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Volume Six: Guan Feng Yun Lu Chapter One: Fake Death to Escape

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    Chapter 1: Escape by feigning death

    The heavy rain has just stopped, the road is muddy, the sound of hoofbeats is muffled in the heavy mist, and two black carriages rush out one after another.  The drivers driving the cars were all covered with black scarves, only revealing a pair of cold and deep eyes, looking at them coldly, as if they were seducers from the underworld.

    The carriage passed through the deserted wilderness and stopped at the river bank.  The meandering river is no longer as calm as it used to be. The water waves roll up and wash over the river bank. The splashing water droplets turn into mist and are carried by the wind, bringing a slight coolness to the face.  The coachman at the rear jumped out of the car without waiting for instructions, dragged out a stiff corpse from the carriage, silently walked to the water's edge, and with a lucky throw, threw the corpse far into the river with a "pop"  Heart, splashing countless water splashes.  The next moment, the body was submerged into the turbid river water, and was carried downstream.

    The carriage window in front lifted up a corner, revealing half of her pretty face, with fair complexion and as elegant as orchid.  She stared at the body floating in the water and murmured: "No matter what, you have died once, so I don't think you have violated the sect's rules. From now on, it depends on your own fate." After that,  Caressing his lower abdomen, he sighed quietly, feeling indescribable melancholy and sadness.  This bad relationship will be buried deep in her heart from now on and will never be touched.

    After the body disappeared, the two carriages turned around and ran back along the way they came.  Except for the imprint of the carriage and a line of footprints on the damp river bank, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

    ??More than ten miles down the river, the river surface gradually widens, and the water speed slows down accordingly. At a bend with many branches, the shoals are wide and covered with reeds.  Many broken trees, drowned livestock, and even the bodies of drowned people were washed to the shore and piled up.

    It was at dawn, the sky cleared after the rain, the stars were faint, and the eastern sky was already glowing with white light.  At the bend of the river that should have been deserted, there were a few sneaky black figures busy.  These people were divided into two groups. One group used bamboo poles and fishing nets to salvage various corpses in the shallow water, while the other group stayed on the shore to sort the corpses picked up into categories.  If it is a drowned animal, just disembowel it, take out the internal organs and throw them away, and put the remaining parts on a flatbed truck and stack them.  If it is the body of a dead person, strip off the clothes, shoes and pants, search for all valuables, put them into a sack, and then push the naked body into the water.  All kinds of rotten internal organs were randomly discarded in the grass, which made people sick to their stomach.  Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, these people who were working in the dark did not want their fellow villagers to find out that they were doing such shameless things, so they called and planned to evacuate.

    "Heizi, Bigfoot, it's time to go!"

    "Okay!" The two men who had been busy in the water for half the night put away their tools and worked together to lift the last body.  The person on the left cursed as he walked: "Isn't this damn ghost made of iron? It's too damn heavy!" The other person said disdainfully: "Heizi, are you blind? He is wearing clothes made of silk and satin. He must be  Rich man. Do you think you will bite your hand if you have too much money?" The black man's eyes were shining, and he turned to the shore and shouted: "Butcher Jiang, the good stuff has sunk to the bottom, we have caught a big fish!" A strong man with big shoulders and round waist was on the shore.  He said angrily: "Heizi, please keep your voice down! If the villagers hear it, who will dare to buy meat from my shop in the future?" Heizi shrank his neck, chuckled, and whispered: "This deserted beach  Apart from lonely ghosts, where are the people in the wilderness?" The butcher Chiang scolded him. He also saw that the corpse was well-dressed, and his heart couldn't help but feel hot. Could it be that he bumped into a magpie when he went out, and he was destined to make a fortune today?

    The body was pulled to the shore by everyone. It was clear that his face had clear outlines, thick eyebrows and straight nose, and a square mouth. He was quite masculine. The strange thing was that there was not a single scar on his body, and he was not as bloated as other dead bodies.  Abdominal distension, I wonder how he died?

    The butcher Jiang was so obsessed with money that he glanced at it hastily. He didn't notice the difference in the corpse and hurriedly reached out to fumble for it.  Unexpectedly, this man's arms were empty, not to mention gold, silver and jewelry, not even a copper plate.  Butcher Jiang felt as if his head had been doused with ice water, and all the joy in his heart was gone. He couldn't help jumping to his feet and yelling: "My ancestors dressed like humans, but they were a hundred times poorer than me! You deserve to be drowned!"  "After scolding him, he still couldn't get over his anger, so he aimed at the corpse's chest and kicked him several times.

    The man next to him hurriedly hugged him: "Boss Jiang, Boss Jiang, it is unlucky to damage a body!" "Butcher Jiang, be careful that this guy turns into a ghost and comes to settle accounts with you." "Butcher Jiang, I think this dress is worth at least three or four dollars.  Two pieces of silver, don¡¯t break it.¡±

    Butcher Jiang was undoubtedly moved by the last sentence, and said angrily: "Okay, quickly take off this guy's clothes, let's go!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, the corpse lying on its back moved its limbs slightly, its chest heaved, and it spat out a mouthful of sewage, and slowly opened its eyes.

    There was a deathly silence on the river bank.  The scalps of all the men were numb, their limbs were cold, their hearts were beating so fast that they were about to burst, and cold sweat was dripping from their foreheads. A frightening thought flashed through everyone's mind -??Fraud corpse!  According to legend, after the corpse is resurrected, it will pursue the yang energy of the living and goryly eat human flesh and blood!  All the men looked at each other, and the timid one almost cried.

    The resurrected corpse turned its eyes slightly, glanced at everyone, and sat up straight.

    "My mother, run for your life!" Someone shouted out, and all the men shuddered, turned around and ran away, fearing that they would end up in the end and be eaten alive.  After all, Butcher Chiang was more courageous. He picked up the sack while running for his life and refused to let go.

    Hu Xiaotian looked around blankly. Except for those strange men who were scared to death, there was no moving figure in his field of vision.  He took a deep breath, stood up slowly with his hands on the ground, looked at the rushing river in front of him, felt the thick earth under his feet, and let the first ray of sunshine in the morning fall on his face, and the joy of surviving the disaster came to his heart -  ¡ªHe did not die, and did not leave the familiar world.

    Hu Xiaotian touched the soaked clothes on his body and looked at the debris and dead bodies piled up around him. After thinking for a moment, he guessed the reason why he was here. Recalling the unbearable days in the secret room, he had mixed feelings and couldn't help but sigh.  .  No matter what Yan Jiu's reasons were, letting him escape by feigning death was already the most benevolent thing.  No matter how dissatisfied he was, he had to endure it all for the sake of the fetus in her belly.  He knew very well that Yan Jiu would definitely practice the Nine Revolutions of Reincarnation and it would be impossible for the two of them to renew their relationship. However, as the father and mother of a child, this natural bond would last a lifetime and could not be broken.

    Hu Xiaotian let out a long roar and threw those troubles behind him.  He was trapped in a secret room for more than two months, isolated from the world. I wonder what changes have happened in the world?  The alliance of the five races has ended long ago. Who will soar to the sky and become famous all over the world?  After the Qinglong Society and the Baiyun Sect joined forces, did they reveal their ferocious minions?  Are Song Qian and others still wandering around Chang'an and Luoyang?  And judging by the time, he may have missed the opportunity to take the recommendation examination, and his plan to obtain an official position was in vain.  So what should we do next?  Should he join up with Song Qian and others first, or rush to the capital as soon as possible to get a chance?  He touched all over his body, but found nothing. There was no guide, no coins, and it was impossible to move forward at all.  The top priority is not to think about how to stir up the world, but to think about how to survive?

    Hu Xiaotian¡¯s shoes had long been washed away by the flood, and he strode to the river embankment with bare feet.  I saw that the surrounding fields were flat and overgrown with trees. There was faint smoke rising from the southwest, and there should be villages gathering there.  He lowered his eyes and saw a few lines of messy footprints on the ground, running towards the southwest. Thinking of the soul-shattering looks of those men just now, he couldn't help but shake his head, smile, and just lift his feet.

    The rising sun is rising in the east, the rays are shining brightly, the weeping willows are as green as green, and the streets are wide.

    When Hu Xiaotian passed by a pond, he simply jumped into the water and washed the mud off his face and body, so as not to scare others again.

    "Hey, Wu, what are you doing in my pond? Do you want to steal a fish?" Suddenly I heard a loud shout, and saw a dark-skinned man running angrily with an iron fork in his hand, his feet like the wind, and he ran away in the blink of an eye.  He went to the edge of the pond and stared angrily.

    Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Brother, you have misunderstood. Because I am covered in mud, I have no other intention to use this pond water to wash myself." As he spoke, he walked out of the pond, feeling wet and embarrassed.  The man's anger subsided by five points when he heard that he spoke clearly and clearly with a foreign accent. He asked in confusion: "What's your name? Where are you from? Why don't you even have a pair of shoes? Have you been raped by someone?"  Robbery?" Hu Xiaotian smiled bitterly and said: "My surname is Hu. Due to a sudden flood last night, I was accidentally washed into the river. Fortunately, I hugged a piece of driftwood in time and was not drowned on the spot. I floated all the way down until I arrived.  The current in the shallow bay ahead slowed down, and we were able to get out of trouble and get ashore. Brother, may I ask your surname? Which prefecture and county does your village belong to?" The man scratched his head and said: "Our village is Baliwan Village.  It belongs to the territory of Qixian County, Kaifeng Prefecture. My name is Liu Dazhu, and the folks call me 'Dazhu'. Are you a scholar? Your speech is different from others." Hu Xiaotian nodded and said: "I have studied for several years and passed the examination as a scholar.  ." Liu Dazhu was in awe and hurriedly invited Hu Xiaotian to his home.  Hu Xiaotian didn't show any pretense and agreed immediately.  Liu Dazhu jumped into the pond, speared two fish, strung them up with straw ropes, and headed to the village first.

    Hu Xiaotian saw that he was agile when spearing fish and hit it with one hit. He pretended not to care and asked, "Brother Dazhu, have you ever practiced martial arts?" Liu Dazhu shook his head and said, "How can this be considered martial arts training? It's just training with my father.  After a few years of boxing and kicking, I have strengthened my muscles and bones. I can spear fish and hunt rabbits, but I am far behind when it comes to competing with others." Hu Xiaotian asked again: "Are there many people practicing martial arts in your village?" Liu Dazhu said: "They are all from home.  There is nothing surprising about the tactics passed down. The main reason is that they are worried about being harmed by bandits. Every family must have a man to support it, right?" Hu Xiaotian's heart moved: "Could there be bandits hiding nearby? Won't the government send troops to eliminate them?" Liu Dazhu spat.  He took a sip and said: "When the bandits come, they can send them away if they have food and grass. When the officers and soldiers come, they have to scrape three feet of the ground."Do you still expect them to suppress bandits?  They are more ruthless than bandits!  After all, you still have to rely on yourself.  "

    Along the way, the villagers he met looked at Hu Xiaotian with strange eyes. They had probably never seen such a strange outsider.  Liu Dazhu stopped from time to time to explain, saying that Hu Xiaotian was a scholar sent by the Water Dragon King. He fell into the water and survived, so he temporarily came to the village to rest.  Among the hundreds of people in Baliwan Village, not one of them has read a book. Even the village head can only recognize the numbers from one to ten.  Within half an hour, the news that Liu Dazhu had picked up Xiu Caigong spread throughout the village.

    Liu Dazhu's home is located at the east end of the village. It has a row of three thatched houses, surrounded by fences in the front and back. It is a simple courtyard. There are a few chickens raised in the front yard, a few strings of dried fish are dried, and two walnut trees are planted.  .  The backyard is a vegetable patch, and the fence is covered with melon vines.  Liu Dazhu was still dozens of steps away from home when he heard a bark, and a black short-haired native dog rushed towards him with a grunt, followed closely by a four or five-year-old bare-chested boy who shouted: "Dad,  father!"

    The black native dog pounced at Liu Dazhu's feet, wagging its tail happily.  Liu Dazhu kicked the local dog away, pointed at the black and strong boy and said with a smile: "Hu Xiucai, this is my son, nicknamed Tiedan!" Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Tiedan? He really lives up to his name.  The bones in this body are very strong." As he spoke, the little boy ran forward and threw himself into his father's arms. He looked at Hu Xiaotian in a blink of an eye, his dark eyes full of curiosity.  Liu Dazhu said with a smile: "Son, call me Master Xiucai! This is a literary star who has descended to earth. You will never see it a few times in your life." Hu Xiaotian said hurriedly: "Dazhu, I am not a 'master', I am just a scholar in trouble. Tiedan  , my surname is Hu, just call me 'Uncle Hu'." Tiedan was not afraid of strangers and shouted: "Uncle Hu!" Hu Xiaotian said: "Dazhu, I don't have any gift for your son, if you  If you don't mind, how about I give him a good name?" Liu Dazhu was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Okay, of course! You are Wenquxing, naming Tiedan is the blessing of his life!" Hu Xiaotian thought for a while and said  : "Iron comes from gold, earth produces gold, and gold produces water, so how about calling it 'Liu Juntao'?" Liu Dazhu grinned and said: "How can there be any bad reason for the name chosen by the scholar? This is it!"

    Entering Liu's house, a young woman wearing an apron came out and said, "Why is the child's father back? Have you finished taking care of the several acres of land in our family?" Liu Dazhu straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "Damn it?"  What are you yelling about? Are you so blind that you didn¡¯t see a guest coming to your house? This is a scholar! He quickly boiled water to cook, and when he had time, he cleaned up these two fish and fried them." The woman's face turned red.  , glanced at Hu Xiaotian, and went about his business without mentioning it.  Tiedan broke free and fell to the ground, chasing his mother and shouting: "Mother, mother, I have a famous name!"

    Liu Dazhu smiled sheepishly and said: "Hu Xiucai, my mother-in-law has never seen the world, and she has a gruff voice and does not know etiquette. Don't be surprised." Hu Xiaotian waved his hands and said: "Dazhu, I see that my sister-in-law is diligent and thrifty in running the house, and she is quick with her hands and feet.  You are lucky, you married a good woman." Liu Dazhu put down his iron fork and muttered: "It's so good, I only gave birth to one baby in so many years! Which of my cousins ??didn't give birth to a litter of cubs?"

    "Ahem, you bastard, why can't you just blame your wife for not having a baby? Why don't you blame yourself for not being able to do anything?" A pale-haired old farmer walked out of the main room, with a wrinkled face and a stooped figure, holding a cane with one hand.  , coughing twice from time to time.

    Liu Dazhu smiled naively and said: "Dad, I know you care about your daughter-in-law. I just said it casually. How dare I really complain about her?" He pointed at Hu Xiaotian and said: "This is Hu Xiucai. He fell into the water and was rushed to our house.  Here, by chance, we bumped into the child, so we invited him to our house as a guest. Mr. Xiu Cai is very kind, and he just gave Tiedan a name, Liuwhat's Liu?"

    Hu Xiaotian said: "Liu Juntao, mean 'Jian', wave 'Tao'. Dad Liu, my nephew is polite!" He put his hands together and bowed demurely.

    Father Liu turned sideways and said with a smile: "My ancestors were all rough people, uneducated, and they all chose names blindly. With Tiedan having such a resounding name, it will be much easier to arrange a marriage in the future. Dazhu, what do you do?  Dad, we must not forget the kindness of Mr. Xiu Cai!" Liu Dazhu nodded in agreement.  Hu Xiaotian said: "It's a small effort, why does it matter? If the old man is too outspoken, my nephew will not be embarrassed to bother him." Father Liu smiled and asked Liu Dazhu to go back to the house to get a new pair of shoes and put them on for the scholar.

    Hu Xiaotian put on his straw sandals and took two steps. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, these shoes are well made and very comfortable to walk on." Liu Dazhu said proudly: "This is my mother-in-law's craftsmanship. Who wouldn't praise it from all over the country? Every time  On market days, I take dozens of pairs to the city and sell them for money, and a pair of shoes can be exchanged for two copper coins."

    At this moment, a loud noise was heard, and dozens of people gathered outside Liu's house.  The leader, a middle-aged man in bright clothes and quite impressive, raised his voice and shouted: "Big pillar, come out!"

    Liu Dazhu was puzzled and walked outside the courtyard and asked: "Chief, you brought so many villagers to your door, could it be that you are out of town?"?A big deal?  The chief there glanced into the courtyard, pointed at Hu Xiaotian and said, "I heard that you brought back a suspicious man. Is this him?"  "Liu Dazhu explained: "Chief, I am a scholar who studies. Last night I accidentally slipped and fell into the river" The head there waved his hand impatiently and said: "Stop it!  Who can prove that he is a scholar?  Does he have a guide?  If he is pretending to be the bandits from Gust of Wind, can you tell the difference?  This person behaves suspiciously and his origin is unknown. I want to tie him up and bring him to the official, and hand him over to the county magistrate.  Liu Dazhu blushed with anxiety and said, "Hu Xiucai is definitely not a robber. You can't arrest him for no reason!"  The chief there sneered: "What a bullshit scholar!"  It's not up to you to decide whether he is a robber or not. It is up to the government to interrogate and convict him.  Liu Dazhu, if you shield the suspect and harm your neighbors, we will not agree to it.  "More than a dozen young men behind him were gearing up and shouting: "Big pillar, get out of the way!"  "Dazhu, don't trust foreigners easily!"  "

    Hu Xiaotian was secretly surprised when he heard that the matter involved him. He glanced around and found two people hiding behind the crowd, their eyes wandering, as if they had done something sinister, which was very different from other villagers.  As soon as I changed my mind, I immediately remembered that I had met them on the river bank this morning, and I couldn't help but feel bright in my heart. It turned out that the villain complained first!

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