Chapter Forty-Eight: Saving the Loyal Servant in the Street
Fu Liluo leaned on the ink-colored pillow and squinted her eyes to doze, there were still crystal tears hanging on her curled eyelashes, and the little maid Manluo bowed and sat down next to her, raised her hand to help her tighten the white fur brocade cloak on her shoulders, took out a piece of crisp cake and handed it to Fu Liluo: "Miss, eat something! You eat so little in the hurry of getting up in the morning..."
Manluo couldn't help but feel a little distressed when she looked at the cyan under Fu Liluo's eyes, thinking in her heart that her young lady was really the most affectionate and kind person, she must have remembered Miss Fu of Ningxi Hou's Mansion so sadly! But she didn't know how to comfort her, Manluo was also very anxious, in addition to being anxious, she was more helpless!
"This ghost weather! It's fine in the morning, it's raining again this time, and everyone is going to get moldy!" The manberry chirped crookedly and lifted the corner of the roller blind, put it down again, and tucked a moderately warm brass woman into Fu Liluo's arms.
"Is it raining again?"
Fu Liluo stroked the slightly curled eyebrows and sat up straight, rubbed the cold thin hand on the warm woman, opened the curtain and looked out of the car, the curtain-like rain curtain was woven into a thin fine sand, and hit her plain little face.
The street is bleak, the cold wind is blowing, the passers-by are as sluggish as this autumn rain, some people are walking on their shoulders with their clothes shaking, and some are walking in twos and threes facing the rain.
She clenched her cold fingertips, staring closely at a white horse on the side of the road, the white horse was wet, just leaning under the dry trunk, thin and old, the dense rain hit it mercilessly, it could not do anything but tremble, it looked very pitiful!
Fu Liluo's mind suddenly flashed Ling'er's figure, it is also slowly aging like this white horse, but fortunately, it is living in the general's mansion of Nuoda at the moment, with its own spacious and bright stable, don't be beaten by such wind and rain, thinking in my heart that Ling'er is lucky, and suddenly I have less concern for Ling'er, at least I know that it is doing well, Fu Liluo's clear eyes gradually gushed out layers of mist, and the tip of the nose became sour and red....
"Kill you thief, kill you!"
Suddenly there was a noise outside the car, and the startled Fu Li Luo's mind was a lot clearer, she hurriedly lifted the curtain and probed, only to see a large group of people surrounded by the small alley bluestone brick-paved road, and from time to time there was a rough shouting and scolding in the bustling crowd, Fu Liluo stretched out his green fingertips and pressed the corner of his forehead with a dull pain, and hurriedly let Manluo shout to stop the carriage moving forward, and carried Manluo down...
"Miss, wait..."Manluo pulled the corner of her clothes, and quickly reached out from under the soft stool on the carriage, and felt a cyan cloud brocade poncho.
"Give the old lady a hard beating, kill this white-eyed wolf..."
The shrill and piercing female voice struck, Fu Liluo looked around, a middle-aged woman who was slightly chubby and dressed very charming, was bowing down and cursing, the fat fingers with jade wrenches mercilessly poked at the black head squatting on the ground, there were several stout little guys standing beside her, all of them staring with fierce faces, the woman who was sitting on the ground and was punched and kicked by two strong men, the woman held her head and didn't seem to dare to resist at all, her head was hidden in her arms and only saw a messy head, and the black silk hanging on her shoulders was also ripped in a mess, and the rags hung loosely on the thin body, she didn't even hide, she sat on the wet ground and let people beat herγ
Fu Li Luo's fair face was crimson, she wrapped her cyan poncho tightly and pushed away the pedestrians and stepped forward, she couldn't tolerate so many people being such a cheap woman, although she was not a martial arts master, but she couldn't suffer a big loss against these tall and strong men, after all, she had secretly practiced the seven-star sword spectrum for a long time, although she didn't have a sword on her body at the moment, but she had eaten the move thoroughly, her only worry was that if she showed her hand, would the manberry be suspicious? Because the little maid always thought that she, as the eldest lady of Otsuka Zai, would only do a little bit of kung fu, Fu Liluo thought to herself...
"Oops! This Mother Yan is really going to beat her to death this time... Hey!"
Someone in the crowd sighed, looked at the ragged woman on the ground and shook his head, his face full of helplessness...
"Yes, I heard that the beaten woman was originally the bodyguard of the girl in the red building, and then she ran away with a man with the girl Lianxin, and she was able to stay to deal with the aftermath.
Manluo's face turned a little pale, pulled Fu Liluo's sleeve, and shrunk her shoulders to look at the fierce strong men: "Miss, don't go over, right?" Manluo's chubby round face was wrinkled together, and Fu Liluo's wrist was clenched bitterly.
It is said that the old bustard Yan mother of the red house is black and white, not only raised a large number of strong men for dog feet, but also opened the way for her in the officialdom, Manluo still remembers that she accompanied the young lady on the street that year, and met this ruthless old bustard lady on the street when she beat the governor's concubine on the street, the delicate and weak little concubine's white little face, and was cut off a few blood marks by this evil woman.
Later, she was still the mother-in-law of the Marquis of Yongding, that is, the young lady's current godmother, Shangguan Lin Yan, and sent someone to settle the matter, who knew that this vicious old bustard also kicked the little concubine a few times, saying that she was spared in front of Mrs. Houfu, Manluo thought about it, and now she still has palpitations!
"Don't be afraid... Wait for your eyes to become a little sicker, and it won't be too late to go to the house to bring rescue troops when you see that the situation is not right. Fu Li Luo's shallow eyes sank slightly, the red tear mole at the corner of her eyes, and her little face became more and more handsome, she slowly pushed away the little maid's clenched arm, lifted her skirt and walked up...
"Looks like the woman is going to peel off her skin today..."
"Yes, you see that the men are as strong as pigs, and it is estimated that the woman's bones are broken!" The passers-by around looked sideways, wrapped their clothes tightly as they spoke, and several onlookers lowered their eyebrows and couldn't bear to look at them anymore.
The rain became heavier and heavier, the dark clouds were black and pressed in the sky, like a thousand pounds of stone blocking the heart, making people breathless, the showers with the raging wind, such as Mount Tai pressed like the top, the woman trembled, curled up and lay in the puddle, several stout guys, also joined the camp of the two thugs, fists and feet with both fists and feet at the thin woman slammed, the woman was like a gossamer humming, as if about to die.
The evil old bustard was still angry, and the hand painted with Kodan fiercely raised the woman's dirty jaw: "Come on, peel off her dirty skin for me..." β
The pedestrians were dumbfounded, their eyes widened in disbelief, and they watched as several smiling little men bent down towards the woman with bright sharp knives...
Some timid women even buried their faces in their man's arms, and their bodies trembled and did not dare to look.
"Stop.."
Just when the sharp knife was about to touch the sharp chin, a clear shout suddenly sounded, and the ethereal voice was as graceful and melodious as the nest of the milk swallow, and suddenly the crowd was like a thunderclap, and followed the sound to the bright girl in plain clothes.
I saw that she was about eight years old, and she stepped forward, holding her skirt lightly with her hands like a soft hand, a pair of autumn eyes were cold and arrogant as if there was no focus, and her well-versed eyes were full of calm, and the silk-like smooth green silk vertical waist, the cold and cold suddenly rose, and she raised a wisp of green silk stuck to the corner of her mouth, she exuded a faint blue light, and the cold breath made people dare not blaspheme half a point.
Several fierce little men looked at each other, the palms holding the sharp knives trembled slightly, glanced at the ruthless old bustard, and actually took a few steps back...
"Who are you? dare to obstruct Mrs. Ben, go away!" The evil old bustard squinted her narrow eyes, carefully looked at the girl in front of her, and her cloudy and yellow eyes rolled back and forth, as if to see her a hole, she wanted to say get out, but when she saw the cold air rendered by the girl's clear and beautiful eyes, she swallowed the word roll back.
Feeling that his arrogance was suppressed by a little girl, the old bustard straightened his plump waist again, and his beautiful eyes stared at Fu Liluo, who was walking in more and more, as if he had been infected with venom: "What a girl who doesn't know whether to live or die! The old lady even dares to beat the ladies of the governor's family, and you dare to rush into the old lady?" The fat body of the evil old bustard twisted over, glared at Fu Liluo with a fierce face, and suddenly raised his thick palm, and was about to hit Fu Liluo, everyone was shocked, and quickly covered their eyes.
I didn't want to, but there was a sound like killing a pig:
"Oh! My hand is going to be broken, it's going to be broken!"
The old bustard ghost cried wolf, and the furrows and ravines full of fat faces were piled up, and they changed shape in an instant, I don't know if they were drenched by rain or sweat!
Everyone raised their eyebrows and looked, only to see the fat hand of the evil woman, tightly grasped in the air by the plain girl, the girl's eyes were shallow and stood there, the clothes fluttered in the wind, and the waterfall-like green silk was entangled with the ribbon on the slender waist.
"Let me go, let me go....." The evil woman changed her face, and slashed Fu Li Luo with her scarlet beautiful eyes, the heavy kitsch fat powder on her body, the smoked Fu Li Luo's eyebrows frowned slightly, Fu Li Luo's eyes flashed a trace of disgust, and suddenly her palms tightened forward, and the evil woman stumbled into the puddle, dressed in bright pink satin, instantly wet by the sludge, and the golden step and jade bead hairpin on her head also fell into the ditch with the loose bun.
The onlookers couldn't help but applaud, and the more daring ones even pointed to the embarrassed evil woman and talked about it.
The wicked woman tore off the loose bun, stared at the little girls who were standing hunched over, and yelled: "A group of rice buckets, hit her quickly, hurry...." she roared hoarsely, her scarlet eyes were about to pop out of her sockets due to anger, and her mouth full of yellow teeth looked like a rabid bitch under the reflection of red lips, cracking her teeth at the indifferent girl.
"Don't... Shoot me! Don't hurt the innocent!"
The woman who was curled up on the ground before, crawled to Fu Liluo with her thin body, with her movement, the blood and water under her body mixed with sludge, winding a bloody path, she trembled and looked up with difficulty, the dirty cheeks stared at the pale Fu Liluo, suddenly a glimmer of light flashed in the dim eyes, and staggered out a thin hand like a vine, Nuo Nuo said: "Big.... Miss... Miss.."
Fu Liluo looked stunned, and hurriedly leaned down to hold the woman's cold fingertips, not caring at all about the stains on the woman's hands, Fu Liluo's heart seemed to be rippling with waves, and it seemed like a warm current attacking, and her watery lips moved: "You... Do you recognize me?"
At the same time, my mind is constantly searching for the slightest memory of the woman in front of me....
The mandarin on the side took off the poncho on his shoulder, leaned over tremblingly, and pointed to the woman on the ground and said tentatively: "You are... Mu Qi?" Manluo looked at the woman on the ground carefully, the woman's cloth clothes were infected with blood and sludge, and she couldn't see the color for a long time.
But when she heard her name called, her bony body trembled more and more, and the woman looked at Manluo with her thin shoulders, and her chapped lips trembled and she didn't say a word.