Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Yu Tu, the Immortal Tiger

In the seventh century BC, the largest city in the Southern Chu State: Yingdu. Of course, compared with those cultural powers in the north, Yingdu is not like Linzi of Qi State, which is like Linzi of Qi State. Gu Heli. However, in this southern land, Yingdu is still a huge bustling and bustling city. It has been ten years since the last time I came to Yingdu. A bustling capital like this is a distant and unattainable dreamland for wild children in the mountains and forests. It is not far behind the legendary fairyland and heaven. How many. The last time Dongguan Brigade came to Yingdu, he was only about six years old. At that time, his adoptive father held him and came to Yingdu to sell a strange beast that he occasionally found. After the sale, his adoptive parents took him to a Standing in front of the small stall and drinking a bowl of sweet soup, the sweet and greasy taste, even though the Dongguan brigade was still young at that time, but the delicious taste was deeply burned into my mind.

At this moment, revisiting the old place, people come and go in the huge city, and the excitement is still there. It's just that I have become a lonely person, without my adoptive father and adoptive mother, living alone in this world alone. Before entering the city gate, I was still thinking about revenge and finding the leader of the Chu soldiers, "Dou Ziyu", but as soon as I entered the city gate and saw the bustling and amazing street scene of Yingdu, I became discouraged . In such a big city, needless to say, it is difficult to find the Dou Zi Wang Yu to avenge, it seems that it is difficult to find a bowl of coarse rice to fill one's stomach.

The capital city of Ying is located in the south, and the streets of the city are of course full of bustling Chu people, but among the crowd, strange people can be seen occasionally. The State of Chu is located in the south, and it is close to many strange countries around it. On the one hand, the northern countries do not value the civilization of the State of Chu, but on the other hand, they are a little afraid of this ancient, barbaric and powerful country. The state of Chu is called "Jingchu", and the people of Chu are called "Jingman". Surrounding the country of Jingchu, there are many strange ethnic groups recorded in ancient legends. It was around the seventh century BC, not too long ago from the mythical generation in ancient history, so many of them were recorded in Shan Hai Jing Even in the Spring and Autumn Period, not all of the strange races had withered, and some even lived peacefully with ordinary humans like ordinary people.

Occasionally, a small group of blue-skinned weirdos appeared in the crowd. Most of these weirdos were dressed in brocade robes and sleeves, and their clothes were so gorgeous that even the singers on the stage would feel inferior. Look at their appearances, some have skin like cucumbers, and they are shiny and sticky like aquatic animals, while others have a whole body of carapace, which is extremely incompatible with the gorgeous costumes. However, these people who look like the people of the Shui tribe are quite jealous when they pass by the crowd. Wherever they go, everyone avoids them, as if they block their way, and disaster will be imminent.

The Dongguan Brigade listened to the whispers of passers-by on the road, saying that these strange green-skinned monsters were from the Dragon King clan from the East China Sea. They lived in water, but they could also walk on land. According to ancient legends, they were a kind of people who could control wind and rain. The mysterious race, so they are respected by the nobles of various countries. Also, when you look around, you can sometimes see a few weird people with a big hole in their chest. I heard from passers-by that this kind of people are called "Chinese people with chest piercing". Through the chest hole, carry them and walk.

The Dongguan Brigade mixed in the crowd, looking at these alien races in amazement and amused, their eyes dazzled. At the moment when they were amazed and amused, the turbulent crowd suddenly began to appear chaotic scenes like waves and waves. Not far from before, with unknown force, many people were suddenly pushed away by a strong force, some were pushed down, and some screamed loudly. Standing apart from the crowd was a group of ragged teenagers who looked like beggars. I saw that they were flustered and narrow-minded, running wildly in the crowd, pushing people when they saw them, and running when they saw a crack.

Running and running, someone shouted loudly. "The boiling water is scalding! The boiling water is scalding to death! Don't get in the way of Grandpa!" The crowd was rushed by this group of beggar teenagers running wildly, and immediately became chaotic.Three or two Chinese nationals who had been strung through their chest holes by the bearers and carried steadily were knocked down with a "bang", and the two bearers fell to the ground moaning and screaming in pain. But those Chinese people with chests were like balls strung together. They fell on the ground with their hands and feet in the air, waving and screaming, but they couldn't get up no matter what.

Among the young beggars was a thin, dirty boy who seemed to have a handicap on his feet, he ran with a limp, but his footsteps were the most vigorous of all, at this moment he laughed, grabbed his hand casually, Then he grabbed the brocade robe of a Dragon King clansman beside him. This young man looked thin and weak, but he was very powerful. He grabbed it casually, and with a loud "hunting", he tore off the brocade robe of the Dragon King clansman. , simply revealing his miserable naked body. Seeing the embarrassment of the dragon people, everyone laughed. But behind the group of beggars, a group of Chu soldiers like wolves and tigers appeared at this time.

At this moment, the tide of the crowd gradually turned, and the Dongguan Brigade was a little stunned by the scene in front of them.Seeing the group of young beggars running closer and closer, he instinctively wanted to escape, but it was too late. The fat boy with a pockmarked face shouted angrily. "Damn it! Go away!" It's just that it was too late to shout like this, a group of people ran too fast, and one of the beggars in front couldn't hold back, so they bumped into Dongguan Brigade. Because the accident happened so fast, the East Gate Brigade had no time to react. He was hit by a few beggars, his center of gravity was unstable, and he almost fell over.

At this moment, a strong hand suddenly grasped him, pulling the entire Dongguan brigade up, and after a closer look, it turned out to be the young man who tore apart the brocade robe with his bare hands. The young man smiled and said. "Still falling? It's too late to escape, and there is still time to fall?" Before the Dongguan Brigade could answer, he was pulled by his arm and ran unconsciously, mixed with the group of beggars, and kept rushing to the most turbulent place of the crowd just like before. After running for a few steps, a group of soldiers and horses flashed out from the crowd. This group of soldiers and horses formed a pincer attack with the chasing Chu soldiers, surrounding the little beggars.

Seeing that something was wrong, the boy holding the arm of the Dongguan Brigade hastily shouted wildly. "No, no, no! Let go!" Seeing that the situation was not right, those running beggar teenagers fled in all directions, suddenly changing direction, intending to take advantage of the chaos and escape in the crowd. Among the soldiers and horses in front, a white-faced general with a long beard waved his hands with a cold face, and several black-clothed soldiers behind him waved their hands, and then waved firecrackers in the air, "咻咻咻咻" The sound of breaking through the sky is endless. Those long whips seemed to have eyes. After swiping in the air, they landed accurately and tied up all the little beggars without missing a beat. They pulled up out of thin air and fell heavily on the clearing, knocking everyone out of their wits. The only problem was that the Dongguan Brigade mixed in with the group of beggars was also pulled up, and fell down heavily in the same way. Because everyone fell very hard, most of them couldn't speak, only to see the long-bearded general "hum", and a group of Chu soldiers roughly tied up all the beggars. The Dongguan brigade was dizzy for a while, and couldn't even speak, but the little beggar who held his hand saw that he was also tied tightly, and screamed anxiously. "None of his business! He's not our brother!" A Chu soldier walked over with a smile, and the little beggar said anxiously. "Don't tie him up! He's not..." Before he finished speaking, the smiling Chu soldier punched him hard on the stomach. The punch was so powerful that the boy's eyes protruded, and he vomited up a lot of things with a "vomit". Even with such a punch, he was never able to speak again. Among the crowd, Chu Bing treated the group of beggars like sacks of waste, tied them to the ground and dragged them along, disappearing in the street after a while. The chaotic Yingdu street crowd was like sand in a storm. Although there was a gap temporarily, it gradually closed after a while, and the crowd remained lively, as if nothing had happened. The prosperity of Yingdu, from day to night, slowly fell silent in the middle of the night. A crescent moon hung quietly in the night sky, and occasionally a few naughty black clouds floated to cover her face. The temperature is neither too cold nor too hot. Speaking of which, it is quite a comfortable night. If you are not hanging in mid-air by thick twine. Located in a prison in the west of the city, Dongguan Brigade and the few beggar teenagers were hung high under the eaves. Everyone was beaten so badly that their parents couldn't recognize them. But then again, if these teenagers had parents, maybe they wouldn't have such a fate, right? In the brightly lit prison window, there were occasional cracks of whips and screams of pain. The Dongguan brigade was beaten dizzy and dizzy just now by the jailer of Chu State, his face was covered with blood, some blood coagulated in the middle of the eye sockets, and the eyes were swollen from the beating, so his vision became a little bit, and he could only see this through a small slit world. The moon is low and the night wind is cool. It's just that if the cold wind blows on normal skin, it will be very comfortable, but if it blows on a body covered with scars, it is simply the most terrible torture in the world. Looking down from the top of Yue'er, he saw hanging beside him was a lame boy with thinning hair, with plasters plastered on his head indiscriminately, and two lines of yellow snot hanging from his nose. Taking a closer look, the boy looked at him with interesting eyes. "Hey!" The Dongguan Brigade didn't want to talk to anyone, so they ignored his call and pretended they didn't hear it. That young man still doesn't give up, is it true?He smiled heartily. "Hi!" he whispered, "what's your name?" There are about seven or eight young beggars hanging under the eaves. At this time, I heard the boy with dysentery speak out. Although everyone has been beaten to death, they are still young at heart, and they are still very interested in the night. Listen with open eyes. The East Gate Brigade frowned impatiently, and when they were about to turn their heads away, they heard an extremely shrill scream coming from inside, and then it stopped abruptly. Hearing this scream, the dysentery boy couldn't help but shed tears, and sucked back the snot with a "swish". "Hu'er is probably hopeless, they are so cruel and villainous!" The Dongguan Brigade couldn't help asking: "Hu'er? Who is that?" The dysentery boy sobbed for a while, but before he could answer, a cold-faced boy beside him replied sullenly. "Hu'er? He's our boss. He takes the lead in everything, even letting us die like this." The dysentery boy said angrily, "Three-eyed mark, you're saying such bastard words again! Then Hu'er asked you to eat and drink delicious food, and you didn't say anything?" The boy named Sanyanbiao was a fat man with a pockmarked face, and he said angrily at this time: "I don't care what kind of shit he took me to eat? I only know that I am hanging in this place now, if he didn't take us to roast that stupid You silly bird, why are we all hanging here?" A few teenagers at the side said yes one after another, and after they said a few words, they were wandering in mid-air, forming a strange scene. The dysentery boy's eloquence was not as good as the others, his face was flushed with anxiety, and two lines of yellow snot flowed down his nose unknowingly. The boy with three eyes sneered and said, "I knew you would just run after Hu'er's ass all day long, and you don't know anything. You don't know, but I know it very well, that Hu'er is originally a bad luck ghost, and whoever gets it will be unlucky. Don't you see this kid? He raised his chin coldly, referring to the Dongguan Brigade. "We were caught and slaughtered. Anyway, that stupid bird finally ate it. It doesn't look like this stupid idiot. It doesn't even have a piece of meat." Swallowed, just got touched by that unlucky ghost tiger, and was slaughtered here with us. " All the teenagers laughed coquettishly, although the laughter was low, it also felt a bit of joy in bitterness. Dongguan brigade stared at the three-eyed mark in doubt, and couldn't help asking. "What are you talking about, stupid? Why were you arrested? Why was I also arrested?" The boy with three eyes was a very annoying guy, he was still chattering there just now, but now he heard the Dongguan Brigade's questioning so curiously, but he didn't want to answer, he simply "hummed" and ignored him , just closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. The East Gate Brigade asked a few more times, but the three-eyed sign really ignored him and even turned his head away. And several other teenagers also turned their heads one after another, as if it was too much to even talk to him. The Dongguan brigade was bored, so they had no choice but to shut up and hang quietly in mid-air in a daze.After a while, several wounds on his body started to hurt at the same time, he couldn't help snorting a few times, but a soft voice sounded beside him. "Does it hurt?" It was the boy with dysentery who spoke. "My mother said that when people are in pain, it is because there is no relationship of happiness, so forget the pain now and think about the happiness in the future." "Oh!" The Dongguan Brigade responded dispensably. "You...what's your name?" The dysentery boy asked with a good-natured smile, "My name is Diarrhea Ghost." "Diarrhea ghost?" Dongguan Brigade was taken aback, then smiled and said, "Why is it called that? My name is Dongguan Brigade." "Dongguan Brigade?" The young mandiarrhea ghost said softly, "It's great...you still have a name and a surname. You must have parents who love you, right?" "Yeah!" Dongguan Brigade nodded, then remembered the tragic death of Yi's parents, and said sadly: "But now there are no more." "Me! It's better to be called a dysentery ghost. At least people remember who I am. I think I probably had a name in the past, right? It's just that my mother didn't say it, and I forgot..." His voice was a little empty, as if recalling A void dream. "But I still remember a lot of things my mother said..." At this moment, the three-eyed sign pretending to be asleep had secretly opened his eyes at some point, eavesdropping on their conversation, and interjected when he heard this. "You don't have a mother! You kid has been thrown into the stinky ditch since you were a child, and your mother has long since abandoned you!" The dysentery ghost said angrily: "No! My mother didn't want me! She died of illness, she didn't want me!" Three-eyed standard sneered and said: "Everyone knows that your nonsense stories that your mother told are all made up, just your nonsense. Everyone has no parents, but do you remember what your mother said?You made it all up!You big liar! " The dysentery ghost was anxious and angry, his whole face flushed red. "I didn't lie! I didn't lie! My mother told me a lot!" As he spoke, he was anxious and angry, and tears came out of his eyes. "If you say anything bad about my mother again, I will..." "What about you?" The three-eyed mark grinned. The dysentery ghost was angry and impatient, and was about to retort when he heard the Dongguan brigade speaking quietly. "Don't pay attention to him, didn't you say, did your mother say something that made sense? What about 'when people are in pain, think of something happy...', would you like to tell me?" The dysentery ghost was startled, then laughed happily. "Okay! If you want to hear it, I'll tell you," he said cheerfully. "My mother told me that when people are in pain, you should think about happy things, but don't think about the happy things in the past." Instead, think about the future, the happy things that will happen in the future.” "Oh?" Dongguan Brigade asked curiously, "Why?" "Because the happy things in the past are already in the past! No matter how happy you are, it is impossible to come back. If you keep thinking about it, it will only make yourself more unhappy. Especially when you are in pain, if you think about the happiness in the past, you will feel even more sad, won't you? But those happy things that will happen later are different.Because it hasn't arrived yet, you haven't enjoyed it yet, just thinking about it makes you happy, and that kind of happiness really makes you forget all the painful things! " Dongguan Brigade smiled lightly. "Your mother is a very smart person." Hearing what he said, the dysentery ghost was even more delighted, and there seemed to be tears in his smile. "Dongguan Brigade, you are such a good person." The three-eyed sign tied to the side seemed to like to pour cold water on it. Hearing what he said, he sneered again. "He's really a good man, so good that he has no reason to accompany us to die, that's just right!" Unexpectedly, when the dysentery ghost heard him say this, he didn't retort, but showed a deep sorrowful expression. "That's right! A good person like you was hanged here like us, and you didn't do that with me. I'm so sorry..." Hearing this, the Dongguan Brigade couldn't help asking. "You keep mentioning 'that matter' and talking about 'stupid birds and stupid birds'. Why on earth did you get caught here by Chu soldiers?" The three-eyed monster opened his eyes, glared at him, and said angrily. "You kid want to know? Then let me tell you. Isn't that what the tiger did?That day we were basking in the sun and checking for lice, and this kid ran over happily, saying that he found an interesting place somewhere, and took everyone to see it. snort!Isn't it just a place where the rich play?Carved beams and painted buildings, green grass and trees, and a lot of weird beasts and birds. Later, everyone was hungry, and someone shouted to leave. The tiger seemed to have eaten the gall of a leopard. He didn't listen to what he said, and killed a colorful and colorful bird in two or three strokes, called... called What the hell is going on? " "It's called Peacock!" A small man hanging on the side said flatteringly. "Yes! It's called a fucking peacock!" The three-eyed mark shook in the air, spat, and said angrily, "Damn! It's thick and old, and it almost broke two of my teeth. Nothing good to eat. Just roasting and eating like this, they were discovered by the garden guards in a few moments. At first, everyone thought that it would be fine if they escaped separately. Then they didn’t know that the officers and soldiers of the brigade came. It didn’t look like they roasted and ate a stupid bird. , It seems that we killed some princes and nobles. " "I think, if you killed a prince and nobleman, you probably didn't get caught like this?" Another fat boy said with a sobbing voice, "I said earlier that the garden was full of treasures, and I told you not to eat them. Do not listen!" "Don't eat?" The three-eyed mark said angrily, "You ate three yuan too much." While several people were arguing, suddenly, the cell door opened with a "bang", and two Chu soldiers carried the young Hu'er out, and with a "swipe", they also hung him in the air. Seeing that young tiger was like a sack, limp and motionless, one couldn't help thinking that he was dead. The Dongguan Brigade looked over under the moonlight, and saw that he was beaten even worse. His whole face was swollen like a pig's head, and there seemed to be a few fallen teeth between his lips. Not to mention the blood all over his body. Also dripping blood, feces and urine. Several young beggars yelled "hu'erhuer" a few times, but he was still hanging limply in mid-air, motionless. Are you dead...? The Dongguan Brigade thought this way in his heart, even though he did not know this person before, and he was involved in such a dispute for no reason, but seeing his miserable state, he couldn't help feeling sad. After Hu'er was also hoisted up, everyone fell silent.The three-eyed sign seemed to only dare to blame Hu'er and scold him from behind, but now that the person was in front, even though he looked like he was probably dead, he still didn't dare to say anything. In the middle of the night, the Dongguan Brigade only felt more and more pain in his body. Remembering what the dysentery ghost had said just now, he had to try to imagine in his heart what he would feel happy in the future. However, I don't know if it's because of the pain in his body, but he couldn't think of anything that would make him happy in the future. He took a deep breath, but such a breath touched the pain in his body, so he couldn't help but snorted. At this moment, a voice sounded quietly beside him. "It hurts, right? Just get used to it." The Dongguan Brigade instinctively turned around, but saw a ghostly face hanging beside him. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that this was the swollen face of the young Hu'er after being tortured. Hu'er smiled miserably, that smile was uglier than crying, and his voice was also hoarse and ugly. "I have never met more pain than this!" Before the Dongguan brigade could answer, the dysentery ghost beside him spoke hastily. "Huer! Huer!" His voice was choked up, revealing extreme sincerity. "Are you okay? I thought you were dead!" The tiger twisted in the air, and his body shook suddenly, obviously touching a place of extreme pain, but he was very stubborn, forced a smile. "Dead? It's impossible for this kind of thing to happen to me," he said with a smug smile, "I'm not someone else, but I'm an unkillable tiger!"