Chapter 53: The road is uneven
Hangzhou Mansion, Songnian County, a house in the middle of nowhere, Chen Cripple knocked on the door anxiously: "Liuniang, Liuniang!" ”
After knocking for a long time, the dilapidated door opened a crack, and a small face appeared from inside, a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, who took the lantern in her hand and shone it, and was frightened by the blood stains on the other party's face, and was so frightened that she was about to close the door.
"Liuniang, it's me!"
Hearing the other party's voice, she timidly raised the lantern again, saw the other party's face clearly, and couldn't help but lose her voice: "Big brother! ”
It was a young man with a square face, who else could it be if it wasn't Chen Cripple.
She hurriedly opened the door and dodged to let him in, but he said, "I can't go in, I'm afraid it will hurt you." Listen, I did something for the top of the world before, but now that things have changed, I'm afraid I'm going to be killed. He spoke very quickly and gave an address, and said, "Tomorrow, you go quietly to this place, and look for the silver I have hidden, which is enough for you to eat and clothe for the rest of your life, and after you find it, you hire a carriage and leave this place, and go as far as possible." Liuniang, your eldest brother Chen can't take care of you for your father anymore. ”
His words seemed to be explaining the aftermath, and the little girl was shocked and sad, and she faintly cried: "Big brother, what about you?" ”
"You don't have to worry about me, I will try my best to escape tonight, and if God opens his eyes, he will bless me." Although he said this, he knew in his heart that he would not be able to escape this catastrophe. When he was asked to do something, he knew that this day would come. But for Liuniang, he needs that money.
"Liuniang, if you listen to me, you will definitely leave this place tomorrow. If anyone comes to you, don't say you know me. ”
He confessed something more, looked at her deeply, and turned and disappeared into the night.
Liu Niang looked at the limping figure and covered her mouth tightly, she wanted to cry loudly, but she didn't dare to cry. This was the last person she could rely on in this world, and now, she could only watch him run towards that unpredictable fate.
God, should they, pariahs, die happily?
When the sky was bright, several brocade langs found Chen Cripple in a gutter. By the time they arrived, they had been dead for a long time. The leader glanced at the corpse, ordered someone to wrap it in a straw mat, and said, "Carry it to the county office." ”
The subordinate who was sent by him to check the sachet returned, and reported: "My lord, although the material of this sachet is ordinary, the spices in it are very special. Chen Cripple is not close to women, and he doesn't have much money, but people often see him running to Piaoxianglou, and he went to inquire about it, and last month, he just ransomed a little girl in Piaoxianglou. The little girl's name is Liuniang, and she was sold to Piaoxiang Building four years ago, because she was too young, she has been working as a rough girl in the building. Although she is not a listed girl, this redemption silver should not be too little. ”
After hearing this, the other party's eyes were gloomy, and he said, "Within half an hour, bring this Liuniang." ”
Liuniang didn't sleep all night, and as soon as it was dawn, she got dressed and went to the place that Chen Cripple said yesterday. On the way, I passed the yamen, and there were many people in front of the door, as if they were dead. She didn't dare to stop, but she suddenly stopped at a voice.
"Isn't this Chen Cripple? How did you die? ”
"It must have offended someone, you see, the neck is about to break......"
"What a terrible death."
There was a sigh in the crowd, and no one noticed that outside the crowd, there was a little girl who shook her body a few times and covered her mouth tightly. She took several deep breaths before she stopped her tears, and she didn't dare to look there, but tried to lift her feet and walk out of the city. Brother Chen said that no matter what happened, she would pretend not to know him.
In the Buddhist temple in the east of the city, under the willow tree next to a side hall, there is a dilapidated water tank. Remove the water tank and dig three feet down, and there is a wooden box. When she opened it and saw what was going on inside, she was stunned.
It was empty and there was nothing.
No wonder she felt that the soil was so soft when she dug with her bare hands. It turned out that someone had dug it out before her. Maybe Chen Cripple was bumped into when he came to bury him. Or maybe someone took the contents away by chance.
Brother Chen, this is what you got in exchange for your life.
It's something you left for Liuniang.
She froze for a long time, forcing herself to stand up. She couldn't stay here, and even if she wasn't entangled, she had to leave here.
As soon as he turned around, he saw several men with knives standing behind him. The gang covered their faces with black cloth and were covered with evil spirits.
"You're Liuniang, right? Do you know Chen's lame? ”
Her little face was pale, and her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, and when she finally regained her senses and turned around, the road had long been sealed.
"Cripple Chen is dead, and you are the closest person to him in this world. I'll send you to accompany him, so that he won't be lonely on Huangquan Road! ”
The other side approached her, and the light of the knife reflected her pale and immature face.
She kept telling herself, run, run, her body was grabbed by fear, and she couldn't move.
Just when she felt that she was going to die, someone stood in front of her, and her voice was clear: "Don't you feel ashamed that so many people bully a girl?" ”
Her eyelids moved, and she finally came back to her senses, only to see a figure blocking in front of her, with a delicate side face, a beauty.
Looking at the splendid clothes on her body, she should be a young lady from a big family.
Isn't she afraid of this murderer?
The man in black didn't expect to kill a Cheng Biting Jin halfway, but when he saw that the other party was just a girl and was alone, he immediately showed contempt.
"Which girl, if you don't get into trouble, don't be nosy."
The corners of the other party's lips hooked an arc: "This idle matter, this girl will take care of it today." In this girl's territory, you dare to kill half a person. ”
The man in black had a cold look in his eyes, didn't talk nonsense with her, and said to his subordinates behind him: "Up!" ”
The corner of the woman's lips hooked and stepped forward. Liu Niang didn't expect that her fist and foot kung fu was passable. It's just that the other party is overwhelming, Rao is her best kung fu, and it is a little difficult for one person to resist, seeing Liu Niang shrinking aside, she couldn't help but scold: "Little girl, don't take the opportunity to run to the official!" ”
Liu Niang was reminded by her before she came back to her senses. hurriedly fled out, but was intercepted by a person: "Where to go!" ”
The woman who was fighting a crowd tightened her eyebrows, picked up the water tank at hand and smashed it over there: "Hurry up!" Unexpectedly, as soon as she was distracted, someone slapped her on the shoulder, and she frowned, secretly saying that it was bad.
She was a three-legged cat kung fu, and immediately raised her internal strength to resist, but she didn't come up in one breath and was slapped out by the other party. She took a few steps backwards, and was about to hit the wall, but her back was pressed against a broad chest.
The other party held her steady and asked her in a warm voice, "Are you okay?" ”
She turned her face and saw that it was a young man, with a pair of eyes, and she was very good-looking.
She covered her shoulders, but she didn't care about her injuries, and said in a deep voice: "Go and save people!" ”
The man looked ahead: "Don't worry." ”
Following his gaze, he saw a man with a scar on his face fighting the man in black.
Those black-clothed people scolded in their hearts, what's the matter today, and they killed two more Cheng Cheng Jinlai halfway.
The woman couldn't help but glance at the young man beside her again, he should be the companion of the scar man, but at this time he didn't seem to have any intention of helping, after stabilizing her, he raised his long legs and walked to Liuniang's side, touched the handkerchief from his arms, wiped the mud on his face for her, and comforted her: "Don't be afraid." ”
The woman also walked over, glanced at the scar man who was fighting alone, and asked, "Aren't you going to help?" ”
The man said, "He can handle it alone." ”
If he can't even deal with these few little people, what qualifications does he have to be the commander of the Eastern Court of the Imperial Guard?
These two people are the mutes and dragons who chased after them together. When I went to this abandoned City God Temple to rest, I occasionally bumped into this scene, and the other party was too unconcerned about the morality of the rivers and lakes, and actually killed a little girl. Neither of them was used to it, so they helped each other.
The dumb man looked at the figure of Long Pan fighting and reminded him: "Keep your mouth alive." ”
Long Pan said viciously: "Lao Tzu naturally knows! "Bah" again, "I don't come to help, I know it's lively!" ”
Although he knew it, he still killed a few by mistake, and when he saw that there was only one last one left, he was busy collecting a few successes. Who knows, before the man was captured alive, the other party had already convulsed and fell down.
Long Pan's heart was not good, and he hurriedly squatted down to check the other party's mouth, and it was really poisonous.
This situation is somewhat similar to the dead soldiers he met before.
Liuniang was frightened by the scene in front of her, and couldn't help but lean towards the mute. He looked down at her, and the little girl's face was childish, with a round face, a pointed chin, thin and thin, and very shabby clothes, and she should also be a poor person.
How did such a little girl get into trouble now, and she has to ask hard.
Look at the girl next to her who is covering her shoulders, dressed in a splendid dress, and although the hairpin on her head looks simple, it is also of good color in his eyes. and the delicate embroidery on the clothes, which exudes low-key wealth everywhere. Although she has a chivalrous heart, it is a pity that she is not able to measure herself. That kind of three-legged cat kung fu, and dare to do things at will, if you don't meet them today, you will typically look for death.
She should have been injured a lot on her shoulder, and she kept covering it, but she didn't care at all, and came over and asked Liuniang: "Little girl, what is your name, how did you attract these evil gods?" ”
Without waiting for Liu Niang to answer her question, she suddenly heard the sound of staggered footsteps.
I saw a team of brocade clothes stopped here in a hurry, and the leader's eyes fell on Liuniang, compared it with the portrait in his hand for a moment, and said: "She is Chen Liuniang, take it back." ”
The woman took Liuniang into her arms, frowned and muttered, "Why is the fan of the Ting Wei Division here?" ”
The mute couldn't help but glance at her.
Long Pan, who was squatting on the ground to check the assassin's corpse, raised his eyes and sighed: "This is really a big flood that has washed the Dragon King Temple." As he spoke, he showed the sign around his waist.