Chapter 3: Night Thorn
Outside the shrine, the night wind howled, as if a wild wolf was howling.
"Tsk, this kind of broken place, it is possible to encounter wolves, but has there ever been a shrine here?" Although he knew that it was unlikely that there would be wolves, the thin man still couldn't help but worry, and stretched his neck to look out: "Why don't I think there is?" Could it be that I remember wrong?"
As he spoke, he saw a black shadow flashing outside, and suddenly exclaimed: "Second Brother Yan, there are people!"
"Huh?" Second Brother Yan was also shocked, if what he said just now was heard, he was afraid that he would not cause trouble, and when he was about to drop the meat and bones in his hand and go out to investigate, he heard the sound of a wild cat barking outside.
"Look at you, you're scared like this by a wild cat!" Second Brother Yan suddenly let go, took a sip, glared and scolded the thin man.
The thin man also sneered: "I...... Didn't I hear it wrong?"
After a while, the thin man couldn't help but stand up again, and when he saw Second Brother Yan glaring at him, he said crampedly, "That...... I'll go outside and relieve myself. ”
provoked Second Brother Yan to frown: "Go quickly, get away, Lao Tzu is eating meat, don't smell it for me!"
I muttered in my heart: Why is this kid doing so much?
The thin man was also in a bad mood, and went out, thinking: "What's the big deal, they are all people who follow Brother Zhang, I'm still afraid that you won't succeed?"
He also sped up his hand, unfastened his belt, and didn't plan to go too far, and at a little farther away, he put water against the wall.
In February, the cold wind drilled into the cracks of the human bones, and the thin man hurriedly finished putting out the water, and was about to lift his pants and tie his belt, when in the dark sky, suddenly the moon poured a piece of light in the cracks of the clouds, and he saw in a trance that two shadows appeared on this wall.
"Ah, that's ......"
Before he could turn around in horror, a sharp pain accompanied by a chill in his heart passed slowly in his chest.
When I looked down, I saw a sharp iron tip, and blood was dripping on it...... Is this your own blood? I'm going to die here?
As the iron thorn was pulled out, the unwillingness and resentment only let out a muffled cry, and then fell silently.
"This thin man is easy to deal with, and there is one left in it. Su Ziji dragged the dead body and threw it into the corner and looked at the door of the shrine.
Without deliberately concealing his footsteps, he walked over with an iron thorn.
Second Brother Yan didn't raise his head, thinking that the thin man was outside, so he didn't come in, and suddenly shouted: "Feng Cold, don't come in and close the door soon!"
Then came the curses of discontent, and it was evident that of the two, the thin man was the oppressed one.
Su Ziji didn't say anything, and directly carried the iron stab in.
"There is a lot of and urine on the lazy donkey, you are like this, if you are not lucky, how can Brother Zhang let you follow, you deserve to be cowardly and starved to death......" Second Brother Yan frowned and said, suddenly feeling a little strange.
This kid usually justifies and pleases, why is there no movement at all now?
Only then did he raise his head, only to see sharp iron thorns, which were poking towards his chest.
"Ahh
Pull out the murder weapon, and a poofing of blood sprays out.
"You, who are you?" Second Brother Yan took advantage of the firelight to see that there was a young man standing in front of him, who was far less burly than himself in terms of figure, and his heart was a little fixed, and then he saw that the other party missed a blow, as if he was panicked, and the hand holding the murder weapon was trembling slightly, thinking that he had guessed the truth.
When he approached, he scolded fiercely: "The robbery has hit Lao Tzu, do you know who I am? I am Boss Zhang's subordinate, ...... you Ahh
Su Ziji didn't say anything at all, just looked at Second Brother Yan, and when he saw him slowly approaching, he was about to burst out and grab his weapon, a dive, just a stab.
"Poof" the iron thorn pierced in again, this time penetrating from the chest and revealing in the back.
Second Brother Yan's eyes widened, he didn't want to believe that he had died in the hands of a young man, staring at the young man, quite a feeling of not being able to see it.
In his previous life, he had injured people, but it was the first time to kill someone, and he didn't feel it when he killed the first person, and he killed Second Brother Yan at this time, Su Ziji felt a little afraid, his palms were sweating, and his back was soaked.
A gust of wind blew in the shrine, as if someone was wailing unwillingly.
Su Ziji closed his eyes: "How can there be ghosts and gods in this world?" Even if there is, I will only be a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, if I don't kill, they will kill me." ”
When you open your eyes in this way, you have no fear.
"It's a remote place, and you can't let dead bodies sit like this. ”
"I just heard that these ruffians have lives in their hands, and they are all sinking ponds, so it can be seen that this method is feasible, it is better to let the corpses sink into the river. ”
Thinking like this, Su Ziji was about to drag the corpse away, but stopped his movements: "Look at whether there is any silver on your body, everyone is killed, and the wealth is not empty." ”
After a search, I found a piece of silver cake, which weighed five taels, as well as scattered broken silver and copper coins, about two or three taels.
"Unexpected joy, this is the money paid by the Taoist chief of Tongshan Temple? Why is it only five taels?" Su Ziji understood again in a blink of an eye: "The Taoist chief of Tongshan Temple pays ten taels, and Boss Zhang takes half of it, which is justified." ”
Carrying the silver into his arms, Su Ziji put the two dead bodies on a dilapidated wooden board, did not even clean up the blood stains, dragged the wooden plank, pulled it directly to the river bank, tied a stone, poofed twice, the two corpses were thrown in, and sank in a blink of an eye.
"The snow is still falling, and the traces are quickly covered, and even if it is found, there is no proof of death. ”
"Such a person is a gray area, and he also has human life in his hands, even if he is gone, he will not dare to report to the official, of course, there must be revenge. ”
"But there is a time gap, and to put it mildly, gaining fame is the biggest guarantee at present. ”
The snow is very heavy, Su Ziji's body is full of sweat, if you go out, it is easy to become a cold, this is a very dangerous disease in ancient times, and when you turn around the shrine, although you kill the two, the bonfire crackles, and the meat on the shelf still exudes a mouth-watering fragrance.
Su Ziji didn't move, just took a pose, closed his eyes to calm the discomfort of killing just now, and recalled the scene just now.
"The first assassination was okay, but the second time was actually a bit of a rush, so I gave the second person a chance, and sure enough, it was completely different from having killed someone who had never killed anyone. ”
"It's not about skills, it's about mentality and experience. ”
"Especially experience, if this prick is off by one percent, it can have a completely different result. ”
The time was very short just now, Su Ziji was thoughtful, adjusted the angle slightly, and suddenly, a feeling of handiness hit him.
"Soviet-style boxing level 3 (58/2000)" A hint suddenly appeared on the iron thorn, which startled Su Ziji, and after a while, he realized that it was this.
"Upgraded?" Su Ziji looked at it carefully, and he didn't know why, he always felt that it seemed to be a little brighter, but he couldn't tell it clearly.
"Anyway, eat meat first. ”
At this time, I went to see that there was a god curtain hanging down in the shrine in the main hall, it was a goddess, and there were some shrimp soldiers and crabs nearby to defend it, this should be the god of water, right?
The offering table was empty, not to mention the offerings, and even the incense burner had only some old incense ashes, showing that no one had come to worship them for a long time.
Such a scene made Su Ziji couldn't help but shake his head, and bowed to the goddess in the shrine: "In the end, I borrowed the realm of this water god to rest, even if there are no ghosts and gods, I should do my part, and it should be the guest's gratitude to the host." ”
Thinking like this, Su Ziji picked up the incense, lit it with a fire fold, put on three sticks of incense, thought about it, and took out a cold steamed bun from the oil-paper bag in his arms and offered it on the table...... This is out of sympathy.
Of course, if the gods don't eat steamed buns, it's good that a child who can't eat eats steals them.
"The skeleton is the remains of an ancestor, and now the grave is not safe, and it is not too late to bury it when the matter is settled. It was getting gloomy outside, so Su Ziji wrapped the skeleton in cloth, arrived at the side of the bonfire, ate meat, and took out a book to read by the light of the fire.
In fact, Su Ziji also felt that his personality was a bit special, so in his previous life, after injuring someone, someone persuaded him: "Your character and martial arts are easy to have accidents, so it is better to take the civil service exam - people are good at practicing in the public gate." ”
Su Ziji felt reasonable, so in a year, he reviewed his homework and passed the exam in one fell swoop, but unfortunately he hung up after passing the interview.
Now that a problem has been solved, but also a hidden danger has been buried, Su Ziji has to borrow the public door to practice - but reading is not just a temporary cramming, but has a purpose.
"Therefore, the gentleman is harmonious but not flowing, and he is strong. Neutral and unleaning, strong and correct. The country has a way, but it will not change, and it will be strong, and the country will not change until death. ”
After reading a chapter, a line of words [Experience +1] floated up on the book and disappeared in an instant, Su Ziji remained silent and continued to read aloud.
"Vakovako, it's not far away. Holding Ke to Vake, looking at it, is still far away. Therefore, the gentleman rules people with people, and stops at changing. Loyalty and forgiveness are not far off. Do unto yourself and do not do unto others. ”
Again, [XP +1] a line of words floated up in the book.
"And so it was!"
According to the test, experience is actually to increase one's own understanding, every time you read a chapter, there is a little compulsive experience, even if it goes on like this, you may not be able to accumulate much experience, but it can accumulate a lot, and it is much faster than a normal reader.
There are only 3 levels of my four books and five classics, and according to the mental expression of understanding, the more I understand, the more experience I have, and the better the teaching materials.
However, the problem of textbooks, in this era, good textbooks are the secrets of each family, and there is no friendship, and you can't copy it by hand, let alone print it.
Some people who are short of money will publish some current texts, but these current texts are not only traditional Chinese characters without punctuation, complex sentence structure, and many twists and turns, even if there is a true meaning in them, they are the same as grit hiding gold.
Moreover, the author himself still has the heels of schools, and the lack of understanding of these schools is too high for later scholars, which is the usual means of the scholar class, rough and effective, and Su Ziji has no room for resistance to this.
What is clear is that if you can't quickly grab the knowledge formation system, if you fail this exam, not only will the scourge of murder break out, but also after the death of your father, the fear of starvation and precariousness, being a teenager with strong self-esteem, but being funded by the girl next door to your childhood sweetheart, is still in the bottom of my heart.
After waking up, the mature heart controlled all this, but he also knew that blindly forcing pressure was not the way.
It's better to be blocked, and the idea must be accessible!
Isn't it the imperial examination?
Let's take a look at how difficult it is to climb the ladder to heaven in this ancient world!
At least with this plug-in, every time I read it, I automatically understand a little, it doesn't work once, I read it thousands of times desperately, to see who can stop me?
I will be able to show off my talents and raise people in the exam!
The fire shook slightly in the ancestral hall, which was caused by the cold wind blowing in between the cracks in the windows and doors, even if the fire could be baked, Su Ziji still had to rub his hands from time to time and move, otherwise it would still be very cold.
Just after the activity, he sat down again holding the scroll and reciting, and a team of carriages slowly drove on the road.