Chapter 175: A passerby escapes from the dead

Jianghu.

What is Jianghu?

Where there are dogs, there are rivers and lakes.

Fortunately, Rongzhen was not dressed as a dog this time, but as a woman who was about to lose her warmth and was nearly eaten by wild dogs.

The original owner's name was Song Xizhen. Her father was a scholar and her mother was a concubine from a wealthy family. They were married by chance and lived a loving and harmonious life until a cold took their lives.

The Song family is an orphan with no relatives, but they have familiar neighbors and friends and students of Song's father. The original owner, an orphan, is a touchstone to test their humanity. No matter how carefully she survives, it is difficult to avoid being wiped out by some of them one day.

Therefore, before their death, Song's parents made arrangements for her. They hired an escort agency to send her to the capital to live with her uncle who was an official, and asked her uncle to find a good marriage for her.

Unfortunately, the convoy encountered a gang feud on the way. The bodyguards protected the large group and escaped in time, leaving behind some elderly, weak, women and children who could not run fast and were killed by the heroes who had avenged themselves.

The original owner was riding in a carriage with her maid, but when she got off to find a place to relieve herself, she ran head-on into the hero's sharp knife and had her neck cut in two by the knife.

Because the original owner fell behind, the wound on his neck was not very deep. As long as he could find hemostatic herbs and bandage it in time, he would still have a chance to survive.

The premise is that the hero will give her this opportunity, and she does not die from excessive fear.

Yes, the original owner was actually scared to death.

The hero did not attack her again after finding out that she was not breathing, otherwise Rong Zhen would probably have faced the tragedy of having her neck broken or being stabbed in the chest after she came through.

After the hero left, wild dogs came over, smelling the blood, and started to bite and eat the corpses on the ground.

Fortunately, Rongzhen woke up early, otherwise even if her neck was not broken and her chest was not stabbed, she would have been bitten by the wild dogs.

Who knows if there is rabies and how to treat it in this era? Once you get infected, you will die.

Rongzhen quickly received the information and without taking time to sort it out, he drove away the stray dog ​​with great relief.

However, the wild dog had already tasted human flesh, and faced with her as food, it was impossible for her to drive it away just because she wanted to.

There was no other way, Rongzhen could only try every possible way to elude the wild dog that was drooling at her, and pick out the big thistle and small thistle that she knew from the weeds on the ground, stuff it into her mouth, chew it into pieces, apply it to the wound on her neck, and then tie it tightly with a torn strip of inner cloth.

The current conditions do not allow this, so I can only treat the wound roughly like this for now, and then do something else after I am out of danger and settled down.

Perhaps it was because the wound stopped bleeding and was applied with scented herbs, but the wild dog that had been chasing her hesitated and changed its target, pouncing on other corpses nearby and starting to eat them.

After all, if it doesn't start eating quickly, its companions will soon finish eating it.

Rongzhen took the opportunity to climb a nearby tree and watched them gnaw the dozen or so corpses at the scene into tatters, a horrible sight.

She turned her eyes away reluctantly, there was nothing she could do about it.

After all, the prerequisite for being kind is that she has to save her own life first.

Before sunset, the wild dogs finally ate their fill and left.

Rongzhen carefully climbed down the tree, hesitated for a moment, and then began to search for the corpse.

This is the ancient world of Jianghu. A hero can be extremely righteous, but can also be defeated by a penny. Without money, he can't take a single step.

What's more, Rongzhen is still a weak woman.

She needed money to start a new life, and there was no other way at the moment. She could only earn some hard work fees by collecting the corpses of everyone present.

In the world of Jianghu, the government will not care about people who die in the wild like this, nor will they track down the real culprit. They will just let the unlucky victims' bodies be thrown into the wild and eventually turned into bones.

Rong Zhen was only injured in the neck, but his hands and feet could still move. Even though he didn't have much strength, he could use the sword of another hero who was killed to slowly dig shallow pits and bury them one by one.

Before burying them, she went through everything that could be used on them and felt very enlightened.

There were silver, money, jade, jewelry, deeds, household registration, travel permits, etc., all hidden in various places on his body.

In order to ensure her future life, Rongzhen did not mind the trouble and checked very carefully. In the end, except for the clothes, she had basically collected all the other things.

In addition, there were the bags they dropped on the ground. The hero looked down on them, but she didn't mind.

There were also some things in the bag, but the most were clothes, food and water.

Rongzhen collected the drinking water into a large bag, tied all her spare clothes around her waist and legs, and put on two baggy coats and trousers on the outside, making herself look fat and strong. Afterwards, she smeared dirt on her head and face, making her look dusty and haggard, and she looked more than ten years older for no reason.

During this process, she also hid the valuables on her body. She also changed into a pair of larger shoes and stuffed a handkerchief inside to hold them up so as not to hinder her walking.

After finishing the cleaning, Rongzhen took a breath and thought for a while, then took out her hair and combed it into a Taoist nun's hairstyle. She took the sword and wrapped it with the remaining wrapping cloth, wrapping it several times and using all the remaining wrapping cloth, so that people could see the outline of the weapon.

After that, she put the wrapped sword on her back and walked away with a large bag full of things on her shoulder.

There was nothing there except a freshly dug grave and some blood and flesh left on the grass.

A moment later, even the blood and flesh were gone, eaten up by the small animals that came to eat the leftovers of the wild dogs.

At this time, Rongzhen had already walked away along the traveled path.

I don't know what the escort agency was thinking. Instead of taking the official road, they ran to the small path in the woods. They happened to run into two heroes fighting. That would be terrible.

To make a malicious guess, are they deliberately trying to use this incident to reduce staff?

The original owner didn't know the specific situation, and Rong Zhen naturally didn't know either.

According to the information package I bought, this is a world derived from a piece of romantic novel about martial arts. The heroine is called Lu Xiran, the daughter of the Lu family, a family of officials in the capital. She is eccentric, beautiful and kind-hearted. She is unwilling to be trapped in the harem like her mother, with her wings broken. So, with the help of her trusted maid, she escapes from marriage and ventures into the martial arts world, hoping to retrace her mother's path in the martial arts world and pursue the heroic dream that she has regretted for half her life.

The general plot is that after the heroine wanders around the world, she meets various outstanding male supporting roles one after another, and develops love-hate relationships with each of them. Finally, after going through many hardships, she sees through the world and human nature, returns home and honestly marries the hero, leading a happy and ordinary life of raising a husband and children.

Well, although I don’t know how to comment on this behavior, as long as the male protagonist is happy, it’s fine.

The male protagonist is called Xi Jingyuan. He is a child of a noble family with a family background and status comparable to that of the female protagonist. He is handsome and talented, but has been influenced by the teachings of Confucius and Mencius since childhood. He is a very law-abiding person and strictly abides by etiquette and dogma. He is almost the opposite of the female protagonist.

Of course the heroine doesn't like such a person, otherwise she wouldn't have run away from the marriage. The reason why she can accept him in the end is probably because of the comparison with the male supporting actors, and also because the heroine is tired of playing outside and understands what a plain and simple life is.

Anyway, they finally achieved a happy ending.

As for the original owner, her identity is somewhat related to the heroine. She is Lu Xiran's cousin and the child of her father's concubine sister. That is to say, the original owner's mother is actually a concubine's daughter of the Lu family in the capital.

As the daughter of an official, even if she was a concubine, she was raised in luxury. How could she end up marrying a mere scholar?

This is another story of a happy marriage brought about by a combination of coincidences.

It started beautifully, but ended a bit tragically. The couple both died of illness, leaving behind an orphan girl to guard the family property and be targeted by someone with ulterior motives.

Yes, where is the original owner’s property?

Rongzhen quickly flipped through the relevant memories and found that they had all been changed into banknotes and hidden in the secret pocket of her inner clothes.

Fortunately, it was not lost. Those banknotes were not only from the sale of property, but also from her mother's dowry. That was the bulk of the money, and it was also the reason why the original owner was coveted by many people.

The dowry of a concubine's daughter from an official family, no matter how simple and worn out it is, what's left is enough for an ordinary family to live on for many years. Who wouldn't be tempted?

In addition, the original owner was smart and pretty, with a quiet temperament, and was well-read and elegant. She looked like a lady taught by her mother. How could ordinary families not be envious of her? They would be lucky to marry her.

The original owner's parents must have been aware of this problem, so they arranged everything before they died. However, man proposes, God disposes, and their efforts were ultimately in vain.

The reason why the original owner suffered this disaster here was mainly because the author of the novel wanted to use her death to remind the heroine to be vigilant and facilitate the development of the subsequent plot.

Therefore, Rong Zhen has only one plot mission, which is to let the news of her death reach the ears of the heroine, increase her vigilance when she first enters the world of martial arts, and then just avoid the crisis of losing her virginity, make friends with the male supporting role, and team up to catch the flower thief, thus starting her journey as a chivalrous woman in the world of martial arts.

Rongzhen doesn't have to do anything extra for this task; it can be completed automatically once the time comes.

Because when she came, she had no chance of survival in the eyes of the escort agency. After they arrived in the capital, they would take the initiative to report her death to the Lu Mansion, and the Lu Mansion would not send anyone to investigate, because her reputation had been damaged by her wandering outside. Even if she was lucky enough not to die, the Lu Mansion would only regard her as dead for the sake of its own reputation.

As for why the heroine can go back home fine after experiencing all the ups and downs in the world, and can still marry into a wealthy family and live a happy life, but other women cannot do that.

I don’t understand either.

Maybe this is the power of the heroine's halo.

Rongzhen doesn't need to worry too much about the plot missions, but she must pay attention to the wishes left by the original owner.

The original owner hoped that she could live a good life, even if she had to change her name and live a miserable life, in order to fulfill her parents' last wishes before they died, to find a good man to marry, to have more children, and to continue the family line.

Because of this, Rong Zhen came. Otherwise, after the original owner died, there would be no need for the tasker to come, and the plot mission would be completed naturally.

Therefore, Rong Zhen’s main task now is to help the original owner achieve his wish, live well, get married, have children and continue the family line.

Let’s put the latter point aside for now. What’s more important now is that she has to find a place to settle down first. Only when she is settled can she consider other things.

The June sky, like a child's face, was once filled with the afterglow of the setting sun, but now it is covered with dark clouds and a storm is about to come.

Rong Zhen couldn't help but quicken his pace. After a while, he successfully stepped onto the official road and prepared to see if he could spend some money to get a ride on an ox cart or a donkey cart.

Otherwise, relying solely on her own two legs, carrying a large bag and a sword on her back, it would take her an unknown amount of time to enter the town.

The original owner's memory mentioned that there was a small town ahead.

Rongzhen decided to find a hotel there as soon as possible, otherwise she was afraid that it would be even more difficult when the heavy rain came.

Unfortunately, I don’t know if it was because of the bad weather, but I didn’t see any other people on the road, let alone ox carts or donkey carts.

Maybe he was scared away by the noise of the fight between the two heroes before?

There was nothing I could do but keep moving forward. As I was walking, there was a loud thunder and heavy rain poured down in an instant, leaving no time for me to react.

Rongzhen was instantly drenched like a drowned rat, but luckily the clothes she was wearing were thick enough so she didn't get soaked through for the time being.

The original owner's parents died of a cold, and she couldn't follow in their footsteps.

She carried the bag on her head and trudged forward in the mud. She felt her body and feet becoming heavier and heavier, and she became drowsy.

The original owner was indeed a girl who was pampered in the boudoir, and her physical fitness was extremely poor.

Rong Zhen sighed and wiped the rain off her face. The black soil, mud and other things that she had applied before were now all washed away.

Amid the sound of the pouring rain, there seemed to be some movement coming from behind, gradually approaching.

Rongzhen quickly looked back and saw through the curtain of rain what looked like someone riding alone from behind.

Even though it was raining heavily and the road was muddy, the other person was still riding very fast and was close to Rong Zhen in a moment.

When it was about to pass her, the man on the horse suddenly pulled the reins, and the horse neighed, raised its head and hooves, and stopped in an emergency.