Crown Sword

Ding Gui chuckled.

"No!" Chao Chen didn't move, but instead sternly refused, "There is a saying in "Five Beetles": Punishment is not kind, and punishment is not brutal. If you steal wine, you should be punished!"

Ding Gui stared at him, staring at him in disbelief——

Although I don't know what "Five Beetles" is, but listening to those words, it's so unfair!You must know that the Confucian scholar was willing to help him climb mountains and ridges last night, so he was not afraid to avoid him just now. So rejected!

"Okay, okay!" Ding Gui swallowed, reeking of alcohol, clenched his fists and said to the guys behind him, "After fighting for so long, it's my turn."

Chao Chen was taken aback, remembering that when he checked his palm last night, the location and thickness of the callus was by no means comparable to Orion's. Fearing that he would go crazy and hurt others, he went to grab his hand again and whispered, "I can help you once. , but you have to answer a few questions for me."

Ding Gui raised his eyebrows: "Hey, do you want to ask who are the people living in the col? Or ask Gong Yangchi?"

Chao Chen didn't speak.

"Success! No problem! Help me get rid of people first." Ding Gui was beaten so badly that he raised his left hand, dusted his sleeve, and then spat out old phlegm like a rascal. , cross your feet and wait.

"Old ruffian, let's see if you dare—" The guys looked at each other, seeing the people on the ground talking lively again, got angry, and came forward again yelling.

Chao Chen frowned, took out a few pieces of money from his pocket with a sullen face and handed it over: "I gave it for him." This money was saved by writing peach charms for someone on the road a while ago.

The clerk took the money, but felt baffled: "Little boy, you are the only one who has been taken advantage of!"

The people on the street dispersed, Ding Gui leaned on his cane, pulled on the jug, and walked out of the city hunched.Chao Chen chased after him and grabbed him: "Can we talk now?"

"Are you so stupid?" Ding Guimi smiled and slapped his hand away, "Why don't you accept it? Beat me, you'd better kill me, don't even want to know a word. Tch! How can you be like this? A reasonable person." He stopped, cast a sideways glance, and said, "Let's do it, lend me two coins to buy wine, maybe I'll tell you when I'm happy."

"No." Chao Chen said coldly.

Ding Gui spat: "Without you, why are you still standing like a pole?"

Can't beat or scold, Chao Chen looked at the white eyes, his upper and lower teeth were chattering with anger, looking forward to wishing that Gong Yangyue was by his side, if it were him, there would always be a hundred ways to make people speak.

Seeing that he had nothing to say, Ding Gui stopped talking to him, and begged for food and wine along the way, and when he left the city, he drank every three steps, and when he arrived at the village, his eyes were already dizzy.Chao Chen persevered in following behind, seeing the man staggering, trying to help him, wanting to pull but unwilling, not knowing what he was fighting for.

At the entrance of the village, Shun'er Niang came back from washing her clothes and was drying them on a wooden shelf. She stared at him sharply and hurriedly poked her head from behind the quilt: "You are the one..."

"Don't let him go out to steal wine again, be careful not to be beaten to death." Chao Chen sighed and said nothing.

Hearing this, Shun Erniang squeezed outside, and then she saw Ding Gui walking alone on the ridge of the mountain: "Steal wine?" Therefore, he enthusiastically asked, "What's going on?"

Hearing her smell like this, could it be that she is not a habitual offender?

Chao Chen caught the details of the words, although he was puzzled, he still told them one by one.

Shun'erniang is reasonable, so she hurriedly apologized to him: "I've caused you trouble," she said, then turned her head and grabbed a basket, filled it with home-grown onions, garlic and farm vegetables, and stuffed it, "Actually, Ding Gui He used to be not a bad-hearted person. When he was hunting in the mountains, he never released the cubs, and when he saw a fisherman, he would tell them that small fish less than two fingers wide should be thrown into the river."

"This guy is less talkative and withdrawn, but he never blushes with others, and he often helps the folks to smooth things over. Last winter, a few naughty children met bears in the mountains, and my Shun'er was also there. It was him. He risked his life to rescue him, but the two cuts on his hand were so deep that the bones were visible, and he had been raised for three months. Hey, I don’t know what’s going on recently, tell me, why did you drink so much?”

Shun'erniang flattened the quilt hanging to dry, patted away the wrinkles at the corners, and sighed deeply: "I remembered! One day he came back from Mianzhu with a very bad face. Didn't you say that it was not peaceful last night? Could it be... could it be a collision with evil!"

"Crash evil?" The corners of Chao Chen's mouth twitched, "How can there be so many evils for him to bump into!"

Thinking of Ding Gui's face just now, it doesn't look like hitting evil, it's clearly a ruffian who deserves to be beaten.

While talking, Shun'er's father came back with a spear fish. Chao Chen still remembered his fierce appearance last night, so he hurriedly said goodbye and left, watching Shun'er's mother covering her mouth and laughing.

When Chao Chen went back with a basket and vegetables, he bumped into Gong Yangyue at the door. The latter looked him up and down, and really didn't know how to evaluate his strange attire.

"What are you doing, wash your hands and make soup?"

Chao Chen was aggrieved, so he immediately pulled out a pinch of garlic and said, "I'll make you a pot of this, do you want to drink it?"

The ultimate meaning of slapstick is to be more ruthless and more tolerant than anyone else. Naturally, Gong Yangyue could see that he was talking angry, so he followed suit: "Drink, I will drink as soon as you cook it." The tone was calm, The eyes are sincere, the corners of the mouth are twitched, half a smile is not a smile, Chao Chen stares and chokes with anger.Gong Yangyue saw that he was deflated, so he accepted it when he was good, and hurriedly chased and teased: "Hey, whoever bullied you, please beg me, I will help you beat him."

Chao Chen muttered in a low voice, "It would be nice to talk about it two hours earlier."

"Ok?"

"It's nothing!" Chao Chen woke up suddenly, went into the room sullenly, closed the door with a "slap", and stood with his back leaning on him.When there was no sound outside the door, he suddenly remembered the matter of investigating the mountain col, and quickly opened the door to chase after him, but he lost his trace long ago, "Ram Moon? Ram Moon! Are you really gone?"

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For two days in a row, Chao Chen acted like he was running into an evil spirit. As long as he wandered around Mianzhu City, he would definitely run into that drunkard named Ding Gui, who would subconsciously take a detour when he saw the wine shop.But God's will always tricks people, and when fate comes, you can meet each other even if you go out and turn left casually.

There are many times, and I feel rebellious in my heart. Chao Chen followed him all the way by accident.

Ding Gui collapsed drunk at the base of the city wall like muddy mud. Under a big camphor tree nearby, there were a few children catching stones. They were used to the streets and alleys. The adult scolded him, and then picked up clods and gravel from the ground and threw them at him.

At first Chao Chen was very worried that this move would anger him, however, the drunk man opened his eyelids and saw that they were some brats, but he didn't make a move, he just turned over and turned his back to them.

If you can't fight back when you hit or scold, the child loses interest, and the boos disperse.

Ding Gui smashed his mouth, staggered to get up while supporting the stone wall, stretched out his hand to block the glare of the sun, vaguely discerned the direction to go home, and swayed out of the city.

On the official road, he ran into an old man pushing a scooter. He consciously avoided it, but he never thought that there were potholes in the road and the wheels of the cart collapsed.There were several large bundles of young seedlings on the cart, and the old man was in a daze, holding on to the shaft of the cart and trying to push it out, but the cart didn't move, but he turned over with his legs attached to the cart.

Chao Chen catches up to help, but Ding Gui takes the lead.

The drunk backed up, righted himself with one hand, grabbed the side edge and lifted it up, abruptly lifting the cart out of the depression.The old man took a few deep breaths and wanted to bow his hands to thank him, but the drunk man had already walked a long way, and when he turned around, a gentleman in Tsing Yi chased him to the car, which made him very puzzled.

Can't hide, Chao Chen generously followed, Ding Gui only turned his head and glanced, didn't chase him away, seemed to acquiesce in his following.

When he arrived at the col, the villagers came and went to greet him warmly, and Chao Chen's heart softened unconsciously.Today, Shun'erniang didn't drag her to Kan Dashan, Chao Chen followed all the way to the ridge, watching Ding Gui's footsteps falter when entering the house, knocking on the steps made of several white stones.

The steps were not straight, and the broken lines formed sharp edges and corners. With that burly body, a fall would be hard.

Seeing him lying at his feet half dead, Chao Chen seemed to resign himself to his fate, and half dragged and half helped him back to the stone house.It is no exaggeration to describe the room as barren—a stone couch with only a thin mattress in the middle, pots and stoves piled up in one corner, a table and a bamboo mat, and a mess of hunting tools hanging on the wall .

The trouser legs were soaked in blood, Ding Gui gritted his teeth and tore the cloth, trying to bandage the trouser legs with the broken trouser legs.

What's more, there is also a genius doctor by his side. Chao Chen should have a lot of common sense, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Your legs are covered with mud, it's very dirty, you need to wrap it with a clean cloth, I'll boil some hot water, and wash it off first." The wound..." As he spoke, he first went to a nearby house to ask for some white cloth, and then rushed back to boil water.

There was a pot on the stove, but it looked like it hadn't been touched for several months, it was full of ashes, Chao Chen rolled up his sleeves and rinsed it again, and then brought dry firewood to light the fire.

Since Da Gongyangyue said the phrase "wash your hands and make soup", the situation seems to be developing in a strange direction.

After finishing all the work, Chao Chen turned his head and saw that the stubborn Ding Gui had already wrapped the wound with the rags, turned over and lay down facing the wall, without even groaning.There were some herbal broken leaves on the ground, which seemed to have spilled from a broken earthen jar under the couch. It was not surprising that the Orion family always kept hemostatic herbs.

Chao Chen was not angry with him, but a little angry with himself.

Ding Gui said in a cold voice, "I can't die, so get lost."

Chao Chen turned and went out. His clothes straps were hooked on bundles of dry firewood piled up in front of the door. He accidentally pulled them into pieces. He hurriedly picked them up and restored them, but found an earthen jar with a lid on it among the branches. , opened it and saw that there were a lot of roasted dates, longan and tea inside——

Chao Chen had seen this cooking method before. On the way out of Dunhuang, the Diqiang people in Longxi called it "canned tea". Shuangli especially liked drinking it, which impressed him deeply.

Di Qiang?

Chao Chenchai didn't bother to fiddle with it, so he brought the earthen pot into the house, poured the water in the cauldron, and put it on the stove to cook.

After a while, the sweet smell of roasted dates and longan and the fragrance of tea leaves filled the whole room. Ding Gui's nose moved, he couldn't sit still, he wanted to get up, he pulled his wound and gasped, grinning his teeth and staring at Chao Chen: " Why haven't you rolled yet! Wait, what are you cooking...you..."

"Gudong-"

Chao Chen washed the small bowl next to the stove, put it heavily on the side of the couch, and brought the whole crock over, wrapped it in a rag, poured out the tea soup, and raised his hand arrogantly: "Drink! Sober up!"

It is said that an honest person will be fine if he does not show his power, and his face will be frighteningly pale when he is angry.

Ding Gui choked, and it took him a long time to regain some momentum, and even the tea bowl was thrown out: "Get out! I told you to get out!"

Chao Chen didn't leave, but unconsciously imitated Gongyang Yue's attitude and tone when he mocked people on weekdays, looked down at him and said, "Are you from the Diqiang tribe?"

Ding Gui didn't speak, but his expression changed drastically.

Chao Chen paused, pretended to go out, and said, "If you don't tell me, I'll go to Mianzhu and ask one by one, and someone will know."

"Don't! Don't tell anyone else." Ding Gui grabbed his hand and lowered his eyes weakly.

His attitude made the answer obvious, and Chao Chen took the opportunity to ask: "The people in the village are all? Could it be that they all came to fight Qin, then what is the purpose of you staying here? Is the ghost sword matter related to you!"

"Qin country? Which Qin country are you talking about? Fu Qin or Yao Qin?" Ding Gui leaned against the wall, laid his injured leg flat, and smiled sneeringly at himself, "We are just abandoned people."

Fu Qin has been destroyed, Yao Qin ruled Guanzhong, and now Bashu is still within the sphere of influence of the Jin State. If it is really meticulous, the counties and counties cannot be unchecked.Chao Chen just asked anxiously, didn't think about his words, but took advantage of the opponent's psychological weakness, and wanted to make some more words while he was chasing after the victory.

Following the Ram Moon these days, I didn't get my work done, but I learned a lot of messy things.

Ding Gui glanced at him, there was still some grievance in his eyes,

After threatening with a big stick, it is time to serve candied dates, Chao Chen immediately changed to a gentle voice, and said, "I'm not that kind of person, and I wouldn't take advantage of others, I just... just don't want anyone to suffer from unreasonable disasters, don't you?" I also said that it is nonsense to turn a soul into a wronged person and take revenge with a ghost sword."

Hearing this, the drunk man on the couch loosened his clenched back molars and slowly flattened his tense cheeks. However, he was always suspicious and still couldn't let go of his guard completely. It took a long time before he continued, answering Chao Chen's question. The first question: "The Chenghan established by the Li family was the great Sima Huanwen. After the fall of Bashu, Bashu returned to Jin. However, not long after, Fu Jian, the king of Qin, rose, and his capable men emerged in large numbers, quickly expanding the territory and occupying Western Shu. "

"At that time, the general was stationed abroad, accompanied by his family members. In addition, Longnan was approaching, and many people moved to the west of Sichuan. As a result, the number of Di and Qiang people increased. Year after year, they gradually merged with the Bashu people. But the change of the king is like a horse. After the defeat of the war, the Qin State fell apart, and after Fu Jian died, there was great chaos in the north, and Bashu used the sword gate as a screen to block the raging iron hooves, and at the same time, it was reintroduced into the territory of the Jin State."

Hearing this, Chao Chen was stunned: "So, you are all staying here?"

"It's not appropriate to stay here. Let's take Shun'er's family as an example. Shun'er's mother's father is a Han, and her mother is a Qiang, while Shun'er's father is a Di tribe, but her mother is from a Qiang." Ding Gui shook his head. , with a long sigh, "Their family has never been to Guanzhong and Longxi. They have always lived near Yichang County. After several rounds, they moved to this secluded mountain. Is it ridiculous? The Diqiang people also feel that they are aliens."

"So, they never go to Mianzhu?" Chao Chen asked softly.

Ding Gui nodded, and smiled wryly: "However, it is satisfying to be able to live in peace and quiet now. After Zhang Yu, king of Shu, rebelled against Qin and returned to Jin, General Deng Qiang of Qin led his army to hunt down and kill many people in Shujun and Mianzhu. People. After so many years, those who should be responsible for the war, from the king to the sergeant, have long been buried in the loess, but it is a pity that the hatred between death and hatred will not be eliminated, and the injustice will be repaid to future generations."

Gong Yangchi died in this war, and when he suddenly heard him bring it up, Chao Chen thought he had figured it out and was willing to tell the truth, so he couldn't help showing a look of longing.

Ding Gui glanced at him, and the small-minded he immediately roared in relief: "Did you just want to leave? If you want to leave, just leave!" Then, he pulled the quilt without waiting to be seen, fell on the couch, and covered his head.

Chao Chen hangs there, caught off guard.

In terms of understanding people's hearts, how can it compare to this kind of old-fashioned brat? From the moment he deliberately drew out Shun'er's family background, Ding Gui was sure that a just and benevolent person like Chao Chen would not talk around with his mouth open. .

Sure enough, the person behind picked up the broken bowl and replaced it with a clean new bowl and put it on the table.

Ding Gui lifted the quilt a little, squinted to watch the cyan shadow walk back and forth, and finally fixed his eyes on the clean ceramic bowl.

Chao Chen had nothing to say and walked out helplessly.

"return!"

Ding Gui propped up his elbows and stared at him blankly while covering the quilt.The two words are worthy, the words are very tough, with a bit of stammering like a tough guy.