【027】Reward
It was only a moment later that the pain he had been waiting for did not come as expected. Driven by suspicion and curiosity, he slowly opened his eyes, and saw Wei Shi, who was not too tall, standing in front of him, his arms flat in the shape of a "big" figure, stopping between him and Ah Fu, and the short knife in Ah Fu's hand had pierced Wei Shi's chest accurately.
"My lord, are you okay?" Wei Shi, who was short of breath, glanced back at Xiao Shizhu, and spat out a mouthful of blood when he opened his mouth.
For some reason, Xiao Shizhu suddenly felt that the other party's figure was so majestic, like a giant.
"Wei what!" Xiao Shizhu was shocked, his heart suddenly mixed feelings, he was very eloquent in the past, he suddenly ran out of words, and he didn't know what to say, and he said slowly after a long time: "You are stupid, such a big knife passed through, can't you see it?" As he spoke, tears appeared from the bottom of his eyes, swirling in his sockets.
A human soul who has known each other for a short time saved him desperately. made Xiao Shizhu's heart suddenly feel seven points of guilt and three points of gratitude.
"It's my duty to protect you, and because you've never treated us like slaves, people. You always drank with us at the same table, laughed and scolded, and bought us roast chicken. Wei He smiled faintly, raised his hand and grabbed Ah Fu's wrist, and used his last strength to make the other party unable to move, and at the same time, he couldn't draw the knife: "Although I haven't been with you for a long time, I don't regret working with you." These are the happiest days since I came to the underworld. It's not a pity for the old man to die, you are still young, you can do more, you have to live. It's just, I, I really want to, I really want to eat roast chicken. ”。 The voice became weaker and weaker, and gradually even Xiao Shizhu, who was so close to him, couldn't hear what he was saying clearly.
His mouth full of blood foam, after spitting out his mouth with his words, immediately turned into bits of bright red dust, floating around Xiao Shizhu's body.
"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you, I'll buy you as many as you want!" Xiao Shizhu nodded heavily, and his right hand trembled slightly. A little at a loss, he hurriedly stretched out his left palm and placed it on Wei Shi's slightly hunched back, supporting the other party's crumbling body. But he hung his head down, and he didn't have the courage to look at Wei Lao again.
Since the death of his parents when he was five years old, he has not been moved or sad, and since then, Xiao Shizhu, who is hard-hearted, has a crystal clear teardrop at this time, and involuntarily slipped from the corner of his eye!
Compared with King Qin Guang, Mo Zhai or Ming Yichen, Wei He, an old man who is more than a few years old, is sincere to him. For the grace of a few roast chickens, he repaid him with a spring, and desperately blocked the knife and death for him. This made Xiao Shizhu's heart feel more and more guilty, and he felt guilty that he had not been able to treat this kind of affectionate and righteous ghost better before, and he would have no chance in the future.
King Kong, who was already red-eyed, stepped forward, screamed and cut off Ah Fu's head with a knife, ending the life of this thief.
Seeing that Ah Fu was dead, Wei He let out the last breath in his body. Then he closed his eyes, tilted his body to the right, and slowly fell. Seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, Xiao Shizhu hurriedly reached out to support him, and at this time Xiao Shizhu was a little clearer, and his mouth muttered urgently: "What about the imperial doctor, what about the imperial doctor?" His face was full of panic and anxiety.
Even the expressionless ghost mother was slightly stunned when she saw it, and secretly sighed in her heart: "I didn't expect this kid to still talk about some affection." ”。
A serene look appeared on Wei Shi's wrinkled old face, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a loving smile. This expression was frozen at this moment, deeply imprinted in Xiao Shizhu's mind, and became an indelible memory for him.
"Why are you stunned?" Then he didn't care to wipe away the tears that blurred his eyes, looked left and right, and saw that the sergeants had lowered their heads, and after mourning for Wei, he shouted with a crying voice: "Go to the imperial doctor, go quickly." ”。 As he roared, Wei Shi's body gradually turned into powder, and with the night wind, it flew to the west......
In the early morning of the next day, it was hung full of white silk tengu garden, and there was a small raised mound on the side of the flower stand in the courtyard, and there were a lot of stones around the mound, and there was a smooth wooden sign in front of it, which read: "The Tomb of the Righteous Warrior Wei Shi" seven neat big characters. Candles, incense and roasted chicken are lit on both sides.
Xiao Shizhu knelt in front of the tombstone and said in a wailing voice to the tombstone: "Old Wei, you are a dead soul and can't leave a corpse, you will only turn into dust, so you can only set up a clothed tomb." Speaking of this, he suddenly sniffed, and said with a forced smile: "In the future, every fifteenth day of the new year, we will come to incense you and offer you a few roast chickens." Don't worry this time, no one will rob you, it's enough! Although you can't be reincarnated, I still have to say that you go all the way. ”。 It's just that every word he says, his heart is like a knife.
"Wei Lao has gone all the way. Standing behind him, Li Hao Li Chai, Yang Fengfeng and King Kong, who were hanging their heads, also shouted.
"You said that you know that you are a human soul, why are you still blocking that knife!" Xiao Shizhu, who was red-eyed, kowtowed twice solemnly to Wei Lao's mound after finishing his words, raised his right hand and said: "There can only be two, and three are for my father." But don't worry, I, Xiao Shizhu, swear that one day, I will lead my troops to the capital of the Ghost Kingdom, and capture the Ghost King alive to kneel and kowtow to you to make compensation, in order to repay you for saving my life. That's all I can do for you, and I'll do my best. ”。
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Chunyun had already taken the forbidden army and stood at the gate of the Tengu Garden, silently watching all his words and deeds.
"The soul cannot be resurrected, and you mourn and change. Although Chunyun couldn't get used to him, he couldn't bear to see him with sadness on his face, and when Xiao Shizhu looked at her, he finally said to him with kind words: "Xiao Shizhu, follow me into the palace, I want to see you." ”。
Xiao Shizhu turned a deaf ear to this, just stood up slowly, took the wine jug that Li Hao held in his hand, unplugged the kettle without saying a word, poured the wine inside on Wei Lao's grave, and opened his mouth to shout: "Wei Lao, the wine is coming;
After all the wine fell to the ground, he silently followed Chunyun and went to the inner court.
Standing in the Vientiane Palace again and seeing the ghost mother, Xiao Shizhu didn't play tricks anymore. There is no joy and excitement of the past. This night, he seemed to be a different person. At this time, he just lowered his head and stood under the ghost mother in a regular manner, silent.
"I thought you would shout for a reward when you saw me, but I didn't expect you to be unexpectedly silent. The ghost mother looked at him and asked, "What do you want?"
"When are we going to call over?" Xiao Shizhu asked without hesitation after hearing this, but still did not raise his head.
"Hit it?" The ghost mother was slightly stunned, blinked and cast a questioning look at him, and asked curiously: "Where have you been!"
"Ghost Kingdom. Xiao Shizhu spit out three words, sonorous and powerful. The fists hidden in the sleeves slowly clenched, and the eyes burst with hatred and rage.
"The battlefield is brutal, and war cannot be waged until it is absolutely necessary. The ghost mother smiled faintly and said to him lightly: "And you haven't been on the battlefield, even if you start a war, it's ......."
"I'm willing to go to the battlefield, whether it's cruel or not, I'm going to go! As long as I fight the ghost kingdom, I'll go, whether I'm a pawn or a man. Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Shizhu raised his head and looked directly at him, interrupted her, and said, "I want to catch the ghost king alive!" There was a rare seriousness and seriousness on his face, and his eyes were full of determination and fearlessness.
The shadow of the pillar on the main hall fell on his face, so that two-thirds of his face was shrouded in shadow, and his expression was a little gloomy and a little terrifying.
"What is it for Wei?" the ghost mother was stunned again, and then asked slowly after a moment. There was a trace of admiration for Xiao Shizhu's courage at this time in his eyes, and it disappeared in a flash.
"Yes!" Xiao Shizhu replied bluntly, and added without thinking: "It's also for you." ”。 The ghost mother frowned slightly when she heard this, and she didn't know what to say for a while. She had never seen such a resolute Xiao Shizhu, and now the young ghost standing below her seemed to have transformed like a butterfly, and it had broken out of its cocoon and was very different from before. This made her a little more interested and fond of this young soul.
But why didn't she want to fight over? The Ghost King kept asking for trouble for herself, and she was also very annoyed. The best solution is to destroy the ghost kingdom.
It's just that as the king of a country, he has to consider the problem comprehensively, once the war breaks out, the domestic economy will decline rapidly, and the people's lack of livelihood will appear; the war is not to mention the money, and the ghost kingdom is also strong and strong, not ten days and half a month can be defeated, and it must be prepared for a protracted war. But today's ghost mother country obviously doesn't have so much material and money to launch a large-scale protracted war.
"Xiao Shizhu, I understand your grief. The ghost mother sighed, and persuaded softly: "But war is really not a child's play, let this matter go for a while, let's talk about rewards! You did perform well this time, I want to ......."
"They're actually all your secret envoys, right?" Xiao Shizhu suddenly said something inexplicable, and after interrupting the ghost mother's words, he said: "Although they are not superb in martial arts, they all have unique skills, although they are very stupid, but most of them are pretended. The day before yesterday, I thought that the reason why they are all high or low people in the forbidden army should be your secret envoy. This is to better hide the identity of the secret envoys, and at the same time to ensure that you are absolutely loyal to the forbidden army. If there is a traitor in the army, they will be able to notify you as soon as possible and kill the traitor. ”。
"And you sent them to me, not only to help me find out the mole, but also to let them kill me when I can't catch the mole, right? As he spoke, he clenched his fists again, his fingertips sinking deep into the flesh of his palms, as if the pain could make him feel a little more comfortable. Then he raised his head and looked directly into the eyes of the ghost mother, and said excitedly: "Wei Lao, Wei Lao, he said that he died for you and me, and he used his loyalty and death in exchange for you and I standing here safe and sound today, do you just care? When they swore allegiance to you, they knew that one day they would die for you, although they were ready to sacrifice for you at any time, but you can't let them die in vain! This is not what a king should do!". Because of his excitement, he even trembled a little.
Seeing that the ghost mother fell silent, Xiao Shizhu turned around vigorously, and continued to say resolutely in his mouth: "I don't want to give a reward, you can see if Wei Lao has a family, give it to his family! If not, please build a mourning hall for him for future generations to worship and worship!" As he spoke, he strode away without looking back.