XXXI. Killing
The child wanted to leave, but he was afraid of alarming the fire fox, so he had to grit his teeth and hold back, waiting for a while. After eating the sheep's head, the fire fox wandered in the crypt for a while, then turned and walked forward, probably there was another exit in the crypt, and he wanted to rush back and continue to plague the sheep. Old man Shi waited for the fire fox to disappear, and then cautiously exited the crypt, trying to restore the plank and cover it with floating soil. As soon as the child returned to his original state, the child did not dare to stay in the field any longer, and ran home like a happy child, not all because he was afraid, but the child was careful, and wanted to return to the rich man's house before the fox went home, and catch it and get it alone.
Although the old man Shi ran in a hurry, the time for him to come out was not short, and the road was not familiar, and when he arrived at home, the sky was already dark. The child saw the door of the house closed from afar, and pushed it with his hand, and the door was dead, so he chuckled in his heart, and secretly screamed that it was not good, this fire fox had come back, and it was not easy to catch it again, but the matter had come to this, and he couldn't let it go, especially if the sheep lost another one, he couldn't say that there was a meridian, and the rich man couldn't spare himself. Old man Shi had no choice but to step forward and knock on the door, and the servants who opened the door were startled when they saw that it was him, the door of the house was locked, how did this child get out? As soon as the old man Shi entered the door, he didn't care about saying anything else, and went directly into the back room to find the rich man, and explained the ins and outs clearly.
The rich man of the land will be suspicious, he has heard of the fox stealing chickens, isn't it nonsense to steal sheep, and besides, how can there be a person who can survive with half of his body left? The rich man went into the sheepfold with a black face and counted it, and sure enough, there was one less sheep, so he stopped doing it, and immediately forced the child to find out the fake sheep, otherwise he would want him to look good. This child has a lot of eyes, but after all, he is only a teenager, and he doesn't think so comprehensively, so he forgot to leave a mark at that time, and now the fire fox has put on sheep's clothing and mixed into the flock, dozens of sheep, all of which look similar, where can they be distinguished? The rich man saw that the old man Shi was speechless, he couldn't speak for a long time, and there was a sneer in his mouth, this person has a lot of bad hearts and eyes, and his heart is also evil, but he wants to be crooked, thinking that the old man Shi colluded with outsiders and drove the sheep out to sell them in the middle of the night. The rich man was furious, and asked someone to hold down the old man Shi and beat him again, this round was different twice, it was hung up and beaten, and he also found two strong family members, and the three of them changed shifts to fight. Old man Shi was a child at the time, and his body was thin and weak, and he was beaten to a dazzle in a few blows, and he was about to die. Fortunately, the housekeeper was kind-hearted, saw the child pitiful, and begged bitterly, so that a life was saved. The rich man ordered someone to put the child down, but this matter was not over, he asked people to write a door sticker and send it to the county seat, and he wanted to escort the old man Shi into the yamen to punish the crime.
Old man Shi's village is not close to the county seat, this time back and forth, and then wait for the county government to arrest people with fire tickets, and tomorrow at the earliest, the child finally escaped for the time being. The rich man ordered the child to be thrown into the firewood room, turned around and cursed and left. As soon as he walked on the front foot, the old man Shi cried out to the sky and grabbed the ground, although this child has suffered since childhood, but he has never wiped his tears, today is really wronged and bitter, and he has also heard that the public in the yamen is darker than any trade, there is a way that the foot of the car and boat shop should be killed if he is not guilty, as soon as the person enters the prison, he doesn't say a word, he stretches out his hand to ask for money, if you have no money, he will be beaten half to death on the spot, and then he will try his best to torture you, without going through the court, this person can die inside, he is a destitute orphan, and there is still life when he enters the number? The child cried for a long time, and no one paid attention to him, and the housekeeper came twice in the middle, and persuaded him kindly, and secretly brought steamed buns for the child to eat.
In a blink of an eye, it was dark, and Old Man Shi didn't have the strength to cry, so he ate a few bites of steamed buns, and he was stunned for a while, and his eyes lit up and he had an idea. If you want to say that this old man Shi is not bad in nature, but this matter is forced to this Cheng dรน, people are in a hurry, in order to survive, but they can't care about anything else, no one can wait for death, right? The child has an idea, and he is no longer worried, he picks up the steamed bun and gnaws it, rests for a while, and has strength in his body, and it will be midnight this day. Old man Shi lay on the window, looking out of the window, and when the fox drove a sheep out of the sheepfold, the child tiptoed up, to say that at this time he had to shout twice, although he could not catch the fire fox, but he could prove his innocence, but he was beaten three times in a row, and what he thought was different from the beginning, the child had hated the rich man in his heart, and he wanted to see him unlucky.
As soon as the fox left, the old man Shi also followed out of the firewood room, he already had the heart to take revenge on the rich man at this time, the child opened the door of the sheepfold, and drove out the sheep without a single flock, it stands to reason that so many sheep, moving in the middle of the night, how to have a little movement, but those sheep have been scared silly by the fox these days, one is more stupid than the other, and none of them barked out loud, the rich man of the land because he even lost a few sheep, those dogs barked without a sound, and his heart was also angry, all of them were tied to the backyard, and the old man Shi was unimpeded all the way, actually drove the sheep out of the compound.
Old man Shi had the heart to drive the sheep to the town to sell, and was afraid of the east window incident, after thinking about it, he actually wanted to go to the two strange people in the earth cave yesterday, although the two looked terrifying, but they were inconvenient, the fire fox was a beast after all, although a little supernatural, no one was smart in the end, the two of them may have their own place, not to mention that this old couple has a skill, if they learn to do it, they will not be afraid of being bullied in the future. Old man Shi is still young, has no experience, and has been bullied since childhood, and is a little extreme, once this idea is decided, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels right, and he no longer hesitates at the moment, and drives the sheep all the way to the wilderness.
Old man Shi had walked back and forth before, and he was already familiar with the road, and he came to the earth cave after a while. The child picked up the floating soil, but could no longer get those planks, so he had to lie on the plank, his hands kept beating, calling his disciple Shi, free and lonely, admiring the two seniors' superb skills, coming to learn the arts, hoping that the two masters would take them in, meeting for the first time, and bringing a flock of sheep as a gift, etc. The child shouted for a while, but there was no response, and he was a little disappointed, when he suddenly heard a stirring under him, and the planks parted from side to side, and the earth hole last night appeared in front of him in an instant.
Old man Shi was overjoyed, drove the sheep into the cave, saw two strange people, bowed his head, and begged them to accept him. The two men glanced at each other, and suddenly burst into a strange laugh, which was shrill and piercing like a night owl. The two laughed, and couldn't make up their minds for a while, and the white-eyed pit was also alarmed at this time, staring at the child with a pair of strange green eyes, and the mouth was overflowing with salivation, and there was a tendency to salivate. Old man Shi saw that the two of them were undecided, and he was secretly worried in his heart, knowing that as long as the strange man shook his head, he would die in the mouth of the snake, and he would never survive. Seeing that he was so enthusiastic, the two couldn't help but be a little moved, discussed with each other for a while, and told the child to get up, saying that they had no one else in the corpse officer's lineage, and they also had the heart to accept an apprentice and inherit the lintel, but the corpse official was not as good as other sects, and the beginner must be ruthless, and it was easy for the old man Shi to apprentice, as long as he killed one person before noon tomorrow, and brought the head to the two to get started.
Old man Shi was already a little delirious at this time, and he still had the heart to say something else, so he immediately agreed. When the two saw that the child agreed, their faces were also a little joyful, and the old man took out a pill, told the old man Shi to eat it, and warned him that he must come back before noon to recover his life, if he wants to escape halfway, the pill is a special poison, which will inevitably attack at noon, and he will die within five steps. Old man Shi was also shocked when he heard this, but the poison had been swallowed, and there was no way out, so he had to resign himself to his fate and run all the way to the dark!
The child came out of the earth hole, thinking for a while, he was small and weak, if he wanted to break into the house and kill people, he would be sent to death in vain, only the single guests who lurked nearby, waiting for the passing, took advantage of his unpreparedness and killed him. Old man Shi thought of this, and his heart was also very unbearable, but at this time, it was no longer a matter of worshipping the teacher or not, and his life was at stake after eating poison, so he had to put his conscience in his armpits and look at the front first.
It was also a coincidence, the old man Shi waited from midnight to noon, and did not see a person passing in front of him, seeing the noon, the medicine in the stomach gradually began to attack, the pain made him full of cold sweat, his abdomen was like a knife, he thought that he would die, and suddenly saw a middle-aged man walking in the distance, this person was in a hurry, walking was sweaty, probably a little tired, to the old man Shi's hidden grass, sat down, panting with a big mouth, the old man Shi still took care of something else, touched a stone, and held it high, and they will smash it on the man's head.
When the man heard the movement, he hurriedly turned around, and happened to be face to face with Old Man Shi. When Old Man Shi saw this person, his heart trembled, he couldn't hold a stone anymore, his face instantly turned pale, and he shouted in horror: "Why are you?"