Chapter 118: The Twin Tombs in the Forest
After Zhang Yingxian left the Jin State military camp that day, he traveled all the way to the north, inquiring about the way to the Sky Mountain Villa along the way, and he happened to arrive at this mountain forest on this day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info He has always been quite impatient, thinking that it was less than a day away from the martial arts conference, for fear of missing this grand event, so he kept going and hurried between the mountains and forests overnight.
When Zhang Yingxian passed by here, he found a person lying faintly in the bushes, he suspected that someone was injured, turned over and dismounted to investigate, and found that the person was covered in blood and had two knife wounds on his body. Zhang Ying didn't wait to think about it, and immediately ordered the acupoint for the person to stop the bleeding.
The man's body moved slightly. Zhang Yingxian saw that his heart was still alive, and there was a faint flow of air in his nose, and he didn't know if he could support it tonight, so he sat in a group and observed carefully, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep leaning on a stake because his body was very tired.
Now that Xiang Tianshu has woken up, the stone hanging in Zhang Yingxian's heart has finally landed. He looked at the little beggar in front of him and asked, "Brother Xiang, why are you covered in blood? What is going on, tell me and listen, maybe I can help." ”
Xiang Tian Shu remembered that the brothers who were walking with him had all died at this time, and he still had palpitations for the rest of his life. He held back his grief and said lamentingly: "Brother Zhang, don't hide it, I am a disciple of the Dingzhou Beggar Gang, and I came to Yingzhou to find the gang leader Mu Yuchun on the order of the elders of the gang. If it weren't for the big life of the younger brother, I am afraid that he would have died at this time. ”
Zhang Yingxian usually likes to fight unevenly, but when he learned what happened to Xiang Tianshu, he was extremely angry in his heart, he got up with a "whoosh" and asked: "Brother Xiang, where are those people, we will go to them now to settle accounts." Xiang Tian Shu pointed to the hillside next to him and said, "It's on it." They chased me so closely that I jumped off desperately. ”
Zhang Yingxian said in a straight voice: "Let's go up." After speaking, he reached out and pulled to Tianshu.
Xiang Tianshu hesitated for a while, and finally stretched out his hand, and then Zhang Yingxian stood up and said: "Brother Zhang, those people are strong in martial arts, especially the middle-aged man in the lead, he shoots quickly and has a strong palm, so it's better for us to avoid his edge." ”
Zhang Yingxian thought to himself: "Listening to Brother Xiang's words, that person turned out to be in charge, could it be Tuoba Jiyu? After fighting him in Xingzhou that day, I never met him again, but I didn't expect him to come to Yingzhou to join in the fun." This time, I can't help but say that I killed the disciples of the beggar gang, and his behavior is simply outrageous. Thinking of this, he said indifferently: "Brother Xiang, you don't have to worry too much, I know this person." I had fought with him once, and if I hadn't been deceived by his rhetoric, I would have swung my sword and taken his life, and tonight would not have happened. ”
Xiang Tianshu was suspicious at this time, the person in front of him looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he was half a year older than himself, and he could make the evil lord of Tongtian fearful. He was thinking about it, and Zhang Yingxian urged: "Let's go up quickly, otherwise those people will go away." ”
Xiang Tianshu nodded, and climbed up the hill with Zhang Yingxian by touching the rocks and weeds.
The Heavenly Evil Lord and the others had already walked away, and only the corpses of those beggar disciples were left between the woods. A flock of crows were eating human flesh on top of the carcass, and when they saw someone coming, they immediately flapped their wings and flew away in a flock.
When Xiang Tianshu saw this scene, tears suddenly flowed out, and Pao Tao cried: "Brothers, I didn't expect that we would go all the way, and we couldn't wait to find the Mu Gang Master, but instead let you die in this wilderness, and the body was trampled by the crows, I'm sorry for you." ”
Zhang Yingxian grew up in the Valley of Silence since he was a child, and he had never seen so many dead people, so he was infected by Xiang Tianshu's words at this time, and said abruptly: "Brother Xiang, you mourn and change, people can't be resurrected after death, let's find a place to bury your brothers well." ”
Xiang Tian Shu closed his eyes, took a slow breath, and nodded helplessly in agreement.
The two dug a large pit in the woods and buried the bodies of the beggar disciples. Zhang Yingxian thought that Tuoba Jiyu and his party warriors had done it, and at this time, he looked at the mound and silently said: "Brothers of the beggar gang, rest in peace." As the saying goes, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself. Tuoba Jiyu has done a lot of evil, and God will not let him go. ”
Xiang Tianshu still didn't stop, dug a small pit on the side, lined up the wooden sticks they carried with them one by one, and then slowly sprinkled the soil. Zhang Yingxian felt that his behavior was abnormal, and stepped forward and asked, "Brother Xiang, what are you doing here? I have only heard of funeral flowers and plants, burial clothes, but I have never seen a burial stick?"
Xiang Tianshu poured soil and replied: "Brother Zhang, don't you know, our beggar gang has a rule, people are sticks, people are dead." These brothers have been buried by us, and their sticks will be buried as well. ”
Zhang Yingxian probed up and down to Xiang Tianshu, and asked softly: "Do you also carry a wooden stick with you, and where is it now?" Xiang Tianshu stopped the work in his hand, let out a long sigh, and confessed: "My wooden stick was cut off when I was fighting with those gangsters, and now I am alone, and I can never return to the beggars." ”
Zhang Ying was stunned for a while, and asked curiously, "What's going on?"
Xiang Tian looked at Zhang Yingxian and said seriously: "Our beggar gang has set a rule for the founding patriarch of the mountain, and anyone who loses the wooden stick in his hand will not be allowed to return to the gang. I'm only a fourth-generation disciple, and no matter how much I amend it this time, it won't help. Because, even if the Mu gang leader violates the gang rules, he must also act according to the rules. ”
After Zhang Ying listened casually, his eyes widened, he had never heard that there were such unreasonable regulations in the world, and then he suddenly remembered the Lonely Valley, and remembered the master Ge Minshan, although he set a rule and strictly forbade his disciples to go out of the valley without permission, but compared to the beggar gang pioneer of the mountain, he was much more enlightened.
When the beggar gang was founded, in order to let the disciples in the gang obey the orders of the patriarch at all times, such rules were formulated. Even though the symbol of the patriarch is the beggar gang, the disciples would rather be injured themselves, but also protect the wooden stick in their hands.
Zhang Yingxian said indignantly: "Such a regulation is incredible. Brother Xiang, you let the wooden stick be destroyed when you were fighting with others, and I can't complain about you. Xiang Tianshu shook his head and said, "It's just that I am not good at martial arts, otherwise, can the wooden stick be cut down?" After speaking, he stopped saying a word, and continued to fill in the soil pit.
Zhang Ying waited for him to build the two mounds of dirt, and then asked, "Brother Xiang, what are your plans next?" Xiang Tian said: "Although I will be expelled from the beggar gang in the future, the matter that Xia Changlao explained has not yet been completed, and I have to continue to find the whereabouts of the gang leader." Zhang Yingxian said: "Have you found it now?"