After climbing mountains and wading for a long time, we finally returned to Lijiagou.
As soon as Li Xiaotian entered the village, he looked at the tragic scene in front of him in disbelief. The whole village seemed to have been burned by a fire. There were collapsed houses everywhere. The yellow adobe bricks turned into ink, and there were piles of charcoal wood. It took some time for this to happen.
, it can be seen from the knee-high weeds that it is desolate and miserable.
For a moment, Li Xiaotian's head was buzzing and he went blank. It took him a while to recover, and suddenly he ran like crazy towards his home.
Li Xiaotian stared blankly at his home. There was no exception. It was also a black ruin, filled with the smell of fire.
Li Xiaotian felt that the world was spinning, his eyes were wet and red, and his whole body was trembling. Then he hurriedly rushed into the ruins, throwing away debris frantically, and kept talking about his father and mother. This state lasted for a while, until the two bodies
The bones appeared in front of him, and Li Xiaotian suddenly began to cry bitterly, as if he couldn't withstand the blow, collapsed, and went crazy.
Li Xiaotian cried in grief for who knows how long. He felt that his eyes were too dry to shed a tear, and his throat was so painful that he could no longer make a sound. Then he stood up silently, dug two small holes next to the house, and then carefully put the two bodies out.
The bones were carried into the pit, and finally buried with soil, a wooden tablet was erected, the names of the parents and their relationship were written down, and they kowtowed several times solemnly.
"I know you are nearby." Li Xiaotian said to himself out of thin air.
Obviously, Li Xiaotian said this to the middle-aged man who gave him the mask. Although he never showed up along the way, Li Xiaotian had to believe that he must be around him, either protecting or monitoring him, especially when he remembered the first meeting.
At that time, he told Li Xiaotian very confidently that he would take the initiative to follow him. The implication was that he might have known about the destruction of the village in Lijiagou, so Li Xiaotian wanted to find out.
"You want to ask who did it and why? Unfortunately, I don't know. If I didn't follow you here, I wouldn't even know that this village was massacred." Sure enough, a middle-aged man appeared.
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Li Xiaotian asked: "I remember you said you were very sure that I would follow you automatically, so you should know something."
The middle-aged man said: "I didn't say these words, I just paraphrased them."
Li Xiaotian said: "Who said that, the one who wants to see me?"
The middle-aged man said: "If no one had told me, I would have tied you into a sack and taken you back."
Li Xiaotian said decisively: "Okay, I will go with you to see him."
The village in Lijiagou was wiped out with extremely cruel methods. This blood feud, no matter what method, Li Xiaotian must avenge. Revenge must have someone to take revenge on. Therefore, first of all, we must find out who did it and see him.
He definitely has a good background. Regarding Lijiagou, he must know who the culprit is. In other words, Li Xiaotian must go to see him.
"Return to Kyoto Kamigan Castle along the same route." After the middle-aged man said this, he disappeared again in the blink of an eye.
Li Xiaotian did not leave the village immediately, but walked to each ruined house, moved away debris, found the bones, buried them, set up wooden signs, and wrote their names.
It took Li Xiaotian most of the day to bury the bones of the entire village and set up plaques. He made a mental calculation and found that there were a total of thirty-one households, a population of one hundred and fifty-three, and a death toll of one hundred and fifty-two. There was no one except him.
One person survived, including thirty-five elderly people, fifty-seven children, and sixty young and middle-aged adults.
After doing this, Li Xiaotian walked to the entrance of the village, looked at the devastated hometown, knelt down and kowtowed three times solemnly, clenched his fists tightly, and crushed the blood blisters on his hands, and blood dripped from his fingers.
When he got to the ground, he secretly vowed in his heart that the next time he came back, he would be avenged, and the sea of blood and blood would be burned into his heart forever.
Li Xiaotian was not in a hurry to leave the mountain. He went to the private school first. He originally wanted to see his husband and inquire about Lijiagou. As a result, the private school was already covered with thick dust, covered with spider webs, and empty. Obviously,
, has been abandoned for a long time.
Afterwards, Li Xiaotian went to Zhangjia Village next door. It was also empty, with no one around. It seemed that they were all affected by the Lijiagou incident. After all, the entire village was wiped out. Who would not be afraid of such a tragic event?
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The best way to face fear is to stay away from it.
Wenzhou City.
There will always be people in Wenzhou City hearing about such a big thing like Lijiagou.
As a result, as soon as Li Xiaotian entered Wenzhou, he asked around about Lijiagou. After comparing the accounts of many people, he roughly got the following two pieces of information.
First, the Lijiagou incident happened more than a month ago, probably around the second day after Li Xiaotian left for Beijing to take the exam.
Secondly, after the incident, a large number of yamen soldiers entered the mountain, but not to find out the truth, but to evacuate Zhangjia Village. It is said that the officers and soldiers did not even enter Li Xiaotiangou, and, until now, Wenzhou City Yamen
He made no response to this matter and never spoke of it. It was as if the incident had not happened and the one hundred and fifty-two lives did not exist.
However, for Wenzhou City Lord to talk about wealth, this was something Li Xiaotian expected, but he didn't know if it was because he didn't do anything, or because after he reported it to his superiors, his superiors told him not to do anything.
Li Xiaotian didn't care. After passing through the capital, he had no hope for the official.
Kyoto, Shang'an.
Along the way, Li Xiaotian was in a hurry. He wanted to see the person who wanted to see him as soon as possible, because he desperately wanted to know the truth about the Lijiagou incident. The journey that originally took more than half a month took only ten days to arrive.
Li Xiaotian knew that the middle-aged man was near him along the way. Although he couldn't see it, he could feel it. Since the journey was smooth and he didn't encounter much trouble, there was no need for him to show up.
Kyoto is still prosperous. Li Xiaotian looks at the towering city walls and luxurious city gates with mixed feelings in his heart. He still remembers the infinite yearning when he first came to Han Shuo. Now that his old friend is no longer here, Bai's situation has changed drastically. It's really a twist of fate.
When he entered, Li Xiaotian saw his wanted portrait posted on the notice board. The bounty was doubled again to two thousand silver coins. But no matter how high the bounty was, because he could not be arrested for a long time, there was not even a trace about him.
There is no news, everyone's enthusiasm has been exhausted, everything has returned to its original position, and there is no need to bother to carry out rigorous inspections in vain.
People can't help but sigh, time can dilute everything, except hatred, it will only get deeper and deeper, as can be seen from the doubled bounty, not to mention the sworn blood feud like Li Xiaotian?
Not long after Li Xiaocai entered the city, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared in front of him and said, "Follow me."
The middle-aged man was familiar with Kyoto and was familiar with the roads. Just like that, Li Xiaotian followed him and walked in twists and turns for a long time, finally arriving in front of a large mansion.
The mansion is very large, occupying nearly half of the street. The gate is also built with great splendor. The material is made of fine fragrant wood. The workmanship is fine and exquisite. It is high-end but not exaggerated. Especially the five gilt characters of Zhenbei General's Mansion on the plaque on the door eaves.
It's so dazzling that people dare not look directly at it and can't help but feel solemn.
The middle-aged man seemed to be of high status. Seeing him, the guard in front of the door opened the door respectfully and did not dare to stop Li Xiaotian from asking.
In this way, Li Xiaotian followed the middle-aged man into the general's mansion easily.
Needless to say, the general's mansion is luxurious and luxurious, with rockeries and ponds, famous flowers and rare plants, and servants coming and going, all of which represent high status and good taste.
"We're here, you can take off your leather goods." The two of them arrived in front of a pavilion in a courtyard, and the middle-aged man whispered to Li Xiaotian.
"General Qi, I've brought you here." The middle-aged man then raised his hands and said respectfully to the people in the pavilion.
Obviously, the man in the pavilion is the owner of the mansion, General Zhenbei.
"Thank you for your hard work, Vice General Duan." The general said in a rich voice and waved his hand.
Vice General Duan decided to leave.
"I know you have a lot of doubts in your mind now. You can ask slowly and I will answer them one by one." The general turned his back to Li Xiaotian and threw bait into the pond from time to time. It was obvious that he was feeding the fish.
Li Xiaotian looked at the back of General Kui'an, calmed down, and said politely: "I want to ask the general about the truth about the Lijiagou incident."
The general replied: "I don't know what the truth is. I can only tell you what I know. I did hear something about the Lijiagou incident. After it happened, the court was told not to interfere. It is said that this
The thing was done by the demons, but as for why, it’s unknown.”
Li Xiaotian was confused after hearing this, and asked in confusion: "Who informed the court and where the demons came from?"