Chapter 20: The Road Is Uneven
At a T-shaped intersection in the outer courtyard of Xishan, an old farmer led a skinny ploughing ox and knelt on the edge of the well.
When the floating leaf came to the old farmer's side, he was already dying of hunger. The shadow of the floating leaves obscured a ray of sunlight shining on the old farmer's face. In the shadows, the old farmer squinted and let out a wail, "Ahh
Fushengye was wearing a black robe and a golden mask, and his appearance was a little scary. He asked the old peasant in an amiable tone, "Old man, what are you doing here?" ”
The old farmer just looked at the floating leaf and closed his eyes, ignoring him no more.
Fushengye asked again: "I heard Su Mo's father in front of me say that you haven't eaten for three days!" Why? This is the Temple of the Moon God, and you are a devotee of the Moon God. If you have any difficulties, speak up and I can help you! ”
When the old farmer heard the floating leaf call him, he used two "you" in a row, he raised his head and looked at the floating leaf and said, "Are you the messenger of the moon god?" ”
Fushengye nodded: "In the eyes of the moon god, there is no distinction between nobles and commoners, and there is no one who is a slave. Every life should be treated equally! ”
The old farmer stretched out his hand like dead wood, his palm spread, and in his palm was a pair of amber bracelets.
The old farmer pointed to the old ox beside him and said, "This is a pair of bracelets that I sold his child in exchange." It was a birthday present for my granddaughter. In order to take a look at the child, I walked with the old scalper for more than half a year before coming here. ”
Floating Leaf asked, "Can't you find your granddaughter?" I can help you find it! ”
Lao Mu shook his head and said, "She's in the stable in front." ”
Fushengye felt that there must be something hidden here, so he helped Lao Mu to the stable not far away.
Under a shack where horse manure was piled up lay a girl of sixteen or seventeen.
The girl's eyes were hollow, and there was only some hay under her. A jet-black bed covered her body, surrounded by many green-headed flies. She's still alive, but she looks dead.
The old farmer slowly lifted the quilt from the girl's body, leaking out the girl's arms. The floating leaf saw that the arms were cut off from the wrists, leaking out the white bones.
This girl is the painting heart.
The old farmer said: "The previous morning, one of her hands was cut off by the master and eaten with wine.
Floating Leaf was horrified when he heard this, this crime was beyond his knowledge of bad people.
"Who is it?" Two words popped out of his mouth.
"The seventeenth prince paints his face." Old Farmer's Road.
"It's him again, he really thinks that no one will dare to clean him up except his father?" The floating leaves were filled with righteous indignation.
"You can't close this matter!" Cheng Dong came from a distance, and he covered his nose and walked to the side of the horse dung shack.
"Your master is not a good man, but I envy him for having a good and faithful dog." Floating Leaf Road.
"O former son, I advise you to stay away from this land of right and wrong. No one dares to move this girl without my lord's consent. Cheng Dong is thick-skinned like a city, even if he is ashamed in his heart, he will not easily see it from his face.
"I just want to move, see what he can do to me?" After the floating leaves finished speaking, they were going to hug the painting.
Cheng Dong pulled out the knife holder and put it on the neck of the floating leaf, and the floating leaf turned a blind eye and went his own way. The ends of his hair rubbed against the blade, and a strand of hair fell to the ground, and the skin on his neck could clearly feel the chill of the blade. But without hesitation, he picked up the painting heart and walked towards Su Mo's father's hut.
Cheng Dong gritted his teeth angrily and chased after Fushengye and shouted: "Don't think I dare not kill you!" ”
Fusheng Ye suddenly said, "Of course you dare to kill me." But you only dare to do some dirty things in secret, you don't dare to kill me blatantly, none of you dare. Because even if I am not the son of the Sho Hung tribe, I am still the son of the King of the White Horse. I'm still a monk in the Temple of the Moon God, and you're just a guest. ”
At this time, the seventeenth prince got the news and rushed to him. Seeing this, he said to Cheng Dong: "I hate that someone is more arrogant than me, Cheng Dong, he said that you are my dog, why don't you bite him for me quickly!" ”
When Cheng Dong saw the seventeenth prince's face, he immediately had the spirit, went up and put a foot in the back of the floating leaf, and the floating leaf was out of breath.
He could only let go of the painting heart in his arms.
The seventeenth prince said: "This slave was bought out by me from Xishan for one hundred taels of silver, and everything about her belongs to me alone, including her life." ”
Fushengye looked at the poor painting heart, in order to make this girl no longer suffer, he said to the painting with sincerity: "I don't have a hundred taels of silver to accompany you." But I beg you to spare this child for the sake of his aged grandfather! Ye wrote down this favor and will definitely repay it in the future. ”
The seventeenth prince sneered and said disdainfully, "You overestimate the value of your favor in my eyes. Even if you use a thousand taels of gold, you will not want to buy a broken shoe from me that I don't want. I don't care about money, I just care if you're going to be angry! ”
"Perverted!" Floating Leaf Road.
"What pervert?" The seventeenth prince said, "Your scolding words are quite fresh. Otherwise, for the sake of our acquaintance, if you eat the lump of cow dung in the corner, I'll let her go, so that I'll be satisfied, and you don't have to spend a penny. ”
Fushengye stared at the complacent seventeenth prince and said, "I'm going to duel with you!" ”
The seventeenth prince couldn't stop laughing: "Duel, you are not a corporal preacher, and you want to duel with me as a samurai at the rank of second lieutenant." You can just find a crooked neck tree and hang yourself, at least you can still keep your dignity. ”
"People don't just live for food, this is the biggest difference between humans and animals, it seems that you have forgotten that you are a person!" ”
The seventeenth prince said: "You must know that a live dog is ten thousand times stronger than a dead person, and a dog can at least eat when it is alive, and it is nothing when a person dies." ”
Fushengye said firmly: "I want to duel with you!" ”
The seventeenth prince said, "It seems that only by doing things can you shut up quickly." But my identity is too noble to do anything with you, I will let my guard Cheng Dong duel with you, you can also find a spokesperson to try. Remember that this is also a game that kills people! I really don't understand, do you think it's the right thing to do to save someone, you have to kill someone? And also! Is it hard to eat? Some people are obviously weak, why don't they learn to be a dog? It's so tiring to be a superior. ”
Fushengye said: "If a dignified person is reduced to the point where he can only survive by eating, do you think he still cares about his life?" ”
At this time, Lan Ye and Yan Long Ye walked side by side from the Xishan Courtyard, they came to Fushengye's side, and the three of them stood in a line and watched the seventeenth prince's face.
Yan Longye said: "I will participate in the duel on behalf of my eldest brother, and I will fight with you without resentment!" ”
Lan Ye said: "On behalf of the Moon God Temple, I declare: because you have abused the slave of the Moon God, you are now dissolved from the master-servant relationship with the painting heart. ”
The seventeenth prince still said proudly: "It's all crazy, isn't it?" I don't know if my third brother will arrive today? My eldest brother should be here the day after tomorrow. Want to fight in a group? You don't need to call all the fifty princes and princesses of our family. There are more people than me in the plains, do you want to laugh at me? ”
"Chirp-tweet-" With a few carving sounds, three golden eagles passed through the clouds, flew around the West Mountain a few times, and walked away leisurely.
Cheng Dong was ecstatic and said, "Your Highness, it is the army of the third prince who has arrived. ”
"Hahaha!" The seventeenth prince leaned forward and leaned back with a smile, "My third brother is training in the southwest enclosure of Tiantai Mountain, this time it shouldn't be that he brought his 30,000 thunder horses!" I want to see the West Mountain, who dares to disobey me! Oh yes! ”
The seventeenth prince painted Yan hurriedly went down the mountain to greet the third prince Lei Zhe.
Fushengye thought in a panic: Ren Jie Qi'er should also come!
Lan Ye looked at the stunned floating leaf and asked, "I want to know, if one day your relatives are in trouble, and you can't do anything about it, you can only save her by eating." She can only live one day if you take one bite, how long can your loved ones live? ”
Fushengye replied mechanically: "If you and Han Xi are in trouble, I will eat until you live a long life!" ”
Lan Ye looked at the shapeless floating leaf and said, "You are unreasonable!" ”
Fushengye said: "We were born in this ordinary world, and we have to be tortured by this ordinary world. If there is no way back behind you, then you can only face the difficulties. ”
Lan Ye said: "Let's deal with the matter in front of you first!" ”
Fushengye looked at the sluggish painting heart beside him, he scratched his head sadly, not knowing how to choose at this time.
In the end, he decided to send the painting heart to the residence of Su Mo's father. He went to the account office to advance his food expenses for half a year, handed it to Su Mo's father, and told them to take care of Huaxin.
In this way, in the days to come, the floating leaves can only eat radish greens for meals.