Weird past in the countryside

Chapter 57

The three of us panted for a while, and then we felt our breath recovering slowly.The wooden stick and I gradually moved closer to the middle, trying to get close to that person.

The man was still panting, but when he suddenly found the two of us approaching, he seemed extremely nervous.He slowly approached one side of the street, leaning his back against the courtyard wall of a nearby house, looking at me and Muguer alternately from left to right.

The two of us were getting closer and closer to the figure with a mahogany sword, and the distance now seemed to be only a few meters away.

Our lantern has long been lost, and under the dim moonlight, I still can't see the man's face clearly, but I found that the figure has begun to tremble.I yelled: "Go!" As soon as I finished speaking, the wooden stick and I jumped up at the same time, preparing to throw the man down first.

Unexpectedly, my yell made the man fall to his knees with a thump in fright, begging for mercy constantly: "Please forgive me, please forgive me, you ghost messengers, please forgive me."

I thought to myself, what the hell is this? Why do you think we are ghosts?But why does the sound sound so familiar?I slowly leaned up, squatted down, and saw through the moonlight that the man was actually the village chief Jin Fu.

I was so angry that I sat down on the ground, and the wooden stick leaned against the wall, panting for breath.

Jin Fu found that there was no movement, and raised his head strangely, and finally he saw the two of us clearly.He also piled on the ground.

I said weakly: "The village chief, what are you doing wandering around in the middle of the night? You can run pretty well. This makes us both tired."

The village chief was even more annoyed: "You two little bastards, how old am I? I haven't run like this for decades. I don't feel relieved at night, thinking of those few points. , I saw you two sneaking up to me from behind. I thought there was a ghost coming in, can I not run as hard as I can? But I am exhausted. Ouch, this waist..."

I was a little embarrassed: "Village chief, I'm really sorry, Mu Stick and I were also afraid of ghosts coming in. When we saw you in front, we wanted to see what was going on. I didn't expect you to run away when you saw us. I thought the village If something happened to the person, I just chased him, I didn't expect this to happen, look, hehe, hehe." I didn't know what to say, I just kept giggling.

The village head supported the wall and stood up slowly: "Forget it, forget it, you two are doing it for the sake of the village. In that case, let's go to those places together."

Muguer and I went on the inspection again with the village chief, and the village chief gave the people on night watch another good order.

After sending the village chief home, Mu Stick and I looked at each other and smiled.The wooden stick said as he walked, "This old guy is really good at running."

I nodded and said: "If you don't run, you will die. Everyone has to run as hard as they can, and it's hard for the village chief, hahaha." Mu Guner and I had another good laugh on the street. Although it was a misunderstanding, I remembered Quite interesting.

In the end, Mu Stick and I ran to the fortification point at the west entrance of the village. Someone had piled up a few new sacks there, filled with sand, like a bunker in a gun battle.Stick and I leaned against the bunker, chatting and staring at the road at the entrance of the village.

I asked Mu Zhuer: "Gu Er, come to me, do you regret it?"

The wooden stick looked at the sky: "I don't regret it, why regret it later. I have always been interested in these things. Do you know that during the period of time I have been here, I have thought about everything I have seen and experienced before." Not coming out. And with my best brother, death is worth it."

I was very moved when I heard Muguer's words. I pulled a stick and said, "Muguer, I... thank you."

The wooden stick looked at it and pushed me: "Are you okay, don't be such a mother-in-law, okay, I'm getting goosebumps."

I smiled, leaning on the bunker, looking at the sky full of stars.The night sky is full of stars, I saw two brighter stars, very close, twinkling.I said to myself: "Yes, good brother, forever."

We chatted without a word, and the time passed quickly.By the time the sky turns white, I guess I have passed the day safely.We walked to several fortified points, and let the night watchmen go home to rest, and Mu Stick and I walked slowly back to the dormitory.

I entered the room and saw that the master was leaning against the wall and meditating cross-legged, while Wei Meng was lying on the kang, snoring.Master heard us coming in, opened his eyes and asked, "Are you all right?"

I smiled and said, "It's okay, I just ran a marathon with Stick."

Master was taken aback: "What? What pine?"

I rolled my eyes: "Master, you know how to practice Taoism after cooperating, but you don't even know how to marathon?"

The master glared: "Nonsense, I don't care what he does, little bastard, will you say it?" The master made a gesture to hit me.

I hurriedly pleaded: "Don't hit, don't hit, I said it's okay? I haven't seen you as a master, and I always want to hit people. A marathon is a long-distance race. Last night, Mu stick and I found a black shadow. He ran and we chased him. , chased most of the village, we were so tired that we looked like something, guess who is it in the end?"

Master seemed very interested: "Ah? Who is it?"

I smiled and said, "It's the village chief. He's too tired, and his waist seems to be twisted."

The master also found it funny, and then said to himself: "The village chief? What is he doing here?"

I said: "The village head Jin is quite responsible. He said he was worried at home and was afraid that the night watchmen would be negligent, so he also came out to make inspections."

The master nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

I asked again: "What did those two girls do?"

The master replied: "Xiaoyue took Ling'er to her house to sleep. She said that Wei Meng was snoring and couldn't sleep here. There is no place."

Just as they were talking, Ning Xiaoyue and Yu Ling'er came in carrying a bag, opened the bag and saw that it was full of steaming steamed buns.Xiaoyue said: "It's time for dinner, it's all steamed buns made by my mother."

Wei Meng was soundly asleep, but suddenly woke up, shouting: "Steamed buns, steamed buns."

This caused a roar of laughter.Wei Meng looked at it and scratched his head in embarrassment.

I went to the kitchen to bring some pickles, and everyone ate the steamed buns with the pickles, and it tasted delicious.

After dinner, Master also asked me to give each of the night watchmen a mahogany sword soaked in chicken blood yesterday for self-defense.I responded, and said to Master, "How is your shift tonight?"

The master said: "Tonight you and Mu Gu'er come first, the two girls are finished, and Wei Meng and I will be last. As long as Xiao San and the others don't act, we will go on like this."

I was a little surprised: "Huh? Then if Xiao San doesn't come, we won't be tortured to death by him?"

Master said: "At least let's stick to it for a week. Based on my understanding of Xiaosan, he will definitely come."

Since Master asked the village chief to suspend the elementary school classes, the time during the day is relatively free.As long as there is time, Yuling'er will pull me and say that she wants to teach me Xuanming's Taoism, and the master also strongly supports this.

I was forced to recite formulas by Yu Ling'er. She said that Xuanming Taoism is based on formulas. As long as you memorize the formulas and supplement them with hand formulas and swordsmanship, you will get twice the result with half the effort.

Mu Guner was also very interested in Wei Meng's sword skills, some grappling skills, and boxing skills, so he pestered Wei Meng to teach him boxing skills, and Wei Meng also taught him all he had.I don't think these two people seem to be teaching kung fu at all, and Wei Meng doesn't know how to explain it.Ask Wei Meng what he doesn't understand, Wei Meng gets up and slaps again.But even so, Mu Stick is still very focused on learning.

Ning Xiaoyue is not interested in these skills, she goes home to accompany her mother during the day, and cooks some food for us when it is time to eat.

At night, Xiaoyue brought a pot of stewed chicken with mountain mushrooms, opened the lid, and the aroma was tangy.It's been a long time since I ate such delicious food here. For a while, no one spoke, only the sound of rice bowls clinking and chewing.The wooden stick was excited to eat, and kept babbling.

Soon, the pot of stewed chicken with mountain mushrooms was eaten up, and even the leftover soup was eaten up by Wei Meng.

I patted my swollen belly with my hands, hiccupped, and asked the stick: "Is this the chicken your kid stole? It's stolen goods."

The wooden stick was also full enough, and he gave me a blank look: "So what, the chicken was killed yesterday, so if you don't eat it, wouldn't it be a waste? You're full, you're paralyzed, and you think it's stolen goods? You're capable. Don't you eat it?"

I said to Ning Xiaoyue: "Xiaoyue, you have learned badly too. You know that it is stolen goods, why do you still process it for him? You are jointly and severally liable, don't you know?"

Yuling'er spat at me from the side: "Bah! I think you eat more than anyone else. That little stick, you can steal another one tomorrow and see if he eats it. I still want to eat it anyway. "

One sentence amused everyone again.In this relaxed atmosphere, no one is willing to mention the upcoming catastrophe, which may be called a catastrophe. Everyone has an idea of ​​the chances of winning in a duel with outnumbered enemies, but They are all supporting strongly, only relying on a breath of righteousness.

Seeing that everyone was full, the master hurriedly urged everyone to take their positions and start to act step by step.He told us not to relax when we inspected. He has nothing to worry about us. What he worries most is that the villagers on night duty relax their vigilance. They have never experienced this before. It is very difficult for them to accept this reality all at once. hard.

Today's first person is me and Mu stick, and the inspection in the first half of the night is relatively the easiest.One is that they are not sleepy yet, and the other is that the possibility of Xiao San and the others launching an attack before the early morning is relatively small.

The wooden stick and I tied more than [-] mahogany swords with ropes, carried them to various fortification points, and distributed the swords.Those who didn't come on duty also put their swords aside.Be as prepared as possible.

At the west entrance of the village, I saw Daddy Douzi again. Daddy Douzi stayed on duty last night, slept a lot during the day, and was quite energetic at night.He asked me: "Mr. Xiao, when will this ghost come? I'm afraid we villagers won't be able to bear it if it takes too long?"

I patted him: "Master Yuan said, he will definitely come, and you should also remind everyone, don't relax, otherwise big troubles will easily happen."

Daddy Douzi nodded frequently: "That's natural, that's natural. I believe in Master Yuan."

(End of this chapter)