Chapter 4 This is the age of individual cannibalism
Zhu Da is getting more and more accustomed to his current life, but he doesn't have a good grasp of proportion, for example, he will overreact, and when he sees a few horsemen approaching quickly, he subconsciously wants to dodge, and when he sees the soldiers in the field doing their work as usual, he realizes that this is the norm, and also remembers that every once in a while, there will be knights dressed like this to come to Baibao Village.
Just like the closed village back then, outsiders, especially those who are different, will always attract the curiosity and attention of the children, and before the knights have entered the village, the children of Baibao Village have already surrounded them, looking from afar, and Zhu Da is also curious, and follows.
The four knights had slowed down their horses before they entered the village, and everyone could keep up, the children's curiosity was on the horses, and Judah was watching the men and horses and everything carefully.
The knights were all sturdy men of twenty or thirty years old, dressed neatly dressed in strong suits, with their heads wrapped in cloth, each with a sword, and a goose feather nearly four feet long hanging from the side of the saddle, and one of them had leather armor. The four knights had no expression on their faces, occasionally glancing around with contempt and disdain.
Zhu Da did not let go of any details that he could see, too many things were different from the impression of those more than 20 years, for example, this horse should be a kind of Mongolian horse, but the Mongolian horses I saw back then were all short, and these horses were much taller. There are also how to hang weapons in the saddle, how to place the saddle bag, etc., which are all a little different from memory.
The Yanling knife looks unambiguous, although it has never been unsheathed, it is definitely not a good thing, after all, in this era, the knife is used to kill the enemy, and it was used to bluff people back then.
The mounts are good, the weapons are good, and the knights on the horse look majestic, and the kind of toughness shown in the gestures must have been professionally trained.
But Zhu Da was also a little puzzled, these four knights looked fierce and well-trained, but they didn't have the evil spirit of the old man Xiang Yue, hadn't they been stained with blood and had never killed anyone?
"These are all the family members of the big master's family, don't look at the identity of the subordinate, but it is more valuable than Uncle Li who is in charge" Zhu Da remembered the words of his parents, this "Uncle Li" means Li Zongqi, and the "big master" must be a person at the level of a thousand households and a commander.
When I was thinking about it, I saw that the four knights did not enter the village, and stopped their horses directly at the entrance of the village, where Li Zongqi Li Ji had already walked out quickly, followed by two young men, these two people Zhu Da also recognized that it was Li Ji's two sons, Li Ying and Li Jian, who helped Li Zongqi in charge of Baibao Village, Li Ying was the boss and would inherit the position of the general banner in the future.
In the village, the majestic Li Zongqi was full of smiles at the moment, his attitude was humble, and he said attentively: "The fifth brother came here to work hard, and the family prepared refreshments, wine and food, dismounted and entered the house to rest, and drank wine to relieve fatigue!" ”
The general banner is a hereditary military attache with an identity, and the family is a servant who serves others, and there is a clear distinction between the noble and the low, but looking at the attitude of these people in front of him, it is completely reversed.
The four knights did not dismount at all, and the one at the head sneered and said: "Whoever sends you this bad wine, you don't have to break the bank, Lao Li, this time it is the words of the big butler, and you will start collecting grain and paying rent in ten days, you prepare early, don't delay, otherwise no one will be able to afford to suffer!" ”
"Save, save, please rest assured, Uncle Luo, Lao Li can't delay the errand." Li Zongqi replied with a smile, turning his head to make a look as he spoke, and Li Zongqi's two sons sent it up with their hands holding the burden, and the burden was not small.
The knight called "Fifth Brother" frowned when he looked at the baggage, and did not stretch out his hand, but only said, "Just take out the silver bill!" ”
The two young men of the Li family were also familiar with this matter, and hurriedly put down their arms with a smile, took out a fist-sized cloth bag from it and handed it over, the fifth brother took it, weighed it a few times in his hand, shook his head and said coldly: "I can't count on too many poor goods." ”
After saying this, he didn't even look at it, and threw the small cloth bag directly into the saddlebag, looking at the extent of the saddlebag's bulging, he collected a lot along the way.
I thought that this was going to go, but I didn't think that the knight next to the fifth brother drove the horse violently, and the mount took a step forward, just rushing to the second son of the Li family, Li Jian, before everyone could react, the knight drew his knife out of the sheath and slashed it violently, and the sword was shining brightly under the sun.
No one expected him to suddenly burst out and swing his knife, and the surroundings were shocked at first, and then there was an exclamation, and Li Zongqi also let out an "ah" sound. Zhu Da was thrilled to see it, is this going to kill people and see blood? In the end, there are no rules and royal laws.
After being shocked, he didn't see blood splashing, nor did he hear a miserable scream, only saw Li Jian, who had been cut down, kneeling on the ground, one shoulder had collapsed, and he was crying out in pain there.
"Who gave you the courage to make a face at the fifth brother of our family, muttering, is he scolding, is he disrespectful to the Luo family!" The knight wielding the knife pointed at Li Jian and shouted and scolded, and everyone saw clearly that this knight used the back of the knife.
Li Zongqi reacted and hurriedly stepped forward, but instead of helping, he kicked Li Jian to the ground and scolded: "You bastard who kills with a thousand knives, how dare you be rude to the fifth brother!" ”
After speaking, he kicked a few more times, kicking Li Jian all over the ground and crying, after kicking, Li Zongqi and Li Jicai laughed and said: "Fifth brother, this bastard is not sensible, fifth brother don't worry about him in general, wait for the time, I will go to the master's mansion to invite you to eat wine and make amends!" ”
The fifth brother just nodded, turned the horse's head expressionlessly, and didn't care that a group of people were surrounding him, and directly accelerated the horse's speed and crashed out, causing an exclamation. Many people dodged away from the top handle, and even Zhu Da on the side of the road was pushed a few times and almost fell.
The four knights passed by, and Zhu Da heard one of them say with disgust and disdain: "Pigs and dogs!" "Dust away.
No one made a fuss about the behavior of the four knights, everyone took it for granted, and as soon as the knights left, apart from the excited chatter of the children, the adults who had come together dispersed to work.
Zhu Da looked at Li Zongqi to help his second son up, the anger on his face just now was gone, but his face was full of helplessness and anger, while supporting, while comforting, Zhu Da saw Li Chunhua standing not far away, the little girl's face was no longer arrogant, and her face was full of panic and fear.
It turned out that this was an era of the jungle...... The scene just now was just sudden, not even cruel and bloody, at best domineering and arrogant, Zhu Da's attitude towards everyone as a matter of course was familiar and unfamiliar, and relevant memories surfaced in his mind.
The commander and the cronies of the thousands of households and the family members, in the following hundreds of households in the military camp is the heavenly people, has always been unscrupulous, once rode a horse and galloped in the village, trampled to death the young children who had no time to dodge, and paid a hundred wen afterwards, and there was also a drunken trouble, and the eldest girl who was not out of the cabinet somewhere was ruined, the poor girl committed suicide, the perpetrator was only beaten with ten whips, and a certain righteous Xiaoqi was broken legs, the whole family was defeated, and the daughter fell into the dust.......
It turns out that this is a society of individual cannibalism.......
The autumn sky was empty, the harvest scene, and the laughter of children in his ears sounded again, but at this time, Zhu Da felt cold all over his body, cold from the inside out.
The warmth of the family, the kindness and care of the parents, and the barely resembling paradise of Baibao Village all collapsed in an instant in the scene and memories that had just happened, and Zhu Da finally realized that he was a lowly class in this era, just like the knight said, a pig and a dog, even if he grew up, he was just a pig and a dog that grew up!
Everyone around him has become accustomed to this kind of identity and situation, and they all take it for granted, but Zhu Da is unwilling, in those twenty years of life, there are such and such unsatisfactory, but there is a minimum of dignity, a minimum of rights, suddenly to become such a humble pig and dog without dignity and security, of course he does not want to!
With such a life, Zhu Da will never be as numb as his parents and villagers, and he will never be as accustomed to this kind of life!
Since having a new life, Zhu Da became solemn for the first time, he was unwilling to do so, Zhu Da wanted to change this seemingly destined life, what did he do!