Shi Keqi brought enough money from his grandfather and rushed to the county seat in a carriage just after noon. After getting off the bus, I went to the largest "Tong Ren Tang" medical center in the city to buy the medicines listed by my grandfather.

The tail of the afternoon time has been collected, and the carriage time back to the town is noon, and the return time of the carriage has been missed, so I can only find an inn to rest. Generally, the villagers who come to the county seat to do business must live at least one night, or an inn or a relative's house, and ordinary people ask for the identity documents issued by the government.

Nothing was said all night. The next day, Shi Keqi took a carriage back to the town, got off the bus and paid the fare, happily carried a blanket on his back, carrying a large bag and a small bag towards Shijia Village.

Shi Keqi, who was walking on the mountain road halfway, suddenly saw a pillar of smoke rising into the sky in front of him, and then two or three, he estimated the distance, it was Shijia Village. It's not cooking smoke, it's not so thick, it's only when there is a big fire or when the straw is burned, but the rice is not confiscated at this time.

He chuckled in his heart and ran away.

When Shi Keqi ran back to Shijia Village out of breath, he was greeted by a tragic situation, his house was on fire, the Da Zhuang family and many others were bursting out of flames and bursts of smoke, some people fell to the ground, some people shouted for help, and there was chaos.

The fire was burning, and half of the sky was red.

As soon as Shi Keqi's hands and feet weakened, all his things fell to the ground, and he immediately ran desperately to his house, shouting "grandpa".

There was no response, the fire had already sealed the door, and Shi Keqi grabbed the bucket carrying the fire next to him, poured it on his head, and rushed into the fire. Half of the things that could be burned inside were burned, Shi Keqi kept shouting grandpa as he walked, there was no one in the kitchen and living room on the first floor, the heat was soaring, and his eyebrows and hair were curled up.

There was no one in the bedroom on the second floor, and the smoke was filled, and he coughed from time to time.

The corner of his clothes caught fire when he touched the burning table and chair, and the fire sealed the stairs, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only save his life first, Shi Keqi jumped out of the room on the second floor, and rolled on the ground many times in a row before he put out the fire on his body.

At this time, his face was black, his clothes were burned, only half of his pants remained, his hands and legs were full of burn bubbles, and when he rolled on the ground, he had broken a lot of bubbles, and he was covered with dead grass and dust.

There was no one at home, and Shi Keqi blankly grabbed everyone he met and asked if he had seen his grandfather, but no one knew. The surviving villagers also slowly recovered from their fear and began to help each other.

At this time, a faint voice called Shi Keqi, it was Da Zhuang Dad, he was missing an arm, lying on the ground covered in blood, someone helped him hold down the wound, but it was useless, the blood still kept gushing out, seeing that he couldn't do it, he quickly said what happened to his family and Shi Tian after he fell unconscious; Shi Keqi heard the scream, his body shook, and his eyes slowly focused.

walked over and tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, wrapped around the small arm left by Da Zhuang's father, tied a knot and asked, "Uncle, what's wrong, did you see my grandfather?" ”

Da Zhuang's face was very pale with excessive blood loss, and there were palm prints on his chest, and he saw that he was walking quickly, but at this moment, he stopped Shi Keqi, and said hysterically: "Your grandfather was arrested, Da Zhuang, really fragrant, the child is, they are all dead, Shi Keqi, you must take revenge." After speaking, he fainted and died.

It was as if a thunderbolt had struck his head, splitting the whole person in half, and his ears were buzzing, like hundreds of hornets were stuffed into it, and there was no place where he did not chirp. Shi Keqi lost strength all over his body and couldn't move the slightest step.

The house of the Da Zhuang family had burned into a huge torch, the roof had collapsed, and sparks had splattered, leaving only three blackened mud walls, towering in flames. The world was spinning, and he fainted.

Woke up after being pinched after a while, Shi Keqi went crazy and pulled the charred beams of the house in the burned ruins, the incompletely burned doors and windows, and finally pulled out three unrecognizable corpses in the pitch black, two of them were smaller, obviously young people, and the other was vaguely a woman, he knelt down for a long time in front of these corpses, and tears flowed down without speaking.

Time back to two hours ago, Shijia Village suddenly walked into four outsiders in the afternoon of this day, which is rare, because Shijia Village is too remote and isolated, whether it is a war or a plague and flood, it has not been affected; except for the merchants who go to the village to visit the households, and the traveling merchants who collect medicinal materials, there are hardly many strangers in a year.

There were four people at once, and many people thought it was a little strange.

Four out-of-town sturdy men strode side by side in Shijia Village, pointing and pointing, the first one wore a black blindfold on his left eye, and his face had a scar from his forehead to his chin, and his expression was extremely fierce; the one on the left was holding a simple knife, and his appearance was obscene, but his figure was quite tall; the one on the right was holding his hands in his sleeves, and a cruel smile hung on the corner of his mouth; the man who walked in the middle with the leader was more than Sven, holding a fan, and looking like a son's brother.

These people are obviously not good people, and no villagers are willing to come forward to talk.

"That girl, why are you going back to the house? "Childe-like people speak.

"Fourth, she is waiting for you to go in and accompany her. The lewd-looking man laughed.

"Third child, you are interested in going together. The man with his hands in his sleeves smiled.

"Second brother, you stand by and watch. ”

These four people are righteous brothers, known as the four righteousness of Huangshan, their martial arts are not weak, but their behavior has nothing to do with the word righteousness; they are actually thieves who are wandering around, not only do they eat ugly behaviors, they have money to rob people without money, and they also commit bloody crimes from time to time, and many prefectures and counties in the Northern Zhou Dynasty have issued wanted warrants for sea arrest, and they have been hunted down and killed by righteous people and the government, but they are still quite smart, and they only pick remote areas or poor people to commit crimes, and they have not got the heads of people with real power, so the intensity of the pursuit is not very strong, even if there are officials who are eager to make meritorious contributions and hold on to the case, and cast a net of heaven and earth, but when it comes to all aspects such as crossing counties and governments, there are always people who are not very active, and there are even those who are dragging their feet, so they are always lucky to escape.

In order to avoid people with intentions to find out the old bottom, the four meanings of Huangshan have simplified their names, the eldest is called Huang Da, the second is called Sun Er, the third is called Zhang San, and the fourth is called Li Si.

At this time, the elders of the girl's family heard the frivolous words and deeds of the four and came out to scold.

Sun Er stepped forward with a smile, his hands were pulled out of his sleeves, and with a snap, the person was volleyed away. The screams and cries for help spread, and after a while, more than a dozen people in Shijia Village surrounded Huangshan Siyi with spears and scolded angrily, and some people came one after another, but they did not do it for the time being.

At this time, just after noon, the vast majority of people are at home to escape the scorching summer sun.

Seeing that the people surrounded two or three floors, Huang Da let out a long roar and said: "The master doesn't want to kill people when he comes to this shitty place, get out of the way, and offer the silver and gold women in the family, otherwise I will kill your whole village." ”

Hiss, a sound of inhalation. Someone shouted: "Do it, this is a strong man, don't be afraid to kill or be disabled." ”