Chapter 002: The Long Night
Hou Jun held the sandalwood with one hand, his arm was a little sore after a long time, and he wished that time would pass faster, fortunately, the materials of this thatched house were simple, mostly some thatch, animal skins, hemp pieces and paste mud to make the top, it was not heavy, but there was no light burden for a long time, so he had to grit his teeth and stiffen. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The sound of the wind was in his ears this time, Hou Jun felt that Liu Shi leaned towards him again, the incident happened suddenly, she was only wearing thin underwear, the cold wind penetrated through the crack in the roof, he felt that his right leg was a little unconscious, Liu Shi was lying on his left, he was wrapped in a quilt when he rolled over just now, and he didn't hear Hou Jun's voice, I don't know if he slept or not, so he kicked the quilt away with his foot, and it was covered on Hou Jun's legs, and the quilt was slightly covered around the arm he was carrying weight, so that Liu's originally warm body was a little unbearable due to the increase in the gap between it and the quilt, and his body shrank and shook for a while, only to find that he was closer to Hou Jun, and now he can't take care of it much, it's easy to get through this night, she thinks so, she feels that Hou Jun's originally cold clothes and pants on his legs have gradually become warmer, but he didn't move, some straight, and there was no snoring at all.
At the beginning, Hou Jun couldn't sleep, and the mess was like a sieve in his mind, and he had no clue. It's nothing if the house collapses, so I cut down two trees in the morning, melt some snow and water, get some land and make some adobe, and build two more rooms. The difficult thing is how to get along with the Liu family in the future.
Just now, Liu's silent act of covering the quilt for him almost moved him, it was that feeling of dependence, right now, in Xizhou, which was a foreign country a few years ago, who was his relative? Liu's plump and elastic body made him suddenly feel strange, but it was just curiosity. After a while, he remembered the way Liu Shi ate the half of the roasted mouse with relish just now, and forgot to wipe it with the smoke on his round red lips, hunger can make anyone temporarily give up their reserve and hostility, is this the commanding lady in the past?
In the past, he had more than once delusionally imagined that Liu had fallen into the river in broad daylight, or to put it another way: whenever he saw the river, he delusionally imagined that Liu was struggling in the river, and stretched out his hand to him in horror to ask for help, and he always looked at her coldly, watching her sink into the water exhausted, with indescribable pleasure in his chest. But this time, two people who had never appeared in his delusions actually appeared one after another.
One was his only half-brother, Hou Wushuang, who was also standing by the river, holding his legs and shaking and crying: "Save Mom...... Brother...... Save Mom...... Brother ......" Hou Jun's throat suddenly tightened a little, this is his younger brother, even in the most tense time between himself and his parents, he did not have the slightest coldness towards his brother, as soon as he had time, he ran over, pestered him to ask this and that, and sometimes slyly took out one or two fresh food from his arms, sometimes it was a fruit from the south, sometimes it was a piece of delicately made pastry, and his chubby hands were covered with flour residues, "Brother, you eat, don't let them know, don't let my mother know, help me pick up the birds after eating!" ”
The other is his father, the invincible Chen Guogong. Since he was a child, his father has only touched him once, I can't remember what year, it was the autumn of the year when his mother just died, his father took him to hunt, and he sat in front of his father's horse, majestic. The sky was like a dome, covering the four wildernesses, the wild beasts panicked and fled for their lives, and my father's men shouted and galloped, and the sound of hooves shook the earth. When a fawn lost its pack and ran wildly, his father laughed, picked up his bow and arrows, drew his bow and aimed, "Father, don't shoot!" Hou Jun shouted. Okay, don't shoot. "In the gallop, my father withdrew his bow and arrows." Catch up with it! "Okay, then catch up with it." The war horse galloped, the distance between the deer and the fawn gradually narrowed, the father drew the knife again, Hou Jun could hear the deer's gasping to the limit, the voice was mixed with a desperate scream, where is its mother, has it been shot down by a sharp arrow? Hou Jun shouted, "Don't kill it!" Don't kill it! The father hesitantly put away the knife, "Why?" You talk about it. Hou Jun said, "It's too small, it's pitiful for its mother to find it." “…… Okay, I'll listen to you once", watching the fawn that had been granted amnesty gradually fleeing away, he seemed to feel his father's interest suddenly disappear, but Hou Jun was still very happy, until his father ordered the team to end the hunt, he was still immersed in great happiness.
After that hunt, he moved out of the bedroom closest to his father, which was what his father meant, and he only learned later, because there was a new hostess, and soon after there was a younger brother, and he had no slaves and wet nurses, and the slaves and wet nurses went to wait for the new master, and the father never met, and when they met, they were scolded and cold-eyed, even if it was a New Year's holiday, in the eyes of outsiders, the time when the family needed to be reunited together, in his opinion, his father was also acting, That expression is obviously hoping that Hou Jun will disappear from his face in the next moment, Hou Jun was afraid of such a festive day for a while, the red lights were hung high, the sound of firecrackers came and went, and the Guogong Mansion was full of flowers, and the Duchess of the Guogong was graceful and luxurious, with thousands of manners, holding the child in her arms, and pointing to the precious dog in the family, "Go, go to find your male master." The little dog wagged his tail and stuck out his tongue and ran to the feet of Guogong, who laughed and said, "I think you should go to your mistress to be", and it really ran back and wagked its tail and begged for mercy. The Duchess covered her mouth and smiled, her beautiful face was comparable to a blooming hibiscus, and a clever servant motioned with her hand to the Wushuang in Madame's arms and echoed: "Go find the little master, go find the little master!" The puppy ran and ran, not forgetting to come to Hou Jun's side, and at this time, Hou Jun suddenly showed a hideous face, flew up, kicked the puppy and rolled out of the hall on the spot, and escaped from the hall with a wail.
Everyone was shocked, and my father's face changed, and he yelled again and again, "Get out!" Ningzi - Defeated! ”
Wushuang leaned on his mother's arms, frightened by this battle and cried, shouting indistinctly, "Dede (brother)", Hou Jun rushed out without looking back, kicking over the bronze smoker on the way, charcoal fire splashed on the scarlet carpet produced in Persia, the scorched smoke instantly filled the hall, the servants hurriedly cleaned up the mess, only the Duchess of Guo softly comforted the frightened child. Hou Junfei generally walked through the heavy houses, rushed into his own cabin, hugged the pillow on the bed tightly, trembled all over, and cried earth-shatteringly, "Mom-Mom-", he fell asleep when he was tired of crying, and the pillow in his arms made him feel warm.
The most hateful thing is that some slaves, who are extremely aware of the wind and the rudder, know everyone's position in the state government, know who to flatter, who to get close to, who to stay away from, and who to monitor, and how to say it so that they will not suffer. No, a thick-eyed second housekeeper was trying his best to consider the words, and under the gaze of the Duke of Guo, he stammered and reported:
"Late ...... It's night...... Madame brought the grandfather of the small country...... Go and send a ...... to the eldest prince Send a new bunk and ......"
"And then?" Guogong changed his tone.
"Small...... Knowing that this is what Mrs. said twice during the day, the eldest son's bedroom is dark and thin...... He also said let's carry over a stove, together with Mrs. Xin's quilt with two catties of new cotton, after the unitary time, I and two people accompanied Mrs. to go over, and then Mrs. and Son-in-law talked, we were not good in front of the people, so we came out and stood outside the door waiting, I heard Mrs. say some words of care before, and after a while I heard the sound of tearing in the house, the eldest prince giggled, and heard Mrs. say don't, don't, the little one thought it was the eldest son who didn't want the stove, and Mrs. was asking him why he didn't want it, In a moment we all heard the newly put stove kicked in the room, and if you don't believe me, ask them," the butler pointed to the other two servants, who only nodded at the moment.
The Duchess Liu was disheveled, the hairpin had fallen off, her face was scratched, her sideburns were scattered, and she couldn't cry. Guogong thumped his chest, "Pull this Ningzi out and cut it for me!" Chop! ”
Hou Jun was being held by two slaves with their arms cut upside down, and the two of them never imagined that Hou Jun, who was just thirteen years old at this time, only struggled, and flipped the two to the ground, and the housekeeper next to him just pulled out the saber, and was still hesitating whether Guogong's intention was a real cut or a fake cut, and Hou Jun snatched a single knife from his hand, and cut it on the butler's neck, and the housekeeper fell down with a bang, his legs twitched, and blood sprayed on the place where he kicked down the smoker a few years ago. Hou Jun rushed towards the two subordinates who fell to the ground and had just gotten up, slashing the knife. Guogong stepped over and stood in front of the two of them, "Ningzi, do you want to rebel!" ”
Hou Jun's eyes were also red, his eyes were full of tears, and he roared, "Fool, the master also cut you!" The sound came, but before the knife could fall, Guogong waved the sleeve of his robe, and Hou Jun was pushed to the ground by a strong force, and the knife was still clenched.
Grandpa Guo was angry and quiet, stared at Hou Jun for a long time, and ordered to follow, "Carry the housekeeper down and bury him, and show mercy to his family. Then he said coldly to Hou Jun on the ground, "Ningzi, come here." Liu said in horror, "Guogong, knife!" ”
Hou Jun had already stopped crying, and approached his father step by step with a knife in his hand, Guogong hugged him in his arms, grabbed the back of the knife with two fingers, and the handle of the knife made Hou Jun's hand hurt, and he took out his hand. He threw the knife on the ground, took Hou Jun's hands and looked at it, and said, "Ningzi! It is also a crime to kill a slave without permission, and the law of the Tang Dynasty says that whoever kills with a blade will be beheaded; Wrongful homicide shall be imprisoned for one and a half years...... How are you doing? ”
"Father, let me die."
"Silly boy, isn't being a fool to be a father?" He turned his head to look at Liu's shocked face, stroked Hou Jun's hand and said, "My husband is not angry, he can't go to the battlefield for martial arts, and he can't write two sour poems...... It's only today that I see that you have some meaning...... However, you have no respect for your elders, you are unruly, you bully your mother, and kill your life by mistake, from today onwards, exile you to Zhongnan Mountain, I don't want to come back if I don't speak. ”
Zhongnan Mountain, there are as many hermits in the mountains as there are grasshoppers in the ground, and they hide in Zhongnan Mountain, so they are different, and when the monarch is summoned, they will jump to Chang'an faster than grasshoppers. This is what the master said, and this old man always speaks differently, as inscrutable as his ability.
There is also a little junior sister Yingying who is two years younger than him, teasing him all day long, he never pays attention to her, this fairy-like woman is just young, if she grows up, her appearance is still better than Liu's three points, and her heart will definitely poison Liu's three points. He only concentrates on learning the arts, has no distractions, never provokes her, and does not look at her once.
Zhongnan Mountain is also called Taiyi Mountain, located in the south of Chang'an City fifty miles, it starts from Lantian in the east, reaches Taibai in the west, stretches for more than 200 miles, thousands of peaks are stacked on top of each other, the scenery is beautiful, early in the morning, Hou Jun meditates on the cliff by Taiyi Lake, just settled, I heard a woman's voice in my ear gently shouted, "Brother Hou, Brother Hou, where are you?" Hou Jun knew that Yingying was behind him, so he deliberately ignored her, "Brother Hou...... Master told you to eat,"
“……”
"Oh, I forgot, I just ate breakfast, and it's still early for lunch" Yingying grinned, Hou Jun ignored it, and felt itchy behind her ear, it was she who pinched a wild grass leaf behind his ear to make a ghost, Hou Jun gritted his teeth and held back, Leng didn't move. After a while, I felt a small insect crawling along my nostrils, I couldn't help it anymore, leaned over and sneezed loudly, at this time, a jade finger stretched out behind me, and gently put it on Hou Jun's back, Hou Jun couldn't sit still anymore, and fell into the lake, like a chicken in soup.
He wiped the water on his face and yelled at the senior sister who was smiling and leaning back on the shore, "Bo woman! ”
"Bo Woman!" , Liu Shi didn't know when he fell asleep, heard Hou Jun's scream, woke up at this time, and found that his body was tired of Hou Jun's arms, he seemed to be hugging each other, each other was hot, through the light from the outside, she found that the two iron rod-like arms on her chest were clamping themselves to pain, her face was inexplicably hot, and there was a sudden panic, which was an experience she had never had until now, and she was shocked and angry for a while. Listening to his scolding again, my heart trembled with coldness. It's that I'm so sorry for him. But after listening to him scold, there was no movement, and he was still asleep, knowing that Hou Jun was dreaming, his heart relaxed a little, and he didn't dare to move.
Outside, the snow and wind had stopped, and gradually there were human voices, Hou Jun woke up suddenly, feeling sore and tired, as if he had never slept, seeing the posture of the two, he hurriedly shook his hand and pushed Liu away, and blurted out, "Ah, sin, sin, I overslept." I didn't know what to call Liu in a hurry, and I blamed myself.
This is the most time Hou Jun has spoken to her in one breath since he came out of Chang'an, and Liu was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so he even said, "Yes, even God is punishing me and lifting my roof...... If it weren't for your young people's firepower, I'm afraid I wouldn't have survived this night. ”
For some reason, she only said "Even God is punishing me," and deliberately didn't say anything about us, this was just a natural outpouring of words to his mouth, Hou Jun ignored it at first, and waited for him to prop up the broken roof, so that Liu Shi felt out the cotton skirt outside and fumbled it on his body, while looking at her white neck, reminiscing about her words. His heart warmed, and he said secretly, "After all, the Liu family is his elder and his only relative in the future, and he can't kill people too much, so what else should he do?" What she did in the past was nothing more than for her own son, who would be able to attack the title of Duke Chen Guo in the future. Thinking that she is so old, even if she suffers from wealth and nobility, the blow is big enough, and she can't compare to herself, so she doesn't have any extravagant thoughts about everything in Chen Guogong's mansion, but she doesn't feel so sad. He thought of that lovely little brother, that is, he knew how much pain Liu's heart had endured, and she could still be a happy face, but a hundred times stronger than herself, if she didn't give up, she wouldn't be a man.
People are like this sometimes, they seem to have immortal resentment, and in a word, the spring breeze thaws.
Seeing that the Liu family was dressed, Hou Jun carefully uncovered the ruins that pressed on them, and a dazzling snow color enveloped the two of them, "Charcoal fire!" Where are you. Hou Jun shouted angrily.
A bright neighing of horses followed, and the charcoal fire leaped from where it had been lying down.
;