Chapter 283: If you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing in the future
Su Chen and Zhou Jiamin let go of each other, and in the face of the approaching pair of Orion father and son, the former maintained a trace of vigilance, and said politely: "Thank you for saving the hero!" ”
The middle-aged hunter looked at the two of them and asked curiously, "Who are you, why are you so embarrassed, as if you have been hunted down?" ”
Su Chen smiled bitterly and explained: "It's not a secret, we originally followed the business team from Runzhou to Jinling, and when we went to the vicinity, we met the Green Forest bandits, and they killed people when they saw them, me and ...... The fiancée was fortunate enough to escape, but she was also not lightly injured. ”
Zhou Jiamin heard him tell him the identity of his fiancée, showing a little shyness, but there was a burst of sweetness in his heart, and a touch of tenderness quietly floated in his eyes.
"It's disgusting!" The middle-aged man was very upright, scolded the bandit a few words, and then said politely: "Out of the mountains and forests, the foot of the mountain below is our Zhuangzi, if you don't dislike it, you can go to the cold house to change your clothes first, recuperate for a few days, and then do it to stay." ”
Su Chen pondered for a while, and felt that this proposal was very safe, the current situation outside was unknown, he and Jiamin were injured, and they were also very hungry, so they urgently needed a safe place to rest and recuperate, and replied: "Then it will disturb this strong man." ”
"The contemptible person's surname is Jing, and the single name is a Hong character, this is the dog Jingyun!" Middle-aged Orion introduced.
Su Chen nodded slightly, quite grateful to the father and son, after all, without the two of them, he and Zhou Jiamin might have been torn apart and devoured by the wolves.
"Under the surname Su, a person from Runzhou!"
Su Chen saw that the father and son of Orion did not look like bad people, and they had just saved their lives, so he didn't suspect any more, and planned to go to the village to rest for a while, and then think about where to go next.
Zhou Jiamin has no opinion, and for the time being, Su Chen's horse is the head.
Jing Hong and Jing Yun tied up the several wolves they shot together, and then lifted them up, intending to bring them back to the villa, and strip off the wolf skin, wolf meat, wolf bones, etc., all of which can be exchanged for money.
After a few moments, the four of them began to descend the mountain.
Su Chen and Zhou Jiamin supported each other, followed the father and son of Orion, left the mountain land, and finally saw a farm in front of them.
On Su Chen's body, there was only a thin underwear, and his outer shirt had been taken off and buried in the land before going down the mountain, so as not to enter the village covered in blood and cause misunderstanding and more incidents.
After entering the entrance of the village, I found that there were only more than ten families here, all of whom belonged to the mountains.
In addition to cultivating the land, some of the men in the village went to the mountains to hunt and become hunters, some cut wood to become woodcutters, and women picked mountain fruits, medicinal herbs, and weaving cloth to fill the household.
Under the leadership of Jing Hong's father and son, they came to a simple courtyard.
"This is a humble house, I'll find you some clean clothes to change into, and you can live in the side room next to it."
Jing Hong arranged a side room for the two of them, and went to find two sets of clothes, both of which were ordinary kudzu cloth clothes.
Su Chen and Zhou Jiamin washed off the blood and sludge on their faces, their hair was also washed, and they changed into clean clothes, and they were immediately refreshed.
Especially Zhou Jiamin, there is no gorgeous dress on her body, she is much simpler, and the soft sunshine in the morning is reflected on her delicate and smooth face, which is unparalleled.
After Jing Yun was surprised to see it, he looked at Su Chen with a look of envy and said, "Brother Su, your mother-in-law is so beautiful!" ”
When Zhou Jiamin heard this, her cheeks flew red, this kind of title and identity made her feel an indescribable joy in her heart, and her eyes glanced at Su Chen affectionately, mixed with soft wave affection.
Su Chen just smiled embarrassedly, replied no, vetoed not, and accepted it silently first.
Jing Hong's wife, Liang, was generous and decent, not as rough as ordinary mountain village women, and when she saw her husband bringing back guests, she was also very enthusiastic, and she specially cooked a few dishes and stewed venison during lunch.
Su Chen learned through chatting with Jing Hong that he also had an eldest son, who had been conscripted into the army three years ago, and Jing Yun was the youngest son, who had studied in a private school in the village for a few years and knew some words, but it was not the material for studying in the imperial examination, so he stopped studying since he was eleven years old, and has been following his father to the mountains to hunt.
Jing Hong's ancestor, from the Northern Central Plains, was a middle-level general in the Later Jin Dynasty. At that time, Taiyuan stayed behind, Hedong Jiedu made Shi Jingjiao collude with the Khitan, recognized the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang as his father, and at the cost of ceding the sixteen states of Youyun, he ascended the throne in Taiyuan with the support of the Khitan and called the emperor, the country name was Jin, and the history was called the Later Jin.
Soon after, the Jin army invaded Luoyang, and after the destruction of the Later Tang Dynasty, Shi Jingjiao's practice of cutting off the land was opposed by many, including his own former cronies. At the time of Shi Jingjiao's death, his nephew Shi Chonggui was appointed as the heir.
After Shi Chonggui ascended the throne, he decided to gradually break away from his attachment to the Khitan, and he first claimed to be a grandson to Yeludeguang, but not a minister. The Khitans were dissatisfied, and led the army to attack Jin, and the two sides fought in Lanzhou, winning and losing each other. In 945 AD, the Khitan marched south again, and Shi Chonggui personally conquered and defeated the Khitan again. But two years later, the Khitan went south for the third time, and Du Chongwei, a major minister of the Later Jin Dynasty, surrendered to the Khitan, so that the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty was lost; Shi Chonggui was forced to surrender, and his family was captured to the Khitan, and the Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed.
Jing Hong's ancestor was at that time, fled south to Yang Wu, served as a military officer in Wu State, and later got older, plus the impact of the injury, he resigned from the official mission, disarmed and returned to the field, three generations down, the descendants became hunters.
After Su Chen heard some of the Jing family's past, he felt that when he needed to employ people in the future, he could take care of them.
In the afternoon, Su Chen changed the medicine for himself and Zhou Jiamin, but fortunately, the wound was not inflamed and would not be in much danger.
In ancient times, the mortality rate was very high after a knife wound on the battlefield, because of the low level of medical care and the absence of anti-inflammatory drugs, the wound was easily infected, inflamed, feverish, and suppurated, and the wounded were prone to death.
Su Chen took out some broken silver and handed it to Jing Hong, asking him to ask someone to buy some medicinal herbs, he needed decoction to relieve pain and heal injuries.
Jing Hong said in response: "No problem, I asked Yun'er to go to the town to grab medicine, he ran fast!" ”
Su Chen nodded, and at the same time took out two pieces of silver cakes and handed them over: "The two of us need to bother for a few days, maybe after a few days, we also need Brother Jing's escort, and the silver on my body is useless, so I will hand it over to Brother Jing, buy a carriage, and buy some household goods." ”
Jing Hong refused: "So many silver taels, I can't do it!" ”
Su Chen continued to persuade: "These silvers are nothing compared to saving lives, as long as they are taken care of properly, escort us back to Jinling or Runzhou, and thank you when we turn back." ”
He made it clear in advance, because he and Zhou Jiamin were in trouble here, and the silver taels on their bodies would become a burden, and if they didn't get it right, it would lead to death, and there were many such stories.
Su Chen didn't want to test human nature at this time, because human nature is the most untestable!
Safety first, use money to eliminate disasters, take it out in advance, ask for help frankly, and believe that under the heavy money, you will be able to win over the Jing family's enthusiastic hospitality and get things done.
At dusk, Jing Yun bought the herbs from a town more than ten miles away, and after Su Chen asked Mrs. Jing to decoct the medicine, he and Zhou Jiamin both took it, so that the injury was controlled in time.
When night falls, the sky is full of stars, and the night of July is obvious.
After dinner, Su Chen stood in front of the door of the wing room, looking at the starry sky overhead, with a feeling of immortality, watching the fireflies fluttering outside the fence wall, and sighed softly: "The silver candle autumn light is cold on the screen, and the small fan flutters the fireflies." The night is as cool as water, lying down to see the morning glory Vega. ”
Zhou Jiamin walked out behind him, listening to Su Dacaizi's poetry, it was the great poet Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty "Autumn Evening", about the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, there was a special emotion in his heart, and he secretly thought: Is he taking the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to sigh about himself and his situation? Should you take the opportunity to sleep in a shared room tonight...... What about a private decision for life?
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