Chapter VI
On this day, Wang Cuo and Jing Laohan finished inspecting the empty village, and when they saw that there was no situation, they sat at the entrance of the village as usual.
The terrain here is high, and you can see the two roads into the village, and with the help of the wild grass, people can see outside, but they can't see here.
"Brother Wang, when do you think we can get through to the end?"
"I don't know."
"You have so much knowledge, how can you not know it?"
"Brother Jing, I know that spring must be followed by summer; There is water in the mountains, and there are streams under the valleys; The wind rises and falls, and the sun rises and the fog ends. This is the way of heaven, who can help it? But is this humane? Alas! "Wang Cuo really doesn't know how to talk to him." There will come a day when you think that everyone in the world wants to live and work in peace, then it will. ”
"I'm afraid I can't see it!"
Sad topic, both of them silently looked into the distance.
Wang Cuo was instructed by Yin Zi, and his heart suddenly brightened. Since then, he has put down his identity and, like other people, has cultivated his own crops and carried firewood and hoes. In spite of his old age, he did everything he could to help his fellow villagers. In his spare time, he will tell people about the beauty of Yao Tian Shun and the methods of cultivating virtue and health. Not only did I win everyone's respect, but I also felt very happy. Mrs. Hede took care of the little ghost valley, and she was full of laughter all day.
Mian watched the little ghost valley grow up and become sensible, so Wang Cuo and his wife personally taught the children to read and write words. It's strange to say, the little ghost valley is unusually smart. As long as your parents teach it once, you can look at it without looking at it. Not only that, Wang Wrong planted the ground and hoeed grass, went up the mountain to collect medicine, went down to the river to fish, and the little ghost valley had to follow, and he could also remember all kinds of skills.
The husband and wife were naturally happy, and they were eager to teach him everything they knew. Looking forward to him growing up soon, Yin Ziding will teach him more knowledge, so that he can glorify his ancestors for the Wang family.
But the good times didn't last long, the Yan king's power was endless, and with the attack of Donghu from the east and the Qi state from the south, the war continued for a while.
Everywhere were conscripted officials, shouting and arresting from house to house. A few days later, the list of the dead was posted, and the village was filled with panic and crying.
Within a few days, deserters and robbers appeared in the village, and they killed and looted in broad daylight.
The king understood the horror of the troubled times, and he also knew that he could not protect the people of the village with his own strength. So relying on his personal prestige, he organized all the old and weak women in the village to take refuge in the mountains. He and Jing Laohan served as sentinels, taking care of the only remaining houses and a few cultivated crops.
A shout made the two quickly sit up straight and look out.
An unkempt woman came running from outside the village.
Not far behind, several horses galloped in the dust.
"It's robbers or soldiers snatching women again." Wang Cuo said angrily.
"It's not uncommon for this to happen, and it's happened when the people of the village haven't taken refuge in the mountains. The robbers were better, and when they were done, they left. But the soldiers were not so ominous, and after they had spoiled enough, they had to take people away. The small ones were sent to the noble houses as slaves, and the older ones had to be used as soldiers to cook. ”
"We've got to help her!" Wang Cuo stood up.
When she saw the woman running into the village, she found that she was carrying a child on her back.
Wang Cuo didn't think much about it, he shouted. "Come here!" And he led the woman and ran into his house.
He shoveled the plank and said to the woman, "Get down to the cellar." ”
The women jumped off in a hurry.
The king had made a plank and had just walked out of the courtyard when three horses approached.
Only then did he realize that they were soldiers who had captured Ding in Yuyang County.
The three soldiers did not stop, and searched in the village house for a while, and finally got the two old men together.
"Do you see a woman? Old and immortal! The leader shouted.
Wang Cuo shook his head, and Old Man Jing looked straight at them.
The two old men had already dealt with this several times. Either pretend to be deaf and dumb, or pretend to be blind.
In desperation, the three soldiers beat the two old men with a few whips, and after giving up, they rode away on horseback.
"Maybe one day you will also go to the battlefield and be slashed by a knife!" Old man Jing covered his body and scolded.
"Let you be involved too! Brother Jing. ”
"In these days, a dead man is like a dead chicken, and a man is not worth a horse."
"But you can't die without help!"
The king mistakenly saw that the horses were gone, and then returned to the house.
He opened the lid and pulled the woman in the cellar up.
The woman's face was covered in dirt and dust, and the child on her back had frightened eyes.
Wang Cuo couldn't see their faces clearly, and just wanted to send her and the child to the mountains as soon as possible.
"This village doesn't dare to live anymore, let's go into the mountains!"
The woman listened to his voice and looked at him again, but she froze.
"King thief! It's you! As she spoke, she knocked Wang to the ground, and then picked up the wooden stick next to her and smashed it at him.
Instinct drove Wang Cuo to grab the oncoming wooden stick and shout in surprise: "Who are you?" Why do you still do this to the person who saved you? ”
The woman wiped her face, revealing her beautiful face, and shouted, "King thief! I'm the concubine Uncle Huan of Wu Qi who made your family ruined! I didn't expect to meet you here, I can't solve your hatred after I eat you! ”
"Mrs. Wu, listen to me, I..."
With tears streaming down her face, she let go of her hard-to-pull stick and threw herself at Wangcuo. But before she could catch him, her body went limp, collapsed on top of him, and passed out.
Old man Jing walked in. "What's going on? It's not going to die, is it? ”
Wang Cuo tried his breath and took the pulse again. "My body is too weak, I'm just unconscious!"
Wang mistakenly understood that this was his family who was forced to frame Wu Qi because he had no solar terms. It seems that the uncle not only did not kill his daughter, but also kept all the charges to himself. But how could Gongsun Huan fall here?
He looked at the crying child on her back, and no longer hesitated, saving people was important.
The king untied the child from her, flipped her over, and pressed Renzong with his fingers.
Gongsun Huan let out a long sigh, but Mian Qinghe's mouth was tightly closed, and his face was pale.
"It's hunger and exhaustion." Wang Cuo looked at Old Man Jing. "Take it back to the mountains!"
"But there is a difference between men and women!"
"It's important to save people! You carry children, I carry adults. ”
Wang Cuo carried the ring of his uncle, and the old man Jing carried the child on his back, and the two walked out of the house with difficulty.