Chapter 45: One Life for One Life

Xie An quickly fell asleep while sitting at the bottom of the well, and after he fell asleep, the young man named Xiao Mu covered him with a thin futon, which was the only bedding at the bottom of the well. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xie An didn't sleep well, he had several short nightmares in a row, it seemed that there were too many comfortable days in the past, and the unstable life for days had deviated from his expected routine, and everything became a little unreal, but when he woke up sweating, the surroundings were still extremely dark, and only a faint light shone in from the wellhead.

Xiao Mu didn't sleep, he was using a knife to cut off the branches and leaves on the bamboo, and then polished its surface smooth, although he couldn't see it, but every movement was very precise, and his hands were especially slender and dexterous.

Xie An coughed lightly, "What are you doing?" ”

"Make a pen for the little finch."

"You can also make a pen?"

"Making a pen is just the simplest job, and I knew it when I was very young."

Making the pen barrel is only the simplest part of the pen-making process, and dozens of steps such as selecting hair, making refills, fixing the nib and so on test your kung fu.

The brush craft of the Wei and Jin dynasties was still developing and evolving, and it was far less skilled than the later generations to adapt to a variety of writing styles, but Xiao Mu was able to make a brush at this age, which was already remarkable.

It seems that the origin of this small wood is not simple, since he was a child, he will make pens, and he will repair ships, although he can't see it, but the hand holding the knife has been stable and accurate, and it can be seen from here that this person has a tough and indifferent temperament.

Xie An suddenly had the idea of bringing him back to Jiankang, no matter how much skill this person still had, but just knowing how to repair ships could be very outstanding. The Eastern Jin Dynasty built the capital in Jiankang, inherited the dock of the Eastern Wu Naval Division, and in response to the southern invasion of the Hu people, the naval division on the front line of the Yangtze River was regarded as the last line of defense, and this kind of talent was very needed.

Any era is thirsty for engineering talents, Xie An turned his mind and asked, "Do you know how to make Zhuge Repeater?" ”

The Zhuge repeater was originally a repeater invented by Zhuge Liang, which could fire ten arrows at a time, but due to its size and weight, it could not be used by individual soldiers and could only be used for large-scale offensive and defensive battles. Ma Jun, a mechanical inventor of the Wei Dynasty, once improved it, and it is said that it can fire fifty arrows at a time, but it is only said that because the process is complex and the arrows need to be specially made, the Jin Dynasty did not master this technology.

Xiao Mu is not really honest, he frowned slightly, and was silent for a long time before saying: "I will make a small one, that one is too big and I haven't tried it." ”

It seems that there is some reservation, Xie An became inexplicably excited, "How small?" Can it be small enough to hide in your sleeve? ”

"If it could be hidden in a sleeve, it should be a small quiver or a quiver, and the shaft of the arrow should be short, preferably able to hurt people in twenty or ten steps...... I can't tell you the specifics, it's all because I'm an art student, anyway, I've been asking about this kind of secret weapon all these years. ”

Xiao Mu listened quietly to what he said, and his originally somewhat uneasy expression gradually softened, probably attracted by the things he envisioned, he was fascinated in his mind, but the movement of the knife in his hand to trim the pen shaft did not slow down at all, it can be described as a genius who is single-minded and dual-purpose.

Xiao Mu gradually became more talkative, "If you make it into a quiver that you can just hold in your hand, I can't do it yet, the smaller it is, the more complicated it is." Why would you want to make such a thing as a child? ”

Xie An sighed, "If I had this kind of thing to defend myself, I wouldn't have fallen into this place now." ”

To have something like a hidden weapon with a sleeve arrow, as early as the first time he met Xie Shang's riverside, he promised to come to Yin and leave Song Yi.

"Where's Ahri's house?" Xiao Mu actually remembered his name.

"Jiankang City, where's Xiaomu?"

"I live in the mountains." Xiao Mu didn't seem to want to reveal too much, but he was a little curious about his insight, "Is Ahri a child of a family?" ”

"Sort of."

Xiao Mu nodded, "No wonder they're afraid of you running away, because if it's an ordinary homeless child who wants to get a bite to eat, what does it matter if you go to be a pirate." ”

The two of them, who originally seemed to have a somewhat friendly relationship, disappeared with a faint smile on Xiao Mu's face after Xie An said that he was a child of the family.

It seemed that the time had only passed for a short time, and Xie An felt more and more cold, and the temperature before sunrise was the lowest, so he roughly concluded that it was not yet dawn.

It was a long night.

But it seems that more things are going to happen that night.

Not long after he had fallen asleep again, he saw a rope ladder thrown down from the well, and someone jumped down the ladder and said to him, "Come with me." ”

The person who came was Angkor, the boss of the little finch dog baby.

…… Why is this so awkward, go with you, as if Xie An has committed something, and he hasn't started to fight the idea of escaping yet.

Could it be that Xie Shang came to ask for someone?

No, he should be packing up Song Yi at this time, and Xie Shang doesn't have much experience in the rivers and lakes, so if he wants to find Xie An, he has to rely on the help of local scholars or bureaucrats.

Thinking so crankily, Xie An was escorted all the way by Angkor, who had a plaster on his nose, and stumbled to a small mansion, where several oil lamps were lavishly lit, and the figures in front of the window were crowded together.

When Little Finch and Dog Baby heard the movement, they ran out to meet him, but their eyes were red, as if they had cried.

Xiao Que sniffled, and her voice choked, "Mr. Xiao He...... No, he wants to see you. ”

Why meet me? Xie An and the man were never masked, and it was unusual for them to be asked to meet before they died, no wonder Angkor was silent along the way.

When he entered the house, the first thing that caught his eye was a young man lying on a mat, with a hideous sword wound on his chest, he had lost so much blood that his lips were now as pale as paper, his body was supported against the wall by a pillow, his eyes were slightly closed, and his breathing was sometimes faint like a gossamer, sometimes he was wheezing rapidly.

The gray-haired rickety old man beside him had his hands stained with blood, but he still pressed his affected area with unknown herbs with one hand and listened to the pulse with the other hand on his wrist.

When Xiao He saw Xie An coming, he trembled and spread out his tightly clenched hands, and put Xie An's jade pendant in his palm.

He looked at Xie An with earnest eyes, and said intermittently like a dream.

"That girl is right, I am a scholar who does the dirty thing of selling girls and children, and sooner or later I will be punished!"

"Xiao Langjun's jade pendant is too precious, if I exchange my life for my younger sister's life, can Xiao Langjun agree?"

"The young girl is innocent, just because she was born on the way south, she is sick and weak, and she needs medicine all year round to hang her life......"

Xiao He said angrily, with tears in his eyes, mixed with shame and nostalgia. Angkor was going to bring his mother and sister to see him for the last time, but the stubborn book refused to do so, and said that he didn't want his family to see that he deserved this crime.

Excessive blood loss, deep wounds, exactly the same as Song Yi's method of killing the emperor at that time, after all, the killer's swordsmanship only needs to know one move.

Although it is not a sword killing, but if you can live with half a breath, it depends on who uses the medicine precious, and the rare medicinal herbs that replenish blood and qi have to go to the pharmacy to buy it, and this medicine is naturally expensive.

Xiao He refused to use precious medicinal herbs to prolong his life for a while, and he preferred to exchange money for the promise of a doctor to treat his young sister.

There is no reason for Xie An to take back the jade pendant he sent out, he doesn't care about the money, this situation in front of him is the first time he has seen it, the gap between the scholars and the commoners is one in the sky and the other in the ground.

It's a life-for-life.

In order to maintain the last dignity and integrity, Xiao He begged Xie An to give him the jade pendant to treat his younger sister, instead of robbing it.

Xie An nodded slightly, the figure in the candle in the room swayed gently in the autumn wind, and the old doctor gave Xiao He another soothing medicine to end Xiao He's pain, so that he could fall asleep slowly.

Eventually, the young man surnamed He will die in his sleep, and in his dreams he should see his sister who is healthy and alive many years later, right?

There are so many people who don't have money to treat diseases, and now the most noble emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is still in the careful treatment of the imperial doctors, and there is still a trace of breath.

And the young man surnamed He was carried to a mass grave outside the city with only a roll of straw mat wrapped in a straw mat in the faint morning light, and Angkor's decision to honor him was not informed to his family.

The old doctor replied that he should use Yu Pei as a diagnosis to treat Xiaohe's sister.

But at this moment, Xie An unexpectedly learned from Xiao Que'er that he would be sent to the East China Sea Haikou by Angkor instead of Xiao He, saying that he would be released in a year at most...... said that it was a gift, that is, a sale, and Xiao He's family would only know that Xiao He went to the East China Sea to make a living, and it would take many years.

When Xiao Qi'er told Xie An the news, one of her cheeks was still red and swollen, as if she had been beaten, and her eyes were as swollen as walnuts, but she still firmly assured Xie An.

"Originally, we said that we would let you go after taking Mr. Xiao's money, but Angkor didn't agree, he said that Mr. Xiaohe was dead, and if there were not enough people in the East China Sea, he would be punished, so he had to sell Mr. Xiao."

"We told Angkor, if Mr. Xiao really wants to go to the East China Sea, then Little Finch and Dog Baby will also follow you to protect you!"

Silly girl, this sells one get two free, it's a loss-making deal!

Xie An was really about to be laughed at.

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