The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 66 Congratulations to the Groom (5)

I see.He didn't mention Hu Xiaotian's death at all, I was skeptical when I heard it, but I took the opportunity to ask: "Dare to ask the patriarch, why is the mountain god's mount a dog?" This is what I have always wondered.

Seeing my question, the patriarch couldn't explain why, so I suppressed my doubts and told him about going to Hushan to deliver the letter. The patriarch said: "The mountain road is rough, sir, wait a moment, I'll ask someone to accompany you." Sir go."

This is my own private matter, how can I work for others, so I politely declined, but the patriarch said that Xiaoyang Village also had some business to go to Hushan, but just happened to be on the way with me.I just thanked him, and seeing that he didn't say why he went to Hushan, I didn't ask him, but asked who would go with me.

The patriarch said: "Originally the village decided to let Sizhao go. Please wait a moment, sir. He is still at home. He will come to me when he is ready."

I nodded, and seeing that there was nothing to do right now, I wanted to take a look around the village. The patriarch wanted to accompany me, but he gave up after I declined.I came out of his house and walked in the village.Xiaoyang Village is hidden in the deep mountains. The houses are natural and simple, but also have a sense of desolation. The village road paved with rocks is mottled like faded handwriting, and the cang trees that can be seen everywhere are as indifferent as faint ink.This is something that cannot be drawn by manpower, and only the years have such handwriting.

I walked blindly all the way and looked at the scenery in the village, but I also relished it. I also met a few people on the road, all of whom I met at the banquet.When they saw me alone, they would lead me the way and show me around the village. After I thanked them, I still wandered around carelessly, because the village is not big, and I went to the end of the village after a while.

At the end of the village is a large piece of green bamboo. The mountain wind blows down the bamboo leaves, and the flying knives are thrown all over the sky. The coolness is applied to the knives, which arouses a pang of itching when touching the body, and a sense of comfort emerges as the times require.I remembered that there was such a bamboo forest in Wenling Town back then, and I was a little distracted for a while, so I walked in it.

As soon as I arrived in the bamboo forest, it was so cold that I shivered.I didn't take a few steps in the forest when I suddenly felt a strange feeling coming from behind, as if something was spying behind me.Before I turned around, I could feel the extremely sharp eyes of this thing, staring at my back tightly.

I felt something was wrong and immediately turned around, only to find that there was nothing behind me.The light in the bamboo forest was dim, and the arrows of light that leaked from the bamboo shoots cut the bamboo forest to pieces, and the atmosphere suddenly became fierce.I calmed down at this moment, and unexpectedly smelled a rotten smell again, like the smell of rotting raw meat.I screamed badly in my heart, this rotten smell is not the smell of corpses, but the aftertaste produced by ferocious beasts after eating raw flesh and blood.

As soon as I figured out what the smell was, I turned around and left, trying to get out of the bamboo forest.Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, there was the rustling of bamboo leaves behind him, and a stench of stench sprayed to his neck.My neck stiffened, and I didn't look back, but rolled forward on the spot, hid behind a bamboo, then got up quickly, and looked behind me vigilantly.

Behind me, two faint green eyes are staring at me.I was stared at by these two eyes, and my body was covered with cold sweat, and even my hairs were blown up.Because domesticated animals will never have such cold eyes, and when I think of the deep mountains here, I have already determined in my heart what it is—a wolf. Only wolves can have such greedy and ruthless eyes.

I cried out inwardly, didn't Yang Sizhao say that the wolves in the village were extinct, why would one sneak into the bamboo forest in broad daylight? !
The "wolf" looked at me coldly, didn't say a word, but the green light in its eyes became more and more intense, then let out a low growl in its throat, suddenly jumped up out of thin air, and rushed towards me.At the moment it jumped up, I suddenly felt something was wrong. Why is the growl of this "wolf" so strange?
Before I had time to think about it, the "wolf" had already arrived in front of me. My heart was trembling, and I subconsciously yelled, then rolled on the ground, avoiding the pounce.The "wolf" was coming so fiercely that he fell to the ground, but soon jumped back and turned around and rushed towards me again.And I have already seen clearly at this time, this "wolf" is covered with black hair, with drooping ears, and a thin and upturned tail.

This is not a wolf at all, but a domestic dog!
It's just how can there be such a fierce light in the dog's eyes, besides, how can there be such a dog that attacks people without saying a word?
As soon as this thought flashed through my mind, the dog came before my eyes again.I got up from the ground, and bent down to pick up a stone in my hand.This is my experience, no matter how vicious a dog is, as long as you bend down to pick up rocks, it will suspect that you want to pick up rocks and hit it, which is its nature.

Seeing me leaning over, the dog hesitated for a moment, but quickly rushed over without hesitation.I quickly threw the stone and hit it on the head. It wailed and dodged to the side for a while, but then it was aroused to become more ferocious, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and walked towards me step by step. Come, still silent.

My heart is trembling, as the saying goes, a dog that bites does not bark, and this dog in front of me is so taciturn, could it be that he wants to tear me into pieces?Although I quickly picked up another stone in my hand, the dog had so many lice that it didn't itch, and it wasn't afraid at all, and it would come up and bite me even if I hit it again, which was simply against the law of nature.

All the tricks that I usually use to deal with ordinary dogs are useless. I was very anxious. Seeing that the dog had already started to fly into the air again, I hurriedly smashed the stone out of my hand, and then turned around and ran. Unexpectedly, within two steps, I felt that the dog's paws had already passed. on my shoulders.My back felt cold, and then it tensed up, ready to be bitten.Unexpectedly, at this moment, the golden dog who had been silent before suddenly barked, as if it had been hurt by something.

I was a little surprised, and thought that I was not a hard bone, could it possibly break its teeth?Just thinking about it, when I turned around, I saw a person standing behind him, holding a bamboo pole with a rope loop around the pole, which just caught the dog's neck and dragged it to the ground. .

The dog was strangled, its paws were on the ground, struggling desperately.The man with the pole was dragging the dog while wiping his sweat and apologized to me: "I was negligent for a while, and I didn't keep an eye on it. I surprised you, sir. Damn it." It was Yang Sizhao.

Seeing that the dog was restrained, I breathed a sigh of relief and was still a little shocked. I pointed at the dog and asked, "You raised this dog?"

Yang Sizhao nodded, and stretched out his hand to pat the dog's head. The dog seemed to recognize him at this moment, and stopped struggling, but took a heavy breath, glanced at me coldly, and then turned his head away.I felt chills when I was watched by it. Yang Sizhao took the noose off the dog's neck, tied it with a rope again, and then led the dog out of the bamboo forest with me.

When I walked out of the bamboo forest, I looked back. There were many shadows in the bamboo forest, and there seemed to be a small person standing behind the light and shadow, watching us go away.My heart jumped wildly again, and I screamed "Ah", Yang Sizhao said in surprise, "What's wrong, sir?"

"Is there anyone else in there?" I pointed to the bamboo forest and asked him.

Yang Sizhao looked over there suspiciously, scratched his head and said, "Who is there?"

I took a closer look, and the little figure disappeared again.Seeing that I was frightened, Yang Sizhao hurriedly led me home and poured me another bowl of water.I thanked him, took the water and took a few sips slowly, and then I settled down.

Yang Sizhao was feeding the dog outside the courtyard. I walked out of the house after drinking the water. As soon as I came out, I saw him lock the dog into the woodshed in the courtyard, and then threw a large piece of bloody raw meat into it. It smelled like a wolf. It turned out that Yang Sizhao fed it raw meat.

Dogs that eat raw meat will be feral and easily hurt people.This may be the custom of people in the mountains, and I can't say anything.But this dog is so taciturn and aggressive towards people, I have never seen it before, so I couldn't help asking him: "Why does this dog bite people when it sees it?"

"This beast has a violent temper, so I kept it locked up. I was busy with Siyuan's wedding these days, and I forgot to feed it for a while, but it opened the door of the firewood room and escaped by itself, which scared my husband. It was me. guilt."

I was too busy talking, and thought to myself, since this dog is so cruel, why did it stay in the village.Yang Sizhao seemed to see what I was thinking, and threw the meat in his hand into the firewood room, then fetched water from the water tank in the yard to wash his hands, and said to me, "I'm lonely, so I keep it as a companion. Sometimes when I want to talk to someone, I don’t have to face a wall.”

I hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Where is the mistress at home?"

"Ten years ago, I followed a peddler who came to the mountains." Yang Sizhao said calmly, shaking off the water drops on his hands.

I was a little apologetic when I heard the words, and thought of Ruan Lang's father, the old Ruan shopkeeper, thinking that shopkeeper is really a high-risk industry, so I asked him, "Have you not looked for him?"

"The person who left, what are you looking for?" Yang Sizhao wiped his hands dry on his body, "It's just that she should have let me know, and she left without a sound, which always makes people feel a little sad."

Since we met, he has always looked optimistic, and now he said these words calmly, but although he said it lightly, how could I not see the loneliness in his eyes.

Yang Sizhao smiled at me, and said again: "That's why I kept that beast. In this way, there are two panting people in the family."

"Maybe one day, the hostess will come back." I comforted him.

"Come back?" Yang Sizhao seemed a little surprised, "What are you doing back here?"

"You don't want her to come back?" I was even more surprised when I heard the words. Seeing his expression, it was clear that he missed the mistress deeply.

"Since you're gone, don't come back, otherwise, what are the years you've been away for?"

He has a good point.Looking back after leaving is ironic for those who left and those who were left.Since the blade passed through the wound, going back the same way would only make the wound deeper and deeper.I was speechless for a moment, and after a while I asked: "What if she really comes back in the future?"

"Life in the mountains is hard, and I don't blame her for leaving. But," Yang Sizhao didn't lift his head, "I don't forgive her, it's not why."

People who have been hurt naturally have the right not to forgive.When I heard such words, I respected him instead in my heart. A man should have a clear distinction between his kindness and resentment, if he repays his kindness with kindness, how can he repay his kindness with kindness?
I sighed in my heart, although a thought flashed in my mind, it seemed that Yang Sizhao and this dog depended on each other for their lives, and it was somewhat similar to the matter of Yang Siyuan and the bitch, but this thought only passed in a flash.After feeding the dog, Yang Sizhao went out with me to the patriarch's house, planning to go to Hushan with me.

After I took the burden at the patriarch's house, the patriarch sent us to the entrance of the village, watched us go away, and then turned back.Yang Sizhao didn't say anything about going to Hushan, so I didn't ask him.Although the journey is a bit long, fortunately, there are people to accompany me, and the journey is not lonely.

When passing through a fork in the road, Yang Sizhao got into the bushes and kowtowed to a grave, and when he came out, he told me that this was the grave of the old patriarch.He said with a sigh: "The old patriarch has a kind heart. He saved Hu Xiaotian, and I don't know if he has regretted it later."

"Regret?" I was surprised.

"Hey, Hu Xiaotian is a bandit after all." Yang Sizhao hurriedly said, "Since ancient times, mountain people and bandits have been at odds, so I didn't regret it after I said I didn't know him."

That's what he said, but I always felt that there seemed to be other meanings in his words, and I suddenly thought of the cause of Hu Xiaotian's death. Did his death have anything to do with Xiaoyang Village? Why did the mountain god kill him?
(End of this chapter)