It rained during the night.

The soaked cold air seeped out from the bottom of the stone bricks, and the mat was damp, and he was still shivering with cold even after wrapping the quilt tightly.

When he was abducted, he was even smaller than he is now, and even if he remembers it repeatedly, it was only a shadow of a mirage, covered with a layer of fog, reflecting the light of the lanterns.

A lotus eight immortals across the sea and the horse glass lamp rotated, the painting on the lamp was lifelike, he was held in the arms of his mother, and his mother said gently: "It's good-looking, right? Brother Mu, this is a lantern sent by my father." ”

He remembered that the bead curtain made of glass beads the size of lotus seeds and rice was rolled up, and the cold light shrouded in the face of his mother, he sat on the small pestle and looked up with his head up, but he couldn't see it clearly, and his mother came over, and the silver-red satin skirt embroidered with a large white peony flower was dragged on the ground, gently rippling like water lines, and the jade rings on the slender waist were sonorous. Many beautiful women walked by, and they laughed and laughed as crisp as silver bells, so lively, but no one noticed him.

The crowd is surging, bustling, he sits on the shoulders of a tall man, and sees very high and far away, rows of beautiful lanterns hang under the eaves of the market, the sparkling river reflects the starry sky, and weaves into the human lights of several meridians, and the little ladies carry the skirts and carefully carry bamboo poles on the bank of the river to put lotus-like river lanterns. He was full of curiosity, dizzying, and excitedly commanded, "Go over there, go over there!" As he walked, there seemed to be fewer people around him, and the man who put him on his shoulder walked into a dark alley, and he looked around, and there was not a single familiar face.

"Mother!" he cried, and his mouth was covered and put in a sack.

He didn't cry or make a fuss afterwards. He was locked up with a number of kidnapped children like him, and those little fools only knew how to cry, and instead of crying, they wanted to escape, but some of them only knew how to run blindly, and he saw with his own eyes that a child was caught and beaten half to death without even going out of the door, and lay on the ground moaning in pain for two days before dying, and the adults came and took away a broken straw mat, and there was a small pool of dark blood on the ground, and no one dared to go over and sit, only he dared. He walked over and wiped the floor clean with a cloth, and thought as he went: he will escape, but he will not die in vain, he will live.

The troupe didn't stay in one place for too long, they kidnapped children in one place, and after a while, they went to sing in other places, so they sold them along the way, but he was kept all the time, at first because the class owner thought the price was not high enough, and then he learned the drama well.

It was also a rainy night, and he was awakened by the sound of the door being pushed, and a flash of lightning shone for a moment, so that he could see the swaying figure in the doorway. He panicked, and quietly and quickly burrowed under the bed through the night, and the man stopped in front of the bed, dragging a huge shadow, like a dark beast watching him. The other children lying on the bed woke up and asked a few questions, but the rain was too loud for him to hear. The child screamed bitterly, he covered his ears, his eyes stared at the shadow on the ground without blinking, he was going to die, and he was going to pull someone to go to hell with him! After that, he never dared to fall asleep on the bed again, and could only close his eyes for a moment under the bed.

He woke up.

It's too cold.

He crawled out of the bed and stood on the edge of the bed, staring at the ugly monster lying soundly asleep on the bed...... His bedding looked warm.

The rain outside stopped.

The quiet pin drop could be heard in the room.

- "I was abducted. I have a mother, I'm going to find my mother!"

Why did he sue the ugly eight monsters about this? Probably because the ugly eight monsters kept asking questions, which was too annoying.

- "Well, then I'll help you find your mother." ”

…… He didn't believe it.

He approached and leaned over and sniffed it, fragrant. His mother-in-law is also always fragrant.

This ugly is ugly, but people are very fragrant.

He crept into bed and crept into the quilt, which was so large that he only occupied a corner.

It was really warm. He lay under the covers and thought, he squinted his eyes for a while, and before the ugly monster woke up, he secretly went back to the bed.

The child thought, pillow with the fragrance that seemed to be absent, and unconsciously fell asleep.

The next morning, Gu Xuezhou woke up with a heavy chest and found the little guy wrapped around him like an octopus, no wonder he was overwhelmed in his dreams. Could it be that he was sleepwalking in the middle of the night? Impossible, he had been sleeping in this position without turning over a single one. So this little guy climbed into bed on his own?

Gu Xuezhou looked at the child's calm and peaceful sleeping face, remembering what they said last night, the child finally spoke to him and told him about his own life experience...... Gu Xuezhou now knows that the child's name is "Brother Mu".

He lay motionless, enjoying this hard-won warm moment, silently remembering...... When he was a child, he also snuggled up to his brother and slept like this, which seemed to be a matter of his previous life.

After a long time, Gu Xuezhou felt that he couldn't lie down anymore, he had to go to the store to open it!

First pushed the leg that was on his waist and gently pushed it away, and then looked down at the little hand that was tightly tugging at his clothes, Gu Xuezhou carefully flicked his small fingers, and as soon as he touched it, the little face that was close at hand wrinkled slightly, and he smacked his mouth, Gu Xuezhou suddenly froze and didn't dare to move. He thought about it, untied his clothes, took off his clothes, and finally got out.

Gu Xuezhou sighed, this kid hasn't changed his clothes for three days, it's a little stinky, how can I coax him to take a bath?

The incense powder shop is not in a hurry to open early, who will buy rouge gouache early in the morning? Gu Xuezhou changed into a lotus brown cloth and tied his hair with a wooden hairpin.

Business was deserted in the morning, and it was almost noon, Gu Xuezhou always thought about the little guy at home, and wanted to take the time to go back to feed food and snacks.

At this time, a young man dressed as a scholar stepped into the threshold of the store, he was dressed in a moon-white treasure pattern Hangzhou silk straight jacket, with a long body and a polite style: "Anzhi, long time no see?"

Gu Xuezhou greeted him happily, "Yuheng, why are you here, when did you come back?"

This person's name is Wang Bi, the word Yuheng, Gu Xuezhou's friend. If you want to talk about the origin, Wang Biao almost became his brother-in-law back then, and it was his first deceased fiancée, Wang Xiaoniangzi's brother, and Wang Biao was also the one who bypassed his parents to inform him of his sister's illness. Later, although they did not get married, Gu Xuezhou and the eldest young master of the Wang family were still friends. Wang Bi was admitted to the Tongsheng examination at the age of sixteen, and went to the county school to study last year, and every time Xiu Mu came back, he must come to visit Gu Xuezhou.

"Just came back yesterday. I'm coming to see you today. Wang Bi followed the little boy who served behind him and cleverly brought up a food box, "The dim sum candied fruit I brought back from the county will be given you to taste." ”

Gu Xuezhou was stunned, he took out a cloisonné enamel porcelain box with iris pattern from his sleeve, handed it over reluctantly, and reciprocated, "Give it to you." ”

Wang Biao knew that this must be a good thing, and took it unceremoniously, "What is this?" He twisted the lid open, and it was a box of rouge.

Gu Xuezhou said shyly: "I made three boxes of my newly made flower dew rouge, the top is good, and you can make up your cheeks and lips." Take it to honor your mother!"

Wang Biao smiled: "I naturally brought a gift to my mother." I also accepted your rouge, and you also kept a box for your future lady. ”

Which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned! Gu Xuezhou's face stiffened, and his expression was gloomy.

Wang Bi continued: "I heard about Miss Liu'er...... Why are you so foolish and agreed to hide it for them? You have a reputation for a wife, and the dowry has not been returned to you, right?"

Gu Xuezhou glanced at him, they also said that your sister was also killed by me, he shook his fist at Wang Bi helplessly, and begged him not to say any more. Gu Xuezhou remembered something and could just ask, "Do you know about Zhao Yuan's family?"

The two sat down and said, took out a plate of dim sum that Wang Biao had just given, and Wang Biao took a piece of cloud cake to eat, "The cloud cake here is thin and soft, white and sweet." Then he said casually, "I heard about Zhao Yuanwai's family, those actors live in the inn, and they are still making trouble, they were looking for someone before, but now they suspect that Zhao Yuanwai has killed someone." ”

"What?" Gu Xuezhou diligently poured him a cup of Mingqian Longjing.

"I heard that in fact, Zhao Yuanwai took a fancy to a beautiful boy in the troupe, and wanted to take it for himself, but the class owner did not follow, and then the child disappeared before leaving, and the class owner went back to look for it, and found a child's fallen shoes in the garden, shouting that Zhao Yuanwai had hidden people and wanted to find someone in his house. How could Zhao Yuanwai let these actors rummage through boxes and cabinets in his own house to find someone? The troupe blocked the door and asked for a few days, but no one arrived, and it was said that they were preparing to report to the official. But a few days later, there was no trace of the child at Zhao Yuanwai's house, and the actor suspected that the child had been killed by him. Gee. Wang Bi sighed, "Zhao Yuanwai looked well-dressed, but he didn't expect to play with children." ”

Gu Xuezhou's hands trembled a little when he heard this, and he made up his mind that he couldn't send that poor child back to that kind of worm, snake and rat nest again!

At noon, Gu Xuezhou went back with the snacks sent by Wang Bi.

As soon as I walked to the door, I found that the door was ajar.

Gu Xuezhou heard the child's frightened shout: "Let go of me!