Chapter 4, Walking Alone

Qi Qing'er was in a daze and had a dream. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the dream, the lintel of the Qi Mansion was full of arrow feathers, and many people outside the door were pointing, Qi Qing'er found that her young body was standing between the gate and the crowd, extremely weak and impervious, and it seemed extremely redundant.

At this time, the door of the mansion was opened, and it was Hongmei standing inside the door, dressed in white, reaching the ground, and she was smiling and waving to herself.

Qi Qing'er hesitated and slowly walked to Hongmei's side, she had a natural fragrance on her body, which was her mother's favorite rosemary.

Hongmei raised a hand, elegantly pointed to the house, and led Qing'er inside.

The door of the house closed automatically behind him, Qi Qing'er's eyes fell on the ground, the ground was white and clean, spotless, take a deep breath, and the air was filled with a vague sweetness.

When you close your eyes, there is the sound of the spring tinkling.

Qi Qing'er was really thirsty, so thirsty, and asked with chapped lips: "Sister Hongmei, there is water here, I hear the sound of flowing water, listen well!" ”

When I opened my eyes, there was a clear spring among the moss and green grass, trickling water, pleasing to the ears and eyes. Take a sip and the sweetness is passed from the tip of the tongue to the heel of the tongue and then gently spread out in the stomach.

Qi Qing'er looked down and saw herself reflected in the water, and retracted her head again. When did you become like this? Sticking out her head again, the shadow twisted in the ripples, and the little girl inside had a dirty face that could not be distinguished, and her hair was as messy as dry grass.

Suddenly, a cool breeze hit behind her, Qi Qing'er was so cold that she shrunk her shoulders, looked around, Sister Hongmei was gone, and there was a sound of fighting in her ears, her father's iron-clad roar, and her mother's indomitable defense.

In an instant, the green grass beneath him began to wither, wither, and finally soaked in a pool of blood.

Qi Qing'er was so frightened that she climbed onto the moss, and fell into the clear spring with a stumbling foot, and the biting cold eroded every inch of Qing'er's skin and every wound.

She shouted, "Mother, Mother, save me!" ”

"Mother is here, Qing'er, mother is here!" Xu Peiqin looked at her daughter, who was struggling with her eyes closed, with red eyes.

I haven't had water to drink for a long time, and I can't cry anymore.

Qi Qing'er opened her eyes violently and glanced around with great effort, there was still a horse shed here, there was no Qi Mansion, no Sister Hongmei, no Qingquan, and no pool of blood.

The whole body was silent and cold, and seeing her mother's gentle and firm gaze in the white moonlight, Qi Qing'er relaxed slightly, she at least had a mother.

He moved his body towards his mother, put the top of his head against his mother's ear, and looked at the cold light in the sky.

At this time, she felt an inexplicable fishy smell in her mouth, and pursed her lips, which was sticky.

Her eyes fell on her mother's fingers, and even if the moonlight was faint, she could clearly see the tooth marks on her mother's fingers, one of which had deep bite marks on three fingers, and one of them was still oozing blood.

Qi Qing'er was grief-stricken.

The clear spring in the dream turned out to be her mother's blood, Qi Qing'er flashed with tears, hysterically trying to break free from the shackles, but it was just in vain.

"Mother, Mother!" Qi Qing'er fluttered for a long time before sitting up, clasped her mother's hand tightly with her little hand, and stroked the wound on her mother's hand, tears raining down.

"Qing'er, good boy, don't cry! You are the only bloodline of the Qi family, remember your mother's words, you must live, for the sake of all the loyal souls in the Qi Mansion! Xu Peiqin's voice was extremely weak, and she quenched Qing'er's thirst with blood, she didn't know if she could see the sunrise tomorrow, and she had to say something.

Qi Qing'er nodded desperately, "Mother, I will definitely live, I will!" ”

"Well, okay, let's go to sleep quickly, I can have the strength to go tomorrow."

"Well, Mother!"

Qi Qing'er had never heard her mother's voice so weak, and she struggled to get close to her mother and looked at her mother's face seriously.

This face was as pale as moonlight, but a light smile on her thin lips made Qi Qing'er fall asleep in a daze.

Before the hour came, the sky had just turned out a little white of the fish's belly, and a whip in the stables woke everyone up.

The ladies were all frightened, and when they heard such a voice, they got up one after another, and they were completely sleepy.

The escort leader stepped forward and opened the entangled shackles neatly, and then scolded impatiently: "It's all good, the next post station is still far away!" The leader pointed to the outside with his jaw, "Hurry up, I've wasted my time, so I can make you look good!" ”

Qi Qing'er looked at the leader's momentum, her body shook, and she pushed her mother beside her.

The mother didn't move.

Qi Qing'er felt strange and pushed again.

The mother still didn't respond.

"Mother! Mother! Wake up! Wake up! Qi Qing felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted in his mother's ear while pushing.

However, there was still no reaction from the mother.

Qi Qing'er was a little panicked, faintly realized something, and shouted in fright: "Mother, you can't sleep, you can't sleep!" Quickly open your eyes and look at Qing'er, Qing'er is scared ......"

"What are you shouting? Haven't you ever seen a dead man? Come out quickly, and then pestle there, and I'll whip you to death! The leader next to him understood what was going on, and was impatient to see such a scene, and raised the whip in his hand as he spoke.

An older woman standing not far away was startled when she saw this scene.

She is Xu Peiqin's housekeeper Qin's mother, and in order to protect Xu Peiqin along the way, she was whipped a lot by officers and soldiers, and her injuries were very serious.

She staggered and quickly rushed to Qi Qing'er's side, and pulled Qi Qing'er hard: "Miss, Madam has left, don't be sad, you still have an old slave!" The old slave will protect you, and the spirit of the lady in the sky will also watch you, hurry up! ”

"No, no! You are talking nonsense! Mother is still lying here, she didn't leave! Qi Qing'er didn't want to believe the words of the housekeeper's mother.

She felt that the sky had fallen, and everything was not important except for her mother!

Mother and father are the people who love themselves the most in the world, my father is gone, I can't live without my mother anymore!

Mother is just asleep, it must be like this!

She shook off Mother Qin's hand vigorously, lay on her mother's body, and shouted desperately: "Mother! Mother! Wake up! Wake up......"

"Smack!" Suddenly, there was the sound of a whip twitching from behind.

Qi Qing'er couldn't help but pause slightly: she didn't feel pain!

She stopped shouting, turned her head curiously and looked behind her, only to find that it was Mother Qin who blocked the whip for her!

She looked at Mother Qin's face in pain, and her lips were biting out blood, but she silently opened her hands and protected them in front of her, but the leader, like a terrible ghost, had already raised the whip to them again, she was very anxious, but she didn't know what to do.

At this time, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out next to her, grabbed her shoulders, picked her up on the spot, and pushed her forward: "Miss, Madam died of excessive blood loss for you to live, you are stupid here, what's the use?" How many more people are you going to die for you? Come on! ”

"Nope! I'm not going! "Without a father or mother, where is the way to go?

Qi Qing'er listened to the person who spoke after hearing her background, another close confidant beside her mother, Mother Li.

But she didn't want to listen to Li's mother, and she didn't want to listen to anyone's words now!

"Miss, let's go!" Mother Qin felt that Mother Li's words were very reasonable, looked at Qi Qing'er with pity, and suddenly persuaded in a low voice.

She was already seriously injured, and now her blood is even worse, she can't protect Qi Qing'er for long, Qi Qing'er must learn to be strong!

"No-"

"In my hands, I can't help but say no!" The leader hated Qi Qing'er's ignorance very much, and after speaking, the whip that had already been raised was pulled down fiercely.

"Uh......" Mother Qin hurriedly protected Qi Qing'er again, but her body was already a little unbearable, and finally snorted in a low voice.

A wisp of crimson blood spilled from the corner of his lips.

Qi Qing'er completely collapsed.

She glared at the leader hatefully and roared, "You are not a man, you are the devil!" I hate you, I hate you, I hate you! You give back my mother! ”

The leader of the team was so angry that his face turned pale, and he didn't shake the whip anymore, and directly kicked Qi Qing'er over, facing up on his back: "You girl, who do you hate, do you hate me?" If it weren't for you, because of you, I would still be fucking enjoying Qingfu in the capital, who would be happy to go to the extremely cold northern region! ”

After speaking, he pushed Mother Qin away and picked up the whip, "Smack!" Syllable! Syllable! He slammed it towards Qi Qing'er.

Qi Qing'er was in pain, "Ah! Yes! Yes! The ground screamed, and soon fainted.

When she woke up again, Qi Qing'er found herself locked up in an empty guest house along with the other ladies in the house.

Four walls leaking.

There was a conversation between two men outside the door, and the voices came from far and near.

"This time it's all women, thirty or forty, whatever you choose."

"What's the use, you know, I don't want it when I'm older."

"Yes, yes, two are only ten years old!"

"What kind of prisoners are they, and I don't want the sins that are too heavy."

"How can it be, they are all women, and they are exiled, and those who commit serious sins are put to death!"

"Well, go take a look, you have to see how it looks!"

"Don't worry, there are so many, can't you pick out a qualified child! Is that the price? ”

"Look at the price given by the person, the old rules, and ask!"

"Yes, yes, this is it."

With a creak, the door was opened, and one standing outside was the escort leader, and the other was a person dressed as a civilian, with thick limbs and a weathered face, as if he had been wandering the rivers and lakes for a long time.

The latter walked into the house and shone it in front of everyone with a lantern, "Why are you all so old, well, there are smaller ones here, you come out." ”

Among the female dependents, Yang Liu, the only maid of the same age as Qing'er, was called out.

Qi Qing'er was so frightened that she didn't dare to look up, this is how Sister Hongmei was taken away, and then she never came back.

"Didn't you say there are two ten-year-olds, and another?"

As soon as this sound fell, Qi Qing'er felt a cool breeze in front of her, and she was carried out.

"Here we are!"

"Well, this is good, it's just the two of them, untie the splints and ropes on their bodies."