But seeing that she swept away the porridge in the casserole, and saw that she was about to bite the pot twice, so she pushed her bowl in front of her, and said coldly, "This world has no appetite, you eat it, the province is like a starving ghost reincarnated." ”

After all, he had eaten it, and Lian Zhi'er didn't want to eat it anyway, so he only said in a low voice, "Thank you, Your Highness." The slave is no longer hungry. ”

He didn't understand what she meant, and his voice suddenly became extremely cold, "Get out." ”

Lian Zhi'er was about to go out, but heard his eerie voice appear behind her again, "Take your dishes and chopsticks and throw them out, it's very dirty." ”

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When Lian Zhi'er hurriedly ran back, he saw that everyone really got up, and Grandma Sun really lit it outside the house.

It just so happened that she had already been ordered, and Grandma Sun called twice but no one answered, so she couldn't help but show anger, "Where did this rotten hoof go?" ”

Lian Zhi'er hurriedly ran over, "Here." ”

When Mama Sun saw her running in from behind, there was a faint anger on her face, "Where have you been?" ”

Zhenying was standing in the crowd, "Mama wants to interrogate her, she didn't come back last night, who knows what to do?" If you do something that transgresses the rules, you must rectify her. ”

Mama Sun came over with a whip on her face full of anger, and shook the whip without saying anything, and landed on her cotton clothes, and then she snorted. Her thin body trembled slightly.

"Qingqi doesn't know life and death now, you don't have a long memory, I have a way to make you say it, I'm afraid that your thin appearance can't withstand my torture."

Lian Zhi'er knew that it would be difficult to escape this catastrophe today, but if Ruan Lu was confessed, how could the man let him go, so he gritted his teeth and refused to say anything when he died.

"Mama, I saw her go out this morning, saying she was going out to breathe. She's been there last night. Standing out of the crowd was Shan Qiao, and there was no doubt in her voice that it was firm.

Mama Sun knew that she was a self-contained person, and she never said a word to others, but today she didn't know why she wanted to help Lian Zhi'er speak, so she didn't bother to care, she just wanted to settle things as soon as possible, and she didn't pay attention to it anymore.

When it was time to leave, she turned around and said, "In the next few days, four people will be selected from among you to be maids for His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

After she left, these women seemed to have exploded, only happy as if they were like something, as long as they could be Ruan Lu's maids, they didn't have to do those tiring things all day long, if they won the favor of the prince, it would be just a matter of words to rescue them.

Lian Zhi'er didn't take these things to heart. After all, she just wanted to survive these few days, and she had nothing to do with Ruan Lu anymore.

She was about to go out to do her own business, Zhen Ying blocked her way, and only sneered, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, it was clear that you didn't come back last night, but I tell you, I must go to His Royal Highness the Prince, if you dare to get in my way, I will let you live better than die." ”

Lian Zhi'er's voice was very weak, "I just want to save my life, but what you want may not be what I want." ”

After everyone left, they saw Shan Qiao looking at her thoughtfully, and only said slowly, "Why don't you want to be his maid?" There are some things that are originally yours, and you can't escape even if you want to, and you will only fall deeper and deeper. ”

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At night, Lian Zhi'er had to quietly go to Ruan Lu's yard again, but saw Fushuang waiting for her outside with a sheep's horn lamp, as if he had been waiting for a long time, and there was a thick layer of snow dumplings on the collar of the fox fur on his body.

"The girl can be regarded as coming, His Royal Highness the Prince has been waiting for you for a long time, why is it so late today?" He was a little worried, and hurriedly whispered, "You must be coaxed well, who doesn't like to listen to flatterers." ”

Lian Zhi'er was noncommittal, and while walking side by side with him, he asked, "How is Qingqi doing?" ”

"I have taken good care of these days, and I have also sent over the steamed buns that His Royal Highness the Prince has given every day, and I have also taken the opportunity to stuff some meat, and I have given a few thick quilts these days, these days are just a little more suffering, but my life is safe."

Lian Zhi'er breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly thought of something, and only asked, "Is it your errand to choose a slave for His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

Fushuang laughed, patted his chest and reassured himself, "Don't worry, the girl is the first one to be chosen, even if others break their heads, it won't hinder the girl from doing anything." ”

Lian Zhi'er's heart tightened, and she hurriedly said, "Don't choose me." ”

Fushuang was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't believe that she would give up such a good errand, and asked a little suspiciously, "Doesn't the girl want to come over?" ”

Lian Zhi'er said without thinking, "I don't want to." ”

At this time, the two saw a black figure standing under the plum tree in the wind and snow, and the two were startled, and after seeing it clearly, they realized that it was Ruan Lu.

The two of them were suddenly apprehensive, and they didn't know how much he listened to Shicai's words. saw that his face was extremely cold, and even his voice was extremely cold, "Why is it so late?" ”

"I was almost seen this morning, and I had to wait for everyone to leave before I could come." She explained in a panic, her eyes full of fear of him.

Ruan Lu snorted coldly and walked straight into the house, and Lian Zhi'er had to follow behind him, because he was in a hurry. She only hurried behind him, and after a while, she was tired and panting.

When Lian Zhi'er entered the house, she saw that there was a table full of food on the table in the house, although it was half cold, but it was big fish and meat, and the aroma came straight up, as if it was seducing, but I saw her eyes looking straight at it.

At this moment, I heard a light cough from her side, and Ruan Lu's leisurely voice came, "Since you want to go over, it's disgusting to look at you like that." ”

Lian Zhi'er was a little suspicious that he wouldn't be so kind, for fear that he would be calculating something behind his back, so he only licked the corners of his chapped lips, "How dare the slave covet your things!" ”

Ruan Lu sneered, "I'm afraid that you are still hungry now, this world doesn't want you to faint again, you are this world in exchange for a steamed bun, you can't waste it." ”

Lian Zhi'er naturally heard the humiliation in his words, and under the influence of these days, he became open-minded.

She was not polite, she only sat at the table, did not use dishes and chopsticks, grabbed a chicken leg with her left hand, and held a fried crispy fish in her right hand, only to gnaw it like a hungry wolf.

In an instant, the dishes on the table were a mess, and the wind was surging and she quickly ate to the bottom, and she swallowed the contents of her mouth before she had time to chew carefully.

Ruan Lu kept looking at her. There was a little more disgust on his face, and he suddenly sneered, "County Lord, it seems that you have really suffered a lot!" ”

No one had called her that for three years, and her mouth full of meat choked in her throat, and it took her a long time to swallow it with great difficulty. However, she lost even the slightest appetite, and just looked down at the greasy hand and said nothing.

Ruan Lu's eyes glowed strangely under the light of the candles, and he didn't pay attention to her gloomy heart, he felt sorry for himself, and sneered, "After eating, you will clean up everything, can you still wait for this world to get it?" ”

Lian Zhi'er then put away the scraps on a table, and then stood under the plum tree in the courtyard for a while.

The cold wind poured down her throat into her abdomen, and she only felt that her abdomen was swollen and painful, constantly surging upwards.

She stood for a moment before entering the house.

Ruan Lu had already bathed and changed her clothes, and when he saw her come in, he didn't bother to talk to her anymore, so he just walked over and picked her up, and threw her on the bed very arrogantly.

Lian Zhi'er was originally uncomfortable in her abdomen, but when she was thrown away by him like this, she felt that the churning was even more powerful.

And at this moment, I saw that his lips had come together, and even the hot breath fell on her cheeks.

She subconsciously pushed hard, Ruan Lu was unguarded, and staggered to the side, and only after standing firm did she say angrily, "Are you crazy?" ”

Lian Zhi'er didn't care about explaining, just covered her mouth and ran outside. Only then did he push open the door, and he vomited in the snow.

Ruan Lu also chased after her, and when he saw that her face was pale and she looked more and more miserable and weak, he rarely felt a little kindness, and personally held the boiling hot tea and asked her to rinse her mouth.

Soon the half-hung doctor Fushuang was called again, he checked the pulse this time, and said with great confidence after a long time, "The girl has been hungry for too long, and she has to eat in an orderly manner. ”

Fushuang didn't know where to find some medicine, and only boiled it for Lian Zhi'er and brought it over, and he didn't know what it was in a bowl of black fish, so Lian Zhi'er had to pinch his nose and drink it reluctantly.

Na Fushuang was really a careful minion, and he also found two candied fruits, and even the branches were only in his mouth, and he felt that the bitter taste gradually dissipated.

That's when it happened. She suddenly thought of something, "His Royal Highness the Prince of the World must come over with some medicine tomorrow, if I am pregnant, what should I do?" ”

His cold gaze slid over her face, and for a moment she felt that all her limbs were trembling, and he was actually angry, which reminded her of the day when he had eaten her alive in front of the coffins of her father and brother.

That nightmare haunted her for three whole years, like a needle buried in her heart, poking her bloody at any time.

He walked over slowly and looked at her condescendingly, "Why don't you want the child of this world?" Is that disdainful? Or are you only thinking about giving birth to that man? ”

Lian Zhi'er looked at the dark night outside the window, as if it was sinking endlessly, "The slave is already bitter enough, why drag down another child?" ”

Ruan Lu looked at her thoughtfully, and the anger in his eyes seemed to gradually disappear.

Ruan Lu didn't touch her that night, and after she took the medicine, the pain in her abdomen did not disappear completely, only the heat started, and the beads of sweat rolled all over her body, until the second half of the night, and she felt that her body had regained some strength.

She was opening her eyes, but she heard the faint sound of the door slamming outside, the sound was not loud, but it was enough to startle her into a cold sweat.

Through the veil and the screen, Lian Zhi'er clearly saw a dark shadow outside the door.

Ruan Lu had also woken up, so he only casually draped the fox fur pressed on the quilt on his body, and comforted her with a hoarse voice while getting up. "It's okay, let's go back to sleep."

With that, he got up and lit the candle, and there was a faint light in the dark room, and he walked to the door and opened it. With the cold wind rushing in, a middle-aged man entered the house, but only "plopped" and fell to the ground.

"You're here!" There was not a trace of ripple in Ruan Lu's voice, as if he had expected him to come over.

"Weichen Zhang Kun came uninvited tonight, just asking His Royal Highness the Prince to save the people on both sides of the river." After speaking, he took out an account book from his arms and held it above his head, "This is the account that Weichen stole from Sun Sheng." This is why he has been corrupt and perverted the law for all these years, embezzled the money for repairing the river, and filled his own pockets, and most of the people in the city who sold sand, stone and iron tools were controlled by him, and they were all sold to the government for huge profits, so that the river embankment collapsed every year and the people were displaced. ”

Ruan Lu only took the account book slowly, only glanced at it hastily, and then sneered, "No wonder this son can't find anything." It turned out that there were two accounts hidden, and the powerful Supervisor Sun actually colluded with everyone in one place, no wonder everyone helped him ask for silver from the court. ”

Lian Zhi'er has been here for more than three years, and he has heard some rumors, only to hear that this cart of sand and gravel is more expensive than a cart of grain. Even if it is repaired, the embankment often happens.

Those officials sent by the capital were all bribed by Sun Sheng and others, and after returning to Beijing to tell the Queen Mother, they were sent over with silver flowing like seawater.

She was just a county lord who didn't know anything about the world in the past, where did she understand these things, she only heard about them and took them all to heart, what she cared about was when she could give amnesty to the world and let them go as exiles.

Lian Zhi'er looked through the veil and screen, and faintly saw Ruan Lu's angular face with a sarcastic smile, "I don't know if this Sun Sheng is connected to the big tree in Beijing, and he doesn't dare to make so many things with him." ”

Weichen thought, I'm afraid it's the Shi family's father and son. Zhang Kun said without thinking, "Who doesn't know that Sun Sheng is a protégé of Shi Taifu, and I don't know how many calligraphy and paintings he collected for Shi to dye in the past." ”

Lian Zhi'er only felt that his qi and blood were surging, and he rushed out with only a cloak, turned the screen, and said hurriedly, "No, Shi Ran is not that kind of person, he is a person who is not stained with dust, how can he covet these possessions, you must be mistaken." ”

That Zhang Kun didn't think that there was a woman in the house, so he couldn't help but be shocked, and he didn't dare to look at it.

Ruan Lu's cold face turned, like a sharp knife and a sharp gaze scraped on her face, and there was displeasure in her voice, "Stand down." ”

The faint light of the fire illuminated her face extremely white, but her dark eyes were full of solemnity, as if she was guarding her most important little beast, and even the appearance of her teeth and claws looked so clumsy and ridiculous.

Even she herself realized it, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, but turned around and went to the soft couch by the window, stunned.

Ruan Lu looked at the man kneeling on the ground, with a cold voice in his voice. "Since you have handed over the evidence of the crime to the prince of this world, the prince of Japan will definitely bring them to justice, but now the son of the world himself is difficult to protect, and he cannot protect your life, after returning to Beijing in the coming day, the son of this world will definitely enlighten the emperor, and presumably the adult will be famous for a hundred years."

That Zhang Kun was a real man, and he only gritted his teeth and said, "As long as you can kill these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it is not a pity for Weichen to die." ”

Ruan Lu's face was also a little moved, and he only bowed deeply.

Lian Zhi'er sat under the window, the cold wind blowing through the gap on the back of her hand, and the frostbite on it was itchy and painful like being licked by a cat.

Zhang Kun had already gone out, and Lian Zhi'er only felt that the surroundings were becoming more and more depressed, so he raised his head and looked at Ruan Lu with a cold face, but he had no fear of the past.

He rarely didn't get angry, just sneered and stuffed the ledger in his hand into her hand, "He's not innocent and will see you in the future." You hide this thing, if you lose it or you give it to someone else, this son will be the first to ask for your head. ”

Lian Zhi'er only felt very heavy when he held the account book, but when he saw the dim firelight, Ruan Lu squinted his eyes slightly, as if he was calculating something.

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On the second day, Lian Zhi'er was sent to the mountain to cut firewood, and at this time the mountain was covered by heavy snow, and the birds and beasts were hiding in their nests and did not dare to come out, who dared to go up the mountain.

If you accidentally fall down the mountain, you will have to break your hands and feet if you don't fall to your death.

Lian Zhi'er is used to these most tiring tasks, but in the past, Qingqi was still by her side, but now she is the only one left.

Who knew that she was picking up dead branches behind a pine tree, but she saw a few people coming up from the bottom of the mountain, led by Supervisor Sun, and the slave behind her was dragging a bloody man, who hung his head, like a wild dog, and was cheapened, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

Lian Zhi'er covered her mouth in fright, and hid behind the pine tree in fright, and quietly hid the back basket again.

She was small, and the people who passed him a few feet away didn't notice her presence.

However, these people stopped in the clearing on the edge of the cliff, only a dozen feet away from Lian Zhi'er, and Lian Zhi'er could clearly see everything they were doing.

Soon the slaves threw the man who was dragging him down, and then grabbed a few handfuls of cold snow and threw them in the man's neck, and the man slowly woke up.

Lian Zhi'er still recognized from the bloody face that it was the person who sent the account to Ruan Lu yesterday, Ruan Lu said that his life was in danger, it seems that this Sun Supervisor is really in a hurry.

Traitor, who stole the ledger, why don't you take it out quickly? Supervisor Sun's face showed a hideous expression, and he almost stomped on his hand fiercely, "You have been with Lord Ben for so many years, but you didn't expect to harbor such a big evil intention." ”

Zhang Kun was a real man, and he only spit out a mouthful of blood foam, "Dog thief, you will be retributed sooner or later for killing so many people." ”

After saying that, he knew that he would not escape death today, and that his life would only be in vain, so he stood up as if he was crazy, and died on the stone beside him.

Suddenly, blood flowed everywhere, and the flawless snow was stained through.

The boulder was only three feet away from Lianzhi'er, and a few drops of warm and hot blood splashed on her body, and she bit her lip in fear, for fear that she would make a sound.