Chapter 369: Gift for the Dead

After competing with Yang Zhi for thirty rounds, Wu Song knew in his heart that his kung fu in fists and feet was comparable to Lin Chong, and he was still a step worse than himself or Luda. ~with~dream~small~say~ั‰~suimะตng~lฤ

Rao is like this, it is estimated that he is invincible in Mengzhou Mansion, and he still has a treasure knife in his hand, Lao Taijun and Pan Jinlian are very safe, Wu Song can Shi Ran go to the prison camp Anping Village.

He has no worries in his heart, his thoughts are clear, and he is not in a hurry to save Li Kui, he is the head of the capital, and he knows that the murder of the government is carried out at night, although the two of them said that they want to go back to deal with Li Kui, it is estimated that they will beat him first to kill the powerful stick, or make him suffer a little flesh and skin.

Wu Song is happy to be like that, Li Kui is too murderous, it is good to let him suffer a little, Li Kui is not bad, but he has a bad temper, he is born to kill, this is a double-edged knife, if he is against the enemy, he is a pioneer, it is very good, if it is in an ordinary place, he has a temperament, he is a demon.

Wu Song also has no intention of eliminating Li Kui's temperament, the so-called easy to change the nature of the country is difficult to change, that cannot be changed, it is not Li Kui if it is changed, and there is a saying among the people that a fierce person suddenly becomes kind, that is, it is not far from death, which is not what Wu Song wants to see.

Wu Song walked to the prison camp according to the usual steps, Anping Village, and did not step up his pace for this, after the troubles of the past few days, he can easily think about his own affairs today.

Lin Chong became the manager of the 800,000 forbidden army, Gao Yanei and Lu Qian were dead, and the matter of burning the forage field and forcing Liangshan to go to Liangshan can be said to no longer exist.

So far, Luda has not been a monk, nor has he killed Zhen Guanxi with three punches, what will be his development?

Yang Zhi's family heirloom knife was not sold, and naturally there was no killing, let alone the fact that he robbed the Shengchengang later, and if he didn't rob the Shengchengang, how would the seven people including Tianwang Chao Gai go to Liangshan.

Wu Song's mind has been thinking about these things, the only thing he can be sure of is that Liangshan must be up, otherwise what is he doing here, didn't Xiao Meng say that let him set up another lord of Liangshan?

According to this guess, there are still one hundred and eight heroes in Liangshan, and Song Jiang is still the lord of Liangshan, if not, where do you want him to fall down.

These are not the point, and he doesn't mind, anyway, he is very well integrated with Wu Song at the moment, and he almost forgot Tian Xiaoqi's identity, and it is because of this that he has trouble, which is what he has always been troubled about.

He knew that he and Pan Jinlian couldn't be separated, but when he crossed over, Xiao Meng gave him a skill that he could shuttle to the five Liangshan heroes, and now he really didn't want to leave Wu Song, this matter could have been asked Xiao Meng, but Xiao Meng had already spoken, if he didn't want to shuttle, don't look for her to come out.

"Hey, I don't want to!" Wu Song shook his head vigorously, these things are too troublesome, a man's husband, a man in the world, he should be Taishan collapse in front of him and his face will not change, and then forget if it happens!

"Haha!" Wu Song thought of this, he couldn't help but feel open in his heart, and was about to laugh, but the laughter stopped abruptly, and a fork in the road appeared in front of him, he had never been to Anping Village, but he came under the guidance of others, but others said that as long as he walked in this direction, he did not say that there would be a fork in the road.

Wu Song looked left and right, trying to find a pedestrian to ask, this is a dilemma, this is the road leading to the prison camp, how can it be like Mengzhou Road, there are so many guests.

"Alright!" Wu Song cheered, it turned out that there was a locust tree on the east road, and there were two men sitting under the tree.

Wu Song immediately walked under the tree, bowed down and said, "Two big brothers, it's polite, the villain wants to ask how to get to Anping Village in the prison camp." โ€

At this moment, it is close to noon, although summer has not yet arrived, but the sun is still very fierce, Wu Song is naked and hurrying, the two of them are not surprised, they looked at Wu Song slightly, and asked: "Man, are you going to go to the camp to do business or to visit the prisoner?"

Wu Song looked at the faces of the two people, and was happy in his heart, these two people had gold seals on their faces, and the gold seal was the words engraved on the faces of the prisoners before they were filled with the army, which was nothing more than writing their names, where to fill the army, and prevent the prisoners from escaping.

Yang Zhi would rather not escape with fame, than to fill the army is this reason, tattooing a gold seal on the face is a lifelong thing, he is the grandson of the fifth candidate Yang Linggong, the Yang family will be extremely famous, powerful Song Liao, three generations of loyalty, the people are praised, he is unwilling to shame his ancestors.

Since they were prisoners, they naturally knew the correct direction of Anping Village, and Wu Song immediately said: "The villain is going to find someone." โ€

"Fortunately, you asked the right person, Anping Village is divided into East Village and West Village, East Village is the place where the Guan Ying Xiang Gong lives, and it is also the point hall, West Village is where the prisoners live, this road is to Dongzhai, you should take another road. โ€

When Wu Song heard this, he was glad in his heart, although he was not in a hurry to rush to Anping Village, it was always good to arrive early, and it was very annoying to touch the wrong place.

He hadn't drunk or eaten anything from yesterday to today, his stomach was drumming, and he saw that the two prisoners had wine jugs on them, so he said, "Two big brothers, the little one is thirsty, can you quench the thirst of the little man with a few sips of wine?"

"It's nothing, you can drink it. One person untied the wine jug and handed it to Wu Song, and handed him two steamed buns, "Man, the sun is scorching at the moment, sit down and cool off, it's not too late to hurry, it's not far from Anping Village here, and it's not good to go at noon." โ€

Wu Song was very happy, took the wine pot and steamed buns, sat down in the shade of the tree, drank two sips of wine, swallowed the steamed buns, and drank the rest of the wine, the wine is not a good wine, but at this moment Wu Song drank it better than the elixir jade liquid.

"Two big brothers, you said that it is no good to go to Anping Village at noon, what do you mean?"

"Man, what do you see we're doing?" a prisoner gestured forward.

In front of him, he made three sticks of incense with wet clay, and put two steamed buns there, looking at the posture of worship.

"What are the two eldest brothers going to worship? Is it the tree god?"

Wu Song's words are not a joke, whether in the Song Dynasty or in modern times, many people believe that trees are spiritual, once a tree is considered to be spiritual, the incense continues, and now the most famous is the wishing tree.

"No, we are waiting for the dead in Anping Village to pay homage to the dead after noon. โ€

One prisoner said, and the other tugged at his sleeve and motioned for him not to say too much.

Wu Song has never had much to do, but this time he was going to Anping Village, the prison camp, and they said it very secretively, and they didn't understand.

He saluted again and said: "Two big brothers, the villain is going to Anping Village, if there is any collision, it will not be good, please make it clear." โ€

Both of them thought: "What he said is not wrong, if you go to Anping Village indiscriminately, it will not be good to harm the evil ghosts." โ€

"Well, man, seeing that you look majestic and are not a villain, let me tell you, in fact, it is not a secret, everyone knows it, but you can't say it in the prison camp. โ€

Wu Song listened to what he said sternly, so he paid attention to what he said.

"In the prison camp, there are occasional deaths, some of them are sick and dead, some of them are unknown, and they are also said to be sick and dead, this is not clear...."

Wu Song naturally knew that if he didn't understand, he would kill someone, so he didn't speak, just continued to listen.

"Those who died unexplained, some in the middle of the night, some at noon, generally those who look vicious will die at noon, which means that the yang energy at noon will eliminate the resentment, don't stay in Anping Village to harm people. โ€

Wu Song was stunned in his heart, if he wanted to say that he looked vicious, it was none other than Li Kui, and he listened more carefully.

"At noon this day, a man died, and we have known him for a short time, but we have also drunk wine and eaten meat together, and we have paid homage here. โ€

Wu Song was very strange when he heard this: "The two eldest brothers, worship the ancestors, usually worship in the place where he died, why did he come here, could it be that he died here?"

"Man, you don't know, he naturally died in Anping Village, but we were entrusted by everyone to go to Mengzhou Road to send some silver to his family, and when I came here, I thought it would be noon, he was not bad, but he had a bad temper, so I wanted to sacrifice here..."

Wu Song was very emotional when he heard this: "Mengzhou Mansion is really a heroic place, even the prisoners are so righteous, not only for the dead to worship, but also for his family to send silver taels. โ€

"The two eldest brothers are very righteous, and it is really admirable to be able to take care of that person's family, please accept the villain's worship. Wu Song immediately got up and bowed.

"Man, we deserve your gift!" The two hurriedly returned the salute, "We are the lowest prisoners, how can we have a lot of silver, how can we help people, this silver is his own." โ€

"It turned out that he kept the money and asked you to send it back to your family, which is also considered a righteous act. โ€

"No, this money was not what he asked the people to give, and he didn't know that he was going to die. โ€

The more Wu Song listened, the more strange he became, what was going on, he immediately thought about it, and said: "It must be that he has some silver in his baggage, and everyone knows that he is going to die, so they send the silver back to his family." โ€

"Man, you don't have to guess, the more you guess, the more you think that we are righteous people, and we are deserved, so I will say it to you, this is called a gift for the dead!"

"How do you give congratulatory gifts to the dead?"

"Man, in your hometown, if there is a brother's wedding or any celebration, do you want to send a congratulatory gift?"

"Of course, I want this. Wu Song nodded and smiled: "In my hometown, this is called share money, some people also fake marriages, and they really accumulate money, and the money is enough for them to buy a car and a house." โ€

The two prisoners listened inexplicably, and they didn't care about Wu Song, and continued to talk about themselves.

"If a brother sends a congratulatory gift when someone is married, or when he is doing a happy event, and the brother is unlucky and dies before he is married, the person who receives the gift will return the gift to him with the money. โ€

"To put it bluntly, I got married, he sent a tael of silver as a congratulatory gift, and when he got married, I also sent back a tael of silver to him, which is called a gift exchange, but he died, I can't pay back the silver of his congratulatory gift, and he will remember it after he dies, and the soul will come to entangle, so that he will be reincarnated without worry, so he has to give the silver to his family. โ€

Wu Song understands this custom, even in modern times, this custom is also retained, I am married, how much money do you give, in turn, if you get married, I will also give as much as I want, in case you are unlucky and die before you get married, I will return this money to your family, and this is the tradition.

"He didn't say what congratulatory gifts he gave us, that is, last night he was drunk and made trouble, and injured everyone, and lost ten taels of silver, in fact, everyone is suffering from skin injuries, and there is no need for ten taels of silver, today he is going to die, everyone is worried that he will remember it after his death, so he simply gave ten taels of silver to his old mother as it was, so as not to entangle him, so you say that we are righteous, we are deserved, we can't lie to the dead, we are for ourselves. โ€

Wu Song listened, his heart was uneasy, how could the people who listened to them be so like Li Kui, drunk and beating, there was an old mother at home, the only difference was that Li Kui had no silver, he didn't know that Dong Chao Xue Ba sent silver to Li Kui, and Li Kui also won a lot of silver.

"Two big brothers, I'm leaving, thank you for informing. Wu Song immediately got up.

"Man, noon is the time to kill, you go, it is easy to be evil by new ghosts, I advise you or..."

"I don't do bad things in my life, a hero has a heroic and righteous spirit, how can he be afraid of ghosts and gods!" Wu Song was worried about Li Kui, so he jumped up and was about to run.

"Li Kui, this man is just coming to find someone, you have a wronged head, a debtor, don't hurt the innocent by mistake..."

"Li Kui!" Wu Song's heart was shocked, the person they wanted to worship was indeed Li Kui, he didn't dare to ask, and ran towards the road to the west.

After a stick of incense, Wu Song ran to the prison camp, only to see a plaque on a high wall with three big characters written "Anping Village".

Wu Song stopped a prisoner, "Big brother, do you know where Li Kui is?"

"Li Kui, I don't know!" the prisoner shook his head.

Wu Song pushed him away and stopped another prisoner, "Brother, do you know Li Kui?"

"I don't know!" the prisoner shook his head.

Wu Song's heart moved: "Li Kui just came, maybe everyone is not familiar with the name, but his appearance, even if he has seen it once, he can't forget it for the rest of his life." โ€

"Big brother, this Li Kui looks black and dignified, with a figure of more than eight feet, a full beard like a steel brush, and a pair of eyes are red, so he looks like he wants to kill!"

"I've never seen this person!"

"Big brother, you think clearly!"

"If there really is such a person, how can you forget it if you have seen it!"

"Hey!" Wu Song pushed him away, and the man scolded: "You are really rude!

When Wu Song heard the word "reincarnation", he became angry namelessly, raised his fist and was about to hit someone, the man saw that Wu Song was majestic, the muscles on his chest were like two hills, and his fists were bigger than the cooking pot, how could he not be afraid, so frightened that his feet were weak, and he knelt down and said: "Good man, you are talking about etiquette, there are five or six hundred prisoners in the prison camp, how can the villain recognize each one." โ€

Wu Song listened, but he felt that he was reasonable, Li Kui had only been here for a day, and he would not wander around, it was normal that this person had not seen him, he had an idea, and walked straight to a guarding officer and soldier.

"Official, the villain asked you about someone, do you know that Li Kui is black and dignified, more than eight feet tall, with a pair of red eyes as if he wants to kill, and a full beard like a steel brush. โ€

The officer and soldier glanced at Wu Song, only to see that he was naked, his pants were also tattered, no matter how he looked at it, he was a person without silver, so he said angrily: "I don't know!"

"Official, you think clearly!" Wu Song heard that he was going to kill Li Kui at noon, how could he not be anxious.

"Phew, how can you not be polite, ask for something, and have no filial piety, even if you know and don't tell you!"

"You know?" Wu Song asked coldly.

"Yes again..... Hero, spare your life!"

The word "how" before he could say it, he had already held Wu Song high on his chest with one hand, and snatched his waist knife with the other, which was across his neck.

"You just need to say where Li Kui is, and I will let you go, if there is a lie, I will kill you immediately!"

"The villain doesn't know!"

"What's the use of you!" Wu Song pressed the waist knife lightly on his neck.

Frightened, the officer and soldier almost fainted, and he said in a trembling voice: "Good man, there are five or six hundred prisoners in the prison camp, how can the villain know all of them, unless it is a roll call officer, he has to go to various places every ten days to count the prisoners, and only he can know them all!"

"Where's the roll caller?"

"He's a good man, and today is the day of the roll call!"

Wu Song looked for his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a man in civilian clothes walking towards him, followed by two officers and soldiers, holding a roster in his hand.

Wu Song threw the officers and soldiers to the ground, and the named officer saw Wu Song raising his waist knife at the officers and soldiers, and was running towards him at the moment, turning around and running.

Where did Wu Song allow him to escape, he chased after him in a few steps, grabbed his sleeve, and the naming officer was a civil official, and his legs trembled with fright, "Okay... Hero, you and I have no grudges in the past, and no enmity in the near future, for.... Why ....."

"Don't be afraid, official, I'm just looking for a prisoner. โ€

Hearing that he was looking for someone, the roll call officer's heart was calm, and it was not easy to find someone, so he immediately asked: "Who are the heroes looking for, the names of the six hundred and thirteen prisoners in this Anping Village are all on these seven rosters." โ€

"Li Kui!"

"The villain had never heard of the name, and he didn't care, just look for it, a roster of a hundred names, and the last one only thirteen names, which was used to include the new prisoners. โ€

As soon as Wu Song opened the new roster, there was no Li Kui's name in it, and immediately divided the roster to the roll call officer and two officers and soldiers, one for each person, one for himself, and what to do with the remaining two.

"If any of you are literate, come two of you and find someone for me!"

Wu Song was majestic, and under a shout, two prisoners immediately came to help find Li Kui, Wu Song saw it quickly, anyway, Li Kui's name is two words, just look at the name of two words.

Li San, Li Si, Li Hong, Li Qing, anyway, the surname Li is a roster with twenty or thirty, but there is no Li Kui.

"Good man, there is no Li Kui in this book. The roll call officer said.

"Hero, I don't have this either!"

The other four people all finished reading it, and also said that there was no Li Kui, Wu Song looked up, and his heart sank, the sun had reached the top of his head, and noon had arrived.