Huojiazhuang was brutally wiped out overnight.
Almost no one in the family of over 100 was spared.
The entire Zhuangzi was reduced to ashes in the fire. The next afternoon, the government officials came slowly.
This incident was extremely sensational in the local area, and the people paid close attention to the follow-up news. However, a few days later, they only waited for a notice from the government.
There is no inside story or culprit in the incident at Huojiazhuang. The government has found out that it was caused by a fire in Zhuangzi in the middle of the night.
Only.
Even the perfunctory reasons are so perfunctory.
After the incident in Huojiazhuang, no royal family or noble figures appeared in Shifang County, and no one even came to pay homage and show off.
The admiration and support for Huo in the past was like a show.
…
In the eleventh year of Hongde, summer.
The seven-mile plank road where bandits are entrenched in Weicheng.
The lower level of the Bandit Village.
Several women who had just returned from washing their clothes, holding wooden basins full of wet clothes in their hands, walked closely from the path to their residence, talking in low voices as they walked.
"The news we got before was that a group of fat sheep passed by this time. But those who were captured were searched inside and out and couldn't even get a tael of silver. The boss was very angry."
"Aren't you angry? Those people are not much better dressed than us. They are all skinny. They live on waste rations and cannot sell them at a high price. This time the business is in vain."
"It's not like everything can't be sold at a high price. I just took a peek and saw that the book in green shirt I caught has grown so handsomely!"
"What's the use of being handsome? His face is as pale as paper. You don't know how many days you can live. It's just a blind face."
Next to the path, on a cedar tree that grows diagonally from the cliff, a woman in coarse gray clothes is sitting with her back against a tree branch. After the women who are talking have gone away, she continues to eat the fresh fruit in her hand, which makes a constant crunching sound.
After the fruit was finished and the core was thrown away, the woman jumped down from the tree and was about to go back to her room to sleep. Someone hurriedly ran over from the other end of the path and raised his voice and shouted, "Xian, don't leave in a hurry. The second boss wants to see you for something!"
The woman who called A-Xian looked back. She looked eighteen or nineteen and had a delicate face, but the most eye-catching thing was the eyes with their tails raised. Because the upward arc was too large, when she looked at people with her chin raised, she looked a little mean. Mutually.
It is very powerful and makes people feel untouchable at first glance.
"What do you want from me? I don't want to buy or sell people." Ah Xian was very impatient.
The visitor put on a smile and said, "Of course I have something for you to do. You will know when you go there. I am just running errands. There are many errands, and I don't dare to ask if it's not the case."
Hearing this, A-Xian reluctantly walked to Qianzhai. When she was bored, she took out the soft whip from her waist and whipped it all the way, causing harm to the flowers and plants on the roadside.
The person who came to deliver the message fell behind her, and when she was out of sight, he rolled his eyes fiercely.
If this girl didn't have some skills, he would have to treat her. She is so arrogant with everyone. After all, isn't she just an orphan living in a lower-class area?
I don’t know where she learned her kung fu, even the second boss wanted to give her some good looks.
…
When A-Xian walked out of the hall of Qianqianzhai, she had a smile on her face. She stopped whipping her whip randomly and tied it up at her waist.
The village got a batch of good goods some time ago, but some unlucky guy transported several carts of good porcelain across the plank road, and in the end everything fell into the hands of the bandits.
Tsk, I didn’t ask where the Qili Plank Road was before transporting the goods. I must be brave, but I really don’t have the ability.
"Go faster! Do you want to be beaten for hanging around? Damn it, a bunch of poor people are pretending to be rich, making me squat for most of the day in vain! I'll take you with you when I get back!" Several shouts interrupted A-Xian's thoughts. , subconsciously looked up.
Coming over from the opposite side was the second master's subordinate, Wang Cai, driving a group of piglets who looked like they were mourning for their heirs.
I guess it was the "fat sheep" that those gossipy women mentioned earlier that were just captured today.
A-Xian glanced at the group of people and then looked away, taking two steps to the side.
The village is located on a mountain, and the way in and out is not wide. Although she is not afraid of the second master, it is better to do less than to do more, so there is no need to attract attention to herself.
What's more, the second boss just gave her a job. After selling the batch of porcelain, she could make a small fortune, which was considered as putting money into her pocket.
My aunt is in a good mood and doesn't want to make herself unhappy.
"Hey, Grandma A Xian, why do you have time to come here? Are you making a living?" She didn't want to attract attention, but when Wangcai saw her, he rushed to talk to her.
Ah Xian curled her lips, raised her eyes and made a perfunctory sound.
When he raised his eyelids, the group of piglets passed right in front of him, a flash of green, which was very eye-catching in the gray crowd.
A-Xian's eyes followed the green shadow and moved sideways. When she saw the man's profile clearly, her eyes couldn't move.
Very good looking person.
She has been in this bandit village for more than ten years and has never seen anyone so good-looking, not even outside the bandit village.
Her eyes are like stars at night, her nose is straight, and her lips of moderate thickness are slightly pursed. The lips are bright red, which makes her face look a little too pale.
Perhaps he noticed that she was too focused on her gaze, so he tilted his head and looked at her lightly.
His gaze is straight and peaceful.
There is no fear or anger of being taken captive.
I didn’t see any disdain from the female bandit.
Although his hair and clothes were messy and his face was stained with dust, his elegant aura suppressed these embarrassments.
Like the pines and bamboos on the cliffs, they are not afraid of wind and snow and do not bend.
A-Xian pursed her lips and held her breath unconsciously. Her heart beat faster and faster under her chest, and heat climbed to the tips of her ears.
She felt a rare sense of embarrassment. The clothes she wore today were really ugly and too casual. "What are you looking at! Who are you looking at!" Wangcai cursed again and pushed the man hard.
The man stumbled unsteadily on his feet and jumped forward, grazing the tip of A-Xian's nose, but he only stopped halfway.
The woman's thin arms were stretched across his body, holding him firmly to prevent him from falling over.
The man immediately stood up straight and took half a step back, parted his lips and said in a low voice, "Thank you."
"..." A-Xian's eyes wandered, her heart beat faster, and her ears felt hotter, "Ahem, you're welcome."
She didn't know how she walked out. She walked mechanically with two legs. She stopped suddenly after walking a long way. She held her cheeks that were about to burn with both hands and murmured, "Fuck you, beauty is misleading..." I’m actually a sex-seeking thing?!”
impossible!
She, A-Xian, had never seen anything like this. How could she see such a stunningly beautiful man unable to walk?
Also a possibility.
Stunningly beautiful, who doesn’t like to see beauties?
Anyway, it’s pleasing to the eye!
"...Where do the good-looking people usually sell in the village?" Thinking of this incident, A-Xian turned around and looked at the deserted place, passing through several places where beautiful men were sold.
It's a pity, he looks so good-looking.
Who made him look so good-looking?
A-Xian could not sleep for the first time that night. She was tossing and turning in her little doghouse, and all she could think about was the way men looked at her.
No fear.
No disdain.
