Chapter 61: The Valley Tragedy
Shi retracted his stunned gaze, and his voice gradually became heavy: "If you report to the emperor according to the truth, not only will the family be ugly, but also disobey the emperor's order, and the Wu family may lose their lives if they have no face." ”
In order to block Uncle Hai's mouth, Master Wu designed to frame him and drive him crazy. He found five patients that Uncle Hai had treated this month, and even coaxed and deceived them, asking them to frame Uncle Hai for poor medical skills, unfavorable treatment, and even killed people. ”
Uncle Hai devoted himself to curing diseases and saving people, and his obsession with medicine and his dedication to medical skills made him unable to afford the mistakes he let go. Of course, this is a made-up mistake. As for how Master Wu deceived those five patients, I don't know. It's up to them to elaborate. ”
Wu Gen, Zhang Bing, Wang Tie, Geng Er, and Qian Dafu's axes hanging from their necks finally smashed down. How could they have become the target of public criticism and the street rats that everyone scolded them?
"Wu Gen, Uncle Hai cured your illness, but you hurt him like this, are you still human?"
"Zhang Bing, say it quickly! Why did you hurt Uncle Hai? ”
"The surname is Qian, you have so much money, what more do you want? Do you want someone else's life? ”
Qian Dafu took out a money bag from his arms, poured the silver inside on the ground, spat on it twice, and stepped on it a few times.
"I say! Uncle Hai did cure Xiaodou's illness and ...... And healed their sickness! Unexpectedly, one day, Master Wu came to my house, and he asked Xiaodou to continue pretending to be sick, and he was even sicker than before. I resolutely refused, I said that the child could not pretend to be sick, and others would know whether he was sick or not. ”
"Master Wu said to let Xiaodou pretend to be dead. He said that his son would become a great general, and if this helped him, he would get us to the capital and let Xiaodou become a great official in the future. He also said that if I don't do this, my life, the life of our whole family, including the lives of the whole valley, will be at risk. ”
I asked him why. He said that the imperial court wanted Wu Pingzheng to suppress the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but Wu Pingzheng was willing to be a girl since he was a child and could not go to the battlefield. Therefore, he invited Uncle Hai to treat Wu Pingzheng, but Uncle Hai couldn't cure Wu Pingzheng for a while. So Master Wu planned to find a strong man to replace Wu Pingzheng, anyway, Wu Pingzheng never went out, not to mention that no one in the court, even in the Honest Valley, had seen his face. ”
Uncle Hai thought that Master Wu should report Wu Pingzheng's illness to the court according to the truth, and should not deceive. Master Wu was afraid that Uncle Hai would expose him, so he found us patients who had just been treated by Uncle Hai and asked us to frame him and drive him crazy. ”
"Master Wu said that if Uncle Hai exposed Wu Pingzheng's condition, the imperial court would think that our honesty valley was immoral and would put us all to death. But I didn't, I didn't promise Master Wu, I just ...... Avoid Uncle Hai......"
Qian Dafu gushed endlessly, poured out all the remorse he had suppressed for months, and finally spat on the silver twice before he could give up.
Zhang Bing said with a sad face: "Master Wu also told me the same, I have never seen the world, I am afraid...... Alas! ”
Wu Gen, Wang Tie, and Geng Er drooped their heads, sometimes nodding, sometimes muttering to themselves.
The gray sky shrouds the valley of truth, and their joy will not be lost by the withering of all things, nor will their compassion be extinguished by deception.
Master Wu had already fainted and fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth with white foam. The way he fell to the ground showed how much he struggled physically and psychologically.
Qing Min unlocked the acupuncture points for him. The stone pressed against his man with one hand, and grabbed a large stone with the other hand and put it under Master Wu's head.
The subordinates of the Wu family rushed over and looked at the old man on the ground in a daze, at a loss.
"Come, you press the Hegu acupoint and the Renzhong acupoint! You massage up along his legs! The stone said to the Wu family.
They immediately got their hands on it. Master Wu quickly opened his eyes and saw again what he didn't want to see.
Mrs. Wu sat on the ground with trembling hands and feet, and her mouth kept chanting: "Bodhisattva bless!" God forbid! ”
Wu Pingzheng lowered his sleeves and stared ahead expressionlessly. There was a glimmer of joy in his eyes, the joy of being released after being imprisoned for too long.
"Uncle Hai is really pitiful, and Master Wu is also very lacking in morality, but what Master Wu said seems to have some truth!" The crowd asked, "Wu Pingzheng's disease of being a man or a man, and a woman being a woman is really affecting the reputation of our Honesty Valley, what will the court do with us?" ”
"Don't worry, the imperial court won't deal with everyone because of Wu Pingzheng's illness." The stone comforted the people.
"How do you know? I heard that there was a village where there was an adulteress who hooked up with men, and as a result, the whole village was executed by order of the imperial court. ”
"Then is this man who is neither male nor female in our valley more unsightly than an adulteress, and we all have to suffer?"
"This has nothing to do with us, I have never been to the Wu family, nor have I seen Wu Pingzheng!"
The crowd was anxious.
"Folks, no one knows about this except our valley now. I am here to expose the truth in order to return Uncle Hai's innocence, not to let the villagers die......"
In the distance, dust was blowing, horses' hooves rattled, and a group of men and horses galloped and grabbed the reins in front of everyone.
The two leaders had a white face and a black face, and they called themselves the political envoys of Hu Guangbu and the prefect of Jingzhou.
The political envoy of Hu Guangbu and the prefect of Jingzhou, who came to the gate of the Wu family's compound a month ago, have become yesterday's yellow flowers.
A man dressed as a eunuch took out a roll of yellow silk silk from his bosom, stretched it out, and whispered: "The holy decree has arrived!" ”
The villagers were so frightened that they quickly knelt on the ground and bowed their heads.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Wu Pingzheng, the general of Zhenbei, is a thief impersonator, Wu Pingzheng and his family boldly concealed it, deceived the monarch, and punished the nine clans; The people of the Valley of Honesty joined forces to deceive, and their sins were unforgivable, and they were all to be beheaded, and no one was left behind. Chin this! ”
The white-faced lake envoy said: "Wu Pingzheng's impostor has been corrected on the spot. ”
The black-faced prefect said: "Within five days, the captain of the Jinyi Guard will rush here to carry out the execution." If there is a escape, he shall be punished by chopping and punishing the nine tribes. ”
After the decree was read, everyone flew on their horses and hurried away.
The rain finally fell, and the big drops fell on the backs of the people of the Valley of Honesty. The crow struggled to spread its wings and swim against the current.
The day is as dead as the night.
The crying, the bickering, the shouting all stopped, and time had frozen.
In just a few moments, a team of people brought the news of the destruction of the valley to more than 200 people in Honest Valley.
They are the unluckiest people in the world, and the only thing that is fortunate to know why they died before they die.
The devil of despair has come, and he is fierce and ruthless. He sealed their mouths, bound their hands and feet, and used the most cruel methods to dig out their hearts and livers, and drive their souls to the darkest places.
Upon returning home, the people of Honest Valley drove away all the demons, leaving behind memories of happy time with their families during the five days they spent dying, even though they knew that these memories would only float over the graveyards of Honest Valley.
Parents no longer reprimand their children for being naughty, wives no longer blame their husbands for being lazy, and husbands no longer get tired of their wives because of their nagging.
Stone, Qingmin, and Uncle Hai sat in the courtyard.
After yesterday's storm, there are leaves and petals wrapped in silt everywhere. No one can imagine what they were once like from these filth.
Several pots cracked, and the dirt slipped away. They don't know that they have left their homes and can only go with the flow.
"The three of us don't have to die." Qingmin broke the silence, "None of the three of us are registered in the Honesty Valley, so we are not residents of the valley. ”
There was not a hint of joy on the stone's face. From yesterday to now, he has never thought about his life. Uncle Hai stared at the broken can, gloomy.
Qingmin continued: "I heard Uncle Hai say that he came here more than ten years ago to avoid the enemy, so he didn't want to make his real name public, so he didn't register in Honesty Valley. We only know that his name is Uncle Hai. ”
"My uncle asked me to go to the rivers and lakes, and I never thought that I would never leave Honesty Valley, so I was not registered in Honesty Valley. Not to mention, you've just arrived, and you're certainly not a person from Honesty Valley. ”
"Although we don't have to die, it's really uncomfortable to see our neighbors who have been together for so long being executed, and we can't do anything. You said, impersonating Wu Pingzheng This is the crime of deception committed by the Wu family, why did the emperor execute the people of the whole valley? This emperor is really a faint king! ”
The stone covered its head, and it seemed to be pried open by a sharp awl, and it stirred vigorously inside.
From the moment the eunuch dismounted and read the decree, he became groggy and chaotic.
Before that, he also clearly exposed the truth about Wu Pingzheng's disguise as a woman, analyzed and found out the murderer who wronged Uncle Hai, and was ambitious to cure Uncle Hai's madness.
It's not that he didn't think about the crime of bullying the king, and it was because of this that Uncle Hai opposed Master Wu's bad idea. But he didn't expect that this holy path would be placed in front of the villagers in the valley just when they knew the truth.
He hadn't thought of a countermeasure yet, and he felt hopeless lost in the forest, unable to find an exit.
He even thought that if he didn't find out the truth about the whole thing, maybe the people of the whole valley wouldn't have to be executed.
"Stone, do you have a way to save the people of our valley?" There was a buzzing sound in the stone's ears. His eyelids moved, and he looked up at Qing Min, trying to speak, but his mind was too chaotic to organize words.
"Stones! Stone! The stone's stupid state made Qing Min panic, "It can't be that even you are sick, right?" ”
"Save the people of the whole valley!" Stone muttered, "Save the people of the whole valley!" He kept repeating.
"They need to be saved by you, you can't get sick!" Qingmin shook Shishi's shoulder vigorously and slapped him again.