Chapter Twenty-Five: Sanssouci Cave, Ghost Beggar
The beggar boy had multiple bites and scratches all over his body, but these were not serious, of course, if those wild dogs had rabies, then he would definitely die, but now Li Zhang could only gamble. To get rid of these, the most serious thing is the knife that was cut by Lu Wu, this knife not only has an extremely deep wound, but also may hurt the blood vessels, so it must be dealt with first.
However, when Li Zhang tore open the other party's clothes, picked up the towel and used water to help the other party clean the wound, as a result, half of the towel went down, half of the towel was black, and the blood stains on the wound were pasted with black mud.
At first, Li Zhang thought that it was just that the other party was born with white skin, so he didn't care, but when he cleaned the other wounds of the other party, he found that this kid's whole body was extremely pale, and even his hands and feet were very white.
"Does this kid have albinism?" Li Zhang suddenly thought of a possibility at this time, but immediately overturned this possibility, because the hair color of albinism patients is generally white, or light yellow, but the other party is pure black, and he has seen the other party's pupils before, the color is also very normal, it is definitely not albinism.
"If he is not albinic, then the only explanation is that he lives in a place where there is no sunlight all year round, otherwise it would not be possible to be like this!" Li Zhang muttered to himself again at this time, but he couldn't figure it out, who can live in a place where there is no sunlight all the time? This simply doesn't make sense!
"What are you muttering?" At this moment, I saw Lu Wu walking over with a bowl while eating, in order to catch the thief, he didn't rest all night, and he didn't eat breakfast, so when he came back, he asked the ugly girl to find him something to eat to fill his stomach, and then he saw Li Zhang standing there talking to himself, so he came over.
But as soon as Lu Wu's words fell, he saw the white abnormal skin around the little beggar's wound, which made his eyes shrink, and then he threw the rice bowl aside, picked up a towel and wiped it on the other party's face a few times, revealing an extremely pale little face, not to mention, although this little beggar is dirty and thin, his facial features are quite delicate.
"This kid can't stay, he crawled out of the ground!" Lu Wu said as he pulled out the knife and put it on the opponent's chest, and then he was about to stab it hard.
"Uncle Wu's subordinates are merciful, why do you suddenly want to kill him?" Li Zhang also hurriedly shouted to stop when he saw this, and the raccoon dog in the yard saw that Lu Wu was going to kill someone, and he screamed in fright at the moment, covering his eyes and not daring to look at Lu Wu's side.
Maybe it was because of Li Zhang's stopping, or maybe it was afraid of scaring the raccoon dogs, Lu Wu's knife finally didn't stab down, but he didn't put away the knife, but frowned and said: "Didn't I say just now, this kid crawled out of the ground, you should know the legend of Sanssouci Cave!" ”
"Sanssouci Cave?" Li Zhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this name with a bit of literary and fantasy temperament, and then found an introduction to Sanssouci Cave from Li Zhang's memory, which made him immediately open his mouth and say again, "Uncle Wu, you said that he is one of those people who live in the sewers?" ”
The so-called worry-free hole, in fact, is the Kaifeng people on the sewer nickname, many people in later generations only know that the sewer system of ancient Rome is very developed, but few people know, the sewers of ancient Chinese cities are also very developed, such as Kaifeng, for example, because Kaifeng is located on the edge of the Yellow River, often face the threat of floods, so Kaifeng has a very complex sewer system built under the city, and these sewers are very wide, enough for ordinary people to walk in it.
However, it is precisely because the sewers of Kaifeng City are too developed that there are a group of desperate people who live in the sewers, most of whom are beggars, and there are also some extremely vicious criminals, etc., these people slowly formed an underground world.
However, unfortunately, the underground world is actually dependent on the civilized world, but this world is completely the opposite of the civilized world, there is no law, no morality, no bottom line of humanity, everything is driven by instinct and interests, such as many beggars and criminals living underground through the developed sewers, robbing property, women, and even killing people and goods.
The government has also wanted to clean up the people in the underground world many times, but the sewers of Kaifeng Mansion extend in all directions, and the lines are very complicated, and if you want to completely clean up the people, unless you send 100,000 troops into it, it is a drop in the bucket to rely on the government officials of a few counties alone, so in the end, even the government gave up, as long as the people of the entire Kaifeng Mansion mentioned the Sanssouci Cave, no one did not hate, and they also gave a special name to the people living in the underground world: ghost beggars.
Ghosts, people with a terrible head on their heads, like people are not human, folklore has the ability to penetrate walls and enter the house, those in the underground world can also use the sewer to enter the house, even the homes of noble officials are not spared; Beggars, people who are ragged and begging for a living, they are also the most important group in the underground world, so the people in the underground world will be called ghost beggars.
"No wonder he's so pale-skinned, and only someone who has lived underground for many years can do that." Li Zhang thought of the legend of Sanssouci Cave, and said with a sudden expression at the moment.
"This is not an ordinary ghost beggar, only those ghost beggars who have lived underground since birth, will be so white, speaking of which they are generally children born after being raped by women who were snatched by ghost beggars, although their backgrounds are pitiful, but they have lived in a dark world since birth, surrounded by a group of extremely vicious people, so they will only become more ferocious and inhumane when they grow up, I have killed several such ghost beggars before, each of them is innocent!" When Lu Wu said to the end, the knife in his hand couldn't help but move forward a little further, as if he wanted to stab the little ghost beggar in front of him immediately.
"Uncle Wu, it's still the same sentence, if he is really a ghost beggar, why did he only steal things before and didn't hurt us, with his ability, he can do it, and don't ghost beggars have no humanity, and even people dare to eat?" According to the memory of the previous Li Zhang, ghost beggars are a group that exterminates humanity, and folklore says that they even feed on people, but I don't know if it's true.
"You...... Just because he didn't hurt you, do you conclude that the other party is a good person, I have seen a little ghost beggar being adopted by a couple before, and a few years later, the couple were all killed by this ghost beggar, this ghost beggar can be said to have no humanity, and it is too dangerous to leave him! Seeing that Li Zhang was so stubborn, Lu Wu was also a little annoyed at the moment.
"Uncle Wu, do you think this is good, let's leave him for observation for a few days, he is injured, and there is no way to hurt people again, if it is really not good, I will tie him up, if he is really as cruel and inhuman as you said, it is not too late for us to send him to prison again." Li Zhang didn't want to quarrel with Lu Wu because of this matter, so he proposed a plan to delay the army.
Seeing Li Zhang's attitude so resolute, Lu Wu couldn't help but sigh at the moment, and finally nodded after thinking for a moment and said, "Okay, but this kid has great strength, and ordinary ropes can't bind him, I'll go to the yamen to get a shackle to put on him, otherwise I won't worry!" ”
"Thank you, Uncle Wu!" Seeing that Lu Wu agreed, Li Zhang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Then Lu Wu finished the meal in a few bites, and immediately ran to the yamen to get the shackles, while Li Zhang continued to clean the wounds of the beggar boy, those small bites and scratches are easy to do, just clean them and bandage them, but the knife that Lu Wu cut was very deep, and in desperation, Li Zhang could only let the ugly girl find a needle and silk thread to cook in the pot, ready to stitch up the wound, as for whether it will be inflamed, it will be left to fate.
After a while, the needle and thread were sterilized at high temperature, and Li Zhang also washed his hands with hot water, the conditions were limited, so he could only do so, and he picked up the needle and thread to prepare for stitching, and several girls such as the ugly girl and the raccoon dog were all frightened and covered their eyes.
However, as soon as Li Zhang's first stitch was obtained, he saw that the unconscious beggar boy suddenly opened his eyes, staring at Li Zhang with murderous eyes, and the muscles of his whole body were tense, and it seemed that he might jump up and twist Li Zhang's neck at any time.
Li Zhang was also taken aback by the other party's eyes, he had seen the other party twist the neck of a wild dog before, the thick dog neck was twisted and broken like a straw in his hand, his neck was definitely not as strong as the dog neck, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "Don't move, I'm helping you deal with your wounds, otherwise you will definitely die!" ”
Maybe Li Zhang's words played a role, maybe he felt that he did not have malicious intentions, although the beggar boy did not have good eyes, but he did not move, and the muscles on his body slowly relaxed, and Li Zhang also continued to stitch up the wound, and he found that every time he stitched down, the other party did not react, as if his needle was not pierced on him, you must know that this did not use any anesthetic, could it be said that the other party did not feel pain?
After a while, Li Zhang sutured the other party's wound, leaving a small opening in the tail for blood drainage, and then cut the silk thread and said: "Okay, you have an injury on your leg, it is best not to use force in this recent period, otherwise it is not conducive to wound healing." ”
However, Li Zhang's words didn't have any effect at all, I saw that the young man was struggling to get up, it seemed that he wanted to get out of here, and he didn't say half a word of thanks to Li Zhang, but his body was too weak, and he could only fall heavily in the pyre after struggling a few times.
"You don't have to leave in a hurry, just stay here and recuperate." Li Zhang looked at the other party's stubborn appearance, and couldn't help but say again, "By the way, what's your name?" ”