Chapter 81
Mercury found herself standing on a small platform made of simple wood. The screams and scoldings from the field seemed to suddenly hit the waterfall, drowning her in the noise.
People were wearing dull-colored cloth shoes, and were angry and shouting: "Burn him to death! Burn this traitor to death!"
"Get out! The traitor is still alive!"
This was not directed at her, but at the person behind her. Behind her was a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, tied to a wooden pillar, crying with tears and screaming, as if it was a pig killing scene.
"No! Give me aside! I dare not, I know I was wrong! Let me go!" The young man cried with a bruised and swollen face.
Mercury was thrusting in her mind by the sudden noisy noise, and she couldn't help but rub her forehead. It was a little different from the previous worlds. When she came to this world, the system did not present her the life of the heroine of this world. Only part of the information she learned in her mind.
Now is a century of war, with the old and new alternating between the new and the old. The heroine Li Lanzhi married the eldest son of the Liu family who lost his wife. Not long after a good life, her husband died on the way to escape. So she took her mother-in-law and a son left by her husband's ex-wife and continued to escape while pregnant. Liancheng, who was not affected by the war, settled down.
Although her son Liu Guisheng is not Li Lanzhi's biological child, she regards her own family as her own. No, she should say that she treats her son much better than her own daughter. She gives him any delicious food and good use. I hope he can have a future, support the Liu family's family in the future and continue the incense for the Liu family, so that she can be worthy of her dead husband.
However, Liu Gui grew up to the age of eighteen or nineteen and grew up to be a slut who is not doing his job properly. He usually likes to steal and cheat on things.
Liancheng is a small place, and many people know each other. Li Lanzhi's family has lived here for several years. In the past, Liu Guisheng did something bad. Li Lanzhi went door to door to apologize and give gifts, asking others to forgive him. It was hard for everyone to say anything because of face. It would be fine if they just avoid Liu Guisheng and not bother him.
Not long ago, the invading army attacked near Liancheng. Everyone received news that many people hid in the nearby mountains with their families. Who knew that Liu Guisheng sneaked down the mountain and ran to the invading army to do a big thing - he volunteered to lead the way and brought people to Liancheng. He told them clearly which family is rich and which family is rich, so the invading army almost emptied Liancheng like locusts passing through the border, and some people who stayed in Liancheng were all poisoned.
Liu Guisheng sold himself for glory, thinking that he could climb to the invading army from now on and become a squad leader. Then he would turn over as the master, be able to show off his power and enjoy all his glory and wealth, and no one dared to look down on him again.
He thought beautifully, but unfortunately he threw it away after the invading army was used up, and he didn't mean to stay in this small place forever. Seeing that it was different from what he thought, Liu Guisheng was reluctant to give up. He chased after him and wanted to serve others. As a result, he was ridiculed and almost killed. He was so scared that he ran back.
The people of Liancheng who hid on the mountain returned to the city and saw that their home was in chaos and dozens of lives in the city were gone. In addition to grief, they learned about Liu Guisheng's behavior and hated this villain who was greedy for wealth. Everyone spontaneously gathered together, grabbed Liu Guisheng, tied him to the street corner of the city, and burned him to death on the street.
Li Lanzhi treats Liu Guisheng as his lifeline on weekdays, so she is reluctant to watch him die. So at this moment, she rushed to the stage and protected Liu Guisheng, trying to stop everyone from killing Liu Guisheng angrily.
Mercury has arrived at such a time point.
[Please play according to the original plot below]
The system showed her a plot:
- Li Lanzhi blocked Liu Guisheng and protected him firmly behind him. Facing an angry face, she slowly shed tears, knelt down on the stage, and begged: "Please listen to me."
"It's not a mistake to raise parents. Guisheng lost his father since he was a child. I raised him. It was all my fault when he became like this today. It was my fault for all the mistakes, and it was my fault. Because he was still young, I beg everyone to let him go this time!"
Li Lanzhi is kind and speaks well. He is good at Lianchengfeng. Seeing her attitude, someone in the audience couldn't help but say, "Li Lanzhi, the wrong thing he did has nothing to do with you. If a person like him is not killed, he might do something else in the future. You must not keep him!"
"Yes!" A young man echoed: "Now that the country is in trouble. Even if we cannot join the army to kill the enemy, we should not become the lackeys of the invaders of other countries. The justice of the country should be in everyone's heart!"
Li Lanzhi shook her head and still stood in front of Liu Guisheng. "I am a little woman. The family and country are the affairs of men. I don't understand, but as a woman, I only know that I want to be a good mother. Guisheng is the only blood of our Liu family. My husband's only son. He entrusted Guisheng to me and I will take good care of him for the rest of my life."
The woman said to everyone bravely and strongly: "So, if you must attack Guisheng today, then kill me first. I will exchange my own life for his life! Just beg you, don't hurt him, I will kowtow to you."
Everyone was moved and didn't know what to say for a moment. At this time, Liu Guisheng said in a panic: "Yes, yes, yes, you kill her, she will pay my life, you can spare me!"
People showed a look of spitting, saying that Li Lanzhi was not worth it. An old man who was familiar with her advised her: "Listen to what he said, do you still have to protect such a person?!"
Li Lanzhi looked sad and said firmly: "As a mother, I want to protect my children, as a daughter-in-law, I want to protect the blood of the family. These are the words of righteousness and filial piety that I must do as a woman!"
Her eyes slowly swept across the audience and began to kowtow to those who had lost their relatives one by one, "Miss Li, Mr. Yang Er, Uncle Song San... you take my life away. I'm sorry to you. I'll be a cow and a horse for you in the next life!"
"Don't talk nonsense to her, burn it, burn it to death!" Someone from the audience was furious and didn't want to say more to her, so he threw the torch on the stage, igniting the firewood.
When the fire started, Li Lanzhi went to untire Liu Guisheng's ropes, and while crying, singing a song, singing for his mother's affection. This song tells the story of a mother cutting all the flesh on her body to feed him in order to make her child live.
And amid the singing, it suddenly started to rain heavily, extinguishing the flames. Everyone was uproared, and Li Lanzhi cried with joy and said to everyone loudly: "This is what God means, God wants to let us go!"
So an old man sighed: "This is probably because God pity you for your mother and is deeply affectionate, so he will not let us hurt you."
Li Lanzhi saved Liu Guisheng and took him back, but because of this, the people in Liancheng no longer welcomed their family to live here, and they were forced to leave Liancheng with their family.
--The subsequent storyline system is not displayed.
But after watching this original plot, Mercury was so bored that he could express his feelings. What are these?
【Please play according to the plot】
Mercury ignored the system that suddenly ran out to find a sense of existence. Perhaps because she looked easier to talk to now than before, the system thought she would not be scolded.
...Back to the present.
"Li Lanzhi, get out of the way. Do you really want to protect this heartless Liu Guisheng?" The woman holding a torch from the audience screamed.
There was also a big man waving a hatchet shouting: "Get down quickly, if you don't come down, you will burn it together!"
Mercury slowly stood up, faced everyone, and spoke: "Please listen to me."
"I haven't taught you well over the years. This is my responsibility. Since it is my responsibility, I should be responsible."
Many people probably guessed what she was going to say, thinking that Li Lanzhi must have to wipe her butt and clean up the mess this time. The big man holding a hatchet looked particularly ugly, and he almost spit out his swear words when he opened his mouth.
At this moment, Mercury suddenly stepped forward, snatched the hatchet in the big man's hand, turned his head and waved it without hesitation -
This was a very sharp hatchet, so when the knife went on, Liu Guisheng's big head flew out, rolled to the ground, blood splattered Lao Gao, and a lot of blood splattered on Mercury's hands and face.
The field was silent, and only the rustling sound of wind and sand hit the ground was heard. All the people who were shouting just now opened their eyes and looked at the woman holding the knife on the stage. She, she had just cut off her most precious son with her own hands?!
Not to mention Liu Guisheng, even Li Lanzhi was here, Mercury wanted to kill her with one knife.
Even without looking at Liu Guisheng's body that had lost his head, Mercury turned around, raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face, and said in a low voice: "I am a woman, I haven't read many books, but I also know that the righteousness of the country is not a matter for men. At this time, there is no distinction between men and women. Everyone should unite and fight to defend our homeland."
"I am a mother and the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, but before that, I was still alone, a person with conscience and morality. I cannot selfishly protect Liu Guisheng because he is my son."
"Since he did something wrong, he should be punished. Today I took it myself not only to give an explanation to the villagers, but also to give an explanation to the ancestors of the Liu family. Our Liu family cannot have such unfilial descendants who corrupt the family! Kill him in public to pay for his life. This is my righteousness and filial piety!"
Mercury looked serious and serious, and half of her body was covered with the blood that had just been splattered, which was particularly touching. Everyone in the audience finally came to their senses and couldn't help but cheer for her loudly.
"Okay! This is the true love, righteousness and responsibility!"
"Sister-in-law Lanzhi, you did the right thing! Such a person should be killed!"
She did act, but she didn't act according to the system's script. Mercury calmly said to the system in her mind: [System, if you have the ability, you should act by yourself, if you don't have the ability, you should watch me act]
She handed the knife back to the big man, "I'm so sorry, Brother Niu, you've dirty your knife."
Although Brother Niu is a fierce man, he has never killed anyone. He may not be able to kill someone with a knife. Now, looking at the gentle and gentle Li Lanzhi in front of him, he couldn't help but feel awe in his heart and waved his hands, "It's not the problem, I'll go back and wash it with water."
He carefully took the bloody knife with both hands.
Everyone gathered here to make Liu Gui live and die. Now that people are dead, they have changed their ways, but they are dead after all. Someone asked: "Then is his body?"
There were people who died on the field and were still confused and said angrily: "Just die just like this, it's a bargain! Throw his body outside the city and let the beast eat it!"
Some people also took into account Li Lanzhi and sighed: "Lanzhi has done it himself. Let's go through this matter. Let her take the body back."
The person who spoke before was reluctant, but Li Lanzhi was so nice, she didn't give her any face at all, so she could only shut up and say nothing.
Mercury said, "No, I'd better hang his body outside the city to show it to the public. I hope to use Guisheng's deeds to warn future generations, so that everyone can learn from him and never make such mistakes. This is also the last little value of Guisheng in this world."
Everyone then sighed that Li Lanzhi killed his relatives for justice and was a woman with blood and courage.
"I really didn't see it before."
Chapter completed!