Niu Bayu said sadly: "There are three people in the world, the first kind of people harm others and benefit themselves, and the second kind of people benefit themselves without harming others." There is also a third type of people, who benefit others at the expense of themselves. Our mothers belong to the third category. She has been diligent and thrifty all her life, hard and simple, and charitable, and her neighbors love her very much. Her conduct also influences those of us who are children. She has also always encouraged us to go out and have a long experience of the outside world and understand the truth of being a human being. Reading and literacy is to change fate, but what I am thinking about now is not only to improve the fate of one of me, but to change the fate of the whole world, all the people who are called pig people and are despised. ”

Niu Ba's two younger brothers said: "Starling, you are on the right path, and we will follow you." ”

It turns out that the title of Niu Ba is the rule of Liancheng Township, Niu Ba itself is big, and he is the big brother in the family. However, in order to show that there are many strong people in the family, the country custom calls the eldest the eighth, some call the eleventh, and the second one is called the twelfth, which seems to be prosperous. Therefore, the eldest Niu Ba is the starling, and the other younger brothers are the ninth brother, the tenth brother and the eleventh sister.

The two younger brothers were afraid that Niu Ba would be too sad, so they stepped forward to help Niu Ba up. After Niu Ba got up, he looked at his two younger brothers and said that his father was old and seriously ill, and the affairs of the family would be entrusted to the three of you, brothers and sisters.

Niu Ba said and made a gesture to his younger brothers and sisters, and the three younger brothers and sisters were so frightened that they hurriedly returned the salute.

Niu Ba's father was in the back room, and at this time he opened the curtain and poked his head out, and heard Niu Ba say to his younger brothers and sisters: "When I came from Star City, I prescribed a few prescriptions, and I will go to grab medicine tomorrow, and I must remind my father to take medicine on time." ”

Father Niu said at this time: "Old eight, you come in with me." Niu Ba followed his father into the back room, helped his father to sit down on the wicker chair, and Niu Ba stood beside the chair with his hands down. Father Niu waved his hand, and Niu Ba also sat down on the small stool next to him.

Father Niu looked at this son who had never been obedient to himself and said, "Eighth child, I scolded you too much." ”

Niu Ba didn't want to contradict his father at this time, so he had to say, "You have your ideas." ”

Father Niu turned around and looked at Niu Ba and said: "I used to tell you not to go out at home to help me do farm work, but you just didn't listen, I wanted to go to Star City to read something, if it wasn't for your mother who spoiled you, you knew that my temper would never let you go." ”

Niu Ba had to be patient and said, "Daddy's temper, I naturally know." ”

Father Niu continued to say earnestly: "Old eight, now that your mother has gone, leaving such a large family, someone needs to take care of our family." You are the eldest son in the family, so I will listen to you, and from now on, you will never go out again. After speaking, he looked at Niu Ba with a blank eye.

Niu Badun felt extremely difficult. Finally, he said, "Dad, my son can't say this." ”

Father Niu said angrily: "You are not filial, eighth, the world naturally has people in the world to take care of, our Niu family has forty acres of paddy fields and two firewood mountains, do you know how many years I have accumulated to accumulate this family business?" Do you know? ”

Niu Ba saw that his father was really angry, and he couldn't sit still anymore, he knelt down in front of his father, and said: "Dad, please forgive the child for being unfilial, what the child is thinking about now is not only the few acres of land of our Niu family, nor the two firewood mountains, but the people of Wuling, the rise and fall of Shenzhou, but the whole world, waiting for the funeral of my mother, I have to rush back to Star City." ”

When Father Niu heard his son say such things, he scolded: "Rebel son, you rebel son, you go, go to this house, you don't come back." As he spoke, he raised his hand and hit Niu Ba on the shoulder, but Niu Ba was burly and had thick shoulders, and this hit only lightly raised a burst of ash. Father Niu was even more puzzled, and when he returned his hand, he picked up his crutches and hit Niu Ba on the back fiercely, shouting while whipping: "I'll kill you, kill you, kill you, beat you, beat to death." ”

Niu Ba knelt on the ground motionless, just letting his father whip his broad spine.

In Wuling Star City, there are many standing cages by the Xianghe River, and this kind of torture tool is very terrifying. Each cage is a dedicated cage tailored to the person it is imprisoning. The cage was a little wider than a man's body, and when he entered, his hands were tightly bound from behind, and he could not move at all, and the cage was exactly a foot higher than the height of the person being imprisoned. When the prisoner has stood in, he can only stand on tiptoe, and the weight of his whole body is hung around his neck, so that if he stands for a quarter of an hour, the whole person will fall apart, and if he is imprisoned for a day, he will die.

At this time, most of the prisoners in the station cage on the bank of the Xiang River were dying. A few of them who could not stand the torture and died had been thrown their bodies on the banks of the river. Several of the torturers poked the tortured man in the cage with their spears. If he was stabbed with blood, but did not dodge, he died, and he was dragged out and thrown by the river. If there is still a breath left, and he who has just been pierced and moans in pain, he will withdraw the tip of the spear and let him continue to suffer.

Such torture is simply cruel, and even a butcher has no such cruel means to kill pigs and cattle. The onlookers from afar scolded angrily, and hundreds of soldiers had already held shields in one hand and broadswords in the other.

The person who supervised the execution was Shangguan Hu's younger brother Shangguan Wolf, who was currently the commander of the Wuling Wuwei Army, and when he saw the surging emotions of the people, he was so angry that he was smoking, and waved his hand and pointed: "Arrest me the one who took the lead in making trouble." ”

The officers and soldiers under his command received the general's order, and they carried out the few civilians who rushed to the front from the crowd.

At this time, at the back of the crowd, three more people came, it was Niu Ba, Luo Xuan and Yelu Huang. When the three of them heard that this terrible incident had happened by the river, they hurried over.

The three of them wanted to squeeze in, but the family members and relatives of the inmates were very blocked in front of them, and they could squeeze through somewhere, so they had to watch from a distance behind.

The three people who were captured were loaded into the vacant cage according to their height. The three of them were mounted in a cage that was a foot larger than their height, and the three of them couldn't hold up on their toes, so they were forced to press all the strength of their bodies on their necks, and they immediately grinned in pain, and when they wanted to support their bodies with their hands, their hands were tied behind their backs with ropes by the soldiers, and they couldn't move at all. The three of them will have less air in and more air out after a while, and they can't live now.

The rest of the people saw that they could not save people, and three more people died in vain, so they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, but gritted their teeth, shook their hands into fists, and wept silently.