Chapter 15: Memories of the Past (9)
That day, Mu Beiting went out of the town because of an incident, and when he reached the halfway mountain road, he happened to meet a group of bandits who were robbing.
However, when he bumped into it, there were already four corpses lying on the ground, and the bandits were holding blood-stained blades, slowly walking towards a blue tweed soft sedan in the field.
At that time, there was only one old man in front of the sedan who was still guarding with a knife, although the two sides opened a stance, but the bandits did not seem to be in a hurry to move, just surrounded the sedan chair, and then with a playful expression, quietly waiting for the old man to move first.
Mu Beiting only glanced at it and knew that the old man had no kung fu to keep his body around, but he saw that the old man could still not change his face in the face of such a crisis, his eyes were determined, and he had the momentum of Mount Tai collapsing in front of him and not moving.
He couldn't help but admire the old man, and at the same time, the pride of drawing a knife to help him when the road was uneven was also born, and he immediately shouted loudly and stepped forward to stop the group of robbers. This was followed by a flurry of punches and kicks, but in a matter of moments, the gang of bandits was beaten to the ground.
The old man saw that the road was relieved by a good man, and hurriedly stepped forward to thank him. Mu Beiting was willing to accept his worship, and hurriedly helped him up, and refused to accept it again and again. When the old man saw that he was resolute, he no longer insisted, but instead asked for a name, in order to repay the life-saving kindness in the future. Mu Beiting's chivalrous righteousness is a done duty, and where will he want others to reciprocate, so he politely declined again.
The old man couldn't get to know, so he had to thank him again and again, and then said that the people who were killed by the robbers before were sedan chair drivers, and now they don't pick up the shop in front of the village and behind them, and it is really difficult to make the trip without the sedan chair driver, so he wants to ask Mu Beiting to help find a few sedan chair men to carry the sedan chair.
At that time, Mu Beiting was in a hurry, and he couldn't delay much, so he had an idea, and immediately came up with the idea of using local materials. Just because the gang of robbers in front of them also happened to be four people, it just happened to let them take on this errand.
After making up his mind, Mu Beiting walked forward quickly, first clicked the "Jizhong Acupoints" on their chests one by one, and then avoided their sight, took some moist mud from the ground on the side and rubbed it into pills, and then forced them to take these mud pills.
Then he sharply warned the bandits that the acupuncture points they had ordered before were the points of human death, and the mud pills they were taking now were exclusive secret intestinal poisons, and if they wanted to live, they had to be honest as a sedan chair man, and the people in the sedan chair and the old man were delivered to their destination safely. After completing this errand, I returned to the "Hutchison Pawnshop" in Wuliqiao to find myself an antidote. In the end, he didn't forget to threaten with a straight face: "If you disobey, you will definitely die!"
This gang of robbers is also a life-sparing person, hearing that they can escape and live a small life, how can they not obey, they have sworn and swore that they will definitely send the old man and the person in the sedan chair to their destination safely. And on the road after that, the bandits also fulfilled their promises, and took good care of the master and servant, until they reached their destination.
However, from beginning to end of this matter, the person in the sedan chair has never shown up, although Mu Beiting has also been curious, but after only a flick of his fingers, his curiosity was brought by other things, until he heard Xun Dai'er talk about it at this moment, and he knew that the person in the sedan chair was her.
Now that I think about it, this experience is a miracle, Mu Beiting's heart is also full of emotion, and he secretly said: "It's really the will of heaven in the dark!"
Xun Dai'er smiled and nodded, and said, "My grandmother lives in Wuliqiao, and I have to visit my father and mother once a year. That year, just because my father and mother had something to do, I asked Uncle Yu to accompany me, and it happened that the second uncle of the family had just gone to Yuyang City in Linxian County to be the main bookkeeper, so Uncle Yu and I discussed privately and prepared to visit him by the way.
"But who would have thought that just halfway through the journey, he encountered robbers. The robbers were so vicious that they killed all the sedan drivers without saying anything. At that time, although I hid in the sedan chair and did not see the bloody scene, the screams of the sedan chair drivers still scared me half to death. I didn't dare to come out, I was terrified, and I thought that I was going to die in a foreign land, and I became a poor lonely ghost. But I didn't expect that I would meet you in such a desperate situation and be rescued by you.
"I was in the sedan chair at that time, and although I couldn't see your appearance, I remember your voice clearly. Later, I wanted to come out to thank you, but Uncle Yu stopped me, saying that he was afraid that the robbers would see you... After seeing me, I got bad again...", his face flushed again, obviously shy.
Mu Beiting hurriedly continued: "It's good to be cautious, if it were me on the side, it would definitely be arranged like this." ”
Xun Dai'er suddenly remembered something and asked, "What kind of poison did you give those bandits that day? Did you detoxify them later?"
Mu Beiting laughed and said, "What they eat is not a poison. Well, at most, it's a laxative, no need for detoxification. ”
Xun Dai'er was even more curious in her heart, staring at Mu Beiting with a pair of wonderful eyes, and asked, "What laxative?" ”
Mu Beiting saw that her beautiful eyes were shining, her eyes were colorful, and her heart was unconsciously agitated, and he immediately said softly: "Actually, that pill is not a poison, I just avoided their sight at the time, found some wet mud from the mud on the side, and then rubbed these mud into the shape of pills, and then deceived them, saying that this mud pill is poison."
"They are afraid of my handwork, and naturally believe my words, as for those mud pills. Haha, eating it will upset their stomach at most, and it won't hurt their lives. But it's true that I clicked on the acupoints, I clicked on their acupoints, limiting their strength, and it is not a problem to carry a soft sedan chair, if you want to use brute force to do other bad things, then it will not be. After a pause, he said: "As for coming back to detoxify, hehe, I don't wait for them, but what awaits them is the official in the government." When I arrived in Yuyao that day, I asked a friend to bring a letter to the local yamen, informing me of the whereabouts of this gang of gangsters, and asking the officials in the yamen to send them to the 'Hutchison pawnshop' in Wuliqiao to wait for them. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that these robbers are still doing hard work at the border. ”
After Xun Dai'er listened, she laughed happily. Mu Beiting saw that she was smiling like a flower at this time, and his heart couldn't help but ripple.
After a while, Xun Dai'er finally stopped laughing and said: "When my father asked me to throw hydrangeas today, I was extremely unwilling, he just hoped that I could..."
When she said this, she suddenly paused, and originally wanted to say, "If you find a high-ranking and dignitary Lang Jun, you want to ask me to show my face." But he was afraid that this would hurt Mu Beiting, so he swallowed it, coughed lightly, and continued: "But right now... Now my heart was overjoyed, and as soon as I stood on the steps, I heard you speak, and I knew that you were the one who had saved my life. But I didn't dare to recognize you at that time... However, I have often heard others mention your past deeds, and everyone praises you as a bright and upright hero. ”
Mu Beiting saw her true feelings, and his heart was even more excited, and he immediately secretly said: "As long as I can win your favor, I will say that I am a hero, even if it is the emperor Laozi, I will never do it!"
Xun Dai'er continued: "After I came back, I often remembered your life-saving kindness, and I also asked Uncle Yu about your appearance and figure, and painted a portrait of you according to his description. I originally wanted to find you with this painting, but unfortunately the voice of the person I found according to the painting always didn't match what I remembered. But after seeing you today, I realized that the original portrait of you is very different from the real you, no wonder I can't find you. ”
Mu Beiting thought to himself: "It turns out that she has worked so hard to find me. Hey, I don't know what kind of merit my ancestors have accumulated, and I can get this blessing, it's really the love of the heavens!
Xun Dai'er's pink cheeks were slightly red, and after hesitating for a moment, she slowly reached out and touched the embroidered bag on her waist, then took out a folded brocade and handed it to Mu Beiting.
Seeing this, Mu Beiting's heart suddenly beat wildly, and he took the portrait with trembling hands, secretly thinking that since she was carrying her portrait with her, it proved that she had indeed cast true feelings for herself, and she was ecstatic at the moment, only to feel that there was no happier and joyier moment in this life than now.
He opened the brocade with trembling hands, and saw a bust painted on it, but when he looked closely, he found that the appearance of the person in the painting was far from his own. The person in the portrait has a Chinese face, with upright facial features, and an impassioned heroic spirit between the eyebrows, which is really handsome and mighty;
Seeing this, he couldn't help but secretly wonder: "It must be that the old man is grateful to me, and he has beautified and exaggerated my appearance a lot, so that Dai'er finally put it on the pen and paper, and it became like this." returned the brocade to Xun Dai'er, and said: "Dai'er's wonderful pen Danqing, painting... Drawn... Hey, I'm ashamed, my true face is going to disappoint you. ”
Xun Dai'er hurriedly said: "No, no." You... You're good. ”
Mu Beiting was flattered, and when he saw Xun Dai'er beside him, he felt tenderness in his heart, and wanted to reach out and take her into his arms. But he was not as bold as he was satisfied, and finally he didn't dare to move, but a pair of eyes could no longer take his eyes off Xun Dai'er's body.