Chapter 6: Crime and Choice
Qiu County, Lei Gong Mansion.
"What? That's recklessness, not a snake! Lei Gong, with eyes like pigs, thick eyebrows and high cheeks, and a striking black beard, raised his hand and smashed the porcelain cup in his hand.
The officials below trembled, "That Liao's is what he said......"
"I have reported it to the county lord, how do you let me explain!"
"Thunder, Lei Gong is angry......"
Slamming the table hard, Lei Gong got up and fell in anger, his chest rising and falling.
The people below knelt, and the atmosphere was tense and depressing.
Although Lei Gong was angry, he was not angry, and his eyes were shining. What he couldn't figure out was how he suddenly changed from a dragon to a reckless, he couldn't just be at the mercy of a villager!
Turning sideways, he looked at the official: "Go and check for me, if what the Liao family said is true...... a cruel killing machine flashed, "He slaughtered Long Village, cut off the head of the Liao family for me, and sent it to the county lord to ask for guilt." โ
"Yes!"
At ten o'clock in the evening, Jun Wu rushed into the city in front of the city gate.
I was worried about my mother and sister and wanted to rush home. But after thinking about it, she thought that the Lei Mansion and the Gao clan must have made the neighbors think that she was dead, otherwise they would not be able to cover up their crimes.
And Lei Mansion is a local hero, knowing that she came back from the dead, he will not let her go. After several considerations, she stayed under the big banyan tree in the east of the city, until it was dark, when everyone in the city closed their doors to rest, and the gongs and drums of the curfew sounded: "The weather is dry and the things are dry, be careful of the candles...... and then she cautiously walked the path to a deep alley in the south of the city, which is considered a slum place.
Qiu County is not very big, and Junwu walked for about half an hour before coming to the door of his house.
Just in time, there was a scream from inside the door! And the voice of tearing clothes like silk: "Don't! โ
Junfu kicked the door open, it was the voice of her fourteen-year-old sister Jun Yao.
"Jun Yao!"
Running to the guest hall, there was a strong smell of alcohol in his face, and he obviously argued with the messy tables and chairs and broken pottery...... Jun Wu saw her mother Wang hiding in the corner, covering her mouth, and looking at her with trembling all over...... was pressed to the ground by Gao, and the clothes on his chest โกโก his skin were torn, Jun Yao.
A stream of blood rushed to the top of Jun Wu's head almost instantly, and her eyes instantly turned red like blood against the cinnabar mole in the corner of her eye.
"Don't, don't...... Daddy, please don't ...... Woo woo...... "Jun Yao closed her eyes and cried.
Gao's beastly hair, gave her a crisp slap, and scolded: "You money-loser, I have sold you, instead of spoiling other men tomorrow, it is better to give me a โกโก for you first." โ
"Ah...... Sister, sister! โ
When Gao lowered his head to kiss him, a shadow fell above his head, and the sound of broken porcelain ...... He paused, dizzy. The blood that flowed from the top of his head to his nose and body, and for a while, he turned around...... Seeing a familiar face that seemed to be from hell, my eyes widened in horror.
Jun Wu's hand stretched out and grabbed his neck, without any hesitation, with lethal force, constantly tightened!
"Uh...... Uh......" Gao glared at her, patting her, but her hand only tightened.
His face turned pale and he rolled his eyes......
Jun Yao was already scared silly, except for crying, she had lost all consciousness.
"Sister, sister......"
Wang finally came to her senses, she quickly pounced on her and hugged Jun Wu: "Ah Wu, stop!" No! No! Seeing that she couldn't be persuaded, she stepped forward to pull it, but she couldn't shake it at all.
"Uh......" Finally, Gao's face was so white that there was no trace of blood, tilted his head, closed his eyes and rolled half of his eyes, and died.
And Jun Wu finally let go of his hand.
When Wang saw that Jun Wu really strangled him, he fell to the ground in fright for a while, "Kill, kill...... My daughter, killed my husband...... Yes! She clutched her head and cried out in a bit of a breakdown!
Jun Wu's footsteps fell back emptily and weakly, and he took two steps back.
At the moment when she strangled this beast, her world seemed to fall into a bottomless darkness in an instant.
"I ...... Killed ......"
Jun Yao looked at her sister, she was scared, but ...... She still crawled over, tugged at Junwu's skirt, and shouted, "Sister, sister......"
Jun Wu came back to his senses, and when he saw Jun Yao, who was full of wolves, he regained some senses.
Squatting, she looked at her, unable to do anything.
couldn't stop it, Jun Wu fell with tears of apology and heartache: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... It's my sister who came late and let you be bullied by that brute...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry ......"
Jun Yao hugged her, she could feel Jun Wu's panic and fear at this time, even if she herself was extremely flustered and scared.
"Sister, I'm fine, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I don't cry, I don't cry...... I'm fine, Jun Yao is fine......"
Jun Wu hugged Jun Yao tightly, and after a while, she glanced at Gao.
Standing up, Jun Wu carried Jun Yao into the house, took out a piece of intact clothes, and changed it to Jun Yao tremblingly, Jun Yao was also shocked and helped her obediently. Jun Wu took out the money she had secretly saved from the bedside as a female worker and weaver, packed up two pieces of clothes randomly, and went to Wang's room to get some things and pack them.
From where the fire was burning, she picked up another spade...... Jun Yao hugged the frightened Wang family, and watched Jun Wu drag Gao's body to the front of the courtyard, under the osmanthus tree that her biological father had planted.
Junwu dug out the osmanthus tree, dug a deep pit again, put Gao in it, buried it in the soil, and planted the osmanthus and filled it up.
Jun Yao didn't know what her sister was doing, so she only followed her in the middle, and then went to the guest hall, followed Jun Wu, and wiped the blood stains in the house with a rag.
Dawn, unknown.
Jun Wu took her simple luggage, took her mother and sister, took a deep look at her 'home', and left.
The day is at the beginning of the morning, early in the morning.
Because the Gao family lost a lot of money in gambling, he sold Jun Yao to a local ruffian with a mole on his face and as fat as a pig.
The ruffian had long coveted the two sisters of the Jun family, and originally made a set and wanted a pair. However, the sister was in Huanyi two days ago, and accidentally fell into the river, regretting her poor face, and this ruffian put his mind on the well-behaved and delicate little Jun Yao.
Carrying a sedan chair, he took the brothers to beat gongs and drums early in the morning to greet his relatives, and the neighbors came out to watch.
"Hey, boss, what's wrong with the door of the Gao family?" The little brother who opened the door was strange, and the ruffian stepped forward to take a look, and had some bad premonitions, pushed open the door and rushed in!
"Gao, Gao!" The ruffian rummaged inside and outside his house, and found that this dilapidated house was only an empty shell! kicked down the table and chair on the side at the moment, and scolded: "Damn, Lao Tzu was tricked by Gao!" โ
The little brother came over and pulled out a pig-killing knife from behind him: "Boss! Qiu County is so big, where can he hide! Let's go cut him and snatch the little sister-in-law back! โ
The ruffian looked at his little brother and thought about it, it made sense! Proudly hit his head with his head: "Haha, good brother! โ
Saying that, the ruffian and the little brother of Fang Cai shouted at the brothers to cut and rob people. When the ruffians in the group each have a long and short sword, holding the knife outward. And one of them came out and held down the boss of the leech.
"Who the?!" Scolding, the boss turned around and saw that it was the second brother.
Lang Xi, who had a somewhat feminine face, smiled evilly: "Big brother, don't be impatient." โ
"Second brother, Gao's deception is too ......"
Lang Xi leaned his index finger to his lips: "Shhhh......hh
The boss immediately shut up.
Lang Xi looked at the brothers, "Didn't you smell a strong smell of oil tea when you came in?" โ
"Camellia oleifera?" The brothers inside looked at each other, not to mention, but now they smell carefully, and there is a strong smell of oil tea in the air, which is used for women's clothes.
I saw that their second brother, who was the best at cheating gamblers here, stopped pacing in one place, then squatted and pointed to the ground, rubbed it inexplicably, and looked at his finger again, not knowing what he was thinking.
Although the boss of the mole was surprised by his actions, Lang Xi looked at him curiously because of his lazy personality and would not do anything meaningless.
He walked around the room, occasionally looking through the closet, and then walked to the front of the courtyard...... Pointing to the osmanthus tree in front of the door with cinnamon fragrance and golden flowers, he said, "Dig this laurel tree for me, dig the ground here, three feet." โ
Although the younger brothers were stunned, no one dared to listen to Langxi's words.
No, a bunch of ruffians with knives and shovels uprooted this laurel tree, and it was ...... They came to one, human heads.
Jun Wu took Wang and Jun Yao out of the city early in the morning and walked to the south of the city.
She didn't know when she would be found out, and she didn't dare to stay, so she kept hurrying.
It wasn't until Wang fell to the ground because of his lack of body that Jun Wu took her and Jun Yao to a ruined temple for a short rest.
During the break, Wang felt that Jun Wu had killed someone and would be discovered sooner or later, so he grabbed her and said in fear: "Jun Wu, the world is so big, where are you going to take us?" โ
Jun Wu looked at the Wang family, she didn't know, she just instinctively told her that they had to leave Qiu County, the farther away the better.
"Mother, there will be a place for us to go."
The Wang clan never left Qiu County, and it was not a peaceful time, there were wars everywhere. Wang didn't want to, and didn't dare to leave Qiu County, she persuaded Jun Wu: "Ah Wu, listen to your mother, you go and turn yourself in!" It was I who was blind and remarried to the Gao family in the first place, and made you suffer...... I ......" Gao choked.
Jun Yao went over and hugged Gao.
Jun Wu was silent, in fact, she had complained about Gao's family, and complained about her tolerance again and again, which fueled Gao's arrogance and absurdity. However, she is her mother.
Wang Shi was silent, "I know everything...... He always gambles, and he is always beating your ideas, I am useless, cowardly, and I can't protect you......" Wang raised his eyes and looked at Jun Wu with tears in his eyes: "Ah Wu, go and turn yourself in, the official master will definitely see what is going on, and then you will be lightly punished, and you will atone for a few years in prison, and your heart will be better, Jun Yao and I will wait for you!" โ
Jun Wu frowned.
Jun Yao: "Mother, what are you talking about!" Jun Yao stood in front of Jun Wu, "I don't want Sister Ah to go to jail, I don't want it!" โ
"Jun Yao!" Wang Shi screamed, turned to look at Jun Wu: "You killed him after all...... Where can you escape? โ
Jun Wu was stunned.
Wang grabbed her arm: "Jun Wu, you don't think about me, but also think about Jun Yao, we three women, where can we be accommodated in heaven and earth." โ
Jun Wu looked at the Wang family, although she felt that the Gao family, damn it! But Wang is right...... This is a troubled time, they have never been out of Qiu County, can three helpless women survive.
She has nothing to do with it, but the Wang family, but Jun Yao......
"Sister, don't listen to your mother! I don't want you to go to jail, I don't want you to turn yourself in, you're not wrong! Jun Yao hugged Jun Wu, afraid of losing her.
Jun Wu patted Jun Yao's head, at this time, she was a little confused.
Pulling away Jun Yao and the Wang family, her face was calm, but she was also pale: "You guys, rest for a while." I'll show up to get you something to eat. With that, she got up and left.
"Junwu!"
Ignoring Wang's shouts, she needs time, well, think about it.
And when she hurried to the wilderness outside the ruined temple, in front of her was a sky with no end in sight, and at the end, heaven and earth joined each other, encircling a square circle. She seemed to be imprisoned in a circle, and she walked forward, but after walking for a long time, she realized that she was always in this circle.
Stepping to a halt, a gust of wind blew her hair up.
Her gaze was a little far-reaching, fixed in the direction of Qiu County...... When their biological father was still alive when they were children, the good memories of their family's happiness, the bad news that their father died in the army, their mother remarried Gao, Gao's beat and scolded them, the broken family, and Qiu County, where robbers and officials and soldiers entered the city and looted from time to time...... And the crazy scene last night...... In the dark, Jun Wu felt as if there were two hands that were pushing her into the bottomless abyss.
She vaguely felt that her life was facing an important choice at this moment.
One way, go back, believe that in this world, there is still the so-called justice and mercy.
One road, go to the other unknown, use your own strength, for your family and yourself, to fight for a peaceful peace.
She stood there for a long time, and finally she clenched her fists and strode away on the path she had decided.