The sky is like a canopy, covering the surrounding areas. The small town at dusk seemed to be dyed with a layer of golden light, the dust in the sky was flying in the wind, and the sky was getting darker.
Brother Hai pulled out the bronze-colored monocular telescope from his waist, held one end in one hand, and stretched the barrel. The copper-colored barrel was covered with mottled marks left by steps.
Looking at the big man lying on the horse, still unconscious, Brother Boy sighed, pulled the horse and continued to move forward. Taking advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun, he found a weathered ruins and tied the horse to a dead tree stump. On the bed, the people on horseback and the people saluting were moved down and placed against the wall.
Brother Hai looked around for some dry firewood and dried animal dung. The night was already approaching, and stars gradually appeared in the night sky.
Brother Hai skillfully lit a bonfire, poured the water in the kettle into a soft bucket made of cowhide, sprinkled a handful of salt, and placed it in front of the horse. The horse immediately put its head over and drank heavily. .
Seeing that the horse drank water, Brother Hai took out the prepared hay and fed the horse one by one. After feeding for a while, he stopped, walked to the bonfire, and sat down against the earth wall.
By the dim bonfire, he looked at the strange man who was still unconscious against the wall, took out a piece of cooked horse meat from the cloth bag containing dry food in his luggage, and slowly ate it.
"Hiss!" I don't know how long it took, but there was a sound of gasping for air. Brother Hai, who was sitting by the fire in a trance, suddenly woke up. He quickly turned his head and looked at the strange man who was gradually waking up warily.
The man is very burly, more than a head taller than Brother Hai, with strong muscles and tight bones. There are calluses on the back of his hands. He is obviously a man who holds a knife all year round.
Wang Zhong gradually regained consciousness and sat up with his upper body propped up. He looked at the little black man in front of him who looked at him warily and asked, "Did you save me?"
"Yeah!" said the sheepskin coat, his face was dirty, his hair was disheveled, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.
Wang Zhong cupped his fists and saluted: "Thank you, little brother! Do you have any water, little brother?" As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, a cowhide kettle was thrown over.
He grabbed the spout of the pot, pulled off the stopper, raised his head and raised the kettle into the air, and drank heavily.
"You just woke up, don't drink too much water." After a few sips, the little black man suddenly reminded him.
Wang Zhong was also a person who had spent decades in the Gobi Desert. He put the stopper back on. A smile appeared on Wang Zhong's face and he threw the kettle back: "Thank you little brother. My name is Wang Zhong. What do you call me little brother?"
"Brother Hai!" Wang Zhong was stunned! I couldn't help but take a closer look at Brother Hai. He had unkempt hair, full of dust, and dirty face. He was not tall and had a small frame. He looked a little thin. He should be about fifteen or sixteen years old. He was wearing sheepskin. The coat was already covered in dust, and there were two short knives about fifty centimeters in length on his legs.
Wang Zhong looked at the short knife on Brother Hai's leg: "Brother Hai has been a swordsman at a young age! I admire you, I admire you!" Brother Hai did not answer and chose to acquiesce.
"Why did you faint on the Gobi Desert?" Brother Hai asked doubtfully. He had checked Wang Zhong when he picked him up. There were injuries on Wang Zhong's body, but they were all old injuries and there were scars left on them. At least It's an old injury for several years, but there is absolutely no new injury, not even trauma.
Wang Zhong smiled bitterly and said: "I heard that there is a Double Flag Town in the Gobi Desert. I wanted to go there to hide from my enemies, but I got lost while walking and encountered a sandstorm." The system did not give Wang any information this time. Rearrange identity.
"Hiding an enemy? You are not an outsider," Hai Ge looked at Wang Zhong, who was dressed in strange clothes, and said with a bit of caution in his eyes.
"Yes, I came from Guan Nei. I provoked enemies in my hometown. If I can't fight against them, I can only run away!"
"You see, your skills are not bad!" Brother Hai said: "Is your enemy so powerful?" When a person who practices martial arts reaches a certain level, his muscles and bones will be stronger than ordinary people, and his qi and blood will be stronger. Brother Hai saved Wang Zhong It was checked when.
"Hey!" Wang Zhong sighed and said with a wry smile: "No matter how good you are, you can't carry a foreign gun. Dozens of foreign guns come at you, and even copper skin and iron bones can't carry it!" Foreign gun: "What is that thing? ?”
"It's a new type of fire gun. Do you know about the fire gun?" Wang Zhong asked. Brother Hai shook his head. Wang Zhong gestured with his hands: "It's almost this long. It's an iron pipe with organic yellow inside. It can be fired after loading bullets. The sound is as loud as thunder, and it is very powerful. It has several layers of old cowhide, and a wooden board two or three fingers thick." It can penetrate all the bullets, and it's very fast. By the time you hear the sound from a distance of more than ten feet, the bullet has already hit you, and you don't even have a chance to hide." Brother Boy's eyes widened. It feels very strange: "So powerful, can you hit someone from a distance of more than ten feet?" Brother Hai is actually a child who is full of curiosity about everything, but he is a bit shy.
"Not only can it hit people, but if it hits a vital part, it can kill them directly!" Wang Zhong said with a concerned look on his face: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have escaped all the way to the outside of the pass."
"I hate that my enemy in the fish and meat village does all kinds of evil. He colludes with corrupt officials, oppresses good people, cares about people's lives, and has many evil deeds. He is a famous bully in our place. Children can cry when they hear his name. He is worse than evil ghosts. , my father died of illness some time ago, and I had no worries anymore. I happened to see that bully molesting a girl and preparing to sell her into a brothel. I couldn't stand it, so I picked up a knife and killed him. I also blamed myself for not being good at learning. I couldn't kill him, I only slashed him twice, but it wasn't the vital part! But he was chased by his men and fled, hastily exiting the seclusion." Wang Zhong punched his palm and said bitterly, this acting skill, when compared to In the real world, he is a proper actor and an experienced actor.
As expected, Brother Hai's eyes immediately lit up when he heard this story, and the wariness towards Wang Zhong disappeared from his eyes, and he even subconsciously leaned towards Wang Zhong.
"Brother Wang Zhongzhong, how did you escape?"
"Then how can I escape? Just get on the horse and run away. I don't dare to look back. I just rush all the way to the outside of the pass."
"I was afraid that the man wouldn't give up, so I thought of hiding a little further. After a year or two, he would let down his guard, and I would quietly go back and chop off his head to pay homage to the innocent people who were bullied to death by him. "Wang Zhongyi said indignantly.
"Brother Wang Zhong, you have been unconscious for a while. You must be hungry. I have food here!" Brother Hai took out the food bag that he had just put away.
Wang Zhong raised his hand and patted Brother Hai on the shoulder and said, "Brother Hai, I won't be polite to you anymore!" After a few words, the two started chatting. Brother Hai was young and had always lived under his father's care. Under the wings, he has a simple mind, otherwise, he would not have been deceived into sharing the money he spent to pick up his wife with that bullshit grand ranger in just a few words.
Wang Zhong was chewing horse meat and suddenly asked,
"Brother Haige, why are you walking alone in this desert at such a young age?" Haige grinned and said, "I'm going to Shuangqi Town to pick up my wife!"
"Yo!" Wang Zhong looked at Brother Hai in surprise: "Can't you tell, Brother Hai, at such a young age, you already have a wife?"
"My father ordered a baby kiss for me."
"What about your dad?"
"My father is dead!" Brother Hai looked a little sad. His father's death was also a big blow to him. After all, he was only a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Sorry, I didn't know!" Wang Zhong apologized.
"It doesn't matter. If you die, you will die. My father said that people will die sooner or later. He just took the first step. I will die too in the future."
"Your Majesty, you are very open-minded!" Wang Zhong's words were not entirely complimentary.
"Your Majesty?"
"That's your father!"
"Then what does open-mindedness mean?" Brother Hai looked at Wang Zhong puzzled.
"It means that I can see things clearly and have no worries." Brother Hai's educational level is indeed a bit low. Wang Zhong asked: "Brother Hai, do you have any relatives or friends?" Brother Hai shook his head and said: "My mother died long ago, and now I am the only one in the family." Wang Zhong said: "Brother Hai, you have no relatives or elders, and you are so young. If you just rush over to propose marriage, I’m afraid you’ll run into difficulties!”
"What's the difficulty?" Brother Hai looked innocent.
"Have you seen your father-in-law and future wife in all these years?" Wang Zhong asked. Brother Hai shook his head: "No, my father asked me to go to Shuangqi Town to pick up my wife before he died."
"After so many years, can you guarantee that your father-in-law is still in Shuangqi Town?" Brother Hai was stunned and didn't know how to answer this question.
Wang Zhong said: "There is no peace inside and outside the pass now. There are wars everywhere inside the pass, and there are horse thieves running rampant outside the pass. Life is difficult. Let's not talk about whether you can find him or not. Even if you find him, your father-in-law may not be willing to leave his house." My daughter entrusts you to such a young man."
"As the old saying goes, if you have a hairless mouth, you will not be able to do things well. You are young and have no parents around to take care of you. How do you plan to support your wife? If you have another child in the future, how will you support her? Where is the child?"
"Have you ever thought about this?" Brother Hai was stunned by what Wang Zhong said. It took him a while to come back to his senses and quickly shook his head: "My father only told me to go to Shuangqi Town to pick up my wife." The child couldn't help but be innocent. , still a little stunned.
Wang Zhong said: "Then if your father-in-law asked you this, how would you answer him?" Brother Hai was confused by what Wang Zhong said. He didn't know how to answer. After thinking about it, there was no result, and then he looked at Wang Zhong asked: "Brother Wang, how should I answer?" Wang Zhong said: "I don't know much about your situation now. If you are willing, I will ask you clearly about your situation first, and then tell you how to answer. You how do you feel?"
"Okay, Brother Wang, you can ask!" Brother Hai answered decisively. Wang Zhong began to ask: "Where is your home?"
"Baihegou."
"Do you have a house at home?"
"Have a house."
"How many rooms are there?"
"There are three rooms."
"Do you have land at home?"
"There are five acres of land."
"Can you farm?"
"Won't."
"Does the house have a well?"
"No."
"Is there a water cellar?"... Time passed quietly in this question and answer.
