Chapter 49: Human Nature
The little boy has dark skin, a somewhat sloppy face, and wears a yellowish short-sleeved shirt, and he feels like a street child!
When I heard his words, I had some doubts in my heart, so I looked into his eyes and found that they were pure and immaculate, and there was no other adulteration, so it should not be a lie.
"Do you know Xiaomei?" asked Lao Bai for me, and asked someone to bring Xiaomei's photo.
"It's Sister Xiaomei, you're really here to save her, right?" The little boy became excited as soon as he saw the photo.
Lao Bai and I exchanged glances, and both thought that this little boy was trustworthy, so I nodded and said, "That's right, we are here to save her, how did you know her?"
After hearing this, the little boy was silent for a while before continuing: "My name is Tiezhu, and I am the ...... of the village."
Through his narration, we learn that the little boy's name is Tiezhu, he is an orphan in the village, and he lives by stealing food from the people in the village every day.
After listening to it, everyone's eyes lit up, such a long journey was not in vain, it turned out that people were really in this village, and they had a little more admiration and respect for me.
As Tie Zhu spoke, he suddenly grabbed my clothes and said pleadingly: "Uncle, please hurry up and save Sister Xiaomei, Erdan was already dead this morning, and tomorrow they will put Sister Xiaomei and Erdan in the coffin and bury them alive." ”
Everyone became nervous and shouted in unison: "Captain, we can't sit idly by, I'm afraid this group of villagers will really do such a thing!"
Lao Bai looked at me, hoping that I could say something.
I was about to say something, when suddenly there was a suona sound, and I said to Yang Yuhuan in my heart: "Yuhuan, what's going on?"
Yang Yuhuan was obviously a little puzzled, so he replied: "Li Lang, don't worry, wait for the slave family to investigate, and come back soon." ”
As soon as the words fell, I couldn't feel her existence anymore, Lao Bai frowned and looked at me, "Yu Wei, could this suona sound be?"
"It's too early to say anything, and if Iron Pillar is right, then we're ready for a bad fight.
I'll find out what's going on in the village in a minute, and then I'll decide what to do!"
After saying that, I just meditated directly, I was originally a Taoist priest, and my behavior was strange and my movements were strange, which was a reasonable thing.
After about a minute, Yang Yuhuan returned to my body, and she hurriedly told me: "Li Lang, hurry up, take this group of officials to save people, that family's stupid son is dead, and his parents are afraid of the long night and dream and decide to bury it tonight, which means that the girl will be buried alive tonight." ”
This sudden change caught me off guard, and I didn't dare to slack off, and immediately told everyone what Yuhuan told me.
"Everyone listen to me, be prepared for war, if the scene is out of control, you can fire a warning shot, and if necessary, you can use force to suppress it.
All of us below must listen to Yu Wei's command, and there must be no doubts. ”
Lao Bai immediately arranged loudly, and then looked at me, and the meaning was also very clear, that is, let me command.
I didn't have time to excuse myself, because it was a moment of great urgency.
"Thank you Lao Bai for your support, I'm not welcome, we will enter the village tonight, I believe you have dealt with this situation many times, I won't say anything, just a guideline, see the opportunity to act. ”
When I finished speaking, I was about to ask Tie Zhu if there was a shortcut to Erdan's house, but I found that he was gone.
"Xiao Chen, what about the second egg, aren't you responsible for watching him?" Lao Bai also found out about this situation, and immediately questioned Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen glanced around, touched his head embarrassedly, and said helplessly: "Captain, that guy was still here just now!"
Lao Bai glared at Xiao Chen fiercely, and then asked me what to do?
Suddenly, a bad thought popped up in my head, would Tie Zhu hear me say that he went to save people by himself?
"No matter, let's go into the village immediately, everyone is ready, and we will walk from the main road. ”
A group of us immediately marched to the village, and as soon as we reached the entrance of the village, we saw many people walking in one direction with torches, and the ground was sprinkled with paper money used by the dead.
This suddenly made my heart sink, which means that the mourning has begun.
"Everyone should pretend that nothing happened, follow this group of people, and don't let others find out that we are from another village. ”
I immediately whispered the order, and everyone gave a clear look, and they all quietly hid in the crowd.
It wasn't until the crowd stopped that I realized that I had come to a hill of graves, all of which were made up of graves, and the dense crowd of tombstones made people panic, especially at night.
Following the line of sight of the crowd, I saw a group of people in mourning clothes not far away, and at this time, the sound of suona also stopped, and a woman cried: "Erdan, my son, why did you leave us like this!"
Next to her was a coffin, which at a glance was enough to lay down two people, but it was not covered, it was open.
Further to the right, a woman in a phoenix crown was being guarded by two people, with a cloth in her mouth and tears of despair in her eyes.
I thought to myself, this should be Xiaomei!
The woman cried on the coffin for a while, then got up and wiped her tears, walked in front of Xiaomei, and said solemnly: "Since you have married our family's second egg, then you are a member of our Li family, whether you are alive or dead, you should be husband and wife." ”
I was stunned that the closure of the road had led to the people of this village being feudal and taking human life seriously at all.
Now it is a modern society, no longer the poisonous and innocent feudal society, not to mention that love has long been free, how can there be such a thing as a funeral?
Is it just for the sake of his son to ask Xiaomei to be buried with a young and beautiful woman, is there any reason for this?
But what surprised me the most was that Ming Xiaomei shook her head desperately, wanting to express her wish that she didn't want to die yet, but the woman completely ignored it, and everyone present chose to stand by coldly, and no one said anything to stop it.
This reminds me of a phrase that my grandfather used to say, "Sometimes the scariest thing is not ghosts, but some living people." ”
At that time, I was still young, and I didn't understand what he meant, and I thought there was no beginning or end, but now I seem to understand.
It's not people who are scary, it's the humanity that is buried deep in the heart!