Chapter 51: Between Life and Death
“…… Made, bad luck. Somebody, wrench this guy out of the way. ”
Staring straight into the eyes, the shopkeeper was holding the leg of the bandit leader before he died,
Tighten after death.
The bandit leader, who was covered in blood, wiped the blood from his face, and then kicked the corpse of the shopkeeper strangled his leg several times.
But he didn't kick it completely, cursed, and shouted at the others next to him.
“…… Hey, boss, this guy is really tight, why don't you take a knife and cut off this guy's hand. ”
The person next to him, who was probably closer to the bandit leader, walked over, stretched out his hand and dragged the corpse of the shopkeeper who was still tightly wrapped around the bandit leader's leg after his death.
didn't pull it away, and then said with a grin,
"Hurry up...... Made, this damn guy has a lot of hands, and it hurts my legs a little now. ”
"Then don't move, master......"
laughing, the bandit next to him raised his knife and cut it down at the hand of the bandit leader who was strangled by the shopkeeper on the ground.
Slashed on the forearm, a few knives were chopped, and some of the blood that had not dried up slowly flowed down.
"Okay, the ...... of the house"
Then he grabbed the two hands on the bandit leader's legs, pulled them off little by little, and threw them on the corpse of the shopkeeper.
“…… Brothers, grab your things and get ready to go...... These carriages, these people pushed me down the cliff...... See if there are any lions and tigers at the bottom of the cliff to add a ration......"
"Okay......"
Having grabbed something, the group of bandits were happy.
They all grabbed some things from the wagon first, and then dragged the corpses tied together on the ground and threw them down the cliff.
After passing the narrow road of the cliffs on both sides, there is a mountain on one side and a cliff in front of you.
Several horses and donkeys were untied from the empty wagon, and the corpses were dumped in the wagon.
It didn't take long for the corpse carriages to be pushed off the cliff.
"Boom ......"
Only a few hollow echoes remained, like a low thunderclap.
“…… Alright, brothers, let's go. I'll see if there's anything to pull for us......"
"Go ......"
Shouting, this group of bandits with knives and sticks, carrying the looted things, left the mountain.
It's just that this group of bandits didn't notice either,
Above the sky, two sparrows kept circling, witnessing the whole process of their interception and killing.
Immediately after, the two sparrows flew off into the distance.
……
“…… You shameless thing, what are you doing alive! ”
"My old Wu family's face has been lost to you...... What are you doing here...... Why don't you just die outside! ”
There is only one door through it.
Outside the door, someone yelled and shouted all kinds of filthy and ugly words.
In the room, a young woman sat on a stool, and a hemp rope was already hanging on the beam above her head.
It was her father who scolded her outside, and it was her mother who gave her the hemp rope.
"The reputation of my old Wu family! My old Wu family's face......"
Outside the house, the scolding man was crying and scolding,
“…… I raised such a shameless one, I'm sorry for my ancestors...... Sorry ......"
"Forget it, Dad...... You let her think about it in the house herself. ”
There was an old woman next to her who was persuading.
"Forget it, how do you forget it...... She's a shameless ...... Stealing a man outside and sending it back to someone......"
"Do you want to be ashamed, this kind of thing has been done...... Just get married, let your husband's family send it back...... What do others think of our Wu family...... I thought that our Wu family was all so shameless...... I'm dead...... I'm dead and quiet......"
"You shameless ...... You're a slut and a bad seed...... Why don't you die outside! ”
So saying, the woman's father cursed again into the house,
"Ah...... You killed your husband, you stole people to find out, you sent people back...... You want to kill me now, and you want to be angry with me......"
"You......"
In the room, the young woman who was already numb and sitting withered,
Listening to her father scolding her like this, tears still couldn't stop flowing out of her eyes.
Slapped to the ground.
“…… You just let people die outside, and you don't dare to let people send them back...... How embarrassing are you...... Why are you embarrassed to let your husband's family send it back...... Where did you get your face, where did you have the face to lose my Wu family's face......"
"Help, my ancestors...... You shit, you shameless slut, why don't you die outside...... I'm not alive anymore...... I'm dead! ”
The people outside the house shouted to the heavens and the earth again.
“…… Don't be upset, her father...... Why don't I bring her another bowl of rice...... I want her to eat well...... She hadn't eaten in days. ”
"Don't go! You're going to go to Lao Tzu and break your legs too...... I don't have such a shameless daughter...... The things in my house are shameless at all, and they don't ...... at all."
"Why don't you die...... It's better for you to die outside than to be sent back...... You don't have a face, my Wu family still has a face...... You stealing, shameless ......"
Finally, in the midst of this filthy and ugly scolding,
The young woman stood up with tears in her eyes.
She looked up at the hemp rope hanging from the beams, and her whole body trembled.
She couldn't tell the grievances and couldn't stop being afraid.
She didn't want to die, but there was no way for her to live.
After being kicked back from her husband's house, she hadn't been able to eat anything for two or three days.
The outside of the house had been locked with a lock by her father and mother, and the windows had been nailed with wooden boards.
and he did not bring her anything to eat.
It's just that yesterday evening, her mother stuffed a hemp rope through the small window for her, and didn't say anything.
She stood up, leaned on the stool,
One foot stepped on the stool, and the stool swayed with her trembling feet.
She looked up, and was about to stand on the stool, when she paused again.
She saw that by the window, where the little hole was exposed, there were two more sparrows at some point.
Looking at the two sparrows, she pulled her legs back from the stool and walked towards the window.
“…… Are you here looking for food...... I'm here...... I still have two peanuts here. ”
Approaching the sparrow near the window, she stopped again.
As if afraid to get any closer, the sparrow flew away.
A little hurried, the tears in her eyes had not yet dried, and with trembling hands, she took out two peanuts from her pocket.
These two peanuts are a handful of peanuts that she caught at the funeral when she dressed her husband in linen and filial piety a few days ago.
At the moment, only these two remain.
Trembling, he peeled off the shells of the flowers, put a few peanuts in his hands, and handed them to the two sparrows.
"Eat it......"
Somewhat cautious, he handed the peanuts to the two sparrows little by little.
The two sparrows didn't fly away, she moved a little closer.
"Eat."
One of the sparrows looked at the young woman and ate the peanuts she had handed her.
The young woman looked at the two sparrows again, and the tears could not be stopped, and they kept rolling out.
“…… All right...... Let's go, I'm going to leave too......"
The young woman trembled, and at the last moment, she could only say goodbye to the two sparrows.
Turning around, he walked towards the hemp rope that hung from the beams.
Two sparrows,
Naturally, it is the incarnation of Xu Feng and Ah Meng.
In other words, in the original history,
Perhaps the young woman didn't even have two sparrows to say goodbye at the end.
Xu Feng looked at the woman who walked towards the hemp rope a little bit.
The woman trembled, trembling her hands and feet,
I don't know if it's because I'm hungry and weak or because of fear, I haven't climbed up the stool several times,
The stool also fell down.
It's just weird that after the sound of the stool falling down came out of the house,
The scolding outside the house suddenly stopped.
Hearing the sudden silence outside the house, the woman who went to move the stool paused,
Then he stood up on the stool, staggered, pulled the hemp rope, and finally stood on the stool.
"Knock ......"
The stool fell over again.
It's just that the woman can't stand up the fallen stool anymore.
In the last moments,
Women still don't want to die.
She struggled unconsciously on the hemp rope.
But no one will come to save her, and the two people outside the house who keep scolding her are just waiting for this moment to come.
At last
The woman's face was painful and hideous, and her eyes were still open at the last moment,
With fear and fear of the world after death in his eyes, and a desire for life.
She didn't want to die......
But no one left her alive.
windowside,
Two sparrows witnessed this scene,
Looking at it for a long time,
The young woman's mother began to look through the window into the house.
Seeing that the woman in the room was indeed dead, she was silent, stopped moving, and then turned to her husband and said,
“…… It's out of breath. ”
"It's good to be dead...... How not to die outside! ”
The woman's father was still angry and scolded angrily.
Xu Feng, who turned into a sparrow, looked at the corpse of the woman in the house again,
In the end, he and Ah Meng left here again.
……
“…… This love should be related to life and death. ”
"Hmm."
Changed places again.
Xu Feng and Ah Meng exchanged softly.
I've seen the scenes in these historical maps.
It is already obvious that the guest of the inn this time, the sin,
It's not just the obsession and resentment of the fetus that died prematurely.
It's simply about life and death.
Between life and death, there is great terror.
And these people who saw it were desperate and painful when they died.
I said a word to Ah Meng.
Xu Feng turned his head again and looked at this place this time.
This time, it was a fairly lively street, bustling with pedestrians and vendors.
Looking at the architectural styles on both sides of the street, and the clothes worn by pedestrians and vendors, it should still be a historical reflection of one or two hundred years ago.
Xu Feng and Ah Meng stood on the side of the street this time, walking among the pedestrians.
"Selling vegetables, selling vegetables...... Freshly pulled radish cabbage out of the ground......"
"The owner...... How do you sell your food here......
"Dirty hands, wipe them and then go get food......"
Those with children, those who carry things.
It was probably winter, and the cold wind was blowing, and pedestrians from far and near were wearing thick clothes.
However, although it is lively, it is not prosperous.
The roadside vendors are all vendors with stalls on the ground, and there are not many shops on the street.
The buildings on the street are also a little old, and some of the tiles are a little crumbling by the cold wind.
“…… Don't run...... If you dare to run again, Lao Tzu will catch and kill you......"
"Run again...... Catch him for me......"
At that moment, there was a noisy movement in front of the street.
A thin figure in tattered and thin clothes hurriedly ran from the front,
Behind him, a man in a thick robe, beckoned to the servants beside him, chasing after the figure.
People on the street hurriedly avoided it.
The children were quickly dragged to the side of the street, and those who were holding things and setting up stalls also moved their stalls inside.
The thin figure shrank as far as possible and squeezed through the crowd, while the evil servants chasing behind him violently pushed the people in their way and pushed them down.
"Wow......"
"Don't cry, don't cry, I'll see if I have fallen somewhere......"
The child who was knocked to the ground couldn't help crying, and the adults next to him hurriedly pulled the child up and coaxed him to check.
“…… Boom! ”
At this moment, the thin figure running in front of him finally couldn't run anymore,
Running out of breath, out of strength, there was some ice on the ground last night that hadn't melted,
The dirty figure, dressed in tattered and thin clothes, fell to the ground.
With pain on his face, he tried to get up with his hands propped up, but he couldn't get up after several attempts.
Someone next to him looked and reached out to quietly touch the thin figure.
But at this time, the evil servant and the master of the evil servant who was chasing after him had already chased after him.
"Run...... Keep running...... Damn, I ran so out of breath that I couldn't catch my breath. ”
The man in the gorgeous velvet robe, panting, said to the thin figure who fell on the ground and wanted to get up again,
With anger and some excitement in his eyes, it was like seeing a playful toy.
The emaciated figure of the crowd who had fallen on the ground formed a large circle next to the evil servant master. But they were all far away and did not dare to come closer.
Xu Feng and Ah Meng also stood in the crowd, watching this scene.
On the ground, the thin figure who fell was a half-grown teenager, but probably hungry, and looked shorter and thinner than his peers.
The half-grown boy's face was still in pain, and he tried to get up several times.
The man next to him and the servant he brought with him smiled and watched.
When the half-grown boy was about to get up from the ground, he flew up with a kick, and kicked the half-grown boy's supporting hand again.
Let the boy fall to the ground again.
"Run, why don't you run...... You can really run, let the master chase you for two streets. ”
The servant next to him stretched out his foot and stomped the palm of the half-grown boy on the ground, and the man leaned closer, lowered his head and smiled at the boy on the ground.
"Ho ......"
The boy's face was twisted in pain, and he couldn't speak, except for a suppressed cry of pain in his throat.
"Don't run away now...... Tidy him up for me. ”
"Okay, sir......"
Several servants smiled and rolled up their sleeves.
The boy on the ground knew that he was going to be beaten again, and struggled to get up a little sideways.
Kowtow to the man.
"My lord spares his life...... The old man spared his life......"
With pain on his face, the boy pleaded with the man.
The man stood beside him, smiling.
Several servants did not stop.
Finally, the fist and kick landed on the boy on the ground.
The young man, who had just arched a little, was kicked to the ground again.
"My lord spares his life...... The old man spared his life......"
This time the boy couldn't run away again, and he didn't dare to resist.
Just curled up on the ground, suffering from punches and kicks,
It's like a machine, and his mouth is still begging, hoping that the man will let him go.
The onlookers next to him showed unbearable looks on their faces, and some people turned their faces away and didn't look at them, or just left.
Some people looked at this scene and stopped talking, as if they wanted to carry the beaten teenager to say something, but most of the people on this street were poor people, and no one dared to really help.
At this time, the man standing next to him seemed to know what the people around him were thinking, raised his head with a smile, and said to the surroundings,
"Folks, this is my servant, who stole my things and ran out. I'll just teach my own servants a lesson, and everyone will disperse if they have nothing to do. ”
"I'm not...... I am not a servant...... I just bumped into it, and I accidentally bumped into the old man......"
The boy on the ground seemed to hear it, and said in a struggling voice.
In fact, there is no need for the boy to say it himself, everyone next to him can see that the young man looks like a beggar on the street.
I don't know where I got this man.
"If you can still say something, give me a hard beating, and teach me a hard lesson!"
The man laughed at first, then changed his face and yelled at his servant.
"Ah......h
The boy wailed in pain,
can only curl up tighter, holding his head,
I didn't even dare to beg, I just hoped that if these people had fought enough, they wouldn't fight again.
It's just that this moment has not come for a long time.
The boy's painful wails were weakened.
"Ah......h
“…… Master...... This doll is going to die......"
Finally, the old woman next to her couldn't help but persuade her.
"Huh...... Why, you also want to be my servant, where is your house, I'll go and tell you? ”
The man turned his head and said to the old woman.
When the old woman heard this, her face turned pale and she did not dare to speak.
"Keep calling me, okay...... Kick me on my feet and interrupt ...... See if he dares to run......"
The man turned his head again, with some excitement in his eyes, as if he was playing a game.
"Ah......h
"Sir...... Spare ......"
The servant's hand was heavier, and the young man couldn't help but plead,
Just how to plead, how to curl up,
None of them can be exchanged for the stop of these people.
The boy was in pain, and only a subconscious wail remained in his mouth.
Until the wailing grows weaker and weaker,
The boy was silent, and there was no wailing.
His eyes were still open, and he looked ahead with pleading, longing, and pain.
“……”
The servant finally stopped, and someone came up to the man and whispered something in the man's ear.
"Jinnyima can't help but beat ......"
The man scolded, as if he was a little unhappy, and then smiled and said to the surroundings,
"This little brute has been knocked unconscious, so we'll take him back to heal, so let's disperse."
"Let's go, haha......"
As he spoke, the man took out a handful of money from his pocket and threw it on the ground.
The people around hurriedly grabbed it.
The man called out to the servants and dragged the young man's body away.
Xu Feng and Ah Meng watched this scene of historical mapping.
Look at the young man's eyes that are still open.
Xu Feng looked in front of him again.
In front of him, these people were still grabbing some money on the ground.
However, it seems that something has begun to change around the corner.
Love is being born.
“…… Ah......h
At this time,
The man who had already gone far, when he walked to some position in front of the street,
The eaves of the old house next to the street were crumbling, and the wall smashed down directly.
The people on the streets here are still grabbing money,
When the wall fell, it struck the man and some of his servants.
The heaviest of them all, smashed into the man's head with precision.
Xu Feng turned his head, looked over there again, and then withdrew his gaze.
Here's just a historical mapping,
There is no way to change the history that has already taken place.
But it didn't prevent Xu Feng from venting his anger.