Chapter 01: Chen Jin was beaten
Turtle, long life thing, heart lonely sex indifference, more hidden and deep water, like to eat fish and shrimp. When the sun and the moon out of the same time, and the banks of the river to bear the essence of the sun and the moon, five hundred years of spirituality, is also strange, followed by a thousand years is the essence.
Become a refined turtle, can be called martial arts, can make the water into a disaster, gulping water between the open waves, breathing waves between the sky, people can not and also.
This thing loves to eat children's souls, take its spirit to increase the cultivation, more hiding body and deep water, waiting for the opportunity to be issued, five years to eat more than ten people, living along the rivers, more victims ……
Wu, the ancient beast Xuanwu metamorphosed into armor, heavy armor and protection of its body, shrinking the head and tail with the armor, can avoid external dangers.
Sexual tyranny, swallowing mountains and rivers, armor against heavenly thunder, hard to get rid of also ……
–The Book of Different Lands – Demons and Evils
This is the account of the turtle in the remnants of the Book of Strange Lands. Well, in our dialect, it's called a wangba (tortoise), or to put it nicely, a soft-shelled turtle.
From the two head-on clashes between me and the old wangbaoshen, I can be sure that the old wangbaoshen is not as powerful as the "wu" recorded in the "Book of Strange Lands", and if it really becomes a "wu", it will be incurable. The good thing is that the "book of foreign land" record is not wrong, it said ah, turtle spirit, just can be called Wu, but is not Wu, the real Wu, is the Divine Beast Xuanwu molted armor into.
I do not know whether you have heard of the beast Xuanwu, I'm here to briefly say, the ancient beasts ranked the top four, respectively: Green Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu.
Xuanwu, is a kind of snake and turtle with the same body of the beast, legend has it that the fighting force is extremely strong, there are nine snake head, an eight lid, very fierce and powerful …… it grows from small to large, like a snake, will molt, molt, when the original armor broken, those broken pieces will become "martial arts The "wu" is the name of the "wu".
"Wu" is a kind of and Wang Bashi looks like things, because it is the divine beast Xuanwu body off the things, so inherent is a kind of extremely strong things ……
If the Wang Bark has become a spirit, it can have the similar ability with the "Wu", of course, if you want to be as powerful as the real "Wu", then you have to continue to cultivate, not for ten thousand eight hundred years, not to be so powerful.
……
Even so, we encountered at that time that Wang Bajing did not have the legendary "Wu" so powerful, but it is definitely not ordinary people can deal with, this kind of thing looks stupid and stupid, slow movements, in fact, thick in the fine, especially cunning and insidious.
Several of us, including Hu Lao Si, all the villagers, let it fooled.
Previously, our brothers and sisters in the downer under the bridge of the Ox River caught that huge Wang Bajie, seems to be just as Hu Laoshi suspected, is a fake, is not the real Wang Bajie. And the reason why the old Wang Bajie made that thing for us to capture was just to make us all think that the Wang Bajie was dead and we didn't need to worry anymore, and it, then, could take advantage of our relaxation to drag away the little children, devour the souls, and increase its own cultivation level.
After we thought about it, the old Wang Bajie is really smart, we several young people from its mouth to retrieve the three lives after the daily also has been in the riverbank on the river bank side of the skidding, always guarded against it dragged the small children into the water, so that this old Wang Bajie always have no opportunity to mouth. It had to come up with such an idea, and played us all hard.
The consequences are very serious, in that day the down cow river drowning incident, three children due to rescue in time, did not die, and the last that child, save up, it is too late, so …… this child died.
This is a very helpless thing, at that time, a few of us did try our best, absolutely risking their lives to go down to fight.
But we have to deal with an old Wang Baojing, and at that time, when we rushed to the river, those four children have sunk.
According to reason, four drowning children, we saved up three, which is not bad ah, counted as a righteous and courageous, we should definitely be admired by the villagers, by the villagers of the verbal commendation.
As a matter of fact, we also received from the parents of the three rescued children's gratitude, praise, and they also invited us to the gang to go home to eat and drink.
This makes us brothers and sisters are particularly happy, feel double face, we can be a hero.
At that time young, the day of the incident, because of the death of a child, we still feel sad, and even some guilt, but the next day when the parents of the three children to thank the door, we immediately disappeared in the heart of that unpleasantness without a trace.
In any case, we also saved three children ah, this is a thing to be happy, we have face, as a hero, do good things, can not be happy? Besides, the dead child, and we have no relatives, we do not have to be sad because of him, right?
It's not nice to say that, but it's true.
However, just as we were receiving a banquet from the parents of the rescued child and having a good time eating and drinking, rumors began to spread in the village that something unfavorable was being said about us.
Saying that the reason why that child was drowned, the responsibility lies entirely on us young people, as to why, at first we didn't know, we just thought it was a bit boring, a bit of bullshit, a bit of nonsense …… That child drowned, how can the responsibility be blamed on us? Oh, is it because of saving the other three children and not saving the other one, is it that I have discrimination in my heart? I have no grudge against that child, if I could save him, how would I not save him? You know, the three children I rescued were all dragged up from under the water, and one of them was from a different village.
If you really have to find out whose responsibility it is, then the main culprit is that old bastard spirit, and if there is any responsibility, then it is the child's parents, you did not fulfill your responsibility to take care of the child.
This reasoning makes sense, doesn't it? Everyone understands it, right?
The rumors in the village say differently. The young couple who lost their child, while grieving, heard the rumors in the village and thought that it was us who killed their child.
Why blame us? That's quite a statement.
The village people think so, originally the last downer cattle river drowning incident, a few of us bravely save the children in the water, but also in the underwater and the evil thing had a head-on conflict, and even not hesitate to fight with the evil thing, the battle 300 rounds and so on, the village people are nervous, they are afraid, afraid of the children in the river was drowned. So since that incident after a period of time, the villagers every day on the children to watch extremely strict, for fear that the children to go to the river bathing accident.
But that incident did not last a few days, after the river god temple was built, the villagers believed the words of the old women, think the river has built a river god temple, the river god blessed the villagers, there should not be anything. In this way, the villagers have a little peace of mind, but for the children's custody, or very strict, as far as possible to watch the children do not let them go to the river to bathe.
However, after a few days, the village rumor downer cattle under the river bridge with a lamp headless ghosts under the bridge, and the reason why the lamp headless ghosts appeared, the river god does not care, is because we a few young people in front of the river god temple to the gods of disrespect, said treasonous words, so the river god does not care about, the villagers are panicked.
Next, we a few young people, young and vigorous, bold, righteous and bold, ran to the downstream river bridge in the middle of the night, captured Wang Bajing, claiming that it is the headless ghost with a lamp, and in Hu Laoshi's house a fire burned Wang Bajing to death.
This thing must be one of our gang or two or three people said out, originally the villagers are full of gratitude and admiration for our gang, so the villagers will be completely convinced of our ability, especially for me Zhao Yinle, that is to hold a very great confidence.
Because of this, the villagers of the children's custody, not so strict, think the children go to the river to bathe again, will not happen.
So, there was this drowning incident, which led to the death of a child.
Then one of our group of people spread the word that the old bastard spirit in the river was not dead at all, and that the drowning of the child was the work of the old bastard spirit.
Originally this is the fact, there is nothing to complain about. The problem is that …… it is our group of people spread out to say that the old Wang Bajie died, so the villagers are relieved to let the child go to the river to take a bath.
Therefore, the child s death, we also have indirect responsibility.
Especially I Zhao Yinle, what is bragging about? What are you showing off for? Aren't you quite capable? Didn't I fight the evil creature for 300 rounds and get rid of it? Didn't I capture the evil spirit alive and burn it to death?
How come the old bastard is alive again and killed a child?
Well, this proves that we people have lied and lied! Bragging!
If we hadn't bragged, if we hadn't said that Old Bastard was dead, then if the villagers hadn't let the children bathe in the river, the children wouldn't have drowned. ……
One way or another, the main responsible person for the incident of the child drowning and died, turned out to be our group of people, especially I Zhao Yinle.
Who am I going to reason with?
This morning around ten o'clock, I was depressed, simply go to find Chen Jin, thinking of the two drink some wine to eliminate worry, his grandmother's love who it, I don't care, even if it is Hu Laoshi come back to find me to get rid of that old bastard, I don't go, do good things do not fall good, in turn, let the village people talk about three or four, what do I figure ah me?
Chen Jin this kid is really open-minded, is lying in bed at home, leisurely listening to the radio in the single Tianfang said "Sui and Tang Dynasty" it, he listened to my whining words, disdain said: "line silver music, you deserve it, see your kid to save people, the strength, hey, faster than anyone else ran, relying on the hands of the belt made of a wu ting leather, well, jumped into the water and drilled to the bottom of the water with the old king. Under the water with the old bastard dry up, you say, then you do not with the old bastard dry a fight, perhaps in time to save the child, to say, I also think that you blame the kid, heroism, the!"
"Fuck you, you're nakedly jealous of me!" I scolded him, but immediately thought that the voice is too loud, perhaps this sentence let the hall in the Chen Jinniang heard it, so I pressed his voice and said: "You son of a bitch still have a conscience? Laozi looking for you to say a few words to send a few words of complaint, you do not say good words, but also said that the old man deserved ……."
"Originally." Chen Jin hehehe a music, said: "You ah, this time the heart is not comfortable, know to find buddies whining? But before the hero of the wind, let you take up all the ah, brothers are cupped to praise you, say how you how powerful, your kid became the man of the hour, others praise you when you don't know how to praise the brothers it? Alas ……"
I heard Chen Jin this sentence, the face swish a moment on the red, think carefully is not well, said the two times to save people in the event of bravery, my head is the biggest, in the villagers of the legend of my praise and praise and exaggeration, that is also the most extensive, the other brothers and sisters at best is just to be courageous, and I am not, I am still fighting with the hero of the evil thing, with a belt made of wu zhou skin I'm still the hero of the battle against the evil things, with a belt made from the skin of a crow's nest, that is invincible.
This is not lacking in the brothers of my exaggerated glorification of the legend, that is really add oil and vinegar, there are not all said.
But when I was floating to bear the villagers' admiration and praise, but forgot to take the brothers are also brought, have the same blessings and difficulties with the same words, in my heart to forget is a clean, alas, ashamed of the brothers ah.
As the saying goes, the higher you hold it, the harder you fall, and it's true, I'm the most popular, and now I'm being complained about, and it's also the most very one.
Unexpectedly, I did not go to Chen Jin's pocket to touch the cigarette, but took out their own cigarettes, dumped to Chen Jin a, himself lit a, smoking cigarettes do not speak, in the heart to do a deep self-reflection.
Seeing me smoking not say anything, Chen Jin turned off the radio, sat up and said with a smile: "Yo, what's wrong? Not happy?"
"No, I'm reflecting." I said sullenly.
"Bah, you can reflect on the kid is strange!"
"Why can't I reflect? Hello, you kid all day long talk a rash, never think of other people's face, which time do not give people Hu Lao Si make a big red face?" I said indignantly.
Chen Jin a show of hands, said indifferently: "Hey no way, at least we live really, come on, don't reflect, turn around in front of the brothers to do a deep review on it! Knowing the wrong can change is a good comrade well."
"Less nonsense, go go, buy a bottle of wine to go, I want to drink." I said in a bad mood.
"Drink? What for? To drown your sorrows?" Chen Jin got down from the bed, dragging slippers and fanning himself, said: "Wine to drown your sorrows, if I say we go fishing, fishing is the best way to calm your mind."
"Well, not bad!" I looked up and said, "Okay, let's go, do you still have a fishing rod here?"
"Ready-made!"
"Let's go! Let's go fishing!" I immediately pulled Chen Jin and headed out.
Listening to Chen Jin so proposed, I can not wait to sit to the river under the shade of fishing, said, fishing can really cultivate people's sentiment, soothe people's mood. If you have a troubled heart, unhappy, depressed, take a fishing rod to sit to the river fishing, light a cigarette, quietly sitting in the shade of the river bank, watching the fish float in the water from time to time by the fish dragged by the sinking and floating, even if you can not catch a fish a day, your mood will slowly calm down.
I remember when I was a kid, I read an article that said: "For the sake of fishing, not for the sake of the fish".
That kind of realm has always been something I've longed for.
Fishing rod is our homemade, nothing more than a bamboo pole, plus fishing line, hooks, fish floats, and so on to the river, to the wet grass to dig some earthworms, it's all.
The two of us each wore a straw hat, wearing big pants, bare bladder, carrying a fishing rod, holding a cigarette, to the river.
If we were fishing back that day encountered that group of old ladies, perhaps they will not have a conflict and dispute, fishing cultivated sentiment, mood, natural and they are lazy and general knowledge of it.
But the problem is, the two of us in the halfway to the river, bumped into the gang of old ladies, coincidentally, they are saying bad things about us, not only my personal, is our gang, of course, the most prominent or Chen Jin and I two people.
The two of us followed the loan to the east, from the cross street in front of the old granny temple passed, a few old ladies and a few middle-aged women are inside the old granny temple nonsense, I wondered, they do not mind the heat? This hot day seven or eight people crowded in that small temple, can really stand, it is not possible that the temple has an evil living, eerie so not hot?
Maybe Chen Jin and I are wearing straw hats, they did not see that we walked through the door of the temple, or maybe, they said the excitement, did not pay attention to someone walking through the door of the temple.
Anyway, what they said, just let us two to hear.
"Hey, that's right, Zhao Da Niu's family's oldest two, and Chen Lockzhu that child, they are the two most bad things, all the things are the two of them to lead, if I say, is the upper beam is not correct, the lower beam is crooked, Zhao Da Niu usually look at the people okay, but he ah, back ground bad, not better than Zhao Er Niu, that Chen Lockzhu, not to mention, the bad oil, and that Zhao Er Niu two people, in the outside world, the two of us, the two of us, the two of us, the two of us, the two of us, the two of us, the two of us, the two of us, the two of us, the two of us. Zhao Erniu, I don't know how many bad things they have done outside ……."
Chen Jin and I just walked past from the front of the grandmother's temple, heard this sentence both stopped in their tracks, frowned, grandmother, listen to the meaning of this, the front may not have said something it.
"That is, the other day they saved three children in the river, our village people are still confused about the rumor that they are good, in fact, why those three children will drown? Zhao Da Niu's second and Chen Lockzhu's children are there to tease a few small children, let the three children than swimming, but also let the children to go to the deep water, can not be a matter of it?"
"I also heard, they went back and deliberately said how difficult to save people, and later scared the backstreet Liu Binniang went to jump into the river, do you know? Liu's daughter-in-law was sick the other day, but also let this group of children in the middle of the night to take the north ground to wander around a circle, you say, this group of young people how not something ah, how unethical ah ……"
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Chen Jin and I looked at each other, the two people's mouth corners at the same time grinned, sneer up, he mother, this dirty water child splash up, really level ah, white are said to be black, but also said the vibration, as if it is really so like.
"Yinle, you see, you girl already bad flow oil, the villagers are very opinionated about you ah!" Chen Jin pressed his voice and said viciously.
I crooked the corner of my mouth and said fiercely, "The two of us are blood brothers compared to a chicken – a hanging! You can't be any better You don't have a crooked ear, do you? Didn't you hear that you're one of the bad guys they're talking about?"
Chen Jin looked at the temple door and said: "That's not the same, say I'm bad I admit, was not a good person, but say you that's a bit of an injustice, think about it, our Zhao Yinle students that is the village's famous hero to save people, and the river with the evil things in the bloody battle for a day and a night ……"
"You don't have to talk about it!" I interrupted him, frowned and said with a cold smile, "What's up buddy, smash the temple to it?" Said this sentence, I understand in my heart Chen Jin this kid must have been in the heart of the rage, on his dog temper, and I said these words is also in the strong fire cynical venting under it.
"Needless to say?" Chen Jin grinned, the fishing rod to the side of the wall a lean, from the side of the corner of the pick up a brick, stalking neck to the temple.
I see that this is going to start, we can not not be righteous ah, so I do not say anything, in the back of the swaying to follow the past.
Inside the temple, the gang of old women and old ladies do not know the crisis, is lively discussion of me and Chen Jin's "great achievements" it.
"Aiya, in the village, from the young to the old, except for the two bad seeds of Zhao Erniu and Chen Lockzhu in the older ones, it is the turn of Zhao Daniu and Chen Lockzhu's son's gang, and those kids are letting Zhao Daniu and Chen Lockzhu's sons bring them down, you don't know that I heard that last time they were in the north land, they even spoiled a girl, and that girl was ……"
Copper lock his mother's words stopped, she saw Chen Jin carrying a brick sneered and walked in, followed by a face of indifference to me.
Then everyone in the room was attracted by Old Mrs. Xu's embarrassed look and turned their heads to look, and Chen Jin's fierce look fell into their eyes.
"Yo, great nephew, you, what brings you here?"
"That, little Jin right? Oh, this is ……"
"Hey hey, what are you doing?"
……
Chen Jin began to look around blankly in the temple, and I leaned on the edge of the door and sneered at the people in the temple.
The old lady and the old ladies embarrassed, short up, they certainly understand, just said those words, let us two heard, even if they have to say what, how to explain, it is the same as nothing, it is clear that the two young people simply did not listen to you those polite words.
"Say ah, why not say it?" Chen Jin tilted his head, bent down to look at the copper locks sitting in front of the table, said with a smile: "What did you just say? It seems to say …… that we have spoiled someone's daughter, right?"
"No, no, I am saying ……"
Chen Jin interrupted her, "Then what did you say? Oh right, you go on, whose daughter have I spoiled?"
"Hey hey, it's not you, it's us, us." I reminded with a sneer.
"Oh right right." Chen Jin turned his head and smiled at me, the brick in his hand was swaying back and forth in front of his knee, he held his knee with his left hand, turned his head and looked around at the other people in the temple, and asked suspiciously, "Hey have you heard that we spoiled anyone's daughter?"
"No, no, absolutely not." The people nodded their heads.
I was wondering, this group of people are really enough grandson, is not that we two young people it, afraid of what afraid ah? Dare to do something that is called a man, oh yes, they are pussy, do not need to dare to do something.
"Oh, so you all do not know ah? Just because you guys don't know, doesn't mean there isn't one." Chen Jin snorted coldly and continued to twist his head to stare at Copper Lock's mother, saying, "Grandma Xu, look, they don't know, how do you know? Is it …… that the boudoir that we spoiled is a relative of your family?"
"Little brat, how do you curse?" Copper lock his mother looked at him angrily and stood up violently.
"I am not scolding you." Chen Jin also lazy stalking neck stood up straight, said: "You think ah, on your old Xu family those ugly girls, all day eye still want to spoil us, we certainly will not spoil your family's daughter is it? But you said that other people do not know the matter, how do you know so clearly? This is not obvious, that we spoiled the girl, certainly is your family relatives, right?"
"You ……" Copper lock his mother knows that she is not rational, angry blowing her beard and eyes, oh, she has no beard.
I couldn't help but laugh at the door and scolded, "Jinzi, your dog day that mouth is really damaging."
"Yinle, do you think it's strange?" Chen Jin twisted his head and hemmed and hawed, saying, "Just for this look of Copper Lock's mother, there can still be a relative that makes our buddies look good, haha."
"Bang!" With a muffled sound, Chen Jin's body swayed, reached out and touched the back of his head, grinning and tilting his head to turn his head, staring at Copper Lock's mother. Chen Jin's back of the head, unexpectedly flowed out blood, he let Copper Lock his mother to spend.
Just now, just now, Chen Jin twisted his head to look at me and joked with me, Copper Lock's mother was so angry that her body trembled, uncontrollably picked up the candlestick on the table and smashed it onto the back of Chen Jin's head.
I froze in the back, thought this copper locks mother still a little bit of backbone, dare to Chen Jin underhanded, finished, finished, bad food, I hurriedly said: "Jinzi, do not attract the old lady, do not attract not touch." I worry that Chen Jin this kid a moment out of control, really on this old lady hands, that can not, on Chen Jin that fist, a fist must be this old lady to smash not.
Chen Jin frowned, some incredulous stared at the copper locks mother, let the back of the head on the blood droplets fell on the bare bladder, a drop, two drops of …… temple of other old women and old ladies want to hurry to leave the temple, the results were I stretch out my arm to stop the temple door, they are embarrassed to rush to me to nod, waist, but this and that! They squeaked for half a day, not knowing what to say.
"You, dare to smash me?" Chen Jin also do not know whether to think that the copper locks his mother changed not like an old lady, or their own smashed confused, even asked such a nonsense, the head is bleeding, but also asked people dare to smash you?
I don't know what to do now in the doorway, originally thought to enter the temple, and then smashed him a confused, but also did not intend to hit ah, now well, Chen Jin a few words to the copper locks of his mother scolded sharply, and even took the candlestick to Chen Jin to the flower of the …… is not really going to hit this walking walk unsteady old lady it? Boy, a slip of the hand that is not beating the elderly, but willful murder.
"This, this …… locks his son, that little gold, I, I this is not, not on purpose, I ……" Copper locks his mother stuttered and did not know what to say good, she looked at Chen Jin that gaze that wanted to kill, her body shivered with fear, ;plopped down on a chair, panicked.
When you are old, you are more afraid of death.
The inside of the temple was quiet for a while, surprisingly quiet, even the sound of a person's heartbeat could be heard clearly at this moment.
I can not help but clench my fists, boy, Chen Jin this kid can not really press the hands, that can be completely bad food, I can see, Chen Jin's left hand, has been tightly clenched together, palms of his hands are clenched out of the sweat, sweat and even from his tightly clenched fists in the seam, dripping out of the right hand, his right hand, clenched tightly on the brick, seems to want to crush the brick, but also as if at any time will be whirled up and smashed into the old lady Xu! s head.
"Gold …… don't be impulsive." I finally spoke out, "Let's smash the temple for her!"
Chen Jin was stunned for a moment, tightly clenched fists and tightly clenched brick right hand, slightly loosened, his head slowly shook a few times, frowning and gritting his teeth looked up and looked around, seems to have a great hatred for this temple as if, finally, Chen Jin turned his head, without saying a word toward the temple door.
Watching Chen Jin walked to my front, I was stunned, this kid is not going to leave? This doesn't seem to be Chen Jin's style of doing things.
Chen Jin walked to the door of the face, just about to raise his leg to step out of the door, suddenly withdrew his leg, retreated a step, violently raised his leg, kicked the temple door, clang, a door can not withstand the Chen Jin that the foot of the force, rumbling sound up and down the shaft all folded, the door fell to the outside with a bang.
"You, listen!" Chen Jin twisted his head and glared at the Copper Lock Niang, who was sitting on a chair in the temple and trembling more than once, and said very calmly, "Before twelve o'clock, send over a thousand dollars to my home, one minute late, you don't send that money, I don't want it even if you do."
Very calmly finished this sentence, Chen Jin twisted his head and stepped out of the grandmother's temple, heading west toward his home.
Watching Chen Jin walk out, I smiled bitterly and said to the temple's still-frozen copper-locked lady, "You'd better listen to him, beat up the people, a thousand dollars you lose is not much."
"A thousand is still less ah? My God ……" said one of the old ladies in surprise.
From the eyes of the other people next to me, I can see that they all think it's too much, a thousand dollars, at that time, is indeed a lot of money.
I shook my head, sighed, and said quietly, "Compared to the lives of their Xu family's children, do you think it's cost-effective to lose a thousand dollars?"
After saying this, I didn't look at what reaction they had, and I didn't bother to pay attention to them anymore, twisting my head out of the temple door, first walking two steps east to get the fishing rod, then heading west, catching up with Chen Jin, and walking together towards Chen Jin's house.
The two of them were speechless on the way.
To be honest, I also feel that Chen Jin wants a little too much, although he received a bit of blood, but the back of his head is only broken two Cen skin, it looks like a big cut, in fact, nothing at all, even bandaged up a little do not need.
However, the wound is not worth money, mainly face, too valuable, so to say, a thousand dollars, really not much.
Well at least people Chen Jin is also a bit of well-known gangster gangster, well at least people are now …… also several ten thousand yuan households it.