Chapter 867: Take care

Fang Xie and Xiang Qingniu, no matter how low-key they are on the road, they will attract sideways glances from others. One is handsome, the other is fat and amiable. Some people will look ugly when they get fat, Xiang Qingniu belongs to the kind of fat round and cute, the black robe is worn on him, and the whole person looks like a cartoon character.

However, there were not many pedestrians on the road at this time, and the continuous attacks of Jin Shixiong's army made almost all the people who could move away within a radius of hundreds of miles flee. Fang Xie still remembered that on the way to Chang'an from the northwest, especially after arriving at the Jiangbei Zhudao, the security was like a legendary paradise. The night is not closed, and there is not even a single beggar in the city and village.

But now, the destructive power of the war has been fully demonstrated, and the prosperity of the past has long since disappeared, leaving only devastation.

There were many checkpoints on the way, and Fang Xie and Xiang Qingniu quietly avoided them. They didn't want to start a conflict, even though it was impossible for the soldiers to stop them.

Xiang Qingniu's army camp was dozens of miles north of the river, and because of the disadvantage in numbers, the defense area of the imperial court was constantly compressed. Jin Shixiong's rebels are like a group of beasts at the end of their rope, they have long forgotten the military discipline of not looting or killing the people that they set before they came, and they can't keep up with logistics and supplies, so they can only rely on robbery. So even when there was no war occasionally, the army would be released to burn, kill and loot.

It's as if what they killed and plundered was not their own folks at all.

Someone once said that money is the fastest thing to change a person, but in the face of war, the power of money seems so small. War is the fastest way to turn an ordinary person into a beast, and the moment the knife is raised, humanity is forgotten. And when the knives were raised more times, those who held the butcher knives were actually numb.

When they were at home, they came to the abyss with joy because of the reunion of their families, or because of the love of their parents, but at this time, all their joy came from plundering and killing.

Distorted human nature.

"That's fast......"

Xiang Qingniu looked at the villages that had been burned to ruins and broken walls on the road, and his eyes were full of fear: "When I left Chang'an City, although I saw the butcher's knife raised by Emperor Tianyou in Chang'an City, at least it didn't involve the people, and the place I passed was still peaceful...... Now, only a scorched earth remains. ”

Seeing this scene, the expectation of a small gathering of friends has become lighter.

"It's going to happen."

Fang Xie saw far more tragedy than Xiang Qingniu, whether it was in the northwest or southwest, Fang Xie was the one who faced death on the battlefield, and when there was no special need for help, Xiang Qingniu and they had been resting in the rear. Fang Xie once said in a conversation that the breath in his nose was still the smell of blood the day after the fight, and Xiang Qingniu had never experienced it.

Fang Xie glanced at the layer of tender green that had already emerged on the ground: "War is to the people, like a cold winter is to weeds, after a cold winter, it seems that there is no grass. And when spring is warm, the grass will emerge from the melting soil. It's the same with people, it's going to get better. ”

The climate in Jiangbei is slightly later than in eastern Xinjiang, and spring comes a little later. Fang Xie When they returned from Dongjiang, the grass had already appeared, and after more than a month of trekking, the grass in Jiangbei also showed its head.

When the two of them saw the endless camp in the distance, they knew they couldn't go any further. As soon as they approached the camp, the lookouts would immediately find that it was not necessarily the black boy riding the old ox who would greet them, but a rain of arrows and thousands of men and horses.

They are not afraid of this, but they are afraid of trouble.

"Come in and find him again tonight?"

Xiang Qingniu asked.

Fang Xie found a relatively clean place to sit down, and looked at the big camp in the distance: "If you mess up the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi a bit, that guy may be able to sense it." ”

"Why not you?"

Xiang Qingniu asked.

Fang Xie lay down comfortably on the grass: "Because I'm lazy." ”

Xiang Qingniu glanced at him, used Da Zhoutian's technique to catch a rabbit from a hundred meters away, and said with a smile: "I won't give you food when it's roasted for a while." ”

He suddenly thought of a question: "Fighting Tiger has lived for such an age, according to reason, how strong is his cultivation?" I suddenly thought that day in Yongzhou, when Zhang Yiyang came to kill the tiger, did we do this too much? Will that guy deliberately hide his cultivation, even if he doesn't have our help, I'm afraid that Zhang Yiyang will want to kill him, it may not be so easy. ”

Fang Xie smiled: "Regardless of whether he hid his cultivation or not, it was worth it for us to make a move that day." At least a passing place suddenly remembered that there was a friend who wanted to meet and could meet, wouldn't it be good? ”

"Passing by somewhere, I suddenly remembered that there was a friend I wanted to see and could meet?"

Xiang Qingniu repeated it, thinking that this was particularly good.

"It would be nice to have a friend you want to see and see everywhere you go."

He looked at the hare in his hand, and was silent for a while before he did not move. Fang Xie glanced at him and asked, "What?" After feeling it, I suddenly had some kind thoughts, and I don't want to eat this rabbit? ”

"Phew"

Xiang Qingniu snorted: "It's just ...... How do you clean up this rabbit? Although I am not a vegetarian, I really haven't cleaned up wild things by myself. ”

Fang Xie sat up and glanced at Xiang Qingniu: "It turns out that you are really lazy." ”

At this moment, several figures suddenly swept over from the side of the camp, led by ...... An old scalper. This old ox ran faster than the masters behind him, looking at its fat and clumsy and old appearance, who would have thought that this cow had lived for 200 years?

"Huh?"

The black boy who was riding on the old scalper north saw the two people's eyes lit up, jumped down from the old scalper's back, waved his hand and ordered the people who came with him to go back: "It's okay, it's okay, you all go back first, it's my friend." ”

He looked at Fang Xie and Xiang Qingniu, and smiled: "Go to Lao Tzu's territory to catch rabbits, with Lao Tzu's permission?" Don't you fucking know that I'm covering this place? I'm so presumptuous, this doesn't give me face! ”

"This master, how can I compensate you?"

Fang Xie pointed at Xiang Qingniu: "Let this fat man promise to do it?" ”

The tiger took a sip: "Get out......"

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From time to time, the eyes of the tiger fell on the old cattle who were eating fresh grass on the ground not far away, and their eyes were gentle. Fang Xie and Xiang Qingniu could see how heavy the status of this old scalper was in the heart of the tiger. In that dark and lonely environment, it is the only one who has always accompanied the tiger. And it is precisely because of this that Fighting Tiger did not hesitate to spend half of his cultivation to make a name for the old scalper.

"This guy is getting more and more like a cow lately."

When the tiger laughed, there was some sadness in his eyes. Although it was fast, Fang Xie still caught it keenly. So Fang Xie subconsciously glanced at the old scalper, his heart tightened, and he suddenly understood something.

"The old beast hasn't eaten grass since he started eating meat. But since the beginning of spring, it doesn't like to eat meat, no matter how tender it is, it doesn't smell it, and it shows a special disgust...... But he returned to his nature more and more, and he would gnaw the grass on the ground every day, relishing it. ”

Puhu poured a sip of wine into his mouth, his eyes a little misty.

Fang Xie wanted to comfort something, but he couldn't say anything.

"Maybe it's tired of eating meat, isn't it?"

No matter how stupid Xiang Qingniu is, he can guess what the tiger is talking about. Perhaps for the average farmer, a cow represents a good harvest for the coming year. For a butcher, a cow represents how much silver it can sell, but for a tiger, the meaning of the cow is really different.

It's friends.

Fluttering Tiger smiled thankfully at Xiang Qingniu's persuasion: "What should come will always come...... Because of this, I suddenly figured out something. ”

He looked at the old ox gnawing grass and said: "At the beginning, I tried my best to let it live a few more days, and did not hesitate to pour half of the cultivation into its body, it was already a miracle that it could bear it at that time, and then the great change in temperament began to eat meat, most of which was also caused by my internal strength, I was very happy with this change, and I always felt happy when I watched the cow eat meat." However, a cow is a cow after all, and sooner or later it will return to its true nature and die as a cow. ”

"Isn't it the same with people? Even if you try your best to do something, it seems to have succeeded, but in the end, it's not where to go back and forth? ”

Fang Xie knew who he was talking about, and after being silent for a while, he said: "People pursue differently, some people want results, and some people like the process. ”

Fluttering Tiger smiled: "This old brute, I don't know if he will resent me, dragging him along to survive." It should have died a long time ago, and after eating the meat for so long, I don't know if I like it or have to eat it. If I had to eat it, I would have made it miserable for so many years. ”

The conversation between the two people seems to have nothing to do with each other.

Xiang Qingniu roasted the hare, as if to confirm something, raised it and shook it towards the old scalper, who looked back and let out a cold snort of disdain from his nose. That seemed to be mocking Xiang Qingniu...... That stupid bastard, actually tempted a cow with meat!

Xiang Qingniu smiled awkwardly, and then suddenly stopped laughing, his face lonely: "It's ...... It seems that I have forgotten that I once ate meat. ”

The tiger beckoned, and the old scalper immediately walked over slowly, leaning against the tiger's body. The tiger stroked its neck and smiled bitterly: "It forgot to eat meat because it was so old that no one could stop it from dying." But luckily, it hasn't forgotten me. ”

"Recently...... It always asked me to ride a little longer, and if I forgot to look at it when I was busy with military affairs, it would go outside the tent and call me, and rub my legs, which meant that it wanted to carry me out for another run...... I know that it has a premonition that the day is coming, and it is reluctant. ”

Tears flowed down the tiger's face, a little cloudy.

"This guy ......"

He stroked the old scalper's hand a little stiffly, but his movements were still so gentle.

Fang Xie let out a long breath, not knowing what to say. Xiang Qingniu forgot to continue roasting the hare, and one side was already burned black.

"I used to think that I would infuse it with some more cultivation......"

Fluttering Tiger glanced at Fang Jie: "Could this be a little selfish?" It looks fine, but I don't know if it's already suffering from it, and if it is, it's even more painful if I keep it alive. ”

Fang Xie wanted to say let it go, but found that this was a bit cruel.

"I've already figured it out."

Fluttering Tiger wiped his tears: "There are still some regrets, if I leave with it, I may never see the two of you again, you two will come." That's good...... I don't want to take care of military affairs anymore, and I don't want to get involved in the affairs of the world, Lao Huang was stolen by me from outside the Imperial Mausoleum, and I took it back before it died. Then I'll go back to the tomb, that's where I'm supposed to be. ”

"The biggest takeaway from my trip to the tomb this time is...... I have friends. ”

The tiger stood up, and the old scalper also stood up and rubbed his leg with his body.

The tiger turned over and patted the old scalper's buttocks: "If your business is done, you can go to the ancient tomb to see me when there is no more strife in the world, and if I am not dead, I will drink with you." ”

He rode the old ox and roared a few times, as if he was venting, as if he was announcing something.

Fang Xie and Xiang Qingniu glanced at each other, looking at the back of the person and the cow who were far away and didn't speak for a long time.

"Take Care"

Xiang Qingniu hugged his fists from afar.

"Congratulations"

Fang explained these two words, and even Xiang Qingniu didn't understand what to congratulate.

"An old friend is dying, congratulations?"

Xiang Qingniu glared at Fang Xie and asked.

"Both of them were relieved."

Fang Xie dropped a sentence, turned around and left.

The cow returned to the life of the cow and was liberated. Isn't it a relief for people to return to the ancient tombs? The tiger was pulled back into the world by Yang Jian, but I am afraid that there is no happy day. He has done too many things he doesn't want to do, and on the surface, he seems to be so compatible with Yang Jian, and his brotherhood is deep. In fact, it's not like the old cow, it looks like it eats meat and eats sweet, how do others know if it's really sweet?