Chapter 43: One Day and One Night
It was already dark when Zhao Lin sent the doctor away.
When I returned to the room, I saw my brother lying on the bed in a daze, with my father and mother taking care of me.
"How's my brother?"
Zhao Lin walked to the bed, touched his brother's forehead, and felt that his hands were hot, he must have a fever.
"Your brother has a strong body and can bear it."
Father Zhao said in a sullen voice, and then sighed, "How did you get into a beard?" ”
Zhao's mother also said: "Lin'er, you make it clear, my father and mother help you with the staff, but you really can't sell our land, don't you pay them compensation." ”
"This matter is not fair with money......"
Zhao Lin smiled bitterly and told the story of going into the mountains to hunt at the beginning of the year, encountering robberies, and finally killing the beard.
Zhao's father and Zhao's mother were dumbfounded after hearing this, they didn't expect their youngest son, who had always been honest and had never killed a chicken, to do such a big thing.
"Dad, mother, blame me for causing trouble, causing our whole family to be chased and killed by Beard." Zhao Lin said ashamedly.
Father Zhao was silent for a long time, and said: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to regret it, besides, you also did it to raise money to get your brother out, tell me what your plans are in the future?" ”
Zhao Lin glanced at his unconscious brother and said, "It's safe here for the time being, across the street is the yamen, and the beard doesn't dare to make a big move." But after a long time, there is no guarantee that they will not come to the door. ”
Speaking of this, he took a deep breath, "I'll find a way to send you away as soon as possible." ”
"We?"
Father Zhao was stunned and asked, "Aren't you leaving?" ”
Zhao Lin shook his head slightly, "I can't go!" The purpose of the beard is to catch the four of us for revenge, and as long as I am in Qinghe County, their focus will always be on me. ”
"But if I run away, Beard will definitely be chasing him around, and it will be difficult for our family of four to avoid their eyes. Once they are blocked on the road, they can only be slaughtered. ”
"So I have to stay!"
Zhao's father and Zhao's mother opposed it at the same time.
"No, let's go together!"
"Son, how can you deal with a beard alone."
Zhao Lin's expression was flat, but his tone was extremely firm, "I have already thought it through, only in this way can our family have a glimmer of life." ”
In order to make his parents accept his decision, he simply singled out: "I am practicing martial arts in Liuhemen, and the beard can't help me, but if you fall into their hands, what should I do?" ”
The second elder was speechless for a moment.
Zhao Lin walked out of the room, asked Xiao Er to bring in some food, then used the table to push the door to death, moved a chair, and sat at the door with an iron axe.
How to survive the current crisis?
How did you find the beard?
All kinds of thoughts flew in his mind, Zhao Lin only felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and he held on until the second half of the night, and finally couldn't help but close his eyes......
Early the next morning, Zhao Lin suddenly opened his eyes and saw his parents leaning on the head of the bed, and his brother had woken up.
"Brother, are you feeling better?" Zhao Lin tiptoed over and reached out to see that his brother's fever had subsided.
"Well, thirsty." Zhao Shan said in a hoarse voice.
Zhao Lin hurriedly poured a bowl of water and served his brother to drink it.
After a while, the inn gradually became lively, the noise sounded, and Zhao's father and Zhao's mother also woke up.
"Dad, mother, I'll go out for a while, you wait for me in the house."
Zhao Lin brought them last night's food, "When you are hungry, eat something, don't go out." ”
Zhao's father and Zhao's mother knew that Zhao Lin was going out to run errands, and told him to pay attention to safety.
The inn is very close to the county ya, and after turning a street, Zhao Lin came to the county yamen and stood next to the stone lion by the door.
He put himself in his shoes and thought that if he fled into the county seat yesterday, Beard would definitely send someone to block the surrounding roads to prevent him from escaping.
Then they sent people into the city to look for him.
With such a large county, it is not easy to find someone, so it is safe for myself and my family for the time being.
He stood in front of the county government for nearly half an hour, but he never saw Liang Song's figure, and he couldn't help but be a little worried.
"Why haven't you come yet?"
He and Liang Song made an appointment to meet here, and if the other party didn't come, it probably meant that something was wrong.
Zhao Lin wandered anxiously, on the one hand, worried about the safety of his parents in the inn, and at the same time worried that Liang Song and Zhou Paotou would not be able to find him when they came.
The situation is critical, and one more person means more strength, and only by working together can we tide over the difficulties.
He also considered taking his family to Liuhemen to avoid trouble, but soon gave up on the idea.
He is just an apprentice, not a formal disciple.
The beard is cruel and cunning, and no matter how powerful the martial artist is, he has a family.
If you throw yourself directly into it, you are likely to bring disaster to others.
After hesitating, Zhao Lin decided to continue waiting.
Finally, at the third pole of the sun, Liang Song's figure appeared on the street, trotting over.
Zhao Lin noticed that his eyes were red and swollen, and his heart couldn't help but sink, and asked, "Why are you alone?" What about Zhou Cannon Head? ”
"My cousin is dead, and so is Zhou Paotou!"
Liang Song stared at his red eyes and choked up: "The beard ripped out the hearts and livers of my cousin and Zhou Paotou, and hung them on the tree at the head of the village. ”
"What?"
Zhao Lin was struck by lightning, the voices and smiles of the two flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help clenching his fists, "Dog beard!" ”
"I don't share the beard!"
Liang Song gritted his teeth and said, and then asked Zhao Lin with some doubts: "I haven't been able to figure it out, how did you say that the beard suddenly found us?" ”
"Talk in a different place."
Zhao Lin pulled Liang Song to a secluded street corner, looked around carefully, and saw that there were no suspicious characters nearby, so he said, "I thought about it all night last night, and I thought about what the problem was." Remember the arsenic and aconitum we bought before we hunted? ”
"It's poison!"
Liang Song was thorough at one point, and with a regretful "oops", he beat his chest suddenly.
Arsenic and aconitum grass were sold in limited quantities in the medicine hall, and at that time, Zhou Paotou arranged for Zhu Dachun to buy these two things, and went to several towns to buy them.
There are signs of poisoning on Xiong Zhen and the wounds on his beard, and Hu Zi must be able to see it, and when they look for Xiong Zhen gall in the major pharmacies, they must also be able to find records of people buying poison in large quantities in winter.
Most of the beasts hunted by hunters are used to eat meat, so few people use poison when hunting.
It was along this breakthrough point that Hu Zi was the first to find Zhu Dachun, and the matter also had a reasonable explanation.
Zhao Lin didn't have much right to speak in the team at that time, and Zhou Paotou only listened to it when he arranged it, but now that he thinks about it, he ignored this important information afterwards.
Liang Song was silent for a while and said, "Beard will definitely not let us go, what are you going to do?" Do you want to go or stay? ”
"I'll stay and see my family go."
Zhao Lin briefly explained the reason and asked him, "What about you, can you go?" ”
Liang Song's face was hideous, and he shook his head slowly, "I have already escaped once, and I don't want to run away again this time." ”
Zhao Lin nodded and said, "Okay, let's fight with them." ”
He made up his mind in his heart, since he couldn't dodge, then he could only face it head-on, and he was a traverser with a golden finger in his hand.