Chapter 183: Madman
"Ahem, ahemβ"
Smoke billowed from the house.
Qi Yutai covered his mouth and nose and hurriedly looked around.
When the fire first started, he didn't notice it, he just scuffled with the person in front of him, and by the time he realized it, the fire was already very large.
Cherry cloth curtains are hung everywhere in the guest room of Fengle Building, the so-called "tassel bucket tent cigarette rises, cloud wood screen candle shadow is deep", but at this moment the yarn tent was licked by the firelight, and there was a loud noise, which only made people's hearts more desperate.
The man who scuffled with him was gone, and he was left alone. But the window couldn't be opened, and the fire in front of the door was so big that he couldn't get out or escape.
The heat and agitation of taking cold food powder have long disappeared from the body, and with it comes a deep fear.
Will he be burned here today?
No, he doesn't want to die!
Qi Yutai turned his head to look at the door, a beam in front of the closed gate smashed down, just igniting a wall of fire, just a few steps, like a moat, separating him from the way out.
He hurriedly turned his head, trying to find another way out of the cramped room, but there was only deeper despair as far as his eyes could see.
Yaoqin, broken wine jar, carpet...... When these things are stained with sparks, they become nourishment for fire, even the painting on the wall.
The painting of the stinging spring thunder, which replaced his favorite picture of a beautiful woman weeping and which did not look very comfortable, was half burned by the fire, and the silk pages were curled, but like a pear orchard curtain, slowly rising, revealing another scene below.
Under the Spring Thunder Diagram, there is another picture hidden!
This is......
Qi Yutai froze.
That's a very beautiful thrush picture.
The deep mountains and green trees, the dense forests are undulating, the ten-mile tea garden is clear and fragrant, and there is a copper birdcage hanging in front of the house.
In the birdcage, a thrush chirps a thousand times, lively and smart, and in front of the birdcage stands an old man with a white beard, dressed as a peasant, with one finger bent, playing with the thrush in the birdcage.
The paintings on the walls are already huge, almost occupying an entire wall, making people feel immersive. However, whether it is the picture of the former beauty crying, or the burned picture of the stinging spring thunder, it is not as weird as the picture in front of me.
The old man and the thrush are painted very hugely, especially the old man, almost the same as the real person, a person and a bird are expressionless, and the black eyes are staring directly at the outsider, and around this, there are countless winged thrushes, at a glance, overwhelming, and the sharp kiss pecks at the eyes of the people-
Qi Yutai's brain exploded.
Silence suddenly fell around.
There was a soft voice in my ear, resentful, as if it was coming from far away.
"Qi Gongzi ......"
"Do you still remember the Yang Weng family who raised thrushes in the tea garden of Mangming Township?"
Qi Yutai's eyes widened, and he subconsciously took two steps back, his lips moving as if he was moaning faintly.
"Yang Weng ......"
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That year, his father's birthday coincided with his tenure in the household department. At that time, he didn't know that this was just a fictitious job in name only, thinking that his father had finally seen his efforts, and the originally deadlocked father-son relationship seemed to have a tendency to ease at that moment.
He wanted to reconcile with his father, so he decided to give him the best birthday gift.
Everyone in Shengjing knows that Taishi loves birds, and white cranes and peacocks are raised in the house, but Qi Qing's favorite is the thrush.
Qi Yutai wanted to give his father the best thrush in the world.
The wind of Shengjing fighting birds prevails, and the best thrush must not only have bright wings and a crisp voice, but also be fierce and aggressive, and have a handsome physique.
Qi Yutai walked around the Fighting Bird Garden, and always felt that he was a little less energetic, and he didn't find his favorite bird.
At this time, someone under his command told him that there was an old man surnamed Yang who was a farmer in the tea garden of Mangming Township, and there was a thrush at home that had only been raised for many years, so he was clever and spirited, so it was better to buy it and try it.
Qi Yutai was bought quickly.
But the owner of the thrush does not sell it.
The people who bought and sold ran several times, but they all returned in vain, if it was ordinary, Qi Yutai would have already used thunderous means to coerce and lure, and it was always easy to deal with such a pariah.
But in those days, because he had just gone to the household department, he felt that his future was bright, and he was in a good mood, and he thought that his father's birthday was close at hand, so he should accumulate some good fortune for his father, so it was better to go to Mangming Township in person to show his sincerity.
So Qi Yutai took a few guards and went out of the city to the tea plantation.
In March in the tea garden, it is the grass that grows and the warbler flies, and the clear stream is green. When he arrived at the house in the township, Qi Yutai saw the thrush at a glance.
It is a very beautiful thrush, hidden in a copper birdcage hanging under the eaves, singing loudly, and the cry is completely different from the thrush elsewhere.
In an instant, Qi Yutai fell in love with this thrush.
A sixty-year-old man wearing a scarf walked out of the house, and he was stunned when he saw a few people standing in front of the house, Qi Yutai only said that he was a tourist passing by and wanted to ask for a cup of tea.
He and his party dressed up as rich sons, and the old man did not suspect him, warmly welcomed him into the house, and asked the family to make a few cups of hot tea.
Qi Yutai asked the guards to stay in the yard and entered the house by himself, and after a while, an old woman came out of the backyard and poured a few cups of tea for a few people.
Mangming Township is full of tea gardens, and the tea is freshly picked tea, but in the end it is cheap, and it is served in an earthen bowl, which looks rough and bland.
Qi Yutai didn't drink the cup of tea, but only looked around.
In addition to the 60-year-old Yang Weng, there is also his wife who is also old, his son was born with some brain problems, can only do some simple work, and he still needs to be taken care of by others, and there is a daughter, who also died of illness two years ago.
The house was full of sick and infirm, old and disabled, and the only strong laborer, Yang Weng's son-in-law, went to work in the tea garden, and Yang Weng's son sat on a chair in the corner of the house, watching them laugh stupidly.
He explained his intention to Yang Weng.
Qi Yutai is confident.
The old couple, one of whose daughters were dead and the other who was a fool, were both too old to be with their son for long, and who were in need of a sum of money.
He thought so, but he didn't expect the dark-skinned old man to shake his head and reject him with a smile.
Qi Yutai felt incomprehensible.
He asked, "Don't you want a sum of money?" He-" he pointed to the man who sat obediently in his chair and looked at them like a three-year-old child, "he doesn't know anything, and will need it in the future!" β
If a fool doesn't leave him more silver, why should he feed him? Is it just scraping mud in the ground?
The old man said: "Dumb-" He called his son's name, but he didn't call it sarcastic, looking at his son's eyes gentle and loving, "Dumb is not stupid, Dumb is just a little stupid." β
"My mother and I have taught him for decades, and now, Dumb can simply pick and sift tea, and when he gets serious, he and I can't compare."
"I told the owner of the tea garden next door that I would go with his mother in the future, and stay in the tea garden to help work, without a few dollars, just let him eat and drink, and buy medicine when he is sick."
"Dumb is self-reliant, so there is no need for silver."
Qi Yutai only felt incredible.
His father, who was now a great teacher, never really praised him since he was a child, let alone looked at himself with such affirmation.
How can a fool be?
Why would this old guy believe in the idiot sitting in the chair so surely?
That's a fool!
The warm atmosphere in the room made him suddenly feel a little irritable in his heart, Qi Yutai couldn't help but be impatient, tried his best to maintain a gentle tone, and said, "It's not a bad thing to have more silver. β
The old man smiled and said: "Son, it's good to have money, but Dumb looks like this, the wealth is too heavy to catch it, and my wife and I are old and useless, it's really such a big amount of money, I can't keep the small things, and the disasters are big!" β
Unexpectedly, a farmer in a poor countryside also knew the truth that the husband was innocent and guilty.
Qi Yutai was about to speak again, when he heard the old man in front of him say: "Besides, the thrush is my daughter Ah Yao's favorite bird when she was alive, and I can't sell it." β
Qi Yutai was stunned.
The old man looked at him, and his eyes full of vicissitudes and toils that were completely different from his father looked at him, shining with wisdom.
"In my wife and I's hearts, it's A-Yao. This was the old man's last thought, and I forgive you for not being able to grant your request. β
He laughed heartily and beckoned Qi Yutai to hold tea and drink.
"Dumb" didn't know what was going on, he sat upright in his chair, bowed his head and fiddled with a budding branch in his hand, the old woman bowed her head and said a few words to him, the man listened suspiciously, and nodded solemnly.
It's a fool to look horizontally and vertically.
Qi Yutai was contemptuous in his heart, and the complication that had just passed in an instant, and he became indifferent again.
He didn't come here today to watch this ridiculous and disgusting drama of father-son filial piety, he came to buy thrushes.
Since the other party toasted and did not eat and drink, his patience also ended here.
Qi Yutai stood up.
Outside the door, several guards stood up and firmly guarded the hospital door.
The old man's original smile gradually became solemn, and he looked at Qi Yutai who was walking outside the door: "What do you want to do, childe?" β
Qi Yutai stood in front of the window and looked at the family with a sneer.
"I was going to buy you this thrush for five hundred gold." "But I've changed my mind now, and I don't want to give a single copper plate," he said. β
"I really regret this trip today, you lowly people are not worth my attention at all."
He turned and motioned for the guard to fetch the thrush that hung under the eaves.
The birds, as if aware of the sudden change in the situation, jumped up and down in their cages, chirping loudly and restlessly.
The copper birdcage was cold in his hand, and when it was handed to him by the guards, it was so cold that people were excited.
The old man finally realized that the other party was trying to rob him, his face changed, and he rushed up to take it back. However, he is old, and because he consumes more energy than others because he takes care of his useless stupid son all year round, how can he earn Qi Yutai. was pushed far away by Qi Yutai, but he was still unwilling, and staggered to rush again.
The old hand grabbed Qi Yutai's arm, the rough calluses were uncomfortable, and Fang Cairan's face was full of anger at the moment, and his face became more and more disgusting because of his old age.
Qi Yutai held the opponent's hand with his backhand and pushed viciously-
Just listen to the sound of "bang".
The old man was pushed backwards, without saying a word, and the tea cup on the table was smashed to the ground, and he lay upright, and there was no sound anymore.
From the back of his head, a cloud of red blood gradually poured out, gradually spreading on the ground.
Qi Yutai didn't expect the other party to be so weak, so he couldn't help but be stunned.
But after the old woman in the house reacted, she screamed: "Killed, help, killed-"
The screams were noisy and piercing, Qi Yutai was so annoyed that he was about to go out of the door with the birdcage, and was grabbed by someone from behind the door.
The old woman cried out, "Don't go, you murderer!" Helpβsomeoneβ"
Qi Yutai was flustered for a moment.
Mangming Township is a small township, the village households are far away from each other, and Yang Weng's family is even poorer in the most barren piece of land, and there are no people on all sides. He didn't care, but the woman's voice was terrible, and the dead eyes of the old man in the room made him feel cold, Qi Yutai kicked the other party away and glanced at the guard.
The guard stepped forward and drew his sword, and the silver light flashed, and the screaming in the room suddenly stopped.
Only a thicker bloody aura slowly struck.
Qi Yutai lifted the corner of his robe and stepped over the woman's corpse, who knew that the stupid son who had been sitting in the corner and only playing with the branch in his hand seemed to finally understand what had happened, and ran out of the house at once.
"Dad, mother, mother!"
The stupid son shouted anxiously, and threw the soft branch in his hand at him, and said angrily: "Bad, bad man! β
Qi Yutai's face changed.
Although "Dumb" has a child-like mind, he is born tall, and Yang Weng and his wife take good care of him, dressed cleanly, and his complexion is ruddy. Those clear and ignorant eyes stared at him angrily, and waved the branch in his hand anxiously and angrily.
The branches of the tree were soft, and there was no pain at all when they fell on people.
Like a joke.
Qi Yutai laughed "poof" and walked out of the house indifferently.
The guards behind him hugged him, followed by a muffled sound, and silence returned.
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The thrush sings in the cage with sorrow, singing or weeping, it is always the same crisp song. In the small hut, the three of them were scattered and in one place, submerged by the river of blood.
He stood in the doorway, looking at the thrush fluttering its wings in the cage, and suddenly felt a little bored.
Before I could figure out what to do with this end, someone came in from behind the fence, a tall man with a bamboo basket on his back, and saw the group stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, he saw the winding blood river at the door.
"Dad, mother, dumb-"
He cried out in a mournful voice.
Qi Yutai plucked his ears.
He knew who this man was.
Yang Weng's daughter Yang Yao has passed away, but her son-in-law has not left the Yang family, still living with the Yang family, and even changed his name to 'Yang Dalang'.
It is rare for a man to live in a family with his father-in-law, let alone a widower who has died of his wife, unless it is profitable. However, Yang Weng's family is ridiculously poor, and they can't see anything worth nostalgia for, which can only show that this person is incompetent and poor, and the poverty is better than the Yang family.
A man's cry sounds hypocritical and ridiculous.
Qi Yutai asked the guards to surround Yang Dalang and offered to give him a sum of silver.
The old man surnamed Yang didn't know what to do, and rejected his kindness, this man who was not related to the Yang family should be much smarter, and he even doubled the silver taels.
Not only got rid of this group of burdens, but also was able to take the rich silver two freely. Those silver taels were enough for Yang Dalang to buy an entire tea garden, no, enough for him to buy a new house in Shengjing City, and marry a young bride, Qi Yutai couldn't think of a reason why the other party didn't agree.
In this way, with Yang Dalang testifying to help, the matter of the Yang family will be very simple, so as not to alarm his father. He didn't want his father to think he was a troublemaker.
"How?" He placed the silver tickets on the wooden table in front of the house.
Under the table, bright red blood gradually flowed over.
Yang Dalang looked at the silver tickets fixedly.
Qi Yutai was contemptuous in his heart, these lowly and ordinary people may have never seen so much wealth in their lives.
Suddenly, the man stretched out his hand and picked up the silver ticket without saying a word.
Qi Yutai laughed.
He knew it.
It's an irresistible temptation.
He looked at the smart man in front of him, and felt very comfortable, and his previous affection for the couple and the stupid son in this room was suddenly swept away, as if he had won the battle, or proved himself.
Qi Yutai thought about it, when the matter of Yang Weng's family was over, after a while, he would find someone to deal with Yang Dalang as well. Helpless and extremely vicious people will inevitably be disgusted by greed, threaten and blackmail...... They do everything.
But if you can be a rich ghost before you die, this life is worth it.
Thinking like this, he stood up and walked out, only to turn around, and suddenly heard the nearest guard call out "Childe be careful-"
"Poofβ"
He was thrust hard by the guards.
Qi Yutai was stunned for a moment and slowly lowered his head.
A firewood knife came from behind him, the tip of the knife sank deep into the handle, and the red blood flowed down drop by drop, mixed with the blood of the Yang family.
Yang Dalang's face became unclear under the guards' knives, and he could only hear the other party's roaring roar: "Bastard, I'm going to kill you-"
He was escorted by the guards and quickly exited the house, and the pain in his lower back was surprising, it turned out to be the same blood, and the feeling of flowing from someone else was completely different from flowing from his own.
Qi Yutai covered his wound and groaned, "It's burned!" Burn it all down! β
He didn't want to see anyone from the Yang family again, these lowly poor ghosts!
The flames quickly ignited.
Yang Dalang's wooden stick had already been chopped to pieces, and his people were like the wooden stick that turned into a piece, and he couldn't see the complete appearance.
In the sea of fire, an old man's face suddenly appeared.
Yang Weng woke up at some point.
He fell with a stone on the back of his head, as if he were dead, and then he woke up again, his head covered in blood, and he crawled out of the firelight, and stretched out a hand towards him, trying to grasp the corner of his robe.
The guard kicked him back.
Qi Yutai's soul was scattered.
The fire burned the sky, and the flying ashes obscured the eyes.
The fire in the Yang family burned extremely violently, burning everything in the house to ashes.
At that time, the villagers of Mangming Township were working in the tea plantation, and no one came to a house, and even if they felt that something was wrong, no one dared to open their mouths.
The Taishi Mansion sent someone to deal with it.
Qi Qing finally knew about it.
Just because Qi Yutai was stabbed by Yang Dalang at that time, although the guards pushed it away at the last moment, it was not fatal, but the injury was really not light.
But the injuries on his body can still be treated, and what is even more terrifying is that after he returned to the Taishi Mansion, he began to have frequent nightmares.
In his dream, Yang Weng's old face always looked at him kindly, invited him to tea, he picked up the teacup, and found that the rough red clay tea bowl was sticky and thick with blood.
The old man's bloody face was facing him, staring at him in the sea of fire, and calling him: "Dumb-"
Qi Yutai suddenly woke up from a dream, and he was already in a cold sweat.
From then on, something was wrong with him.
Sometimes I will see Yang Weng's shadow in the daytime, and Dumb, gradually he began to have confusion and disorder, crying and scolding, Cui Min, the envoy of the medical officer's hospital, said that he was caused by emotional disorders, because he was in danger, he was frightened by the loss of his mind, and he lost his heart from palpitations.
His father ordered Cui Min to treat him.
During those days, Qi Yutai himself couldn't remember clearly, Cui Min came to see him every day and returned late at night. The younger sister washed her face with tears, and the father looked depressed.
Fortunately, after a few months of going around and around, he gradually got better, no longer dreaming, and no longer seeing Yang Weng's shadow in the daytime.
Even the deep scar on his waist only left a faint shadow after using more than a dozen cans of "Jade Skin Cream".
Everything seems to have been revealed, except for a fault with him.
As soon as I saw the thrush and heard the thrush's cry, I felt irritable and irritable in my heart, and it was difficult to sit still.
The father simply drove away all the birds and finches in the mansion, and there was not a single bird up and down the Taishi Mansion.
As for the thrush......
The thrush of Yang Weng's family was taken away by him that day, and it was still locked in a birdcage, and when he returned home, he was seriously injured, palpitated, and recuperated...... The whole house forgot about the thrush, and only found it in the flower room when it was more than a month later.
There was no one to feed it, and the thrush had long since starved to death, and its wings were dull and messy, stiff and shriveled together.
The next man threw it away, and he could not see the thrush again.
There was a clear chirp in my ears, one by one, and a happy voice.
Qi Yutai's pupils shrank.
Where does the sound come from?
How can there be a thrush here!
A chill rose from the soles of his feet, and he shivered and looked in front of him.
The huge, beautiful thrush picture was in front of him, the old man and the bird were equally lifelike, and the strange fragrance of a large field of fresh tea burrowed into the tip of his nose, and he felt that he was in the tea garden of Mangming Township outside the city, unable to distinguish between reality and dream.
The old man looked at him outside the painting, his eyes and nose were gradually bleeding, and the blood and tears were as meandering as the underground of the hut, but they were more vivid than then.
Qi Yutai screamed miserably, hugged his head and squatted down.
He groaned and said, "...... Not me...... Don't look for me......"
His faint brain suddenly became extremely tingling, as if someone was holding a thick silver needle and stirring angrily in his brain. He trembled in pain, the firelight around him became unclear, he didn't know who he was and where he was now, he just hugged his shoulders and choked, and said indiscriminately: "I am, I am the prince of Taishi Mansion, I will give you silver......"
"Don't look for me, don't look for me......"
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The fire downstairs is getting smaller.
The rangers in fire vests came out of the building and put away the bamboo ladders. Use the remaining water bladders to the side.
Shen Fengying wiped the ashes on his face and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
The fire is not small, and the wooden attic is flammable and difficult to extinguish, but fortunately, there are two military patrol shops near Rouge Hutong, and the water bladders are well prepared. Everyone in the whole building was rescued, and if it was half an hour later, it would probably not be so easy to save the people in the attic.
He rubbed his arm and looked at the fire on the roof of the attic.
The fire is from the top layer, so the fire in the top pavilion is also the most difficult to extinguish, and the wooden beams are very easy to collapse when burned by the fire, he didn't let the patrol shop go up, it has been burning for so long, there is no point in extinguishing the fire again, after all, everyone is fine, so there is no need to let the patrol shop take unnecessary risks.
All the rescued people were crowded under the pergola not far from the wooden building, wrapped in blankets and still frightened, Shen Fengying put away the pump, and heard someone in the crowd shouting, "This person is the son of Taishifu!" β
The prince of the Taishi Mansion?
Shen Fengying's ears moved, and the pump slipped from his hand.
He didn't care about the chirp, turned his head and asked, "Where?" Where is the prince of Taishifu? β
"Here!" Someone in the noisy crowd waved at him, "He said it himself!" β
Shen Fengying's spirits were lifted, and the fatigue of a business trip at night was suddenly swept away.
Today, there is a Taishi in the court, the son of the Taishi Mansion, that is the son of the Qi family?
Why did Qi Gongzi come to Fengle Building, with his family assets, he should go to Qinghe Street in the south of the city, right?
However, with such a big official, no one should dare to pretend.
He hadn't even seen the Grand Master!
Shen Fengying thought beautifully, if he is really the son of the Taishi Mansion, he saved the other party's life today, and it can be regarded as a good sale, not to mention that he has been promoted to three levels in a row, it should not be too much to upgrade to one level!
He trotted all the way to the pergola, coughed lightly, put out a serious but friendly smile, and asked, "Where is Qi Gongzi?" β
Someone pointed at him.
Shin Bong should push aside the crowd and look down.
In the center of the crowd, there was a young man squatting, his clothes were burned by the fire, holding his head and not knowing what he was muttering.
It was like being scared.
God is pitiful, such a fire, these pampered sons and brothers should be frightened.
Shen Fengying approached him cautiously and said softly: "It's okay, Qi Gongzi, the fire has been extinguished...... Qi Gongzi? β
The man on the ground trembled, slowly let go of the hand holding his head, and raised his face little by little.
Shen Fengying was stunned.
The man looked at him timidly, his face was blackened by ash, the corners of his mouth couldn't help moving, Shen Fengying leaned closer, and heard him say, "I am the son of the Taishi Qi Mansion...... I'm Qi Gongzi...... I give you money...... That's a lot of silver......"
Before Shen Fengying could speak, he saw the person in front of him jump up in shock, grabbed the corner of Shen Fengying's robe, and said madly: "Thrush, have you seen the thrush?" Lots and lots of thrushes! β
He smirked: "The thrush is bleeding!" It's time to kill! β
There was no sound all around, the fire in the attic not far away was not extinguished, and in the narrow alley of Rouge Hutong, the dense crowd looked at this end.
It's like watching a lively show.
Shen Fengying subconsciously took a step back, and the tenderness and smile on his face instantly dispersed.
What's the situation?
Is this person really the son of Master Qi's mansion?
How does it look like ......
Lunatic?
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