Chapter 40: Dead and Resurrected: The Innocent Girl
When the child cried, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were both in a hurry. Even in those years, Zhu Da had no experience in coaxing the child.
"It seems that this child hasn't been tied up for too long."
"How did you see it?"
"Otherwise I wouldn't have cried so loudly."
After a few nonsense, you have to comfort the child. Perhaps the girl realizes that she is safe, so she cries unscrupulously, which makes people even more upset.
"Where is your family?" "Where are your parents?" "How did you get caught?" Zhu Da asked several questions in a row, but the girl cried and didn't bother to answer. In the end, he became anxious and roared in a low voice: "Cry again, the bad guy will come to capture you."
In the end, this sentence worked. The girl forced herself to hold back her crying and sobbed there. When she stopped crying, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun both breathed a sigh of relief. The process of comforting the child without crying was even more difficult than the life-and-death battle just now.
"Take the child back?" Zhou Qingyun asked. Zhu Da was about to nod, but saw the body. He hesitated and said, "Give me the knife, let the child carry it, don't look here.
"If you want to turn around, the bad guy will come!" The girl was so scared that she was really scared. When she heard this, she immediately turned her back and refused to look. Zhou Qingyun couldn't stop looking curiously.
After taking the knife, Zhu Da took a deep breath and used the knife to cut the man's neck and neck artery hard. When the blade touched the man's neck, the "corpse" that had already "dead" suddenly opened his eyes. Zhu Da did not stop and blood sprayed out at the incision...
His action scared Zhou Qingyun. He couldn't see the "corpse" at that angle and opened his eyes. He thought to himself what happened to Zhu Da attacking the dead. Zhou Qingyun's movement was too big, and even the girl had to turn around curiously. Zhou Qingyun quickly stopped him.
"All people are dead, do you have to kill them again?"
"What if I'm not dead, please ask for insurance." Zhu Da replied angrily. He didn't want to explain the details now, nor did he have that time. Zhu Da was covered in cold sweats at this time, thinking that he really had no experience, otherwise he would have been fooled by the other party.
But this bandit soldier was not very likely to get hurt. At most, the news was leaked. The bandit soldier had been much weaker before when he opened his eyes, and even his artery was not so strong because he lost too much blood in his wounds. Even if Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun did not find out, the bandit soldier's fate was probably to die of blood loss, but it was not allowed to be lucky in the matter of life and death.
After thinking about it, Zhu Da started to search for the thief's body. He didn't know any way, so he took off all the clothes on the body, and then endured the disgust and searched carefully. Zhou Qingyun was shocked and turned around and refused to look.
The bandits were wearing three layers of coats, all of which were patched robes, which should be the gains of robbery. Apart from this, it was not obvious that they were stronger than the poor people in Baibao Village. They were slightly stronger, but not much. Finally, they found something from their pockets with their robe lining.
One of them should be silver bracelets with blood stains on them, and there are three pieces of broken silver the size of a fingertip, dozens of copper coins of good quality, and the most valuable bracelet is the bracelet, which is always available in a few taels.
Zhu Da thought about it, put the broken silver and copper coins into his arms, and threw the silver bracelet out with force.
"What did you throw away?" Zhou Qingyun couldn't help but look back curiously. He saw this scene and asked blankly.
Zhu Da signaled the other party to come over. After waiting, Zhu Da stared at Zhou Qingyun and lowered his voice but said solemnly: "This matter cannot be known to anyone other than Xiang Bo, otherwise it will cause us a big disaster. Now we cannot be greedy for any advantage, and we cannot reveal any traces of this matter being done!"
Zhu Da didn't even dare to say that his parents had killed him. They had never received anything. If they were frightened and were at a loss, they would cause trouble instead.
Although Zhou Qingyun was curious and moved, he could tell the difference between the slight and the heaviness. He heard Zhu Da say this and nodded immediately. At this moment, the girl who had never dared to look back was there cryingly, saying, "My eyes are not easy to use, I can't see you clearly, I don't know anything."
Hearing this, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were both stunned and grinned and looked at the trembling girl beside him. Zhu Da shook his head and said to Zhou Qingyun: "You go back to the village to borrow a pickaxe. Let's dig a hole and bury this person first. If someone asks you, you just say that in order to catch fish... don't rush to leave first, go wash your face."
During the battle just now, Zhou Qingyun's body was not stained with blood. The ones on her face were washed off and the ones on her body were directly wiping them with dirt. They looked a little dirty, but they couldn't tell whether they were blood. By this time, Zhou Qingyun had no usual laughter and relaxation and ran towards the village quickly.
"This child is hungry, remember to get some dry food and boiling water." Zhu Da reminded him. Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingyun waved his hands and steps. However, the girl stopped shaking and started crying again, but this time she either cried or wiped her tears and cried normally.
After Zhou Qingyun left, Zhu Da first covered the stripped clothes on the corpse, then washed his dagger in the river water. He threw away the silver bracelet, but he couldn't bear to let go of the knife. Zhu Da thought about it and decided to risk staying it. Xiang Bo's family had not enough weapons to use for three people. This knife was a good supplement. The cloth strip wrapped around the hilt of the knife could be replaced, the dirty parts could be cleaned, and then slightly polished. No one could tell that it was the former knife. However, the silver bracelet had patterns and the like, and it might be recognized by people.
While he was doing this, the girl had turned around and watched him busy tremblingly. Zhu Da was not worried that the girl would run away, and the other party could not escape at all. Moreover, the girl was much smarter than she had shown before, so she should know that it was safest to stay.
"May I have your name?"
"Qin...Qin Qin, the surname is the Qin Dynasty, the Qin piano that played the piano..." The girl said frivolously. Her explanation means that she is still a child.
Zhu Da sat cross-legged on the ground on the river beach. He was very tired now. He subconsciously wrote two words on the river beach with his fingers, and smiled and said, "A very elegant name, do you know the words?"
If you can tell the general origin of your name, you must recognize the characters. If you can give such a homophonic and elegant name, and a five-year-old girl can recognize characters, it is definitely not possible for ordinary people to have them. But seeing the other party’s half-new and old flower jacket and skirt, it may not be a wealthy family. Zhu Da nodded and said, “Is your father a scholar?”
I never thought that the girl didn't answer, but just stared at the two words written by Zhu Da, and asked in surprise: "Can you recognize the words? Can you still write them?"
Zhu Da was stunned for a moment, and then immediately crossed out the words on the sand. People who read and recognize words these days are rare. Back then, I thought that there were scholars everywhere in this era, and that Tongsheng and scholars were worthless. But after experiencing it, I realized that this was not the case at all. Mr. Li barely recognized some numbers in Baibao Village. This was because of the fact that he was a manager of the village. It was said that there was an old Tongsheng who could do it in the neighboring village. If you want to talk about the intersection with scholars, the scholars who passed by Baibao Village came to their home to drink water and explained a few words of their surnames. That was the only experience.
His parents didn't recognize words, and Xiang Bo didn't recognize words. How could he explain that he could write? Although the words may not be consistent with the fonts of this era, Zhu Da was nervous for a moment, then smiled mockingly. If there was anything to be nervous, just say that it was taught by the "wild Taoist" to him.
"After my father taught me, I learned it. Several of his students are still wrong now!" The girl said in surprise. She probably saw Zhu Da's handwriting just now. Although she didn't read it very carefully, she felt that it was generally correct.
In the eyes of this girl named Qin Qin, Zhu Da is a very common country boy. Such a person may be able to work in farming, know craftsmanship, and even martial arts, but it has nothing to do with literacy. But this person not only wrote it out, but also had a very elegant comment. It seems that only those uncles who interacted with his father can do it.
The girl stared at Zhu Da curiously with her big eyes. Only then did she show some innocence that she should have at this age. Zhu Da felt it interesting and couldn't help but smile, but scared Qin Qin. Suddenly, she waved her little hand nervously and said, "You don't recognize words, I don't see anything."
As he spoke, his voice was filled with a crying voice, full of nervous and nervous expression. Zhu Da smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'll move long ago. What is your father doing? How did you learn so much about it?"
Women these days, from children to adulthood, have grown up in a closed environment. The better the family is, the more they are, and it often makes women feel ignorant. However, Qin Qin is obviously a child of a scholar. However, she not only does not have any etiquette, but instead teaches many tricks. She just cried and concealed herself, and then was afraid of being killed and silenced. Although she is a little clumsy, she may have realized that many men in their teens and twenties may not be able to do it.
When talking about his father, the girl Qin Qin showed a proud expression on her face and even raised her head: "My father is Qin Xiucai from Zheng Jiaji. Everyone is very respectful and polite to my father."
After saying this, Qin Qin might have felt that she was missing and looked at Zhu Da nervously. Now she was no longer afraid. She also knew that the other party was not a bad person, but she lowered her voice and said, "This guy... Master, if you send me back, my father will definitely thank you again..."
"Don't imitate adults to speak." Zhu Da replied with a giggle and laughter. Qin Xiucai's education is really complicated, and this girl learned something.
Since it was in Zhengjiaji, I walked down the river for ten miles, and there was a bridge over there that could cross the river. If you walked a few more miles across the river, it was Zhengjiaji. In other words, after the bandits caught people, they crossed the river and wandered upstream along the river. I guess they were going to walk to the edge of the mountain and then into the mountain. In this way, no one would find out, and happened to find out that he and Zhou Qingyun were trying to make a fortune, maybe they just wanted to ask the inside story of the village.
"How did this thief catch you?" Zhu Da asked in a solemn voice.
Chapter completed!