Globe Trekker

Chapter 36
After washing up, Wu Ming's emotions have adjusted. Although the painful guilt is still lingering in his heart, his face has become much better. Seeing the many crying women who have just untied the ropes being separated out by the master like commodities, Wu Ming couldn't bear it. Witnessed, this is a chaotic world where the weak prey on the strong, far more cruel than he imagined.

Following the master's yelling, more than a dozen men and women lifted the wounded in the cave and went down the mountain carefully. Everyone, including the hostages, left the life-saving cave and went back to the two rows of houses by the deep pool to recuperate.

Wu Ming followed behind the crowd with the little footed old lady who was caught up the mountain on her back. The pregnant woman helped the old man walk carefully. It took a long time to safely reach the deep pool with a good environment.

The careful master and the wife of Lu Da's family ordered people to boil the water quickly, took out some clean clothes, and politely asked Wu Ming and the five captured hostages to take a bath and change their clothes. Several women rushed to change Wu Ming's clothes Take it to wash, saying that the savior should not be allowed to wear dirty clothes.

Sitting under the towering ancient tree again, Wu Ming looked at his clean hands and was filled with emotion. The experience of just a few days made him deeply shocked and sighed.

Master Lu didn't know when he would arrive, so he sat across from him and looked at Wu Ming gratefully: "Brother, I don't want to thank you for your kindness. I asked you not to worry about the place where I was sorry for your kindness before, and I will definitely repay you." Brother's great kindness, if you don't despise me, brother will be my Lu Zhengde's relatives in this life!"

The master and the third family came over to thank him repeatedly, each one respectful and obedient, not far from the door of the house, more than [-] men and a group of women stood quietly, casting grateful glances at Wu Ming.

Wu Ming quickly stood up, asked everyone to sit down, took the hot tea from Lu Kuiyuan with both hands and put it down gently: "Don't do this, little brother can't afford it!"

"If you say that again, you still won't forgive us in your heart!"

The master smiled bitterly again and again: "I won't say anything if I see outsiders. Originally, we made up our minds to keep you no matter what, and even planned to take those five hostages to blackmail you, but after this life and death, we all know that we can't keep you." You are the dragon crossing the river, alas! Looking at you, there must be something hidden in your heart... Tell me, even if you want my old guy's life, I will give it to you."

Wu Ming smiled politely and said: "Too serious, in fact, helping you is also helping myself. If those people broke in, we might be even more unlucky. To be honest, you might not be able to defeat them at that time, but you were suddenly attacked and disrupted. It’s a matter of propriety, and then it’s numb and careless, patronizing drinking and not arranging sentries.”

"Afterwards, I thought about it carefully and found that although the sneak attackers were well armed and numerous, their formation was chaotic and disorderly. My brother was shot and fell down, and the morale of the army was in turmoil, so I couldn't stand it."

Wu Ming paused for a moment, then continued to say to the people who nodded frequently: "Perhaps as an outsider, I can see more clearly. I went around and knocked down a few by chance. I don't deserve such kindness from everyone. If you really want to thank me, please invite Brother Ang and All the heroes, let these people go back as soon as possible, especially the pregnant sister-in-law. Her husband is still locked in the Quzhou prison, waiting to be redeemed with money. .”

Everyone was relatively speechless for a while, but Master Lu sighed again and again.

The ashamed Master Lu suddenly stood up: "Don't say anything, I will personally send you down the mountain tomorrow, the third child..."

"Brother?" The third master hurriedly stood up.

"Kill the pig, set up the wine, and set up the incense table! I want to make an apology for Brother Wu." Lu Da's thick chest rose and fell, and the wound on the right face was bleeding again, obviously very excited.

"I'll go right away." San Dangjia turned around and left.

The sun was about to set, and the banquet was already set up. The two foreign monks and the elderly family who had been trapped on the mountain for nearly a month were also respectfully invited to sit at the long-lost table.

Wu Ming desperately grabbed Master Lu and several leaders who were about to kneel down for him, and sincerely drank the three bowls of toast in one go, throwing away the bowls was like throwing away all the past festivals.

A group of men were very grateful, Master Lu, Third Master and Master respected Wu Ming with a bowl of wine again, and then they burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

In the end, Wu Ming got drunk and woke up in the middle of the night to find two foreign monks sitting in front of his bed. When they saw Wu Ming woke up, they quickly offered tea and thanked him in a low voice.

Monk Yang told Wu Ming with emotion that the master had made it clear that he would send them down the mountain at dawn, and returned the [-] ransom in addition to the fifty pieces of cloth.

After Wu Ming listened patiently, he kindly asked them all to rest, lay down again and stared at the top of the old mosquito net, and did not close their eyes until dawn. After thinking about it, he put on his clothes and walked out of the house. suck it up.

"Didn't sleep?"

The master came to me at some time, and sat beside Wu Ming with a pot of tea.

Wu Ming just glanced at him and didn't say anything. The master didn't care. He took a sip of tea with his teapot in his mouth, looked at the starry morning and sighed quietly: "What's your plan for the next step, brother? Are you really going to study in Shanghai? Don't worry about it." , I have no other meaning, you are my benefactor, you can go wherever you want."

Wu Ming was silent for a long time, and suddenly said something that surprised the master: "My mind is very messed up now, and I feel that I am a sinner, alas! I want to take advantage of the treasure land of the master and the master to rest for a while, and then I will talk about what to do when I figure out what to do. ?"

The master suddenly stood up, and sat down slowly after a long time: "I will build you a new house tomorrow."

"No, I'll just live in the cave. After cleaning it up, it will be a good place to be warm in winter and cool in summer. There is an open space at the entrance of the cave, with big trees and clear springs. It's a blessed place." After Wu Ming finished speaking, he lit a cigarette again, The curling smoke enveloped his face, making it difficult to see his eyes clearly.

In the morning of the next day, Wu Ming ate breakfast under the warm greetings of the men in the village, walked down the steep and curved two-kilometer mountain road to the east, and escorted the five hostages to rest on the flat grass beside the stream at the foot of the mountain. Dozens of people still stood at the top of the cliff and watched for a long time. So far, none of them knew that Wu Ming would stay.

After resting, they went back on the road, and after walking about four kilometers of rugged mountain roads, the long team finally walked out of the mountain pass covered by forests and criss-crossed with streams.

In front of two lonely houses at the intersection at the foot of the mountain, there were three honest middle-aged people standing. When they saw Master Lu and Master walking in front, they immediately trotted up. The woman with a big belly invited her to the carriage that had been harnessed at the door, and the two men behind the master carried a few bundles into the carriage.

The old lady with little feet panicked to open every package, and found that there were several antiques and gold bars of her own inside.

Arranging two foreign monks to board another carriage to leave, Master Lu took Wu Ming's hand and was very pleased. Wu Ming whispered something in his ear, Master Lu nodded frequently, and soon called the master and the third master over Discussed, then threw the matter to the masters, and walked back holding Wu Ming's hand without thinking about anything. The twenty or so brothers who thought they were going to see Wu Ming off were stunned. There was heartfelt cheers.

Lu Kuiyuan chased after Wu Ming excitedly: "Brother Wu is really staying?"

Wu Ming kept walking: "I have nowhere to go for a while, so you won't drive me away, will you?"

"Haha, hahaha! That's great, Brother Ang, you must teach me how to shoot a gun, and I'll teach you boxing, how about it?" Lu Kuiyuan almost jumped up with excitement.

Master Lu yelled loudly: "Shut up! How dare you show off in front of your brother Ang with your sparse posture? If you don't know the depth, go ahead, go back and ask your mother to cook a table of good food, and then give your grandpa Bring out the altar of good wine."

"Okay!"

Lu Kuiyuan rushed to the front as if flying, and the young people behind also raised their legs to speed up, passing Wu Ming and Da Dangjia and quickly entered the mountain.

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Two carriages carrying the released hostages drove smoothly into the main road. The pregnant woman in the front carriage saw the familiar scenery on both sides of the road and pedestrians in twos and threes. She was finally convinced that she had left the bandit's den. Hua Ji can still get back all the money and antiques that were robbed, all thanks to that Mr. Wu!"

The stunned old man with a haggard face nodded and sighed: "I don't know if I can see Mr. Wu in the future, daughter, don't think about it so much, let's keep this kindness in our hearts first, everything will wait for me to meet my in-laws in Changshan Lord, let Youchun be redeemed from prison."

"Dad, you started to do business at the age of 16, and you have traveled all over the world and seen a lot for decades. What kind of person do you think this Mr. Wu is?" the woman asked curiously, wiping away her tears.

The old man pondered for a moment, then shook his head at a loss: "I can't tell. This Mr. Wu is a good-looking person. He speaks politely, acts openly and frankly, is a man who values ​​love and righteousness, and can speak English. But listen to those bandits talking about it. I'm afraid this Mr. Wu will kill someone." It’s scary to come! No matter how I look at it, I can’t understand it, alas!”

In the carriage behind, Hangzhou pastor Dai Zichen was also asking the American priest Raymond in English: "Father, what do you think of Mr. Wu? He didn't go with us."

Lei Mengde looked solemn, and looked towards the back of the car subconsciously: "That mountain can't keep him, he is a young man with principles, if my guess is right, he probably went to a certain military academy, He has received a good civilized education, as to why he was captured by the bandits, I still don’t understand, but one thing is certain, he will never stay in the bandits’ lair.”

"Yeah, talking to him during this time, he said twice that he would like to visit European and American countries and see the development of modern industry and science and technology. Therefore, with his knowledge and ability, he should not be confused with the barbaric Bandits, maybe he will go to Shanghai soon."

"I always feel that we will still have a chance to meet him in the future... It's just that we don't know his full name and hometown until now, otherwise we will be able to find out his details." Dai Zichen seemed to be lost in memory.

Lei Mengde nodded: "David, I agree with you, but after we return to Yushan County to report safety to the local church, we should stop trying to use the power of the Chinese government to retaliate, even though the bandits captured half of us. It took many months, but our bodies were not harmed, and the bandits finally returned the ransom of 1 yuan. In this case, we don’t need to ask the incompetent government to send troops to suppress the bandits, so as not to induce possible retaliation, and I dare say, Your government troops are no braver than those bandits on the mountain."

Dai Zichen agreed deeply: "Yes! That's fine, as long as we don't retaliate, it is estimated that this group of bandits will not embarrass the clergy walking around in the future, nor will they harm the Yushan Church. Generally speaking, their hearts are still Kindness. There is a famous saying in China, that is, a thief also has a way. This is where I feel most at ease. Thank God, thank Mr. Wu! If I have the opportunity to meet him in the future, I will definitely thank him very much.”

Lei Mengde nodded slightly, staring thoughtfully at the scenery behind the car, his mind was full of Wu Ming's lingering face.

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