Chapter 24 Liu Er
Liu Er's real name is Liu Xiaoqing. Because his sister's name is Liu Qing, his name became Liu Er.
When he was a child, Liu Er’s favorite thing to do was to go to the fields with his sister to watch his parents working in the fields.
My sister can sing folk songs, and every time she starts singing, people in the fields will follow suit.
"Cotton, that white——"
"The rice is so yellow——"
"The sorghum is ripe and the face is red--"
"Soybean, that round one——"
"The ears of corn are so long..."
"The corn tassels are tied to long sticks..."
At first, Liu Er thought these people were so shameless that they had the nerve to sing Ajie's song even though their singing was so bad.
Later he discovered that he was the one who sang the worst.
As soon as she opened her mouth, the people behind her couldn't sing any more and all fell down laughing.
It was such a simple life, even though he sometimes didn't have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear, Liu Er was very contented with it.
Until I was twelve years old.
The bully got drunk and broke into the house and started to physically assault my mother and sister.
My father picked up a sickle and tried to drive them away, but instead his knee was chopped off.
Like many families who have experienced similar things, the Liu family had nowhere to turn to, and was instead burdened by the city gate fees and medical expenses.
One night, my father used his hands and feet to crawl into the ditch.
The Liu family ’s sky just collapsed in half.
My mother fell ill and fell sick. Half a year later, the sky collapsed again.
From then on, Liu Er never heard Ajie sing again.
Although she still smiled, there was something in those eyes that Liu Er was unfamiliar with.
Hatred.
My sister went to the city and was said to be working as a maid for a wealthy family.
Liu Er's life suddenly became better.
There was no longer a shortage of rice, flour, grain and oil.
When he was sixteen years old, someone from the city suddenly came to pick him up, arranged a place for him to live, and gave him a very decent and prestigious job - a yamen runner.
Liu Er originally thought this would be a new life.
However, on his first day on duty, two bodies were delivered to the yamen. They were said to be an adulterous couple who were beaten to death on the spot by their master.
Both of them died in a very tragic way, the only difference was that the female corpse had a faint smile on her face, just like she did back then.
After that, no one remembered the name Liu Xiaoqing anymore.
Liu Er withdrew his thoughts and his eyes became resolute and sharp.
"if……"
"If Lord Xu had been the official back then, none of those things would have happened, right?"
"It's best to be an official like this for ten thousand years."
Liu Er didn’t know whether these people could kill the traitor, but he knew that once the traitor was really killed, Xu Chong would definitely bear a great responsibility.
Even if he was not beheaded, his official hat would be taken off.
No matter which one it was, he couldn't accept it.
so.
When the figure in the bamboo hat just appeared, Liu Er directly pulled the trigger of the crossbow and roared with all his strength.
“Get started!!!”
call out!
call out!
call out……
Thirty crossbow arrows were shot at the man in the bamboo hat from all directions, accompanied by lime and sleeping pills that fell down.
In order to survive, these frontline yamen runners were already on edge, determined to kill the rebels.
When they heard the order to start, they didn't care who gave the order and just started working.
Among them, Lao Li is the most active.
He was the one who got the lime and the drugs.
In addition, he personally tempered every knife and arrow with manure water.
He himself rushed out as soon as the action started.
"--kill!!!"
Footsteps suddenly came from all directions , only half a beat slower than Lao Li.
In a flash.
The figure of the man in the bamboo hat blurred in an instant, and his high-speed movements left an afterimage. With a series of clangs, most of the crossbow arrows were shot down.
At this time, Lao Li's knife just fell down.
A foot arrived first and kicked Lao Li hard in the chest, sending him flying several feet away and knocking down a group of yamen runners.
"Why?!"
Huo Tong raised his head, his eyes filled with anger.
He knew there was an ambush here, but shouldn't the target of the ambush be Sun Yourong? Why attack him? !
Huo Tong couldn't figure it out.
He never thought that these ordinary people would attack him.
Caught off guard, he only managed to shoot down twenty-two out of thirty crossbow arrows.
And one of them happened to hit the sachet on his waist.
The arrow wrapped in the incense pierced through the raincoat and stabbed into his waist.
In just a moment, my hands and feet began to feel weak.
Huo Tong was well aware of the effects of the Soul-Loving Incense. The only way he could think of to deal with it was to use all his strength to knock one person away, thereby deterring the remaining attackers.
Unfortunately, he was wrong.
Not only did that kick fail to have any deterrent effect, but it completely aroused the ferocity of everyone.
The yamen runners only had one thought at this time.
It's true that the rebel is very strong! If you don't kill him, you will be the one to die!
So Huo Tong watched everyone rushing towards him.
When the first knife landed on his body, he no longer felt any pain.
Then came the second one, the third one...
A moment later.
Huo Tong's consciousness gradually faded, and he uttered the last few words of his life with difficulty, "Why...why..."
The 'traitor' died just like that.
But the action of 'killing traitors' continues.
Even Liu Er, who rushed down from the city wall, was stabbed twice.
Until Huo Tong's torso was completely turned into a meat paste, the "puff puff" turned into "clang clang".
This is the sound of chopping stone.
Someone came back to his senses and looked at the puddle on the ground in disbelief, "Dead...?"
"Dead... the traitor is dead?"
"We... succeeded?"
"I'm still alive... I'm still alive! I survived!!"
One after another, everyone reacted and thunderous cheers broke out.
They completely ignored the fact that the rebels were killed too easily and were immersed in their relief at having survived the disaster.
In the entire audience, there was only one person who remained calm from beginning to end.
Liu Er.
He still has work to do.
Liu Er's eyes slowly moved across everyone's faces, as if he wanted to remember these people who had shared hardships with him.
Taking one last look at the watchtower in the distance, Liu Er bent down and lifted up Huo Tong's head.
Screaming at the top of one's lungs.
"Kill the traitor...Liu Xiaoqing!!!"
The cheers stopped abruptly.
Everyone looked at Liu Er at the same time.
Surprised, puzzled, and doubtful.
The traitors were supposed to be captured alive!
Now that he is dead, the murderer not only has no credit, but is also guilty.
Wouldn't it be courting death to be the first to stick your neck out at this time?
The person standing next to Liu Er pulled his sleeve, trying to stop him.
But Liu Er ignored him and continued to do as he pleased, shouting at the top of his voice over and over again, as if he wanted to tell everyone that it was he, Liu Xiaoqing, who killed the traitor.
Until Fu Yuanlong appeared, covered in blood.
"Lord Bloody-robed!"
Liu Er's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran to Fu Yuanlong, bowing and nodding, holding the head like a treasure: "Sir, I have fulfilled my mission and killed the rebel!"
"so……"
Fu Yuanlong narrowed his eyes, "Were you the one who shouted 'attack'?"
"Well, please forgive me, sir. I acted on my own initiative. The timing was so good that I couldn't help myself."
Liu Er said he was sorry, but anyone could see the smugness on his face.
A very natural and reasonable villain's face.
