Young hero, please stay! !

Chapter 10 A Copper Coin

Meng You sat in the carriage and counted the few taels of silver in his hands, and couldn't help but sigh.I obviously had a dozen taels of silver when I went out, but it had only been a few days, and I only had five taels left.

When you go out, you don’t need to spend money on anything to eat or drink. What’s more, you brought two foodies with you. When they paid for it, they both acted stupid and ended up eating more than anyone else!
Before the three of them drove the carriage away from Huainan County, Meng You made a stipulation that in the future, he would only eat the simplest plain noodles. If anyone dared to add meat, he would fight to the death.

After leaving Huainan County, the surrounding area began to become desolate, far less lively than before.

It’s no wonder that Liangzhou has been nicknamed barbarian since the time when Qin and Zhao were at the junction. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when people from all over the world mentioned the Qin Dynasty, they would have to curse "Northern Barbarian" twice, let alone Liangzhou in the north of Qin State. What a grandfather. I don't care about my uncle. Except for the army that rushes to the border every year, few people pass by here.

Although the world is now unified, the situation in Liangzhou has not changed much. Except for the three counties of Huaiyin, Huaihua, and Huainan, which are richer due to trade, most of the rest of the country is still in a state of devastation.

Since receiving the gift from the Confucian gentleman, Su Xiaotong has been meditating in the carriage all day long.The little Taoist priest was a bookworm. Every day he took out all kinds of books from the treasure bag given by the Confucian gentleman.Meng You was the only one with nothing to do, so the heavy responsibility of driving the carriage fell on him.

Along the way eastward, Meng You saw countless withered bones on the roadside. The corpses had been eaten away by wild beasts. Meng You didn't know who they were. He just felt that after they died, they would only be exposed in the wilderness. It was really a bit strange. sad.

Getting closer and closer to the border, Meng You even saw many disheveled young girls lying naked and dead in the forest on the roadside. Judging from their clothes, they should not be ordinary women, but now they have all turned into corpses. I can only stare at God's corpse with wide eyes.

In Su Xiaotong's words, these should be the remnants of the nobles from the Six Kingdoms, who have been hiding in Tibet. Whenever they are caught by the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, they often end up like this.

Although Qin Wangzheng is known as a tyrant, he is not a lustful and mediocre person.The women of the royal families who had been destroyed in Chengpo were not brought back to Xianyang City by him. In fact, they were taking advantage of his famous ministers and generals in disguise.The once aloof royal woman was now reduced to a crotch plaything. Meng You couldn't help but sigh that her fate was really ridiculous.

Among those who wantonly plundered the women of various royal families, the number one one was Zhou Hongye, the adopted son of King Qin.This son has great military exploits and has massacred the city and captured prisoners not only once or twice. Tai'an City in Yongzhou, which he once conquered, is still a ghost town. No matter how the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain clears out the evil spirits, it will be nothing but a ghost town. It is impossible to save all the 20 innocent souls in the city.

In fact, Meng You felt sorry for these women who died of humiliation. At first, he would stop the carriage and bury the women. However, the further east he went, the more such women appeared, and Meng You gradually became numb.

The Jianghu hero he was expecting did not come to rescue them because these women were surrounded by other women who had suffered the same fate.

Not a single man's body.

Shouldn't it be natural for men to protect women?
Meng You didn't know what happened, but as he got closer to the border of Liangzhou, his words became less and less.Even the little Taoist priest who had been reading a book all day noticed something strange about him, but no matter how he tried to dissuade him, Meng You was determined to go to the Green Willow Villa to have a look!
Along the way, Meng You heard a lot about Green Willow Villa in bits and pieces. As a martial arts sect born and raised in Liangzhou, Baili Dongshan, the owner of Green Willow Villa, can be regarded as the leader in the martial arts in Liangzhou. people.It is impossible for him not to know that the Qin army was hunting down the remnants of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms.

Meng You didn't want to think about anything else. He just wanted to ask this Liangzhou hero face to face why he could stay peacefully in his Green Willow Villa and was unwilling to rescue these women even though he knew they would be humiliated and die. one time.

Even if you only save one or two people, it will still be good after all.

There is no county town on the border of Liangzhou, only villages built on the mountains scattered among the mountains.Here, there is a checkpoint of the Qin Army almost five miles away. Although they were led by the Dafeng Escort Bureau, the three men of Meng You still encountered all kinds of difficulties before they successfully arrived at the foot of the Green Willow Villa.

Green Willow Villa lives up to its name of Green Willow. It’s not even May yet, and the mountains are already covered in emerald green.Meng You had heard of this peculiar willow tree called June Green. Only in June every year, this kind of green willow that should have grown in the south of the Yangtze River can glow with the most dazzling vitality.

There is only one mountain climbing path at the foot of the mountain, but it is tightly guarded by a Qin Army team of a hundred people. However, this is just a show. The three of them parked the carriage in the forest at the foot of the mountain and made a big circle. He escaped from the mountain road guarded by Qin soldiers and climbed up the stairs in the forest.

The famous Green Willow Villa in Liangzhou was actually controlled by the Qin soldiers on the way up the mountain. It seems that the Green Willow Villa must have surrendered to the imperial court early.According to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, only those who join the army can lead a squad of one hundred people if they have reached one hundred households. However, I have never heard of anyone who can not be in the army and still be escorted by a hundred people.

All the way up, except for the green willows all over the mountain, there was not even a single person in sight. After all, they were considered to be Liangzhou's well-known political and political forces, so they couldn't see even a single servant on such a huge mountain, right?
Starting from the middle of the mountain, there is the firewood house of Green Willow Villa. This is the case for most large families. They split the younger trees at the foot of the mountain into firewood and store them on the mountainside. This saves time and effort and avoids damage. Feng shui of the house.

A girl dressed in a maid's costume came down from the mountain, carrying a beautiful food box in her hand. She was wrapped tightly, but she still seemed to feel a little unsafe, so she took out a handkerchief from her arms. After covering his mouth and nose, he mustered up the courage to walk into one of the woodsheds.

Without stopping too much, the girl just put the food box at the door, and ran away from the woodshed as if she was afraid that it might be contaminated with something unlucky.

The three of them walked out of the forest and as soon as they approached the woodshed, they smelled a pungent stench coming from the woodshed.Meng You frowned, convinced that this was not the stench caused by rotting corpses. In the early years, a wandering grassroots doctor came to Ciqikou. He spent all day collecting herbs on Xinghua Mountain. Apart from reading, he was very interested in all other heresy. Meng You was interested, so he wore the crotchless pants and followed the doctor all day long. As time went by, the doctor couldn't stand the snot-nosed baby anymore, so he taught him the skills of treating diseases and saving lives.

Meng You gently opened the door, and the mountain breeze blew through, making the stench in the house even worse.

The woodshed was quiet except for the sound of weak coughing.At a glance, the room was filled with all kinds of firewood. There was a straw mat spread in the corner, and a woman was lying there. The pungent stench came from her body.

The woman's face was covered with all kinds of pale white fungal sores, and her exposed arms and ankles were even more terrible. They had festered into disarray. Large swaths of pus flowed out from the wounds, and all kinds of fungi were crawling around them. The maggots made people feel sick.

"Go get some water." Meng You's voice was very calm, and no emotion could be heard. But after all, Su Xiaotong had been with him for half a decade. He always looked carefree and indifferent on weekdays, but suddenly his temper changed. The change caught her a little off guard.

Fortunately, there was an old well outside the woodshed to avoid water leakage. The little Taoist priest was proficient in this method on the mountain. He skillfully drew clean water from the well and brought it into the woodshed.

Meng You tore off the cuffs of his shirt, wetted it, and gently wiped the sores on the woman's body.There was no trace of disgust in his eyes, but his movements were gentle, as if he was afraid of hurting this poor woman.

The long-lost feeling of comfort made the woman who had already stepped halfway into the gate of hell wake up faintly. She subconsciously grabbed Meng You's hand. After rubbing it for a few times, she felt the familiar touch, as if she had once held it. He held the little boy's hand and gradually let go of his vigilance.

"Sanyaozi?" The woman's voice was full of endearment, but even more so was disbelief.

"It's me, Sister Yanran."

Listening to that familiar voice, the woman tremblingly raised her hand covered with abscesses, wanting to touch his cheek.

But she never put her hands down. She knew exactly what kind of disease she had. She didn't dare and didn't want the little boy she had always looked after as her own brother to be contaminated by her unclean self.

Meng You took her hand and gently placed it on his cheek, just like when he was a bare-butted baby, he always yelled for Sister Yanran to hold him to sleep.

The woman's eyes were dim and she had long since lost sight.

But the tears in the corners of his eyes slowly flowed down.

It was only at this moment that Su Xiaotong and the little Taoist discovered that this woman, who was obviously not going to die soon, was actually an old acquaintance of Meng You.

Feeling the stinging pain in her palm, a smile appeared on the woman's dissatisfied face, and she said softly: "Our three children have grown up too."

Meng You nodded gently, but still dared not let go of the hand on his cheek.

Meng Siguo, who was fearless, was really afraid this time.

But there was no sad expression on his face, and he could still laugh at this time: "Sister Yanran, didn't you marry to the county town and live a good life? Why are you here."

Listening to the voice full of concern, the woman also tried her best to smile, and said with some pity: "Sister, my life is miserable and I can't live a good life."

"Sister, don't be afraid. Sanyaozi is here, Sanyaozi will cure you and take you home to live a good life."

"Well, I believe you, sister."

The woman smiled. She knew clearly that she had only a few days to live, but she still couldn't bear to make her brother sad.

It would be nice to let her die peacefully. If Sanyazi sees her like this, how can this younger brother live without any worries in the future?

But before she died, she could see the person she missed for the last time in this world, and the woman was satisfied.

As if she was having a flashback, or seeing her brother's joy, this miserable woman began to nag weakly. "My sister went to the county town and went to my uncle's house. I heard from my uncle that although my husband's family is not a wealthy family, they are an honest and responsible family. I am very happy. After my father died, I have always been a good person. When I'm alone, I just want to find a man to rely on. Ahem. But I didn't expect that after drinking a glass of wine with my uncle, I fell asleep. When I woke up, I found that I had been ruined."

The woman smiled, but she couldn't stop the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"A few Qin soldiers were wearing trousers, and they were saying that I am a shameless woman, but I didn't dare to speak. I am timid. You have known it since you were a child. My uncle stood outside the door with a flattering look on his face. Flattery, I later found out that my uncle replaced his daughter with me."

"I wanted to die at that time, but I didn't dare. I hadn't seen Sanyazi get married yet. Later, my uncle scolded me for corrupting the family tradition, so he sold me to a brothel, where I had to receive different men every day. But I still don’t want to die, but I don’t dare. Every time I hold the scissors to my neck, I am too scared to stab in with force.”

"Later, I found out that I was pregnant. After I finally escaped, I met the Qin Bing who had insulted my sister before. At that time, they were raping several rich girls. I didn't escape, so I was caught here."

The woman stroked Meng You's cheek and said weakly: "Sanyaozi, don't look down on me. I'm just afraid of death. I'm not a wanton slut."

Meng You smiled and stroked his sister's hand, and said softly: "What's wrong with wanting to live, sister? Who in this world doesn't want to live."

"Sanyaozi, I want to ask you something."

"Sister Yanran, tell me."

"I know you have grown up and become capable. My child should still be on the mountain. He should be three years old. I have been a coward all my life. In the end, I still don't know who the biological father of this child is. But after all, It's my sister's child, please save him." The woman's indifferent eyes remained motionless, "Go down the mountain with him, and run away as far away as possible."

"Don't worry, sister, after I heal you, the three of us will go together."

"Silly brother, I know my sister's body." The woman moved her fingers slightly, "Don't mention his mother's affairs to the child in the future. His mother's body is dirty and it will embarrass him."

"Also, don't avenge your sister, do you understand Sanyaozi?"

Meng You remained silent, but had a bright smile on his face.

The woman's breath became weaker and weaker.

"I know you are capable. I have believed since I was a child that Sanyaozi will become a great hero."

Meng You tightly grasped the woman's slipping arm, preventing her hand from leaving his cheek.

He was always smiling.

Because the daughter of Uncle Zhao from next door told the lonely and helpless Sanyazi since she was a child, don't cry, smile hard when you are sad, so that sadness will not defeat you.

So every time he was sad, he would grin and laugh.

The dominatrix said that when his righteous husband sent him here, he said that the child neither cried nor fussed when he was born. Sure enough, until he left home at the age of 16, the dominatrix had never seen this guy. A tear was shed.

Not once.

Even when he was scolded as a bastard without a father and a mother since he was a child, and was ostracized by all his peers, Meng You kept grinning all day long. He and the young master of the Sun family, who also only smiled silly all day long, were no taller than the table. The little guy just sat on the steps all day long, looking at the things in front of him and smiling stupidly.

The fortune teller in Ciqikou said that the child's mother must have shed all her tears for him, leaving only joy for the child.That's why this child has no tears since he was born. His mother must hope that this child will live happily every day in the future.

Growing up, only the sister from the Zhao family next door didn't dislike him and Sun Zhongyan. She took these two most disliked little guys to play everywhere in Ciqikou all day long.

Even late at night, the Zhao family sister would hug Meng You who was wearing crotchless pants and fall asleep together. Whenever she encountered something delicious and fun, the Zhao family sister, who had always been diligent and thrifty, would secretly buy it back and quietly hand it to the one who was being beaten. Little Meng You, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, sat quietly aside, watching the little guy eat his mouth full.

Meng You subconsciously touched the copper coin around his neck, but it was still there.

It was on his seventh birthday that Zhao's sister used the braised rice she brewed to get copper coins from a fortune teller.The fortune teller said that it was the copper coin from the year Meng You was born, and hanging it with a red thread around his neck would keep him safe.

That was the first gift in Meng You's life. Since then, the copper coin has been hanging around his neck and has never been taken off.

Sister Zhao was sitting on the steps, looking lovingly at her little brother who was playing with the copper coins, and said with a smile: "Sanyaozi, I will watch you get a wife from now on, and watch you become a great hero!"

Xiao Mengyou nodded vigorously.

He never thought that one day Zhao's sister would be gone.

The Zhao family sister who loved him so much died in front of him with a smile on her face.

Meng You didn't say anything, just grinned, and cleaned Sister Zhao's body completely without any rush.Then he took her out of the dim woodshed and placed her in the sunlight at the door.

When she was a child, this is how Zhao's sister took her to bask in the sun in the wine shop.

Su Xiaotong and Su Xiaotong stood silently behind Meng You, with extremely complicated expressions.

Meng You stood up slowly, with a bright smile on his face.

"I want to continue going up the mountain."

Both nodded.

"Sister said I have skills, but she doesn't know that I'm still the little gangster who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day long. How can I have any skills?" Meng You looked at the two of them and bowed down!
"I know you two are not ordinary people, so I have something to ask of you today!"

Su Xiaotong raised her beautiful eyebrows and said coldly: "If you want to fight, fight! Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

The little Taoist priest was no longer introverted and said seriously: "Although I am not good at Taoism, I still want to ask this girl why the world is like this!"

Meng You pays his respects again.

"Sister said she won't let me avenge her, and I don't have the ability." Meng You looked up at the top of the mountain, "But I just want to talk to these generals and reason!"

A little bastard who hasn't read a book for a few days actually wants to talk sense to the world?
ridiculous!

More respectable!
The three of them walked slowly towards the mountain.

"Can you beat it?"

"If you can't beat it, you have to fight."

The voice came, and Sister Zhao was lying in the sun with a smile on her face. This miserable woman had finally waited for that day!
(End of this chapter)