Chapter 695: My Mother
The old couple also had concerns.
Although the noble man never said that he would come again, but what if? If he comes to see the children on a whim and gives them a large sum of money at that time, won't life be better for the family again?
With that in mind, they weren't too bad for their adopted children.
But a year passed, two years passed...... The nobleman didn't even hear from him, and obviously he wouldn't come again.
Life at home is getting worse and worse.
The son has become a waste, and the grandson is too young, and he is supported by the old couple plowing the land, and the burden of life tends to exhaust the goodness of the heart, and is replaced by endless complaints and abuse.
The child's existence also began to glare - if it weren't for him, if it weren't for that windfall, they would have lived their lives as they should, and it wouldn't have been like this.
Once you have that in mind, you can imagine what happens next.
When Guan Shan was six years old, he went up the mountain to collect firewood, but was pushed into the col by the villagers and broke his leg.
No one went to him, and no one left a door for him.
Guan Shan doesn't talk much, he doesn't make trouble, he was born like this, and he is still like this when he is five or six years old. Everyone in the village said he was a fool, but he was already able to read other people's faces.
He knew that he was an undesirable existence, so he slapped twice, but the door didn't open, so he stopped shooting.
He took the firewood he had picked up into his arms and crouched down at the corner between the wall and the gate - this had happened so many times that he knew what to do.
In fact, the best way is to go back to the mountains, even if you find a cave to hide, it is warmer than here. But in that case, the next day he would be hungry for another day, and his leg would be injured and he would not be able to walk.
It was the middle of winter, hungry in the belly, thin clothes, and facing the cold wind, and after a while, the body was out of heat, and the limbs were a little unconscious.
Guan Shan felt that he might not be able to wait for the next day, and then he heard the sound of horses' hooves from far and near.
Kou Taiwan didn't expect that seeing the eldest prince goodbye would be such a scene.
The door slammed, the lights in the room came on, and he carried the frozen eldest son into the room and put him on the only warm kang.
The five or six-year-old boy does not have a few taels of meat on his body, which is in stark contrast to the sleeping grandson on the other side of the kang.
Thin like this, children younger than him can lift him up effortlessly, how can he not be bullied?
But when he sent it over, it was clear, obvious...... The iron-blooded man almost burst into tears.
What was even more unbearable was the wounds all over his body.
In addition to the new injuries from the fall, there were many old injuries, which Kou Tai recognized, all of which were drawn from rattan.
Looking down one by one, until he saw that his eyes were about to split, Kou Tai drew his sword and was about to cut the old couple.
The old couple fell to their knees and kowtowed to him with a bang, crying and repenting.
Their one-legged son is much more arrogant, and he keeps saying that his family has raised the child so big, and it doesn't make sense where to take revenge.
Kotai was in a state of extreme rage, unable to listen to anything, and only wanted to kill the family.
At the critical moment, a hand grabbed the corner of his clothes.
Calm to the eldest prince without a trace of bright eyes, Kou Tai was eager to draw his sword and cut himself.
Blame him for the weirdness - this family was chosen by him, and he left enough money for the crops to be rich and prosperous for a lifetime, thinking that in this way they would treat the eldest prince well, who would admit that it would hurt the eldest prince - the most damned is him!
Kou Tai was extremely remorseful, put away his sword according to the will of the eldest prince, and asked the old couple to go to the stove to cook a bowl of hot soup and send it, he personally served the eldest prince to drink, and when he eased up a little, he took off the fox fur and wrapped the person tightly, and left the village overnight.
Before leaving, the one-legged son was ashamed to ask him for hard money. Kotai kicked his leg as well. The eldest prince only said that he would not kill the old couple, but he did not say that he would show mercy to their son.
Ji Yu hasn't spoken for a long time.
She lay in Guan Shan's arms, hugging his neck and motionless, if she hadn't felt the twitching of her shoulder blades and the wetness in her chest, she would have thought she was asleep.
Guan Shan held her face, she shook her head and dodged, refusing to come out alive or dead.
Guan Shan sighed, "You are like this, don't say it, it's not early, go to sleep." ”
He has tried his best to pick something that will not touch her, but Ji Yu's brain is too active, and he doesn't think anything is going on, but she can't bear it.
Guan Shan didn't want Ji Yu to cry, but Ji Yu's tears were like a good medicine, which made his heart, which was stiffened by memories, and a little bit warmer.
"If you don't sleep, you can't sleep, go on, keep talking......"
Ji Yu buried her face deep in his neck socket, and her nasal voice was so thick that she could barely hear it.
"A lot of things happened in those years, the fall of the Kou Mansion and the death of the old lady......"
The defeated Kou family is almost supported by Kou Tai, and it is difficult for him to go to see the eldest prince, and the successive changes have confirmed the so-called dream. Not to mention that the Yin family has changed her mind, she doesn't even have the last trace of guilt, and even invited the mage who suppresses evil spirits and punishes ghosts to enter the mansion, and wants to do something so that the soul of the haunted soul will never be able to live forever.
Kou Tai saw it in his eyes, and he didn't dare to mention that the eldest prince was still alive.
He comforted himself that it was better to live a peaceful life in a peasant family than to die at the hands of his own mother.
Fortunately, I was lucky to make time to go through this experience! Otherwise, he would have killed the eldest prince.
After this incident, Kou Tai no longer dared to hand over the eldest prince to anyone, so he had to bring him back to the capital.
hid the eldest prince in a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, for fear of being discovered, and even the servants did not dare to invite them. One person runs in two, and he can't come every day, and every time he comes, it's late at night......
Guan Shan already had the skills to take care of himself, except for cooking. But in order not to go hungry, over time he learned to cook pickle porridge.
It was the age of being playful and active, but Guan Shan could only stay in that simple Zhuangzi, and he couldn't even get out of the gate. However, because of this, there is several times more time than ordinary people to learn literature and martial arts.
Kou Tai was overjoyed to see that he had a high level of understanding and rapid progress.
The little boy in the house still can't even stand on the pile, the Yin family dotes on the little son too much, and refuses to let him suffer a little, but the disciples of the sect, how can they become talented without being beaten?
Kou Tai was saddened that the mantle of the master was not inherited, but he didn't expect to see hope in the eldest son, and since then he has been teaching it to him.
Seven years have passed, and the days of peace have finally come to an end.
Kou Tai is cautious enough, but there is a word called Baimi Yishu, he has been running to the outskirts of Beijing for many years, ordinary people may not pay attention, but he can't escape the eyes of people with a heart.
That person is Jin Shen, the second housekeeper in the house.
At the beginning, the Kou Mansion was defeated, and most of the people in the Mansion were scattered, and Jin Shen was also among them, but he refused to leave and insisted on coexisting with the Kou Mansion. Later, because of the problem of not practicing martial arts, the Yin family had a dislike for Kou Tai, and slowly relied on Jin Shen.
Soon after Jin Shen became the second housekeeper, he made great contributions.
When Yin was led into that Zhuangzi and saw the face that was exactly the same as that of his youngest son, he almost fainted.
"Scourge, scourge...... Kill him...... Kill him! ”
From muttering to roaring, after the panic, there was only murderous intent on her face.
When Kou Tai arrived when he heard the news, the people in the courtyard who had already fallen to the ground were all brought by the Yin family, including Jin Shen.
The isolated Yin looked at Guan Shan like a monster, and there was nothing but fear and hatred in his eyes, even though Guan Shan's sword was never pointed at her.
When she saw Kou Tai, she was furious and reprimanded Kou Tai for betraying his lord and being ungrateful, leaving the general's instructions behind.
Kou Tai walked to Guan Shan's side in silence, took the sword from Guan Shan's hand, and made him kneel.
Guan Shan refused to kneel, and the Yin family didn't need Guan Shan to kneel, her request was just to make this eldest son disappear completely.
"In order to protect me, Uncle Tai offered to send me to join the army. He told Yin that on the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, and if he is dead, it is fate; If you survive, you will have the opportunity to help the Kou family earn military merits. ”
If the Kou family wants to stand up again, they can only rely on military merit, and military merit is earned by blood, sweat and even risking their lives.
Yin also knew this, so she agreed.
"But she made one condition."
Ji Yu didn't ask and knew what the conditions were.
"You can say no, you can leave alone, why agree?"
The lamp oil was about to run out, and in the darkness, no one spoke for a long time.
Speaking again, it is already a matter after a cup of tea.
"Because then, she was my mother."
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