8 This silence lasted for a long time, and even if Xiao Nan didn't look up, he knew that the only sound in the hall at this time was the eldest master whispering to the butler.

After a while, the eldest man said, "I'm tired, butler, you can watch the family law be done." ”

The housekeeper nodded his head again and again, and at this time, a few maids who were pale with fright but did not dare to come came over and knelt down and waited for the eldest master to return to the house. These maids, all of whom are beautiful women in a thousand, wear clothes that are much better than ordinary maids, all of them are beautifully embroidered gold thread brocade, and the jewelry they wear is also gold, silver and emerald treasures, even those noble wives may not be able to compare.

I saw that they were almost lying on the ground, prostrate under the steps of the "throne" of the eldest lord. It turned out that the old man's special seat was deliberately made very high in order to show his authority, and there was a step under the chair, which could be used to put on his feet, and after these maids lay down, the old man stepped on the head of the maid with his own pearl-encrusted satin shoes, and then stepped on their backs and bodies step by step under the support of the attendants and stepped down from the seat. The maids who are used as human cushions all grit their teeth and struggle to support them - think about it, you know what it's like to let a young girl be stepped on by an adult man.

This kind of barbaric pomp made Xiao Nan stunned.

For a long time after the eldest lord left, people did not dare to say anything, which shows that the aftermath of the eldest lord weighed on people's hearts like a heavy mountain.

Finally, the butler's words broke the silence when he announced: "According to the family law, thirteen young people can be exempted from capital crimes, and living crimes cannot be escaped, and three hundred lashes will be given, and the monthly payment for three years will be cut."

This is what the eldest lord means, thirteen young, thank you. ”

It turned out that in this family, he still had to thank him for his loyalty like a courtier, so Xiao Nan had to say: "Thank you for the grace of not killing!" ”

After that, he kowtowed three times.

Although he was lucky enough to save his life, it seems that the torture he waited for was inevitable. Xiao Nan sighed heavily in his heart.

It's just that his execution obviously didn't have to be watched by everyone in the court, and after everyone dispersed one by one, the family dragged him to the dungeon built by the Xiao family. That's where he was executed. This dungeon is very well repaired, at first glance I thought it was a decent basement, but after passing through a dark corridor, the space inside is incredibly large, and there are more than thirty cells on both sides of the row of horizontal passages with iron doors closed. This Xiao family, are there so many people who need to be locked up?

The jailers put him directly on the execution rack of a cell, and some torture instruments were hung on the wall, and they picked a whip with many "pigtails" at the end of the fork, and at the end of each fork of the whip, a small sharp stone was tied.

"Thirteen less, it's not that we're ruthless, it's really what it means, we can't help but abide by it." The two jailers also told Xiao Nan, probably because they were afraid that he would retaliate in the future.

"The two of you are also impartial, I understand the rules of this house." Although Xiao Nan said this, he actually knew that he knew a fart. Perhaps it was because of the extreme conditions that inspired him some of his "talents". Before the jailers tried to tie his hands, he actually talked to the jailers and said that he had some money with him.

Before the execution, the two jailers were really surprised to be able to talk to the jailers so calmly. This thirteen young man seems to be different from the rumors, and he seems to be a little too calm.

Although the Xiao family is wealthy, and the commissions they give to their subordinates are much higher than those of other big families, but these days, who is afraid of money?

And Xiao Nan had money on him purely by chance, this was still the few remaining pieces of the "bride money" that the seventh young master stuffed him, and he was going to keep it to study this kind of "silver ticket" left by the people during the Republic of China.

These silver tickets are only circulated locally, and the printing is very exquisite, which is issued by the Xiao family, and he also sees that these silver tickets are very special, and he doesn't want to come in handy here.

After he took the silver ticket he brought to the two jailers, the jailers had a much better attitude, and said: "Thirteenth young master, we don't dare to disobey the eldest master, but we used to come out of the old yamen, and we know how to deal with it, and you will inevitably suffer some hardships." ”

Say it and make a color.

These jailers from the old yamen of the Qing Dynasty are very particular about beating people, they can beat you so that your skin looks open but it is only skin injuries, or you can beat you to look fine, but in fact they are serious internal injuries. Xiao Nan couldn't imagine that he had experienced history in such an unexpected place, and he couldn't help but sigh again in his heart.

Anyway, you can't run away from this beating.

However, the two jailers were already very light, but the beating looked more serious, and they were covered in blood. Xiao Nan is also a patient person, but he didn't say a word when he was punished. That Seventh Young Master was really righteous, and others didn't dare to pay attention to Xiao Nan at this time, but he quietly sent someone to carry Xiao Nan back from prison.

Returning to his small courtyard again, Xiao Nan found that only a day and a night had passed, and the entire courtyard had become extremely lonely, and the maids and servants in his courtyard had resigned, fearing that they would be dealt with by the family law if they had anything to do with him, and even the fast-talking girl Xiaoci was transferred away.

He was just punished by the eldest master, and the courtyard was full of fallen trees, and the fear of the eldest lord was really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Now, Wanyue is the only one left in the courtyard, waiting for him to come back.

And after he was sent, only Wanyue was the only one who took on the duties of the maid's servant, and he was busy with his injury, but fortunately, the Seventh Young Master also sent a doctor to show him the injury and prescribe medicine. However, the Seventh Young Master himself did not dare to come to the courtyard to visit him. The doctor prescribed medicine, and after helping Wanyue take care of his injuries, he also left in a hurry.

When Xiao Nan was lying on the bed, he also learned another frustrating thing, that is, several servants who had resigned had robbed him of the savings in the house, and Wan Yue was pushed and beaten by him in order to stop them, and this is how the large blood scab on her forehead came from.

How important a face is to a girl! And this girl is doing everything, just to protect herself, in this strange and indifferent mansion, only Wanyue can make him feel a trace of human warmth, even if everyone has left him now, but only she will not give up, just because of her promise to her that I don't know if I can fulfill it.

And at this difficult time, it was the Seventh Young Master who secretly gave Wanyue some money in order to barely maintain their expenses for the next few days.

Xiao Nan now had no idea what he was going to do in the future, and the low-grade fever that started after the injury made him fall into a coma in trouble.

When he woke up the next day, he felt heavy, but his mind was much clearer than the previous night, but as soon as he turned his head, a wet towel fell off his head. Only then did he realize that there was a sleeping person lying next to his bed, except for Wanyue, who could not be the second person. Looking at the basin of water and several towels on the stool next to her, he realized that she had kept watch over him all night, constantly changing wet towels and applying them to his forehead, trying to lower his body temperature.

And as soon as he moved, Wanyue also woke up in a daze, and when she saw that he was awake, Wanyue was very surprised.

"Young Master! Are you feeling better? She used her hand to test the temperature of his forehead. Xiao Nan nodded: "Take care of the injury on your forehead...... Wanyue, you're too tired. ”

"I'm the young master's person, and I'll follow the young master no matter what." Wanyue said firmly, "Young Master, you must live well!" I don't want to lose someone important in my life! ”

"I'm so useless, I promised to let you live a good life, but you did all this tiring work by my side......" Xiao Nan said apologetically.

"I'm not bitter." She looked at Xiao Nan with clear eyes, "As long as the thirteenth young man is still alive, I will still have a home." ”

"Wanyue, you...... Do you trust me so much with just one word? Xiao Nan felt more and more sorry for this strong and obedient girl.

"Believe. One sentence is enough. No one in the world has ever said that to me. Wanyue lowered her head, "I'm content and accept my fate." ”

"Then I...... And I will continue to promise you, believe it or not, I will promise you that one day...... I will make you happy. Xiao Nan held her hand, and he suddenly felt that he really had some kind of responsibility, he used to live lightly, and never thought about thinking about other people.

Now, it doesn't seem to matter anymore.

There should be a turnaround. At least he knew something vague about the future.

And in this day and age, there should be a lot of use for what he knows......

When he fell into a complicated mind again, Wanyue covered him with a blanket and said, "Now young master, you just take care of your injuries, don't think about anything else." I went to the bazaar, don't worry, Wanyue is not the kind of pampered woman, as long as Wanyue is here, she will never let the thirteen young hungry and freeze. ”

These few words made Xiao Nan feel even more powerless, he was so ashamed that he was reduced to asking a weak woman to protect him.

originally thought that with his own efforts, he could live a little better in this Republic of China, but a family law order of the eldest lord took everything away from him.

Everyone thinks that the eldest lord is the absolute master of this family, but he deeply feels that the eldest lord is just a demon wearing a human skin.

For him, Wanyue had to be as busy as a subordinate, and take on all the work in a yard by herself. Like all traditional Chinese women, she endured hardships and stood hard work, which shows how she was treated in her original family.

When Wanyue came out of the hospital, he also struggled to sit up, the two jailer brothers were really measured, he could barely get out of bed, and the doctor only said that it was a flesh injury after seeing the injury.

He wanted to search this room again to see if there was any money left, although the seventh young master sent money, he didn't dare to send more, for fear of criticism, and the amount of that money was just a few days' worth of medicine.

He didn't believe that a dignified thirteen young people would not save some private money in a place where no one could find it.