Volume 1 Red Dust Refines the Heart Chapter 18 The Miserable Zhuge Family
After a long time, he was once again awakened by the cold current, and in the haze, he noticed a vague figure shaking in front of him, a faint fragrance in his nose, a sigh in his ears, and then a soft voice vibrating in his ears.
"Don't move, you just took the antidote, it will take ten days and half a month to get better, please rest assured.
He blinked, his vision blurring. First of all, he saw the roof of the thatched hut above, and then he looked at the sound, and saw a beautiful face, a young girl. The lights flickered, and it turned out to be night.
"Girl, what ...... this?" he asked in prostration.
"This is a small village belonging to Qingyun Town, and you are now in my guest room. Zhuge Yanyan replied with a smile.
"You must have saved me, I'm so grateful. What's your name?" Wang Yumeng said with a look of gratitude.
"My name is Zhuge Yanyan, what about you?" asked Zhuge Yanyan.
"My name is Wang Yumeng. Wang Yumeng replied.
"At dusk, I came home from Qingyun Town, passed by the woods, and found that you had fainted in the forest due to the cold poison, so I brought you back. My grandfather also walked the rivers and lakes in his early years, and he had a lot of experience in the treatment of cold poison. However, you have been poisoned deeply, and it will take ten days and half a month to recover, so please rest assured. Zhuge Yanyan said softly.
"Thank you for saving your life, where is your grandfather? I want to thank you in person. Wang Yumeng said gratefully.
Zhuge Yanyan smiled gently, tucked the thin jacket for him, and said, "My grandfather went out to visit friends and chat, I don't know when he will come back." ”
There is a small bell at the head of the bed, if necessary, I will come to take care of the rattle, don't think too much, recuperate with peace of mind!"
Wang Yumeng sighed infinitely in his heart, in the reckless rivers and lakes, there are many villains who kill people unreasonably, but there are also many people who act bravely.
Listening to Zhuge Zhuge Yanyan's tone, it is clear that he is a martial arts family here, and her father was also a figure who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time in his early years, otherwise he would not have easily dissolved the poison of the ghost claws of Deacon Liu of the Five Poisons Gang, it seems that he has been rescued.
With a wide heart, he fell asleep dimly. This time, the cold gradually subsided, and he slept soundly. It was nearly midnight when he woke up, and in the haze, he heard someone singing in a desolate voice in the grass hall outside. ”
Wang Yumeng thought to himself: "This person is mentally ill, what are you singing here without sleeping in the middle of the night." ”
"Grandpa, you're drunk, rest early. It was Zhuge Zhuge Yanyan's euphemistic voice.
"I'm really drunk, and I'm drinking: it's going to be an eventful time now. Said in a desolate voice.
After a long time, Zhuge Yanyan asked in a low voice: "Grandpa, is there any movement?"
"Possibly. Sleep in peace, what should come will come. ”
"Who?" asked Zhuge Yanyan nervously.
"Your Grandpa Li is still not sure. ”
"Why are you here?"
"I don't know, it's not good anyway. ”
After a long time, Zhuge Yanyan sighed and said, "Grandpa, why don't we leave here, the world is so big, where can we not be tolerated?"
Grandpa also knew that this was not a quiet place, but grandpa was old, and he just wanted to die quietly next to his parents' graves to atone for the sins of unfilial piety back then. It's late at night, Yeon-yeon, go and rest, let me be quiet. Oh, what happened to that handsome boy you picked up? ”
"Grandpa, he's asleep. It seems that his physical strength is very amazing, and most of the cold poison is removed, and it may not take ten days and half a month to recover. ”
"In the past five years, my grandfather has never left his residence and is very unfamiliar with the rivers and lakes. This kid is injured and lying in the woods, eighty percent of them are from the rivers and lakes, the intention is unknown, you should be careful. ”
"Got it, grandpa. ”
Soon, silence returned, and Wang Yumeng also fell asleep.
The next day, he was able to get out of bed, but he was still weak.
Zhuge Yanyan's eyebrows seemed to contain hidden worries, and her words were extremely cautious, according to her, this thatched house has been the residence of four generations of the Zhuge family, and her great-grandfather was originally a soldier in Liucheng, Ningzhou, and there were less than 100 acres of mountain fields nearby, which was the cultivated land allocated by Ningzhou Government.
The officers and soldiers in Ningzhou are extremely unequal in class, the officials are hereditary, the father is the head of a hundred households, and the son is also the future head of a hundred households. The previous generation is a soldier, and the next generation is also a soldier. The inheritance is limited to the eldest son, and the second son is collectively referred to as Yu Ding. Therefore, the previous generation is a soldier, and the next ten generations and eight generations are destined to be soldiers.
According to her, her ancestors were passed down from three generations, and by her generation, there were only two brothers and sisters, and her father and mother and brother had escaped from the army, and after many years the village had long been desolate and uninhabited, barren and uncultivated, and had long since turned into a lush miscellaneous forest. Her grandfather guarded the thatched hut, and the two of them were reluctant to leave the place where they were born and raised.
Wang Yumeng had heard the conversation between his grandfather and grandson last night, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he wanted to thank the old man in person. But the old man Zhuge had gone out early in the morning and had no chance to thank him.
Throughout the day, the old man Zhuge was nowhere to be seen. In addition to delivering medicine and tea and rice, Zhuge Yanyan rarely enters the room.
He already felt that the atmosphere was unusual, and guessed that the enemy of the old man Zhuge had been found, and it seemed that in the barren mountain and thatched house, it would become a field of right and wrong again.
When the night came, he felt in good spirits, and the feeling of weakness had mostly disappeared. He picked up a handful of stones in case he needed them.
He instinctively felt that something bad was going to happen, and the shadow of misfortune had loomed over this mountain grass hut.
After a day of deliberation, he decided to step in. The eldest husband has clear grievances and grievances, and the ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhuge family have the grace of life with him, so how can he stand idly by? If it is good to be able to resolve the hatred between the two sides, otherwise, he has no choice but to fight desperately.
Barren mountains and mountains, it is difficult to distinguish the moment in the house.
There were people outside, and Wang Yumeng found that the crisis was coming.
He tapped on the wooden wall and warned the old man Zhuge in the neighboring room. Then he put on his boots and still lay on the wooden couch to watch the changes.
There was a faint sound of footsteps in the hall, and the old man Zhuge had already come out of the hall.
Reassured, he turned off the lights and opened the door a slit so that he could see movement in the hall.
The hall was pitch black, dead silent. But he knew that Old Man Zhuge was already waiting in the hall.
Sure enough, the visitor found that there was a preparation in the house, and no longer planned to sneak in, but entered in a grand manner.
"Tuk tuk tuk!" a knock broke the silence around them.
As soon as the knock fell, there was a loud "bang", and the two wooden doors, which were not too solid, collapsed with a bang.
There was still no movement in the hall, and no one seemed to be there.
Under the starlight, three black shadows stood outside the door, more than two feet away from the door, standing there like ghosts that had suddenly appeared.
The sound of wild insects all around, three or two owls were heard in the distance, and there were several long howls of wild dogs and jackals intermittently, which made people's hair stand on end.
"Is Zhuge Changqing at home?" the black shadow in the middle called in a shrill voice.
"Old friends are here, why don't you come out to greet them?" another dark shadow called coldly.
"Please come in!" Zhuge Changqing's voice called calmly.
The three black shadows hesitated, and someone sneered: "Brother Changqing, are you so poor that you can't even light a lamp?"
"Yeon-yeon, palm lamp. Zhuge Changqing said.
After a while, the door of the inner hall slowly opened, and Zhuge Qing appeared in the hall lightly with a vegetable oil lamp in his hand, placing the lamp on the divine case.
Three black shadows swept into the hall, and the man in the middle sneered: "Zhuge Changqing, it's been a long time. ”
"I don't know that Brother Wu is coming, and I have missed the welcome, so please forgive me. ”
Wang Yumeng, who peeked behind the door, shuddered in his heart, and said secretly: "There are at least three people outside, and the one who comes is not good." ”
Zhuge Changqing smiled at the surnamed Wu: "Brother Wu, the few guests outside are probably Brother Wu's friends, why don't you invite them in and sit down?"
The surnamed Wu nodded and said, "I also have this intention in the next." ”
As soon as the words fell, three tall figures suddenly appeared at the door, one in front of the two behind, and the person in the lead was actually Liu Yong who was chasing Wang Yumeng's Five Poison Gang.
The two big men behind him were his subordinates, each carrying a thick-backed single knife.
The old man Zhuge gradually changed his face, and he left his seat and arched his hand: "Please sit, your guests are coming, Peng Bi is bright, and I am fortunate to meet you." ”
Liu Yong sat down on a wooden bench and said with a smile: "When you are the evil doctor Immortal Zhuge Yun became famous, I was still a little minion! Brother Changqing is so polite in his words, I dare not be!"
"It's useless to become famous in the rivers and lakes, just ask about true talent and real learning and prestige in the rivers and lakes, who in Ningzhou doesn't know the name of Elder Liu Yong of the Five Poisons Gang? And I have already withdrawn from the rivers and lakes, and I am already a dying person......"
Before he finished speaking, Liu Yong slapped his palm on the tea table, and with a violent "bang", the two tea bowls that had been placed on the table in advance jumped up half a foot high, and fell to the ground and shattered with two "pops". Then, his thunderous voice was deafening: "Brother Changqing, I, Liu Yong, am a rough person. ”
Zhuge Changqing asked: "What is the purpose, say it!"
Liu Yong coughed dryly and said: "Brother Changqing was once a generation of heroes, not only strong in martial arts, but also superb in medical skills, wouldn't it be a pity to live here in seclusion and save his life? Therefore, we can't bear to see the decline of your brother, it just so happened that the first deacon of my Five Poisons Gang was injured, and I thought of you, the great god, so I made a special trip to invite you to come to my Five Poisons Gang to be the first doctor of the Five Poisons Gang in Ningzhou." ”
Wang Yumeng couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this: "I didn't expect it to have my own reasons, so I have to desperately protect Zhuge and the family." ”
Zhuge Changqing shook his head and refused: "I am old and sick, I don't want to go through the ups and downs of the rivers and lakes, and I deeply regret the shameful behavior of acting willfully and chasing fame and fortune back then......"
"Shut up! I'm not here to listen to your complaints, I have summoned you from the Five Poisons Gang, and you should not be called. Liu Yong shouted.
Brother Wu, who had been sitting upright, smiled faintly and said, "Brother Liu, I have something to say, I believe that Brother Changqing just can't think about it for a while, as long as we persuade each other with good words, he will ......."
Zhuge Changqing stood up abruptly and said awe-inspiringly, "I have nothing more to say. Evil doctors and immortals have been rampant in the rivers and lakes for more than 30 years, although they are perverse, their hands are hot and their hearts are black, their evil stories are like mountains, and their hands are full of blood. But ask yourself, I have never killed a helpless small people, you Five Poisons Gang have done some deeds of looting villages and slaughtering good people, I will never be willing to attach to the thieves. With that, he sat down heavily.
"Old man, be careful what you say. Liu Yong sneered and warned.
"Brother Changqing, you don't know how to do it. Then Brother Wu also said fiercely.
Zhuge Changqing's face sank, and he said sharply: "Wu Dahai, you heard clearly. Thirteen years ago, you instigated my son to leave home, took the opportunity to force my daughter-in-law, and then killed my son and his wife. I originally thought that this was the cycle of heaven, and the sky had eyes, as the punishment and retribution of my old man for the evil caused by the rivers and lakes, so I have been forbearing.
You have a ghost in your heart, and you know that your old man will not die for a day, and you will not be able to sleep for a day, so you invited these people to search for my whereabouts, and after ten days, you finally found me. The surname is Wu, the old man does not pursue your revenge for killing your son and daughter-in-law thirteen years ago, that is a fair punishment given to me by God with five unique swords. Therefore, you better leave me sooner. ”
"Hmph! You're right. Wu Dahai replied with a sneer.
Zhuge Yanyan was in a daze at first, and then the phoenix's eyes radiated a cold glow of resentment, a large string of tears rolled downward, and her figure flashed, and she went to the corner of the house and grabbed the two steel knives hidden under the stool.