While Li Ping'an was applying the medicine, most of the men who had had a fight withdrew. It could be seen from their ugly faces and silence that they were still obviously uncomfortable with fighting with weapons and wounding and killing people.
The old people, women and children were also worried about the men leaving the station, checking if they were injured and asking if everything was okay. If someone at home was injured, they would cry or cry bitterly.
Fortunately, there were no casualties on their side, and the injured were not very serious. But the key is to see whether it will cause tetanus later. After all, the weapons used by both sides are not serious weapons. From Li Ping'an's point of view , the risk is indeed not low.
After waiting for the medicine to be taken, Li Ping'an couldn't sit still at all and came to Li Erlin's side. "Dad, this battle was well done. No one on our side died."
Li Erlin glanced at Li Pingan, this kid is good at everything, but his mouth has no taboos in private, and he can say some taboo words as he wants.
"What's wrong? Am I right?"
"No, you're right." What else could Li Erlin say? Fortunately, this kid also knew clearly what words could be put on the stage and what couldn't. Forget it, I ignored him and said instead, "Good luck, before the fight. I had already thought that someone would die this time, but it was thanks to your uncle's two arrows that the mob was thrown into disarray, and our morale was at its peak, so it was probably intentional but not unintentional that led to this result."
It makes sense, but is this still his father who can't read a word?
The suspicion in Li Pingan's heart has deepened, but compared to the secrets that his father may be hiding, Li Pingan is more worried now about, "Dad, if we kill someone, will anything happen?"
"What can happen? There are so many people starving to death, and the government is too late to provide relief. Who cares whether to kill people or not. Besides, these are mobs we killed. If the government finds out, they might even give us a reward. Do you think the state government will not hold the county magistrate responsible if a mob occurs under the government and harms the people?"
I feel like we're more like a mob...
Li Ping'an was muttering in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out for fear that his father would kick him, but since his father said it was fine, he didn't bother to think about it, and simply asked the biggest question in his heart, "Dad, why is my aunt so skilled?" okay?"
"Your aunt learned this from your grandfather..."
It turns out that Li Ping'an's grandfather was a soldier when he was young. It was really a war-torn era at that time. The battles were one after another and there was no end to them. The separatist regime changed batch after batch, and the soldiers at the lowest level were replaced. They don't know who they are working for. Of course, they don't care. They are soldiers fighting just to eat military rations, and they may not be able to eat enough. If they don't eat enough, they can surrender and change their masters.
Li Ping'an's grandfather was lucky. He did not die on the battlefield like many low-level soldiers. Instead, he accidentally saved the general's life during a defeat. The general personally named him as a soldier, and he learned some fists and kicks from this. Kungfu with swords and guns, following the general through life and death.
Later, when he was old and retired from the army, he returned to his hometown. Not only did the general readily let him go, he also rewarded him with a lot of money. With this money, he returned to his hometown to buy land, get married and have children. At that time, the separatist regime in his hometown was relatively stable, but it was still in troubled times. In order to save his children's lives as much as possible in the chaos of war, he taught all his martial arts skills.
"When your aunts and uncles were young, Grandpa Qin was still there, and he taught them step by step. I was still young at the time and didn't need to learn. But before it was my turn to learn, your grandpa died suddenly of an emergency. The people who teach us will be your grandfather, your second uncle and your third uncle."
Li Erlin didn't mean to hide anything from Li Ping'an. Since he asked about it, he had nothing to do now, so he said it like he was pouring beans, "I haven't studied for a few years. When I was your age, the government said that I would change to the north." After becoming an emperor and changing the name of the country, which is now Dajing, he wanted to mobilize troops against the forces we had at that time. In order to resist the powerful enemy, the court urgently needed strong men to join the army. Your grandfather and the others were in their prime at the time and did not want to go to the battlefield and lost their lives in a daze. , relying on some skills, so he fled north..."
It’s just that no one thought at that time that in the era of war and chaos and people’s livelihood, fleeing with your family and your family was no safer than going to the battlefield. Along the way, you would always encounter defeated soldiers who escaped from the battlefield, anti-people who were oppressed and had to rebel, and people who robbed their homes and homes. bandits, mobs gathering to survive...
Two feet are no match for four hands. Along the way, countless people died. In the end, they were the only ones left in the family. They thought they had been stable for more than ten years, with branches and leaves spread, and the population could barely be said to be prosperous. However, they did not expect that a flood forced them to embark on the road to escape again, and there was no one alive in the third uncle's family. There are only two little girls left in the uncle's family.
Instead, they were the family whose father died on the way north. What a twist of fate.
Li Ping'an suddenly realized, and then asked: "Father, since you know martial arts, why haven't I heard you mention it or seen you practice it?"
"The situation is stable, what else can you do with training? Can you farm or something like that? Your grandfather and the others were just because they had some skills. Your grandfather retired from the battlefield. When the government wanted to recruit young men, they almost ordered your grandfather and the others to do it themselves. We paid such a heavy price to flee north, not just to come to Dajing and be dragged into fighting again."
"Then you can also teach me and Fugui. We can also strengthen our bodies by practicing martial arts."
"You can't even eat enough to keep fit!" Li Erlin squinted at Li Ping'an, "When your uncle taught Xiaoshan martial arts, didn't you always go to your uncle's house to learn from him? Isn't that enough?"
Li Ping'an was so embarrassed that he didn't go to learn martial arts. He was just curious and addicted. He couldn't bear the hardship of learning martial arts. He was scolded by his uncle several times for just one step. While he had time to learn martial arts, he might as well think about ways to make money.
Thinking about it now, this reincarnation of him has really embarrassed all the time-travelers. He has such a petty mentality. He is thirteen years old and has accomplished nothing.
So he decisively changed the subject, "Dad, didn't you say that my grandfather served as a soldier for the general? How is the general doing now?"
"He is dead. His son and his descendants are all dead. His son surrendered to the enemy in front of the battle and was killed by his men on the spot. The news was sent back to the court and all the nine clans were executed."
"..."
"Okay, I've told you everything I need to say. You go and accompany Ji Xiang Ruyi. They are frightened and your mother can't coax them. I'll dig a hole and bury all the corpses. Don't let your guard down. We I don’t know how many of them there are, so be careful there are still people hiding in secret.”
Li Erlin said, took the hoe and stood up. Then Li Ping'an saw the ruthless side of his father. Li Erlin came to the injured mobs lying on the ground and gave them a good blow with the hoe.
Li Ping'an felt physically uncomfortable and shivered and did not dare to take another look. The fellow villagers were also frightened. They all saw Li Erlin's almost cold-blooded behavior and quickly looked away in horror.
Only Li Dafang and Li Dalin looked at the second brother from a distance with complicated eyes. In their long memories, the second brother was once a young man with happiness and anger written on his face. He would always yell when something happened. Yelling, when did you start to become emotionally stable and hide all your thoughts?
It seems that on the way to escape, he witnessed his father being drowned by a mob and dying of exhaustion. Even his body was not found. Since then, he seemed to have changed.
Forget it, it wouldn’t be a pity if these mobs died ten thousand times anyway. If it were them lying on the ground, the mob's methods would only be more cruel.
On the other side, Xiao Ru looked at her elder brother who was close at hand, threw herself into his arms, and cried with her mouth wide open.
She was so scared just now!
