Chapter Seventy-One: Five Taels
Bang!
The door of the village chief's house was smashed open, and in a panicked scream, Ghost Cry strode in, and a man with a sword stabbed at him.
Suddenly, a trouser belt burst out from behind him and opened a wide mouth.
The long sword stabbed in without hindrance, and the big mouth bit down violently, and Bai Sensen's teeth reflected the cold light.
The man hurriedly withdrew his hand, and the long sword was swallowed by him whole.
"Youkai!" a terrible cry came out of the house.
"Youkai, are you talking about me?" "Big mouth climbed on Ghost Cry's shoulder, and a smile came out of his mouth: "Guess, guess if I'm going to eat your youkai." ”
The man was so frightened that he sat on the ground, and an old man and an old lady broke out and hurriedly blocked in front of him.
Ghost Cry slapped his mouth, and he snorted, like a snake, and swam down the house, into the luggage on the big black's back.
On the way, when they passed by the people of Qi Tian behind Ghost Cry, they all shivered, and their eyes were full of horror.
It's not like they've never seen monsters, but most of them are little demons, and they're as annoying as rats, but they're just a little more aggressive, but they can't endanger the lives of adults under normal circumstances.
The big mouth looks like a little demon, but it's really weird. In these years, even the waistband of his pants has become fine.
"You, who is the head of this village?"
"I am. The old man said.
In fact, it is not appropriate to say that he is an old man, he is only in his 40s, almost 50 years old, but he looks too old, his beard is white, his back is rickety, most of his teeth are missing, and his face is full of wrinkles.
"Who is he?" Ghost Cry pointed to the young man behind the village chief.
The young man was very bold and dared to sneak up on the ghost with a sword. But he was also very timid, and as soon as he saw that others were not something he could deal with, he immediately shrank behind the old man.
This kind of person is very common. A typical deception, two-faced, is a very troublesome character for most people, but for Devil Cry, it is not worth mentioning.
"Daxia spare the dog!" the village chief kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"I'm going to stay here for the night. The ghost cried and said, "Tomorrow, I will go to the county." ”
"Hero, just stop. The village chief hurriedly said: "The old man will definitely serve the hero." ”
So, Devil Cry stayed at the village chief's house.
The village chief was very welcoming, and served with white glutinous and delicious rice for dinner, and the dish also used precious salted meat.
Ghost Cry looked at a bowl of rice: "It seems that there is no shortage of food in your village!"
The village chief smiled awkwardly and did not answer. Isn't it normal that there is a shortage of food in the village, and he is not short of food?
However, he didn't dare to say it directly, for fear of being robbed by this hero to help the poor.
At night, the ghost cried and lay on the bed with the quilt covered, and there was a sound outside the door.
The village chief's son suffered a big loss in the evening, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he couldn't sleep, took a butcher's knife, and planned to attack the ghost at night to cry, but was stopped by the village chief.
"You don't want to die?" said the village chief, in a low voice.
The young man said, "Dad, he is sleeping, he is defenseless, you get out of the way, I can kill him with a knife." ”
"Who do you think you are? Do you know how your uncle died?"
"Uncle?" the young man was a little confused, obviously not knowing how his uncle had died. My uncle died too early, he was still young at that time, and he didn't have much memory at all, only knowing that he had an uncle who died early.
"At that time, there were quite a lot of pedestrians on the roadside outside our village, your uncle didn't like farming, so he went to the roadside to open a shop, and everything was fine, but he met a woman, he saw that the woman was beautiful, and he didn't know where to get the ecstasy incense, and he died that night, under the woman's sword, understand?"
"What does that have to do with me. The young man was visibly carried away by the anger.
"Are you stupid? How can a person who walks the rivers and lakes stay in a stranger's house without defense. And obviously, he is not as simple as a person from the rivers and lakes, he is probably a strange person who understands magic, and if you do it to him, you are looking for death. ”
The young man finally figured it out and left the door.
Ghost Cry's ears moved, listening to everything outside, and glanced at the long knife leaning against the bed with some regret.
He doesn't like this family very much, but he won't kill because he just doesn't like it, because this family hasn't touched the bottom line in his heart.
On the second day, after breakfast, the village chief called Qi Tianxia and a few others and asked them to send ghosts to cry to the county seat.
Qi Tianxia is very unhappy, they don't want to contact the ghost crying, and they don't want to go out on such a cold day, but they are helpless.
"You're with me, too. The ghost cried and pointed to the village chief's son.
The village chief hurriedly said: "Hero, the dog is ignorant......"
"Shut up, or I'll kill your family, don't think I don't know what happened last night. ”
The village chief's face was flushed, his hands and feet trembled, and the young man was shocked, and they gloated all over the world.
Out of the village, the ghost cried and sat on horseback, and they walked all over the world.
It was cold and the ground was slippery, so they walked very slowly, but fortunately there was no snow and strong winds, otherwise it would have been even slower. The ghost cry is also happy to walk slowly, not in a hurry.
The young man fell, he was so angry that he scolded, the ghost cried, the chill was everywhere, and he didn't dare to play his temper again.
There are ghosts crying for them, the evil ghosts in their minds, and the speed is actually much faster, and at noon, they have already arrived at the county seat.
At this time, there were not many people at the gate of the county, and the avenue was withered. From the outside, the entire county looks lifeless.
At the gate of the city, several soldiers leaned their spears to the side, rubbed their hands, shrunk their heads, hid in a corner sheltered from the wind, chatting and fartizing.
"Look, someone's coming. One of the soldiers shouted, only a few of them cheered up, and probed their brains to see if they were fat sheep.
When they approached, they were disappointed. There were five or six people who came, and one of them was a tall horse, with a strong body and a long knife at his waist, which was obviously not something they could offend. And the rest, not worth noting, is nothing more than the country savages somewhere, there is no oil and water.
"That's it. Looking at the city gate, the ghost cried and said, "You can go back." ”
If the people of the whole world are pardoned, they will leave if they shout "farewell".
"Wait. The devil cried out and threw something and smashed it on the young man's head.
The young man groaned, and the thing fell to the ground, it was a silver ingot. The young man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly bent down to pick it up.
"This is your reward. The ghost cried and beat his horse towards the county seat.
A pair of eyes stared at the young man, and the young man hurriedly put the silver ingot into his pocket: "Look at it, this is a reward from the hero." ”
He was happy and wanted to go into the city to have a dash. After thinking about it, the soldiers at the city gate are not vegetarians, and if they take them in, it will be a big loss, and they will cause a disaster in vain. So, he turned around and went back to the village.
Qi Tianxia several people followed him, their faces were not good-looking, and some even had murderous intent in their eyes.
From the words of the ghost crying, they could clearly hear that this was for all of them, but this rabbit cub actually swallowed it alone. It's okay to say if it's just a few copper plates, but this is an ingot, and it looks like it's going to cost five taels. Five taels of silver, even if the price of grain has increased several times, or even nearly 10 times, it is enough for several of them and their families, including seven aunts and eight aunts, to spend this winter together.
This money, but life money.
Ghost Cry sympathizes with this village, he can't do anything, and he can't save many people, only give a few taels of silver to let them survive as many people as possible.
At the same time, by the way, let the village chief's family, which he hates, learn a little lesson.
What the specific lesson is, it depends on whether the heart of the world is ruthless or not.
A soldier shivered and walked out of the sheltered corner, his face was as sad as a dead father, and he cried towards the ghost: "Uncle, I entered the city to give ......"
Devil Cried threw out a copper plate and rode into the city on a big black horse.
The soldier hurriedly picked up the copper plate, and when he saw that Ghost Cry completely ignored his existence, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt insulted at the same time, and spat fiercely at Ghost Cry's back: "You can't kill your turtle grandson!"
Ever since he met those villagers, Devil Cry has behaved like an arrogant swordsman, which is not his nature, just to avoid some trouble.
The result was very successful, whether it was the villagers or the soldiers at the city gate, they all consciously did not cause trouble for him.
When he entered the city, he dismounted and headed straight for an inn.
He's going to rest here for a while, and he'll find out something. He didn't know the people here, so he decided to go for something uncharacteristically high-profile. Think of yourself as a target, and you can always attract something.
As long as they come out, the ghost cries softly or firmly, and can always pry the news they need from their mouths.