Whether in troubled times or prosperous times, unfair things always exist.
There are always some people in the world who like to bully the weak. They may not have much ability, but they have great vision. They know who they can rely on and who they can bully.
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 tragic thing in life is to die in a foreign country and not be able to be buried in the ancestral grave. It would be extremely sad to die in a foreign country without being able to find even a handful of loess for burial.
The fifth line 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 on their way and didn't even notice where Hua'er and the other two 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 King 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 is not big, not even a town, but it is very lively. Wu Zhizhi said to the fifth line: "Let's go over there and have something to eat first!"
Seeing that they would arrive at Tangmen very 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 didn't dare to do it again. She just followed the fifth line obediently, muttering to herself: "What a stingy guy, he won't let others play with him."
On the fifth line, I was just about to find a small shop to 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 could move, Wu Zhizhi quickly jumped over and squeezed in regardless of her identity.
"Wow! Dead man." Wu Zhizhi shouted and jumped out immediately. The people around were not frightened by the dead person, 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. woman. There was a person wrapped in a mat behind him, and his body and head could not be seen, only two feet without shoes were exposed. The feet were so shriveled that they were not human-like, and there was no trace of blood. It was obvious that the person in the table had been dead for a long time. It was summer, the weather was hot and smelly, and a strong stench was constantly coming from the table. There was still some corpse water under the mat, and it was obvious that the body had begun to rot. The young woman's head was lowered so that her face could not be seen clearly. Four large black characters were written on the ground in front of her with ashes from the bottom of a pot: "Sell yourself to bury your father." The words were written very neatly, and you could tell at a glance that she had read a lot of poetry. book person.
In the fifth line, without saying a word, he took out two fifty-two silver ingots from his arms. Just as he was about to throw them to the woman, an old man suddenly grabbed him and said, "Young man, are you from out of town? You don't know yet. This money cannot be given."
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, and there is a wealthy family named Xiang in Songshu Slope. The son of Taigong Xiang took a fancy to this young lady and wanted to take her as his concubine. Unexpectedly, the father and daughter did not agree. In anger, Mr. Xiang took the young lady as his concubine. Her father was beaten to death. The young lady has no choice but to sell herself here to bury her father. But Mr. Xiang has already spoken, and 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: "Huh! 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 offer the silver when suddenly a middle-aged woman next to him also squeezed in, and actually put a hundred taels of silver into the girl's hand before the fifth row. The woman in the fifth row is about forty-four or five years old, but she doesn't 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: "Thank you! Thank you, my great benefactor!"
The woman just withdrew from the crowd and turned to leave, but was immediately surrounded by a group of people. One of the leaders spoke in Sichuan dialect and said: "Which son of a bitch who doesn't care about his life 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 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."
Several big men were ordered to immediately rush towards the family of three. The woman only pulled the young man to her side and took a few steps back. The middle-aged man dodged and rushed into the crowd. He gently slapped the joints of the men, and they fell to the ground screaming, their limbs and other joints immediately dislocated.
"Split the tendons and cross the bones." The fifth line revealed his martial arts skills at a glance. He originally wanted to help the middle-aged man, but now he knew it was not necessary. Because that man's attack was very precise, neither light nor heavy, not hurting anyone, and just enough to subdue the enemy. His technique was actually very clever, and his skill was definitely not inferior to his own.
The big man said: "If your young master is capable, ask him to come to me for revenge."
The young man seemed to be dissatisfied and said to the woman, "Mom, it doesn't look good to finish the beating 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, so she immediately interrupted him and said, "Mom, I'll 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 towards 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."
But Wu Zhizhi didn't care. Instead, she became interested in the young man: "That boy is not young anymore, so why is he still acting like a baby to his mother? Do you think he is a fool?"
