Chapter 002: The Long Night

Hou Jun held the sandalwood of the collapsed house with one hand, his arm was a little sore after a long time, and he wished that time would pass faster, fortunately, this thatched house was made of simple materials, mostly thatched, animal skin, hemp and mud to make the roof, it was not heavy, but there was no light burden for a long time, so as not to make the roof press on the faces of the two, they had to grit their teeth and stiffen.

The sound of the wind seemed to be in his ears this time, and Hou Jun felt that the Liu family leaned towards him again. The incident happened suddenly, and she only wore thin underwear under the quilt. The cold wind was pouring through the cracks in the roof, and he felt his right leg freeze a little unconscious.

Liu Shi was wrapped in a quilt when he rolled over just now, and when he heard that there was no voice from Hou Jun, I don't know if he slept or not, he would be covered on Hou Jun's body, and the two of them huddled together to keep warm. Liu Shi felt that Hou Jun's originally cold body gradually gained some temperature, but he didn't move at all, a little straight and straight, and there was no snoring at all.

At first, Hou Jun couldn't sleep, and the mess was like a sieve in his mind. It's nothing if the house collapses, so I cut down two trees in the morning, melt some snow and water, get some land and make some adobe, and build two more rooms. It's a bit difficult to get along with the Liu family in the future.

The silent act of covering the quilt for him just now almost moved him, and it was the feeling of dependence on each other. Right now in Xizhou, who are his relatives? Liu's plump and elastic body made him suddenly feel strange, but it was just curiosity.

After a while, he remembered the way Liu Shi ate the half of the roasted mouse with relish just now, and forgot to wipe it with the smoke on his round red lips, hunger can make anyone temporarily give up their reserve and hostility, is this the commanding lady in the past?

More than once in the past, he had delusionally imagined that Liu had fallen into the river in broad daylight, and stretched out his hand to him in horror to ask for help, and every time he looked at her coldly, watching her sink into the water exhausted, with indescribable pleasure in his chest. But this time, two people who had never appeared in his delusions actually appeared one after another.

One was his only half-brother, Hou Wushuang, who was also standing by the river, holding his legs and shaking and crying: "Save Mom...... Brother...... Save Mom...... Brother ......" Hou Jun's throat suddenly tightened a little.

During the most tense period of his relationship with his parents, he did not have the slightest coldness towards his brother, and ran over whenever he had time, pestering him to ask this and that. Sometimes he slyly pulls out a fresh food or two from his bosom - sometimes fruit from the south, sometimes a delicately prepared pastry. Chubby's hands were covered with flour residues, "You eat, don't let them know, don't let mom know, help me pick up the birds after eating!" ”

The other is his father, the invincible Chen Guogong. Since he was a child, his father has only touched him once. I can't remember what year it was, but in the autumn of the year my mother had just died, and my father had taken him on a hunting trip.

He sat in front of his father's horse, majestic. The sky was like a dome, covering the four wildernesses, the wild beasts panicked and fled for their lives, and my father's men shouted and galloped, and the sound of hooves shook the earth.

When a fawn lost its pack and ran wildly, the father laughed, picked up his bow and arrows, and drew his bow to aim.

"Father, don't shoot!" Hou Jun shouted.

"Okay, don't shoot." In the gallop, the father withdrew the bow and arrow.

"Catch up with it!"

"Okay, then catch up with it." The war horse galloped, the distance between the deer and the fawn gradually narrowed, the father drew the knife again, Hou Jun could hear the deer's gasping to the limit, the voice was mixed with a desperate scream, where is its mother, has it been shot down by a sharp arrow? Hou Jun shouted, "Don't kill it!" Don't kill it! ”

The father hesitantly put away the knife, "Why?" You talk about it. ”

Hou Jun said, "It's too small, it's pitiful for its mother to find it."

“…… Okay, I'll listen to you once", watching the fawn that had been granted amnesty gradually fleeing away, he seemed to feel his father's interest suddenly disappear, but Hou Jun was still very happy, until his father ordered the team to end the hunt, he was still immersed in great happiness.

After that hunt, he moved out of the bedroom closest to his father, which he had meant, and he only learned about it later, because there was a new hostess, and soon after, there was Wushuang.

And he had no slaves and nurses, and the slaves and nurses went to wait for their new masters. Father never meets, and when he meets, he is scolded and cold-eyed, even if it is a New Year's holiday, in the eyes of outsiders, when the family needs to be reunited together, in his opinion, his father is also acting, and the expression is obviously hoping that Hou Jun will disappear from his face in the next moment.

Hou Jun was afraid of such a festive day for a period of time, the red lights were hung high, the sound of firecrackers came and went, the Guogong Mansion was full of flowers, and the Duchess of the State was graceful and luxurious, with thousands of manners, holding the child in her arms, and pointing to the precious dog in the family, "Go, go to find your male master." ”

The little dog wagged its tail and stuck out its tongue and ran to the feet of Guogong, who laughed and said, "I think you should go to your mistress to be", and it really ran back and wagked its tail and begged for mercy. The Duchess covered her mouth and smiled, her beautiful face was comparable to a blooming hibiscus, and a clever servant motioned with her hand to the Wushuang in Madame's arms and echoed: "Go find the little master, go find the little master!" ”

The puppy ran and ran, not forgetting to come to Hou Jun's side, and at this time, Hou Jun suddenly showed a hideous face, flew up, kicked the puppy and rolled out of the hall, and escaped from the hall with a wail.

Everyone was shocked, and my father's face changed, and he yelled again and again, "Get out!" Ningzi - Defeated! ”

Wushuang leaned on his mother's arms, frightened by this battle, and cried out indistinctly, "Dede (brother)", Hou Jun rushed out without looking back like crazy, kicking over the bronze smoker on the way, charcoal fire splashed on the scarlet carpet produced in Persia, and the scorched smoke instantly filled the hall.

The servants hurriedly cleaned up the mess, and only the Duchess softly comforted the frightened child. Hou Junfei generally walked through the heavy houses, rushed into his own cabin, hugged the pillow on the bed tightly, trembled all over, and cried earth-shatteringly, "Mom-Mom-", he fell asleep when he was tired of crying, and the pillow in his arms made him feel warm.

The most hateful thing is that some slaves, who are extremely aware of the wind and the rudder, know everyone's position in the state government, know who to flatter, who to get close to, who to stay away from, and who to monitor, and how to say it so that they will not suffer.

No, a second butler with thick eyebrows and big eyes was trying his best to consider the words, and under the gaze of the national prince, he stammered and reported: "Late ...... It's night...... Madame brought the grandfather of the small country...... Go and send a ...... to the eldest prince Send a new bunk and ......"

"We waited outside the door, and after a while, we heard a faint tearing sound in the house, the eldest prince grinned, and heard the lady say no, don't......" The other two servants also nodded at this moment.

The Duchess Liu was disheveled, the hairpin had fallen off, her face was scratched, her sideburns were scattered, and she couldn't cry. Guogong thumped his chest, "Pull this Ningzi out and cut it for me!" Chop! ”

Hou Jun was being held by two slaves with their arms cut upside down, and the two of them never imagined that Hou Jun, who was just thirteen years old at this time, only struggled and overturned the two to the ground. The housekeeper next to him had just pulled out his saber, and was still hesitating whether Guogong's intention was a real or fake cut, when Hou Jun snatched a single knife and cut it on the butler's neck, and the housekeeper fell on his back with a bang, his legs twitched, and blood sprayed on the place where he kicked down the smoker a few years ago.

Hou Jun rushed towards the two subordinates who had fallen to the ground and had just gotten up, and slashed the knife in a rage. Guogong stepped over and stood in front of the two, "Are you going to rebel!" ”

Hou Jun's eyes were also red, his eyes were full of tears, and he roared, "Fool, the master also cut you!" The sound came, but before the knife could fall, Guogong waved the sleeve of his robe, and Hou Jun was pushed to the ground by a strong force, and the knife was still clenched.

Grandpa Guo stared at Hou Jun for a long time, and ordered to go down, "Carry the housekeeper down and bury him, and show mercy to his family. Then he said coldly to Hou Jun on the ground, "Come here." Liu said in horror, "Guogong, knife!" ”

Hou Jun had already stopped crying, and approached his father step by step with a knife in his hand, Guogong hugged him in his arms, grabbed the back of the knife with two fingers, and the handle of the knife made Hou Jun's hand hurt, and he took it out and was thrown to the ground by his father.

The father took Hou Jun's hands and looked at them, and said, "It is a crime to kill slaves without permission, and the Tang Dynasty Law says that those who kill people by mistake with a blade will ......be imprisoned for one and a half years."

"Father, let me die."

Grandpa Guo turned his head to look at Liu's shocked face, stroked Hou Jun's hand and said, "My husband is not angry, he can't go to the battlefield for martial arts, and he can't write two sour poems...... It's only today that I see that you have some meaning...... However, you have no respect for your elders, you are unruly, you bully your mother, and kill your life by mistake, and you will be exiled to Zhongnan Mountain from today, and you don't want to come back if I don't speak. ”

Zhongnan Mountain, there are as many hermits in the mountains as there are grasshoppers in the ground, and they hide in Zhongnan Mountain, so they are different, and when the monarch is summoned, they will jump to Chang'an faster than grasshoppers. This is what the master said, this old man with a white beard always speaks differently, as unfathomable as his ability.

There is also a little junior sister Ying who is two years younger than him, who teases him all day long. This fairy-like woman is just young, if she grows up and looks better than Liu's three points, then her heart will definitely poison Liu's three points. He only concentrates on learning art, has no distractions, never provokes her, and never looks at her directly.

Zhongnan Mountain is also called Taiyi Mountain, located in the south of Chang'an City fifty miles, thousands of peaks are stacked and green, and the scenery is beautiful.

Early in the morning, Hou Jun was meditating on the cliff by Taiyi Lake, and just after he settled down, he heard a woman's voice in his ear whispering, "Brother Hou, Brother Hou, where are you?" Hou Jun knew that Yingying was behind him, so he deliberately ignored her, "Brother Hou...... Master told you to eat,"

“……”

"Oh, I forgot, I just ate breakfast, and it's still early for lunch" Yingying grinned, Hou Jun ignored it, and felt itchy behind her ear, it was she who pinched a wild grass leaf behind his ear to make a ghost, Hou Jun gritted his teeth and held back, Leng didn't move.

After a while, I felt a small insect crawling along my nostrils, I couldn't help it anymore, leaned over and sneezed loudly, at this time, a jade finger stretched out behind me, and gently put it on Hou Jun's back, Hou Jun couldn't sit still anymore, and fell into the lake, like a chicken in soup.

He wiped the water on his face and yelled at his junior sister who was smiling and leaning back on the shore, "Vixen! ”

"Vixen!" , Liu Shi didn't know when he fell asleep, heard Hou Jun's scream, woke up at this time, and found that his body was actually tired of Hou Jun's arms, and he seemed to be hugging each other, and each other was hot.

Through the light outside, she found that the two iron rod-like arms on her chest were binding herself to pain, her face was inexplicably hot, and there was a sudden panic, which was an experience she had never experienced until now, and she was shocked and angry for a while.

Listening to his scolding again, my heart trembled with coldness. But after listening to him scold, there was no movement, and he was still asleep, knowing that he was dreaming, his heart relaxed a little, and he didn't dare to move.

Outside, the snow and wind had stopped, and gradually there were human voices, Hou Jun woke up suddenly, feeling tired and unbearable, as if he had never slept before. Seeing the posture of the two, he hurriedly shook his hand and pushed Liu away, blurting out, "Ah, sin, sin, I overslept."

This is still the most time Hou Jun has spoken to her in one breath since he came out of Chang'an. Liu was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so he even said, "Yes, if there is no one next to me, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this night." ”

Hou Jun's heart warmed, and he said secretly, "After all, the Liu family is his elder and his only relative in the future, so it's not enough to kill people, what else should I do?" What she did before was nothing more than for her son to be able to win the title of Duke Chen. If you have a mother, isn't it exactly what you have hoped for in the past? At her age, she has suffered from wealth and deplorability, and the blow is big enough. Compared to himself, he didn't have any extravagant thoughts about everything in Chen Guogong's mansion, but he didn't feel so sad. ”

He thought of that cute little brother and knew how much pain the Liu family had endured in his heart. But she can still be strong, but she is a hundred times stronger than herself, if she doesn't give up, she won't be a man.

People are like this sometimes, they seem to have immortal resentment, and in a word, the spring breeze thaws.

Seeing that the Liu family was dressed, Hou Jun carefully uncovered the ruins that pressed on them, and a dazzling snow color enveloped the two of them, "Charcoal fire!" Where are you. Hou Jun shouted angrily.

A bright neighing of horses followed, and the charcoal fire leaped from where it had been lying down.