011 The taste of peers
...Before getting on the carriage, Sang Chong received a very simple task, which was to go to the capital to find a "cousin" named Shentu, and then enter the imperial city with the assistance of Shentu's "cousin"! And his ultimate mission was to "save" the girls in the imperial city and let them taste the taste of being a woman... In other words, it is "confusing**".
Although Sang Chong felt that this task was a bit difficult and was somewhat afraid of entering the imperial city to pick flowers, the task was targeting the flower-picking industry that he was very good at. However, the temporary additional task made Sang Chong dissatisfied. He was a flower-picking thief, not a cold-blooded killer. Even if he had to kill people, it was mostly related to women. But now, he had to kill people simply for the sake of killing people like a killer who made a living.
But there is no way, Sang Chong must accept the task. His handle is in the hands of people. If he wants to live comfortably, he must complete the tasks assigned by others. Fortunately, the person who assigned the tasks promised him that such tasks would only be once and would not be available again in the future. As long as Sang Chong can complete this task beautifully, he will always be a safe and free person.
Sang Chong believed in this promise. For safety, freedom, and to meet the damn Yu Ying, Sang Chong waited for five days at the "Xianning" post station next to the official road!
Sang Chong was riding a carriage entering Beijing.
The carriage was not hired by Sang Chong, and Sang Chong never spent these unjust money. The carriage was the "travel carriage" he had just cut off at the "Xianning" post station. The owner of the carriage was Fu An, an envoy who had been on his way back to Beijing for three years after his envoy to the Western Regions.
After Sang Chong intercepted the car, he told his own experience... Sang Chong said that he was called "Sang Erniang". His ancestral home was Shaanxi. He was originally the daughter of a wealthy family in Chang'an County, Xi'an Prefecture. That year, Chang'an County was attacked by the remaining Iron Cavalry of the Mongol Yuan. His father was killed, his land was destroyed, and his family was defeated. He had to follow his mother and brother to join his distant cousin. As a result, he encountered a robber on the road. His mother and brother were killed. He was captured by the robbers. After suffering inhuman humiliation, he escaped. After going to Hanzhong for a long time, he realized that his distant cousin had already moved to the capital...
When Sang Chong was telling this experience, his expression was sad and miserable! Sang Chong noticed that except Yu Ying, the other listeners such as Cao Yi, Xiong Bowen, and Fu Yi were moved, which made Sang Chong deeply wary of Yu Ying.
Fu An had a kind heart like a Bodhisattva. He sympathized with Sang Chong's experience, so he gave the car to Sang Chong and rode his horse instead. Sang Chong also noticed that except for Yu Ying, no one of the people who accompanied him thought that Fu An had anything wrong with letting out a carriage to Sang Chong's "weak woman". Although Yu Ying did not raise any objections, Sang Chong could clearly feel that Yu Ying actually disagreed with it based on his intuition of walking around the world for many years.
Not only that, Sang Chong also found that when others face him, they always kept not in contact with his eyes, and tried not to stare at his face to show respect for "her". Yu Ying was different. His eyes always stayed on his face without restraint... This made Sang Chong feel extremely pressured, a kind of pressure that could be exposed at any time.
...The group walked on the muddy official road for nearly two hours. It was almost noon, but the sky became darker than in the early morning. The raindrops gradually became denser, and sometimes accompanied by the rumbling thunder, like dozens of war drums ringing in their ears at the same time, deafening.
Fu An's servant Fu Yi waved his whip hard, saying that the weather was about to change. If he couldn't find a place to rest before the heavy rain came, he would be afraid that the car would be stuck in the mud, so he could only abandon the car and shelter from the rain first. He just threw such a good carriage on the road, and was a little worried about losing it.
Of course, Sang Chong didn't want Fu Yi to abandon the car. He was not worried that the carriage would be lost, and the carriage would not belong to him. If he hadn't been sitting on it at this time, even if there were ten or eight broken cars, it would have nothing to do with him. What he was worried that once the carriage was no longer covered, his makeup carefully painted on his face would be destroyed by the rain. Once this layer of powder mask was peeled off, he would immediately reveal the man's true form! At that time, he might be killing people again... Sang
He is in a good mood now and doesn't want to kill people. What's more realistic is that if these colleagues are "serving" along the way, they can go to Beijing without worrying about food and drink. This will not only save money, but also save trouble, but also cause troubles that may cause problems that may occur when appearing in public. He really has no reason to kill them. Of course, Yu Ying has to exclude people he doesn't want to kill! His mission is to kill Yu Ying, so Yu Ying must die, the difference is just to die early and late.
Sang Chong's worries soon became redundant, because before the heavy rain came, Cao Yi, nicknamed "Eagle Eye", found an ancient temple in the dense forest on the side of the official road. Although the temple is not big, no matter how small the temple is, it is also a place for Bodhisattvas to save all living beings.
"It seems that there are really Bodhisattvas in this world who save the suffering and suffering! It is Bodhisattvas who saved Fu An and the others' lives..." Sang Chong bit his lip and thought, "If the task this time is to kill Fu An, it will be much easier."
The temple is called "Vilu Zen Temple", which is extremely dilapidated. The Zen Room was destroyed by a fire at some point, leaving only a lonely hall and a half-shrouded kitchen. The hall has no door. At first glance, the Buddha's seat in the hall is tilted, the bell tower is overturned, and there is no decoration for even an altar table and incense burner. I also saw the "Vilu Clever Buddha" lying with his head but no feet, and the "Red-faced Weituo" pounced on his chest...
Half of the wall of the hall had been soaked in rain, and under the other half, there were four or five ragged villagers sleeping soundly on the ground. On the ground beside them, there were a few thick bamboo jars, several bamboo baskets, two shovels and a bundle of hemp ropes, like utensils for their living. There were several peaches that were broken in half, and they were placed casually... Maybe these villagers were too sleepy, and the peaches did not move at all, and were covered with flies and insects. A few gray mice, the size of cats, seemed not afraid of people at all. It was not until the servant Fu Yi came forward to drive them away, that they walked away calmly...
Sang Chong smiled as soon as he entered the hall. From the first step he took to the hall, he smelled a scent of his peers, a scent of his peers who were different from his division of labor... If as expected, these villagers who were sleeping soundly must be robbers who were robbing their families and hiking at night and in the morning. And those thick bamboo tubes contained either stolen goods or weapons!
Although he is a flower-picking thief and they are robbers, no matter what, they are all peers. Since they are peers, Sang Chong naturally won't expose them! He only went to see Yu Ying, and he wanted to see what Yu Ying reacted to this and whether he could make the judgment that these villagers were thieves like him. But Yu Ying's face had no strange expression except that he had the usual lazy smile.
The villagers were not disturbed by the people coming in, and they still slept soundly.
Fu An said, "How sleepy will you be!"
Fu Yi smiled and said, "It seems that they haven't slept all night! They opened the peaches but didn't eat them..."
Yu Ying said, "The peaches that were broken are not for eating, but are specially fed with flies. Flies and insects are attracted by the sweet fragrance of peaches and will not disturb people, and they will sleep more peacefully."
Chapter completed!