When the old man spit out the dry food, I was shocked, thinking that there was something wrong with the dry food, so I hurriedly took the piece in my hand and looked at it carefully. The dry food should be fine, but it's soaked in river water, possibly with a little bit of sand.
"Is this something people eat?" The old man threw me the dry food in his hand and said, "I can't eat it."
When he said that, I immediately let go of my heart, dry food is okay, it's just that the old man can't get used to it.
The old man was speechless, and sat by the fire to himself, not knowing what he was thinking. I finished eating the dry food, and then cautiously leaned toward him, and said, "Now you are also out of trouble. Let's talk about it. If you have no grievances and no enmity, will you resolve the blood on my body?"
"You, I have seen it through. If you have this blood mark, you should be honest. Without this blood mark, you will turn your face right away." The old man snorted coldly and said, "Don't play these clever things with me, I'll go. There are more bridges than you can walk."
"If you want to be held in your hand like this, will you not run away?" I saw the old man's posture, there was no room for negotiation, I muttered a few words, and stopped talking.
The old man looked at me, snorted again, and looked at the fire. After a while, he said: "You are right. I have no grudges against you, but now you are in my hands. You You have to admit your fate. Look at the love you were willing to give me your clothes just now, if you follow me and do something for me, I will dispel the blood curse on you."
"What do you do?"
"You don't need to ask, I will naturally tell you when it's time to do it."
I hold an old man with no temper at all, and I don't know what to do except shut my mouth. I put some firewood into the fire again. After the fire got bigger, the little cave became a little hot and the old man took off his coat and said, "What did you do for a living?"
"Fishing."
"You probably didn't lie to me. There is a smell of mud, sand and water on your body. People who are not in the river all year round don't have this smell on your body." The old man thought for a while and said: "Fishing fish, go north and south. A little bit of knowledge, I ask you, do you know the Yang family in Luochuan?"
"Luochuan Yang family?" I looked up and then asked, "Is it the Yang family who used to walk the escort?"
"It's the Yang Family."
The Yang family that the old man asked about was a famous family on the big river beach. Rumor has it that when the Yang family was from the Ming Dynasty, it was the largest escort on the river beach, protecting others for a living. Needless to say, those who are bodyguards on horseback have the skill and skill. He has been handed down for several generations, and he is a good player.
Later, the Yang family gradually abandoned the escort business and turned to the river water transport business. This is also a fat and oily business, but it is very risky. From the starting point to the destination, the cargo ship will be spotted by many sandbands and river bandits. Without strong strength, it is impossible to do this business. But the children of the Yang family, plus the apprentices they received, all practiced martial arts since childhood, and the cargo ships of the Yang family rarely missed their hands.
Therefore, in the past two to three decades, the Yang family who gave up the escort business not only has not been lonely, but has become more powerful than before.
"I know, the Yang family in Luochuan, who doesn't know, has never been, and has heard of it."
"The current Patriarch of the Yang Family, is Yang Zhen?"
"probably.
"I thought about it again. The head of the Yang family in Luochuan is called Yang Zhen. I rarely inquire about these things that have nothing to do with me, and I don’t know what the inside of the Yang family is. However, a big family like the Yang family is very important. , If there is a change in the position of the Patriarch, it will definitely cause a sensation. Since I have not heard of any changes, the Patriarch of the Yang Family is still Yang Zhen.
"Yeah." The old man nodded: "It's him."
"What's wrong? What are you asking the Yang family for?"
"It's up to you." The old man looked out of the cave, looked at the sky, and said, "Now I ask you to do something."
"What's the matter." As soon as I heard this, I felt my scalp tightened. The old man was of unknown origin, and his tone of voice was very aggressive. I was afraid that he would provide me with a job that could not be done.
"This is already halfway up the mountain, you think, whether you have a hare, a badger, or a yellow hedgehog, grab one for me."
"This..." I was stunned. I didn't expect the old man to assign me such an easy job.
I stood up, walked outside the cave, thinking as I walked, and looking back from time to time. The old man seemed to be at ease with me, because I had a blood curse on me, and he was not afraid that I would run away.
It is true. Now if I sneak away by myself, I will definitely have a chance. However, I dare not take the risk.
I honestly looked around the cave. This season, the vegetation is withered, the vitality is sluggish, and all the wild things in the mountain disappear. But I grew up in the country, and I was very familiar with these doorways. After searching for it for a while, I found a very hidden rabbit nest.
It is often said that the three caves of the cunning rabbit, in fact, the nest of a common hare only has two mouths at the front and back. I found one, and soon found another one, blocked one of the mouths, picked up some dry wood, burned it, and stuffed it into the hole. The rabbit in the hole couldn't stand it. I caught one while venturing out.
I took the rabbit back to the cave, and gave it to the old man. The old man took the rabbit and looked up and down, without saying anything, suddenly a bite on the rabbit’s neck.
The wound was bloody, and the rabbit kicked on all four legs, struggling back and forth. I looked at it and felt cold. The old man was clearly sucking the blood of rabbits at the moment.
"What are you? What are you doing?"
The old man didn't answer. A rabbit didn't have much blood and was quickly exhausted. The old man threw the rabbit aside and said, "I don't need it, you can roast it and eat meat."
"What the hell are you doing?" Not only did my back feel chilly, but also my heart seemed to be chilly. This old man was a little bit grumpy, and it was fine, but in front of me, he drank blood and drank blood, which made me feel frightened.
"You didn't suck your blood, what are you making a fuss about?" The old man ignored me so much and lay down beside the fire.
I can't help it, but I have no intention of roasting this dead rabbit to eat. Sitting by the fire, I kept looking at the old man, thinking that I really met a weird person this time.
The old man fell asleep for about an hour, and when he woke up, he chatted with me a few words. What he asked was probably the changes in the rivers and lakes on the river beach. While chatting, I have already guessed a general idea. Obviously, this old man has not been in the belly of the big fish for three days and five days, because the big fish can’t leave the river for a long time, and at most it is to spend a while near the river bank. , So the old man’s news is blocked and he hasn’t known for a long time
Things on the river beach.
I talked about what I knew, whether it was the big things in the family sect or the trivial things, the old man listened very seriously.
"Ten years, things are not people..." The old man looked outside again and said: "If you don't enter the arena for ten years, the world has changed."
"Have you been trapped in Big Fish's belly for ten years?" I looked at the old man and said, "Then how old are you this year? Eighty? Or ninety?"
"Fart!" The old man cursed and said, "I just turned forty-five years old this year! Where's the eighty-ninety!"
"Forty... Forty-five?" I was stunned, because I looked at the old man at least as if he was in his eighties, but I didn't expect that he was only in his forties this year. I couldn't think about it. Understand how people in their forties can become so old.
"Sorrow, sorrow, white head all night." The old man squinted at me, with a slight contempt in his eyes: "Take you into the belly of a big fish and try it. In ten years, what will you be like? ."
"Forget it." I shook my head quickly. I saw that the old man seemed to be willing to talk now, so I quickly seized the opportunity and wanted to ask him something: "Why are you staying in the belly of a big fish for so long?"
"Do you think I am willing? If I could come out, who wouldn't?"
"Then you are out now?"
"I can't come out, it's up to you." The old man murmured, then lay down to sleep.
I also didn't close my eyes all night, and now I saw that the sky was already bright, and I was too sleepy. At this moment, I don't have any worries in my heart. The old man wants me to help him, and he won't do anything to me. So, I put my heart down, lay down next to me, holding my baggage as a pillow. The cave was warmed by the bonfire, and after a while, I fell asleep.
This time I slept right into the middle of the afternoon. When I woke up, I saw the old man sitting alone at the entrance of the cave, looking at the big river and the beach in the distance, in a daze.
"What are you thinking about?" I rubbed my eyes and saw that the fire had already gone out and the cave was cold again, so I took the firewood next to it and made a fire.
"Why is your mouth so broken, what do I think, it's up to you." The old man replied impatiently, and sat back in the corner of the cave, and said: "Go, catch another rabbit."
I know that the old man asked me to catch a rabbit, definitely to suck blood, I didn't dare to argue, got up and walked out, walked out of the cave, and went back and forth for a while, and waited until the sky was about to get dark before catching it. The rabbit came back.
Sure enough, the old man took the rabbit and sucked blood. When he finished sucking the blood, he threw the rabbit's corpse aside.
At this time, I finally understood that for the past ten years, the old man may have lived on these flesh and blood. If he is used to eating these, he will definitely be a little unbearable if he eats my dry food.
This time, I didn't waste any more. I cleaned the rabbits and bake them on the fire. After the bake was done, I gave the old man a little bit.
I was full of food and drink, nothing else, bored, I thought about my own thoughts, and in the middle of the night, I fell asleep again.
I don't know how long I slept, but I was awakened by a sound. The cave was so big. The moment I opened my eyes, I was shocked.
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