The coachman waved the reins and quickly left the Prime Minister's Mansion, Mai Jiu sat in the carriage or opened the curtain and looked at the door, after a glance, she covered her mouth in shock, and the carriage ran fast and quickly turned into the next street.

The house slaves had already found the body at the door, and when they saw this scene, the two house slaves retreated again and again, and one was so frightened that he sat down on the ground and stepped back with his feet hard.

Sang Huai'an stepped forward and squatted down to check Lord Yang's body, there was no pulse for a long time, and his lips were even more purple and weird, obviously poisoned to death.

Such a bad incident happened at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the house slave quickly stood up and ran towards the inner courtyard to tell the Prime Minister.

Sang Huai'an saw that the two of them had no signs of life for a long time, so he closed their eyes and let them go more at ease.

An adult and his wife wanted to leave the table early, but as soon as they walked to the door, they saw the corpse at the door, and the lady screamed in fright, and in an instant the house fell silent, and everyone looked in one direction.

The prime minister hurried over, and when he saw the tragic situation at the door, he was too frightened to step forward.

A few curious guests came over and saw the scene at the door, shouting loudly, "Dead! Dead! ”

In an instant, the Prime Minister's Mansion exploded, and all the guests stood up and clamored to leave, but they all walked to the door and stopped, and no one dared to approach the corpse.

The Prime Minister's Mansion comforted everyone and said loudly, "Don't panic, don't panic, please return to your seats, wait for the contemptible people to find out the reason for the matter, clean up and everyone is leaving in an orderly manner." ”

Hearing this, everyone could only return to their seats, there was no way that the corpse was there, and no one wanted to approach the corpse and walk outside the door.

Shaoqing of Dali Temple heard the news and was rushing to come, he rushed to the capital with the same prince for a day and a night, just rested for a quarter of an hour, the stool was not hot and left in a hurry.

The prime minister walked forward quickly, looking at Lord Yang's pale face and bleeding, and Mrs. Yang was the same, he raised his hand and trembled slightly: "This... This..."The prime minister didn't say a word for a long time.

After relieving for a while, the prime minister patted his thigh irritable and said anxiously, "How can such a thing happen on the day of my father's sixtieth birthday, bad luck, bad luck!" ”

The head of the Gu family also rushed over after hearing the movement, and when he saw the two people lying at the door, he directly threw his crutches on the ground and fell backwards.

Mai Jiu sat on the carriage and swayed around, which showed how fast the horse was running, and the coachman waved the reins to make a "snap" sound, while also loudly dispersing the crowd.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! ”

A horse roared, mixed with the sound of something rolling to the left, the car braked sharply, and Mai Jiu was pushed forward by inertia.

She noticed the anomaly, frowned and lifted the curtain, and sure enough...

A little boy fell to the ground, covered in mud and motionless.

The coachman was too frightened to come forward to check, the carriage was running so fast just now, it was possible to kill people at such a speed.

Seeing such a commotion, people in the street quickly gathered.

"Why are you stunned, why don't you go and take a look." Mai Jiu jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the boy, and the coachman took a few seconds to react and hurry to follow.

The boy's face was bruised in multiple places, and the blood and dirt on the wound were mixed together, and Mai Jiu lifted his head, and sure enough, his head was covered in blood.

She turned the boy over and held him in her arms, looking no more than six or seven years old, and she probed the boy's snort.

The coachman hurriedly lowered his body and asked in a trembling voice, "Death.. Dead? ”

Mai Jiu raised a glance and glared at the coachman, and said angrily, "You just treat life as child's play like this?!" Of course not! Send him to the hospital! ”

Mai Jiu picked up the boy, the coachman took it, and the two went straight to the nearest medical center.

There are too many things today, Mai Jiu's head is about to explode, she sits on the chair and shakes her legs uneasily, she is afraid that this boy's life will be in danger.

Fortunately, Lang Zhong bandaged the boy's head and applied ointment to his wound, saying that he would wake up soon.

The coachman breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what Lang Zhong said, but fortunately no one was killed.

He walked up to Mai Jiu's side and asked, "Madam, if you want to send you back to the palace first." ”

Mai Jiu looked into the inner room, and when she saw the boy's little head surrounded by a white cloth, she replied softly, "Wait for him to wake up, don't worry about this moment." ”

Seeing this, the coachman could not continue, and he stepped aside to wait for the boy to wake up with Mai Jiuyi.

About an hour later the boy woke up, he looked at the strange environment, and touched his head in pain, and he remembered, he saw a scrap or two of silver in the middle of the road and went to pick it up, but he did not expect to be hit by the speeding carriage behind and rolled away.

Mai Jiu looked up at the inner room and saw the empty bed, she hurriedly got up to see that the boy had already sat up.

She walked to the front of the house and said, "Are you awake?" ”

Hearing the voice, the boy was startled, shifted a few times, and looked at the man at the door vigilantly.

Mai Jiu walked up to the boy and sat on the edge of the bed, she touched his head with her hands: "Does it still hurt?" ”

The boy shook his head, then nodded.

"It's me who is not good, the carriage ran too fast and hit you, and I am relieved to see that you are okay."

The boy was still nervous, his body stiffened and he didn't dare to move.

Mai Jiu held the boy's somewhat dark hand distressedly: "It's okay, I'm a good person, you tell my sister where your house is?" Sister will send you back. ”

The boy pulled back, pointed to his head, and asked, "I... I... This one. ”

"It's no big deal, don't touch the water in the next few days, it will be fine soon."

The boy moved and jumped out of bed, he touched his arm and his leg, the child was weak and did not hurt the bones.

Mai Jiu also stood up and said, "Sister, send you back, what delicious food is being bought for you on the way, it is considered compensation for you." ”

When the boy heard this, he stuck out his tongue and laughed.

Mai Jiu bought a lot of things for the boy, including pastries from Piaoxiangyuan and nuts and peanuts from the Hunger Factory.

In the carriage, regardless of how dirty his hands were, the boy picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and stuffed it into his mouth, Mai Jiu looked at the boy and asked softly, "Can you tell my sister where your family lives now?" ”

The boy slurred as he stuffed it into his mouth, "Just. . . Stone... Road. ”

"What?" Mai Jiu frowned and lowered his body to get closer.

The boy swallowed what was in his mouth and replied clearly, "Rocky Road." ”

After hearing the answer he wanted, Mai Jiu straightened up and shouted loudly towards the car curtain, "Go to the rock road first." ”

Mai Jiu looked at the boy dotingly, seeing that the boy was dressed in coarse cloth, the cuffs and chest were covered with patches, and she was looking at the boy's dirty and somewhat broken cloth shoes, she asked softly, "Can you tell my sister what your name is?" ”

The boy pauses in the action of eating, and then puts it in his mouth and says, "Sister, my name is Stone." ”

"Stones... Okay, my sister remembers, my sister will give you some silver, and when you go back, if your father and mother ask you what's going on, you will answer truthfully. ”

"What about these pastries, go back and share them with your parents." Mai Jiu took out a few taels of silver and stuffed it into the boy's hand, and continued: "If you want to give it to your mother, if you don't want to give it, you can keep it for yourself and buy some delicious food on weekdays." ”

The boy looked at the silver in his hand, he got up and hugged Mai Jiu, and said with a smile: "Thank you, sister!" ”

The carriage came to a slow stop, and the coachman said, "Madame, the rocky road has arrived." ”

Hearing the word "Rock Road", the boy left Mai Jiu's arms and quickly jumped out of the carriage, Mai Jiu wanted to open the curtain to say goodbye to him, but he didn't think that the boy had already disappeared.

Mai Jiu looked around suspiciously, helplessly put down the curtain and said, "Let's go, go back to the palace." ”

The boy hid behind a large rock, and looked at the silver that had departed from the carriage, and he took out a money bag from his clothes and opened it, and when he saw the silver inside, he smiled and leaked out the neat row of little teeth.

The more Mai Jiu thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, she touched her waist, and sure enough... The money bag was long gone, and she angrily clenched her fists and slapped the carriage.

The boy carried the pastry in his left hand and held the money bag in his arms with his right hand, and she ran into the house and shouted, "Mother, mother, there is silver, there is silver, Xiaohu will buy medicine for you." ”

Before he entered the house, he saw the man who was already standing at the door, and Xiaohu was so frightened that he took a few steps back and hid everything in his palm behind him.

His voice trembled and said timidly, "Dad... Why did you come back so early today? ”

The man did not answer the question, he looked down at the white cloth on the head of the person in front of him, and said in a stern tone: "Who are you fighting again?" After speaking, he walked out of the door and went straight to Xiaohu.

Xiaohu stepped back: "No, Dad, Xiaohu didn't fight, this is..."

Before Xiaohu finished speaking, the man slapped Xiaohu in the face, and Xiaohu was slapped to the right, and the things behind him were also spilled on the ground.

The man stepped over Xiaohu and walked towards the pile of things, he picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and stuffed it into his mouth, and while eating, he talked, and the scum in his mouth sprayed out again: "Where did you steal these again?" ”

The man picked up the silver tael again and examined it carefully, he swallowed the food in his mouth and bit the silver tael: "Good boy, you really have a long ability, and you dare to steal the silver?" After saying that, the man got up and kicked the little tiger on the belly.

Xiaohu hugged his legs and shrunk into a ball, he seemed to be used to it, he didn't cry or make trouble, so he let the person in front of him kick him again and again.

The man turned and picked up the silver and pastries, he took the silver in his hand and looked left and right, he smiled and leaked a bite of bad teeth.

Xiaohu hugged the man's feet and neck and said, "Don't take it, it's for my mother to buy medicine." ”

The man's face instantly fell, and he lowered his hand holding the silver: "Did Dad tell you that there is no rule of law for this disease, you still want me to say it a few times!" ”

The man suddenly burst out and kicked Xiaohu's head, and Xiaohu let go of his hand in pain and held his head with a painful face.

The man picked up the pastry he had just bitten and stuffed it into his mouth, and said as he walked towards the house, "I should be saving enough money to marry my daughter-in-law, hehe." ”

Xiaohu lay on the ground with his hands clenched into fists, the white cloth on his head had been dyed red, he braced his body and tried to get up but he couldn't get up after several efforts, he pressed his face to the ground, because the exhaled breath from his angry mouth brought up a layer of dust.