Chapter 18 Avalanche Shocking Sunset, Sword Dance Supporting the Moonrise (Medium)
The landslide frightens the sunset, the sword dance helps the moon rise (middle)
Xu Changan and Lan Yu were ready to break through first, and then go down the mountain, that Xiaobai naturally didn't want to leave the two, and sat at the door for a while, and there was a noisy sound in his ears, and it grinned, but it was not easy to attack.
Today, it is inexplicably a little irritable, especially when it sees those two people.
Meng Yi and Wang Wang.
There is such a saying among the folk that the civet cat peeps into the heart.
The human heart is separated from the belly, but there is such a species in the folk sayings and rumors, they can read people's hearts, distinguish good from evil. And this species is the civet.
For a long time, people have raised cats either through cat dealers, or the old cats of neighbors give birth to kittens and pass the kittens over. Ordinary people can only have a cat of their own through these two methods, if you want to domesticate a wild cat, it is even more difficult, some people may look up at the sky in their life and see the sword fairy float by, but he can't see the figure of a wild cat, let alone domesticated.
Of course, civets are different.
Generally speaking, it is people who choose cats, and for civets, it is cats that choose people.
They will choose a good person to live with, and they will also warn when they encounter a wicked person. This kind of civet cat is more loyal than dogs, even if you don't want them anymore and throw them far away, but they will quietly watch you somewhere, and when you are in danger, a small figure will always stand in front of you.
Well-dressed people are not necessarily good people, but people who have civet cats consciously come to the door are definitely not bad people.
Xiaobai doesn't know if he is a civet cat, but he can be sure that Xu Changan is a little kind, and he will not do anything unreasonable after all, and he is a somewhat stupid kind person.
The sound of the crowd in its ears was heard, some crying with joy, some rubbing against each other while running, and ...... Loud sounds.
Xiaobai closed his eyes, his ears were very good, and all kinds of sounds converged, he was really a little tired, so he didn't care about the white cat that had just been washed on his body, and fell to the ground sideways, not listening to the noisy sounds. Slowly, there was a snoring sound on the ground, and I was finally comfortable!
......
Of course, the people were glad to hear the news.
Some people cried happily, after all, in the past few days on the mountain, they were either facing the threat of water thieves or facing the fate of starvation, and when they heard that they could go down the mountain, it was as if they could enter Elysium.
It's just going down the mountain, and it's not a difficult thing for the water thieves who used to go to Qingfeng Village on the evil ghosts.
In the Zhongyi Hall, Cui Wei stepped on the tiger skin chair with one foot and looked coldly at the uncles who took off their masks.
There are four people in total, originally counting Meng Yi and his father are six people, and it was the six of them who established the foundation together and beat the name of this evil ghost mountain Qingfeng Village, and it was extremely loud.
His father sits on the top spot, and Mengyi is the second. As for the rest of the positions, it is not subdivided, when his father was still there, he also asked him to call all uncles according to their age, from the third uncle to the sixth uncle. When Meng Yi took up his position, these four uncles also spoke up, and when they saw him go to the pig shed to raise pigs, they didn't say anything. When they heard that Cui Wei was going to take his brothers down the mountain today, these uncles began to feel uneasy.
The third uncle's hair is also a little gray, and he is a little rickety, but it can be seen from his current body shape that he was a strong man when he was young, and he must have been a good hand at attacking mountains and villages; the fourth uncle has grown a tuft of goatee, the beard has long been gray, and a pair of eyes are squinting at any time, with the corners of his mouth that are slightly raised at any time, like an amiable little old man. But Cui Wei knows that this person is a think tank on the mountain, and many ideas are from this fourth uncle, and some bloody slaughtering methods and decisions are also made by this fourth uncle, this little old man who looks kind, but Cui Wei thinks that he is the most ruthless person in the whole cottage;
How strong is the fifth uncle, to be precise, he is fat and strong, the fat on his face is piled up together, and his small eyes are angry and round, just like the angry arhat on the mural, he is the most courageous warrior in the whole cottage after the third uncle is old and decrepit, and he usually does not use the knife snatched from the cottage, those weapons are too light, he uses a pair of big axes, and he dances vigorously.
At first glance, the sixth uncle looked like an out-and-out farmer, but if he was thrown into the people this time, no one would recognize him. But he is the most easy-going person, and he is also a person who occasionally warms Cui Wei with his eyes, and occasionally pretends to be a mysterious person to improve Cui Wei's living conditions.
The four uncles gathered under this hall of loyalty, naturally for the secret passage under the tiger skin chair.
Everyone agrees to let the people go, after all, on this mountain, there is already little food, and if there are a bunch of waste people, then their brothers will not be able to live?
When there is no passage, everyone thinks about relying on the immortal master to break through and take them down the mountain, and naturally has no opinion on disbanding the Qingfeng Village of the Evil Ghost Mountain, after all, it is difficult to survive, what else do you want this village to do?
But now it's different, there is a way down the mountain, although it has not been confirmed, but with this road, their brothers in the cottage can survive again. With the help of this passage, they will be able to rebuild the hanging basket, and when the time comes, this passage will be blocked, and the Evil Ghost Mountain will be a natural danger, and their Qingfeng Village will be able to continue to dominate the river in Jingmen Prefecture.
The fourth uncle's eyes narrowed, looked at Cui Wei who was stepping on the tiger skin chair and said: "Little Cui Wei, this cottage was brought down by your father and our brothers, if you don't inherit and develop it well, why do you want to force others to dissolve it too?"
"The son inherits the father's business, you can't refute this truth, your fourth uncle doesn't deceive you, you just have to go down the mountain with this group of people who eat white rice, I also understand, the name of the water thief is not good, but you only have the power to decide yourself, how can you have the power to decide others?"
Cui Wei glanced at the third uncle, but the third uncle did not respond to him, and looked at the fifth uncle, who was fatter than a pig, he was confused, and was glared at by the private school with a goatee, so he shook his fat head and big ears, and shook his head at Cui Wei.
Cui Wei sighed, the fourth uncle and the fifth uncle have always been in cahoots, and one nostril is breathing, and it is not surprising to have this kind of performance. Then Cui Wei looked at his sixth uncle, the man who was like a farmer.
The sixth uncle nodded at him, Cui Wei had a bottom in his heart, but he didn't know where the third uncle was standing now?
Cui Wei suddenly caught a glimpse of the fourth uncle patted the third uncle on the shoulder and said, "Third brother, you see that the little village owner and we have different opinions, what should we do about this? This is the hard work of Brother Cui's life, how should he decide if his only bloodline wants to destroy his life's hard work?"
Cui Wei shouted in his heart.
"Well, according to the old rules, let's vote. It is divided into two factions, one wants to go to the bottom of the mountain to spend a peaceful birthday, and the other group continues to live a chic life on the mountain. In the past, Boss Cui and the six of us voted, the minority obeyed the majority, and if the votes were unanimous, let the brothers of the whole village vote with them. But now it's different, Mengyi is no longer qualified, the owner of the small village inherits the voting rights of Boss Cui, and the five of us can decide!"
The fourth uncle, who wanted to stay on the mountain, heard the third uncle say this, obviously biased towards himself. The owner of the village wants to take them out, and he wants to keep everyone.
After all, the more people know about this secret passage, the less safe this evil ghost mountain will be.
As long as they find an opportunity to send the immortal master down, find an opportunity to leave the people, and wait for the immortal master to leave, and then kill the people, so that they can continue to occupy the mountain as kings.
If a group of people are let down, the big guys' methods are well known, and it is not easy to plot. If the people who go down go to the state capital of Jingmen Prefecture to say that they will make up for their mistakes, they will not only be able to wash their hands, but also get a lot of benefits.
Although the word "loyalty" hangs above everyone's heads, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and loyalty seems to be a joke in front of interests.
"Okay, or let's vote. ”
Cui Wei sighed and could only nod.
The fourth uncle took the lead and said: "I think we can take it slowly, wait for the immortal master to get out, and let them go first." When they are gone, ...... the people," he did not say the second half of the sentence, but his eyes suddenly became fierce, and he made a knife with his hand and made a gesture to his neck.
"In this way, we can continue to live happily, and we can find the right time to repair the hanging basket, and when the time comes, we can block the secret passage, and we old fellows can continue to live for the rest of our lives." ”
"And have you thought about a question?"
"You and I have been water thieves for more than ten years, and even if the state government doesn't pursue it when we go down the mountain, what will we do but rob money? To put it bluntly, there are many brothers who let him go down the mountain to plant budding rice, but he can't grow it, and he is a good hand at robbing houses and houses. Little village master, what are you letting them do in this way? Are they starving to death?"
Immediately, he glanced around the Hall of Loyalty, in addition to the five of them, each with a lot of retinues, adding up to twenty, they heard this, and immediately lowered their heads.
Yes, they are used to robbing their homes and houses, and they are used to collecting cash money, so it is really difficult for them to farm!
The fourth uncle looked at this scene with a smile on his face.
"Old Five, what about you?"
The fat man replied angrily: "I naturally followed the fourth brother." ”
Then he looked at the sixth child.
"What about you?"
The sturdy man smiled faintly: "There is nothing difficult in farming, if there is anything that the brothers don't understand in the future, you can ask me, I can teach you to ensure a good harvest every year!"
When the fourth uncle heard this, he snorted coldly, and then turned his head to look at his three, the little old man.
"Third brother, the owner of the small village is naturally going down, and the sixth is also going down, so now it's two to two, and the most critical vote depends on you. ”
The third child nodded, glanced at Cui Wei, and then looked at the fourth brother beside him.
"In troubled times, heroes can make meritorious contributions, and in prosperous times, they can only be called bandits. When we went up the mountain, there were swords and soldiers everywhere, and there were battles everywhere, so in order to survive, we built Qingfeng Village. ”
"At that time, I still remember that many people voted for the cottage because they couldn't survive under the mountain. But in the past ten years, how much new blood has come in for us? This cottage is long gone!"
When the fourth uncle heard this, his face changed.
"It is the same thing to deal with bandits and beggars, if you have a lot of income from your labor under the mountain, and you don't talk about everything fairly, but you can get a harvest from your work, and that's it. ”
"If everyone has clothes and food, where will there be beggars, and if the temples under the mountain have clever calculations, and there are no bullies in the land, I don't want to occupy the mountain as the king!"
"You're all too young. Can you find a daughter-in-law on the mountain? If you rob dozens of women, I am afraid that the sword immortals of Jingmen Prefecture will fly up immediately. On this mountain, there is also fear. Why haven't we been exterminated? In the past, it was because people had no time to work and had to fight, but now because people are too lazy to take care of it, we collect a little money a month, and it is not too excessive, and we just turn a blind eye and pass it. If you still want to occupy the mountain and make a fortune for the king, believe it or not, if you rob the treasure today, the soldiers or immortal masters of the Holy Dynasty will attack it early tomorrow morning?"
Speaking of which, many people were obviously moved again.
The third uncle looked at the fourth uncle: "Fourth, take it when you see it!"
Then he looked at Cui Wei.
When the fourth uncle heard this, he closed his eyes and lowered his head, and more than a dozen people around him suddenly pulled out their knives!
Everyone was shocked, Lao Wu thought about it, and also took out a pair of giant axes from behind him.
"I have made up my mind, third brother, you and the sixth brother plus Xiao Cui I can trust, you want to go down the mountain, I have no opinion, but I can't trust these people, if they go out to sue, we will be gone." ”
"If you look at the knives of these brothers, you will know what they think. ”
Cui Wei glanced at the fourth uncle in disappointment, he knew that the fourth uncle just wanted to be the owner of the village, after so many years, he had made great achievements, in terms of merit, he was only lower than his father, but he was either pressed by his father, or he was pressed by Mengyi, and now it is even worse, these two people are gone, and they are also pressed by themselves with the immortal master as the backstage.
Cui Wei gritted his teeth, took out a black stick from his arms, "poof", and knelt on the ground with the stick in both hands.
"Fourth uncle, you are the lord of a mountain, please let us live, if there is a whistleblower from the people, I Cui Wei will block this secret passage with my own death!"
When the fourth child saw this evil ghost stick, and saw Cui Wei kneeling, he was overjoyed.
However, there was still a tangled look on his face, and he finally made up his mind, took the evil ghost stick that represented the owner of the village, and helped Cui Wei up and said: "Big nephew, you said so, the fourth uncle believes you once." But this secret passage, you have to take the fourth uncle back. ”
Cui Wei took a deep breath and nodded.
......
The negotiations took several hours.
In the evening, the setting sun seems to fall on the mountain, and a round of red sun reflects the entire demon mountain.
At this time, Cui Wei took the third and sixth uncles, as well as most of the people, to the secret room where the gunpowder was hidden, and the fourth uncle, who became the new owner of the village, naturally followed.
Wang Wang watched the people coming, and stood honestly at the door, like a guard.
Mengyi on the ground has not woken up, and he doesn't bother to care whether Mengyi is dead or alive, he just wants to do a big thing.
When Cui Wei left, he took Li Mu with him, and he knew that except for Wang Wang, who would treat him sincerely, the rest of the people would only bully him.
Cui Wei watched the crowd pass by one after another, but the brothers on the cottage had not arrived for a long time and frowned.
Finally, he heard Li Mu's urn screaming.
"Brother Wang!"
Wang Wang took a breath, probably because of his weak heart, and his voice was a little weak.
"Amu, I'm here!"
Li Mu ran towards Wang Wang, trembling and trembling, as if he was holding some rare treasure.
When Li Mu, who was holding a torch in one hand, walked in, Wang Wang saw clearly that he was holding a bowl of porridge.
"What are you doing with this?" Wang Wang asked with a frown.
"I didn't see you at lunchtime, I'm afraid you'll be hungry. ”
Immediately, Li Mu raised his eyebrows, attached to Wang Wang's ear and said proudly: "This is a bowl that the owner of the village gave me, I didn't eat it at the time, I hid it and left it for you." ”
As he spoke, he handed the bowl of porridge that was cold and dusty to Wang Wang.
Wang Wang took the bowl of porridge, looked at the porridge, looked at Li Mu, and tears almost fell.
"Okay, you hurry over! Brother Wang will come to you later. ”
Li Mu nodded, walked forward, and shouted back.
"Remember to come to me!"
Wang Wang looked at the direction where Li Mu was going, took a sip of cold porridge gently, with tears in his eyes, and scolded: "Fool!"
After Li Mu left, Cui Wei and others came.
"Wang Wang, you decide, whether you follow us down the mountain or on the mountain. We are the last of the group, and the rest of us have decided to stay in the mountains, and you can rest assured that we will never tell this secret when we go down the mountain!"
Cui Wei said to Wang Wang.
Wang Wang did not answer Cui Wei's words, but knelt down towards Cui Wei.
"Village master, if you go down the mountain, can you help take care of Li Mu?"
Finally, he heard Li Mu's urn screaming.
"Brother Wang!"
Wang Wang took a breath, probably because of his weak heart, and his voice was a little weak.
"Amu, I'm here!"
Li Mu ran towards Wang Wang, trembling and trembling, as if he was holding some rare treasure.
When Li Mu, who was holding a torch in one hand, walked in, Wang Wang saw clearly that he was holding a bowl of porridge.
"What are you doing with this?" Wang Wang asked with a frown.
"I didn't see you at lunchtime, I'm afraid you'll be hungry. ”
Immediately, Li Mu raised his eyebrows, attached to Wang Wang's ear and said proudly: "This is a bowl that the owner of the village gave me, I didn't eat it at the time, I hid it and left it for you." ”
As he spoke, he handed the bowl of porridge that was cold and dusty to Wang Wang.
Wang Wang took the bowl of porridge, looked at the porridge, looked at Li Mu, and tears almost fell.
"Okay, you hurry over! Brother Wang will come to you later. ”
Li Mu nodded, walked forward, and shouted back.
"Remember to come to me!"
Wang Wang looked at the direction where Li Mu was going, took a sip of cold porridge gently, with tears in his eyes, and scolded: "Fool!"
After Li Mu left, Cui Wei and others came.
"Wang Wang, you decide, whether you follow us down the mountain or on the mountain. We are the last of the group, and the rest of us have decided to stay in the mountains, and you can rest assured that we will never tell this secret when we go down the mountain!"
Cui Wei said to Wang Wang.
Wang Wang did not answer Cui Wei's words, but knelt down towards Cui Wei.
"Village master, if you go down the mountain, can you help take care of Li Mu?"