The carriage moved along the official road, bumping occasionally.
The man, woman, and Feng Bei were sitting on a carriage piled with straw, coming from the south and heading north.
The coachman yelled and cracked his whip, and the sound of the whip was loud.
"Feng Bei, we are almost there."
During the bumps, the gentle-looking woman gently patted "Zheng Xiu"'s little face.
Zheng Xiu was in a daze for a while.
Not only did "he" not hide, he also took the initiative to post it.
The man with a bold voice on the side laughed loudly: "I heard from the people in the town that there is a village ahead, called Baili Village. The villagers are warm and hospitable, cook meals with stars in the morning, and the folk customs are simple. The three of us in the Feng family will definitely find a corner in that remote village. A place to stay.”
"Mom, Feng Bei is afraid."
"Zheng Xiu" made a childish voice.
This is... Feng Bei's memory?
Zheng Xiu was stunned, what is going on now?
"Don't be afraid," the woman hugged Fengbei: "Do you know why mom named you Fengbei?"
"The child doesn't know."
"That's because we were born in the south, but now we are down and have to go north. But your father and I both hope that you, Fengbei, can grow into wild geese even if they fly south and north, without fear of the severe cold in the north. Son."
"But Fengbei is still afraid."
"Your father is very good at swordsmanship. He is not afraid of going anywhere."
The man laughed: "Hey, when you grow up, daddy will teach you a few tricks."
He was like a bystander, watching Feng Bei and the middle-aged couple sitting on the straw pile of the carriage, talking and laughing.
Since the war broke out in the north, the emperor had no intention of internal governance. Local officials in the south began to act recklessly, impose excessive taxes, and bandits caused trouble. Many people found it difficult to make a living, so they began to migrate to the north one after another.
No one expected that this war would last for several years, and the country in Daqian was in depression. The middle-aged couple migrated from the south to the north. They lived in a town for half a year along the way and gave birth to Fengbei.
The Feng family moved northward, and Fengbei grew up day by day. He was three years old and was learning to speak.
The scene changes and time passes.
Fengbei's family settled in Baili Village. They opened a butcher shop. The men went up to the mountains to hunt, and used skilled knife skills to separate tendons and remove bones. They traded raw meat with the villagers for food and made a living.
"Ahem... Feng Lang, yesterday Aunt Li next door said that there were traces of mountain bandits on the official road outside. Due to the disturbance by bandits, prey on the mountain has become increasingly scarce. Should we find another place to live? And during this period, Xiao Fengbei's eye disease It’s getting worse day by day, cough cough cough… The doctors in the village are unable to treat it, so it’s time for us to go to the town.”
"Feng Bei's eye disease is not serious for the time being, but you are infected with the wind and cold. You need to go to the city to find a skilled doctor to treat you."
"Feng Lang, but we...cough cough cough."
"It doesn't matter, I will find a way, you can rest easy and recover."
The scene playing out in front of Zheng Xiu seemed to contain more than just Feng Bei's memory.
The memory fragments were not continuous, just like a flashback. In the blink of an eye, Zheng Xiu saw the back of the man walking away with a bloody deer leg on his back.
It's a long way to go to the city, and the man will be there for ten days.
During this period, bandits entered the village. The village chief saw the Feng family. The man was not there, but the woman was handsome and plump. Knowing that the bandits were vicious and lustful, the village chief asked the woman and Feng Bei to hide among the reeds in the river.
Unexpectedly, the bandits were eating and drinking in the village. They feasted for three days and emptied the village's grain reserves.
When the man came back from the city, he only brought back a small bag of medicine and was silent.
When I returned to the village, I saw the bandits. The man looked like a Rakshasa and swung his knife to kill all the bandits who invaded Baili Village.
Later, he chopped up the flesh and blood of all the bandits, threw them into the river, and destroyed the corpses.
The woman froze in the water for three days. The wind and cold became more severe and her high fever persisted.
One night, Fengbei heard her father talking to himself in the room.
"It's all their fault, it's all their fault, it's all their fault, it's all their fault..."
"It's all them. That deer leg is obviously worth ten taels of silver, but they say half a tael of silver!"
"Hehe... don't blame me! Don't blame me!"
Feng Bei watched his father cry and laugh that night, vaguely knowing that his father was bullied in the city, accidentally killed someone, and was wanted all over the city.
That night, Fengbei's right eye bled and she went blind. Her whole body was itchy and painful, but she didn't dare to tell her father.
Later, the dying woman forced a smile on her bed and said that the village was full of good people, kind and honest. Her husband had killed many bandits and they would definitely come to trouble the villagers in the future. He also said that although you put down the sword, don't forget your chivalry. Your three aunts, six aunts, and uncle Dou are all good people, so don't let them go hungry.
The man held the woman's hand and choked with tears as he agreed.
"I, Feng Nantian, swear to God that I will repay them for taking me in! I won't let them go hungry, I won't let them go hungry..."
On this day, a man named Feng Nantian made a heavy promise.
Later, for some reason, nests of white carp appeared in the river east of the village, and they grew up in a few days. The villagers caught the carp and made soup. The meat of the white carp was fresh and sweet, without any fishy smell. The villagers lamented God's goodness of good life and changed the name of "Baili Village" to "White Carp Village", hoping that the carp would grow for a long time so that they would not go hungry.
The woman survived for half a month and died. The village doctor sighed, it would be better if he had money to buy medicine.
Since the woman's death, Feng Nantian has been even more silent. He goes hunting in the mountains at sunrise and returns at sunset.
Feng Nantian later went out to find a lot of salt, embalmed the woman's body using ancient methods, and placed it in the dormitory.
Feng Bei was scared at first, but gradually got used to it.
Being with her mother's corpse, she vaguely felt that her mother was still alive, living here.
One day, Feng Bei woke up from hunger and found that his blind right eye could see clearly and his body no longer hurt.
But beside her, there was a pair of shed human skin.
The face of human skin is hers.
Feng Bei panicked and ran into the mountains to find his father.
When the man returned home, Fengbei didn't return, so he silently picked up the sword and went into the mountain to look for it.
A blink of an eye.
Zheng Xiu saw that Feng Bei's hands were covered with blood, and there were a lot of minced meat and vomit on the ground, as well as a few bunches of red rabbit fur.
Father Feng came and didn't say much about it. He only said:
"Don't touch anything from now on."
The young Feng Bei was in shock and asked in tears: "Daddy, can't you touch daddy too?"
The man shook his head and said in a cold tone: "No."
So Fengbei didn't dare to touch any living thing, except herself.
There was a strange pattern in her right eye. The children in the village laughed at Feng Bei: "Ugly! Ugly! There is an ugly monster in the Feng family!"
Later, for some unknown reason, the crops in the village could no longer be planted, the seedlings withered overnight, and the white carp no longer appeared in the river.
Some people in the village began to say that Feng Bei's eyes were the reincarnation of a disaster star, born with an ominous nature and killing all relatives and friends. They also said that her mother was also the one who killed Feng Bei.
Some people are doubtful.
Until one day.
The number of bandits running rampant on the official road is increasing day by day, and they once again discovered Baili Village. Bandits poured into the village. When the man came back, the village was full of pieces of meat. Feng Bei was holding himself in a pool of blood, shivering. The villagers looked on from a distance, with horror in their eyes.
When Feng Bei saw her father, she wanted him to hug her, but her father pointed at her with the tip of a knife and said, "Don't touch me."
The man silently dumped the body parts into the river.
"That person named Feng is the reincarnation of the disaster star!"
"Don't get close to that kid from the Feng family, he's an evil sect!"
"It's really crazy!"
"The Feng family is really miserable. Her mother must have killed her for giving birth to such a wicked child."
"Don't tell me, whoever touches her hands will die."
"Don't get close to that evil child of the Feng family, it will kill someone!"
"You see, her name is unlucky."
"Bei, Beibei, and Northern barbarians are not good people. It's unlucky to be called 'Bei'."
"How about we drive them away?"
The villagers were worried.
The next day, patches of white carp appeared in the river again.
The only thing wrong is that the carp's head looks vaguely human.
The villagers chopped off the fish heads and had a hearty meal.
The bandits knew that this village was evil and did not dare to come again.
The white carp in the river gradually dried up again.
They finally understood that if they wanted to raise white carp, they had to feed them human flesh—fresh human flesh.
I was hungry for ten days.
Ten days later, the village chief couldn't bear it anymore and secretly erected a sign on the side of the road.
Another day, several officials settled here after a long journey.
The village chief was frightened and entertained the officials with pickled dried white carp.
Late at night, the man dragged his knife and stepped out of the butcher shop.
The next day, fish began to grow in the river again.
Lots and lots of white carp.
The white carp's carp head is becoming more and more human-like.
Feng Bei peeked through the crack in the door. Whenever outsiders came into the village, his father would go out late at night, chop the bones and flesh on the table, and then feed the fish.
Feng Bei watched secretly the next day, until one day, his father sealed the door with a wooden board.
Feng Bei cried, but his father drove him into the room.
Feng Nantian looked crazy and murmured: "They are all dead! They are all dead! They are all dead!"
Little did he know that the previous owner of the farmhouse had left a small hole in the bedroom to allow dogs to enter and exit.
One night, Feng Bei was in a daze when she heard the sound of chopping meat. She took a peek and found that bones had grown out of the handle of the knife, like a bone claw, holding her father's hand tightly.
From then on, the man never put down his knife.
The villagers seemed to have forgotten the existence of Feng's family.
Even if Feng Bei passed by, they pretended not to see him.
Only Feng Shi dares to kill people.
If the Feng family dares to kill people, they will have fish and meat to eat.
The murderer was the Feng family, and all they ate was fish and meat, nothing more.
When outsiders come, the villagers warmly welcome them. Men go out late at night with knives, go home, chop meat, and feed fish along the river.
There is an endless stream of people coming to the village, and there is always more fish to eat in the river.
Day after day, morning after morning, night after night, night after night.
Spring passes and autumn comes.
Men have forgotten Fengbei, and villagers have forgotten Fengbei.
Even Feng Bei has forgotten why he is here.
until one day.
A tall and handsome man stopped Feng Bei.
His smile reminded Feng Bei of his father long, long, long ago.
…
"Believe me, I mean no harm!..."
“I am Zheng Shan.…”
"What's your name, little girl?"
"Feng, Fengbei."
"Fengbei! When the phoenix comes to the instrument, the geese from the north fly to the south! What a good name!..."
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