The woman's voice had never been heard before.

This is a large courtyard, each family is a neighbor to each other, more familiar with the neighbor's house than their own home, not to mention what people are in the family, that is, there are relatives and friends who come and go a little often, everyone also knows everything like their own relatives. So the little monkey had never heard this voice, which meant that this person had never been to the courtyard.

And what did she say?

Although the little monkey is a half-grown child, he also knows that there is only one prince in the northwest, that is, the newly crowned king of Anjun and the fourth prince of the former Dingbei Hou Mansion, so when he heard this woman say "our prince", he couldn't help but be curious - this is the person sent by the prince of the county?

Children in the northwest are bold, wild, and have fewer rules. The little monkey was so curious that he didn't call anyone or knock on the door, so he peeked through the crack in the window and looked inside.

This house is already dilapidated, after the man from the Li family fell ill, the family went to the quarantine area, and when he came back, only Chunshengniang was left, where did he have the heart to clean up the house, and now even the window paper on the window is super cute and cool, which is convenient for the little monkey to snoop.

The house was low and dimly lit, and the little monkey looked at the window for a long time before he could tell that Chun Shengniang was half-lying on the bed, and a young woman was sitting beside the bed, combing her beard, and talking to her.

"What do I want these things for!" Chun Shengniang was about to sit up excitedly, reached out and grabbed a paper bag and threw it on the ground. The paper bag was broken, and a sweet fragrance suddenly spread, which made the little monkey swallow his saliva - this smell is like the sesame cake made by an old store on the street, Uncle Xu once took him to eat it, although there was only one piece, but he still remembers the taste.

The young woman did not stop Chun Shengniang's move, and she threw two paper bags in a row. What rolled out of the second paper bag was a piece of braised pork, although it was a little cold, it still exuded a completely different aroma from the dim sum, which caused the little monkey to salivate and it was too late to swallow.

These two different aromas seem to have softened Chun Shengniang a little, her hand has already grabbed the third paper bag, but she didn't fall down in the air, and she suddenly covered her face and cried after a while: "These good things, they haven't eaten them!" My poor Chunsheng, why did you die, just leave your mother! And tell me to go to that ambulance team, I, what am I going to do, to see the man who killed you? ”

The young woman listened silently to her crying for a while, and then said softly: "Sister-in-law, our prince knows that you are suffering, so he asked me to send these over." Don't worry, I know that there is no one in your mother's family, and our prince will arrange your affairs in the future. ”

Chunshengniang cried even more painfully. She first lost her husband in this epidemic, and then lost her son, and after she got out of the quarantine area alive, she learned that her brother and sister-in-law and nephew also died of anthrax, and according to the news released by the Beihou Mansion, the village where her mother's home is located is the source of anthrax.

The village chief is now in prison, and even his son, who is a county magistrate, has lost his official position—not because he is hiding the epidemic, because he really doesn't know what his father is doing in the village—but because he is greedy for money in office, and the money that his father used to buy people to seal his mouth is what he embezzled.

These silver coins are not too much, seven or eight hundred taels of silver, if they are placed in the capital, I am afraid that it is not enough for a high-ranking official to respect Bing Jing for a season, but it is not a decimal number in the northwest, and it is at such a critical time, the county Cheng was also dismissed and imprisoned, and after the interrogation, he was handed to the capital, just waiting for a reply. However, everyone said that the family was finished, and most of the father and son were beheaded together.

Of course, no one sympathized with them. How many people have died in an epidemic, and whoever sympathizes with them is a fool! However, even if the whole family is beheaded, the dead are still dead and cannot be saved.

Chunsheng Niang is about bad luck. Her mother's family is not from this village, but her sister-in-law's family is here. After her parents went, her brother sold his belongings to hold a funeral for the two elders, and moved to his wife's village to raise sheep, which was almost equivalent to recruiting a son-in-law. As a result, sheep farming failed to make a fortune, but encountered an epidemic, and all five members of the family were infected with the disease, and they were all pulled to death.

Coming out of the quarantine area, Chun Shengniang was already like losing her soul, and when she heard that her brother, sister-in-law and nephew were all dead, she almost died headlong - she was truly helpless and helpless in this world.

"I regret it...... Chunshengniang has dried up her tears in the past few days, and then she howled almost without tears, "If I hadn't taken that medicine at that time, maybe Chunsheng wouldn't have died...... "If she has a son, she has hope, which is like now......

The young woman sighed, took out a purse and put it next to her pillow: "This is five taels of silver, sister-in-law, you can take it for the time being." This dead man's thing...... Our prince can't bear it, but ......"

Chunshengniang wanted to drop the purse again: "A few taels of silver can buy our Chunsheng's life?" What's wrong with the prince, the prince also has to be reasonable! Since the princess of the county proposed the method of planting pox, she cried outside that her son's death was due to the medicine of the princess of the county, and no one would listen to it. talked too much, and was reprimanded, saying that her son was a person who was going to die, and if he didn't take medicine, he would die.

Chunsheng Niang felt that she was going crazy. How did her son become a dead man? At that time, I was still alive and well when I was feeding the medicine. Of course, I was indeed sick, but, but I didn't look like I was going to breathe! Is it going to die, isn't it all the princess of the county who said it? She said it, is it okay?

It's a big thing to get rid of the princess of the hateful county, and the people who ate the green plum before and died of it, a few of them have children who want to get pox, so they don't care about the medicine and death in front of them. Originally, she wanted to contact these families and go to the Hou Mansion to seek justice, but now a few families have retreated, and the others have not been silent, leaving her alone, and no one pays attention to it at all.

The more Chunshengniang thought about it, the more wronged she became, the more she thought about it, the more painful she became, she covered her face and cried: "Why didn't I go with them!" ”

The little monkey's ears were buzzing with this cry, his heart was furious, and he wanted to go home, looking at the meat bowl in his hand and hesitating. Standing under the window and not knowing what to do, he heard the young woman in the room say softly: "Sister-in-law, silver naturally can't buy human lives, but it's just a little bit of our prince's heart." The princess is young, and the newly made medicine - hey, he is also in a hurry to save people - and now that he has died, our prince can't get over it. My sister-in-law is still young, so she has to plan for the future. ”

"What else do I have ...... future," Chun Shengniang cried, "I just want to get justice, my son can't die in vain!" ”

"Sister-in-law, this matter will come a long way." The young woman sighed softly, "You have to live to say this, don't you?" ”

Chun Shengniang stopped crying and raised her eyes to look at her: "What does this mean, is the prince still willing to give us justice?" ”

The young woman coughed lightly: "Sister-in-law, after all, the princess was pointed down by the emperor, and our prince ...... Hey, pox is also a big deal nowadays, and nothing can get over it. ”

The little monkey was confused outside, but Chun Shengniang seemed to understand something, and stared at the young woman: "You mean, in the future, the prince will still be willing to call the shots for us in the future?" ”

The young woman sighed again: "Our prince has always pretended to be the people of the northwest in his heart, but it is good for my sister-in-law to be considerate." ”

The sound in the room gradually lowered, and the little monkey couldn't hear clearly when he was holding on to the window. The wind outside was cold, the meat bowl in his hand was already cold, and a layer of white oil had formed on the meat, and he couldn't hold it anymore. The little monkey was thinking about whether to go home first, when the door opened, and a woman in light green clothes walked out: "Sister-in-law, let's rest, I'll come to see my sister-in-law in a few days." ”

The little monkey knew it was the one who was talking inside. He shrank in the corner of the wall and took a look, and saw that the color of the woman's clothes was not particularly bright, but in the sunlight, he could faintly see some patterns, which were more beautiful than the red and green cloths that the little monkey had seen.

He boldly glanced at the woman's face again, and suddenly felt a little unable to take his eyes off. The eleven or twelve-year-old boy said that he didn't understand, and he didn't understand it and understood a little bit dimly, but he just thought that this woman was good-looking. Everyone said that his mother was born white, but this woman looked like - the little monkey couldn't describe any words like a jade carved snowdrift, but he knew that his mother was far from this woman.

He stared blankly at the woman's distant back, and in the sunlight there were a few pieces of jewelry in her dark hair that shone golden, like a butterfly, but more delicate and beautiful than all the butterflies he had ever seen.

"Little monkey?" Chun Shengniang's voice came from the door, "Why are you here?" ”

The little monkey came back to his senses and hurriedly handed the meat bowl out: "My mother made some meat, let me send it ......"

"Hey, you and your mother are both good people......" Chun Shengniang stood with a pale face holding on to the door frame, touched the little monkey's head, and took the meat bowl, "Come, my aunt also has something for you to take back." ”

The paper bag on the ground has been packed up on the table, Chun Shengniang took a few pieces of snacks that were not broken, and also took a few pieces of braised meat, and stuffed it to the little monkey: "Take it back and eat it, it's useless to keep it here, auntie......" As she spoke, her eyes were red again, but this time there were no tears in her eyes.

The little monkey was a little hesitant. This rabbit was hunted by Sergeant Xu outside, but the dim sum and braised meat must have been bought with money. Although he was still a half-grown child, he also knew the truth here, and he didn't dare to go back with his things.

"Hey, don't be afraid, just take it back!" Chunsheng Niang took half a piece of snack and stuffed it into the little monkey's mouth, and bit a piece herself, "Eat, eat!" She bit down the crispy snack, as if she were biting someone's flesh, and muttered, "I can't die, I'm going to wait, waiting for justice in the future!" ”

The little monkey was frightened by the light in her eyes, and the sweet snacks in her mouth lost their charm a little, and she slipped home with a few muttered words. He handed the dim sum and braised pork to Zaohua, which startled Zaohua: "Where did it come from?" ”

The little monkey has a good memory, and he memorized what the woman said to Chunshengniang, and said it to Zaohua in a slightly confused way. Zaohua's eyes couldn't help but light up: "I know that the prince of the county is a good person!" must have been deceived by the surname Ding! ”

The little monkey looked at his mother as if he didn't understand. Somehow, he felt that his mother seemed a little similar to Chunshengniang at this time......

Cicada Yi, who walked out of Chunsheng's house, got into an inconspicuous carriage at the entrance of the alley, stopped at the door of the time-honored dim sum shop in Yanzhou City, bought a few dim sum, and then changed to another carriage as if nothing happened, and returned to the Dingbei Hou Mansion.

As soon as she entered her room, she took a step back and covered her nose: "Where did you come back from?" ”

Dieyi was scrubbing in the clean room, and there were several clothes piled up on the ground, which were full of mud and even blood stains, and there was a bad smell.

"Are you- wallowing in the mud?" Cicada pinched her nose and threw the clothes out the door. This garment is not often worn by butterfly clothes, the material is a self-woven coarse cloth in the northwest, without any patterns, nor dyed, but it is strong and washable, and it is generally worn by the poor. ”

Dieyi ran out of the clean room with wet hair, and picked up the clothes like a baby: "This is the uniform of the nursing team, you can't throw it away!" Just go back and wash it clean. ”

Although the lower room where the two of them live is wider than others, it is for the girls after all, so how big can it be? These clothes were piled up there, and when they were roasted by the brazier in the room, the smell was even more complex and unpleasant. Cicada Yi was so angry that she stomped her feet: "It's dirty and smelly, you throw it out for me!" ”

Butterfly ignored her, put the dirty clothes in the basin, and turned her head to wipe her hair. Since she joined the nursing team, she has gradually become estranged from Cicada Yi, and now Cicada Yi does not dare to scold her casually like before, so she can only swallow and say, "What are you going to do here?" ”

Her tone softened, and then Dieyi turned around and said, "Today is the fourth exercise of the nursing team. ”

"Why is there still blood in the exercise?" Cicada Yi frowned and looked at the clothes.

Dieyi said nonchalantly: "The princess invited a Lang Zhong to teach the military doctors and killed a pig, I went to see it." ”

Cicada Yi was inexplicable: "Teach the military doctors...... Killing pigs? You're going to see the pig slaughter? "Even if you kill pigs and vegetables for this Langzhong, what will Dieyi go to see? When is she going to see the pig slaughtered?

Dieyi suddenly became excited: "It's not killing pigs!" Yes, it's for everyone to see how to disembowel and how to put the skin □□ together! ”

"What?" The cicada clothes were completely like being in the clouds, and I only felt a wave of nausea: "What-stitching? ”

"It's the kind of wound that opens the flesh!" Dieyi gestured, "That Langzhong's surname is Ding, he really has good craftsmanship, such a long opening, he will sew up the flying needle." The princess said that if the stitches are good, the wound heals quickly. ”

Cicada Yi couldn't help retching, turned her head and held on to the door frame: "Don't say it!" ”

Dieyi laughed: "Sister, you won't be afraid if you go and see it." The princess also asked everyone to see the internal organs in the pork belly - sister, I really didn't know that the spleen was like tofu, if it was hit vigorously, maybe it would be broken, and then people would look at nothing from the outside, but the stomach would bleed, and they couldn't stop it......"

"Shut up, stop talk!" The cicada clothes pressed against her chest, only to feel that it was flipped up for a while, "What did the princess tell you to see!" "Dieyi used to be the same as her, these dirty and smelly things never stood next to each other, why did she talk about disemboweling a pig now, and her eyebrows danced.

"It's to teach those military doctors medical skills." It's not that Dieyi didn't see that Cicada Yi was disgusting and vomiting, but since she joined the nursing team, she felt that she had gradually become stronger, and seeing these things was fine, she felt that Cicada Yi seemed to be a little too delicate, after all, the princess went to it in person.

Moreover, she was controlled by the cicada clothes when she was a child, and the cicada clothes always won every time there was a dispute, and after a long time, she also had a little childish revenge, and deliberately wanted to disgust the cicada clothes, so she said: "The princess said that this person's five organs, although the position is different from that of pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, but they are essentially the same." It's the same with the flesh and bones, and now that they've honed their craft on this pig, it's time to stitch it up—"

The cicada clothes spit out, and I couldn't stop at the beginning, until I vomited so much that my stomach was empty, and even the bile turned up, and I couldn't stop.

Dieyi originally just wanted to make a joke with her, but she really vomited like this, and couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly came over and patted her back and poured water. Cicada Yi easily took a breath and pushed her hard: "You go away!" Thinking that Dieyi's hand might have touched the flesh of the dead pig, he suddenly felt sick again.

Dieyi was also unhappy, and spread her hand and said, "What is this!" Now I feel disgusting, if you are injured one day, wait for Lang Zhong to come to the rescue, see if you are still disgusting! With such a noble status as the princess, she personally demonstrated to the military medical officers, all to save people! ”

Cicada Yi trembled, until Dieyi hugged the dirty clothes and went out to wash, she slowly calmed down, moved to the chair and sat down to think for a while, got up and cleaned up the vomit on the ground, turned around and walked out.

Now Shen Shu and Taohua are often not in the house, the Jiang family married only one Zheng Mama stayed, although they watched Taohua's house, but it was impossible to watch all the people, after all, Cicada Yi has been in this mansion for many years, went out for a walk, found a little maid and said a few words, probably before dinner, the princess personally killed the pig and sewed the dead pig's skin and meat The words gradually spread.

These days, Mrs. Dingbei Hou has a very comfortable life. The two grandsons went to the quarantine area after they had pox, and they were praised by outsiders for how the two little sons risked their lives for the people of the northwest, how they were benevolent and righteous, and how they went out of the door.

The people who served at home knew that Mrs. Dingbei Hou liked to listen to these, and secondly, she also felt honored, so after listening to these words outside, she came back and said that given Mrs. Dingbei Hou, Mrs. Ledu couldn't close her mouth all day long, and looked at the two tiger-headed grandsons more and more happy.

The only regret is that her granddaughter Yin Ru is unwilling to stay at home these days and always runs out. Mrs. Tai was a little unhappy, thinking that she had been asked to run a temporary charity hall last time, and she couldn't sit still at home.

Although she was born in a military general and married into a family of military generals, Mrs. Tai didn't know where she learned a little bit of the rules of the literati, and felt that her daughter's family had to go out to socialize after marrying, so she naturally wanted to be able to bear the burden, but it was better to be quiet before leaving the cabinet. Especially Yin Ru has not yet decided on a marriage, and according to Mrs. Tai, she shouldn't always run out.

However, the granddaughter was not obedient, and Mrs. Tai was reluctant to be harsh, so she just said a few words. Fortunately, there are two grandsons Cheng Huan who are on their knees, boxing and kicking in Mrs. Tai's yard every day, like two little tigers, and Mrs. Tai is happy.

Today's dinner happens to be a dish of steamed white meat. Mrs. Tai loves meat, but after all, she is old and has bad teeth, so she always stews meat in the kitchen. Mrs. Tai picked up the chopsticks, squinted at them, and was a little surprised: "This is—"

Qingluo, the big girl beside her, also glanced at it and said, "Mrs. Tai, this is pork." ”

"Isn't it all mutton?" Mrs. Tai loves the taste of mutton.

Another big girl, Hong Luo, whispered: "Yesterday and the day before yesterday were all mutton, probably because the kitchen was thinking about changing the taste for Mrs. Tai." ”

Mrs. Tai has no doubt about it. Although she loves to eat mutton, she doesn't have the reason to eat mutton until she is old, and there is nothing wrong with replacing it with pork, so she let the girl coerce her, dipped it in vinegar and garlic and ate a few pieces.

After eating, Mrs. Tai walked a few steps under the porch as usual to eat, but saw two sweeping women whispering at the gate of the garden, and saw Mrs. Tai hurriedly standing with her hands down.

Mrs. Tai was in a good mood, so she liked to say a few more words, and said casually: "What do you say?" ”

Who knew that the two mothers-in-law looked at each other, but they didn't dare to answer. Mrs. Tai suddenly became suspicious: "What are you two chewing on your tongue?" "If you don't dare to say it, it's naturally not a good thing. Mrs. Tai didn't care about anything, but she didn't allow anyone in the family to chew the root of her tongue behind her back, so she immediately pulled down her face.

The two mothers-in-law were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down: "The slaves and maids just heard that the princess killed the pig with her own hands in the barracks today and disemboweled, and also sewed the pork up again......"

Mrs. Tai was puzzled when she heard it: "What kind of pork is sewn up again?" The princess went to the camp to kill pigs? "Do you still need a dignified princess to kill a pig?

"It is said that the princess used the pig as a demonstration, and said that the five organs of the pig are the same as that of a person, and that the skin and □□ are put together, just like sewing up a person's wound......"

The so-called three people have changed, and the words of these two mothers-in-law have already fallen several times, and they don't understand it very well, plus their own associations, it has become like this.

Mrs. Tai was still confused, and Hong Luo had already covered her mouth and exclaimed: "The princess sewed the dead pig again? How, how to sew? Just take those rotten □□? ”

As for killing pigs, Mrs. Tai didn't think there was anything. The daughter of the general's family is not afraid of blood, and she even shot and hunted when she was young, and if she really gave her a pig, she thought she could kill it. However, it is a bit ...... to take the dead pig and sew it up again Thinking of the pork she ate today, Mrs. Tai was also a little sick to her stomach.

Qing Luo glared at Hong Luo: "What nonsense! ”

Hong Luo said in a low voice: "It's just that it sounds weird and scary. Why did the princess sew that pig, this, how to serve the prince when she came back? ”

This sentence touched Mrs. Tai. Thinking of a pair of hands pinching the skin of dead pork resting on her grandson, Mrs. Tai felt uncomfortable: "When will the princess come back?" When she came back and asked her to come to me, I said I had something to say to her. ”