Chapter Seventy-Four: Gold Under the Moonlight
The two female guards I met before also changed their clothes, although they were very plain, but they were obviously still uniforms. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ Info Zhang Qi followed closely behind, he looked back at He Wei who was standing at the door of the hall, and waved his hand at him with a smile.
He Wei looked left and right, and soon understood what he meant, and walked over step by step with his legs raised and looked like a big man.
Zhang Qi hurriedly broke away from the two female guards beside him, secretly took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve, and sneakily threw his eyes around to observe before handing over the slender master slip in his hand to He Wei. He put his mouth to his ear and whispered:
"None of the people on the list are left alive, they are all killed, they are all killed, and they are burned. Without further ado, take someone to deal with it quickly! β
When He Wei heard this, he did not hesitate at all, but nodded quickly. This kind of thing can generally be understood without thinking about it, either it is an unjust case or some threatening witnesses. Although these people do not deserve to die, and they do not deserve to die, as ghosts, they can either go along with the same stream or return to the field, and there is no other choice.
Zhang Qi then added: "I will have someone send you a box of steamed buns in a while, this is the official who specially treats you." β
He Wei turned his head and smiled: "Then thank you, I'll go." β
"Hey, forget it, it's late at night today, let's act tomorrow." After Zhang Qi finished speaking, he walked to the lobby, and kept glaring at him.
He Wei didn't understand this look, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, and opened the bamboo slip and read it carefully, there were about 30 people in the roster, which meant that he had to kill more than 30 innocent lives, and the reward was a box of steamed buns that Zhang Qi promised to give him.
He Wei couldn't help but smile bitterly, and stood and hesitated for a while before slowly moving his legs in the direction of his grass house.
When he returned to the cottage, it had been cleaned. The planks of the floor were polished to a sparkling one. The top and bottom were neatly tied, and even the tables were reflective, as if they had been replaced with a brand new dΓ©cor.
The bedroom door was suddenly pushed open by a squeamish force, and the female beggar walked slowly out of it. She walked in a strange way, like a palace maid, and her messy little round head would never be raised.
He Wei suddenly felt extremely relieved, thinking that the fate of such a hard-working woman was so tragic for some reason, she had hands and feet and was not lazy, but now she was reduced to a down-and-out beggar on the street, which was really a little ridiculous.
The beggar walked to the living room, and then went into a narrow corner, and stood there straight, not moving, even the sound of her breathing was deliberately controlled.
He Wei glanced at her with a smile, stepped forward and said, "Hi! You can treat this as your own home, there is no difference between master and slave here, let alone high and low, you can also treat me as a relative. β
The female beggar still did not speak, but her body tensed even tighter, and she felt her body trembling three feet away.
He Wei continued to face her a few steps closer to her, until he walked in front of her. His face suddenly became serious, and after observing her carefully for a few seconds, he said: "I need you to do me a favor, whether you agree or not, this is the reason why I saved you, but I don't want to use you." β
The female beggar nodded her head without thinking about it, and seemed to be very reluctant.
He Wei continued: "I originally wanted to find those ghosts to do this, but after communicating with them before, I suddenly found that these people are unreliable at all, so I am ready to ask you to help me." β
"The master ...... as he commanded"
The female beggar said this very quickly, and her head was raised very quickly.
He Wei looked at each other and smiled, walked to the gate of the grass house, and said as he walked: "Come with me, I will take you to a place, remember that you can't call me master in the future." β
The female beggar's eyebrows and hair were about to stand up, her face was full of horror, she lowered her head and subconsciously moved forward a small step, and her body was also shaking.
"Just follow me all the time, you don't have to look around."
Soon after, they came to a dockside. He Wei was naturally familiar with this dock, but the female beggar didn't know about it, so she kept following stupidly, never asking a word from beginning to end.
He Wei walked in front and suddenly smiled, "Hehe! You are so relieved, don't ask a word, aren't afraid that I will abduct you? β
The female beggar flickered and bowed her head and stepped forward and said, "I don't regret it!" β
He Wei took out a sack prepared in advance from his pocket, looked at the big tree in the distance, and turned around: "Do you see the giant tree in front, I will give you a task in a while, you only need to be ordered to carry it out." β
The female beggar suddenly stopped talking again, but stepped forward and nodded.
He Wei handed the sack in his hand to the female beggar, and said: "You take the sack to the bottom of the tree, keep walking in circles, keep your eyes locked on the lawn, and pick up the sack when you encounter sundries and waste, pretending to be a real beggar." β
The female beggar nodded again, but she did not say a word, and those who did not know would mistake her for a mute.
He Wei stretched out his hand and pointed to the thick jungle under the tree, and said, "Hey, go ahead, just keep walking back and forth in circles there." β
The female beggar turned around and left, bowing her head and bending over slowly towards the jungle, at this time, He Wei suddenly stopped her loudly:
"Wait a minute, come back soon!"
The female beggar was very obedient, and sure enough, she turned around and walked back honestly, and replied, "Is there anything else?" β
He Wei felt very curious, so he asked in confusion: "You just left?" β
"Didn't you tell me to go?"
He Wei looked at her and replied with a smile: "Aren't you going to ask, what did I ask you to do there?" If I were to walk back and forth in that jungle for three days and three nights, would you not hesitate to do it? β
The female beggar responded very dryly: "I already know what I should know, and I dare not ask what I shouldn't know." β
He Wei was suddenly stunned, his eyes were bigger than the ball, and he paused for several seconds before slowly saying to her, "Uh...... Well, you just wander around that woods until an old woman comes along, and you watch her movements carefully, and she will come. Because you're a beggar, she won't be wary of you. β
The beggar whispered back, "I know, I'll go." β
"Then I'll go first, if you meet her, come to me to report, if not, you can leave on your own after twelve o'clock, I'll go back to sleep first."
He Wei stretched, yawned, and slowly turned around and walked back in the direction of the town.
When the beggar saw him leave, she turned back and walked towards the green jungle. As she walked, she picked up the filthy garbage on the ground and put it into a sack, and with her outfit, passers-by would deliberately stay away from him.
The big green tree in front of him suddenly withered, and the leaves on the branches turned sallow in an instant, and a few dead leaves fell from time to time and flowed into the air.
The beggar didn't care, and when she went into the jungle, she walked in circles around the huge tree in front of her, occasionally putting weeds from the ground into sacks.
The sun gradually sets in the west, and the dazzling moonlight rises again. Time flew away like a merciless carving knife until about eleven o'clock in the evening. The old woman He Wei was talking about did not appear on the dock for a long time.
But the female beggar had no intention of leaving, but sat down on the ground and took a nap, her mind slowly becoming a little delirious, and her vision was a little foggy. After a few minutes, she lay on the lawn and fell asleep.
At this moment, a small figure suddenly appeared on the side of the dock, constantly approaching the direction of the giant tree. With a small basket in his hand, he staggered over.
By this time, the beggar had already fallen asleep, completely unaware of what was happening around her, and she was asleep so that she could not even hear the cries of flies.
The figure walked all the way to the foot of the tree, put down the basket in his hand, and suddenly fell to his knees on the grass, and raised his hands high above his head, and called out in his mouth: "Come, my gold, my gold, shining gold." β
She kept repeating this sentence on her lips, repeating it dozens of times. At this time, the withered tree suddenly bloomed, and the sallow leaves suddenly turned green.
At this time, a violent wind blew on the grass, and the green grass was ravaged by the oncoming cool breeze, and every corner was in ruins.
The old woman suddenly stopped the spell in her mouth, picked up the basket that was placed beside her, and held it in her hand, behaving in a particularly exaggerated manner, as if she was digging something in the ground, and her hands kept shaving, and her nails were yellow.
"My gold, hey, hey, hey!! Glittering gold. β
The sound suddenly alarmed the female beggar who was sleeping on the grass, and she suddenly woke up from her sweet sleep. There was still a trace of dream saliva on the edge of the corner of his mouth, and his eyes slowly looked at the huge loss, and the whole person was stupid in an instant.
But the female beggar's reaction was not exaggerated, as if she was very bold, she quickly got up from the lawn, walked behind the old woman, and said, "Old mother, what are you doing here?" β
The old woman suddenly turned her face, spotted crow's feet appeared on her face, her eyes were extremely frightened, and her whole body shrank back in an instant.
The female beggar did not panic, but boldly stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing here alone at such a late hour?" β
The old woman's face suddenly changed, revealing a lotus-like smile, she took out a hot steamed bun from the basket unhurriedly, stuffed it into the female beggar's hand, and said happily: "Hehe, little girl, are you hungry, take one and eat." β
The female beggar reached out and took Bai Huahua's steamed bun, faced her and asked again, "Do you need help?" I can share some of it for you. β
The old woman's expression changed, and she hurriedly waved her hand, and said with a faint smile on her face, "Hey! Girl, you don't need your help, you can go quickly. β
The old woman took out the second steamed bun from the basket, held it in the palm of her hand and handed it to the female beggar, and Guli replied strangely: "Come, girl, take it, hurry home, it's too late, don't meet the bad guys." β
The female beggar immediately shook her head and refused: "No need, thank you, I already have one." β
The old woman laughed more and more when she heard this, and immediately pushed her body, and replied with a smile: "Girl, let's go, it's not safe here, it's not good for you to stay for a long time." β
At this moment, the huge tree standing in the jungle suddenly heard the voice of an old man: "One blood a day, one gold a day." Exchange blood for gold, bliss! β
The old woman's expression suddenly became nervous, she looked at the female beggar with her hair scattered, her eyes widened, and she asked in amazement, "Girl, did you hear anything just now?" β
The female beggar smiled and replied, "Old mother, I didn't hear anything. β
The old woman suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly picked up the whole basket from her side, turned around and stuffed it into the hand of the female beggar, and said, "Girl, this basket is for you, it is full of hot steamed buns, and it is very delicious." β
This time, the female beggar did not refuse, but took the basket in her hand and said, "Thank you." Then he turned away, and never looked back at the old mother under the tree.
When the old woman saw that the beggar had disappeared, she continued to turn around and stretch out her rough hands, and slashed vigorously into the grass under the tree, as if she were digging a deep and long pit, and the exaggerated movements could not be stopped.
She dug a hole, then a second, and a third, her fingers frayed and her palms scarred one after another. But she never stopped, facing the loess, and her palms were covered with yellow dirt.
Strangely, after she dug out all the holes, she filled them back one by one, and soon all the holes were filled in by her. At this time, she slowly stood up from the ground, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and turned around and walked to the other side of the dock.
The old woman walked to the pier, where there was a wooden boat, and when she got up and rowed her oars, she reached the other side of the river, and the whole figure disappeared into the darkness.
It was exactly twelve o'clock, and the golden moon was hanging high above the clouds. The entire pier was illuminated with gold, and the corners of the four corners became clearer and clearer under the moonlight.
What's even more incredible is that the female beggar didn't go far, but after walking a hundred meters away, she found an inconspicuous place to hide. When she saw the old woman leave suddenly, she carefully observed her in the dark for a while, and found that she had indeed gone without a trace, and then slowly came out of the woods, and ran back under the great tree.
(To be continued)