Chapter Seventy-Three: Life Hangs by a Thread
Anyone's child will grow up, if it is a girl, I hope she is beautiful and beautiful, considerate and moving, find a good in-law, if it is a boy, I hope he is knowledgeable, has a successful career, has a wide range of financial resources, and has a prosperous official fortune, and Xu Deshan perfectly meets these conditions, the only regret is that Xu Deshan's age is too young.
When he was fighting Confucianism in the county yayu, Xu Caizheng thought that this was the highlight moment of Xu Deshan's life, but then, Xu Deshan built his own school, and then, Xu Deshan was able to call Zhizhou a brother and brother, and Jia Changchao was on an equal footing, Xu Deshan didn't take a while to bring some surprises to Xu Caizheng, Xu Caizheng really didn't know where Xu Deshan's limit was.
Xu Deshan and Xu Caizheng sat in the study until midnight, Xu Deshan told Xu Caizheng some things that should be paid attention to, and Xu Caizheng was smoking most of the time, and promised twice from time to time, and I didn't know if Xu Deshan listened to it, and when it came to the two watches, Xu Deshan really couldn't hold on, sleepy and tired, and Xu Caizheng said goodbye, then turned around and came out, to go back to his room to sleep, and left the place to look back, but saw that the lamp in the study was still so lit, Xu Caizheng still sat on the chair and did not move, and the shadow was reflected on the window, which looked so tall.
For a moment, Xu Deshan really wanted to forget it, what Xu Niu, what Buddhism, what Song Dynasty, all of them are bullshit, find a paradise, how good it is for his family to live a good life, but then, Xu Deshan told himself that the reality is never as beautiful as he dreamed, he can hide for a while, how can he hide for a lifetime, even if he hides the catastrophe of Maitreya Buddhism this time, but in the future, the north will ride south, where can he hide, there is no country, how can he have a home, Xu Deshan took a deep breath, turned his gaze back, came to his room, and told Gao Mang to wake him up early tomorrow and set off, and then closed the door and went to sleep.
Xu Deshan is really tired this day, no matter what danger and hatred you have, as soon as your head sticks to the pillow, drowsiness will come suddenly, and you can't stop it, after a while, Xu Deshan slept a solid night, and when Xu Deshan opened his eyes again, it was already the dawn of the next day, this is Xu Deshan's daily morning jogging time, after persisting for half a year, it has already become a habit, sit up from the bed, stretch a lazy waist, immediately dress and wash, open the door and call Gao Mang, ready to go.
Xu Deshan went out, always only brought money, Xu Deshan prepared a dozen taels of silver, which was enough for the cost on the road, but when he walked to the gatehouse, he saw that there was a burden on the table of the gatehouse, and there was a burden in the morning, which was steaming in the morning, and it was freshly made in the morning, millet porridge boiled eggs and a little shredded pickles, which was Xu Deshan's favorite food, and then opened the baggage, which contained a few clothes that Xu Deshan usually changed and washed, a pair of cloth shoes, and some dry food eaten on the road.
No need to ask, look at this early practice, the style of this dress, it must be the Zhang family and the Wang family heard that Xu Deshan traveled far away, got up early to do it, looked left and right, but there was no one around, Xu Deshan let out a sigh of relief, held back the tears in his eyes and did not fall, sat down silently, finished breakfast, knelt down reflexively, kowtowed three respectfully to the main hall of the Xu family, turned around and took the burden, and Gao Mang went out of the door.
This time I went out, after closing the door with my backhand, I had an indescribable heaviness in my heart, as if from now on, I would never be able to return to this place, my footsteps were moving forward, but I couldn't help but always look backwards, and I walked for a long time, and I didn't go far, Gao Mang saw it, and couldn't help but tease Xu Deshan and said, "Little boy, a good man is ambitious in all directions, you are just going to the Daimyo's Mansion now, at most, you will come back in a month, so coy, it is really not a man's doing." ”
Xu Deshan looked at Gao Mang hesitantly and said, "Gao Zhuangshi is so experienced, so he has been to many places,"
Gao Mang said embarrassedly, "No." ”
Xu Deshan said: "Then what you said is the same as the truth." ”
Gao Mang said, "Isn't this still a good lesson for the little boy, the little boy, let's go quickly, go to the county seat as soon as possible, and set off on horseback as soon as possible." ”
Xu Deshan was interrupted by Gao Mang, and his mood was much better, just facing a white light in the east, he exerted force under his feet, and ran in the countryside, the two of them went out of the village in the blink of an eye, got on the road, and went straight to the county seat.
It's still spring, it's still a little late, the two of them ran some distance, and they ran straight out of a full body, then they stopped and walked slowly, Xu Deshan was a little bored, but now he vented a little, and he feels much better.
On the morning of spring, it seemed to come later than usual, when the two walked to the grove where the body was buried, the sky was still gray, I don't know why, this time I looked at the woods, Xu Deshan suddenly remembered the corpse buried there, and the next thought was that Xu Niu, who disappeared yesterday, would not be killed by those people now, and then buried here.
Thinking of this, Xu Deshan felt a chill in his heart inexplicably, and his steps couldn't help but slow down, Gao Mang felt it, and asked, "Little boy, are you homesick again?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "Since I came out, I no longer want to go back, but now that I see this forest, I feel a little uncomfortable." ”
Gao Mang smiled and said, "Little boy, you were that day."
When I held the chopsticks to pick up the pieces of meat, I didn't feel this way, I wasn't afraid at the time, why am I afraid now. ”
Xu Deshan said, "I just didn't feel well just now, now it's okay, let's go quickly." ”
Gao Mang agreed, and the two continued to move forward, getting closer and closer to the woods, Xu Deshan's heart became more and more uneasy, and finally his right eyelid jumped up suddenly, Xu Deshan looked at the black hole in the woods, as if there was a hidden devil, and he was going to rush out at any time to eat the two of them.
Xu Deshan couldn't help trotting up, wanting to leave this place quickly, but at this time, in the darkness of the woods, a little cold light burst out, with a sharp wind, and went straight to Gao Mang, Gao Mang was born in the army, although he has been slacking off in the past few years, but he didn't put it down, he was still laughing with Xu Deshan one moment, and the next moment he felt the danger coming, and he stopped his body like a conditioned reflex, fell down, and narrowly avoided the crossbow arrow shot from the shadows.
Gao Mang didn't have time to cheer for his outstretched hand, as the crossbow arrow was fired, two big men suddenly burst out of the woods, these two were still wearing black clothes, holding steel knives in their hands, and jumped forward, one pounced on Gao Mang, who had fallen to the ground, and the other went straight to Xu Deshan.
The Song Dynasty forbade martial arts, where can ordinary people hide weapons privately, and the Xu family is no exception, so Gao Mang was defenseless at this time, seeing the man in black pounced, he hurriedly got up from the ground, picked up a dead tree trunk on the side of the road to meet the enemy, the man in black smiled dumbly, bullied forward, cut down with a knife, and pressed step by step, Gao Mang had lost the opportunity, and there was no weapon to take advantage of, after dodging three or four moves, he was slashed on the arm by the man in black, and Gao Mang threw the tree trunk under severe pain, was kicked to the ground by the man in black, and put the knife on Gao Mang's neck.
Gao Mang is not the opponent of the man in black, let alone Xu Deshan, who is only five years old, even if Xu Deshan is on tiptoe, he is only the chest height of the man in black, and he was just about to turn around and run away, but he was caught up by the man in black in two steps, hugged by his waist, and sandwiched under his ribs, the arm of the man in black, like a golden hoop, with a little force, made Xu Deshan dizzy, and he couldn't breathe, let alone struggle, honestly, he was taken by the man in black to the depths of the woods and thrown to the ground.
At this time, the other man in black also forced Gao Mang into the woods with a knife, and hit the back of his head, directly knocking Gao Mang unconscious, and letting Gao Mang fall to the ground.
The man in black who grabbed Xu Deshan asked, "What to do with this child, kill it or keep it?" ”
Another man in black said, "Don't kill it yet, you come and tie this person up, I'll ask him a few words first." ”
The man in black agreed, took out a piece of cow tendon in his arms, kicked Gao Mang over, and then tied his hands and feet firmly, and the other walked towards Xu Deshan, walking with a cold knife in his hand.
At this time, Xu Deshan had already climbed up from the ground, he was scared in his heart, and he retreated unconsciously, and retreated straight to a big tree, and there was no way to retreat, so he stopped, leaned against the big tree, and looked at the two black-clothed people who were not good.
The two men in black were not masked, so they could see the faces of the two of them, the man in black looked a little younger, his eyes were fierce, and the man in black who was walking towards him had a scar on his face, which looked extremely vicious. These two people look different, but they have one thing in common, that is, they are physically strong and look extremely strong, Xu Deshan suddenly thought of the King Kong that Xu Niu said, and since these people have found themselves, then Xu Niu is estimated to have been fierce and unlucky.
Seeing that the man in black was about to walk in front of Xu Deshan, Xu Deshan subconsciously wanted to run, but the man in black grabbed Xu Deshan's clothes, lifted Xu Deshan with one hand, and fell to the ground fiercely.
The man in black was satisfied, stepped forward, stepped on Xu Deshan's chest, and with some strength, Xu Deshan grinned like a fish on the board.
Obviously, the man in black likes this feeling of dominating the fate of others and watching others struggle under his feet, even if Xu Deshan is just a five-year-old child, the black man has seen enough, smiled, and collected some strength under his feet, making Xu Deshan feel more relaxed, and then asked, "Do you know Xu Niu?" ”
Xu Deshan's brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about the intentions of the two black-clothed people in front of him, and replied, "I know." ”
The man in black said, "Then you must know where we came from?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "I know, Xu Niu once told me that there are four Vajra in Maitreya Buddhism, and you must be two of them." ”
The man in black looked at the other person and said with a smile, "You kid is really different, you can say whatever I ask, and I'm not afraid that I'll kill you after you finish speaking." ”
Xu Deshan said, "The knife is in your hand, and I was also trampled under your feet, how can I not say it." ”
The man in black said, "Okay, then you say yes, you two got up so early, where are you going?" ”
Xu Deshan said: "I'm going to the county seat." ”
The man in black said, "What are you going to do in the county seat, is it difficult, is it to tell the government about Xu Niu?" ”
The man in black said, stepping on a heavy foot again, and Xu Deshan seemed to press a big mountain on his chest
Generally, I can't breathe, this time, the man in black didn't let go quickly, let Xu Deshan slap helplessly on the ground, struggled, and was indifferent, Xu Deshan felt pain in his chest at first, but after dozens of seconds, he began to feel that his brain seemed to be empty, and his body slowly lost his strength, and he didn't obey the call, and his consciousness had to leave him.
Fortunately, the man in black wanted to know Xu Deshan's answer, and seeing that Xu Deshan was about to die of hunger, he raised his foot, returned the right to breathe to Xu Deshan, and playfully watched Xu Deshan breathe unconsciously and breathed heavily, and it took a long time to ease up.
Xu Deshan struggled for a while, lay on the ground and didn't move, the man in black unceremoniously kicked Xu Deshan's ribs, Xu Deshan's small body was almost kicked away by the man in black, and he stopped after rolling a few laps, covering the place where he was kicked, and hummed uncontrollably.
The man in black said, "Don't pretend to be dead for me, I ask you, you have to tell the official uniform about us!" ”
Xu Deshan still ignored the man in black, and the man in black laughed angrily, "You kid, if you don't speak, I'll help you?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "Since you have something to ask me, what can you do with me?" ”
The man in black laughed and said, "What can I do to you?" Boy, you are now in my hands, you know each other honestly and obediently, I ask what you say, I may be able to give you a good time, but if you want to play tricks, hum, do you know how Xu Niu died, I pulled off his human skin, and then sprinkled salt on his body, tsk, you are so young, you may not be able to imagine such a picture, but it is a pity that his woman, just looking at it scared to death, making me lose a lot of fun. ”
The man in black said, his eyes became proud, and Xu Deshan was silent for a while, and finally compromised, and said, "I went to the county seat to escape." ”
The man in black said, "What are you running?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "I originally wanted to go to Xu Niu to ask for money, who knew that he told me about you, I originally thought he made it up, but he disappeared yesterday, I don't know well, I'm afraid that you will find my head, so I want to go out for a while, and come back after the limelight." ”
The man in black smiled and said, "You kid is alert, let me ask you, have you told anyone else about us?" ”
Xu Deshan said honestly, "Where do I dare, such a ridiculous thing, where do I dare to say it, even if I say it, I'm afraid no one will believe it." ”
The man in black said, "I see you came back late last night, what are you doing?" ”
Xu Deshan cried, "I was going to go out yesterday, but it was too late yesterday, and when I came to the county seat, the city gate had already been closed, and I had no choice but to go back. ”
The man in black listened and said with a smile, "Doll, the two of us are waiting for you here, how can you hide, okay, look at you this kid is also honest, uncle, I will be gracious, I will give you a happy one, in this way, you close your eyes, I will go down with a knife, and you will die if it doesn't hurt or itch." ”
After the man in black finished speaking, he didn't care if Xu Deshan agreed or not, he walked towards Xu Deshan with a knife, for the first time, Xu Deshan really felt the threat of death, every time the man in black took a step closer to him, Xu Deshan felt that he was one step away from this world, and the young man in black on the other side, seeing that he was starting to do something, also picked up his steel knife, aimed at the neck of Gao Mangdao who fell to the ground, raised the steel knife, and was about to cut it.
If the knife of the man in black is cut down, then everything will be over, but maybe Xu Deshan's life should not be extinguished, and at this critical moment, suddenly outside the woods, a shout came.
These two men in black, no matter how strong and fierce they are, but people who live in the dark can never be exposed to the sun, even if it is just this shout, it also makes the two of them shudder involuntarily, stop, turn their heads to look outside, only to find that after this toss, unconsciously, it is already dawn, and outside the woods is the cultivated field, at this time there are already farmers out to cultivate.
The face of the man in black became ugly, and the younger one asked, "What should I do with these two people, do you still kill them or not?" ”
The man with the scar thought for a while and said, "Don't do it first, it's important, don't alarm others, show traces." ”
When the young man in black heard this, he was afraid that Gao Mang would wake up and make noise, so he blocked Gao Mang's mouth, and looked at Xu Deshan with a scarred face, Xu Deshan hurriedly smiled and said, "I don't need to, I'm obedient, I won't shout, I'm just waiting for you to kill me with a knife and give me a good time." ”
Scarface squinted his eyes and said, "Flim Tongue, I'm afraid you already have an idea in your heart." ”
Xu Deshan said, "I'm right in front of you, if I shout, you can kill me with a knife, why should I shout, it's better like this, let's just sit here, wait until it's dark, in the dead of night, how about you kill me again?" ”
Scarface said, "Hugh wants to fool me, you want to wait for someone to pass by this day and get you out." ”
Xu Deshan said, "Look, the current situation is like this, if you kill me now, someone will hear it, I'm dead, and you're in trouble, you either wait until it gets dark and then kill me, or, everyone just sit down, maybe there can be an immortal and a good way to solve the problem." ”