In this year, the famine was severe, and there were people fleeing the famine inside and outside the royal city, and the number of beggars and robbers multiplied in an instant, and the people were struggling to make a living. The pampered little girl has nothing, and she needs to worry about what to do when she is hungry and what to do when she is cold. Life is difficult, and what makes her even more desperate is that she really doesn't know where to go to the Ji family.

She remembered lying in the dark, damp alley, dying of hunger, and flies circling around her, presumably waiting for her to die. I don't know where it came out, a dog is also skinny, and a group of people chase it with green light in their eyes, and saliva is still drooling from their mouths.

Gu Shu is really afraid that one day someone will be very hungry and will eat human flesh, and the delicate skin and tender meat like her must be delicious. Suddenly, I don't know where it came from, the beggar hid half of the blackened steamed bun and ran into the alley to hide, he looked very happy, he didn't take a few bites, as if he choked and struggled for a few minutes before falling to the ground and dying. Gu Shuxiao stared at the steamed bun for a few seconds, and suddenly crawled to get it, and it was gone without a few bites in his hand, and he chewed slowly with each bite in his mouth, although the taste was not very good, his stomach was not so troublesome.

Later, she began to get used to this kind of life, and there were little beggars who were kind to her, willing to take her to beg, and those who had rations could also get a mouthful, but in the end the little beggar died miserably. It is said that Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and the little beggar slipped into the back kitchen of a big mansion to steal something to eat, and was beaten to death.

"I didn't have a heavy hand, it's because he has been hungry for a long time and his body is weak and can't help beating, he doesn't learn well at a young age, teach your father and mother a lesson, even if he dies, God doesn't want people like you to live."

There was nothing she could do, not even a thin coffin could give it to him.

She alone has no clever words, life is inevitably bullied, even she herself thinks that she may not survive this famine is over, and the resentment towards her father grows more and more in her heart.

On this day, she lay in the corner of the wall and waited to die, without food, and she couldn't rob the old beggars. A girl dressed in brocade and jade shoes stopped in front of her.

"Little girl, would you like to come with me and go to Liuhong Mansion?"

"What's that?"

"The place where Yingge Yanyu speaks, although it is not a good place, can fill your stomach."

Gu Shu followed her, and sure enough, she didn't have to be so hungry. Every day, you can see all kinds of fairy sisters, how to make Brother Gongzi fascinated.

She started as a little girl, her sister's clothes were washed, and the chores in the building were all done by her.

She thought that such days would pass for a long time, and when she became more and more slim, the sister in the yard looked at her differently. Soon, the bustard told her some kind things and asked her to pick up customers. She was shaken, because she was too hungry in the old days. But she still can't forget that she is a princess, and she is still delusional that her father can come down from the sky to save her.

In the waiting again and again, she knew that her father would not come, and she would not want to pick up guests, she deceived her sister who had been following her and ran out of Liuhong Mansion, and in the end it was a little useless, she was caught back, and then she escaped again and thanked Yu Fu for saving her.

By this time the famine had passed, and she was still hungry. In the thirteenth year of Yuanhe, she had a master and followed her all the way home.

Master is a storyteller in a teahouse or restaurant, forty or fifty years old, always single, and always wearing a navy blue gown.

He bought her a hot meat bun, and the taste was so unforgettable that she made up her mind to follow him, and every time he looked back, he could see the pity in her eyes, and he was too embarrassed to reprimand her.

The master looked at her and sighed again, "This world is not good, I can prevaricate the past alone, and it will be difficult to raise you." ”

The master didn't say yes, bought food for her, and asked the old man to tie her beautiful hair in a bun. In fact, he looked at the girl in front of him who looked clean and beautiful, and he liked it in his heart, who didn't want a child at his age.

At first, he felt that he was not used to following a little girl around him, but it didn't take long to find that the giggling and laughter along the way added a bit of fun, and the tiredness on the road was much lighter.

Back in their hometown, they lived in a thatched house, the thatch would run when the wind blew, the rain outside the house was heavy and the house was dripping, and the house was surrounded by walls. Even so, Master treated her very well. would buy her new clothes, and then scratch her nose and praise her for dressing like a fairy girl. She would learn how to pull her hair from the aunt next door, and although some children laughed at her for her ugly bun, she didn't care at all, and turned her head to play them around.

That day was the Shangyuan Festival, and the atmosphere of the New Year had not yet dissipated, she was wrapped in a cotton jacket, holding a lantern in her hand, and obediently holding the master's hand, but her eyes had already followed the various lanterns on the street.

Before going out, the master specially showed off, put on the most proud bun for her, and turned out the jade flute she had always carried on her body to bring it for her. looked at her and said, "Aren't you my daughter, you are so good-looking, I don't know how many people are red-eyed when you go out."

As I walked, I saw that the side of the juggling table was full of people, and those who saw it said that this year's was different, and it was much better than in previous years.

The master and apprentice also rushed to see the excitement, there were too many people for her to see, so the master asked her to sit on her shoulder, and when she heard Gu Shu giggle, she couldn't help laughing.

Gu Shu likes to sit like this, as if he is being held in his heart. On the way home, the master didn't want to put her down, and on the crowded street, the master was quipping, "Such a good little girl, I don't know which young man will be cheaper in the future." If you don't marry well, I won't follow it. ”

Gu Shu hugged Master's head, smiled shyly and said, "I won't get married, I will always be by Master's side." ”

"You're still young, just coax me with a sweet mouth." Master smiled.

The master and apprentice talked and laughed along the way, and someone in the crowd saw something with sharp eyes and pointed it to the lady beside him, "Madam, the slave maid looks at the jade flute that really looks like the one that the young lady brought back then, and the red on the top of the flute is just like the carnelian specially inlaid at that time." ”

"I'll see." The old lady said, "It's true, I personally went to ask the master to carve it back then, this should be in the palace, how did you get here?" ”

On this day, the master was picking up a copy of "Kindergarten Qionglin", which was a little tattered but could still be read, and it happened that the preachers could read and write.

found out that this Gu Shu was literate, saying that she had learned it before, and Mr. also praised her for being smart and learning things quickly.

The master thought to himself, this apprentice must have been a young lady before, and this ordinary big family may not be able to read and write for the young lady, so this family should be a scholarly family.

This Ji's family came to the door, and when Mrs. Ji saw Gu Shu's appearance, she looked a little like her daughter.

"Girl, tell me, where did you get that jade flute?"

"Who are you, your surname is Ji?"

"I don't have a surname Ji, but my husband and daughter are surnamed Ji."

"I was kicked out of the palace by my father, and someone gave me this and asked me to find the Ji family."

The Ji family wanted to take her back, and the master really didn't have a reason not to let her go. The Ji family gave him a sum of money, and he told Gu Shu that he wanted to come back in the future, so he came here to find him.

Later, one day he suddenly dreamed that she was married, and her husband's family treated her badly, so angry that he was about to use a knife to cut and woke up, and then he couldn't sleep anymore. At dawn, he had already packed his luggage and went on the road to find the family that had taken away the apprentice.

On the fifth day he returned, almost deserted. The local said: "The Ji family's house was sealed by the government, and all the people in the house died, it is said that they were robbed, which is miserable." ”

"Not a single living mouth is allowed to remain!" In the middle of the night, a large group of black-clothed people swarmed up from the main entrance, from the front house to the backyard with knives in their hands without mercy.

Someone wakes up from a night dream, then dies of shock with wide eyes.

The head of the Ji family sat up from the bed, sighed lightly, and calmly put on the most solemn crown, the so-called gentleman died without a crown. The assassin did not hesitate to stab him in the heart without the slightest hesitation, his crowned hand stopped, and with the last of his strength he looked at the assassin and said, "For the sake of the king, water can overturn the boat." ”

Gu Shu slept on the bed unconsciously, Yu Fu dragged her up and didn't forget to cover her mouth, she woke up very frightened.

Yu Fu wanted to take her away, but at first she struggled fiercely, and when she saw the scene outside the house, she suddenly had too weak legs to walk, and covered her eyes with one hand, "Don't look, this glance is unforgettable enough." ”

"How so?" She muttered in disbelief.

Yu Fu sent her to the inn in the town, settled down, and left when dawn was approaching, leaving a message, "I advise you, don't go back to the Ji Mansion." ”

When the sun was getting higher, Gu Shu still went back, and when she arrived, the officers and soldiers had already surrounded the Ji Mansion and carried out the body back and forth. She saw it, and yesterday he joked with her that he wanted to eat his grandfather, a little nephew who was sweet when he smiled......

The official said that it was most likely that the wandering mountain bandits would steal money and destroy their mouths.

After a few days, she didn't wait for the summons of the government, so that the holy decree of Princess Yan and her relatives came down. Yu Fu didn't appear again, it was another person who appeared in front of her, saying that he would take her back to the palace. In the past, she always dreamed back at midnight.