Counterattack

In the early morning, the warm sunlight shines on the bumpy country road, reflecting hazy light.Zhaojia Village is hidden in the green mountains and green waters. There are nearly a hundred families with green bricks and black tiles. The smoke from cooking rises into the air and gradually dissipates.

The weather was bright, and in the small courtyards, the voices of women who got up early and cooked were yelling at each other.

"His aunt, are we going to collect that jade today?" A young daughter-in-law shouted at the middle-aged woman washing rice in the yard next door, the third house from the left at the head of the village.

The woman's voice was loud, and it sounded like she had a lot of strength: "Of course, with this jade, we will have another bumper harvest this year."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by scolding voices not far away.

"I know all day long about being lazy and slippery. I eat and drink for free. I don't get up in the morning to do my work. I'm really an unfamiliar little white-eyed wolf. Pooh!" This voice came from Aunt Zhao, the first daughter-in-law at the entrance of the village. .

"Second Aunt Zhao is swearing again." The young daughter-in-law seemed to be used to it, and said nonchalantly.

On the other hand, the aunt who was talking to her before put down the rice-washing basin, sighed and said: "It's really a crime. It took Zhao Da's house and treated those two boys like this. I have to see it."

Saying that, she rushed out of the yard like a whirlwind.

When the little daughter-in-law raised her head again, she found that there was no one in the yard next door, she couldn't help curling her lips, showing a disapproving expression: "It's just that Mrs. Xiang is willing to take this muddy water, even if she can manage it, she can manage it for a while." I can't make it in my life! It's useless to make a show."

Let's say that Mrs. Xiang went straight to Koutou's family in this village after leaving her home. Even in the well-to-do Zhaojia Village, this family's house is considered one of the best.

Not only is the yard bright, but the house also has two entrances, all of which are made of high-quality blue bricks and tiles, which is no worse than the house of the little landlord's house.

As soon as Aunt Xiang entered the door, she saw Second Aunt Zhao slapping the boy in front of her with a broom and cursing while beating, "Don't tell me Work, what's the matter, you've grown up, your wings are stiff, don't you dare to put your old lady in your eyes?"

The young man bit his lips tightly, his face was pale, and sweat dripped down his forehead.But he didn't say a word, only his eyes were shining with stubborn and resentful light, like a trapped animal.

Aunt Xiang pretended to cough.

But Second Aunt Zhao just raised her head slightly, gave Aunt Xiang a little white with her cloudy eyes, as if she hadn't seen her, and then dropped the broom on the boy again.

After a while, I don't know if it was intentional, but the attack was more ruthless than before.

Aunt Xiang couldn't help but said: "Second Aunt, if this child has done something wrong, it's fine to just say a few words about him, what's the use of beating around? If you get hurt, you won't be able to work. "

Second Aunt Zhao seemed to have just seen Mrs. Xiang, she put down the broom, patted the dust off her hands, and said loudly, "So it's Mrs. Xiang, who am I? You don't know how heartless this little bastard is, He can only be lazy and slippery. You said that a half-grown guy like him in the village didn’t work in the fields? He’s fine. I just asked him to get up and cook every morning, but today he was lying on the bed for me. In the world, there is no such thing Makes sense! Sister-in-law Xiang, don’t you think so?”

Mrs. Xiang was robbed of her whiteness by this whole thing, her face turned blue and white, but seeing the miserable appearance of this child, she couldn't bear it after all, and thinking about the friendship between herself and the deceased Mrs. Zhao when she was young, she held back her temper and said: " Maybe there is a reason? I think Ning is very diligent at ordinary times, how could he be lazy on purpose? Could it be that he is sick?"

This sentence stabbed a hornet's nest at once, and Aunt Zhao's voice suddenly raised an octave: "Why, he still got sick? It's just so spoiled, our farmer's family, how can we get sick at every turn? It's not me who said Xiang Sister-in-law, you, you are that hen hatching ducklings, meddling in your own business. How can I, Li Erhua, still abuse him! If you mean that, you have to touch your conscience, if I didn’t reward them with a bite of food, their brothers wouldn’t know Will it live to be so big!"

The noise had already attracted the villagers who got up early and went to the ground to watch, and the spacious small courtyard was full. Aunt Zhao looked at the people, and her arrogance became even more arrogant: "What's the matter? Let the big guys talk about it, I said it." Right, who in the village won’t say that I, Li Erhua, is righteous and raising my uncle’s two children for nothing, so why can’t I raise them well!”

Aunt Xiang's face turned red, and she heard someone say from behind: "This Li Erhua is so hot, how can Zhao Tiezhu bear her, brother Zhao left early, leaving two children to suffer."

Of course, apart from those who sympathize, there are also those who are on the same side as Aunt Zhao: "You stinky men don't know anything, and you say that half-grown people eat poor old women. It's good that Li Erhua can support them. Pick and choose all day long." If you think they are the young masters of a rich family, it won’t work, but that lady is really a servant girl."

While the scene was at a stalemate, a five or six-year-old skinny boy in the west wing rushed up to the boy who was beaten, and looked at Aunt Zhao with hatred: "Bad guy!"

The boy was startled, and said in a low voice, "Didn't I tell you not to come out!" He was afraid that the boy would come out, so he took the bed sheet and tied him to the door bolt.

But the child burst into tears, "Brother, she bullies you, she bullies us all day long, my brother is already sick, and she beats you even if she doesn't treat him!"

Hearing this, the young man was so sad that he just wanted to cry. His younger brother was only six years old this year, but he was extremely thin, with no flesh on his face.He was sorry for his parents' entrustment, and when he thought of his sister who had suddenly disappeared, he felt all ups and downs in his heart for a moment, and he knew what it was like.

Second Aunt Zhao looked majestic and majestic, looking down at the two brothers who were hugging each other, when the child said something, her face was pulled down by three feet, and she shouted: "Little devil, you know how to be pitiful, see if I don't beat you to death!" You." She said fiercely, Aunt Xiang, who had argued for the two brothers before, moved her lips slightly, and finally sighed, and remained silent after all.

The courtyard was in full swing, but few people in the village noticed it. At the same time, a carriage was driving on the small road at the head of the village. This carriage looked ordinary from the outside, but if viewed from the inside, it was You will find that such a big carriage is carved out of a whole piece of sapphire.The driver was a man in black, with serious eyes, carrying an epee made of sapphire.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the village, and the man in black opened the curtain of the carriage, and saw a young man in white clothes jumping out of the carriage eagerly.

"Is this Zhao Family Village?" asked the young man in white.

"Exactly." The young man in black replied.

Before the young man in white could ask any more questions, Second Aunt Zhao's yelling came from the entrance of the village.The young man in white didn't know what he thought of, his figure was like the wind, and before anyone could recover, he had already disappeared from where he was.

Second Aunt Zhao's broom fell down heavily again. She was very tricky in her strikes, and she only picked the child to beat him. In order to protect his younger brother, the young man had no choice but to hold his younger brother tightly in his arms and endured most of the injuries.

The villagers were finally moved with compassion, and some couldn't see it: "Don't hit me, but the two children will live forever with such a heavy hand!" Everyone also watched this scene a lot, so they have gotten used to it, until now Only then did someone make a sound.

Aunt Zhao played more and more freely, but just as she was about to drop the broom, a strange man shouted violently at the door: "Stop!"

Second Aunt Zhao spared no effort to glance at him. Although she wondered when such an outstanding young man came to the Zhao family village, she was just getting excited, and she had a naughty temper, so she still refused to repent and continued to strike.

However, what she didn't expect was that in the next moment, she seemed to be restrained by something, and she couldn't move.

She opened her eyes angrily, and saw the young man in white who seemed to have stepped out of a painting, pushed away the surrounding villagers, walked to her nephew Zhao Ning, who was in a state of distress, and hugged Zhao Ning's thin body in his arms, with a painful expression on his face , like a dead parent, and kept saying: "I'm sorry, I'm late."

This person is Lu Mingze.At this moment, he was holding the person in his arms carefully, afraid of hurting him again, his heart was full of guilt and regret.

If he had guessed Ah Qing's identity earlier, he wouldn't have to suffer so much.

Seeing blood oozing from Zhao Ning's clothes, Lu Mingze's eyes were as dark as ink.

On the other hand, Zhao Ning was held in someone's arms for no reason, inexplicably, but somewhat at ease, the next moment, he could no longer bear the overwhelming discomfort and fatigue, and fell into this person's arms.

******

A bright and promising boy came to the village and picked up the beaten Zhao Ning and his younger brother Zhao Cheng from Zhao Tiezhu's house. The news spread throughout the village within a while.

Everyone was curious about who this young man was, but they only knew that he had picked up Zhao Ning and Zhao Cheng, had left Zhaojia Village, and headed towards Qingping Town.

And the noisy daughter-in-law of Zhao Tiezhu, known as Aunt Zhao, didn't know what was going on at the time, but she didn't move and let the young man leave with her two nephews without stopping her. She was really shocked All the villagers.

It wasn't until the young man had gone far away that she started crying again, saying that the young man had evil spirits, and after glancing at her, she couldn't move at all, so she watched the three of them go away without stopping them, and called out The village head decides with her.

But the village head of Zhaojia Village is a knowledgeable person. Hearing her narration, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his body, and he repeatedly advised her not to make trouble, otherwise disaster may be imminent. He also said that Zhao Ning and Zhao Cheng are a big What was created by nature was actually taken away by the Venerable Master.

Master?Hearing this title, no matter how aggressive Ren Li Erhua was, she didn't dare to pursue it anymore. She was actually a stern person, and Lu Mingze didn't want her to have a good time, so before leaving, he put a spell on her, making Li Erhua seriously ill. In the field, she was tortured and suffered from nightmares every day. After a short time, this stout peasant woman became thin as a bamboo pole, and her temper became timid. It became a well-known interesting story in Zhaojia Village.

This is a later story.

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Lu Mingze took Zhao Ning and Zhao Cheng into the carriage. Although they were headed towards Qingping Town, the destination was Wuling City thousands of miles away.

In the carriage, Zhao Cheng, who was only six years old, opened his eyes wide and tightly clutched the corner of Zhao Ning's clothes. While looking at the wall of the carriage made of unknown materials in amazement, he stared anxiously at the man holding his brother in front of him. A youth who seems to have fallen from the sky.

"Don't be afraid of me. I'm here to rescue your brother and you. Your father is kind to me. I didn't know that he passed away and let the son of an old man fall to this place." Lu Mingze had already checked Zhao Ning's injuries, Suppressing the anger in his heart and not mentioning it, and taking advantage of the fact that he has not gone far at this time, he released his spiritual power to strengthen the spell on Li Erhua's body, and then he took the time to deal with this child who has been silent since he followed him. Explained a sentence.

Although Zhao Cheng didn't fully believe him, but with a child's intuition, he sensitively sensed that there was no malice in this person, but he still kept his face sullen and silent. This is what his brother taught him, don't casually talk to strangers .

Lu Mingze ignored him, and only opened the dark layer of the carriage, revealing the crystal clear and exquisite snacks inside, and said to Zhao Cheng, "Eat it."

After all, Zhao Cheng was young, and he rarely had enough to eat in the Zhao family. When he saw dim sum, his eyes were glued to it and he couldn't do without it. Seeing that Lu Ming seemed to have ignored him, he stretched out his small With dirty hands, he took a piece of snack carefully, during which time he secretly glanced at Lu Mingze countless times, making sure that this person really ignored him, so he ate it in small bites.

Lu Mingze started to deal with Zhao Ning's injuries.

He took out a small bottle made of purple jade from his bosom, dug out a piece of moist purple ointment, lifted off Zhao Ning's tattered coat, and gently rubbed it on Zhao Ning's body, leaving new and old wounds on Zhao Ning's body. Zhao Ning's pale skin became more and more ferocious, Lu Mingze almost trembling, applied the purple ointment on the wound and scar.

Zhao Cheng on the side finished eating a piece of dim sum, savoring the delicious taste, but saw the strange young man rubbing something on his brother with something, and looked at him warily: "What are you doing?" He was fierce asked.

"I'm applying medicine to him. If you don't believe me, come and see, is your brother's wound healed?" Lu Mingze said.

The little guy approached and was startled by the miraculous scene in front of him. He saw that the place where the purple ointment was applied on Zhao Cheng's body disappeared almost immediately and became smooth as before, but the color of the ointment gradually faded. However, this lavender is still very beautiful.He touched Zhao Ning's forehead carefully again, and felt that the medicine was really good, and his brother's forehead didn't burn anymore.

Following Lu Mingze's actions, Zhao Ning's pale face was not as ugly as before, and he even showed a soothing smile, but he still hasn't woken up.

"You are a good person." Zhao Cheng finally came to a conclusion: "You saved me and my brother, you are our benefactor, and I will repay you in the future." Although these words are immature, they can hear the seriousness in the words and solemnly.

Lu Mingze raised his head, looked at this little Douding's weak appearance, then lowered his head to apply the medicine, and only said: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

Xiao Yuan, who was driving the car, twitched his lips when he heard their conversation.

The speed of the carriage was extremely fast, and a country woman wiped her eyes and stared blankly at the carriage passing by, and murmured: "Could it be that the Venerable Master is coming?"

Zhao Cheng in the carriage didn't notice anything, because the carriage didn't bump at all, as if it was on flat ground.

It's just that if he opened the curtain, he could find that the scenery outside was galloping by, and it had become blurred because of the speed.