Daming kill

Chapter 140 The Mystery of the Mountains
Under the moonlight, above the mountains, in the dense forest.

"Father, you are cold! Could it be that you are sick?" A woman hugged a seven or eight-year-old boy in her arms and whispered softly.

Xiya is a name for children in the dialect of some areas in Huguang.

"Don't shout, are you afraid that people won't hear you?" A thin, dark but thick-necked man turned his head not far away and said angrily.

But after that, the big-necked and thin man quickly ran from the tall tree where he was to the bottom of the crevice where the woman was.

He put his hands on the shivering child's body and touched his face, then lowered his voice and wondered: "Don't you have a cotton coat! Why are you shaking so much?"

"It's been almost two nights since I've been out, and there's no warm food to eat. The grown-ups can't stand it anymore. Don't tell me the baby is freezing?" A shriveled old man huddled beside him said.

This natural shelter formed along a hillside is not just the woman and child, but a dozen or so men, women, old and young, most of them huddled together to fight the cold.

"There are roots, why don't we go back! The people in Zhuangzi may not have left yet, let's go and beg Second Master Song, so that we can admit our mistake. Second Master Song is kind-hearted, so he shouldn't punish us too severely." The child's woman begged in a low voice.

"What nonsense are you talking about! You've already come out, there is absolutely no reason to go back." The man with a big neck and thin skin said sharply.

"Why do you still want to go back? Are you really not afraid to flee with them? How difficult is it for us to escape? Return... you... don't you kill us? General Li doesn't blink when he kills people." A The 40-year-old woman who suddenly answered the conversation quickly changed from surprise to fear.

"But...but, Xiya is weak, maybe she is sick, how can this be good!" The woman holding the child looked helpless.

"Wu Yougen, take good care of your wife, don't cause trouble for us." The woman about 40 years old was a little anxious.

"Aunt Feng, no, no." The big-necked and skinny man smiled awkwardly.

Then, he gritted his teeth and began to take off his thin cotton padded clothes, at the same time he said sullenly to his mother-in-law: "Don't make trouble, take my clothes and wrap Xiya well, maybe it's just cold."

"Uh-huh...uh-huh..."

At this time, the dry old man who spoke just now suddenly cleared his throat twice.

Immediately afterwards, the old man said gently: "Ms. Gazi, there have been soldiers passing outside this mountain. Song Yingguan and the others must have left a long time ago. You should stop thinking about it! At the beginning of the night, the officers and soldiers are still there." Running desperately towards the city, I think I have already lost. If you bear with it, maybe you will see the rebel army tomorrow, and then your good days will come."

"I don't know what the rebel army is like. But I have seen the second master Song treat us well! He even buys cotton clothes for us. Where can we find such a kind person? Especially he has the kindness to save our family. I just left without saying hello, and I was in a panic." The woman holding the child still couldn't help arguing.

"It's a good thing, why regret it! No one is forcing you with a knife..."

The woman who was called Aunt Feng interjected again in a bad tone, as if she was very dissatisfied.However, before her Lianzhu Cannon was fully fired, it was interrupted violently.

"Stop saying a few words! Is there anything wrong with saying 'en'?" The tone of the dry old man who had always been gentle suddenly became very severe.

"Cai Yinjiang, you lonely old man, you don't care what I say..." The woman surnamed Feng began to divert the gunfire in dissatisfaction, but cut off the text again.

But this time someone was pulling her hard.

When she turned her head to look, she found that it was her own man and child who were pulling her hard, and the dim faces of the others under the moonlight seemed to be unfriendly.

After hesitating for a while, the woman surnamed Feng finally curled up with an expression of disapproval.

For a long time, the thin man with the big neck seemed to be stuck in his speech, as if he didn't know what to say for a while, he just looked at his wife with an embarrassing expression.

Wu Yougen, a skinny man with a big neck, was in his 20s and was a helper in the kitchen of the Li Ping security camp.

As a standard young man, Wu Yougen actually did such a good job in the kitchen of the security camp, partly because of his big neck, but more importantly because of his family and children.

Of course, Wu Yougen himself didn't think his big neck was a disease.

Generally speaking, in Li Ping's army, the soldiers who are the backbone of the family and the mainstay of the family are generally not wanted. Soldiers with big neck diseases can also be avoided as much as possible.

And Song Baolai is completely pitiful for Wu Yougen's child, and Wu Yougen's family.

When he was put into the Li Ping camp and entered the security camp, Wu Yougen's last remaining child had a very big belly, just like a pregnant woman who was already very big.

That was severe malnutrition and starvation.

But Wu Yougen's mother-in-law is only in her early twenties, but she is already like a shriveled old woman.

It can be said that without Li Ping and without Song Baolai, Wu Yougen's family basically would not have much time to live.

Although it was Wu Yougen's intention to escape this time, since Li Ping made it clear that he was going to leave, Wu Yougen was thinking of leaving, and his wife had already known about it.

Although there were some complaints, but there was no strong opposition, and it should be a little emotional.Otherwise, how could Wu Yougen and the others escape so smoothly.

What women love most is always their own children, as long as they have a choice, most of them will not be willing to follow the wandering army.

Now that Wu Yougen's mother-in-law suddenly said these words as an afterthought, she was probably worried that the child might be sick.

But there is no turning back when the bow is opened, and it is too late to say anything now.

"Second Lord is good. I will remember this kindness, and I will definitely repay it when I have the opportunity." Wu Yougen finally choked out a sentence, he is not without conscience.

After finishing speaking, Wu Yougen handed the cotton-padded coat he took off to his mother-in-law.

"Then you still insist on leaving? You didn't even say hello." Wu Yougen's mother-in-law grabbed the cotton-padded jacket and completely ignored her man's trembling.

The fickleness of women is fully reflected at this moment.

"Don't think about it anymore. I'm doing it for you two! Listen to me. You're right. If you don't say hello, it's to get away. Otherwise, none of us will be able to leave." Wu Yougen's tone has long since changed Instead of the aggression just now, he didn't even retort at his own mother-in-law.

"Song Yingguan is going to flee for his life. He is going to leave Xiangyang, where we have lived all our lives. No matter how good he is, hard times are inevitable on the way to escape. It is hard to say whether he can even save his life! At that time, women and children may not even Pigs and dogs are not as good.

Your family is right.

If you stay in Xiangyang, you two can live a better life.At that time, the three of you will plant a few acres of land, no, more than ten acres of land, and you don't need to pay for food. That will be your real life. "Cai Yinjiang didn't know, so he persuaded him again.

"What are you talking about? It's endless. Hurry up, it seems that someone is coming this way!" Another man next to the big tree where Wu Yougen used to keep the wind shouted anxiously.

In an instant, the big pit on the hillside became quiet.

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At this time, under the bright and clear moonlight, a large group of people were gathering in a scattered manner, not far from Wu Yougen and the others, slowly moving forward with the vegetation.

There were nearly a hundred people in this group, most of them held swords and spears, and most of them were adult men, with only a very small number of women among them.

They seem to be searching for something.

Because there were no torches, although there were many whispers of reminders in the crowd from time to time, some people still fell down or uttered soft cries of being hit. It seemed that a small number of people had poor eyesight or night vision.

"Captain Geng, we can't go anymore. You have cotton coats, but we don't. If you don't find a place to hide from the wind, you will freeze to death." A thin young man at the front of the crowd pointed at the one next to him. The big neck with a face full of flesh yelled in a low voice.

"Chief Mi Whistle is right! We have been walking for most of the night, we have enough people, it is time to rest, it is too painful for a blindfolded person to walk like this!" A person following them The capable little old man also chimed in.

Blindfolded birds are night blindness.

This disease was actually not common in ancient times, and it was generally only easy for poor people in mountainous areas.And as early as the Tang Dynasty, the famous doctor Sun Simiao had a certain understanding of this disease and recorded the method of using animal liver to treat it.

The big neck with a swollen face stopped in displeasure.

He glanced back at the little old man, then glanced at the thin boy beside him, and said loudly with some annoyance: "Micang, what did you say? I'm not doing it for us! The more people you look for If there are many, the rebels will be able to see us better, and everyone will have a more comfortable life in the future."

It is not as simple as being unkind for a captain to call the name of the whistle chief who is superior to him.

Maybe it was because the big neck with a swollen face was too loud, and the whole group of people following them stopped when he spoke.

The thin young guy obviously hesitated for a moment, but after rolling his eyes, he leaned closer to the big neck with a swollen face.

He lowered his voice and said, "I understand the reason. But there are many outsiders, so they may not listen to us. Moreover, many people escaped, not for the purpose of joining the army again, and they might leave after dawn."

"Are the dozens of people under you and me vegetarian? Anyone who dares to run will stab him. No matter how many of them are scattered, they have to listen to us." It can be regarded as a little bit smaller.

"Captain Geng! Am I just worried about what happens? Besides..."

"Ha ha"

Seeing that the thin and thin Micang still had a cautious expression on his face, the big-necked Captain Geng interrupted him with two loud laughs, and turned around.

Glancing again at the little old man, Captain Geng with the big neck curled his lips, then exaggeratedly raised the shining knife he had been carrying in his hand, and swung it vigorously in the air twice.

At the same time, he yelled: "I'm following you closely. Whoever wants to run away must have the intention of going to the city to report to us and harm us. You don't have to be polite, brothers, just cut it off."

"Geng Hu, don't shout so loudly!" The young and thin Micang whistle chief growled with a serious and helpless face, and seemed to be a little angry.

At this time, a delicate girl of twelve or thirteen years old who had been following closely behind the rice warehouse gently tugged the rice warehouse.

Geng Hu, who hadn't turned his head back, happened to see the little girl's movements. He smiled slightly, then turned around and said to Mi Cang disdainfully: "Look at your cowardice! Except for deserters like you and me, there are no deserters on this mountain." There's no one left, what are you afraid of?"

"You also know that there are deserters on this mountain? What I want to say is, what if we meet people who are bigger than us, shall we join their gang? The new people we recruited at that time must be all useless. "Micang, the whistle chief, spit out a bunch of words quickly this time, but he still tried his best to suppress his voice.

"what!"

Captain Geng Hu was stunned.

"Don't talk about those who slipped away like me, you know better than anyone how many soldiers who went out of the city to fight have escaped? Especially those who ran back to the city without energy, some even sent out the whole team. How many strong men! You and I don't have a lot of capital!" The whistle chief Mi Cang continued to add firepower.

"Damn it, why didn't you say it earlier, Micang, didn't we have been taking risks in the middle of the night?" Geng Hu was a little anxious.

"I just thought of it, so I want to remind you." Mi Cang blinked his big bright eyes with a very sincere look.

This really wasn't all faked by Mi Cang, he really just thought of this point which is basically impossible but just a lie.

Mi Cang scolded himself in his heart: "Bah! I thought of this earlier, why are there so many things?"

"Let's find a place to take shelter nearby, and we won't leave!" Geng Hu ordered.

Geng Hu didn't seem to realize at all that if there were a whole team of soldiers running together, how could they avoid the eyes and ears of the generals?He was caught up and cut down!Even Geng Hu himself took the opportunity to run away with a few people.

"There seems to be someone up ahead. I seem to have heard something just now." The capable little old man spoke again.

"what?"

"Damn, why did you say that?"

Both Mi Cang and Geng Hu were stunned, at the same time they couldn't help but raise their swords and looked forward nervously.

"When I was about to speak just now, Chief Mi Whistleblower happened to speak first, so I forgot it for a moment." Old man He had an innocent expression on his face.

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(End of this chapter)