Chapter 11: Three Branches

Liu Xiaohua has never been so angry.

She also thought that after this period of baptism, after receiving Liu Er's lesson, she had learned a few tricks, and she was much more cautious and cunning, and didn't she fool Liu Er and that son. I even feel that I don't even know how much thicker my nerves are than before, and I plan to follow this routine in the future - more acting and less head-on with others.

I didn't expect that now, when I met someone who didn't eat soft and hard, it really slapped her back to when she just crossed over. It made her feel helpless and didn't know what to do again. Otherwise, Hades is so difficult to see little ghosts. Instinctively, there was a thought of retreating.

But Liu Xiaohua stood there, watching these monks who were two or three heads taller than the two girls bullying people like this, but her heart was filled with boundless anger.

These people, knowing that the two women are telling the truth, and also know that the two are being driven out and cornered, but they have no compassion at all, and they want to cheat people for money! Who hasn't been a bastard?! Liu Xiaohua's eyes were hot, and she slapped on the broken table with a 'bang', glaring angrily: "You guys are almost done, don't get an inch!" What's the point of bullying a little girl! Four dollars, you either let us live or give us back! Now everyone is watching, if you really force people to death and let us freeze to death at the gate of this temple, I don't believe that any of the monks present here can get out of it. Although we are the fourth uncle, now we are out of power, and the fourth uncle is not good, but our southern four branches are not dead! The four branches of the south are useless, and they will not let you owe your lives and continue to be free. ”

As he spoke, he pulled the three branches and walked out, "We are not afraid of death!" Don't be afraid of death!! ”

Sanzhi Qi said: "Yes." Death is death. Death will also drag you to the burial! We're waiting for you ahead! ”

The old monk was stunned for a moment, and then stood up abruptly on the table, "Who forced you to death!" Who drove you to death! He shouted to the sleepers who were watching the excitement, "I didn't force them!" ”

Those people just looked at him and didn't speak.

He was a little displeased for a moment. Speaking of which, he just wanted to see if the two little girls still had any money in their hands, and then force it out. didn't expect people to follow his script.

"It's no use shouting louder. You didn't force people to die, and when we died, we will know when the chief of the clan stands up and asks who will pay for their lives. Liu Xiaohua stopped suddenly, looked back and looked at him coldly, "Are you afraid?" ”

"You!" The old monk pointed at her.

It's a stalemate.

At this time, a middle-aged man finally came out of nowhere, and said in a round game: "Okay, okay." Why bother like this? The two little girls are also pitiful. ”

The old monk snorted angrily and asked him to reason: "What can I do?" That's the rule. I didn't set the rules! If the people of the clan know that I don't include it and let them live, I will have to scold them. The tone was somewhat softened.

The middle-aged man smiled and said to Liu Xiaohua: "You two little girls are too, you are young, and you speak impulsively." The great monk just does things according to the rules, and he can't hate it. Why gamble on such anger. After speaking, he didn't wait for the two people to respond, and said to the old monk: "If you want me to talk about it, this is a big deal, and the two little girls can't occupy much space." It's not that there are no empty shops. Anyway, everyone present knows what is going on, and will help you testify, and the clan can't blame you. You see, they don't testify for you, and I'm still here. Let them live. Even if you do a good deed, you will accumulate virtue for your family. ”

The old monk snorted.

Liu Xiaohua's face was silent, but she was relieved in her heart. He glanced at the middle-aged man gratefully. As long as the monk begins to succumb, this matter still has to be discussed. I'm going to have to stay there first.

At this time, Sanzhi shook off Liu Xiaohua's hand, rushed to the old monk, pointed at his nose and scolded: "You don't talk about the rules." The people here are very clear! Everyone has a rod in their hearts. Do the rules of the clan let you charge four dollars per person? Knowing that we are really from the Liu family, we just can't say that we are the seniors, even if you are forced to collect money by the rules, you can't cheat us like this! How old are you and how old are we? Together with the money of the younger generations of the clan, it is not a good thing at first glance, you have to be free, look in the mirror more! How many evil deeds you have done, and how much retribution you have suffered, it is all on you. ”

Liu Xiaohua didn't even pull it, and Sanzhi had already scolded these words.

There was a dead silence in the temple.

Even the middle-aged man stopped talking. The monks stood in place, their faces unusually angry.

Sanzhi jumped to his feet, and he was about to scold again. Liu Xiaohua grabbed her and covered her mouth. Hurriedly said to the old monk, "The master has said that the whole family has told us one by one, and she is ignorant and scolds you, which can be regarded as a tie, and no one owes anyone." Let's take a step back. ”

The old monk stared at her with his dim eyes. For a long time, he showed a weird smile that made people shiver behind his back, "Okay." He took out the four coins from his pocket, jumped with one foot, and went to Liu Xiaohua.

Although he came on one foot, he jumped more steadily than he walked on two legs. handed the money to Liu Xiaohua, stared at Sanzhi and said, "Actually, it's all my fault." I'm old and disabled, so it's hard to get upset. It stands to reason that I should not take your money properly. Okay, alas, I'm taking this soft and admitting this mistake. It should be regarded as accumulating virtue for the family. Dwell in it. You should take this money back, I have lived most of my life, and it is time for me to do good deeds. It's the clan that blames it...... old monk paused, turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man who was a peacemaker with one eye, "When the time comes, this brother will remember to promise me to help me say a few good words." Don't tell the clan to even give me this job. ”

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Of course." Without a trace, he glanced back at the two little girls.

Liu Xiaohua held the four coins as if she was holding a hot soldering iron.

Sanzhi broke away from her, grabbed the four money, glared at the old monk fiercely, pulled Liu Xiaohua and said to the old monk, "It was supposed to be for us to live." Don't talk about it as if it's still stained with your light. You just say the flowers, and we don't owe you any good. Aha, go. Let's go in! ”

Liu Xiaohua walked into the temple and looked back, and those monks were still standing in place looking at them. The gaze is gloomy and compassionate, and it chills people's hearts. Seeing that she looked at it, she didn't mean to hide it at all.

Liu Xiaohua turned around, saw that the middle-aged man was a few steps in front of her, and hurriedly ran over.

Sanzhi grabbed her and whispered in her ear, "What are you doing!" At first glance, they are a gang, otherwise why didn't he stand up and speak for us before? Wait for the old monk to be scared, so he came out and made mud! ”

Liu Xiaohua frowned and said, "He didn't open his mouth at first, because he was afraid of causing trouble." Later, when I had the opportunity, didn't I stand up and speak? That alone we should remember him. After all, in this world, only parents will ignore themselves and stand up for us, how can they ask others to sacrifice themselves for us. Sanzhi reluctantly let go of his hand.

"Please stay." Liu Xiaohua chased after the middle-aged.

The middle-aged man looked back and saw that her expression was very cold.

"We are from the South Fourth Branch, Rong Zi, I don't know what you call it?"

The middle-aged man just asked, "What's the matter with the girl?" ”

Seeing that he refused to report his name, Liu Xiaohua didn't ask much, but just saluted him respectfully and said, "Thank you so much." The two of us just came from the mountains, and we haven't experienced anything, so if there is something to offend, please bear with me. ”

The middle-aged man saw her smiling and so polite, so embarrassed that he was embarrassed to keep his face tight, "You want to ask for guilt, and you have found the wrong person." You have not sinned against me. ”

Liu Xiaohua smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it's useless to find the right person." ”

The middle-aged man saw that she seemed to understand something, so he beckoned her and told her to follow him to the corner to avoid the wind and people, and then said, "Seeing that you are about the same age as my girl, I will say something more." You should not offend these people in the temple anymore. Don't look at them as if they are disabled, as if they are not as good as ordinary people. But these people are all invited from the ethnography. Do you know what it means to please? Although cultivation is not able to benefit, and it is said that it is a waste, but it is not easy to deal with us ordinary people? None of the clan dared to offend them at will! These people, there are countless ways to make you die without a trace! Little girl, I didn't say you, you can't be too strong in dealing with people. It is not good to be unforgiving on the outside. Don't hit people in the face, don't pick up other people's sore spots and scold others, be a man and leave a line for others, but also leave a line for yourself? After speaking, he looked at her, looked at Sanzhi who was standing far away and shook his head. He turned around and left.

Liu Xiaohua was just guessing at first, but now that it has been confirmed, her heart is sinking like a lump.

Seeing that the middle-aged man was gone, Sanzhi rolled his eyes at his background, walked over with a dissatisfied face, and pulled Liu Xiaohua to live in the east, "I see that there is still a space over there, just the two of us sleeping." "Excited.

Liu Xiaohua was pulled by her to walk to the east, turning her head to look at the monks as she walked, they had already dispersed, as if they had forgotten what had just happened.

After entering the house, Liu Xiaohua immediately closed the door. I ran to push the window open, saw the high wall outside, and silently closed it again.

Sanzhi happily returned the two money to her, "We can live in the clan temple all the way, and the dry food we bring is enough to eat." This money will be saved, and I am afraid that it will be used urgently in the future. ”

Liu Xiaohua looked at her, and her heart was really mixed, as if she saw her own stupid self before. I wanted to talk to her. Not just for the sake of the future, even if you die here today, don't be a ghost who will die in a daze. But Liu Xiaohua didn't know how to say it clearly. How much did she hear adults talk about when she was at home before? I can't count them, but who really hears them. In the end, it wasn't until I hit my head and bled that I knew right and wrong.

Just as I was thinking about it, something knocked on the window twice. Liu Xiaohua stood up vigilantly, walked to the window, signaled Sanzhi to stop talking, and asked, "Who?" ”

"Open the window." The sound on the opposite side is lower.

It turned out to be pockmark.

Liu Xiaohua opened the window puzzled, and was greeted by someone stuffing the bed quilt in.

"What for?" Three branches came over.

Mazi's white face was reflected like a ghost by the snow, and the pockmarks on his face were particularly conspicuous. In fact, if you look closely, his appearance is not ugly. It's just that his face is too angular, as if he was born with a ruffian smell. It makes people feel uncomfortable when they see it. He only stared at Liu Xiaohua, and immediately glanced away, as if he would blind his own eyes if he looked at her more, and said, "That old thing is not a good thing." Don't stay, if you stay any longer, you won't be able to leave. This is for you to wrap on the road, a little warmer is a little. ”

Sanzhi snorted when he heard this: "I don't believe they dare to let us do anything here, just like Ah Hua said, we are dead, and they can't get out of it." You hemp son wants to trick people again! We are stupid to listen to you, and it is going to kill you to run out in the middle of the night to blow the cold wind. You want to kill us! ”

Mazi sneered: "Silly! He said to Liu Xiaohua: "Anyway, I tell you that there is a dog hole in the east." How do you love it? After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and left.

Liu Xiaohua hurriedly stretched out her hand to grab him and asked, "Why are you helping us?" ”

At this time, the windows were low, only a little below the waist, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, she just pulled the cuffs of the pockmark, and her hand passed by. Mazi was startled, and the whole person jumped up, "Don't move your hands and feet!" "The ears are red at the base.

"I just want to thank you, what's your name!" Liu Xiaohua was taken aback by him: "Wait a minute, call someone again!" ”

Mazi had a calm face, looked angry, lowered his voice and said, "I don't need you to thank you." I didn't want to help you. Who told you to have a good brother? When I see your brother, remember to sell it to me. I'll save your life, and if he has anything good in the future, remember to help me a lot. ”

Liu Xiaohua couldn't help but say: "You don't do loss-making business." ”

"Yes. I just don't do a loss-making business. Otherwise, why talk so much nonsense to you two stupid. I'm sick! He immediately turned around and left. It's like there's a ghost chasing after you.

Liu Xiaohua closed the window. Saneda asked incredulously, "Do you believe him?" You're not crazy, are you? How cold is it outside on this snowy day? If you want to go, you go, I won't go! It's really a bad brain. ”

Liu Xiaohua asked her: "I heard that there are cultivators, and there are thousands of ways to make people die without a trace?" ”

"Yes. I've heard that, too. But didn't you see that you said just now that we were going to die here, and the monk was afraid? He wouldn't dare let us die here! Don't listen to that hemp boy and believe him as soon as he flickered. Eleven out of ten of his sentences are pit people, and you don't know it. Have you forgotten that he always bullied us? ”

"It's not that the monk doesn't dare to let us die here, but he doesn't dare to let us freeze to death at the door."

"Isn't that different?" Sanzhi said impatiently.

"Where's the same? The clan temple was originally a place for the clansmen to stay, and he didn't let us live and we died, which he couldn't rely on. But if we die of illness in the family temple, what is he afraid of? This is not a medical center. ”

"He said that we died of illness and death? The clan will check. ”

Liu Xiaohua said: "Really? Look at her.

Sanzhi looked a little hesitant and said, "This is human life, even if we don't have a backstage in the southern four branches, and there is no one in the clan who can speak, it won't let us die in vain." ”

"It's not a backstage thing. There is a murder case, in order to maintain the clan rules, even if we don't have a backstage, the clan will find out. ”

"Isn't that enough!" Mitsueda glared.

"But if you scold him for being physically disabled, the consequences will be different."

"What's wrong with scolding him. He also scolded first! Sanzhi was not convinced.

Liu Xiaohua said patiently: "He is a monk of the clan temple, what is the reason for his physical disability?" Do you know how many clan temples there are in the Liu family, and how many disabled monks like him are in the clan temples? Are you scolding him alone? Don't say what these monks in the clan temple will think. Aren't those people in ethnology sad when rabbits die and foxes die? To put it mildly, they all risked their lives to enter the clan in order to strengthen the clan, if they didn't go forward and succeed, what ability did our Liu clan have to stand in the world and not be eaten by other clans? But these people are not only not respected by their people, but they are also insulted. If this incident really makes a fuss, even if it is found out that he killed us. The people of the ethnography and the people of the clan temple will only feel that we deserve it, and we don't know what we deserve to be grateful. If the tribe really punishes the murderers severely, where will they be placed? Aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of these people! What do you think the clan will do? ”

Sanzhi was stunned for a moment and said, "I'll just scold him." It was also he who scolded me first. How can you pull out so many things? She muttered, "It's all your own guessing, it's all you talking about, maybe you're thinking too much?" ………… Tell yourself how tired we are here. It's not this thing, it's that thing, and finally there is a warm quilt...... I didn't just scold him. What's the big deal? As for what happened! Besides, there are people living on the left and right sides of this place...... How dare he ......"

"I hope I'm wrong. But what if I'm right? Liu Xiaohua asked. Seeing that Sanzhi stopped talking, he continued, "It's a little colder at most to catch up with the night. You might even find a place to rest on the road. There are so many road shrines, there are always one or two who can temporarily avoid the wind and snow and get through it. ”

Seeing that Sanzhi still refused to move. Liu Xiaohua was about to continue to persuade, when someone knocked on the door.

Sanzhi got up and was about to open the door, but Liu Xiaohua stopped her and asked, "Who?" ”

"Senior brother called for you to bring food."

The aroma of food wafts in from the outside.

Sanzhi's eyes lit up, and he immediately went to open the door again.

Liu Xiaohua grabbed her hand and glared at her fiercely.

Sanzhi had never seen Liu Xiaohua so fierce, so he was stunned for a moment. Dissatisfied: "What are you doing?" ”