Chapter 143: Mistakes

Li Zhuang felt that his scalp was about to be caught, and he couldn't help but feel unbearable pain, and scolded loudly:

"Zhang Kui, are you fucking crazy? Let me go, or I'll kill you!" ”

Zhang Kui's face sank after hearing this, and he just stretched out his left hand, wanting to teach him a lesson, but before he could do it, he heard someone behind him shouting:

"You two don't have a good vigil, what are you messing around here!"

Zhang Kui hurriedly stopped, turned his head, and saw many figures flashing out behind him, and the flames were soaring around them, turning the mouth of the valley where they were located red.

Li Zhuang heard that the rescuers were coming, hurriedly broke free from Zhang Kui's hands, ran out in the dark, seemed to be a little uncomfortable with the many torches that suddenly lit up, he squinted his eyes and looked forward, and after seeing the person's face clearly, Li Zhuang's body trembled violently, and then walked forward quickly, knelt down in front of everyone, and shouted:

"Li Zhuang has seen the patriarch!"

An old man walked out of the light and shadow, he looked at Li Zhuang and Zhang Kui, stroked his beard, and said in a deep voice:

"You two don't patrol well, play around here, if something happens, can you afford to take this responsibility?"

Li Zhuang's face changed after hearing this, and he hurriedly defended:

"Patriarch, it's none of my business, it was Zhang Kui who suddenly came over and beat me, I slept well here just now"

Before the words fell, I heard Zhang Kui snort coldly and said, "Well, sleep well." ”

Li Zhuang's face instantly turned pale, and he opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak.

After hearing this, the old man frowned and glanced at the two of them, no longer cared, waved his hand, and said:

"Although we live in the valley, but we are not ignorant of the outside shape, just a few days ago, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Patriotic Kingdom has laid down the Dingbian, and now the situation in Dingbian is in chaos, many people in the city have fled to the valley in order to avoid disaster, although we do not prevent them from entering, but we do not allow our villagers to be harmed, now it is eventful, Li Zhuang, Zhang Kui, this time I will not pursue you, if you dare to commit it in the future, you will be severely punished!"

The two bowed their heads together and agreed.

Seeing this, the old man nodded, and after a few more words of instruction to the two of them, he greeted the people behind him, and everyone got the order to follow the old man out of the valley.

Zhang Kui saw everyone slowly walking away, his face was confused, and he turned his head to Li Zhuang and said in a sullen voice: "Hey, you say, what is going on with the patriarch?" What are you doing here without sleeping at night? ”

Li Zhuang was still angry at Zhang Kui's dumb loss just now, but he was afraid of angering him, so he didn't dare not reply, so he had to snort and said:

"Isn't it a night watch? It wasn't always the case in the past. ”

Zhang Kui's eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes flashed, and after a long silence, he shook his head and said in a low voice:

"No, the usual patriarch patrols are also in the first half of the night, never out in the middle of the night, and the mountain wind is too strong at night, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, he generally does not come to the valley, let alone out of the valley."

After saying this, he hugged his arms, as if talking to himself, and as if to say to Li Zhuang: "In the village, I'm afraid something big will happen!" ”

Li Zhuang looked disdainful after hearing this, found a comfortable place to lie down again, sighed comfortably, he was just about to close his eyes, but he glanced at Zhang Kui, who was tall and tall in front of him, and after thinking about it, he stood up and walked out, and when he saw that he was far away, he replied:

"What could be a big deal! Zhang Kui, how many years have we lived in this mountain, the village sends money to the city guard every year, and the official family has long acquiesced that this is our territory, even if a few blind thieves come in occasionally, we will catch him and kill him, and he will pretend to be deaf and dumb, so ah, he should sleep, he should eat, it's a big deal to be mixed in, just catch him and beat him to death, what the hell are you doing so seriously! ”

After speaking, he glanced up at Zhang Kui, only to see that in the dim firelight, Zhang Kui looked contemplative, he was happy in his heart, thinking that Zhang Kui was moved by his words, he couldn't help coughing, and continued:

"Zhang Kui, it's not me saying you, you're a good person, you're good anywhere, you're tall, you have endless strength at a glance, but why don't you farm well, idle all day long, bully others, you haven't asked for a mother-in-law for so long, it's a pity, and you look at it, your temperament is also weird, you have a black face all day long, you look scary, and you like to drink, and you are crazy about drinking, you see who in the village sees you from afar, and you don't hide far away? That is, I, Li Zhuang, have a better temper, and I see that you are pitiful, so I am willing to be on duty with you, and I will be someone else, and when I heard that it was you, I would have run away a long time ago. ”

Seeing that Zhang Kui didn't move for a long time, he didn't know what to think when he lowered his head there, Li Zhuang thought that he was guilty, hung his head and was ashamed, he couldn't bear it, sighed, and said:

"You don't have to be sad, people, they can all change, as long as you change your past mistakes in the future, stop drinking and causing trouble, and farm honestly at home, I will let my mother-in-law be a matchmaker for you, you have this strength, as long as you can settle down, what girl is not willing to marry you?"

Hearing this, Zhang Kui suddenly laughed, very loudly in the dark valley, startling Li Zhuang.

Without waiting for Li Zhuang to speak, Zhang Kui picked up a stone casually and threw it outward, in the dark, he couldn't see the movement of the stone clearly, but the sound of landing was very loud.

He laughed again and said, "In my eyes, these things you are talking about are just like that stone, nothing. ”

After hearing this, Li Zhuang cut off and said coldly:

"Come on, I can't even ask for a daughter-in-law, and I'm talking nonsense here, by the way, don't blame me for not warning you, because you are idle all day long, drinking and causing trouble, the people in the village are becoming more and more dissatisfied with you, if you don't restrain yourself, the patriarch will move to expel you from the village, you can do it yourself."

Zhang Kui's eyes flashed after hearing this, and he sneered: "Expelled me from the village? A bunch of idiots, don't ask me for a few days. ”

After speaking, he raised his foot, kicked a stone in front of him away, and shook his feet to go down the mountain, but before he could move, he shook his head and said with a wry smile:

"You are unjust to me, but I can't be ruthless to you, it's just that I, Zhang Kui, have the ambition to soar, and what do I have to do with you people."

He lowered his head and sighed, and said to Li Zhuang: "Soon, I'm afraid there will be something big here." ”

After hearing this, Li Zhuang made a "snort" sound from his nasal cavity, turned over, and sneered: "How many years have we lived here, and we haven't seen anything major, I said Zhang Kui, you are not too young, can't you be down-to-earth, farm well, marry a daughter-in-law and have a baby?" I always think about things that don't matter, make people laugh, forget it, you can do whatever you want, I don't care! ”

After saying that, he wrapped his clothes and fell asleep.

The mountain breeze blew, and the light of the torches used for lighting flickered and flickered, as if it would be extinguished after a while.

Zhang Kui got up and lit another torch, and it was much brighter, between heaven and earth, there was darkness, as if there was only this little bit of fire under the sky, showing the light, with a little spark, against the darkness, never dying!

Zhang Kui's face looked cloudy and uncertain under the firelight, and his eyes looked at the direction the patriarch left, without blinking, not knowing what he was thinking.

The mountain wind is fierce, bringing who is restless.

At this moment, who knows what is happening in this country?

The world is too big, how can people live in a small water and soil, this life!

Whose shout shook the country!

Seeing that Li Zhuang was asleep, Zhang Kui's eyes flashed, and he strode forward and walked out of the valley, and soon, his figure disappeared into the darkness.

It seems that the heavy rain in the sky a few days ago has washed away the yellow sand in the air, and the sky and the earth have shown a rare clear sky.

Breezy and sunny weather.

People who take shelter from the wind in the mountains have already left their homes to walk in the mountains and enjoy a rare time.

For a while, the sound of children frolicking kept sounding in the mountains.

It was as if it was another quiet day.

But they hadn't settled down long before they heard bad news.

Almost instantly, the atmosphere instantly froze and became extremely dull, and it seemed that a huge stone was pressing on everyone's hearts.

Only the sound of ignorant children still echoed in the valley.

According to the source, in the mountain where they lived, on the way up the mountain, at the mouth of the valley, an army suddenly appeared dressed in extremely wolf bèi, their armor was all congealed blood, and each of them had exhaustion and lack of energy on their faces.

They were the defenders of Dingbian who were routed by the Patriotic Nation.

The patriarch of the village, surrounded by the villagers, stood at the mouth of the valley and confronted the remnants of the soldiers.

In the Yan army, the so-called chief general Wu Yue saw that he had been grinding for a long time, and the people guarding the valley mouth still did not give way, so he was quite impatient in his heart, and he took out his long knife, stepped forward, and pointed at the people and scolded:

"Fuck, don't mess with Lao Tzu, if you don't get out of the way, Lao Tzu will split you!"

The patriarch's face sank after hearing this, his hand touched his beard, shook his head and sighed:

"General Wu, even if the old man lets you into the village, what's the use? This mountain range is not a place to guard, if the guards get the news, they will soon come to attack, and we will not be able to resist at all, my lord, now that the weather is clear, it is suitable to hurry, you continue to go north, rush to Zhongliang City, and join my army, and you can atone for your sins. ”

When Wu Yue heard the words "atonement for his sins", his face changed, he shook the long knife in his hand, and scolded:

"What nonsense are you talking about, old thing? In order to keep you safe, the brothers fought bloodily outside the city of Dingbian, killing countless enemies, and the army of 500,000 guards was resisted by the brothers for a long time, killing more than 300,000 of them! If it weren't for us, you would still be standing here? In order to avoid the pursuers, Lao Tzu has led his brothers to starve and hide for several days! You can't imagine how much suffering we have suffered, and how we can 'atone for our sins'! ”

After hearing this, the patriarch's eyes flashed, he stroked his beard, and said, "Oh? Yes, as far as the old man knows, the total number of guards is only 150,000, and I don't know where the 500,000 horses in Wu's population come from? ”R1058