Chapter 38 Big mistake
Xie Fengyue was indeed stupid to death by herself.
She looked at Li Xiaobao, who was still dripping with water. She opened and closed her lips and finally squeezed out: "I shouldn't have promised you to take this bath."
He looked disapproving: "It will be done in a while."
Li Xiaobao tied his long hair like withered grass into a high bun with tree bark. The scar extending from the end of his eyebrows to his chin looked even more sinister after he washed his face.
Xie Fengyue was secretly stunned when she saw this: "Why does this person look like a desperado? Not to mention Zhizhi was afraid, now she is panicking."
As if he didn't see the fear and worry of the two girls, he leisurely led the well-fed black donkey back and said, "Let's go, girls, let's hit the road."
When Xie Fengyue heard what he said about going on the road, she suddenly had the idea of turning around and going back to Yong'an City.
Zhezhi has begun to develop in the direction of quail. She is a talkative person who can't stop talking. At this time, she is as silent as a saw-mouthed gourd.
The three of them drove away from the official road in silence and headed towards the path Li Xiaobao mentioned.
Xie Fengyue's head hurt from being shaken by the path. She originally wanted to sleep for a while, but she was woken up by the shaking as soon as her eyes closed, so she decided not to sleep at all.
She lowered her voice and whispered in Zhezhi's ear: "Separate the silver and banknotes."
Zhezhi nodded: "It's ready."
"Why didn't the girl ask me why she killed someone?" Li Xiaobao's voice sounded through the car curtain.
At this time, the sound of donkey hooves and wheels seemed particularly scary in this wilderness.
Xie Fengyue had goosebumps when he asked such a question, but she still pretended to be calm and asked in a calm tone: "If you want to say it, you will naturally say it."
Li Xiaobao was silent for a moment before speaking: "What the girl said before is right, I have indeed made achievements."
"I used to work as an errand in the Xie Mansion, and I was considered a junior commander."
Xie Fengyue's heart shrank, and her hands and feet instantly became cold: "Do you know me?"
"It's the girl I picked up from the dungeon in Peixian County and sent her all the way back to Xie's Mansion." Li Xiaobao's voice was smooth.
He went on to say, "I didn't recognize you at first. Girl, you are wearing a curtain hat. I only recognized it when the girl next to you paid."
Xie Fengyue has come to her senses. Since Li Xiaobao can honestly say that he knows her, it means that at least he has no second thoughts at the moment.
She waited in silence for Li Xiaobao to continue speaking.
His voice was hoarse and rough, not pleasant at all. But Xie Fengyue, who was feeling uneasy at the moment, even hoped that he would say more.
"The girl doesn't need to buy someone in Xie's Mansion. Since she bought someone outside, it means that the girl is going to travel far away. That's why I stopped you from buying that prisoner."
"Thank you more."
Li Xiaobao didn't seem to be talking to Xie Fengyue, but more like venting to himself.
"What he said about me killing people is true, and I killed more than one person. I killed all three of his family.
That's why I went from being a military commander with military merit to a living slave of sin. ”
When Xie Fengyue heard this, she didn't have the fear she imagined: "No amount of military service can be worth three lives, so he still deserves to die, right?"
Li Xiaobao couldn't hide his hatred: "He really deserves to die."
"That man is a bully in our village. He usually asks me for money arrogantly and I give it to him. I'm just afraid that he will bully my mother and little sister when I can't get home from work. But he is He thought I was afraid of him, so he bullied me even more." "He has a son who is younger than me. My sister was about the same size, and he pulled her hair every day for nearly a year, saying that he was practicing arithmetic. My family was afraid that I would be worried and refused to tell him. Every time I came home from a break, my sister would always wear a headscarf. I didn't realize it for a long time." His voice was trembling.
Xie Fengyue listened quietly.
"After I finished my job in Pei County, my master gave me a three-day rest. When I returned home, people in the village told me that my sister was dead. My mother-in-law was so sad that she breathed a sigh of relief. I At that time, I asked them why they didn’t come to Yong’an City to report the news to me, but the person said that the person who reported the news was the village bully.”
He choked and continued: "My mother was afraid that I would do something impulsive, so she kept her mouth shut. But I'm not a fool. I went to dig my sister's grave overnight. She was only five years old. Her head was bald, so There was no good skin on her body, which was already swollen and gray. They didn't even prepare a coffin for her, but buried her naked with a roll of straw mat. "
Xie Fengyue's breathing became tight.
"Do you also think what I did was wrong?" he asked.
Xie Fengyue wondered, "What's wrong?"
"People in the village said I shouldn't dig graves, let alone look at my sister's body. They called me a beast."
Xie Fengyue frowned upon hearing this, "Shouldn't the beast be the one who harmed your sister? How can I blame you?"
He continued as if he was relieved, "My mother couldn't stand my questioning and told me the truth. That day, his son called my sister out as usual and tortured her like a toy. As a result, he got drunk and He raped my sister and strangled her to death when she resisted. After he woke up, he tied a stone and threw her into the pond for three days.”
"My mother died on the fourth day after I returned home. After I finished handling her funeral, I started looking for their family's hiding place one by one.
Huangtian paid off. I found their family in the cave in the back mountain. I asked him to choose one of his wife and son to live. He killed his wife without hesitation.
He is so stupid. How could I let him and his bastard son live? I killed his son in front of him. He was so scared that he peed his pants, hahaha, he also knew how to be afraid. My sister was still so young, how scared she must have been. ”
It was appropriate for Xie Fengyue to speak up: "After you kill someone, wouldn't it be enough to set him on fire? Anyway, there will be no evidence to prove it."
Li Xiaobao, who was outside the car curtain, said with hatred in his voice: "How could you spare those people in the village so easily? I brought their family's bodies back to the village and hung them on the crooked-neck tree at the entrance of the village. They clearly knew that I My mother and sister were bullied, but no one came to tell me. If I didn’t have any humanity left, I would kill them all.”
"So you joined the government and were pressured into a slave contract?" Xie Fengyue asked.
Li Xiaobao was silent for a long time: "I thought I was going to die, but I didn't expect the girl to save me."
Xie Fengyue exclaimed: "Me?"
"The achievements of the soldiers are not enough to buy my life. Today is the last day. If I am not bought back, I will be executed."
Xie Fengyue was completely unaware of the sin slave's twists and turns. She said in a heavy tone: "Then why didn't you fight for it before? Did you just want to wait to die?"
"There is no one I cherish in the world anymore"
Xie Fengyue opened the car curtain angrily, "You're an ant, and you, a tall and dignified man, want to die. Aren't you ashamed? Your mother and sister endured so much suffering in order not to worry you, but you actually Are you worthy of them by disposing of something they cherish so casually?”
This series of questions made the confused Li Xiaobao a little dazed. His lips moved: "Did I do something wrong?"
"You are simply wrong. There is no resurrection after death. Now the enemy you killed has been avenged. You should live a good life with their expectations in the future, and don't look like the world is not worth it.
Look at me, after all I am a well-dressed girl from a well-off family. Didn’t I risk my life and run away? If everyone is like you and just dies when something happens, then it would be better to die early and be reborn early. ”
The donkey cart suddenly stopped, and Li Xiaobao looked like he had just woken up from a dream. He jumped out of the car, knelt on his knees and banged his head three times: "Thank you, girl, for saving me again."
He said sincerely, and Xie Fengyue lost some of her anger. "You don't have to thank me, I just can't see you as a person who doesn't take your own life for granted."
(End of chapter)