2. Chapter 2 Selling into the Water House
In the bustling city, Huang Fusheng took his sister all the way to Kyoto to beg. His sister's fair-skinned little face had already made him plastered, and the noble little princess had learned to grab something to eat from other beggars.
Shen Bixia's little black face was full of smiles, and she looked at her brother with the nest head in her hand, this is a white face, the same as what she used to eat, she hadn't eaten it for a long time. But this time her brother was sick, and she ran out of the house to ask for it, although she ...... The little arm helped the elder brother up: "Brother, give." Xiao Bixia swallowed her saliva, but she knew that it was for her brother.
Huang Fusheng's face was as pale as a ghost, his coughing continued, and even coughed up blood appeared in his palms. Looking at his sister, he said softly: "Brother is not hungry, Xia Er can eat by herself." He knew that he was running out of time, but he hadn't arranged everything for his sister yet, and he couldn't be sure if it would be safe to send her back to the palace.
"Water steward, that's her." A few people dressed as housekeepers led the water steward into the shabby little temple.
Xiao Bixia hid behind her brother's back in fear, she didn't mean to steal something, but her brother had nothing to eat.
The water steward looked at the thin boy in front of him, and the skinny girl. Touched by compassion, he went to take the pulse of the boy. During the pulse check, the brows furrowed more and more tightly, if this disease dragged on any longer, it would really be hopeless.
Xiao Bixia has always been a child with eyes, seeing that this grandfather is a good person, she knelt directly in front of him: "Grandpa, grandpa, you save my brother, save my brother." She kept kowtowing, and the pendant around her neck fell out of her collar.
The water housekeeper's eyes narrowed slightly, blocking the little girl, and looked at the family behind him: "You go outside and wait." "Seeing that everyone is gone, I picked up the little girl, and looked at her pendant, which is a delicate phoenix, and it is also engraved with my beloved daughter, Xia Er.
Huang Fusheng looked at the water housekeeper, pulled his sister back into his arms, and looked at him defensively. It wasn't that he didn't see the way he looked at his sister's pendant.
Three months ago, the empress was killed in Jingzhou City, and the emperor collapsed. It is rumored that the queen jumped off the cliff with the little princess in her arms, and it turned out that the little princess was still alive.
Looking at the little girl in front of her, now that the Huang family has no clue about the case, the little princess must not rush back to the palace. Returning to the young man, this person should be Huang Fusheng, the son of Uncle Guo: "I can protect her thoroughly, but the premise is that you must leave her side." I can send you to a place, the Huang family's hatred will be avenged for your success in the future. ”
The child at a few years old already has the mind of an adult, and he can see that this person knows the identity of Lu Dao's sister, and he also knows everything that happened to the Huang family. He could trust him and looked at his sister's puzzled little face: "I want to have a few words with her." ”
The water steward understood that he had agreed, and came out of the temple to wait outside.
Touching his sister's swarthy little face, he and his sister have suffered a lot in the past three months, and he can't take his sister to wander like this anymore. "Xia Xia, remember what my brother said today, from today onwards, your name is Ku'er, there is no father, queen mother, no brother, no uncle and aunt know the way?" Looking at his sister steadily, he spoke in a firm voice.
Xiao Bixia looked at her brother, a little scared, she said weakly: "Brother." "I'm afraid that my brother will do this, so I don't want to be myself.
Huang Fusheng touched his sister's little face that was about to cry, and he couldn't help it. There is no body of him in the Huang family, and he is already being hunted down. Take your sister with you and have nothing but danger: "Say what my brother said." ”
Xiao Bixia bit her lower lip to prevent herself from crying: "From today on, my name is Ku'er, I have no father, no mother, no brother, no uncle and aunt. She held back her crying, but the tears still ran down her little face.
He took his sister out of the river and handed it over to the water steward, his little face was stubborn: "I sold my sister to the water family today, and I will come back to redeem my sister in the future." ”
The water steward took out the silver ticket from his sleeve, handed it to him, picked up Xiao Bixia and left.
Xiao Bixia looked at her brother with tears in her eyes, but she didn't dare to cry, her brother would be sad.
Huang Fusheng watched his sister leave, his eyes red. Open the silver ticket, there are other words on it: Three watches in the middle of the night, someone will take you away.