Chapter 64: The Aftermath
Li Hao originally wanted to ask, but thinking of Li Yuange's situation, he had to wait until he was done to ask Guan Hai.
Guan Hai pointed to the corpses and said to the surviving minions: "Go and bury all these people, and then go back and tell Chen Yu that there is an acquaintance waiting for him here." ”
Li Hao was afraid that this little minion would not do anything, so when he came to him, the sea of qi in his body was running, and it was on the shoulder of the little minion.
The little minion obviously felt that there was something inexplicable in his body.
"Don't think about running away, don't think about not talking, if you don't come back in ten days, just wait for death." After saying that, he turned around and left.
When the little minion heard this, his heart suddenly cooled.
After the two of them left, he got up tremblingly and looked at the villagers, and then looked down at the corpse of the small leader beside him.
Obviously, he and the others were about to leave a moment ago, but he was just an old man, and he was a group of eleven people, but he was the only one left.
Looking at the brothers who ate meat and drank wine together in the past, the little minions were full of desolation in their hearts, but they also had the happiness of the rest of their lives.
Although he was used to seeing dead people and corpses, these were his brothers he was most familiar with in the past. Some of them still had frightened expressions on their faces, and he didn't know how many times he vomited halfway through until he became numb and lasted from morning to late at night.
He didn't dare to try to escape, Li Hao had left a deep impression on him before, it was fire and thunder, it was beyond his cognition, not to mention that strong man.
After burying everyone, he dragged his tired body and rode out of this small village, which to him could be called a nightmare.
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Li Hao went straight to Li Yuange's house.
When he entered the door, he saw Li Yuange squatting on the ground stunned, with dry tears on her cheeks, and in front of her was Li Changgui's corpse.
Li Changgui's chest was full of blood, and there was a crimson wound, which was obviously killed by a knife through the chest.
Li Hao came to Li Yuange's side, squatted down and slowly spoke: "I'm sorry." ”
He felt very guilty, Li Changgui gave him the feeling that he was very much like Uncle Li at the beginning, the same surname Li, and the same death.
Li Yuange looked up at Li Hao, shook his head slowly, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Brother Hao, it's not your fault, if it weren't for you, maybe it would not be just grandpa......"
After that, she looked at her grandfather blankly, she wanted to engrave his appearance into her mind.
Looking at Li Changgui's corpse, and then at Li Yuange, Li Hao opened his mouth and asked, "When you leave, do you want to come with me?" ”
Hearing this, Li Yuange's expression fluctuated a little, as if she thought of something again, and shook her head to refuse.
She didn't want this to be Brother Hao's pity for her.
Li Hao saw Li Yuange's stubbornness, reached out and touched her head.
"Lao Li said that he will be absent one day, so I will take care of you in the future."
As soon as these words came out, the originally dry tears in Li Yuange's eyes poured out again, the person who loved her all her life was gone, and her only relative was gone.
Raising his eyes to look at Li Hao, Li Yuange couldn't suppress his emotions anymore, threw himself into his arms, and cried loudly.
gently patted Li Yuange's back, with bitterness, regret, and firmness in his heart.
Let Li Yuange cry in her arms, she needs catharsis, and tears are the only tool she can vent.
I don't know how long it took, Li Yuange's crying stopped, and she lay in her arms and didn't move. Li Hao looked at it suspiciously, it turned out that he was tired from crying and had fallen asleep.
After gently picking up Li Yuange and putting it in her boudoir, she put the two tables together, and then put Li Changgui's body on the table, and found a bed to cover it.
After doing all this, he left Li Yuange's home.
After walking out of the courtyard gate, I found that the villagers were waiting at the door.
When everyone saw Li Hao coming out, they wanted to come forward to inquire about the situation, but no one dared to speak.
The villagers still remember the scene when he manipulated the flames in his hands and burned a person alive. Although the corpses burned by the flames were buried, there were still traces of burning on the ground, so that they did not dare to come forward.
Looking at the cowering appearance of the villagers, Li Hao sighed in his heart.
He saw horror, fear, gratitude, and resentment in the eyes of the villagers. He knew that this would be the result, although he was a little helpless, but there was no way.
Frightened because of his unusual means, afraid because he was afraid that he would hurt them, grateful because he saved them, resentment may be because he had this means, but he didn't use it at the beginning, which led to the tragedy of Li Changgui.
Li Hao originally wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not necessary, and he was about to leave anyway, so it didn't matter.
Just as he was about to leave, an old man came out from behind.
His name is Wang Changfu, and he is of the same generation as Li Changgui, and he can be regarded as the older generation in the village.
"Li boy, if it weren't for you, maybe the entire village would cease to exist today."
Li Hao didn't expect Wang Changfu to say this, and threw a grateful look at Wang Changfu, and at the same time interrupted Wang Changfu and said, "Elder Wang, don't say it anymore, anyway, we're about to leave." ”
Hearing this, Wang Changfu, who originally wanted to continue, sighed.
He knew that Li Hao had helped the village a lot, but he also knew that such a powerful person had stayed in the village for a long time, which would inevitably make the village names vigilant.
After a pause, Li Hao spoke again: "There is one more thing I want to trouble everyone." ”
"Li boy, you say, what's the matter."
None of the others dared to answer, so only Wang Changfu spoke.
"Lao Li has already left, I hope everyone can help with it."
After all, the deceased still has to be buried in the earth, and each place has its own local customs, so he thinks it is better to let the local villagers deal with it.
"Hey."
With a sigh, Wang Changfu responded to this matter.
"Yuange's girl, I will also take it."
The villagers present were stunned when they heard it, and some wanted to stop it, but before they could say it, they saw Wang Changfu nodding and saying hello.
Regarding Li Yuange and Li Hao, Li Changgui told him, so after hearing Li Hao say this, he responded without the slightest hesitation, and as for what those villagers thought, he also knew it.
But even if those villagers dare to stop it, then they have to consider whether they have the ability to leave Li Yuange behind.
After receiving the reply, Li Hao bent down and saluted, and then left.
Seeing that the people were far away, some villagers were dissatisfied and said why they didn't kill this group of people in the first place, and some people retorted that it was thanks to Li Hao that they survived.
Looking at the arguing crowd, Wang Changfu slowly spoke, "If you survive, you will have more words?" ”
The originally noisy villagers also quieted down for a while.
"Find a few people to make a sturdy coffin, and everyone will send Lao Li on his last journey tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Wang Changfu also left.
Now there are only a few elderly people in the village, Li Changgui is gone, and the position of village chief has fallen to him.
After seeing Li Hao come back, Guan Hai asked, "How is Lao Li?" ”
Li Hao didn't answer, just shook his head.
Guan Hai didn't say anything more, just found two chairs, and the two sat quietly in the courtyard.
From daytime, I sat until night, and then it was dawn.
At dawn the next day, a light rain began to fall in the sky.
Early in the morning, the send-off team came out of Li Changgui's home, and Li Yuan walked in front of the singer holding a white flag.
Li Hao, who didn't plan to go, saw the haggard Li Yuange, and joined the team with Guan Hai.
The drizzle was drizzling, and the whole procession was silent, except for the sound of feet stepping on the muddy road, and the sound of light rain falling on the ground, there was no other sound.
About four or five miles out of the village, this is a high slope on the side of the village, there are many trees around, and there is a small river next to it, which can be regarded as a good view.
The coffin was put into the pit dug in advance and buried, and the tomb plate carved in advance was inserted, and the villagers came forward to worship one by one.
After the worship, Wang Changfu asked all the villagers to leave, looked back at the remaining three, he also left with his hands behind his back, his back looked a little lonely.
The old brothers in the village, if one is gone, there is one less, and now how many people are left with him?
And there are only three people left, Li Hao, Li Yuange and Guan Hai.
opened a jar of wine, Li Hao took a sip, and then poured it in front of Li Changgui's grave.
"Lao Li, the road is dark below, take a sip of wine to raise your guts, and go all the way!"
After pouring another sip of wine, as if trying to suppress the boredom in his heart, Li Hao continued: "Don't worry, I will take care of Yuange, just as you expect." ”
Looking at the man beside him, Li Yuange silently thought in her heart, if her grandfather was still there, it would be great.
Spilled all the wine in his hand in front of Li Changgui's grave, Li Hao felt that he still had to do something.
I found a lot of stones, and the gas in my hands flowed, and my feet stepped on the steps, and they dotted into the surrounding areas of the cemetery one by one.
He did this mainly to isolate wild beasts from digging graves, and took out the three divine incense that the descendants of Yan Gong handed over to him at that time and lit it.
Seeing that Li Hao actually took out the three divine incense to ignite, Guan Hai was very surprised.
"Is it worth it?"
Li Yuange didn't understand why she lit the incense, so she asked if it was worth it.
"Brother Guan, isn't it just three incense sticks?"
Seeing that Guan Hai wanted to explain, Li Hao interrupted what he wanted to say and said, "It's worth it." ”
Although he set up a formation to prevent wild beasts, there were still rats, insects, snakes and ants, so Li Hao simply lit the three divine incense, and when the incense ash was immersed in the soil, the maintenance time would not be short.
Seeing that Li Hao didn't plan to explain, Guan Hai shut up, and Li Yuange knew that maybe this incense was very valuable, so he didn't ask again.
After returning to the village, Li Hao originally wanted Li Yuange to move in, but Li Yuange refused.
Li Hao didn't force it, so he had to let Li Yuange go back to rest after eating.
After Li Yuange left, Li Hao asked Guan Hai about Chen Wei, wanting to know what kind of person this Qu Shuai of the Yellow Turban Army was.
When he heard Li Hao's inquiry, Guan Hai had a strange expression.
"Brother Guan, it's inconvenient for you to say?"
Guan Hai shook his head, "It's not inconvenient to say, in fact, it's nothing, this Chen Wei is my little brother." ”
Hearing Guan Hai's answer, Li Hao was stunned.
A little brother can become a marshal, which can only mean that he has the ability, but he also saw other things in Guan Hai's expression.
In the subsequent narration, Li Hao also understood why Guan Hai had such an expression.
It turned out that Chen Defeat was encountered when he was recruiting Taiping Taoists.
It has good strength, but it is idle and has no motivation to do anything. He thought this person was interesting, so he recommended it to his eldest brother Zhang Jiao.
Zhang Jiao saw that his strength was good, but he was lazy, so he simply arranged a Qu Shuai for him and let him develop Taiping Dao.
I just didn't expect him to come here.