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Du Dalang was so nervous that he bit his lip tightly, his face turned blue, he tied his trousers tightly, and stammered and asked Du Er: "Do you have to be free of caterpillars except for that?" Second brother, killing people is not playing, you have to lose your head when it happens! ”

Du Er's face was gloomy, the sun was cold, and he said coldly: "If I don't get rid of him, I will also lose my head!" Now everyone outside knows that it was a cart robbed by a caterpillar, and the people who followed him that day had been arrested and put in prison, and the stolen goods had also come out, and he would not be able to escape sooner or later. Originally, I thought that I was not afraid that he would bite me out, but in the past two days, I always felt that there were people around me watching me, and I was not from Henan County. The government suspects me, and if there is no caterpillar's confession, things will be in trouble. Feng Abshi's three people have long since disappeared, and now as long as they get rid of the caterpillars, I can rest easy! ”

"But-second brother, I'm just a farmer, I usually have to close my eyes when I kill chickens, where can I kill people!"

Du Er turned around, looked at the eldest brother with blazing eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You don't need to do it, just follow me, when I deal with Du Er, restrain that slut Yingjuan, and everything else has me!" There is no room for sloppiness in this matter, and it is also just in case that I take you with you. Brother, this time, by the end of the year, I will hand over this restaurant, and the errand in front of the yamen has already been completed, so I will go home to farm honestly and support my parents with you. ”

Du Dalang sighed and said with relief: "If you think so, I'm relieved." I told you a long time ago that if you have served as an errand soldier, you should not mess around in the yamen. When we go home to farm, our family rejoices together, which is more or less good! ”

"What my brother said is that I thought badly before and caused this trouble!"

Du Dalang bit his lip and nodded solemnly: "Turn back to the shore!" Since you have this thought, my brother will go out and go with you, except for the scourge of caterpillars! ”

Du Er didn't say more, opened the window and looked outside, turned around and nodded to Du Dalang, picked up a long strip wrapped in black cloth from the table and handed it to him, and walked outside. Du Dalang pinched the things in his hand, and it was stiff, knowing that it was a steel knife, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Seeing that Du Er had already walked out of the door, he hurriedly followed.

Walking out of the restaurant from the back door, Du Er looked left and right, and there was no one, only the crisp sound of insects was particularly harsh in the silent night. Looking back at Du Dalang who was following him, Du Er lightly walked around to the main road in front of the restaurant.

There was no one on the bustling official road during the day, and it was pitch black, only the two "angry dead wind" lanterns hanging in front of the door of Du Er Restaurant emitted a dim light, which brought a trace of vitality through this autumn night.

When Du Dalang came up, Du Er signaled, followed the black shadow on the side of the road, and walked forward.

Walk along the official road towards Luoyang, and when you get out of the town, there is a path to the northeast, parallel to the Yi River. On both sides of this path are vegetable gardens, which are not only supplied to Longmen Town, but also sold to Luoyang City. There are some thatched houses in the vegetable garden, some of which are temporarily watched by people who grow vegetables, and some have small courtyards, where people live permanently.

When he arrived at the intersection, Du Er stopped, motioned for Du Dalang to wait here, and walked lightly to the vegetable garden next to him, until he reached the edge of the Yi River.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and occasionally a star appeared and disappeared in the blink of an eye. The twinkling stars are reflected on the water, and from time to time there will be a glimmer of light, like fireflies on a summer night.

Du Er lightly went to the bank of the river, gently held on to a big elm tree, and found the mark he had made. He bent down and picked up a boulder, and with all his strength, he threw it into the river in front of him.

The silence of the night was broken by the dull sound of "plopping", and the flock of ducks that had fallen asleep by the river were frightened, quacked, and swam towards the river. The homing birds in the nearby woods rushed into the sky as if they had exploded.

Walking back to the intersection quickly, Du Er said to Du Dalang in a deep voice: "There is no dog barking at this time, let's go quickly!" ”

After saying that, he walked briskly and hurried along the path.

Du Dalang held back the horror in his heart, tightly hugged the steel knife wrapped in black cloth, and followed behind Du Er.

Flocks of ducks and frightened birds made a lot of noise in the area, and occasionally someone was awakened, muttered and cursed, and fell into a deep sleep. The dog of the night vigil crouched on the ground, its head turning in the direction from which the sound of the ducks came, and barked twice from time to time.

Taking advantage of this mess, the Du brothers touched a fenced courtyard.

There were no dogs in this family, and the yard was quiet, and there was no sound at all, as if there were no residents.

Du Er stepped forward and skillfully opened the door of the chaimen, and was about to push the door, when Du Dalang came up and leaned against the door, and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, there are really no caterpillars living here?" Don't look for someone to borrow! ”

In the dark night, Du Er's eyes were extremely bright, he looked at his brother, and said softly: "I have already investigated and understood, and I can't be wrong." Brother, go in in a while, I won't kill the caterpillar, you restrain Yingjuan, don't let her shout! ”

Du Dalang trembled, his teeth chattered up and down, and after a long while, he nodded to his younger brother.

In the dark night, I don't know if Du Er saw it, his hand twisted, tied the door of the chaimen, and gently pushed the door open. Entering the chaimen, Du Er walked lightly, arrived in front of the grass house, and stopped.

At this time, it was already difficult to ride a tiger, Du Dalang gritted his teeth, followed into the small courtyard, and arrived in front of the grass house.

Du Er looked at Du Dalang, adjusted his breathing, nodded to him, stood up, and slammed open the door of the grass house.

At this time, the ducks outside kept tossing along the Yi River, and the dogs barked one after another, and it was a mess.

Although the movement of opening the door was not loud, it still woke up the people in the house, and a man's voice came from the bedroom next to him: "Why do you hear the door ringing, isn't someone entering our yard!" ”

A woman's voice said lazily: "Chickens and dogs are jumping outside, how do you know that it is our door ringing." It's late at night, so let's rest quickly, don't be suspicious. ”

The man's voice said: "I'm a person who is used to walking on the rivers and lakes, where can I hear it wrong?" No, I'll go down and see! ”

Seeing that Du Er had already entered the grass house, Du Dalang exhaled a long breath and followed in with the steel knife in his arms.

There was a crisp sound, and the light in the bedroom lit up, presumably that no caterpillars had gotten out of bed and lit candles.

When Du Dalang arrived behind Du Er, he saw that his face was gloomy, so he stopped and stared at the door curtain of the bedroom in front of him. With his hand pressed on his waist, he could faintly see the shadow of a sharp knife that untied his wrist.

There was the sound of footsteps in the room, the candlelight gradually became brighter and brighter, and no caterpillar came over with his shoes on.

Du Er quickly turned his head to look at the steel knife in Du Dalang's arms, and then flew his head away.

Du Dalang understood, slowly untied the black cloth of the steel knife, and held the handle tightly with his right hand.

With a cough, the caterpillar lifted the curtain with a candle and bent over to go out.

Du Er, who had already been prepared, was quick with his eyes, and the wrist-dissolving knife was pulled out of his waist and stabbed at Du Er's chest. He didn't draw his sword, but kicked the caterpillar in the belly, knocking him to the ground. He rushed into the bedroom with his strength, stomped on the caterpillar's chest with one foot, and stepped on his mouth with the other.

This time it was like lightning, and before the caterpillars on the ground could react, most of their lives had already gone.

Through the afterglow of the candle that fell on the ground, Du Er saw that the face of the caterpillar was hideous, and his hands were scratching on the ground, struggling desperately. With a sneer, Du Er raised his foot and kicked the sharp knife on the caterpillar's chest, spun around, and stood on the other side of his body, with the other foot still stepping on his mouth.

At this time, Yingjuan on the bed heard the movement and sat up, and he didn't know what was going on in the dark room, but he saw the figure shaking, and the caterpillar that was sleeping next to him just now was silent, and he couldn't help but be stupid.

Seeing that Du Dalang was still standing at the door of the room in a daze, Du Er shouted in a deep voice: "What are you waiting for, brother?" Restrain that mother-in-law, don't let her call someone! ”

Du Dalang came back to his senses at this time, shook the steel knife in his hand, shook off the black cloth, flashed into the room, pressed the tip of the knife against Yingjuan's chest, and said in a deep voice: "Little lady, you shut up, it's none of your business tonight!" ”

Yingjuan's mind was blank at this time, she was so frightened that she couldn't hear what Du Dalang said at all.

Du Er stepped on the caterpillar's head with his foot, and gradually felt that he was no longer struggling, and wanted to die soon. Du Er's heart was horizontal, and he raised his arm and pushed Du Dalang's hand holding the steel knife, and as soon as the knife was sent forward, it pierced into Yingjuan's chest.

Yingjuan screamed strangely, and her body fell backwards. Du Er stepped forward, pulled up the cloth quilt on the bed, covered Yingjuan's head, and pressed it on the bed. It wasn't until he felt that Yingjuan's body was not moving, so he let go of his hand and slowly straightened up.

Du Dalang was dumbfounded, the hand holding the steel knife kept trembling, and said to Du Er: "Second brother, this woman didn't see us clearly, why did you take her life?" ”

"Killing one is killing, and killing two is also killing! Who knows if she recognized my form just now? It's safe to take her life! Brother, put away your woman's kindness and save our own lives! ”

After speaking, Du Er stepped forward and took the steel knife in Du Dalang's hand, and wiped a knife on the neck of the caterpillar on the ground who didn't know whether he was alive or dead. stepped forward again, and wiped a knife on the neck of Yingjuan, who was not moving, before letting out a long breath.

Du Dalang looked at all this, and said with a bitter face: "Everyone is dead, why should the second brother make up this knife again-"

"Hmph, the reason why things came out is not because there is no caterpillar, this guy is not careful, leaving Gong Liu, who escorted the car, a living mouth! I can't fall twice in a pit, I won't make the same mistake! ”