Chapter Seventy-Six: The Shadow Troupe 1
This was the first time my dad was choking on the sun.
Daddy wasn't surprised. This jade bracelet is something that Xie Xiaomi has accumulated for thousands of years of cultivation, that is, it has accumulated thousands of years of sunshine. Usually inhaling sunlight is natural light, and this is a thousand times the natural light, and it is reasonable that it cannot bear it for a while. It's no wonder that just now it seems to have fallen into the deep sea, and the energy contained in this jade bracelet is as boundless as the sea.
Daddy decided to try again. He held up the blood-colored jade bracelet and aimed it at the sunlight again, then consciously pointed the filtered green light at his mouth.
Soon, the feeling of being immersed in the depths of the ocean hit again, and the buzzing in my ears rang again.
This time, Daddy was not in a hurry, held his breath, and then made a slight sucking motion with his lips, slowly sucking the seawater into his mouth and swallowing it into his stomach. This time I felt more satiety than ever, and it was more comfortable.
After sucking a few times, Daddy felt that he couldn't help but breathe, so he pulled the jade bracelet down, letting the green light of the passing pass leave his lips.
The surrounding water immediately lowered like a low tide, and Grandpa returned to the air.
Daddy thought he could see the heat on people again like last time, but when a farmer with a hoe passed by not far away, Daddy didn't see any heat.
But Grandpa felt that the world had changed, like a washed world after the rain, much clearer.
Grandpa was just about to take a closer look around to see if there were any other changes in his eyes, when a person came in front of him, and the person from a distance shouted: "Ma Xiucai, you have to save me!" I don't want to go underground to accompany them! Help me figure it out! ”
Grandpa recognized that person was Hong Xide of the Hong family section at a glance. When my father's father was alive, my father often followed my father to Hong's family. There was a father's friend there. When my father passed by with the grain soldiers, he always had to take a break and drink with his friends. Grandpa played with Hong Jiaduan's children.
Therefore, my grandfather knows most of the people in the Hong family. Later, when my grandfather married his daughter-in-law, it was my grandfather who instigated him to marry Hong Jiaduan. As a result, I often followed my grandparents to Hong's family later.
Seeing Hong Xi's panicked and frightened appearance, Grandpa thought that someone was going to kill him.
Because the world is becoming more and more chaotic, and the wicked are more rampant, it is not uncommon to kill people and set fires. There are regular armies and miscellaneous armies, bandits who are kings of the mountains, horse bandits who are wandering, bullies who bully people, and outlaws who are unreasonable. Human nature is divided into good and evil, and when the world is peaceful, there are many good people, and when the world is chaotic, there are many evil people. However, no matter whether the world is peaceful or chaotic, good people and evil people exist, but perhaps good is promoted or evil is released.
"I don't want to die! I don't want to die! Hong cried out with joy, as if he was about to be beheaded by the executioner on the execution table in the next moment.
Grandpa thought to himself, if he really made a mistake and had to pay for his life, I am afraid that he would not be able to save him, and if a scoundrel threatened him, he would do as much as he could.
As soon as Grandpa thought so much in his heart, Hong Xide chased a group of people out behind him!
The group of people were all angry and hateful. The clothes they wore were surprising, some wore the clothes of the former Qing Dynasty, and some wore the clothes of more distant dynasties, and the clothes were messy. There are men and women in this group, which makes Grandpa even more surprised, "Most of the killings and beatings are men, why are there women mixed in this? What's more, there are a few women in it who are handsome and beautiful! The things they held in their hands were also varied. If you are chasing someone, you should be holding a sword and a club in your hand, and if you don't have a sword or club at hand, you should also have a stone in your hand, even if it is a broom and a feather duster.
But they were holding gongs, cymbals, drum sticks and things like that.
Grandpa's heart was not good, but he didn't expect those people to chase him here.
"Run! Come on! Grandpa shouted at him, for fear that he would be beaten to death if he was overtaken by the unbelievable people.
Grandpa's shout, Hong was stunned with joy.
He stopped, looked at his father, and muttered, "Ma Xiucai, what are you telling me to run?" ”
Grandpa said, "I see they are chasing you so closely!" As soon as he finished speaking, Grandpa looked behind him, and none of the strange people were gone.
"Who's chasing me?" Hong Xi had to look back. There were no living creatures except a few farmers with hoes who got up early in the distance to go to the paddy fields to release water, and a few buffalo cattle on the roadside eating dew.
Grandpa thought to himself, could it be that this jade bracelet is too evil, and it will produce hallucinations after absorbing sunlight through it? So, Grandpa hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Isn't it because someone wants to take your life that you asked me to save you?" ”
The hesitation on Hong Xi's face immediately disappeared, and he changed to a crying expression, his legs bent down, and he almost knelt on the ground.
"Ma Xiucai, for the sake of having such a good time together when we were children, you can be kind enough to save me! I don't want to go there so early! I have an old ...... It's not small yet, and I'm not willing to die! Hong cried with joy.
Grandpa hurriedly put away the jade bracelet first, and took Hong Xide's hand and lifted it up, for fear that he would kneel.
"What's wrong? You're about my age, how can you die? Daddy said.
At this time, Luo Buzhai appeared, and he walked towards his father. He rarely got up so early before, and maybe he heard his grandfather's shout just now, so he hurried out to see what was going on.
When he walked in front of him, his father found that Luo Buzhai had not washed yet, and he was really woken up by him.
Luo Buzhai looked at his father first, his eyes full of surprise. He first said to his father: "What happened to you?" You're about to become a grandmother! However, with the experience of discovering Daddy's mutation in Jiming Three Provinces and Miss Xie's room last time, Luo Buzhai quickly became calm after being surprised. He didn't wait for his grandfather to answer, so he turned his head and asked Hong Xide: "Xide, what are you doing here?" Evil? ”
If there are outsiders, it is natural to deal with the affairs of outsiders first. As for what happened to this repeatedly surprised Ma Xiucai, Luo Buzhai felt that he could ask after finishing important things.
After Luo Buzhai became his father's bookkeeper, he went to Hongjiaduan. It is also because the grain official had an old relationship with Hong Jiaduan before his death, so he also lent money there and had a few pieces of real estate. It was all the grain official's friend who helped Hongjiaduan's people ask for help, so that the grain official gave a loan or bought land, and took cash for emergency use. After going and coming, Luo Buzhai also recognized Hong Xide.
Hong Xi saw Luo Buzhai, and hurriedly grabbed Luo Buzhai's robe, and begged: "Mr. Luo, you have a good relationship with Ma Xiucai, help me beg him, beg him to save my life!" ”
After Luo Buzhai became the bookkeeper, he had a little more thoughts, and said to Hong Xide with a flat face: "Xide, if you owe gambling debts outside, and others want your life, then Ma Xiucai can't save you." I've heard rumors about your love of gambling in Hongjiaduan. This is one of them. Second, if you meet someone's daughter-in-law or concubine outside, and they want your life, Ma Xiucai can't save you. In addition to gambling, I've also heard of your lust. Third, if you have a dispute with a gambler, a conflict with the family of a little daughter-in-law or a little concubine, and you hurt others because of this, and others want to take revenge on you, Ma Xiucai can't help you. In addition to these three, other Ma Xiucai will help you. ”
Grandpa nodded, when he played with Hong Xi when he was a child, he knew that he loved to gamble and was lustful. If he really got into trouble because of these two things, he did it on his own.
Hong Xide hurriedly defended: "Mr. Luo is right, if it is because of gambling debts or romantic debts, let alone let you save me, I don't have the face to beg you myself." Speaking of this, Hong paused for joy, as if he was not very confident in what he said.
Grandpa and Luo Buzhai glanced at each other and waved their sleeves to leave.
Hong Xi hurriedly dragged the two of them, and said loudly in a hurry: "Although I am addicted to gambling and have a lustful heart, but ...... But this is not a gambling debt and a romantic debt! ”
Grandpa is still kind-hearted in the end, and when he heard him say this, he asked, "Is it a gambling debt and a romantic debt?" So what's going on? ”
Hong Xi begged: "Ma Xiucai, let me go to your house and talk about it in detail!" I can't tell for a while! Please believe me, although I have a gambling heart and a lustful heart this time, I will not let me die! ”
Luo Buzhai heard it in a fog, and didn't understand what Hong Xide meant. Out of vigilance, Luo Buzhai persuaded his grandfather: "Leave him alone." He wouldn't even say it clearly. ”
Grandpa let Hong Xide into the house, made him a cup of tea, and then sat down opposite him, and said, "Xide, you take a sip of tea first, and then explain your affairs clearly from beginning to end." After you finish speaking, if Mr. Luo says that he should be saved, I will do my best; If Mr. Luo says that you are self-inflicted, don't blame me for not helping you. How is it? Grandpa said this because he thought that when he first met him, he also saw a group of strange people chasing after him.
Hong Xi nodded hurriedly: "Thank you Ma Xiucai!" ”
Luo Buzhai said: "I haven't agreed yet, don't be in a hurry to thank you." ”
Hong Xi nodded again.
"Say it." Daddy said.
Hong Xi took a sip of tea, and then told what happened to him.
He said that he had made a small gamble in the gambling hall outside last night and won a little money, so when he went home, he drank a little wine on the way, and then hummed a little song and walked to Hong's house.
It was getting late, but the gambling hall was not far from home, and the old man in the family could cook by himself, and he had no wife and children, so he was not in a hurry at all.
As he went, he took out his winnings and counted them over and over again, and the more he counted, the happier he became, thinking that this time was enough for him to run the kiln twice. When he heard that the owner of the kiln had invited a few girls from Shanghai at a high price, he had already itched in his heart, but he had not had enough capital.
He counted the money he had prepared for prostitution seven times and felt that something was wrong. According to the time of walking, he should have arrived at the entrance of Hongjiaduan's village, but when he looked up, there was not even a shadow of Hongjiaduan in front of him.