Chapter 1: The Winter Solstice (5)
Suddenly, seeing through the heat and coldness of the situation, the young man cried and laughed, as if he was crazy. provoked the prisoners in the nearby cells to cover their ears and couldn't bear to listen. The old blind man didn't care, let Cheng Mingzhen go crazy alone, and pinched his fingers to tell the hexagram. When the young man had had enough crying and laughing, he pointed to the cell door and said indifferently: "Don't get in the way, someone is bringing chicken soup." Drink with the old blind man, eat and drink enough, and the wound will heal faster! ”
Cheng Mingzhen wiped his tears and thanked him gloomily. After a while, a few small prisoners walked in with a pot of steaming stewed chicken. The old blind man did not shirk, wiped the chopsticks and served the bowl, and immediately started eating. When the little prisoners were far away, they burped and asked in a low voice, "Why, don't you dare to eat?" You can rest assured, it is not poisonous. They are reluctant to poison my old man! ”
"Thank you for your advice!" Cheng Mingzhen rubbed his eyes again and choked up. The disparity between being a hero everyone admires and a prisoner waiting to be killed in a few days is really unbearable. Enlightened by the old blind man's understatement, the depression in his heart was slowly washed out of a gap by tears, and his mind, which had been silted by anger and hatred, was slowly relaxed.
Since living an extra moment is a victory, there is no reason to refuse the invitation of the old blind man. At that moment, Cheng Mingzhen also struggled to take the dishes and chopsticks, and scooped up the meat from the ou in large chunks. The old blind man was so anxious that he rolled his eyes, and kept shouting, "You're really welcome, I knew this would not have invited you." Don't move that piece, that piece is **, only old and virtuous can eat it, you young people can't eat it! ”
Cheng Mingzhen knew that the old man was joking, shook his head, put down the chicken **, and then picked up a piece of stewed chicken neck. One old and one young fight for me, and in less than half an hour, the chicken soup in the pot was cleaned up. Leaving the table full of bones and slag and not cleaning up, one lying on the slump, the other lying on the slump, with his eyes closed to recuperate.
"What's the matter, have you thought of a way to get out?" After resting for a while, the old blind man closed his eyes and muttered.
"Not yet?" Cheng Mingzhen shook his head lightly, "What they want is basically in hand, and I can't squeeze too much oil and water here!" ”
"Then you're stupid!" The old blind man pouted softly and sighed. In my memory, the qualifications of several young people I have instructed seem to be higher than Cheng Mingzhen, especially the closed disciples, who have changed him to get along with Cheng Mingzhen, I am afraid that in the blink of an eye, Lin Xianling has been played to death a hundred times.
Cheng Mingzhen couldn't guess the other party's thoughts, and thought that the old blind man was sighing for his future. He arched his hand gratefully, and said in a low voice: "The ancients said, it is okay to die at night." Although the younger generation cannot escape this catastrophe, it is also a great luck to be able to get some guidance from the seniors. Even if I die tomorrow, I don't have many regrets in my heart! ”
"Fart, fart, shit!" The old blind man sat up from the bed and scolded "fart" every time he heard a dead word. finally interrupted Cheng Mingzhen's nonsense, rolled his pure white eyeballs again, and scolded disdainfully: "Did your father and mother raise you so big just to let you smell the "Tao"? In that case, when you were first born, why didn't they send you to a monk to listen to a sutra and then throw you directly into the stinking ditch. Besides, my old blind man has said so many good words, and he can't say them in vain. Since you said you wanted to repay me, you have to find a way to fulfill it! Otherwise, a dead word will be easily relieved, wouldn't it be untrustworthy? If all the people of the world were like you, and they were all sitting and waiting to be killed at every turn, wouldn't there be less than half of the people in this world? In the end, Lord Yama is so busy jumping to his feet, and he has to blame my old blind man, isn't it equivalent to me hurting myself?! ”
He spoke very quickly, and his thoughts were jumping. Cheng Mingzhen concentrated all his energy to keep up, and he couldn't find a chance to talk back. It wasn't until the old blind man finished speaking for a while that he finally came to his senses, lowered his head and responded: "What your old man taught is that the younger generation was too self-defeating just now!" ”
"Even if you are a high-ranking monk, you will inevitably die!" The old blind man ignored Cheng Mingzhen and whispered to himself, "But people don't live for death." Killing to pay for life, paying off debts, many things you have to bear in your lifetime, and you may not be able to escape when you die! ”
This sentence has changed from the previous light-hearted and witty to extremely dignified. Cheng Mingzhen was stunned when he heard it, pondering for a while, and exhaling a long breath.
"If you can't think of it, you can think about it slowly. Seeing the trick is also a way! Seeing Cheng Mingzhen's understanding, the old blind man smiled and comforted. Let's talk about it first. Why did you offend Lin County Ling and the two head hunters, why did they have to put you to death? ”
"Didn't the seniors already figure it out?" Cheng Mingzhen instinctively asked, and then stuck out his tongue in shame. Although I have only known the old blind man for a few hours, the other party feels like a long blood connection, which is both cordial and respectable. The tricks of those gods and gods are deception or divination, in short, they are all to save people. There's no need to get to the bottom of it, and there's no need to get to the bottom of it.
Thinking of this, he put away his smile and added in a low voice: "This is a long story, Zhang Jin said that he attacked Guantao half a year ago, have you heard of it?" ”
"Then I know that the story of your going to Tiger ** alone has spread almost all over Guantao County. The reason why the old blind man didn't let you die today is also because I respect you for your courage that day! Duan Tiezui reclined down again, listening with his eyes closed.
"The juniors took a shit luck before this, and they were promoted to the head of the township Yong Sect by Lin County!" Cheng Mingzhen paused and continued to tell. How did he see Zhang Liang threatening Lin County's order in the yamen, and how he came forward. Then how was he squeezed by his colleagues in the yamen so that he took over the errand of the envoy Zhang Jincheng camp, and how to fight the group of gangsters. and how he was chased and killed by the officers and soldiers as bandits afterwards, together with the past events such as offering advice to Zhang Jincheng for self-protection, defeating the officers and troops of Wang Shichong's department, and beheading Yu Zhongmou.
He believed that Lin Xianling and the others would put themselves to death no matter what, and it didn't matter if there was one more crime or one less crime, so he simply didn't hide what happened in the past few months. In the end, he simply poured out the things in the giant deer. At first, the old blind man could listen calmly, but when he heard the absurd deeds of the group of cowards in the giant deer Zezhong calculating each other and killing each other, he was so angry that he was angry again and again. "These bastards, how many years have they been so uncompetitive. You and Du Qi have done a good job and done a wonderful job. Why didn't he turn around and chop Zhang Jincheng together, and go to be a big boss by himself, and save this unconscionable guy from making mistakes! ”
"How can the younger generation dare to be the big boss of Juluze. I was in a hurry to come back, but as soon as the matter was over, I left immediately! Cheng Mingzhen scratched his scalp and said in a sneering manner. After eating and drinking, his spirit was much better, and the sores on his body were not so painful, but many places began to itch.
"Don't say goodbye!" As if he could see through Cheng Mingzhen's thoughts, the old blind man pouted and asked. Finishing cloth in
"Senior, senior is right!" Cheng Mingzhen blushed and continued to scratch his head, the chains on his wrists clanged. The reason why he left Juluze in the first place was because he looked down on what the bandits did. Second, I was thinking about the great future that the prefectural magistrate promised to me. And after coming back, it was only after he came back that compared to Lin Xianling, Jia Zhutou and Guo Zhutou and others, the bandits were as pure as newborn babies. As for the position of the county magistrate, it now seems that it is just a bait to deceive people's lives, and Lin County Ling was not sincere at all when he made his promise.
"Regret it?" The old blind man couldn't see the embarrassment of others, and continued to ask in a whisper.
"Nope!" Cheng Mingzhen shook his head slightly. "If I don't come back this time, I'll never understand. Hehe......"
"That's right! People don't fall and don't grow big! The old blind man stretched comfortably, yawned, and said, "You know enough to die ten times." can live until now, it can be regarded as our two fate! Let me help you analyze and analyze, I am afraid that the Lin County Commander has long suspected that you were the one who helped Zhang Jincheng defeat Wang Shichong, so he rushed to announce that you died at the hands of Zhang Jincheng. In this way, even if Wang Shichong heard a hint of rumors, he was embarrassed to stir up his ugly things! ’
"As it should be!" Cheng Mingzhen sighed and shook his head. He always thought that Wang Shichong falsely reported his military exploits, and the cowardly and confused Lin County Order would inevitably believe it unreservedly. But now it seems that Lin County's cowardice and confusion are probably done for others to see. When it comes to matters involving his own interests, this person has more calculations in his heart than anyone else, and he has calculated almost everyone, and everyone will be grateful to him.
"You're a soldier, though you're temporarily brought in to cushion your back. But if you come back alive, it will still be easy for Wang Shichong and the Yu family to catch the handle. Once you are recognized, as the boss who pulls you up, Lin County Ling will have to be implicated! The old blind man yawned and added in a whisper, "This is only one of them." Second, it is your trouble with the Zhou family. In case you report the Zhou family, Lin County Ling, Dong Zhushu and others may all have their heads on the ground. Therefore, in order to protect themselves, they must first kill people and kill their mouths! ”
Cheng Mingzhen couldn't answer, and he felt more ashamed. These details, as a party, he slowly thought it through after he was framed. And the old blind man only deduced from a few words. In vain, he has an extra pair of eyes, but no blind person understands the problem.
"Opportunity, I'm afraid it's here!" The old man on the bed rolled over and reminded in a low voice.
"Where?" Cheng Mingzhen was taken aback when he heard this, and hurried forward to ask for advice.
"Lin County Order will only feel safe if you let you die. But those two catchers are just trying to pull you off their heads, so there's no need to kill you. And according to the situation you said, I'm afraid that you will die, and it will do more harm than good to the two head catchers. The two of them have been able to control the Guantao County Yamen for so many years, and they may not be unable to understand this! ”