Chapter 180: Poisonous Countryside
The crowd in the gambling house was like a tide, gathering around one game table after another. Joy, joy, sighs, and invectives are endless. Sima Lang squeezed into a crowd, and kept shouting as the dice swirled, "Big ...... Big...... Big ......".
"Oops...... How is it a small, no, no, next time I want to bet small".
"I'm going to bet big, I don't believe it, he can always be small."
"I don't believe that the next game is still small, and I want to bet big."
A group of gamblers have bet their money well. Seeing Sima Lang's hesitation, the dealer suddenly laughed: "Sima Lang, are you down or not." If you don't, don't stand here and delay our time."
"If you want to go down, don't grind and chirp, delay our time."
"If you can't afford to lose, don't come, and look upset ...... you are upset."
"There's no one to beg you here, if you can't afford to play, get out of ......."
"Who said uncle, I can't afford to play. I...... I'll pay 100 gold and bet on a small ......." Sima Lang was furious when he heard this, and gritted his teeth and stomped his feet. Put a hundred gold, and put it in a grid with small letters written on it.
Seeing this, the dealer looked at the people around him and smiled meaningfully: "Buy and leave, open the dice without regrets."
"Big ...... Big...... Big...... I bought it, hahaha......". The gamblers were overjoyed and took the money into their arms one by one.
Sima Lang looked at the empty money bag in his hand, pointed at the dealer and was furious: "You...... You guys...... You are cheating".
"Trickery? You can show up the evidence. If there is no evidence, empty mouth and white teeth will ruin the reputation of my gambling house. Beware of you, you can't eat and walk around". The dealer has become accustomed to such a scene. looked at the angry Sima Lang and asked sharply.
Sima Lang's eyes were red after the loss, and his blood was surging for a while. Pounce straight over and grab the money at the table. The surrounding gamblers were furious one by one and stepped forward to beat them.
At this time, Jia Fu and a group of people came over, heard the movement in the gambling house, and were slightly stunned. Sima Zijing reacted quickly and shouted at the crowd: "Little brother, ......."
Yi Hun heard about it and took a few guards with him. He rushed into the crowd. Soon all the gamblers fell to the ground, and a wail rang out. A guard pulled up Sima Lang, who had a blue nose and swollen face, and walked towards Jia Fu.
Sima Zhao was furious when he saw this, ran over with Sima Zijing, and slapped Sima Lang in the face: "Third brother, I haven't seen you for two years, you are really capable."
"Big brother...... Now the younger brother has injuries on his body. Even if there are some mistakes, it is not too late to punish them after a while." Sima Zijing saw his younger brother, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and his body was full of dredging, and he felt a little unbearable.
After hearing this, Sima Zhao's heart was also soft, and then he glared at Sima Lang fiercely. After that, Sun Hao, who looked directly at him and walked slowly: "Sun Yuanwai, are you, do you want to explain something."
"I just listened to Xiucai Gong and called you big brother. Dare to ask you, Sima Zhao." Sun Hao answered the question, staring at Sima Zhao.
Sima Zhao vaguely felt that Sun Hao's gaze was full of hatred, and he couldn't help frowning slightly: "This official is, the left servant of the household department, Sima Zhao."
"It turned out to be an adult in person, good, good, good, our accounts can be slowly calculated......." Sun Hao heard Sima Zhao reveal his identity, his tone became heavier and heavier, and finally he almost gritted his teeth.
A thug shouted at the gamblers in the gambling house: "Today, our host has to settle an account with Lord Sima." In order to avoid accidental injury, the store is closed, and you will be responsible for the consequences."
When the gambler heard this, he knew that there would inevitably be a fight, so he hurriedly dispersed. Like a tidal wave, gushing out of the gambling house. Yi Hun and the guards were slightly stunned, and couldn't help but put their hands on the hilt of the sword.
"Bang ......". The door was heavily locked, and all the thugs in the gambling house showed hateful eyes. Seeing this, Sun Hao smiled gloomily: "Sima Zhao, Sima Zhao, I have been thinking hard. In fact, I just want you to taste the taste of a broken family. But I didn't expect the sky to have eyes, so you fell into the net. Brothers, now the time has come for us to take revenge."
Hei pressed forty or fifty people, lifted the stick, and beckoned to Sima. Liu Sheng and Jia Fu were in a hurry when they saw this, and some guards threw their swords, and they couldn't help but say, three swords came out in a row, and three thugs fell in a pool of blood in response. The rest of the thugs in the gambling hall were stunned for a moment, and then they all roared angrily. Desperately, attack several people. Yi Hun saw that there were too many thugs, and he couldn't care so much for the sake of saving his life, so he hurriedly shouted: "It's important to rescue the son, those thugs don't care if they live or die."
When the guards heard this, they let go and fight. They have experienced the battlefield, so why are they afraid of these thugs who do not enter the stream. After a short time, all the thugs fell to the ground, more than 20 people lost their lives, and the rest were seriously injured.
Sima Zhao reacted from the chaos at this time. Touching the swollen face that had been beaten, and the scars on the body. smiled bitterly at Sun Hao and the thugs underground: "I, Sima Zhao, think that I have no grievances with you." Why do you suffer like this, why do you suffer like this".
"Phew...... Only a black-hearted dog official like you would be so high-sounding and say that there is no injustice or hatred with us."
"In the cold winter of last year, our family was ruined, and it was all your fault."
"Hate the injustice of heaven, how can a person like you live in the world so freely."
"I hate today, such a great opportunity. There is no blade, your Sima Zhao's head. to sacrifice the souls of more than 200 households in my village."
"If it weren't for you, Sima Zhao, who presided over the change of the law, he would poison the countryside. How could it be that my whole village, old and young, with more than 200 households, was forced to die."
"If it weren't for that time, we would have been hunting in the woods. I'm afraid that as early as last winter, it will become dry bones."
"Since we are in heaven, let us live. If I wait for you, you will live too freely. What will be the face after death, and see the souls of the unjustly killed in the village".
A group of thugs, their eyes were red, and they were crying blood. Sun Hao fell to the ground, covering his right hand with his left hand, the wound on his arm, staring at Sima Zhao deadly, looking at his blue nose and swollen face, looking up to the sky and laughing, tears dripping down the corners of his eyes: "Sima Zhao of the dignified household department, he was beaten by us and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, which can be called painful." It's a pity that the sky is unfair and can't kill this person. Avenge the souls of more than 200 households in my village. It is really sad and painful for me to wait for death without turning a blind eye."
"The pain of changing the law poisons the countryside ......". Sima Zhao looked at the scene in front of him and listened to their narration, and his heart suddenly ached. If he hadn't entered Xiaoshi Village at the beginning, wouldn't Shi Xue's fate be exactly what was in front of them? Wrong, really wrong.
Jia Fu was a group of people, silent for a while. Yi Hun sighed in his heart, and looked at the more than 20 thugs who had lost their lives in a pool of blood, not only saddened. It turns out that they are all miserable people. The guards bowed their heads slightly, and put the blood-stained sword into the scabbard.
Liu Shengben was also sad, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and looked directly at Sun Hao: "How do you know that it is Sima Zhao who presided over the change of the law in the imperial court."
"My father was originally a magistrate of Wushui County, but because Wang An refreshed the rule of officials last year, he was dismissed and returned to his hometown. My father is naturally clear about the situation between the DPRK and China. Wang An presided over the law change, and Sima Zhao fully assisted. It is only then that the change of law has such a great momentum. It's a pity that Wang An was born in a powerful family, and it is too difficult for us to take revenge." Sun Hao heard Liu Sheng's inquiry and smiled miserably. originally thought that Sima Zhao was born like them, and it would be easier to take revenge. Unexpectedly, people are not as good as heaven, so that they fall short.
When Jia Fu heard Sun Hao say this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "So you vent your anger on Sima Zhao's head." He comes from a humble family, just like you. Naturally, it will be much less difficult to retaliate."
"Cold? He Sima Zhao was born in a poor family, and when he sat in the position of a high-ranking official, he forgot his roots. You say we, can we not hate him? “。
"I know the bleakness and hardship of the cold door. If I don't kill these people, how can I vent the hatred in my heart."
"If you can kill a person who forgets his roots, it should be a great pleasure for the world."
"It's a pity...... Every day does not follow people's wishes, but what is it, what ......".
"I am Sima Zhao, not a person who forgets his roots. Changing the law is a good solution, but the situation is compelling. So that the law is rushed to make it poison the countryside, which is all my fault with Sima Zhao. I, Sima Zhao, would like to make an oath here, and after returning to Luoyang, I will write to the court and stop changing the law. If this poison is not solved for a day, this law will not be able to come out for a day." Sima Zhao looked at Sun Hao in front of him, as well as the thug who fell to the ground, and bowed deeply. From today onwards, he made a vow to go against the sky. We will do our best to stop changing the law so that the people can cultivate.
The thugs looked at each other and looked at Sun Hao. Sun Hao showed a look of disbelief and asked Sima Zhao, "You mean?" Prevent the change".
"Spend his whole life, if this poison is not removed for a day, I Sima Zhao will not allow it for a day. Although there are nine deaths on this road, I am willing to go there. It is my fault that these people die, and if there are orphans, I will support them for the rest of my life." Sima Zhao bowed deeply to the more than twenty thugs who had died, and strode out of the gambling hall with a resolute expression.
Liu Sheng sighed in his heart, and also walked over, and Jia Fu led a group of people and followed closely behind. In the gambling house, only the thugs and Sun Hao were left silent. It seems to be digesting what Sima Zhao said.
(To be continued.) )