Chapter 42 Chapter Forty-Two

After Du Tianxing woke up from the dreamland filled with the smell of wine, he felt the pain of flesh and blood all over his body, and the leg pinched by the stick was bruised and swollen, as if it had been painted with oil paint, it was bright.The skinny buttocks, which didn't have much flesh at first, miraculously became fatter, and a lot of blood soaked out of the open flesh, and the wet blood stuck pieces of cloth and straw to the buttocks.The bloody hand could no longer be stretched, and when he turned over, he felt a piercing pain as soon as his hand touched the ground. He was very thirsty, and there was a fire in his heart, as if the fire was going to burn his whole body.He licked his lips with his tongue, only to find that there were many bloody holes on his lips.

thirsty.really thirsty.Regardless of the pain in his body, he crawled out from the straw nest where he was living, and climbed a few steps. When his hand reached the bluestone step closest to him, his head tilted and he passed out. When he woke up, there was a ray of golden sunlight on his face, and in the brilliant sunlight accompanied by dust, he saw a pair of soap boots stained with yellow mud.He raised his neck vigorously and looked up again, and saw a scabbard hanging from his waist. He shouted at the soap boots and the scabbard: "Water...water..." He thought he was shouting loudly, but when he heard the words, he felt dazed, as if the voice came from a very distant place.

Gathering his strength, he shouted again: "Water! Give... give me a... some water..." This time, the soap boots and the scabbard heard it, and the gate made of rough wood like a bowl opened, and a square face with a black beard stretched out in front of him.The square face with a black beard is exactly Qian Er, the yamen servant who first disclosed the embezzlement of the relief money.Qian Er knew Uncle Zhu, Zhu Renfu, and brother Ruan, Ruan Dacheng, but he didn't know Du Tianxing.However, he had heard of Du Tianxing's name. "What did you say?" "water!"

Du Tianxing raised his head again. Qian Er asked, "Are you Du Tianxing from Ruanjiaji?" Du Tianxing nodded. "Okay! Just wait, I'll get you some water!" Qian Er closed the gate again, locked it, and left.After a while, he came back, picked up a crock of water, opened the door and handed it in, and said in a low voice, "Drink it! Drink it quickly! It's not enough, I'll go get it for you again!" Du Tianxing took the earthen jar to put out the fire, and quickly poured it into his mouth, leaving water stains on his neck and chest.After drinking, he returned the crock pot to Qian Er who was waiting at the door, and smiled gratefully at him.

This was the only time Du Tianxing laughed after he was captured by officers and soldiers. Qian Er took the water jar, but didn't leave, and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything else I should do?" Du Tianxing shook his head.He didn't know Qian Er, and he didn't know that Qian Er was also surnamed Hong. He judged that Qian Er wouldn't really help him with anything. But Qian Er said: "Brother Du, I have heard about you a long time ago! You are a rare talent and a tough guy, brother, I admire you!" Du Tianxing tilted his head on the bluestone steps, stared fixedly at Qian Er, and said nothing.

"Among you guys, I only admire you and Ruan Dacheng. You two are truly great heroes today! I knew that the riot would turn out like this. I..." Du Tianxing was startled, as if he heard something from the endless words.He almost couldn't believe his ears, bent his legs and tried his best to straighten up, climbed two more steps up the steps, and put his head on the threshold of the wooden gate. At this moment, footsteps sounded outside, Qian Er hastily locked the wooden gate again, carried the earthen jar, and hurried away. It wasn't until it was time to turn on the lights that Qian Er sat down outside the gate again. He held a knife in his arms and leaned against the door frame. He didn't look at Du Tianxing, but he was speaking to Du Tianxing.His voice was low, like a mosquito.

"Brother Du, Brother Ruan asked me to send you a message." "What... what did you say?" "If you don't expose the three o'clock, the world will prosper; if you hide in the Hongdian, the sun and the moon will last forever." When Du Tianxing heard it, he immediately understood the meaning.Ruan Dacheng was imprisoned, and his rebellion did not die. He also hoped to protect the forces of the Hong surname in order to make a big fortune in the future.He felt that Ruan Dacheng was really confused!There is such a big commotion in Jinkou, so many people have been taken to prison, can the secret of Hongmen Xiangtang be kept?Hasn't Marshal Ruan clearly seen what his brothers surnamed Hong are all about?These people can even confess to their own parents, how can they not confess to the affairs of the Hongmen!As long as the government catches up with this flood, everything will be over!

Du Tianxing pretended not to understand, and asked Qian Erdao, "How do you explain this?" Qian Er was not stupid, he pretended to be confused: "I don't understand either, maybe the meaning is to keep some business name? Maybe you have saved a lot of money and property in a certain business house? Brother Ruan said, you understand the meaning." Du Tianxing said coldly: "You tell Ruan Dacheng that I, Du, have worked my best to die, and since then I will get rid of the world of mortals, and I only need to ascend to heaven as soon as possible!" Qian Erdao: "Brother Du is so discouraged, maybe there is still hope. My brother is now in poor health and can't go. I will wait for my brother to recuperate for a few days and regain his vitality. The guards in the prison are slack, so I will invite a few brothers. , get the two of you out!"

Tian Xing said: "You must not act like this! This will bring trouble to you, brother! You... I understand Du Mou's kindness, but I can see through it. Death is inevitable sooner or later. The obedient people in the Qing Dynasty were full of dogs, it would be better to die today!" Qian Er turned around and brought his face closer, half of his face was illuminated red by the candlelight: "Brother escaped, can he still do something great! Why do you just want to be a obedient citizen of the Qing Dynasty?" ?There is a saying: if you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of no firewood!"

Tianxing burst into tears, and sighed: "Brothers don't know! The complacent dog entered the Central Plains and perished my Great Ming Dynasty. It has been more than 180 years. My imposing Han nationality has been driven away by the domesticated slaves of the dogs. What is it like? Submissive and content, even if you look around the world, you can't find a few strong bones! What's the use of keeping this kind of nation? They deserve to be exterminated by the Manyi!" Qian Er disagreed with Du Tianxing's point of view, and retorted: "Brother Du, aren't you born with an iron frame?"

Tian Xing ignored Qian Er's words, and said to himself: "Jinkou's righteousness, how powerful it is! However, after the city was broken, as soon as the investigation and relief committee member surnamed Bai mentioned the court full of dogs, more than ten thousand people were shocked." The birds and beasts scattered in an instant! Is this kind of people worth fighting for? Brother, stop talking, my heart is dead! The death of the heart is worse than the death of the body!" Qian Er became more and more respectful towards Du Tianxing, and murmured: "Then...then what else can I do for my brother?" Tianxing thought for a while and said: "Wine, brother, try to get me some more wine! When I raised righteousness, I thought of today's step. I brought more than ten taels of silver accumulated at home. After being captured by the officers and soldiers If it’s not lost, I’ll get it, and you go and drink it with me!” After speaking, he turned and climbed down the steps. Qian Er whispered: "Don't take it anymore! I still have the money to buy wine!" Tian Xing ignored him, climbed onto the damp and moldy straw with difficulty, picked out two pieces of silver from a crack in the corner of the wall, and crawled over step by step, panting, and handed it to Qian Er through the gate. The two pieces of silver were stained with blood. Qian Er took the silver and quickly put it in his arms. After a while, Du Tianxing asked: "After the failure of the uprising, how many people were arrested by the government?" Qian Er thought for a while and said, "There must be a hundred or ten people? I heard that they are still being arrested. Apart from the county government, there are still people in the county seat. There are many places occupied by the government and temporarily used to detain people." Tian Xing couldn't help but sighed again, covering his tears.Although Dao was determined to die, he really still didn't get rid of the mortal world. That night, Tian Xing chatted with Qian Er for a long time, and it was still about ordinary things, until Tian Xing couldn't stand it any longer, so he crawled into the straw nest and fell into a drowsy sleep. At four o'clock, Tian Xing was awakened by Qian Er, who opened the gate and handed him a bowl of wine and two pig ears wrapped in lotus leaves.Tianxing drank, ate, and asked Qian Er for pen, ink and paper.Qian Er said: "It's not clear in the sky, and I can't get pen, ink and paper."Tian Xing was furious, disregarding Qian Er's diligence and loyalty, he cursed loudly through his drunkenness.Qian Er was not annoyed, and left Nuonuo. After dawn, Qian Er lied that Du Tianxing wanted a confession form, asked the signing room for pen, ink and paper, and presented it to him respectfully.Tian Xing was still drunk, his face was flushed, he stood up straight, polished his inkstone and picked up his pen, and wrote on the wall: Angry, leaning on the railing, resting in the rain.Lift our sight, the sky and shouts, grand, vehement.Thirty fame and dust, eight thousand miles of road, cloud and moon.Don't wait for nothing, the boy's head is white, empty and sad. The shame of Jingkang is still unsettled; when will the hatred of courtiers be wiped out!Drive a long car and step through the gaps in Helan Mountain.The strong men ate the Hulu meat when they were hungry, and laughed and talked about drinking the blood of the Huns when they were thirsty.Waiting to start over, tidy up the old rivers and mountains, and face the sky. Qian Er was shocked, his face changed color, and he shouted: "Brother Du, don't act like a fool!" How can Tianxing pay attention to him?One wall is full of books, and then staggers to another wall to write quickly... However, at this time, Qian Er had already summoned many government servants in a panic, Qian Er opened the gate, and everyone rushed up, knocked down Du Tianxing, and took away the ink pen in his hand. Tianxing fell to the ground and laughed loudly. After laughing, "Gorden" bit his tongue, and squirted a mouthful of thick blood onto the face of a yamen servant beside him... At the same time, Ruan Dacheng, who was imprisoned in another prison, saw the hope of escape from death in Qian Er, and still dreamed of preserving the Hongmen forces and trying to make a comeback.He thought that his confession had put Pachinruo to death, and he thought that the greedy and incompetent magistrate would effectively strangle Pachinruo's terrible iron fist.However, he did not expect that during this day and night, things changed dramatically.