Chapter 61: The Worm
The day when the beggars worship their ancestors in Jinhua County is imminent, and this is a festival that has been inherited for a hundred years. Now there are only four elders left in the gang, and the rest of the people are even worse. Fang Zhongjin agreed to find Liu Xiongtian, the acting leader of the beggar gang.
He saw that Jinhua County finally opened the city gate as promised, and the beggars all entered the city. As promised, they did not commit any offence with the people of the county. Because he knew that the people of the county had preconceived notions when they were a gang of vicious robbers. It's just because Xia Yuanji forcibly restrained him that he wouldn't clash with the beggar gang disciples.
They deliberately wanted to make a reasonable appearance, and even deliberately dragged two sentences when speaking. Thick phlegm is even more afraid to spit at will. Sometimes I suddenly forget, cough up half of it, and then barely swallow it into my throat. All this only made Fang Zhongjin look a little funny.
Fang Zhongjin saw that there was nothing to worry about here, so he said goodbye to everyone early in the morning and set off with Lu'er to find someone.
Although it was a search for someone, at this time, Elder Tang and Zhao Santong had vomited blood and died, and Zhao Santong's five bodyguards did not know what to do. The maids and servants of the Zhao Mansion didn't know anything, and only said that everything they did was just to obey the master's arrangement. Fang and Lu can be said to have no clues. Fang Zhongjin originally guessed that Liu Xiongtian might have been seriously injured and might not be able to go far. However, the two of them only visited the nearby mountains, forests, rivers, villages and towns, and there was still no trace of Liu Xiongtian.
The more the two of them searched, the more disappointed they became, Fang Zhongjin always frowned and didn't say a word, and Lu'er didn't dare to disturb his train of thought easily. Lu'er knows: If you want to think of ideas, you can't compare with Zhongjin at all. So she just took care of Fang Zhongjin's diet along the way, and followed him closely through the mountains and mountains, without a word of complaint.
At noon on that day, the two of them were really hungry and stopped in a small town.
The town is at the foot of a large mountain. There is only one street in the Gonggong, and it is because the mountain tourists who enter and leave the mountains have long gathered here to trade, and it has grown from a village to a town. The two of them found the only small shop in the town and asked for two bowls of noodles to eat. The shop was very simple, and although it was daytime, it was dim and low, with only two tables and a few stools. At this time, no one else ate noodles, and the boss of the shop was a dumb man, so he ignored him at all. Lu'er shouted a few times for two bowls of noodles, but he didn't raise his head, just blowing the fire and cooking noodles wholeheartedly. Another boy hurried from the room and gestured to the mute man. The dumb man nodded at him, thinking that he had only listened to the young man.
I saw that the young man was only fourteen or fifteen years old, his life was slender, his eyes were smart and lively, and he looked a little clear and beautiful. He was dressed in the simplest of rough clothes, and his trousers were shortened, exposing his two ankles.
The old man put two bowls of noodles into the bowl, and the young man took one bowl with one hand, and brought the two bowls of hot noodles to the table in a hurry, and said with a smile: "The two guest officers eat hot, and the noodles of our dumb master are loud in these ten miles and eight towns." You seem to be a guest from out of town, and you can really be regarded as a blessing. ”
Lu'er saw that this kid was lively and talkative, so he smiled and asked, "Little brother, I want to ask you something." Have you ever seen a tall and strong beggar in his thirties pass by here?"
The young man was a little unhappy when he heard this, and said, "You don't look too big about this guest officer. Why do you come up and ask for a bargain? Where am I like your little brother?"
Lu'er didn't have a way, and he said in a good voice: "This big brother, count me wrong." Have you ever seen me talking about such a person?"
The young man said again: "Don't joke with me, guest officer, it's not a famine year now." Isn't it better for a tall and strong man in his thirties to do something than begging for food? Not to mention that I have never seen such a person, there will be no such character in these ten miles and eight towns. ”
Hearing this, Fang Zhongjin took out a few more copper coins, stuffed them into the young man's hand, and asked, "I don't know if there is a medical center in this town?"
The young man pushed away the coin, scratched his head, and said, "What kind of wound do you mean by serious injury? Liang Erbo from Goutou Village went up the mountain to chop firewood a few days ago and cut himself. It was the town doctor who was invited to treat it. ”
Fang Zhongjin hurriedly asked, "Did anyone hurt you?"
The young man shook his head again and said, "No, we are all in harmony here. Everyone had a conflict, and they all talked to the village chief. I've never seen a lot of people fighting. ”
Fang Zhongjin sighed when he heard this, in the past few days, disappointment has been a common thing. In fact, Liu Xiongtian is injured now, and he doesn't know at all, even if he wants to ask, he doesn't know where to start. An eye-catching character like him seems to have disappeared out of thin air. Fang and Lu have been looking around for so long, and no one has seen him.
Fang Zhongjin missed the days of handling cases with Ji Changan at this time. You must know that Jinyiwei's ability to search for people is the best in the world. No matter what kind of fly it is, just pass by here. Jin Yiwei can rely on his own means to help people remember whether this fly is male or female.
He sighed and said to Lu'er: "I don't know what the Immortal Worm is, how to give birth to a powerful method." I don't know if Brother Liu can still hold it now. Saying that, there was a rare sad look in his eyes. The time that Fang Zhongjin and Liu Xiongtian had been in contact was very short, but it was rare that he was trusted by Liu Xiongtian wholeheartedly. is willing to bear the doubts of the disciples in the gang alone, and hand over the beggar gang's mastery to him to read.
Among the people Fang Zhongjin has known in his life, there are good and bad, but no one does not live for his own selfish desires. If you don't deliberately harm others, you can be regarded as a good person. Even he himself is just an ordinary person who flies and dogs.
Only Liu Xiongtian can afford the word "chivalry". Although his martial arts are not the highest, everything he does is to prevent the beggars from fighting with the people of Jinhua County and reduce casualties. Even if he was despised by the disciples in the gang, he couldn't shake his decision. And when he was persecuted by the gangsters, he did not hesitate to die or be at the mercy of others. Right now, Zhao Santong and Elder Tang have vomited blood and died, but they don't know what kind of suffering Liu Xiongtian is suffering at this moment.
Fang Zhongjin originally had neither a big right nor a big wrong in his mind, but now because he thought of what Liu Xiongtian had done, his heart seemed to be burning with blood, and his throat was slightly choked. I'm afraid Liu Xiongtian himself doesn't know that he has become the first person to influence Fang Zhongjin's concept of good and evil.
Many thoughts poured into Shang Zhongjin's heart, but it was only a moment. His heart was cold, but suddenly he heard the sound of a bowl smashing to the ground. Fang Zhongjin and Lu'er looked up at the same time, but saw that the young man's face was pale, and he asked them in a trembling voice, "Soul worm, did you come out of the village of the dead?"