Chapter 34: The Martyr of Xianghe County (18)
Everyone looked at Mai Xianling, and his master was even more frightened and took a few steps to the side, hurriedly drawing a line with Mai Xianling.
"There is no such thing, there is no such thing."
Mai Xianling looked at Zengshou nervously: "My lord, you are prejudiced against the lower officials, I don't, I ......"
He rubbed his hands unconsciously, and Luo Fan sneered: "Mai County Order, what kind of love and hatred is there between you and Mrs. Zun, originally if there is no ghost in your heart, you can't say anything to people, but now that Mrs. Mai is dead, everything you said involves the case, I advise you to tell the truth." ”
Zengshou said: "The girl with a beautiful mole on her chin is Xianglian, she is really in love with you, and she has been by your side for so many years." ”
"Xianglian? She's here? By my side? Mai Xianling looked around, and there was surprise in his eyes.
Everything was exposed, Mai Xianling's expression couldn't be concealed, and he still remembered Xianglian like this.
Luo Fan sighed: "Mai County Order, you really disappointed me, seeing that you have been an official for many years and have been honest and honest, and you have been evaluated several times, and you have governed this Xianghe County in an orderly manner, but you ruined your future for your children's private affairs, you ...... Alas...... It's sad and sad! ”
"Hehe, you really have a deep affection for the dead Xianglian, but this is not the reason why you killed your wife. Mai County Order, I am also very sad for you. Zengshou wanted to put on a sad look, but the smile in his eyes couldn't be hidden, he was gloating.
"She killed Xianglian." Mai Xianling smiled desolately, "I don't know if Zhou's dream is a butterfly?" Butterfly Dream for the Week? I can't tell if I love Xianglian or her? Xianglian and I are teenagers, we are childhood sweethearts, the two families are neighbors, we both know the roots, our parents set us a marriage, both of us are very happy, I didn't expect the sky to have unforeseen circumstances. ”
Mai County's narration brought everyone's thoughts back to more than ten years ago.
At that time, Maixian Ling Hanzhuang had been admitted to the student for many years, and he was full of ambition to take the township exam, but he didn't expect that something happened at home when he was about to go to the provincial capital to catch the exam. One night, the servant hung the lantern in the cowshed and forgot, the cow knocked over the lantern, the candle fell on the hay, and spread while the moon was dark and the wind was high, it was the middle of the night, and when the family found out that the fire was out of control, the whole family hurriedly shouted and hurriedly ran for their lives, the fire was so bad that the whole street was burned, Mai County Ling's family was razed to the ground, nothing was rescued, his grandmother was also seriously burned and dying, Xianglian's family next to the Mai family was also burned and had nothing, My parents didn't even escape! Xianglian became an orphan girl overnight.
The loss of a street was serious, and they all accused the Mai family of harming the neighbors, and everyone jointly filed a complaint against the Mai family to the county government.
The old grandmother of the Mai family died of serious burns, the family's property was wiped out, and now they have to go to court again, and the two elders of the Mai family felt shameless to face the neighbors, and hanged themselves together.
Although the neighbors all hate the Mai family for being on fire and affecting their own family, but now that the two old men of the Mai family are also dead, the Mai family has indeed been completely burned down and nothing has been rescued, and it will not help to force the Mai family's son to death.
Mai Xian Ling suddenly became a poor bastard with nothing to cover himself from the young master of a well-off family, and Xianglian, who had nothing like him, both parents died, and the two hard-working people could only rely on each other for their lives, temporarily living in a nearby broken temple.
Suddenly suffered a family change, and life has to go on.
"We can't die, we have to live bravely, it's all natural disasters and we haven't made mistakes." Xianglian encouraged Mai County Order, "You already have the fame of being a student, and you have to continue to take the exam, we can only count on this turnover,"
There are still two months to take the township exam, but now it is all burned down, and even the bodies of my parents are looking pitiful, barely scraping together a few dollars, and buried them in the cheapest thin coffin, where is the money if I go to the exam? Not to mention the money, I don't even have to eat.
The two of them sighed for a while, wanting to work hard to live and turn over, but why is God so harsh and doesn't give people a way to live at all, it is really silent every day.
In order to eat, Maixian ordered a scholar, who had never suffered much, and now had to worry about life, so he ran to the dock early the next morning to see if there was an opportunity to do coolies.
The freight here is developed, and there are a lot of laborers on the wharf, and some people who know Mai County Ling shouted: "It's useless to be a scholar, how can you do this work, or find a lighter one." ”
Some people saw him pitiful and sympathetic to his plight, and forced him to eat a little.
Mai Xianling wanted to prove that he was not a beggar, he was an upright man, and he was here to carry the sack, but several efforts failed, and the overseer snorted coldly in his nose and said disdainfully: "Fuck off, this is not a place for me to play with a little white face, if you sell your ass, you have to change places." Mai Xianling was almost ashamed to death, he realized that the white skin of himself in a short coat was dazzling, and there was a world of difference between those coolies with dark skin and sweating along their chests, and they were particularly eye-catching during the mix, and some people even looked at her with malicious intentions, at that moment, he felt that he was a fish waiting to be cut on the cutting board, and he fluttered helplessly, laughing in vain.
In the evening, he pinched a little food given by others, and returned to the broken temple in despair, only to find that Xianglian was gone.
Could it be abducted?
Xianglian people are beautiful, and once they fall, they are easy to be targeted by bad people.
He hurriedly ran out and looked around for Xianglian.
An old neighbor was enjoying the cool at the door, and when he saw him running in a hurry, he shook his fan and said: "People die greatly, I shouldn't have said bad things about your father, but your family is really not authentic, and we are all unlucky." ”
Mai Xianling is used to hearing such nagging, and his ears are calloused, and it doesn't matter if he insults him with these accusations, after all, it is his own family that has harmed others. He ignored it and continued to shout: "Xianglian." But he heard the man's words: "Your father and mother have booked a good kiss for you, Xianglian is really a good girl, but unfortunately, such a good girl will also be involved in selling herself by you." ”
"What? What do you mean by that? Mai Xianling's eyes widened, he thought that people were just trying to mock him.
"There is a bustard from Suzhou who is buying people everywhere, I heard that Xianglian is going to sell herself, hey, I said Amai, you are a blessing that you have cultivated in several lifetimes, and you are such a good daughter-in-law." The man smiled lewdly, "Isn't it a bit interesting to be lonely for so many days, lonely men and widows?" I don't know how much this broken body can sell for a few dollars, but what, Miss Xianglian is really beautiful. ”
Speaking of this, Mai Xianling burst into tears: "Such deep friendship, if I live up to Xianglian, will I still be human?" ”