A hundred paintings?

"This is Zhou Village?"

Xu You looked in the direction of the winter solstice, and the snowflakes could not be seen really, but the paddy fields were intertwined into a ring belt, the lodging crops were in patches, and the low houses in the distance were looming, and from time to time there were one or two curling smokes, which was undoubtedly a small village.

The autumn equinox moved the pedal and helped Xu You get off the ox cart. He stood on the side of the road and thought for a while, then turned his head and said, "Qiyi, Fenghu, get out of the car and go to the village to find something hot to eat." Lao Jiang is old, and it is not easy to bump along the way, so it's good to take a break. By the way, let's visit an old friend again! ”

It's not too far from Qiantang here, Xu You and they have dry food with them, enough to eat on the road, plus this weather, it's the right way to hurry up. However, when he spoke, He Wei did not object, and no one else objected, so he left the ox cart on the side of the road, leaving the royal guard, and the group stepped on the muddy path on the edge of the paddy field into the village.

I haven't been to Zhou Village since the winter solstice, I don't know where Baihua's home is, and the houses in this village are almost the same, and there are no similarities and differences from the lintel, and there is no way to find them. I finally met a villager who went out, inquired about the address, turned a few bluestone roads, and crossed a bridge, and then arrived at Baihua's home.

The courtyard of the first entry, with white walls and gray tiles, three or five rooms, is no different from other villagers, but it looks much newer, and the gate also uses a simple sorghum structure, with a ridge of cover tiles, and two copper door knockers exude wealth and wealth.

The winter solstice knocked on the door, and only after half a ring did he hear a woman's voice say: "Coming, coming, who is this snowy day?" ”

"We are friends of Baihua, passing through here, and we came to visit her!"

The courtyard door was ajar, revealing the body of a woman, who was not badly long, and her skin was not delicate, but it was not as rough as that of an ordinary peasant woman. Her eyes were full of vigilance, and she looked at everyone carefully, and said, "Do you know Baihua?" ”

"This sister, I was a friend of Baihua when I was in Guo's, and my previous name was Qianqin, I don't know if you have heard Baihua mention it?"

Although the winter solstice is mean, it is worthy of the friendship between sisters to Baihua, and the relationship between the two is not as close as Baihua and Wanqi, but it is much better than Shishu.

"I haven't heard of it! Let's go! ”

The woman was just about to close the door, but was blocked by the winter solstice, and said, "Hey, you let Baihua come out and speak, she will know when she sees it!" ”

"Nope! Hurry up, go quickly, if you don't leave, I'm going to report to the official! ”

Zuo Yan took a step forward and said, "Does the lady still recognize me?" ”

"Ah, it's you!"

The woman took two steps back in shock, nervous and at a loss, and the courtyard door suddenly opened, saying, "You are really from the Guo family...... But, hasn't Baihua been expelled from Guo's mansion, and what are you looking for her to do? ”

Zuo Yan looked embarrassed, he didn't expect such a big reaction from the woman, and explained to Xu You in a low voice: "This lady is Baihua's sister-in-law, and I rescued them from the dungeon with Qianqin that day, so I recognize them." ”

"Sister, don't be afraid, we have no malice, we are really just passing by to see the hundred paintings." The winter solstice walked into the courtyard, not wanting to entangle with this woman anymore, and said loudly: "Baihua, Xu Langjun has come to see you!" ”

A man came out of the middle room, a little similar to Baihua, his left hand was cut off from his wrist, his expression was sluggish, his eyes were always looking at the ground, he looked timid and afraid, and said with a smile: "Who are you?" ”

Zuo Yan said in a low voice: "This is the brother of Baihua!" ”

The woman suddenly saw Zuo Yan just now, which aroused her memories of the hellish days of being imprisoned, so she was frightened and didn't know why, but let the winter solstice enter through the door, which would be relieved, with the wind under her feet, she came over and pointed to the forehead of the winter solstice, and said angrily: "Who let you in?" All out, out! That scourge star who will only harm people doesn't live here for a long time, you have to look for it, look for it elsewhere! ”

Dong Solstice was startled and said, "Not here?" ”

Xu You frowned, listening to Zhan Wenjun say that Baihua had a very good relationship with her brother and sister-in-law, but looking at this woman's attitude and what she said today, it didn't seem to be so harmonious.

Left Wing

"Excuse me!" He arched his hand to Baihua's brother, very kind, and said: "We are from Qiantang, it is really not easy to brave the snow, can you tell Baihua where he went?" ”

Before the man could speak, the woman stood in front of Xu You, her saliva was about to squirt, and she said, "I said let you go, but the deaf can't hear it?" Baihua left Guo's mansion and was pardoned as a slave, where to go and where not to go, do you care? Come on! I'm going to call someone here again......"

As he spoke, he reached out to push Xu You. Xu You didn't bother with a woman, he flashed his body to the side, Dong Solstice took a step forward, his eyes were full of anger, staring at the woman, and said: "Baihua is not married yet, and if he doesn't live with his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, where can he go?" You have to tell me something good today, otherwise, don't blame me for reporting to the police and accusing you of hiding a good girl!" ”

Since ancient times, shrews are not afraid of gentlemen, they are most afraid of wicked people, and they have been in charge of the boat pavilion for a long time on the winter solstice, although they are slaves and maids, they are also contaminated with some prestige, and it is enough to intimidate this kind of peasant woman who has never seen the world.

The woman was really frightened, and hid behind Brother Baihua, and didn't dare to make a sound. Brother Baihua's temperament is relatively weak, and after losing a hand, he is even more ashamed to see people, even more unbearable than before, his head hangs down to his chest, and he doesn't dare to look at the face of the winter solstice, and says: "Baihua is already married...... You'd better leave early......"

"Marry?"

Dong Solstice looked at him coldly and said, "How many days have you been out of the Hundred Paintings?" How many days have it been since I returned home? As an elder brother, he can't wait to marry his sister? ”

How smart she is, just by looking at the demeanor and movements of the two of them, she knows that there must be something greasy in them. The woman poked her head out from behind and said angrily: "Marrying is marrying, Baihua is not young, we are trying to let her get married, do we have to return to your Guo Mansion in advance?" Don't deceive us countrymen for their lack of knowledge, and they don't have this reason anywhere! ”

Dong Solstice snorted, didn't look at the woman, and still forced Baihua's brother to ask, "Okay, even if you get married, who do you marry?" Where did you get married? There has to be a saying, right? ”

The woman still wanted to quibble, but Dong Solstice looked left and right, picked up a burning stick directly from the pyre next to the stove, and said, "If you dare to say a word again, I will stab your mouth or not?" ”

The woman covered her mouth and was silent. Brother Baihua was even more uneasy, his body began to tremble uncontrollably, and said, "Don't, don't...... I said that Baihua was married to a merchant, and that man was not kind to her, and he would definitely not be able to bear it in the future. I'm her own brother, and I won't hurt her ......."

Married to a merchant?

Dong Solstice's eyes hesitated, swirling on the faces of the two of them, and suddenly said, "Is it a wife or a concubine?" ”

"This ...... This one, first as a concubine, maybe in the future, it will be ......"

What will happen, Brother Baihua can't say it anyway. The car and horses are sparse in front of the door, the boss is married to a businesswoman, and even the famous prostitutes in the Qinglou are ashamed to marry a businessman as a concubine, not to mention that Baihua has left the slave status, with her appearance, it is not difficult to find a similar family as a wife.

"You!"

Dong Zhi's eyebrows and eyes were clear, his silver teeth were clenched, and he said: "A good one won't hurt her, a good brother!" Good, good! ”

There was a burst of crying in the side room on the east side, tearing his heart and lungs, and it hurt his liver and intestines, Xu You was afraid that something would happen, so he glanced at Zuo Yan, he understood, jumped to the door, did not listen to the woman's obstructive shouts, and broke in.

After a while, the crying was still there, and Zuo Yan appeared at the door with a heavy expression, and said, "Lang Jun, it's the mother of a hundred paintings!" ”

"Autumn equinox, Si Nian, watch these two people, don't let them move around at will!"

"No!"

The autumnal equinox answered, standing five steps away from them, making sure that if anyone ran in either direction, she could catch the other in an instant.

Fang Sinian was not used to following orders, the reflex arc was much slower, and he learned the appearance of the autumn equinox, and happily saluted, saying, "No!" Then, just like when he was hunting, he walked behind the two of them, held a stone in one hand, looked at the back of their heads, and wondered whether to let them run three and a half meters and throw them with his hands, or wait until eight or nine meters to show off his skills.

These two choices made Fang Sinian think about it for a long time!

Xu You took He Wei, Frost, and Winter Solstice to the door, Zuo Yan hesitated, and said, "Lang Jun, you still don't want to go in, it's too ...... inside."

"It's okay, I'll go in and have a look!"

There was only one broken bed in the room, and the air was filled with a foul smell that made people almost sick. There was an old woman lying on the bed, with only two deep black holes on her face and eyes, as thin as old orange peels, which had been cut by the wind and sun into countless ravines.

She lay there, lifeless, like a dying person, waiting for the moment when her vitality was exhausted!

What is more tragic than death is the process of waiting for death, and Frost did not dislike it, knelt at the head of the bed, held the old woman's hand, and comforted it softly.

Strange to say, the old woman gradually stopped crying and asked tremblingly, "Are you...... You're here to find a hundred paintings......"

Her voice was too small and too hoarse, Xu You and they couldn't hear it clearly, Lu Shuang put her ear to her mouth, listened carefully, turned her head and said, "She asked us if we came to find Baihua?" ”

"You tell the old man that we are friends of Baihua, and we are passing by here to see her, and there is no malice."

Frost relayed Xu You's words, and the old woman struggled hard, shook her head slightly, and said, "No, it's not good...... My poor daughter, it's so miserable......"

She said a lot of words intermittently, some of which did not match the preface, some of which were vague, and after careful identification and confirmation, everyone understood the cause and effect.

When there was a great hunger in Qiantang, Baihua's father went to the mountains to forage for food, and accidentally fell off the cliff and died. After another three days, Baihua's brother was infected with a cold, had no money to buy medicine, no money to eat, and saw that he was about to die, the old woman was ruthless, and sold the five-year-old Baihua to Guo's family, and used the money in exchange to buy medicine and food, and survived that difficult time. Later, Baihua was favored in Guo's family, and almost a lot of the money he earned was taken home, built a house for his brother, married a wife, and bought some fields, and lived a peaceful and happy life.

Who would have thought that Li Ji suddenly appeared, hired a ranger to imprison Baihua's family, and caused a catastrophe. Although everyone was rescued, the old woman became blind and lost two fingers, and her brother was cut off a left hand and became a wasted person. To add insult to injury, Baihua was driven out by Guo Fu again, and since then there is no fixed source of livelihood and enough dignity to be the envy of the villagers of Zhou Village.

After returning home, things began to change, first the sister-in-law made noise every day, provoked trouble, pointed at Sang and scolded Huai's insults, and then even her brother didn't help Baihua speak, and then counted her down. Baihua has been a slave in the Guo family since he was a child, but he is rarely angry, and he has raised a proud character, but after this catastrophe, he was devastated, and he felt that it was because of himself that his mother and brother had become like this, and even if he died, he could not atone for his sins. Therefore, he accepted it, took care of the housework at home, cooked, chopped firewood, washed and even went to farm, no different from other peasant women in the village, filial piety to his mother, dedication to his brother and sister-in-law, and could no longer find a trace of the playfulness and sharp teeth that he once had.

But that's it, I still can't get forgiveness from my brother and sister-in-law, I dislike her for eating white rice at home, and she is a disaster star who can't be polluted, so she teamed up with outsiders to deceive Baihua to a remote place outside the village, knocked him unconscious, put it in a bag, and sold it to a Ningzhou merchant who passed by Qiantang as a slave.

The old woman remembered clearly that she asked about Baihua that day, and felt that she had not seen her daughter for several days. Taking advantage of the absence of Baihua's brother, the sister-in-law told her everything in 1510, and was very proud after speaking, feeling that she had sent out the disaster star, and the family would be prosperous in the future, and people and animals would be safe.

The old woman did not dare to cry, and when she cried, the woman would abuse her, refuse to eat, beat, and deliberately place sundries, so that she fell down twice, and since then she has been paralyzed in bed and can no longer walk, and even the excrement and filth have accumulated all over the bed, making the whole room smell fishy and unpleasant.

She should have died a long time ago, but before she died, she didn't even know whether Baihua was dead or alive. She was unwilling, unwilling to close her eyes, and survived to this day, hearing the dispute outside just now!

She was blind, her hands were crippled, and her legs were paralyzed, but her ears were brighter than ever, so the old woman cried loudly, trying to attract Xu You's attention.

She succeeded!

"Ahh

The old woman squeezed her hand tightly, the phlegm in her throat blocked the sound, her chest kept roaring, and her body shook violently, I don't know how long it took, and finally spit out a mouthful of black blood, and said, "Please...... Please, find ...... 100 Paintings, Save ...... Save her!! ”

Frost's eyes were full of teardrops, and he looked at Xu You hopefully. Xu You folded his hands, solemnly shook it to the end, his voice was slight but heavy, and said: "Old man, go with peace of mind, I promise you, no matter what the difficulties and dangers, I will definitely find Baihua and bring her to your grave!" ”

"Okay, okay...... I will bless you...... Longevity ......"

The hand holding the frost slowly loosened, and the old woman passed away suddenly. Xu You stood silent for a moment, turned around and went out, came to the front of Baihua's brother and sister-in-law, and said lightly: "You plunder your lover and make slaves for merchants, and you will be punished according to the law!" However, I will give you a chance to tell the whereabouts of the hundred paintings, or I can plead with the county order and leave you with a whole corpse! ”

"What?" The woman's face turned pale with astonishment, and she said, "Who has plundered her beloved?" You don't talk nonsense......"

Xu You was really tired of seeing this seemingly delicate face, what kind of human heart can be ruthless to such an extent, waved his hand at the winter solstice, turned around and walked out.

He didn't want to stay in this yard for a moment!

The winter solstice is not as proficient in the way of interrogation and punishment as the Ten Books, but he has also learned a lot of things from the spring well, one of which is to bluff and say: "Is it nonsense, it depends on how the county order is punished?" However, I'm not afraid to tell you clearly, with the power of the Guo family, not to mention Qiantang County, even if it makes trouble in Yangzhou Mansion, it is not difficult to cut you with a thousand knives! So don't test my patience any more and say, where did you sell the hundred paintings? ”

Baihua's brother went limp, collapsed to the ground, and then rolled his eyes and fainted. The woman lost her heart and immediately panicked, saying, "You...... Don't be afraid, even the government can't sentence people to death without evidence......"

"Heh, I didn't expect you to know this, did the person in the middle tell you?"

Dong Solstice smiled and said, "You must be curious how I know that someone is pulling the strings, right?" Because you can't think of such a thing, and you can't think of a way to sell people. As for who the person is, the old man has already told us, and his mouth is probably not as hard as yours, maybe in order to make meritorious contributions, he will recruit you first and put all the charges of plundering and selling people on your head. At that point, a thousand cuts will not be enough to describe the tragedy that will befall you......"

The woman completely collapsed, a small cloud of water stains oozed from her skirt, she knelt down with a plop, kowtowed desperately and begged for mercy, and said: "Girl, spare your life, it's all Hong Qi's bastard, he lured me, saying that there is a rich merchant in Ningzhou who wants to find a beautiful virgin as a concubine in Yangzhou, and he is willing to spend 10,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan......"

"Xiaolang!"

The autumn equinox walked behind Xu You, tightened the tie for him, and said in a low voice: "Do you say that there will be something wrong with the hundred paintings?" ”

Xu You casually left a small section of the willow branch on the shore and threw it into the rushing stream, and then watched the willow branch spin and go away, maybe in many days, it will return to the shore, wither, rot, moisten the earth, sprout and grow again, or it will disappear at an unknown end, as if it had never appeared.

And so it is with people!

Although he promised the old woman, he was not sure in his heart. Ningzhou, thousands of miles away, the people are vulgar, miasma, except for those merchants who do not hesitate to lose their lives for profit, outsiders go there, and there is no one out of ten who can survive, and it is often regarded as hell on earth by the people of Sanwu.

However, the boy is more important than a daughter,

He will do his best to bring the hundred paintings from hell back to earth!

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