Chapter 14 Dare to pay for the phoenix
[It's going or not, it's a dilemma]
The black armor is heavy crossbows, and thousands of soldiers are riding on iron.
On the wide official road, a thousand black-armored cavalry suddenly stopped.
The first person, leopard eyebrows, the bridge of the nose hanging, with frost, wearing a golden armor, a purple gold phoenix helmet on his head, sweat and blood under his crotch, a seven-star moon treasure knife in his palm emitted a cold light, and the end was a breeze on all sides, and the momentum was superb.
Three people become tigers, and ten people become wolves.
Hundreds of people become forests, and thousands of people become forests.
The faces of the 1,000 black-armored soldiers were grim, and their cold eyes seemed to be ready to choose people to devour, and they were murderous.
It is worth mentioning that each person wears a white band on their left arm.
Also known as a mourning vigil.
In the morning, the eldest prince of the City Lord's Mansion was killed.
The whole house was shocked!
When the mistress heard the bad news, she fainted directly.
The city lord Xiao Huangqi didn't say a word, he directly transferred a thousand black armor, and went straight to the Yanyu Tower with a murderous aura, stirring all the way to the clouds, and tens of thousands of people rushed to retreat.
The City Lord's Mansion has been quiet for too many years, and I'm afraid some people have long forgotten the prestige of the City Lord's Mansion. I don't care what conspiracies and tricks you have, and I don't care if you're drunk or not, just extinguish it.
If the jade book is dead, you will have to be buried with you.
A thousand black armors were silent, and Xiao Huangqi took the lead.
There are thirteen miles of road from the city lord's mansion to the Yanyu Building. A thousand iron horsemen, ten miles in the blink of an eye.
Murderous and hateful.
Raising, Xiao Huangqi felt that his face was wet. With a wipe of his hand, he was shocked, and his pupils contracted extremely.
Raise your hand and slam your horse, and the war horse neighsed.
In his hand, a trace of red blood was particularly dazzling.
Xiao Huangqi looked back, and suddenly his heart was even more shocked.
A thousand armorers, each with a drop of blood on their faces.
Astound!
"Withdraw your troops!"
Xiao Huangqi waved his hand and slowly turned the horse's head.
Looking at the square again, the sun was shining, and after a while, the scene of people coming and going was restored.
......
Wang Erdan limped, patted the dust all over his body, and put his coat back on. I walked to another vendor street in Nancheng, bought two large bags of salt, and then walked towards Luofeng Village.
Luofeng Village is located south of Nancheng. Most of them are barren fields, overgrown with weeds, and uninhabited.
A little-traveled sheep intestine trail zigzags forward and winds its way to Luofeng Village. There are occasional green trees on the path, and it is a little more comfortable to gently sway with the willow wind.
Wang Erdan walked out of the downtown of Nancheng and got on the trail.
When I walked to a shade tree, I simply sat down and rested for a while.
In the morning, he returned to Luofeng Village with a large bag and a small bag, and ran all the way into the vendor street, and before he had time to take a breath, he had a fight with Ergazi, and he was already exhausted.
After breathing steadily and the sweat stains dried, Wang Erdan got up.
"Are you familiar with that Ye Yun? โ
The sudden sound in his ears made Wang Erdan shudder.
"Who!?"
couldn't help but look back, only to see a person behind him, dressed in black, covered with black cloth, revealing only a pair of bloodshot eyes.
"You, it's you?!"
What people didn't expect was that despite repeated hiding, they were still recognized by Wang Erdan at a glance.
No way, it's broad daylight, and it's noon.
The person who came simply took off his scarf, grinned at Wang Erdan, and asked:
"Are you familiar with that Ye Yun?"
Wang Erdan nodded and said:
"Like me, a gangster who has been in this Lin'an City since he was a child, called Ergazi, he has an older brother Daga, who disappeared three years ago, and a younger sister Xiaogazi, who disappeared two years ago, and seems to have been found by him recently. โ
"I didn't ask you this, I asked you about him and the white hair. โ
"This, I don't know much, but I heard that he seems to have worshiped a master, and now he lives in the Yanyu Building, not to mention that his mother is very powerful, just a few days, I can't beat him. โ
The man in black nodded, and said again:
"Give you a task, if you promise to do it, Luofeng Village will become the richest village in this southern city for you. โ
Wang Erdan was stunned for a moment, and then asked:
"What task?"
"I want you to blend into the smoke and rain building and be my eyes. โ
The man in black said slowly.
Wang Erdan's face immediately became bitter.
"With my mother's identity, I'm afraid I can't even cross the threshold of others. โ
"Your identity like this will not arouse the suspicion of others, Ergazi can enter, can't you enter?"
The man in black stared at Wang Erdan and slowly spoke.
"That's different, he knew the white hair before he went in. โ
Wang Erdan retorted.
The man in black let out a sneer and said:
"Ergazi knows that white hair, but don't you know Ergazi?"
"Ergazi can apprentice, can't you?"
"Let me ask you, where are you worse than him?"
Wang Erdan's face turned red, and he was speechless for a while.
But I heard the man in black continue:
"You don't have a choice in this matter, unless you want this village full of old, weak, sick and disabled people behind you to disappear from Lin'an City. โ
"You!"
Wang Erdan's eyes were full of anger, and contrary to his usual submissive performance, he said angrily:
"If you dare to move Luofeng Village, even if Lao Tzu fights hard, he will pull you on his back!"
The man in black spread his hands and turned to leave.
Only one sentence was left from afar:
"You only have one day, tomorrow at this moment, I wait for the good news of your success......"
Wang Erdan clenched his fists to death and slammed his fist on the trunk of the tree, blood flowing.
After a long time, Wang Erdan let out a long breath and limped towards Luofeng Village.
Walking to the head of the village again, Wang Erdan saw the white-haired old man on crutches from a distance.
When he got closer, Wang Erdan let go of his unhappiness and shouted:
"I said you old immortal, your unlucky son won't come back, wait here all day for a ghost to return!"
The old man gestured, pointed to the distance, then to Wang Erdan, and finally to his chest. There seems to be anticipation, comfort, and a little loneliness in the cloudy eyes.
"Okay, you don't have to wait for your upside-down son in the future, just wait for me, let's go, the salt has been bought." โ
The old man smiled when he heard this, pointed at Wang Erdan again, and made a few movements in succession.
Wang Erdan quenched, and then laughed again.
"A small injury, I met an eye-opener. โ
"When you encounter a big business, you don't know whether to do it or not. โ
The old man looked at Wang Erdan suspiciously.
"If you don't do it, I'll run away with you, wherever you go. โ
"If you do it, it's done, our chicken dog ascends to heaven, it doesn't work, it's all over the. โ
The old man grinned, pointed to Wang Erdan's head, and gave a thumbs up.
That means, go for it, you can.
Wang Erdan rolled his eyes.
"you, you don't know the seriousness of the matter, this is a headless deal!"
"Go back and pack up, after this meal, let's go out of the city in the dark!"
The two walked together and walked towards the village.
In Wang Erdan's memory, the white-haired old man was in Luofeng Village three years ago.
No one knew his name, only that he was a mute on the verge of death.
I can only compare movements, and no one can understand it at first, but after watching it a lot in the past few years, I can barely understand its meaning.
When he first came to the village, this old man lived in Liu Qi'er's grandmother's house.
Liu Qi'er went to Wang Erdan to complain, and Wang Erdan, who was only fifteen years old, directly beat this perverted old man on the bloody head.
Unexpectedly, the next day, the old man came again.
The messy gestures in his hands are about to break into the old woman's house.
Wang Erdan directly carried a burning stick and drove him out of Lin'an City in a daze.
After another three or five days, I didn't expect the old man to go and come back again.
This goes back and forth several times, which is considered to be a non-acquaintance. The old man made a home in Luofeng Village.
The old man came to Luofeng Village, but it was not useless. He has a unique skill, which is fishing. Go down the net, and then collect it, and every time you can bring a few Qingjiang drowning children, the small ones will be released, and the big ones will be left.
Therefore, in the past few years, the old and young people in Luofeng Village have been blessed, at least they can eat a meal of fatty fish in the Bibo River every once in a while.
After entering Luofeng Village, the two walked directly towards a large courtyard in the middle.
The houses in Luofeng Village are mainly made of adobe and straw, and many of them are dilapidated. It is said to be a large courtyard, but it is nothing more than a clearing enclosed by a fence.
A straw hut was built in the middle of the clearing.
There is a big cauldron under the grass shed, and at this moment, Cheng Jiu'er, who is black-faced, is adding firewood to it, and Zao Ba'er is stir-frying inside, and green smoke is rising.
There are many large rocks and wooden piers around the grass hut, and more than a dozen people of all ages sit on it.
Wang Erdan sniffed his nose vigorously and said:
"The taste of pork belly is so damn fragrant. โ
"Boss, you're back, where's the salt?"
Zao Ba'er held a big shovel in one hand, stopped his movements and looked at Wang Erdan, who entered the courtyard.
"Didn't you see that Lao Tzu was injured, as far as his mother knows how to eat!"
Wang Erdan scolded and scolded, raised his hand, and threw a bag of salt in his hand.
Zao Ba'er stretched out a hand and caught the salt bag that flew over, but he didn't expect it, only half of it was catched.
This kind of cloth bag for salt is more than a foot long and half a foot wide, and the vendors usually put a small half of salt in it, and then twist the mouth of the bag and wrap it around the bag to just tie a knot.
In order to make it easier to hold, Wang Erdan tied the knots of the two bags and carried them all the way directly by hand.
At this moment, he threw the bag like this, and Zao Ba'er caught it, but he didn't catch it steadily, and he only had time to grab a bottom corner of the bag.
I only heard a loud noise, and half a bag of salt was sprinkled directly all over the ground. The remaining half of the bag, not wasted at all, went into the steaming cauldron.
"I'm ......!"
"You ......!"
Everyone: "......!!!"
......
In the fence courtyard, everyone sat around a large wooden table.
On the table was a wooden basin full of shiny pork belly.
Zao Ba'er looked at a pot of pork belly, muttered in her heart, looked around, and finally said to Wang Erdan:
"Come on, boss, this is the meat you bought, you eat it first. โ
Wang Erdan's eyes stood up at that time.
I wanted to speak, but I forcibly held back.
"Okay, I'll try it. โ
These words almost pressed the root of the tongue.
Wang Erdan pretended to pick up a piece of shiny pork belly, closed his eyes and put it in his mouth.
This thing, half a bag of salt, is that a joke?
It's put it down, but the king has a trick.
After blowing on the meat for a while, I felt that it was almost done, dripped, and put the meat directly into the gums, without sticking to the tongue, only biting.
I took two bites and swallowed it with a loud bang.
I just feel that my throat and eyes are uncomfortable to death, as uncomfortable as eating a fire.
So much salt, it's not salty anymore, it's a little spicy, it's a little bitter, and it's a little painful.
Although his throat was uncomfortable, Wang Erdan's face was not revealed.
I saw him chew two mouthfuls and swallow it, and suddenly his eyes widened and he nodded again and again.
"รจng~, delicious!"
"Really?"
Zao Ba looked at Wang Erdan with some disbelief.
"Nonsense, if it's not delicious, I'll vomit a long time ago. โ
After speaking, Wang Erdan picked up another piece and entered his abdomen with a bang.
The mouth applauded again and again.
"It's so delicious, it shouldn't be. โ
He also picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.
"Well, the taste is ...... I'm poof~"
"Ahem, cough, cough~"
He felt that he had eaten a piece of salt lump, and his whole tongue was crispy.
"Zasha, the mud cuttings are broken (big brother, you're too damn bad)"
"Hahaha, cough cough cough~, this is the price of your boss. โ
Wang Erdan finally couldn't help it, coughed for a while, and poured a few more saliva water, only then did he feel a little more comfortable.
"I can't eat this, Zao Ba'er, you go and add a few times to the water bubbles, and then bring it when it's not so salty." โ
"Remember to pack the water you soaked in the first two times, it's all money, and you can use it next time. โ
Zao Ba looked resentful, but he still did as he was told.
After the whole group of people had eaten the pork belly that had been watered several times, Wang Erdan said:
"The meal is finished, and I have to explain it to everyone. โ
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Wang Erdan.
"The master took over an errand, if it is done, everyone can have no worries about food and clothing from now on, and even send your small one to the school, and it is not a problem for the big one to take a big fat daughter-in-law. โ
Everyone's eyes lit up slightly.
"But then again, if things are messed up, I, you, and all of us will have to go to Lord Yama to chat. โ
The crowd fell silent.
"What's the matter, just don't you do it?"
"It's good now. โ
"There's no need to take risks. โ
"No more......"
Wang Erdan shook his head.
"No, I have to go to Lord Yama to talk to now. โ
"Unless we leave Luofeng Village, leave Lin'an City, and leave this Jiangdu County!"
Wang Erdan's tone was unusually heavy.
The crowd fell silent.
"I know that people have feelings here, but feelings are feelings. โ
"Can it be heavier than life?"
After a long time.
"Erdan, you are a good example, take these babies away, a few of us who have already stepped into the coffin with one foot in the coffin, are not afraid of this. โ
Grandma Liu Qi looked at Wang Erdan kindly.
"Don't me off~!"
Wang Erdan roared angrily.
"If you want to go, you have to go! You have to go together!!"
"Do you understand? Now, go in and pack my things for me!"
"Get out of town after dark!"
Everyone bowed their heads, their feet as if they had nails in them, and they did not move.
"Zao Ba'er!Cheng Jiu'er!Are you two dumb?!"
"Won't help me persuade you?!"
Wang Erdan roared, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was hideous.
"I want to go too, but where are we going?"
Stove Hachi was frightened and muttered.
"This is our home, without it, what do we have left?"
Cheng Jiu'er wept, her eyes were dazed.
Wang Erdan sneered and mocked:
"Home, it's just a broken village, I'll tell you what home is!"
"Where there is me, there is home. โ
"Where there are eight cities and nine cities where you have a stove, it is home. โ
"As long as there are brothers, these little cubs, and these old immortals, this world is big, and there can't be home!"
"I ......"
"You ......"
The crowd fell silent again.
It's easy to say, it's easy to hear.
Easier said than done.
If you really want to go, not to mention the inconvenience, even if you go out, what to eat and drink, these old and young people will go to beg along the street in the future?
Although I haven't done it before, but people, that's it, once you get used to comfort, you don't want to be uneasy again.
Once it flies on the branches, it would rather fall to death than become a chicken on the ground.
Now, at least I have food and drink every day, and I can still chatter if I have nothing to do.
Who would want to live that wandering life again?
There is never direction.
There will never be dignity.
There will never be a day to emerge!
Children and grandchildren are born poor!
Rather than this, it is better to do a hundred.
"Erbastard, we old guys will never leave, one is that we don't want to drag you young people back, and then we have lived enough, we don't care about a day or two. โ
"If you are willing, take Liu Qi'er and their gang of babies and fly away together. โ
โ......โ
Wang Erdan laughed angrily, and his voice suddenly deepened, with a chill.
"Good! good!"
"That's great, you are forcing me~"
"Do you really believe that I would dare to break your old legs?"
Wang Erdan bent down, holding the table with one hand, and breaking the table leg with the other hand.
"Click!"
The arm-thick legs were folded off.
The wooden table was thrown out of the fence wall by his force.
Slowly stepped forward and compared to the old guys in front of him.
"Whoever says not to leave now, come to it and give it a try!"
Silent.
Long.
Grandma Liu Qi stood up from the wooden pier, patted Wang Erdan's shoulder, and patted the dust on his body for him.
"Erdan, you are good, grandma didn't misunderstand you. โ
Grandma Liu Qi reached into her arms and took out a bag of silver coins.
"This is the dowry that grandma saved for Xiao Qi'er, all of which have been with me for more than ten years. โ
The eyes are cloudy, as if there is nostalgia.
"Promise grandma that I must find a good family for her, and grandma is at the bottom...... Grateful to you for a lifetime. โ
After that, he stuffed the silver money into the arms of Wang Erdan.
patted Wang Erdan's shoulder again, and slowly walked towards the grass house.
"Okay, my old eyes didn't look at the wrong person, this is my stove eight, city nine...... and the money you saved for your wife's wife, you keep it. โ
"If you give birth to a big fat boy in the future, remember to bring us a message, so that we can be happy for you over there. โ
"In the past few years, to be honest, if it weren't for your second bastard, you would have gone down a long time ago......"
"Enough books~"
Turned around, tears fell.
"That's enough......"
โ......โ
"Old guys~, you guys are really hateful~"
Wang Erdan's tears came out of his eyes, his voice trembled, and the table legs in his hands really couldn't be waved out.
"Hate~~"
Wang Erdan squatted on the ground and popped out these words from between his teeth.
So many people are in Luofeng Village.
Everyone is home.
There are old, there are young, there are poor and low, there are hardships and joys, it is for everyone.
It's everyone, too.
A big home.
Don't go!
it!
It's just a white hair, and Ergazi's cowardice can handle it, why can't I!
Dare to pull the king of Hades off the horse!
I'm going to break through, and it's done, and everyone will live together!
If it doesn't work, everyone will die together!
Downtown, it's still a family.
Wang Erdan slowly stood up again, his eyes firm.
"You give me a good life, and if I don't come back tomorrow morning, you can go as far as you want. โ
With that, he lost his wooden leg and turned away in stride.