Chapter 54: Lynching
Cui Linjiang, who had a complicated expression, took a step ahead of Han Yu, lifted the door curtain, and quickly rushed into the tent that exuded a strong smell of blood, looking at Fu Zhiyi, who had died tragically, his eyes widened angrily, and then he looked at the woman who was lying in a pool of blood not far away and hugged the baby in his arms, and kicked Tao Yi a few times in a daze and angrily, and then shook his head and sighed: "What a sin!" ”
Fu Zhiyi has a bold personality, very good for Cui Linjiang's temper, the two are also old acquaintances, and often drink and talk about joy very much, but I didn't expect to be hacked to death by Tao Yi, a villain, with an axe, Fu Zhiyi and his wife died, not only leaving the swaddling baby girl in front of them, but also the six-year-old boy in Fengyang's family, I am afraid that there will be no one to take care of him in the future, Cui Linjiang suddenly felt a strong tiredness in his heart, thinking about the age of going south and north all these years, after this trip to Xuzhou, it is also time to hand over the 'beating' to others to abdicate and make way for Xian.
Han Yu and the other "fighting" masters followed closely, seeing the tragic weight in the tent was also a relative, looking at Cui Linjiang's expression, presumably Uncle Cui and the couple had known each other earlier, but fortunately, Tao Yi had already been ambushed, and it could be regarded as avenging Fu Zhiyi and his wife, Han Yu stepped forward and sighed: "Please mourn, Uncle Cui, some things are still handled well!" ”
Cui Linjiang was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood Han Yu's pun, not only reminding the couple who died as soon as possible, but also Liu Yancai, who was Tao Yi's fellow party, was still alive and well, the corners of his mouth raised a cold smile, his expression suddenly became cold, and he said word by word: "It is true that some people should be dealt with earlier!" ”
Cui Linjiang strode out with the baby in his arms, and suddenly stopped and said to Han Yu: "I hope that Brother Han will do the funeral for me, I..."
Han Yu sighed slightly, this Uncle Cui seems to be rough, but in fact, he attaches great importance to love and righteousness, although he still looks indifferent, but judging from the gloomy and tired eyes that endure grief, it can be seen how tormented Cui Linjiang is at this time, Fu Zhiyi has a great responsibility for his death, if it weren't for the fact that he led people to find the wrong direction, if he had captured Tao Yi earlier, this tragedy would not have happened.
Han Yu carried the body out of the tent with the help of a few young "beating" practitioners, but this place was a wilderness where there was no shop in front of the village, no coffin could be obtained, and there was really no beautiful funeral, Han Yu put the jade brought by the couple into it, and under the gaze of some businessmen who came, the two bodies were buried in a clearing next to the woods not far away, and in front of the raised mound, there were two wooden planks with the names of the couple written on them.
When Han Yu returned, Liu Yancai had already been convicted according to the rules of the caravan, and the ancient servants had always been triggered by the crowd for disobedience to the master, and Liu Yancai was only framed and persecuted by the two charges, he would definitely die, and when he learned that he was going to be beheaded, Liu Yancai, who had no face, knelt in front of the eldest lady Zhang Zhimo and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, and every time his head hit the ground with a bang, and in less than a moment it was already bloody.
It's just that Zhang Zhimo was indifferent and unmoved, although she was kind-hearted, but not weak and deceitful, I heard Liu Yancai confess before, Tao Yi wolf ambition, actually planned to poison the head of the Zhang family, in order to embezzle the rich family property, this time to go to Xuzhou was premeditated, but unfortunately Han Yu bumped into the good thing, Zhang Zhimo was ashamed of Han Yu, suffering from gains and losses, and he had no mercy for Liu Yancai, who was drugged as Tao Yi's accomplice, and he couldn't wait to urge Cui Linjiang to cut off his head earlier.
After getting the unanimous consent of the respected businessmen, Cui Linjiang, who had a cold expression, strode forward, grabbed Liu Yancai's hair, ignored his dead pig-like struggle and howl, dragged his bloated body in front of everyone, raised the polished knife and slashed down, and suddenly blood splashed, and the round head with his eyes wide open rolled out of the distance, and the onlookers applauded for a while, for such a despicable person, there should have been this retribution a long time ago.
Yuan Ke, who was still young and timid and afraid of things, was also dragged out, but from Liu Yancai's confession, he was not involved, and there was originally a crime of covering up this matter, but Zhang Zhimo, who had been silent, suddenly pleaded for mercy, and a group of respected businessmen did not pursue it after discussion, Cui Linjiang raised the big knife that was still dripping blood, cut the rope, looked at Yuan Ke and said coldly: "A good man should be above board, even if he can't be called the king and worship the prime minister, he can't soften his bones, what's the point of cowering and living!" ”
Yuan Ke sat on the ground trembling slightly, suddenly kowtowed to Cui Linjiang, and then kowtowed to Zhang Zhimo again and again, when he stood up again, his head was obviously raised, and his eyes seemed to be a little more determined.
The matter has come to an end, Zhang Zhimo, who was about to get up and prepare to leave, suddenly moved, looked at Cui Linjiang who was standing in the crowd from a distance, quietly watching the execution of Cui Linjiang on the stage, and felt lost for a while, if she hadn't been confused, Han Yu would not have been implicated, if she hadn't finally rehabilitated Zhaoxue, I'm afraid it would be Han Yu who went to this guillotine.
Zhang Zhimo, who was apologetic, was a little embarrassed, in fact, he had a good impression of Han Gongzi, who had the grace of saving his life, otherwise he would not personally change the medicine for him every day, but as soon as this incident came out, I am afraid that it will be difficult to restore the original friendship, and finally met a favorite man, but unfortunately it is fate, Zhang Zhimo smiled sadly, buried the thoughts that he did not dare to hope for in his heart, and tried to get up and return to the tent calmly.
In fact, most of the merchants in the caravan were ordinary people, with a simple temperament and a clear distinction between love and hate, not deliberately targeting him, but being deceived, although they were greatly wronged, they could not be blamed, Han Yu's open-mindedness made many businessmen who were ashamed of it even more, and learned that the baby was also saved by Han Yu, and was praised for a while, the only thing that made Han Yu a little helpless was that Zhang Zhimo seemed to be deliberately hiding, Even if they encountered it, it was like a stranger, which made Han Yu a little confused for a while.
The caravan that had experienced the attack of the wolves and the traitors set off again, because the speed of progress was faster because of the delay, although it was hard to sleep in the open every day, but Han Yu either rode a horse or practiced shooting crossbows diligently every day, and it was a lot of progress to persevere every day.
Once hunting Han Yu won the first place, hunted a wild boar with a crossbow, Cui Linjiang took a fancy to Han Yu's swordsmanship talent, as long as he had spare time, he would teach Han Yu how to use the bow and arrow, and reluctantly cut his love to give him the longbow of the treasure of weakness, but it is a pity that Han Yu's arm strength is not slack, and he can't really pull the bow and shoot arrows, but he practices the life-saving technique taught by Uncle Cui every day, and his arm strength has grown greatly, and I believe it won't take long to use this treasure bow.
With the passage of time, the caravan is less than a hundred miles away from Xuzhou, along the way there have been many merchants to arrive at the county seat along the way, after paying the partner fee, the number of the team is only one-third of the original, about two or three hundred people, the closer to Xuzhou, about to face Zuo Liangyu, one of the fierce people in the late Ming Dynasty, Han Yu's heart is full of urgency and excitement, for how to persuade Zuo Liangyu to help, Han Yu has some ideas, as for Ling Fei will know if he tries it.