stubborn thief

Chapter 36 Lu Bin
Lu Bin is the youngest of the Laomiaozhuang Lu brothers, with a square head and a strong body, and Liu Chengzong has seen him.

The last time outside the Mucha checkpoint in Laomiaozhuang, Lu Bin wore a white scarf on his head and a white sheepskin jacket. He rode on a horse and carried a bow and arrow with a wooden spear.

Liu Chengzong chatted with him for a few words, but he didn't ask about the situation of the old temple village, but he made a mess of the Ding family station.

However, after half a month, Liu Chengzong saw the man in his thirties again in the clan ancestral hall. Suddenly, his appearance changed a lot.

As soon as he stepped into the square patio of the ancestral hall, Liu Chengzong noticed the figure sitting on the ground in the corner, with the dirty white hair scarf on the side, Lu Bin was disheveled, with dirt mixed with blood and mud on his body, looking like a frightened rabbit. Come here, want to get up.

"It's you?"

His mouth movements were very low and his voice was low, his left face was covered with a white cloth oozing blood, and he looked very uneasy.

"Liu Chengzong, you met at the village half a month ago."

As Liu Chengzong spoke, he stepped forward, pulled over the long bench that the clan was sitting on, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's going on on your face?"

"It was hit by an arrow, and two teeth were lost."

This answer made Liu Chengzong not know whether to say that Lu Bin was lucky or unlucky. For bad luck, he was pierced with an arrow in his face, but for good luck, only his cheek was pierced.

A wound can reveal a lot of information.

For example, he could imagine how Lu Bin was hit by an arrow, probably wounded by a stray arrow when he looked back at the pursuers.

"It was you who came on horseback? Who else?"

Lu Bin nodded, maybe it was an encounter, maybe it was an injury, which made him look rather short of breath, as if all his energy had been taken away, he slowly shook his head, and said, "I, I don't know."

"The Ding family led thieves into the stockade, and the villagers scattered. I led them away with a few brothers and ran all the way... They all scattered."

Since Lu Bin has a horse, the thief also has a horse, Liu Chengzong finally asked what he desperately wanted to know: "Listen to me, those thieves are Wang Zuohang's people, how do you know?"

It seems that this is not the first time that Lu Bin has answered a similar question, which made him a little impatient, and frowned slightly and replied: "They said it themselves, that Zuo Hangzi took them to defeat the army in Yaozhou, and thousands of people died. They are just one of them."

After answering, Lu Bin eagerly said and made gestures, saying: "Master, you have seen me and know that I am from the old temple village, not a thief, can you let me go, oh!"

I don't know where the movement is too big, it seems to be the back, and the pain makes him stop talking, but it only paused for a moment, and then continued: "Return the horse and bow to me, I have to go back."

Liu Chengzong got up and walked to his side, Lu Bin was sitting against the wall, he didn't pay attention just now, only then did he see a big hole in the back of the sheepskin jacket, brown blood left on the jacket, but the hole was wrapped in white cloth , I think it was yesterday that when I fled to Xingpingli, a medical craftsman put the medicine on it.

"Go back? If the thief is still in the old temple, what can you do when you go back."

"I have to find my family. My brother, sister-in-law, nephew, my mother-in-law and children. I will not be the only one left in my family of eleven. If there is no one I... I have to avenge them."

Liu Chengzong didn't say a word, he wanted to sit back on the bench, and just sat down, he got up again and said, "You have a back injury, you can't even draw the bow, what revenge will you take when you go back?"

"You still have to account for two people to watch you, be content, you can live here with peace of mind, and someone will take care of your meals every day, what a good thing."

Speaking of which, Liu Chengzong was happy himself. To be honest, if it wasn't for what happened to the old temple village, it would be something that many people outside and outside of the disaster year could only ask for in a place like Xingpingli.

After all, this occasion is not suitable for laughing, Liu Chengzong restrained his smile, thought about it, stepped forward and patted Lu Bin on the shoulder, and said, "I will go to the north in the past two days. If I can meet your brother, I will bring him over. Live in peace and don't make trouble at my ancestral hall."

"I'll go out and ask if I can give you another place to live."

After all, Liu Chengzong walked out of the ancestral hall without looking back, no matter how Lu Bin shouted behind him.

Standing under the eaves of the ancestral hall with the high lintel, he looked up at the blue sky and sighed.

In the two months since I left Yuhebao, more people died around me than in the past 19 years.

He should have known that the eight wolves at Ding's station were not fuel-efficient lamps, and they even killed the tax collectors. Even if there were no thieves, they would rob others if they were a little unhappy.

The more he thought about it, the more Liu Chengzong felt that he had to leave to take a look north.

If Lu Bin's brothers and family members are still alive, most of them will not be found.

Unless the person is dead, maybe he can see a corpse.

Otherwise, he can find it, and the thief can also find it. Without the ability to hide, he will definitely not survive.

If you have the ability to hide, you can't find hundreds of people hidden in the barren mountains and bald hills that can be seen everywhere in a radius of ten miles, let alone a few people.

"Just came back from Ansai, where are you going?"

Mrs. Cai, who had distributed grain to the tenants, returned home. As soon as she entered the door, she saw a pile of horse buns left in the middle of the courtyard entrance. Looking inside, she saw Liu Chengzong in the stable carrying a blanket and putting a saddle on the back of the red flag. He couldn't help but say, "What a mess outside!"

"Mother is back, this village in the north has been attacked by thieves, I will go there to explore."

Seeing his mother come back, Liu Chengzong took off the saddle and hung the bedding roll on his back in the stable for the time being. He walked out and said with a smile, "It's okay, the ancestral hall is closed and Lu Bin also wants to find his family. If he goes out and encounters a thief, he will die. I'll go out and see for him."

"If you don't hide from people on the outside road, can you still go to the mountains to find people?"

Mrs. Cai complained anxiously, but had no other way, and said, "I can't find anyone, so what are you going to do in the north? Listen to mother's words, just stay at home, don't run out again."

"How can you not go, the villages seven or eight miles away say no, you have to go over there to see where the thieves are going, they are still there, we should prepare early; if we go to other places, our house can sleep at night. Don't you feel safe? Mother, don't worry."

Liu Chengzong raised his hand to wipe away the sweat from the war horse, and tapped the dark armor of the frontier soldiers on his body, saying, "It's full of armor pieces the size of palms. I ride two horses, and I can run even if I encounter thieves. not me."

"If you can, you can return the armor. No one in a village has escaped the poisonous hands. What's the use of wearing armor?"

After all, Mrs. Cai knew that she couldn't stop her son, so she frowned and said, "Your brother will go to Cao Guan's team, I guess he will be back in the afternoon, you should have something to eat first, and you two will take care of him when he returns... Whose horse is that?"

"Alright, when he comes back, I can rest assured when I go out with a lot of family members."

Liu Chengzong thought, it is estimated that the eldest brother felt unsafe after learning about the thieves in the north, so he went to find Cao Yao and his party. When the fifty frontier troops were at home, even if the thieves came, he would not be afraid.

Thinking of this, he felt more relieved, pointed to the stable and said, "That's the horse reserved for my sister-in-law by the Houyao Cao Guan team. I just borrowed it, and I can't go away in a hurry. It's horseshoe is loose, and it has to be re-hung before it can go on the road. ."

(End of this chapter)