That night, Luo Chong received a prayer from her sister-in-law, even though she was praying to the portrait of the deity.

"Bless Luo Dong safely, smoothly, no illness and no disaster......"

She repeated such a wish dozens of times, lest the great god would not hear it.

But none of them were directed at herself.

Luo Chong couldn't help laughing, and said in his heart: I still need your blessing, what I want to listen to is your own wishes.

After all, at present, I am the pillar of this family, and with me, they can keep this hard-won happiness.

In the dead of night, Luo's mother and sister-in-law had already fallen asleep, Luo Chong didn't need to sleep at all, and he didn't want his proprioceptive consciousness to enter his small universe for the time being, so he dragged a chair and sat down in the courtyard.

The frame of the gate was torn apart, and the two broken door panels were propped up there, and they fell down when they were pushed, which was purely symbolic.

Luo Chong lit a cigarette, took a puff and smiled silently, feeling like an old man watching the door, just a flashlight.

Mortal feelings.

Luo Chong looked up at the sky, and there were stars in the night sky, and in a trance, it was no different from the earth.

The sound of thin footsteps sounded in the back, Luo Xiu'er hadn't slept yet, just finished the last bit of housework, came over and said to Luo Chong: "There is still hot water in the kitchen, take a shower and go to sleep." ”

When he came home, he certainly deserved to take a shower, although there was not a speck of dust on his body and face.

Seeing the cigarette roll in his hand, still spitting clouds and fog there, Luo Xiuer could understand that this was smoking, but she was a little curious, which was completely different from the cigarette pouch and pot in the hands of the old man and lady in the town.

Is it also only in the barracks?

Of course, Luo Chong didn't need to take a bath, but just asked her, "Why didn't I see you making a wish to the idol?"

"I ......"

Luo Xiu'er hesitated for a moment, but still replied softly: "I don't believe it." ”

Although there were only a few words, she could hear that she had believed in it, and perhaps made a wish to the gods countless times, but she couldn't change anything, so she ......

"You've been busy until now, and it's impossible for a god in charge of so many believers to take care of everyone. ”

Luo Chong replied with a smile: "There are some things that need to be insisted on, you can't hear it today, you can't hear it tomorrow, maybe, maybe one day, he will hear your wish." ”

It seems to be such a truth, but she has always obeyed, this time she did not obediently agree, but remained silent and expressed her opposition with silence.

"If you don't want to believe him, you can always believe me, right?"

Because she is her own child daughter-in-law, Luo Chong talks to her much more casually, and even with some teasing.

Saying this, she nodded, not only nodded, but also said, "My life is yours." ”

This is her life, as it stands.

Luo Chong took a cigarette in his mouth, looked at her silently, and said for a while: "Go to sleep, this day, you are also tired." ”

She nodded and left, in fact, she had long been accustomed to such labor.

"Child Daughter-in-law ......"

Luo Chong spit out the cigarette butt and stepped on it, muttering in his mouth: "Everything is good, but I don't like to laugh too much." ”

As a woman, she can't pretend to be cute, she can't be coquettish, she doesn't know how to charm men, and she knows how to work all day long...... Perhaps, it is these things that Luo Dong didn't like her in the past.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, not only the master carpenter who repaired the door, but also the owner of the cloth shop in the town, the second shopkeeper of the furniture shop, and the big shopkeeper of the grocery store also came.

Luo Chong was planning to go out for a walk, at least to see what the situation was like when the big-headed soldiers who returned home with him were going home. If you are short of money, you must fund some, after all, you need as much as you need for gold, silver and vulgar things.

Those who come back alive are all iron-clad men, don't let them worry about a few copper plates.

Without a trace of divine thought, Luo Chong likes to visit from house to house like a mortal and experience the taste carefully.

However, before he went out, he saw one of the big-headed soldiers, 'Ma Hanzi', walking in with a gloomy face, still carrying his blood-stained standard war knife.

The blood was dark, apparently from last night.

Poof!

Ma Hanzi walked over, knelt down in front of Luo Chong, and said in a muffled voice: "Baihu, I killed someone and came to confess." ”

The courtyard, which had just become lively, suddenly became quiet.

"Get up, and go into the house. ”

Luo Chong turned around and led the way into the house, and Ma Hanzi stood up with a steel knife and followed.

After entering the house and closing the door, Luo Chong sat down and asked, "Who did you kill?"

"The third child of the Liu family!"

Ma Hanzi replied in a low voice: "Half a year ago, he took my family's property, molested my mother-in-law, and forced her to sell herself into slavery, and she hanged herself that night. ”

"Why did he dare to do this?" Luo Chong's face turned cold.

"At that time, I was lost in the mountains because of a failed reconnaissance, and it took me two months to escape. ”

Ma Hanzi replied: "The commander of the battalion thought I was dead and put me on the list of the dead, and the news of my death was reported back to the town. Later, although I also asked someone to write a letter, I don't know why, but I didn't receive the ...... at home."

Luo Chong nodded silently, this kind of thing is quite normal in this kind of society where the means of communication are extremely backward. The army was in chaos, bandits were everywhere, and the messenger who delivered the letter did not know where he died.

"Your family owes money to the Liu family?" Luo Chong asked again.

"Less than ten taels. ”

Ma Hanzi nodded: "It is natural to repay debts, but he shouldn't ......"

"Sensei said. ”

Luo Chong waved his hand: "Good killing! If it were me, I wouldn't be able to resolve my hatred if I killed him." ”

Ma Hanzi was stunned for a moment, knelt down again, and kowtowed with a pop.

Stupid, can't say those words of thanks, just kowtow.

Ma Hanzi knows a little bit of the law and knows that he will definitely die, but if he can get the verbal understanding of the hundred households, then there will be no regrets.

Especially Luo Dong and Ma Hanzi, if the only man in the family dies on the battlefield, the fate of the women in the family will be ......

If Luo Dong didn't come back, his sister-in-law and Luo Xiu'er would also fall into the hands of villains like Niu Jinshan and Wang Baihu because of debts.

Ma Hanzi's wife had a strong temperament and chose to hang herself.

"Where's your son?"

Luo Chong remembered that Ma Hanzi already had a child, so he should be four years old.

Before the mother-in-law hanged himself, he asked a neighbor to send him back to his parents' house. ”

At the mention of his son, Ma Hanzi's already numb heart collapsed a little, suddenly burst into tears, and kowtowed to Luo Chong: "Baihu, please, before I die, see the baby." ”

"It's not a problem. ”

Luo Chong didn't think about it, and replied calmly: "Besides, you can't die, my soldiers, no one can move." ”

"Hundred?"

Ma Hanzi raised his head and looked dazed: "The capital crime I committed, this is not a battlefield, and the murderer of a soldier must pay for his life." ”

"That's right. ”

Luo Chong nodded: "Last night, you slaughtered Liu San, who saw it?"

"It should ...... No one. ”

Ma Hanzi shook his head and replied: "We don't accept the background (scout) at night, and kill him a fat-bellied old man, naturally there will be no movement." ”

"That's it. ”

Luo Chong smiled: "No one saw it, who dares to say that you killed it." ”

"But they can guess. ”

Ma Hanzi replied in a sullen voice: "The Liu family is a well-ranked squire, the family has money, and there is the support of Wang Baihu, so they arrested me, tortured me with flowers, witnesses and evidence, and a lot of ...... Rather than that, it's better to be stabbed. ”

What he meant was that let Luo Chong escort himself and go to the west gate of the town to announce a beheading in public.

Hyakho's knife, soon, will not have any pain.

In an ordinary county town, this kind of matter must be tried extremely rigorously in accordance with the law, but Guangling Town belongs to the military household guard, and it is also possible to deal with it by military law.

"I am the witness. ”

Luo Chong said lightly: "Last night, you didn't go anywhere, you got drunk at my house, a puddle of mud, and the chickens couldn't kill a single one." As for the evidence......"

Swish!

He took the war knife in his hand in the air, and wiped it lightly, and the blood evaporated.

"What's the evidence!"

Bang, and threw the knife back again.

Belch!

Ma Hanzi was stunned and held back for a while before asking, "Baihu, why take such a risk for me?"

"It's not because you're my soldier. ”

Luo Chong replied: "But I feel that you killed the right one! If the law can't make the decision for us, we can only rely on the steel knife in our hands, we are not just soldiers, but also soldiers." I don't even have this bit of blood, so I will cut you. ”

"Got it!"

Ma Hanzi kowtowed again: "I just said I was drunk, and I don't know anything else." ”

"Go out and help my sister-in-law with her work. ”

Luo Chong waved his hand: "As for your son, bear with it for a few days, it's not suitable to take him back now." ”

Syllable!

Ma Hanzi gave a military salute, returned the sword to the sheath, and put it on the table with both hands, which was temporarily kept by Luo Chong.

Then, he walked out with an extremely complicated feeling, turned around before going out, and said to Luo Chong in a hoarse voice: "Baihu, my life is yours." ”