Chapter VIII The Scourge of Conscription
Looking at the afterglow of the setting sun, Xizhu suddenly raised his hand, and at this moment he was holding a copper coin in his right hand, he held the copper coin in front of his eyes, and let the light of the setting sun reflect on his face through the square hole.
The copper coin is not big, there is a square hole in the middle, and there are many peculiar patterns on the copper coin if you look carefully, and the whole copper coin looks different from the coins circulating in Luo today in terms of size and pattern.
"What the hell are you?"
Xizhu muttered, although he knew the strangeness of the copper coin, and knew that it was a rare treasure in the world, but he didn't know anything about the origin of the copper coin itself.
Of course, the reason why he got the copper coin is that he has to say that he had an experience in his childhood that he still can't understand......
When he was twelve years old, he accidentally fell into a deep sinkhole when he went to the back mountain with some older children in the village because of his playfulness, and that time frightened many people, and the big guys were very frightened but there was nothing they could do, until they notified the adults in the village to come and rescued him from the sinkhole.
It was also at that time that Xizhu picked up this copper coin with the help of the faint light projected from outside the sinkhole when he was helpless in the sinkhole, and at that time the copper coin was already covered with green patina, and there was a strange light faintly emitted in the dark corner.
Later, because I heard that the kind of things picked up in the wilderness may be left by some dead people buried in the ground, maybe they will carry some unclean things, but Xizhu has always refused to throw away the copper coin, until later I accidentally discovered the extraordinary thing about the copper coin.
Among them, he was most shocked and surprised by the effect of copper coins that could make people pass through walls, which also made Xizhu once again convinced that he had really picked up a treasure.
It's just that he never thought that there was such a magical thing in the world.
After inadvertently discovering the anti-heaven function of copper coins, Xizhu was happy and surprised, happy that he had picked up the treasure, and the more extraordinary this thing was, the more it confirmed the words of the old people in the village.
After hesitating for a long time, Xizhu resolutely preserved the copper coin, and inquired in many ways, if you want to use this kind of evil thing, you must find a way to restrain the evil nature.
Later, I heard that the things used by the dead should be returned to dust with their masters, and that the shorter and closer they are to the soil, the weaker the evil nature will be, and it will not bring disaster to those who possess it.
Of course, the best way to do this is to bury it in the ground.
After hesitating for a long time, Xizhu came up with a method that ordinary people could not imagine, and stepped on the copper coin under his feet, so that he could always contact the breath of the ground soil, and he would not come out to make trouble.
In fact, everything Xizhu knows is just hearsay, whether it is useful or not, or the origin of the copper coin itself may be a question mark.
But over the years, as Xizhu grew up, he didn't find anything wrong with leaving this copper coin around, although at first he felt that the soles of his feet were a little uncomfortable, but then he gradually got used to it, and if he left this copper coin, maybe he would feel uncomfortable.
Moreover, Xizhu found that this copper coin could not always show its magical side, and it would take a long time to be effective after each use, so he had tried many times and hit a lot of walls.
After the last time I used it in the Xu Clan Mansion in Qi County, I am afraid that it will take several days before I can use it again.
"Boss...... Oh no, boss!"
Just when Xizhu was alone in deep thought, a rapid voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and when he looked back, a thin figure in the distance was running towards him quickly.
Look closely, that guy is small and thin, isn't it the little dog who follows him around on weekdays, just looking at this guy's panicked look, as if there is something urgent.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that the little dog came to him quickly, he couldn't stop panting while saying something inarticulately, but after a while, Xizhu still couldn't hear what this guy was saying.
Listening to his gibberish, Xizhu frowned, and a bad intuition began to appear in his heart.
"Big Fat ...... Big fat him...... Save...... Help!"
The puppy gasped and finally held back a few clear words.
"Let's go!"
Hearing this, with the demeanor of the little dog, Xizhu's expression changed, something must have happened, I saw him quickly put away the copper coin in his hand and stuffed it into his straw sandals, and then ran quickly in the direction of the village without looking back.
Dazhu Village is so big, don't look at him on weekdays, he looks like a boss to the big fat puppies and thin monkeys, but these guys have played with him since they were young in Dazhu Village, and the relationship is naturally very iron.
Listening to the little dog's words, it seemed that something had happened to the big fat family, and Xizhu was naturally a little nervous.
As far as he knew, Da Fat went to Qi County with his father very early in the morning, and it stands to reason that he should come back at this time.
Xizhu hurriedly ran towards the big fat house, and saw a lot of people gathered in the big fat house from a distance, and took a closer look, it turned out that the villagers had gone, and suddenly heard a burst of crying and noise, and before squeezing into the crowd, he saw the thin monkey from a distance, but at this time the guy was pale, and he seemed to have received some fright.
"What's wrong!" Xizhu asked as he quickly approached the skinny monkey;
As soon as the thin monkey looked up, he saw that it was Xizhu who came to him, and he immediately looked happy, and soon said hesitantly: "Boss...... Big fat, big fat, he's going to join the army!"
"In the army?"
Xizhu frowned, he had never heard of the big fat ever having any thoughts of joining the army, there were very few people in the army these years, who would like to join the army in peacetime, but why did this big fat suddenly go to Qi County to join the army.
"That's you...... When I went to Qi County, I had to pull my son up, and now you're back, but what about my son!...... You give back my son!"
When Xizhu finally turned around and squeezed into the crowd, he saw that at the door of the big fat house, a slightly chubby, forty or fifty-year-old man was sitting on the ground, his eyes were blank, and he was languishing, as if he had lost all his strength.
The man was the fat father, an old man, and at such an age, he could be said to be an old man in the village.
And the woman who is crying is the fat grandma, she is very fierce on weekdays, is a well-known and very capable woman, few people can compare with the sloppy play in the village, and on weekdays, Xizhu is not less scolded by this woman when he is looking for a big fat to play.
"Didn't this conscription make everyone volunteer? Why did this happen all of a sudden!"
At this time, the other people in the village began to discuss, and everyone's face showed sadness, and it took a while for Xizhu to understand that it turned out that Da Fat did not voluntarily join the army, but was forcibly arrested by the subordinates ordered by the county magistrate of the town.
It is said that it was a conscription order, and anyone who has two men in the family must go to the army to fight.
A Qi County supervisor happened to meet the big fat father and son, so he forcibly arrested the big fat, this time it was a big fat father, this entanglement, people did not bring it back, but they were beaten like this.
The fat grandma is crying at the moment, this sudden conscription made no one think, because the village is so big, how can they know the things in the world, many people may not be able to leave Qi County for a lifetime when it is peaceful, and this time the conscription is said to be sent to the distant southern border city.
After figuring out what happened, Xizhu's hand was also clenched into a fist, the big fat man was tall and no one was convinced on weekdays, but he admired him very much, and he was willing to be his little brother, and now he ended up like this, and his heart was not a taste.
But he didn't know that not only the big fat family, but also many townships near Qi County had happened the same thing, and many young people were inexplicably recruited.
"Boss!"
At this time, the puppy also returned, looking at everything in front of him, his face was pale.
"What shall we do now?" asked the puppy;
I saw that Xizhu was silent, looking at the tragic situation of the big fat family, he pondered for a while, then suddenly turned around and walked out of the crowd, and then walked back along the path.
The thin monkey and the little dog didn't know what to do at this time, they didn't pay attention to it in their hearts, and followed carefully from behind, who would have thought that Qi County, which was calm yesterday, would change how to say that it would change.
As for the rest of the people in the village, there were many who stayed to comfort the big fat family, and some people remembered something and hurried to the house, hearing that as long as there were two strong men in the family, they would be recruited, but they frightened everyone.
When the chaos was coming, many people began to feel uneasy, including the parents of the puppy and the skinny monkey, but when they all wanted to find their children, they found that they were nowhere to be found.
Night came again, at the foot of the bamboo forest on the edge of Dazhu Village, Xizhu pounded on a bamboo with one hand, and his face was ugly.
"Dazhu has gone to the army, so what should we do?"
The thin monkey said, if the four of them want to say timid, I'm afraid this thin monkey will be counted, don't look at him tall, he looks more energetic than the puppy, but he has always been honest and clever, but he is far less clever than the puppy.
"In the army, that is to fight, and to fight is to die!"
The little dog said that he was also scared, but he, like Xizhu, probably knew what was going on, and he and the thin monkey stood behind Xizhu and watched Xizhu's back, just waiting for him to make an idea.
"Big Fat was only arrested in the afternoon, if it is really like what his father said, then he must still be locked up in Qi County now!"
Xizhu said, and then some of his hands slapped the bamboo stem fiercely again, and his heart seemed to have made a decision.
"No, we're going to save him!"
After the words fell, Xizhu turned his head to look at the two guys behind him, but saw the thin monkey and the little dog looking at him with a shocked face, saving people from Qi County, don't say that it is the three of them who have not dried up, I am afraid that even those rumored recklessness may not be able to do it.
Seeing the reaction of the two guys, Xizhu thought about it again, and then suddenly raised his head again and said to the thin monkey and the little dog: "You guys go back first, I have to think about this matter again!"
This is a great way to save people, and if they are not careful, they will trap themselves.
After nightfall, the whole Dazhu Village seemed to be covered with a layer of panic, Xizhu returned home, and lay down on his bed after eating as usual, but he couldn't sleep this night anyway.