Chapter 384: On the Way to Death
Shi Kan gulped down the fish soup as he glanced around vigilantly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis humble rural wine shop is located in Jialu Village, 30 miles north of Yuanyin County, Xihe County. In fact, this is not a wine shop at all, but a local fisherman and his wife, who built a shack by the Yellow River in the early years, and relied on the water to catch fish and shrimp in the Yellow River. The large ones were sold to the rich and noble families in the city, and the small ones who died were left to cook by themselves, not only for their own consumption, but also for those who came and went from the north to the south, and they could earn a few pieces of silver. Over time, the shack was built into three earth-stone tile houses, and the dishes also changed from a single boiled fish soup to more frying and grilling tricks, but the main ingredients were still limited to fish and shrimp.
In late autumn, the border area is extremely cold, and when the wind passes, it quickly takes away all the heat of the human body, blowing people's faces white and shivering. Two large bowls of hot fish soup were poured down, although the fishy smell was obvious in the mouth, but fortunately, a lot of warmth was restored on the body, and the face was a little more human.
Since Jinyang was besieged by the Qin army on the eve of the war, Shi Kan made a quick decision and escaped from the tunnel at night and fled. In order to narrow down the target in order to hide people's eyes and ears and not fall short, before Shi Kan fled, except for the ten die-hard subordinates who had carefully selected and were absolutely reliable, he didn't tell anyone, even his main room and seven side concubines, all of them were kept in the dark, everything was ruthlessly abandoned by him, and it didn't matter if they didn't see each other again in this life.
The only exception was that before leaving that night, he took Shitong with him. In fact, although Shi Tong is the son of the world, he is not Shi Kan's eldest son. Just because of his handsome face and liveliness, he is cool between his eyebrows, and he is deeply loved by Shi Kan. Therefore, he deposed his eldest son and made Shi Tong the son. Shi Kan knows that this escape may be a wandering world in the future, and he doesn't know when he will have a stable place. It is extremely important to be able to save your life, but if there is no one behind you to cut off the incense, it is not much fun to live. Taking Aiko Shitong with him can be regarded as a reassuring pill.
The idea is of course good, but after escaping from Jinyang, within a few days, the initial fresh and exciting feeling passed, and the eleven-year-old Shi Tong, a stubborn child, had seizures at every turn, and all kinds of noisy disturbances made Shi Kantou, who was always worried, very worried, and even secretly regretted that he had brought this ignorant baby by his side, which was a burden in vain.
Over the past few days, Shi Kan has also repeatedly thought about where to flee in the end. It must not be possible to go east, although Duan Xianbei has an enmity with Shi Hu, but it is difficult to protect himself, how can he have the spare strength to protect the person who has lost power, and even tie him up and send him to Shi Hu to take a respite, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable. Not to mention going east to the territory of Yan Kingdom, it is said that none of those Murongs, big and small, are honest and kind, and they all have more eyes than the stars in the sky.
To the south, needless to say, in the land of Hebei, if he is caught by Shi Hu, he will definitely die a miserable death, and it will be the best gift to behead him for public display. In addition, to the south is the territory of the Qin State. Shi Kan secretly thought, although Gao Yue is known as a magnanimous hero, but he must also be treated differently, he once stabbed him in the back like that, so that the Qin army suffered a big loss for a while, if it really falls into the hands of Gao Yue, I am afraid that at most he will not die so miserably.
To the north, the vast Hanhai, the grassland is accompanied by the desert, and the population is becoming more and more sparse, and Shi Kan does not want to suffer that suffering. After thinking about it, it is most reliable to go west. Back then, Emperor Liu Zhao and Emperor Liu Yin, didn't he also flee to the Western Regions. If he hadn't been too anxious and took the initiative to die and had a conflict with Liangzhou, maybe he would have really broken up and become the emperor of the soil now. It shows that going to the distant Western Regions to settle down is the right choice for those who flee for their lives, Shi Kan is very confident, his line, even the master and servant, is only twelve people, the target is relatively small and not easy to be discovered, and he also carries two bags of treasures, and he will be a rich man in the future, which is more than enough.
In order to hide his traces and erase suspicions, he would go east, north, and west, leaving a tortuous footprint. But if there is a large map, it is not difficult to find that in general, Shikan's walking route is still constantly going west. At present, Shi Kan and his entourage, after driving for most of the day, came to the Jialu village on the bank of the Yellow River, everyone was cold and hungry, so they decided to fill their stomachs first, rest for a while and then make plans.
When hunger and cold are dispelled, the human sense of taste begins to become sensitive. The fish soup in the countryside, without all kinds of precious spices, is obviously fishy and even bitter, and there is a lot of soot floating in the coarse porcelain bowl that is missing, which is even more unpleasant. This kind of food, in the past, Shi Kan even raised a dog, did not want to take it to feed, but I didn't expect that the time had passed, and I even drank two large bowls, I really knew that I was bitter, and I only swallowed it in my stomach.
"I don't want to drink this fish urine! Get out of here! ”
When there was a crisp sound, Shi Kan woke up from his contemplation. When he looked up, it turned out to be Shi Tong who was noisy and yelling, resolutely refusing the whispered advice of his subordinates, and after barely taking a few sips, he threw the soup called 'fish urine' on the ground, even the soup with the bowl. The soup was steaming on the cold and hard ground, and the subordinates looked at each other with embarrassed and bewildered faces, and the rest of the guests in the room looked at each other, and the proprietress also hurriedly came over to ask what was going on.
Shi Kan smiled with a smile, only saying that the child's hand slipped and accidentally smashed the bowl, and the money would be counted later, so that the proprietress would be sent away with good words. When he turned his head, his face was already so cold that he could scrape off the ice, and he held back his anger and approached and whispered, "Tong'er! Hello I don't know anything! Don't you know that such a noisy noise is easy to attract the attention of others? And how many times has my father told you, now is not as important as before, saving your life is the most important thing, even if the conditions are more difficult, is it worth enduring some hardships? When the future is stable, whatever good food you want to eat, the father will satisfy you, now be well-behaved, eat a full stomach, and we will be on our way. Otherwise, I'll be hungry again, where will I find hot food for you! ”
"It's not a small bitterness! This is great suffering! Why should I suffer? I don't want you to care! ”
Shi Tong's stubborn and arrogant childlike temperament all attacked, not only did not listen to persuasion, but stretched out his arms and kicked his legs to make more and more trouble. After tossing for a long time, it didn't stop, but it intensified. Shi Kan was already worried, and he couldn't bear it anymore at the moment, twisted his eyebrows and glared, and rewarded Shi Tong with a heavy big mouth.
Shi Tong burst into tears. The entourage hurried up, some grabbed Shi Kan, and some kept soothing Shi Tong. Shi Kan was still angry, and Shi Tong was already crying completely.
"I don't want to be here! I want to go back to Jinyang! Father beat me! Mother won't beat me! ”
With a sound of his father, Shi Kan was shocked into a cold sweat. In a fit of rage, he stepped forward, raised a kick and kicked Shi Tong to the ground, followed by several more kicks. Shi Tong howled miserably, and when he saw that his father was really angry, he couldn't help but be afraid, but he didn't dare to cry anymore.
Seeing that the matter was getting bigger and bigger, the entourage rushed up one after another, hugged Shi Kan tightly, and didn't say anything to persuade him to calm down. Shi Kan's eyes were already red from anger, but he was struggling to hit Shi Tong, and he was still gnashing his teeth viciously and shouting: "Lao Tzu killed you today!" Why did you give birth to such a stupid and stupid pit daddy! Rubbish! ”
Shi Tong lay on the ground, saw his father full of murderous energy, staring at his red eyes, his face was hideous and terrifying, and kept saying that he was going to kill himself, of course he was very afraid, he hurriedly collected his tears, got up from the ground with a bone, and without thinking about it, he instinctively lifted the heavy felt curtain and ran out.
But after a while, Shi Tong suddenly opened the curtain and ran back. Shi Kangang was reluctantly persuaded to sit down, and when he saw his son with a frightened look on his face, he pointed to the outside but couldn't speak, and immediately sighed in his heart, and the evil fire in his mouth dissipated without a trace, and a huge sense of fear, like an invisible hand, slowly choked his throat.
The entourage also noticed Shi Tong's abnormality. The air in the room seemed to freeze instantly, and everyone seemed to be still in an instant. Shi Kan was stunned for a while, stood up suddenly, strode behind the door curtain, froze for a moment, gasped, gritted his teeth and lifted the barrier in front of him.
The cold wind outside the house was whistling violently, and the stone was like falling into an ice cave, and the heart seemed to be beating hard. Ten steps away, the black-pressed soldiers, holding the piercing spears of the cold and cold, surrounded the small wine shop, and then on the periphery, countless bows and crossbows were already wide open, and the sharp arrow tips flashed with the cold aura of death.
Shi Kan stumbled and almost fainted on the spot. After all, the retinue were loyal to the old department for many years, and when they saw this, not a single one flinched, and they all rushed up, trying their best to cover the stone kan behind them, but in front of the heavily armed army, these efforts seemed so pale and futile.
In the middle of the compartment, more than a dozen people in black clothes surrounded a leader. The leader was of medium stature and had an ordinary face, but he looked at him aggressively with a pair of eagle falcon eyes as sharp as a cone.
"You, who are you!"
Shi Kan asked through gritted teeth. He heard his own voice in despair.
After a while, Shi Kan saw that the man suddenly burst out laughing, and the laughter went straight into his ears, as ugly as a roar, and the smile was indescribably eerie and terrifying in his eyes.
"King Pengcheng, how are you doing all the way? Contemptible Inner Ya Li Songnian! ”