"It's going to rain like this."

The sunset was setting, and two shadows were drawn out from the red light and walking on the ground. The old man stood in place with a medicine basket on his back and looked at the mountains to the west. The light crossed the skyline and shone on his face. A young man next to him covered his mouth and nose, waved his arms to drive away something.

The sound of flies flapping their wings buzzing around them. Not far away, a rotten and swollen corpse was covered with maggots. In this situation, the old man and even the young people around him had little feeling. After all, there were still countless corpses left on this land.

"If you don't clean it up, the epidemic will soon come." Zhou Tong has been studying martial arts for most of his life. He is clear about the pathology. Now that spring is getting warmer, the body is beginning to rot faster. When the plague breeds and spreads, he dare not think about the situation that may occur. A few days after the Jurchen retreated, the vast areas in the north have been destroyed, and the power of the government can be operated is very small. If he delays it, he might have to go to the capital to find the admiral of the East Factory, but for him, it may be a different mood.

The old man stood in the setting sun and thought for a while. Then the young man called him twice before he took another step forward and continued walking.

Wow wow wow wow

The setting sun was hanging on the top of the distant mountain, and a touch of red color spread the sky. The old crow flapped his wings and stayed on a half-charred tree trunk, staring at the two people coming, screaming fiercely. On the side of the road was a small slope, and upwards was a piece of ruins, and there were still several ruined houses left. Close to the edge of the road, rows of wooden stakes stood, with painful heads inserted on them, most of which were already shriveled, and the bridge of the eyes and nose collapsed.

When the Jurchens went south, most of the villagers were reluctant to leave their own fields. They kept the idea that the Jurchens looked down on them, or they were delayed and hesitant. When the soldiers swept over, they could not hide and often stayed here forever.

The young man following the old man's eyes were slightly red, and he clenched his fists in the air, "If I have martial arts skills, I must have let these savages see that I won't kill them."

The eyes were taken back from a child's head, Zhou Tong sighed and closed his eyes, shook his head: "I have taught several disciples in my life, but if I really talk about courage, who can face the Jurchens who are like a scattered sea of ​​iron hooves? They can't do it either. This world is often talked about bloody courage, heroes, I can see it clearly. Do they think that fighting fiercely is bloody courage? Those famous Jurchens came south and didn't see them one by one. If their families have great business, they have more rules. If there are more rules, they will be restrained, let alone bloody courage."

The old man's words were conveyed in the red sunset. The young man thought for a while and followed him with his steps and asked: "Master Zhou, what are you saying about courage?"

""Amid silence, the old man shook his head.

Suddenly an old crow flew from the tree, and then the black birds were frightened one by one, hovering in the red sky, and the sound of horse hooves trampling on the earth came from afar.

"Master Zhou is the Jurchen cavalry that has not left clean yet?" The young man was so scared that his face was pale when he heard the movement, his legs trembled for a few times, and then he pulled Zhou Tong to hide in the woods over there.

The old man waved his hand and did not intend to move his steps. Seeing that the young man could not pull the other person, the sound of horse hooves approaching, he immediately left the old man and went into the dilapidated village alone to hide.

The rumbling sound spread, or it was just passing by here. Zhou Tong looked over. He had a very good eye. It was a cavalry team of hundreds of people. Judging from the armor, it was not the Jurchen cavalry. It seemed that the court had finally moved.

I felt relieved.

Pulling the medicine basket on his back, he caught the young man hiding, looked at the other party, and took a step forward on his way back, "Do you understand what I said before?"

The young man nodded in shame and walked into the mountains as the old man disappeared in the setting sun.

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Horse hooves stomped over the ground fiercely. When dust splashed, one of the knights 'et' said, rode his horse slowly and stopped, looking at the village where the walls collapsed. Then a horseman came to him with a Baling copper stick on his back and looked at the village along Lin Chong's gaze. "It seems that there are too few living people there that can be seen in this area. Should I go over and take a look?"

"It's an old man, and it seems to be a young man." Lin Chong shook his head with his mount, "Don't disturb others anymore. It's not easy for an old man to survive. Even if we go over, others may mistakenly think that it's the Jurchens and kill them again, and they won't see anyone at that time."

Luan Tingyu first sighed, stroked the horse's hair, and showed a smile, "We have been looking for it for a few days, and the other teams have not found any corpses with the same clothes as the wife. This should be thankful that the wife was lost after the Jurchen retreated."

"Hope"

There was a little bad premonition in his tone. Lin Chong understood more than anyone in the East Factory. He felt like he was tolerant of the person he suddenly lost his beloved. He was ashamed of him. He also went to Liangshan with hatred and raised the banner to avenge Zhenniang. Now is the cruel and ruthless admiral of the East Factory. It is hard for him to imagine what scene will appear in the future.

If you can't find your wife, that admiral will be crazy. The crazy eunuch, especially the eunuch who holds great power, is the misfortune of the whole world.

"Don't chat anymore, hurry up and find a wife"

Lin Chong shouted lightly, rode his horse and ran up, caught up with the team and continued to search north.

The last ray of light closed on the back of the mountain, and the sky rumbling thunder sounded. Soon after, it started to rain heavily.

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Wow

The rain curtain fell in the mountains, and the mist was bleak. The raindrops hit the leaves and splashed water. The rugged and bumpy mountain road became slippery and muddy. Zhou Tong wiped away the rain from his face and his vision extended along the mountain road. The broken small village in front was lit with some firelight. Many figures ran back and forth in the firelight, and occasionally an anxious voice came faintly.

"What happened?" The old man frowned, and after murmured, he handed the medicine basket to the young man, waited under his feet, pushed out the mud, and suddenly accelerated through the rain curtain, broke through the water splash, and entered the village in a few breaths. It turned out that a new straw hut had collapsed in the heavy rain and mountain wind. The people in the village were busy snatching out the buried people. Fortunately, the straw hut had only a few logs and dead grass, and only one woman was accidentally smashed by the wood, which was not fatal. She was sitting under another eaves to rest.

Then, a figure hurriedly passed by him. The old man's eyes were a little thin, and he ran through the heavy rain to the injured woman, squatted down, spitting the chewed herbs in his hands and applying them to the wound on the other person's forehead, stopping the bleeding.

After a while, the woman tore off a piece of cloth strip from her cuffs and bandaged it. When she looked at the old man, she raised her arms and waved them. Then she ran over and shouted sweetly.

"father!"

Zhou Tong nodded in praise. The serious old man rarely smiled at this time. He used his wide cuffs to block the rain for the woman. When he returned to the eaves where he sat, there was no candlelight or something illuminated by the oil lamp, but it was also empty and would not touch anything.

A stone was used as a stool, and Zhou Tong sat down. On a simple small table, there was only half a hard steamed bun, which was obviously something the woman had eaten before.

"Dad, eat it quickly. That was left by Fuqi for you." In the darkness, the woman blinked brightly, chewing something in her mouth, as if she was eating.

In such an environment, everyone actually has no requirements for what to eat. Half of the cold steamed bun was retrieved when Zhou Tong went out to look for it. He left it to the woman when he went out yesterday, so he could make do with him when he was out.

"Fuqi, why don't you eat it?" The old man stared at the half steamed bun.

"I'm eating Dad! Eat quickly!"

The woman urged her.

The old man frowned and stood up and walked over. The woman there was a little panic, as if she was hiding something. She was wearing coarse cloth clothes and had no place to hide them deliberately, but Zhou Tong was discovered.

"You'll eat this in the past two days"

In front of the woman, there were a small piece of steamed bun, and there were several leaves next to her. In her hand, she was holding a small cluster of steamed buns wrapped in a leaf and stuffed them into her mouth, chewed them, and finally swallowed them.

He looked at the old man in front of him and smiled, "Yeah, that's something that can be eaten."

Outside, the rain was raining, and the rain curtain went down the thatched hut into the thatched hut, dripping on the ground, ticking

"You shouldn't suffer like this, good boy."
Chapter completed!