiercely at the crowd of onlookers around them.
At this time, the Bleak Sword was still in the tailor's shop on the side of the street, and the carriage was more than ten meters behind him. He didn't seem to know that someone behind him was beating his cart of money.
When the people around him saw this situation, some of them were busy worrying about him, and some were angry and wanted to come out to help, but when they saw that there were many of them, they didn't make a sound, and they didn't dare to act rashly. He was anxious to give him a look, but he was only concerned with picking out the right clothes in the shop—his clothes were already tattered.
"Everyone is watching, they still want to rob Luoyang City, there is a good show to watch now!" the two strong men spoke again.
"I want to snatch something from the desolate sword, I really don't know how thick the sky is!"
Just when everyone was anxious, everyone saw such a scene of crying and laughing: although the five people blatantly robbed, they also had a clear division of labor. One person pulls the horsebit ring in front and four people push the cart in the back. However, despite the shouting and fiddling of the people in front, the horse did not listen to him, and did not move a word. At this time, even the horse actually knew to help the master. And the four people in the back, as soon as they went up, they used all their strength, and they couldn't wait to carry the wooden cart and run. Two of them were behind the car, and when they saw the bloody dead man's head, they were taken aback with an "ah" and were frightened. One of them touched the head of the person, almost fell backwards, and rushed to the two people in front. The five of them worked together, but the horse still didn't move.
"Cut off the horse ring and push the cart away!" The five of them were obviously in a hurry, and they no longer cared about anything.
"I'll keep you going!" said one of them, who threw fire on the horse, and shouted that he was about to cut it down with his sword. A very dazzling light flashed, and a black whirring thing suddenly flew out, and the knife fell to the ground with a "clang". Then the man fell to the ground.
What flew out fell into the crowd, and it was a human head that was still shaking.
"Murder!" the crowd woke up, and then they exclaimed and scattered.
I saw that next to the headless corpse that had fallen to the ground, the Desolate Sword was standing there. He held the bloody sword in his hand, his face was expressionless, and he did not move. The remaining four people were stunned when they suddenly saw this scene. But their eyes turned red in an instant, and they surrounded them with a large number of people, and raised their knives to cut down.
The screams resumed. In the distance, everyone saw that two people had suddenly become four sections. The two of them rushed up first, they rushed, and then the two of them were from the waist together, and the upper and lower bodies were separated. They even looked down and saw with their own eyes that the lower half of their bodies had detached. At that time, they were still wondering how they could see such a terrifying scene.
The two people in the back, when they saw that the two people were separated in a moment, their hearts were broken, and they stood there and forgot to move. At this moment, the Desolate Sword stood behind them. As soon as the two men saw this man, their hearts were cold, as if they had seen death. In fact, they couldn't see anything else but death.
It was then that the sun rushed in, and he ran to the fallen man to see if there was any room for help. However, what I saw was blood flowing all over the place, the head and waist were in different places, and the intestines were cracked, where could I still be saved?
Several public servants patrolling the streets rushed over and hurriedly dispersed the crowd of onlookers. The crowd looked at it from a distance, talking about it.
The Desolate Sword stood beside the corpse of the five bodies that had been killed. He killed 5 people without saying a word, not even reacting to everything around him. He stepped into the carriage and was about to leave, when several dukes rushed forward to stop him. The Desolate Sword was half-lying in the car, his body still facing backwards, his eyes looking behind him, as if he had no idea of everything around him.
Cang Yuesheng hurried over at this time. When he saw this extremely tragic scene, his face became even more ugly at this time, which had always been gloomy. He turned around and shouted: "In the royal city, kill people indiscriminately, and be lawless to the extreme, take down this murderer for me-"
The men marched forward in unison, drew their swords, and tried to arrest him. The Bleak Sword slowly stood up, and the male hurriedly stopped moving. They looked at the sword in his hand and did not dare to step forward for a moment.
Cang Yuesheng shouted again: "What are you waiting for!"
The man was waiting to step forward, and the desolate sword put the sword on the car, and slowly stretched out his hands: "I'll go with you." ”
-- Watching him being taken away with people and cars was not a taste for a while.
"These villains, when you see one, you should kill one of them, and kill them directly, so as not to harm the people. It is precisely because of these harmful spirits that this world is so chaotic!"
"Kill it directly? Do you see this person? Do you think good people will be rewarded? Save it! You think everyone is the empty head......
Listening to the discussions around him, and then looking at the Cang Yuesheng, he saw that he was silently immersed in directing the handling of this endgame that everyone talked about.
He glanced back into the distance again, and retreated silently.
-- The two of them saw this scene and hurriedly left, and then the horror was settled. "--Meimei, where do you say we're going to raise money?"
"The young lady doesn't know, and the slave doesn't know!" The maid didn't know either, and the two of them had sad faces as they walked.
"Why didn't you bring more gold and silver with you when you left the palace!
"I didn't know that Miss would suddenly decide to come out, so I only brought this little bit. If Miss had said it earlier, I would have brought more. ”
"If I hadn't been forced to do it, I wouldn't have come out!" The young lady sighed, white as jade, and her face as beautiful as a flower was full of sorrow, "My father wants me to marry the king of the Western Regions, I don't want to! I don't want to be like the third sister, this departure is the distant northern country, and I can't see each other again!"
Originally, Miss still got along well with the third princess, but in the blink of an eye, she left Miss. I think it must be like this when she goes to such a strange place, and if she changes the slave and maid, the slave and the maid will be unhappy. ”
The young lady looked at her and said, "What are you worried about?
The maid said: "Yes, the slave maid is also thinking about the princess and worrying about the princess!"
The princess said, "You don't have to worry, I won't go back!"
"But—Princess—we have no money!," she added, referring to the harsh reality before us.
The two of them fell into depression again for a while.
"-Princess?" they were sullen, but when they heard it, their eyes lit up—it was really hard to find it with no place to find it. He didn't expect that the princess he had been looking for before would let him meet him here.
And the two girls didn't even notice that the medicine seller who was walking behind had heard all their secrets.