The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 82 Is this child innocent?
Laihu County is in the southwest of Jizhou, and Gucheng County is in the southeast of Jizhou. It only takes one day to get from Jizhou to Gucheng County if you walk quickly. Precisely because it is so close to Jizhou, the rebellion here is not that serious.
It would take at least three days to get from Gucheng County to Laihu County. Li Diudiu calculated that he could reach Gucheng County in one day, find the Confucius Temple that Wang Heita told him about that night, and then set out for Laihu County early the next morning.
After arriving in Laihu County in three days, he will set out directly back to Jizhou City. It will probably take another two or three days. In this way, he will be able to return within seven days.
But something went wrong on the way. If the first group of people could catch up with him, then perhaps the second group would arrive soon, and the people who came would definitely be much more powerful in martial arts than the one-eyed man.
Li Diudiu sat on the donkey's back, lifted up his sleeves and took a look. His arm was hit by the one-eyed man's heavy knife. Although there was no injury to the bones, the bloody wound was very large and it was shocking to see.
The young man seemed to have gotten rid of his fear. After a moment's silence, he opened the deerskin bag at his waist. Inside was the medicine prepared for him by his master, which he always carried with him. There were also quite a few bottles and jars prepared for him by Xiahou Zhuo .
He took off the kettle and washed the wound. The piercing pain made Li Diudiu's handsome eyebrows frown together.
After rinsing it with water, he replaced it with wine, which he got from the shop where he had just eaten. When he left, he did not forget to put the meal money on the table.
Li Diudiu tried twice to bite open the lid of the wine bottle with his mouth, but he didn't dare to pour the wine out immediately.
"Donkey, donkey, I'm in so much pain."
Li Diudiu took a few deep breaths, then grabbed the saddle with his injured arm, or to be exact, the donkey saddle. He closed his eyes and poured the liquor on the wound. At that moment, Li Diudiu's eyes suddenly widened.
Since he was a child, he has followed his master around the country and suffered many minor injuries. His master also wanted to train him and did not want him to become a pretentious child, so Li Diudiu did not care about the ordinary pain at all.
However, the feeling of this strong liquor washing away the bloody wound and even the exposed bones made Li Diudiu feel that he would die in the next breath.
His teeth were bleeding, and Li Diudiu subconsciously raised the wine jug and gulped down a few mouthfuls. As the spicy liquor went down his throat, Li Diudiu actually felt the pain was less.
Not knowing whether it was an illusion or if it really worked, he took the opportunity to quickly pick up the needle and thread he had prepared. It was common sense to carry a crochet hook and thread when traveling around.
Li Diudiu gritted his teeth and sewed the wound stitch by stitch. When the pain became too severe, he took two more sips of wine, breathing deeply and talking to himself while sewing.
"It's okay, it's okay. Just a few more. Whoosh... whoosh..."
"Phew...it will be ready soon."
"call……"
He managed to get more than twenty stitches. The stitches were crooked, but at least the wound was sewn. He took some medicine and sprinkled it there. Then he bit one end of the bandage with his teeth and used his other hand to wrap the bandage around and around.
After tying it up, Li Diudiu let out a long sigh.
His mouth smelled of alcohol and blood.
Li Diudiu suddenly raised his head and laughed out loud, not knowing why he was laughing. As he was laughing, he fell off the donkey's back with a bang and lay on the ground gasping for breath.
He saw clouds gradually flying overhead and the sky was getting dark. It seemed that he would not be able to enter Gucheng County before sunset today.
I don’t know how long I lay there, Li Diudiu was in a daze, with only one thing in his mind.
Missing Master.
The master was so strict with him and was so stingy, but he never let Li Diudiu suffer any injustice. The master said that elders can educate children in the harshest way, but must never let the children suffer any injustice. The pain of education and the pain of being wronged are two different things for children.
Many adults think that even if they scolded their children, they were wrong. It is wrong, after all, they are their own children. It is so embarrassing for a parent to apologize to their children.
Adults are people, but children are not people?
Adults’ grievances are grievances, but children’s grievances are bullshit?
Being wronged is probably one of the three most painful injuries in this world.
Grievances, separation, and love.
Li Diudiu felt a little aggrieved at this moment. It was not that someone bullied him, but that the world was bullying people.
For the first time in his life, twelve-year-old Li Diudiu had the idea of overthrowing the damn Chu. Although Xiahou Zhuo had told him countless times that Chu was beyond salvation, Li Diudiu had never thought that one day he, a citizen of Chu, would rebel against it.
But think about it again, who among those who are rebelling against Chu now is not a Chu citizen?
If a person like Wang Heita could continue to live, he would not raise the banner and shout that the heaven and earth are cruel and the court is unruly.
"Only when a new court emerges can the old corruption disappear."
Li Diudiu understood more deeply than ever why a man with royal blood like Xiahou Zhuo could say such outrageous words that could be worthy of the execution of the entire family.
After lying down for a while, Li Diudiu turned over and sat up. The donkey was still standing beside him, nibbling on the weeds by the roadside, looking at him from time to time. No one knew what the donkey was thinking about during that period of time.
At this moment, a group of cavalry suddenly came from the front. Li Diudiu's face changed immediately. He was injured at this time. Judging from the size of the team, there were at least hundreds of cavalry, and it was impossible to resist.
Not to mention Li Diudiu, even Ye Zhangzhu, or even a master who is more skilled than Ye Zhangzhu, could not withstand the attack of hundreds of soldiers from the Great Chu Palace.
So Li Diudiu's only thought at this moment was to escape. However, the moment he jumped on the donkey, the donkey became stubborn again and refused to move. No matter how Li Diudiu pulled it, it just lowered its head and chewed the grass.
Li Diudiu said anxiously: "What's so delicious about that thing? I'll buy you some meat, hurry up and run."
The donkey doesn't care about this.
Within a short moment, the team of hundreds of riders came roaring over. Only then did Li Diudiu see clearly that these cavalrymen were completely different from those who had chased him before. If the killers chasing him were a group of jackals and foxes, then the riders flying in front of him were tigers and wolves.
At the front of the cavalry, there were two large black flags with gold characters fluttering in the wind. The larger one had the word "Chu" on it, and the smaller one had the word "Luo" on it.
A middle-aged man who looked to be around forty years old was sitting on a majestic dark red warhorse. He reined in his horse after seeing Li Diudiu, and hundreds of riders behind him also stopped abruptly, making it look like a complete chariot rather than a few hundred people.
"Young man."
The middle-aged man shouted at Li Diudiu.
Li Diudiu took a closer look and found that the middle-aged man was not very tall. Li Diudiu was probably almost as tall as Xiahou Zhuo's ear, and the man was probably shorter than Li Diudiu.
However, this man had an aura as cold and hard as a spear. He was not tall but not thin. Instead, he gave people the illusion that he was very tall and strong. When he sat on the horse, he was like a mountain.
"grown ups."
Li Diudiu jumped off the donkey and bowed.
"Where did you get so many war horses?"
The middle-aged man's tone was not very harsh when he asked the question, but Li Diudiu felt that if he did not answer immediately, he would be torn into pieces in an instant with swords and guns.
“I found it.”
Li Diudiu answered immediately, and then pointed back: "It's in a town about 20 or 30 miles ahead. A lot of people died. There were all these horses on the street and no one dared to take them away. I thought... I'll take them away."
The middle-aged man glanced at him, as if he wanted to see if he was lying. However, for someone like Li Diudiu who relied on his acting skills to survive in the martial arts world with his master, even the middle-aged man with a sharp eye could not easily see through him.
"Picked it up?"
Next to the middle-aged man, there was a young general who urged his horse forward. He also looked at Li Diudiu carefully, then frowned.
"Why do I feel like you look familiar?"
The man jumped off his horse, walked up to Li Diudiu and asked, "Do you know me?"
Li Diudiu thought how could he not know him, what a coincidence.
He quickly replied, "I know the Major General. A few months ago, my master and I were going to Jizhou. We met the Major General on the way and he gave us some dry food."
This young general was Luo Jing, but he had no impression of him. He just felt that Li Diudiu looked familiar.
Li Diudiu reminded: "My master wanted to tell the fortune for the young general, but the young general said it was not necessary because he did not believe in ghosts and gods."
Luo Jing seemed to have some impression . He nodded, looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Father, I roughly remember something. This child and his master are Taoists."
Li Diudiu was startled when he heard him call him father. It turned out that this short man was Luo Geng, the Youzhou Iron Cavalry General who was feared in the northern border.
The common people both respected and hated him. They respected him because if he had not been in the north, the grassland cavalry and the black border troops in the north would have killed the common people time and time again. They hated him because Logan was too cruel. In his eyes, the life and death of the common people were not as important as that of a cow, and certainly not as important as that of a war horse.
Luo Geng guarded the northern border. What he cared about was not the common people, but the reputation of the soldiers and the military power of the Great Chu.
"It turned out to be General Luo."
Li Diudiu immediately bowed again.
"Um?"
Logan asked him, "Why do you react like this?"
Li Diudiu said: "Master said that there are only two people he respects the most in his life. One is the late great general Xu Qulu, and the other is the current great general Luo Geng."
After hearing these words, Luo Geng burst into laughter and said with a smile: "I am not a general yet."
Li Diudiu said: "But in the eyes of the people, you have already been a great general."
Luo Geng sighed: "The eyes of the common people are cleaner and sharper than those in the court."
Luo Jing leaned forward and said, "Father, these words..."
Logan nodded: "Got it."
He pointed at Li Diudiu and said, "Give him some silver as a reward. I will take all these war horses with me. It will be a burden for a child like you to carry these war horses with you, and it will also bring disaster upon you. Are you willing?"
Li Diudiu thought to himself, you wish.
But how can I say no, even though I really want to say no.
"I respect the order of the general. Actually, no reward is required."
How could Luo Geng bully such a child? He ordered his men to give Li Diudiu several dozen taels of silver. No one knew the exact amount, but it was a full bag. Li Diudiu could tell from the feel of it that it was silver, not copper coins.
So he quickly said a few polite words.
"Let's go."
Luo Geng waved his hand, and the team set off slowly.
After walking a few steps, Luo Geng suddenly stopped and looked back at Li Diudiu: "Your master is a Taoist priest. Have you ever learned fortune-telling?"
Li Diudiu replied: "I didn't learn it well."
Luo Jing lowered his voice and said, "Father doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, right? Why ask a young man like him?"
Luo Geng shook his head and said, "I feel uneasy. You know how many people advised me not to go to Jizhou before I went there. If I went, something bad might happen. Although I came here, I still..."
He looked at Li Diudiu and said, "Just tell me, what can you tell?"
Li Diudiu was a little flustered, but he leaned forward and answered seriously: "I have already said this just now, General."
Master once said that the more mysterious you appear, the better.
Luo Geng said: "I have also said that I am not yet a general."
He was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud: "Okay, okay, I'll lend you my good words! And give him some reward money."
Luo Geng was happy, even happier than if he had obtained dozens of war horses.
Luo Jing followed his father and asked in confusion: "Father, why do you believe the words of a teenager so much?"
Luo Geng replied: "If you are old and undecided, you can ask your children. When you are old enough to be a father, you will know. Sometimes the direction of children's fingers and the judgment they make are very useful because they are not scheming."
He smiled and said, "I think the boy just now was very innocent."
