Mrs. Gu sat in front of the dressing mirror, running her hair with a comb, she looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and sighed silently, she hadn't dyed her hair for a few days, and the long hair inside had white stubble, a forty-year-old woman couldn't compare with a woman of delicate age, although she looked much younger than her peers due to proper maintenance.

Licheng is like a cage, deeply bound her, and finally escaped from the big cage, facing a new life, the future may be full of thorns and obstacles, but she has no way out, can only run to the dark.

It is a decade different from highland barley, and it doesn't show anything now, so what about five years from now, ten years from now? Mrs. Gu held the comb hard, she was very unconfident in herself, from Licheng to Dawu, she really used up all the guts in her life.

"Madam, the old slave just went around outside, and he hasn't come back yet."

Mama Liu opened the curtain and walked in with a pot of tea, she didn't know how to call the barley, so she called her name or replaced it with a "he" word. After inquiring about the news, Mama Liu didn't dare to tell her wife, for fear that she would be cranky again.

If Qingli goes to a big family to sing and is left for a day or two, it is normal, she is afraid that someone from Licheng will catch Qingli and force her to ask about Mrs. Gu's whereabouts.

The city lord already knew everything about his wife, and how could he hide the wind and grass in the city? For the sake of face, the city lord did not break this layer of window paper, after all, the master mother is different from the concubine, but it does not mean that the city lord is lenient and allows himself to be cuckolded, he sent someone to put a toxin in the lady's tea, which is chronic, and will make the body weak until death, and the gods do not know it.

If it weren't for the fact that when she came, Mrs. fell ill and met a miracle doctor, Mrs. would have died now, the city lord was so ruthless, he didn't care about the love of husband and wife at all, why not leave such a man?

"Maybe I'll be left to eat and drink, and wait."

Mrs. Gu's words interrupted Mama Liu's thoughts, and Mama Liu quickly took the comb and said with a smile, "We have been serving by our side all these years, where can you comb your hair!" ”

"Yes, if I don't have your care along the way, I ......"

Mrs. Gu smiled bitterly, she was a woman, before she got married, her mother's family was noble, there were more than 20 maids and women around her, after getting married, she lived a life of fine clothes and food, escaped from Licheng, and was destined to suffer some hardships, especially after the silver money on her body was robbed by the mountain bandits, she found that it was impossible to do without silver. At the end of the day, Mo Xiaohe finally couldn't support it, yawned again and again, and finally snuggled in the arms of her husband Gu Zheng, slept peacefully, and woke up, the sun was in the west, and the sky soon darkened.

The inner room is lit with a candle, Mrs. Gu is sitting under the oil lamp threading the needle, since Mo Xiaohe married into the door, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have only been in contact with Licheng for a short time, she is a mother-in-law, and has not done a stitch and thread for her daughter-in-law, at this moment, she is embroidering peony flowers on the red satin, the peony petals are layered, the wiring is very elegant, lifelike, as if you can smell the fragrance of flowers.

"Young lady, Mrs. cooks and makes wine-stuffed balls."

Mama Liu stood outside the door for a while, she was holding a small bowl in her hand, her expression was extremely unnatural, her heart was up and down, it was getting late, and the barley had not returned, could it be that something really happened?

"Mama Liu, you still call me Xiaohe!"

There is no servant around her, and she lives in the market, the young lady made her sound very awkward, Mo Xiaohe scooped the wine-stuffed balls with a spoon and put them in front of Gu Zheng's mouth, "Husband, taste it delicious or not." ”

Gu Zheng's eyes were deep, he shook his head and refused, he was very conflicted in his heart, after the battle between heaven and man, he decided not to care about idle things in the future, even if that person was his own mother, since she could escape from Licheng, she should have the consciousness of bearing the consequences, no matter what she did, violating the rules, she always had to pay the price, it was not his ruthlessness.

"Mama Liu, I can send you to a relatively safe place, as for what happens in the future, it has nothing to do with me."

Although the words are ruthless, it is the biggest concession Gu Zheng can make, he has never experienced the family affection that blood is thicker than water, and he does not expect extravagance from these, and he doesn't want anyone to disturb the peaceful life of him and his wife, so he stays because he wants to wait for the barley to come back, listen to their plans, and then make arrangements.

"Young Master......"

Mama Liu stood stunned in place, she found that neither Mrs. nor her, who was a subordinate, had no position to ask Gu Zheng, to be able to do this, it was already the best result, the mistakes she had made had been in her heart for many years, leaving an insurmountable gap.

When Mo Xiaohe heard her husband say this, she let go of her hanging heart, everyone is selfish, she doesn't know what attitude to use to face her mother-in-law, and she doesn't want someone to take care of her under her nose, Mrs. Gu lives with her, it will be very embarrassing. But these words, she can't say directly, her husband's situation is special, she must understand, act according to his wishes.

There was a noise outside the door, and Mama Liu heard the sound of banging on the door, and hurriedly ran out to open the door, and then heard her deliberately low voice.

"What's going on?"

There was no light behind the courtyard gate, and Mama Liu opened the door and saw that the barley had a blue and purple face, and there were blood stains on the corner of his mouth, thinking that he had fallen in the alley.

There are often people throwing things in the alley, and on rainy days, some people are afraid of getting their shoes wet, so they put bricks on low-lying places, and they can't see clearly when it's dark, and it's easy to trip over.

"Madame has been waiting for you, come in first to take the medicine."

It stands to reason that Qingli is old enough to be Mama Liu's junior, but now that he is with Mrs. Gu, Mama Liu doesn't know what kind of identity to look at, and always abides by the male and female defenses.

As soon as the door opened, the barley staggered into the door and knelt directly on the ground, and Mrs. Gu heard the sound and went out with a lantern.

"Barley, what's wrong with you? Didn't you find it by those people? ”

Mrs. Gu immediately shed tears in distress, squatted on the ground, and wanted to help the barley up, but she had little strength and was so anxious that she was sweating profusely, and the barley was still lying on the ground and couldn't get up.

His back was full of traces of whipping, his skin was open, his flesh was blurred, and there were scratches on his hands and feet from the ropes, despite this, Qing Barley still used his best strength to stroke Mrs. Gu's hair with his pale and slender hands, and gasped, "I'm fine, don't worry, it's just a skin injury." ”

"Where's the cutaneous trauma? There was blood all over the clothes, how much blood was shed! ”

Mrs. Gu's eyes were full of tears, her heart hurt so much that she couldn't do it, she wanted to know now, who hurt the barley, and if it was someone from Licheng, how could she let him go?

"This is the money I earned, and that's all."

The barley coughed twice, which made Mrs. Gu even more anxious, and finally relied on Gu Zheng's help to carry the barley to the inner room.

Mrs. Gu looked at the silver, the faint blood stains on it, this is all the blood of barley, although she has always lived a pampered life, but she also knows that since she escaped from Licheng, the future days will be heaven and earth, coarse tea and light food, no matter how hard and tired, as long as she is with the person she loves, she is also happy.

"I didn't meet those people, I went to the prefect's yamen to sing."

Qing Barley took a sip of water, closed his eyes, and after opening them for a while, his eyes were clear, he was introduced to sing by the people of the opera troupe, but he didn't know that the prefect had a special habit, both men and women eat, and it was better to be male.

After the prefect saw it, he thought about it, but as a parental official, he was dignified and didn't want to leave a bad influence, so he sent someone to deceive the barley into the house in the name of singing.

The prefect gave a high price, Qing Barley thought that the family needed money, he couldn't live up to Mrs. Gu, thought twice, or went, but didn't want to, fell into the devil's cave, he didn't agree to the prefect's courtship, he was abused, and finally a family member in the house, seeing that he resisted badly, he became sympathetic and secretly let him go.

There are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and the prefect must not give up, Qing Barley thought, they should leave here as soon as possible and go in the direction of Dawu Kyoto, which should be safe.

------Off topic------

I'm sorry book friends, Xiaolian had gastroenteritis and didn't get up after lying down for a day, but I insisted on not breaking for more than 20 days, so I could only write less and make up for it when I got better.

This book was first published by Lewen, please do not reprint!