Chapter 74: The Village (27)
Village Chief He dared to confront everyone alone, and it was impossible to fight brute force, so there was only one other possibility left, poisoning.
Kong Yan had given her grandfather an antidote pill, so she wasn't worried, but on the way back to the ancestral hall, she also secretly stuffed an antidote pill in her grandfather's hand.
Village Chief He cut his skin, and as soon as the stinking blood gushed out, everyone heard a noise in the ancestral hall, like picking beans with a stopper, and the sound of hissing and exhaling.
One of the prisoners shouted, "There is a snake, everyone run." ”
This sound exploded in the crowd, and everyone ran away for their lives, who would wait for death in place.
Kong Mo's two families also walked away, Kong Heren was anxious, "I'm going to save my father." ”
"Father has the antidote pill given by my sister, and nothing will happen." Li hugged Brother Ye and stepped back, reminding him.
Kong Heren looked at Li with a sad expression, "Why are you stopping me?"
Li Shi lowered his head, "Master, you can take a look." ”
Kong Heren said impatiently, "I'm going to save my father, what are you letting me see?" ”
Li glanced at him with disgust, "I am three feet away from the master, one did not stop the master, and the other did not hold the master and did not let go, when did I stop the master from saving my father-in-law?" ”
Kong Heren: ...... Looks like that's the case!! It's just that....
He was immediately embarrassed and said, "You woman, you want me to die, don't you?"
This person is obviously greedy for life and afraid of death, but he still refuses to admit it, and he looks righteous and awe-inspiring to save people, Li is too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and shouts Kong Guangzhu, who is lagging behind, hurry up.
Kong Guangzhu ran up with his skirt, and when he saw his brother standing still, he said in surprise, "Big brother, the snakes are coming this way." ”
Kong Heren snorted, turned his head and still didn't move, but it didn't matter if he turned his head, he saw a patch of wriggling snakes behind him, he couldn't see how many, he spread the whole ground and rolled out layer by layer, those errand soldiers dodged and ran, but unfortunately it was too late, he fell to the ground and convulsed with a scream of being bitten, and finally he didn't move, and was buried by the snake.
Only the old lady Kong stood motionless, and the snakes walked away from him as if they were afraid of him.
Kong and Ren ran forward, "Father doesn't need me... Ahhh Lots of snakes. ”
Lee's in front: .....
The prisoners ran fast, but the snake still kept chasing, Kong Yan felt that it was not a way to go on like this, and she didn't have so many antidote pills for everyone to eat, and besides, these were all prisoners, all of them were evil people, and she didn't need to have mercy.
Seeing Lu Lian panting because of running, Kong Yan pursed his lips and took out the antidote pill for him, Lu Lian refused, Kong Yan stuffed it directly into his mouth, and then gave one to each of the family members around him.
Mo Shangshu swallowed the antidote pill, and then stood there panting, "Sister Yan, thanks to you, otherwise I don't know what would happen now?" ”
Kong Yan really doesn't like the Mo family, but the Mo family really didn't do anything, Kong Yan always looked bad and died, she smiled and said it's okay.
Li Shi was a little worried, "This antidote pill has a few hours, right?" You ate it with us when you were in the wing room before, and the servants ate it too, and now..."
Everyone looked at the ancestral hall with Li's words, and the servants had all fallen to the ground, and only Mrs. Kong was standing there alone.
In the distance, you can still see Village Chief He standing in the ancestral hall.
Mo Minzhong stood up, "I'll go to the old lady to have a look." ”
Kong Yun also said, "I'll go, Brother Mo will stay here." ”
"If the family doesn't talk to each other, if we don't have a sister, we can't stand here properly." Mrs. Mo looked at the snake that bypassed them, and couldn't help but get goosebumps, "Minzhong and Brother Yun should go together." ”
Mo Shangshu nodded, "Yes, the two of them also have care." ”
The two nodded, and then they walked to the ancestral hall together, and the snakes that rushed over bypassed without waiting for the two of them, and although they did not bite the two, they also walked very slowly.
The rest of the people went to the side of the tree and leaned against it, and the prisoners, who did not know who had come up with a solution, lit hay so that they also stopped the snakes from biting them, so that soon fires were raised everywhere, and some of them did not even have a chance to find hay, so they ran to the houses that were burned, and thus saved their lives.
Everyone's eyes were staring at the ancestral hall, and they could only see three figures standing there, it was Old Lady Kong and Kong Yun and Mo Minzhong in the past.
In the ancestral hall, there was a bloodstain under the body of Village Chief He, and the snake gushed out because of his blood, accompanied by a thick white mist.
Soon the white mist made it impossible to see the village chief at the entrance of the ancestral hall, even if it was only a few steps away, he still couldn't see clearly.
Village Chief He's voice faintly came out, "Old lady Kong, although my family has lived in the mountains for a long time, I also know that there is a Confucian surname Kong in the world. It's a pity that loyal ministers are always framed and fall into the situation of a broken king, Confucian disciples are all over the court and the opposition, and they are jealous of being a pilgrimage and the whole family is exiled, so there is no complaint? ”
Old lady Kong said lightly, "The bow should not be too full, and if it is too full, the string will break." Kong does things in a measured way, and knows that when the moon is profitable, it is lost, and when the water is full, it overflows. The good minister makes himself gain a good reputation, and the group can also get a prominent title, and the loyal minister himself is killed, but the saint is in great notoriety, and the family and the country are lost, leaving only an empty name of the loyal minister, from this point of view, the loyal minister and the good minister are far apart, the king and the minister are one, and will only check their own behavior, and will not complain. I am willing to be a holy and good minister, and I do not want to be a loyal minister for my own selfishness and disregard for my family and country. ”
Village Chief He was slightly stunned, and laughed out loud for a long time, as if he had an epiphany, "What a good minister and loyal minister, if he could have heard Kong Daru's argument of reversing loyal ministers and good ministers, He would not have hurt so many innocent people." ”
"If you go north along the entrance of the village, you will come across a mountain at the end of the mountain, and there is a peach tree under the corner of the mountain, and there is a hole behind the peach tree, and you can leave the village through the hole." Village Chief He's voice became lower and lower, "Today, from the descendants of the monarch to my relatives, they were all bitten to death by the poisonous snakes that were devoured, and I originally had the heart to die with you, but there are people behind you who can carve these snakes, and a great Confucian like the old lady must live well and teach people more truths." ”
The voice slowly faded away, and a soft singing voice sounded.
"What is your home? What kind of clan are you worried about? Where are you going? Where are you going? ....”
The sound slowly faded away, and only a steady stream of white mist poured out.
Kong Yun listened to the singing, and a touch of sadness was born in his heart, "Grandfather, let's go back." ”
Old Lady Kong's expression was low and solemn, "Blind loyalty will only harm people, and you should remember this. ”
The two responded in unison, and when Xin'er heard the words of Village Chief He, they were also shocked, they were still guarding it for hundreds of years, wouldn't it be loyalty, but also loyalty!