When the old man saw what Du Jie said, he shook his head gently: "No need to say it anymore, I know what the young master means, but it's a pity that my daughter is not lucky enough to have such a life. She doesn't have this life, and she can't ask for it."
The woman heard the chat between Du Jie and her father. At first she didn't know what they were talking about, but after listening for a few times she understood that her father wanted to betroth her to the young hero in front of her. She was so ashamed that she lowered her head. Although his head was buried, his eyes carefully looked at Du Jie with his peripheral vision.
The old man also felt a little embarrassed to say anything to Du Jie now, so he simply got up and walked forward to see the dead man who was killed by lightning just now. Du Jie was too embarrassed to persuade the woman. Seeing the old man walking forward, he didn't know how to persuade him. He stood there blushing. This is the first time since I was born that I have encountered such an embarrassing thing.
The old man reached the man and leaned down to take a closer look. The colorful clothes that the man wore in life turned into charcoal color after being struck by lightning. It was completely pitch black, and it was impossible to distinguish the facial features. The old man circled around him twice and suddenly said "Hey"
"Sir, this man doesn't seem to be dead yet. Look at his chest still rising and falling. Is he still alive?" After saying that, he reached out to touch him.
Du Jie glanced at the man's chest and saw something alive seemed to be moving on his chest. Ordinarily, in front of the 'Lightning Technique', it is impossible for anyone to survive a complete blow but not die. What happened to this person? Du Jie also planned to go and see what happened. At this moment, a scorpion's tail hook protruded from the man's clothes.
When Du Jie saw it, he shouted, "Don't move!"
By the time I said this, it was already too late. A three-inch long poisonous scorpion sprang out from the man's chest, and the poisonous scorpion's barb instantly pierced the old man's arm. The old man fell aside with an ouch.
Du Jie took three steps and two steps at a time, then moved his fingers with his left hand, and shot a flying rainbow towards the poisonous scorpion. The flying rainbow hit the poisonous scorpion solidly. But what Du Jie didn't expect was that Venomous Scorpion just rolled back a few times, and then quickly ran away to the side due to bad experience.
If this poisonous scorpion can bear it, he will point his finger at the rainbow, so he is definitely not an ordinary person. But Du Jie couldn't care about it at this time.
Du Jie came to the old man's side and saw that the old man was already twitching all over. Du Jie secretly thought that it was too bad and immediately took out a bottle of medicine from his body. This medicine was left to him by Yao Bodhi when he left. According to him, there are ever-changing poisons in the world, but No matter what kind of poison, this bottle of medicine can cure it.
After swallowing a pill, the old man's dark complexion improved slightly. The poison of this poisonous scorpion was unprecedented. If it had been a moment and a half later, there was no doubt that this old man would not be able to be saved.
The old man took the medicine. After a while, his throat bulged, and then he vomited out a mouthful of black and purple blood. As the mouthful of dirty blood vomited out, the old man's whole body seemed to wilt. He opened his eyes hard, and then he saw Du Jie clearly in front of him.
Du Jie held his head and asked him hurriedly: "Old man, are you okay? How do you feel?"
The old man coughed hard, as if he wanted to spit out the dirty blood. He shook his head and called his daughter over. Just a moment ago, the woman was shy when she heard that her father had decided to let her marry Du Jie, but in an instant she was seriously poisoned. She ran up to the old man and grabbed his hand: "Daddy, don't scare me. How about you, daddy."
The old man touched her face lovingly and said stumblingly: "Tui'er, your eldest brother... your eldest brother is gone. He died half a year ago. There is no need for us to go to the Northwest Camp. Daddy can't walk either. You were born in my family. From now on, there will be no relatives in this world. Cui'er, daddy is sorry for you."
The woman cried harder and harder. When she saw her father, she didn't see her eldest brother, and her heart tightened. But confirming this news from her father's mouth, she really couldn't accept it, and now her father's life and death were also uncertain. The only two relatives of the day were gone, which suddenly gave the woman no hope of survival.
The old man shook Du Jie's hand: "Young Master... I'm afraid I won't survive. You saved me several times, but my fate is like this. I will die here in the northwest. After I die, I don't ask you to protect my daughter, I only ask her." I can be a girl by your side. If the young master really doesn’t want to, please arrange for her to marry into someone else’s family. It’s a great kindness to you, and I, the old man, will repay you in my next life.”
When Du Jie saw the old man's reaction, he didn't know why his medicine didn't work. It stands to reason that the antidote left by Yao Bodhi could not cure the poison in this old man. Seeing the old man like this, Du Jie took out the medicine bottle from his arms. The old man shook his head
"Sir, it's not that your medicine doesn't work. The old man has been poisoned before. The doctor said that the poison is in the internal organs. It's fine if you keep it, but if you pull it out, you will die in an instant. This is my life, I admit it. "
After the old man finished speaking, he squeezed his daughter's hand: "Dad, I don't want to die. None of you have a family. Dad...Dad doesn't want to die like this. Daddy, I'm sorry...ah...ah!"
As the old man talked, his state became more and more wrong. He screamed twice in discomfort, and his voice gradually became extremely weak. He finally looked at Du Jie.
Du Jie knew that the old man was worried about his daughter and was waiting for Du Jie to agree to his request. Du Jie felt very uncomfortable when he saw the old man like this. He was originally in a state of confusion, but when he saw the old man's eyes and didn't know why, he nodded silently and agreed.
When the old man saw Du Jie nodding, he wanted to show a smile, but before he could smile, his whole body began to twitch uncontrollably, his legs kicked up, and he died in front of Du Jie after a while.
Du Jie silently looked at the old man's body. Although he had known him for less than two days, he had lost his beloved son in the past two days, and now he died in the northwest. Du Jie originally said in the morning that he would care for him until he died, but he didn't expect that this word was still in his ears, and now he was dead.
Fortune plays tricks on people.
When the woman saw her father passing away like this, she was suddenly stimulated and fainted.
When the woman woke up again, she was in the carriage. It took her a long time to remember what happened. Jumping off the carriage, Du Jie stood in front of him. In front of Du Jie was a new grave bag.
Du Jie didn't turn around and said, "Are you awake? I still don't know your father's name."
The woman's eyes were swollen and red. She couldn't understand when she saw the grave in front of her. She plopped down on her knees and said, "My father's name is Zhao Shoude."
Du Jie nodded, took the wooden board next to him in his hand, and carved the words Zhao Shoude into it with his fingers. Then he gave the board to the woman and said, "This is your father's tombstone."
The woman took it from Du Jie's hand and saw the words that Du Jie had carved. Finally, she took out her finger to donate blood, and then wrote her name on it one stroke at a time. After the woman finished writing, Du Jie took it over and saw that it read: "My beloved daughter Su Xiaodie."
Du Jie asked strangely: "Your name is Su Xiaodie? Isn't your father's surname Zhao? Didn't he call you Cui'er?"
The woman nodded, then shook her head: "I took my grandfather's surname. My father was abducted, adopted by others, and took the surname Zhao. Later he recognized his ancestor and returned to the clan. My brother took the surname Zhao, and I did. The surname is Su. My mother thought Cui'er sounded unpleasant, so she changed my name to Xiaodie when I was three years old. My father named me Shunzui and never changed her name."
Du Jie nodded, turned around and placed the tombstone in front of the grave.
"Say goodbye to your father and let's go back to Yongzhou."
Su Xiaodie looked up at Du Jie: "How do you plan to arrange for me?"
"This..." Du Jie actually hadn't made up his mind yet. He lowered his head and looked at Su Xiaodie again. Maybe he had just experienced the death of a relative. Su Xiaodie didn't feel shy at this time, and looked straight at Du Jie: "I'm going back to Yongzhou for some matters. If Miss Su wants to settle down in Yongzhou, I can ask someone to find a good family for you."
Su Xiaodie shook her head: "I'm not familiar with the place in the northwest, and I don't want to stay here."
Du Jie hesitated a little after hearing this, and thought for a long time before saying: "Then you follow me to Yongzhou first, and when you return to the Central Plains, I can take you back to your hometown."
Su Xiaodie still shook her head and said: "I have lost all my relatives in my hometown a long time ago. Dad is my last relative in the world."
"This..." Du Jie found it a little difficult to handle when he heard this.
Su Xiaodie turned around and knelt in front of Du Jie
"My father entrusted me to the young master before he died. Young Master, you can take me with you from now on. I can wash and cook, and can do anything. Even though I am a child from a poor family. I have read a few books since I was a child, and I can recognize a few words." , I can also hold the sword and lead the horse for the young master. Please accept me, young master."
Su Xiaodie seemed to have spotted Du Jie, kneeling in front of him and looking at him sincerely.
Du Jie had no choice but to not agree, but he really didn't know how to arrange her. Du Jie thought twice and decided that he could only do this for now. If it didn't work out, he might as well let her stay in Yashan later.
Du Jie nodded at this time: "Get up, I agreed. You can follow me first, but what I do is extremely dangerous. If I ask you to do anything from now on, you will do it."
"Xiaodie understands."
Su Xiaodie paid her last respects to her father and followed Du Jie to Yongzhou.
After they had walked for half an hour, the soil on the grave began to shake for no reason, and then an old hand came out of it. Then it came out with shoulders, neck, and head.
The old man named Zhao Shoude actually climbed out of the grave again.
He looked around, then looked in the direction of Yongzhou, and smiled.
"This kid is still a bit interesting, much more fun than Zhang Chaozong."
After saying this, he jumped out of the graveyard and stretched his muscles. Then he saw the charred corpse not far away that had been struck by lightning.
"The 'Lightning Technique', this old guy is really good at it. I dare to teach him this without being afraid of getting burned. No, this kid has only been learning with Zhen Shifang for three years. How come the 'Lightning Technique' is so powerful?"
The old man lowered his head and inspected: "It's a pity that this Hong family's treasure was still somewhat useful, but I didn't expect it to be gone all of a sudden. His poisonous scorpion is of some use, and we can't let it disappear just like that. I just went... ...This way." The old man muttered a few words to himself, then looked in the correct direction and flew over.
