Pseudo master, she just wants to live

Chapter 257

Between heaven and earth, there is a vast expanse of whiteness.

Looking as far as the eye can see, apart from a dozen taupe felt tents, there is no other color to be seen.

The whole world was dead silent, just like Jiang Wenjie's heart.

Panting, he leaned against a Populus euphratica tree, with two newly filled wooden barrels beside his legs.

He slowly cupped his hands, put them to his mouth, and exhaled a few breaths of hot air forcefully.

The once big palm with distinct joints is now red, swollen and cracked, and the chilblain on the back of the hand oozes disgusting yellow pus, and it hurts deeply when touched lightly.

The biting cold wind blew away the hot air he had just exhaled, and also took away what little warmth he had left in the thin and damp reed jacket.

Jiang Wenjie couldn't help shivering, rubbed his hands again, bent down to pick up the barrel, and went back quickly.

Suddenly, his lower back hurt, and he was suddenly kicked down the slope. He turned seven or eight somersaults on the wet and cold snow, and finally stopped face down.

"Hahahahahaha..."

"Look, this kid looks like a dog lying on the ground!"

Gleeful laughter and vulgar insults came from behind.

He wanted to stand up, but his head hurt again.

Someone stepped on the back of his head and crushed him hard.

Jiang Wenjie's entire face was forced to be buried in the snow, and the biting cold rushed into his nostrils and mouth.

In front of him was an old boot full of mud.

"Ah, isn't this the little boy who sued Dutou a few days ago? Why can't he get up on his stomach? He likes to sue so much, so why don't he get up and sue?"

A rough male voice sounded above his head.

Jiang Wenjie raised his head with difficulty, and saw a fierce face full of beards.

He finally recognized that this was an old corps leader whom he caught bullying his newcomer three days ago, surnamed Chang, who came two years earlier than him.

Seeing him looking at him, the man's face that was still joking twisted violently, and he stepped harder.

Jiang Wenjie felt that the sole of the man's boots was like a rough and hard slate, which made the scalp on the back of his head ache.

"Tsk tsk, with a thin skin and tender flesh, isn't it the rabbit in the fence before?"

The man cursed maliciously, and more and more wanton laughter came from around.

Jiang Wenjie stretched out his arms, hugged the leg in front of him, and turned over violently with all his strength.

The man was unprepared, nearly eight feet tall, but he was thrown down all at once.

"Warrior!"

People watching the excitement around rushed up, helping and shouting.

He wanted to get up and run back to the camp, but before he could stand still, a fist hit him in the face, and he spun and fell down in an instant.

Then came a rain of punches and kicks.

Jiang Wenjie hugged his head, bowed his body, and huddled himself tightly into a ball.

His whole body was numb with pain, and he felt that he was probably going to die, a useless and sad death in this desolate and strange place.

"Hey, hey, don't beat him, if you beat this kid to death, we won't have any good fruit later."

Finally, someone got scared.

"It's fucking bad luck, I'll let you off this time, brat!"

A mouthful of foul-smelling thick phlegm fell on his cheek, and then the sound of sparse footsteps gradually left.

After a while, the buzzing ears finally became dead silent, he slowly raised his head and opened his eyes.

A warm liquid flowed down his forehead, and he blinked his eyes, feeling a little stinging, and the gray, white and black world became blurred and reddened.

He slowly let go of his hands holding his head, the back of his hands already covered with chilblain, was already bloody.

Maybe it's because the pain is so extreme that you won't feel it.

Jiang Wenjie watched dumbly as the blood on his hands turned the snow red, until a scolding came from afar.

"Over there, you are urging for water, you are still fucking lazy!"

He raised his head numbly and saw someone holding a whip and yelling at him, so he got up with difficulty and slowly returned to the slope.

Seeing the overturned wooden barrel, he froze for a moment, and it took him a while to realize that he would probably be beaten again later.

Yue Mo's bruised nose and swollen face were too frightening. After all, he was not beaten, but he had no food for a whole day.

Cold, aching and hungry, he could only go outside to shave snow and eat, and his stomach became more uncomfortable after eating.

That night, he developed a fever, vomited and diarrhea all night, and finally lay dying on the wet and cold floor.

Some people say that he can't do it, and he also thinks that he can't do it.

The head is hot and the body is light.

It sounded like someone was calling him.

"Jiang Lang, Jiang Lang, look quickly, this is our child..."

It was his wife, the childhood sweetheart who eloped with him to the deserted village in spite of everything.

By the way, he still has his wife and children waiting for him, he can't die yet, he can't die...

Probably because the belief of his wife and children was strong enough, he really survived.

It's just that in the days that followed, what happened to him became more and more miserable.

No one cares about him as a little-known recruit who doesn't know how to bribe Dutou.

Beatings, insults, and eventually humiliation.

"Master Rabbit and his mother-in-law, tsk tsk, how do you look, if you are as beautiful as you, I will not dislike you..."

He who had already learned to be patient, couldn't bear it any longer, roared and rushed over desperately.

This time, he was beaten so badly that the doctor in charge thought he was hopeless.

But this time, he survived again.

"Tsk tsk, you incompetent rabbit master, your life is pretty tough."

The corporal commander surnamed Chang also had a bruise on his face. He watched him get out of the tent and said bitterly, but he didn't dare to come over and make a move.

Only later did he know that a new supervising army had come to the barracks and a new order had been issued. If anyone in the barracks got into a fight, no matter who it was, they would be dealt with by military law.

From then on, his life finally took a turn for the better.

The real turning point came in spring.

Dutou was bitten by a poisonous snake. He read and read since he was a child, and followed his father to identify herbs and herbs. He discovered in time that there was a white snake grass nearby that could detoxify snakes, and saved Dutou's life.

The doctor in the barracks is amazing, and the military supervisor came to look for him in person and asked him if he wanted to be transferred to be a military doctor.

But he refused.

He loved working with herbs since he was a child, but later he discovered that in many cases, herbs can't save him, only...power can.

He never forgot the days and nights when he was beaten, let alone those ugly insults and curses.

He wants to climb up, climb hard, and sooner or later, he will take revenge on those who have bullied him.

He became a soldier of the overseer.

Later, the Supervising Army left Beyond the Great Wall and took him away, and he became a small leader of the Changxi Imperial Guard.

It's a pity that his enemy Chang was also transferred because of his military exploits.

The matter of revenge was delayed again and again.

Until a few days ago, the former military supervisor passed by Changxi on his way back to Beijing, found him quietly, and left a note with the name of a tavern written on it.

"There are important criminals in the court, and if you catch them, you can get a heavy reward, but... how much the reward is depends on whether you can catch it."

He took the note and hurriedly and humbly asked what to do. The supervisor leaned into his ear and said a few words.

His face turned pale: "But, but I still have a wife and children at home..."

The supervisor sneered: "If a big man wants to succeed, he has to be ruthless. Now that the opportunity is in front of him, but you are still thinking about the things about women, you are misjudged."

His heart turned cold, and he quickly kowtowed to apologize.

Yes, he is like this now, how can he have the face to go back, on the day he was bullied, he had asked the wounded soldiers from his hometown to go back and tell his wife that he was dead.

"The subordinate obeys the order."

"Hahaha, good! The Zajia is right. You should prepare enough. When the time comes, the Zajia will go to the Duke of the country to help you set up a line. It is even easier to talk to the Tianjia. The right servant of the Ministry of War is still vacant. , that position belongs to you.”

"Thank you, Elder Pavilion!"

Hearing so many promises, Jiang Wenjie was ecstatic, and the trace of pain in his heart was instantly washed away.

Only by climbing up can he do what he naturally wants to do.

At the beginning, everything went smoothly, but unexpectedly, something went wrong halfway.

The wife and children who were supposed to be in Liyang County actually appeared near the Duke's mansion, and were discovered by that damned Chang!
The surname Chang looked at him arrogantly and proudly. He knew that some things had to be brought forward.

This dog threatened him that if he didn't give up the work of eradicating the snow monster, he would report him for concealing his wife and children.

He pushed the boat along the way, followed his plan, recruited his cronies overnight, and changed the plan a little.

In the dense forest, as long as the cronies follow them to attack, and then shout that something happened, everything will be pushed to the "snow monster"...

How perfect.

Before the "Yeti" is completely caught, it is not too much to let the "Yeti" kill two heinous villains, right?
Then, everything went smoothly, and his enemy finally died.

But at some point, things quietly took a path that he couldn't predict.

The "snow monster" disappeared, people in Cangling Temple started to die again, even Gangzi and the others died, and everything became more terrifying and appalling.

At first, he thought it was the ghost of the Minister of the Ministry of War who insisted on following him, but finally found out that... there really are such scary monsters in the world.

He still couldn't grasp the great opportunity.

Obviously everything went according to plan, what went wrong...

After being interrogated by the Minister of the Ministry of War and his mysterious servant, he was a little dazed.

This is probably his last chance to be promoted.

No, things are done so badly, I'm afraid he won't be able to keep his position as deputy lieutenant...

"You can go back first."

"Yes... the officer will retire."

He stood up slowly, the injury in his leg preventing him from walking fast.

"Squeak-"

The wooden door made a harsh and old sound, and the devastation and thick snow outside made him feel dazed for a moment, thinking that he had returned to Beyond the Great Wall.

He had just stepped out of the threshold with his right leg when the boy's voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Wait a moment!"

He slowly turned around and looked at the speaker. The latter frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "Do you... know where Jiang Shi and Dabao are?"

His eyes widened in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)