Chapter 82 [The Overlord Hardens the Bow]
Hebei should be called Hebei Road. There are currently ten roads in the Tang Dynasty. Hebei Road is a place of war directly bordering the grassland.
The rising sun rose in the east, and the morning glow filled the sky. When a red sun broke through the clouds, the saint and two apprentices had already arrived at the border of Hebei.
Looking around, Hebei Road is a place where military strategists must fight for. Since ancient times, Yan and Zhao have been generous and tragic, but they are also the easiest to be trampled by the military.
The people of Hebei are very miserable, and most of them can escape, but after all, there are still people who can't escape, so they can only grit their teeth and continue to survive.
If there are people, there will be villages.
On this devastated land, you can still find some of them carefully, but they are very rare, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are uninhabited by a hundred miles.
The Holy High Priest revisited the old place, but searched for the border for a long time. Finally, based on his impression, he found a place, but it was a small village hidden in a small valley.
Although the location was found, the saint's face changed.
Her delicate body was obviously trembling slightly, as if she was terrified of something she didn't dare to think about.
The girl Linglong Bingxue was smart and quickly noticed her master's abnormality. She stood outside the village and looked at her, then whispered to the saint: "Master? What's wrong with you?"
The body of the saint high priest trembled even harder.
Linglong's eyes suddenly showed concern.
In the girl's memory, Master has never been like this. Even if the sky falls and the earth falls, Master is just calm and gentle.
But now, Master is scared.
The Gobi sheep not far away were very bored. She stood stupidly with a big iron lump and suddenly found a grasshopper among the grass. The guy ran over to catch it happily. The grasshopper was frightened and jumped away. The silly big man grinned and continued to chase.
In a blink of an eye, I ran far away.
At this time, the Holy High Priest finally spoke, and said with a hint of fear: "Linglong, there is one thing missing in this village."
Something missing?
What is it?
The girl did not speak, but just looked at the master with her pearl-like eyes. She knew that since the master spoke, she would definitely say the following.
Sure enough, I saw the Holy High Priest walking a few steps forward and standing at the only small intersection to enter the village. He seemed to be recalling and panic, and murmured: "There is a stone tablet missing here."
"A stone tablet is missing? What kind of stone tablet is it?"
Linglong asked in a low voice this time and said with a little curiosity: "Is it the village famous monument of this village? You once taught me about the Han family that every Han village has a village named as a village famous monument."
"It's not a famous monument in the village, it's a monument I erected!"
The saint high priest shook his head, his tone seemed even more panicked, and he said a little anxiously: "I escaped from this village, but I was full of resentment, but before leaving, I was worried about the child. So I erected a stone tablet at the entrance of the village, which said, "This village is not allowed to be plundered within fifty years." I used Turkic words, and the signature was in the name of the Turkic high priest."
Linglong is so smart. After a moment of thinking, she knew that her face suddenly changed and she said, "This village is located on the border, and Turks often attack. You erected a stone tablet to protect the village from being slaughtered, but now the stone tablet is gone..."
The Holy High Priest trembled.
"Linglong, follow me into the village."
She suddenly bounced her feet and rushed into the village like crazy. Linglong had no time to turn around and shout "Gobi Sheep", and then she bounced her body and followed closely into the village.
After entering the village, looking at the ruins, the saint high priest walked faster and faster, and the color on his face became paler.
At this moment, a creaking sound came from a distance, and someone opened the window and looked out, but after just a glance, he quickly put it back.
But this little sound had already aroused the idea of the Holy High Priest. She rushed over without thinking and kicked open the door with a loud bang.
This is a dilapidated house, with empty walls inside, only a dark earthen kang, and an old woman was shrunk on the kang.
The old woman's eyes were full of fear, and her thin body kept trembling. When she heard the door was kicked open, she didn't even have the courage to take a look. She just kept crying and said, "Don't kill, don't kill, I haven't eaten for two days. I really have no food at home. Please don't kill, don't kill, I'm an old woman, and I can't be snatched by you as my wife."
The Holy High Priest looked pale.
She suddenly raised her foot forward, gently twisted the old woman's hidden body, then carefully distinguished for a long time, and suddenly sighed softly, "San Ah, are you?"
This was used by Hebei's words, and it actually had a sense of correct and round words. The old woman stumbled slightly when she heard this, and she looked up and observed it with difficulty.
The light in the broken room was a little dark. The old woman observed for a long time before she could see clearly the appearance of the saint's high priest. Her turbid eyes seemed to be recalling something. After a long time, she suddenly hugged the saint and sobbed: "It's you, it's you, girl, where have you been there over the years? You said you should protect the third lady..."
The saint hugged her gently and comforted her softly: "San Ah, don't cry."
The old woman looked at the saint's face hard, and the more she looked, the more she cried. She suddenly seemed to remember something, her eyes became terrified, and she kept trembling: "Run, run, run, while your man has not appeared, you should run away quickly, otherwise he will lock you again, and your hands and feet will be worn out by the chains."
The saint's body suddenly trembled.
She said softly, as if muttering to herself, and said, "Three Lady, he is dead."
The old woman's body also trembled and her face raised in disbelief.
After a long time, the old woman said a few times and said in shock: "Such awesome person is dead?"
The saint nodded slightly.
For some reason, the old woman suddenly burst into tears and said in a murmur: "He is a good child, how much has he helped the village..."
The saint remained silent.
The old woman muttered again: "Old man still remembers that day, he grabbed you and came to our village, locked you with iron chains, and snatched Lao Man's house to sleep with you. You were very stubborn and kicked and bited him. His brain was not good, and he didn't know how to coax girls. He could only beat you. The beating made you hurt all over, but you didn't shed a single tears."
The saint shivered again.
The old woman then recalled: "You didn't cry when he hit you, but the day after he slept on you, the old man heard you crying heart-wrenchingly. At that time, I was scared, but I felt sorry for you, my girl, and I secretly came to persuade you, saying that women have men, they have to recognize you. You just kept crying and cursing that we Han people would be struck to death by lightning..."
The saint suddenly staggered, his face pale than ever before.
She turned her face suddenly and said in an indescribable tone: "He was really struck to death by lightning."
The old woman was stunned for a moment and tears flowed down again.
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Chapter completed!