Chapter 310: Disaster Descends from Heaven
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Nothing happened overnight.
The next morning, three figures emerged from the cave. There is nothing unusual near and far, only the bright sun shining in all directions.
And Hu Yucheng was still in low spirits, with a sad face.
Dong Li and Xiao Wenda were refreshed, and claimed that they would go to Hu's house and enjoy a few days of pastime.
Hu Yucheng had no choice but to pretend to be relaxed and set off with his two partners. And last night, in a panic, he ran out of the mountains and old forests. If you want to return now, you will inevitably have to take a roundabout.
At noon, Nanshan Fort arrived.
The group did not stop, and went straight to the valley where Hujiazhuang is located. And just stepped into the valley, the three people who were still talking and laughing suddenly changed their expressions.
I saw smoke curling in the valley, and a faint amount of blood drifting away with the wind. The dozens of houses of the Hu family are all in ruins, which are clearly the mess of the fire, but they don't know where the natural and man-made disasters come from. On the edge of the pond at the head of the village, there are more than a dozen corpses, some of which are mutilated and some of which have been burned into charcoal, all of which are miserable. There were also crowds gathering, women and children crying......
Hu Yucheng hurriedly quickened his pace and rushed to the edge of the pond like a whirlwind. I saw a young woman standing in the crowd, still unkempt and her eyes red and swollen. He grabbed the other party's shoulders and lost his voice in shock: "Qiu Lan, what's wrong?"
Mrs. Hu, or Sha Qiulan, was stunned for a moment, and finally came back to her senses. And before she could speak, tears were already raining down: "The concubine is also ignorant, only to know that in the middle of the night, the fire broke out, and she had no choice but to hide in the stove room, so she survived." And Hu Bo and more than a dozen family members were tragically poisoned......"
"Childe-"
Hu Song squeezed through the crowd and saluted with fists, the same disheveled, and his face full of panic.
Hu Yucheng let go of Mrs. Hu and slowly turned around.
On the shore of the pond, there are buckets of water. The surviving twenty or thirty members of the Hu family stood silently in a circle. In the open space of the moment, there were lying corpses. Among them, Hu Bo, the whole person has become two, and he still opens his eyes in anger, adding a bit of misery and tragedy.
Hu Yucheng looked at Hu Bo's remains, as if he had been beaten with a dull stick, he couldn't help but shake his body, and was helped by Hu Song's hand, he threw him away, and said in a low voice: "Brother Hu, there is such a big disaster in the family, as a porter, you can't be ignorant......
Hu Song took two steps back, bowed his head and said: "In the middle of the night, I felt unwell in my abdomen, so I went to the thatched house, and I saw a sword light falling from the sky, and immediately the flames rose and the wall collapsed. I was so frightened that I didn't dare to say anything, and someone sneered in the middle of the sky: Hu Yucheng, you can hide from the first day of junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth. Zuo will burn your house today, and destroy your house tomorrow......"
His voice became lower and lower, obviously because the palpitations had not disappeared, and he couldn't bear it, so he said boldly: "The houses in the village are all destroyed, the old and the young have nowhere to live, and the disaster of destruction is coming at any time, so the son should quickly make a decision!"
Hu Yucheng's worries were unfortunately fulfilled. And the disaster that befell him was far beyond his imagination. And he looked at the ruins and broken walls, and the corpses all over the ground, but it was incredulous. Especially after learning the truth, his pale face was a little more stunned.
He staggered out of the crowd and said, "Two brothers, how can this be a good ......?"
Dong Li and Xiao Wenda witnessed the tragic situation of the Hu family, and they already understood the reason before and after, but they stood more than ten zhang away, each looking at each other, and hurriedly said: "There are still old and young people in the family, and they are very worried, so I will leave for the time being, and I will meet again in the future-"
Before the two spoke, they raised their hands to leave.
Hu Yucheng still wanted to keep it, but the two had left in a hurry. He opened his mouth, threw off the sleeves of his robe, let out a long sigh, and walked slowly to the edge of the pond, where he sat down on the rock.
The departure of the two friends is excusable. Don't say that the two of them are afraid, even if they are afraid!
As Hu Song mentioned, "a sword light fell from the sky", it was clear that the master of building the foundation chased after him in the middle of the night, did not find his trace, and in anger, he killed people and set fire to destroy Hujiazhuang.
As expected, the Zuojia of Zuojia Village really has the support of a master behind him, and it is really troublesome!
"My son, you died so miserably......
"Woo, Daddy......"
"Woo, mother......"
The cry began again, and the cry of grief broke people's hearts. The choking smell of blood and smoke wafted through the valley, suffocating and despairing.
Mrs. Hu walked over, put one hand on Hu Yucheng's shoulder, wiped the corners of her eyes with an embroidered handkerchief in the other, sobbed, and said softly: "Yucheng, it's better to go to my mother's house to hide for a few days......
Hu Yucheng's eyes were fixed on the pond, silent. There are withered and decayed remnants floating in the pond, and at this moment, the mood is all messy and messy, but there is no way to get rid of it and there is nothing to do.
He patted his wife's hand, secretly feeling guilty, and shook his head, "No—"
At this time, a horse-drawn carriage drove into the valley.
It was the old family of the Wu family who drove the car, the car had not yet stopped, and a girl jumped down, probably frightened by the tragic scene in the valley, a little stunned, and then ran over: "Son, Mrs. ......"
That's Xiu'er!
Hu Yucheng slowly got up and raised his feet to meet the carriage.
Mrs. Hu stopped Xiu'er and said in surprise: "Don't mention the family affairs for the time being, and you should have taken care of the young lady, why did you return today?"
Xiu'er is a shrewd little girl, looking at the situation around her, she should have guessed, nodded again and again and said: "Last night, two immortals arrived at the Wu family, claiming to kill my son-in-law, and the Wu family expelled me and the young lady from the house for fear of being involved......
Mrs. Hu stretched out her hand to hug Xiu'er, and said hatefully: "The Wu family is hateful—"
Hu Yucheng walked to the car, and the old family members who drove the car lowered their heads and hid aside.
There was a frail woman lying quietly in the carriage, it was Hu Shuangcheng. His pale face was covered with tears, his eyes were full of humiliation and helplessness, and he said hoarsely: "Brother-"
Hu Yucheng's nose was sour, and he took a step forward, wanting to stretch out his hand to comfort, but he didn't know what to do.
The sister grabbed the palm of the eldest brother and mourned again: "Brother-"
"Hey—"
Hu Yucheng's body trembled, and he couldn't help but raise his head: "Don't be afraid, there is a big brother in the ......" He took a breath, reached out and grabbed the mattress to cover Hu Shuangcheng, and forced a smile, turned around and walked towards the men, women and children of the Hu family, and said undoubtedly: "Qiu Lan, take the gold and silver to Nanshan Fort, the Hu family has an idle house in the town, and settle Shuangcheng's sister and the old and young in the family." Hu Song, Brother Hu, with a few young people, buried their dead family members in the cemetery outside the mountain. ”
Mrs. Hu and Hu Song nodded yes, and everyone got busy.
Hu Yucheng fixed his mind, and said, "No one is allowed to set foot in the valley for three months...... "At this point, he turned and walked towards the ruins.
Mrs. Hu instructed her family to clean up and set up a few carts. Hu Song found a door panel and a straw mat, and carried the corpses on the ground away for burial. The rest of the people are helping the old and the young, wiping their tears, turning back one step at a time, and reluctantly leaving one after another.
In the valley filled with gunsmoke, there was a gloomy and bleak scene.
Mrs. Hu was so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground, so she was about to take Xiu'er to the car, only to find that Hu Yucheng was gone. She was so anxious that she suddenly remembered something, ordered Xiu'er to wait in place, picked up her skirt and ran to the cliff behind Zhuangzi.
Hu Yucheng walked through the ruins alone, came to the bottom of the cliff at the end of the valley, and then silently followed the stone steps to the Yushuang Pavilion.
This place was built by his father for his two children, which means that the children are complete, and the gold and jade are both successful. Now that the old man has passed away, the pavilion is still there, but the natural disaster is about to come, and the former home no longer exists. The origin of fortune and misfortune is only in the light of a thought.
Hu Yucheng took a turn in the pavilion, sighed silently, and walked down the pavilion, then glanced back with a suspicious expression.
A few zhang away, the cave is a place of retreat. As long as he's not in it, the door is always wide open. Now it is strictly prohibited, why is it because of a trance, or is there another accident?
"Yucheng, you are really here......"
Mrs. Hu ran over, she was already too tired to breathe, but she was overjoyed, and urged repeatedly: "Yucheng, quickly follow me to Nanshan Fort to hide, the enemy is vicious, and he will not dare to hurt the innocent!"
Hu Yucheng turned around and shook his head bitterly: "This matter started because of me, and there is no way to avoid it." As long as you and your family are well, it'......s enough."
"What do you mean by that?"
When Mrs. Hu came closer, she lifted her messy hair, raised her head and looked up, with anxiety in her panic: "Yucheng, do you have to leave Qiu Lan?"
She had a guess, and couldn't help but reach out and hold Hu Yucheng's arms tightly: "You speak, don't be reckless...... she was helpless, and her tears fell like rain: "Yucheng, I, Sha Qiulan, married into your family, and I have never complained, even if I stay alone in the empty house for many years, it is fate." Now that the catastrophe is coming, you have left Qiu Lan behind. Qiu Lan didn't want to live alone, so she took a step first......"
The woman seemed weak, but she was also strong, and she turned around and ran headlong against the stone wall at the foot of the mountain. Hu Yucheng hurriedly grabbed her, and the other party staggered into his arms, hugged him again and cried.
As she said, it's just a matter of taking care of the housework alone, and she endures it for the time being, but now she has suffered a catastrophe, and her own man is going to leave her, and the grievances and hardships she suffered suddenly broke out, and the miserable and miserable suffering is to be said.
Hu Yucheng froze in place, his eyes also red.
When he learned that the Zuo family had the support of the foundation builders, the Hu family was doomed. Otherwise, where can you flee, you can't abandon your family and live alone. Now I can only go to Zuo's house to apologize, even if I lose my life, if I can exchange it for the safety of my family, I will not hesitate to do it. This move may also be tragic, but there is no choice. Since he is the master of the Hu family, he has an unshirkable responsibility!
"For the past two years, I can't stand you. When I come back, I'll live with you......"
"I don't ...... I'll die with you......"
"Autumn Orchid ......"
"Woo ......"
Hu Yucheng gritted his teeth and was about to forcibly push his wife away.
At this time, someone suddenly complained: "Oops...... Your husband and wife are so entangled, how can people heal their wounds with peace of mind...... I want purple smoke too......"
Hu Yucheng was taken aback and said in a lost voice: "Who is it?"
The voice was staccato and familiar.
Mrs. Hu hurriedly let go of her hand and said: "The concubine forgot, someone came to visit a few days ago, claiming to be Mr. Wu, but he was ragged and bruised, very pitiful, so let him rest in the cave......"
"Mr. None?"
"Childe doesn't recognize him......"
"Mr. None...... Could it be him?"
Hu Yucheng suddenly remembered someone, and suddenly, he shook his head and sighed: "Is there no blame in the cave, Mr. Wu? How can you be pitiful again? And no matter how you find it, please leave quickly." At this moment, I don't have time to take it in!"
Before he finished speaking, a weak but simple response came from the cave: "I don't ......"
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