Huo Quzhi suddenly woke up in bed. He felt a sharp pain in his chest, and with a "hiss" sound, he slowly propped up his body with both hands and leaned against the wall.

Seeing that he was in a stranger's room, and his clothes were dry, he thought that he should be out of danger. Slowly approaching the door, I saw Zhao Wantong sitting at the table outside talking to an old woman.

Zhao Wantong's question made the grandmother frown, and the light in her eyes, which had not gathered much, was now all dimmed.

"yes, I'm alone here now."

Zhao Wantong said in her heart: It doesn't seem to be a trap.

"Grandma, I didn't mean to be offended, but I just asked curiously when I saw that there were men's clothes in your room."

Although the old grandmother didn't look good, she still smiled and said, "That's the clothes left by my third son, but my son has passed away." ”

Zhao Wantong lowered his head: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention this matter." ”

The old grandmother was still smiling, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she was very kind: "Look at that son's injury is neatly cut from top to bottom on the chest, and you are just soaking wet." I guess I was chased and fell from that high cliff. ”

Zhao Wantong: "Yes, grandma, didn't you think that we were bad people?" ”

The old woman waved her hand: "If you were bad people, you wouldn't be so polite, and there are no other people in this ten miles radius, even if you kill me, no one will know, but you didn't kill me." ”

Zhao Wantong understood when he heard this, if it was really uneasy and kind-hearted, it would be right if he came here to kill the old woman, after all, if the person who was chasing and killing came here, whether this stranger would betray him The bad people are suspicious in their hearts, so no matter what, only the dead can't speak. In this way, even if the pursuers come, they can pretend that the original family knows nothing, that is, no one around them knows whether they are the owners of this place, which can be said to be the best cover-up.

Zhao Wantong got up and leaned over to the old grandmother is a big gift: "Thank you, if it weren't for your life that we finally picked up today, we really wouldn't have to feed the wolf." ”

The old grandmother was still smiling, and suddenly heard the sound of water pouring out outside, so she hurriedly said: "Oh, it's not good to forget the medicine, I'll hurry up and see if you eat well first." ”

With that, the old lady hurried out. Huo Quzhi also walked out of the room at this time, the two looked at each other, Zhao Wantong patted the seat next to him and said, "Come, eat together." ”

Although he was tied up with medicine, Huo Quai's face was still blue and his lips were white. I wanted to tremble a few words, but I found that my throat was so sore that I couldn't make any sound, so I had to sit next to Zhao Wantong with a smile.

In the grandmother's place, they stayed like this for several days, and Zhao Wantong originally thought that Huo Quai's chest wound would not be healed without ten days and half a month.

Who knows, the old grandmother is not only superb in medicine, but also the medicines used are also extraordinary, most of them are not recognized, as for the ones they recognize, they are all treasures in some medicinal materials. So the young and vigorous two were curious after all, and asked about it one day. The old grandmother put down the medicinal herbs in her hand and sat in the courtyard to give them a detailed review of their future experiences.

The grandmother originally had three sons in the family, and her husband was a farmer, both of whom had little education, and both relied on a few acres of land at home to sell vegetables to make a living. But which parent is not looking forward to Jackie Chan, the eldest brother and the second brother are both six or seven years older than the third brother. So when the two brothers could go to work to provide some supplies for the family, the two couples had the idea of sending the third brother to study.

The names of the three brothers are also very vulgar when their parents have little education, the eldest brother is called Liu Dazhuang, and the second brother is called Liu Erdan. As for the third brother's original name was Liu San, and later he was sent to a private school to study, Mr. liked him very much, and felt that he was talented and intelligent, so he personally named him again. Liu Ziqi, the son is taken from the scholar to such as Confucius, Qi, the meaning of opening is the material that can be made.

In those years, the more the grandmother spoke, the more she smiled. But the good times didn't last long, just in the year when the third son was rushing to take the exam, there was a war outside. The town has also become very restless. All day long, young people were taken into the army. It's no wonder that this neighborhood is where the barracks are stationed, and whether it's an attack from this side or a preconceived idea from the other side, they won't be at peace.

Finally one day, Liu Dazhuang and Liu Erdan could not escape this catastrophe, and they were taken out of their homes to be soldiers. Since then, the old man has had trouble sleeping day and night. The health is getting worse and worse, but after all, it has been a few more years.

In those years, the mourning inside and outside the town has never stopped, today it is this family, tomorrow it will be that family. They were all white-haired people who sent black-haired people, and some of them didn't even have a whole corpse, and only their hands or some clothes were buried.

The hearts of the two couples were even more deadlocked, and the old man's body finally reached its limit, but God showed no mercy at all. It was a thunderbolt from the blue, and finally I was looking forward to the news of my sons, but it was two cold corpses, and the person who sent it comforted the old grandmother a little and put down some silver taels and left.

That night, it rained heavily, and the old woman sat alone in the house, with three bodies in front of her, which had already been cold. She just stared out blankly, and everyone passing by sighed.

When the old grandmother said this, she couldn't help but burst into tears. Zhao Wantong and Huo Quzhi glanced at each other and saw complex emotions in each other's eyes.

They stepped forward to comfort her, it turned out that this world was more dangerous than they had imagined, and at this moment they felt that all the illusions of peace and prosperity in their vicinity had been exchanged for the suffering of these border residents.

After three days, the grandmother used the money she had given her sons to find someone to bury her husband and son. She sold her family's house and land, and rushed to the Forbidden City alone to find the last three remaining sons.

When she found Liu Ziqi, the grandmother felt that God still had eyes. Liu Ziqi has grown a lot in the years he has studied in the Forbidden City. is no longer the dirty bastard boy in the countryside before, his facial features that have not been developed when he is young, and now he is handsome.

And he is also the title of the gold list, and he applied for a county official near his hometown. I was going to go back to visit my family immediately, but I was stunned that I met my mother who came to look for him the night before.

The old grandmother and the third son talked about all the things over the years, and when they heard the news that the father of the second brother and eldest brother had died at the same time, there was a sharp pain in their chest.

The memory seems to have drifted to the golden countryside of several years ago, without gunsmoke. At that time, he was still very young, but he always liked to follow his eldest brother and second brother to the field to make trouble, and when he was tired of playing, he slept on his father's back and let his father carry it home.

Liu Ziqi is a good official, fair and honest. The place where the county government landed was in a city near the border pass, called the dry sea. As the name suggests, the parched ocean is full of misery, plagues, and most of the inhabitants are elderly, women and children.

Local residents say that this situation has been going on for several years and that they have not had a good time since the beginning of the war. First, the plague was rampant, then there was drought and no water, and then when there were children in the family who passed 12, they would be arrested by the officers and soldiers who came to search for them, and a few years later, the white-haired people sent the black-haired people.

Before Liu Ziqi, several county officials came, but as soon as they entered the city gate, they fled.

The old grandmother was also scared at first, but Liu Ziqi was full of smiles. He said: "It is because of the hardship that I have come here. If the official is not for the people, he is naturally not worthy of being an official. ”

Liu Ziqi was very patient, farming during the day in the days to come, and lying in the house at night to study the cure of the plague. Later, Liu Ziqi was busy day and night, and finally introduced the water of the dry sea into the city to solve the problem of drought, and went to the mountains alone to collect medicine, sometimes not coming back for a few days, but the old grandmother was anxious.

But every time she saw Liu Ziqi return home, she looked as happy as a child, and the grandmother still didn't blame him or say something worried, she was very pleased that her son was a good official.

The water was solved and the plague was solved, and the land of the sea in Dry Sea City changed from a dead sea overnight to a raging sea.

But the third problem came to the door. On that day, the nearby army forced the people to collect them. Liu Ziqi was beaten by them and was covered in blood, but he still stood up and refused their unreasonable robbery.

"A twelve-year-old child is still so young, he can only be sent to death on the battlefield, what the hell are you going to do!" Liu Ziqi roared and stood in front of the child.

Those arrogant soldiers looked at Liu Ziqi with a smile: "It's really useless for an official to live like you, hahaha, we are just carrying out the upper task, not to mention serving the country, it is our responsibility." ”

Liu Ziqi sneered and spit out the slag in his mouth: "I think it's a national shame for a soldier to be like you!" ”

"You! It's ticklish, isn't it? The leading soldier rolled up his sleeves and punched Liu Ziqi in the abdomen, which hurt so much that Liu Ziqi took two steps back, but he couldn't fall.

When the soldier saw this, he was annoyed and planned to go up and punch again. As a result, he was kicked in both knees from behind, and his legs fell to his knees. Then there was a sigh around him.

"It's General Li Guangguang!"

"Ah, General Li actually came to our city!"

"General Li, help our county officials, this group of dogs has been harsh on us, making our people miserable, if it weren't for County Judge Liu, we would have died a long time ago!"

When the soldier heard that it was Li Guang, his heart was full of cold sweat. As a soldier, he naturally knows Li Guang and understands his temper better.

He was about to turn around and beg for mercy, but as soon as he felt a chill in his abdomen, he was covered in blood. Li Guang didn't let him say a word, so he dealt with it in public.

Li Guang: "In the future, you are not allowed to come here again to collect troops, understand?" His eyes were cold, and the soldiers all nodded their heads again and again, almost in an instant.

The citizens of the dry sea immediately stepped forward to help Liu Ziqi and thanked Li Guang one after another, Li Guang nodded and asked someone to give the city's citizens a few bags of food, and left on horseback.

Since then, no one has dared to come here to search for people to be soldiers. In the past few years, the dry sea has become more and more prosperous, but Liu Ziqi is still dressed in white. He also set up a private school in the house, taught those bastard boys for free, and taught his mother some practical medical skills to treat people in the city when he returned home.

But it didn't take long for the news of the prosperity of the dry sea to reach the Forbidden City, and another adult was sent down. But this lord was demoted here, and as soon as he entered the city, he was very uncomfortable with Liu Ziqi, because the people of the city smiled at Liu Ziqi one by one, and they were reluctant to treat him.

So one day, he fell in love with a 16-year-old girl and wanted to force her. Liu Ziqi immediately intervened to stop it, but was soon beaten by a punch. Seeing this, the city's citizens raised their knives against each other, but who expected that he had 200 guards who had already captured children from various households as a threat, and let them kill Liu Ziqi with their own hands.

But how could the people of Dry Sea City kill Liu Ziqi, this is their benefactor of Dry Sea City. Without Liu Ziqi, there would be no Withered Sea City today.

I saw that Liu Ziqi smiled slightly and hit the pillar and died.

He didn't want anyone in the city to do anything for him. But before he died, he felt that he was really unfilial. The dog official did not let Liu Ziqi go because he committed suicide, but insisted on finding someone to hang his body at the city gate and let him expose the body. The citizens of Dry Sea City gritted their teeth one after another, but they had a son in the family, and they had to endure the heavy responsibility.

But in their hearts, Liu Ziqi is still their big hero!

When the old woman said this, her eyes were already red and bloated.

She said that the bamboo building was built for her by the residents of Kuhai City, and they secretly escorted her out of the city that day, but the old woman was still very heartbroken. Because to this day, the body of her son Liu Ziqi is still on the city wall and cannot be buried in the ground.

Such a good person, why can't God see it?