In Hanlu City, Wu Gen rode his horse slowly, looking around at the beautiful scenery with some boredom.
The scenery was just right at this time, with warm wind and warm clouds. From time to time, young men and women riding horses passed by, whistling and showing off their riding skills. Some people who meet their eyes will walk side by side and disappear into the depths of the grassy forest.
The flowers are red and pink, and the green trees and white clouds are crazy. Xishan didn't know what happened, was it the same as the current scenery? For a moment, Wu Gen actually felt melancholy.
It had been five days since Ji Ye returned to Hanlu City, but the planned meeting with the younger generations of each family had been delayed.
Since several more people had arrived in Hanlu City, Ji Ye simply pushed them back to meet these peers who represented the will of the family.
As a result, Wu Gen had nothing to do. Although he lived in Ji Ye's house and was attended to every day, Wu Gen just felt a little uncomfortable.
When traveling in Hanlu City, no one dared to step forward to capture him even with the crocodile given by Murong Yanyu as a guarantee, but he could not stop the disdainful looks of passers-by.
Feeling depressed, Wu Gen drove his horse outside the city to relax. Turn around and leave the official road, turning into a fork in the road.
As soon as we entered the fork in the road, everything became quiet. Occasionally, a frightened quail jumped out of the grass. After finding the hidden grass again, Fang muttered twice to express his dissatisfaction.
While walking, the sound of cars and horses came from behind. Turning around, I saw a two-wheeled carriage coming along the dirt road. The car has no decoration, but the ordinary pine wood has been painted with a layer of black paint, and the wheels have been stained with a layer of green mud. Moths and butterflies fly around the car from time to time.
Wu Gen leaned his horse aside, wanting the carriage to pass first. This was obviously a young man from a certain family who was out for fun. Wu Gen was annoyed when he saw these arty people.
As the car gradually approached, a strong smell of alcohol hit my face. Wu Gen twitched his nose and thought to himself, it is indeed a good wine, and it is the famous Sangluo wine in Iron Hand Province.
The color is more tender than cold syrup, and the fragrance is the same as nectar and eternal spring. A wine taster once gave such a comment.
A mulberry tree and a glass of wine can wash away my sorrows while chatting.
Youyou sighed came from the car, and Wu Gen got further away. He hated this kind of rotten people the most in his life. With some spare money at home, he spent his days feeling sad and sad, pretending to be a superior person.
This kind of person cannot handle the world at the top and can't weed the fields at the bottom. In fact, he is just a moth in the world. If one day I run out of money, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to beg.
While he was cursing, fearing that something might happen, the coachman suddenly stopped the car. Two heads popped out of the car window, their faces were red, and they had obviously drank a lot.
"I just said that he is a tailless person, not a quixotic person." A young man in his twenties and wearing a jade crown said, pointing at Wu Gen unscrupulously.
"Young Master Gu has great eyesight." Another man with a short beard echoed, "It's really courageous for a human race to dare to walk alone in the wild."
Wu Gen's face gradually became gloomy, and he looked at himself, only to find that he had already put him away. It turned out that Wu Gen was quite uncomfortable with such a thing around his waist, so he took it into his arms as soon as he turned to a fork in the road. Anyway, there was no one on the road, and no one wanted to catch him and sell him for money.
But the words of these two people were quite insulting. After staying in Kuntianzhou for a long time, Wu Gen also knew what Que Shuren meant, that is, the shepherd had his tail cut off.
This tail is the face of the shepherd. Once the tail is cut off, it is like a human race being tortured. Not only is the body mutilated, but it is also classified as a tailless person and is despised by others wherever it goes.
These two people actually said in front of him whether he was a lackluster person and bullied others too much. His son could bear it, but his father couldn't. After looking around and seeing no one around, Wu Gen moved his fists and prepared to step forward and beat these two sour boys.
"Hey, Tailless Man, why don't you follow my car behind me? If anyone asks, just say you are our slaves to avoid trouble." Mr. Gu waved to Wu Gen.
Normally, these two people had good intentions, but to Wu Gen, it was a huge insult. After all, we are the ones connected with the lord's family, yet we have to pretend to be slaves when we go out.
With unknown anger rising in his heart, Wu Gen stepped forward and grabbed the ancient master.
He pulled his front shirt out of the car and said, "Who is this domestic slave? Do you want me to cut off your tail and treat you like a slave?"
"Be brave, put Mr. Gu down, maybe you don't want to live anymore." The young man with a short beard said angrily, reached out and grabbed a Ruyi and threw it over.
At the same time, the driver who was driving the cart also roared, and the whip in his hand suddenly grew in size and rolled towards Wu Gen.
Wu Gen threw the man in his hand at the coachman. While he was in a hurry, he moved forward quickly and hit his lower abdomen with his right knee. At the same time, the broken knife was already placed on the driver's neck.
"If you want to die, just do it." Wu Gen stood on the shaft of the carriage, stepped on Mr. Gu, held his sword against the carriage driver, and pointed at the short-bearded man in the carriage, with a fierce look on his face.
Suddenly, except for the restless sound of the horses' hooves pawing the ground, the surroundings became quiet.
Wu Gen grabbed the whip, looked at the man in the car, pointed at the driver who did not dare to move, "Here, tie him up." The two people in the carriage were not very good at cultivation, but the driver looked Somewhat prickly.
Soon, after a period of rustling, the driver was tied into a rice dumpling and thrown to the ground.
Wu Gen sat in the car and looked at Mr. Gu who was nestled in the carriage, "Tell me, what do you do?"
Mr. Gu coughed, straightened his clothes, patted Wu Gen's big footprints away, and then he sat down and said, "I am the youngest son of the Gu family. I am going to Hanlu City on business this time under my father's order. Mr. Cang is accompanying me today." I am going on a long trip to the countryside. I don’t want to offend the young master unintentionally, so I beg for forgiveness.” He said and bowed deeply.
"Oh, let's come out and have some fun." Wu Gen leaned against the door of the car, reached out to take the wine bottle from the car, and drank the bottle of wine in a few sips.
The ancient master's eyes lit up, and he quickly signaled the short-bearded young man to take out another jug of wine. He held the jug with both hands and handed it to Wu Gen, "Young Master, please leave after drinking this jug of wine. If someone finds out, you will be captured." Shepherd, I’m afraid it will be detrimental to you.”
At this point, he seemed to feel that the threat in his words was stronger, and quickly added: "It was the two of us who offended me first, so it is natural for the young master to be angry. I think that although the young master has good cultivation, he has hidden If you are a hypocrite and have not used your strength to bully others, you are actually a virtuous person. There are still a few jars of fine wine in the car, you may as well take them. The driver is tied up. If someone passes by later, there may be something wrong with seeing such a scene."
When Wu Gen heard this, he realized that although this man was incompetent, he had a good heart. Although he almost beat him up, he was still thinking about his own escape. "Tell this man that I can let him go, but he must not commit any more crimes."
"You have nothing to do." The ancient master nodded and gave instructions to the driver on the ground.
Wu Gen untied the rope from the coachman's body, took two jars of wine without any ceremony, and rode away on horseback. Walking along the fork in the road, more and more people gradually appeared in the fields on both sides. Wu Gen didn't want to cause trouble, so he took a drink from the wine jar and hurried away while beating his horse.
It was said that this Sangluo wine was extraordinary. Gradually, Wu Gen got a little drunk, so he simply untied his clothes and walked around wildly.
Ahead, there was smoke from cooking pots and the faint sound of chickens and dogs. At the end of the field, a small village appeared.
After looking at the village, Wu Gen changed direction and turned into a field path covered with grass. Stepping on the numerous wild flowers on the roadside and smelling the fragrance of the soil, Wu Gen slowly relaxed his body and actually took a nap right away.
In a daze, I suddenly heard the sound of frolicking in front of me. Wu Gen stood up and looked around, and saw a tall apricot tree on the dirt road not far away.
Under the apricot tree, there were five or six half-grown men shouting and cursing something. When I walked over, I saw a sloppy man squatting on the ground picking up overripe apricots and stuffing them into his mouth.
Several teenagers seemed to be dissatisfied with the man's behavior. They picked up stones and threw them at him while cursing.
"Quezhuren, how dare you eat our apricots, I'll crush you to death."
"You've lost your tail, but you still have the dignity to live in this world. Just find a stone and hit it to death."
Stones fell on the man one after another, but the man didn't resist, and he didn't even have time to lift his head. He just munched on the yellow apricots without even wiping the dirt off, like a starving ghost.
Wu Gen walked closer and glanced at the man on the ground.
He really is a shepherd, but his tail has disappeared. Although shepherds are similar to humans, if you take a closer look, they are very different in face shape, eye color, etc., and they are still easy to recognize.
Suddenly, a young man turned around and saw Wu Gen. He was startled for a moment, and then he said happily: "Stop fighting, there is a tailless sheep here. He has become prosperous today. If we catch him, we will definitely be able to buy two more new sets of clothes by the end of the year." "
When several teenagers saw it, they were also extremely surprised. Some were looking for stones, some were holding sticks, and they all surrounded Wu Gen like little wolves.
Wu Gen touched his nose and realized that he had become new clothes for walking. These boys are just ordinary kids from the countryside. I don’t say how bad they are, but judging from their behavior just now, their nature is not particularly pure.
Turning over and jumping off the horse, Wu Gen pointed to his nose, "You can catch me, but I can only go with one person. Look, who should I go with?"
Several teenagers looked at each other in shock when they heard this. The tailless sheep actually offered to follow them, but for a moment he even forgot to step forward and catch Wu Gen.
After a while, the tallest boy stood up and grabbed Wu Gen's clothes, "As long as you obey me, I won't beat you. Fortunately, you are a tailless sheep. If you were that bastard on the ground, hum, No one wants it even if it's beaten to death." He pointed at the sloppy man who was still chewing.
"Oh, you want me." Wu Genpi stared at the boy who was a head shorter than him with a smile, and rubbed his hands excitedly.
"Why, you don't accept it? Believe it or not, I will kill you." The young man grabbed Wu Gen's clothes tightly, for fear that he would run away, and his slightly childish face became more cruel.
With a slight smile, Wu Gen grabbed the boy's front, stopped his feet, and with a bang, he jumped into the air with the boy.
Seeing the earth quickly disappearing and turning into palm-sized apricot trees, the boy finally realized something was wrong and screamed hysterically.
Boom, Wu Gen and the boy fell to the ground. Without waiting for a pause, he jumped into the air again.
The teenagers on the ground had their mouths wide open and their faces full of horror. They watched the two figures rising and falling, their heads rising and falling like chickens pecking at rice.
After jumping more than a dozen times, Wu Gen finally stopped. He smiled and looked at the boy with hair standing straight up in front of him, like a broom, "Okay, please kill me."
The boy's face was pale, and his crotch was already wet. Tears flowed out unsatisfactorily. After a while, he finally came to his senses and shouted in horror: "Mom, help me." He turned around and ran towards the village.
When the other teenagers saw this, they also ran away as if they had seen a ghost. In a blink of an eye, except for Wu Gen and the sloppy man, there was no one under the apricot tree.
"Young man, I can't cure you anymore. Catch me and sell me for money. The money is so easy to make." Wu Gen clapped his hands disdainfully.
"Is it fun to bully children?" A voice came from behind.
"Of course it's interesting. If you don't clean it up, I wonder how many eyes the Stove Lord has." Wu Gen replied smoothly, turning around slowly, "No more pretending? Isn't it interesting to pretend to be a bad person?"
