Chapter 69 Chapter 129

Today was the day when Machete Xiaoliu and the three brothers made an appointment to come to the countryside to visit Ding Hao and Ding Hao's wife.The three rogues went out of the city, walking happily on the country road, looking around all the way, but they were not too bored. They seldom come to the countryside, and they naturally feel that they have a different taste when looking at the country style.Occasionally, they saw someone working in the fields, and they stopped to watch for a while.There are small village girls passing by, and they also look at them wildly. When they come to meet them, they criticize their faces, and when they pass by, they criticize their buttocks again, laughing and enjoying themselves.

It's just that the sun in May is already unbearable.Tieniu and Datou pulled off the coarse clothes tied around their waists, revealing a black and solid body as cast iron, which made them feel cooler. From the end of the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, the folks are fond of tattoos. Some people not only have tattoos all over their bodies, but even their tongues. Affected by this trend, these three rogues are no exception.A one-horned rhinoceros was tattooed on Tieniu's chest, and the bull's eyes were wide open, as if it was about to run wild.On the back of the big head is a downhill tiger. The tiger's body is lying on the shoulders, squatting forward and then respectfully, with its teeth and claws open, and the tiger's head is on the chest, as if it is about to choose someone to eat.

At that time, it was different from modern times. Now there are tattoos, which seem to hang the signs of hooligans on their bodies. Good people should stay away from them. At that time, ordinary people had tattoos. It was unavoidable to linger on the two of them a few more times, causing the two rogues to puff out their chests and belly, triumphantly. Machete Xiaoliu was in a terrible situation. He thought that he was going to see his elder brother and his mother today, so he had to dress decently, so he was taken away from others, and he sold him at a bargain price before it was too late. A set of son's robes was worn on the body.

Scimitar Xiaoliu's temperament, wearing a prince's robe is really a monkey's crown, neither fish nor fowl, but he naturally feels very good, he is not willing to strip his back like the two rogues beside him, so he was sweating all over when he walked, so he had to open the Arty fans shaded the head. Seeing that Lijiazhuang was just ahead, Machete Xiaoliu groaned weakly: The red sun is burning like fire! Even though the big head took off his clothes, he felt impatient and said: It's better to have a ladle of cold water. Tie Niu said angrily: When it's hot, he goes to rest under the tree and sings some bird poems.

Scimitar Xiaoliu shrugged and said: You learn by yourself, do you envy us? I bother!you have knowledge of birds The two were quarreling, the big head walked past a field of crops in front of him, and exclaimed with great joy: "There is a river in front, how about going to drink a couple of sips of water, wash off to cool off, and then go find the eldest brother?" Xiaoliu and Tie Niu rushed over immediately after hearing this, and saw a big river in front of them, with mighty water and rolling white waves.Xiao Liu said: "Why didn't you say there is a river earlier?"Let's go, let's go!That group of people came happily, what treasure did they pick up?

The three rogues were very lively, so they rushed to meet them, and saw many people, men, women, old and young, coming out of Zhuangzi.Four big men in front of the head carried a pig cage.When the three of them looked into the pig cage, they turned out to be a beautiful little lady, she looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, she was wearing a rough moon-white linen shirt and skirt, her body was a little dirty, her black hair was messy, but that Zhang has a beautiful oval face, but is delicate and pretty. Scimitar Xiaoliu has never read a book, and he can't tell how to make a good method. He just feels that seeing this little lady is like watching the old shopkeeper cut open the embryo in a gem shop a few days ago. The stone fetus, like when a piece of green jade is exposed inside, makes people's eyes brighten and their hearts are full of joy.

Such a painful little lady, but her slender hands were cut behind her slender waist by thick hemp ropes, and she was lying curled up in the pig cage.Her scissored eyebrows have long eyelashes, and her eyes are frozen, as if she has turned a blind eye to everything around her. When Machete Xiao Liu saw it, he hurriedly stopped a big man who was approaching beamingly, and asked, "What shameful deed has this little lady done?" When the big man saw that he was from another village, it was a good time to make the Li family famous, so he hurriedly said: "This little girl can't bear to be lonely, she steals and raises a man, loses morals, do you think such a person deserves to die?"Speaking of which, she is a widowed woman of the Dong family, and her mother-in-law is the girl married in my Li family village, but the men of the Dong family are dead, and our Li family is doing justice for the heavens, and we are fighting for justice.

For the crime of adultery in the Song Dynasty, men were sentenced to three years of servitude, and women were sentenced to two years of servitude, which is equivalent to the current reform through labor.However, although the imperial court has relevant laws and regulations, relatively closed and backward villages are still used to lynching instead of reporting to officials.Generally speaking, although the law does not approve this kind of behavior, it usually does not prohibit it, especially this kind of thing is mostly passed by the whole village unanimously and implemented by all. The civil uprising would become a major event of losing people's faces or even losing their heads, so most of the officials pretended to be deaf and dumb.However, civil lynching is much more cruel. The most commonly used method is to soak pig cages, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with it.

Scimitar Xiaoliu heard this, nodded repeatedly and said: "Justice, really righteous, such a woman really deserves to be killed."Hey, why is she the only one? What about her thief, but he has already been beaten to death with a stick? The big man said: "Her adulterer is the steward of the Ding family. Ding Hao has committed a crime now. The Ding family is going to punish him. It is not my turn to take care of the Ding family. We will only punish this man." The little whore is.After speaking, he hurriedly followed. Scimitar Xiaoliu was taken aback when he heard that, he hurriedly pulled Big Tou and Tieniu to the side of the road, pulled out his ears and said: Did I hear correctly?You can hear clearly what he just said.This little lady is Brother Ding's woman

Datou said in a naive voice: I hear you clearly, isn't it our sister-in-law, oh no, my sister-in-law is going to be sunk in the river, what should I do? Tieniu rolled up his sleeves, spat in his palm, and said angrily: "Straight mother, if you dare to harm my elder brother's best friend, you will not take our three brothers seriously. Wait, I will beat them up." Individuals are thrown off their feet. Scimitar Xiaoliu grabbed him and shouted: "Stupid Tieniu, do you only know how to use force?" Tieniu stared and said: "Why, you also think this little lady should be killed?"

Scimitar Xiaoliu took a sip and said: "Fart your swindler, look how beautiful that little lady was born, she has a concubine love with our elder brother, love between a man and a woman is a match made in heaven, and it's a match made in heaven these days. What's the matter with promiscuous people?Since we brothers saw it, we have to take care of it no matter what, but if we brothers can fight, if all the thieves in this village come to bite us, how will we get out after saving our sister-in-law? Datou said: "Xiao Liu has always had a lot of ideas, what should I do in your opinion?" Scimitar Xiaoliu rolled his eyes and said: Come with me! When Ding Hao rushed to Li Zhuang, he was exhausted. Half of the people in the village had left. Fortunately, there were still some people who didn't follow to watch the fun. Ding Hao asked a little boy playing in front of his house about the situation, and he was frightened out of his wits for a moment. , immediately ran to the river. After leaving the village and before reaching the river, Ding Hao saw many villagers walking towards the village whispering to each other. Ding Hao's heart sank and he ignored them. He hissed loudly: Dong'er!Stumbling all the way to the river, many people in Lijiazhuang didn't recognize him, they just stopped and looked at him in surprise. Ding Hao stumbled and ran to the river, only to see the river rolling eastward, the waves undulating, and there was not even half a figure on the water, his knees softened, and he couldn't help but kneel down in the mud by the river. Also unable to get up. The river is mighty, and it goes away silently, as if his soul and six souls were all broken, and he drifted away with the river Dong'er, my Dong'er Ding Hao was devastated, his mother died of a sudden illness just now, and Dong'er left him again. This series of heavy blows has already made him mad. Thank you, Brother Hao, for saving the slave family. The Second Young Master has a temperament that cannot be offended. You are from the Ding family, and you often walk by his side. In the future, you must be more careful, lest he intentionally embarrass you. Everyone said you were stupid, you were always dull and honest, but now you have learned to be so glib. Brother Hao, in the next life, Dong'er will marry you, be your wife, and serve you for the rest of your life.do you want?Do you dislike it? People follow you, even if you eat chaff and swallow vegetables, no matter how hard your life is, you will still be happy in your heart. Brother Hao was wronged by you!Because he was with the slave family last night! In early spring and February, at the bridgehead at the entrance of the village, she washed some clothes and took a few breaths of steam. She looked so pitiful, like a white squirrel squatting by the river.When he was kissed frivolously by him, his little face was dyed with the shyness of a peach blossom The spring breeze moves the heart of spring, the mountains and forests are full of wonders, the sun birds spit out voiceless sounds, the green lotus covers the water, and the hibiscus flowers are red and fresh.Lang sees that he wants to pick me, and I want to cherish lotus.Digging for Kyushu pool, full of mansions.Hibiscus is planted everywhere, so gracefully that Lianziyuan's ice is three feet thick, and plain snow covers thousands of miles.My heart is like a pine and cypress, how is your love?That was her singing while washing her hair in the clear spring and singing a cappella. Under countless pairs of contemptuous gazes, she used the hairpin he gave her to make her beautiful hair, and her charming demeanor when she smiled brightly All of that is vivid in my mind, the voice and smile are still there, and the beauty's trace has disappeared with the passing of time. In the scorching sun, Ding Hao hugged the ice. There are eight hardships in life.Birth, old age, sickness, death, parting from love, resentment for a long time, unable to ask, unable to let go.In the whirling world, is everything suffering? It's him, he's that shameless thief! After a moment of astonishment, Mrs. Dong Li panicked. She was afraid that Ding Hao would make trouble for her. She was afraid that Ding Hao would reveal her scandal.Like a crazy bitch, she jumped up and shouted: "Look at the old and young men in Lijiazhuang, he hooked up with other people's daughter-in-law, and now he came to Lijiazhuang to demonstrate, this is riding on the head of the man in Lijiazhuang!" Shit, it belongs to a man, can you bear it? Ding Hao turned his head violently, blood pierced his pupils, his momentum was like a madman, Dong Lishi was so frightened that he couldn't speak a word. Kill him, kill him!Such a filthy thing, the sky does not support it, the land does not reap it, and it is only right and proper to kill it! Many men from Lijiazhuang rushed over and started punching and kicking Ding Hao. Ding Hao roared and raised his fists, fighting with them like a desperate beast.He used his fist, he used his elbow, he used his knee, he used his teeth, and he beat indiscriminately, but every time he hit a person, he was covered with other people's blood, and he was also covered with his own blood. Now he only feels happy when he hits his fists and feet heavily on a certain human body, and only when countless fists and feet fall heavily on his body can he feel that he is still alive.He yelled like a wild beast, desperately tearing everything in front of him Ding Yuluo couldn't bear it anymore, he couldn't care less about the hidden murderer or revealing his identity.She rushed out from the darkness and shouted in a deep voice: So many people hitting one?Seeing the injustice on the road, the young master draws his sword to help! Ding Yuluo slapped a cover and rushed into the crowd, her hands were merciless, she used both fists and kicks, slashing at the vital joints of a person with each kick, knocking down a strong man with each kick.But although she has a famous teacher, her actual combat experience is really limited, and it is better when she fights alone. In this kind of melee, she beat the old teacher to death with random punches.When she broke through the crowd and made a bloody path to Ding Hao, the strong man who had fallen behind him was moaning in pain, and she also received a lot of punches and kicks on her body. Ding Hao's eyes were red, and there was only the enemy in front of him. Ding Yuluo rushed in front of him. Without thinking about it, Ding Hao punched her bloody fist hard.Ding Yuluo twisted his wrist, and gently pulled Ding Hao over with his strength.Ding Hao was thrown by someone in this way only once, and the memory is still fresh, so his mind moved and his mind became somewhat clear.Ding Yuluo yelled in his ear: Forgot how you taught me back then?Begging to die is a coward, living has hope! The Li family, who had always been domineering, was enraged, and rushed forward one by one, roaring. you go!With a loud shout, Ding Yuluo rushed into the crowd, kicked five or six strong men with blood spurting from their mouths and noses, and rushed into the crowd, only to be surrounded by more people immediately.As Ding Yuluo shot, he shouted loudly: Still not leaving?If you don't leave, I can't escape either. Ding Hao had already recognized her identity, he took a fixed look at her, and ran forward desperately like a wounded wolf.Before he could go far, there was a green gauze curtain in front of him, Ding Hao got into it and disappeared In the green gauze tent, Machete, Tie Niu, and Da Tou sat side by side on the ground, looking at the crops in front of them, as if they had never seen such a beautiful scenery before, and they could not take their eyes off it. After a long while, Datou said: "Xiao Liuer, we are sitting here, the sun is really not shining, but here is airtight, it seems to be hotter." Sweat dripped down Xiao Liu's neck like a little snake, he snorted coldly and said: Well, what do you want? Before Datou could speak, Tie Niu said: "It's really hot, I also want to get up and take a walk, it will be cooler when I catch the wind." The machete said fiercely: sister-in-law is behind, where are you going?Sit down for me, the fuck, and let me tell you, we have done a lot of messy things, but they are all trivial matters.If you want to go to Dali, I will not frown even if you kill people and set fire to them, but there is one thing that no one is allowed to do, and that is treason.We and Brother Ding are sworn brothers, and Brother Ding's woman is our sister-in-law, and the elder sister-in-law is like a mother. If any of you are looking around and peeping at the sister-in-law, my little six will recognize you, but I won't know the knife in my waist You are in my hands, I gouged out your eyes. Tie Niu pouted his neck and said, "Fart your bastard!"What do you call us?We were so bored that we almost fainted, well, we can bear it if you say so, then when will we leave. Machete Xiaoliu said: "Sister-in-law's clothes are all wet, how can I get away if they stick to her body?"No matter what, I have to wait for my sister-in-law's clothes to dry. When he said this, he turned his head and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you okay?" Ai!The slave is fine.A sound came from a distance, and it was Luo Donger's voice. Scimitar Xiaoliu said: That's good, when sister-in-law's clothes are dry, we will accompany sister-in-law to find elder brother. If you find any insects and rats, don't be afraid.Most of the snakes in this field are grass snakes, which are not poisonous, and they won't entangle you if you don't move them. Luo Dong'er responded crisply again, and the two sides fell silent again. It turned out that Machete Xiaoliu was leading the people from Li's Village to soak the pig cages. It was his elder brother's woman, so he immediately took Datou and Tie Niu to the lower reaches of the river, hid behind a huge rock, watched the movement there, and saw that the villagers had arrived By the river, there was another speech of righteousness, Machete Xiaoliu said: "You two wait here, as soon as they throw my sister-in-law into the water, I will drag her over. If someone finds out, you two will have to break up." If it goes well, we will save the sister-in-law and go find the eldest brother. Tieniu and Datou knew that Xiaoliu'er was good at water, he could sleep on the surface of the water lying on his back, and the water could only reach his belly when standing upright, so it was easy to save someone back, so they immediately nodded in agreement.Xiao Liu took off his outer clothes, broke off a long reed branch by the river, pinched off the head and tail, emptied his stomach, and quietly dived into the water. Luo Dong'er was thrown into the water, because the cage was filled with boulders, and immediately sank to the bottom of the river, the scimitar Xiaoliu who had been there for a long time closed up immediately approached, and took out a half-foot-long scimitar that he kept close to him. The knife cut through the bamboo cage and pulled her out. Although Luo Dong'er was not afraid of death, she was thrown into the water and suffocated, so she couldn't help struggling. Xiao Liu'er dragged her away from the spot, then dived a little, and stuffed the reed into her mouth.Luo Dong'er was able to breathe, and her mind calmed down.When he opened his eyes, he saw a young man who was about the same age as him, gesturing to him hastily in the water.Seeing his good intentions, Luo Dong'er held her breath, and let him pull her arm, and followed him to dive into the distance. Scimitar Xiaoliu has excellent water skills, and he travels along the current at an extremely fast speed. He dragged Luo Dong'er ashore near the big rock, and there was a green gauze tent on the ashore. How could those people in Lijiazhuang find their whereabouts.It's just that Luo Dong'er's clothes are completely wet. Although the girl's body hasn't grown out yet, her clothes are thin in summer and soaked in water. It's still a bit indecent, so the four of them had to escape into the green gauze tent. After walking for a while, they couldn't tell the difference. North and South didn't know where they were going, so the four of them had to take shelter in this green gauze tent, waiting for her clothes to dry before finding a way out.This time, Ding Hao broke into Li's village and singled out more than a hundred big men, but they didn't even know about it. In the evening, Machete Xiaoliu went to Ding's Village to search around, and then went out of the village and went into a forest. Luo Dong'er, Datou, and Tie Niu immediately went to meet him. Dong'er hurriedly asked: "Brother Tong, can you Have you heard about him? Xiao Liu said bitterly: "It's a pity, we left early, the elder brother hurried away when he heard that his sister-in-law was taken to Li's Village by the Diao wife of the Dong family. The three of them were called Luo Donger's sister-in-law all the way. Luo Donger was shy at first, and repeatedly stated that she was not married to Ding Hao, but the three of them ignored them. It's Ding Hao, let alone ignore it, just ask: Brother Hao rushed to Lijiazhuang?How is he now? Xiao Liu said: Brother, I was one step late, I had already saved my sister-in-law and left.In grief and anger, the elder brother single-handedly fought with a hundred and ten men from the Li family. Luo Dong'er heard Huarong's tragic change, and said in a sobbing voice: "What should I do? How can he be the opponent of those people by himself? Was he injured or something? How is it now?" Xiao Liu said again: The injury doesn't seem to be serious.Well, it shouldn't be serious. He can escape without knowing where he is going. I don't think it's a serious problem. Tie Niu was very angry, raised his leg and kicked, and cursed: You are usually said to be smart, our brothers let you deal with everything, who would have thought that your mother-in-law is really anxious, what else is there, you just let it out. Xiao Liu glared at him, patted his buttocks and said: "Brother, as soon as he started, there was a ranger who happened to pass by there. Seeing the road was rough, he helped him and helped him defeat more than twenty strong men, and stopped the people in Lijiazhuang. Let him go, and now there is no trace of the eldest brother.However, although the eldest brother has not practiced martial arts, his body is still very strong, so there should be no major problems.It's just that other than the Ding family, where else can he go, sister-in-law, do you know? Luo Dong'er shook his head: "There is nowhere to go. He has lived in the Ding's compound since he was a child. Now that the aunt has gone and Zhuer's whereabouts are unknown, he must think that I am dead too. Now that he is alone, what else can he go to?" Speaking of the sad part, Donger burst into tears, Tieniu looked annoyed, and shouted: I can't stand it anymore, Xiao Liuer, where is that thief woman, I will kill her first, and then go to Lijiazhuang to have a good time, After beating Li's house, go to Ding's house to seek justice for eldest brother, do you want to go? Machete Xiaoliu said: The culprit who killed my sister-in-law is the Dong family woman. This thief woman has already returned to Li's village, we might as well beat her up.As for the Ding family, they are not so easy to talk to. We have to think long-term, so instead of thinking about ourselves, we have to think about my sister-in-law. If we are all trapped in it, what should my sister-in-law do as a weak woman? Luo Donger couldn't bear to listen to their discussion to clean up her mother-in-law. She hurriedly said: "Forget it, my mother-in-law drowned her slave's house in the river, and this relationship will be broken. From now on, she will be her, and I will be me, and there will be no more entanglements." .You are all upright heroes, how can you come to bully him? Speaking of which, you have to find Brother Ding. Xiao Liu frowned and said: "It's a bit difficult, more than 20 people have been injured in the Li family village, many big men are still lying at home, dislocated, broken bones, the Li family is clamoring to seek bad luck from the eldest brother."The eldest brother will definitely not show up in public, and the news of the sister-in-law's resurrection must not be publicized, otherwise how would the shrew of the Dong family let you go?She took out her mother-in-law identity, and it is inconvenient for anyone to defend you publicly. If you know the approximate whereabouts of your eldest brother, it will be much more convenient for us to find him quietly. ah!Luo Dong'er suddenly let out a soft cry, and said joyfully: I have thought of where Brother Hao might go. The three of them were overjoyed and asked in unison, "Where did eldest brother go?" Dong'er said: Brother Hao has been discussing with me, saying that he will go to Guangyuan Mansion to serve for General Cheng.At that time, he said that he would take me, Aunt Yang and Zhu'er with him, but now he has no place to stay here, and he thought we must have gone alone. The three of them were stunned for a while, Xiao Liu slightly shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily the case, even if elder brother wants to leave, he should meet with our brothers and say something."It's getting late now, my sister-in-law might as well follow us back to the city and stay at my house for the time being.There are many brothers and sisters in my family, you and my younger sisters will live together for the time being.In the past two days, we will continue to search for the whereabouts of the eldest brother. The big head scratched his head and said: What should we do if the elder brother has already left? Tie Niu said in a proud and dry voice: so what the hell, if the elder brother has already left, we will escort the sister-in-law to Guangyuan to find him. Datou said with a tongue: Guangyuan?I've heard of that place, but the three of us haven't been that far. Tie Niu said nonchalantly: "It's only a long way. I think how loyal it was to send Jingniang thousands of miles away with a coiled dragon stick when our Song Dynasty officials were not successful."Zhao Guan's family did not know Zhao Jingniang before, we were escorting our own sister-in-law, and what the brothers wanted was a word of righteousness, so we couldn't go there. When Machete Xiaoliu heard him mention Zhao Kuangyin's heroic deeds, he couldn't help but feel heroic: Good!Let's pick up my sister-in-law and wait for three days. If there is no news from my elder brother after three days, we will send my sister-in-law to Guangyuan! Luo Donger was so grateful that she stooped to her knees: Three brothers Gao Yi, Luo Donger thanked you for your great kindness Sister-in-law please hurry up, Machete Xiaoliu hurriedly stopped: You are our sister-in-law, you can't kill us if you do this big gift, please hurry up, sister-in-law.Datou and Tieniu are both orphans, they are roots wherever they go, Xiaoliu has many brothers and sisters, dad only hates that there are a few idlers in the family, he doesn't bother to care about where I go.Let's make a deal like this, sister-in-law will go to my house. After three days, if there is no news from elder brother, our three brothers will go thousands of miles to protect sister-in-law and find her husband in Guangyuan. Dong'er's face became hot when he heard it, but Tieniu and Datou laughed. The three brothers clapped their hands and made an oath, and then walked to Bazhou City with Luo Dong'er protected.