Chapter 499: Deserter
In fact, the casualties in this battle of the bronze corpse are easy to count.
Those who were bitten by the copper corpse would be assimilated into a copper corpse not long after, and attack the Wuhua Army together with the original bronze corpse, and those who were not bitten all hid back in the city.
In other words, there is no case where the body cannot be recovered and the number of dead cannot be confirmed.
After the bronze corpses were burned in a centralized manner, the soldiers in the army saw the copper corpses with hideous faces like dried corpses up close, and then they became afraid.
In the face of such a terrifying monster, rather than a normal enemy, it is inevitable that there will be a sense of retreat.
There are only three deserters, and Yu Chijing seems to be very few. Two of the captured deserters have been publicly beheaded, and one has managed to escape.
Chi Jing was transferred by Wan Sheng to pursue the deserters, but he was relieved that there was no Chinese army. Wan Sheng gave the second junior brother Bai Yinsheng and the sixth junior brother Wei Chi Wumeng a letter to repair the letter, asking them to bring a small number of people to help secretly as disciples of Qimen Mountain.
At the very least, if the void pass takes advantage of his and Jingjing's absence, and comes up with some yin damage tricks, they can resolve one or two.
"Let it be distracted." Will leave the small hand of Chi Jing, but the tone is unacceptable.
"Hmm." Chi Jing said softly, clasping his fingers tightly with Jiang Li.
She has always had a dream of wandering the rivers and lakes with the person she likes.
Even if it's for a few days.
According to the direction pointed by the hexagram, the two of them actually came to the Black Tiger Village that impressed Chi Jing extremely deeply and had a very heavy yin qi.
"Big brother... This Jiang Huzi is a person from Black Tiger Village. Chi Jing said incredibly, and once again remembered the avant-garde village chief in Yazi's mouth.
Jiang Liwei nodded, blew the bone whistle, and the cliff that had served as a guide last time reappeared.
"Master." Yazi bowed his head to the general, and then turned to Chi Jing: "I've seen the master."
"Well, Yazi, have you heard of Jiang Huzi?" Chi Jing said directly.
"He's back in the village." Yazi didn't seem to wonder why they were asking about this person.
"Oh, he's really from Black Tiger Village! Where does his family live? Chi Jing said happily.
It's really hard to find a place to step on the iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get there, and it seems that they will soon be able to return to the Wuhua army.
"Yes, he is the righteous son of the village chief." Yazi Road.
"The village chief's righteous son?" The village chief who wished he had cut off his children and grandchildren... Righteous son?
"Yes, the village chief has been lonely all his life, without a wife and children, more than ten years ago, someone threw a child in front of his door, and he had no choice but to take the child back to raise him." Speaking of this legendary village chief, Yazi showed admiration.
"Jiang Huzi is the abandoned baby..."Chi Jingdao, feeling that something was wrong.
Although she had never met the village chief, she always felt that although the village chief had a slightly extreme idea, he was a dignified person, not like a person who could teach children to be deserters.
"Has this village chief been ill lately?" As if thinking of something, she asked suddenly.
"The boss is really like a god." Yazi was a little sentimental, thinking of the village chief's illness.
"Therefore, Jiang Huzi did not intend to be a deserter, he actually went home to visit his relatives." Chi Jing muttered to himself.
The war is tight, let alone going back to his hometown to visit relatives, even if he returns to his hometown to mourn, Wan Sheng will not agree.
Forget it, let's find the people first!
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Yazi led the two of them through the "Wailing Pool", passing by the crooked houses with different styles, and came to a house with mud bricks and a roof paved with black tiles.
Compared to other simple and insulated thatched huts in the village, this brick house seems to be the best in the village.
The three of them were about to knock on the door, the door creaked open, and the deserter Jiang Huzi walked out with a small medicine pot, and was dumbfounded on the spot when he saw that it was Chi Jing.
He knew that someone would find him, and he knew that it wouldn't be long, but he obviously didn't think that the person he personally found would be Chi Jing.
He licked his chapped lips, feeling that he was really an unforgivable sin, and he actually alarmed her: "Miss Chi..."
"Huzi." Chi Jingdao, his face sank, he just stood there and didn't move, and he exuded a sense of not being angry and arrogant.
"Miss Chi, I was wrong..."Jiang Huzi knelt down with a puff and began to kowtow.
"Father-in-law... A few days ago, I received a letter from home, my stepfather was sick and sick, and the neighbors said that his time was short..."
"But at that time, a large number of bronze corpses were coming, and I couldn't leave my companions alone... But I couldn't wait until I learned that the bronze corpse had been subdued by General Chu and Miss Chi, so I left overnight..."
"My father-in-law is as gracious to me as a mountain, and as a son of man, I cannot... Can't help but come back to see him off for the last time..."
"I know, for whatever reason, my Huzi is a deserter, a veritable deserter!"
"But, Miss Chi, I beg you, I beg you, can you let me wait for my father-in-law for a few more days..."
"What to do with me then, I have no complaints! Please, Pool girl..."
The tall and strong young man kowtowed, crying a handful of snot and tears, and the listener was sad.
Seeing that this was the truth, Chi Jing was also embarrassed.
Military law is like a mountain, but what Huzi said is indeed true. She asked the adjutant general of the soldiers, and Huzi's fellow villagers testified that he did leave the barracks in a hurry after the bronze corpse was burned.
It can be seen that it is not an ambiguous one.
She was thinking about it when there was a crackling sound in the room of a bowl falling into a basin.
The voice of an old man who was hoarse and full of anger sounded: "Get out... Go back! You, you useless stinky boy... Get lost! ”
"Father-in-law!" Huzi exclaimed, and in a hurry, he couldn't care about Chi Jing and the others, got up from the ground and turned around and ran back to the house.
Chi Jing pondered for a moment, took a few steps through the small courtyard full of dried radish, and followed closely behind.
There was a strong smell of medicine in the room, lingering. It is a smell that can only be found in the room of people who have been sick for a long time, especially the smell of angelica in the air is the strongest.
Angelica, to the liver, heart, spleen meridians. Angelica is a blood-tonifying medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, and it has a wide range of uses, so she can't guess what kind of disease the village chief has for a while.
Chi Jing stood at the door, looked at the bed inside, and finally met the head of the village who had admired the name for a long time.
His face was pale, his cheekbones were raised high, he was so thin that he was only skinny, and his whole body was withered like a shriveled cabbage leaf without any moisture.
Only those eyes.
Those eyes did not lose their luster because of the torture of pain, and he stretched out his weak fingers, pointing at Jiang Huzi and scolding with all his strength.
"Brute! You... You said that you were approved by the general, let, let you come back from vacation! He yelled hard, clutching his heart, a look of pain on his face.
Jiang Huzi pounced, and hurriedly helped him rub his heart with tears: "Father-in-law!" Children are not filial, they are all bad children... Father, don't be angry, Father..."
"Deserter..."The head of the village was so angry that he didn't come over for a long time, and he beat the kid in front of him weakly, and he also wanted to cry: "Deserter... Deserters are to be put to death! You brute! ”
He knew it! Raising children, what to do with raising children? Sooner or later, a death will be raised!
He tried his best to send Huzi out of this village, and wanted to ask someone to find him an errand in the city that was easier and closer to the village, and he was good! It's like a bird that has been trapped for many years finally regains its freedom, and as soon as he turns around, he doesn't listen to his old father and goes to join the army!
Barracks, is that a place for people? The world is so chaotic that even the ordinary people live in fear, not to mention the small soldiers in the army! I never know if I'll see the sun rise tomorrow...
Those who are not born by themselves are so troubled, if they were really born by themselves, he would have died of anger more than ten years ago!
So to be born, to be born, to be born, to be born, to be born, to be born, to What exactly is the use of having a baby? Born to die?
A child who was honest and didn't tell half a lie since he was a child, now he has learned to lie after going out and coming back! He actually lied to him, deceived him into getting the general's personal approval, and went home to visit his relatives!
"You're going to me off... Let me go back to the West sooner... Good to inherit my position as village chief, isn't it... Ahem, ahem! Chief Jiang was so angry that he was incoherent and coughed fiercely.
"Father-in-law, it's not like this, don't be angry, it's the child's fault, it's the child's fault! A child should not be a soldier, he should not leave his father..."He is wrong, he should not have a dream!
What are dreams! Not even a finger of my father-in-law!
The father-in-law raised him since he was a child, taught him, let him not worry about food and clothing, and let him go to school to study, the father-in-law is the best father in the world! And how did he repay his father?
He is not willing to be mediocre, he is not willing to spend his life in such a poor and remote mountain town, he wants to go outside, he wants to establish fame, he wants to make a name for himself...
He... He wants to be a big man like General Chu, General Niu, General He, and even Miss Chi!
But now! Facing his withered father-in-law, the most important relative in his life, he was shocked to realize that he was so rebellious!
Which is more important? He didn't want to think about it anymore. He only knew that he wanted to do his last bit of filial piety for his father-in-law who was neglected, even if it cost him his life, he also wanted to accompany his father-in-law.
Without a father-in-law, how can he be a tiger!
"You... Alas! Elder Jiangcun burst into tears, wrapping around a person who was hard-hearted on weekdays, but now he finally revealed his true feelings, and his wrinkled hand tightly grasped Huzi's hand.
No, he is already old, weak and useless, but Huzi is only ten years old, and he has a lot of days to live, and he can't die!
He pushed away the tiger in front of him and looked out the door.
That girl must be the one that Huzi often mentions, the Chi girl who makes Huzi and the military camp admire him tightly, right?
He had just heard it in the house, and this Chi girl had come to take him back to enforce military law.
Jiang Cun Chang struggled to prop himself up, combed his gray and messy hair on his temples, got out of bed with Jiang Huzi's support, and knelt down towards Chijing.
"Miss Chi... I heard it, you're here to take this kid back..."
"He was young and ignorant... I know that being a deserter is a dead end. ”
"But filial piety comes first, can he leave the army without permission as extenuating... He's not a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death, I know it! My tiger is a hero! Otherwise, he wouldn't have ignored my objections and secretly ran to join the army... I also know that in the face of military law, filial piety does not work, but... Can it be for my sake... What about forgiving him the death penalty? ”
"You let him eat in prison... It's okay to lock him up and let him do rough work, this kid is not afraid of hardship... Can you..."
"See if you can... Don't put him to death..."
In the end, there were tears in my eyes.
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"It's poison." Chi Jing took out a pill, handed it to the head of Jiang Village, and said, "If you eat it, I will spare him for the death penalty."
Jiang Huzi's face changed greatly, "Miss Chi, no, I'm not afraid of death!" ”
He slashed his hand and wanted to take away Chi Jing's poison, but he was taken a step faster by the quick-eyed Jiang Cun Chang-
Time is running out, and now that he can exchange his old life for his adopted son to survive, why wouldn't he do it?
He threw the medicine into his mouth, as if he was afraid that she would regret it, so he swallowed the pill with great difficulty.
"Father-in-law!" Jiang Huzi pounced on him and cried bitterly!
"Good boy, call me Daddy." After listening to the "father-in-law" for a lifetime, he has long wanted to hear him shout "Dad", but in the past, he was just awkward with this child, angry that he went to be a soldier, and the relationship became more and more stiff.
Now he's going to die...
"Daddy! Father! Children are not filial! Woooooooo
He crawled towards Chi Jing on his knees, begging for mercy in a panic, "Miss Chi, I was wrong, I shouldn't have run away, but my father is innocent!" He's already sick... It's not a pity for me to die, but my father... Please, let him not go so painfully... I was wrong! Pool girl! ”
"Miss Chi... Su Wenchi girl is righteous and thin, and she is a heroine in the army. Please be sure to speak your way... Otherwise, the old man is a ghost, and he has to seek justice..."Village Chief Jiang said slowly, and began to feel the burning sensation emanating from his internal organs, as well as the looming abdominal pain.
"No, Dad!" Jiang Huzi couldn't stop crying, how could things be like this? "Miss Chi, I beg you to let my father go, I am willing to go back with you, and I will go back with you immediately to receive death!"
Chi Jing took out another medicine and handed it to Jiang Huzi, "Otherwise, if you swallow this, I will give your father an antidote." ”
After Chief Jiang reacted, his eyes instantly widened! Before he could stop it, Jiang Huzi didn't think for a while, and he was also afraid that she would regret it, so he hurriedly grabbed the medicine and stuffed it into his mouth, and quickly swallowed it: "Miss Chi! I ate! Please, give me my father's antidote..."
"You woman!" How could there be such a cunning and hard-hearted woman! Jiang Cun Chang was mad and pointed at her tremblingly, "How can you go back on your word!" ”
Chi Jing shook his shoulders, this village chief is really full of energy.
"Quickly come up with an antidote!" Chief Jiang roared angrily.
"Come up with the antidote..."Jiang Huzi pleaded.
"There's no antidote, it's not poison at all. Arise yourselves, and kneel without weariness? Chi Jing shook his head and replied with a light smile.
There is true love in the world, and she seems to have not felt this true love for a long time.
"Huh?" Jiang Village Chief was dumbfounded, and stood up with the help of the overjoyed Jiang Huzi, and was surprised to find that he seemed to have recovered a lot of strength. "I... Am I getting back to the light? ”
Chi Jing smiled, too lazy to explain.
The reason why she tricked them into taking medicine was just to test whether Jiang Huzi really had to leave the barracks without permission because his father was sick and was too worried, or whether he was really greedy for life and afraid of death and used his father as a shield to get out.
The former can be forgiven, the latter is killed.
What she gave to Village Chief Jiang was not poison at all, just a good tonic. Looking at the appearance of the head of Jiang Village, and the smell of angelica that has not gone away for a long time, it should not be a serious illness, it is nothing more than old age, two losses of qi and blood, three highs or something...
The reason why the medicine stone is not spiritual, is only afraid of heart disease. I want to talk about "Chi Jing" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~