Chapter 6: Back to the Past
In the eastern suburbs of the imperial city, in the dark prison of the Shen family's mansion, there was intermittent sound of a woman crying angrily.
"Sister, I can't complain about my sister's cruelty, it's all your fault, Huang'er is still so young, why can you bear to poison him! Anyway, he's your nephew too! "Tang Yuer just died of her son, and she cried so much.
The woman who was tied to the stake raised a cold and resolute face to look at Tang Yu'er, her eyes were full of hatred: "Tang Yu'er...... You poisonous woman, in order to frame me, you won't even let go of your own son! You're so ruthless! You're going to hell! ”
"Y-What are you talking about! Guangbo she didn't know what was wrong when she killed our son! Tang Yuer cried and looked at the man beside her, her beautiful eyes were surging with tears, but she still couldn't trap the resentment in her eyes.
Shen Guangbo held her in his arms distressedly, raised his hand and slapped Tang Mian.
The hot pain poured down his face and into his whole body, and Tang Mian looked at the negative person in front of him in a daze.
Fifteen years ago, her cheap father designed her to marry into the Shen family for Tang Yuer.
At that time, the Shen family was poor, and she couldn't even light lamp oil, so she got up early and sold tofu in the dark, desperately making money to support him, and put the burden of supporting the family on herself......
Twelve years ago, he was admitted to the Jinshi, the treasury was empty, and the emperor called on the ministers to donate silver.
Eight years ago, his father and mother fell ill and were bedridden, and she couldn't take care of them until she returned to heaven.
Five years ago, he needed 500,000 taels of silver to fill the empty bank, and she did not hesitate to sell all the houses and fertile land in her name......
However, after he Shen Guangbo learned that her sister Tang Yuer had died of her husband, he went to visit the patient many times, and after going back and forth, Tang Yuer actually gave birth to a "posthumous son".
In less than a month, he took their mother and son to live in the house, and handed over the key to the account room to her to take care of, and asked her for warmth, giving everything he had, how ironic.
She looked at the pair of dog men and women, eager to swallow their flesh and blood, "Shen Guangbo! You bad guy! ”
"Huh...... Negative man! Tang Mian, I haven't forced you to do anything all these years, have I? Everything is your willingness! ”
Shen Guangbo's eyes were full of murderous aura, looking down at his wife who had been in bed with him for many years, looking at the whip marks on her body, there was no pity, but all resentment.
If she hadn't married Yu'er back then, he wouldn't have been able to get the slightest help from the Tang family.
I won't miss the first year's talent exam, and I will stay up for three cold and summers in vain.
will not be ridiculed by so many colleagues, he is a prime minister who would marry a concubine's daughter!
He endured it for so long, not wanting this poisonous woman to kill their son Huang'er.
He couldn't take it anymore.
Thinking of the past, he pinched Tang Mian's neck hard.
Her vision gradually blurred, Tang Mian struggled desperately, breathing became more and more difficult, and she tried to retract her focus, wanting to memorize the face of Shen Lingyun, a brute.
"I ...... Yes...... The vengeful ......" squeezed out the last sentence with all her might, and she closed her eyes completely.
Outside the window, the snow was falling all over the sky.
"Cotton! Get up! A familiar voice came from his ears, waking Tang Mian.
She stretched out and jumped out of bed, looking at everything around her suspiciously, frightened.
"Mother!" She looked at the woman who appeared outside the door, and after being stunned for half a second, she threw herself into her arms and cried.
When her mother was seriously ill, she had no choice but to go to the imperial city to find Tang Qinluo's scumbag father for help, and it happened that the Shen family came to the door at this time to ask the Tang family to fulfill the marriage contract.
At that time, Tang Qinluo was also a sixth-grade official, the Shen family had declined, Shen Guangbo was not even a Xiucai, and he fell off the horse and fell unconscious, he didn't want to marry his sweetheart Tang Yu'er, so he came up with such a trick Li Dai Taostiff and pushed her into the fire pit.
"Oops! Cotton, what's wrong with you? I'm having nightmares again, okay, stop crying......"
After a long time, Tang Mian finally reacted.
Her mother's mother, Bai Yunniang, did not die, she came back to a year before her mother's death.
At this time, Bai Yunniang was just in her early thirties, her appearance was still beautiful, and after a long period of work, she didn't see her strong body, and she still gave people a weak sense of beauty.
Who would have thought that she would marry Tang Xiucai, who was envied by everyone.
Less than a year after being a talented lady, Tang Qinluo was admitted to the Jinshi, and in order to marry the queen Cui'e, the eldest of the household servants' family, as his wife, he also abandoned her with the jealousy of the seven outs.
After that, he ignored their mother and daughter for fifteen years.
But it's okay to live again, Tang Mian will never choose his previous life again.
At night, Tang Mian took advantage of her mother's sleep to check her pulse again.
Indeed, now there is a wind and cold into the bones, if you don't regulate it well, you will really be weak when the disease occurs.
Fortunately, since her mother's death, her illness has been stuck in her heart, and she has been studying medicine in her spare time, and now she has achieved a little success.
She got up and wrote down the prescription in the dark before going back to sleep.
Early the next morning, as soon as she finished washing, Huayu from the same village asked her to go up the mountain together.
said that she had made an appointment to pick wild vegetables some time ago, and she gladly agreed.
Halfway through, Huayu noticed that she had been peeking at her, and finally couldn't help but stop.
"Cotton, say it! Do you want to borrow money or do you want me to do the work for you? ”
What? Tang Mian's face was covered with circles.
If she remembers correctly, Huayu would marry the bully Wang Tiger from the next village shortly after she went to the Imperial City, and would commit suicide by throwing herself into the river a month later.
When she received the news, she cried for several nights, and now when she sees her again, her feelings can't help but be complicated.
Tears rolled in the circles of the eyes, and almost fell.
In order not to make her suspicious, Tang Mian prevaricated a few words.
The two continued their journey up the mountain.
Now it is the end of winter and early spring, the weather is still a little cold, Tang Mian swept around, found the wild vegetables that grew seedlings, bent down and began to dig, just now when he got the small back basket, Hua Yu exclaimed, "Ah-snake-"
She hurriedly picked up the sickle and rushed to her side, seeing that the emerald green snake with a five-meter-long bowl mouth as thick wanted to escape, she didn't think much about throwing the sickle in her hand, and suddenly a large amount of blood gushed out from its abdomen, but it still swam a few steps forward.
Tang Mian didn't give it any chance to struggle, pulled out the dagger in his arms, stabbed it to give it the final blow, and when it was dead, he lifted it up and threw it into the back basket.
Huayu was half frightened to death by her movements, and exclaimed: "Cotton, what are you going to do with this poisonous snake?" ”
"Oh, don't all the old people in the village say that snakes are spiritual animals, I'll go find a place to bury them." She knew that Huayu couldn't control her mouth, and after telling a lie, she called her down the mountain.
When she returned home, she rummaged through the house and found a penny hidden under the bed for a year, and did not think much about going to the entrance of the village to take a carriage quickly.
Fresh snake gall is a treasure, there are often snakes in spring and summer, and now it is winter, and snakes will hibernate.
At this time, many people go to the mountains to catch snakes, just to get snake gall and sell it at a good price.
It is here, the largest supplier of medicinal materials in Huaning County - Dujia Pharmacy.
"Where is the little beggar, get out of here!" The little guy didn't hide the disgust in his heart, he had worked in the store for so many years, and he could see at a glance that the girl in front of him had no money and couldn't get any oil and water.
"This little brother, I'm not a little beggar, I'm here to sell snake gall bladders, and I'm sorry for you to spread the word." After Tang Mian softened his voice, not only did he not get a good face from the other party, but he also glared at him fiercely, and opened his mouth to scold: "You little beggar, what's the matter with you?" Get out! Didn't you hear! ”
What a person! I really thought that the entire Huaning County was just one of your medicine halls.
Tang Mian was very angry and walked quickly towards the door, not wanting to directly bump into someone's arms.
"Yes, I'm sorry."
Before he finished speaking, Du Yunze suddenly turned his head and looked down at her, his eyes and face full of disdain.
He shifted his gaze to her hand and noticed a few extra black handprints on the front of the robe.
The already not good-looking face instantly became gloomy, and the whole body was full of unhappiness.