Chapter 164: Selling one's body to bury one's mother
Yang Xiao didn't pay attention to the changes in Yin Li and Zhang Wuji's mood, and after teaching the two, he let them practice on their own.
After finding Meng Haima, Yang Xiao instructed him again, instructed him and taught him some martial arts moves, and then Yang Xiao planned to leave to return to Guangming Ding.
When the time comes, after settling Ji Xiaofeng and Yang Buregret them, he plans to take Zhang Wuji to the sea to find the golden lion king Xie Xun, find the dragon slayer knife as soon as possible, and get the "Nine Yin True Scripture", which is the right thing.
Yang Buregret and Ji Xiaofu also yearn for Guangmingding, so Yang Xiao packed up after a day's work, set off, still by water, passing through Shudi, everyone gave up the boat, and prepared a carriage and horse from the local branch altar all the way to the west.
On the way back, there were no waves, and Yang Xiao was still interested in giving some guidance on Yin Li and Zhang Wuji's swordsmanship.
Sometimes there were some bandits or the Yuan mutiny that was not long-sighted on the road, and the two of them took care of it, and the progress of the two people's martial arts during this period of time was also rapid.
Out of Shu and then into the territory of Qinghai, to the Kunlun Mountains near Yang Xiao also relaxed, this place has entered the territory of Mingjiao, along the way is also worry-free.
Yang Xiao said leisurely to Ji Xiaofu on the carriage: "After the town in front, you will arrive at the first-line gorge, and entering the first-line gorge is already within the sphere of influence of the Mingjiao General Altar, and before that, it is all Mingjiao territory.
Only the previous town, although there are many people coming and going, there are many merchants, but it is only used by Mingjiao to communicate with the outside world, in fact, it is all over the eyes and ears of Mingjiao.
Over the years, there have been a lot of secret spies and sect members of the Ming Sect, and it is getting late, and the first line of the gorge is not easy to walk in the future, so Yang Xiao plans to spend the night in the town and go to the Guangming Ding General Altar tomorrow.
After settling down everyone, Yang Xiao took Ji Xiaofu out to take a walk around the town, Yang didn't regret coming too, Yang Xiao sent her to learn swords with Zhang Wuji.
She didn't care about swordsmanship, but Zhang Wuji was honest, Yang Xiao asked him to teach Yang Buregret to practice swordsmanship, and he naturally did his best, so that the little girl could calm down and learn swords.
Yang Xiao accompanied Ji Xiaofu for a walk, and there were a lot of various vendors and merchants on the street, but after all, they couldn't compare with the rich places in Jiangnan, and the two of them just walked around together, and they didn't care about these side things.
At this time, she found that the street in front of her was crowded with a bunch of people, Ji Xiaofu was curious, and Yang Xiao pulled her towards the crowd.
I saw a little girl in simple clothes, kneeling in front of the road with her hair draped, her long hair concealing her face, only from her figure, it was certain that this woman should only be about thirteen or fourteen years old, and she had a card hanging on her chest, on which were written several bright red characters "Sell yourself and bury your mother".
Compared with other places, this place is quite peaceful, because there is a Ming Sect, so it is also a place of peace, and because of this, many people from all over the country who can't survive have gathered here, so that there are many orphans on the streets of the town.
Naturally, there are a lot of human tragedies in this.
The little girl knelt on the ground, and in front of her lay a long-dead woman, her body somewhat rotten, covered with straw, and only her head and feet were exposed.
Even if it is covered with straw, it can't hide the rancid smell, which makes people feel bored. There were quite a few flies flying around on the straw, which had been attracted to the rancid smell.
The little girl's face was a little dirty, her left foot was lame, and her back was hunched into an arch, and when she raised her head, everyone was even more surprised, but they saw that her right eye was small, her left eye was large, and the corners of her nose and mouth were also twisted, and the shape was extremely frightening.
The little girl knelt in front of the woman's corpse, her eyes red and swollen and full of mist, and from time to time she wiped her sour eyes with a pair of dirty sleeves and sniffled.
The little girl was unusually strong and did not cry a single word. Her voice was slightly choked, but she held back the tears that swirled, "Please, kind Miss Childe, Uncle and Auntie, please be kind enough to help me bury my mother, I hope my mother is buried in peace, please you." I'm willing to sell my body to bury my mother. I don't eat much, just give me one meal a day, no, just give me a bowl of porridge. I don't want a room, I sleep in a firewood room, and the firewood room is fine. I'm going to do a lot of work, I'm going to work hard to repay you, and I'm definitely not going to be lazy. ”
"You're not old, what can you do?"
"In this era of war and natural disasters, it is also a luxury to want to eat a full meal. We are still down, and the family has no food for three meals, so who has spare rice to raise one more person? Girl, my uncle advises you to find a mass grave and throw away your mother's body! Or just dig a pit and bury it, you see the stench is already smoking. In a few days, I'm afraid there will be maggots. ”
Many people couldn't help it, and sighed, "Yes, little girl, just find a place to bury some branches in this troubled world!"
There are a lot of onlookers, but where is anyone willing to take action? Not to mention that this girl looks so ugly, even staying by her side every day makes people feel uncomfortable!
"I beg all the well-wishers, I don't ask for much, just ask for a coffin for my mother, and the worst can be done. ”
The little girl still didn't give up, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Yang Xiao, who had been looking at her, she simply stood up, but because she had been kneeling for too long and had been undernourished for a long time, she was dizzy from hunger, and her feet were numb, and she stumbled and fell heavily on the ground, breaking her hands.
But she didn't cry, she stood up again, and staggered to Yang Xiao, but she didn't dare to get too close to Yang Xiao, for fear of soiling the other party's clothes.
The little girl knelt on the ground with a "plop" and begged bitterly: "Uncle, you must have money on you, right? ”
When Yang Xiao saw this face, he immediately understood the identity of the person in front of him, such a dress should have been seamless, but when he ran into himself, he didn't expect that Jinhua's mother-in-law was so serious that she was willing to take her own daughter out, amazing!
In fact, Yang Xiao also had to say something of admiration, and Xiao Zhao's acting skills were also good, whether it was the expression on his face, or the hoarse words with a bit of despair, they were all realistic, especially the eyes, which made people sympathetic.
And this disguise, it is really difficult for ordinary people to see the flaws, and they protect themselves perfectly, and they do not show their true faces, so as not to meet people with bad intentions.
However, no matter how cunning Granny Jinhua was, she didn't expect that Yang Xiao was someone who had read the original book, so their plan was doomed to fail from the beginning!
At this moment when Yang Xiao was thinking, Ji Xiaofu on the side looked at the little girl in front of her, and she couldn't bear it in her heart, with a sympathetic look on her face, and her eyes looked at her with warm and sad eyes.
Looking at the little girl who fell to the ground, she didn't care about getting dirty, reached out to help her, looked at her gently and asked, "Does it hurt?" and then took out her handkerchief and carefully wiped the blood from her hands.
Yang Xiao, who came back to his senses, saw this scene, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly, I don't know if Granny Jinhua has counted Ji Xiaofu in the account, but with Xiaofu by his side, he should pay attention to his words.
The little girl, or Xiao Zhao, looked at Ji Xiaofu who helped her up, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Then he knelt down excitedly, and kept kowtowing, "This lord, this lady, at first glance, you two are immortals and bodhisattvas, you can do it! As long as I can bury my mother, I will repay you as a cow and a horse, and let me do anything!"