Chapter Seventy-Two: Heroes
When Chu Lan woke up, the black lotus flower that was originally rooted in the octagonal roulette wheel had been forced away by the blood spilling sword, and now it had a home next to the roulette wheel.
It was suppressed by the blood sword, but it had not directly affected Chu Lan, but it might not have any trouble in the future.
The petals have shrunk together and are slowly closing.
Chu Lan opened her eyes slowly, and what greeted her was a lovely face, Cherry had been sitting next to her, and when she saw Chu Lan wake up, her wrinkled face slowly unfolded, and immediately turned into a smile, like a slowly blooming flower bone.
She cheered and shouted "grassroots, dad, little brother is awake"
Chu Lan was lying on the grass, her clothes wet with dew, and a robe was draped over her body, which was covered with patches, which was Zhang Tiezhu's coat.
Cao Gen and Zhang Tiezhu lay on the ground and slowly came over.
Zhang Tiezhu's face was overjoyed, thinking of yesterday's terrifying scene, he was especially frightened, and looked at Chu Lan and said sincerely
"Little brother, I'm scared to death, when I first found you, you were emitting black gas from your body, and even the grass around you withered. ”
"I was afraid of hurting you, so I didn't dare to carry you directly to my home, so I kept waiting for you to wake up"
Chu Lan wanted to get up to express her gratitude, but her whole body was in pain, and a layer of skin had neatly shed on the surface of her body, but she had slowly grown flesh and blood again, so it was not hideous.
"Little brother, you don't know, how terrifying we were when we found you last night, and we thought you were going to break the phase."
Cherry rewarded him with a chestnut.
Zhang Tiezhu raised his head and looked at the Black Lotus Holy Sect that had turned into ashes in the distance, and asked with some uncertainty
"Little brother, you, did you really wipe out this group of people?"
Chu Lan hooked the corners of her mouth, nodded, and said with difficulty, "It's not fake at all"
Zhang Tiezhu trembled all over, and almost fell to his knees, "You are the benefactor of our family, oh no, you are the benefactor of our entire Huangyang Town"
Chu Lan hurriedly motioned for him to get up, this village called Huangyang Town, he liked it from the bottom of his heart, and the simple villagers here had endured undeserved suffering.
Turning his head, Chu Lan was shocked, goosebumps rose all over his body, and beside him, there was an old horse, his whole body was scorched black, and dozens of arrows were stuck in his body. The blood that came out had dried up.
By the way, didn't he fall in the fire? Who brought him out, could it be this horse?
A thick sadness came, Chu Lan's eye sockets were hot, could it be that this extremely lazy horse didn't care about his life, was ambushed, and still wanted to rush into the fire and carry himself out?
A picture naturally appeared in Chu Lan's mind.
An old horse, there are still flames churning on his body, blood slowly gushing out from the wound of the arrow, the house behind him was swallowed up in the fire, collapsed, and there was a tragic sound around, like a war drum to see it off, although the old horse had not been on the battlefield, but also ushered in his highlight moment, he looked up proudly, but the four legs trembled badly, it swayed and walked dozens of meters on its back, and never got up after falling.
Chu Lan stretched out a hand with difficulty, put it on the horse's head and stroked it gently. The tears in his eyes could no longer be controlled, and they flowed out.
"Old Ma, are you stupid?"
Zhang Tiezhu and Cherry Grass Root watched from the side, did not speak, but sighed from time to time, not expecting that animals were so spiritual.
After a while, seeing Chu Lan calm down, Zhang Tiezhu spoke
"Yesterday, not long after you left, the horses broke free of their ropes and ran this way, and we thought they were frightened, and we thought they were crazy, and we slowly followed it to find this place, and then we saw the church that had been burned by the fire and only the skeleton remained, and this good horse that had fallen beside you. ”
"At that time, it had no breath, but it used its body to circle you, afraid that you would be cold at night"
Chu Lan's face was sad, "It's indeed a batch of good horses, the best horses in the world, and it's also my old buddy, if it weren't for it, I guess I wouldn't be able to get out."
Several people fell silent, and they all put their hands on the horse.
After a long time, Chu Lan spoke, "Brother Tiezhu, can you dig a pit and bury it?"
So not far from Luoma Mountain, there is a small mound, in which an old horse is buried, a tragic story.
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Zhang Tiezhu used a few thick branches, which were quite straight, tied with rags and made a simple stretcher
Zhang Tiezhu took out the stretcher, carefully put Chu Lan on it, lifted it in front, and the two children in the back, one left and one right, also worked hard.
Zhang Tiezhu didn't dare to lift the stretcher too high, for fear that the two young generals would have to exert themselves. Chu Lan was like sitting on pins and needles, how could such a young child let them suffer such a crime, and was about to turn over, but found that he had no strength in his body, and fell heavily on the stretcher.
Zhang Tiezhu turned his head, "Little Brother Chu is our benefactor, this is not far from the village, it will be there in a while, and the cherry and the grass will rest and leave again when they are tired, it's okay."
Chu Lan really had no choice, so she could only walk slowly on the grass with a stretcher, and when she turned around, she saw the two children's cheeks bulging, using their strength.
"Grassroots, cherry are you tired?"
The two children smiled and put on a very relaxed expression
"It's okay little brother, I often help the family with the grassroots, and I have the strength"
"Yes, I'm so strong with Cherry, and my mother once praised me for being a little man!"
Chu Lan: "Okay, you are all good, then you work hard, you are tired and rest"
"Okay, Lele," the grassroots snapped his tongue playfully
Funny cherry clucks.
It went on and off for a long time, from the rising sun to the sun rising to the center of the sky.
Tie Zhu's forehead was already sweating, let alone the two children. Fortunately, I have seen Huangyang Town from afar.
In the scorching summer, hundreds of villages are standing under the sun, and they are already waiting here early.
In addition to adults, even children and elderly people on crutches came.
They learned about what happened from Tie Zhu's wife, but they didn't know if Chu Lan could deal with hundreds of people on the other side. So no one followed the iron pillar and they went out to look for it, just waiting here for Chu Lan's return.
A village of young and old, dressed in coarse linen clothes with large and small patches on them, but the look of hope in their eyes flashed, as if the sun in the sky was reflected in their eyes.
From afar, he watched the iron pillars in front and the cherry grass roots behind, carrying a simple stretcher, first silent for a while, and then hundreds of villagers raised their arms and cheered, tears flashing in their eyes.
Even the old woman on crutches raised the wooden stick high to vent her inner excitement.
More than a dozen men in the prime of life rushed out of the crowd and ran over to take the stretcher from the hands of Tie Zhu and the two children.
Tie Zhu wiped a handful of sweat, and the grass roots and cherries were slowly rubbing their shoulders, and then they were lifted high and put down by a few men, making the two children happy like a child, oh no, it was originally a child. Then he placed the two children on his broad shoulders and slowly approached the crowd with the stretcher.
Chu Lan looked at their expressions and smiled with satisfaction.
Like a slave who is in the dark under oppression, he suddenly sees the light of breaking free from the shackles, and his radiant expression is particularly bright, and anyone who sees it will be happy.
Only a few of the dozen men grabbed the stretcher, as if they had received a great honor, and the rest cheered on both sides.
"Little Brother Chu Lan, you are our great benefactor."
"My daughter-in-law killed the old hen that lay eggs, but I have to make up for your body. ”
"Yes, yes, when the time comes, you will have to come to our house to sit."
"Hero, how did you do it, so many bandits were killed by you alone?"
Chu Lan smiled and nodded, and the eyes of several people looking at Chu Lan were not only grateful, but also full of respect, in their opinion, this seemingly emaciated young man had such a great strength in his body.
When they got closer, all the villagers rushed here, their eyebrows fluttering, cheering, if it wasn't for Chu Lan's serious injury, it is estimated that they would have been lifted high.
There is an old man in the village who is a fireworksman, who has always been known for being stingy, and this time he actually moved out all the inventory and let the children put it casually.
He was old and couldn't take a step, just sat on a small chair, in this way to express his gratitude to Chu Lan, seeing the fireworks he made ascend to the sky, although they were not dazzling in the daytime, but when he heard the fireworks like a series of cannons, he gently shook the folding fan and smiled.
Some naughty children ran out with pots and shovels, and banged behind the crowd, trying to make a louder noise, but they were afraid that the only remaining eater in the house would be broken, and they did not dare to exert too much force. However, if it is discovered by the family members who rushed to Chu Lan, it is estimated that he will be spanked again.
Chu Lan looked at the villagers who were flocking here, and turned his head to look at the edge of the field, corn, soybeans and other crops, the growth was gratifying, and it was already the harvest season. Slowly swaying in the sun, like a sea of blue and yellow, this year's crops seem to be extraordinarily full!
Chu Lan smashed his mouth, and the red cloak that was pressed below behind him revealed a corner, fluttering in the wind.
"It turns out that it's good to be a hero once in a while!"
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The rivers and lakes are like plates, people are like chess beads, chivalrous lines are made, and they are connected into a curtain.
Every teenager has a dream, and who doesn't want to be this hero. But if you do it with the purpose of being admired, a hero who is full of utilitarianism will only get face satisfaction, and he will not even become a real hero at all.
Chu Lan never thought of being a hero, he felt that living well and cultivating well was more important than anything else, he was not a saint, in contrast, more often than not, interests were important, and he would not do thankless things.
But he still has a conscience and a chivalrous heart, and often wants to do something thankless many times, but he never regrets it.
He just looked at the behavior of the Black Lotus Sect, and felt that such a simple and kind villager should not be bullied, should the strong have to bully the weak? At that time, he didn't even think that he would pay such a big price. Even if you think about it, it is estimated that it will be the same result.
People in the rivers and lakes, go with their hearts, and be at peace with their encounters, so as not to lose their hearts.