Chapter 8 The heart is like a silk net, a thousand knots
"Mother, mother......"
Mo Ruxue was whispering in her sleep, and tears were sliding down the corners of her eyes.
"Don't ...... Don't ......"
In the cold winter of that year, she and her mother were kicked out of Mofu and lived on the streets, unclothed. The mother of the house, He Shi, framed his mother for stealing the seal and taking silver taels privately, and wanted to put her to death, but her father Mo Min watched coldly from the sidelines - no, to be precise, He Shi got Mo Min's permission.
The snowflakes melted and wet the ground outside the ancestral hall, and his mother, second brother and Yu's mother had been kneeling on the wet ground for two hours, and when the cold wind blew, they felt cold and biting. He and Mo Min sat under the cloister of the ancestral hall, beside which was a charcoal stove.
The plum blossoms in the yard are blooming, and on the branches, a large number of plum blossoms are blooming proudly, and the red flowers are competing with each other, blooming with vitality. It's a pity that no one appreciates such a beautiful view.
He Fanyi wore a long jacket, took a cup of hot tea, and showed a cold smile on his lips: "Slut Yan, steal the jade seal of this lady." Come on, twenty rods!"
Yan Yi was wearing thin clothes, kneeling on the ground and constantly defending, her hair was unkempt, her hair was sticking to her face, and her lips were blue from the cold: "Master, the concubine is wronged, and the concubine has not stolen the jade seal of the eldest lady." β
Bright silver bars hang from trees with fallen leaves, long icicles are gazing in front of the eaves, and the winter of the Jin Kingdom is always rainy and snowy. The icy rain and snow hit the face, dripped into the heart, invaded the bones, and then slowly spread in the body until it penetrated the heart and spleen, until the blood clotted.
"How dare you quibble!"
He Fanyi glared at Yan Yan fiercely, and turned his head to signal his subordinates to take out the records of the silver taels in the treasury. The charcoal crackled in the furnace, and Mo Min hung the unification token around his waist, sitting majestically under the porch. There was a look of indifference between his eyebrows, and the book in his hand was thrown to the ground after only a few pages were flipped around.
Yan Yi hurriedly repeated: "The concubine really didn't steal the jade seal of the eldest lady!"
Mo Min pointed to the book and said angrily: "Nonsense. You are the one who took the silver taels, and the one who used the silver taels is also you, and even the jade seal was found in your room, and you dare to say that you have been wronged?"
In the biting cold wind, people's breath turned into a puff of white smoke, like a haunting mist coming from a cooking room. Yan Yi shook her head incredulously, although she was already embarrassed, her eyes were still bright and deep: "Master, don't you believe in the concubine body, the concubine body really didn't steal the jade seal......
The raging cold wind whirred in his ears, and the four people kneeling in the rain and snow fought motionless against the bitter cold. Like plum blossoms, their arrogance in the ice and snow will never waver.
"The evidence is conclusive, naturally I won't believe you," Mo Min's face turned pale, he snorted coldly and turned to He Fanyi, and said in a calm tone: "According to what the eldest lady said, the rod is twenty, until the Yan clan admits it!"
The ends of the four's hair were frozen, and they were shaking. What is ice and snow, colder than midwinter, is the ruthless human heart.
Mo Qiqiu, who had been kneeling on the ground, suddenly raised his head, and he shouted: "What evidence is conclusive, my mother is obviously wronged." He, you deliberately framed your mother!"
Mo Ruxue also echoed and shouted: "The second brother is right, my mother is wronged." Ho, you deliberately made things difficult!"
Yu's mother wanted to cover the mouths of the two children, but was pushed away by the children. Mo Ruxue and Mo Qiqiu stood in the courtyard, pointing at He Fanyi and scolding.
"He, you are a slut!"
"He Shi, why did you frame your mother!"
He Fanyi was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he roared with a straight face: "Come on, the second son and the fourth lady speak disrespectfully, and they will be scolded for twenty with a cane." β
She made a gesture to the subordinates beside her, and seven or eight strong men pulled Mo Qiqiu and Mo Ruxue apart and pressed them to the ground. Mo Min was leisurely drinking tea in front of the table, the corners of his mouth full of sneers.
"No, don't ......" Yan Yan's pale face was full of tears, but the tears fell to the ground at most, and they would not fall into anyone's heart.
"Do you think I won't dare to kill you?" Mo Min's eagle eyes stared at Yan Yan deadly, and his cold voice made people palpitate: "Slut, you are no longer the young lady of Yan Mansion now, you are the second lady of Mo Mansion, and you are a person who has committed crimes." β
The thick wooden stick was about to hit Mo Qiqiu and Mo Ruxue, and He Fanyi showed a cruel smile. The hooked red lips are more eye-catching than the plum blossoms in the ancestral hall.
Yan Yi kept kowtowing, the ground was stained with blood, and she begged: "Master, master, stop, no-master is gracious, master is gracious...... The concubine confessed that the jade seal was stolen by the concubine. It is not a pity for the concubine to die, please let go of the concubine's children and spare them. β
Mo Min raised his hand to stop the seven or eight strong men, and Mo Qiqiu and Mo Ruxue were let go. He looked at the two children who returned to Yan Yi with great interest: "Madam, Yan has confessed, what do you say should happen next?"
He Fanyi raised his head and said: "Master, in my opinion, this slut will be expelled from the Mo Mansion, and the two little beasts she gave birth to will be expelled together." β
The rain and snow gradually lightened, and seven or eight strong men holding wooden sticks just now stood in a row under the plum blossom tree. Everyone, waiting for the Yan clan to leave. At this time, an old voice echoed in the ancestral hall.
"The old slave has something to say. β
Mo Min asked in a deep voice unhappily, "What words?"
Yu's mother got up tremblingly and said, "The fourth lady and the lady can be expelled from the Mo Mansion, but the second son cannot. β
He Fanyi put down the teacup and got up, she said loudly: "You are just a marry, a servant of the Mo Mansion, and you actually refuteββ"
"Let her finish," Mo Min intercepted He Fanyi's words for the first time in two hours: "Why?"
Yu's mother replied without humility or arrogance: "The second son cannot be driven out of the Mo Mansion, the lord issued an edict today, the second son is similar in age to the third prince, and he is ordered to be a companion for three years." β
He Fanyi looked surprised, and she hurriedly asked, "When will the holy decree come?"
Yu's mother spit out two words unhurriedly in the cold wind: "Si Shi." β
He Fanyi sat down slowly and said disdainfully: "It's good to count him." Master, since the Lord has decreed, let this son stay in the house. β
The blood stains on the ground formed a thin layer of ice, and Mo Min said, "Okay." In this way, the Yan family and his daughter Mo Ruxue immediately left the mansion and must no longer have anything to do with the Mo mansion. β
He Fanyi's cold eyes revealed smugness: "Twenty rods are exempt, go out of the house, Yan." β
Mo Ruxue didn't remember how she and her mother got out of Mofu and how they came to the land of fireworks, she only remembered that she woke up the next day and slept on a warm and soft bed. The mother was in front of her bed, gently touching her head, smiling and mending her clothes. There seemed to be no day or night, it was a place where the clouds were light and breezy, beautiful and leisurely, and full of light, but there, she could see her mother very few times every day.
Winter goes to spring, year after year, for five years. One dark and windy night, Yan Yan secretly took Mo Ruxue out of the land of fireworks. In front of the Mofu Gate, the lights are colorful, and the faces of people who come and go are full of smiles. Yan Yi told Mo Ruxue that Mo Mansion had added a new daughter, and everyone was going to Mo Mansion to congratulate him.
In the shade under the tree, Mo Ruxue and Yan Yi watched the guests in and out of the Mo Mansion. An imposing figure appeared, and Yan Yan pulled Mo Ruxue and rushed to the man, blocking his way.
"Master, master, please stay. β
Yan Yi knelt down in front of Mo Min and begged Mo Min not to go: "Master, please ......"
Mo Min frowned, looked impatient, and ordered them to coax Lian to the door, and then threw his sleeves away. Mo Ruxue and Yan Yi knelt outside the door, letting the guests point and point.
Another familiar figure appeared, it was He Fanyi. He Fanyi was more arrogant than before, and his tone was more bitter than before. She stopped in front of the door and said, "Slut, how can the door style of Mofu allow you to be corrupted!"
On the summer night, the heat had not subsided, Mo Ruxue knelt on the scorching stone slab, she wanted to hug Yan Yi, but Yan Yan pressed and kowtowed to He Fanyi.
Yan Yan raised his head, crying and begging He Fanyi intermittently: "Big lady, big lady...... Please......"
He Fanyi turned a deaf ear to Yan Yan's pleas, and scolded in a low voice: "Don't be embarrassed at the door, come in." β
The furnishings of the Mofu Hall are still gorgeous, and there are not many changes compared to five years ago. As soon as the servant poured a full of hot tea, He Fanyi poured the hot tea on Mo Ruxue and Yan Yi: "You are already a person who can be a husband, and you still want to go back to Mofu?"
Mo Ruxue and Yan Yan were still kneeling, and the place where the tea had been scalded felt hot.
Yan Yi walked to He Fanyi's side and begged bitterly: "The eldest lady, please calm your anger, the slave family does not dare to be delusional, but beg the eldest lady and the old man to take pity on the slave family and accept the little girl." β
Mo Ruxue's chin was picked up by a hand, He Fanyi looked at Mo Ruxue's appearance, and said to Yan Yi leisurely: "It's a bit of a posture." Why, I'm afraid that she will also pick up customers when she is in kindergarten? The slut is so thoughtful, she is really prepared for a rainy day. β
Yan Yi bowed his head and said: "The slave family doesn't dare, as long as the eldest lady and the master can accept the little girl, the slave family is at the disposal of the eldest lady." β
He Fanyi ordered someone to lay pen and ink on the table, and said proudly: "Okay, when you say goodbye to her, let the dog and the girl lead her to the east courtyard." β
Mo Ruxue clutched Yan Yan's sleeve tightly and refused to let go. Because she clearly knows that if she lets go, she will never see her mother again, she doesn't want to lose her mother, she doesn't want her mother to leave her. The sky swirled for a while, and she was pulled out of the hall by her subordinates, and her mother's figure became farther and farther away, more and more blurred. In the empty room, she cried incessantly until she was exhausted, until she fell into a deep sleep......
She was woken up by a jostle of play, and two children a few years older than her were chasing after her. They said she was their sister and that they were going to take her to an interesting place. Mo Ruxue followed them around Mofu, going to many places she hadn't been to before, and she didn't stop until it was dark.
When it was dark, her brother and sister told her to close her eyes and said to take her to the last place. She took her brother and sister's hand, and staggered with every step. After walking for a long time, the brother and sister finally let go of her hand. When she opened her eyes, there was only darkness around her, and her brother and sister were long gone.
"Mother-mother-" Mo Ruxue looked around, only to see Mo Qiqiu standing in a light not far away, she threw herself towards Mo Qiqiu, but she couldn't touch Mo Qiqiu anyway: "Second brother-second brother-"
Mo Ruxue suddenly opened her eyes, and her forehead was covered with sweat. She looked up at the window and saw that the east had turned white.