Chapter 1404 Beggar

<"readability-styled"style=":inline;">"Run away...the Tartars are here to grab the autumn food..."

A peasant man in a rag jacket ran in quickly from the entrance of the village, his expression flustered, and he shouted like crazy.

What followed him was the rushing sound of horseshoes behind him!

The sound of '嗡' sounded softly, and a feathered arrow shot directly from the farmer's back with the sound of piercing through the air.

The man was hit by the arrow, and ran forward a few steps in inertia, before vomiting a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and fell straight ahead.

When he was about to die, his hand was stretched forward, towards the direction of the big pagoda tree at the head of the village, with strong unwillingness in his eyes, and a faint mosquito sound came out of his mouth: "Quick... run. …”

After saying this, the man lost his breath, but his eyes were fixed on the direction of the big locust tree.

It was past noon, the sun was westward, and some idlers in the village were enjoying the cool under the big pagoda tree, hiding from the autumn tiger. The man's yelling earlier had already alarmed these idlers.

But the distance was too far to hear clearly, one of them looked around and said, "That's Zhang Laosan, what is he shouting?"

Immediately after the sound of horseshoes came, the feet trembled slightly, and several people were startled. An idle man reacted and shouted: "It's a Tartar...he called it a Tartar!"

As soon as they finished speaking, these people saw Zhang Laosan fell to the ground by a feather arrow, and then dozens of horses turned around the haystack at the entrance of the village and appeared in sight.

These knights on horseback wield long knives in their hands. They wear common clothes with animal skins around their waists. Their heads are shaved but their hair grows behind. They are tied with colored silk and their braids hang down their shoulders. This is the dress of the Tartars outside the customs. .

"Run!" A few idlers exclaimed, turned their heads and ran, three steps into two, hating their parents for missing a foot, and at the same time they all shouted: "Run, Tartar!" Come, the tartars killed Zhang Laosan..."

As soon as these idlers yelled, the village with only a hundred or so families suddenly fell into chaos. Not far from the big locust tree, there was a small courtyard. When the courtyard door opened, an ordinary-looking middle-aged woman rushed He came out and cried, "Master, you can't leave!"

The idlers ran past her house, and kindly reminded: "Mr. Zhang's family, take your son and run quickly, the tartars are going to kill..."

Their good intentions were only limited to persuasion, if they were asked to stop the Tartars from saving people, they would definitely never do it.

This woman is Zhang Laosan's wife, and this small courtyard is Zhang Laosan's home, which is why he always yells this way when he is dying.

The woman was reminded, and then she remembered the baby on the kang, hurriedly staggered back to the house, picked up the son who had just turned one year on the kang, and ran out.

But her family lived at the entrance of the village, and those Tartars were riding horses, and they were coming in a hurry. When she just ran to the door, keep an eye out, the Tartars with the gold rings in their ears had already barged in with a big laugh. Come in.

"Ah..." The woman was so frightened that she couldn't speak. Seeing that there was only one woman with a baby in the yard, the tartar strode over, raised his long knife, and wanted to kill him directly.

The woman's face was full of tears, she screamed out of fright, and wanted to turn around and flee back to the house, but her feet seemed to be filled with lead, and she couldn't move.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flew down from the room, and hit the tartar on the shoulder, screaming at the tartar, and one arm limply drooped down.

Then it fell to the ground and broke into several halves, but it turned out to be an old tile.

This old tile was used by the previous generations of the Zhang family when they built the old house. Later, life was difficult, and the house was repaired and replaced with grass mud. There were not a few old tiles left on this house. Who would have thought that at this time Drop a piece Help!

When the woman was holding the child and wondering whether her ancestors would bless her, she saw a man jumping down from the room, holding a hatchet in his hand, and with the force of the fall, the hatchet slammed down.

This knife is soft and powerless to say,

Obviously, the person who made the shot hadn't practiced any skills, but the force of the fall increased the power, making the hatchet whistling and windy.

The tartar only wanted to kill people and rob food, but he didn't expect that there was someone in the room, he was injured by a tile, and he couldn't dodge, but was slashed into the neck by the man in the room.

The hatchet was very sharp, not to mention half of the neck, even the chain bones were severed.

Blood flew out from the neck in an instant, and sprayed the face of the man who fell on the room.

The woman was even more frightened at this time, screaming and retreating a few steps. His back hit the wall of his own house so hard that he didn't fall down.

"Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, stop shouting, it's me..." The man was not tall, and looked like a half-year-old boy. When he turned his head, his face was covered in blood, so he couldn't see clearly.

But the voice of his voice was very familiar, the woman recognized it after looking closely, wiped away her tears and asked tentatively: "Are you Xin Qier...?"

Beggar means a little beggar. We only know that his surname is Xin, and he is also from the village. No one can remember the original name, because when he was born, his mother died of dystocia.

His father was a soldier in Shanhaiguan, and died on the battlefield when he was two years old, leaving the orphan to live with a consumptive uncle.

When he was five years old, this uncle also died of illness, leaving the orphan to grow up in the village eating all kinds of food.

It is said to eat a hundred meals, but no one has much food these days. The child is hungry and anxious, so he naturally learns to sneak around. As he grows up, few people in the village treat this child.

Zhang Laosan is a sincere person, and he often helps this beggar a little or two on weekdays. Zhang's mother-in-law has quarreled with her own man about this matter, and she often speaks sarcasticly when she sees this beggar, but she didn't expect to let him today Saved the lives of my own wife.

"Sister-in-law, I'm famous, I'm not a beggar..." The half-grown boy turned around to pick up the hatchet after he finished speaking, who would have thought that the cut would be deep and stuck in the bone, and he pulled it out after several times of hard work. not come out.

Seeing this, the young man simply picked up the long knife that the Tartar had dropped aside, and then said to the Zhang family's wife: "Sister-in-law, let's go, I heard from Er Gouzi that the Tartar robbed dozens of miles away half a month ago. In Tianjiapuzi, no one is left alive, I see that the Tartars are going crazy, so I better run for my life!"

Zhang's mother-in-law heard the words 'oh', and was about to go out with the child in her arms, but when she heard people in the village screaming, chickens flying and dogs jumping, she panicked for a moment, and then retreated.

The most terrible thing was the sound of horseshoes, apparently those Tartars who rushed into the village. Seeing that the Tartars who were killed by the youth had not moved for a long time, someone came to check.

The mother-in-law of the Zhang family lost her mind and said to the young man, "Brother, it is my sister-in-law who is sorry for you on weekdays. For the sake of your third brother, you can take my son and go. I... I can't escape." of!"

The young man frowned: "It's easy for your family to run out near the entrance of the village. I'll go out later to lure the tartars away. If you see the opportunity, you'll be safe by running out into the wheat fields!"

At this time, half of the autumn grain has just been harvested, and there are still large areas of wheat fields that have not been harvested, so it is indeed difficult for people to find them.

"Brother..." The woman was about to say something, but the sound of the horse's hooves had reached the door, and the young man rushed out with a knife. A tartar in front of the door was about to get off his horse, and he raised his hand and slashed at the horse's buttock. superior.

As soon as the horse was frightened, it immediately ran wildly. The knight who was about to dismount immediately fell unsteadily, with one foot stuck in the stirrup, and the man dragged on the ground and screamed away.

This series of movements immediately alarmed the Tartars who were looting in the village, and immediately several Tartars rushed over on horseback.

At this time, there was still a horse tied in front of Zhang Laosan's house, which was obviously left behind by the tartar who had been hacked to death with a hatchet. The young man climbed up clumsily, then slapped the horse's butt with a long knife, and ran out towards the entrance of the village.

Zhang's mother-in-law hid behind the door, her tears couldn't stop falling, she looked at the boy's back and murmured: "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm sorry!"

After waiting for the chasing Tartars to go far away, the Zhang family mother-in-law hugged her child and ran out carefully. According to the young man's idea, she burrowed into the wheat field beside the village entrance.