Chapter 25
No matter in troubled times or prosperous times, unfair things will always exist.
There are always some people in the world who like to bully the weak. They may not have much ability, but they are very discerning. They can see who can be relied on and who can be bullied.
When they meet someone who is more tyrannical than them, they bow their heads and beg for mercy; when they meet someone who is lonely and miserable, they show their fierceness and cannot be ignored.
The most miserable thing in life is to die in a foreign country and not be able to be buried in the ancestral grave. If you die in a foreign country and cannot find even a handful of loess for burial, that would be extremely sad.
The fifth group and Wu Zhizhi were galloping. They had already entered Sichuan for a long time. When they saw Phoenix Mountain right in front of them, they paused.
The fifth line was just rushing along and didn't even notice where Hua'er and the other three went. So he asked Wu Zhizhi: "Where are the three of them?"
Wu Zhizhi replied: "Oh! They have to be responsible for contacting the prince at any time, so they can naturally go and do their own things!"
In the fifth line, he already had an illusion. He felt that the identity of the woman in front of him was very special, but it was difficult for him to guess where she came from.
Although he was confused about the fifth line, he never liked asking questions, so he ignored it. He thought that there must be a reason why Prince Xiao sent her to help him.
"Then if the prince has any instructions, you must tell me as soon as possible." The fifth line said lightly.
"Of course." Wu Zhizhi nodded.
Just as he was talking, a small town appeared in front of him. The town was not big, not even a town, but it was very lively. Wu Zhizhi said to the fifth line: "Let's go there to eat something first!"
Seeing that he would arrive at Tangmen soon, the fifth line was not in a hurry, and he was indeed a little hungry, so he said, "Okay then!"
The two then led their horses into the town. Along the way, they saw that the town was "small but well-equipped with all the essentials." There were restaurants, inns, sideshows, performers, and even a brothel.
Wu Zhizhi didn't know that there were so many interesting things in such a small place, which were very new, so she wanted to look around.
The fifth line immediately yelled: "Big trouble, go away! If you leave, don't come back again."
Seeing that he spoke with a straight face again, Wu Zhizhi was very unhappy, but she did not dare to do it again. She just followed the fifth line obediently, but secretly muttered: "What a stingy guy, he won't let others play with him."
In the fifth row, I was just about to find a small shop to hit the tip, but I saw a large number of people gathered in front of me, and they were still talking.
"How pitiful!"
"It all stinks!"
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Before the fifth row moved, Wu Zhizhi quickly jumped over and squeezed in regardless of his identity.
"Wow! Dead man." Wu Zhizhi shouted and jumped out immediately. The people around were not frightened by the dead man, but were frightened by her cry.
Wu Zhizhi ran back quickly and kept fanning her nose with her hands: "It stinks... it stinks..."
This suddenly aroused the curiosity of the fifth line, and he asked: "Big trouble, what's going on?"
Wu Zhizhi replied in shock: "There are dead people."
The fifth line said: "It's really troublesome. What are the dead people to be afraid of?" Then he walked over and squeezed into the crowd. He saw a young woman kneeling on the ground. Her clothes were very shabby. At first glance, she knew she was from a poor family.
There was a woman wrapped in a mat behind her. Her body and head could not be seen, only two feet without shoes were exposed. Those feet were shriveled to the point of being inhuman shape, and there was no trace of blood. It was obvious that the person in the mat was dead.
It's been a long time. It's summer, the weather is hot and strong, and a strong stench is constantly coming from the mat. There is still some corpse water under the mat, obviously the body has begun to rot. The young woman's head is hung low, and her face cannot be seen clearly.
, there were four big black characters written on the ground in front of him using pot bottom ashes: "Sell yourself to bury your father." The words were written very neatly, and you could tell at a glance that he was someone who had read a lot of poetry.
In the fifth line, without saying anything, he took out two fifty-two silver ingots from his arms, and was about to throw them to the woman when suddenly an old man grabbed him and said, "Young man, are you from out of town? You don't know yet.
This money can't be used."
The fifth line is even stranger, asking: "When the road is rough, I draw my sword to help. I save people from fire and water, but why can't I save them? What's the truth?"
The old man looked around and then replied in a low voice: "You are right, but the key is that this little lady has offended someone. Otherwise, how could his old father die here!"
The fifth line asks again: "How to talk about this matter?"
The old man continued: "Isn't there a famine in Huguang? It is said that this young lady and her old father escaped from Huguang in order to seek refuge with a relative here. But the relative was not found and was trapped here instead.
The name of this place is Songshu Slope. There is a wealthy family named Xiang in Songshu Slope. The son of Taigong Xiang takes a fancy to the young lady and wants to take her as his concubine. Unexpectedly, the father and daughter disagree. In anger, Mr. Xiang takes the young lady as his concubine.
My father was beaten to death. The young lady has no choice but to sell her body here to bury her father. But Mr. Xiang has already spoken. Anyone who dares to give money to this young lady will also be beaten to death."
The fifth line was very angry after hearing this, and said angrily: "Humph! I have to give you this money. Let's see what the Xiang family can do to me."
He turned around and squeezed in again, and was about to hand over the silver. Suddenly, a middle-aged woman next to him also squeezed in, and actually stuffed a hundred taels of silver into the girl's hand before the fifth row. Looking at the woman in the fifth row,
She is about forty-four or five years old, but she does not look old. She still has an exciting mature temperament. When she was young, she must have been a peerless beauty.
The woman said: "Little girl, go and bury your father properly!"
The woman kept kowtowing and said, "Thank you! Thank you, my great benefactor!"
The woman just withdrew from the crowd and turned to leave, but she was immediately surrounded by a group of people. One of the leaders said in Sichuan dialect: "Which of the bastards dares to interfere with our young master's affairs?"
Before the woman could answer, a very burly middle-aged man suddenly stood in front of her. He also said in dialect: "It's you and me." Behind the two of them, there was also a man about twenty years old who looked crazy.
young people.
The leader shouted: "I think you don't want to live anymore, so kill this little bitch for me."
After receiving the order, several big men immediately rushed towards the family of three. The woman only pulled the young man to her side and took a few steps back. However, the middle-aged man dodged and rushed into the crowd, only to see him gently
As soon as the joints on the big men's bodies were slapped, those people fell to the ground screaming, their limbs and other joints immediately dislocated.
"Split the tendons and cross the bones." The fifth line could see his martial arts skills at a glance. He originally wanted to help the middle-aged man, but at this time he already knew that it was not necessary because the man's shots were very accurate.
, neither light nor heavy, not hurting anyone, and just enough to subdue the enemy. The technique is actually very clever, and the skill is definitely not inferior to his own.
The big man said: "If your young master is capable, ask him to come to me for revenge."
But the young man seemed to be dissatisfied with what he saw, and said to the woman: "Mom, it doesn't look good to finish the fight so quickly."
The woman said: "Good boy, we are going home to see grandpa."
But the young man said coquettishly like a child: "No! I'm hungry..."
The woman seemed to know what he was going to say, and immediately interrupted him: "Mom, take you to eat." Then she said to the middle-aged man: "Stepbrother, my son is hungry, I think we should find a place first.
Take a break!"
The middle-aged man replied: "Okay! I also want to see if those grandsons dare to come to take revenge on me." After saying that, the middle-aged man took his wife and children and walked to a wine shop.
The fifth line immediately said to Wu Zhizhi: "Big trouble, follow them."
Wu Zhizhi asked: "Why?"
The fifth line said: "He is from the Tang Sect, and he is also a master."
Chapter completed!