Chapter 1: Encounters
The red sun in early spring had just risen, and a figure looked at the Zhuangzi who had lived for twelve years against the faint light, and his heart was slightly astringent.
She looked around the Zhuangzi over and over again, as if she wanted to engrave every grass and tree in the Zhuangzi in her heart, and never forget it again.
"Miss, it's time to go."
Xian Chen's train of thought was interrupted, she turned her head and didn't look back, from the moment she stepped out of this village, she knew that there were some things that she couldn't go back!
A luxurious and magnificent gilded mahogany carriage is parked outside the gate of Xianzhuang, with a gilded roof, a window inlaid with gold and treasures, and a curtain of fragrant clouds and satin patterns everywhere showing the style of a local tyrant.
"Heh, heh, he" Su's mother looked at the luxurious carriage in front of her, full of joy, and her eyes became a slit of happiness.
"Mother Su's carriage?" Xian Chen's brows frowned slightly, feeling that the carriage in front of him was too luxurious.
"Miss, this is a piece of my uncle's heart, now, Miss's maiden uncle is no longer a small merchant and hawker in the past, but a big businessman on the rich side of the Great Perimeter, Miss, we haven't been back to Ran Mansion for twelve years, this time we want to go back in style and style, but we can't let the people of Ran Mansion underestimate us."
Xianchen shook her head lightly, she knew that her uncle wanted to save face for her, but now was not the time to save face, "Mother Su, let's change the carriage when we go down the mountain." ”
Mother Su was puzzled, why did Miss refute her uncle's kindness, and raised her eyes to look at Xianchen blankly, "Miss, why is this?" ”
Xian Chen didn't make an explanation, turned around and locked the gate of Xian Zhuang, and asked unhurriedly: "Does Mother Su know that Xian Chen has been studying art in Xian Zhuang for 12 years, and has been letting her uncle hide from Ran Mansion, why did she lie that Xian Chen had been running at her uncle's house?" ”
Su's mother understood, and her eyes were instantly filled with tears.
She brushed her face and wiped away the tears that rolled down her cheeks, her voice was serious, and her voice was a little choked, "Miss, I know that you are a person with big ideas, you don't want the people of the Ran Mansion to know that you have learned great skills, and you don't want the people of the Ran Mansion to know that the Shen family is not what it used to be, you just want to avenge your wife; It's just that Miss, the road of revenge is not easy to take! ”
"If it's not easy to go, you have to go." Xian Chen's mind was calm and not easy to be happy, and he said indifferently, as if he was having trouble with Su's mother.
Mother Su couldn't see the sadness and sadness on Xianchen's face, but she could feel the firmness of Xianchen from her bones, and her heart was so sad that she had another handful of old tears.
Su's mother is Xianchen's mother's maid, and she knows the things best back then.
That day, the old man came to the courtyard again, and once again mentioned to his wife to give up the position of his mother's eldest wife, and the lady did not agree and quarreled with the master, and Su's mother saw that the old man and the lady quarreled, so she brought the little fine dust playing in the yard back to the house.
Through the crack in the door of the house, they saw that the old man slapped the lady to the ground, and then left angrily.
Seeing this scene, Miss "Mother......s " suddenly pushed open the door and rushed out to help the lady who fell to the ground up, "Mother, why did Daddy beat you?" Miss's immature voice touched Madame's heart, Madame couldn't hold back anymore and hugged Xiao Xianchen, and the mother and daughter cried together.
Not long after Grandpa left, Yao took a few servants who were five big and three thick, and they were full of meat into the courtyard, and Mrs. saw that the situation was not good and asked Su's mother to forcibly take the young lady back to the house.
"Sister, I advise you to voluntarily give up the position of the eldest lady of your mother, so as not to suffer from the flesh and skin, otherwise don't blame your sister." Yao's voice was soft, but the words he said were like poisonous snakes spitting letters.
Mrs. "Phew" spat on Yao contemptuously, Yao was angry and ordered his subordinates to do it, and Mrs. rose up to resist and was about to rush towards Yao, but Yao was so frightened that he fell to the ground when he stepped back steadily.
For a while, blood flowed out of Yao's lower body, and everyone panicked.
Yao's miscarriage, she insisted that it was Mrs. who pushed her, and the subordinates also cooperated with Yao, and insisted that Mrs. pushed Yao, Mrs. had a hard time arguing, and in despair, Mrs. jumped into the well in the yard.
The father beat the mother, and the mother was forced to death by the Yao family, this scene was seen by Xiao Xianchen, who had just turned four years old, and the seeds of revenge for her mother also took root in her heart at that moment.
"Miss, Madame has a daughter like you, and the spirit of heaven can rest in peace, but the slave is worried about Miss, the Yao family in the Ran Mansion is not simple, she is a wolf in sheep's clothing!" Mother Su said, the fist in her hand couldn't help but clench, and she gritted her teeth with hatred.
Xian Chen's face was as calm as water, she just paused, a hint of sharpness flashed in her eyes, Mother Su was right, that Yao has always been dressed in the coat of virtuous and virtuous virtue, hiding her cannibalistic nature, such a scheming and city government is indeed not easy to deal with.
But so what? Xian Chen looked at Su's mother and showed a relieved smile, "Su's mother, that Yao is a wolf in sheep's clothing, I am the hunter who uncovered the sheepskin and killed the wolf, I will be fine, you can rest assured"
Mother Su wiped a handful of tears, "Don't worry, rest assured, the slave knows that the young lady has learned a real skill, the slave and the maid can rest assured!" ”
In the past 12 years, Xianchen has been greedy and hard to learn medical skills, practice martial arts diligently, how much hardship she has endured, how much tiredness she has suffered, Su's mother knows in her heart, and she knows that today's young lady has the true inheritance of the owner of Xianzhuang.
In Xianchen's heart, Mother Su is no longer a slave but her family, she took out a silk handkerchief to wipe away the tears on her cheeks for Mother Su, "Don't cry Mother Su, we have to go back happily." ”
Su's mother held back her tears and squeezed out a smile on her face, "Yes, Miss is right, we have to go back happily and fight for Mrs. ”
The two of them walked towards the carriage.
Two handsome and sturdy horses pulled a spacious local tyrant carriage and ran on the path down the mountain, and the coachman leisurely raised his whip and controlled the carriage to move forward at a constant speed.
At the foot of the mountain, the hooves of a carriage struck the ground at high speed, splashing dust and flying poplars, galloping towards the mountain, although it was spring in March, the green trees on the mountain became shaded and the breeze was slow, and the person who drove the car was sweating profusely.
"Rack... Frame... Frame...! The man was driving his horse frequently, his face was full of anxiety, and from time to time he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his elbow, and it was not difficult to imagine that he was in a hurry, and that he was racing against time.
"Woo ......!"
"Woo ......!"
Fortunately, the two riders tightened the reins at the same time, pulled the horses to stop, and avoided a rollover accident in which two carriages collided with each other.
The inertial impact brought by the sudden stop of the carriage caused the people in the galloping carriage to roll uncontrollably to the entrance of the carriage, and they were almost about to fall out of the carriage.
"Master!" , Ah Feng hurriedly jumped into the carriage to help Gu Ziyi up, "Master, are you okay?" It's all the fault of his subordinates......" Ah Feng was ashamed and anxious.
"I'm fine, you go and pull the horse." Gu Ziyi interrupted Ah Feng, the horse was frightened, if no one pulled the reins at this time, the horse was afraid that it would be dangerous to run away again in fright, Ah Feng also understood this, and quickly helped Gu Ziyi back to his seat and pulled up the reins.
This road is the road to Xianzhuang, Xian Chen's ears are keen, and when he heard the people in the carriage talking, his voice was suffocating, as if he had only one breath left to hang his life, so he concluded that this carriage was rushing to Xianzhuang to seek medical treatment.
The master was wandering away, and he left Zhuangzi again, and now the idle village is empty, and he can't let the family run in vain, Xian Chen gave a look to Su's mother.
Su's mother understood, lifted the curtain and asked, "Hakka is going to Xianzhuang?" ”
"Exactly, is the aunt still far away?" Ah Feng bowed his hand.
"It's not far, but the masters of Zhuangzi have left Zhuangzi, and they won't return to Zhuangzi for a long time. After Su's mother finished speaking, she closed the curtain and ordered the coachman to drive the horse.
"What?" Ah Feng was stunned for a moment, and then immediately came back to his senses, "Please wait, do you know where the owner of Xianzhuang has gone?" My master is not sick but poisoned, this poison can only be solved by the people of Xianzhuang, and please point out the way, where can I find the owner of Xianzhuang? ”
When Xianchen heard this, the person in the car was poisoned, and it was a poison that could only be solved by Xianzhuang, Liu Mei frowned slightly, wasn't that person poisoned by the rotting corpse ghee oil of the Dongyin people? He slowly opened his mouth and asked, "What poison is in your master's son?" ”
Xian Chen's voice was very gentle, like a spring breeze in March, sweeping away the irritability brought by Ah Feng's anxious heart, but the master was poisoned, and it was inconvenient for him to mention it to outsiders, "It's inconvenient to say this." ”
Most of the people who can make the Dongyin people use carrion ghee oil to assassinate are noble, and the guards around such people have always been cautious, and Xianchen no longer asked, but opened the curtain and got out of the carriage by himself, and walked towards Gu Ziyi's carriage.
Ah Feng saw a purple-clothed fairy floating in front of him, and as soon as he came back to his senses, the fairy had already gotten into his carriage, "Girl, aunt ......"
Seeing that the fairy had already checked the wound for her master despite the strong smell of rotting corpses in the carriage, Ah Feng also closed his mouth.
If it was really poisoned by the ghee oil of the rotting corpse of the Dongyin people, the arm was rotten in a large area, it seems that this poison was hit three days ago, and if he is not rescued, his life will not be saved, "You come with me." ”
Xian Chen threw this sentence to Ah Feng, then returned to his carriage and told the coachman, "Let's go back to Zhuangzi." ”
The coachman is a long-term worker of the Shen family, loyal and honest, Xian Chen ordered to return to the village, he didn't say a word, turned the horse's head and hit the horse back to the village.
Hearing Xian Chen say to the coachman, "Go back to Zhuangzi", Ah Feng was pleasantly surprised, thinking that this girl must be from Xianzhuang, and also raised her horsewhip and followed behind until Xianzhuang.
Although Xianzhuang is a courtyard made of all bamboo, the layout is very elegant, the garden is full of flowers, the flowing water is murmuring, the pavilions and pavilions are scattered, mainly composed of a main room, two ear rooms, a small kitchen and an indirect consultation room.
After entering Zhuangzi, Xian Chen arranged for Ah Feng to help his master to lie down and rest in the reception room, and arranged for Su's mother to prepare thick salt water, while he was pulling in a pile of bottles and cans.
Finally finding a small bottle of azure glaze and a jade white bottle, she poured out a pill from the white jade bottle, "Childe, this is the antidote to the poison of the rotting corpse ghee oil, you eat it quickly." ”