Chapter 4: The Rooster Dawns
I have a fascination that I can't move, and the rooster crows the world white.
When Yang Xin woke up, it was already dawn. There was a mess of sounds outside the room, jingling and the cries of chickens and pigs, and she wrapped herself in a fur coat and tried to fix her hair, but there was nothing in the room except the bed she slept on and the "few" on the bed. I had to open the door and walk out, and the old woman last night saw Yang Xin and hurriedly came over to say hello: "Is the little lady sleeping well?"
Yang Xin rubbed her aching back, nodded hurriedly, and replied insincerely: "Okay, okay!" ”
The old woman smiled and handed Yang Xin a wicker stick and said, "I'll go fetch water for the little lady." ”
Yang Xin was stunned with the wicker, what is this wicker for? The ancients didn't fold willows to say goodbye, I just got up to say goodbye? I don't know why, but if I ask, will I expose myself and don't know anything?
After being stunned for a moment, the old woman came back from making water, handed Yang Xin a pottery cup and said, "The little lady is not used to things in the countryside, right?" I can only be aggrieved, and the taste of the mouth really can't be compared with the powder you are used to. ”
Hearing this, Yang Xin understood, this is for brushing teeth! Hurriedly thanked him, hesitated to put the willow sticks in his mouth and chewed, a sour and astringent taste flowed into the tip of his tongue, and he quickly picked up the cup and rinsed his mouth...... Finally finished brushing her teeth, the old woman's clay pot has been beaten with water in front of her, I don't know if it is the basin that washed my feet last night, but I don't know how to refuse, I can't pay attention to it at the moment, I can only wash my face, the old woman stood next to me and handed a gray old cloth, I don't know if it's clean, I was very embarrassed to take it and wipe my face and hands. Returning the cloth, the old woman actually took out a palm-sized bronze mirror from her sleeve, Yang Xin looked at herself in the mirror, the long hair of the shawl was messy after a night of tossing and turning, her face was fine, and she thought that the appearance of the TV series traveler had changed, but fortunately she was the original appearance.
Seeing Yang Xin in a daze at the bronze mirror, the old woman said carefully: "If the little lady doesn't give up, let's comb the little lady's hair today, right?" ”
"Oh oh oh, okay!" Yang Xin came back to her senses, took the mirror in the old woman's hand, and looked at the face of some baby fat, others crossed into a little baby, and brought their own baby face, okay, it shouldn't be impossible to see the age of twenty-eight!
The old woman skillfully straightened Yang Xin's hair, and suddenly saw the white jade on her neck, and asked cautiously with a look of surprise in her eyes: "The little lady is not married yet, right?" ”
"Ahh No! No! Yang Xin hurriedly waved his hand. I couldn't help muttering in my heart, why no matter what era the aunt likes to ask if people are married! How did she know that this married and unmarried woman's hair was actually exquisite.
After a while, the old woman had already combed her hair, and there was a small bun on the left and right sides, and there were two small braids under the bun, she looked left and right, and liked it very much, thanked the old woman, and asked a little hesitantly, "Where is the latrine?"
The old woman pointed to a courtyard door next to the kitchen and said, "Go out from here, and the little lady will be able to see it." ”
Yang Xin went out of the courtyard gate, only to see several chickens in the other yard eating in the corner, but on the other side was a pig house, there were two fat pigs in the pig house, and there was a staircase next to the pig house to go up to the second floor. Yang Xin looked at it for a long time, but did not see the imaginary toilet door, hesitated to go up the stairs, and came to the second floor, it was a squatting pit, with a covering tile and a fence around it. Smelling the smell, this is undoubtedly a latrine. She squatted down awkwardly, thinking about the pig below, and vowed never to eat pork again!
Suddenly, there was a noisy sound outside the courtyard, and the sound of clanging and clanging footsteps came from outside, and it seemed that many people came, with the creaking sound of the door closing, this insecure toilet made Yang Xin nervous, and quickly finished solving it and returned to the front yard.
At this time, there were twelve postmen standing in the courtyard, looking flustered, whispering something around the old man, and every time he said one more word, the old man's expression changed! Suddenly, there was a clanging sound, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves. A coachman exclaimed, "Here it is! The faces of the people turned pale suddenly, and they held the long knives in their hands and guarded the door nervously, sweating uncontrollably in their hands.
The old man hurriedly pulled the old woman and Yang Xin, and pushed the two towards the kitchen stove without saying a word. Behind the dusty wall of the stove, there was an extremely narrow mezzanine, and before Yang Xin could react, she was pushed in and locked up with the woman. At this moment, the sound of galloping horses' hooves had reached the outside of the post station, and the old man said in a low voice: "Don't make a sound! As soon as he finished speaking, the neighing of horses came from outside the station. As soon as the voice fell, the post door was split into several pieces, and as the wooden blocks on the door fell, I saw dozens of masked black-clothed people riding on horses outside the door, led by one person, sneered and looked at the postmen in the house, and said sadly: "Hand it over!" The voice was extremely sharp, and the postmen couldn't help but tremble.
The old man raised his head and snorted coldly: "If you have the ability, you can take it yourself!" "Changed the old appearance, and his eyes were extremely resolute.
The leader let out a "giggle" laugh, laughing so hard that he got goosebumps, "Good, good! Just like that! He raised his hand and shouted, "Do it!" ”
I saw a man in black on the left and a right, holding a knife and stepping into the courtyard, with a crackling sound, the small low table in the house, the wooden door frame, all turned into wood slag, the horse's hooves stepped in, towards the key place of the postmen is a knife, the postmen have not had time to scream and have fallen, there is no power to fight back.
Look at the old man again, turn around, dodge a few times, and dodge several fatal blows. But he was outnumbered, and as more than a dozen knives slashed at him, he couldn't avoid it, and these dozen knives all hit him: his head, hands, feet, shoulders, back, and abdomen were instantly cut into several pieces, and blood sprayed thin, and he was killed, which was unsightly.
Looking at the blood and severed limbs all over the ground, the leader of the man "giggled" and laughed even more movingly: "Search!" ”
Yang Xin and the woman clinged to the crack, feeling the heat becoming more and more unbearable, and hurriedly pushed open the crack door, only to see the fire in the sky, the whole post station has been ignited, the wooden house is burning very fast, and the two of them are already in the sea of fire at this moment. The woman was anxious to find the figure of the old man, only to see a head was being engulfed by the fire, the woman screamed, and was about to rush to the fire, Yang Xin desperately grabbed her, opened her mouth to speak, inhaled a puff of smoke, choked tears. Seeing that the two of them were engulfed in the fire, I am afraid it was only a matter of time, the woman suddenly thought of something, held back her tears, pulled Yang Xin close to the deep well, took out a piece of brocade cloth from her sleeve and handed it to her, and said miserably: "Give it to the lord!" As soon as the words fell, he jumped into the flames.
Yang Xin screamed, only a few minutes after coming out of the latrine, she didn't even have time to say a word, such a change happened, seeing the smoke of the fire rushing towards her, she endured her grief and climbed along the well rope to the well. Why did the fire start? What's going on? This kind kind old man and old woman...... Tears can't stop flowing!!
I don't know how long it took, the sound of wood burning and crackling gradually disappeared, the thick black smoke gradually faded, Yang Xin's hand falling from the well rope has gradually lost consciousness, the cold air in the well is bursting, looking up at the sky, it is completely black at this moment. The tears had already dried up, Yang Xin rubbed her red and swollen eyes, tightened the well rope, and climbed up step by step with difficulty. As soon as she came out of the well, the scene in front of her made her gasp.
Under the cold moonlight, the original wooden house was already the wreckage of a collapsed wall at this moment, surrounded by charred charcoal and wood ashes, a huge room, and only Yang Xin stood alone in this decadent room at this moment. She did not dare to look for the old man and the old woman, for all this darkness was enough to explain everything. She shuddered, lonely, terrible, cold, she didn't have time to understand everything in this world, and she had to face such a cruel scene alone, was this really a dream? Is this really a crossing? Why does it hurt so much? A gust of wind came out, and the wood ashes scattered, and Yang Xin only felt that there were countless souls in the scattered turbidity. She didn't want to face it, and she didn't dare to face it, she ran like crazy, in the empty wilderness, she ran along the official road alone, this is not true! It must not be true!