Chapter 123
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army waved his hand and said, "Don't kill this man. He will be useful in the future."
The people around him asked anxiously, "What's the use? If he is useful! What about our dead brothers? If he is useful, what he did is enough to prove that his ability is just so so. Why should we keep him alive? We don't need such a person, why! Why!"
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army laughed and said, "You don't know, this man has a wonderful use. He is not one of us, so he will not easily arouse suspicion wherever he goes, especially our enemies, the people of Shaochai Mountain, will not suspect that he is one of us. What's more, he is indeed not one of us, and he is not one of us now. It is better for you to do this. As long as you don't kill him, he will still be useful.
We still need his help in dealing with the Shao Chai Mountain incident. If you kill him now, we will lose more than we gain. If you don't kill him now, we still have a chance to wipe out the Shao Chai Mountain."
They both want to catch the other in one fell swoop.
I don't know who will be able to catch them all in the end.
Although the Tiger and Wolf Army looked at Jiaming with indignation, they had to stop their actions after hearing what their leader said. They snorted, turned around angrily and walked away, shouting as they walked: "How abominable! If so many people die again next time, I will catch one of them and skin him alive!"
Jiaming said to their leader, "Thank you."
The leader waved his hand and said, "I didn't do this to save you. I did this for the Tiger and Wolf Army's greater plan. You don't have to thank me. As long as I can help you in the future, that's fine."
Jiaming said, "In that case, how about this? I have another idea. I can lure the people from Shaochai Mountain who are hiding here and make them fall into the trap. Then, we just need to rush out and strangle them together, and we can rest easy."
The leader blinked and asked, "What can we do?"
Jiaming said: "The solution is simple. I will go out and find the people from Shaochai Mountain and tell them that the people from Shaochai Mountain have surrounded the Tiger and Wolf Army with full armor. They just need to go over and have a happy reunion, pick up the Tiger and Wolf Army's stuff, kill the Tiger and Wolf Army's people to get revenge, and win a beautiful victory."
The leader asked doubtfully, "Is it that simple? If it were that simple, they would believe us, and wouldn't it be possible that we would be surrounded by them?"
Jiaming said, "We won't be surrounded by them so easily. I can lead them to the Eagle Crying Cave, and you just watch from the mountain. By then, they won't be able to fly away even if they have wings. Kill most of them and let some of them escape. Their people will surely be filled with grief and anger and want revenge. Taking advantage of their revengeful opportunity, we can strangle them to death."
The chief was skeptical, but then he thought that Yingtijian was a good place to go. It was high on top and low on the bottom. If someone was walking on the bottom, they wouldn't be able to see the people up there if they looked up. If someone was on top and looked down, their legs would become weak. Fortunately, there were rocks to lean on, so they wouldn't fall down immediately. Once someone fell, they would be smashed to pieces on the ground.
The reason why that place is called Eagle Crying is that even eagles would cry mournfully when passing by that place, and the sound was so mournful and terrifying that it sounded like an eagle falling to the ground.
If you want to kill someone, that's a good place to go.
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army thought about it again and again, nodded, and said to Jiaming: "Okay, since you said so, I will believe you this time and ask you to take the risk alone."
He paused and asked again, "But, that place is very dangerous, anyone can see at a glance, how could they be willing to go there? Even if you told them that our people were surrounded by them, they would definitely think that our people were downstairs and their people were upstairs, what would you do?"
Jiaming smiled and said, "This is even easier. If they don't want to go downstairs, they can go upstairs. You can ambush them upstairs in advance. When they get there, you can just move all the corpses here over there, creating the illusion that a big battle has just taken place there. When they get there and see what's going on, they won't be suspicious. You can just push them down from above when they aren't paying attention.
They are death below, and they are also death above; how can they not be considered dead?
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army nodded without hesitation: "Okay, go now!"
Jiaming said, "Okay."
He had not walked far when he was stopped by the Burning Chaishan people. They caught him and threw him in front of the boss.
"He betrayed us!"
The people from Shaochai Mountain shouted to their boss in their camp.
"Don't worry, just listen to what he has to say."
The boss of Shaochai Mountain said.
The people burning wood nearby grumbled, "What else can he say? Can he confuse right and wrong? I don't believe it."
Jiaming said: "I don't have the ability to confuse right and wrong, but I can tell you everything you want to ask me."
The people of Shaochai Mountain asked, "Why did you lead the Tiger and Wolf Army over and cause our brothers to die?"
Jiaming said: "Those are not the brothers from Shaochai Mountain, but those in the town who support the Tiger and Wolf Army."
The man from Shaochaishan was stunned for a moment, then said coldly, "You deserve to die. Well, you're excused for this. Why do you hang out with them?"
Jiaming said, "It's not that I was mixed up with them. Do you remember how you left before? When you left, you didn't take me with you, nor did you take my goods with you. I couldn't leave my goods, so I stayed with my goods. You left on your own, and Sen*wan* organized* and didn't take care of me, so I couldn't leave, and had to meet those tiger and wolf troops with my goods. This is not my fault."
The people at Burning Chai Mountain thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible. Even if it was because we left without you last time, you just talked to them. You talked to them! What did you talk about? Were you talking about how to harm us?"
Jiaming said: "I did talk to them, but I want them to help you."
"Nonsense! How can they help us? You must be talking nonsense and have no excuse for your mistakes. You are indeed a traitor and a thief. I will kill you! Revenge for my brothers! Revenge!"
The people at Burning Chai Mountain started shouting, and the atmosphere gradually became heated. A man walked out from the crowd and chopped at Jiaming's head. There was a bang, and a knife came from the side and stopped the man.
"Don't be in a hurry to kill him. He still has something to say. If he dies before he finishes speaking, he may become a ghost and come back to seek revenge on you. Can you deal with a mortal body or a ghost? I know you are not afraid, but it's always better to be safe. Also, didn't he tell us that he was helping us? In this case, you should at least listen to him finish his words.
If we don't know what he has done for us, wouldn't that be a shame? If we have the chance to kill all the Tiger and Wolf Army members, it would be our good fortune. If there is a benefit, why not listen?"
The people at Shaochaishan looked at each other, then took a deep breath, and reluctantly suppressed their emotions. They put down the knife that was about to kill Jiaming, and sneered at Jiaming, "Do you think you're lucky if you don't die today? If you don't die today, you'll die tomorrow! Do you think we let you live today because we can't kill you? No! If you can't tell me the truth, I'll still kill you!"
Jiaming nodded: "I understand. Let me tell you one thing. After you listen to it, you will know why I want to talk to them.
I met the leader over there, and the leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army told me that he wanted to wipe out all the people in Shaochai Mountain."
The people around him couldn't wait to shout, "Look! Listen! He has said this, how can we let him go? Brothers, let me kill him and avenge you brothers!"
As he was about to rush forward, he was stopped again. The person who stopped him was also from Shaochaishan. He said to him earnestly, "Listen to the end first."
He was a little indignant, but after hearing what his brother said, he didn't want to be disobedient, otherwise he would be the one with the problem. He thought about it, nodded, and stepped back, staring at Jiaming angrily, as if he could kill someone with his eyes. If eyes could really kill someone, Jiaming would have died long ago.
"This matter is very simple. I told them that I would lure you to a place called Yingtijian. If you follow me there, you will be able to see them. They will ambush you there in advance. You can pretend to be ambushed. In fact, you can send some people to hide in the back and push them down from a high place when they are not paying attention.
Anyone who falls from that place will die and turn into meat sauce, no one is exempted, even a person with skin of copper and bones of iron cannot withstand such a blow, it is much easier to kill people than other places. They knew this place, and agreed to the location as soon as they heard it, but they thought I couldn't do it, so they asked again and again, I have already made it clear to them, you will definitely go.
When you get there, you can work together inside and outside to deal with them. Isn't that great? In order to trick you into falling for it, they will carry the bodies up ahead of time. Carrying bodies definitely requires physical strength, and they will have used up some of their physical strength in advance. You go there ahead of time and appear after they have carried the bodies, catching them off guard. They won't have time to react, so they will definitely be slow.
They are stronger and more energetic than them, faster and more responsive than them, so why can't they kill them?"
"If that's the case, it may not be impossible," the leader of Shaochai Mountain said thoughtfully, "but we can't guarantee that what you say is true. You can say that to them before, and you can say that to us. You are not one of us, nor are you one of them. Who knows where you are from! If we are killed by you, you will definitely benefit."
Jiaming smiled and said, "Boss, what you said is very right. However, I am alone and powerless. If I get benefits, I have no one to share them with. What's the fun in that? Moreover, if others die, what benefit can I get? Even if I am a demon who loves to kill people, there is no reason for me to ask others to kill people and then I will just watch. I just have no choice but to pretend to be a snake with them. I can't die."
The old man of Shaochai Mountain looked at him doubtfully and asked, "You said that. It's not that we can't trust you, but what can we trust you with? You have to give us something. If you don't have any evidence, and we are tricked by you and killed by the Tiger and Wolf Army, wouldn't we be wronged?"
Jiaming nodded, "That's true, but I don't have any handle on me, what can I do? I remember that I have an heirloom, a Dingfeng sword. If someone uses it, it will be as powerful and flexible as an arm, and it is exquisite and beautiful. It can be collected, killed, sold, or appreciated. Holding that thing in your hand is like holding a wisp of fresh air.
If it is really used, it can calm the storm with just a wave of the hand. It is a very extraordinary thing.
The reason why it is called the Dingfeng Sword is because if you have this thing in your hand, you can be three times faster than others. When a fight breaks out, you won’t be afraid of others. When you swing it, it seems like you can stop the wind, so it is called the Dingfeng Sword. "
The leaders of Shaochai Mountain were very excited. They all liked good treasures, especially something that was both useful for killing people and beautiful to look at. They were very interested in it and shouted, "Hurry up, take out your stuff and show it to us!"
Jiaming laughed and said, "My things are on the truck. Now I am tied up. There is really nothing I can do. I don't know where the truck is."
Everyone was somewhat disappointed.
Jiaming said, "I wonder if you have seen my truck?"
Everyone looked at each other, shook their heads slowly, and became even more depressed.
The leader of Shaochai Mountain said, "No one saw it, so it must have been taken away by the Tiger and Wolf Army. If they took it, what shall we do?"
Jiaming said, "I can go get them. The truck is mine, and the things are mine. Even if they want to take them away, I am the owner of those things. It is my responsibility to take them back. Besides, they listened to me and would not stop me from going in."
The boss of Shaochai Mountain was skeptical, thought for a while and said, "It's not that I can't let you go, but what if you don't come back?"
Jiaming smiled and said, "That's impossible. Before I came here, I told their leader that I wanted to find someone from Shaochai Mountain. It's impossible for me to go there and not come back. Not to mention that you guys won't agree, even they won't agree to it. If I go there and don't leave, they'll kill me. If I go there and don't come back, you'll kill me. If I go there and don't leave, isn't that courting death? I'm blocking myself from both ends."
Why is that necessary?"
The boss of Shaochai Mountain was reluctantly convinced: "Okay, then you go. Remember to come back quickly and don't let them know the whereabouts and appearance of your Feng Ding Sword treasure."
Jiaming smiled and said, "Okay."
The leader of Shaochai Mountain waved his hand, and someone came forward and untied Jiaming's rope. He escorted him all the way out of the camp, and said to him viciously with gritted teeth: "I tell you, if you dare not come back, I will kill you as soon as I see you on the road!"
Jiaming smiled and said, "Good brother, I understand. I will definitely come back."
The man became more and more angry, his face turned red, and he clenched his fists, as if he wanted to punch Jiaming on the head. However, Jiaming walked out and he did not do anything. Obviously, he still remembered the boss's instructions to him before leaving, and he did not disappoint him.
Jiaming walked to the Tiger and Wolf Army's territory, waved to their guards and said, "I'm sorry, I'm back again. I remembered that I didn't take something with me. I wonder if you can open the door for me and make it convenient. If you can't let me in, you can help me and send my things back to me! If I don't have the things, I can't do it. I can't do it!"
The guard came out suspiciously, looked at him and asked, "Didn't you just walk out? Did you get caught not long after you walked out and then realized that nothing is impossible? Then how come you don't remember this incident when you were so well-planned before? Your memory and brain make me doubt your ability. Can you really do it?"
Jiaming said: "If I can't do it, how about you go? If you can go, I don't have to go. If you can't go, I will still go. Why do you think I'm here? It's all for your business! Now, things haven't been accomplished yet, and you're taking advantage of the situation? Even if you are born to do this, you won't criticize yourself if you don't succeed, right?
If you hope that this thing will not succeed, then forget it. Go back and tell your leader that I dare not do this thing! If you have no confidence, what do you want me to do? Am I going to die? Humph, I am not an idiot. If you think I am, I tell you that I am not, and I don’t want to be one. You are making a fool of me, I will not do it! "
He started shouting and saying he was done with it. The people inside heard him and came out to see what was happening. Someone called the leader, who came out to see what was happening. He saw Jiaming and found him crying. He walked up to him and asked, "What's going on?"
Jiaming said, "It's this guy! He said I can't do it, I think he must have a way, why not let him go! I haven't even worried about my own safety, but he's already worried about whether it can be done. If it can't be done, I'll die if I go. If it can be done, why should I suffer like this?"
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army looked at the guard and asked, "Is that what he said?"
The guard was startled and said quickly, "That's not what he said! No!"
Jiaming asked, "Why not? Isn't that what you said just now? You didn't say that you doubted my memory and my brain just now, but now you don't? Why are you contradicting yourself? Why don't you open your eyes and ask other people around you? If there are people who heard it, they can definitely testify. If they can testify, then I can be proven innocent! Why don't you say anything? You are so silent?"
He patted his clothes and said, "As expected, you want me to die! I am not a problem. I have been here several times. But it seems that you no longer want to kill the people of Burning Chai Mountain. Why did you come here with such a large force and stop me in the first place? If you hadn't stopped me halfway, I would have left long ago. Why would I still be here?"
He said that it was okay for him to die, and those people didn't care much about him. However, when he said that they didn't want to kill the people from Shao Chai Shan, they became excited and shouted, "You are talking nonsense! How could we not want to? It's just that you haven't done anything yet! How can you blame us?"
Jiaming was not afraid, so he asked, "Why did I fail? Do you know? You know and still say such things, you are despicable! You are just a thief crying thief! If you don't know, it would be even more funny. Don't you know that you speak up to fish in troubled waters? Who knows if you are an undercover agent of Shaochaishan! Only people in Shaochaishan hope that things will fail! How dare you say you are not?"
The man was suddenly speechless and asked hesitantly: "What are you talking about? I don't understand!"
Jiaming said, "You don't understand, but you still come to ask, do you want me to explain it to you, or do you want to buy time for the people at Burning Chai Mountain?"
The man didn't understand anything else, but when Shaochaishan was mentioned, he understood it and shouted, "I didn't! I'm not from Shaochaishan! I didn't say these things to buy time for Shaochaishan! I just care about my brothers and the Tiger and Wolf Army's thoughts! I said it because I wanted to say it, not because I wanted to side with Shaochaishan! He slandered me! He deserves death."
Jiaming laughed and said, "I slander you? Since you don't admit that you are on the side of Shaochai Mountain, why do you say that you speak only because you want to speak? You speak without thinking, which means you don't consider the Tiger and Wolf Army. If you think about it and still say so, it means you are deliberately not admitting it, contradicting each other and concealing the facts. How dare you say that you are not from Shaochai Mountain?
If you are not, why are you here to stop me? If you are not, why do you look down on me when you are not even as good as me? If you are not, the Tiger and Wolf Army's grand plan is just at this moment, and you are saying those nonsense here, aren't you just stalling for time? Think carefully before you speak! If you can't think of it, don't speak! Stay out of here, hiding from others. "
The man's face suddenly turned red, and he was so angry that he felt like bleeding from all seven orifices. With a thud, he fell to the ground, unconscious.
Jiaming snorted, and the people around him started talking at once. Some people reached out, trying to lift the person on the ground and carry him to the tent inside, while some people quietly looked around vigilantly, thinking that the people from Shaochaishan would show up at this time and catch them off guard like they had done before when they attacked Shaochaishan.
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army shouted, "Quiet!"
The scene suddenly became much quieter. The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army looked at Jiaming, sized him up and said, "You've pissed off my brother to the point of him fainting. I'm already very good that I didn't cause you any trouble. You'd better tell me right now why you're here. Otherwise, I'll kill you to avenge my brother!"
Jiaming said, "To be honest, I went to Shaochai Mountain to explain the situation to them. However, after I told them the situation, they did not believe me and asked me to testify. I thought that I could not bring the Tiger and Wolf Army with me to testify, so I could only find something. If I had to find something, I could not find something rotten to give them. Otherwise, they would be angry and think that I was playing a prank and killed me, which would be bad.
I came back to get something from my truck, but the guard stopped me at the door and started talking nonsense. He even asked me to admit that I was weaker than him. I refused, so he started arguing with me. Others came out to see what was happening, and then you came out."
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army was skeptical. He looked at the others and asked, "Is that so? Did you all see and hear it? Who knows the full story? If you know, please speak up. If you don't speak up now, and I find out later, it won't be a simple matter! This matter involves the Tiger and Wolf Army and Shaochai Mountain, and you still won't speak up?"
Soon someone came forward. After the first person came forward, the others felt much more relieved. Some looked at each other and came forward one after another to testify, saying, "I saw it, I heard it, I know how things developed, and it was indeed as he said at the beginning. There is no problem."
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army looked at the guards and said, "He has already said it, they have all said it, what else do you have to say? If you don't say it well, I will chop off your head as the price for delaying the military operation!"
The guard rolled his eyes and came up with an idea. He said to the leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army, "I didn't mean to stop him. I just suspected that he went to Shaochai Mountain and brought the spies from Shaochai Mountain back with him. He wanted to sneak in and spy on the military situation when we opened the door. I was also thinking about the Tiger and Wolf Army. Who knew it would develop into this? It was a complete misunderstanding. I had no idea."
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army sneered, "You don't know? You don't know that you have blocked the people outside? You don't know that you are saying these things here? You don't know why you did things and said things, and you still don't want to admit your mistakes? I don't necessarily mean that you are wrong, but look at what you are saying?"
The guard wanted to resist, so he said, "Chief, you don't know, he came back not long after he went out. When he appeared, there seemed to be someone following him. I stopped him because I was alert, not because I wanted to affect the Tiger and Wolf Army's plan. I already know I was wrong, please spare my life! I am willing to work like a cow and a horse for you to repay your kindness!"
The leader looked at him for a while, then looked at Jiaming and asked, "Are you satisfied with this result?"
Jiaming patted his clothes and smiled, "How can I be dissatisfied? The leader has thought of me so much, I am very grateful. If it weren't for the leader, I don't know how long this matter would have been dragged on! Thank you very much, leader, thank you very much, leader. I wonder if my truck can be delivered to me now?"
It's really sad to say this. I still need others to deliver my own truck. It seems like the host and the guest have been reversed.
The leader nodded and said to the people around him, "Go and push his truck out to him."
The Tiger and Wolf Army nodded and quickly turned around to do their work. Soon, a gurgling sound came. They pushed Jiaming's truck to the door, wiped the sweat from their heads, and sighed: "I don't know what's inside. It's so heavy."
Jiaming walked over, lifted the cloth, fumbled around inside for a while, and took out a small box. It was long and dark red in color with a soft velvet pattern. It was very beautiful, but not ostentatious. It had a low-key and luxurious feel. Others who didn't look at it carefully didn't think it was valuable. Those who looked at it carefully thought it was not good in other people's hands and looked more carefully.
The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army was a man who had seen the world. When he saw the thing, he knew it was good and expensive. He said to Jiaming, "You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. If you give this thing to the people of Shaochai Mountain this time, it will be a great achievement for you. Don't worry, after the matter is done, we will definitely return the thing to you in its original state if we win."
Jiaming nodded and expressed his gratitude: "Then I will wait until the task is completed, drink the chief's celebratory wine, and receive my things from him!"
The leader smiled and said, "Okay!"
He only heard the celebratory drink and paid no attention to the second half of the sentence.
Jiaming's focus was not here. He took the things and left. He thanked them and quickly left the Tiger and Wolf Army camp. He walked outside, looked at the direction, took a shortcut from the small road and walked to the camp near Shaochai Mountain. He shouted to their guards, "I have brought the things. I want to go in. You open the door now so that I can give the things to the boss."
The guard looked at the people, then looked at the things, opened the door hesitantly with doubt, and sent someone to inform the boss.
When the boss found out about this, he came out to see what was going on. When he came out, he bumped into Jiaming, who was walking in from outside in a hurry with something in his hand. When Jiaming saw the boss, he stopped and said to him, "I've already got the things."
The eldest brother looked at the things doubtfully, and when he saw the dark red velvet rectangular box, he frowned in confusion. His first reaction was that he was deceived. He was about to get angry, but he suppressed his anger. He felt that he should not be so careless, so he asked Jiaming with anger in his eyes: "What did you bring back?"
Jiaming smiled and said, "This is the Dingfeng Sword that I mentioned to the boss."
He touched the box and said, "It's just that it would be too dazzling to open it in broad daylight. I don't think it's appropriate, so I didn't open it now. If you want to see it now, I can open the box and show it to you. Anyway, you will need to keep it for a while."
After being kept for a period of time, the meat buns were fed to the dogs and never returned. It is not known how long the period of time is. If nothing happens to the boss of Shaochai Mountain, Jiaming's things will probably not be returned.
It was not convenient to say this, so Jiaming smiled and looked at the boss of Shaochaishan and asked, "What do you think, boss?"
The eldest brother wanted to go into the tent to have a look after hearing that it was not a good idea to open it in broad daylight. However, he was worried that the flame inside the tent was too weak and he would not be able to see it to his heart's content. Jiaming smiled and said, "It is okay to look at it from inside or outside. If the eldest brother wants to use this thing in the future, he will definitely not use it only in the dark. It is better to look at it in the daylight now."
When the boss heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Okay, okay, since you said so, let's do it!"
Jiaming nodded and opened the box. Inside the box were gems and pearls, sparkling brightly under the sunlight. People around him couldn't help but open their eyes wide to look, stretching their necks, worried that they would accidentally dirty the treasures. Some people began to swallow with slurps, feeling quite envious and wishing that their own hands were holding the sword.
Gems and pearls are both beautiful and precious, but the sword is even more extraordinary. Not only does it not lose its own brilliance among the jewels, but it becomes even more dazzling, as if it was born to attract people's attention. It is very beautiful and should appear in the public eye and be among the piles of jewels.
Jiaming took out the sword and said to the boss of Shaochai Mountain, "Besides being beautiful, it is also very sharp and can blow away short hair."
As he spoke, he picked up a bit of his hair, placed it next to the blade of the sword and blew towards it. With a whoosh sound, in just the blink of an eye, the hair was cut in two, not more, not less, but exactly two halves. It looked crisp and sharp, and it was indeed as he expected.
The boss of Shaochai Mountain was overjoyed and hurried over to look at the sword carefully beside Jiaming. He smiled and patted Jiaming on the shoulder to encourage him, saying, "Good, good."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to take it.
Jiaming handed the item to the boss of Shaochaishan and said, "This is yours."
The boss of Burning Chai Shan said, "How can this be so embarrassing?"
He took the things with both hands with a smile on his face, wanting to rub them a few times, but he was afraid that if he got too close to them, his hair would be shaved off.
He was walking on the road holding the thing, looking very bright. He took two steps, then two more steps, turned around, and took two more steps, as if he was extremely happy.
The people around stared at the thing, their eyes fixed on it, their expressions revealing a hint of obsession, and they murmured to themselves, "You don't know, the boss was married before. I see, he looks much happier now than when he got married!"
"What happened next?"
"Later? What do you mean later? Oh, you mean the boss's bride? She died. It is said that the boss killed her himself because he caught the adulterer in bed with his wife and husband, naked and wrapped in a quilt, lying together. He also had his hair tied up and said that he would kill the boss for a long time. The boss was so angry that he picked up a knife and killed the man. Then he became our boss. He was not the boss before."
"So, those two guys deserved to die. But luckily they died, otherwise, we don't know when our boss would show up and take us with him."
"Hahaha."
They were happy for a while, but quickly packed up their things, prepared a battle plan, and after everything was ready, they started on their journey.
A group of people arrived at Yingtijian, just when the Tiger and Wolf Army had just finished carrying the corpses. They were all exhausted and panting, with sweat all over their heads and their clothes wet. They looked like they really needed to rest and were very sleepy. If they could rest, they would sit on the ground and fan themselves with their clothes, as if this would make them cooler and more comfortable, but it might not be the case.
The people from Shaochai Mountain took advantage of the Tiger and Wolf Army's inattention and rushed over, killing those who didn't react in time silently.
By the time the Tiger and Wolf Army found out, there were only a few left. The leader of the Tiger and Wolf Army shouted to the sky in anger: "Why are you going to kill me today? This is not what you said when you raised me up! Damn it! Damn it! I don't believe I will die here."
However, just as he finished speaking, he was kicked from behind and slashed in the face. He lost his balance and swayed from his height. He fell down. As he fell, he closed his eyes and shouted, "I am going to die today!"
With a thud, he fell to the ground and turned into meat sauce.
The people of Shaochai Mountain thought they had won a complete victory. They stood on the high ground, put their hands on their hips, and laughed loudly: "Great, great! All the enemies are dead. We won! We all won! From now on, this area belongs to us, Shaochai Mountain!"
Just as they were preparing to celebrate, a group of people rushed up, shouting and killing. The people in Shaochai Mountain were wondering who the people were, so they went to see. They found that they were from the town and sneered, "We didn't kill them all before, but now they are chasing us. Do they want revenge? That's right, if we can't root them out, there will be endless troubles in the future. Instead of waiting for them, it's better to die now."
The people who burned firewood in the mountain killed people in the town as well.
After finally killing them all, they either felt dizzy or tired, so they all lay on the ground to rest and gradually fell asleep. Jiaming took out a flare from his clothes and knocked it on the ground twice, just like breaking an eggshell. With two bangs, the outer shell of the flare was actually broken and cracks appeared. With a splash, some liquid flowed out of it.
These liquids are yellow-white in color, with a fishy smell that comes with the wind. Before the outer shell is broken, it is completely inaudible, but after the shell is broken, it cannot be ignored at all.
Soon, a strong wind blew, and the smell was everywhere. The people lying on the ground from Burning Chaishan twitched twice, trembled, became incontinent, and died.
Jiaming waved his hand in front of his nose and walked down the Yingtiyan.
He passed by a small town and walked in. Nine out of ten houses were empty. Holding the Dingfeng Sword that he had just taken from the boss's tent at Shaochai Mountain before leaving, he smiled and knocked on the broken drum at the entrance of the county government office. There was a bang, and the drum suddenly fell down by itself. Jiaming stepped over the threshold and entered the county government office, where he found the county magistrate who had not gone out.
"Long time no see," Jiaming greeted warmly, "County Master, how have you been these days?"
The county magistrate impatiently opened one eye to look at the newcomer, waved his hand, and said in a timid tone, "Of course you are living a very good life!"
Jiaming said, "Okay. Am I here at the wrong time?"
The county magistrate said, "Of course! I'm going to sleep now, what are you doing here at this time?"
After he asked this question, he came to his senses: "Wait, how come there is someone like you here? When did you show up? How did you get in? Where are the people outside? Where are the others? Are they all dead? All dead? Damn! I knew they didn't work and were just lazy. I should have beaten them harder, otherwise they would think I have a good temper and make trouble here!"
He sat up from the bed and said to Jiaming, "What's wrong with you? Who are you?"
Jiaming said: "Oh, you don't recognize me, it doesn't matter, I wonder if the county magistrate still remembers what I did before?"
The county magistrate said, "Hey, I have done so many things. Do I need to explain them all to you?"
Jiaming said, "Oh, if you don't want to explain it to me, then explain it to this sword of mine!"
As he spoke, he put the sword on the county magistrate's neck and asked, "Remember when you threw a man into prison? You almost smashed his things, and you said he killed many people."
The county magistrate couldn't remember, trembling, and almost wet his pants: "What did you say? I don't know! Can you ask someone else? Or somewhere else? Don't put such a dangerous thing on my neck!"
Jiaming smiled and said, "This thing should be on your neck. Actually, you don't deserve it, but I'm just using it for a bit, so it shouldn't mind."
The county magistrate frowned and thought, what a madman! He is dressed in silk and satin, but he looks like this? Forget it!
Jiaming sighed: "Okay. I know you can't remember. Since you can't remember even after I gave you a hint, I'll ask you one more question: do you have paper and pen at home?"
The county magistrate said, "Yes, I do."
Jiaming said, "Give it to me."
The county magistrate fumbled to take something out and handed it to Jiaming: "Here you go."
Jiaming said to him, "Hold your pen, hold your paper, listen, and write a sentence. Heaven is not blessing us. The emperor of heaven and earth are virtuous and all things are in sorrow. Why is the world suffering? How sad it is! I am in so much pain that I wish I could die!"
The county magistrate didn't know what he meant, but he still wrote it tremblingly after listening to his words. Jiaming looked at it and asked him to find a wall to stick it on and not to tear up the paper. He then wrote this sentence on the wall of the county government office, nodded, let go of the county magistrate, and left happily.
He went to the next town, bought a horse, and rode as fast as he could to Kyoto. Every day in the bustling places, he said to others: "You don't know, I went to a town where the mayor's family was killed, but the county magistrate couldn't find the murderer. Later, he found the murderer, but he couldn't kill him even though he knew the murderer was. He even found a scapegoat.
After drinking, the county magistrate wrote a poem on the wall of his house. He said that the heavens really didn't protect him. The earth is merciful and can hold all things, but why did they let all things grieve together? What are the sins of the people of the world? What are the sufferings of the officials of the world? I am really in great pain today!
He is really very courageous, hahaha."
Jiaming did not spend money to talk to others about these things. He just went out to drink and have fun every day. He bought a lot of materials for making clothes and shoes. He was busy in the room until midnight. After he finished making a new set of clothes and shoes, he went out wearing them and sang from street to street. People who didn't know him would think he was a night watchman.
It was difficult to catch him at night, and he ran fast. He wore different clothes every day, all styles not available on the market, and covered his face, so only his voice could be heard, as if he was haunted. Rumors of his insecurity spread in Kyoto for a while, until this matter was finally known to many people and could no longer be suppressed, so someone went to deal with it, left Kyoto, and went to a small town to inquire about the situation first.
When the man learned that the mayor's family had all died, he knew that things were not going well. He then asked about the county magistrate, but they all said they didn't know what the county magistrate was like. He thought to himself that since so many people didn't dare to say anything, there must be something that couldn't be said. He didn't know what a person was doing hiding in the county government office! This time he must catch the person and make sure he couldn't escape. It would be a great achievement if he returned.
After he had thought it through, he went to look for someone and found the county magistrate. Unfortunately, the county magistrate was drinking and muttering the words on the wall. He didn't know what they meant, but he was caught. He was still struggling and shouting, "You can't arrest me! Who are you? Aren't all the bandits around here dead? What are you doing! Who are you! How dare you arrest me?"
The man said, "I am a special envoy from Kyoto. If I want to arrest you, I will arrest you! You don't have to be too scared. I can take you to Kyoto for interrogation. By then, I can find out clearly whether there is anything wrong or not. You don't have to panic."
Jiaming followed all the way here, and when he found out that the county master had been captured, he went to the mountain to look for the jade pendant he had hidden long ago. After finding the jade pendant, he returned to Kyoto through the special envoy. However, he suddenly felt a little confused, and because he didn't know how to find someone, he just found a place to stay and spent money every day to find someone to ask.
One day, a man suddenly came up to him and looked at him and asked, "Are you carrying a jade pendant with you?"
Jiaming said, “Yes.”
"Can you show me a glimpse?"
"Here."
"You can't be wrong. That's it. You belong to that family."
"That?"
"Once upon a time, there was a wealthy family in Kyoto. The whole family was very kind, and there was a young master who was especially kind. Every day when he went out, he would take care of the poor and give porridge to beggars. They lived a relatively happy life. However, one day, the emperor searched their house and said that the money they had obtained from their family was stolen money, bribery, and money for preparing treason, so he took it all away.
They had no money, but they still had people, so they managed to get by. However, the elderly in the family could not bear the blow, fell ill and died. Although the young people were still able to work, they were unable to make ends meet. No matter how frugal the people in the family were, there were still some things that could not be saved, so they could only go out to find work and do some small business to make a living.
However, while the old man was still working, the young master's brother suddenly died. It was said that he was out doing business and met robbers on the road. The robbers only wanted their money and not their lives, but their family had no money left, so the robbers wanted to take their lives as well as their money. The young master's brother ignored the danger and tried his best to stop the robbers, but was beheaded by the robbers and died.
The robber walked away, and the people who followed the young master's brother collected his body and sent it back home.
There was constant crying in the house for several days. The young master was frightened and angry. His emotions were so intense that he was blown by a strong wind and fell ill. He died soon after.
Only the old man and his wife were left at home. The eldest man saw that things were not going well at home, so he packed up his money and ran away. The eldest wife saw that the situation was not good, so she also packed up her money and went back to her own home. Only the second old man and his wife were left at home. The two of them depended on each other for survival, and soon they had another little boy. However, this time, the little boy was extremely weak and needed a lot of money for his treatment. He was almost impossible to keep alive, and he disappeared during a festival.
The whole family became penniless. After the young master disappeared, the second wife died of excessive grief. The second old man did not last long either, and soon died as well. The house became empty. Later, when there was a strong wind, it sounded like a ghost crying inside. You don’t know, even those living next door felt it was intrusive. Soon, all the other residents next to the house moved away, leaving only the penniless people. They were afraid of ghosts but more afraid of death.
They just thought that the house was their kindness and could shelter others. They all said that if the family was still alive, they would definitely not mind them living in it. However, the family was all dead, so they didn't have the chance to say whether they minded or not.
As for this jade pendant, as far as I know, it was left by the second wife to the young master. It was the thing that the sickly young master was wearing before he got lost after his family was ruined. How did you get it?"
"To be honest, I am here to look for my relatives. My master told me that when he found me, this was the only thing on me that could prove my identity. After he died, he told me to come down the mountain. If I can find someone, that would be great. If not, it would be good if I could find my origins."
Jiaming put away his things and said with a smile, "Thank you very much. I just found out what happened today. Now that it's like this, there's nothing I can do to save it. I'll just leave it to fate. If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would have understood it. Since you're here, how about this? I'll treat you to a drink at the flower teahouse next door."
"OK!"
The visitor laughed.
He followed Jiaming for a while, eating and drinking happily. One day, he wiped his mouth, finished his meal, and said to Jiaming, "I'm leaving. I have other things to do and can't stay here forever. My family has urged me to leave several times, and there is really no other way. I still want to be with you. But if I take you with me, I'm afraid you are not suitable for long journeys."
Jiaming nodded: "Okay, go ahead."
The drinking buddies just disappeared like that.
Jiaming drank a little every day to kill time and have some fun. However, one day when he went out to play, he was stopped by someone, who took him to a secluded place and said to him, "Young Master, why did you come back just now? We haven't finished our work yet. How could you just leave like this? It's as if you don't know anything and just leave us alone!"
Jiaming asked: "What's the matter?"
The man pointed to the sign in his hand: "Protects clearness, removes pus, restores harmony, and protects the body."
Jiaming frowned in confusion, pointed at the sign, and asked in a low voice: "Anti-Qing and Restore Ming?"
The man nodded: "Yes."
Jiaming was stunned: "But I didn't do that."
The man shook his head: "No, no, no, young master, don't you bear grudges? Don't you want to clear the names of your deceased relatives? Don't you also think that this world is terrible?"
Jiaming said, "I don't want to do this. It's too troublesome, too tiring, and too dangerous. Go away. I won't say anything to you, and you don't have to come to me again. Otherwise, I'll tie you up and throw you at the county government office. See if you can still come."
He said this and turned away.
The man wanted to reach out and hold him, but seeing that his attitude would not change in a short time, he hesitated for a moment and thought, let him go, he will definitely come back in time, we are a family, we must be together, he can't be alone outside, and he can't really leave us. What's more, things still need to use his name, how can it be so easy to leave?
Jiaming just walked away.
When he was about to go back to his room to rest, someone came and knocked on the door. Jiaming thought it was the man on the street, and when he opened the door, he didn't want to say anything. However, when he looked up, he found that the person was the young man he had met at the house of the shoe store owner's brother before. He opened the door and let him in.
"Why are you here?"
Jiaming poured him a glass of water and asked.
"To be honest, I am the descendant of an old official of the previous dynasty. My parents are both dead, but before they died, they held my hand and told me that I must not let down the emperor of the previous dynasty. I had no choice but to listen to them. I originally wanted to ignore these things for the rest of my life, but since I met you, I felt that I could not delay any longer, so I came to Kyoto and have been preparing for the event for some time.
There will be a fireworks display tonight. You can take a look at it from the window. It’s very beautiful and lively. Our event will take place at this time. We will have the opportunity to connect with each other and make something bigger. As long as something bigger happens, more people will know about it. Anyone who wants to support us will definitely find a way to contact us, and we will be able to get more people.
With enough manpower, it will be easier to fight. As long as the time is right, we will overthrow the emperor above us. The moment of changing dynasties is now. I tell you this not to drag you into the water, but because I think you look familiar. Later, I checked your situation and found that there is only one person who can match you, and that is the family whose property was confiscated for treason.
"Yugu, if your identity is discovered by others, you will no longer be Yugu, but a remnant. You will definitely be killed. Even if you are not killed now, you will inevitably be hunted down at some point and have nowhere to go. Do you want that? We should be on the same page!"
The young man looked at Jiaming.
Jiaming said, "Oh, maybe, but I don't want to do anything right now. I don't want to do anything at all."
The young man asked, "Don't you want to change the dynasty?"
Jiaming thought for a moment and said, "Maybe."
The young man asked: "Then why don't you want to join us?"
Jiaming said, "I don't like being constrained, and I don't like hanging out with others. You guys are dangerous already, and adding me is dangerous and dangerous. I can't be more dangerous. I don't want to live in such a state of fear. I think the current situation is good. I just need to find ways to have fun every day. It's too simple. I don't need to think about anything. I'm very happy."
The young man stood up and said, "Well, I hope you will feel happy in the future. I have come to the end of my mission. I am leaving now. If you want to find me, maybe we will have a chance to meet again."
Jiaming smiled and said, "Goodbye, I won't say goodbye. We are both in Kyoto, and there will be many opportunities to meet each other."
The young man nodded: "Yes, I will leave then."
Jiaming waved his hand.
The young man opened the door himself, looked around, walked out, and soon disappeared into the night.
Jiaming locked the door and lay down on the bed to rest, but he couldn't fall asleep. He tossed and turned, and his mind was full of what happened today. One moment he thought about being stopped on the road, and then he thought about what the young man had just said to him. Then he thought about the words on the wall of the county magistrate's house, and then he thought about the person who had told him his life story and left some time ago.
I don't know if that person will turn around and publicize his identity. There should be a lot of people who know his identity, otherwise, that family would not have had a reputation for being kind. However, times have changed, things have changed, and things have come to this point. We can only take one step at a time. If that person really tells others, he will definitely not be able to get away.
If he wanted to escape, he would have to involve other people. If he didn't have the help of the young people and others, he would have died. After all, treason was a serious crime. God knows what happened. People died, things were over, and even the house looked shaky and about to fall down. The people around him changed one after another.
How can we count on them?
Jiaming shook his head, sighed in his heart, and muttered to himself: "Forget it, forget it, if I can stop thinking about it, I won't think about it. I'm in a hurry to play. If I'm like this every day, with so many worries, what else can I have to play?"
The next day, when Jiaming went out to play, he heard that the fireworks show outside was much more lively than in previous years, and there were police officers mixed in, arresting people everywhere. Only the children were still laughing and joking. The people who followed the children were very nervous, afraid that the children would be kidnapped, that they would be taken away as criminals, or that their things and money would be stolen by accident and it would be difficult for them to go home.
Jiaming was crunching peanuts when he heard someone whisper, "Is there something you don't know?"
Soon someone asked, "What's going on? What happened? Tell me!"
"The sky above us will soon fall ill."
"How could that be? Didn't I hear that everything was fine a while ago?"
"It's all because of the pills I took! I took a lot. I wanted to be immortal, but it's a pity that it's not that easy for a person to be immortal. Now I'm fine, but I'm going to die."
People shook their heads, whispered to each other, and then talked about their family's private affairs.
Jiaming finished his peanuts, drank some lychee wine, and staggered to go out for shopping. As he was walking on the road, he was bumped into by someone. He heard the person say, "What bad luck! I saw a group of officials on the road, and I bumped into a drunk on the road!"
He patted his clothes and walked away.
Jiaming thought about it and his eyes widened. He ran back home, packed up his things and hid. As expected, he was not wrong. Soon, the police appeared at his door and knocked on the door fiercely, bang bang bang, bang bang bang, and shouted, "Open the door! Open the door! We know you are in there! If you come out now, it can be considered as surrendering. If you don't come out, it will be considered as resistance!
Don't blame us for being rude! You are asking for trouble."
Before he finished his words, there was a bang, and the officer who spoke kicked the door. Half of the door broke in an instant. It seemed that the door here was not very strong. The officer who kicked the door waved his hand and asked the people behind him to go in and search. After a round of searching, they found things thrown on the ground.
"Damn it! Someone must have let him know and he ran away!"
The officer shouted angrily.
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