Chapter 19 The old people are embarrassed to see each other
When people are old, they talk a lot, mainly because no one likes to listen to them, and after giving Xiaoman a broken blanket, the old man thinks that this little beggar has the responsibility to listen to his nagging.
"It's good to be young, as long as you are strong, there is always a chance, unlike me, an old man, when I am old, I only have to think about it.
Eat not fragrant, can't sleep, in the early years, if there was a bowl of gruel can drink the taste of the feast, at that time there was a lack of everything, especially food, the Zhuang family was busy all year round and couldn't get enough stomach, the days have been good in recent years, those losers give beggars are directly to the rice balls......"
Xiaoman is very tired, she just wants to cover this broken blanket and take a nap under someone else's eaves at this time, and then go to inquire about the details of the family diagonally opposite, this bad old man's endless chatter makes her annoying.
"Do you see that family? The old man was dying, and a big man was lying at home with a huge belly waiting to die. The junior is desperately going outside to feed him, and he has to put on a high-ranking elder.
Do you know, as long as there are juniors who are willing to give the elders who can't move a mouthful of food, a bowl of water to drink, and are willing to wear linen and filial piety after his death, this is the blessing of the elders......"
The more the old man spoke, the more excited he became, which may have touched his own privacy......
Xiao Man said in a rough voice: "What you said is reasonable, the elders of this family are indeed excessive, but it is really rare for an elder like you to be accessible, who is that family." β
The old man said happily: "The old man is like this, he can't see the juniors suffering, alas, he likes to open his mouth and say a few words when he sees it." The family moved in only the day before yesterday, God knows what kind of family it is, it seems to be a scholar, there are only two people, and the family has a little money. A few days ago, I saw a lot of servants serving, but today I didn't see any of them......"
Xiaoman asked, and the old man made the matter of Brother Chun'er's family clear, and he didn't even let go of the fact that Lu Huiqing likes to drink meat porridge.
When it was time for dinner, the old man left satisfied, and did not invite Xiaoman to his house for dinner. He's just too busy to find someone to listen to him, and if he can't find anyone, he'll talk for a long time, even to a puppy.
Xiaoman quickly checked his memory, and didn't find that he had any entanglement with a person surnamed Long, and the name Brother Chun was even more everywhere in the Great Song Dynasty. There is no difference between knowing and not knowing.
But Xiao Man is very sure that this surnamed Long knows himself, and knows his privacy, from Jingzhao Mansion and Chun Ge'er to the ambush on Shu Road, these are all deliberate.
This person is not an official errand, the official will not kill his own people, and these people are not people from the secret spy department, and it is impossible for the people of the secret spy department to make such an obvious mistake. She really wanted to know who the third party was.
Wangxi Town is too small, and the power of the astrolabe has not yet reached here, but the government still has the power to exist here. There are always two archers in a town, and if there are archers, it means that there are crossbows here, and Xiaoman is going to get a crossbow first, and then come to find the bad luck of this family.
After chatting for an afternoon, Xiao Man already knew where the archer's house was. Seeing that the stars had begun to blink, they quietly left the eaves.
The silence in the alley is scary. Although Xiaoman's steps were light, he still attracted a few dog barks. He took out a few dog food the size of pigeon's eggs from his arms, peeled off the oiled paper packets on the outside and bounced them into the courtyards one by one, and the dog's barking disappeared after a long time.
The beech tree by the wall climbed up to the roof of the archer's house with little ease, and because she was barefoot, her steps were lighter than that of a cat.
There were still lights in the room, and strange sounds came out, and Xiao Man took a sip and lifted the tiles to look at it secretly.
A sturdy man was running errands with a woman, both of whom were engaged and had no scruples about the child sleeping next to him.
There was a bowl of water on the head of the bed, and Xiao Man knew what the man looked like after he finished his errands, so a silk thread adorned with small silver balls quietly hung down from the top of the water bowl, and then some colorless and odorless liquid slid down the silk thread into the water bowl......
Xiao Man put away the silk thread and watched the Living Spring Palace in front of him with great interest. When the man's deep voice came, Xiaoman closed the tiles, leaving only a small gap to see if they would drink water.
The woman got up from the bed naked, and after taking a big sip of water, she handed the water bowl in her hand to the man, Xiaoman shook his head disdainfully when he heard the man say that he would be happy again after drinking the water.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the sound of snoring coming from the house.
Xiao Man came to the courtyard, and walked in with the dagger in his hand full of latches, the room was full of obscene smells, and men and women hugged each other and slept to death.
On the wall hangs a strong crossbow with loose strings, this is a standard bow and crossbow, and the crossbow arrows on the army cannot be compared, but this bow and crossbow has obviously been modified by the owner, adding a lookout and a gauntlet, as long as it is against the shoulder, the crossbow can be accurately activated.
Xiaoman only took three crossbow arrows, and it was useless to have more, if the three crossbow arrows could not achieve his goal, he had to escape overnight.
This set of actions in the archer's house will not work in the Long family, these are just some chickens and dogs on the rivers and lakes that can't be put on the big stage, if you want to deal with them, there is only a sneak attack or the most sudden attack, a young man who can deceive himself is obviously not easy to deal with.
The woman's child woke up, staring at the round eyes and crying, how to look good for a fat child who was less than a year old.
Xiao Man held the child and lifted the man's hand on his wife's breast, and the little guy immediately sucked happily, Xiao Man put the crossbow on his back and left the archer's house lightly.
Without a booster, Xiao Man almost exhausted all her strength to get on the crossbow strings, and after the three crossbow strings were ready, she felt her legs tremble.
What Lu Huiqing hates the most is sleeping, he knows that his time is running out, so he refuses to sleep more and more, and after he dies, he has time to sleep, which is what Lu Huiqing told Brother SΓΉchun.
After reading the paperwork in his hand, Lu Huiqing took a sip of tea, saw that Brother Chun was already asleep, shook his head and smiled, and looked out the window to recall his past.
I don't know if people who go to Yazhou can settle their families, but they have paid a lot of money, and the other party is a century-old number, so there will be no difference, but I don't know how many of my family members can survive until now.
Thinking of this, Lu Huiqing cried in a low voice, tried hard to suppress her moans, her body twitched violently, and she beat her chest with all her might......
How can the last time of one's life be wasted on meaningless revenge when he should have spent saving his family? He suddenly felt that all his efforts were deceiving himself, even if it was to prove that the person who attacked him was Yun Zheng, what about it?
He is already a prisoner, and if he only uses his current strength to take revenge, he is looking for death, and he has worked countless times, and now he is just touching the edge.
The shadow of death never faded, and his growing belly was a reminder of the imminent end of his life.
There was a knock on the door outside.
Brother Chun sat up with a wheel, and the knife was already in his hand.
Lu Huiqing sighed, signaled Brother Chun not to be frightened, let him serve him to dress, and then go to open the door to welcome guests, since people have come to the door, avoiding it will only make people laugh.
Brother Chun helped Mr. get dressed, sat on the wheeled cart with him, and pushed him out of the door, the secret identity has always been Lu Huiqing's biggest protective color, but now that layer of fog is gone, the fragile Lu Huiqing can only resign himself to fate.
Xiao Man is as beautiful as a fox fairy in the moonlight, although she is only wearing a coarse cloth dress, her hair is raised high, her white and smooth neck, her chest is towering, and her slender waist is all exuding the brilliance of beauty.
"It's rude to visit in the middle of the night, Xiaoman greets Mr."
Looking at Ying Ying's bowing Xiaoman, Lu Huiqing's chest rose and fell so badly that he couldn't say a word for a long time, and the memories of that violent and evil night filled his chest, and he turned from a human to a ghost on that night!
"You're not dead?" Brother Chun screamed, and for some reason there was a faint sense of indescribable ease in his heart.
However, his eyes curled left and right and continued, "Where's your manpower?" Let them all come out, there are only our masters and apprentices here. β
Xiao Manmei smiled: "The concubine is a weak woman, where did she come from." β
Before the words fell, a crossbow arrow flew out from behind the big tree and was firmly nailed to the door panel beside Chun Ge'er, and the tail of the crossbow arrow was buzzing and trembling, ready to burrow into the door panel like a snake.
Xiao Man frowned, glanced back at the place where the crossbow arrow came out, and said with a smile on his face: "The little woman wants to know why Mr. would be so careful to deal with such a weak woman as a concubine." β
Lu Huiqing looked at Xiaoman's tall cloud temples, and then looked down at her dry and sparse gray hair and said with emotion: "When I first saw the girl, the girl was as beautiful as a flower, and I was also a young man. β
Listening to what Mr. said, Brother Chun was very surprised, Mr. is over sixty years old, this woman doesn't even seem to have a double decade, could it be said that she is really a first-class fox fairy who can stay beautiful?
Just as he was about to take a step forward and see more clearly, a stone hammer dangled out from the edge of the porch and slammed into Chun Ge'er's head, knocking him to the ground in an instant.
Lu Huiqing reached out and felt Brother Chun'er's snort, and found that he was just smashed and fainted, so he smiled and said: "That's fine, I talk about old things with the girl, and I really can't tolerate interference from others." (To be continued)
PS: Chapter one